Gangneung Fortress.

The once prosperous city has been burned to the ground. The collapsed coke is still releasing white smoke. Only a few buildings have survived for various reasons.

Zhou Yu first led 40,000 troops to Jiangling City.

The city is empty and in ruins, so there is no need to care. Zhou Yu directly led the army into the city, and then ordered his soldiers to start cleaning up the ruins.

The first is to clear the charcoal so that you can make a fire for cooking. The building stones were left to be used as equipment to defend the city, and the ruins were transported outside the city.

Of course, there are also coins that have not had time to be taken away, and whoever finds them will be theirs.

This is neither a constraint nor a necessity for the soldiers.

At this moment, the scene in Jiangling City is in full swing, and a large number of Jiangdong soldiers are working hard. From Zhou Yu to the soldiers, they all felt that Jiangling City was their own.

It's Koto's.

All very enthusiastic and motivated.

It's just that Zhou Yu felt quite sorry in his heart.

This day was already the second day that Zhou Yu led the army into the city, and the sun was in the west. It's summer, but it's not too hot.

Zhou Yu was wearing a white robe, wearing a Liu crown, and Lu Su, who was almost dressed but with different colors, walked in the ruins under the protection of the general Cheng Pu, and a team of personal soldiers.

"In the past, I also came to Gangneung City. At that time, Liu Biao had not yet become the lord of Jingzhou, and there were not many people in the north who came to Jingzhou to buy industries, but at that time, Jiangling City was already a very prosperous city. Not to mention later. It's a pity, it's a pity. If Xiahou Yuan only retreated and did not burn the city, he would take away the people. With Gangneung Fortress as a base, as long as it is operated for three or five years, it will be able to become strong. ”

Zhou Yu looked around, only to see the soldiers carrying wood, sundries on the car, and teams of soldiers, cleaning up in batches, from yesterday to today, but they have not been cleaned up. I can't help but feel sorry.

"The city is burned, and it can be rebuilt. The person is gone, but it is irretrievable. At this moment, Xiahou Yuan can't go far with the people, why don't we chase after it? "Cheng Pu's white hair is like frost, but he is old and strong, and he is also a ruthless character who is not afraid of Xiahou Yuan.

Lu Su shook his round face like a rattle, and said: "Xiahou Yuan with the people, although it is not enough evidence. But at this moment, there is still a crouching tiger on the side, and it cannot be moved lightly. ”

Cheng Pu understood and sighed.

This crouching tiger is Zhuge Liang of Jiangxia and Ma Liang of Zigui. If Xiahou Yuan is attacked to the north, it will be taken advantage of by the two parties, and the big thing will be gone.

"It doesn't matter, hundreds of thousands of people are gone. There are still many cities and populations around Gangneung Fortress. Zhou Yu also sighed, but quickly cheered up, and said to Lu Su: "Zijing, immediately send someone to recruit the county commanders of the surrounding cities." ”

"No." Lu Su promised and immediately went down to do it.

Prior to this, Zhou Yu had also sent a naval army to attack the people along the coast, but at this moment, there was no need, he directly occupied the city, and the population was naturally Jiangdong.

As soon as Lu Su went down to run errands, a cavalry rode his horse and reported to Zhou Yu: "Governor Dadu, the spies have come to report and found that a group of men and horses, five or six thousand, were found about thirty miles to the west. The banner is "Lee". ”

Zhou Yu showed a cautious look when he heard this, and said, "Explore again." ”

"No." The cavalryman answered, and immediately turned over and got off his horse. And Zhou Yu turned his head to Cheng Pu and said: "This must be Li Zheng, the general under Guan Ping, I heard that although this person is young, he is very loyal and brave." Here, I must have heard the news and came to fight for Jiangling City. Don't be careless. Old general. Please select 20,000 elite soldiers and soldiers, go to the city wall to garrison, and the remaining soldiers will continue to clean up Gangneung City. ”

"No." Cheng Pu agreed with a bang, and then his own soldiers brought the war horse, Cheng Pu turned over the horse and organized the people to go.

Soon after, drums sounded in Gangneung Castle, and the men and horses began to assemble. The generals put on armor and pressed their swords, and the soldiers of each team climbed the city wall, and for a time on the city of Gangneung, the crowd surged, and the murderous spirit was soaring.

Although the Jiangdong army is not as elite as the Cao army, it is also good in the whole world.

If you want to storm Gangneung City, you can't take it with an army of 100,000.

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About thirty miles west of the city.

It was supposed to be a fertile field, and there were traces of ridges everywhere, but now it is barren.

Because time has passed, spring ploughing has long been blown up. Li Zheng led ten troops in his headquarters, and more than 5,500 elite soldiers were here.

Li Zheng's task was not to occupy Gangneung City, but to pursue Xiahou Yuan north. Therefore, each of the accompanying soldiers brought a lot of dry food, very little baggage, and the marching speed was extremely fast.

And the Zhao Tong and Zhang Bao armies commanded by Ma Liang are the rear army, with countless baggage vehicles, and Ma Liang is going to occupy Jiangling City and plan to defend it.

And at this moment, the people of Jiangdong actually occupied Gangneung City first.

So Li Zheng stopped and thought about what to do next.

The soldiers rested for the time being, and Li Zhengze asked his own soldiers to set up a fence, and led the battalion Sima and ten soldiers to sit in the enclosure. Li Zheng sat on the northern throne, and the rest of the people were divided on both sides.

"General. Now Zhou Yu occupies Gangneung City. If we go to pursue Xiahou Yuan, no matter whether we win or lose, I am afraid that we will be at risk of being attacked by Zhou Yu. I don't think it's better to merge Ma Changshi and then make calculations. ”

Li Zheng's battalion Sima arched his hand and said.

The rest of the soldiers also nodded their heads, thinking that what they said was reasonable.

Li Zheng thought about it for a while, but said: "Xiahou Yuan has taken away more than 100,000 people, if it can be recovered, it will greatly increase our power, but if Cao Cao is allowed to gain it, its momentum will be stronger, and it will be a disaster." Therefore, it must be pursued, and after catching up with Xiahou Yuan, he led the people to defend it. As for the matter of Gangneung, it is up to Ma Changshi to decide, so you don't have to worry. ”

"Send someone to tell Ma Changshi about this. We raised troops and chased Xiahou Yuan. Li Zheng waved his hand and immediately stood up.

"No." Li Zheng was known to have prestige in the army, and Sima and all the troops responded to the promise, and immediately ordered troops to pursue Xiahou Yuan in the north.

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Soon after, Ma Liang, Zhao Tong, and Zhang Bao got the news.

There were more than 11,000 people in total, and the people and horses were very heavy. After Ma Liang learned the news, he ordered the soldiers to rest in place, and summoned Zhao Tong and Zhang Bao.

When three people get together, there is no need to surround them. So he asked his soldiers to bring three small stools and sit down. Zhang Bao scolded: "Jiangdong rats, they dare to take advantage of the situation. Ma Changshi, what do you say to do? ”

Zhang Bao is not Zhang Laosan after all.

At present, Zhou Yu occupies Jiangling City, but it is still unknown how many men and horses Zhou Yu has, but it should be no less than twenty or thirty thousand.

If Zhang Laosan is here, he will dare to shout that he wants to attack the city. But Zhang Bao is just straightforward, not Zhang Laosan can be a demon.

Zhao Tong didn't have many ideas, just a decent one, so he sat honestly.

Ma Liang touched his still thin beard, and then said, "Zhou Yu came to fight for Jiangling, but it didn't surprise me too much. Jiangdong Sun Quan is the master of the Ming, and Zhou Yu is also a great talent. The other generation has the heart of separating one side, can An not go north to Jiangling? ”

"But if you want to fight for Nanjun, it's not so easy. It is important to know that there are ten cities in the southern county. Gangneung is just one of them. And the hearts of the people in Nanjun may not be in Jiangdong. Because I can also be regarded as a native of Nanshire. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Liang smiled. Ma Liang is a native of Yicheng, Xiangyang, but Xiangyang was not a county before, Xiangyang used to belong to Nanjun, and Nanjun has a total of 18 cities.

Later, it was divided.

In other words, Nanjun can also be said to be Ma Liang's hometown, where Ma Liang has a lot of township party. Not only Ma Liangyou, Wang Xu of Zigui, but also many officials in Jingzhou are all from Nanjun.

At present, the three cities of Nanjun, including Zigui, are under the occupation of Ma Liang.

Immediately, Ma Liang took the map and said to Zhao Tong and Zhang Bao: "At present, we are going down here. ”

Zhao Tong, Zhang Bao looked at it, but it was a place called Mingqiu. This place is the southwest of Gangneung Fortress, and by setting up camp here, you can threaten the grain route of Gangdong.

Moreover, this place is not far from the Yangtze River, and it is extremely difficult for the Jiangdong naval army to attack it at night.

Although Ma Liang is not known for military affairs, he is still capable in this regard, and his vision is vicious.

"We have set up camp here and are guarded. If Zhou Yu sends someone to attack, and we hold on, he will definitely not be able to defeat him for a while and a half. Let's not talk about the new savage. And we still have nearly 20,000 Zhuge Kongming naval troops in Jiangxia. There are 20,000 people in Han, and 20,000 people in Fangling. We sent someone to pass the news to Guan Yangwu in Hanzhong, and Guan Yangwu must lead the people to fight for Jingzhou. And we sent people to the rest of the county to recruit county commanders. As long as we are here, Zhou Yu will not be able to divide his troops to capture the county seat, let alone plunder the population. can only be left unmoved, to see who can't consume first. ”

"We are richer than Jiangdong, with plenty of grain and grass, and we are more stable than Jiangdong." Ma Liang said meaningfully.

Zhang Bao was stunned, but Zhao Tong understood.

There are many unstable places in Jiangdong, and there are Wuxi barbarians in the Jingnan area that has just been occupied, and there are many Shanyue in the Jiangdong area.

The main thing is that the Guan family also has a naval army with good combat effectiveness.

Holding on to Jiangdong people will not last long.

Of course, this is only on a large scale, the advantage of the Guan family, but how to fight, how to get rid of Zhou Yu, this guy, and take Nanjun into the bag, depends on the specific operation and the situation.

What if Jiangdong Shanyue hadn't broken out, and Zhou Yu had persevered?

The two sides may pull out an army of 100,000, and there may be a battle in this southern county.

But he said that since Ma Liang had a plan, he would implement it immediately. The army began to move no longer to the east, but to the southeast, and reached the place of Mingqiu first.

The high camp is put on a defensive look.

Ma Liang brought a lot of heavy grain and grass this time, and it was not a problem to guard it for half a year.

This is also an old tradition of the Guan family's forces, even if we attack, we must build a city to defend it, or build a camp.

The art of war is cloudy, strategy is the top, and the siege is the bottom.

And even better, Ma Liangxuan's place is excellent, this place is located between the mouth of the Youjiang River and Nanjun, which can threaten Zhou Yu's grain route.

makes Zhou Yu like a man on his back.

Fighting a war is an art, and it does not mean that each side pulls out 100,000 troops to fight hard, or it is a war.

It was just a fight, not a war.

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