Chapter 400: Wu Army's Attack on Shu (II)

When Gao Shun and Yan Yan confronted each other across the city, an army of about 10,000 people from Jiangdong set out from Jiangxia, and under the guidance of Fa Zheng's henchman Fa Lin, they went to Ba County along the Yangtze River.

Fa Zheng originally wanted to dedicate Yizhou to Cao 'Cao' with Zhang Song, but because Cao Jun did not notify Zhang Song in advance to let him flee Chengdu as planned before attacking Shu, Zhang Song was killed by Liu Zhang, so Fa Zheng also had a trace of bad feelings towards Cao Jun.

Fa Zheng is not a person with a broad heart, but the history books record that he will repay him. After Liu Bei entered Shu, Fa Zheng took great power because of his merits, and Fa Zheng took care of those who had small favors to him in the past, and for those who offended him slightly, Fa Zheng took revenge on 'private'. Someone reported this situation to Zhuge Liang, hoping that Zhuge Liang could stop Fazheng's behavior, but Zhuge Liang was afraid that Fazheng was Liu Bei's humerus, so he never acted, which was tantamount to acquiescing to Fazheng's actions.

Fa Zheng and Zhang Song were 'friends', but when Zhang Song was killed by Liu Zhang, Fa Zheng did not intercede in order to protect Mingzhe's life. But Fa Zheng didn't think it was his fault, but pushed everything on Cao Jun.

In this case, if he continued to support Cao Jun as originally planned, Fa Zheng would only feel unhappy in his heart. However, Liu Zhang was weak, and he was definitely not the lord who intended to 'want' to assist, and after thinking about it, Fa Zheng finally set his goal on Eastern Wu, and he wanted to lead Sun Jian's army into Shu.

Of course, Cao Jun's "murder" of Zhang Song was just one of the reasons why Fa Zheng led Wu into Shu, and now Cao Jun and Yizhou are at loggerheads, but as time goes by, I am afraid that Cao Jun will be difficult to continue. Since Cao's army has little chance of winning, it would not be a better choice to introduce an army of other forces.

If it were another time, Sun Jian's suggestion to enter Shu might not be tempted. After all, Shuzhong is far away from Jiangdong, and he still has to beware of Cao Cao' in the north, and the Shanyue alien clan and the scholar clan in the land of 'Jiaozhou' have not completely surrendered, and Sun Jian may not be able to 'draw' his hand to deal with Yizhou.

But now that the Cao army has invaded Shu and the Yizhou army is in a stalemate, the so-called sandpiper and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, Sun Jian feels that if he seizes the opportunity, he may be able to be a fisherman.

As the saying goes, if you miss the opportunity to attack Yizhou, and instead let Cao 'Cao' occupy Shuzhong, then your strength will be even weaker than Cao's 'Cao'.

So Sun Jian ordered Lu 'Meng' to be the main general, Zhang Fei to be the deputy general, and Lu Su to join the army, leading an army of 10,000 to Yizhou.

Lü 'Meng' didn't like to read much when he was young, but when the third-line coalition army attacked Cao earlier, Lu Xun defeated the Jiangdong Army with a strategy, Wu General Ling 'Cao' died in battle, Sun Jian's son Sun Yi committed suicide, and only Lü 'Meng' survived under the desperate rescue of the soldiers and escaped with a 'life'. Lü 'Meng' regarded this defeat as the greatest humiliation in his life, although Sun Jian did not take his anger at Lü 'Meng' because of the deaths of Sun Yi and Ling 'Cao', and blamed them, but comforted them. But the more Sun Jian is like this, the more Lu Meng's heart is like a thorn, and the more he can't let go. After this battle, Lü Meng' seemed to be a different person, diligent in the study of the art of war and tactics, so far a small success, has been regarded as a wise and brave Confucian general.

Lu Su's 'sexuality' is quiet, and his 'chest' is resourceful and bold. Since defecting to Sun Jian's account, Lu Su did not hesitate to scatter his wealth to supplement Jiangdong's military needs, and after several times of asking correctly, Lu Su was also quite favored by Sun Jian, so he was gradually reused. At this time, Lu Su's official position was the captain of the Praise Military Academy, although he was not conspicuous among the generals of Eastern Wu, but although his official position was not high, his status in Sun Jian's mind was no less than that of those veterans, almost second only to Zhou Yu.

With Lu 'Meng' and Lu Su leading the army, Sun Jian was still very confident in this battle. However, considering that Lu 'Meng' and Lu Su were resourceful, but Wu Yong was lacking, Zhang Fei was appointed as a deputy general. Zhang Fei's martial arts are rare in the world, even if there are fierce generals in Shu that he does not know, it must be more than enough for Zhang Fei to come forward. As long as Liu Bei is still controlled by himself, he will not worry about Zhang Fei's contribution.

The Eastern Wu army crossed the river and went straight to Ba County, although it took a lot of time on the march, but on the Chengdu side, the Cao army and the Yizhou army were still in confrontation, but no one found that another army was aiming at Yizhou.

If Yan Yan did not lead the army to leave the city, under the personal command of Yan Yan, 5,000 soldiers could barely resist the 10,000 horses of the Eastern Wu Army. However, at this time, Yan Yan was not in the city, and the 5,000 defenders were only 1,000 left, so how could they resist the onslaught of the Eastern Wu army?

However, this thousand defenders were personally trained by Yan Yan, and even if the enemy army was ten times the number of his own, he would not be easily afraid, let alone surrender.

Lü 'Meng' ordered the siege of the city in the early morning, and the defenders of Ba County resisted the enemy for a full day, and finally could not hold on, and the city was broken at dusk.

At the time of the breakdown, there were less than 100 survivors of the defenders in Ba County, and the Eastern Wu army also paid more than 1,000 losses.