Chapter 417: Capture Chaisang
Sun Shao's death was written by Zhang Zhaomi, and he didn't want more people to know about it. But Lu Su still let Kan Ze know, and Kan Ze really didn't want the poor lady to be in the dark. And Mrs. Sun lost her temper on the spot because of the pain of losing her son, so Liu Cong knew about it at the first time. Originally, Sun Shao's death couldn't be concealed for too long, but it happened to be known by Liu Cong at this time, so he naturally wanted to take advantage of it.
And the result was just as Liu Cong and Fa Zheng expected. Chaisan was in chaos, unprecedented chaos. The entire Chaisan garrison, even the senior generals, was divided. Naturally, those who support Sun Quan should do their best to stabilize the situation and maintain the authority of the lord. And those who have deep feelings for Sun Ce and respect Mrs. Sun are unhappy for Mrs. Sun and Gongzi Shaoming! Even the core leadership of Chaisang, which Lu Su believes, is divided.
Kan Ze was dissatisfied with Sun Quan's atrocities, and he was the only one who had visited Da Qiao during the war, and he felt that it was understandable that Liu Cong would not let his wife go, or that his wife was unwilling to return to Chaisang, and that Chaisang and the entire Jiangdong did not have enough strength to protect her safety! Therefore, Kan Ze was very depressed, and he was depressed after returning to Chaisang, and indirectly expressed his dissatisfaction with Sun Quan to Lu Su.
And Dong Xi and Chen Wu are both old men who followed Sun Ce in the early years to fight in the south and the north, and they also have great respect for Da Qiao. Hearing that Sun Quan forced his wife into the enemy camp to assassinate him, he was already annoyed and angry, and now he knew that Sun Ce's only heir was killed by Sun Quan, and he was even more furious! scolded Sun Quan for being unrighteous on the spot, but he still threw down his official seal and armor and went home!
Lu Su wanted to stop it, but he was afraid that the two of them would be attacked. In this way, only the little general Zhu Ran, who is less than seven feet tall (one meter sixty-one), is left who can take on the big task. Zhu Ran was originally Zhu Zhi's nephew, Sun Ce liked it very much, and later let Zhu Zhi take him as his son and change his surname to Zhu. But he was also Sun Quan's very good playmate, and Sun Quan was promoted one after another after he took power. So at this time, he, like Lu Su, chose to support the current lord.
Military generals can also focus on the overall situation, like Dong Xi and Chen Wu, they just don't contribute. The low-level officials and soldiers below are more simple-minded, their joys, sorrows and sorrows are on their faces, originally Chai Sang was in danger, but now the lady was captured, Gongzi Shao was killed, and a group of old soldiers were crying one after another. They were crying Sun Ce and crying Mrs. But many of the young soldiers thought they knew the crisis and missed their families...... Under the infection of such an atmosphere, the Chaisang military camp howled!
The Lü Meng camp in the south of Chaisang City was slightly better, the main general Lü Meng was a staunch follower of Sun Quan like Lu Su, and the fierce general Zhu Huan was also Sun Quan was named a general, and only began to work under Sun Quan and was appointed as the head of Yuyao. So he doesn't have much affection for Sun Ce. But even so, the capture of Mrs. Sun's assassination and the killing of Gongzi Shao quickly spread throughout the barracks, and there was an uproar up and down!
Compared with the army, the reaction of the people in Chaisan City was even more violent. Since Sun Ce's defeat of Liu Xuan, although Chaisang was an important military town, few large-scale battles were fought in the vicinity of Chaisang. Now Sun Quan's vain claim to be the king has caused war, which has made the people in the city dissatisfied. Coercing a woman to be an assassin is even more shameful to many nobles. And Sun Quan's killing of Sun Shao made many discerning people keenly feel that the end of the Jiangdong regime was approaching.
Therefore, the sons and families of the wealthy families in the city were originally forced to help defend the city, and after several discussions, they recruited the people back as soon as possible, and then closed the door of the mansion, preparing to avoid trouble.
The morale of the army was weakened, the combat effectiveness of the personnel was sharply reduced, and there was no one to lead the troops, which put Lu Su under great pressure. He remembered Kan Ze's words, and remembered Liu Cong's sentence that if he couldn't take Chaisang for half a month, he would automatically withdraw the army, and return his wife's promise. Lu Su knew that Liu Cong was pretending to be generous, unless a divine soldier descended from the sky, how could he resist the three-sided attack of Liu Cong's army with an absolutely inferior force?
Liu Cong prepared rumors and divided Jiangdong for more than half a year, and finally achieved the maximum effect under Sun Quan's one-handed direction two months after the battle began! Everyone in Jiangdong is in danger, and Chaisang City is even more chaotic. Liu Cong naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity and ordered the whole army to attack. Huo Jun to the west of Chaisang also received the same order.
After two days of fierce attacks, the city of Chaisang finally collapsed, and Lu Su gave up abandoning the city by water to flee, but took advantage of the night to fight from the south, preparing to join Lü Meng. And Lü Meng in the south of the city also vaguely felt the pressure of Liu Cong's army on Chaisang in the battle with Zhang Jaw for two consecutive days, and at night, the scouts in the city of Chaisang, the scouts of Liu Panbu and the scouts sent by Lü Meng fought wits and courage on the vast plain.
In the second half of the night, the battle in the south of the city began, and Lü Meng immediately dispatched the whole army to respond. This is another very tragic battle, although Liu Pan and Zhang Jaw are brave, but suddenly facing the north and south attack, they also suffered a lot of losses, plus although the Chaisang defenders are disheartened and have no intention of defending the city, they still have some skills when it comes to escaping! Therefore, Liu Pan and Zhang Jaw did not prevent Lu Su from escaping, but they also achieved brilliant results, killing at least four or five thousand people at night, and taking three or four thousand prisoners.
Zhang Jaw even led the troops to chase all the way out for more than 30 miles, making Lu Su and Lu Meng embarrassed! Liu Cong's army launched a fierce attack on Chaisang immediately after Lusu opened the city, and then successfully entered Chaisang, saving people and putting out fires everywhere! Pacify the people and stabilize law and order. Chaisang, who could have held out for several months, changed the situation after Liu Cong completed his night attack on Gutang, Liu Pan got rid of Lü Meng's pursuit, and Huo Jun arrived at Chaisang to encircle him on three sides.
And Da Qiao was captured and Sun Shao was killed, which directly helped Liu Cong to weaken the battle of tens of thousands of Chaisang defenders. In less than half a month after Liu Cong's siege, Lu Su handed over Chaisang and handed over the training base of the Jiangdong Navy, and the biggest barrier in the east and west of the entire river was to return to Nanchang in a hurry after Lü Meng converged.
Kan Ze, Chen Wu and Dong Xi did not choose to go along, and Lu Su didn't care about escorting them away. After Liu Cong entered Chaisang City, he invited the three of them to the Governor's Mansion together, and at the same time released Xu Sheng and Han Dang. Of course, there is also a key person, Sun Ce's wife Da Qiao.
When the old people saw each other, the five of them hugged their heads and cried! Especially Han Dang, he was originally from Lingzhi County, Liaoxi County, Youzhou, and Cheng Pu, a native of Youbeiping County, are both from Youzhou. Because he was good at bows and arrows, horsemanship, and strength, Han Dang was appreciated by Sun Jian, and followed him to conquer everywhere, taking several risks and making difficulties, capturing enemies and capturing prisoners. Diligent and hard-working, he has become a Sima of other departments.
When Sun Ce crossed the Yangtze River to the east, Han Dang followed the crusade against Danyang County, Wu County, and Huiji County in Yangzhou, and was promoted to the rank of captain first, and Sun Ce awarded 2,000 soldiers and 50 horses. Then he followed Sun Ce's expedition to Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang County, Yangzhou, defeated Huang Zu in Shaxian County, Jiangxia County, Jingzhou, and returned to the division to level Poyang County in Yuzhang County, Yangzhou, and concurrently led the county magistrate of Le'an.
When Han Dang followed Sun Jian, Sun Quan didn't know where to pee and mud, but now seeing Mrs. Sun Ce suffering the pain of losing her son, Han Dang was really powerless!
After everyone hugged their heads and cried, they didn't forget to comfort Mrs. Yi. It's just that now that Gongzi has been killed, they have no possibility of supporting Mrs. Li, so when they finished crying, they looked at Da Qiao blankly.
At this time, their old man Jiang Qin appeared. Jiang Qin was the first person to find out Da Qiao's identity, and he was originally worried that Liu Cong would make Da Qiao suffer. It's just that I didn't expect that it was Sun Quan who made Mrs. fall into a heartbroken situation. Jiang Qin didn't make any grandiose words, but just comforted everyone with the friendship of an old man. Except for Mrs. Da Qiao, several people were very drunk that night. Drunken life and dream death are the most suitable to describe Han Dang, Xu Sheng and others.
At the same time, Liu Cong was not idle, in addition to cleaning up the remnants left by Lu Su, he asked the medical officers to hurry up to treat these injured soldiers and prisoners who had been imprisoned for more than ten days. Most of these captives were captured by Lu Su's night attack when Jiang Qin was pinning down the Chaisang defenders at Saihu.
Liu Pan, Zhang Jaw, and Xu Shu also returned to Chaisang for a temporary rest. Liu Pan was chased by Lu Meng along the way from Nanchang to Chaisang, and Lu Su broke through, and Liu Pan suffered a lot of losses from the north and south of Lu Meng, if it wasn't for Liu Cong's strict order, Liu Pan would have taken people to Nanchang to kill him.
Although Lu Su fled in a hurry to escape from Chaisang, some heavy grain and grass were basically set on fire, and although Liu Cong entered the city in time, he still suffered a lot of losses. However, on the part of the combatants, there were a lot of additions, knowing that Lu Su was fleeing, those newly joined Chaisan people chose to stay and be prisoners. Liu Cong was naturally reluctant to kill. Now that Sun Quan's people have lost their hearts, it is not difficult to recruit prisoners.
Five days later, Liu Cong convened the generals again to discuss. Except for Guan Yu, who guarded the mouth of the lake, the main generals and strategists of the Eastern Expedition were all present.
Liu Cong immediately decided that Liu Pan, Zhang Jaw, and Xu Shu would continue to lead their troops to attack Nanchang, leading 30,000 troops, and bringing all the bed crossbows and siege catapults. The 30,000 men already accounted for half of the remaining combatant soldiers in Liu Cong's Eastern Crusade. When Liu Cong set out from Wuchang, he had 50,000 sailors and 30,000 infantry from Liu Cong.
The bloody battle at the mouth of Guan Yu Lake, the ambush of Cheng Pu by Sang Luozhou, the night attack on Gutang by Gan Ning, and the siege of Chaisang on three sides caused Liu Cong to suffer a lot of losses, although he captured 15,000 prisoners before and after. After the rectification, only 65,000 people were able to continue to participate in the fighting. In other words, in order to capture Chaisang, Liu Cong's troops suffered 30,000 casualties! This is perhaps the heaviest loss Liu Cong has ever suffered in his travels.
Of course, in view of the importance of Chai Sang and the pressure brought by Cao Cao to Liu Cong in Hanzhong, Liu Cong had to fight quickly, so this loss was quite acceptable. The point is that after this war, the foundation of Koto has been shaken. Therefore, Liu Cong planned to let Liu Pan lead people to attack Nanchang next, and the rest of the troops would stay in Chaisang to rest.
This was done for several purposes, one was to wait for 20,000 land and water infantry who had already set off from Jingzhou. The Jiangdong Navy has basically been disabled, but in the end, there are still many county soldiers in Yangzhou counties, and the county soldiers also need to leave soldiers to guard along the way, so the manpower is slightly insufficient. Of course, the more important reason is that Liu Cong plans to wait for Cao Cao's next move in Chaisang.
The news of his capture of Chaisang will presumably reach Cao Cao in a few days. Although Jiangdong is in danger, it is within reach. But Liu Cong didn't want to grab the territory in front of him, and Cao Cao stabbed chrysanthemums in the back. If Cao Cao continued to move south after taking Hanzhong, Liu Cong would have to adjust his strategic deployment. Jiangdong wants to attack, but it is not a quick attack by a large army, but a strategy of elite troops and continuing to incite and divide Jiangdong. The rest of the people must return to Jingzhou so that Jingzhou can divide its troops to support Wei Yan.
Liu Cong also has a small abacus, that is, he plans to wait until Zhang Zhao and Xiao Qiao are rescued and arrive in Chaisang, and then they will recruit Han Dang, Chen Wu, Xu Sheng and others. Like Jiang Qin, these people have followed Sun Ce to fight for many years, and they are very familiar with Jiangdong, and with their joining, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Judging from Jiang Qin's report, Han Dang and others were so loyal to Sun Quan at the beginning because Sun Ce had entrusted him, and Sun Ce's wife Da Qiao also played a decisive role in it.
It can be said that without Da Qiao and Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, is afraid that he will be overturned at the beginning of his tenure. Now Da Qiao has completely broken with Sun Quan. Presumably that Zhang Zhao also hated Sun Quan. Zhang Zhao can tolerate Sun Quan not using him, and can tolerate Sun Quan being the king, but he absolutely can't accept Sun Quan forcing Da Qiao to assassinate. As for killing Sun Shao, it can be said that Zhang Zhao and Sun Quan have had an enmity since then. After Sun Ce's death, Zhang Zhao even trained Sun Shao like his son!
If Da Qiao and Zhang Zhao can turn to support Liu Cong, then Liu Cong's subjugation of Jiangdong will become much smoother!