The war began for more than a month, and the central and western fronts of the Han army were advancing vigorously. But on the Eastern Front, Malone was more depressed.

First of all, the imperial court allocated him the least number of troops, and he faced Zhong Hui, the current commander of the highest level in Eastern Wu. Moreover, the Yangzhou Corps, as the guard corps of Gongwei Jianye, is also the strongest in combat power.

But Ma Xiaoxing didn't take this seriously: what about Zhonghui? What about the strongest enemy forces? Otherwise, I can't show my Marlon's ability!

It's a pity that the war on this front is full of weirdness.

At the beginning, Malone swore to march in early October, and Zhonghui made a strong resistance in the direction of the Huai River. The Han army did not make good progress.

Then, Ma Long bypassed the section of the Huai River where Shouchun was located and crossed the Huai River at the other end. At this time, Zhong Hui didn't care about him. Then, the Han army on the Eastern Front successfully crossed the Huai River.

After crossing the Huai, Ma Long led the army back to Shouchun City. Zhong Hui first led his army out of the city and fought a field battle with Ma Long. After the Wu army suffered a slight setback, Zhong Hui entered Shouchun and began to hold on.

In November, Zhang Zun on the Western Front began to send troops. Zhonghui sent someone to send a letter to Ma Long: I don't want Shouchun, I'm going to Hefei, please let me go.

Malone, of course, scoffed at such a letter: Want to go? It's not that easy. Lao Tzu annihilated you here, and Hefei behind him is not yet captured.

It's a pity that at this time, General Wei Luo Xian brought a handwritten letter from Zhang Yi, the general of the chariot cavalry.

"What? General Wei? Did the lower officials read it wrong? The general of the chariot cavalry actually asked the lower officials to release the bell and go south? ”

"Shhhh Silence. Luo Xian hurriedly covered Ma Long's mouth: "Zhong Shiji has already lost his sincerity to Da Sima." Therefore, Yangzhou has more worries during the war. ”

"Huh?" After his habitual loud exclamation, Malone quickly reacted. Then he also lowered his voice and asked, "When is it?" ”

"In the past, during the Eastern Crusade, after the Jin State lost and annexed the state. Zhong Shiji had already lost his sincerity to Da Sima. It was precisely because of him that ninety percent of the grain that Soochow supported Luoyang was unqualified, and it was almost none. ”

"Hey! In the past, Long was in Luoyang City, but he witnessed the shortage of food in the city, hey...... None of that is to be said. So General Wei, since Zhong Shiji is already one of our people, why don't you just raise the flag, and then join forces with me and go south directly to build a business? ”

"Hehehe......" Luo Xian smiled slightly, and said with shame: "In the past, when Xian was a court official in Chengdu, he didn't understand anything, only that he wrote to impeach Chen Shangshuling (Chen Yuan). Later, when I became General Wei, I realized that the matter of government affairs was really complicated. Many of the recitals were blamed on Chen Zhonghou back then...... Xiaoxing, now there is a big Sima on top. Many of us can be pure generals. But people, in the game. Things other than the war also have to be considered. ”

"General Wei, please."

"You talked about the question of why Zhong Shiji didn't just raise the rebel flag and join forces with our army to go south. In the Yangzhou Legion itself, Zhong Shiji could not respond to all calls. Directly raise the flag, saying that there will be infighting or splitting in the Yangzhou army. If one is not handled well, the whole Huainan will fall into erosion. As far as Zhong Shiji himself is concerned, he still needs a little fame. In this way, in the future, after the war, Da Sima will be able to arrange a position for him. After all, he was Sun Yuanzong's minister of the dragon, from a defeated general who had nothing and was wanted by the Sima family to today's general of Eastern Wu. All this was given to him by Sun Yuanzong. His direct rebellion will only make the world look down on him. ”

"Hmph, this is a shameless villain!"

"Hehe, the shameless villain also has a name, and the one who knows the times is Junjie."

"Okay, this Junjie is reluctant to raise the flag of rebellion for the sake of his reputation, so how should the lower officials cooperate with him?"

"Hehe, Xiaoxing, you should understand at this point. The main task of our Eastern Route Army is to firmly contain the Yangzhou Corps of Eastern Wu with the cooperation of Zhong Hui. It was unable to go west to support its Jingzhou army, laying the foundation for the smooth march of Ling Xing and Yuan Kai. The Yangzhou Corps under the control of Zhong Shiji is now the largest heavy army group in Wugou, with 70,000 infantry and 20,000 sailors. If it can be contained here, the resistance of our army upstream will be much smaller...... Therefore, Shouchun must be taken, and then we will advance the front to Hefei. In this way, whether it is the Yangzhou Corps, or Sun Hao's most elite 30,000 guards in Jianye. They are all immobile. When the battle situation in the upper reaches is clear, the Yangzhou army will naturally collapse. ”

“…… Xia Guan understood. It's just that this arrangement should have been told to the lower officials earlier. ”

"Hehehe, about this, Da Sima and General Che Cai also apologize to you. A shadow like Zhong Shiji is too high. It had to be carefully protected. It was also before the departure from Wancheng this time that the general of the Che Cavalry told him calmly. ”

So, on November 15, Zhong Huijun "broke out", and Ma Long only symbolically pursued and killed. After that, the Yangzhou Corps, which was not damaged by the main force, was about 60,000 infantry, and retreated to Hefei City to hold on. Malone led the Eastern Route Army to follow.

Hefei city fortress is only more than 200 miles away from Jianye. After Sun Hao of Jianye received the news, he did not dare to send out the most elite 30,000 people in his hands. He also sent Prime Minister Wan Yu to Huiji and other southeastern counties urgently, and forcibly conscripted 20,000 people into Jianye, and each person issued a knife to strengthen his courage.

At the same time, Sun Hao first sent an urgent message to Tao Huang in Jiaozhou: Aiqing, hurry up and take your 10,000 Jiaozhou soldiers to the north! Jianye is in danger!

Then he wrote to Zhonghui in Hefei: Northern Jingzhou is erosive, and I really missaw Zhang Zheng. Although Zhong Qing lost Shouchun, in the face of the enemy's heavy troops, he was still able to keep the situation from collapsing, which was very good. Sure enough, he is worthy of being my minister. It's just that now that the war situation is urgent, do you think you should transfer 20,000 or 30,000 infantry, and the last 20,000 sailors, to me for unified dispatch?

As a result, the messenger came back and reported that Hefei was surrounded by the Han army and could not enter.

Sun Hao, who was helpless, had no choice but to directly cross Zhonghui and issue an order to the 20,000 naval troops of the Yangzhou Corps stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River: lift anchor, march west to Xunyang, and support General Sun Zhen.

Less than two months after the start of the war, Sun Hao, who was still full of ambition, had already lost a lot of weight. However, at the age of thirty-five, his temples are almost all white.

It was really that the Jingzhou defense line collapsed too quickly, and almost every morning when he came together, Sun Hao received the news of where he had lost it again and surrendered again.

In the early years, Ji Handong conquered Jin, and Sun Hao also complained to the ministers about the waste of the Sima family. But now it seems that his own family is not as good as the Sima family. The Sima family has carried Ji Han in Bingzhou and Youzhou for more than a year. The entire Eastern Expedition took Guan Yi two years before and after, not to mention, but also lost a large number of casualties and a great general Jiang Wei.

But now? Guan Da Sima didn't even have the interest to sit in Nanyang. And even so, Ji Han swept through Northern Jingzhou with extremely slight losses......

"Tao Qing, I will hand over the country's last naval army to you. Please. ”

Tao Qing here is not Tao Huang, the assassin of Jiaozhou, but Tao Huang's younger brother Tao Jun. The ancestral home of the Tao family is Danyang, and the family is heirloom with military studies. In the case of the Jiangdong and Huaisi families getting worse and worse, the Tao family has become an indispensable general of Eastern Wu.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the success or failure of this battle will not dare to say anything, but I will definitely let the Han army know that I still have men who can fight in Dongwu! But Your Majesty, the minister has a request. ”

"Tao Qing, please speak."

"Please Your Majesty quickly send an order to the generals in Xunyang, so that their naval army on their side will temporarily retreat, and then make other plans after merging with the minister's naval army. Your Majesty, the minister said a gossip afterwards, the naval army of the Han State only has this way in Yizhou. Our army should not have divided the naval army into three in the first place. Instead, it should be concentrated in Xiling. The national lineage of my Great Wu is the Yangtze River, as long as the Yangtze River is in hand, the Han Kingdom is powerless to take my Great Wu. However, due to a mistake in the temple calculation before the war, our country divided the 80,000 naval army into three troops. As a result, Zhang Zizhong was outnumbered in Jingzhou. The two subsequent naval armies faced the Han army, which was not much damaged, and the number was insufficient. If you don't use it all together......"

"Uh...... Tao Qing, the arrangement of this navy is a plan made by Shi Ji. And what he said is also very reasonable, here in Yangzhou, the north and south of the Yangtze River must also be kept smooth. ”

"The general is a northerner, and he is not familiar with water warfare, so he ...... In short, Your Majesty, the ministers must do their best for Your Majesty. But please also ask Your Majesty to hurry up and give an order to Xunyang's naval army. ”

"Good, I'll listen to Tao Qing on this matter. I immediately sent someone to draw up the decree. ”()

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