Finally, both battlefields began to attack.

The sudden action of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses was not expected by many people.

As soon as the soldiers and horses of Hefei City and Chao County moved, the entire Sun family group became uneasy.

Lu'an City and Shouchun City on the northwest edge immediately shook.

At the beginning, Hefei, Lu'an and Shouchun City stood on three legs, and at this time, half of the soldiers and horses of Hefei City went directly south.

Caught off guard, the three strongholds of Wu soldiers and horses along the road were breached, and a county town was broken in half a day.

The army continued south.

To the east, Zhao Yun did not cross the river, but led 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack southeast from Danyang County.

To the southeast, is the area of Poyang Lake, where the lake is located.

The main target of Zhang Yu's attack this time was this lake.

The lake covers a huge area and can produce a huge amount of food every year.

The lake area is not easy to defend, Sun Ce also stationed a soldier here, the focus of defense is the surrounding city, as long as the city is held, then even if the surrounding area is occupied by the enemy, then it can be taken back.

Zhao Yun attacked these places to attract the attention of the enemy.

Guo Jia quietly crossed the Yangtze River.

The situation in Jiangdong made the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu confused for a while.

The key thing is that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are not there.

In the past, Cai Mao deliberately cooperated with Zhang Yu and continued to find fault in the Dongting Lake area.

All kinds of faults made Sun Ce have to deal with it.

Cai Mao was just finding fault, and he didn't reach the point of starting a war, so Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were not very nervous, they just sat down to deal with it.

At the beginning, Sun Ce judged that Cai Mao just wanted to meddle in some shipping in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Sun Ce and their control of the Yangtze River waterway in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River made Cai Mao always dissatisfied.

Cai Mao has always wanted to meddle in this shipping because the stakes are too great.

Originally, it was controlled by Zhang Yu, and he was not easy to interfere with, but later Sun Ce and they controlled this section of water after they turned against Zhang Yu.

Despite this, passing merchant ships can still pass normally, but they are subject to inspection and need to pay taxes.

Zhang Yu can't help it, if he wants to regain control, he will have to dispatch a large number of troops, which will cost a lot, the key is that those places along the Yangtze River are not under his own control, and they will be quickly lost after recapture.

After Guo Jia crossed the Yangtze River, he went to find the army.

After he arrived in Chao County, Ling Cao was ready.

"Strategist, the army is ready, where are we going to attack next?"

Guo Jia looked at the map on the table and said: "The territory is not important, the goal of our battle this time is to destroy a part of the enemy's living forces, and then slowly clean up the territory." ”

The degree of secrecy in this operation was very high, and of course, Ling Operation, as a senior general, naturally knew all of Zhang Yu's intentions.

It's just that Zhang Yu asked Guo Jia to formulate the detailed battle plan by himself, and let Guo Jia play on the spot.

"Our soldiers and horses from Chaoxian and Hefei are going south to attack Lujiang County, this is the western front, if we can attract the enemy troops of Lu'an City and Shouchun City to come out to the rescue, we will work together to encircle and annihilate one of them, and then the balance of forces in the entire Jiangdong region will be obvious."

Guo Jia continued: "We must seize time and win a few battles between Sun Ce and Cao Cao without reacting, so that this battle can fully achieve its goal. ”

Guo Jia expected that Cao Cao would definitely interfere, but he couldn't draw too much strength in a short period of time.

Ling Cao understood Guo Jia's intentions, the territory in the early stage was not important, and the most important thing was to attack the enemy's army.

"We immediately sent troops to attack from the eastern front, preparing to control the entire Yangtze River. Draw enemies into attack. ”

Guo Jia pointed to the map and drew a line from Chao County, the three county towns of Wuwei, Xiang'an, and Linhu.

Guo Jia's intention was obvious, to attack these three county seats, and if these three counties were attacked, then he would control a long stretch of the Yangtze River.

After Ling Cao understood Guo Jia's intentions, he said: "Don't worry, the military advisor will definitely make a big deal and cooperate with the army on the Western Front, so that the enemy army will misjudge our intentions." ”

The guards of Lu'an City and Shouchun City are all generals under Sun Ce.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai defended Lu'an City, while Shouchun City was the veteran Huang Zhong, and later Han Dang also came to support.

There are four generals in these two cities, and there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Sun Ce didn't have many soldiers and horses before, but now although there are more than 800,000 soldiers and horses, his weapons and equipment have not been able to keep up.

But the Poyang Lake area is definitely an important area for Sun Ce, and all the soldiers are arranged.

The Poyang Lake area was home to nearly half of Sun Ce's soldiers and horses.

Lu'an City and Shouchun City suddenly sent orders back and forth one after another.

There is information about the enemy, as well as the opinions of several generals.

Jiang Qin had a lot of information in his hands, and he was discussing it with Zhou Tai.

"Zhang Yu's soldiers and horses suddenly went south to attack Lujiang County, I am afraid that the intention is the entire Poyang Lake." Jiang Qin said.

Zhou Tai frowned and said: "General Huang's analysis is also very reasonable, it may be that the soldiers and horses here are just to cooperate with Zhang Yu's actions in the north, to hold us back, and to attract Cao Cao's attention, so that Cao Cao does not dare to continue to send heavy troops to support the north." ”

Jiang Qin also felt that it made sense, the information in their hands was incomplete.

But several people were also worried that the north was a cover, and what Zhang Yu really wanted to attack was the south.

None of them thought that Zhang Yu was capable of fighting Cao Cao and them at the same time.

"It will take several days for the information to be sent to the lord, and if you react by then, I'm afraid it's already too late." "No matter what, we have to respond," Jiang said. ”

Huang Gai and Han Dang also judged that the matter was too sudden, and they didn't expect Jiang Dong to make a sudden move when the signs were not obvious.

This can only show that the northern campaign is too successful, and the concealment of this operation is too good.

"We will send troops to explore the reality of Hefei City and Chao County, and we can send troops together with Lu'an to attack these two cities." In the end, Huang Gai said after discussing with Han Dang.

The two quickly informed Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai of their ideas, and the two agreed to the plan after some analysis.

On the afternoon of the second day after the Jiangdong army was dispatched, the two cities finally responded.

Shouchun and Lu'an each sent 50,000 troops, and then rushed to Chaoxian and Hefei City.

Chao County, which has always been Jiangdong's logistics base on this side, attacks Chao County, if the other party is a feint, he may be forced to return to the army to defend.

When they sent troops, Jiangdong's soldiers and horses continued to attack under the leadership of several young generals, aiming at the county seat of Lujiang County.

100,000 soldiers and horses attacked the county seat of Lujiang County.

There are 50,000 soldiers and horses in the county seat of Lujiang County, and according to the configuration, it should be able to defend for more than a month, and it is not very dangerous at present.

The entire Lujiang County, or the entire western part of Yangzhou, was in chaos, Zhang Yu and the others sent troops in three directions, and Sun Ce's side has not yet been able to figure out the enemy's intentions.

(End of chapter)