Twenty miles east of Gangneung City, the sun is blazing and cloudless.

At this time, the battlefield was full of cheers of "Long live".

This is the king of Wu, who has won the war, Yang Wu receiving the cheers of his subordinates.

Dressed in black armor, Yang Wu rode his white BMW and galloped back and forth on the battlefield.

Whenever he came to a place, the soldiers of the Wu army there would erupt in the most enthusiastic cheers.

"Long live the cheers resounded throughout the battlefield and shook the entire plain.

The battle between the Wu army and the three coalition forces of Liang, Shu, and Jingnan lasted until the afternoon, and the victory and defeat had been completely separated.

In other words, when Wang Zongshou fled, the defeat of the coalition army was already doomed.

After Wang Zongshou fled, Kou Yanqing, the commander of the Liang army, heard that the Shu army on the right flank had collapsed, and immediately ordered the Liang army to retreat quickly.

After hesitating for a moment between surrendering to Wu and retreating with the Liang army, Gao Jichang decided to lead a large army to retreat with the Liang state.

After all, Gao Jichang is also a nominal courtier of the Liang State no matter how he says it, and at this time he still has an army of nearly 10,000 people in his hands, and there are also 10,000 troops in Jiangling City, if he can bring these troops back to the Central Plains, then he believes that he can live well even if he goes to the Liang State.

But if he surrenders to Wu, then he can only be a rich man in Jinling City, which is obviously unacceptable to him.

So in the end, Gao Jichang decided to return to Liang.

It's a pity that whether it is Gao Jichang or Kou Yanqing, they didn't make a decision until this time, which is obviously a bit late.

The news that the Shu army had been defeated had spread throughout the army before this, making the Liang army and the Jingnan army have no fighting spirit and no morale.

In addition, the sudden retreat order issued afterwards made the officers and men of the two armies in an uproar.

Those soldiers who originally didn't dare to believe that the Shu army had been defeated, at this time, they all confirmed that the Shu army had indeed been defeated!

Under these circumstances, the abrupt withdrawal of troops caused a great confusion among the officers and men of the two armies.

At this time, Qin Pei on the opposite side led the Wu army to suddenly launch a counterattack, and immediately easily broke through the rear of the Liang army, so that the retreat of the Liang army was almost about to turn into a rout.

At this critical moment, Liu Cheng led the Long Xiang army to stand up, and they blocked the attack of the Wu army, which won a glimmer of hope for the retreat of the main force of the Liang army.

However, this is only a glimmer of hope, because there are dozens of miles from here to the nearest city, and it is not easy to successfully escape from the battlefield.

As for the Shu army that was left on the battlefield, it completely collapsed soon after Wang Zongshou fled, and tens of thousands of Shu troops scattered and fled.

In addition to being normal at the beginning, the whole battle was not only normal at the beginning, but soon the Wu army locked in the victory; And what was originally expected to be a bitter battle quickly turned into a pursuit battle.

While the cavalry and the infantry who still had spare strength went to chase and kill the enemy, Yang Wu was patrolling the battlefield under the escort of the guards, which attracted such cheers from the soldiers.

"It's a good feeling to win!"

Looking at the soldiers with smiles on their faces, Yang Wu couldn't help but smile.

Since he led the army to leave Jinling at the beginning of this year, more than three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

In this battle against Gangneung, the progress of the Wu army was not smooth at first, and even suffered a lot.

Yang Wu himself was sick and recuperated for a long time.

So in the past few months, Yang Wu's mood has actually been a little depressed, especially during the period when he was sick.

After staying in Jinling for four years, he encountered a bad situation just after leading the troops to the expedition, which naturally made Yang Wu a little depressed.

But at this time, those depressions and those unhappiness were released in this hearty victory.

After receiving the cheers of the soldiers, Yang Wu returned to his temporary camp and began to inquire about the results of the battle.

“…… By this time, the casualties of our army were 2,400 people, of which 605 were killed, 618 were seriously wounded, and the rest were lightly wounded! Zhu Jin's tone was a little excited.

In a big battle of nearly 200,000 people, the Wu army was able to take it with such a few casualties, which was already an extremely slight loss.

In contrast, when the allied forces of the three families of Jin, Zhao, and Beiping defeated the Liang army in the first battle of Gaoyi, although the results were equally brilliant, the casualties of the allied army were much greater than those of the Wu army.

So for the casualties, Yang Wu also nodded with satisfaction after hearing it.

But the next win is what he pays more attention to.

I only heard some irrepressible joy on Zhu Jin's face, and he said loudly in a voice with a hint of excitement.

"Great King, our army has captured a total of 36,000 enemy troops, 32 enemy generals below Zhao Ben, killed 6,500 enemy troops, captured 350 war horses, more than 70,000 pieces of armor such as knives, guns, armor, 400,000 arrows, and the rest of the grain and grass are not counted!"

It is said that it is not counted, but in fact, it is naturally impossible to be really numerous, but there are too many of them, and it is difficult to count them specifically for a while.

In addition, these data are only temporary at present, because at this time the Wu army is still chasing and killing the enemy army, especially the 3,000 cavalry, which can play a huge role in the pursuit.

Therefore, it is certain that if the statistics were to be counted again in the evening, the results would be much greater than the current statistics.

"King, this is a complete victory! Our army has crushed 100,000 enemy troops at such a slight cost, which is a great victory, and I congratulate the king! On the side, Guo Chongtao said hello to Yang Wu with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations to the King!" The other generals were equally smiling.

After saying hello to Yang Wu, Zhu Jin said: "King, now that the coalition army has been defeated and Gao Jichang has fled in a hurry, presumably the Jiangling defenders will not have any fighting spirit after getting the news." Therefore, the minister suggested that troops should be sent to attack Gangneung immediately, and they would definitely be able to fight down. ”

Guo Chongtao nodded and said: "That's right, sending troops at this time will definitely be effective; Of course, it's okay to go later, but in that case, the defenders of the city will have to flee! ”

In fact, it is not the point whether the defenders flee, the key is that if the defenders escape, then the money, food, and other things in the city treasury may not be obtained.

So you have to do it quickly.

Yang Wu nodded, about to agree.

At this moment, a guard came in to report that they had just received the news that the defenders in Jiangling City, after receiving the news of the defeat of the coalition army, immediately escorted Gao Jichang's family under the leadership of Sima Wang Baoyi, and went out of the west of the city with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, preparing to escape.

Yang Wu and the others were taken aback, so quick to react!

Guo Chongtao hurriedly asked, "Is there a fire in the city?" What is the situation in the city, have you ever found out? ”

"Well, the little ones aren't very clear. The news just now was sent by General Sima Fu. ”

Sima Fu is the commander of the Wu State Naval Army, and this decisive battle Yang Wu asked him to lead the naval army to be responsible for containing the defenders in Jiangling City, so as not to kill the 10,000 people at the critical time of the decisive battle and make trouble.

However, the war went so smoothly that there was no chance for the enemy to cause trouble, which was not expected before the war.

"King, since General Sima Fu sent someone to report it, it means that the naval army has now targeted the enemy army, and Sima Fu's ability is still good. So let's wait for the good news! ”

Sure enough, after a while, another guard came to report that the Jingnan army fled out of the city, and was intercepted by the 6,000 naval army led by Sima Fu, the general of the Wu State Water Army.

Now Sima Fu has taken advantage of the situation to lead the army to break through Jiangling, and is sending people to maintain order in the city.

After getting the good news, Yang Wu and the others became even more excited.

Originally, Yang Wu planned to immediately send troops to capture Jiangling, but he didn't expect Sima Fu to have already defeated him, which was really an unexpected joy.

After capturing Gangneung and defeating the main force of the coalition army, the next thing is to try to attack north to take Xiangzhou.

Although the Liang army had a glimmer of hope of escaping this time due to the desperate resistance of the Long Xiang army led by Liu Jun, it was also unknown how many troops could escape in the end.

Even if Kou Yanqing's army can escape, it will be a flock of frightened birds, and if the Wu army pursues Xiangzhou to Xiangzhou, it should be able to defeat Xiangzhou.

"The land of Jingxiang, the focus is on Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, now Jingzhou has been taken, if Xiangzhou is taken again, then this time the army will be completed!" Yang Wu couldn't help but smile on his face.

In the evening, the day's battle finally ended, and some of the soldiers who had gone to pursue the enemy returned one after another.

Of course, along with the return of these soldiers, there were countless enemy prisoners.

According to conservative estimates, at least nearly 50,000 captives were captured this time, which is a large amount of human resources, and it is most suitable for the development of the south.

"Recently, after gaining the south, I wanted to build a straight road to connect many states and counties in the southern provinces, especially those southern states, and even more need to build roads to strengthen control."

"I was worried that I wouldn't have enough labor to do the hard work, but now I don't have to worry about it!" Yang Wu secretly planned.

Building roads is an important means that everyone in later generations will know.

Why are many parts of the South less developed? It's nothing more than an obstacle to the poor mountains and bad waters.

If those places can really be connected by a road, not only can those places be developed, but also can facilitate the control of those places by the imperial court.

Otherwise, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, even if the Wu State is powerful now and can control all places, but after a long time, those local forces may still be big.

……

A resounding victory in the war made Yang Wu feel extremely comfortable, and even he slept much more peacefully than usual.

However, on the second day, a bad news shocked Yang Wu to the point that his whole person was shaken.

"What? What did you say? You repeat! Facing the messenger who came back to report the news, Yang Wu asked loudly.

"Great King, General Wang led his troops to pursue the enemy, because the pursuit was too fast, but the enemy turned around and shot an arrow in the face, and fell to the ground unconscious!" The messenger replied hurriedly.

Yang Wu looked stunned and was speechless for a long time.

Guo Chongtao asked anxiously, "So what is General Wang's situation now?" Have you ever seen a doctor? ”

"This, after General Wang passed out, the little ones hurriedly rescued him back to a nearby farmer, and the doctors who accompanied the army bandaged his wounds, but General Wang lost too much blood, and I don't know if he can survive or not."

"What about others? Where are you now? ”

"Now he is still in the farmer's house, and the doctor said that he must not move at will, otherwise he may touch the wound." The messenger replied.

It turned out that after the defeat of the coalition forces yesterday, the generals of various departments led their troops to pursue the enemy army.

Wang Maozhang was naturally not far behind, he personally commanded more than 3,000 people, chasing behind a Shu army.

The Shu army was heard to be led by Wei Qun, the general of the Shu State, so Wang Maozhang would personally pursue it.

However, what he didn't expect was that in the process of pursuit, Wang Maozhang inadvertently got too close to the enemy.

There were also sharpshooters among the enemy army, perhaps aware of Wang Maozhang's identity, and as a result, they secretly attacked. An arrow hit Wang Maozhang's front door.

"The king, the little one was ordered to report the news after General Wang was hit by an arrow, and now General Wang's situation is like this, and the little one is not very clear!" The messenger added.

At this time, Yang Wu also calmed down.

Wang Maozhang, as the commander of the left wing of this battle, if this kind of thing happened when he was commanding the war, it would be a great event.

Now that he's seriously injured, at least he's okay with the big picture.

I just don't know if he can survive this catastrophe.

Recalling that Wang Maozhang was originally suffering from old injuries and was often tormented by illness, and this time he was seriously injured again, Yang Wu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Where was General Wang wounded? How far is it from here? Yang Wu finally asked.

"It's west of Gangneung, eighty miles from here!"

"Pass the order, order Lu Shizhou to lead 10,000 troops to Xiazhou, and within five days, I will hear the news of the capture of Xiazhou!" Yang Wu immediately ordered.

"Yes, the minister will go and prepare the military order!" Zhu Jin hurriedly replied.

"Zhou Zong, I order you to temporarily act as the prefect of Jiangling Prefecture and be in charge of Jiangling civil affairs! As for maintaining order and clearing out the rebels, leave it to Sima Fulai! Yang Wu continued.

"Obey orders!" Zhou Zong was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect such a good thing to fall on his head.

Although the Tongshi Sheren is a close person to Yang Wu, according to the rules of Wu State, if future officials want to enter the center, then they must have experience as local officials.

And it was obviously a surprise that he was able to take charge of a big city like Gangneung as soon as he got started.

Yang Wu ignored Zhou Zong's joy, turned around and gave another order: "The rest of the army, set off immediately and march north to Xiangzhou!" This time, Lone must take Xiangzhou down! ”

Guo Chongtao was surprised: "King, don't you take a break?" And what to do with those captives? ”

"There's no need to rest! This time, it's a quick word! Before the enemy army reacted, he took Xiangzhou in one fell swoop! Yang Wu said in a deep voice.

First, he defeated the coalition army as quickly as possible, and then took the opportunity to attack Xiangzhou to the north, so that he could defeat Xiangzhou before the enemy could react.