Chapter 512: Rush to the main battlefield
Xu Huang's fall from the horse, naturally by the soldiers under his command in the eyes, originally they were a little worried about Ma Chao's prestige, and now they see that their main general was actually picked off by Ma Chao with a shot, and has become a prisoner of the enemy, where is there still a heart for war, all began to scatter and flee, after all, Jiangxia is not far away from Wei, if you are lucky, you can still escape back to your hometown.
Originally, the sergeants under the command of Zhou Yu and Ma Chao were a lot more than the Wei army that had lost 10,000 people, and the Wei army began to flee, and the battle was suddenly out of suspense, less than half an hour later, except for less than two thousand Wei troops who surrendered to Zhou Yu, the rest were either killed or fled, and in less than a day, all the Wei troops who had besieged the city for many days were taken, and it has to be said that Zhou Yu and Lu Xun had a bad breath in their hearts, after all, there was no general in the city who could match each other with Xu Huang, It really made many of the strategies in Zhou Yu's heart unable to be used.
An hour later, Xu Huang had already arrived in Xiakou City, but his identity changed from the general of the Wei army to a prisoner, and he was brought to them by Zhou Yu and Ma Chao, and he had completely lost his previous appearance of showing off his might, for Xu Huang, this battle was almost the most depressing defeat he had ever encountered, and before he could fully understand what kind of strategy Zhou Yu and Ma Chao used, he had become a fish on the chopping board, and he could only be slaughtered.
"General Komeito, can you still be convinced in this battle?" Zhou Yu looked at Xu Huang, whose face was already flushed in front of him, but he was reluctant to face himself and Ma Chao at first, and asked with a smile.
"If it weren't for Ma Chao's sudden appearance, why would he fall for the trick of Er, if it is to compete with each other with strength, it is not known who will kill the deer today, since it is already so, if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it!"
Knowing that with Xu Huang's weight in the Wei army and the years he served Cao Cao, Zhou Yu originally did not have any hope that Xu Huang would be able to soften his attitude, and after thinking about it slightly, he ordered someone to take Xu Huang down, and sent everyone else out of the house, leaving only Ma Chao and Lu Xun.
"General Meng Qi has only arrived for two days, and he defeated the Wei army led by Xu Huang, which is really a fortunate thing for me in Jingzhou, but as I expected, some of the Wei troops who fled in all directions will go straight to Shangyong to inform Sima Yi of this, although this place is far away from Shangyong, but more than ten days of time is enough for a Wei army to find Sima Yi, so these ten days are very important for us, General Meng Qi thinks, what should we do?"
"Go into battle to kill the enemy, Chao Shang can show his skills, this strategy, or all up to Gong Jin, before coming here, I have already discussed with General Zilong, when Xu Huang is defeated, I will definitely bring Gong Jin to Wancheng or Shangyong, our army and Sima Yi will win a decisive victory on the frontal battlefield, how can we miss Gong Jin?"
Ma Chao naturally knew that with Zhou Yu's intelligence, most of them had already made up their minds, and Zhou Yu also bowed slightly when he heard Ma Chao's words, and then looked at Ma Chao and Lu Xun and said: "Time is very urgent, I and General Meng Qi led all the cavalry in the city plus 20,000 infantry, and we will set off for Wancheng tonight, and the matter of Xiakou must be handed over to Bo Yan, no matter what happens in Jiangxia, Bo Yan must stick to the city, and connect with General Huang Gai, don't act rashly!" ”
After Lu Xun agreed to this, Zhou Yu did not say much, but after rectifying the sergeants in Xiakou City with Ma Chao, he led 30,000 horses out of the city overnight, Sima Yi and Cao Zhang were all in Shangyong at this time, which already showed that they would never set their sights on Jiangxia which was only one river away from Jiangdong this time, so Jiangxia no longer needed Zhou Yu.
When Zhou Yu and Ma Chao led the army to quietly leave Xiakou, there were already people who had a heart to see all this, and three days later, when Ma Chao and Zhou Yu had not yet arrived at their destination Wancheng, the news of their departure had already reached the ears of Zhuge Liang, who was in Chaisang.
On the occasion of the war between Liu Feng and Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang naturally couldn't shrink in Jianye, which would only make him lag behind in getting the news, and now, he had just received a report from Guan Ping and Zhang Fei, and learned that Cao Zhang was desperately resisted by Deng Ai in Wancheng and finally had nothing to do but leave, and now he learned that Xu Huang was defeated and captured outside Xiakou City, Zhou Yu and Ma Chao led the army to leave Xiakou, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but ponder......
At this time, there was only the nominal master of Jiangdong, Liu Chan, who was by Zhuge Liang's side. Liu Chan has reached the age of fourteen or fifteen, and is no longer the boy who only knows how to run back and forth behind Zhuge Liang.
"What does the young master think that this time Zhou Yu and Ma Chao defeated Xu Huang in Xiakou, what impact will it have on my Jiangdong?" Obviously, Zhuge Liang is taking the school to test Liu Chan, to see how much he can understand this battle, after all, Zhuge Liang knows that he can't always be by Liu Chan's side, he is still in fashion and can only barely keep the Jiangdong side safe, once he is old, if Liu Chan can't take care of himself, the consequences are unimaginable.
"In this way, my Jiangdong can be worry-free for the time being, and my uncle and General Guan Ping don't have to take any action against Wancheng or Xiangyang, as long as they pay close attention to the development of the war in Xiangyang, Zen thinks that once Sima Yi and Liu Feng really lose both sides in the battle near Shangyong, can we take this opportunity to take the land of Jiangxia, with Jiangxia, under the vigorous development of the naval army, maybe we can plot Jingzhou and other places......"
For Liu Chan's remarks, Zhuge Liang was still quite pleased in his heart, Liu Chan could think of whether there was a chance to take the land of Jiangxia as his own, which is enough to show that he is nearly fifteen years old and has some desire to expand the territory in his heart, such Liu Chan is indeed what Zhuge Liang is happy to see.
But after hearing this, Zhuge Liang's face was still as cold as ice, and he bowed his head slightly and said: "Zhang Fei and Guan Ping are indeed not allowed to act rashly, but no matter what the victory or defeat between Liu Feng and Sima Yi is, Jiangxia is not something that we can touch at this time." ”
After Zhuge Liang said this, Liu Chan's brows furrowed slightly, looking at Zhuge Liang, obviously unable to understand why he said this.
Seeing this, Zhuge Liang patiently explained: "If I want to fight for Jiangxia in Jiangdong, I must attack from the waterway, the battle between Liu Feng and Sima Yi is a struggle between infantry and cavalry, even if Liu Feng and his two are defeated, and what to do with Liu Feng's navy, the reason why Zhou Yu is so relieved to hand over Xiakou to Lu Xun to guard is precisely because once Xiakou is in great danger, Jingzhou's navy will arrive soon, does the young master think that my Jiangdong's navy will be able to defeat Jingzhou's navy steadily?" ”