Chapter 109: Retreat
"Military division, I don't want to fight in Shuzhong this time, I will fight to this point, Mianzhu Pass can't be attacked for a long time, if I can't enter Chengdu again, my army's grain and grass may not be sustainable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info "In Zhuge Liang's camp, several generals with the army gathered in Zhuge Liang's big tent to discuss the strategy of breaking the army, but for the current battle situation, including Zhuge Liang, they are a little at a loss, Pang Tong is in the middle of the dispatch, and Wei Yan and Zhang Ren are all generals of the army, Jingzhou Army, now there is only one Zhang Fei to be the enemy, the veteran Yan Yan is still staying in Dianjiang to recuperate, although there are now a few more counties, but in terms of the overall situation, if you can't break Pang Tong's troops, even if you occupy more counties and counties, it is useless.
Zhuge Liang heard this, nodded silently, this time the west entered Shu, it was the idea of a quick battle, after all, Liu Bei is not as strong as Lu Bu, and occupies Chengdu, there is enough grain and grass to support, Jingzhou first united Cao Cao to attack Luoyang unsuccessfully, and then was burned a lot, and then Zhuge Liang went west to Shuzhong, and almost brought all the grain and grass that Jingzhou could mobilize, although there was a supplement from Jiangzhou, but until now, it has been unable to support such a large-scale battle.
Just when Zhuge Liang was thinking about a strategy to break the enemy, a general came in and handed Zhuge Liang a letter.
"Who's sending the letter?" Zhuge Liang wrote a letter and asked casually.
"Returning to the military division, it is a letter sent by the Guanzhong Army." The military general bowed.
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang unfolded the letter, and when he saw the content of the letter, his expression couldn't help but change.
"Strategist, what's going on?" The generals saw that Zhuge Liang's face was wrong, and hurriedly asked.
"Young often captured!" Zhuge Liang sighed and said with a wry smile: "I originally wanted to let Youchang go to Chengdu, saying that the family would rebel, occupy Chengdu, and cut off the food and grass of the Guanzhong army...... It's me who hurt the child! β
"Maybe it's the Guanzhong army who tricked me and others." A military general frowned.
Zhuge Liang shook his head, and Pang Tong's smugness between the lines jumped on the page, and if something really happened in Chengdu, Pang Tong probably wouldn't have time to talk to him here.
Since the road of cutting off the enemy's grain route is impassable, then the next step can only be to break through Pang Tong, but it is easy to do it when there is a shortage of grain and grass?
"Report ~ Jingzhou victory!" At this moment, a long shout suddenly sounded outside the camp, and a dusty Jingzhou soldier rushed into the camp with an excited face, and was stopped, but his mouth was still excited.
"What?" Zhuge Liang's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly stood up, and said in a somewhat anxious voice: "Quick, summon this person in." β
Soon, the Jingzhou soldier who had received good news was brought to the tent.
"There is a war in Jingzhou? But Lu Bu invaded? Zhuge Liang summoned people to his side and asked in a deep voice.
"Hui Jun Division, not Lu Bu, but Jiangdong, at the beginning of September, Jiangdong sneak attack Jiangxia, and now it has been repelled by the lord and counterattacked into Chaisang." The visitor said excitedly.
"Tell me carefully!" Zhuge Liang's face changed miserably, and he said sharply.
"Yes." The person who came hurriedly told him what had happened before and after.
Time pushed back to the third day of the ninth month, LΓΌ Meng took advantage of the heavy rain to set up an ambush on the river, and after completely annihilating Chen to Jiangxia's main force, he entered Jiangxia in one fell swoop.
Chen Zhi followed Liu Bei when he was in Runan, and he was also one of the top generals under Liu Bei, Chen Zhi died, Liu Bei was very cowardly, but he was worried that this matter would affect Zhuge Liang's expedition to Shu, so he did not send the information to Shu as soon as possible, but under the advice of Cui Zhouping, he shrank the defense line.
And Sun Quan saw Jiangxia, after gaining a firm foothold, taking advantage of Jingzhou's emptiness because of the internal emptiness, pressing step by step, although Lu Xun had advised Sun Quan to accept it when he saw it, but the Jiangdong generals fought with one force, and Lu Meng crossed the Han River, pressing step by step, and the Jiangdong generals were in high spirits, and finally, Sun Quan decided to break Jingzhou first after weighing the weight, and invited Lu Bu to send troops to Yique Pass to contain Guan Yu's Nanyang soldiers and horses.
Things are also as many people imagined, after Lu Meng got Sun Quan's order, he took Tai Shici, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Zhu Ran and other Jiangdong generals all the way, and Liu Bei was almost defeated in a row when he was not prepared and lost the elite of Jiangxia.
When the generals heard this, although they already knew that the matter had passed, they still couldn't help but worry about it, they didn't expect that so many things had happened in the short few months since they left.
"Go on." Zhuge Liang sat silently on the handsome seat and said in a deep voice.
"Yes." The general took a bowl of tea handed by others, raised his head and drank it all, and said excitedly: "Although the Jiangdong Navy is powerful, if you talk about land warfare, it is still our Jingzhou Army that is stronger, and the lord shrinks the defense line, but in order to lure the Jiangdong Navy to the land, just like those Jiangdong dog thieves sneak attack General Chen Zhi, the lord shrinks the battle line to the area of Woniu Mountain, and at the same time orders someone to send a letter to Cao Jun in Xudu." β
"Cao Cao also sent troops?" Zhuge Liang's face changed, and he said in a deep voice.
"Not bad." The military general nodded and said: "Taking advantage of the emptiness of Chaisang, when the main force of the Jiangdong Army invaded Jingzhou, the Cao army took Mao Jue as the general and attacked the Lujiang River, and the lord secretly transferred General Guan Yu back, joined forces with General Huang Zhong to counterattack the Jiangdong Army, and in the next big battle in Funiu Mountain, General Guan Yu personally took action, among the ten thousand troops, cut Lu Meng, beheaded Jiang Qin, and the Jiangdong Army was defeated, and surrendered 20,000 Jiangdong Army. β
Zhuge Liang nodded silently, with Guan Yu's character, since Lu Meng dared to kill Guan Ping, I am afraid that Guan Yu would never give up, so it was okay to give Jiangdong Jun a dismount, and to tell Sun Quan not to do such irrational things in the future.
"That's not all!" The general said excitedly: "General Guan broke Lu Meng, after recapturing Jiangxia, taking advantage of the emptiness of Chaisang, attacked Chaisang in one fell swoop, Sun Quan sent people to sue for peace several times, but General Guan refused, and took advantage of the situation to raise troops, all the way to Nanchang, Luling, the entire Yuzhang has been taken by our army, Jiangdong six counties, now there are only Wu County, Huiji, Danyang, Jiujiang four counties left. β
"What about Cao Jun?" Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and asked.
"After the Cao army occupied the Lujiang River, it did not continue to attack, it seems that Lu Bu from the north has come up, and General Guan is still continuing to use troops, and now, I am afraid that he has taken another county or two."
"Good!" In the tent, I don't know who shouted, and patted his thigh excitedly and said: "I have long seen that this Jiangdong thief is not pleasing to the eye, obviously it is he Zhou Yu who broke the covenant, but he counted the account on our heads, General Guan is relieved of this battle, so that Sun Quan Xiao'er knows the strength of our army." β
"Knowing a fart, it won't take long, after General Guan defeats Jiangdong, then Sun Quan Xiao'er won't even have a chance to regret it." Another general sneered.
Zhuge Liang silently closed his eyes, his heart was full of mixed feelings, and an indescribable bitterness surged into his heart, even if he had always been conceited and resourceful, he also felt a sense of powerlessness pressing down at this moment, making him feel an indescribable tiredness.
"Military advisor, great joy, why are you so ......" A general found that Zhuge Liang's face was wrong, and hurriedly waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop talking, and turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang didn't answer, and it took a long time to open his eyes, look at everyone, shake his head, and say, "Inform General Yide to prepare to retreat." β
"Huh?" A group of generals couldn't help but be a little stunned when they heard this, and looked at Zhuge Liang in puzzlement, the situation was very good, why did they suddenly want to withdraw their troops?
Zhuge Liang stood up, all along, it has been the demeanor of a row of fairy wind bones, and the generals suddenly found that Zhuge Liang's back seemed to be a little rickety, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old in an instant.
"Everyone, go back and rest, and inform all the generals that there must be no mistake in retiring tonight." Without explaining anything, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and motioned for the generals to retreat.
"The last will be retired." Although I don't know why, I am used to Zhuge Liang's way of speaking and doing things, and I don't dare to ask again, and after saying goodbye, they retreat.
In the originally lively big tent, in less than a moment, only Zhuge Liang was left, sitting silently in his seat, looking at the empty big tent, an indescribable sense of loneliness rose in his heart, Jiangdong has gone through three generations, how could it be so easily broken by Guan Yu, just like Liu Bei led Lu Meng's army to the land to fight before, Jiangdong didn't expect Lu Meng to lose so quickly, and he couldn't prepare, so Guan Yu was able to capture Yuzhang like a bamboo, but what next? When Jiangdong integrates its forces and attacks again, I am afraid it will be time to repay its debts.
Before he left, he left a book to tell Liu Bei that he had to endure everything to treat Jiangdong, but he didn't expect that Sun Quan would kill Chen Zhi and Guan Ping, one was a general that Liu Bei relied on, and the other was Liu Bei's son and nephew, Guan Yu's son.
It is necessary to rush back as soon as possible, now that he has torn his face and has captured Yuzhang, the top priority is to make a big move, and before Sun Quan can gather all his forces, Jiangdong will be leveled, as for Shuzhong......
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that the manpower is poor, and now the battle situation in Jingzhou has reached this point, he doesn't believe that Lu Bu will be indifferent, and even if Pang Tong wins Shuzhong, as long as he holds the main road, Pang Tong wants to send troops from Shuzhong and attack Jingzhou, but it is also difficult.
Thinking of the three-point strategy he set at the beginning, it has now become a bubble, without Shuzhong, even if he takes Jiangdong and faces Lu Bu, it may be a matter of time before he is defeated.
Three days later, Zhuge Liang began to withdraw the army on all fronts, and the army retreated to Jiangzhou in an endless stream, after Pang Tong got the news, Zhang Ren and Wei Yan sent troops to pursue, but they were ambushed and returned, Pang Tong could only be powerless, Zhuge Liang wanted to go, he couldn't stop it now, the terrain in Shu was too suitable for ambushes, and Zhuge Liang was cautious, how could he not prevent Pang Tong from pursuing, pursuing at this moment, I am afraid it would not be pleased, Pang Tong could only wait for Zhuge Liang to retreat, and then began to recover the southern counties of Yizhou step by step. (To be continued.) )