After the loss of Changsha, the Han army went north to attack the important town of Baqiu, and the Yangtze River defense line of Wu was already dangerous. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Baqiu is in the east of Dongting Lake, tightly choking the waterway of Dongting Lake into the Yangtze River, is the most important link on the entire Yangtze River defense line, connecting distant mountains, swallowing the Yangtze River, mighty, at the same time, Dongting Lake is also one of the two bases of Wu Army's naval training (the other base is Poyang Lake), Baqiu has become a military town as important as Chaisang.

After the loss of Changsha, the Han army smashed Baqiu, which shook the government and the opposition of Wu.

If the loss of Jiaoguang made the Wu court only feel surprised, but in just one month, the Han army had already fought from Jiaozhou to the Yangtze River, and the shock caused by it shocked the whole country.

Zhou did not expect Shen Ying to be defeated so quickly, the loss of Jingnan made the carefully constructed Yangtze River defense line in Zhou was seriously threatened, if Shen Ying could hold on to Guiyang for a longer time, then Zhou would have time to calmly deal with the threat from Jiangbei and Yizhou, as long as the defense system of Xiling was perfected, Zhou Zhi could send some more soldiers and horses to strengthen Jingnan's defense.

It's a pity that time doesn't wait for me, the cavalry led by Liu Yin is far beyond the expectations of the surrounding area, the 30,000 people brought by Shen Ying not only can't stop the attack of the Han army, but also the defeat is extremely simple, Shen Ying died in Mangshan, and the 30,000 Wu army was almost wiped out, Liu Yin went all the way north, like a bamboo, and no one could stop him anymore.

Now the situation facing Zhou is difficult left and right, Liu Yin's knife in the back, stabbed it is simply to go deep into the point, if Baqiu is lost, Wu Guo's Yangtze River defense line may face the risk of being cut off, which is obviously unacceptable to Zhou.

But now if the troops are transferred back to Baqiu, the surrounding area is facing the embarrassing situation of no rice pot and no soldiers to adjust, originally dispatched 30,000 soldiers and horses to let Shen Ying go to garrison Guiyang, which is already the limit of the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized by the Zhou Division, but unfortunately the 30,000 horses brought by Shen Ying are like moths extinguished, and they are annihilated in an instant, and they have no effect, and now there are only less than 70,000 soldiers and horses left in the entire Xiling, and if they are transferred, the entire Xiling defense line will inevitably be weak, if the Han army attacks from the two directions of Xiangyang and Yong'an, Xiling will face a severe test.

But the same can not ignore Baqiu, the so-called palm is meat, the back of the hand is also meat, the Xiling defense line is extremely important, but Baqiu is not the case, if Baqiu is lost, the entire Xiling Jiangling and Wuchang Jianye will be interrupted, the Han army is likely to cross the Yangtze River in Baqiu, and the entire Yangtze River defense line will be declared bankrupt.

This is probably the biggest crisis that Zhou has suffered since he became the governor of the capital, he thinks about it again and again, weighs left and right, or thinks that Baqiu must not be lost, no matter what, he must protect Baqiu, and Liu Yin's plan to cut off the Yangtze River cannot succeed.

Zhou decided that Lu Jinglai would serve as the governor of Xiling, responsible for commanding all the defense of Xiling, and he would lead 10,000 sailors and hundreds of warships back to aid Baqiu.

This 10,000 water army was also forced to be transferred out of desperation, in fact, the entire Xiling defense line has indeed reached the point where there are no soldiers to adjust, a radish and a pit, Xiling's army is already quite tense.

Zhou said to Lu Jing: "Xiling's biggest enemy comes from Yizhou, now the Shu army and navy have become a climate, the only thing that is difficult to stop them is the dangerous beach of the Xiajiang River, we must make full use of the advantages of the dangerous beach of the Xiajiang River, block the Shu people in Yizhou, and prevent them from going out of Sichuan, if the Shu army and the navy kill the Xiajiang, it will be a disaster for our entire Wu country." ”

Lu Jingdao: "Governor Zhou can rest assured, he will do his best and never let the Shu people cross the thunder pond by half a step." ”

Zhou sighed helplessly, not that he didn't believe Lu Jing's words, but Xiling's defense was too important, when Lu Kang was alive, he repeatedly emphasized the important position of Xiling in the entire Yangtze River defense line, if the entire Yangtze River defense line is regarded as a dragon, then Xiling is the dragon's head, if the head does not exist, only the body remains, what is the use?

If it was possible, Zhou would have stayed in Xiling in person to support the center of the entire Yangtze River defense line, but now Baqiu was in a hurry and had to let him be distracted to deal with it.

In addition to letting Lu Jing come to guard Xiling, Zhou also let Lu Yan serve as the governor of Jiangling, Jiangling is the seat of the southern county, which is also particularly important, Jiangling and Xiling are leaning on each other, constituting the entire defense system in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the most trustworthy Lu brothers hold this important position, and Zhou is also more assured.

Because the Han was strong and Wu was weak, the whole situation was very unfavorable to the Wu State, and the generals in many areas of the Wu State showed signs of defection, and the surrounding areas had to take strict precautions.

After arranging the defense of Xiling, Zhou led the navy down the river and went straight to Baqiu.

The waterway march, if the wind and water are smooth, the speed is extremely fast, so Li Bai will leave the famous sentence of thousands of miles of Jiangling in one day, Zhou set off from Xiling in the morning with the morning glow, and when the sun was full, he had already arrived at the city of Baqiu.

With such a speed, Zhou Shi had already rushed to Baqiu before the Han army arrived. However, the surrounding area was not in a hurry to enter the city, but placed a good water army in the water village, Baqiu faced the water on both sides, one side was against the mountain, and only the south was the plain area, and the defense was mainly based on water warfare.

Although Zhou only brought 10,000 water troops, but he thought it was more than enough, after all, the Han army invaded the army only cavalry one class, attacking the city on the land route, it is a strong point, but attacking this kind of city surrounded by water on both sides, but it may not be handy, Zhou led 10,000 water troops to deploy on Dongting Lake, it can already be invincible.

But in fact, Liu Yin's soldiers forced Baqiu, but he did not necessarily want to attack Baqiu, he also knew very well that Baqiu's geographical location was relatively special, and the Han army did not have the advantage of a naval army, so it was difficult to attack Baqiu.

The reason why Liu Yin made a big splash and made a big fanfare was only one purpose, that is, to attract and mobilize the defense deployment of the Wu army, so that there were cracks in the defense system of the Wu State, and to create conditions for the Yongan Navy to send troops and other Jiangbei Fifth Route Army, and now hearing that Zhou had led 10,000 water troops to Baqiu in person, Liu Yin smiled slightly and said to the generals: "The big thing has been done." Then he ordered the Han army to go out with the six-way army and officially opened the curtain of the invasion of Wu.