Chapter 420: The Iron Rope of the Hengjiang River
What kind of person is Jia Wenhe? Li Yu didn't count it in his heart, he really couldn't see through this generation of strange people, in the early years, Jia Xuyan was behind a murderous robber, he seemed to be a kind scribe, while committing heinous crimes, he could successfully evade the fingers of thousands of people, who could do this ability?
You see that he is a wanderer, sometimes taking refuge in the countryside, sometimes dodging in the hall of a certain prince, as if he was wandering to commit crimes. said scheming, and even dared to let Cao Cao bow down; In his later years, he served as Situ in Cao Pi's court, and his power was thriving, and he looked highly respected. What kind of strange person is this?
Maybe he's like an ominous owl! Hovering over the bones of the corpse.
Li Yu felt that he was quite stupid, and he was moved by Jia Xu's words, so that he had to sacrifice his life for righteousness, and he had to count the money for others after being sold, and he had to ensure his safety, Jia Xu was sent away by him, or Jia Xu didn't leave, and he left!
On the one hand, he mobilized the 100,000 troops around him to march south, and on the other hand, he issued an order to Guo Jia, Ji Ling, and Pang Tong, asking them to withdraw from Jiangxia and move to Fancheng!
And Jia Xu looked at Li Yu's distant back, and hummed quietly: The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return; Li Yu can't see through him, and he can't see through Li Yu, with Li Yu's exploits, he can live a peaceful life, but he doesn't!
Not only did he not work hard for the Wei State, just as he laughed at Xun Yu, the ideal master, in fact, he himself never realized that he was the most stubborn idealist!
Xun Yu didn't know when he came to Jia Xu's side and stopped to watch with him; "What did you say to him?" , Xun Yu's words were very angry, because his persuasion could not change Li Yu's mind, in his opinion, the current situation needs to be stable and stable, and the country can only be entered into the world after governing the country first, but Li Yu didn't listen, just silently insisted on his mind; Jia Xu smiled slightly: "I just said to feed the tiger with my body!" If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger! He was very indifferent but didn't say something specific, Xun Yu couldn't figure it out: "What do you mean?" ”
"Nothing! Next, just stick to Fancheng and guard the largest gate in front of Xuchang! Jia Xu smiled and walked towards the city, the back of the rickety showed that he was no longer young, but the pace of the rickety was still very firm, indicating that he insisted on his heart!
Jia Xu didn't have the intention of harming Li Yu, perhaps in the eyes of others, he was harming Li Yu, but he himself insisted that he was fulfilling Li Yu, fulfilling his eternal fame, and achieving his identity as the most admired person in the past!
Xun Yu's face was cloudy, for a long time, he sighed, holding Cao Pi's order in his hand, he was finally going back to Xuchang after a few years, where he could show his talent the most, and it was also the place where he first showed his talent, and he was going back; It's just that I can't let go of the war in Jiangnan and Li Yu's friend in my heart, not only because Li Yu has a life-saving grace for him, but also because Li Yu is one of the few people who can understand his mind, this is a confidant among friends!
What a rare confidant! Xun Yu shook his head, his gaze gradually became firm, and he turned to leave!
Guo Jia, who was in Jiangxia, pinched the silk silk in his hand after learning the news of Li Yu, and his thoughts fluctuated in his heart: "Pang Tong! What do you think? ”
Pang Tong glanced at the news and said suspiciously: "Maybe Mr. Huaide is similar to what we think, right?" Pretty much what they thought? Yes, or it's about the same as Guo Jia thought; Guo Jia was terminally ill and couldn't hold on, he was eager to do his last effort for the Wei State, and this always dashing man also came up with a plan to destroy the foundation of Wu and Shu, so that he could be blind; "Huaide, Huaide", Guo Jia muttered to himself, and raised his head: "It seems that we need to delay him for a while, Pang Tong, leave it to you!" ”
"Understood!" , Pang Tong arched his hand, he understood what Guo Jia meant, they want to evacuate and evacuate silently, they can't be held back by the Jiangdong people, and they have to make the Jiangdong army dare not march for a long time, so what should I do?
Pang Tong chose the simplest and rude way and used people's reverse thinking to act! He decided to fight! Win a battle, then lay down the suspicious army and retreat! Zhou Yu knew that there were wise people in Cao's camp, and he definitely didn't think that the strategy they used would be so simple, maybe they were playing some kind of strategy, and when he woke up, Cao Jun had already disappeared; Pang Tong ordered the military horses and joined forces with Ji Ling to attack Exian, Exian County is backed by Baoan Lake, where is the camp of the Jiangdong Naval Army, Zhou Yu had planned to use the water connected to Baoan Lake to go north to directly attack Jiangxia County, but unfortunately Pang Tong was broken with a cross-river iron cable; The two sides have been fighting for several months, Zhou Yu can't take advantage, so he hoarded soldiers and horses in Exian, established a base camp connected by land and water, and waited for the opportunity to defend layer by layer, Pang Tong is definitely not easy to capture Exian, let alone sneak attack, Zhou Yu is actually so easy to deal with?
Pang Tong decided to carry out the simple and rough to the end! With 100,000 military horses, they came to Exian County, not to mention the trebuchets on the shelves first, and then a few bombardments, Zhou Yu had already gotten the news, and he had already dealt with it; The Jiangdong army also set up catapults, but their catapults were not as many as Cao's army, so the goal was to destroy Cao's catapults, and the two sides engaged in an "artillery battle". Zhou Yu expressed his admiration for the powerful firepower of the Cao army, and ordered the soldiers to go into the "air-raid shelter" he supervised to dodge, and on the other hand, he also ordered the navy to go up the river, and the Cao army attacked, Jiangxia County must be empty, and when will it be at this time!
Kindness! This idea is good, but he didn't expect Pang Tong to be so obscene, the soldiers operating the catapult are constantly changing, so he never stops, and he has thrown in a whole morning, and several catapults have been scrapped; In the face of this hooligan play, Zhou Yu did not send troops to destroy the catapult, but how long is the attack distance of the catapult! more than 2,000 meters, and Cao's army moved forward about 500 meters in order to be able to cover the entire Exian County; Even so, there is still a distance of about 1,500 meters between this, that is, three miles, in this three-mile distance, the Cao army hoarded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend, and Zhou Yu sent fewer people and horses, just to deliver food, and sent more to deliver food!
The Jiangdong army is mostly a naval army, and more than 80,000 sailors have all been sent out to attack Jiangxia County, although the nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Zhou Yu's hands are a lot, but the decisive battle with the elite cavalry and iron armor of the Cao army is really a big loss; He didn't dare to risk the rout of the army in a decisive battle with Cao Jun in the field, so he could only be beaten with grievances, this time was not long, only one morning, and then Cao Jun came and went quickly, and strangely withdrew!
Zhou Yu was stunned at that time! He sent 80,000 sailors to carry out a sneak attack on Jiangxia County! Is this still worth it? This is very likely to be flanked by Cao Jun's front and back! On the one hand, Zhou Yu sent people to quickly communicate the water division and the men and horses to withdraw as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he sent troops to advance along the banks of the water, intending to join forces and face the enemy together; Pang Tong successfully mobilized Zhou Yu, why could he only be on the absolute defensive in the past, or even passively beaten, but now he is like this? The reason is that there is a switch between offense and defense, Cao Jun decided to give up Jiangxia County, Pang Tong has fewer worries, and there are fewer conditions to hinder him, so he can naturally let go; The Jiangxia county town has been emptied by Guo Jia, and he transferred all the remaining more than 60,000 troops of Cao's army to Xinzhou, which is just south of the Jiangxia county town, is the gateway to the Jiangxia county town, and has always been a strategic buffer point repeatedly fought for between Wei and Wu; In the war, this place has almost become a ruin, a place that no one wants, Guo Jia appeared here to cooperate with Pang Tong to attack Jiangdong's sailors!
The river is weird, why do you say that? Because it flows in a different direction from other currents, the water in this area parallel to him flows from north to southeast, either flowing into the lake or converging on the main trunk of the Yangtze River; But he was reversed, flowing from Baoan Lake to the Baiyun River and then to the Yangtze River, making a big circle, which means that the Jiangdong Army is going down the river, and the speed is very fast, and Zhou Yu's messenger can't catch up no matter how much he chases!
Guo Jia buried a thick chain in the Jushui River, and it is not one! The front was blocked, and some abandoned ships were tied to chains, loaded with hay, and when the Jiangdong army came, he ordered the soldiers to shoot rockets, ignite them, and block their way; When the Jiangdong Army was about to turn back, the Cao army on both sides of the river bank urged the war horses and pulled the axle plate, and countless iron chains appeared in the river, separating these ships. They could not sail longitudinally, but could only sail horizontally to carry out landing operations, but Cao's army, which had been prepared for a long time, fired rockets with bows and arrows on both sides of the strait, forming a firepower network, blocking their way forward, and for a time the Jiangdong Navy Division fell into a stalemate; One by one, the ignited walking walls and ships continued to sink, and the generals of the naval division, Huang Gai and Han Dang, turned around in a hurry, desperately roaring and mobilizing the soldiers to land on the east shore together, only by working together can they rush over, you must know that the actions of the Jiangdong naval division in the chaos are not uniform, some are marching to the east side, and some are marching to the west side; Who would have thought that Cao Jun, who had been beaten like a little victim, would come up with such a tactic! This tactic was invented by Pang Tong before, that is, to block the approach of the Jiangdong Army with iron cables in the middle of the river, and Guo Jia improved it to form such a tactic; The Jiangdong army roared in unison, rowing the oars quickly and approaching the east bank, completely ignoring the arrows of the Cao army and the casualties of their own side; (To be continued)