Lu Meng never dreamed that the Yangtze River defense line he carefully laid out this time would be broken through by the future people so quickly, in addition to his nephew Lu Chenglong was killed on the spot, he was also injured by the future people who fell from the blown down wooden tower, he saw his army fleeing like a tide, and he was powerless to stop it, so he could only be carried by his subordinates and retreat with the deserters.

In fact, the defense line set up by Lu Meng is still very successful, if it weren't for the fact that the weapons of the future people are too powerful, they may have wiped out the future people here.

Just when Lu Su was designing a sneak attack on Cao Cao's vanguard troops, this Lu Meng was not idle, he carefully asked Gan Ning and Zhang Zhao what powerful weapons the future people had; Then ask Sun Junshou of Jiangxia County, who had fought with the future people, and learn more about the situation.

When he learned that the vehicle in which the future people were riding was extremely powerful, invulnerable and could swim in the water, he felt that the weapons he had in his hand could not deal with this magic car, so he thought of the stone throwing machine used for siege, because he had used this thing, with dozens of people at the same time to pull the rope of the stone throwing machine, under the action of the lever, the stone mounted on the front end of the throwing rod or the incendiary bomb ignited with oil sticky to the fire was thrown hundreds of meters away, and the people or buildings in the enemy position were smashed or burned with stones thrown at high speed or burning fireballs. This launcher was considered a powerful siege weapon at the time.

If people want to come from the water in the future, we can set up a number of stone throwing machines on the opposite side of the river, and then the observer standing on the river embankment will indicate the target, and when they cross the river and approach the shore, they will use the stone throwing machine in front of them to throw special stones, if they hit their vehicles, those stones weighing 100 catties will fall from the sky, and the huge impact force will definitely be able to smash them and sink into the river.

He told Sun Quan about his plan, and Sun Quan was very satisfied, and immediately ordered people to rush to make 200 huge stone throwing machines and make special stones and incendiary bombs, and then sent 5,000 people to step up training in the skills of launching stone throwing machines. After several days of intense training, the skills of those who operate the stone throwing machine have improved greatly.

After that, Lu Meng led people to carefully observe and analyze the direction and position of the future people who might attack, so they transported the catapults there, lined up according to the formation of a launch position for every ten stone throwers, and then arranged a stone throwing machine launch position about 100 steps (about 80 meters) apart, so that a total of 20 stone throwing machine launch positions were placed, and the defensive front reached about 2,500 meters.

Later, Lu Meng arranged for the officers and men to dig a trench two meters wide, 1.5 meters deep, and 3,000 meters long under the embankment in front of the stone thrower, and placed dry grass and firewood poured with oil in it, and then arranged for people to prepare torches, rockets, and other ignition tools behind the ditch.

In order to prevent the vehicles of the future people from going ashore from places where there is no stone throwing machine in the upstream and downstream, he also had the people dig trenches at both ends of the stone throwing machine position, and also put wooden planks on top of the trench and cover the soil layer to form a trench trap, in case the future people attack from here, they can also fall into this trench trap. I didn't expect this future person to really come from here and fall into this trap, but unfortunately there was no hay and firewood in this ditch, otherwise this time the future person would have been burned to death.

In addition, he also arranged three mobile troops on horseback behind the position of the stone thrower, each with 3,000 men and horses to assist in the defense of the Yangtze River defense line, led by the deputy general's own nephew Lu Chenglong, who immediately led the army to support whenever there was a danger.

After the future man's vehicle fell into the trap and was seen by Lu Chenglong, he thought that this was the best time to destroy them, and he immediately led three thousand cavalry to rush over, but he didn't expect Li Yong to react quickly, and immediately shot and routed them, and killed Lu Chenglong on the spot, all of this was clearly seen by Lu Meng, who was watching and commanding on the wooden tower in the distance, so he used the command flag to give orders to the other people on the stone thrower position, asking them to turn around and use the stone thrower to fire incendiary bombs to attack the future people, I didn't expect to be defeated by the future people again, and in the end, the future people didn't know what kind of magical thing they used, and they were able to destroy the stone thrower position so far away from the air, and even the wooden tower so far away from the position was also destroyed, and it also caused himself to fall from the collapsed wooden tower and hurt himself.

At this moment, Sun Quan was waiting for Lu Su and Lu Meng to defeat the Wei army and the future people in the old capital Wuchang (Ezhou), but he didn't expect to get the news that their carefully fortified Yangtze River was broken through by the future people in less than half a day, and then Zhang He, the forward general of the Wei army, also led a large number of men and horses to cross the river and kill them.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan was anxious, not knowing what to do. Lu Su, who was standing aside at this moment, stepped forward and said: "Don't panic, the king thinks that although the future people have crossed the Yangtze River, my Dongwu army is still there, and I can still deal with it for a few days, but this future people are menacing and aggressive, and the offensive is fierce, and we can't stay here for a long time. ”

At this time, Zhang Zhao, who was standing on the side, also stepped forward and said: "The king, the old minister has already reported that the future people and the things they carry are extremely brave, and we cannot win, but Lu Su and Lu Meng are not convinced, and they actually bewitched the king to make useless resistance, exhausting manpower and financial resources to lay out the Yangtze River defense line, and I don't want to be broken through by Cao Wei's coalition army in less than a day, causing heavy casualties to our army, and now it is also cut off by it to the west, trapping the king in a dangerous place. Sun Quan had no idea at this time, so he could only look at the ministers below.

"Don't worry about the king, I am willing to lead the troops to fight to the death with Cao Wei's coalition army to protect the safety of the king and his family!" Gan Ning stepped forward and said.

"General Gan's courage is commendable, but I don't know what strategy to break the enemy? What are the odds of winning? Zhang Zhao turned his head and asked him. This Gan Ning originally wanted to coax Sun Quan and show his loyalty, and he didn't have any plan to break the enemy at all, but he didn't expect this Zhang Zhao to really ask him what to do.

Everyone also turned their heads to look at Gan Ning, he stood there and didn't know how to answer, and it took a long time for him to hold back a few words: "The last general thinks that although the future people are brave, but their lone army is weak in depth, although Zhang He responds, but the Jiang Wei army he has led is not more than 10,000 forwards, and the army led by Cao Ren is beyond the reach of the whip in Jiangbei." The last general is willing to lead 30,000 troops, cooperate with the 30,000 horses and horses that Lü Meng fled from the rout, and attack Zhang He's troops on both sides, as long as he defeats Zhang He, seizes the place where the Wei army crosses the river, and prevents Cao Ren from crossing the river, no matter how brave the future people are, they will not be able to save the defeat. ”

Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This strategy is very good! However, in order to protect against the unexpected, the king still needs to retreat to the east with his family and ministers first, and the old ministers stay here to coordinate; In addition, he repaired a fast horse to pass it to Liu Bei in Western Shu, asking him to immediately send troops to Hanzhong to attack Cao Cao and relieve the pressure on my Eastern Wu; Then let him order General Guan Yu, who was stationed in Jingzhou, to rush to help, so as to thwart the offensive of Cao Wei's coalition army. ”

Sun Quan felt that this was good, so he nodded and said: "According to your strategy, you will quickly split up, and you must block the future person, otherwise if you let it drive straight into my Eastern Wu, you will be defeated." ”

In addition, Li Yong and the others drove the "Crossing Ship" to quickly pursue Lü Meng's fleeing team, and Zhang He also led a cavalry of more than 2,000 people to follow closely behind. Since the officers and soldiers of Eastern Wu had already learned the power of the future people, they had given up resistance, and soon these people retreated to the city of Jiangxia County under the command of Lü Meng and closed the city gates tightly.

Although the city of Jiangxia County is not large, because it is very close to the Yangtze River, the geographical location is very important, Sun Quan attaches great importance to its role, so the city wall is built very strong, and the grain and grass in the city are also stored a lot, which can be used for long-term warfare.

Li Yong and the others drove the vehicle along the city wall to inspect it, and found that the city wall was very tall and strong, and it was difficult to overcome, so he parked the vehicle about 100 meters away from the north city gate and got off the car and observed it carefully. At this time, Zhang He also rode over, he turned over and dismounted and came to Li Yong's side.

After the two of them observed for a while, Zhang He first said: "This city seems to be very strong, there are many people defending the city, and the enemy led by Lu Meng to flee has also entered this city, plus the enemy who originally defended the city, it is estimated that there are more than 30,000 people, and I have less than 3,000 men, how to break through this city?" ”

Li Yong said: "We must immediately attack the city, take advantage of the enemy's panic to attack the city, and seize the city, otherwise once the enemy reinforcements come, the enemy in the city will open the city again, then our army will be in danger of being attacked by the enemy; Besides, if the enemy cuts off my rear road and cuts off my food and grass, then we will definitely be defeated. Now we will attack the city immediately, and the enemy in the city will go out of the city through the other gates, and we will let him escape, as long as we occupy this city, get grain and grass here, and wait for General Cao Ren to cross the river, and then we will pursue Sun Quan and force him to surrender. ”

Zhang He said loudly: "It's still a good brother, admire my brother!" But the city is so strong, how can you invade it? ”

Li Yong said: "This city seems to be strong and abnormal, but it is easy for me to break this city!" I will enter the city now, and the general will enter the city with me at once. With that, he went back to the car.

After entering the "Crossing", he said to the people in the car: "Chen Tao, you kill all those officials and those who dare to resist on the city gate, so that the other officers and soldiers defending the city dare not stand on the city wall to resist; Wei Hong, you drive the vehicle, and after I destroy the city gate with a rocket launcher, you immediately drive into the city. ”

Chen Tao and Li Yong opened the roof of the vehicle, and since the distance was only about 100 meters, Chen Tao took out the 95 assault rifle and aimed at the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Wu who were standing on the city tower or city wall and opened fire. For a moment: "Bang! Bang! Bang! The gunfire continued, and the officers and soldiers who were standing on the city gate fell down one after another. While Chen Tao was shooting, Weihong also drove the vehicle slowly forward.

The vehicles were shooting as they went, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city above the city gate fled one after another, and soon there were few people left, and the "Crossing Number" was less than 50 meters away from the city gate. Li Yong raised the 40 bazooka and fired it at the city gate, and immediately opened a big hole in the gate of the strong city gate, and then fell to the side.

After seeing that the gate was destroyed, Wang Weihong drove the "Crossing" and rushed forward with an electric door, "Boom! The crooked gate was knocked open, and the rockets were killed and injured many officers and soldiers guarding the city gate just now, and when they were injured and fell to the ground before they had time to get up, they were crushed by the knocked down gate, and the ghosts who did not die cried wolf. The other officers and soldiers of the Eastern Wu guarding the gate were frightened when they saw this scene and fled for their lives.

After the "Crossing Ship" crashed open the city gate, it continued to rush forward, and at this time, a loud shout of killing came from far and near, and several Eastern Wu generals led a large group of men and horses with weapons rushed from the city to the city gate.

Chen Tao and Wang Yan shot continuously to knock down the people who rushed in front. Seeing that the leader had been knocked down, those who were following them turned around in fear and ran.

Zhang He saw Li Yong's vehicle rushing into the city, so he shouted and led his soldiers to rush in as well. At this time, the city of Jiangxia County was already in chaos, and people everywhere shouted horses and shouted killings; And those officers and soldiers of Eastern Wu fled in all directions, losing the ability to resist.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Lord Jiangxia County Shousun hurriedly ran to Lu Meng's side and said loudly: "Report to Governor Lü, the future people have led a large number of Wei troops to break through the city gate and are going to the county guard to kill, my Eastern Wu officers and soldiers see their bravery, now their confidence is lost, they are no longer able to resist, the general quickly follow me to open the south gate and retreat to the east to meet the king, if you don't go quickly, I am afraid that you will be imprisoned under the Wei army." ”

Lu Meng, who was lying on the hospital bed, said sadly: "This future person is really powerful!" I thought that tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Dongwu were carefully deployed according to the Yangtze River, but they were broken through by one of its divine vehicles, and thousands of me were injured; Now we and tens of thousands of people want to rely on this strong city to hold on for a few days to wait for reinforcements, but I don't think that the future people will only use half an hour to break through this city, it seems that I am finished! That's it! The county guard hurriedly gathered his subordinates, opened the south gate and went out of the city to the east to join the king's soldiers to resist again. ”

In this way, Lü Meng was carried, and most of the Eastern Wu officers and soldiers stationed in the city opened the city gate and fled to the east; And those officers and soldiers of Eastern Wu who were wounded or did not receive the retreat laid down their arms on the spot and surrendered to Zhang He.

When Gan Ning led the reinforcements of the army to rush here, he happened to meet Lu Meng's men and horses who had fled. When those people saw Gan Ning, they told them to retreat quickly, otherwise they would be destroyed by Cao Wei's allied forces.

Hearing what these fleeing Lu Meng's subordinates said, and looking at their expressions like frightened birds, Gan Ning looked up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven won't help me!" He originally wanted to unite with Lü Meng to flank Zhang He from both sides and occupy the Yangtze River Wei army's defense line to cross the river, so he immediately ordered the army to retreat, ending the encirclement and suppression operation.

Sun Quan, who was waiting for news from Wuchang, was frightened when they learned the news of Gan Ning's escape, and Sun Quan hurriedly fled east with his family and ministers. Before leaving, he said angrily to Lu Su: "This resistance strategy is all because of your advice, now Cao Wei has not allied with the army to cross the river to kill, and the king of the victim has nowhere to escape, how can I do it now?" Then he said to Zhang Zhao: "This king ordered you to quickly negotiate peace with Cao Wei's allied army, as long as it does not hurt our Eastern Wu army and people, everything can be negotiated, but it must be delayed." After saying that, he left in a hurry.

After Zhang Zhao received the order, he led the peace negotiation delegation to Jiangxia County immediately, and arrived there in the afternoon of the next day. Cao Ren, the general of the southern hussars who commanded the Wei army, also led a large number of men and horses to the city of Jiangxia County that morning, and then stationed in the surrounding area.

Zhang Zhao and the others came to the city, entered the city in the name of the envoy of the Eastern Wu peace talks, negotiated with Cao Ren about reconciliation, and put forward the conditions: "The Eastern Wu is willing to submit to the imperial court, but the premise is that the Wei army postpones the attack." ”

Cao Ren saw that this so-called peace talks were not sincere, and the purpose was to delay the Wei army's offensive speed and give them time to breathe. So he said: "Now Sun Quan only has two ways to go, one is to immediately lay down his arms and surrender to the imperial court, and the other is to be destroyed." However, this Zhang Zhao was not Sun Quan, and he did not dare to sign this treaty, so the negotiations reached an impasse.

Seeing that Zhang Zhao could not represent Sun Quan, Cao Ren was very angry, so he convened a military meeting and informed the generals of the conditions proposed by Sun Quan's envoys to negotiate peace. Everyone said that this was Sun Quan's delaying tactic, and he should go east in one go and completely eliminate the forces of Eastern Wu.

After unifying the opinions, Cao Ren ordered the army to rest for a while, and immediately sent troops to attack Eastern Wu, seize its city, and directly attack the old nest of Eastern Wu "Jianye"; In addition, he revised a book about what happened here and the next plan of action, so that people could quickly pass it on to Cao Cao, the king of Wei.

This time, it was Li Yong and Zhang He who acted as the strikers to attack eastward. Because the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Wu knew the courage of the future people, most of the Eastern Wu generals who defended the city only saw the "turtle cart" driven by the future people coming to attack the city, or fled or opened the city gate to surrender, so Li Yong and the others hardly encountered any effective resistance.

Cao Wei's allied forces quickly occupied most of the Eastern Wu territories in Jiangdong, and in less than two months they attacked the city of Jianye, Sun Quan's lair, and finally Sun Quan had to let Zhang Zhao as his envoy again, sign the surrender agreement, agree to give up resistance, and submit to the imperial court.

In this way, Cao Cao commanded this campaign against Eastern Wu, and with the cooperation of the future people, he won a major victory, and it took only two months to level the forces of Eastern Wu, laying a solid foundation for the next step of pacifying Western Shu and Liu Bei.

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