"Originally, I wanted to trap Tao Kan in Xichang City to let people burn the granary arsenal in the city, but I never expected that Tao Kan was reluctant to be in Xichang. There is no choice but to dig a grave for him in this Valley of Absolute Souls. ”

Zu Ti smiled and stroked his beard and said.

Lian Jun was deeply admired, he now understands why Yao Yu takes such a fancy to Zu Ti, originally he thought that Yao Yu had taken a fancy to Zu Ti's character, but now let's see, Zu Ti's ability is also among the top few in Jingzhou, which is like a cloud.

A commander like him who is good at coordinating the overall situation, and there are not a few in the entire Jingzhou.

Thinking of this, Lian Jun nodded, and asked Zu Ti again: "Ancestral General Army, Tao Kan's death is a foregone conclusion, and the next step is for us to take over Luling in an all-round way." However, Jiangling did not send reinforcements, which means that Yuzhang's defenders still have to divide half of them to guard Luling. According to the news, the army led by Wang Dun has already rushed to this side on the road, and it will be possible to reach Luling in five days at most. It's better for our army to prepare early. ”

Zu Yi nodded: "Wang Dun is a person who has no real name. No worries. As long as we kill Tao Kan, Wang Dun's heart will be in turmoil. What's more, we can also ask General Shen Cheng of Lujiang for help and let him lead troops to threaten Danyang County. As a result, Wang Dun threw a mouse bogey, and he didn't dare to delay in Luling for too long. ”

Lian Jun thought so, and immediately, the strength of the attack on the valley was greater.

Two hours later, the wounds and deaths of Tao Kan in the valley were dead, and the remaining people had no ability to resist at all.

Under the orders of Zu Ti and Lian Jun, his troops and horses were dispatched together to slaughter into the valley and harvest the enemy army.

Tao Kan, who was in a coma, was chased and killed by Zu Lian.

At this point, in Luling County, except for Zang Hong, who was defeated by Yang He, except for the Valley of Absolute Souls, there was no military strength at all.

Moreover, in addition to learning the news that the defenders in the valley were all wiped out and the main general Tao Kan was killed, he was also so frightened that he didn't dare to stay where he was, so he turned around and led the army to flee.

Even, he didn't dare to enter Xichang City.

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When the battle ended, Zu Ti sent Tao Kan's head to Jiangling to show his military merits, and at the same time as Lian Jun, he divided his troops into Xingping County, marched in the morning, and captured Xingping in the afternoon.

When the gentry in Xingping County and the city heard that Zu Li's army had arrived, they didn't even resist, and directly abandoned the city and fled.

It doesn't matter if he goes, it can be said that the entire mouth of Luling County has been pierced by Zu Li.

If Wang Dun wants to lead his troops into Luling, he must fight to the death.

In addition, Zu Ti sent a distress letter to Lujiang, and Shen Cheng and Yao Gong, who learned the news, commanded the waterway cavalry, lined up on the Yangtze River, and posed as a threat to Danyang County.

Under the premise that the first battle was unfavorable, Wang Dun did not dare to stay longer, and hurriedly led his troops back to Danyang under Sima Rui's order.

At this point, the battle of Luling has completely come to an end.

The scale of this battle was not large, and the total number of troops invested by both sides was about 30,000.

Although Wang Dun and Shen Cheng participated in the war later, both sides just went through the motions, and the real main battlefield was still in Xichang, Nan'an, and Nanye.

In this battle, Lian Jun attracted attention head-on, Zu Ti hit an information gap, and under the premise that Tao Kan didn't know that he had rushed to Luling, he came to steal the house and forced Tao Kan into his own rhythm.

Although Tao Kan lived up to his famous generals and almost aborted Zu Ti's plan many times in a passive situation, Zu Ti had already grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and in addition, Tao Kan kept having pig teammates. In the end, not to mention that Tao Kan paid with his life, the 20,000 defenders of Luling County only fled back to Zang Hong.

For example, generals such as Tao Kan, Xue Jing, Han Yi, Tao Huang, Tao Pei, etc., all died with Tao Kan.

After Sima Rui confirmed the news of Tao Kan's death, he cried several times in a day and almost fainted.

He was annoyed, annoyed that he hadn't figured out the situation earlier, and had lost Tao Kan's life in vain.

If he had known early on that Zu Ti and Lian Jun were really here and were not making trouble casually, he would have sent Wang Dun's army to rush to support.

Now it's okay, forget about the loss of Luling, and Tao Kan died in the Valley of Desperate Souls.

In the entire Jiangdong, except for Tao Kan, there are no more commander-type talents.

Although Wang Dun is famous and born in the Langya Wang family, there is one thing to say, Wang Dun is only suitable for commanding small forces of less than 10,000 people, like this kind of battle of tens of thousands of people, Wang Dun is not as good as himself.

Now that Tao Kan is dead, I am afraid that Jiangdong will no longer have a foothold of his own.

Thinking that his hegemony died before it started, how could Sima Rui not be sad?

With such thoughts, he had the intention of reconciling with Yao Yu. He was willing to sacrifice the Jiangdong household registration register and asked Yao Yu to call off the army.

When Director Wang learned of this, he rushed into Sima Rui's mansion, snatched the peace request letter that Sima Rui had just written, threw it on the ground, and shouted: "Your Highness, Yao Yu's heart is well known to passers-by, how could he quit because of this letter of request for peace?" In the land of Jiangdong, Yao Yu has been planning for a long time. Seeking peace at this time has no effect other than to undermine the morale of the army. Wang Dao was brave and asked His Royal Highness to lead the troops to personally conquer and defend Sanwu. ”

Sima Rui was taken aback, and couldn't help but stumble: "But, but sir." Tao Kan died in battle, and in these three Wu lands, there is no one who can be compared with Yao Yu. ”

"Your Highness, although Yao Yu is strong, as long as we stick to the main road, Yao Yu will not be able to get by. Although his Jingzhou army's combat strength is unique in the world, it has not been easy to attack the city since ancient times. At the beginning, Wuhou raised tens of thousands of troops to surround Chen Cang, but he was not repelled by Hao Zhao? Although Yao Yu's strength is not weaker than that of Wuhou, the strength of our army is far superior to Hao Zhao. The subordinates implored His Royal Highness to defend the land of Sanwu, and if things were not agreed, it would be a good policy to give up Sanwu and retreat to the base camp in Xuzhou. ”

Seeing that Sima Rui was still hesitating, Director Wang took a step forward: "Your Highness, don't hesitate." ”

Under the repeated persuasion of Director Wang, finally, Sima Rui, who was in a low morale, finally regained some courage.

He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then follow Mr.'s words." Pass on my orders, and all localities will strengthen the city defenses and strictly defend them. Yao Yu must not be given the slightest opportunity. ”

When Director Wang heard this, he said yes, turned around and arranged.

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Half a month later, Zu Ti's battle report was sent to Jingzhou along with Tao Kan's head.

Yao Yu, who learned what had happened, was very happy, and immediately, while defining Sima Rui as a traitor, he moved his name of General Anton to Zu Ti, and deprived Sima Rui of the title of King Langya.

In addition, he also ordered 40,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling, with Yongji Shamosong as the vanguard, Wang Xuance Sun Yi, Lu Bi Hexiong with himself in the Chinese army, Wu Gu Fang Yi was delayed, and 40,000 waterway infantry cavalry went to Luling.

Before leaving, Yao Yu entrusted all the affairs in the city to Suo Hong.