One thing to say, since regaining Jiangxia, Guan Yu has always attached great importance to Jiangxia.

not only arranged for the old general of Jingzhou to guard Jiangxia, but also in the previous Northern Expeditions, Guan Yu did not transfer a single soldier from Jiangxia.

How important Jiangxia's geographical location is, Guan Yu knows very well that it is an eye that looks at Jiangdong's rats, and it is Jingzhou's first line of defense against Jiangdong.

In this direction, it is not possible to easily mobilize any soldiers.

After all, in terms of the virtue of the Jiangdong rats, if they can backstab the big man once, then it is possible to backstab the big man a second time, and Guan Yu will not have any doubts about this now.

Therefore, Jiangxia County, under the control of Wenpin, has always been wary of Jiangdong, which is now Dongwu.

Sun Quan suddenly backstabbed and fought without declaring a war, and indeed seized the opportunity and captured the two counties of Xia Pheasant and Jin Chun at once, but soon, Wen Ping had already reacted.

But the problem is that although Wen Ping reacted in a timely manner, this time Sun Quan led more than 50,000 soldiers to attack Jiangxia, and the Jiangxia defenders, the army and the navy, there were only 15,000 people in total.

There are 10,000 sailors, which is the biggest reliance of Wenpin to guard Jiangxia, and the remaining 5,000 people are still county soldiers distributed in various counties.

Not to mention that the army is at an absolute disadvantage, whether the Jiangxia Navy is capable of passing the Eastern Wu Navy is not, and this Wenpin does not dare to pack a ticket.

If the strength is equal, with 10,000 Jiangxia sailors to fight against 10,000 Dongwu sailors, then Wenpin is not worried, isn't it just a fight, who wins and who loses is really not certain.

But this time, more than 50,000 people came to Dongwu, and with the characteristics of the Dongwu soldiers, their soldiers were not only land foot soldiers, but also water troops. 10,000 to 50,000, both sides are proficient in water warfare, and Wen Ping is not arrogant enough to think that he can fight five with one.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to find a way to block the speed of Eastern Wu's advance, hold the city, and wait for reinforcements from Xiangyang.

In fact, from Xiangyang to Jiangxia, it is not too far.

Soochow's attack on Jiangxia was against the Yangtze River, and it was necessary to consider whether the hydrological conditions were suitable for the attack. And Xiangyang to Jiangxia, that is down the Han River, as long as Wen Ping can hold on to Xiling for ten days and half a month, then Xiangyang's reinforcements will probably be able to reach Xiakou.

At that time, the Xiangyang Navy will join the Jiangxia Navy Army, and it may not be impossible to clash with Dongwu on the Yangtze River.

As for the army, to tell the truth, it is not that Wenpin underestimates the land combat capability of Soochow, on land, Wenpin can choke with one enemy and five by virtue of city defense, but it is not a problem at all to take one enemy and three enemies.

Therefore, the question now is how to delay the time and wait for reinforcements from Xiangyang.

This problem is really difficult for clerks.

In today's Xiling County, there are only 2,000 county soldiers, although there are 10,000 sailors, but this 10,000 sailors are of great use, and the sailor camp is not in Xiling, which is close to the inland, but is arranged in Xiakou, far away from the water, and cannot be close to the fire.

If Sun Quan really went all the way up the river, broke through the defenses of Exian and Di County, and attacked Xiling, then Wen Ping could only use 2,000 county soldiers to block the siege of 50,000 troops in Eastern Wu.

This kind of thing, no matter what Wen Ping thinks, he feels that there is a problem.

The worried Wen Ping paced back and forth, thinking hard about how to retreat from the enemy.

Wen Ping is not Zhang Xi, he can't do that kind of thing of sinking ships and intercepting the river, and this thing can be done in Exian County, but in Xiling County, he can't do this.

Near Exian is the mouth of the three rivers, and there are several narrow areas of the Yangtze River, and it is possible for a shipwreck to intercept the river.

Xiling County is close to the inland, and the closest place to the Yangtze River is more than 80 li, and the river is wide, even if all the boats of the Jiangxia Navy are scuttled, it may not be able to block the river.

Besides, today's Soochow is not Jiangdong in the early years, and today's Soochow is a country after all, and Sun Quan doesn't need to grind with the family for a little reinforcement. This time, 50,000 soldiers attacked Jiangxia, which was unimaginable in the early years.

At the beginning, Zhang Xi was only facing more than 10,000 Jiangdong soldiers, and he guarded Exian County with 3,000 soldiers, occupied the city defense, and was able to drag Zhou Yu to retreat.

But now, Wen Ping only has 2,000 county soldiers in his hands, and he is facing 50,000 Eastern Wu soldiers to replace Zhang Xilai, and if he holds it hard, he can't hold it.

Therefore, the clerk must find a way to delay this time with stratagems.

And Wenpin, after all, thought of a way, and ushered in the highest moment of his life.

First of all, Wen Ping ordered that the county soldiers who were originally scattered in the counties of Jiangxia should immediately go to Xiling to assemble, and gather as many troops as possible in Xiling to defend the city.

If the rest of the county is lost, it will be lost, as long as the county Xiling and the naval base Xiakou are not lost, it will not be a big problem.

Secondly, Wen Ping ordered all counties, after sending off the county soldiers, all as usual, to make a calm posture, even if his Eastern Wu army passed by from the water with great fanfare, those who should go out of the city to farm still go out of the city to farm, and those who should go up the mountain to cut firewood continue to go up the mountain to cut firewood, and even the originally scheduled market should not be interrupted, even if the Eastern Wu soldiers went ashore to buy, they should be sold.

After giving these orders, Wen Ping directly ordered to open the four gates of Xiling County, made an unguarded posture, and then locked himself in the Taishou Mansion and came out with an attitude that nothing happened.

This hand directly rectified Sun Quan.

What does that mean?!

He has already led his troops to break through the two counties of Xia Pheasant and Jin Chun, and Wen Ping, as the general of Jingzhou, can't not know, right?!

What is this solution?!

If you were someone else, Sun Quan would think that this was the Jiangxia guard who was frightened and didn't dare to fight against the "heavenly soldiers" he brought.

Can. This is a clerk's appointment.

As a famous general in Jingzhou who has survived from the Liu Biao era to the present, Sun Quan is too familiar with Wenpin.

In the entire Jingzhou, Sun Quan's most feared figure, one is the current Ji Han general Guan Yu, and the other is Wen Ping.

This is a person who is both civil and military.

Now that he knew that he was leading his troops to attack Jiangxia, how could he make such a retarded response strategy.

Especially when Sun Quan led his troops up the river and captured Exian and Yi counties almost effortlessly, Xiling was in front of him, and Sun Quan's uneasiness reached its peak.

This Wen Zhongye shouldn't be using a trick to lure the enemy deep and prepare to ambush himself, right?!

If it is on the water, Sun Quan is really not afraid, this time there are many naval troops in Eastern Wu, and he fights on the river, even if there are 50,000 naval troops in Jiangxia, he Sun Quan is not afraid.

But the problem is that Xiling is located inland, and the closest place to the Yangtze River has an eighty-mile road to conquer Xiling, so it is necessary to lead the army to land battle.

In land warfare, Sun Quan's confidence was not so sufficient.

The Eastern Wu army was not good at land warfare, not only the Wei and Han countries felt so, but even Sun Quan himself admitted it.

If this is Wen Ping's ambush himself. Well, it's better to be on the safe side.

Therefore, Sun Quan ordered the whole army to dock and temporarily camp along the coast, and at the same time sent scouts in the direction of Xiling to investigate in detail the current preparedness of Xiling.

Then, the news from the scouts and the fine work made Sun Quan even more uneasy.

The scouts reported after the investigation, saying that there was no trace of arming in Xiling County, and no soldiers were found in the surrounding twenty or thirty miles, and the scouts ventured to check close to Xiling County, and found that the four gates of Xiling County were wide open, and the people still went out of the city to work, and there were not many soldiers in the city, as if the world was peaceful.

And the news from the detailed work side is even more outrageous.

According to the news transmitted by Xiling City, Wen Ping has not left the Taishou Mansion in the past few days, the gate of the palace is closed, and it is rumored that Wen Taishou has been lying high in the mansion, without any signs of mobilizing troops and horses, and no orders have been transmitted.

Combine these two pieces of information, not to mention Sun Quan's muttering, even Lu Fan is a little vague.

Wen Ping, that's Jingzhou Su General Wen Ping, what is he doing?!

Jiangdong attacked Jiangxia, it was not a day or two, from Chaisang to break the four counties in a row, it was at least ten days or so, and now the army is about to come to Xiling City, why does Xiling County look defenseless? !

But you have to say that Wen Ping doesn't know anything about it, which is not right.

The Taishou Mansion in Xixian County, now that the gate is closed, it must be a countermeasure adjustment made by Wen Ping after knowing the news of the Jiangdong invasion, otherwise, how could the Taishou Mansion on weekdays be closed.

As for the rumors that Wen Ping is sleeping, whoever believes it is a fool.

This must be Wen Ping's secret deployment of military horses, but the problem is that no one knows what kind of arrangements Wen Ping has made, whether he has arranged ambushes, or what kind of strategy he has. I can't guess.

For this reason, Sun Quan had to suspend the march and wait for the next four or five days to wait and see what happened.

Anyway, Sun Quan is now leading a large army to overwhelm the border, 50,000 soldiers, to deal with a small Xiling County, even if he waits for four or five days, Sun Quan can afford to wait.

However, no matter what tricks he does, in four or five days, he can always find clues, so as to see through his schemes and methods, and make the most appropriate response.

So, Sun Quan camped on the bank of the Yangtze River and waited for five days.

However, in these five days, Sun Quan did not find any trace of Wenpin's conspiracy, and the scouts sent to Xiling County reported as always, Xiling County did not move, and not even a scout was sent.

Now, Sun Quanneng waited, Lu Fan, Zhou Yi and others couldn't wait.

The two came to find Sun Quan together and advised Sun Quan to enter the army.

Lu Fan persuaded and said, "The Supreme has brought the king's division here, and he has lingered for a few days without entering, which is not good for the morale of the army, and I hope that the Supreme will make an early decision." ”

That means, we brought so many soldiers here, and we have been staying on the edge of the Yangtze River for the past few days, eating fish and playing in the water, and we are not here to travel, so it is not a matter to wait.

And Zhou Yi said to Sun Quan, "If the Supreme is worried about the fraud of Wenpin, he can fight with 10,000 troops and horses, and the Yi is willing to be the supreme vanguard and attack Xiling." ”

That means, so many of us fight a Xiling County, there is no need to worry so much. If you're worried about fraud, you can send me to the thunder, there's no need to continue to spend so much.

When Sun Quan heard the two subordinates say this, he thought about it carefully. He simply gave Zhou Yi 5,000 military horses and asked him to be the vanguard of his headquarters and go to Xiling.

However, this time, Sun Quan still learned the lessons of the Battle of Hefei that year, for fear that Wen Ping would learn from Zhang Liao and also have 800 warriors to assault the Chinese army. He specially emphasized that when Zhou Yi marched into the army, he must pay attention to the connection with the main force and not be too far away.

The farthest distance should not exceed thirty miles, otherwise it may be dangerous.

It's hard to say that he is in danger, but it can only be said that Zhou Yi may be in danger of being ambushed.

After sending Zhou Doi, Sun Quan did not continue to stay by the Yangtze River to eat fish, but immediately set out of camp, followed Zhou Doi, and also advanced to Xiling County.

But this time, Sun Quan was quite protective of his own Chinese army.

(End of chapter)