"Metropolitan Governor, is it too hasty to show the banner at this time?!"

In the Dongwu camp outside Lingyang City, Wuling guarded Lu Dai and asked Zhou Yu carefully.

The actual commander of the Eastern Wu Army besieging Lingyang has always been Zhou Yu, and Lu Dai is only a nominal commander-in-chief, but with Lu Dai's ability and qualifications, he can't do such a large-scale transfer of troops across the world.

Lu Dai himself is quite convinced of Zhou Yu in Eastern Wu, but anyone who experienced the Battle of Chibi and understood the critical situation at that time did not respect and admire Zhou Yu.

Lü Dai was also a junior colonel in the army back then, although he was not qualified to lead the way to encircle and suppress Cao Cao's defeated army, but he also participated in that battle as a member of the army, and Lü Dai did not have any doubts about Zhou Yu's courage and command ability at all.

It's just that this time Zhou Yu's use of soldiers, Lu Dai was a little incomprehensible.

According to the plan, at this time, Zhou Yu took the initiative to reveal his identity and assume the commander-in-chief of the entire battle, which was a bit too early. After that, there will be no way to continue to paralyze Shu Han's coach Zhang Xi.

There will be a lot of things to come about.

But Zhou Yu can't help it.

"Dinggong only knows one thing, and he doesn't know the other."

Zhou Yu just wanted to explain, but the unpleasantness in his throat still made him stop talking.

And Lu Dai hurriedly offered the water, handed it to Zhou Yu, and looked at Zhou Yu with some concern.

Zhou Yu knew what Lu Dai was thinking, and after taking a sip and recovering his throat, he continued, "The old man has no hindrance, but he hasn't come to Jingnan for a long time, and he is a little uncomfortable."

When Lu Dai heard this, he immediately wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhou Yu.

"It's not that I don't know the worries of Dinggong, it's just that Zhang Yuanchang is by no means an easy person." Zhou Yu ignored Lu Dai's reaction, and continued to explain, "The previous plan, although it was superficial, was also a strategy to attack the enemy and save it. is so cautious in the use of soldiers, if the old man does not show his banner, this person will not be able to succeed. ”

After hearing this, Lu Dai nodded thoughtfully, but then asked again, "Today, the Metropolitan Governor has already shown his banner. When it is. ”

Zhou Yu's eyes froze, and he said, "The strong attack is not like this, it is not enough to believe people." ”

"In this way, the last general will immediately order troops to fight."

After speaking, Lu Dai was about to fight, but immediately, he was stopped by Zhou Yu.

"Determine the public and remember, after ten days of strong attack, the method of encircling three ques and one will be carried out."

As soon as he said this, Lu Dai didn't understand again, and turned back and asked, "Dudu, that Shi Zhongrong is not an easy person, if you surround three queyi, I'm afraid."

Zhou Yu just smiled and nodded, and said, "The old man just wants him to break through and go to Dinggong, and what we do is not Lingyang, not public security, but the army of Jiangling." ”

At this time, Lu Dai really understood, nodded and said, "The last general will arrange this." ”

After Lu Dai was ordered to fight, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhou Yu inexplicably felt that his throat seemed to be a little uncomfortable again.

Quickly drink half a sip of water and swallow it to relieve the abnormality in the throat. Then continue to think about the next combat response.

At this time, in Jiangling City, Zhang Xi began to be a little anxious.

Since he knew that the commander of the Eastern Wu Army was not the Lu Xun who was still procrastinating in Jianye, Zhang Xi subconsciously recognized Wang Ji's judgment.

This time, the main target of the Eastern Wu Army is really not Jiangling, but Xiangyang.

Yes, it is unlikely that Lu Xun would be so risky with soldiers, but if it was Zhou Yu, this would be a normal thing.

Back then, he dared to go up to 20,000 against 200,000, what else did he not dare?!

If this is the case, then there is a high probability that Xiangyang will encounter a big battle.

Do you want to send troops from Gangneung to support in advance?!

But if the troops are transferred to Xiangyang to support, the war on the Jiangling side will also become very tight.

There are 20,000 people led by Zhuge Ke in Yingxian County, 30,000 people led by Zhou Yu in Lingyang, and there are 50,000 Jiangdong troops in Jiangling.

Today, the defenders of Jiangling, including the defenders of Lingyang and Gong'an, are only more than 50,000 people. If troops are dispatched north to support Xiangyang, then the defensive forces of Gangneung will also be overstretched.

Zhang Xi pondered back and forth, and felt that it was better to stay still first.

First, everything is speculation, in case he and Wang Ji make a mistake in judgment, Xiangyang is not attacked, and the main direction of attack of the Eastern Wu Army is still Jiangling, so rashly transferring troops to the north and weakening Jiangling's defensive strength will not give Eastern Wu an opportunity? !

Second, Xiangyang is actually not without reinforcements from the nearest support, even if it is really attacked, Wen Ping can also ask for help from the three eastern counties, and it will not be quickly broken by the Eastern Wu army.

When Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, Zhang Xi was the deputy general, and he knew very well how difficult the Xiangfan defense system was, but Guan Yu fought from May to September before he barely captured the Xiangfan system. This is still a blessing from God for a heavy rain.

Therefore, Zhang Xi felt that it was better to wait for clear news from Xiangyang to determine the main direction of the Eastern Wu Army, and then make adjustments.

This is not called a slow march, but a plan to move after the decision Well, that's right.

Zhang Xi gave himself psychological comfort while waiting for the change in information on the Xiangyang side.

waited until the beginning of May, and the first battle report finally came from Xiangyang's clerkship.

The Jiangxia Navy did a trick of concealing the sky and crossing the sea, secretly went up against the Han River, and after breaking the containment fleet left by Wen Ping in Hanjindu in one fell swoop, they immediately accelerated to the north and went straight to Xiangfan.

And Wen Ping was not careless after receiving Zhang Xi's reminder of the military report, and immediately gathered the naval fleet near Yicheng, shrank to Xiangfan to join the main force of the Xiangyang naval army, formed the main fleet to attack, and fought with the Jiangxia naval army of Eastern Wu in the Hanshui Valley.

The result is that both sides win and lose each other.

Although Wen Ping was slightly better in this battle with his veteran experience and understanding of the hydrology of the Han River, he blocked the Dongwu Navy on the periphery of the Xiangfan defense system, but he still did not prevent the Dongwu Jiangxia Navy from establishing a water village at the ferry near Yicheng and extraditing a large number of Dongwu Army to land on the north bank of the Han River.

And after the Eastern Wu invested tens of thousands of troops on the north bank of the Han River, Wen Ping judged that these Eastern Wu troops were likely to go towards Fancheng.

Therefore, on the one hand, Wen Ping commanded the Xiangyang Naval Army to take the initiative to fight, looking for an opportunity to break the Jiangxia Naval Army, and on the other hand, began to dispatch the Xiangyang infantry to assemble in Fancheng and prepare for the offensive and defensive battles of Fancheng.

At the same time, Wen Ping had already mentioned going to the three eastern counties to send a codex and Zhang Xi's private message, hoping that Kou Feng of the three eastern counties could quickly lead troops to help.

The situation is probably such a situation, and this situation is almost not different from what Wang Ji predicted.

Therefore, when the situation was clear, Zhang Xi immediately found Wang Ji and asked him to transfer 15,000 troops to the north to support Xiangyang.

As for Jiangling, Zhang Xi himself stayed in Jiangling, and there were still about 7,000 foot guards left in his hands, Zhang Xi began to formally consider whether to collect the defenders of Yingxian County and the public security to return to the army, and retreat to defend Jiangling.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, after Zhou Yu played the banner, he began to attack Lingyang County, although Zhang Xi has not received the news of the loss of Lingyang, but in Zhang Xi's opinion, Shi Bao wants to rely on 5,000 people to defend Zhou Yu's 30,000 strong attack, which is somewhat incredible.

So. It shouldn't be a bad idea to take Shibao to break through, and then directly lead the army to retreat to Jiangling to garrison.

As for the direction of Yingxian, Zhou Tai is quite comfortable fighting, but the problem is that if the southern front withdraws its troops, it will not be meaningful for the eastern front to continue to hold on, it is better to take advantage of the small losses now and close it in advance.

In this way, Zhang Xi began to make his own adjustments, preparing to order the whole army to retreat to Jiangling. But this order, I don't know why, Zhang Xi always felt that it was not easy to order.

It's not that there is any difficulty in gathering troops, but Zhang Xi always feels that there seems to be something wrong, he doesn't seem to think of something, and his inner uneasiness causes Zhang Xi to be reluctant to give such an order.

So. What's the problem?!

Zhang Xi started and laid out the timeline of the entire battle from the beginning.

At the beginning of the battle, Zhuge Ke led his troops to attack Yingxian, and then the Eastern Wu Army besieged Lingyang County, which seems to be wrong, right? !

Isn't the scheme set up too rough?!

If it is said that the Eastern Wu Army first attacked Lingyang County on a large scale, and then sent troops to attack Yingxian County, Zhang Xi can have an understanding.

After all, the public security on the south bank of the Yangtze River is much more important than that in Yingxian.

It seems more reasonable for Eastern Wu to attack Lingyang first, threaten the public security, force Zhang Xi to send reinforcements to support the public security, and then let Zhuge Ke attack Yingxian.

Otherwise, if only 20,000 Eastern Wu troops want to conquer Yingxian, which is guarded by 10,000 Han troops, doesn't it seem a bit self-conscious?!

Isn't he, Zhou Yu, afraid that I will directly send troops to cooperate with the defenders of Yingxian County before Lingyang is attacked, and take the first step to break through Zhuge Ke's march?!

Or is Zhou Yu so sure that he won't send troops from Jiangling to rescue Yingxian? !

Although it is not impossible to do so, but. It's a bit too far-fetched.

Zhou Yu, as a world-famous general, should not be so shallow and rude in his strategy.

This is a point that makes Zhang Xi feel unreasonable.

And on the other hand, it's not so much that it's unreasonable, but that Zhang Xi thinks a little too much, since you Zhou Yu can go to Wuling County to command the battle without knowing the world, then Lu Xun, who is still reportedly still in Jianye, is it really so honest to stay in Jianye? !

If Lu Xun is not actually in Jianye, then where will he be?!

If it's going north to attack Xiangyang, it's a little better, but if . Lu Xun had already gathered the Jiangdong soldiers and secretly stationed them in Jiangxia?!

Once Zhang Xi sent Wang Ji to lead his troops north to support Luoyang, at this time, Lu Xun suddenly sent troops by land, converged with Zhuge Ke's department, besieged Yingxian, and approached Jiangling. It doesn't seem like a small problem.

Zhang Xi was a little numb, he didn't dare to make a decision easily, so he hurriedly ordered someone to recall Wang Ji and discuss countermeasures.

(End of chapter)