At the beginning of Sun Quan's attack on Shaxian, Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others did not send troops to aid based on experience.

The reason is also very simple, the Jiangdong warships blocked the Yangtze River, and Shaxian is located south of the Yangtze River, and the reinforcements from Xiangyang cannot fight at all.

It wasn't until Sha Xian fell and Huang Zu was killed that Xiangyang showed shock.

Sun Ce had also defeated Sha Xian a few years ago, but the only difference this time was that Huang Zu was defeated and died.

Cai Mao mistakenly thought that Sun Quan would accept Sun Ce when he saw it like that, and immediately after the war, he would look for generals and prepare to fill the vacancy of Huang Zu.

Liu Biao had not yet decided on a new Jiangxia Taishou, and suddenly received a battle report of the attack on the important town of Jiangling.

The high-ranking officials in Xiangyang were like ants on a hot pot, and they all made an appointment to go to the state governor's mansion to ask for reinforcements.

These people have a cold attitude towards saving Sha Xian, but they are uncharacteristically excited about saving Jiangling, because Jiangling is related to their core interests.

After Liu Biao became the ruler of Jingzhou, the rich Nanyang was continuously plagued by Yuan Shu, Zhang Xiu and others, resulting in a large loss of population in Nanyang County, and many of the lost population moved to Nanjun.

This eliminated the other's strengths, and Nanjun became the first county of Jingzhou.

Nanjun is adjacent to the mountains of Yizhou in the west and Jiangxia in the southeast, which is the swampy Yunmengze, and the vast area between Jiangling and Xiangyang is the Jianghan Plain, the core of Jingzhou.

The main fields of the Jingzhou clan, including Cai Kuai and Pang Huang, are concentrated in the Jianghan Plain, and Jiangling is the southern gate of this rich region.

Once the south gate is lost, the interests of these big clans will also be lost, so they show public anger.

At the suggestion of everyone, Liu Biao sent the general Wen Ping to lead the army to Jiangling.

Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, etc., who originally liked to 'cry poor', had no shortage of warships, grain and grass to rescue Jiangling, which was completely different from when they aided Jiangxia.

Before Sun Quan sent troops to Jiangling, he played Cheng Pu as the Taishou of Jiangxia and Lü Meng as the Taishou of Nanjun, showing his determination to seize Jiangling, but Jiangling City was very different from Shaxian City.

Although Jiangling City also suffered heavy rains and floods, the damage to the city was far less serious than that of Shaxian, and the reinforcements from Xiangyang came very quickly.

Lü Meng not only had to preside over the siege, but also had to distract himself from dealing with reinforcements, while also taking care of the safety of the Yangtze River grain route, which was not very friendly to the young Dadu.

Wen Ping is a famous residence in Jingzhou, and he knows that the high walls of Jiangling City can be defended, so he is not in a hurry to enter the city to converge, but mainly harassment on the periphery, and at the same time send a naval army to circle the back from the Han River, which makes Lu Meng very headache.

The entrance of the Han River and the Yangtze River is downstream of Shaxian, and it can attack the water grain ships out of nowhere.

After consulting with Sun Quan, Lü Meng decided to let Jiang Qin lead an army to block Wenpin, Cheng Pu was in charge of the waters from Shaxian to Yixian, Sun Yu was in charge of the waters from Shaxian to Jiangling, and Sun Quan returned to Shaxian to take command.

solved the problem of reinforcements in Xiangyang and the problem of the grain road being attacked, and the price paid by Lü Meng was a sharp reduction in troops, and there were only 20,000 troops left that could be directly commanded, which was half less than the previous attack on Shaxian.

Like Hefei, Jiangling City has a large population and abundant grain and grass.

It was extremely difficult for Lü Meng to be willing to fight with 20,000 people, but as the governor of Jiangdong, he wanted to prove himself through this battle, and finally fell into a stalemate war.

By the end of the year, temperatures continued to drop.

The siege of Koto became a state of grinding foreign workers.

After careful consideration, Lü Meng prepared to ask Sun Quan for instructions to withdraw his troops.

After all, taking Jiangxia and capturing Jiangling is only Zhou Yu's idea, and it may not be possible to put it into practice.

After two actual combat comparisons, Lu Meng found that he had a big gap with Zhou Yu, and at the moment when he was about to withdraw the army, he made up his mind to study hard and strive to catch up with and surpass Zhou Yu.

The withdrawal request had not yet been sent to the front line, and Sun Quan's withdrawal order arrived first.

For Lu Meng, who is difficult to ride a tiger, Sun Quan's move is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.

Lü Meng immediately commanded all his troops to withdraw from the battlefield one after another, and returned with tens of thousands of soldiers who were full of interest.

A few days later, Lü Meng led his army back to Shaxian to resume his life.

Sun Quan first encouraged the generals, and then retreated, leaving only Lu Meng alone.

"Zi Ming, do you know why I ordered the withdrawal of troops?"

"Because Jiangling is strong and difficult, Liu Biao keeps sending reinforcements?"

"Definitely."

Sun Quan sighed, frowned and said: "In the past few months since I left Wu County, Shubi (Sun Yi) has a close relationship with Tai Shici, and has made extensive friends in Danyang, I am afraid that this younger brother will make a mistake."

"Unlikely, right?" Lu Meng's eyes widened.

Sun Quan snorted coldly: "What's impossible? Uncle Bi's personality is similar to that of the eldest brother, and he is deeply loved by the generals in the army, Zhang Gong strongly recommended it at the beginning, but unfortunately the eldest brother chose me. ”

"Amount"

Lu Meng swallowed his saliva, it involved the inside of the Sun family, he didn't know how to persuade him, so he asked carefully, "What is the lord going to do?" ”

"Break its claws, break its wings."

Hearing Sun Quan spit out these eight words, Lu Meng understood that he was going to take Tai Shi Ci under the knife, but he didn't know how to do it, so he asked: "General Tai Shi is brave, and he is also very competent in garrisoning Liyang, if there is no reason. I'm afraid the crowd will panic."

Sun Quan half-squinted his eyes, and asked rhetorically: "Liyang is short of food, neither looking for me, nor looking for Changxu (Sun Shao) and others, but ran to secretly communicate with Shu Bi, isn't this a reason?" ”

Lu Meng frowned and analyzed: "General Taishi's private soldiers, I remember that they were left by Liu Xuan, and their families are all in Liyang, if they go directly to Xingshi now to ask for the guilt, maybe they will directly force the rebellion, the lord might as well transfer them away from other places, and then control them on the way."

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble."

Sun Quan waved his hand lightly and said meaningfully: "Didn't he plan last year and privately lead troops to provoke Zhang Liao?" I am going to draw a scoop according to the gourd, and order it to send troops again for the vanguard of the front, and I will use the hand of Cao Jun to eliminate the threat. ”

Lu Meng looked solemn: "General Taishi suffered a loss last time, this time he may not be so easy to be fooled, maybe he will not be willing to send troops until the main force of our army arrives."

Sun Quan asked in a deep voice: "My order, does he dare to obey?" ”

Lu Meng spread his hands, "After all, he was in the middle of last year, if he uses this as an excuse, he really can't blame him." ”

"Absolutely not."

Sun Quan's face was full of confidence, leaned forward, and whispered: "Ziming doesn't know, information has just come from the rear, Yuan Shao died of illness in Yecheng in November, and before his death, he abolished Chang Liyou and let Yuan Shang succeed him, but his eldest son Yuan Tan is not convinced at all, and now Hebei is in chaos;

said that Cao Cao couldn't wait for the spring of next year, and had already led his troops north to prepare to take advantage of the fire to rob, he couldn't take care of the Huainan battlefield at this time, it was reasonable for me to send troops now, why did he Tai Shi Ci refuse? ”

"In that case."

Lu Meng added: "Then the general will also have to lead his troops to Huainan, as long as Tai Shici can't see the Jiangdong warship, no matter how good the news is, it will be useless for him." ”

Sun Quan reminded in a deep voice: "You have to be in control of your proportions, although Cao Cao went to Hebei, it should be impossible to pay attention to Huainan, but Zhang Liao is also a hard bone, and I don't plan to waste my energy in Huainan." ”

"Hmm" Lu Meng pondered, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hugged his fists and said: "Lord, I have a plan, but I can let Tai Shi Ci be captured." ”

"Oh? Speak quickly. ”

(End of chapter)