Chapter 124: The Autumn Wind Sweeps the Leaves!
"Zhao Yun and Sha Maha listened to the order and ordered the two of you to lead 15,000 Wudang Flying Army and immediately send troops to Jiangxia. After recovering Jiangxia, directly capture Lujiang! β
"Deng Ai and Guan Ping listened to the order, and also gave you 15,000 flying troops, and went out of the public security to take Yuzhang and Luling!"
"Pan Jun, my son will give you 5,000 soldiers and horses, and first recover Changsha and Guiyang counties. After the two counties are recovered, they will go south to meet the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou, and you will be the commander to seize the South China Sea and the land of Huiji! β
As the so-called soldiers are fast, on the second day of retaking Jiangling, only 10,000 horses were left to guard Jiangling and guard the prisoners of Jiangdong.
For this reason, he was short of generals in his hands, but even Pan Jun, who had just passed the 'test', was sent out, in order to catch Jiangdong off guard.
It's just that when the soldiers are used, they hate less. Unlike the at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops calculated by Pan Jun to conquer Jiangdong at the beginning, this time the troops sent to Jiangdong, in addition to the 30,000 Wudangfei troops and the 5,000 Jingzhou veterans, even if the soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou are added, the maximum is only more than 40,000 but less than 50,000.
As for the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Northern Expedition in the hands of the second master, except for the temporary use of part of the navy to cooperate, the rest of the men and horses Liu Chan did not use them. After all, at this time, although several big cities such as Xiangfan and Wancheng have been taken, the entire Nanyang has not yet been completely pacified.
In addition, the second master also had to guard against the possible counterattack of Cao's army in the near future, so not only could Xiangfan's army not be used, but even Jiangling's 10,000-strong army could only be kept as the last reserve, and he did not dare to use it easily.
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"Could it be...... Could it be that the Metropolitan Governor has also been defeated? β
On the city of Shaxian, the seat of Jiangxia County set up in Jiangdong, looking at the Jingzhou army that was swaggering across the river, Jiangxia Taishou Diao Jia couldn't help but be shocked.
Speaking of which, although because of Jiang Qin's escape, he already knew the news that the Jiangdong Navy was defeated by the Jingzhou Navy Army, but he never thought that Lu Meng would also be defeated.
After all, unlike Jiang Qin's naval army, Lu Meng, who is the governor of the capital, has 30,000 elite troops in Jiangdong. How could it be possible to lose when the rear of Jingzhou was empty?
However, if you don't believe it, you don't believe it, but now that the Jingzhou army has already killed Sha Xian, it makes him can't believe it or not.
"Taishou, now that the Jingzhou army is attacking, what should we do?"
Just when Diao Jia was still shocked by Lu Meng's possible defeat, the county man on the side was already a little panicked.
There is no way, don't look at Shaxian as the seat of Jiangxia County, but because it is adjacent to Lukou, the front-line base camp of the Jiangdong Army in Jingzhou, its troops have never been many.
In addition, in order to send troops to attack Jingzhou this time, Lu Meng transferred some soldiers and horses that were already not many in the city, so Sha Xian at this moment was very empty. At this time, there are only less than 2,000 old and weak troops in the entire city, how can they resist the menacing Jingzhou army?
"How is it good? The Supreme handed over Jiangxia to you and me, and you and I have the responsibility to guard the land. The soldiers will block, and the water will come to the earth! The pass on the book is too observant of the order, and the young and strong people in the city are requisitioned to go to the city......"
Shock is shock, but Diao Jia didn't think about surrendering without a fight. Therefore, after sending messengers to quickly ask for help from Lukou, Xiakou and other places, he immediately decisively issued an order to recruit young men from the city to help defend the city.
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"Diao Taishou, now that your Jiangdong sneak attack on my Jingzhou soldiers and horses has been wiped out, and all the generals of LΓΌ Meng have been captured, when will you not surrender at this time?"
Under the city of Shaxian, looking at the frightened Jiangdong army and the young men who helped defend the city, Zhao Yun did not immediately attack the city, but took out Lu Meng's handsome seal and the Jiangdong prisoners brought from Jiangling, and began to persuade Diao Jia to surrender.
"Sneak attack on Jingzhou? Did General Zhao have any misunderstanding? The Sun and Liu families are allies, how can I Jiangdong do this......"
Ignoring the Lu Meng Shuai Seal in Zhao Yun's hand, in order to delay as much time as possible, Diao Jia began to try his best to deny the sneak attack on Jingzhou.
"Haha, no wonder the young master of my family once said that Jiangdong is both civil and military. If you dare to do it like this, how can you compare it with a rat? In this case, then this Sha Xian will have to be taken by himself! β
Seeing that this Diao Jia also belonged to the kind of lord who didn't shed tears when he didn't see the coffin, Zhao Yun was no longer verbose, raised his arm and waved, and the Wudang Feijun, who had been waiting impatiently behind him, shouted, and under the leadership of Sha Maha, the former barbarian king, pushed all kinds of siege equipment towards Sha Xian.
Speaking of which, although the Wudang Flying Army belongs to the newly built army, thanks to the experience of 'rebellion' for hundreds of years, these Wudang Flying Army, which was composed of the original Wuxi barbarians, actually has no less combat experience than other Jingzhou veterans.
And they already have rich experience in actual combat, but with the weapons and equipment of fine grain, they have been trained by Zhao Yun for several years, and their combat power is no longer comparable to the rabble of the past.
It can be said that the combat power of the Wudang Flying Army, among all the armies in Jingzhou, only the five hundred school swordsmen of the second master can be slightly superior.
Therefore, in the face of less than 2,000 old and weak remnants and some inexperienced young and strong, it was only half an hour, and Sha Xian, as the governor of Jiangxia County set up in Jiangdong, was easily trampled under the feet of the Wudang Flying Army.
"Geng Liang, you take two thousand people to guard Shaxian and clear the surrounding remnants, and the rest of the people will go straight to Lukou with the general!"
After quickly taking Shaxian, Zhao Yun did not stay, and after leaving two thousand soldiers to finish, he immediately pounced on the Jiangdong Army's forward base camp in Jingzhou, Lukou.
Like Sha Xian, the defenders of Lukou, who had never thought that Lu Meng would be defeated, had the slightest power to resist in the face of Zhao Yun who pounced like a wolf and a tiger when their troops were extremely empty?
It's just that, unlike Diao Jia's stubborn resistance when he didn't see the coffin and didn't shed tears, after seeing Lu Meng's handsome seal and learning that the army that attacked Jingzhou had been wiped out, the soldiers and horses who stayed behind in Lukou chose to surrender very interestingly.
Not only that, because the soldiers and horses left behind in Lukou surrendered without a fight, it also gave Zhao Yun an unexpected gain, that is, Jiang Qin, who had fled after losing to the Jingzhou naval army in Hanshui, was also captured in Lukou.
"Come on, send Brother Gongyi to Shaxian, escort back to Jiangling with Diao Jia and others, and let him reunite with Lu Meng, hahahaha!"
Looking at Jiang Qin, who was sacrificed by the defenders of Lukou in front of him, Zhao Yun couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered him to be escorted back to Jiangling.
So far, the Jiangdong generals who attacked Jingzhou with Lu Meng this time were all caught, and none of them escaped.
Subsequently, after leaving 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard Lukou, Zhao Yun immediately rushed towards Xiakou again with a devastating momentum.
And such a scene, not only Zhao Yun's way, in the face of the bad news that LΓΌ Meng's army was wiped out, whether it was in the direction of Changsha and Guiyang, or the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling attacked by Deng Ai and Guan Ping, in the case of the Jiangdong army being defenseless, several roads were advancing with the momentum of the wind and clouds, and they were invincible.
All of a sudden, the captured important Jiangdong officials, generals and many captives were also escorted to Jiangling in a steady stream.