Under the confrontation between the two armies, due to Huo Yi's excellent response, the Wu army was unable to pacify Jiang Xiaman, who responded to the Jingzhou soldiers on the south bank for a long time.

It was also due to the rebellion between Jiangxia Man and the Shanyue ethnic group instigated in Yuzhang County, which also seriously affected the morale of the Jiangdong army.

In addition, since the invasion of Jingzhou, the continuous loss of soldiers and horses has led to the overall fighting spirit of the Wu army is quite sluggish.

This allowed Lu Xun to go down the river, and after approaching Chaisang, he launched several rounds of attacks against the Wuxi barbarians, who only had more than 1,000 people in the city, but did not capture them.

This is also due to the fact that the Jiangxia Rebellion delayed the time for the Wu army to move eastward.

After many days, the barbarians had already prepared enough materials to defend the city.

What's more, Chaisang is a Jiangdong barrier, which has also been repaired and strengthened by Jiangdong generals before, and the city defense is quite strong.

Rao is Lu Xun is excellent in the use of troops, and he cannot make the soldiers under his command with low fighting spirit break through the city in a short period of time.

The battle situation in Jiangxia was stalemate, and the people in Jiangdong counties were panicking, and the war situation for the Wu army was getting worse and worse.

The morale of the generals under his command is becoming more and more sluggish.

Many days later, the situation on the south bank of Jiangxia also reached the public security city.

At this time, the public security situation was still tense.

With Lu Xun and Lü Meng, they successively led the main forces eastward, which suddenly reduced the military pressure faced by the state capital Jiangling City a lot.

Also because the former governor Zhao Lei abandoned the boat and landed with 5,000 troops to help, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city was suddenly high.

Originally, due to the rebellion of the families instigated and lured by the Wu army's secret agents who infiltrated the city, the situation in the city was surging, and the phenomenon of instability was also swept away.

When the Anhan general Mi Zhu, who controlled the overall situation in Jiangling City, heard from the spies scattered all over the country, Huo Yi had already led his troops to seize Chaisang and Xiakou, disrupting the military situation in the rear of the Wu army.

He decisively ordered the front governor Zhao Lei and the lord Bo Liaohua to gather the brave warriors to launch a counteroffensive along the downstream to put pressure on the Wu army.

It's just that the large boats and ships in Jiangling City have basically been transferred to the front line, and this time Zhao Lei also abandoned the boat and returned by land, and it is difficult to break through in the face of more than 10,000 Jiangdong sailors in the face of the public security city.

In recent days, the two sides have confronted each other along the north and south banks of the river.

Inside the Public Security Mansion.

Wu Hou Sun Quan was wearing a red brocade robe, lying on the seat and working on the desk to deal with official documents, when the scout handed over the information on the south bank of Jiangxia, his face couldn't help but change greatly for a while.

"How so? Even Ziming can't cope with Huo Yihu? ”

He spread out the letter and looked at the back, and a few surprises unconsciously appeared.

On one side of the hall stood a young general in his early twenties, who seemed to notice that Sun Quan's brows were furrowed, his expression was not optimistic, his face suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly asked:

"Wu Hou, what happened?"

When these words fell, Sun Quan raised his head and ordered the attendant to hand over the letter, and said with a rather solemn face: "Zihuang, take a look." ”

After that, Quan Cong slowly took the letter and hurriedly checked it.

After a moment, his face was shocked, and he was shocked: "The situation in Jiangxia South County, which has General Lu in charge, has also deteriorated like this?" ”

"Alas, Huo Yi seized Xiakou, attacked Chaisang, and instigated the tribes of Yuzhang Shanyue and Jiangxia to raise troops to disturb the morale of our army."

When Sun Quan heard the news, he sighed and said, "Now that the Jingzhou Naval Division has converged with Huo Yibu's Xiakou, the main force led by Ziming is contained here. ”

"The morale of the soldiers under his command has also been greatly affected by the panic of the people of Jiangdong."

"Bo Yan couldn't capture Chaisang for a long time, and He Qi, who stayed behind, was also unable to assist in attacking Chaisang for a while due to the Yuzhang Shanyue Rebellion."

"If the war continues to drag on, Jiangdong will be completely disrupted!"

As soon as the words fell, Sun Quan's eyebrows furrowed, and he gradually had the idea of retreating.

"Zihuang, what do you say if you send someone to Jiangling to talk about reconciliation this time?"

After a long groan, Sun Quan looked sideways and asked.

As soon as these words came out, Quan Cong pondered for a long time before slowly responding:

"Marquis Wu, now that the Jingzhou soldiers have Xiakou, Chaisang has cut off the connection between our army and the land of Jiangdong and has the initiative."

"Cong is worried about asking for peace at this time, and the Jingzhou side is afraid that it will not be so easy to agree."

"Even if we are willing to make peace, we estimate that we will have to pay a lot, otherwise it will be difficult to get out of the whole body!"

As soon as the words fell, Sun Quan listened to it in his heart, and was silent for a while.

There is no problem with this, after all, this time it was the party that took the initiative to tear up the Xiangshui Covenant and invaded the land of Jingzhou when Jingzhou was empty.

But now the battle situation has deteriorated to such a point that it is unfavorable to his own side, and he Rao is city government is deep at this time, his face is also quite anxious, and he has not pondered the countermeasures to break the situation after half a ring.

The hall was silent and the atmosphere was solemn.

It seemed that after a long time, Quan Cong, who had a delicate face, showed a few smiles, and proposed with his hand: "Wu Hou, Cong has a strategy, maybe he can make the current chaotic situation on our side regain the initiative." ”

As soon as the words fell, Sun Quan, who was anxious, suddenly had joy on his face, and his eyes were also full of expectation: "What is Zihuang's good plan?" ”

"Send people north again to persuade the Cao clan to send troops south to assist in the attack on Jing."

Quan Cong's expression was relaxed, and his tone was quite calm.

"Do you want Cao Cao to send troops south?"

Hearing this, Sun Quan said with a slight sadness on his face, "Before sending troops before, Gu had privately sent envoys to unite with Cao Cao and agreed to send troops to attack Jingzhou together. ”

"But who would have thought that after Cao General Xu Huang led tens of thousands of reinforcements south to relieve the siege of Fancheng, he returned to Mopi with his division, and he had no intention of crossing the river to Hannan to attack by taking advantage of the situation."

"Obviously, Cao Cao made it clear that he wanted to sit back and watch our side and Guan Yu's army lose their strength in the fierce battle for Jingzhou, so he could reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

"Can we convince them to send troops south?"

When these words fell, Sun Quan groaned for a while and asked in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Quan Cong's words became higher and higher, and he said confidently: "This time and that time!" ”

As soon as these words fell, his expression perked up, and he solemnly analyzed, "At that time, Guan Yu's entire army was on the front line of Xiangfan, and Jiangling and other rear places were extremely empty. ”

"At that time, Cao Cao took the initiative to spread the news to Guan Yu that our army wanted to attack Jingzhou, one of which was to influence the morale of the Jingzhou soldiers, so that Xu Huang could lead his troops south to repel the siege of Fancheng in one fell swoop."

"The second is also that we are worried that our army will become bigger and threaten the north after taking advantage of the situation to capture the entire territory of Jingzhou."

"Therefore, the Cao family took the initiative to release the news, publicly claiming that they did not deal with the families of the prisoners of war under the command of the forbidden people, and indirectly assisted Huo Yi to use Cao's soldiers to capture and defend Jiangling against our army."

"What he did was to prevent our side from easily capturing the entire territory of Jingzhou, hoping that our army and Guan Yu's army would form a tug-of-war and lose each other's soldiers and horses, so that they could make a profit."

When the words fell, Quan Cong's eyes moved slightly, and then he looked at Shang Shang with a rather solemn gaze, and said in a serious tone:

"But now the situation is different, due to the loss of Chaisang, Xiakou and other heavy places in the rear of our army, which has led to a passivity."

"If there is no external force to promote, it will be difficult for our side to capture Jingzhou, and I am afraid that we will be trapped and die in Jingzhou by the Jingzhou army."

"Guan Yu is brave, he captured the Forbidden Seventh Army in the previous battle, which caused the Central Plains to shake and respond, and there are countless people who have caused chaos in the remote seal."

"If it weren't for the fact that Marquis Wu took the initiative to send people to jointly inform him that he would attack Jingzhou, I am afraid that Cao Cao would have moved the capital to the north bank of the Yellow River."

"If our army is heavily damaged in Jingzhou this time, and the Jingzhou army is regrouped, Wu Hou thinks Cao Cao is more afraid of us or Guan Yu?"

The words fell freely, and Sun Quan's expression suddenly burst into thought after hearing this, and he quickly pondered.

"What Zihuang said is very true!"