Just when Cao Cao began to hurriedly adjust his strategic deployment, Sun Quan, who was far away in Jiangdong, was even more restless.

For a long time, Jingzhou and Jiangdong, led by Sun Quan, knew themselves and knew each other, and the common enemy was Cao Cao, who held the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes. This creates a tacit strategic understanding between them. There is very little friction between them.

But now all of a sudden, Liu Biao is about to be driven out and killed! Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Nanjun have fallen into the hands of the Blood Banner Army one after another, and most of the waterways to the west have been cut off, which is really a big blow to Sun Quan, who relied on the water army. And right now, even Jiangxia has been directly coerced, and subversion is imminent. This is to pinch Koto's neck!

Sun Quan was in a hurry, and found his cronies to discuss countermeasures. The response was broadly unanimous. Whether it was the mastermind Lu Su or the naval governor Zhou Yu, they all agreed with the general policy of rushing to aid Jiangxia and uniting Liu Bei to fight against the blood banner. This is also in line with Sun Quan's opinion.

However, on the specific details, Zhou Yu and Lu Su had different opinions.

Lu Su advocated sending troops to help Liu Bei defend the line of Jiangxia and Bayue first, and at the same time mobilizing the navy to raid Jiangling and Yidu along the waterway. In his opinion, the reason why the Blood Banner Army advanced so quickly and attacked was because of its excellent land warfare. When it comes to water warfare, Jiangdong's sons are naturally unparalleled in the world.

As long as the waterway is opened, the entire north of Jingzhou can be galloped at your own leisure. It is bound to shatter the massive deployment of the Blood Banner Army and involve its troops. For the defense of Jiangxia, it can have a surprising and winning effect.

But Zhou Yu didn't see it that way. He prefers to "stick to it".

Take advantage of the advantages of the naval army to hold the Jiangxia line without having to go further along the river behind enemy lines. Because once it goes deep behind the enemy, it is bound to require the Jiangdong Navy to pour out, and the Lujiang River area behind them will be empty. Once the gap period is seized by the Cao army in the north, Jiangdong will face an extremely bad situation. And the water army will also become duckweed because it has lost its roots.

Furthermore, helping Liu Bei was only to prevent Jiangxia from falling into the hands of the Blood Banner Army, not to help Liu Bei take Jingzhou. Why do thankless things?

Two opinions, even if Sun Qun was more inclined to Lu Su's plan, in the end he still chose Zhou Yu's strategy. Not why, just because Zhou Yu controls the entire Jiangdong naval army, and his Sun Quan's control over the naval army is actually pitifully weak.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, the tenth day of March.

The Blood Banner Army, which had been silent for most of the month, finally started. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the main force of the Blood Banner Army of 20,000 and the militia of 30,000, and divided their troops into two routes towards Bayue and Jiangxia.

Sun Wu's army, which had just arrived in Jiangxia and Bayue, did not have time to repair and immediately joined the brutal offensive and defensive battles.

Before the start of the war, Sun Wu's army was still wondering why these Jingzhou troops were so nervous, and even saw clear timidity in their eyes. In this regard, I can't help but feel contempt. But it was really at the beginning of the offensive and defensive battle that the more than 10,000 soldiers of Sun Wu, who were urgently dispatched to support, understood why their allies were timid.

Blood Banner Army, it's terrible!

And it's not just the monster-like fighting power and the will to fight without fear of life and death, but also the kind of terrifying weapons that have only been heard of and never seen.

The black balls were thrown far into the walls by trebuchets, followed by a thunderous explosion, and no matter how you dodged it, as long as it was within its range, there was no third way but to die or die. Every time I saw those black iron balls flying, the soldiers defending the city were left with despair in their hearts.

March 16. The entire city wall of Bayue collapsed by nearly one-third under the fierce bombardment. In the face of the Blood Banner Army pouring into the city like a tide, the will to resist of the Sun-Liu coalition army fell through the freezing point. With the exception of a few who were desperately killed, most of the surviving defenders surrendered outright. It was directly absorbed by Gao Shun, the general who commanded the Bayue war. Non-stop from the south towards Jiangxia to surround the past.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao, who presided over the main attack on Jiangxia, was very unhappy. Because Liu Xie's order to him was to be sure to drag out the war until March 20. Without the order of the general attack, he was not allowed to break the defense of Jiangxia.

In this way, Zhang Liao knocked again and again, which seemed to be quite lively, but there was no substantive siege move. It is more about using trebuchets and Yama divine thunder to inflict as much damage and panic as possible on the defenders on the city walls.

It was necessary to give Jiang Xia continuous oppression, so that Sun Wu's army could devote more to this battle. Even what Liu Xie wanted was to use this battle to slowly evolve into a decisive battle. In one fell swoop, Sun Wu was disabled. Then the situation will change to the meaning of the Blood Banner Army.

Moreover, for Sun Wu's army, Liu Xie has also been staring at it for a long time. He wanted to use Sun Wu, a water army known as unparalleled in the world, to test how strong the water army he had formed. Is it really as Lord Yama said, it can destroy the withering and decaying?

Jiangxia is now the grinding plate that Liu Xie prepared for the Sun and Liu coalition forces. Here he will grind the flesh and blood of his enemies into shredded flesh.

March 17. Gao Shun, who conquered Bayue, led his subordinates to integrate Bayue's soldiers, a total of more than 30,000, and detoured back to the flank. And launched another offensive towards the spring in the rear of Jiangxia.

This is going to kill the Sun and Liu coalition forces. They never thought that the Blood Banner Army would be able to withstand the weight of the soldiers without repairing and continuing to fight so continuously, and that the baggage could keep up?

Baggage is not a problem for the Blood Banner Army, because it is found in Bayue City. Take Bayue, Gao Shun doesn't have to worry about food and grass for at least a month.

Shipping is not a problem either. A simple scientific and technological innovation in Liu Xie's mind has increased the carrying capacity of the ox cart by three percent, and it is more labor-saving. The volume and speed of delivery have increased dramatically.

As for the soldier's will to fight and physical strength. This point may have an impact on the militia and soldiers in the army, but for the main force of the 10,000 Blood Banner Army, this kind of intense battle and rush is not a problem for them at all, this is the powerful effect of taking "Divine Water" several times.

In the face of the persecution of the army, the defenders of Xinchun were less than 10,000. If this is changed elsewhere, as the defending side of the city, it is already heavily guarded, and it should be confident. But in the face of the weird and terrifying Blood Banner Army, everyone understands that with this little bit of people, Xinchun can't be defended.

Because Xinchun is the baggage ground arranged by the Sun and Liu coalition forces in front!

So Sun Wu had to urgently use the water army to gather 5,000 soldiers again to garrison Xinchun. At the same time, from Poyang and Yuzhang, all troops were mobilized to rush to the aid of Xinchun in the starry night.

The 10,000 main forces and 10,000 militiamen who had just arrived in Bayue from the waterway also began to assemble towards Xinchun.

For a time, the wind and clouds shifted from Jiangxia to Xinchun. It also made Liu Xie realize that Xinchun may be the place where the grain and grass of the Sun-Liu coalition army existed. Fighters have appeared. In an instant, the strategic center of gravity of the Blood Flag Army immediately moved away from Jiangxia secretly.

(End of chapter)