Chapter 146: Battle of Crossing the River (VI)

Gao Shun also secretly liked Dong Xi, a brave and straightforward man in combat. After the two talked, Dong Xi realized that he had met the troops of Zhou Yu, the prefect of Lujiang. After considering it for an hour, Dong Xi led his troops to surrender. Gao Shun was overjoyed. Dong Xi's subordinates were all locals and were very familiar with the Jiangnan area, which would be of great help to his subsequent marching and formation. Moreover, more than a thousand people were young and strong men, and after a little training, they could become excellent soldiers. In this way, the camp of the trap expanded again and it would be more certain to attack Jingxian.

Gao Shun Feige sent a letter to Zhou Yu, temporarily ordered Dong Xi to be the Sima of another department, and led his original subordinates. Dong Xi left dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled subordinates to guard the mountain village and transported the accumulated food and grass in the mountain village to the army of the camp. Then, more than 3,000 people from Gao Shun's troops rushed to Jingxian, without any obstacles along the way.

Once the army arrived at the city of Jingxian, Gao then made a big move and launched the "Zhou" flag, disguised the more than 3,000 people and horses under his command as more than 10,000 people, surrounded Jingxian to shock the enemy. This was also an announcement to Danyang Prefect Wu Jing and Yangzhou Governor Liu Yao that the main force of Zhou Yu's army had successfully crossed the river south, and the small Jingxian was already in his pocket.

Jing County was established during the Qin Dynasty. The "Ming Emperor's Chronicle" records that Jing County "has Jing River, which came out of Wuhu and was named after the water."

Jingxian has many mountains and few lands. The remaining veins of Huangshan are sprouted southeast of the county, and the branches of Jiuhua Mountain are winding northwest. The Jing River is about three meters wide and flows through the county from southwest to northeast.

In the county yamen, Liu Bo, the magistrate of Jingxian County, sat alone in a corner, his face was heavy, and his swollen eyelids showed that he had not been asleep for several nights. At this moment, Zhou Yu's army had surrounded Jingxian like an iron barrel, so how could he sleep? Fortunately, the besieged enemy troops were busy camping and resting in the past two days and did not start siege, which made Liu Bo feel that there was still a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, thanks to the hundreds of defenders in Jingxian County alone, under the enemy's strong attack, it would be thankful that they could be able to defend for three days.

The 100,000-year-old quick-request for help was set out in several directions the day before yesterday. Prefect Wu Jing should have received it, and General Liu Yao should have received it. What kind of reaction will they make? Will they adjust their deployment immediately and send troops to aid?

Liu Bo placed his greatest hope in the neighboring She County, Yi County and Wuhu County. These three counties are only a two-day walk away from Jing County. If you march day and night, you can arrive within one day.

Wang Hong, the magistrate of She County, was a filial and honest person of the same period as him, and had a good personal relationship. His reinforcements should be the first to arrive. Fang Ke, the magistrate of Yi County, lives a luxurious life and is above the top. He is usually looked down upon by Liu Bo. There is not much interaction between the two, so his reinforcements are no longer expected. Xue Jin, the magistrate of Wuhu County, is the confidant of Wu Jing Prefect. He has more than a thousand elite soldiers there. However, Wuhu County is very close to the Yangtze River and has to be guarded against enemy troops crossing the river and attacking. I think his reinforcements will not come too quickly...

While Liu Bo was thinking, Jingxian County Magistrate Li Ri walked in with joy, clasped his fists to Liu Bo and said, "Mr. Wang Hong's reinforcements have arrived, and his camp is a mile outside the south gate."

"Oh~~ It's great!" Liu Bochang stood up and said excitedly: "Mr. Wang's move is really a timely help. By the way... how many people have he sent?"

Li Ri replied: "White Yi stood at the top of the city and looked over from a distance, and there were about no more than a thousand people."

"Well..." Liu Bo nodded secretly and said, "If there were a thousand people, Lord Wang Hong would be full of all this time. I should remember this love and meaning in my heart."

Liu Bo asked again: "Is there any news about other reinforcements?"

Li Ri showed a little sad face and replied: "At present... there is no..."

Liu Bo turned around the room and said to Li Ri, "Don't be anxious... Don't be anxious... With the 1,000 people of Lord Wang Hong, it will be a restraining force to the enemy. Now you go to the treasury of the county government to get some copper coins, give each soldier who guards the city five stakes, and then hang a heavy reward. After the successful defense of the city, each soldier will give another five stakes. Those who sacrifice their lives for the country will be given twenty pensions!"

Li Ri was excited and said that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward. If the county magistrate is so generous, then there will be great hope for success in defending the city.

Li Ri replied loudly: "Get order!"

"Slow down..." Liu Bo waved his hand vigorously and said, "Organize all the young and strong people in the city, and move all the weapons and defensive equipment to the city wall. They... are also part of our Jingxian defenders!"

"Get orders!" Li Ri bowed with his fists, turned around and strode away. From his steps, it was obvious that his confidence had recovered a lot.

Liu Bo kept circling around the house, his mind was turning violently, and his face was filled with joy. The arrival of reinforcements gave him great encouragement. He was originally extremely disappointed with his future in life, and he began to feel the wonderfulness of life again.

Liu Bo walked out of the house, and the sky outside was blue, and a huge white cloud slowly rolled out and turned into a tiger, floating towards Jingxian. Liu Bo's heart suddenly sank again...

Outside Wuhu County, flags were waving, and Chen Wu's army set up camp outside the west gate.

Wuhu was originally named Jiuzi, on the south bank of the Shuiyang River. Zuo Zhuan records: "In the third year of Duke Xiang of Lu, Chu Zi re-emerged Wu and conquered Jiuzi. As for Hengshan." Hengshan described here is Hengshan in the northeast of Dangtu County. The site of Jiuzi City is located at the end of the erosion and residual hills extending northward on the south bank of the Shuiyang River. From this, the terrain to the west is low and flat, mostly in the lake and pond swamp areas. Because of the storm and the gathering of doves, birds, it is named Jiuzi, also known as "Gouzi", "Gaozi", "Zhuzi", etc. There is a long lake near Jiuzi because it "has not stored deep water and produces algae", so it is named Wuhu.

This section of Shuiyang River was called Zhongjiang at that time, connecting to the Yangtze River in the west and Taihu Lake in the east. It is an important east-west transportation waterway. Jiuzi is a ferry crossing that controls Zhongjiang, and its location is very important. In the second year of Yuanfeng of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Jiuzi had established a county and was renamed Wuhu.

The four gates of Wuhu County were closed, and soldiers hurriedly ran up the city wall with weapons. County Magistrate Xue Jin stood on the city tower with his hands behind his back, watching the busy soldiers under the city. Even when he was setting up camp, Chen Wu still sent hundreds of elite strong archers to prepare for the battle. They stood quietly in the direction of Wuhu County, wearing light armor, and holding the strong bow in their hands. The quiver was full of sharp wolf-toothed arrows. Once the Wuhu defenders had any abnormal movement, they would naturally be the rain of arrows in the sky.

Xue Jin was the cousin of Wu Jing, the prefect of Danyang. Since Wu Jing took office in Danyang, he has been constantly eliminating dissidents and affiliating his confidants. Wuhu is close to the Yangtze River and is an important town connecting the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake. It has a large population and a rich region. Wu Jing made Xue Jin the magistrate of Wuhu County.

Xue Jin was not a man with no clue. He studied hard since childhood and was able to make achievements in poetry, books and articles. However, his philosophy of life was "no man for himself and punished heaven and earth." As the magistrate of Wuhu County, he did not do much good deeds, but he plundered a lot of money. He was extremely stingy. He was like a rooster and his friends, but he lived a luxurious life. He only had a concubine and had three houses, so he was quite unpopular and had a very bad reputation.

However, because he and Wu Jing had a good private relationship and respected Wu Jing a lot of money every year, Wu Jing supported him and suppressed many complaints. He sat steadily in the position of Wuhu County Magistrate.

Chen Wu also followed the plan in advance and set up the camp with large flags, "Zhou", "Gan", "Gao", "Zang" and other flags fluttered high in the camp, and sent five hundred people to enter the east gate of the camp with a swagger. He quietly withdrew from the west gate, turned around and changed the flag, and entered from the east gate. This was repeated. Xue Jin and others looked from the city tower and saw that various troops were constantly entering the camp, and they couldn't help but take a few breaths of cold air. Xue Jin asked the Wuhu County Magistrate Di, who was beside him, and said: "Ministrate Di, look~~ How many people are there in the enemy?"

Di Li's face was heavy and replied in a deep voice: "Sir, with my eyes, there are at least about 8,000 enemy troops."

"Eight thousand..." Xue Jin felt like a huge rock in his heart was so heavy that it was unbearable. He murmured: "Wuhu is a big county, and there are only two thousand people in the county town. How can he withstand this?"

The soldiers in Danyang have not experienced enough combat experience. Xue Jin was originally a literati and did not know how to fight. Seeing Zhou Yu's soldiers approaching the border, he was very frightened and hurriedly sent several fast horses to Wu Jing and Liu Yao for help, and sent people to ask for help from the surrounding county towns.

Wanling is the county seat of Danyang County.

Wanling is connected to Tianmu Mountain in the east, Huangshan in the south, Jiuhua Mountain in the west, and the scenery is beautiful. Jingting, Cypress, Water West, and Longxu Mountains are covered with green mountains; Qingge River and Shuiyang River are connected by each other; Nanyi Lake, Taiping Lake and Qinglong Lake are scattered in three lakes; Qingyuan Peak and Banqiao areas, not only rare birds and beasts, but also unique flowers and plants are eye-catching, but also unique scenery is unique in the realm. From ancient times to the present, with its convenient location, transportation is smooth and commodities are distributed, and it has become a major city in the Tongdu, Jiangnan.

Danyang Prefect Wu Jing, a native of Qiantang, Wujun, who has been in Danyang for many years and has increased his power. Although the court had already appointed Zhou Shang as the new Danyang Prefect, Wu Jing delayed his resignation on the grounds that the frequent riots of Shanyue people in the territory had not been completed, and the court had no choice but to step down.

Since Zhou Yu became the prefect of Lujiang under the recommendation of Lu Kang, Wu Jing has become worried about it after knowing that Zhou Shang was Zhou Yu's father. For this reason, he has strengthened his attention in Lujiang and often paid attention to Zhou Yu's movements. At the same time, Wu Jing secretly recruited 5,000 new recruits to train day and night to prevent the war from coming.

After the Yangzhou Governor Liu Yao took office in Qu A, Wu Jing tried his best to convince Liu Yao and asked Liu Yao to make the judgment that Zhou Yu was the enemy of the entire Yangzhou area, so as to cooperate with Liu Yao to fight Zhou Yu together. After analysis, they judged that Zhou Yu's most suitable crossing was Danglikou and Hengjiangjin. Liu Yao sent general Zhang Ying to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Danglikou, and Wu Jing sent Fan Neng and Yu Mi to lead 6,000 main naval forces from Danyang County to garrison Hengjiangjin.
Chapter completed!