Chapter 158 Jiangling
"Report~"
Dangyang, Zhou Yu was leading his army toward Jiangling. A squad provocate rushed over and rushed to Zhou Yu's flag. He stopped the war horse, turned over and fell off the horse, and bowed to Zhou Yu, "Governor, something big is not good."
"Oh?" Zhou Yu looked at Tanma and said, "What happened?"
"Liu Bei's army arrived in Jiangling the day before yesterday and was rushing troops to attack Jiangling." The horse snatched a deep breath and said loudly.
"What?" Lu Meng's expression changed when he heard this, and he said sternly: "How is the battle?"
"I dare not get too close to you, I have never seen it clearly." The sling horse bowed.
The battlefield was in chaos, and Liu Bei also sent scouts to investigate the movements of the battlefield. If he got too close and met the other scouts, he would not be able to make any sense or not, at that time, he would have no place to make any decision if he was killed.
"Governor, let us march quickly, don't let Liu Bei seize the opportunity!" Lu Meng said panic.
"How could Jiangling be so easy to break through?" Zhou Yu was not panicked, shook his head and smiled, "Since Liu Bei is willing to open the way for our army, let him fight first. Why should I be anxious? Just..."
"What are the doubts about the governor?" Lu Meng looked at Zhou Yu in confusion.
"Kong Ming shouldn't be so unwise." Zhou Yu frowned. Liu Bei's 30,000 army sounded quite frightening, but Zhou Yu knew very well that the 30,000 troops actually belonged to Liu Bei. The rest were either borrowed from Liu Qi or the defeated soldiers of Jingxiang. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were a mob. With these troops, Liu Bei had the confidence to attack Jiangling? Even if Liu Bei was confused, Zhuge Liang should not not remind him.
"Talk again!" Although he felt nothing was wrong, Zhou Yu still asked the detective to continue to inquire about Jiangling's information to avoid any errors.
"Here!" The explorer agreed, turned over and galloped towards Jiangling.
At this moment, the battle in Jiangling has entered a critical moment.
Cao Ren could clearly feel that after he pulled back the troops from the water camp, Liu Bei's army attacked even harder. At the same time, Cao Ren stood on the high platform and found that Liu Bei divided a group of troops and headed towards the north of the city. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from a distance. Even here, you could feel the city tower swaying slightly. When Cao Ren heard the sound, his face changed. The direction of the roar was exactly the direction of the water village. He hurriedly ordered people to find out what had happened.
"General, the big thing is not good. Guan Yu led the navy and suddenly came out while our army was reinforcements!" Two generals rushed over and said shrillly to Cao Ren.
"How could the water camp be so easily broken?" Cao Ren was shocked when he heard this, jumped off the high platform, raised the general and asked sternly, and ordered his troops to lead his troops to reinforce the water camp.
"General, it's too late!" The general said in a stern voice: "There are catapults and crossbows on Guan Yu's warship. Ten large ships bombarded one after another, and directly blasted the gate of our water camp. Now Guan Yu has led his army into the city!"
Warship? Catstone? Bed crossbow!?
Cao Ren was full of questions, just forget about the crossbow, how did the catapult car be carried on the boat? Such a boat, and he used a catapult car on the water? I haven't heard of it.
The gate of the Water Village is always by the water, and it is not as strong as other city gates. It can't withstand the bombardment of catapults. If it is a catapult, it is not difficult to understand that it is a catapult, but it is still useful on the boat, which makes Cao Ren a little unacceptable.
There were already shouts of killing in the city, and at the same time, arrows kept rising from the sky, obviously sending signals to Liu Bei.
"General, retreat!" The general knelt in pain in front of Cao Ren and said hoarsely: "The city cannot be defended!"
Cao Ren tightened the hilt of the sword in his hand for two days! The general of Cao's army, who was guarding such a strong city as Jiangling, failed to defend even two days!?
Silently drew out the sword, Cao Ren directly crossed the sword around his neck, and he felt ashamed to go back to see Cao Cao.
"General, no!" Seeing this, several Cao army generals rushed forward and grabbed Cao Ren's sword with all their strength. One general hissed: "General, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. You have not been defeated in the past, so why do you seek death??"
All generals: "…"
Can you speak human words? What does it mean to have never failed before? If the situation was not urgent, everyone would have thoughts of killing each other.
Another general pulled Cao Ren and advised: "General, this battle is not a crime. The soldiers and arrows equipped by Liu Bei's soldiers are better than our army. The navy led by Guan Yu can actually use a catapult on the ship. No one expected that the general would go back and report the matter to the Prime Minister. The general wanted to find a brief look here. In the future, our army would inevitably suffer losses. It is better to report the matter to the Prime Minister."
Cao Ren was shocked and said it was right. The Prime Minister must be informed of this matter. The weapons and armor of Liu Bei's army were like those of the Mo City. It seemed that he had the support of the damn craftsman and had to prepare early!
Thinking of this, Cao Ren returned the sword to the sheath, looked at Liu Bei's army who was still attacking urgently, and gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go!"
The north gate was still in their hands, but Liu Bei had already divided his troops there before. Now he thought that he was not going to attack the city, and it was clearly to prevent him from escaping. But at this moment, Cao Ren had already stepped down from the city wall and ordered people to inform the soldiers of Beicheng to go down to break through. Although Liu Bei's troops were elite, Cao Ren was probably the only ones who were siegeing the city were elite, and the others were just mobs.
Before Guan Yu could reach this side, Cao Ren got on the war horse and led a group of soldiers to the north gate. As soon as he left the city gate, he saw an army lined up in front of him. Cao Ren said nothing and commanded the army to rush. The soldiers there were indeed as Cao Ren thought, all the surrendered troops gathered from the Red Cliff before. At this moment, when Cao Ren rushed, he dispersed and let Cao Ren rush over.
In Jiangling City, with Cao Ren retreating, Liu Bei's army successfully killed the city wall, opened the city gate, and allowed the soldiers to enter the city, quickly seized important places. Cao's army, who had not yet had time to retreat, was intercepted directly, and the fighting continued, but for Liu Bei, this battle was over.
"Kong Ming, why did you let Cao Ren go just now?" Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang straight to the treasury. Looking at the sealed treasury, he felt relieved. At this moment, he had money and food, but then he looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion and asked.
"Our elite troops are all attacking the city. Cao Ren is eager to break through and will fight bravely to kill the enemy. If we stop it, our army will suffer heavy losses!" Zhuge Liang explained with a smile: "And it may not be able to capture Cao Ren."
Cao Ren is a general under Cao Cao. He is not only proficient in military tactics, but also a brave general. It is difficult to capture and kill him in the chaos. It is impossible for generals to do anything. Which princes generally use the generals they have worked hard to fight against others?
Liu Bei sighed when he heard this. This attack on Jiangling seemed fierce, but if he could not take it down today, he would probably not be able to maintain such an offensive tomorrow. He injured one thousand enemies and suffered 800 damage. Although the attacks were smooth in the past two days, the soldiers equipped with well-equipped weapons also lost more than half of them in the past two days. If they fought again, the level of the war might be reduced.
"In addition, Cao Ren also lets Zhou Yu report the message to him on behalf of his lord." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
"Report the message?" Liu Bei was stunned, then suddenly realized, and smiled and said, "It's true."
Isn't that true? Let Cao Ren report a letter to Zhou Yu and tell Zhou Yu not to come, otherwise the two armies will face each other and the situation will be bad. After all, the two sides are still in an alliance now.
After Jiangling, the entire Nanjun was basically the item in Liu Bei's pocket. However, at this time, Liu Bei did not dare to take it lightly, because the war had not yet ended, and after a day of repair, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to lead a group of troops to plant Liu Bei's banner in each city in Nanjun.
Jiangling was defeated, and the rest of the cities naturally fell down with a look of wind and there was little resistance.
On the other hand, Zhou Yu was still marching slowly. At noon the next day after learning that Liu Bei had attacked Jiangling, a visitor came to report and found a large number of Cao troops in front of him.
"How could there be a Cao army here?" Lu Meng looked at the siege in confusion and said, "Have you seen it clearly?"
"Return to General, I can see it very clearly, it is Cao's army." The sling horse said.
Zhou Yu looked a little bad, and looked at the siege and said, "Who is the sign?"
"The other party has never given a banner, it seems that it is a defeated soldier!" The horse snatched and said.
"Stop them!" Zhou Yu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
"Here!" Lu Meng agreed and commanded the army to intercept the defeated troops of the Cao army.
Cao Ren had escaped for a day. After the army was renovated, it formed a formation again. The military appearance did not look as embarrassed as yesterday. However, when he heard that the Jiangdong army was blocking the road, Cao Ren felt a little heavy. After escaped from Liu Bei's men, would he die at the hands of Jiangdong soldiers?
Seeing that the opponent had already set up a formation and blocked his way, Cao Ren took a deep breath, rode his horse to the front of the formation, and shouted sternly at the Jiangdong army: "Cao Ren is here, where is Zhou Yu?"
"Cao Ren?" Zhou Yu stood under the central army's flag. Hearing this, his face became more and more serious. He said to Lu Meng: "Go and ask him, why are he here if he is not guarding the city in Jiangling?"
"Here!"
Lu Meng agreed, rode his horse and rushed to the front of the formation, shouting to Cao Ren: "My governor asks you, why are you here if you are not guarding the city in Jiangling?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Ren smiled bitterly and said, "Jiangling has been defeated by Liu Bei. Is the governor of Zhou going to kill Cao Ren?"
Lu Meng's expression changed, and he rode his horse back to Zhou Yu, looking at Zhou Yu and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to say this.
Zhou Yu naturally heard it, his face was a little gloomy, and he waved his hand and said, "Get out of the way, let him go!"
"Governor, this..." Lu Meng said in surprise when he heard this: "Cao Ren is a general under Cao Cao, why not take this opportunity to capture and kill him?"
"What's the use of killing him?" Zhou Yu shook his head, then smiled and said with a sarcastic smile: "After this time, Liu Bei picked up a bargain, but did you want me to be this evil man in Jiangdong? Give up the way."
Capturing and killing Cao Ren is not beneficial to Zhou Yu, but it will harm Cao Cao because of this. No wonder Zhou Yu was depressed. He was the main force of the Cao army, but Liu Bei was the one who got the benefit in the end. If he held Cao Ren's hatred on Jiangdong for this, he would really become a sucker.
The army slowly retreated. Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, saluted Zhou Yu's flag, and then led his troops straight over.
"Governor, what should we do now?" Lu Meng looked at Zhou Yu's face and asked carefully.
"Go to Jiangling, congratulations to Liu Xuande on capturing Jiangling!" Zhou Yu thought for a while and said with a smile.
Although Liu Bei took the opportunity to Jiangling, if Liu Bei did not give any benefits, it would not work.
Chapter completed!