Chapter Fifty-Nine: Battle Gangneung II
In the military camp in the city, Tian Xin summoned nearly 400 military officials above the head of the Cao army, all of whom were wearing bandages on their right hands, and some of them had pus in their wounds.
Fortunately, the military barracks in the city are well repaired, and although it rains heavily, it can also provide relatively dry and warm living conditions.
Nearly 10,000 troops were separated, and at this moment, they were all watching the middle and senior military officials gathered in the school yard through the fence, searching for their own officers among them.
On the rain-soaked school grounds, Tian Xin dragged his halberd to sketch a rudimentary map, and then stood in the circle of the word 'Jiangling', and said to the surrounding military officials with a halberd: "Sun Quan and Cao Cao made an appointment, and today he will lead an army of 100,000 to attack Jingzhou." Cao Cao wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, waiting for one death and one injury. Therefore, he showed Sun Quan's secret letter, which was forwarded by Xu Huang and Xu Gongming to the prince of my family, and sent a letter to the prince and the prince to make an appointment to fight Xiangfan again next year to determine the ownership of Nanyang. ”
At this time, the four letters were posted on wooden boards, and several military officials took them around in a circle, so that the Cao military officials who surrounded the school field to watch Tian Xin could see it clearly.
Among them, there is also a secret letter of condolences from Cao Cao who was half-voluntarily presented by Yu Ban, and a volume of Guan Yu's letters, these four letters were published to the public.
Cao Cao's handwriting is different from that of Lishu and Zhangcao, but all the military officials of Cao Jun with some status and qualifications can recognize Cao Cao's regular script at a glance.
The military officials discussed, and there was an uproar.
Thinking about it carefully, Cao Cao sold Sun Quan, which was very in line with the methods of his own king, and more than 70 generals and Sima had no doubts.
Tian Xin saw that there was no longer any controversy among the people, so he came to Fancheng and Xiangyang with a halberd, and said: "The prince of my family has relieved the siege of Fancheng by himself, and Cao Ren, Manzhong, and Xu Gongming have joined forces to destroy Fancheng and return to Wancheng in the north. And make an appointment with the prince and marquis, until next year's autumn harvest, our Han army will not commit Nanyang, the army of Nanyang will not commit Nanxiang, and the counties will govern as before, and they will not disturb each other. This covenant of a gentleman will be kept. ”
After that, he took the halberd to hook off Fancheng, and walked two steps south to Hanjin and said: "Sun Quan sent Jiang Qin, Sun Jiao, and Pan Zhang about 30,000 people to attack Hanjin, with the intention of carrying heavy baggage on our army. Cao Cao's letter warned that our army was transported day and night, and it had been Tunyicheng County and Dangyang County, and Hanjin was really an empty land, so it was Pan Zhang's foothold. ”
At this time, Guan Xing brought a flag to Tian Xin's side, and planted the Pan Zhang battle flag in Hanjin, Jiang Qin's battle flag in the canal on the edge of Hanjin, and Sun Jiao's battle flag on the east bank of the Han River.
Tian Xincai said: "Sun Jiao did not dare to personally lead his troops to cross the river, Jiang Qin led 10,000 sailors and did not dare to go north to attack our Jingzhou sailors, and Pan Zhang did not dare to drive straight into Hanjin after entering Hanjin. More than 30,000 people are trapped in Hanjin along the way, and I really don't know what these three generals want. ”
With a smile on his face as he spoke, several rash Cao Jun soldiers subconsciously laughed with the onlookers under Tian Xin's command.
Tian Xin came to Dangyang County again, Guan Xing took out the flag and planted it in the wet mud at this time, the former general, General Long Xiang, and Nanxiang Taishou three battle flags were inserted outside Dangyang County, and the school captain Zhao Yue's battle flag was inserted in Dangyang County.
After planting these flags, Tian Xincai said: "Jiangling is also fortified, and the Wu army only attacks the city from the south, which is tantamount to sending it to death." Now that Sun Quan has betrayed the alliance, he will not take Jiangling today, and tomorrow we will all take Jingzhou, hanging the knife on his neck, and now he can only fight hard. ”
"Therefore, when the ground is not dry and muddy to block the reinforcements of Dangyang, it will attack Gangneung with all its strength to make a dying struggle."
"When the ground is dry and Jiangling is not conquered, I expect that Sun Quan will personally lead the army around Jiangling to the north, Lu Xun will lead the troops from the west, Sun Jiao and Pan Zhang will come from Hanjin, in order to attack Dangyang on three sides and fight with our army."
"And the prince of my family led 13,000 people to recuperate in Dangyang, and after the ground is dry, he will ride together to teach Sun Wentai a lesson for his son."
Tian Xin looked around at the surrounding military officials: "My enemy today is the Wu army. The army in the north of the city surrendered, regardless of the identity of the officials, this battle can help me kill the thief and behead the two levels, and all of them will be released after the war. ”
Liu Bei and Guan Yu are famous, and there is no fierce resistance to the surrender of the captives.
Mi Fang stood on the edge and looked at the rudimentary map sketched by Tian Xin, and it was foreseeable that a battle not inferior to the Battle of Xiangfan would unfold in Dangyang, and he couldn't help but think of the sad past when his two nieces fell into the hands of the enemy.
The Jingzhou army won the field battle, and the Wu army retreated; The Jingzhou army lost the field battle, and it was also able to rely on Jiangling to hold on and wait for reinforcements from Yizhou.
If it weren't for Jiangling being too important, Guan Yu and Guan Ping would have turned back to eat Pan Zhang and Sun Jiao's army a long time ago.
Even if Jiangling is lost now, Guan Yu loses the field battle, and he can return to Xiangyang in the north, or even go back to Yizhou by Fangling.
After more than 30 years of melee, except for a few dangerous places, many places are actually not important, what matters is people.
Someone has a territory.
In the public security city, Sun Quan also led people to study the city defense map of Jiangling, but they were helpless.
First of all, the old city of Gangneung, with a circumference of forty miles, if you want to be surrounded by a heavy layer, how many troops do you need to arrange strongholds and defense lines? How many man-hours does it take to dig trenches, lay fences, and antlers?
Zhou Yu besieged Jiangling for a year, but he didn't fight it, but Guan Yu's lone army blocked Cao Ren's supply line in the north, and Cao Ren took the initiative to abandon the city and escape.
The Jiangling City rebuilt by Guan Yu now is almost an inexplicable existence.
First of all, the new city is built on the southern city wall of the old city, and the city wall is only three miles away from the wharf and the river, and the distance is only five miles.
The attack from the south lacked a buffer, and the army did not even have room to arrange positions.
At present, the thickness of the battlefield in these three or four miles is very easy to penetrate, tear, and divide, and once defeated, the army will not even have room to retreat and regroup, and it will either surrender, be killed, or jump into the river and swim onto Jiangzhu.
If Gangneung is attacked from the east and west, and from the north, the huge old city of Gangneung is an obstacle, making the entire Gangneung old and new cities together, giving a strange perspective of the urn city surrounding the main city.
Tian Xin directly gave up the city wall of the old city, the question is who in the Wu army is willing to lead troops to occupy it?
The old city has long since been restored to flat fields, and there are no building materials such as trees outside the old city. In other words, you have to dig up the walls of the old city and transport building materials from afar to the old city to build a stronghold.
During this construction process, it will be very passive and easy to be interrupted.
The most terrifying thing is that there is a wall of the old city to block, and once the army stationed in the old city is surrounded, it is almost impossible to rescue.
Where is the time to build a siege stronghold for you?
With the common siege methods now, there is almost no way to take Jiangling City, which is something that Zhou Yu has already proved.
After Guan Yu built a new city, Gangneung has become the most unlikely city to capture today.
Two days of heavy rain suddenly fell in Jiangling, and the ice coldly extinguished the blazing flames in Sun Quan's heart.
He looked around at everyone: "Who wants to enter the city to see Tian Xiaoxian?" If he lifts a city and surrenders, he is willing to be rewarded with ten thousand households. ”
The left and right civil and military forces were silent for a while, and Wu Fan, a close minister who was good at divination, also closed their eyes and groaned at this moment, not participating in this kind of militaristic calculation.
Tian Xin, who suddenly appeared, was neither from Jingzhou nor someone everyone knew, just a newcomer who went south to take refuge in Guanzhong.
It is also a willful person like Liu Bei and Guan Yu who dares to promote and employ people like this, and become generals in one battle.
Everyone didn't have any friendship, but Ding Feng, the only one who got Tian Xin's famous thorn, was not here, and the Ganning tribe led by Ding Feng temporarily broke away from Lu Xun's moderation and was added to Pan Zhang's command.
Such a capable army to Pan Zhang, with straightforward intentions, is going to Guan Yu.
Tian Xin has a poisonous mouth, which has already made a messenger fall into the water in a trance, and no one wants to be the second one.
And not stupid, Tian Xin has cut himself off from Wu, who can persuade him to surrender?
But Sun Quan had already spoken, and Sima Zhuge Jin came out to give a salute: "Supreme, Jin is willing to go." ”
No one doubts his loyalty, even if this war is destroying Zhuge Liang's life's hard work and ideals.
Four years ago, Zhuge Jin went to Yizhou and met Zhuge Liang in the court, only this side, I am afraid that it is the last meeting between brothers.