Chapter 686: Jingzhou Rebellion
The news of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops reached Qingzhou.
When Liu Bei heard this, he was surprised in his heart, and then laughed again, sure enough, it was still the hero Cao Mengde. Decisively seized this opportunity. Although the reputation of betraying the alliance and taking advantage of the danger of others is a bit unpleasant, in the face of Shili, who cares about this reputation? In this era of war and chaos, social turmoil and moral collapse were carried out. In the face of swords and power, countless people chose to bow their heads. Everyone lives so carefully, who cares about Cao Cao's reputation?
Although Yangzhou from Sun Ce to Zhou Yu was wary of Cao Cao. But I really didn't expect that Cao Cao would choose to use a knife against his allies at this time.
Sun Ce was shocked and angry, and hurriedly mobilized the army, wanting to go to Jingzhou in person to resist Cao's army. Zhou Yu hurriedly persuaded and said: "Jiujiang is in turmoil, Jiangdong is uneasy, at this time, the lord should not move lightly, he should sit in Jianye to calm people's hearts." ”
Sun Ce said: "If I don't go, what is Nai Caojun?" ”
Zhou Yu said: "Demou and Gongfu have been in Jingzhou for a long time and are familiar with geography. It can be stabilized first and then sent reinforcements. I am willing to send troops to relieve Bo Fu's worries. ”
Sun Shixue groaned and agreed. Zhou Yu has known him for many years, hiding armor soldiers in his chest, and he is full of strategy. With Zhou Yu's ability, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with Cao Jun. So he said: "Gongjin goes, I don't have to worry about it." Zhong Mou was old, so this time he went to Jingzhou with Gongjin to open his eyes. ”
Sun Quan is now in his early twenties, and he has been serving in the local area before, and now Sun Ce also feels that he can fight tiger brothers and go into battle as father and son soldiers. Cousin Sun Ben is already a Taishou of 2,000 stones. Now that my father has been unwell for many years, it is time for his brothers to grow up quickly to help him.
Sun Quan joined the army, although Sun Ce's intention to divide power was in it, but Zhou Yu didn't care. After nodding in agreement, he went out to get ready.
Cao's army was dispatched in two ways, and after consultation, it first maintained a defensive position against Jiangxia, and then attacked the four counties of Jingnan with a thunderous momentum. At that time, if Wuling, Changsha and other counties are defeated first. Jiangxia's side is not afraid.
If you fight Jiangxia first, there is a veteran like Cheng Pu in charge, and Jiangxia is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I don't know how long this delay will last.
Cao Ren's thinking is still very correct. Sure enough, under the deliberate calculation or unintentional, Wuling couldn't hold it first, and collapsed again and again. Changsha Taishou Huang Gai heard the letter, and told Wuling Taishou to order him to defend it, and then led the naval army north. Contact Jiangxia Taishou Cheng Pu and want to attack Nanjun together.
Huang Gai is also very wise, save Wuling, it is estimated that when he goes, Wuling County will already be cold. It's better to let Wuling County drag Cao Jun first, and then they will fight theirs and their own.
This siege of Wei to save Zhao, as soon as they fought indiscriminately, maybe the Cao army in Nanjun couldn't sit still. As soon as Huang Gai moved, Guo Jia, who came with the army here, had to believe it. He looked at the map and said with a smile: "I was asking you to come to Huang Gai." I'm afraid you'll go to Wuling! ”
Therefore the wise people in the world can only calculate the wise people. It's a little stupid, not on a level. On the contrary, I can't think about it. The chicken and the duck talk about beating the master to death with random punches, which is almost the same meaning. If Huang Gai only thought about going to Wuling, Guo Jia's follow-up plans around Huang Gai's coming to Nanjun would have to be stillborn.
Huang Gai led the army all the way by land and water, crossing the clouds and Mengze, wanting to attack Huarong. To the Xiashui ferry, stationed down, so that people go to Jiangxia, hear where the general soldiers are.
As a result, several waves of men were sent in a row, but there was no return. Huang Gai saw that there was no news as soon as people went out, so he knew that it was not good. So he wanted to lead the army back.
The military moved, and the Cao army appeared all around. In the north of the summer water, there are also shadows, and countless soldiers and horses shouted.
Cao Ren sat on horseback, full of spirit, standing on a high place, and shouted: "Why did you retreat when the public came?" ”
Huang Gai sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that Cao Jun has been fighting his idea for a long time, otherwise why did he go all the way, but he didn't find anything.
So he went out of the camp and bowed his hand to Cao Renyao, saying: "Zixiao, you and I are allies of each other, the alliance is still there, and the ink has not dried." Why did you suddenly turn your back on me? Not afraid to laugh for the world? ”
Cao Ren shook his head and said, "Gongfu, I am a general under the command of the Lord, and I only know how to do it according to orders." The rest doesn't matter. Now that the public is besieged, why don't you go to Gangneung with me? Cao Ren should be treated as a guest of honor, and he will not slack off! ”
Huang Gai's heart sank, it seemed that words could not move Cao Ren. In fact, since Cao Cao has already chosen to do it, is he still afraid of a war of words? In the correspondence between the two places, the royal literati of the two families were using the most gorgeous words and changing the method to accuse and scold each other.
Of course, this kind of war of words does not mean that it is useless at all, at least, Yangzhou can now stand on the moral high ground to accuse Cao Cao. However, if Yangzhou loses in the later stage. That's no use. The winner is the king, and the loser is the loser. At that time, even if Yangzhou and Liu Bei are no longer willing. Cao Cao came to the table and played himself as the leader of Jingzhou Mu, and Liu Bei also had to pinch his nose to admit it.
So Huang Gai said: "Zixiao Xiu said a lot, after I defeat you, I will go to Jiangling!" "The implication is that I will go to Gangneung sooner or later, after defeating you, Nanjun will be mine, and when to go to Gangneung is not a matter of words.
Cao Ren said with a smile: "The public still doesn't know the army of virtue, and it is also for me to hinder?" ”
Although he was surrounded by Cao Jun, Huang Gai was not afraid, because he had already made an appointment with Cheng Pu. Now that he has lost contact, he is not at ease when he wants to come to Cheng Pu. It will definitely come to the end.
Now that Cao Ren said this, Huang Gai knew that he wanted to rely on Cheng Pu to help, but he was afraid that it was delusional. So, let's do it. The two families have their own means.
Cao Ren sent Yu Ban to attack Wuling and asked Li Tong to deal with Cheng Pu. He led a large army and came here with Cao Hong to deal with Huang Gai in person. The idea of the fight is to eat the part of Huang Gai first with superior forces. Then whether it was to turn around and attack Cheng Pu, or go south to attack Changsha. It's going to be a lot easier.
The two lords have finished what needs to be said. Cao Ren gave all kinds of explicit hints, and if he failed to persuade him to surrender, it would hit Huang Gai's confidence and morale.
Huang Gai also knew Cao Ren's intentions, but he couldn't help but be affected in his heart. The Great War began. The two groups of people, on the water and on the land, fought each other.
Cao Ren and Huang Gai are not mediocre people. Huang Gai moved to the world with Sun Jian in his early years, and he was an old soldier. And Cao Ren is also the number one general under Cao Cao, who has been in charge for many years.
Their troops were all well-trained elites, and as soon as they engaged, they caused a lot of casualties. The soldiers under Huang Gai's command also knew that it was time to fight hard. If you don't work hard at this critical moment, you can only wait for death. So everyone rushed to be the first, and tied their heads to the waistbands of their trousers, their eyes blood-red, and their mouths roared. Hold the troops forward, just to fight a bloody way.