It is not easy to find someone in the wild at such a late night. For a moment, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao issued orders one after another, and the countless torches around them gradually spread into the vast night as they followed the orders. Looking at the stars, it seemed as if the stars in the sky were falling.
Guan Yu stood up and looked at it for a while, and withdrew his gaze. He never talked to Zhang Liao anymore, but said to Zhou Cang concisely: "You must never relax your guard."
Zhang Liao could only smile bitterly when he listened on the side.
The current situation is so complicated that it is extremely complicated and entangled.
The Liu family's Jingzhou regime won a great victory in this battle under Jiangling City. The important generals under the King of Hanzhong turned the situation around in just one day, once again proving their personal command ability; proving that relying on powerful generals and army can defeat all conspiracies.
But this victory is by no means the final victory.
First of all, although there were already corpses inside and outside Jiangling, in fact, the Cao, Liu and Sun families involved in this battle were still huge, and the forces that were enough to turn the situation around were not yet invested.
On the Cao side, only 2,000 iron cavalry from Zhang Liao's troops were present, but in Yicheng to the north, there was Le Jin eyeing him. With Cao Gong's grand strategy and his huge strength to rank in the eight prefectures, even if the main forces of the Ye army were exhausted in Guanzhong, if he really made a decision, the 350,000 troops would not be able to be deployed, and the battlefield would not be limited to the surrounding area of ​​Jiangling.
On the Liu side, the Jingzhou Army had powerful troops such as Li Yan, Xi Zhen, and Huo Jun were mobilizing one after another. When Lei Yuan arrived in Jingzhou, the Jiaozhou Army would definitely go north quickly. In addition, there were Guan Ping, who fought hard with Le Jin, and the Jingzhou Navy, which was blocked by the Jiangdong Navy in the upper reaches of the Han River.
There is no need to mention the Sun family. Thousands of large ships of ships and the soldiers they carried were still floating on the river. And Jingcheng, Pan Zhang and Xu Sheng's troops in Dangyang and the Land Office units that were attacking Yidu County were also sufficiently in power.
If all the forces of these three parties are invested, the scale of the battle surrounding Jiangling will surely continue to expand. It will become increasingly difficult to judge whether Jiangling's victory can bring about overall victory.
Secondly, after the headquarters of Wu Hou rashly entered the battlefield and was hit hard again, the Cao and Sun Alliance, which were temporarily merged, nominally disappeared. Zhang Liao, who was nominally a reinforcement of the Cao family, immediately launched a surprise attack on Sun Quan's troops according to the plan, intending to capture Sun Quan and take him to the north.
This move made what a war victory a thing that Guan Yu could not think clearly.
Since the chaos, the Sun Family III managed Jiangdong. With his outstanding political skills, Sun Quan overwhelmed the extremely complex local military and political environment and became the only person who actually controlled Jiangdong for many years. However, the regime structure and military organizational form of Jiangdong determined that Sun Quan's integration depth of military and political forces was very limited, and his binding force on subordinates was more dependent on means rather than systems.
This is why Guan Yu has always despised Sun Quan. Guan Yu and Xuande Gong were just like him, and he was determined to restore the Han system. Therefore, when Guan Yu looked at Jiangdong, he felt like he was anxious to settle the situation. He often had the determination to lay the foundation for all generations.
It is precisely because of this characteristic of the Jiangdong regime that once Sun Quan is controlled by the Cao or Liu family, his means and prestige cannot match Jiangdong. Unless the Cao and Liu families can forcibly repel all interference and sweep Jiangdong, Sun Quan's role will be very limited.
At least, on the side of King Hanzhong, there was no plan to attack Jiangdong with the Marquis of Wu as the magistrate.
In Guan Yu's opinion, if he really captured Sun Quan, the result would be nothing more than the center to come forward and negotiate with Jiangdong again, and exchange it for enough benefits at the cost of Sun Quan.
However, there is no plan in Jingzhou, how can I know that Cao's family does not have it?
The Cao family and Sun family have secretly discussed the alliance in the past three years. They don’t know how many political and military promises and guarantees they have made, but once the situation of the war changes, Zhang Liao immediately turned to take the people in accordance with Cao Gong’s secret order... What does this mean?
Representing the Cao family, all the pros and cons may be considered long ago.
If the Sun family seized Jingzhou, the power of the Hanzhong King would decline greatly, and Cao Gong's worries, as if the hanging flags, could be relieved slightly. From then on, he could concentrate on arranging the defense of Guanzhong. However, if the Sun family defeated Jingzhou, Cao Gong would take Sun Quan in his hands and turn to Jiangdong as a harvest.
The Cao family is likely to have the plan to hold Sun Quan to order Jiangdong, and it is likely that they have made military preparations and found a suitable political agent!
Since this is the case, Guan Yu will never allow Sun Quan to fall into Zhang Liao's hands.
When Zhang Liao sent Zhu Gai's iron cavalry to raid Sun Quan before, Guan Yu had already decided to fight with Zhang Liao to block the possibility of Zhang Liao carrying Sun Quan to travel north. If things were not done, even if he fought to the death, he could not allow him to go to the north.
However, Sun Quan's departure made Guan Yu re-estimate:
Since Sun Quan ran away, there is no need to risk huge losses and he has to fight against Zhang Liao's cavalry. This is because the Han army around Jiangling is actually very weak. If a fierce battle with Zhang Liao will make a comeback, it will become a big joke.
From Zhang Liao's standpoint, his target was only Sun Quan. If it were not necessary, he had no intention of fighting with Guan Yu to the death. But if Zhang Liao scattered his iron cavalry and captured Sun Quan, Guan Yu would definitely not allow it, and the two would have to fight each other.
Therefore, on the one hand, Guan Yu dispersed his own personnel, especially sent many people familiar with the terrain around Jiangling to gallop in all directions, hoping to gain something before Zhang Liao; on the other hand, he personally stared at Zhang Liao and was ready to turn against him at any time.
Because of this, Guan Yu could only stand with Zhang Liao.
Although these two people have their own affairs and are incompatible with each other; even if they know each other, they may have to fight to the death in the next moment. But the current situation is like an allies fighting side by side.
Such situations are really absurd; Guan Yu thought about it and felt sad and ridiculous, and somewhat despicable.
At the same time, Lei Yuan led his entourage to inspect the surrounding areas of Jiangling, especially the situation from the south to the west of the city.
The sky was dark, the stars and moon were faint, and the road was not clear. The entourages set up many torches, allowing the rush of fire to illuminate Lei Yuan's energetic face, allowing soldiers everywhere to see clearly, and thus it was also clear that the situation in Jiangling City was stable.
Zhang Jiao previously reported that Guan Yu asked Lei Yuan to rest in the army and ensure that Jiangling city defense did not have to participate in the battle against Sun Quan's headquarters. Lei Yuan had no objection to this.
Lei Yuan's headquarters and the defenders of Jiangling City suffered huge losses after a long and high-intensity battle. At this time, in order to show his strength, he had sent many civilians to patrol the city. Rest and rest were necessary.
But to protect the city, it is not just about guarding a few gates and a few sections of city walls. So Lei Yuan tried his best to draw out some troops and search for warnings in the east, south and west directions of the city.
To the east is Jiangjin Port. Although there is a blockage there, it is inevitable that a small group of enemies will forcibly land. We must be warned. To the south is Lu Meng's camp, and many of the supplies in the camp and the captured prisoners must be transported to the city. In addition, Lei Yuan never found Lu Meng's whereabouts and always felt a little worried.
As for the west, it was the road where Lei Yuan's troops fought for one go. Although most of the Wu army was scattered along the way, they were scattered everywhere, and there would inevitably be trouble. Therefore, Lei Yuan also sent people there to guard and sent people to reoccupy the camps set up by the Wu army.
He himself took a few entourages and rode around and arranged various affairs. For Lei Yuan, this battle was not only a great victory, but also eliminated the worries that had been entangled with him for many years, which made him feel a sense of ecstasy. Therefore, despite fighting all day, his spirit became more and more excited.
When Lei Yuan and his group rode through the road, the bushes swayed on the roadside, and two hares rushed out first. Then several people did not hold torches, crossed the road in the dark, and drilled into the bushes opposite.
Several people who went ahead raised their hands to push away the vines so that the last person could easily pass through.
But the last man was not in a hurry to take a step. He stood at the edge of the road, looked at Jiangling City with the lights flashing in the east, then looked at Lei Yuan and his group who were gradually moving away, and then continued to move forward.
This person is Sun Quan.
In just a few days, from the initial ambition and confidence to the current one who has to accept failure and running like a dog in panic, the gap is too big. But Sun Quan had to accept it.
Building such a foundation in Jiangdong in troubled times is not easy. Since Sun Quan succeeded, he has seen many bloody oars on the battlefield and thousands of warriors fighting for Jiangdong's hegemony; he has had the ecstasy of victorious expansion of territory, and has also had the bone-broken coldness caused by failure.
There is always a victory or defeat in war, and no one can win and be unbeaten. But losers must never admit defeat, never give up, and must persist and move in the established direction. That is not to live in vain, but to endure humiliation and suffer heavy burdens and slept with firewood and taste gall.
Over the past decades, many storms have been prosperous and suddenly died. For example, Cao Cao and Liu Bei have been in a very embarrassing situation? But they persevered and could see the dawn of victory getting closer and closer.
Sun Quan believed that he could copy such a path. For this reason, all grievances could be borne and all concessions could be made.
He was like a wolf that was bitten by the enemy and was covered in bruises. He told himself that the battle could not be fought, and there would be a more difficult situation in the future. Only by hanging the hair, putting away the minions, and trying not to attract attention, can we survive.
Chapter completed!