Chapter 164 Attacking Jiangling
It has been seven days since it took Xiangyang in a flash.
Jiang Fengzhi is not in Jingzhou, and his target is Yizhou.
But before taking action against Yizhou, there is one thing to do - Jiangling!
Although Jiangxia and Liu Bei in Xiakou are not easy to attack, and although Jingzhou is not a place to stay for a long time, as far as the current situation is concerned, Jiangling will not take it for nothing.
With Fancheng and Xiangyang fell into his own hands, Jiangling became Cao Cao's last lonely city in Jingzhou.
If Jiangling can be captured, Jiang Feng will be able to gain a foothold in the northern part of Jingzhou.
In this way, when he was planning to Yizhou, it was not so easy whether Cao Cao attacked from the north or Sun Quan attacked himself from the southeast.
Fancheng, Xiangyang, Jiangling and the three places are mutually supportive, and they can maintain their strength well.
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On the eighth day after taking Xiangyang, Jiang Feng asked Zou Kai to guard Fancheng and Wang Wei to guard Xiangyang. He led 20,000 troops and went straight to Jiangling City.
The garrison of Jiangling is Cao Ren.
In Jiang Feng's mind, Cao Ren is second only to Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun, and can rank fourth among Cao Cao's peers.
Historically, in Jiangling and Nanjun areas, Cao Ren defeated Zhou Yu several times, and even seriously injured Zhou Yu with a wandering arrow.
In the end, Zhou Yu died of illness, which also arose because of this.
It can be said that Zhou Yu died at the hands of Cao Ren.
Faced with such an opponent, Jiang Feng did not dare to underestimate him. He besieged Jiangling for three days and tried to attack him several times, but still could not find a way to break the city.
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That night, Jiang Feng was discussing matters with the generals, and suddenly the soldiers came to report: "Report to the general, a person who claims to be Wei Yan is asking for a visit!"
"Wei Yan?"
When Jiang Feng heard this name, he was surprised.
Because I had dealt with Wei Yan, I suffered a little loss!
At that time, he received an order from Cao Cao to go to Jiangling to discuss matters. On the way, when his master Diao Chan was convenient, Wei Yan killed him out of the forest.
He and Diao Chan ran away in a panic, and some of the subordinates who accompanied him were all murdered!
By the way, this guy is very brave, how dare he come to find him?
Then he thought, when Wei Yan dealt with him, he was still working under Cao Cao's hands.
Wei Yan looked down on Cao Cao the most. Now that he has opposed Cao Cao, he has spread all over Jingzhou. I believe Wei Yan has heard of it.
Historically, after Liu Bei took over Jingzhou, Wei Yan surrendered to Liu Bei; but now, he has taken Liu Bei's path first, so to speak...
Could it be that Wei Yan is here to defect to me?
Historically, Wei Yan's reputation was mixed, but his military talent was unquestionable.
Some people even say that Wei Yan's ability is comparable to that of the Five Tiger Generals!
It was only because Zhuge Liang did not trust this person that his military achievements were not so prominent, so he was greatly underestimated!
Even so, Wei Yan's military achievements are comparable to those of Cao's "five sons and generals".
Jiang Feng has just won two cities and is attacking Jiangling. It is the time to use people, so he is very happy.
But he was not sure if Wei Yan came to surrender, and asked again: "Have he said something?"
The soldier said: "This person claims that he can help the general take down Jiangling!"
Jiang Feng was worried about how to break the city. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "Hurry up and invite you!"
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After a moment, the soldiers led Wei Yan in.
I saw him bare upper body, a thorn stuck on his waist, and he came to the tent and knelt directly towards Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng quickly supported him and said, "What is Brother Wei doing?"
Wei Yan said: "In the past, Wei Yan thought that the general was a lackey of Cao's thief, so he attacked the general halfway. Now he knows that the general was enduring humiliation and heavy burdens. Wei Yan was seriously guilty, so he came to take the thorns and apologize!"
Jiang Feng quickly pulled him up and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty, Brother Wei is so serious!"
Wei Yan said: "General, don't you blame Wei Yan?"
Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Brother Wei and I both hate evil as enemies and regard Cao thieves as dung. What crimes are there for you?"
Wei Yan was overjoyed and knelt down on the ground again, saying, "If the general does not dislike him, Wei Yan would like to sacrifice his life for the general, shed blood, conquer Wu and destroy Cao, and go through fire and water!"
Jiang Feng said: "Brother Wei, please come up quickly! With Brother Wei's help, great achievements will be accomplished!"
At this moment, Jiang Feng ordered someone to bring clothes to Wei Yan and ask someone to arrange a tent.
Wei Yan only put on his clothes, but did not leave, saying, "The general has been besieging Jiangling for more than three days. I wonder if he has found a way to break the city?"
Jiang Feng sighed and shook his head, "Cao Ren is not a person who can afford to make a living. I'm afraid it's not easy to win Jiangling!"
Wei Yan said: "Jiangling needs to be broken quickly, otherwise if you let them come to reinforcements, don't talk about Jiangling, Fancheng, and Xiangyang, all of them will be in danger!"
Jiang Feng said: "That's right!"
Wei Yan then said, "Yan has a plan to help the general capture Jiangling!"
Jiang Feng was overjoyed and said, "What's the plan?"
Wei Yan said: "If you want to capture Jiangling, there is no other way, you can only attack hard!"
Jiang Feng had thought about the hard attack, but the price was too high!
Now his net worth is less than 50,000, half of them stay in Fancheng and Xiangyang, and half go to war with him.
If the price is too high, even if Jiangling is taken down, it will be useless.
Seeing that Jiang Feng was not speaking, Wei Yan said, "If the general trusts him, he can be sent to three thousand soldiers and horses. Before dark tomorrow, he will conquer Jiangling for the general!"
Jiang Feng's psychological expectation was to conquer Jiangling at a cost of less than 10,000 people.
More than 10,000 people, the gain is not worth the loss!
Seeing that Wei Yan only had three thousand people, Jiang Feng felt aroused in his heart and said, "Brother Wei is serious?"
Wei Yan said: "There is no joke in the army! If you can't defeat Jiangling before dark tomorrow, Wei Yan will come to see you!"
Jiang Feng said: "Okay! I will give you five thousand soldiers!"
Wei Yan said: "Three thousand is enough! But the general needs to guard other city gates for me, and only the north gate will be left!"
Seeing Wei Yan's promise, Jiang Feng immediately issued a military order and asked Wei Yan to lead his troops.
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After Wei Yan and the generals took it away, Cai Wenji walked out of it and said, "Husband, is this action too timid?"
Because there are too few people under Jiang Feng's men, Cai Wenji and Zhen Mi often eavesdrop on and give advice for Jiang Feng.
Zhen Mi's belly is getting bigger and bigger, so this time she did not bring Jiangling, but only Cai Wenji.
Jiang Feng said: "Which is the madam referring to?"
Cai Wenji said: "I have heard of this person in Wei Yan, but I don't know what kind of character he is. My husband easily promised him three thousand soldiers, aren't he afraid that he has any other intentions?"
Jiang Feng thought for a while and said, "It should be fine!"
Cai Wenji was still worried and sighed lightly, saying, "I just hate Cai Yan for not being a man, and I can't help my husband come on the field to kill the enemy!"
Jiang Feng said: "If you are a man, you will not be able to sleep with me!"
Cai Wenji was speechless.
Jiang Feng gently hugged her and said, "You have suffered so much during this period! But by taking over Yizhou, we will be able to get the best of our hardships!"
Chapter completed!