Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Two-way Flanking, Soldiers Entering Jiangdong!
After taking Guiyang, Zhao Yun and his group in Jingnan were left with the last stop, Changsha.
However, Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha County, had already been secretly bribed by the Shadow Guard.
Zhao Yun and others' trip may have been more of a formality to take over Changsha.
Moreover, the two generals in Changsha, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, had already become extremely important generals under Cao Cao and Lu Yan. Han Xuan had no soldiers or generals, and did not have the ability to stop Cao Cao's army.
Along the way, Zhou Yan was worried about gains and losses, "I wonder if I can find my brother in Changsha..."
Fan, who transformed into a considerate and good sister, kept comforting her: "Don't worry, sister, I will accompany you to find her anywhere in the world!"
"You are still considerate..." Zhou Yan was a little touched.
"From now on, I finally have a family again. If I am not sincere to you, then who will I be sincere to?" Fan said in a brisk tone.
After saying that, the two held each other's hands tightly in the carriage...
It has been confirmed that there will be shadow guard activities in Changsha.
It's just that there are not many Shadow Guards active in Jingzhou. Even if there are traces of Shadow Guard activities in Changsha, there is no way to be sure that Zhou Hong is here.
But in the end, there is still some hope, so Zhou Yan still has high expectations for this trip to Changsha.
It was still Xiahou Lan who led the dragon cavalry army first.
Since he has already conquered three counties, it is better for him to take over Changsha as well, so that he can start and end well.
Even though the last trip was to get a free reward, Zhao Yun didn't care about it at all, and he was happy to let his friends get some benefits.
really,
When Xia Houlan led the dragon cavalry army to five miles outside Changsha County, Han Xuan had already led the civil and military officials of Changsha County to greet him outside the city.
Standing next to Han Xuan was Jia Er from the Shadow Guard Jiazi Camp.
As for Yan Feng, Zhou Hong and others,
After learning that Cao's army had captured Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang and other counties along the way, they had already headed to Xuzhou Beihai to return their orders to Guo Jia.
Zhou Yan missed Zhou Hong perfectly again...
But as long as Zhou Hong goes back and sees Guo Jia this time, it's basically equivalent to Zhou Yan finding Zhou Hong. It's not a bad idea if you think about it...
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Han Xuan was now a member of Cao Cao, and his family did not need to be polite. He went straight into Changsha County and waited for Zhao Yun's arrival.
After Zhao Yun met with Han Xuan, he reported the summary of the war in Jingnan to Cao Cao and Lu Yan.
When Cao Cao learned that Zhao Yun's Dragoon Army had conquered four counties in half a month, he was pleasantly surprised and immediately summoned the emperor to ask for a large number of promotions and rewards for the Dragoon Army.
In this battle, Xiahoulan, who almost single-handedly captured three major counties, was promoted to General Jianwei and granted the title of Lieutenant Lord because of his outstanding performance.
Xia Houlan, who had been serving as a deputy general under Zhao Yun of the Dragoon Army, finally began to stand out and ushered in one of the most important turning points in his life.
From then on, Xia Houlan finally gradually came to the stage and entered another, broader world of his own.
The four counties in Jingnan have all been under Cao Cao's rule. At this point, all Jingzhou is under Cao Cao's control.
Cao's army actually captured the entire Jingzhou in just two months.
Such combat power and strength made the last three remaining princes in the world (Sun Quan of Jiangdong, Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong) feel great pressure.
Under the pressure of Cao Cao's powerful power, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and Sun Quan put all their troops on the front line and watched every move of Cao Cao's army with cautious eyes.
The news of the capture of Jingzhou spread to the Central Plains, Hebei and other places, and the officials and people under Cao Cao's rule were all excited.
So far, Cao Cao has gained half of the Han Dynasty, and it seems only a matter of time before they can be reunited!
In order to celebrate, the people under Cao Cao's rule went to restaurants to drink and celebrate. Many literati and poets wrote countless heroic, romantic, or eulogizing poems and songs with passion.
The land of the Central Plains is prosperous!
After occupying Jingzhou, Cao Cao set his sights on the last and biggest obstacle to his unification of the world, Jiangdong!
As long as Jiangdong is captured, whether it is Zhang Lu or Liu Zhang, they will be easy to capture.
The tenth year of Jian'an, mid-July.
The 20,000-strong army led by Zhang Liao arrived in Shouchun, Huainan, and joined forces with Xiahou Dun and Liu Ye.
In the north are Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, and Liu Ye, and in the west are the powerful Cao Cao and Lu Yan.
The haze of war has gradually gathered on the Jianghuai land, and Sun Quan and his subordinates all felt an extremely heavy pressure.
But Sun Quan was not afraid of this.
He still has the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and he has more ambitions!
When Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Lu Meng and others had already led the army to sweep through Nanhai and Jiaozhou, and even occupied Ryukyu Island. They recruited no less than 100,000 soldiers from the surrendered army and the natives.
At the same time, Sun Quan was recruiting soldiers throughout Jiangdong and asked aristocratic families to provide him with money, food and other support.
In Jiangdong alone, in less than two months, an army of 100,000 new generals had been recruited.
One hundred thousand surrendered troops, one hundred thousand new troops, plus Jiangdong's original 150,000 troops, the total force under Sun Quan at this moment has actually reached 350,000! And among these 350,000 troops, 200,000 troops
All are sailors.
For the nine counties in Jiangdong, whether it is building ships or raising troops, this is an unbearable huge expense.
But if he hadn't been so "military", Sun Quan would have had no hope of resisting Cao Cao. After all, if Jiangdong was gone, what would he need the money, food, and population for?
In fact, if Sun Quan is doing this now, as long as Cao Cao spends a year or two with him, there will probably be changes within Jiangdong.
It's just that Cao Cao is on the verge of a great victory. Will he be willing to wait another year or two?
The answer is naturally no!
Cao Cao only rested in Jingzhou for a month.
After the grain, grass, artillery shells and other baggage from Hebei in the Central Plains arrived in Jiangxia, he brazenly raised his troops and led nearly 400,000 troops on land and water to press towards Jiangdong!
At the same time, Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, and Liu Ye also led 100,000 troops and left Hefei. They first recaptured Lujiang County and then confronted Sun Quan's navy on land and water in Chaohu and other places.
As Cao Cao's army advanced by land and water from west to east, there was an unavoidable obstacle, which was the place in history that gave Cao Cao the most painful lesson and failure in his entire career, "Red Cliff!"
Lu Yan led the navy and moved forward slowly in the Yangtze River.
He stood on the bow of the ship, looking into the distance, and thinking about how to avoid a failure like "Red Cliff".
However, the Han Dynasty Navy led by Lu Yan was not the vanguard.
There is another person in the vanguard, Cai Mao, who was the first to win the vanguard position, and the 100,000 Jingzhou navy he and Zhang Yun led together.
Although the Jingzhou Navy was gradually declining under Liu Biao's rule, overall its combat power was still strong.
After Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, he trained the navy fiercely in order to gain performance. Even if the Jingzhou Navy is not as good as the Jiangdong Navy, the strength of the two is probably not much different.
Originally, for the sake of safety, Cao Cao ordered Lu Yan to be the naval commander and Cai Mao to be the vanguard, so that they could take care of each other in tandem and march towards the border of Jiangdong.
But Cai Mao was eager to make contributions, but he didn't want to give the credit to Lu Yan and the Han Navy...
Therefore, he secretly broke away from the connection with the Han Dynasty Navy and quietly accelerated his speed towards the border of Jiangdong.