Because of Chibi's defeat, Zhou Yu's death in battle, and Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops stationed at Xiakou and Fankou, Jiangdong was already in deep trouble.
Nowadays, the internal atmosphere in various places in Jiangdong seems very depressed, and in some remote places, small actions have even begun to be carried out secretly.
Especially the Shanyue people who have a feud with Jiangdong.
Now that Jiangdong was newly defeated, their activities became more and more rampant. They frequently went down to attack various counties and plundered the wealthy gentry and people. This undoubtedly added a pinch of salt to Sun Quan's wounds.
Fortunately, the newly appointed Governor Lu Su does have extraordinary abilities.
Under his operation,
At least now the Jiangdong army has stabilized. As for the various counties and counties, they can only rely on Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and others to maintain public order.
In order to share the pressure on Jiangdong, Sun Quan also adopted the strategy proposed by Zhang Zhao and others to tie up with Gongsun Kang in the north and Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in the west to contain Cao Cao's rear.
Obviously Sun Quan also knew that he was probably just trying to save his life, but it was absolutely impossible for him to succumb to Cao Cao.
In order to give himself more breathing room, Sun Quan spent some of his last remaining wealth and sent envoys to win over Liaodong, Xichuan and Hanzhong.
But what Sun Quan didn't know was that Gongsun Kang of Liaodong had too much to take care of himself, and there was nowhere left to help him contain Cao Cao.
And Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu from Xichuan have been beaten out of their wits. They don't want to talk to anyone at all now.
I'm afraid the reinforcements he imagined are gone. The final consequence is that Sun Quan will have to fight on his own...
Winter passed smoothly.
April, the eleventh year of Ke Jian'an.
At the beginning of the new year, Cao Cao made big moves at both ends.
In western Liaoning, Cao Ang decisively agreed to Gongsun Kang's request to send troops to resist the coalition forces of Goguryeo and Fuyu, and personally led an army of 50,000 into Liaodong. Although Gongsun Kang was always watching and preparing for Cao Ang's possible surprise attack, there were some things that he did not expect.
It can be done.
To the east of the Yangtze River, Cao's army advanced by land and water, with an army of nearly 400,000, pointing its sword at Chaisang City.
The army marched eastward, encountering almost only sporadic resistance, and soon arrived at Chaisang City smoothly.
Sun Quan had returned to Wu County a long time ago, and now the person guarding Chaisang City is the newly promoted governor of Jiangdong, Lu Su.
But whether it was Sun Quan or Lu Su, they both knew that a small Chaisang City could not stop Cao Cao. They did not expect to be able to stop Cao Cao, they just hoped to delay the advance of Cao Cao's army.
Jiangdong is now like a terminally ill patient. All they can do is try their best to delay it for one more day.
As Cao's army approached the city, Han Dang, Lu Meng, Ding Feng and other Jiangdong generals under Lu Su's command all looked a little anxious at this moment.
Because they could see that Cao Jun obviously did not intend to give them any chance to breathe.
But the strange thing is,
Facing the impending attack of Cao's army, neither the soldiers nor the ordinary people had the fighting spirit to fight to the death against the enemy because of the same hatred...
Lu Su finally saw how sharp Cao Jun's ubiquitous psychological warfare was.
There are hundreds of thousands of elite Cao troops outside the city, but their own soldiers and people have no determination to resist desperately. So how can they defend the city? How can they defend it?
On the second day after Cao Cao's army arrived at Chaisang City, Cao Cao did not besiege the city, but directly ordered the army to deploy and prepare to attack the city.
To the north of Chaisang City, on the Yangtze River, dozens of three-masted warships have been lined up in formation, aiming at Chaisang City with their sides.
Cao Cao and Lu Yan rode their war horses to the front of the battle.
Cao Cao asked Lu Yan: "Mr. Lu, do you think Sun Quan will pose any threat to us in the future?"
To be honest, after the victory in the Battle of Chibi, the entire history has completely changed, and Lu Yan still doesn't know the specific direction of the future. But without the existence of Yangtze River Tianxian and Zhou Yu, Sun Quan has no chance of making a comeback.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yan replied to Cao Cao: "Mr. Cao, Jiangdong without Zhou Yu and the navy is like a tiger without fangs and claws... As long as you don't drift, there should be no problem in capturing Jiangdong.
Already."
Cao Cao understood and smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I can't float as long as you are here!"
Lu Yan looked at Chai Sang and said casually: "Then stop inking and attack the city."
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao turned his head and said to the ordering soldiers beside him: "Send the order, artillery bombardment of the city!"
"Here!
!”
The ordering soldiers ran out quickly, and not long after, the war drums in Cao's army sounded loudly!
Following the uniform chants of the soldiers, the artillery pieces were pushed to a distance of about 600 steps in front of the formation.
The warships on the river also got the signal and protruded their artillery barrels from the baffles of the ships.
The distance of 600 steps is exactly the distance where artillery can effectively kill people but the trebuchet cannot reach it.
Facing the crushing pressure from science and technology, the Jiangdong soldiers felt more helpless and desperate.
"The Prime Minister has an order!"
"Cannon blast the city!"
The war drums of Cao Jun's army rang loudly, causing the Jiangdong soldiers at the top of the city to feel their hearts beat faster.
As the sound of war drums continued to change, Cao Jun's artillery array was all in place.
The faces of Jiangdong's soldiers on the top of the city suddenly turned pale.
"ignition!"
“Bah, bah, bah!
!”
"Set off the fire!
!”
"boom!
"
The uniform artillery is like bursts of thunder coming from the nine heavens!
In the light of the fire, the cannonballs that nearly covered the sky, at a speed invisible to the naked eye, slammed into the newly rebuilt and reinforced city wall of Chaisang City!
The earth shook!
The soldiers on the city wall were still somewhat unprepared for a round of artillery fire. They were dizzy, staggering around, and completely lost their bearings.
After three rounds of shelling,
On the north and west city walls, almost no Jiangdong soldiers could be seen standing, and the city walls were also pockmarked by cannonballs, which looked a bit miserable.
Cao Cao did not give an order to stop, and the artillery army continued to bombard Chaisang City wildly.
Some cannonballs jumped over the city wall and fell directly into the city, which made the soldiers in the city terrified.
Lu Su was sitting in the city guard's mansion in Chaisang City, listening to the movements outside, but his heart gradually calmed down, "Cao Cao, he is too powerful... and with weapons of war like artillery, I, Jiangdong, have no way of resisting.
I was deeply trusted by my lord and Gong Jin, and I was ordered to take over the heavy responsibility of the Grand Governor in the face of danger. However, I was ashamed that I had no way to resist Cao's army's attack.
I am afraid that only by living and dying with Chai Sang can I repay the kindness of my lord and Gong Jin..."
Lu Su was thinking a lot in his mind. He had already made up his mind to live or die with Chaisang City.
At this moment, several generals suddenly rushed in. The leader was Han Dang, followed by Lu Meng, Ding Feng and others.
"Grand Governor, Cao's army's attack is fierce, we may not be able to defend it!"
"Yes, Grand Governor, please make up your mind!"
Lu Su raised his head and looked at Han Dang, and instantly made a decision in his heart, saying:
"General Han, Cao Jun did not besiege the city, presumably because he did not want to attack hard and reduce losses.
Could you please lead the army to evacuate from the east gate..."
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