Just when Guan Feng's troops captured Guiyang County without bloodshed, Dongwu's cavalry general Zhu Ran, who returned from Ziji, went up the river and started a fierce battle with the Han army in Yufu County, Guling County.
The narrow river is surrounded by cliffs on both sides.
Zhu Ran originally planned to take advantage of the Han army's unpreparedness and quickly break through the Yangtze River defense line. However, when his army fought all the way to the vicinity of Yufu County, he discovered that the Han army had already been prepared.
The Han army relied on natural dangers and placed sergeants on the cliffs on both sides. When the Wu army's ships arrived, the Han army's officers and soldiers were condescending and used stones to hit the Wu army's ships.
In addition to the cliffs on both sides, on the river beside Yufu County, the Han navy has been waiting for a long time. The Han general guarding Yufu County was named Li Mingfeng, and he was the eldest son of Li Yan, the minister of the Han Dynasty.
"Let it go!"
Li Feng stood on the bow of the ship. After a loud shout, hundreds of spears flew out.
Wu Jun was not prepared. He originally thought that Wu Jun was best at fighting on the water. If we talk about the Three Kingdoms, Wu Jun would be ranked second in water fighting, but Wei and Han would never dare to be ranked first.
Moreover, it can be clearly seen from the number of Han army ships on the river that the number of Han soldiers will never exceed 10,000.
The Wu army dispatched 80,000 naval troops, with thousands of warships stretching for dozens of miles. The difference in numbers between the two armies was so obvious that Zhu Ran naturally did not take Li Feng's Han army of less than 10,000 people seriously. But——
When Zhu Ran and his army arrived at the mouth of the canyon, rolling stones suddenly flew from the cliffs on both sides. Li Feng, who was blocking the mouth of the canyon, suddenly fired a hail of guns.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Not long after Liu Chan developed the three-bow bed crossbow, he passed on the manufacturing method to Li Yan.
After Li Yan tested and witnessed the power of these three-bow crossbows, the Han army in Jiangzhou quickly equipped more than a hundred three-bow crossbows to defend the Yangtze River defense line.
It has been more than ten years, but the Han navy in Jiangzhou has never used the three-bow bed crossbow.
This time Zhu Ran led his army to attack, it was time to test his power.
Seeing a hail of gunshots being fired, Li Feng laughed loudly and said: "Zhou Lang once burned Cao Cao's 830,000-strong army in Chibi, and Lu Xun's son once burned the late Emperor's company camp in Yiling." As he spoke, he said coldly:
"Today I, Li Feng, will burn Zhu Ran's 80,000 Soochow navy."
The spears shot by Li Feng had a big cloth wrapped around the head, and the cloth was covered with tung oil.
As hundreds of muskets flew into the Wu army's warships, flames shot into the sky.
Zhu Ran went up the river, and this section of the river was relatively narrow. When countless muskets continued to fire into the Wu army's warships, rocks from the Han army rolled down the cliffs on both sides.
"Quickly retreat!"
"Quickly retreat!"
Zhu Ran looked at the warships that were constantly on fire and hurriedly urged the ships in the rear to retreat.
The Wu army went up the river. Logically speaking, their advance was relatively slow, but their retreat should have been easy.
It's just a pity that thousands of warships poured into the narrow river and suddenly wanted to retreat, but it was not that easy.
Because the front troops were on fire, they naturally did not dare to move forward. They began to urge the ships to retreat backwards. However, the rear troops did not react in time and were hit by the ships in front and set on fire.
At this time, the Han troops on the cliffs on both sides of the river finished throwing stones and looked at the Wu army's warships on the river that were already on fire. How could they let go of this great opportunity?
"Let it go!"
"Push them all down."
With a loud roar, the rolling logs poured with tung oil continued to fall from the sky. The ship was already on fire. At this time, these rolling logs poured with tung oil could not only severely damage the Dongwu ships, but also serve as fuel for ignition. Li Feng continued to fire muskets at Wu Jun, while the Han troops on both sides of the strait continued to replenish Wu Jun's warships with fuel for ignition. It didn't take long before thousands of Wu Jun's warships were set on fire.
In an instant, a raging fire ignited on the narrow river.
The Wu army warships that had not yet entered the canyon dared to continue advancing. They panicked and turned around and began to retreat.
With the warships in front retreating, it gave the ships behind them a chance to retreat without catching fire.
"Chase!"
Seeing that the Wu army began to flee, Li Feng immediately commanded the warships to pursue him. He did not intend to allow the Wu army to retreat calmly. He wanted to continue to attack the Wu army along the way.
Hundreds of Han warships sailed down the river to pursue the retreating Wu warships.
Zhu Ran is also a general who has experienced hundreds of battles, but he lost this battle sideways.
After several days of fierce fighting between the two armies, Li Feng led 8,000 Han troops to pursue and fire muskets at the Wu warships until they reached Zigui City, where the Han troops stopped.
"General!" a general asked in confusion: "Wu's army has been defeated. Our army can take the opportunity to cover up the enemy. In less than ten days, our army can reach Yiling."
Li Feng waved his hand and said: "Our army has not yet reached the decisive battle with Soochow. It has already captured Zigui. As long as we only need to guard the key points of Zigui, it will be difficult for the Wu army to invade Shuzhong again."
The general seemed a little unwilling, thinking that after the Wu army suffered such a defeat, the Han army could move south in one fell swoop, and maybe they could capture Yiling.
If the Han army captures Yiling, they can march into Jingzhou at any time.
Just——
What Li Feng was thinking was that although the Wu army suffered such a defeat, it would not be that easy to capture Yiling.
Not to mention that Yiling was originally guarding the throat of Shuzhong to invade Jingzhou, even if the Han army took the opportunity to capture Yiling.
Will Soochow give up?
If Soochow loses Yiling, it will inevitably launch a massive counterattack.
Once Dongwu counterattacks, Yiling is not like a dangerous place like Zigui, and can resist danger and defend it.
Don’t forget, the first lord Liu Bei suffered a huge defeat in Yiling.
It's better to stop when it's good and guard the dangerous place in Zigui, which can be regarded as adding a barrier to Shu.
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Zhu Ran defeated Yufu County, and the news quickly spread back to Wuchang City. Sun Quan, the Emperor of Soochow, was furious when he heard the news: "Trash! Trash! They are all trash!"
"Eighty thousand navy troops cannot defeat Li Feng's eight thousand Shu army."
"Your Majesty!" Hussar General Bu Zhi came out of the squad and shouted: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This battle is not because our Wu navy is ineffective, but because the Shu army has been prepared for it."
Before going to war, Sun Quan listened to the advice of Cao Wei's envoy, and Sima Yi sent 100,000 troops to attack Wuguan of Shu Han. At this time, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, was conquering Tang Yan, and Emperor Liu Chan led troops to Dawan in the Western Regions.
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Considering that the Shu army did not have enough troops, they would inevitably send all the main forces in Guanzhong to the Wei army that had rejected Sima Yi in Wuguan.
Sun Quan thought it was reasonable. After all, Li Yan, who was responsible for guarding the Yangtze River defense line of the Shu army, only had 20,000 to 30,000 troops.
Even if he has a geographical advantage, how can he resist the 80,000-strong Wu navy? As long as the Wu navy breaks through Li Yan's defense line, the entire middle of Shu will be captured by Wu.
So when Bu Zhi finished speaking, Sun Quan said angrily: "Ready?"
"You prepared eight thousand men and then burned thousands of our warships?"
Sun Quan was really angry, thinking that while Sima Yi was attacking Guanzhong, he could take the opportunity to occupy Shuzhong. Not only did he fail to occupy an inch of Shuzhong, but he actually caused Wu to lose tens of thousands of naval troops.
This doesn’t count.
Just yesterday evening, he had received the news.
Li Yi, the governor of Jianning in the Shu Han Dynasty, captured Guiyang County without a single blow. Now Li Yi and Guan Feng sent their troops south to attack Jiaozhou.
Nima——
It's not that Sun Quan didn't know that after Cong Shixie surrendered, Guiyang, Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi and other counties became the rear area of Soochow, and he basically transferred his main troops to the Yangtze River.
In Guiyang Jiaozhou and other counties, each county only has thousands of soldiers responsible for daily defense.
How can these thousands of county soldiers resist Li Yi's Shu army?
However, the day after receiving the news of the fall of Guiyang County, the news of Zhu Ran's defeat was transmitted back to Wuchang, which really made things worse.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing Sun Quan furious, General Zhuge Jin followed him and said: "Our army has been defeated in this battle. I think your Majesty can quickly send an envoy to Chang'an to renew the alliance with the Shu Han and let the Shu army
Exit Guiyang, Jiaozhou and other places."
Zhuge Jin himself had raised objections to this alliance with Wei to attack Shu at the beginning. If not, he should be responsible for the important task of conquering Shu, not Zhu Ran.
It's just that he felt it from the beginning.
Although his younger brother Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, went on an expedition to Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Liu Chan of the Shu Han Dynasty led troops to conquer Dawan in the west, there was still a capable man named Xu Shu in Guanzhong. Even if Sima Yi attacked with an army of 100,000, he might not be able to shake the Shu Han.
After all, the development of Shu and Han in recent years is not comparable to that of Wei and Wu.
What's more, after the Shu Han took control of Yiyong Liang, its military and national strength was greatly improved. At this time, confronting the Shu Han was not an option for Soochow.
Just——
During Sun Quan's more than ten years, he made more than ten Northern Expeditions to Cao Wei, but they only took advantage of the battle between Shu and Cao Wei in Guanzhong to seize a county in Jiangxia.
The rest of the Northern Expedition to Soochow ended in failure.
Sun Quan also knew very well that whether it was Cao Wei or Shu Han, if either of these two families destroyed the other, the next one they wanted to destroy would definitely be Soochow.
Instead of waiting for them to destroy you in the future, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity while they are fighting to strengthen yourself.
In the past, they allied with Shu to resist Cao, but the result was that the state of Wu was always trying to resolve crises for the state of Shu, while the state of Wu lost troops and generals.
Maybe——
By uniting with Wei to fight against Shu, the State of Wu can gain some benefits.
But now it is discovered that Wu suffered even greater losses by joining forces with Wei and Shu. In just one battle, Wu not only lost tens of thousands of naval troops, but also lost cities and territory.
When Zhuge Jin proposed to send envoys to make peace with the Shu Han, although Sun Quan was a little unwilling, he still found a step for him to climb down. He said coldly: "The Shu army is now fighting consecutive victories, how can it be willing to make peace with my great Wu?
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"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Jin added: "Although the Shu army won this battle, there are still Sima Yi's 100,000 Wei troops in Wuguan. Wei Chen thought..." He paused before adding: "Wei Chen
I believe that the Shu Kingdom is definitely not willing to be attacked from both sides."
"Besides, the Wu-Shu alliance has been formed for a long time;" Zhuge Jin said: "If Your Majesty sends an able minister to Chang'an to lobby, I think that Wu and Shu can definitely reconcile."
The Wu army suffered such a defeat and lost the city again. Those ministers who advocated joining Wei to fight against Shu all shut up at this moment. Before the war started, when Zhuge Jin suggested that Wu should continue to join forces with Shu to fight against Cao, they
Because his younger brother Zhuge Liang was the prime minister of Shu, Zhuge Jin ignored the interests of Wu and favored Shu.
Now——
Zhuge Jin mentioned the alliance with Shu again, but no one refuted it.
After listening to Zhuge Jin's words, Sun Quan also felt that there was some truth in it. He said: "Since this plan is dedicated to Ai Qing, I will order Ai Qing to be the envoy and immediately go to Chang'an to renew the alliance with Shu."
Although Zhuge Jin was a little helpless, he had no choice but to agree to go to Chang'an as an envoy. Who told him that this was his suggestion?