Chapter 2621: Yang Xiuqing fights the Ruan-Viet coalition, Soochow intervenes in the melee of the Seven Kingdoms
Chapter 2621: Yang Xiuqing fights against the Ruan-Vietnam coalition, Soochow intervenes in the melee of the Seven Kingdoms
Wu Gong City is the last city in the northern part of Jiuzhen. It is backed by the most important Red River Delta in Jiaozhou, which is Jiaozhi County, so it is impossible for Yang Xiuqing to give up this city.
Since the Northern Expedition between Ruan and Vietnam, they have won successive victories and captured a large amount of territory.
Through the information obtained from Qin and Nan, most of the Chu troops who could live in the two states of Jiao and Guang went to attack the southern state. Now, the two states of Jiao and Guang in the southern part of the Chu state are empty of troops.
With such a good opportunity, the Ruan and Yue countries were naturally unwilling to give up, so they had the ambition to capture Jiaozhou and even Guangzhou.
After Jiaozhou was split into two states by Liu Xiu, although it was vigorously developed by the Chu State, it was still a top-ranked area in the Central Plains. However, in the eyes of the Ruan and Yue countries, it was a land of nurturing. Since they had the opportunity to occupy
Of course it can’t be missed.
But if you want to seize Jiaozhou, or even Guangzhou, you must pull out the nail of Wu Gong City.
After the Ruan-Vietnam coalition stabilized the newly acquired land, they left 5,000 troops to guard the rear. They immediately attacked Wu Gong City. However, before they even reached Wu Gong City, they received news that the Chu army had appeared in the rear.
Attacked the coalition's food road.
Regarding this, Ruan Wang Ruan Fuying and Yue Quang Li Gongyun were all extremely surprised and did not understand where this Chu army came from.
They were fighting city by city. It was impossible for the Chu army to hide their troops under their noses. So where did these small groups of Chu troops come from?
Just when Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun were puzzled about the solution, an envoy from the Qin Dynasty pointed out that these Chu troops might have been transported by the Guangzhou Navy by sea.
The Chu State's southern naval camp was located in Hepu County, and Hepu was divided into Guangzhou, so the original Chu State's Jiaozhou Navy was renamed Guangzhou Navy.
The two prefectures of Jiaotong and Guangzhou are now empty of troops, and they can't spare much force at all. The only remaining force is the Guangzhou navy, which Yang Xiuqing can't use in vain.
Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun were naturally shocked when they learned that the small Chu army that appeared in the rear was probably transported by sea.
After all, they had fought so many battles with the Chu State before the entire army changed their uniforms. The Chu State was able to crush them with only its local garrison in Jiaozhou, and never used its navy once.
But now that the Chu State even used its navy, it showed that the Chu State was really serious about it. This also made the two kings of Ruan and Yue feel a little scared. The envoys from Qin and Nan took turns to appease them, which finally dispelled their worries.
concerns.
However, a new problem has arisen. After all, the Ruan and Yue countries have no navy, but they have a coastline of nearly a thousand miles. If the Chu navy launches a landing battle, the defense lines between the two countries will instantly become a sieve.
You can't even guarantee the safety of the rear, but you still slap Jiaozhou.
In this regard, the envoy of the Qin Dynasty also assured the two kings of Ruan and Yue, claiming that Qin and Wu were allies, so they would persuade the State of Wu to dispatch the Yizhou navy to patrol the South China Sea in order to deter the Guangzhou navy and prevent them from attacking.
Dare to move.
With the Soochow Navy in check in the east, if the Guangzhou Navy still dares to attack the Ruan and Yue countries, then Guangzhou will be directly exposed under the eyes of the Soochow Navy.
At that time, even if the Chu State can still use its navy to deal with the coalition forces, it can only mobilize a small number, and the degree of threat to the coalition forces will be limited.
The guarantee from the Qin envoy dispelled the worries of the two kings of Ruan and Yue, and the news that Zhu Rong had recaptured Shengjing Pass and severely damaged the Chu army also strengthened their determination to continue fighting.
In order to ensure the victory of this battle, the Ruan and Yue countries added another 10,000 troops. They first suppressed the small group of Chu troops and then released them, and then came to support the front line. As for the main force of the front line, they naturally attacked Wu Gong City.
Yang Xiuqing did not expect that his transport of troops through the navy would involve the Wu navy in this battle. However, he gave up large areas of territory, set up defense lines to block the attack, and used the navy to transport troops to attack the grain roads.
It has easily delayed the Nguyen-Vietnam coalition for more than a month.
Now Ma Yuan and Zeng Guofan's 20,000 elite troops are not far from Jiaozhi County. Even without the support of the Guangzhou navy, Yang Xiuqing's pressure is not too great, so he is prepared to fight to the death with the Ruan Yue coalition in Wu Gong City.
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The terrain around Wu Gong City is quite dangerous, but the city itself is not a big city, so Yang Xiuqing set up six camps in the mountainous area south of Wu Gong City, and still used layers of blocking tactics to delay the attack.
The Ruan-Vietnam coalition also knew that Chu's reinforcements were coming soon, so naturally they would not give the Chu army any more time and launched an aggressive attack at all costs. Although the seven battalions fought for a few days, they still could not stop the coalition's advance.
After the Ruan-Vietnam coalition arrived at Wugong City, they immediately launched a siege, and Yang Xiuqing also made preparations to defend the city early.
After Yang Xiuqing's successive concessions, the number of troops in his hands was reduced to 14,000, while Ruan Yue had 55,000 on the front line. There was a huge gap in the strength of the two sides.
However, the Ruan-Vietnam coalition clearly had an absolute advantage in military strength, but facing this not-so-large reactive city, they could not shake it no matter how hard they tried.
Just when Yang Xiuqing was fighting with the Ruan and Yue allied forces in Wugong City, Wu King Sun Quan also agreed to Qin's plan and dispatched the Yizhou Navy to patrol the South China Sea to contain Chu's Guangzhou Navy.
The reason why Sun Quan agreed to send troops was also very simple. His purpose was the same as that of Da Qin, and he also wanted to use this to weaken Chu.
After all, since the Qin Dynasty could use the power of the Southern Kingdom to weaken the Shu Kingdom, why couldn't the Wu Kingdom use the power of the Southern, Ruan, and Yue Kingdoms to weaken the Chu Kingdom?
Even though Sun Quan made a mess of the state of Wu after he succeeded to the throne, he was very ambitious. Before he could deal with the internal affairs of the state of Wu, he was already thinking of annexing the state of Chu.
This war between the six kingdoms of Qin, Shu, Chu, Nan, Ruan, and Yue was a God-given opportunity for Wu. Naturally, Sun Quan could not miss this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Of course, Wu State is only trying to contain Wu State. It will not declare war on Chu State until Chu State shows obvious decline. There are two reasons.
First, the losses suffered in the previous attack on Chu were too great, and the state of Wu had not yet recovered from its previous disastrous defeat.
Secondly, most of Chu's troops remained unmoved, so it was self-evident who was on guard.
The most important thing for Wu State now is to stabilize its internal affairs and restore war damage. External expansion is the second most important thing.
If the loss of the Chu State was great this time, then the Wu State would naturally not mind joining in and sharing food and supplies with the two states of Guang and Yue.
The current situation of the Wu State is actually very bad. After most of Lujiang County was occupied by the Chu State, the Chu State has completed the three-sided siege of the Wu State. The reason why there is no three-pronged attack on the Wu State is that the opportunity is not available.
The second is to accumulate strength.
Even if the Wu State has Sun Wu, an undefeated and famous commander, it can only guarantee the stability of one route. If the other two routes cannot stop the Chu army, the Wu State will still be unable to escape the fate of annihilation.
That's why Sun Quan is so eager to weaken Chu. If Ruan Yue can consume a lot of Chu's strength in this battle, then he will send troops to attack Guangzhou.
Sun Quan did not expect to capture the entire Guangzhou, as long as he could seize the two counties of Nanhai and Longyan.
If the two counties of Nanhai and Longyan were in the hands of the Wu State, the Chu State would not be able to flank the Wu State on three sides, or at most two, and the Wu State's danger of subjugation would be resolved immediately.
Wu's sudden intervention made the direction of this war even more confusing. No one knew how this war, which affected the seven countries, would end.
The capital of Wu Kingdom, Jianye.
Jianye was originally called Moling and belonged to Danyang County. Later, Queen Sun Jianjiang changed Moling's name to Jianye, which means making achievements. Sun Jian's ambition can also be seen from this name.
It is a pity that Sun Jian, a generation of heroes, escaped the open guns on the battlefield, but could not escape the hidden arrows behind his back.
At this time, in the palace of King Wu in Jianye, Sun Quan, the second generation king of Wu, as well as Sun Wu, Zhang Zhao, Bu Zhi, Gu Hui, Zhu Zhi, Xie Pe, Tian Ji, Sun Chuanting, Zhong Da (Sima Yi) and other senior officials of Wu gathered together.
Sun Wu frowned when he saw that Sun Bin, Lu Su and Lu Meng were not present.
Sun Bin, Lu Su and other people who were close to Sun Ce were all suppressed by Sun Quan to varying degrees, while Lü Meng was suppressed to varying degrees because of his birth.
When Sun Jian was in power, he had always suppressed aristocratic families and supported poor families. However, Sun Quancai abandoned Sun Jian's approach soon after he took the throne and instead appointed a large number of disciples of aristocratic families as officials.
The four major Jiangdong families that had supported Sun Quan, the Zhang, Gu, Bu, and Zhu families, were all highly valued by Sun Quan.
Gu Yong's two younger brothers, Gu Hui and Gu Ti, did not hold any official positions before. However, after Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, in order to win over the Gu family, he directly appointed one of the two brothers to be the prefect and the other to be the county magistrate.
In addition, the Xie, Tian, Quan, He and other families who were closely related to the four major families were also reused by Sun Quan.
The officialdom is full of carrots and pitfalls. At present, most of the officialdom of Wu State is controlled by aristocratic families, and civil and military officials from poor families and common people, such as Lu Meng, Ling Tong and others, are naturally excluded and suppressed by aristocratic families.
Sun Wu saw this in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. Fortunately, Sun Quan could not use it for everyone.
In order to support Sun Quan, the Jiangdong family sent out all the best disciples in the family, so most of the disciples from the family appointed by Sun Quan were of excellent ability.
Under the control of Sun Quan and the aristocratic family, the state of Wu is currently calm on the surface. Not only has there been no turmoil, but it has shown a strange state of prosperity. However, in fact, the contradiction between the aristocratic family and the common people has become increasingly acute.
The fuse of the conflict has been ignited, and it is only a matter of time before the distance explodes completely.
In this meeting, Wu Guo discussed only one point, and that was
Sun Wu remained silent throughout the entire meeting, because Sun Quan's summoning of him was just for show. Whether he spoke or not, it would not have any impact.
Also silent like Sun Wu was Sima Yi, whose pseudonym was Zhong Da.
He turned out to be a spy sent by Liu Xiu to rebel against Wu. After being discovered by Sun Quan, he had no choice but to work for him. He was not trusted by Sun Quan. Moreover, after Sun Quan received the full support of the Jiangdong family, he valued his strategy less and less.
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Sima Yi did not agree with Sun Quan's approach. Instead of going against Sun Quan and causing Sun Quan's dissatisfaction, it would be better to just shut up.
Neither Sun Wu nor Sima Yi spoke, and the Jiangdong family would only respect all Sun Quan's decisions, so the meeting naturally became a forum for Sun Quan to talk.
"Okay, it's decided. Once both Chu and Ruan Yue are defeated, we will attack Guangzhou with both land and water armies and seize Nanhai County and Longyan County."
After Sun Quan gave the order, he remembered Sun Wu and asked, "Uncle Wang, what do you think?"
Sun Wu sighed in his heart, and said calmly on the surface: "Your Majesty is wise, I have no objection." But in his heart, he was already leaning towards Sun Ce, and he had the idea of welcoming Sun Ce back to bring order to the chaos.
After all, if Sun Quan continues to do this, the Wu Kingdom will not be as simple as internal factional conflicts, but will rise to direct class conflicts between aristocratic families and common people.
Once the conflict between the two sides completely breaks out, Wu State will surely fall into civil strife. How can it resist the three-sided invasion of Chu State?
At present, only Sun Ce can replace Sun Quan and balance the internal conflicts of the Wu Kingdom. However, given the degree of Sun Quan's fear of Sun Ce, if Sun Ce returns to the Wu Kingdom, he will probably kill him directly.
I still need to make some plans for Bo Fu. When the overall situation is decided, let Bo Fu stand up and take charge of the overall situation. If Zhongmou compromises, he will continue to be the king of Wu. If he does not compromise, he can only force him to do so.
After abdicating the throne, Bo Fu succeeded him as the next King of Wu. Sun Wu thought to himself.
But what Sun Wu didn't know was that Sun Quan could no longer look back. He would never abdicate voluntarily after murdering his biological father, because asking him to abdicate would mean letting him die.
Therefore, Sun Wu's act of welcoming back Sun Ce to force Sun Quan to give in would not only fail to wake up Sun Quan, but might even completely intensify the internal affairs of the Wu state.