The navy made progress, and after Liu Cong issued the order, he did not interfere any more.
If you can break the iron chain across the Yangtze River and have 60,000 naval troops, you can also defeat the 20,000 naval troops in Jiangdong, right?
What he has to do now is to quickly surround Yuzhang City to prevent Zhou Yu from escaping and prevent the news on the river from spreading to the city.
"More than 20,000 people will be transferred from the rear. Jiangxia's wounded soldiers who have recovered from their injuries will be transferred to Xunyang to guard the rear." As soon as he returned to the military camp, Liu Cong immediately summoned the generals.
Huang Zu said, "Lord, if this happens, the defense at the rear will be somewhat empty."
When Liu Cong marched, not all of them were dispatched. There were more than 160,000 troops, 80,000 by land and 60,000 by navy. Xunyang and Jiangxia each guarded 10,000 garrisons.
If he hadn't been attacked by Xu Sheng at night, he wouldn't have needed to mobilize troops from the rear. Now there were only more than 50,000 troops, and the city was surrounded on all sides. Zhou Yu might not have been able to break out.
Although Zhou Yu could break through with more soldiers, the resistance would always be greater, wouldn't it?
Liu Cong frowned and said, "The navy has broken the iron lock on Hengjiang, now I must keep Zhou Yu in Yuzhang!"
When Huang Zu heard this, he stopped talking and said excitedly, "Congratulations, my lord, if the navy defeats the Jiangdong navy, they will be able to flow down the river unimpeded and besiege Wuxian!"
"Yes, so now we have to tightly surround Yuzhang City. We must not let the news spread to the city, let alone allow Zhou Yu to lead troops to come back for reinforcements!"
"Huang Zhong, Xu Feng, and Samoko, I order you three to lead an army of 30,000 men and station them in the east of Yuzhang City. If Zhou Yu tries to run away, you will give him a good beating!"
"The general will obey his orders."
Huang Zhong, Xu Feng, and Samoko are all fierce generals in the army. The Japanese Army and the Huben Army are even more powerful.
Liu Cong now only has more than 50,000 people, but he has 30,000 stationed in the east of the city. He also took great pains to keep Zhou Yu.
"Wei Yan, lead five thousand troops and station them in the north of the city. Huang Zu, lead five thousand troops and station them in the south of the city. When the rear army arrives, I will supplement your troops."
"The general will obey his orders."
"Gu personally leads the army and is stationed in the west of the city. Remember this, Zhou Yu must not be allowed to escape!"
"promise."
Liu Jun started to move. Of course Zhou Yu and Jiangdong generals on Yuzhang City could see it.
It was still Ling Tong, the reckless man, who was the first to ask, "Grand Governor, why did Liu Cong suddenly surround the city on all sides?"
But this time it wasn't just him, all the Jiangdong generals around him couldn't figure it out.
Zhou Yu thought for a long time before speaking to the crowd, "Maybe the catapult bombardment of our city wall didn't work, and he wants to trap us to death."
Zhou Yu really couldn't think of anything else. The city was impregnable, there was no news from the navy, and Zhou Yu didn't think Liu Cong could break the iron lock on Hengjiang.
"Captain, shall we go out of the city to attack them?"
"Leave the city?" Zhou Yu looked back at the generals, all looking eager to try, "I will say it again, no one is allowed to leave the city, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy."
"There is enough food and grass in the city, we have nothing to worry about. If leaving the city leads to a big defeat and the fall of Yuzhang, it will be a small matter for us to die. We will miss our lord and miss Jiangdong. No one can afford it."
"Remember, you are not allowed to leave the city!"
"promise."
For several days, Liu Cong did not attack the city, but continued to bombard the city wall with catapults. Zhou Yu ignored him.
Twenty thousand troops from the rear also arrived, and Liu Cong immediately added ten thousand soldiers to Wei Yan and Huang Zu.
In Wu Jun's water stronghold, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and other generals were sitting in the big tent. Everyone looked sad.
"Jingchu's navy is about to burn through all our iron locks. I have sent dozens of sentries, but none of them can enter Yuzhang City."
These days, Jiangdong's spies have found out that the Jingchu navy burned the iron locks. Cheng Pu personally led the army to stop the attack, but it had no effect at all.
Han Dang said, "De Mou (Cheng Pu), how about we stop them again?"
Huang Gai also nodded in agreement, "De Mou, Yi Gong (Han Dang) is right. If they are allowed to rush over, how can we, 20,000 people, be the opponent of their 60,000 people?"
"Block? Do you think I don't want to block it? But Jingchu's warships are covered with iron armor and have giant crossbows on board. Our ships can't even get close, so how can we block them?"
Huang Gai stood up in a hurry and said, "What should we do? Are we just going to watch them rush over?"
Cheng Pu didn't speak for a long time. At this moment, a soldier broke in from outside, knelt down and reported to everyone, "General, the enemy has broken all the iron ropes and is heading towards our water stronghold!"
"What? What can I do?"
"How can we be a match for those iron-clad ships?"
"Yeah, besides, we only have 20,000 people, and there are three times as many people as us."
"Silence!" Cheng Pu stood up, looked around the generals, squinted his eyes and said, "Generals, the only thing left to do now is to fight to the death! If you die on the battlefield, please report your kindness to the lord and honor the soldiers!"
"Do you dare to fight with me?"
"dare!"
"dare!"
...
Cheng Pu nodded with satisfaction, "Okay! Order your troops and horses immediately and leave the stronghold to meet the enemy!"
"promise."
After the generals retreated, Cheng Pu left Huang Gai and Han Dang behind, "Yigong, Duke Fu, you can lead five thousand troops and leave!"
Han Dang and Huang Gai's expressions changed, and they looked at each other. The impatient Huang Gai said directly, "Does Demou think that the two of us are afraid of death?"
Han Dang also said anxiously, "Yes, since the three of us followed Wen Taigong (Sun Jian), there has been no such war. We must retreat before fighting."
Cheng Pu said seriously, "It's because we have been following the Sun family since Wen Taigong. It has been three generations now. How can we not sacrifice our lives to serve them?"
"But, you have also seen that the Jingchu navy is powerful and our army is no match for us. Gongjin and the others were also surrounded and died in Yuzhang City. If we all die here, who will resist the Jingchu bandit army for our lord?"
Knowing that there are only more than 5,000 soldiers in Wu County now, how can we be the opponent of tens of thousands of troops?"
"This?" Huang Gai and Han Dang looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.
Cheng Pu continued, "If our Jiangdong navy is defeated, the bandit army will be able to go down the river and take Wuxian County directly. You must go back and tell the lord to be prepared, to help the lord, and to guard Wuxian County. Do you understand?"
"But......"
Han Dang wanted to say something else, but Cheng Pu interrupted him directly, "There is nothing wrong with it. A man is born between heaven and earth. He will die one day. If I die for the Sun family, I will die well!"
"It's public prosecution, why don't you let me stay?" Huang Gai said anxiously.
"No, I'll stay." Han Dang refused to be outdone.
Cheng Pu looked at the two of them and said with some emotion, "If I stay, the soldiers can fight to the death. I am the deputy governor."
After the war started, Sun Quan promoted Cheng Pu to deputy governor, "Justice, duke, go back. The future of Jiangdong will depend on you. We three brothers have been fighting for half our lives, let's say goodbye!"
After saying that, Cheng Pu stood up and bowed deeply to Huang Gai and Han Dang. Both of them were veterans of the battlefield. At this moment, they also had tears in their eyes and returned the greeting to Cheng Pu, "Young Master, take care, we are here in Jiangdong.
Unless we die in battle, the Jingchu thieves will never succeed!"
"I will lead the troops out of the stronghold later. You should hurry back to the army."
"I will obey your orders!" After the two solemnly promised, they walked out of the tent without looking back.