The clear sky and the vast Xijiang River are slowly falling. Niuzhu, which merges into one in the night, shows the vastness and distance of the scenery here. If there is a poet there at this time, he will definitely be moved by that scene.
Intoxicated by this leisurely and distant feeling, it blends into it.
But there are no poets here, just a group of ordinary people who hate each other and compete with each other.
Wu Jing was still standing on his command battleship, standing by the river. At this time, all means and all plans were useless. Wu Jing, who failed to succeed in the surprise attack, was angry with others, but he quickly calmed down.
After some investigation, Wu Jing learned that the sudden heavenly soldiers and generals were the ones that had been hiding in Moling.
The troops numbered about 10,000, and the leader was a short fat man with no combat experience. This short fat man was called Lu Su. He had never seen him before, and his reputation was not very famous. But according to juniors like Zhou Yu,
However, this person was somewhat chivalrous. He also learned from Yuan Shu's officers that this person had disobeyed Yuan Shu's orders and was unwilling to submit to Yuan Shu, and served as the commander of the East City.
But none of this is important. No matter whether this short fat man has little prestige because of his righteousness and wealth, or whether he resists Yuan Shu and is a hermit in a cave. No matter how he saw through Wu Jing's exquisite plan, now that everyone is fighting against each other,
There is nothing benevolent and righteous. Taking advantage of Wu Jing's advantage of having more troops than his opponents before Danyang's additional troops arrived, he attacked Niuzhu with brute force. As long as he captured Niuzhu, Wu Jing would have a chance to win Danyang.
It's not like nothing.
But Lu Su, a junior, was surprisingly tenacious. In the face of Wu Jing's powerful army of 15,000 troops, he showed no fear and persisted in resisting. Wu Jing still gained nothing after seven rounds of strong attacks. In just a few days, both sides lost power.
Thousands of people were lost and the battle became tense. Wu Jing had no choice but to station troops on the other side. While setting up another strategic plan, he asked Yuan Shu for additional troops.
Yuan Shu, also under the strong lobbying of Sun Jian's former subordinates, finally mobilized 30,000 troops to guard Nanyang, led by Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun, and rushed to Niuzhu to assist Wu Jing.
########After Lu Su inspected the military affairs of each battalion, he hurried back to the big tent. As soon as he sat down and picked up the tea bowl in front of him, he heard the roll call outside the tent: "Sir, Du Damu has come in.
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"Please come in quickly," Lu Su raised his head and said when he heard the voice. Du Damu responded and came in. At this time, Du Damu was wearing armor and military uniform, and he looked mighty. Although his face was a little haggard, he looked excited, and you could tell that
He had a great time playing for a few days.
Lu Su asked Du Damu, "What's the matter with entering the account late at night?"
Du Damu now dare not look down upon this Confucian scholar who is half a head shorter than him. Faced with thousands of troops fighting, he never frowned or took a step back, and he commanded Ruoding.
He bowed and reported: "Reporting to the Governor, a small amount of enemy activity was discovered at the western foot of Cuiluo Mountain."
"Oh!" As soon as Lu Su heard Du Damu's report, he immediately stood up, walked to a long platform set up in the tent, and looked at the sand table placed inside. The sand table was filled with small red flags filled with Niu Zhu.
In the mountains, canyons, beaches, and embankments, although the remaining few green flags are the smallest in number, they are all planted at the highest points.
"The western foothills are close to the river and have rugged cliffs. Wouldn't Wu Jing be so stupid as to ask his soldiers to climb Cuiluo Mountain from the river in order to attack our left flank from there?" Lu Su murmured to himself as he looked at the sand table.
Du Damu also leaned close to the sand table with his head propped up, and carefully looked at the imitation Cuiluo Mountain on the sand table. What can be seen from this?
While Du Damu was looking blindly and Lu Su was meditating, suddenly a cow horn sounded outside the camp. Then the night patrol hurried in and reported to Lu Su: "A discovery was made thirty miles away.
A large number of infantry are coming here."
Lu Su and Du Damu immediately went out, got on their horses, drove out of the camp, and walked side by side. They climbed to a high ground and took a closer look. At a glance, they saw that they were about to go out. They saw the mountain road entering Niuzhu and the official road.
Flags were fluttering, torches were dotted, and the long procession stretched to the sky with no end in sight.
At this time, Lu Su and Du Damu still didn't know whether the visitor was a friend or an enemy, but fifty horse exploration teams had been sent out. When Du Damu was about to ask for instructions to dispatch sergeants to guard the pass, the first team of horse exploration sergeants rushed back on horseback and went down to the ground.
Excited report: "Report to the governor, Sima, the lord is here!"
"ah……"
Under the protection of the guards at the front, rear and left, Cao Zhi lay in a dark four-wheeled carriage and walked slowly with the army.
By this time, Cao Zhi had finished the Jingxian battle and had been injured in an ambush for more than half a month. He could now be helped to sit up slowly, and his eating was gradually normal. But he still could not get down to walk. The doctor said that whether his pelvis
If you have a broken bone or rib, you will have to lie down for more than a month at the earliest before you can walk.
Cao Zhi is holding his breath! He is not in confinement, but has to lie down for a month. It is really unbearable for a grown man like him. But he can't help it. This bone injury is almost the same in modern times, and there is no rush.
After Cao Zhi's injury stabilized, Deng Ai suggested that Cao Zhi go to Wanling to rest. At that time, Cao Zhi had also mobilized Jiang Qin from Chaohu and Lei Gong from his headquarters to help Niuzhu, and Lu Su withstood Wu Jing's attack.
Cao Zhi is relatively relieved about the current situation in Danyang. Pu Hu has been appointed by Cao Zhi as the new magistrate of Jing County. Cao Zhi left him 6,000 troops to continue suppressing the Shanyue people in Jing County, and was assisted by Deng Ai here.
He handled government affairs for a period of time.
The nearly 8,000 subordinates under his command were originally composed of Jiang Qin, Li Hu's Hefei and Chaohu naval forces. At this time, Cao Zhi had also been sent to Moling to join Jiang Qin who was rushing there to form a naval army, heading from the west by waterway.
To the east, Yuan's army encircled Niuzhu.
Just as he was about to turn back to Wanling, he suddenly received a report from the scout stationed in Jingzhou, "Yuan Shu has sent more troops to Danyang!"
This immediately made Cao Zhi sleepless and uneasy. Regardless of the objections of Danyang officials, he insisted on personally leading the reinforcements.
Mi Heng and Deng Ai used both soft and hard tactics. For example, they said that he was seriously injured and was not suitable for the expedition, and that Mrs. He in Wanling had a new baby and needed him to go back to take care of it. They tried their best to prevent him from going to Niuzhu. But Cao Zhi thought that he
Now that we can't fight or go to the front line, sitting in Niuzhu can at least stabilize the morale of the army.
, to boost morale. Cao Zhi told his men that if Niuzhu fell and the northeast gate of Danyang was opened, it would be He Jingxiang. He would not have time to take care of him if Ren Hongchang gave birth to more sons for him. He might as well concentrate on defeating Wu Jing now and kill him.
The best policy is to retreat from the invading enemies and ensure Danyang's long-term peace.
In the end, Deng Ai and Mi Heng were unable to defeat the stubborn Cao Zhi, so they had to give in and divided 20,000 troops from Wanling. Commander Zhou Cang met with Cao Zhi and Wang Ping and marched towards Niuzhu.
After Lu Su and Du Damu got the news of Cao Zhi's arrival, they were very excited. They immediately led a group of personal cavalry and hurriedly rode out of the station for thirty miles and received Cao Zhi's carriage on the official road into Niuzhu.
The two of them were shocked at this time. Cao Zhi was injured in Jing County. As soon as Lu Su entered the handsome tent that Cao Zhi had just set up, he knelt down on one knee with Du Damu, clasped his fists and raised his head to Cao Zhi, who was sitting on a wooden wheelchair.
Salute wisely and say hello.
Seeing Cao Zhi's injury, Lu Su still knelt down and said with shame: "My lord has worked so hard and is so seriously injured that he still comes to supervise the battle at Niuzhu. This is due to the incompetence of Lu Su and others."
Cao Zhi laughed loudly and said: "Zijing, don't be humble. I've read all your battle reports. You did a great job. The first time you led troops against Wu Jing, a veteran on the battlefield, you were able to fight him well."
To put it in perspective, it was not easy to keep Niu Nagisa intact. Even if I personally commanded this battle, I wouldn't have been able to do this well."
Lu Su still carried out his duties as a subordinate with fear and fear. Niu Zhu was originally in charge of this, but Cao Zhi was also the prefect of Danyang. He was always the commander-in-chief who controlled the three armies wherever he went, and the original stationed general automatically became the governor of Danyang.
Deputy Commander.
As soon as Cao Zhi came, he, Lu Su, had to give way, and the commanding power had to be handed over to Cao Zhi. Although he, Lu Su, was young, he had achieved some military exploits this time. But he had long known how to be humble and not to take credit for himself, so his expression
He didn't dare to be careless at all, and he also clearly understood the division of status.
At this time, Danyang Gong Cao Du Yi, the highest garrison officer in Qu'a, also came after hearing the news and paid homage to Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi was also shocked when he saw Du Yi. He saw that Du Yi's right hand was wrapped in white cloth and connected to another white cloth.
It was hanging from the neck, obviously injured.
Du Yi was still a little embarrassed when he saw Lu Su, and both of them deliberately avoided each other's eyes.
At this time, Cao Zhi asked anxiously why Du Yi was injured?
Du Yi first greeted Cao Zhi and showed concern for Cao Zhi's injury. After looking at Lu Su awkwardly, he knelt down to apologize to Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi and other generals did not understand what was going on. After Du Yi was helped up by Lu Su, he himself told the story of his injury.
It turned out that Du Yi had always placed the main battlefield in Qu'a at Danglishou and Hengjiangpu, but failed to foresee that Wu Jing would choose Niuzhu as the breakthrough point. Later, he had an unpleasant quarrel with Lu Su over the additional troops in Moling. Du Yi
After turning back to Qu'a, he sent heavy troops and Du Damu. Yuan Yue guarded Danglikou and Hengjiangpu, and even mobilized part of his troops to prepare to lead reinforcements to Moling.
At this time, although Lu Su had the authority to control the military affairs of Moling and Qu'a, he still had to consider the future coexistence of everyone when he first arrived, so he consulted with Li Ru and Du Yi about the defense of the two places and agreed upon it.
A set of offensive and defensive strategies, and things were done in a polite manner. Lu Su only acted symbolically to control the military affairs of the two places.
Just before Du Yi left, Niu Zhu was attacked. Du Yi was so shocked that he didn't know what to do. He immediately led 5,000 soldiers to increase Niu Zhu's force. But he was still a step too late. Before he could arrive with his troops,
Wu Jing had already landed at Niuzhu. Just when Du Yi shouted that he was sorry for Cao Zhi's kindness, Lu Su led his troops to Niuzhu first and repulsed Wu Jing's landing troops.
The battle at the beach and ferry was extremely fierce. Du Yi arrived later, but also personally participated in the battle.