Chapter 672: Taking down Ruxuwu and breaking down Wancheng
Lu Jun knew that the crisis in Lujiang was in a state of inability to protect the whole country. Lu Kang took advantage of this opportunity of Lu Jun sneaking out of the city to send his family away so that he would not be eradicated by Sun Ce.
Lu Jun held back his tears and said to Lu Kang: "I must have brought the rescue back!"
Lu Kang couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he turned his head and shed tears, waved his hand to let Lu Jun and the others leave quickly.
Lu Jun took his younger brother and son, and twenty martial arts soldiers who were well-versed in martial arts, sneaked out of Wancheng. He encountered Cao Zhi's naval and army horses in Ruxuwu, and the warships were besieging Sun Ce's defenders.
Lu Jun is happy. It turns out that Cao Zhi had sent someone to come, and Lu Kang and Wancheng were saved. Lu Jun quickly found Jiang Qin, and the two met him very early. Jiang Qin wondered why Lu Jun was with his family and was by his side.
There were only two followers, both of whom were injured.
Lu Jun could only smile bitterly and said, "It's hard to describe it!" It turned out that when Lu Jun sneaked out of the city, he encountered the pursuit of Sun Ce's army and horses. Twenty dead soldiers, only two of them escaped, but they were actually all dead to protect them.
Lu Jun was also a little injured, but it was not fatal. When Jiang Qin ordered someone to come to the doctor, Lu Jun hurriedly said, "Brother Jiang, what is my injury? No need to be cured, let's go!"
Jiang Qinqi said: "Where to go?"
Lu Jun grabbed Jiang Qin's arm and said anxiously: "Sun Ce has been besieging Wancheng for more than a year. The city has been exhausted from food and grass, and countless soldiers guarding the city have been killed or injured. Please send troops quickly to lift the siege of our Wancheng."
Jiang Qin smiled bitterly and pulled Lu Jun, climbed to the top of his three-story warship, pointed to the various ferries of Ruxuwu that were fighting hard, and said to Jiang Qin: "Brother, it's not that I refuse to send troops to Wancheng, look at Ruxuwu.
We have just started fighting. Before we take down Ruxuwu, how dare we fall into the trap and head straight to Wancheng!"
Lu Jun wanted to persuade him again, but Jiang Qin spread his hands and said, "It's not me who is in charge of this place. If you want to change the combat target, you can call Lu Su!"
Lu Jun found Lu Su again and asked him to send troops to Wancheng immediately. Lu Su told Lu Jun very seriously that the navy first took Ruxuwu and captured Shuxian by land and Qianshan County before it could encircle Wancheng.
It is an established combat plan, and only by steadily advancing step by step can we avoid being surrounded by Sun Ce's army and horses. He expressed deep regret for the plight of Lu Kang and Wancheng. If we want to resolve the siege of Wancheng, we can only let
Lu Kang was sticking to it for two to three months.
"Two to three months!" Wancheng may not be able to hold on for half a month. Since Lu Su and Jiang Qin can't make the decision, Lu Jun immediately took his younger brother and son to Wanling, and he was going to meet Cao Zhi.
, lobbying him to change his way to send troops to Wancheng first, and resolve the trapped siege of Wancheng.
Although Lu Su and Jiang Qin knew that Cao Zhi would no longer regard Lu Kang as an ally, they still politely sent someone to escort them to Wanling. The only gain they gained from Lu Jun was that they were fighting against them now.
The dock general Xu Sheng and Ding Feng have more knowledge.
Both of them were published in the "Recruitment Hall" set up by Sun Quan and Chaohu. Now they are the guards of Zhou Yu's tent. They have good martial arts skills because they are both natives who grew up by the waterside and are good at fighting water battles.
Only then was Zhou Yu stationed in Ruxuwu.
Lu Su and Jiang Qin suddenly realized that Jiang Qin had heard of the reputation of these two guys. No wonder they thought they would easily take Ruxuwu, but they fought for several days but failed to attack the ferry commanded by Jiang Qin.
Now that we know who is stationed, Lu Su and Jiang Qin adjusted their troops, gathered 10,000 naval troops, and attacked the three ferries of Ruxuwu. Zhang He led his infantry to detour the rear of Ruxuwu, and from Yihechao County
Behind the connected land sneak attack on the defenders.
Ruxuwu has achieved great development in the hands of Cao Zhi, Lu Kang, or even Sun Ce occupied it for almost a year, and it is no longer a small place where water thieves were in the past. Ruxuwu is not only
The land area has expanded into a county town with a large scale, and the water area itself is very large, so the focus of the competition must be on control of the waterway.
Under the leadership of Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, the defenders of Ruxuwu fought very tenaciously. Although they only had 5,000 soldiers and their ships were not as equipped as Jiang Qin's naval army, they still did not give up on the battle for the Ruxuwu waterway.
At first, he was caught off guard by Jiang Qin's killing, and once lost most of his control over the inlet and exit of the waterway in front of Jiang Qin's powerful naval army.
But they did not give up and did not discourage them, and actively launched an anti-robbery, and launched a fierce water battle with Jiang Qin's naval army. What Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were most worried about was the explosives of Cao's army, but after fighting for a long time, they did not see Cao's army use theirs.
The killer move. Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were happy to confirm that as Sun Ce estimated, Cao's army's explosive stock had been used up.
So Xu Sheng and Ding Feng became bolder and bolder in the fight. They attacked head-on and sneaked into battle at night. Although there were heavy casualties, they once took back the waterway that entered Wancheng. The reason why they tried their best was to leave this one.
The waterway asked Sun Ce to send troops to reinforce them.
But after four or five days of fighting, they received the order from Sun Ce to let them stand firm and defend to the death, and they decadently realized that Sun Ce could not send reinforcements. But they still refused to give up and gathered their troops to guard the battle.
Several ferries and important beachheads in Xuwu were very tenacious.
After a few days of fighting with Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, Lu Su and Jiang Qin also saw that they had no reinforcements afterwards. So after adjusting the layout of troops and tactical direction, Zulang sent people to the ashore and carried out the "Xu Sheng and Ding Feng"
Persuading surrender.
But these two guys were very stubborn. Not only did they refuse to surrender, but their resistance to Jiang Qin's naval army became more intense. In the end, they were all focused on the water to defend. They also knew that this was a taboo in military strategists and the enemy
As long as the army surrounds them, they will be finished. But what can I do? Their strength is not as strong as the Cao army. If they want to defend both sides of the water and land, their defense line will still be broken. It is better to take a gamble and give it a try.
The entire Ruxuwu fought for half a month, and finally, under the attack of Cao's army on both sides of the water and land, Ruxuwu was occupied by Cao's army. More than 5,000 defenders were among the barbarian generals who were eager to take revenge.
After the murder, there were only 183 prisoners, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, two generals of Zhou Yu, Ding Feng, were killed in battle, and Xu Sheng was captured, but he refused to surrender, so he only wanted to die quickly.
After Lu Su, Jiang Qin and Zhang He joined forces with Ruxuwu, they continued to divide into two groups. Lu Su, Jiang Qin and Zulang led the navy to leave Wancheng. Zhang He, Park Hu, Yuan Yue, and Yang Che led the brigade.
The army first took Shu County, then paved Qianshan, and surrounded Wancheng from the other side.
But this time the joining of the army seemed to be a little late. Three days before Jiang Qin's naval army arrived in Wancheng, Sun Ce had 20,000 troops. From preparing to breaking the city, it took more than a year to finally break the Lujiang River.
The capital of Wancheng.
On the day when the city was broken, Lu Kang shouted on the east city tower, "Children of the Sun family, you will be retribution!" He waved his sword and committed suicide.
Lu Kang's death immersed the entire Wancheng military and civilians in grief. On the day of the city's destruction, 18 military academy-level Wancheng defenders either committed suicide or fought to the death to resist Sun Ce's army and horses, and died in the streets and alleys.
The crying continued, and the grief and anger of the military and civilians in Anhui City were moved by the sky. The heavy rain continued in the next three days, directly destroying the rivers around Anhui City. This also hindered the speed of Lusu's naval army's march. I missed the situation while Sun Ce was not yet stable in his foothold.
The best time to seize Wancheng.
After the river was cleared and the Cao army arrived in Wancheng, Sun Ce had repaired and strengthened the city defense of Wancheng. As the Lujiang Governor, Wancheng was already very strong under the painstaking management of Lu Kang. Back then, the city defense of Jiangxia barbarians gathered ten times.
Thousands of people, who have repeatedly attacked, have failed to break through Lujiang. Now they are at Sun Ce's hands and have given him a firm foothold. It is even more difficult for Lu Su, Jiang Qin and Zulang to break through.
However, the three-man army was eager to make contributions. Although they missed the opportunity when Sun Ce had not yet established a stable foothold, Lu Su, Jiang Qin and Zulang decided to attack after discussing. At this time, the infantry led by Zhang He, Park Hu and others had not yet been established.
When he arrived, without any cooperation from land troops, Lu Su divided his troops into Zulang and took part of his naval forces to act as a ground attack force. He and Jiang Qin's naval forces attacked Wancheng for two days without any breakthrough. On the contrary, because of the division.
The military strength weakened, and Cao's army suffered heavy losses in the attack.
Then, Lu Su let go of his impatience and retreated for five miles, waiting for Zhang He and other infantry arrival, preparing to regroup and attack Wancheng again, Cao Zhi arrived.
Cao Zhi did not come alone, he came with Lu Jun who was wearing mourning clothes.
Because Cao Zhi was working hard in Liyang, Lu Jun saw Cao Zhi a few days late. When he cried to Cao Zhi about the crisis in Wancheng, the front line reported that Wancheng was broken and Lu Kang committed suicide.
After hearing the news, the two Lu Jun brothers fainted from crying. Cao Zhi set up a mourning hall for Lu Kang in Wanling, which made Lu Jun and Lu Ji depressed.
Later, Lu Jun proposed to collect the body of his father Lu Kang with Wancheng. Cao Zhi was about to go and see it in person because the front line was not good for the war in Wancheng, so he brought 10,000 reinforcements to Shuxian and went to the front line in person.
Inspection, supervise the war.
Cao Zhi called for a stop in time for the new round of attacks of Lusu Qi's troops. He knew Wancheng better than anyone else, and he had defended the city here. The city defense of Wancheng is incomparable to any city, Danyang Governor Wan
The mausoleum has many urban defense structures and fortifications, which were also built by learning from Wancheng. However, relying on its unique geographical environment and with this strong urban defense, it is really seamless, making it even more difficult to attack the city.
Since Sun Ce has stood firm in Wancheng and his army lacks the most effective means of siege, Cao Zhi understands that it is not easy to break the city.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Cao Zhi stopped the military operation to attack Wancheng.
Lu Su and others thought Cao Zhi was dissatisfied with their results, so they apologized to Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi smiled and told them that he had misunderstood. In fact, he had this plan when he came back from Liyang this time. Because another purpose of his army in Liyang was to raise the raw materials needed for gunpowder. Due to the war, Ni Heng had been doing this before.
It cannot raise important raw materials such as saltpeter and sulfur needed for gunpowder.