As a springboard to attack Jingzhou, Sun Jian would naturally not ignore Jiangxia's defense.
Jiangxia City is now guarded by Sun Jian's heroic general Chen Wu and his capable minister Zhu Zhi. There are 20,000 elite soldiers stationed in the city, and there is sufficient food and grass. Even if the city is besieged, the food and grass can last for half a year.
It can be said that although the combined strength of Cai Mao and Liu Bei is 40,000, which is twice the number in Jiangxia City, it is still extremely difficult for the Jingzhou Army to capture Jiangxia City. Not to mention that Liu Bei and Cai Mao must not be united.
, which makes it even more difficult to capture the city.
However, although Liu Bei and Cai Hao have their own thoughts, at least on the surface the relationship between the two seems to be very harmonious. Although Cai Hao looks down on Liu Bei and thinks that he is a defeated general, he still calls him the emperor's uncle when they meet.
Give the other party enough face.
Not to mention Liu Bei, pretending to be a grandson is his specialty. No matter how he views Cai Mao in his heart, at least his outward attitude toward Cai Mao is respectful.
Cai Mao originally wanted Liu Bei to lead his 10,000 troops to die at the front when attacking the city, but Liu Bei was so polite that it made it difficult for him to speak.
But I'm sorry, I still have to say what needs to be said. Let Liu Bei's men act as human shields. This was the policy formulated from the beginning, and it was also the strategy decided by Liu Biao.
When Cai Mao tactfully expressed his intention of asking Liu Bei to lead his troops as the vanguard, Liu Bei himself was still talking about how to respond, but Zhang Fei behind him couldn't bear it anymore and started to yell loudly.
If Liu Bei wasn't worried about being here, he might even be violent.
Zhang Fei has been unhappy in recent days. After learning that his brother Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, he fell into extreme anger every day. Behaviors such as drinking to drown his sorrows and whipping soldiers have long been a habit for Zhang Fei today.
It was not uncommon for him to drink wine without restraint and whip his soldiers mercilessly. Almost every day, soldiers died under Zhang Fei's whipping.
Although Liu Bei warned Zhang Fei many times about this, he had little effect. Fortunately, Liu Bei wiped Zhang Fei's butt every time, Zhang Fei whipped the soldiers to death, and Liu Bei compensated Zhang Fei's family with heavy sums of money, so there was no trouble.
After Zhang Fei learned the inside story, he restrained himself, but that only reduced the rate of beating one soldier to death in one day to one in three days.
Zhang Fei has been in an extremely unhappy mood these past few days, and now Liu Biao has asked Liu Bei to lead an army to attack Jiangxia. This is like adding fuel to the fire for Zhang Fei. Although Liu Biao sent the order to Liu Bei, he did not use any inappropriate words.
, but in Zhang Fei's view, he always felt that Liu Biao was bossing around.
You, Liu Biao, wanted to attack the city and seize the territory, so you sent troops to save it yourself. Why should the army that my eldest brother brought out so hard to die for you Liu Biao! Zhang Fei was very angry in his heart.
But while Zhang Fei was unhappy, he never considered that if Liu Biao didn't give Liu Bei this piece of Mianyang land to settle, Liu Bei would still be wandering around.
Although Zhang Fei was unwilling to obey Liu Biao's order to conquer Jiangxia, Liu Bei insisted on marching, so Zhang Fei had no choice but to follow him.
Zhang Fei had originally been holding back his anger to fight. At this time, Cai Mao actually proposed that Liu Bei's troops should serve as vanguards and die. This made him even more furious and he went berserk on the spot.
Zhang Fei's voice was like thunder and his temper was like blazing fire. When he got angry at this moment, Cai Hao and others would really change their colors.
Although he was unwilling to be suppressed by Zhang Fei, Cai Hao did not dare to refute at this time. Zhang Fei was not a good person at first glance. If he provoked him, if the other party lost control of his emotions, he would stab him with a spear.
If you die, you won't even have a chance to regret it.
Although face is important, it is not as important as life.
But no matter what, Cai Mao secretly hated Zhang Fei in his heart. He held a high position in Jingzhou, and even Liu Biao himself spoke politely when facing him. No one had ever dared to treat him like this.
Being rude will bring shame on oneself.
The so-called hatred reaches the whole house, Cai Mao secretly hated Zhang Fei, and even Zhang Fei's brother Liu Bei also hated him.
Regardless of whether your attitude is respectful or not, if your brother is so reckless and rude, you are definitely not a good person.
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Wenpin, the deputy general of Jingzhou, hurriedly came out to smooth things over. Wenpin was a loyal and upright person, and he couldn't stand the act of letting friendly troops die. Moreover, Wenpin believed that if Liu Bei's troops were just allowed to be the vanguard, they would definitely
It may cause dissatisfaction on the other side, and it may even cause neglect during the battle, which will definitely be detrimental to the war.
Under Zhang Fei's oppression and Wenpin's mediation, Cai Mao finally had to withdraw his orders. After repeated discussions, Liu Bei sent 4,000 men and Cai Mao sent 6,000 men, forming a total of 10,000 men to serve as the vanguard of the siege.
The siege battle was very fierce. The Jingzhou Army attacked the city several times, but was pushed back by Jiangdong Army several times. They saw corpses strewn all over the city. The situation was horrific.
Although Jiangxia is difficult to attack, it is not an unparalleled fortified city in the world, and Jiangdong's army is outnumbered, so it is very difficult to defend.
Zhu Zhi, an important official in Jiangdong, even died in battle while defending the city.
However, although the Jingzhou Army's offensive was fierce, it was still unable to capture the city. This was partly because Liu Bei and Cai Mao did not work together.
On the sixth day of Jiangxia's siege, reinforcements from Jiangdong arrived. Seeing that there was no hope of attacking the city, Cai Mao withdrew his troops.
In this battle, Jingzhou lost a total of more than 15,000 people, of which Liu Bei's troops lost more than 5,000.
It can be said that for this battle, Liu Bei lost more than half of the wealth he had worked so hard to save in one fell swoop. One can imagine the disappointment in his heart.
After retreating, Cai Mao met with Liu Biao and accused Liu Bei of not working hard and delaying the battle, so that he failed to capture Jiangxia. Regarding Cai Mao's responsibilities, Liu Bei naturally wanted to write a letter to fight back, but he will not mention it for the time being.
On the Jiangdong side, although Jiangxia was saved, Sun Jian was still angry.
Zhu Zhi's death in battle made Sun Jian crazy.
Zhu Zhi, like Han Dang, Cheng Pu and others, was the first group of people to follow Sun Jian. Although Zhu Zhi was not very skilled in martial arts, he had great abilities in both military and political affairs, and was deeply admired by Sun Jian.
trust.
In the original history, Zhu Zhi was worshiped as the prefect of Wu County, awarded the title of General of Anguo, and the title of Marquis of Piling. He was deeply favored by Sun Quan. Zhu Zhi's adopted son Zhu Ran even served as the governor of Wu after Lu Xun's death.
The death of Zhu Zhi aroused as much anger in Sun Jian's heart as the death of Han Dang last time. It can be said that Sun Jian completely hated Liu Biao.
Although the Battle of Jiangxia had little impact on the situation in the north, it was precisely because of this battle that Cao Cao was now feeling very embarrassed.
Without him, through this battle, Guan Yu finally learned Liu Bei's current whereabouts.
Liu Bei had previously been hiding his power in Mianyang, so many people didn't know that he was living under Liu Biao's account. But since Liu Bei joined the battle in Jiangxia, his whereabouts can no longer be hidden. He will definitely be known, and Guan Yu will naturally
No exception.
After learning that his brother was with Liu Biao, Guan Yu immediately asked Cao Cao to resign, hoping that Cao Cao would let him return to where his brother was.
Facing Guan Yu's request, Cao Cao now had a headache.