(Ahem, the third update is here, and the captain is asking for some monthly tickets)
At that time, Sun Jian single-handedly defeated the Xiliang army and successfully invaded Luoyang.
As a result, the people of Luoyang had already been evacuated by Dong Zhuo, and the capital of the Han Empire was burned to the ground.
Facing the ruins of Luoyang City, Sun Jian's troops had no place to stay, and no place to collect food and grass, so they finally had to withdraw from Luoyang.
The situation Sun Quan is facing now is very similar to that of his father back then.
Besides being angry, Sun Quan had no choice but to let his 60,000 troops camp in the ruins.
Soon, Sun Quan discovered that he seemed to have fallen into a trap set by Yan Liang, and this trap was the deserted Chaisang City.
Including Chaisang City, all the people with a radius of hundreds of miles were plundered by Yan Liang. Yan Liang was so "stingy" that he didn't even leave a grain of rice or a dog to Sun Quan.
Yuzhang County, where Chaisang is located, has a sparse population and is not a fertile land to begin with. Chaisang has the best economic foundation. Now that Chaisang has declined, Sun Quan has basically lost hope of collecting food locally.
Therefore, in order to feed those 60,000 mouths, Sun Quan had no choice but to travel thousands of miles from Wudi to transport grain to Chaisang.
It is now late summer and almost autumn. Seeing that the autumn grain harvest is approaching, these 60,000 soldiers cannot disperse to harvest grain. Coupled with the young and strong labor force mobilized to transport grain, if such consumption continues, Jiangdong's autumn harvest this year will inevitably be affected.
In desperation, Sun Quan finally recognized the truth and left Lu Su and others to guard Chaisang with more than 10,000 troops, while he led an army of 50,000 to withdraw to Jiangdong.
Sun Quan intended to let Lu Su rebuild Chaisang and move people from other counties to fill it. Gradually restore Chaisang's economy. In the next year, Sun Quan would lead his army to conquer Jingzhou again.
Yan Liang had naturally anticipated Sun Quan's thoughts.
So as soon as Sun Quan's army withdrew, Yan Liang immediately led an army of 30,000 from Xiakou and launched a massive attack on Chaisang.
Lu Su knew that with his broken firewood and more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, he could not withstand Yan Liang's attack with strong morale. He could only ask Sun Quan for help.
Sun Quan, who was still on the road back to Wu, heard that Yan Liang was attacking again, so he had no choice but to lead his army back in a hurry.
When Yan Liang found out that Sun Quan was returning for reinforcements, he quickly withdrew his troops back to Xiakou and continued to wait and see.
This back and forth made Sun Quan exhausted.
Leave more troops and horses to garrison Chaisang. There is not much food and grass supply, so leave fewer troops, and they will inevitably be annihilated by Yan Liang's superior force.
Sun Quan, who was originally happy to take back Chaisang, now felt that this ruined city had become like useless food, tasteless to eat, but it was a pity to abandon it.
In the end, with all kinds of desperation, Sun Quan could only move the western front garrison from Chaisang to Hukou on Lu Su's suggestion.
Hukou is a place that guards the entrance of Poyang Lake into the river. Although its strategic importance is not as good as that of Chaisang, it is also an important military location.
The Wu army's withdrawal from Chaisang meant that they had given up on rebuilding this important military town. It also meant that an uninhabited buffer zone of more than a hundred miles appeared between Jingzhou and Yangzhou.
By forcing the Wu people to abandon Chaisang, Yan Liang's strategic goal has been achieved. At least until Chaisang City is rebuilt, the threat in eastern Jingzhou will be reduced to a minimum.
At this time, Yan Liang could finally free his hands and prepare to deal with Liu Qi, who was hiding in Jingnan.
Therefore, shortly after Lusu retreated to Hukou, Yan Liang left Ganning and Ning to guard Xiakou. He returned his army to the west and went to Baqiu to join Lü Meng and Wei Yan.
But when Liu Qi heard that Soochow was retreating and Yan Liang's army was coming, he dared not stay for a while, so he immediately led his army back to Changsha.
Chinese army tent.
The atmosphere was full of wine and harmonious, and Yan Liang held a small banquet to reward the two good generals who had helped him keep the rear intact with fine wine.
Although Baqiu guarded by Lu Meng and Wei Yan was not the main battlefield, they successfully blocked Liu Qi in Jingnan and ensured the safety of Jiangling, Xiakou and other rear areas.
"Ziming, Wen Chang, this general was able to defeat the Wu people at Chaisang, and you two are indispensable. Come, let's drink this cup to the full."
Yan Liang affirmed the achievements of the two of them and proudly won the cup.
The two generals were overjoyed, thanked him with their mouths, raised their glasses and drank it all.
After drinking good wine, the friendship between the master and his ministers deepened, and the atmosphere in the tent became more relaxed.
"Ziming, I have led my troops here. I want to defeat Jingnan in one fell swoop and kill Liu Qi. What do you think about how to use our troops south?"
While drinking, Yan Liang asked Lu Meng.
Lu Meng said: "My lord, I think that now is not the time to defeat Jingnan."
"How do you say this?" Yan Liang suddenly became interested.
"Liu Qi has Huang Zu's 10,000 navy troops, and he also has Huang Zhong and other powerful generals under his command. According to the last few days of observation, Liu Qi's troops still have considerable combat effectiveness. It is natural that the lord will use all his troops to go south and defeat Liu Qi.
But it will take some time. And now it is the autumn harvest. If we just try to pacify Liu Qi, we will miss the important event of this year's autumn harvest, and in the end we will feel that the gain is not worth the loss."
Lu Meng's words could not help but make Yan Liang even more impressed.
Ordinary generals, even if they are good generals, can only consider using tactics.
But Lu Meng in front of him was also thinking about the autumn harvest. It was obvious that his vision was not limited to the use of troops, but was far-reaching.
"This Lu Zimeng is indeed talented in handsomeness, very good, very good..."
Yan Liang showed a look of relief on his face and said, "Then according to Ziming's opinion, what should I do next?"
"The general thought that my lord is now on duty as a division commander and will be focusing on the autumn harvest. At the same time, he can use some tricks to confuse Liu Qi and make him relax his vigilance. Then, after waiting for the autumn harvest, the lord will suddenly mobilize his army to go south and kill him by surprise.
Why worry that Liu Qi will not be destroyed and Jingnan will not be peaceful."
It's interesting to use some tricks to confuse Liu Qi...
When Yan Liang was interested, Wei Yan was a little disdainful, "With my lord's current strength, it's no problem to kill Liu Qi forcefully, why waste all those useless efforts."
Compared with Lu Meng, Wei Yan obviously advocates more hard power.
Lu Meng was not surprised by Wei Yan's disdain. He smiled lightly and said: "The article makes sense. But if you can use tricks to achieve success, why do you have to lose soldiers in vain?"
Yan Liang nodded secretly, thinking that Lu Meng was indeed Lu Meng. Although he was still young, he had already shown his talent for deceit.
Historically, with the strength of Soochow, it was actually possible to capture Jingzhou by force. However, Lu Meng used clever tactics to capture Jingzhou almost without bloodshed.
Throughout the novel, Lü Meng's military use was mostly based on strategy. He defeated the enemy without fighting.
Now that the battle between Yan Liang and Soochow is over, many of the soldiers are exhausted. If, like Lu Meng, the fewest soldiers can be sacrificed, Jingnan is pacified and Liu Qi is destroyed, then why not?
At that moment, Yan Liang became very interested and asked, "Ziming, please tell me carefully how you used some tricks to confuse Liu Qi."
Lu Meng then moved his seat closer and explained his plan with a smile.
As Yan Liang listened, a sly sneer quietly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, Yan Liang couldn't help but sigh: "This Lu Ziming is really a master at attacking people's hearts. My vision is indeed right..."
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Two days later, Yan Liang ordered the entire army to regroup. Except for Lu Meng who led 5,000 troops to guard Baqiu, the rest of the army returned north.
Before Yan Liang left, at Lu Meng's suggestion, he sent someone to send a handwritten letter to Liu Qi.
In the letter, Yan Liang claimed that the reason why he captured Jiangling was at the invitation of his younger brother Liu Cong. Now that Liu Cong was dead, he was willing to end the war with Liu Qi. The two sides would divide Jingzhou into two parts within the limits of the Yangtze River and not invade each other.
Yan Liang, who led the army, except for some troops and horses left in Jiangling, Xiakou and other places, the rest of the tens of thousands of troops returned to Xiangyang.
Returning to Xiangyang, Yan Liang ordered the three armies to be young and strong, and they all devoted themselves to the autumn harvest. They immediately disbanded their troops and armor, and had great potential to release Manan Mountain.
What Yan Liang did was naturally to paralyze Liu Qi.
Liu Qi still has a resourceful person like Kuai Yue around him, so he is naturally not so easily deceived. What Yan Liang did was not intended to completely convince Liu Qi that he would let him go, but just to make Liu Qi mistakenly think that,
In a short period of time, Yan Liang will not take action against him.
Soon after returning to Xiangyang, Yan Liangsui implemented the second step of Lu Meng's plan to deceive the enemy:
Visit the grave.
At dusk that day, Yan Liang, dressed in plain clothes, led several hundred people from Xiangyang's civil and military forces and marched out of the city to Liu Biao's cemetery in the south of Xiangyang.
The situation was urgent at that time. After Liu Biao died of illness, Liu Cong only hurriedly buried Liu Biao and did not bother to build a good tomb for his father.
Yan Liang, on Lu Meng's advice, dispatched hundreds of craftsmen to repair Liu Biao's tomb.
On the day when the repairs were completed, he led all his subordinates to come to pay homage to Liu Biao in person.
In front of everyone, Yan Liang personally read out the memorial text drafted by Xu You.
In the memorial text, Yan Liang deeply expressed his condolences to the former Jingzhou Shepherd, a contemporary celebrity, a descendant of the Han royal family, and a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, Jing Shenggong.
In the memorial text, Yan Liang also affirmed Liu Biao's achievements in governing Jingzhou, and pointed out that without Liu Biao's benevolent government, Jingzhou would not have a happy scene with a household registration of one million and a prosperous people.
At the same time, Yan Liang also deeply missed the friendship between him and Liu Biao, and the touching years when the two were allies, supporting each other and fighting against foreign enemies together.
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Yan Liang, who was accustomed to killing everyone, stood there today and spoke passionately, expressing his nostalgia for Liu Biao.
The sincerity between the lines, coupled with Yan Liang's emotional reading, actually made the listeners shed tears.
Yan Liang had to admit that Xu You was such a good writer that he actually let him read it, and he believed it in a daze, and he really regarded Liu Biao as his good ally.
When Yan Liang finished reading the memorial text, the entire memorial scene was filled with tears and tears.
Cai Yu and Cai Shu, who were kneeling in front of Liu Biao's tombstone, cried so hard that their eyes were red, as if they were deeply moved by Yan Liang's sincere condolences.
But he saw Xu You not far away, secretly wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, as if he was moved by the memorial poem he had written.
"Everyone is so good at acting, they are all talents..."
Seeing this scene, Yan Liang couldn't help but sigh.
After a memorial ceremony, night fell before we knew it.
Yan Liang then helped the two crying wives of the Cai family up and comforted them: "Madams, please express your condolences. I believe that our late grandfather Jing Sheng is alive in heaven, and I don't want to see you so sad."
"The general is so benevolent and righteous, I and I are really excited."
The two wives of the Cai family had grateful and solemn faces, and they bowed generously in thanks.
Yan Liang hurriedly supported the two of them and said softly: "This is what the general should do. Now that it is getting late, I will send the two ladies back to the city." Registered members of Piaotian Literature recommend this work.