At this time, a soldier came to report: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, General Cai Mao of Northern Jing led 30,000 troops to Jiangling to meet with the Commander-in-Chief."
"Did this trash come so soon?"
Before Cai Mao's rebellion, his naval forces were closely monitored by Wei Wen. As soon as Cai Mao rebelled, Cai Mao's troops were taken over by Gan Ning. Jiangdong's army received no benefits at all, and in the end they had to rely on Huang Zu to sneak across to Wulin.
Zhou Yu really didn't like Cai Mao very much.
"Cai Hao entered Maicheng, and Huang Yueying withdrew all the pass guards. Cai Hao drove straight in, so he was able to arrive quickly."
"Just tell him to attack Beicheng. Tell him that we will attack from the northeast and from both sides." Zhou Yu had no hope at all for Cai Mao's miscellaneous soldiers.
"Captain." The soldier said, "Cai Mao has already said it. He said that there are no trees outside the North City, so it is impossible to build siege equipment. Moreover, the North City is narrow and easy to defend, which is not conducive to siege. He said that he will also attack the East City and asked us to give way.
Come out to the side."
"What?" Zhou Yu looked at the soldiers: "Telling us to step aside? Who is Cai Mao?"
Suddenly Zhou Yu frowned. The Jiangling city wall was in the shape of a polygon. It was true that the wall was long from east to west and short from north to south. The east and west sides were the first choice to attack. In terms of terrain, the west was undulating and the east was flat. Indeed, the east was the best direction to attack.
Zhou Yu pondered for a while, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said in shock: "Huang Yueying is very clever. I originally thought that she put so much effort into defeating Lu Meng just to weaken the morale of our Jiangdong Army, shock the noble families in the city, and stabilize the morale of the army. I didn't expect that there was something else.
A bigger conspiracy."
"What conspiracy?" Chen Wu, Pan Zhang and others asked in unison, Lu Meng frowned and looked at Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu snorted: "Huang Yueying made a good calculation. She had already predicted this result. She deliberately withdrew the defenses from Maicheng to Jiangling so that Cai Hao and my Jiangdong Army could reach Jiangling together.
As for the attack surface, Dongcheng will be chosen first. Cai Mao, a small player, will definitely not let himself suffer. In this case, I, the elite Jiangdong Army, will attack the city together with that group of miscellaneous soldiers. What do you think will be the result? "
The generals are in awe. With Cai Mao, a pig-like teammate, can Jiangdong Army still attack the city well?
Zhou Yu added: "That's not all. What Huang Yueying is even more vicious is that Jiangling is in danger now. We arrived with Cai Mao. If the city is captured, who will the city belong to?"
Cai Mao nominally surrendered to my lord Wu Hou, but he had ulterior motives. Jiangling's geographical location is too important, it is the hub of north, south, east and west. Controlling Jiangling means controlling half of Jingzhou. And with the current situation, there is chaos in northern and southern Jingzhou. Who can win Jiangling?
, Jingzhou must belong to whom.
When Jiangling is weak, small men like Cai Mao will have ill intentions towards Jiangdong's army. If Jiangling fails, Cai Mao will not attack the city and will definitely attack us in order to win Jiangling alone. We have to beware of this."
The generals took a deep breath and then realized that they were all broken into cold sweats. If they were not on guard against Cai Mao, Cai Hao would sneak attack on them before Jiangling was exhausted, wipe out thousands of Jiangdong's troops, and then capture Jiangling alone. By then, Jiangdong's army would have lost all its troops.
, but dressed in his wedding dress, how could he be worthy of Jiangdong’s elders?
Lu Meng was also surprised. Why didn't he think that Huang Yueying's plans were everywhere? Jiangdong's army and Cai Mao's army were wary of each other and could offset most of their combat power.
A small interception on the way weakened the morale of the Jiangdong Army, inspired the Sichuan Army's morale, frightened the noble families in the city, and allowed the Jingzhou rebels and the Jiangdong Army to check and balance each other. However, there were four hidden conspiracies. Huang Yueying was really not simple.
As long as the governor is here, these schemes can be peeled off one by one. It seems that I still have to learn more from Zhou Yu.
"On the way to the march." Zhou Yu looked at Jiangling City and said slowly: "Huang Yueying suddenly ordered Jingnan to put down the rebellion within five days, otherwise all the officials would be beheaded. I still don't know why, but now I finally understand that she wanted to make Jingnan
The officials rebelled and quickly moved north together with the rebels, forming a containment situation with us.
It seems that our enemies are all Sichuan troops, and our target is Jiangling. If we merge together, there will be at least 70,000 to 80,000 troops, four times the Sichuan army. But just because we are together, we will not agree with each other if we are in the same camp.
Trying to squeeze the other two parties out of the way will greatly weaken the fighting power. Huang Yueying, a woman, is not easy to enter. We must not underestimate it."
"One bone, gnawed by three wild dogs..." Pan Zhang had just finished his sentence when he noticed that everyone around him was staring at him. He coughed and asked loudly: "Then Commander, how should we counterattack?"
"There is no way to counteract it. Even if we are willing to work together with Cai Mao, novices like Cai Mao will not work together with us. Even if Huang Yueying's plan is a conspiracy, there is nothing we can do.
But now that we know Huang Yueying's purpose, we will suffer a little loss, you go tell Cai Hao."
Zhou Yu said to the soldier: "We, Jiangdong Army, will camp outside Beicheng and attack Beicheng. Let's give up East City to Cai Mao."
Pan Zhang said: "Captain, didn't you say that Beicheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack? And we have already set up camp, so..."
"The worst thing is to put in more effort. Don't you think you can't capture Jiangling if you go to Beicheng?" Zhou Yu looked at the generals and said.
"Swear to Jiangling." All the generals roared.
.........Zhou Yu was really powerful. Thirty thousand elite soldiers from Jiangdong attacked Jiangling City. Even though the city was high and the pond was deep, urgent reports came frequently. Two days later, Huang Yueying originally guarded the east city, but could not withstand the repeated emergencies in the north city and turned to the north city for defense.
Cai Mao was very happy to have a good attacking position, but the combat power of his group of soldiers was really not very good. A pot of boiling oil poured on the city could scare away dozens of people.
Some of the rebellious sons of the family were originally arrogant and thought that by leading the army they would be able to make great achievements immediately. However, they had never seen life or death without having good food and clothing, so they did not dare to attack the city. As generals, they only shouted blindly from behind.
For two days, Jiangling Dongcheng remained motionless.
On the contrary, Beicheng, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, was repeatedly broken through by Jiangdong's elite soldiers. Lu Meng, Pan Zhang, and Chen Wu were all powerful Jiangdong generals, and they led the Jiangdong soldiers to charge bravely and put great pressure on the defenders.
"Military advisor, Beicheng can no longer be defended. Immediately mobilize the young men and women in the city to make up for the vacancy."
The Jiangdong Army was again defeated with great difficulty, and the defenders suffered heavy losses. There were corpses of Sichuan soldiers everywhere under the city. Ma Dazhong came over covered in blood and asked for Huang Yueying's life.
Now Ma Xiaozhong guards the east city, Huang Yueying and Ma Dazhong guard the north city, and Jiang Wan is responsible for public security in the city and recruiting young people.
Ma Dazhong didn't understand. Because Jiangling had been hit by Yangtze River floods, ordinary people, especially those in the suburbs, were grateful to the Sichuan Army. Therefore, this time Huang Yueying received a response whether he ordered relocation or recruited young men.
However, Jiang Wan had recruited so many young men so effectively, except for transportation, Ma Dazhong didn't see many of them used to defend the city. I really don't know what Huang Yueying was thinking.
Huang Yueying frowned in thought, and suddenly asked the person next to her: "Where are the Jingnan rebels?"
"Since the military advisor gave the order, Liang Qiao retreated to Wuling and announced his surrender to Cao Cao in the north. Jin Xuan surrendered to the rebels and is now the leader of the rebels. He is leading the army to attack Jiangling. If there is no delay, he will cross the river tonight.
"
Huang Yueying nodded. She believed that the rebels would never delay. It was Jiangling who was in urgent need now. Who didn't want to take over this important town? Jin Xuan was probably very anxious, fearing that Jiangling would fall before she arrived.
Huang Yueying glanced at Jiangdong's army, which was reorganizing its charge, and smiled lightly, "Zhou Yu is a bit capable. Jingran can see half of my military division's plan and is willing to move troops to Beicheng."
Zhou Tai sweated beside him and thought to himself, you have been beaten like this by my chief governor, and you are still so crazy.
"Come in, give me an order to move all the food, weapons, military registers, and, by the way, my military advisor's seals and ribbons to the North City for storage, in Jiangling City." Huang Yueying ordered.
Ma Dazhong looked at Huang Yueying doubtfully: "Military advisor, are you confused? This Beicheng is about to be lost. Why don't you move those things over and give them to Jiangdong Army?"
What Ma Dazhong was thinking was, have you made a mistake?
"Don't say so much, give Jiang Wan the order immediately."
"yes."
Under Huang Yueying's order, a large amount of ordnance and food, as well as important books from the Prefectural Mufu's Office, were all moved to Wengcheng in Beicheng with great fanfare. This way, it would be much more convenient for Beicheng to obtain arrows, weapons and food supplies.
Cai Mao continued to attack the city of Dongcheng, but he always felt that Zhou Yu's decisive decision to give up Dongcheng was to hide the evil star for himself. He was sure that Beicheng was easier to attack, so leaving Dongcheng to himself was a bad thing.
Cai Mao has been grudged against Zhou Yu for a long time.
At this time, after careful investigation, he heard that all the food and weapons were in Beicheng. Finally, the small universe broke out. Cai Hao immediately decided to move to Beicheng. How could Jiangdong's army capture Beicheng and take away all the weapons, food and grass? What would happen to his own army?
There is also the state shepherd seal ribbon, which I have longed for day and night.
Cai Mao's army moved to the north city, which angered Jiangdong's army. Moving a stronghold was already troublesome. Now that the city was about to be destroyed, Cai Mao came to join in. The north city was so narrow, how could the two armies spread out?
When Jiangdong's army moved to Beicheng, they were fed up with it, but now Cai Mao acted like "Beicheng is not your home." How could Jiangdong's army not be angry?
Soldiers of the Jiangdong Army clashed with Cai Mao's rebels. A group of Jiangdong Tiger Generals also hated Cai Hao. They worked hard for several days, but were destroyed by Cai Hao. They all asked Zhou Yu to kill Cai Hao.
Zhou Yu appeased the Jiangdong generals and strictly ordered the soldiers not to stir up trouble. At this time, he fought with Cai Mao, which happened to be Huang Yueying's trick. But with Cai Mao stirring things up in Beicheng, how could he take over Beicheng with peace of mind?
Not to mention that the Jingzhou rebels were in the way and made the siege extremely difficult. Even after taking the city, Huang Yueying placed the food and equipment in Wengcheng and waited for the two armies to rush in. Why not fight together in Wengcheng?
Huang Yueying was able to defeat both armies with one counterattack.
If I move to Dongcheng now, not to mention that moving around will consume money and food and waste time, then if Huang Yueying moves the food and equipment to Dongcheng again, and Cai Hao follows again, won't I have to move again?
Is it over yet?
Zhou Yu was in a dilemma, frowning and thinking. In the past, Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce across Jiangdong and defeated Huang Zu at the mouth of Sanjiang. None of the generals had ever seen Zhou Yu so worried.
Huang Yueying just used a little trick, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult to break.
All the generals knew Cai Mao very well and became Huang Yueying's perfect chess piece. Without Cai Mao, Huang Yueying would be unable to do anything, and they all cursed Cai Mao to death in their hearts.
"Commander, divide the troops." Lu Meng suddenly came out and said: "Now there is no other way but to divide the troops in the east city. I don't believe Huang Yueying divided the grain and grass into two batches. That way, that bitch Cai Mao won't want to occupy both sides.
"
"Dividing troops has been a taboo since ancient times." Chen Wudao: "We only have 30,000 troops, and there are many wounded now. If we divide our troops in the east city, how can we capture the city?"
"That's better than spending it here."
Zhou Yu thought for a long time and sighed: "Until I can think of a better way, I can only follow Lu Meng's method."
Zhou Yu stood up and said: "Leave 10,000 troops in the north city, 8,000 troops to attack the city, and 3,000 troops to defend Cai Hao. If Jiangling fails, 5,000 troops will attack the city, and 5,000 troops will defend it. Lü Meng will lead 20,000 troops to the east city and attack with all his strength."
"yes."
Lu Meng was about to leave when Zhou Yu stopped him and said: "Lü Meng, there is no way for us to continue like this. After dividing the troops, Cai Mao may not go to Dongcheng again, but the Jingnan troops are coming soon, and it is up to us to control them again. This is
Huang Yueying had already planned it.
Listen, although Cai Mao's army is mixed, it has its own subordinates. It will lead to great chaos. And Jingnan's army is composed of dozens of soldiers and horses. Jin Xuan has just become the leader. The army is not convinced. Do you know what to do?
?”
They were originally friendly forces with a common goal, but under Huang Yueying's manipulation, they became more troublesome than the enemy. Civil strife was not what Zhou Yu wanted, but he knew that sometimes failure to make a decisive decision would harm himself.
Zhou Yu only felt that since arriving in Jiangling, Huang Yueying has been leading the way. This feeling is very uncomfortable. Moreover, Zhou Yu is increasingly worried that if he misses something, it will bring disaster to Jiangdong Army.
"Yes." Lu Meng accepted the order.
After the generals left, Zhou Yu frowned and said to himself: "I didn't expect that there would be such a difficult opponent among women. It's a pity that you are with the wrong master."
.........Jiangdong's army divided its forces to attack, and the offensive immediately slowed down. However, Lu Meng was aggressive in attacking in the East City, and Zhou Yu was in the North City. Huang Yueying did not dare to go separately. She only hoped that Ma Xiaozhong could defend the East City.
At night, Huang Yueying sat under the corner of the city ladder and the city wall. The location here is secluded, and only in this place, Huang Yueying does not have to smile.
She has been thinking very hard about Jiangling City, but Huang Yueying's vision will never stop at just one city. So what if Jiangling is defended? So what if it can't be defended?
Can it change the fate of the entire Sichuan Army?
Originally, it was the master's wish to fight for a Yaoxi who would break the monopoly of the family. Now that Liu Xun has inherited Liu Zhang's legacy and announced the continuation of the Four Imperial Examinations, he should be loyal to him.
But Huang Yueying just felt that after Liu Zhang died, she no longer had any motivation to plan. Every night, she would think about why she did all this, and the answer was clear and pale.
Zhou Tai walked over from a distance, holding a bowl of rice with a big chicken drumstick on top. Huang Yueying was usually a vegetarian and felt uncomfortable seeing greasy food.
"Move it away." Huang Yueying said.
"Why, you are worried about the war. I said, you can't defeat Governor Zhou. If you surrendered early, why would you have so many worries? I know you want to make great achievements. If you follow me to Jiangdong, I, Zhou Tai, guarantee that you will
All my life, I have listened to you, and I will do whatever you say, even if I disobey you, I will still listen to you."
"For a lifetime?" Huang Yueying looked at Zhou Tai.
"Hehe, hehehe." Zhou Tai smiled awkwardly, a slight blush miraculously appeared on his rough face, and explained: "I didn't mean anything else, I just, just... you don't seem to have eaten lunch.
Come on, take it and eat some."
Zhou Tai stretched out the chicken legs in front of Huang Yueying.
"If you don't eat it, I'm afraid you'll be poisoned."
"Hmph." Zhou Tai snorted and ate the chicken legs.
At this moment, a soldier rushed over in the night and reported to Huang Yueying: "Military advisor, I am very happy. Jin Xuan led more than 10,000 rebels to cross the river. They just landed on the beach and were defeated by Lu Meng's 8,000 soldiers and horses.
, the rebels fought with their backs against the water, the golden spinner was beheaded, the rebels were drowned and killed, it was impossible to win.”
"What?"
"What?"
Zhou Tai and Huang Yueying stood up together and glanced at each other. Zhou Tai said: "What did Lu Meng do? He and himself got into a fight?" At the same time, it was strange that Huang Yueying didn't look "overjoyed" at all on her face.
A look of worry appeared on Huang Yueying's face. Zhou Yu was worthy of being the governor of Jiangdong. He was courageous. First he decisively moved troops to the north city, and then he did not hesitate to divide his troops into the east city. Now he dared to order an attack on Jinxuan.
Jin Xuan's eyes were almost blinded by paper. He had just become the leader of the rebels and before they were integrated, he wanted to get a share of Jiangling's pie. He hurriedly crossed the river. The soldiers were tired and their morale was unstable. Lu Meng chose to launch the attack just when the rebels had just landed.
Attack, it's weird if you can't be defeated.
In this way, his plan to use the Jingnan rebels to contain Zhou Yu would not be realized.
Huang Yueying clapped her fingers and chanted: "One day, two days, three days..." She frowned.
Zhou Tai gave a strange look: "Are you counting your death date?"
......... Lu Meng annihilated the Jinxuan rebels and led 20,000 troops to attack Dongcheng. Since Jinxuan was eliminated, Cai Hao's suspicion of Zhou Yu has greatly increased, and he is fully guarding against the Jiangdong Army. As a result, Zhou Yu dare not take action, and Lu Mengteng
Take action and launch a massive attack on Jiangling.
Huang Yueying only had 20,000 troops, which was not as elite as Jiangdong's army. He also had to guard against the rebellion of the noble families, so the south city and west city had to be garrisoned without troops, so the east city's defense was weak.
Beicheng did not dare to divide its troops and received urgent military reports from Ma Xiaozhong every day, but Huang Yueying ignored them.
And Zhou Tai watched Huang Yueying break her fingers every day, from the first five to the current two. Every time she left the group, Huang Yueying would have a mist of worry on her face.
Ma Xiaozhong asked for help again, and this time, Ma Xiaozhong declared that if reinforcements were not sent, he would die in a bloody battle.
Although Ma Xiaozhong is not a fierce general, he still has courage and loyalty. He would not say this unless it was in an emergency. Huang Yueying also knew that Ma Xiaozhong could not hold on.
"Liangyao, Liangyao."
Huang Yueying was reciting, Zhou Tai didn't know what she was reciting, and always wanted to know the answer.
Huang Yueying said to Ma Dazhong: "Tell Ma Xiaozhong that he must hold on for two days. Within two days, Dongcheng must not be lost."