Zhou Tai took a look at the battle situation and saw that according to this trend, Jiangdong's army would be able to capture the city in just a few hours, tomorrow morning at the latest. However, Zhou Tai knew Zhou Yu's temper, and if he could capture it tonight, he would never wait until tomorrow morning.
"Commander Huang, what are you still thinking about?" Zhou Tai asked.
Huang Yueying sighed quietly towards the sky and said with a sad face: "Zhou Tai, do you know? I am going to win."
"This joke is not funny at all." Zhou Tai walked to Huang Yueying and stood beside him. He was silent for a long time and finally said: "Miss Huang, I, Zhou Tai, see everything you do. I feel that no matter what you do to Liu Zhang,
Still Liu Xun, both are benevolent and righteous. You have done your best.
Even if Yizhou can give you 10,000 reinforcements, Jiangling will not be lost. The fall of Jiangling was not your fault. Why do you want to die for the Liu family? You are worthy of your lord. At this time, you should consider your own future."
After Zhou Tai finished speaking, he sighed and said: "Okay, I'll take a step back. Miss Huang wants to make a great contribution. As long as Miss Huang can serve Jiangdong, I, Zhou Tai, will fight for my life and let Wu Hou appoint you."
How about giving you an official position with real power and giving you a chance to fight?"
Huang Yueying looked at Zhou Tai, who looked sincere and even pleading. Huang Yueying smiled strangely and said: "General Zhou, what are you doing? As long as Zhou Yu defeats me, you will be free. I, Huang Yueying, will not break my promise. You
Why are you trying to persuade me to surrender?"
"I..." Zhou Tai was speechless for a while. He clenched his fists and suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "Huang Yueying, I advise you to surrender. I don't want you to die because... because I like you.
I want you to be my wife, and I, Zhou Tai, swear that I will only treat you well in this life and obey you in everything. If I change my mind, I will be willing to be beaten to death by you."
After Zhou Tai finished speaking, he breathed heavily and looked at Huang Yueying nervously. His face flushed red, and the brave general who was not afraid of death had exhausted all his courage at this time.
Huang Yueying looked at Zhou Tai blankly, and placed her palm half a centimeter in front of Zhou Tai's forehead, "Is there nothing wrong with you? I'm so ugly, you like me?"
Zhou Taiping took a breath and said, "I'm serious. Although you don't look good, others can't see how good you are. I, Zhou Tai, have been following you for almost a year, and no one knows you better than me.
As a military advisor, I admire your wisdom and decisiveness.
As an ordinary person, you have many fantastic ideas and outstanding martial arts.
Most importantly, as a woman, you are virtuous, tender, kind and compassionate, your smile always brings warmth to others, and all the pain is hidden in your heart. You are the best woman in the world, and some people only look at your appearance.
It's them who are blind."
"Kind and compassionate?" Huang Yueying suddenly smiled bitterly. After Zhou Tai finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to Huang Yueying. Huang Yueying took it away at once, put his hands behind his hands and said coldly: "Zhou Tai, you heard clearly, the reason why I spent so much time
I tried my best to recruit you because of your loyalty and bravery, and for no other reason than that."
Huang Yueying looked at Zhou Tai: "You said that I, Huang Yueying, am obsessed with fame and great career, but I am not you. You are loyal to Wu Hou to build your own achievements. Wu Hou uses you to achieve hegemony.
Let me tell you, my great achievements can only be accomplished under the hands of Lord Shu, because I share the same ambition with Lord Shu. Even if I die, I, Huang Yueying, will not surrender to anyone else. This is not a question of loyalty, but a question of my value.
So please stop trying to persuade me to seek refuge with the Marquis of Wu, and before you say anything, remember your own identity, you are a prisoner of my military advisor."
After Huang Yueying left, Zhou Tai's face turned pale, "Remember your identity." Zhou Tai felt weak and leaned softly against the stone wall.
Huang Yueying turned her back to Zhou Tai and left: "Zhou Tai, it's useless for you to think too much. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain." She thought of that person who judged people by their appearance. She was so blind that she couldn't see so many benefits.
"It's just that soon, you won't be lonely down there. Many people will come down to accompany you, many people." Huang Yueying said quietly, while clenching her pink fists, as if she had made a lot of determination, and seemed to strengthen her belief again.
"Report, there is a rebellion among the noble families in the city. More than a dozen groups of rebels, ranging from dozens to hundreds, are attacking the county government."
"Report, Dongcheng has been captured by Lu Meng, and General Ma is making final resistance."
Urgent reports came one after another, and Dongcheng was finally captured by Jiangdong Army. Huang Yueying twisted her expression and said in a deep voice: "Order Jiang Wan to retreat immediately from the county government, and order Ma Xiaozhong to retreat immediately. After the entire army repelled Jiangdong Army's last attack, they prepared to retreat to Xicheng
.”
"Aren't you going to move the food and money away?" Ma Dazhong said.
"Do you want money or your life?"
Huang Yueying personally carried the sword to kill the enemy, blocked a wave of fierce attacks from Jiangdong Army, and led the entire army to bypass the county government and retreat to the west city. On the way, she met Ma Xiaozhong. Lu Meng had already led his army to pursue him. The rebels of the clan captured the county government. At this time
He also came out to give chase.
"You go first, give me a sword, and I will come to the rear." Zhou Tai said loudly.
Huang Yueying threw her sword to Zhou Tai, but did not kill him. After signaling to the surrounding soldiers, the Sichuan soldiers had already received the instructions and shouted loudly: "The food seals are all in Beicheng, first come, first served."
The rebels from all walks of life immediately fell into chaos. They turned their spearheads and rushed towards the north city, disrupting Lü Meng's army. In order to control the city defense, Lü Meng brought few troops and horses. They were immediately overwhelmed by the rebels and could no longer pursue them.
Huang Yueying led less than ten thousand people to escape from the city in embarrassment.
Jiangdong's army was victorious, and Zhou Yu entered the city. He first fought with the Shi clan army. The Shi clan soldiers who came to grab money were instantly defeated and almost all surrendered. However, chaos had arisen in the city. Zhou Yu did not dare to pursue without permission, so he had to settle the city defense first.
Anyway, Huang Yueying is at the end of her battle, and Jiangling is the top priority.
Jiangdong generals entered the Nanjun Prefecture, and Zhou Yu arranged the city defense.
Zhou Yu said loudly: "What we have to do now is to win over the clans in the city and consolidate the city's defense. Five days later, we will send troops to Xiangyang. While Zhang Liao and Yan Yan are confronting Nanyang, the clans in northern Jingbei are in rebellion. We will capture Xiangfan. The entire Jingzhou is ours."
It’s my lord’s territory.”
"Captain Shenwu." All the generals said in unison.
Lu Meng snorted: "These noble families are really hateful. If they hadn't caused chaos in the city, I would have raised my own troops to pursue them. I would kill Huang Yueying's head and bring shame to Xuehua Rongdao."
Zhou Yu raised his hand and said: "No need to regret it. How can a man be blinded by a momentary humiliation from his view of the world? Once Liu Zhang dies and Liu Xun is in power, internal troubles are inevitable. When we settle down in Jingzhou, we can directly take Yizhou. When the time comes, we will meet with Cao Cao.
If the north and the south are fighting for supremacy, the whole world belongs to me, Jiangdong, let alone Huang Yueying."
Pan Zhang said: "The governor is invincible. I originally thought Huang Yueying could hold on for a few more days, but I didn't expect to be defeated so quickly. With the governor here, Huang Yueying is nothing. We will definitely seize the world for our lord and achieve hegemony."
"Hahaha." The generals laughed.
Zhou Yu also smiled, but suddenly frowned: "I did not expect Huang Yueying to be defeated so quickly. Logically speaking, the Sichuan army still has popular support in the Jiangling area, and they can mobilize the people to defend the city. Why did we only attack the city with only
Soldiers, no common people?"
"I heard that Huang Yueying sent those people to monitor the clan. The Sichuan Army has a rule that anyone who reports on the rebellion of the clan can be rewarded with land and money. It is really ridiculous and generous. It also coaxed those stupid people to really believe it." A civil servant laughed.
He said, with a smile on his face and an air of incomprehensibility.
"That's not right." Zhou Yu's expression twisted: "When we entered the city, the aristocratic clans had already rebelled, and there was no conflict with the young men. This shows that when we broke through the city, we encountered everything on the city. Jiangling has a large population. This number
It definitely shouldn’t be a normal amount…not good.”
Zhou Yu was suddenly startled, and all the generals looked solemn. Zhou Yu said: "Whoever comes, go check the current situation of the river immediately and report back as soon as possible."
"Yes." The soldier took the order and left.
Lu Meng reported: "The Governor is overly worried. The Governor has taught me that you need to know the weather and geography when fighting. Now is the rainy season, and Jiangling is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The terrain is low and on the plains, so it is indeed possible to be attacked by floods.
But when I was in Dongcheng, I had checked the water level of the Yangtze River, and there was nothing abnormal. Although there are many lakes nearby, none of them has enough water to flood Jiangling, let alone." Lu Meng said in a deep voice: "There are dozens of lakes in Jiangling City now.
Tens of thousands of people, Huang Yueying has lost her heart and gone crazy."
"Lu Meng has made great progress. What he said is true." Zhou Yu nodded, but he still felt something was wrong. Why didn't Huang Yueying defend the city with all his strength?
Two hours later, the soldiers came to report: "Grand Governor, we have checked the water level of the river and walked up the river in the dark, and found nothing abnormal."
"Where are Huang Yueying's troops?"
"The people who migrated from Jiangling entered Zigui one after another, and the Sichuan army set up defenses in the dangerous areas of Xiling, Yiling."
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was indeed worrying too much.
…
evening.
Huang Yueying took Ma Dazhong, Ma Xiaozhong and Zhou Tai to the outside of Xicheng City. Huang Yueying immediately ordered the troops to divide into two groups. Ma Xiaozhong led 7,000 people into Yiling Road. He secretly turned to the northeast of Jiangling with 1,000 elite troops.
On the way, Huang Yueying said to Zhou Tai: "I have been defeated, why are you still following me? I gave you that sword to set you free. You should leave."
"It's precisely because you lost that I can't leave." Zhou Tai said without any intention of looking back.
Ma Dazhong said: "Military advisor, where are we going? Do we want to go back to Xiangyang? But just now, we have already passed the road back to Xiangyang."
"The battle isn't over yet, why go back to Xiangyang?"
The generals were stunned for a moment, not knowing what Huang Yueying meant.
Huang Yueying led the people up a hill in the dark. There was a dense forest in front of them. Between the hill and the dense forest, there were stretches of paddy fields, but no crops were planted. Everything was silent in the darkness, and only the ripples of the paddy fields were faintly visible.
"Where is this place?" Ma Dazhong asked.
None of the generals knew why Huang Yueying came here overnight. If Jiangdong's army discovered him, he would be in big trouble.
Huang Yueying looked at the fields and said: "General Ma, do you still remember the Wuxi barbarians a few months ago?"
"Of course I remember, it was me who escorted them from Wuling to Jiangling."
"They are the ones who opened these fields."
Ma Dazhong looked at Huang Yueying dullly. Every time he listened to Huang Yueying's words, he felt that there was nothing to match. The woman was really illogical, and he didn't know what she wanted to express. Could it be that he wanted to take a last look at these hard-working products?
Yamada?
"What a great place." Huang Yueying looked at this place with emotion. Although it was very dark, she was used to the darkness and could still see things on a summer night. The mountains and rivers here have a strong sense of layering and the air was fresh. It was really good.
"Do you know?" Huang Yueying said: "The "Book of Mountains and Seas" says that a long time ago, this place was a sea. Later, the terrain changed and slowly turned into a lake, which is Yunmengze."
"Yunmengze? Isn't it south of the river?" Zhou Tai asked doubtfully.
"That was just a part of Yunmengze in the pre-Qin Dynasty. The original Yunmengze connected Changsha to the south, Hanshui River to the north, Gong'an River to the east, Sanjiangkou to the west, and Huarong Mianyang Wulin. They were all deposited on the bottom of the lake. Yunmengze ran through the river.
The north and south are thousands of miles long, and today's Yunmengze is no longer eight hundred miles long. The eight hundred miles of Yunmeng we are talking about is the original Yunmengze."
The generals took a breath of air. They never imagined that the land beneath their feet was once a lake. It was hard to imagine that there was such a large body of water located inland.
Huang Yueying continued: "When the Han Dynasty was founded, this area gradually rose and Yunmengze shrank. Until today, Yunmengze to the south of the river became the last big lake, and to the north of the river, countless lakes and swamps were formed
land."
What Huang Yueying said is true. In ancient times, this place was indeed a vast ocean. By the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, it gradually formed the Yunmengze Lake, which has historical records. In fact, the formation of the Jianghan Plain was the shrinkage of the ancient sea, which turned into Yunmeng.
After Ze, Jiangling City inherited the fertile land and gradually developed.
After that, the Sanjiang River continued to wash away, and a large amount of sediment was deposited, making the Jianghan Plain higher and higher, and Yunmengze continued to shrink. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, a large area of land had appeared in the north of the Yangtze River.
After Cao Cao defeated Chibi, Huarong Road could already be traversed, but the road was muddy and full of swamps and depressions, which meant that this area had been unearthed and Yunmengze moved to the southeast.
After the Three Kingdoms, Yunmengze continued to degrade. In modern times, there are not many lakes anymore. Dongting Lake, Hong Lake, Chang Lake and other large lake groups in Hunan and Hubei are almost all Yunmengze ruins.
After listening to Huang Yueying's explanation of the history of Yunmengze, Ma Dazhong still didn't know what Huang Yueying was going to say. After a bloody day of fighting and running such a long distance, now he just wanted to have a good sleep.
Ma Dazhong found a stone and slept on it. Huang Yueying saw it and said to the soldiers: "Everyone, let's get some sleep first. We will be ready to fight in two hours."
"Huh?" Ma Zhong was stunned and said with a grimace: "Military advisor, the city has been occupied by Jiangdong's army. Why should we fight? You don't want us to die, right?"
The generals also looked at Huang Yueying. There are only a thousand people here. Even if each person is equal to ten, they are no match for Zhou Yu's 30,000 troops. What's more, Zhou Yu has surrendered so many troops.
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