If we want to decisively defeat the Jiangdong Navy, even though the Sichuan Navy has 100,000 navy troops and Jiangdong only has 60,000, it will not happen overnight. Before the Sichuan Navy wins, Jingzhou will have to be lost to Zhou Yu.
Gan Ning approached Wei Wen's ship in a speedboat and climbed up by pulling on the rope.
"Grand Governor, mother, this newly appointed Jiangdong Navy Commander Lu Meng seems to have two skills. I have visited the Jiangdong Lukou camp. It is perfectly matched. It is impossible to capture it without a hard attack."
"If we can't attack, we won't attack." Navy General Su Fei said: "Calculate the time, now is the time to go to the upper reaches of the river to blockade all the ports in Jingzhou according to Mr. Fa's order."
Since Lu Meng took office, the Sichuan Army has been looking for loopholes in the Jiangdong Navy. They all felt that the newly appointed Wu Xia Amen was easy to bully, but the result was a big disappointment.
I'm a little impatient now.
"Oh, forget it, let's go upstream if we don't want to fight with Amon anymore." Gan Ning chuckled: "See, there are no flaws in the Amon navy stronghold, so we can't attack it.
Once we have blocked the upper reaches of the river and the Jiangdong children who attacked us in Jingzhou are unable to return, then it will be Amon's turn to get angry, and I don't believe that there were no flaws in his attack."
"That's right, that's right." Deng Long, Chen Hong and other navy generals also held their breath.
Wei Wen quietly looked at the scenery east of the river on the other side without saying a word. Gan Ning and other generals thought Wei Wen was in a dilemma about who to send to blockade the upper reaches.
First, the first unit to blockade the upper reaches must be secretive and cannot be discovered by Jiangdong Army. Otherwise, Jiangdong Army will retreat and there will be only a fierce battle with heavy casualties.
Second, this force will achieve its first victory over the Jiangdong Army, which is eye-catching and anyone sent there will be biased.
Gan Ning came out with emotion and said: "Grand Governor, Gan Ning would rather ask for orders to blockade the upper reaches. We will definitely march secretly. If we complete the task, Gan Ning will not want to do anything. He will only be the vanguard of the navy to attack Soochow. If Jiangdong's army discovers his whereabouts, he will not do anything."
Please behead me."
Su Fei and others were infected by Gan Ning's heroic spirit and asked for help in unison.
Wei Wen waved his hand slowly, "General Gan, you know who I am. Whoever I want to send out will be the one who I trust in his ability. I won't care who gets the credit, and I won't be afraid of offending any general."
"Then why the governor?"
Wei Wen pondered, a look of struggle flashed across his face. Gan Ning and others were shocked. Wei Wen always remained calm no matter what he encountered. What could be so embarrassing about Wei Wen?
After a long time, Wei Wen seemed to have made a lot of determination. He suddenly clenched his fists and said: "This expedition. The governor will go in person."
"What?" Gan Ning and others did not understand at all: "The Governor, isn't it just to block a river? This requires the Governor to personally take action? This is a shame for us navy generals.
My lord defeated Cao's army in Guanzhong, and all the army generals made great achievements. Gan Ning knew that his ability was not as good as that of the governor. But if Gan Ning could not complete this task, Gan Ning would rather commit suicide to apologize."
"Yes, yes." The generals stepped forward one after another.
Wei Wen was already the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and his power was extremely high. It could not be for the purpose of gaining credit. Everyone really didn't understand why Wei Wen wanted to go to war in person.
"The governor is not trying to block the upper reaches of the river. On the contrary, it is up to you to block the upper reaches of the river, Gan Ning."
"The end will be here." Gan Ning stepped out of the queue.
"Lead elite troops to blockade the upper reaches of the river."
"yes."
"But remember, Jiang Dongjun must be discovered."
"What?" Gan Ning raised his head with confusion on his face, and the generals were even more confused.
"Listen." Wei Wen said coldly: "You must let Jiangdong's army discover your intentions without leaving a trace before they have time to react, so that Jiangdong's army has time to clear the supply road and then fight Lu Mengshui.
After the governor has left with the fleet, my general's flag cannot be taken down. Lü Meng is shouldering the heavy responsibility of transporting goods, so he dare not attack rashly. You just need to attack continuously to attract the attention of Lü Meng and Jiangdong Army, and there is no need to fight forcefully."
"Where are you going, Commander-in-Chief?" Gan Ning and other navy generals asked with their eyebrows raised.
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Fazheng had been waiting in Fancheng for the news that Jiangdong's army would sneak attack Jingzhou, and then his retreat would be cut off, and he would be attacked from both front and rear. However, he never expected that what he was waiting for would be bad news.
"The late" Zhou Yu personally led an army to attack Jiangling. Gan Ning, the vanguard of Wei Wen's navy, was discovered by the keen Jiangdong Army in advance during his march to cut off Jiangdong's army's retreat. Lü Meng immediately led his army westward and took the lead in occupying the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, fighting with the Sichuan Army.
Navy confrontation.
The Jiangdong Army launched an undeclared war, and the war with the Sichuan Army officially began.
When he heard the news, Fazheng, who had always been calm, almost flew into a rage. Although he didn't know much about the navy, he had been in Jingzhou for a year and still trusted Wei Wen's ability.
The same as Lu Su's analysis of Wei Wen, Wei Wen likes sneak attacks and is good at sneak attacks. However, this time when Wei Wen was given such a not difficult sneak attack mission, something went wrong. If it hadn't been for a big war, Fa Zheng would have done it.
Wei Wen is going to be captured and beheaded.
Zhou Yu led the elite 30,000 Jiangdong Infantry Army to the general and had just met the vanguard sent by Yan Yan to enter Jiangling City. Zhou Yu did not rush to attack the city and sent 5,000 elite Jiangdong Army to detour to the north of Jiangling City to intercept Yan Yan's follow-up army.
More than 20,000 Jiangdong Army besieged Jiangling City. Jiangling City only had 5,000 troops. How could they be Zhou Yu's opponent? The Jiangdong Army soldiers had been waiting for this opportunity to defeat the Sichuan Army and had endured humiliation for several years. The fighting power that broke out at this time was extremely amazing.
Jiangling soon fell into the hands of Jiangdong's army. Zhou Yu finally got rid of the humiliation of Huang Yueying's defeat three years ago. Just like Wei Yan's sneak attack on Jiangling, he got half of Jingzhou when he got Jiangling. Zhou Yu left five thousand people to guard it.
Jiangling led more than 20,000 people to attack north.
Jiangdong's army attacked the city all the way, and Yan Yan retreated all the way to Baichuan City. The situation in Jingzhou was precarious.
Fa Zheng could no longer care about anything, and led Fancheng's 20,000 troops to go to support. However, the Han River was guarded by Lu Su's 20,000 elite troops, and there were Wancheng and Zhang Liao's troops in the rear. Even if they abandoned Fancheng, they would not be able to support Yan Yan at all.
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Fazheng finally realized that in Jingzhou, the territory that the Sichuan army had spent a year and fought countless bloody battles was about to be lost in his own hands. Fazheng was trapped in the center of Fancheng and was in pain.
As early as the Battle of Guanzhong, Liu Zhang had already written to himself, telling him to guard it well, but now the situation is like this.
Jingzhou was conquered by Liu Zhang himself. After countless twists and turns, it was managed by two generations of Huang Yueying and Fan Lixiang. It was finally restored, but now it was lost in his own hands.
He also said that he and his lord would realize their common ideal together, but now that the Sichuan Army is at its peak, it may be ruined because of his own self-righteousness.
If it weren't for the current situation in Jingzhou and he was not allowed to fall, Fazheng almost wanted to commit suicide.
But then a piece of news came, which allowed Fazheng to relax a little. At the same time, it made him even more ashamed.
Huang Yueying led the Sichuan army to resist Hangu Pass. It took less than a day and no camp was set up. On the night of arrival, with Zhou Tai's internal support, Hangu Pass was breached.
The 30,000 remnants of Cao's army, which had long been fearful of the Sichuan army, were defeated and retreated overnight. The Wu Jun army of the anti-Liu Zhang alliance was completely dispersed before the battle began, and fled in embarrassment with Cao's army.
Cao's army's last natural danger against the Sichuan army was broken.
Hearing the news, Fazheng had mixed feelings and was delighted that the Sichuan army had won another great victory. Moreover, Zhang Liao in Wancheng heard that Cao's army was defeated at Hangu Pass and no longer cared about containing Fancheng. He led his army north to join Cao's defeated army in an attempt to resist the Sichuan army.
Bingfeng.
However, the Sichuan Army in the north, led by the Lord and Huang Yueying, won consecutive victories. What about me? I had 50,000 infantry troops and 100,000 naval troops, but I actually lost Jingzhou.
The huge difference between the northern front and the southern front made Fazheng almost ashamed.
"The victories we achieved in the past were all with my lord by my side. Could it be that I, Fazheng, really can't stand alone? It's ridiculous that I thought I was doing a lot of help to my lord, and I talked so brazenly about assisting my lord in realizing our common ideal... Lord, Fazheng, I'm sorry for you.
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After Zhang Liao withdrew from Wancheng, Fazheng was finally able to devote himself to dealing with Lu Su. In fact, Fazheng knew Lu Su's isolation purpose and was well prepared for Lu Su's garrison in the Han River. He had already ambushed Ma Xiaozhong's 5,000 men in the upper reaches of the Han River.
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Just because of Zhang Liao's restraint, even if Ma Xiaozhong made a surprise attack, he might not be able to break through Lu Su's defense line, and he would also lose the chance to kill with one strike.
At this time, Zhang Liao went north, and Fazheng finally had no need to worry. With full hatred for Jiangdong's army, he led his army to fight Lu Su head-on. Ma Zhong suddenly came out from Lu Su's rear.
Jiangdong's army was caught off guard and defeated. Lu Su saw that the opportunity was not good and knew that it would be no good for Jiangdong's army to continue to entangle. What's more, after Zhou Yu captured Jiangling, the situation was determined and he did not need to fight desperately.
Fazheng and Ma Zhong met up and crossed the Han River. Lu Su did not retreat. He reorganized his troops and followed Fazheng closely, chasing them all the way. Lu Su had his own ideas.
Fa Zheng went to resist Zhou Yu and entered Jingzhou from behind. He could also occupy the area in Jingzhou without being completely occupied by Zhou Yu. Moreover, Fa Zheng's troops were obviously directed more towards Zhou Yu.
Fa Zheng entered Baichuan City and joined forces with Yan Yan, who had been defeated one after another. A total of 40,000 people stopped Zhou Yu from going north.
Lu Su bypassed the important town of Xiangyang and attacked Fazheng's back. Zhou Yu led more than 20,000 people in a frontal attack. Baichuan City was under the attack of 50,000 troops from Jiangdong.
Baichuan was not a dangerous place, and it was very disadvantageous to the Sichuan army under the attack from both front and rear. Sun Quan finally had no scruples anymore and read out Liu Xie's emperor's edict in Jianye, leading the King of Wu, and completely fell out with the Sichuan army.
Sun Quan became the first king with a different surname in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and he had the highest title at that time.
In addition, the Sichuan army, which was able to defeat even Cao Cao, was defeated so easily by himself, and Jingzhou was immediately within his grasp.
Sun Quan was so proud that after defeating Fa Zheng and taking Jingzhou, he took the name of King Qin and went north to fight against the Sichuan army with Cao Jun, officially starting his own great cause.
Sun Quan finally touched his great cause as emperor for the first time.
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Hua Tuo performed acupuncture on Liu Zhang for several days in a row. As expected, Liu Zhang rarely suffered from headaches. He only had a dull pain occasionally, but it was not that severe anymore. It seemed that he could live the rest of his days in peace.
"Shuhou, after acupuncture, your headache attacks will be reduced a lot, but if your mood fluctuates too much or you catch wind and cold, you will still get sick. Shuhou, take care of yourself and relax your mind... ugh."
Before Hua Tuo finished speaking, he shook his head regretfully and was about to leave with the medicine box. Liu Zhang stopped him and bowed to Hua Tuo: "Mr. Hua, thank you for treating me. You are a respectable elder."
Mr. Liu Zhang had a few words to say to him, and he asked Mr. Hua to keep them in mind.
Mr. Hua is a doctor, not an official, not a military commander. Your nobility lies in treating illnesses and saving lives, and your duty is also to treat illnesses and save lives, so if you can do anything else, feel free to do it.
Hou means that if a patient threatens Mr. Hua's life in the future, please ask Mr. Hua to be patient. Sometimes lying does not mean that he is not kind, such as Cao Cao. Hou knew that Mr. Hua respected Cao Cao, but Cao Cao suspected that he was seriously ill...
I won’t go into too much detail. If Mr. Rihua feels that his life is threatened, he will lie when he needs to lie and cater to him when he needs to. You are not an official or a general, so you don’t have to act in faith. After all, it is your duty to treat illnesses and save people. Only if you can survive can you, sir.
It is a blessing to all people, Liu Zhang said this."
Liu Zhang just thought of Hua Tuo's death in history and the destruction of the medical classics left by Hua Tuo, and felt it was a pity, so by the way, because he had a sense of uncertainty, Liu Zhang's words were a bit confusing, and he didn't even know what he was talking about.
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Hua Tuo looked at Liu Zhang in surprise. He had never had close contact with Liu Zhang before. He only saw Liu Zhang from the people of Jing Yi and the changes in Jing Yi.
He felt that Liu Zhang was a prince who cared about people's livelihood, which was the root reason why he was willing to treat Liu Zhang.
However, after a few days of contact with Liu Zhang, Hua Tuo felt that he had underestimated the person in front of him before. Liu Zhang's words were a bit confusing, but Hua Tuo, who was relatively familiar with Cao Cao, would not understand.
Cao Cao suspected that he was seriously ill, and he said several times that he wanted to operate on him. In fact, it was not just the reason Cao Cao said himself, but that he would have to recuperate for a year or two and neglect political affairs. The more reason was that Cao Cao did not trust himself.
Now there is no need for surgery to keep Cao Cao alive. If one day Cao Cao's condition worsens like Liu Zhang's and he cannot save himself and has no choice but to have surgery. Will Cao Cao allow himself to have surgery at that time?
If he bluntly said that Cao Cao would die if he did not undergo surgery, would he kill himself?
Hua Tuo was not sure, but he also never dared to deny it.
Just like today, if Liu Zhang were replaced by Cao Cao and he said that Cao Cao could not be cured and had only three months to live, what would Cao Cao's attitude be? Would he accept the treatment calmly like Liu Zhang and would he be as respectful to himself?
I'm afraid not.
This is a matter of one's personality. Although Hua Tuo doesn't like to speculate on others, after all, he has lived a long life, traveled far and wide, and met all kinds of people, so he is still clear about this.
Liu Zhang's words make sense. He is just a doctor. There is nothing shameful in lying to save his life when there is no other way. For example, if Liu Zhang is replaced by Cao Cao today, should he say: "Prime Minister, you can still be saved. Wait until I give it."
You can give me acupuncture and you'll be fine in three months."
After relieving the condition and giving the illusion that he was recovering, he ran away with his own little medicine box on his back?