Chapter 256 Lu Su is very depressed

A few days later, 50,000 Shu troops led by Zhang Ren and Yan Yan left the Three Gorges to the east and arrived in Jiangling.

Earlier, Liu Feng had secretly arrived at Jiangling from Xiangyang. After meeting Zhang Ren and other Shu generals, Liu Feng told them the real purpose of this use of troops.

When the generals heard that they were going to go to war with Eastern Wu, they were naturally surprised, but when they thought of the current situation of civil strife in Eastern Wu, they understood the nobleness of Lord Liu Feng.

For this battle of "taking advantage of the fire", all the generals in Shu were eager to try.

After all, since Liu Fengping and Shu, there has been no large-scale war in Shu in the past two years. Xichuan's economy has recovered as before, and the soldiers have recovered and prospered.

Now this battle is the first time that the generals of Shu have been out of Shu in their lives. Therefore, the Yizhou generals and soldiers represented by Zhang Ren are all excited and intend to show their skills to the world the strength of their Shu army.

With the arrival of the Yizhou Army, the Battle of Wu officially began.

A military order was sent to all parts of Jingzhou, and all the armies were launched.

On the side of Xiangyang, according to the prior agreement, 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Pang Tong from Xiangyang went south along the Han River and went straight to Xiakou.

In the south of Jingzhou, Xu Shu, Shamoke, Wenpin and other three generals stationed in Jingnan led 15,000 people from Xiangshui to the north to seize the important town of Baqiu and seize Wuchang County in the north of Changsha.

On the front line of Jiangling, Liu Feng was led by the Jingzhou Army and the Yizhou Army. About 70,000 mixed regiments and more than 500 warships went east along the river and rushed to the east.

Three armies, a total of more than 100,000 troops, went straight to Jiangxia.

On the front line of Jiangxia, there were originally more than 20,000 Wu troops stationed, but due to Zhou Yu's rebellion and Liu Feng's previous diplomatic deception, Sun Quan had transferred 5,000 soldiers to Huainan before the war began.

This also means that the number of Wu troops in Jiangxia at this time is only more than 15,000, and they are facing an enemy of 100,000 people.

The news of Liu Feng's army's attack spread to Jiangxia. There was an uproar. Before Liu Feng's army arrived, a large number of civilians began to flee.

Kill Guan Yu, capture Cao Ren, surrender Liu Chang, defeat Liu Bei, kill Cao Hong... All kinds of brilliant achievements have made Liu Fengwei shock the world.

Now that he has led 100,000 troops to kill, the people of Jiangxia are naturally frightened by the wind. That kind of fear is even more terrible than Cao's southern invasion in those years.

Xiakou City, county hall.

Dead silence.

After reading the information that the detailed work had just arrived, all the generals in Xiakou were like eggplants beaten by frost, and everyone lowered their heads in a state of depression.

The previous rebellion of Zhou Lang has caused a heavy blow to their morale, and now 100,000 enemy troops are under pressure, which is undoubtedly another heavy blow.

At this time, Lu Su stared at the map hanging on the wall with a blue face, with unprecedented anxiety in his expression.

As a general of Zhenxi and the commander of the Wu army on the western front, at this critical moment, the decision he made will be related to the overall situation.

Lu Su had to be cautious.

At this moment, Lu Su has never felt that the burden on his shoulders is so heavy.

It was not until then that he felt how much courage and strong will it took for Zhou Yu to shoulder the burden of resisting Cao with his own strength.

The current Lu Su finally realized that he was really not as good as Zhou Yu.

After hesitating for a long time, Lu Su took a breath and said silently, "The enemy is fierce, and our army is afraid it is difficult to resist. I thought that now the army of Jiangxia should be withdrawn, and the whole army shrank to the line of Chaisang to defend. What do you think?"

If it were Zhou Yu, he would have decided that no one would not obey, and he would have asked for the opinions of his subordinates.

Lu Su did not dare to be arbitrary. In case this decision caused immeasurable consequences, he did not dare to bear the responsibility alone.

As soon as he said this, the generals changed their looks. Although they were surprised, no one objected.

At this time, Sun Yu, the right governor, said in a low voice, "Zi Jing, it seems inappropriate for our army to retreat without fighting."

Lu Su sighed, "Our army is less than 20,000, and the difference in strength is too wide. It's not that I don't want to fight, but that I can't fight at all."

"Why can't we fight?"

Sun Yu snorted coldly and said proudly, "I, the Eastern Wu water army, crosses the Yangtze River, and no one can beat me. At the time of Chibi, didn't Zhou Yu also defeat hundreds of thousands of Cao's army with 20,000 people? Today's situation may not be worse than before. Why can't we fight a war?

Although Sun Yu deeply hated Zhou Yu's rebellion, the glory of Chibi's victory in those years was recorded in the account of his Wu army.

"Zhong Yi, it was that year, but the current situation is completely different."

Lu Su shook his head and sighed bitterly, helplessly saying his difficulties.

At that time, although Cao Qian came with the power of forcing Jingzhou to surrender, he seemed to be invincible, but there was a hidden danger of fatal failure.

The main force of Cao's army was all from the north. They were not used to water warfare. The Jingzhou water army, which surrendered, was not as good as the elite of the Eastern Wu Water Army. At that time, people were not convinced, and they could not compete with the Eastern Wu.

In addition, within the Eastern Wu at that time, although most of the civil servants surrendered, the generals were inspired by Zhou Yu and were all willing to fight to the death.

In terms of morale, the Wu people are not at a disadvantage.

But now, Zhou Yu's rebellion, because of its strong appeal, has caused a huge division to the Eastern Wu army system, and the morale is extremely low.

Moreover, Sun Quan is busy calming down Zhou Yu's rebellion and can't give them more support on the western front at all, which is very different from Sun Quan's backing with the strength of the country.

In such an unfavorable situation, the enemy Liu Feng they faced did not have all the hidden dangers of Cao Jian in those years.

More than 100,000 enemy troops, it can be said that they are united and morale is strong.

As the main force of water warfare, the Jingzhou Legion has narrowed a lot in water warfare after Liu Feng's strict training over the years.

Moreover, these Jingzhou troops have been fighting in the north with Liu Feng's western expedition to the north for several years, and they are all elite men who have been tested by the war.

On the contrary, the Wu army stationed on the western front has not experienced any decent battles for many years, and the soldiers have neglected the battle.

The situation at this time is indeed completely different from that of the Battle of Red Cliff.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Su did not have the confidence to fight to the death with Liu Feng.

However, when Lu Su said all the disadvantages, Sun Yu couldn't listen to it at all. He said with a blue face, "The land of Jiangxia was obtained by the bloody battle of our Sun family for three generations. No matter what the reason is, if we abandon it without war, it will inevitably cause a heavy blow to our military morale, and even affect the battle of rebellion in Huainan. Zi Jing, haven't you thought about this?

This sentence made Lu Su speechless.

Lu Su is the leader of the Western Front. What he has to consider is whether he can win the war or not.

In essence, Sun Yu was sent by Sun Quan to monitor the generals of the Western Front, including Lu Su. What he considered was whether to fight or not, and what the consequences would be.

Different positions naturally determine that Sun Yu can't agree with Lu Su's plan from a tactical level.

For a moment, Lu Su did not know how to persuade the "supervisor", and the generals did not stand up to second Sun Yu. In silence, the atmosphere became awkward.

At this time, one of the generals stood up and sighed, "Although the enemy is popular, what's the fear?" If the governor of Lu dare not fight, I would like to lead the army to fight to the death with Liu Feng.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

A pair of eyes brushed together to look for the sound, and I saw that the man who asked to fight was General Gan Ning.

When Lu Su saw Gan Ning's appearance, he suddenly frowned, but Sun Yu was refreshed.

How powerful Gan Ning is. Of course, Sun Yu knows all the excellent performances in the battles of Chibi and Jiangling.

Over the years, Lu Su has not been very much for Gan Ning, which Sun Yu also knows.

At this time, Gan Ning, as a subordinate of Lu Su, stood up and openly opposed Lu Su, obviously with the intention of taking the opportunity to raise his eyebrows.

There are two points that are enough for Sun Yu to pin her hope on Gan Ning.

I didn't think much about it. Sun Yu said, "Zi Jing, since Xingba has the confidence to defeat the enemy, I think this battle can be fought. Well, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Xiakou. Xingba and I led the rest of the soldiers and horses to Chibi to meet Liu Feng's main force. What do you think?

There are only 15,000 people in Jiangxia's army. Lu Su, the nominal commander of the Western Front, only took 5,000 soldiers to stay in Xiakou to deal with the enemy's side troops from Hanshui, but the main force was taken away by Sun Yu. Obviously, this was Sun Yu's right to seize the supreme commander of Lu Su.

It's just that, knowing this is true, but with the help of Sun Yu and Gan Ning, a guy who eats inside and outside, Lu Su has no choice but to help.

After a sigh, Lu Su said silently, "If that's the case, everything depends on Zhong Yi's decision."

After taking the opportunity to seize Lu Su's military power, Sun Yu took Gan Ning as the vanguard, led 10,000 Wu troops and more than 200 large and small warships, and rushed to Lukou in the starry night to reenact the glory of the Battle of Chibi here.

Liu Fengjun's side.

Pang Tong's North Route Army, because of the small number of soldiers and horses, was blocked by Lu Su's step by step, and the progress was slow.

But on the middle road and the south road, the road is like a broken bamboo.

Five days after the troops were sent to Jiangxia, the main force led by Liu Feng and Xu Shu and other South Road Corps successfully met in Baqiu.

Flagship.

"The concubine has met the lord."

Xu Shu, who stepped into the cabin, arched his hand and said "Lord", but this "Lord" really made Liu Feng sigh a lot.

Since Xu Shu's return, Liu Feng has been worried about whether Xu Shu will perform the appearance of "Cao Ying's heart in Han" in history.

But now it turns out that Liu Feng's move to send Xu Shu to deal with Dongwu is still extremely successful.

"Yuan Zhi, I just got the information that Wu will be Sun Yu and Gan Ning who arrived at Lukou, not the governor of Lu Su. What do you think of this matter?" Liu Feng asked Xu Shu.

Xu Shu sneered and said disapprovingly, "Don't think too much. Obviously, Lu Su must have been robbed of military power by Sun Yu."

(to be continued)