MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1193 soldiers approaching the city

  Chapter 1193 Soldiers approaching the city

  In fact, Sun Deng died earlier than Zhuge Jin.

  However, in order not to affect the morale of the frontline army, but also to avoid chaos, Sun Deng gave a special order before he died:

  Until His Majesty's will is sent back, he must keep the news of his death a secret, that is, the legendary secrecy.

  Rao is that Sun Quan has seen strong winds and waves, but when he suddenly received the news of Sun Deng's death, he was still overwhelmed by the shock, and even a fear rose from the bottom of his heart, and his hands and feet were cold.

the reason is simple.

  Now not only the vast majority of Wu's troops are on the north bank of the river, but even he, the emperor of Wu, is like this.

  The sudden death of the prince Sun Deng who was originally guarding the rear, the entire rear is truly incomparably empty.

  If someone is trying to do something wrong in Jianye at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

  Thinking of this, Sun Quan immediately stopped his tears—this is not a sad moment!

   "Come on!"

   "Your Majesty?"

   "Send the order immediately, the whole army retreats!"

   "Here!"

   "Also, take my warrant and go to Jingzhou to let the general..."

  Sun Quan paused suddenly when he said this, his face was a little cloudy.

  Finally, he looked at the prince's legacy that he had been holding in his hand and was reluctant to put it down, and finally slowed down:

   "Let someone take my warrant and ask the general if he wants to retreat."

   "Here."

  After arranging everything, Sun Quan seemed to have been drained of energy from his whole body, and his body suddenly hunched down.

  Sun Quan, who has officially entered the year of Ershun, finally really looks like an ordinary old man at this time.

  When Hefei was attacked ahead, Wang Ling attacked Liangdao with fine cavalry, trying to cut off the army's retreat.

  Under the emergency, the clan's relative Sun Shao took the initiative to stay behind. Although he blocked the thieves, when he retreated out of the camp, he was still entangled by the fine cavalry of the Wei army.

  Sun Shao had few soldiers and infantry, so his formation was almost overwhelmed.

  Forcing Sun Shao to lead his personal guards into battle, he barely stabilized his position, but in the chaos, he was stabbed by a cavalry halberd of the Wei Army and was injured.

  After returning to the ship, although he tried his best to treat him, he lost too much blood and died.

  Sun Shao's death dealt a certain blow to the morale of the army.

  So Sun Quan urgently summoned the two of them to Chaohu after learning that Quan Cong had withdrawn from Shouchun and Zhuge Ke could not take Lu'an in a short period of time.

   Unexpectedly, just after stabilizing the morale of the army, Sun Quan got the news that Sun Deng died of a serious illness.

  The heavy blow of losing two relatives in succession made him unable to hold on anymore.

  Sun Quan sat down tremblingly, leaning on the table, and spread out the posthumous memorial written by Sun Deng again:

   "... Lu Xun is loyal and diligent, he was born with a concern for the country, and he is in the public office, so he has the character of a bandit..."

  He wanted to order Lu Xun in the west to retreat immediately, but he changed his mind at the last moment, precisely because of this sentence in Sun Deng's posthumous memorial.

   At this time, Sun Quan still had a glimmer of hope for Lu Xun.

  I just hope that he can really be "loyal and diligent at the time" as the prince said, and conquer Xiangyang to relieve his worries.

   It can also be said that Sun Quan is still unwilling at this time.

  This time, the soldiers of the whole country went north, and so many people died. If they did not return without success, it would take many years for Wu to recover.

  Thinking of internal and external troubles in the future, when Sun Quan retreated urgently and returned to Jianye to take charge of the overall situation, he could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and let Lu Xun, who was far away in Jingzhou, act according to the situation.

   After all, although the east side did not capture Shouchun, it finally deterred the thieves.

  If Lu Xun can really cooperate to capture Xiangyang in the west, this time, at least, he has achieved his goal.

  Sun Quan’s idea is very good. Who would have expected that he had just arrived at Ruxukou, Jingzhou, and sent someone to send over an urgent message:

  General Zhuge Jin died of illness in the army!

  Sun Quan, who was standing on the boat, heard the news, his body shook, and his eyes suddenly went dark.

  He didn't care about maintaining the emperor's demeanor in front of the soldiers, so he collapsed on the board of the ship and cried out in mourning:

   "Heaven will perish my great Wuhu!"

   Zhuge Ke, who was following him, also burst into tears when he learned that his lord had died of illness:

   "A grown-up is seriously ill, but a child can't serve him, it's really unfilial..."

  For a while, the generals and soldiers of the Wu army were all panicked, and the army had no fighting spirit.

  Quan Cong, temporarily acting as Sun Quan's military leader, had no choice but to lead the army to leave Chaohu by boat and head towards Jianye.

  Following Sun Quan's return to Jianye, the news that the crown prince Sun Deng died of illness finally began to spread.

   And at this time, Lu Xun, who had been in hiding since Wu sent troops, finally appeared in the army led by Bu Zhi.

   "The top general?"

   Lu Xun's sudden appearance was a bit unexpected for Yi Bizhi:

   "Why are you here? Your Majesty..."

  Lu Xun raised an arm, signaling Bu Zhi not to continue:

   "Let's talk inside."

  He took the lead and headed for the handsome tent.

  Seeing Lu Xun's appearance, Bu Zhi frowned slightly, and followed him.

   When the two came to the tent, Lu Xun turned around and asked the Bu stallion who was following him with a serious expression:

   "General Infantry, a few days ago I only asked you to retreat to Bian County (that is, the border of Wei, Wu and Jingzhou) to stand by. Why did you retreat directly to Dangyang?"

  Lu Xun nominally has the right to lead everything to the west of Zhangyu.

  But in fact, in order to ensure the stability of Jingzhou's power and prevent Lu Xun from dominating power, Sun Quan took great pains in personnel arrangements.

  He gave way and led an army alone, stationed in Xiling (that is, Yichang City, not far from Yiling), guarding against Ji Han and Wei Guo at the same time, and directly obeying his orders, not subject to Lu Xun's restraint.

   This arrangement is because Lu Xun is a representative of the Jiangdong clan, while Bu Zhi is from the Huaisi Group.

  In the early years of Ji Han, the foreign veterans, Jingzhou faction, Dongzhou faction and Shudi faction who entered Shu earlier, all fought openly and secretly for the benefit of their own factions, and fought for the right to speak.

  Even now, facing the gradual rise of the Yongliang aristocratic family, the newly recruited Kanto family did not hesitate to put down their arrogance in order to seek a place in Jihan.

  In the state of Wu, the Jiangdong native group and the Huaisi southward group are the two most important political and military forces in the Sun Wu regime.

   Naturally, it is impossible for these two major forces to be selfless, let go of prejudices and selfishness, and work together to build a better Wu.

  In order to avoid discord between Lu Xun and Bu Zhi, Sun Quan placed the generous Zhuge Jin in Jingzhou.

  Zhuge Jin made friends with Lu Xun, and at the same time made friends with Bu Zhi in his early years, traveling around Wuzhong.

  It can be said that over the years, it is precisely because Zhuge Jin has coordinated between Lu Xun and Bu Zhi that the two have been able to live in peace.

  Now that Zhuge Jin suddenly died of illness, Lu Xun inevitably spoke in a bad tone when the military situation was urgent and Bu Zhi refused to obey his military orders.

  Bu Zhi's official position is not as good as Lu Xun's, but his qualifications are much older than Lu Xun's. Naturally, it is impossible to show weakness at this time:

   "General, it's not because I don't want to obey the orders of the General, but because His Majesty hastened to send someone to send news about the death of the crown prince."

  Bu Zhi stared closely at Lu Xun, "In the letter your Majesty gave me, it was mentioned that the rear of the Wu Kingdom was empty, so he has led the troops back to Jianye, just in case."

   "Now that the great general (that is, Zhuge Jin) has passed away suddenly, Jingzhou is also in turmoil. I did this just in case."

  Lu Xun did not listen to Bu Zhi's explanation, but asked:

   "Has Your Majesty ever ordered the general to retreat?"

   Bu Zhi did not answer in silence.

  Sun Quan naturally didn't have a clear purpose to give in to Bu Zhi and withdraw his troops, but after following Sun Quan for so many years, how could Bu Zhi not know His Majesty's concerns?

   "Since His Majesty did not allow the general to retreat, the general will still obey me."

  Lu Xun's tone became severe:

   "I can tell General Bu that nothing happens in Jingzhou! Now I want General Bu to follow the original plan and immediately return to the army and go north."

   Bu Zhi continued to remain silent.

  Seeing this, Lu Xun took a deep breath and said in a slow tone:

   "Infantry General, this time the soldiers of Great Wu went northward, and the cost was incalculable, and a lot of supplies were borrowed from Han."

   "If you return without success, then Great Wu will be no different from returning in a big defeat, at least for a few years, you will be unable to use your sword again."

   "Now that the power of the Han Dynasty is growing day by day, and the Wei thieves are dividing their capitals to rule, the strong will become stronger and the weak will become weaker. It is not yet known how long the three kingdoms will continue to stand together."

   "According to the current situation, it is best to unite with Wei and fight against Han, and let the Han and Wei thieves fight to the death; the next step is to unite with Han to destroy Wei, try to swallow Wei's land and strengthen our great Wu."

   "However, the only place where Great Wu and Han are connected is Yong'an. Its terrain is so dangerous that it is difficult for an army of millions to attack it against the current."

   "Besides, Wei's thieves can't protect themselves now. If Wu and Han become hostile, Da Wu will lose a lot of aid, and it will be difficult to make up for it from Wei's thieves."

   "So now we can only choose the next one, and continue to join forces with Han to destroy Wei." Lu Xun said so much in one breath, and then he took a breath, "Xiangyang is the barrier of Jingzhou."

   "After Wei was destroyed, Great Wu faced Han. If there was no Xiangyang, there would be no way to defend Jingzhou. This is the battle of national destiny!"

   Having said this, Lu Xun has already confided his heart.

   Bu Zhi finally stopped being silent:

   "I know what the Great General said. If that's the case, then I will follow what the Great General said and continue to return to the north."

  Lu Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed deeply to Bu Zhi:

   "If Xiangyang can really be captured this time, the infantry general will be the number one achievement!"

  Bu Zhi didn't dare to accept Lu Xun's salute, he turned sideways to avoid it, and also returned the salute:

   "The stallion is only for the country, not for merit."

   "Then will work together with the infantry general to take Xiangyang together!"

   With Bu Zhi's cooperation, Lu Xun didn't stay for a while, and immediately rushed to Jingcheng to the east of Dangyang.

  50,000 troops have been secretly assembled there, which is the limit of troops that Lu Xun can call at present.

   Guan Qiujian's guess was not wrong. He really didn't try his best to attack the Wu army in the middle of the battle.

   But what he guessed wrong was not that Wu Jun didn't want to try his best, but that Zhuge Jin didn't have enough troops at that time.

  Because some of Jingzhou's elite soldiers did not go to the center at all.

  Lu Xun also mobilized all the troops in Yuzhang, Wuchang and other places at the same time, and only then did he gather the 50,000 troops.

  Jingcheng is on the edge of the Han River. At this time, the Han River is densely covered with Wu's warships.

  Thanks to Ji Han's great pressure, Wei Jun has not been to the south to harass for a long time.

  In addition, Zhuge Jin led the army to attack Weizhong, and Feng Yong led the army to appear at Caoqiao Pass, which made Wei Jun Wushou send scouts to go south to investigate here.

  So Guan Qiujian didn't even know that there was such a large army that was spying on Xiangyang all the time.

   Upon learning of Lu Xun's return, Zhu Ran, Sun Lun and other generals who led the army came to see him immediately:

   "General, you are finally back!"

  Lu Xun stood behind Shuai's case with a solemn expression:

   "Pass my order, the whole army will set out immediately to attack Xiangyang!"

  Zhu Ran and others heard the words, and immediately responded excitedly: "Here!"

   Soon, whether it was a water village or a dry village, the sound of war drums and horns sounded.

  Wu Jun, who secretly assembled in Jingmen, was like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, and finally showed its fangs at this moment.

  May is the season when the southwest wind blows, and there are occasional southeast winds.

  But whether it is a southeast wind or a southwest wind, it can just borrow wind power.

  The warships of the Wu army on the river, with the building boat as the node, issued orders continuously, began to raise their sails, and rushed towards Xiangyang in the north.

  The army of Wei in the north learned that Zhuge Jin had died of illness, and saw the army of Wu retreating. He only thought that the crisis was over.

   But unexpectedly, Bu Zhi led the army to leave and return.

  柤Zhong Wei Jun was almost caught off guard, if not for the Jingqi as scouts, I am afraid that he would be successfully attacked by Bu Zhi.

  The defender of Xiangyang was about to send reinforcements immediately after learning of the deceit of the Wu thief. Unexpectedly, some personal guards rushed in:

   "General, it's not good! Wu Kou, a lot of Wu Kou..."

   "I know Wu Kou, isn't it just that Wu Kou has gone and returned, and wants to sneak attack on Tangzhong? What's there to be nervous about..."

   "No, no!" The guard was so anxious that he couldn't complete his sentence, pointing his fingers tremblingly outside, "It's in the water, in the water, Wu Kou came from the water!"

   "Water surface? What water surface..." Before finishing speaking, the guard's face suddenly changed, and he hurried forward, holding the guard's collar to drink the gap, "Wu Kou came from Hanshui?"

"Yes, it is!"

  The guard threw down his personal guards, walked in two steps at the same time, and finally trotted all the way, rushed to the top of the city, and looked towards the river.

   Sure enough, on the east side of the river, the overwhelming number of warships seemed to be filling the water surface, densely packed, like a plague of locusts crossing the border, and they were heading towards Xiangyang.

  The guard's legs softened, and he almost lost his standing.

  He leaned on the female wall, his face was pale, and he murmured:

   "Thieves, this is to follow Guan Yu's trick, separate Fan Xiang!"

   The left and right were equally panicked: "General, what should we do?"

   "Why panic! Xiangyang is a strong city. In the past, Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan, and China was shaken, but he still couldn't break through the city. Wu Kou, how can it be compared with Guan Yu's bravery?"

  The General of Xiangyang is an old man in the army. He also experienced the Battle of Xiangfan back then, and only climbed up after accumulating military merits.

   "Send our military order, pull up the drawbridge over the moat, and close the city gates!"

   "Also, before the thieves cut off the water, immediately send someone to the north bank to pass on the military information!"

   Xiangyang is bordered by the Han River in the north, and dangerous mountains in the south. It is also a strong city. No matter whether the thieves come from the south or the north, there is danger to rely on.

  Fancheng on the north bank echoes each other, which can be described as easy to defend but difficult to attack.

  Although the Xiangyang defender was overwhelmed by the prosperity of Wu Jun's warships, he finally did not forget his responsibilities and began to make arrangements.

  (end of this chapter)