Chapter 1072 Why not surrender?
From the middle of the twelfth lunar month to the end of the year, the battle situation in Jingzhou can be summarized briefly: the coexistence of three battlefields.
The first battlefield is the Jingling battlefield.
After a few days of recovery from the illness, Xu Lang lay down again, so Huang Biao was in charge of the command. The troops under his command were the Right Jinwu Guard, the Left Feilong Guard, the Heihu Zuoying, the Daiguo Cavalry, and Ding Zhuangfu. There were more than 30,000 soldiers in total.
The main confrontation with them was the Jiangzhou 10,000 troops, land and land, and the newly transferred barbarian soldiers, who stood firm in Jingling and Yangkou.
Huang Biao has fought several consecutive battles since Xiangyang went south, and later conquered Shicheng Shuilu City Village. He also fought a field battle with Tao Kan's troops near Jingling. There was another epidemic in the camp, so he didn't want to attack for force.
The further you go, the harder the road is. So he only sent a small group of light cavalry to harass him, but after suffering one or two losses, he didn't want to do so.
At present, more than 20,000 main forces are stationed in the west of Jingling City, and more than 10,000 people are traveling eastward to cooperate with the Jiangxia soldiers to see if they can sweep the war and weaken the Jin people's potential for war.
Letting the enemy collapse economically is also a means to win the war.
The second battlefield is in Jiangling.
After capturing Ji Nan City, various troops headed south one after another.
The first thing they did was to fill the swamps on the way to the marching and even the inconspicuous rivers and build more bridges.
To the northeast of Jiangling, there is a large area of lakes and swamps, which is not suitable for large-scale advances, so the main attack direction is in the north and west of the city - in fact, there is also a swamp in the northwest, but there are roads for access after all.
This is the main battlefield, with the combined total of more than 60,000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.
The enemy seemed to be deploying troops as well.
Two days before the Liang army marched south, the navy transported a large amount of supplies and two thousand Xiangzhou soldiers who arrived in advance entered the city. In addition to the temporary recruitment of Ding Zhuang, the Jiangling defenders reached 7,000.
Zhou Fu led five thousand navy troops to camp in the water camp to help.
Both sides are destined to fight here.
The last battlefield is undoubtedly Xiangyang.
To be honest, both sides are a little exhausted, but the defense is under more pressure.
In the second half of the twelfth lunar month, some Youzhou and Bingzhou Zahu attacked Xiangyang City twice and Fancheng once again, and did not stop until five days before the dynasty.
The Chinese New Year is coming, who is still working hard to fight? Didn’t the official know what to do?
On the morning of New Year's Eve, Shao Xun headed south from Qingyang and arrived in Fancheng. He accompanied nearly 20,000 soldiers, officials, concubines, and palace servants.
In the afternoon of that day, he brought 100,000 sheep drawn from Guangchengze Pastoral Supervisor and Yang Family Ranch to the south of Xiangyang City.
For a moment, the joy was thunderous.
After hearing the news, Mao Bao immediately rushed to the top of the city and saw a man in red robes and golden armor galloping. Wherever he passed, the voices of "Long live my emperor" were heard one after another.
Everyone's eyes followed him automatically.
When they reached the infantry formation, the soldiers hit the ground with their spears, stamped their feet and shouted.
When they arrived in front of the cavalry formation, the generals and chiefs of various departments followed him spontaneously. The cavalry team became more and more spectacular, and the sound of thunderous horse hooves echoed everywhere in the four fields, as well as the shouts of "Long live my emperor".
Shao——The Emperor Daliang is coming! Deng Yue felt complicated when he saw it.
When I think of my own emperor, most of whom I still live in the deep palace and are despised by others, I feel a little depressed.
Indeed, he was a general of Jin and should theoretically be loyal to the Emperor of Jin. But some things can be compared.
A heroic and powerful man, with great achievements, the whip pointed to the warriors rushed over like a torrent, flooding it.
He said it one thing and had a very high prestige.
Wang Yan is even more famous than Director Wang, but he probably dared not speak loudly in front of Emperor Liang, let alone scold him sternly.
Most of the court officials under Wang Yan dare not be domineering. When they see Emperor Liang respectful, even the cruel and fierce people have to put away their minions and shake their tails and flatter them; civil officials dare not play with private affairs, including the He family of Yangxia and the Wang family of Taiyuan. They know better than anyone else how the great families of the ministers and nobles such as the Liu family in Zhongshan and Cui family in Boling were defeated.
"Oh!" Deng Yue sighed softly.
Then he looked at the generals, schoolmen and officials who followed him, and looked outside in a daze.
Who doesn’t want to follow such a emperor?
Who wants to follow a lame emperor who is suppressed by powerful ministers and can only promote relatives to restrict powerful ministers?
As a warrior, who hasn’t had any dreams yet? Wouldn't Emperor Liang's spirit of suppressing the grassland and intimidating the world be disappointed? When the emperor and ministers of Jianye were drunk and died, Emperor Liang wiped out the Xiongnu, conquered the Xianbei, and then destroyed Helong. In the eyes of many people, they did this completely unnecessary, but they did this, no better than those who were frivolous all day long?
"Bang!" Someone punched the female wall, and I don't know who was angry with him?
After the Liang Emperor finished proofreading the Ministry, he went straight to Caizhou Island.
The Yang family Shanghui and Xiahuizhuang houses separated by water have almost become open-air slaughterhouses.
One sheep after another were driven over and slaughtered on the spot.
The sheep in front was killed, and the sheep behind saw that the situation was not good, so they couldn't escape, but were caught by the laughing soldiers.
Obviously, from today, until the first lunar month and even around the fifteenth day of the fifteenth month, the Liang soldiers besieged the city had meat to eat.
Deng Yue didn't need to observe carefully. Just looking at people's behavior, you could feel that Liang Jun's morale had been inspired. It's really different!
If you just send wine and meat to the army, you can also increase your morale, but it will not be so high.
The effect of Emperor Liang came here in person was completely different.
The generals and generals were all over the place before him, and the soldiers' eyes followed him would be the well-deserved king.
This not only boosted morale and shocked the Xiangyang defenders, but also shocked the Liang army generals who had been in charge of the army for several months.
Deng Yue didn't want to watch it anymore, and he felt very upset.
When he turned around and left, he saw that the soldiers on duty at the city were all looking out in straits, and even lamented that the situation was hopeless.
People have meat to eat, let alone meat, and they can't even provide everyone with hot rice and hot soup.
I couldn't go out to pick wood, and the firewood accumulated in the city had long been used up, so I could only cut down the street trees.
After the tree is cut down, the houses will be demolished.
Since the demolition has been made, complaints have spread everywhere.
It’s not surprising that life is...the morale is low at all!
In addition, today's incident also shows one thing: Emperor Liang lived on Caizhou Island, is there anyone coming to rescue Xiangyang?
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
The answer is actually very obvious. But only smart people can think of this. In a while, more people will understand this truth, and then they may have morale collapsed.
There is no reinforcements outside and it is necessary to die. If you want to keep it, you really need a little faith. But this is not the national hatred and family hatred, what belief do you rely on to protect it? I'm afraid that it wasn't for Emperor Liang to offer a condition, and someone wouldn't want to fight immediately.
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On New Year's Eve, heavy snow fell on the ground, and Xiangyang was covered in white inside and outside.
Yang Qin quietly came to Deng Yue's mansion again.
Deng Yue was drinking, but he didn't speak when he saw him, but just pointed to the opposite side and signaled him to do it himself.
"There is only the wine here for Fujun." Yang Qin sighed with satisfaction after drinking half a cup, and said with a smile.
"It's gone after drinking this jar." Deng Yue sighed, looking at the wine in the bowl, suddenly he couldn't bear to drink it all in one gulp, so he had to taste it slowly.
"Without this turbid wine, there will be Bianliang Chun." Yang Qin said with a smile.
Deng Yue also smiled and said, "What? Can you borrow a few pots from Shao Taibai?"
"Then why not?" Yang Qin said, "Do you still remember Deng Tao?"
Deng Yue was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he said, "How can I not remember? The children of the Deng family in Shinye are scattered everywhere and don't come and go, but if they meet, they will always help you. I lived in his house for a while in the past, and later I followed my father south."
"This person is quite good at speaking in front of Emperor Liang." Yang Qin said: "If you ask him to come to him and send a cart of Bianliangchun, maybe there is still--"
"What else?" Deng Yue asked subconsciously.
"Maybe there is also the family of the Fujun." Yang Qin said.
Deng Yue was stunned there.
Most of his family is in Wuchang, so it is not easy to cross the front line of the stalemate between the two sides. What's more, can Gong Tao not send people to monitor his family and house for the prefects and generals like them? Unless...
Seeing Deng Yue's expression changing, Yang Qin smiled mysteriously and said, "Emperor Liang has Tao Zhen in his hand."
Deng Yue was happy first, then hesitated a little, and said softly: "If Mr. Tao did this, he would probably be criticized."
"Tao Zhen escaped from Liang Camp, went through a lot of hardships and returned to Wuchang. This is a loyal minister who is devoted to the great Jin Dynasty. How can he criticize him?" Yang Qin disagreed and said, "Isn't the family of the mansion going out to visit relatives and friends in the first month of the year? Very normal? ”
Deng Yue didn't say anything, he decided to be there.
Yang Qin no longer concealed it at this time and said directly: "Mr., even if there is no matter of exchanging hostages, Xiangyang cannot be defended. You have been guarding for several months and are worthy of Tao Shiheng. He is sorry for you. ! No one in Jianye and Wuchang cares about the life or death of the Xiangyang defenders. Since that is the case, why should we work hard for them? If Tao Shiheng still has a little conscience, he should send it back to the family of the mansion. Even if he is not good, he cannot harm him. ”
Deng Yue sighed heavily, with a look of sadness and sadness on his face.
Yes, they have been to this day and are really worthy of Mr. Tao and the court.
As the battle situation develops, it can be seen that the generals and officials of a little level are already hanging behind. It is a place of death. Why not surrender?
Unless you, Tao Shiheng, show your power and will fight to the city of Xiangyang tomorrow and let Emperor Liang Shao Xun roll out of Caizhou Island, they will still have the confidence to keep it.
But you can't do it!
"If the Lord of the House does not object, I can lead Deng Tao into the city. He should personally discuss some matters with the Lord of the House..." Yang Qin said carefully.
Deng Yue had just picked up the wine bowl and put it down quietly. After a long time, he nodded slightly.
That night, Deng Tao entered the city secretly and went straight to the prefect's mansion, and talked with Deng Yue all night.
The next day was the dynasty, and the morale of the defenders in the city was low, and even plundering the people occurred. The officers restrained them for a few times, but then they were reluctant to take care of them.
Deng Tao stayed in the prefect's mansion during the day, and after night, he quietly left the city and headed straight for Caizhou Island.
After meeting Shao Xun, his first sentence was: Deng Yue was willing to surrender.
(The second update is delivered, and the third update is in the evening. The previous chapter has been modified and refreshed directly.)
(This chapter ends)