Chapter 453: The Bingfabaqiu
This is the value of Huang Zu.
But Huang Zu didn't understand everything, he underestimated Liu Feng's appetite.
Liu Feng actually wants to implement all the strategies, that is, he wants all the three strategies of the upper, middle and lower.
In Liu Feng's estimate, Yangzhou troops were enough to be divided into two parts, one went west first and ate the Jingbei Expedition Army. In fact, Liu Feng had sent Zhou Tai as the main general and Dong Xi was The deputy general led 12,000 navy troops to Baqiu first to block the enemy's retreat.
At the same time, at the beginning of the victory, he had already sent the Clippers to Sha Xian. In addition to reporting the victory, an order was also issued to ask Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun, who were stationed in Shaxian, to come to Zhouling for reinforcements.
Among them, Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun took on the important task of annihilation of Jingbei Expedition Army, and the remaining part of Zhao Yun's army took over the work of guarding prisoners instead of the navy.
You must know that in this battle, Liu Fengjun captured more than 40,000 prisoners, which is one of the reasons why Liu Feng treated Huang Zu and Jiangxia generals preferentially.
If Huang Zu was willing to surrender, most of these Jiangxia generals would surrender. In this way, most of the more than 40,000 prisoners would become available soldiers, and at least there was no need to be like defense. He was guarded like a thief.
There will be split and replenished into the Yangzhou navy, and the rest will be left to Jiangxia generals like Su Fei who are close to Yangzhou, which can be considered as a preliminary digestion.
In addition, he also sent a message from Linxiang by Feishu, asking Sun Ce to find a way to hold Kuai Yue back. It would be better if Kuai Yue could stop the army under the city. If the other party insists on withdrawing the troops, try to slow down the speed of the other party's withdrawal.
I believe that with Sun Ce's ability, although he could not hold Kuai Yue back, it would be more than enough to add some trouble to Kuai Yue and slow down his speed of withdrawing troops from the north.
As a result, Liu Feng's troops were used to the limit, not only did he have no reserves, but he was also unable to expand in Jiangxia County.
If Liu Feng wants to implement all three strategies, he must let Huang Zu surrender and use it for his own purposes.
It seems that he could see the entanglement in Huang Zu's heart. After pondering for a moment, Liu Feng took the initiative to speak, "You are so kind. I have no personal grudge with Liu Zhendong, I just follow the imperial edict to fight against the thief. As long as Liu Zhendong doesn't do it It's a stupid thing. Even if Xiangyang is broken in the future, I will leave Liu Zhendong with a decent amount."
Hearing Liu Feng's words, Huang Zu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and the entanglement in his heart quietly dissolved.
So, Huang Zu immediately worshiped Liu Feng's great gift and shouted: "General Zuo is kind and kind, just like the ancestors' rebirth of their parents, and the ancestors are willing to surrender!"
Liu Feng's face When the joy was revealed, Huang Zu surrendered and Jiangxia could be settled.
So, Liu Feng took the initiative to step forward and helped Huang Zu, who was kneeling on the ground to surrender, and then pulled the other party into the table, comforting him with kind words: "Liu Zhendong rode alone into Jingzhou in the past to pacify the country. In Jiangbei, the people were appeased and the mulberry farmers were encouraged. These were all the achievements of Liu Zhendong, and the court also knew it. "
"But in recent years, Liu Zhendong had become increasingly arrogant and unscrupulous, and he was unable to control the rebels. Confronting the imperial court is the way to die! ”
Liu Feng scolded the pain, and although Huang Zu was sitting in the mat, his spine was cold and he was sweating profusely.
"Feng was ordered to fight the thief, and Liu Jingsheng had to surrender early to be his way out."
Liu Feng sighed, "Otherwise, if the emperor is angry, even if he is sealed, it will be difficult to protect the safety of the emperor. The man."
Huang Zu said tremblingly: "General Zuo has his orders, and Zu must do his best and do his best."
"Good!"
Liu Feng then showed a satisfied smile: "Since that's the case, many counties and towns in Jiangxia County have been forced to go and say that they have surrendered."
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Liu Feng ordered Zhou Tai, Dong Xi and Huang Gai attacked Baqiu.
After Zhou Tai received the order, he immediately led his troops to set off, traveling day and night, and it took only two days to arrive outside Baqiu City.
At this time, Baqiu was just a township and had no separate counties.
There are only two thousand Jingbei troops guarding the city of Baqiu. Originally, it was located in the rear and was not threatened, so naturally there would not be too many soldiers stationed.
The Jingbei Army was able to leave two thousand people here entirely because of the importance of Baqiu.
As soon as Zhou Tai and others arrived, the guards in Baqiu Town became extremely nervous, worried that the Yangzhou army would launch an attack.
It's no wonder that they are. If Baqiu falls, even if the Jingbei Expedition Army's retreat will be completely cut off, how can these soldiers not be nervous?
After arriving in Baqiu, Zhou Tai and others did not launch an attack, but honestly anchored and rested on the other side of the Yangtze River outside Baqiu. At the same time, they sent scouts to cross Baqiu and went to the south to investigate, especially Investigate the location of the main force of the Jingbei Expedition Army led by Kuai Yue.
As a result, the reconnaissance ships hit the camp of the Jingbei Expedition Army within two or three hours. The other party was only more than forty miles away from Baqiu at this time, which was just a day of marching.
The Jingbei Army was also extremely shocked when they discovered the scout ships of the Yangzhou Navy. They immediately rushed out and chased them.
The scout in Yangzhou immediately turned around and fled and sent the news back to Zhou Tai's place.
Zhou Tai was also extremely shocked. Unexpectedly, the Jingbei Expedition Army was almost arrived in Baqiu.
At the same time, in the military camp in Jingbei's expedition, Kuai Yue also changed his color after receiving the report.
After Cai Mao escaped, perhaps because he lost too badly, or perhaps because he was too anxious to chase the troops, he forgot to send a message to Kuai Yue.
As a result, Kuai Yue did not know the result of the Battle of Zhouling at this time, nor did he know that the Jingzhou navy had almost wiped out the entire army in the Battle of Zhouling.
Even though he acted very quickly, he had already escaped from the restraint of Linxiang City in just eight or nine days, and the army moved quickly northward and almost arrived in Baqiu City.
As long as you arrive in Baqiu City, you can transport people and horses across the Yangtze River in a maximum of two or three days. Even if the baggage, food, weapons, and supplies are too late, the army can go to Nanjun to replenish them.
But Kuai Yue never dreamed that he could not catch up with the speed of Huang Zu and Cai Mao being defeated.
After receiving the news, Kuai Yue was shocked and suspicious. Kuai Qi beside him had a pale face and no blood was left. "Uncle, uncle, how did the Yangzhou navy come to Baqiu? Is it difficult, can the prefect Huang, governor Cai and others..." "Impossible."
Kuai The more he looked, he stopped Kuai Qi. He was not just worried about the morale of the military, but he did not believe that it would be the result.
Cai Mao had just led his troops north for only ten days. Calculate the time and the army would have to reach the periphery of Zhouling in at least five or six days. Then he would have to rest and fight the Yangzhou navy.
Although Kuai Yue did not know the specific strength of the Yangzhou navy, there were more than 50,000 warships and more than 6,000 warships of all sizes. The generals of the Jiangxia navy were all the ministers of Jingzhou and had experienced many battles. , Huang Zu was also a success of meritorious achievements. He used to save the Lord. He had been in Jiangxia for a long time, and people's hearts were in favor and had a high prestige.
Although I don’t know what size the Yangzhou army is, I think there are always 20,000 to 30,000, and even 40,000 to 50,000 are not impossible.
A large-scale battle like this may not be able to confront the main force without ten days or half a month.
This is actually because Kuai Yue lacks information. He is not aware that Huang Zu had given up Xiakou and Sha Xian for a long time and retreated to Zhouling. Huang Zu had no choice but to retreat. If he went west, he would have to retreat to Baqiu in one breath. Although Baqiu City was not too small, it could not be less than 50,000 or 60,000 people stationed no matter what.
The bigger problem is the logistics supply issue.
Although the Han River has been cut off, the waterway from Jiangling to Linxiang is still extremely smooth. With the Jiangxia naval army blocking Zhouling, the Yangzhou naval army cannot pass, at least there is no danger of being wiped out.
Similarly, the Jiangxia navy can obtain supplies from the local treasury of Zhouling, as well as the Jiangling replenishment from the Yangtze River waterway.
But once the two sides confront each other in Baqiu, the Yangzhou navy will be able to break the supply route of the Jingzhou army, and the supplies from Zhouling will also fall into the enemy.
The military strategy is to eat the enemy for one bell, and it will beat me ten bells.
Considering that the cost of water transportation is much smaller than that of land transportation, this is equivalent to how much supplies the Jingzhou navy gave up in Zhouling and Shaxian, the Yangzhou navy received two to three times the amount of supplies.
This cannot be accepted by all the generals of the Jingzhou navy.
Kuai Yue frowned and ordered Kuai Qi: "You can send someone to find Liu Pan, Liu Hu, Huang Zhong, Wen Pin, Han Xi and other generals to discuss matters."
Kuai Qi responded to the order and wanted to turn around and go out to give orders. Kuai Yue's advice came from behind: "Be careful, the morale of the army is not stable now, don't cause trouble again."
No one of them is allowed to do anything else." One wrong poem, one post, one content, one in one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one read!
The Yangzhou navy actually appeared on the Yangtze River, and it was a large fleet. This could not be hidden anyway, let alone the other party's scout ships had already penetrated into the Xiangshui River.
Although Kuai Yue issued a ban early, this was also a helpless move.
With Kuai Yue's wisdom, he naturally would not know that guarding the people is more important than defending the river, but he had no choice but to at least issue a ban order to ensure temporary stability. If the soldiers were allowed to discuss at will, he would only If rumors spread, the morale of the military will be completely gone.
"Don't worry, Qi keep it in mind."
Kuai Qi calmed down at this moment and showed the demeanor of a famous family, which made him worried. Kuai Yue showed a satisfied smile.
After Kuai Qi left the tent, he immediately sent people to the various battalions to communicate with each other. At the same time, he noted that after receiving the order, the generals of each department were not allowed to inquire about everything. After stabilizing the morale of the army of the headquarters, he immediately rushed to the tent to discuss matters.
After receiving the order, Liu Pan and others felt a little calmer.
People are so strange. As long as they have support, they can stay stable even in difficult situations. But once they lose support and no new support appears, they will completely collapse.
Kuai Yue's order gave the generals a sense of dependence, and people's hearts were unconsciously settled.
Short long, the generals gathered in the commander's position, and only the head coach was still empty.
The generals' hearts that had just calmed down suddenly rose again, and they all whispered to each other.
Fortunately, they didn't worry for too long. Soon, Kuai Yue, who looked calm, turned his back and walked to the position of commander and sat down.
As soon as Kuai Yue came out, the generals exhaled in agreement, and people with a straightforward temperament, such as Liu Hu, even smiled directly.
After Kuai Yue sat down, his eyes swept across Liu Pan and others, and then spoke in the expectant eyes of everyone: "You have already known the matter. The scout of the Yangzhou navy has arrived at our army. Above the Xiang River outside the camp, and above the river, there are also the Yangzhou Navy fleet. Now our army retreats along the river have been cut off by the Yangzhou Army."
As soon as this was said, in the big tent The generals could no longer bear it and discussed loudly.
Kuai Yue was quite calm and did not stop talking, but let the generals whisper and discuss.
It was not until the time of a cup of tea that the generals gradually became less and less, that he spoke: "What do you think of me? You can tell me all about it. Why is it so noisy?"
After hearing Kuai Yue's words, the generals gradually became quiet.
Then, Liu Pan looked around and found that the generals were looking at him. He had to get up and ask, "Report to the Grand Governor, we heard that there was Yangzhou water above the Xiang River outside the camp. The military scout appeared, not knowing the truth or falsehood of the matter, so he talked about it. "
"Didn't this governor have already said it? This matter is indeed true."
Kuai Yue raised his head and replied seriously.
Liu Pan choked immediately. Where was he asking if this matter was true? He saw it with his own eyes, could it still be fake?
But he never expected that Kuai Yue would pretend to be stupid with him, and what should Liu Pan do?
After holding it in a long time, Liu Pan finally thought of an explanation: "What strategy does the Grand Governor have?"
Kuai Yue did not answer Liu Pan's question, but pointed to the case. A silk book of the book: "Baqiu sent a message, Yuan Ji, and passed it to the generals for a view."
Kuai Qi responded and passed the silk book on it.
Liu Pan has the highest status and is naturally the first to watch.
It would be fine if I didn't look at it. After seeing it, Liu Pan's face suddenly looked extremely ugly.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Hu, Huang Zhong, Wen Pin and others watched one by one. After watching, their faces were either shocked, angry, or worried, and they were as ugly as Liu Pan.
Liu Pan asked with some disconfidence: "Governor, is this true?"
But Kuai Yue was very careful and said: "This is the latest news sent by Baqiu City half a day ago. How can there be a fake?"
When Kuai Yue personally admitted that the news was true, the generals looked more like a dead relative. generally.
It’s not their fault, it’s news that the future is broken. They were still able to sit firmly in the tent at this time, and they were worthy of their status as a Jingzhou general without panic. "Grandmaster, if this is the case, our army's retreat will be in critical condition." Liu Pan asked with difficulty: "What should we do now?"
Kuai Yue snorted coldly: "I asked you and others to withdraw your troops before, but you still couldn't bear to leave Linxiang. Many excuses were delayed and exhausted. If I had listened to me, we would have been in Jiangbei at this time, even though the Yangzhou navy arrived again What are you afraid of? "
The generals blushed and their heads were all lowered.
In fact, the matter is not as serious as Kuai Yue said. Linxiang City has been surrounded by groups, and all facilities outside the city have been destroyed. The siege can reach the city gate and walls. The generals can do so without withdrawing their troops. understand.
But Kuai Yue has a very high prestige, powerful means, and has a high position in Jingzhou. How could the generals dare to play tricks with him?
(This chapter ends)