Chapter 464 Mid-term dispatch
At that time, the troops in Gong'an and Lexiang had already been completely transferred, and only a few hundred local county officials and strong men were left in the city.
After hearing that the Yangzhou army has come to the west in a massive way, and has taken over the Jinxiang port on the other side, the army has surrounded Jiangling and other news, these people looked terrified and nervous, and were terrified day and night to pay attention to the movements on the river. It barely maintains order in the city.
But even so, the people in the city are still panicked, and there is a depressing and uneasy atmosphere on the streets, and wealthy families and merchants are constantly escaping from the city.
At this moment, Jiang Qin and Dong Xi led a large army to come in a mighty manner. The scattered fleet and flying military flags demonstrated the powerful military power of the Yangzhou army.
The defenders of these two Jianggang cities, looking at the enemy troops rushing like a tide outside the city, knew that their strength was very different and they did not resist at all, so they hurriedly opened the city gate and raised the flag to surrender.
Compared with the public security, Lexiang is much smaller in scale and the height of the city wall is far less than that of the public security. Moreover, Lexiangcheng did not divert water from the river as a moat, which was obviously at a disadvantage in defense.
Dong Xi knew the defensive weaknesses of Lexiangcheng. After careful consideration, he only stayed in Lexiang for a thousand naval troops and solemnly granted them the power to evacuate independently during wartime to deal with possible emergencies. Emergency.
While on the side of the police, Jiang Qin led the entire army to control the entire city. After settling down the army, he immediately sent a clever messenger, and the clutch who had added sails to Jin Township, reporting military information to Zhou Tai, Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun.
Two days later, Taishi Ci in Jiangling City received news from the other side, and learned that Chanling had been occupied by Kuai Yue's front army, and the subsequent large group of troops had successfully entered the city.
The other party seemed to have known that Gong'an and Lexiang were occupied by the Yangzhou army, but did not divide the troops to fight for the two places. Instead, they sent soldiers to the countryside to collect food and grass, with the purpose of enriching the treasury of Chanling and serving the subsequent military affairs. Make sufficient material preparations when taking action.
After receiving the news, Taishici quickly summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.
After a fierce discussion, he decisively ordered the abandonment of Lexiang.
However, at the same time, Taishici also asked Zhou Tai to assist Dong Xi and transport all the population and materials of Lexiang to Jiangling and Jinxiang to prevent these resources from falling into the hands of the enemy.
At the same time, he sent a battalion of troops from Xu Ding's troops under Zhao Yun and quickly went to garrison Le'an to replace the naval army of Jiang Qin's troops.
After this, Taishici closely monitored the every move of Kuai Yue's troops in Chanling and carefully looked for possible fighter opportunities, while anxiously waiting for Liu Fengxin's orders, ready to deal with changes in the battle situation.
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The news from the west was delivered to Liu Feng's desk like a gust of wind.
He unfolded the information and quickly swept the lines between the lines.
After a moment, the expression on Liu Feng's face gradually became a little amused and crying, full of helplessness and surprise.
Liu Feng sighed in his heart and murmured to himself: "This war is really like an unpredictable storm. If there is a slight change in the key points, it will be enough to turn the entire battle situation upside down!"
Take this Western Front In terms of the war, Kuai Yue had a large army, but when facing Zhou Tai, he was afraid to fight head-on. Instead, he chose to abandon water and land, and fled to Chanling in a panic to seek temporary peace.
This kind of action was unexpected by Liu Feng, who was a later generation.
In Liu Feng's perception, Kuai Yue was a genius with extraordinary wisdom. He was always good at planning, decisive and decisive, and often came up with strange plans to turn the situation around.
He never expected that Kuai Yue would make a decision that seemed to be a temporary plan to escape from Chanling, but in fact he would fall into a mortal enemy and not a root cause.
However, Kuai Yue's unexpected move also caused quite a lot of trouble to Liu Feng.
Originally, Liu Feng carefully formulated a plan to concentrate his troops first and annihilate the Jingbei Expedition Army led by Kuai Yue in one fell swoop, and then gather all his forces to march northward to advance to Xiangyang.
But now, Kuai Yue, with this huge force, was trapped in Chanling like a heavy stone.
Although Kuai Yue was in a desperate situation at this time, Liu Feng could not find an effective way to solve it in a short period of time, which gave him a headache.
"Someone is here!"
Liu Feng raised his voice and ordered loudly: "Go and invite Mr. Zhuge and Mr. Lu to discuss matters quickly."
After a while, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun hurried over and entered the room.
Liu Feng did not go around the corner, and directly informed the two of them in detail about the problem on the Western Front and the whole incident.
"Kong Ming, Bo Yan, now the situation has changed drastically, and our plan has also undergone major changes."
Liu Feng looked at the two of them with deep eyes and said with a serious expression, " It is urgent to make changes to the plan, otherwise it will be difficult to sustain."
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun knew the entire plan, and at this moment, they all agreed with Liu Feng's view.
The first question before us is how to deal with the Kuai Yue Group trapped in Chanling.
For a moment, the room became quiet, and Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun were both in deep thought.
Liu Feng naturally trusted Zhuge Liang more and had the highest expectations in his heart.
But at this stage, he actually hopes to listen to Lu Xun's opinions more.
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun both read poetry and books since childhood, and were both civil and military, but Zhuge Liang is still very young and lacks experience in the military strategy. Lu Xun has obvious advantages in this regard.
As a large family in Jiangdong, the Lu family has far more soldiers than the Zhuge family. Not to mention, Wancheng was besieged by Yuan Shu for two years. Lu Xun was at Lu Kang's mansion at that time, and he accumulated a lot of practical experience under the influence of his eyes.
Time passed by minute by minute, and after a long time, Zhuge Liang took the lead in breaking the silence.
He bowed slightly and said respectfully: "Lord, with Liang's opinion, maybe we can send someone to contact Kuai Yue and test his thoughts. Now, the war report from General Taishi shows that Jiangling The following areas have been controlled by us, and Liu Qi has also fallen into our hands. Can we ask Mr. Liu Qi to write a letter and use his identity to persuade Kuai Yueyier for us? "
Liu Feng listened After Zhuge Liang's words, he narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughtfully, and nodded slowly. In fact, he had this idea himself, and now he can't help but agree even more when he heard Zhuge Liang's proposal.
In the study, the candlelight swayed, and the light and shadow jumped on the faces of the three of them.
Lu Xun gently brushed his sleeves, his figure was upright, and his eyes were filled with wisdom and calmness.
He bowed slightly to Liu Feng and spoke slowly towards Liu Feng. His voice was neither slow nor slow, but he had a certain feeling: "Lord, when Kuai Yue went to the south, he was carrying his subordinates. There were 70,000 elite soldiers, known as a 100,000 army, and they came in a fierce manner, trying to capture the four counties in Jingnan in one fell swoop. However, the world did not meet the wishes. In the Battle of Zhouling, Cai Mao went to support Huang Zu, which made Kuai Yue lose three times. Ten thousand soldiers, Yuan He was seriously injured; then Liu Hu was behind his palace in Baqiu, and then annihilated Zhou Tai and Sun Ce on the battlefield, losing another 10,000 old soldiers from the sea and land. Now, after careful calculation, he had only three soldiers and horses left in his hands. Countless."
A trace of thought flashed in Liu Feng's eyes, and he glanced at Lu Xun with approval, while Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and nodded slightly, revealing his recognition of what Lu Xun said.
The two of them made an agreement in agreement. With the recognition of the two, Lu Xun's expression was still calm and continued, "Since Kuai Yue is so embarrassed now, we will let him go."
When Liu Feng heard this, he showed a look of surprise on his face and couldn't help but repeat: "Let him go?"
The tone was full of doubt, obviously for Lu Xun's sake A suggestion was very surprising.
Lu Xun's lips raised slightly, showing a confident smile, and said loudly: "That's right!"
Then, he stood with his hands behind his back and talked: "The lord has known for a long time, Kuai Yue for the sake of Abandoning our army's pursuit, we had to abandon our boat and land on the shore and lead the remaining troops to travel a long distance. Along the way, they traveled day and night, traveling fifty or sixty miles a day, all the soldiers were exhausted. Although they finally arrived at Chanling, they were already a baggage. After all the funerals, the ship had long been left in Dongting Hunan."
This was not Lu Xun's nonsense. In fact, Kuai Yue abandoned a large amount of baggage as Lu Xun said in order to retreat and only brought some of the food on the way.
If this were not the case, even if Liu Hu was behind his palace, it would be difficult for him to arrive at Chanling before the Yangzhou Navy.
"Now, Kuai Yue's troops are both tired and tired, and lack of military supplies. I'm afraid even food and grass may not be sufficient."
Lu Xun continued: "Kuai Yue's troops are tired of soldiers. It is also the obstacles of a great river and the arrests of Jingnan. It is better to let General Taishi leave only the two strongholds of Gong'an and Lexiang. If Kuai Yue fights for it, he will give it to the other party, but he will never let him Crossing the river."
Lu Xun didn't know that Taishi Ci had ordered to give up Lexiang.
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The reason why Lu Xun and Taishici are so different is because the locations they stand are different and the information they know is also different.
Taishi Ci made a judgment purely from the situation on the battlefield. Since there is a public security and Lexiang is difficult to defend, she will naturally start from the idea of protecting the entire team, give up Lexiang and conserve the public security.
But Lu Xun knew more information, and from the perspective of strategic situation, if Kuai Yue is trapped in Jiangnan, then the importance of Lexiang will come out.
Public security is located on the right side of Chanling, about thirty miles away from Chanling, while Lexiang is located 60 miles north of Chanling, plus Jiangling, which is located on the other side of Gong'an and Lexiang, Jin Township.
In this way, the entire Jiangling section of the river was completely controlled by the Yangzhou navy, and it was not surprising that Kuai Yue would smuggle the river.
Liu Feng listened quietly to Lu Xun's analysis, and the doubts in his eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a full of praise.
"What Bo Yan said is very suitable for me!"
He stood up with his desk, walked to Lu Xun with a smile on his face, and gently patted the other person's arm. , praised loudly, "Boyan is indeed extremely wise. If he acts according to this plan, even if Kuai Yidu is full of wisdom, he can only be trapped in Chanling and cannot escape."
Lu Xun heard about it , quickly bowed and showed a humble smile on his face, and said respectfully, "My lord is wrong. This is all the matter of subordinates, and it is not worth mentioning." His words and deeds were as humble and low-key as he had in history. His personality is exactly the same, and he does not feel any pride and complacent because of Liu Feng's praise.
But at the end, Lu Xun paused for a moment and added: "What Kong Ming said makes sense. If you can convince Kuai Yue anyway, it would be great. In this way, not only can you avoid a meaningless situation. Fighting can also be restrained."
After getting the opinions of Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun, Liu Feng already had a rough strategic concept in his mind. Next, Liu Feng left Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun, and he personally proposed the overall concept, while Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun took into account the tactics and improved the details.
When it was dawn, a new follow-up plan was formulated and sent to various stations along the river to begin the adjustment of troops.
Jiangling is the top priority for this dispatch.
Because there have been more than 100,000 Yangzhou troops gathered here.
Among them, there were more than 70,000 elite soldiers alone, plus more than 20,000 civilians, but the 100,000 people were counted. According to the international practice at this time, it was enough to deceive the army of 500,000.
Whether it is the advantage of military strength or the elite soldiers, the Yangzhou army has great advantages over the Kuai Yue army. But unfortunately, he failed to stop the other party before Kuai Yue entered Chanling.
Although from Liu Feng to Taishi Ci, they were sure to win the battle of Chanling, they did not want to waste their time and troops on this dead land.
After receiving the order, Taishici immediately summoned the generals to discuss.
There was no objection to Liu Feng's orders, from Taishici, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Pan Zhang, Xu Ding and others.
There are only some small questions that they need to discuss.
The biggest problem is Lexiang.
According to Liu Feng's order, Lexiang cannot be abandoned, and at least it must be abandoned without fighting. Moreover, Liu Feng’s requirement for Jiangling was that Kuai Yue could not cross the river.
Even from this requirement, Lexiang suddenly became very important.
Liu Feng's order only required to station in Lexiang, and no specific tasks were formulated.
Therefore, Taishici and others had to discuss how to guard Lexiang.
At the beginning of the meeting, one person left the seat and volunteered and volunteered. "General, the last general is willing to go to Lexiang, just need the troops of our headquarters. I just beg the general to allocate some weapons and supplies, and then supplemented by thousands of civilians and men."
The generals fixed their eyes and looked at each other." At first glance, the person who volunteered was Sun Ce and Sun Bofu.
Sun Ce was actually quite embarrassed in Liu Feng's army at this time. The generals under his command, whether they were his father's subordinates or his newcomers, Liu Feng showed his talents and had their own responsibilities.
Only Sun Ce, although Liu Feng still gave him a real job, did not care about him and put him on his own.
But what Sun Ce hopes most is to fight on the battlefield and be appointed as a general and grant him a title of marquis.
It's just that Sun Ce has never had a direct subordinate, which is normal. If Liu Feng hadn't been broad-minded, Sun Ce might not have been able to save his life if he hadn't been the other person.
But Sun Ce is Sun Ce after all, how can he be content with loneliness?
For this, he spared no risk and wanted to seize any opportunity.
(This chapter ends)