Lu Zheng and Wu Jun were both frightened, but Li Feng, the commander of the Han Dynasty Navy, was very proud at this time. He seemed to have seen the dawn of victory.
After only three rounds of explosive charge attacks, seven or eight of the dozen Soochow warships ahead were blown to pieces.
"Command the whole army! Attack!"
"Attack!"
After sinking seven or eight ships blocking the river mouth, Li Feng issued an order for a full-scale attack. He would not give Lu Zheng the chance to send new ships to intercept them.
As a burst of war drums sounded, nearly a hundred Han warships from the upper reaches entered the narrow river in an orderly manner. The four warships at the front, as well as the more than ten medium-sized warships that had previously been responsible for covering, had already
Galloping downstream.
As soon as Li Feng's handsome ship rushed out of the river mouth, it launched another indiscriminate bombardment at the surrounding Wu army warships.
In an instant, the Wu army's warships were bombarded with artillery fire and explosions were heard everywhere.
Lu Ju stared blankly at the battlefield ahead, looking at the Soochow navy shouting everywhere. They were all soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles. But at this moment, they had no fighting spirit. They were all just trying to escape. There were nearly a hundred Soochow navy warships.
, no one dared to attack the Han warships.
Seeing the Wu army's warships escaping in a hurry, Li Feng hurriedly ordered the entire army to pursue them. Today he will annihilate Lu Ju's Wu army.
The battle lasted for a day and a night.
When the Han army finally pursued them to the vicinity of Xiaoting, Lu Ju's Soochow navy was completely defeated. Nearly a hundred Soochow warships were sunk, and more than 60 of them were sunk. The remaining 30 or so ships surrendered to the Han army.
In the evening.
Li Fengan is sitting on the Chinese military commander's boat.
All the generals were inexplicably excited. After a day and night of fierce fighting, they defeated Lu Zhi's Soochow Navy and opened the passage to Yiling.
"Grand Governor!" A small colonel said after entering the account: "General Meng wants to see you."
"Meng Ziyuan?" Li Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Please come quickly!"
Meng Hua was his lieutenant and had been with him for several years. This time he also wanted to help him open the Yiling Pass, but unfortunately he was ambushed by the Wu army.
Not long after, Meng Hua quickly entered the tent, clasped his fists and said, "The general will pay homage to the Governor."
"Zi Yuan, get up quickly!" Li Fengman's face was filled with joy.
Meng Hua said in a deep voice: "This general failed to complete his mission, please ask the governor to punish him."
Meng Hua originally proposed to review Yishan, but Li Feng initially refused. Later, Meng Hua issued a military order. After some consideration, Li Feng agreed to Meng Hua's request for war.
Li Feng smiled, stepped forward and helped Meng Hua up and said: "Zi Yuan was captured, it was not Zi Yuan's fault, it was actually the battlefield that was changing rapidly. It is not the general's fault, it is not his fault."
"Grand Governor!" Meng Hua was very moved.
Li Feng never thought of punishing Meng Hua. This was not because he did not strictly enforce military discipline, but because it was Meng Hua's original intention and not a rash move. Moreover, after listening to Meng Hua's suggestion, he agreed to Meng Hua's suggestion.
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Moreover, the Wu army was defeated again.
After helping Meng Hua up, Li Feng glanced at the generals and immediately ordered: "Send my order to the general, and the army will rest for a day and march to Jiangling!"
"No!"
The generals immediately agreed.
After passing Yiling, the next river becomes wider and wider. There will naturally be Wu Jun navy blocking the front, but Li Feng will take advantage of the power of victory to advance quickly.
On the third day after Li Feng defeated Lu Zheng, good news came from the three armies in the south. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who first led the main force, had captured Lingling.
Ma Dai, the Zhendong general who had previously captured Jian'an County, did not go north immediately, but temporarily stationed in Jian'an to rest and recuperate.
General Pingxi Guansuo and Wuwei Zhonglang General Chen Xin, who were the first to capture Linhe County, had already sent their troops northward and headed straight for Luling County on the second day they captured Linhe County.
In less than ten days, the four armies of the Han army moved back to occupy the four counties of Linhe, Jian'an, Yiling, and Lingling. This shocked the Wuchang government and the public.
Sun Quan never dreamed that the Han army's attack speed would be so fast. Within ten days of the war, the Han army attacked four counties. If they had been given more time, all four Han armies would have reached Wuchang.
Of course, Sun Quan was panicked, and he quickly made arrangements.
General Ding Feng led 40,000 troops to attack Zhuge Liang in Lingling;
General Zhuge Ke led 30,000 troops to attack Ma Dai in Jian'an;
General Zhu Ju of the left led 30,000 troops south to Luling to block Guansuo;
Grand Sima Quancong led 40,000 naval troops to Jiangling to attack Li Feng.
This is all the troops and horses that Sun Quan can send. There are only 100,000 naval troops and 160,000 land troops in Soochow. Previously, Lu Zhi's 30,000 naval troops had been defeated by Li Feng. Now there are only 7 naval troops left.
There were more than 40,000 people, 40,000 of whom were led by Grand Sima Quancong to stop Li Feng, while the remaining 30,000 were left to guard along the Jianghuai River to prevent Cao Wei from taking the opportunity to go south.
As for the army, there are 160,000 people, and 100,000 were transferred south at once to stop the three Han armies. Of the remaining 60,000, 20,000 were stationed in Hefei, and 40,000 were stationed in the capital Wuchang. As for other states and counties, they could only rely on county soldiers.
Stationed.
Sun Quan, who was already seventy years old, could not sleep a wink for several days.
The Han army was coming with such ferocity that this was the biggest test he had ever faced in his life. Even the Battle of Chibi many years ago had never made him so panicked.
At this time, the only thing Sun Quan looked forward to was Gu Tan.
Calculating the time, Gu Tan should have arrived in Luoyang.
In the crisis of Soochow, we can only look to Cao Wei.
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March 23, 252 AD.
Luoyang Imperial Palace.
Imperial Study Room.
"General!" Emperor Cao Fang of the Wei Dynasty frowned and asked: "This time the Han army attacks Wu, what should we, the Wei Dynasty do?"
In the morning, he met with Gu Tan, the envoy of Soochow. Of course he knew what Gu Tan meant. Soochow hoped that Wei would immediately send troops to attack the Han. In this way, the Wei-Wu alliance might be able to defeat the Han army.
Just——
Although Cao Fang is young, he is very clear about the situation in the world. Now Han is strong and Wei and Wu are weak. Even if Wei and Wu allied forces attack Han, the chance of victory is not very high.
Cao Shuang is a general and a minister of Tuogu. Cao Fang wants to hear his opinion.
"Return to your majesty!" Cao Shuang said calmly: "When the two tigers of Han and Wu fight, one will inevitably be injured."
"Ai Qing means..." Cao Fang asked: "Sit back and watch the tiger fight?"
Cao Shuang nodded slightly and said: "This war between Han and Wu is a good opportunity for our Wei Dynasty to profit from it..." As he said, he paused and then said: "If our Wei Dynasty sends troops to attack the Han now, the Han will
The army will definitely devote its main force to resist our army, so that the danger of Soochow can be alleviated...but...the Han army is very likely to turn around and compete with our army."
"Your Majesty!" Cao Shuang said and asked Cao Fang: "Can we, the Wei Dynasty, fight the Han army now?"
Cao Fang shook his head when he heard this and said: "Western Shu is strong, so we cannot compete with it for the time being. We, the Wei Dynasty, need to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Cao Shuang said: "Although the three pillars of Han, Wei and Wu can maintain balance among the three countries, now that Western Shu is stronger than Wei and Wu, it is better to let Han and Wu fight against each other and consume each other. When they are both defeated, I
The army is taking advantage of the opportunity to attack by selecting the best."
"Dare I ask Aiqing!" Cao Fang asked again: "Can Soochow... be able to stop the Han army?"
Cao Fang understood what Cao Shuang meant, which was that the three pillars of Han, Wei and Wu could act as a good check against each other. However, Western Shu is too strong now. If it agrees to the alliance with Soochow and involves the Wei Dynasty in the war,
It is very likely that Western Shu will abandon Wu and attack Wei. At that time, Soochow Wu may not necessarily fully assist Wei in containing the Han army.
Since the Han army's attack cannot be delayed, it is better to let Liu Adou and Sun Quan fight first, and when they are both injured, the Wei Dynasty will come out to take advantage.
After all, Soochow also has 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers and horses. It is basically impossible for Liu Adou to quickly destroy Soochow without losing himself. He will have to pay a high price.
In order to defend its territory, Soochow will definitely fight to the death with the Han army, which will greatly consume the Han army's advantage, but the Wei Dynasty will not suffer any losses at all, and maybe it can take advantage of it to strengthen itself.
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But——
What Cao Fang is now concerned about is, can Soochow really resist the Han army's attack?
Cao Shuang shook his head when he heard this and said: "The Wu army is good at water, and land warfare is not its strong point. The Han army has advanced weapons such as three-bow crossbows, and a large number of cavalry troops. If Liu Adou insists on destroying Soochow..." said
Then, he paused and said firmly: "Sun Quan...will perish."
As soon as Cao Shuang finished speaking, Cao Fang asked: "With Wu here, the three legs can still stand. If Wu dies, how can we, the Wei Dynasty, gain a foothold?"
The Three Kingdoms have been able to stand together for decades because they check and balance each other. Once this balance is broken, the weak side now is the Wei Dynasty, not the Western Shu Dynasty a few decades ago.
Although Cao Fang is young, she also understands the truth of dying lips and cold teeth.
Once Liu Adou destroys Soochow, it won't take long before he will inevitably send troops to the Wei Dynasty. If that is the case, how can the Wei Dynasty gain a foothold?
Cao Shuang also frowned. It's not that he didn't think of this, but the Wei Dynasty is now completely unprotected. If he goes to fight Liu Ad to the death now, the Wei Dynasty may perish even faster.
It’s so sad——
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This chapter has been completed!