Chapter 279 Threatening Jiangling
"Your Majesty, our army won a great victory in this battle, killing more than 6,700 enemies, capturing more than 20,000 Wu soldiers! 30,000 stones of food, grass and supplies, and 18 sides of the generals, and countless weapons and armor!"
In the tents of the Shu army, whether it was Huang Quan, Huang Zhong, Ma Su, etc., they were all excited.
It has been more than half a year since the Shu army began to fight against the Wu army. The Han army finally won a great victory and defeated the main force of the Wu army.
"It is the power of all the ministers who can defeat the Wu army camp!"
Yang Yun laughed and was in a very good mood. The defeat of the main force of the Wu army means that he has reversed the result of the Battle of Yiling, which has increased the power of Shu Han, which was originally somewhat declining.
"Your Majesty, now our army has defeated the main force of the Wu army, and the gates of Jiangling are opened. I ask for an order to lead the army eastward to attack Jiangling!" Huang Zhong immediately stood up.
"Hansheng, don't worry, I will listen to the opinions of Gongheng and Youchang first!"
Yang Yun waved his hand and then looked at Huang Quan and Ma Su. Especially Ma Su, he helped the army break through the Wu army camp this time, which shows that he has a good ability and is more than enough to serve as a military officer.
"Report to Your Majesty! I suggest not to attack Jiangling for the time being. According to the captive generals of the Wu army, Lu Xun has led 8,000 troops south, and the Wu army still has thousands of troops in Yidao City! The two can consolidate the situation again!"
"And, the energy of the Jiangdong Navy is still there. If our army continues to attack Jiangling in the east, the food and supplies will run thousands of miles. Once the Jiangdong Navy goes upstream and cuts off our food and supplies, the situation will be very unfavorable to our army!"
"I think that the army should attack Yidao now, and then the army advances along the water and land, step by step, and capture Chanling! Chanling is very public security and guards the river waterway. As long as we take down two places, we can stabilize our army's retreat. When this time, it will not be too late to attack Jiangling again!"
Huang Quan analyzed the current situation and finally put forward his own suggestions. His method was to take every step of the way, first put himself invincible, and then consider defeating the enemy.
"Although General Zhenbei's plan is safe, by the time our army captured Chanling and the public security, the reinforcements of the Wu army had already entered Jiangling! Jiangling City is strong, and if it is strong, it may not be able to capture it!"
Before Yang Yun could speak, Ma Su immediately stood up and refuted the plan.
"Jiangling is an important place in Nanjun. If there is no Jiangling, Jiangnan will not be protected! Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty should immediately send a vanguard to advance east along the Yangtze River, and immediately attack Jiangling when the Wu army is defeated! As long as Jiangling is in hand, our army can attack Shangyong and Fangling! At that time, food, grass and supplies can be transported from Hanzhong. Don't worry about the Jiangdong Navy disturbing my retreat!"
"And after taking Jiangling, our army can still threaten Jiangxia eastward. Even if Lu Xun has an army of 10,000, he can only withdraw to Changsha!"
In the camp, everyone pondered and said nothing when they heard Huang Quan and Ma Su's plan. For generals like Huang Zhong, Guan Xing, and Zhang Bao, they were of course more inclined to Ma Su's plan.
If Ma Su's plan was followed, the army could restore the prosperity of Shu Han as long as it took Jiangling. Moreover, Jiangling did not have many troops at this time, which was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation to attack.
Once this opportunity is missed, it will not be so easy to win such a strong city.
Huang Quan shook his head slightly and said, "You Chang's plan is a bit dangerous. Once our army cannot break the city as soon as possible, Lu Xun will be able to cut off our army's retreat. What should we do if our army has no food or grass at that time?"
Ma Su smiled, did not continue to refute, but instead turned his eyes to Yang Yun. It was obvious that he asked Yang Yun to make a decision.
After all, Yang Yun is the head commander of the army.
"In the current overall situation of the world, if we cannot take down Jiangling as soon as possible, we are afraid that the Wei army will go south to intervene. In the original history, shortly after the Battle of Yiling ended, the Wei army went south to attack Jiangling..."
Yang Yun was more inclined to Ma Su's suggestion.
Moreover, with the current national strength of Shu Han, without Jingzhou and Jiangling, it would be difficult to reverse the national destiny and promote the Han Dynasty three times.
"I have made a decision! I will use the plan of Youchang to rectify the army for one day, and immediately advance eastward to attack Jiangling!"
Yang Yun stood up, glanced at him and said in a deep voice.
"Gongheng, I will give you ten thousand soldiers to guard the Wu army prisoners of war here and guard Lu Xun! The army's retreat will be handed over to you!"
After Yang Yun made a decision, Huang Quan could only bow down and obey.
After leaving Huang Quan, Yang Yun asked Huang Zhong, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao to rectify the troops and horses, and rewarded a lot of wine and meat, which immediately boosted the morale of the somewhat tired elite Shu army and cheered loudly.
The Shu army marched for several consecutive days, attacking Linju and Dangyang one after another, and then attacking the Wu army camp. It was the end of its strength. It must be repaired before the march could continue.
During the reorganization of the Shu army, the movements of the Shu army in the past few days and the result of the battle with Yiling were quickly passed by spies from Wei and Wu to the high-level leaders of both sides.
Suddenly, Wei and Wu were shocked.
After the Shu army captured Yiling, the 700-mile waterway from Yizhou to Jingzhou was completely opened, and the food and supplies of Yizhou were continuously replenished along the waterway.
The Shu army can pose a great threat to Jiangling. Once Jiangling City changes hands, both Wei and Wu will be greatly affected.
When Jiangling was in the hands of Wu, Wei could rest assured. But when Jiangling fell into the hands of Shu Han, Cao Pi would have to worry about Shu Han going to another battle in Xiangyang and heading north to siege Xiangyang.
As for Sun Quan, Jiangling was in the middle and upper reaches of the river and could go downstream at any time and threaten Jiankang. He did not hesitate to attack Jiangling while Guan Yu went north to attack Xiangyang, just because he was worried about this.
Moreover, the slogan of the Shu army's Eastern Expedition this time was to avenge Guan Yu and destroy the Eastern Wu! Once Jiangling is captured and the army advances along the water and land, the Eastern Wu will fight another "Battle of Red Cliffs".
Whether it is the Battle of Xiangyang or the Battle of Chibi, it has a great relationship with Wei and Wu. If Xiangyang is captured, then Xuchang of Wei will be in danger and Yuzhou will be decayed.
The Battle of Chibi is the battle of national fortune of the Eastern Wu. Once it is defeated, the Jiangdong forces will be destroyed!
This time, the Wu army was either killed or captured by 50,000 elite troops, and their vitality was severely damaged. How dare they fight the national fortune station at this time? So after receiving the war report, Sun Quan immediately began to mobilize the troops from Wujun and prepared to support Jiangling.
Wuchang!
In this newly built capital of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan's face was gloomy. The wooden case in the hall was chopped with his sword and the whole room was in a mess.
After venting, he finally regained his peace and began to summon his civil and military ministers.
Soon, Zhuge Jin, Zhu Huan, Lu Fan and others walked into the hall one after another. After seeing the mess in the hall, the ministers couldn't help but look at each other.
"Meet the King of Wu!"
Chapter completed!