() Guangde is only half a day away from Dushan. Without the nervousness when arriving, the marching speed was slower. It was only in the evening that we arrived at Guangde. Obviously, for Jiangdong, there were not many defenders.
There were only a few hundred elites. The defenders were selected from local aristocratic families. These people were just grassroots. They would not follow Zhou Yu or resist Liu Qi. Of course, they would not resist when Zhou Yu came. Seeing 20,000 Jiangdong elites, they immediately
Open the city gate.
Guangde City was captured without any effort. There were not many people in the city, and most of them were moved away by Zhou Yu. The remaining three melons and two dates were of no use. Zhou Yu comforted the only remaining patriarch of the aristocratic family and left it alone.
.Ordered Sun Bi, Sun Fu, Lu Meng, Pan Zhang, Ling Tong and Ding Feng to each guard a gate and lead an army of 4,000. Zhou Yu led the remaining 4,000 troops as support. Lu Su was responsible for arranging food, grass and weapons.
It was somewhat different from what Zhou Yu expected. The Jingzhou army, which had originally been marching for three days, came slowly after ten days. Looking at the Jingzhou army of 60,000 to 70,000 men in black clothes and armor, which were in line with the sky, Zhou Yu had disappeared for a long time.
The heart palpitations came again.
"What's going on? Liu Qi doesn't know that his land for harvesting grain has been cut off. It's impossible. Since Liu Qi has come, he must know. But why is the march so slow? Could it be that he has seen through my plan. It's impossible. On the mountain
The genuine grain and grass have been burned cleanly by me, how can Liu Qi find the courage to fight against my Jiangdong army?" A lingering shadow filled Zhou Yu's heart.
Liu Qi's army was stationed twenty miles away from the south of Guangde. It was easy to cut down trees and set up camp.
Jingzhou camp, Liu Qi camp.
Liu Qi's handsome face could not hide his smug look. Zhou Yu fell into the trap. It turned out that Liu Qi felt that danger was approaching when he received the letter from Cao Cao. Without hesitation, Liu Qi immediately ordered Wei Yan to lead thousands of people
The soldiers and horses moved half of Dushan's grain and grass.
After some time, Liu Qi received a letter from Jiang Wan. In addition to talking about the current situation in Jingzhou and some government affairs, the letter finally mentioned that Cai Mao, the deputy commander of the Navy, sent people to reward the three armies on their way to Jiangdong. Jiang Wan used
It was eight hundred miles in a hurry, so the messenger had no time to rest along the way, so he changed horses without changing people to deliver the news to Liu Qi.
While Liu Qi and other counselors were debating whether Zhou Yu would leave the city to raid Jingzhou's grain-gathering grounds, Jiang Wan's letter arrived. The counselors present were all elite, so they stopped arguing. Cai Hao must have bad intentions when he rewarded the three armies at this time. In the camp
Discussions suddenly started again, but the focus was not on whether Zhou Yu left the city for a surprise attack, but on how to leave Zhou Yu and his army behind.
Dushan's food and grass are just bait, and he can't let go of his wife to lure the gangster. Of course, men will not do this. In order to lure Zhou Yu to take the bait, Liu Qi really spent a lot of money, which was far greater than Cai Mao's symbolic wine and meat. Two hundred thousand
It was food and grass that could last an army of 100,000 men for 200 days. Liu Qi kept half of it to lure Zhou Yu into taking the bait.
"If Liu Qi was reluctant to use these grains and grass as bait and just laid an ambush in Dushan, once discovered by our army's scouts, it would only take three thousand troops and horses to cut off the rear, and I, Zhou Yu, would not be in such a situation. What a cruel plan!
"Zhou Yu received Liu Qi's letter of challenge. In addition to asking for a fight, he also wrote a detailed plan of Liu Qi's strategy. Zhou Yu is a smart man, how could he not know Liu Qi's intention - don't defend the city, go out and fight me!
The defense can last up to twenty days. After that, the food and grass are not enough. There is no need for the Jingzhou army to attack the city. Zhou Yu's army will be defeated without a fight. Going out of the city to fight is just to satisfy the desire to fight Liu Qi. This is also Zhou Yu's idea. Facing a powerful opponent,
Even if you know you are defeated, you must still draw your sword resolutely. Even if you fall, you must become a mountain or a ridge!
When ancient swordsmen met their opponents, no matter how powerful the opponent was, even if the opponent was the best swordsman in the world, they would still show their swords even if they knew they were outmatched. Even if they fell to the opponent's sword, they would still be defeated.
Rong, this is the spirit of the sword. How awe-inspiring, what determination, what pleasure, what courage!
Zhou Yu agreed with a death wish. Lu Su also sighed and said: "I didn't expect Liu Qi to be so wise as a demon! He could see through Gong Jin's plan. It seems that the counselors around him are as talented as you and me."
"Hahaha, Zijing, what's the point of sighing now that things have come to this? Liu Qi wants to solve this major problem in Jiangdong once and for all, so why don't I want to fight with him? Even if he is defeated, Liu Qi's Jingzhou Army will suffer heavy casualties, let him count
Years can't be restored." Zhou Yu laughed loudly and regained his former glory and majestic appearance. But he secretly thought in his heart: Let this battle be my, Zhou Yu's, final battle!
After replying to the envoy from Jingzhou, Zhou Yu had a hearty smile on his face again. He took a rest today, cooked food at three o'clock tomorrow, and went out of the city at five o'clock to fight Liu Qi to the death - the military order of Governor Zhou Yu.
"A strong man has gone and never comes back. I wonder if Zhou Yu is still alive tomorrow?" Liu Qi sighed a little because of Zhou Yu's determination to fight to the death. It's not that he never thought of recruiting Zhou Yu to surrender, but Sun Quan trusted him because of Sun Ce's dying entrustment.
Well, Zhou Yu will definitely not let him down, he will only fight to the end. Just like Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty!
Immediately he was refreshed. Since Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were unaware of the current affairs and stubbornly resisted, then don't blame me, Liu Qi, for being rude. You will eventually become the stepping stone for me, Liu Qi, to dominate.
"I am sending you an order from the Commander-in-Chief: Make food at the third watch tomorrow, and fight to the death with the Jiangdong Army at the fifth watch." Liu Qi said boldly, his momentum far surpassing that of Zhou Yu. This is the real prince of one side, with millions of soldiers in hand. He can kill ten thousand people with a flip of his hand.
Man, if you cover your hands, you can save the people.
The majestic and surging drum beats rang across the land of Jiangdong, and the sound of exhorting horns filled the ears of the soldiers of both armies. The soldiers held weapons in their hands, but their eyes were equally excited. Whether they lived or died depended on today's battle.
Zhou Yu was determined to fight to the death, as was Sun Quan's cousin Sun Bi and Sun Fu. As for the young generals, they died young and were loyal and righteous. The morale of the Jiangdong Army was no less than that of the Jingzhou Army. This battle can be fought!
The two sides opened up their positions and set up military formations. They had a tacit understanding and did not disturb each other. They lined up their troops silently. The commander of this Jingzhou battle - Zhuge Liang, and the deputy commander Pang Tong. One is correct, the other is strange, and the other is sinister.
One yang coincides with the way of heaven.
After several years of research, Zhuge Liang had some experience with his original eight-formation diagram. Different from history, there were not many horsemen in the Shu Han Dynasty at that time. Liu Qi attached great importance to cavalry. Zhuge Liang kept pace with the times and added cavalry tactics.
, making the eight-array diagram more perfect.
Zhou Yu over there also set up a formation, which seemed ordinary, but actually concealed murderous intent. The commander was none other than Zhou Yu. For a while, both sides set up their formations, just waiting for the war to begin.
Zhou Gongjin faced Zhuge Liang, and the tip of a needle faced the wheat awn. After watching a good show, Liu Qi laughed at the side.
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