Chapter 310 The Battle of Shu Destroying Wu (Sun Quan's End)
Chapter 310 The Battle of Shu to Destroy Wu (Sun Quan’s End)
Sun Quan had personally sent troops to Jingzhou to defend Lu Xun, but when he was halfway there, he heard that Ma Di, the governor of the Eighth Route Army, was supervising the construction of warships in Shu, preparing to attack Wu. He was immediately frightened and quickly retreated to Jiangdong.
In fact, when Shu defeated Wei, Sun Quan saw that the five barbarians in the northern grasslands had occupied two states, and he was ready to lead his army north to get a piece of the pie.
But Lu Xun disagreed with him.
Lu Xun had been leading his army to attack Wuling with all his strength. After defeating Wuling, he began to attack Guiyang and Changsha.
This made Sun Quan very angry.
Sun Quan couldn't understand why this Lu Xun was so determined to help the Shu Han to defeat him and why he was so determined to go against Soochow.
If it was just because he suspected Lu Xun and sent people to monitor Lu Xun's affairs, then there was no need to do so.
Is it wrong for an emperor to spy on his ministers?
But no matter what, Lu Xun had already taken the lead before the eight armies of the Shu Han Dynasty came out. Regardless of whether Sun Quan came to fight or not, Lu Xun was working hard to attack the two counties of Guiyang in Changsha.
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After Shu defeated Wei, the situation of the Three Kingdoms that had stood for more than ten years collapsed instantly. The Shu Han occupied the original Wei and Shu lands, and already controlled most of the states, prefectures, and counties in the country; Dongwu was a country along the river, and only parts of Yangzhou and Jingzhou remained.
The two sides are thousands of miles apart, and there is a great enemy like Lu Xun in the south. Soochow is facing enemies on all sides.
In fact, since last year, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, has been planning to annihilate Soochow. He has taken a series of political, economic and military measures. On the one hand, he actively controls Wei, improves internal affairs, and accumulates food and equipment; on the other hand, he selects generals, builds buildings, ships, and trains.
Navy. The most important one is to organize and train the navy in Yizhou.
After annexing Wei, the Shu Han now had an army of 600,000, but it lacked naval forces. Facing the rough and dangerous Yangtze River, even though it had thousands of troops and cavalry, it was useless.
In order to change this situation, Zhuge Liang ordered Chen Dao, the prefect of Yong'an, to build warships upstream and train tens of thousands of naval troops, which quickly strengthened the Shu army's shortcomings and greatly increased its strength.
Soochow, on the other hand, spans the north and south of the Yangtze River. Since Sun Ce pinged Jiangdong, there have been fewer wars and it has considerable economic and military strength. Even with the fierce battles with Lu Xun in the past two years, the total number of troops is still around 150,000, especially the navy.
The army is strong, with more than 5,000 boats, and can easily block a thousand miles of river.
However, times have changed. If Soochow had not experienced Lu Xun's rebellion and had not lost half of Jingzhou, it might have been able to rely on the strength of its navy and the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to resist one or two.
But obviously, this favorable situation has disappeared since Lu Xun's rebellion, and the current situation is very unfavorable to Soochow. It is very difficult for Soochow to deal with just one Lu Xun, let alone the Eighth Route Army of Shu Han.
What's more serious is that after Zhuge Liang put forward the strategic policy of "defeating Cao Wei first, and destroying Wu in three years", in order to realize the last wish of the late emperor Liu Bei to unify the world, he began to plan to destroy Wu. First, he adopted a series of policies of political differentiation and disintegration, such as preferential treatment.
Reuse the surrendered generals of Wei State in order to shake the hearts and minds of Wu State's army and people.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang adjusted the military deployment in various places in a targeted manner, so as to pacify the east, Hao Zhao, the governor of Jingzhou, and control Xiangyang; Andong general Wei Yan, the governor of Yuzhou military; Conquering the East general Jiang Wei, the governor of Hefei military; Zhendong general Qin Lang, the governor of Xuzhou military
, Zhenxiapi. Reinstated Ma Su as general, governor of Yizhou, and governor of Yi, Yun and other states. In order to realize the "land and water advance" to destroy Wu, he pointed out the route.
By October of the 13th year of Jianxing, preparations for Shu's invasion of Wu were basically completed.
Yizhou Yong'an, Baidi City.
General Ma Su stood on the bow of the battleship and waved his hand energetically. Thirty thousand sailors and fifty thousand infantry sailed down the river on hundreds of large ships.
At the same time, General Zhendong Qin Lang marched from Xiapi to the direction of Tuzhong; General Zhendong Jiang Wei marched from Hefei to Yuzhang and out of Hengjiang Ferry; General Andong Wei Yan marched from Xuchang to the direction of Wuchang; General Pingdong Hao Zhao
March from Xiangyang, Jingzhou toward Xiakou;
There were also four small groups of soldiers, Zhang Xiu, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, and Yang Wanwan, waiting for an opportunity to sneak into Wu territory along the north of the Yangtze River.
The general intention of the Shu Han's attack on Wu was: to use the generals Ma Di and Qin Lang to attack Jianye and contain the main force of the Wu army so that it could not reinforce the upper reaches and other places; to use the three armies of Hao Zhao, Jiang Wei and Wei Yan to seize various strategic points along the river.
, in order to coordinate the 40,000 army led by the four major generals Zhang, Li, Huang and Yang to cross the Yangtze River, then enter the hinterland of Wu State, control the counties and counties around Jianye, and carry out a desperate attack on Jianye.
This kind of deployment is in line with the actual situation at this time, because Soochow still has 150,000 troops. In terms of strength comparison, the Shu army's troops in the attack on Wu do not have much advantage. Even if Lu Xun's troops and horses are added, they are not as good as the Wu army.
Twice the number. Therefore, it is necessary to quickly isolate Jianye so that the Wu forces scattered along the river and south of the Yangtze River can be defeated one by one, and then Wu can be quickly destroyed.
In October of the thirteenth year of Jianxing, Ma Di's army successfully occupied Xiakou, defeated the Wu army stationed here, and advanced to Jiangdong. At the same time, Lu Xun captured Guiyang and Changsha, and a large number of Wu troops surrendered to the Lu family army.
The other seven armies also achieved success, either successfully crossing the Yangtze River, fighting against Wu and winning, or eroding away Wu's territory north of the Yangtze River.
In November, Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, saw that the Shu Han army had blocked Wu County and that only Jianye City was left in the Wu Kingdom. He summoned the ministers to discuss: "It has been thirty-four years since I took charge of my father and brother's inheritance. I don't want to do this today."
I am really unwilling to become the king of a country that has been subjugated. How can I face my father and brother when I'm under the Nine Springs one day?!"
When Sun Quan talked about his sadness, he burst into tears.
All the ministers just stared at him indifferently, no one offered any advice, and no one came forward to comfort him.
Everyone knows that the demise of the Wu Kingdom is doomed and is the general trend. At this time, it is useless no matter how much Sun Quan cries.
Anyway, everyone has made up their minds to surrender, and most people have already found their next home. At this time, whoever is loyal to Sun Quan will have a hole in their head.
Seeing Sun Quan crying more and more sadly, General Zhuge Jin couldn't bear it and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, Soochow is about to perish. This is God's will and cannot be resisted by human beings. You can send an envoy to Ma Su with a seal to ask for surrender. This can still be preserved forever."
Wealth."
Sun Quan cried for a long time and finally nodded.
When the Soochow envoy gave the seal to Ma Di, Ma Di was marching his army eastward, and the ship raised its sails and headed straight for Jianye.
On that day, Ma Di led 80,000 people on land and water, and more than a hundred arks, to the gates of Jianye City. Sun Quan held the seal in hand and went out of the city to surrender before Ma Di's army.
At this point, the Shu Kingdom conquered six counties and 81 counties in the east of the Yangtze River, and surrendered 150,000 Wu troops. The Soochow regime was declared destroyed, and the long-term division of the Three Kingdoms also ended.
When the news reached Chang'an, Zhuge Liang was very excited. When he went to court, he said to the civil and military officials: "In the past, when the late emperor visited the thatched cottage three times, I once said to my family: one day when the world is unified, I will return to Longzhong to work hard."
"Now that Soochow is dead and the world is unified, it's time for the truth to fulfill its promise."
