After Zhuge Ke led his troops back to the city, he sealed the six gates of Jingzhou and ordered Generals Ding Feng and Cai Lin to guard the city of Jingzhou day and night. They sent people to Wuchang to send letters asking for help. At the same time, they also sent a handwritten letter of apology to Sun Quan.
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"Your Majesty, this defeat in this battle and the loss of 200,000 troops was my fault. I mistakenly believed Cao's thieves' words and was deceived by Cao's thieves. Sun Quan and the two generals were defeated by Cao Wei. I ask your Majesty to punish me.
, with the hearts of Jiangdong civil and military officers and soldiers!"
After Zhuge Ke finished writing, he gently dried the bamboo slips, rolled them up, sealed them, and sent his soldiers to Sun Quan in Wuchang overnight.
In the meeting hall of the Jingzhou Prefecture, Generals Cai Lin and Ding Feng were sitting in the hall. Zhuge Ke sighed and said, "Oh, because of me, our 200,000-strong Soochow army was attacked by Cao Shuang in less than a day."
If defeated, Jingzhou and Nanjun will be difficult to defend. I am ashamed of your majesty’s trust!”
Cai Lin cupped his hands and said: "My lord, don't worry. Jingzhou has a high city, a strong pond, and plenty of food and grass. As long as we don't go out of the city to fight, with your lord's wisdom and the bravery of General Chengyuan, I will be able to hold on to Jingzhou without losing it until your majesty sends it."
Reinforcements arrive, kill Cao's army!"
Zhuge Ke pondered for a moment and said: "Although General Cai's words are reasonable, Cao's army is strong and has the power of last night's victory. I am afraid that Jingzhou and Nanjun will be difficult to protect. If things cannot be done, we will retreat to Jiangdong and make plans."
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Ding Feng cupped his hands and said: "The general will follow the general to the death. If Jingzhou can be defended, he will defend it. If he cannot defend it, the general will defend the general to the death and return to Jiangdong!"
Zhuge Ke looked ugly and said: "If we can't hold on, we can only return to Jiangdong and make plans again!"
Cai Lin and Ding Feng cupped their hands and said: "The last general will obey the military orders of the prefect!"
Zhuge Ke asked again: "Two generals, I wonder how prepared they are to resist Cao Jun's arrows, rolling logs and other objects?"
Ding Fengdao: "I reported to the prefect that at the end of the war, the two generals searched the city for supplies and prepared arrows, rolling wood and other materials needed for ten days of defense. The grain and grass are sufficient to support an army of 30,000 for half a year." p>
On the second day, at the beginning of the morning, the Wei army gathered all the troops from Soochow and surrendered 90,000 troops. Cao Shuang thought to himself that the blue-eyed man from Soochow had given him such a huge fortune, and he didn't know how to thank him.
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In this battle, Sun Wu's 200,000-strong army brought about 5,000 war horses. Most of them were burned to death or drowned. They brought the war horses on the warships. Sun Quan also counterattacked Jiangbei after defeating the Wei army in order to fake a surrender.
It was heartbreaking to allocate five thousand cavalry to Quan Cong, but unexpectedly, the war horses that Jiangdong had worked so hard to scrape together in the past few years were lost.
my country's traditional horse-producing and horse-raising areas are mainly the Mongolian Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and their surrounding areas.
The core area ruled by Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was far away from this horse-producing area.
Most of the war horses used by ancient cavalry were gelded stallions (there is still a folk saying that "a female horse cannot ride in battle"). In addition to the objective and actual situation of the Soochow regime at that time, there were basically no conditions for raising a large number of cavalry horses.
But Sun Quan still wanted horses and formed cavalry. Without cavalry, he would not be able to cross the Yangtze River and compete with Cao Wei.
Biyan'er showed goodwill to Cao Wei and turned against Liu Bei. He obtained a small number of good horses through diplomacy, but the number was not large. Cao Wei also knew that horses are strategic materials. It is okay to give a little charity occasionally to show favor, but certainly not in large quantities.
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In addition to using diplomacy to get a free lunch, Sun Quan was also willing to pay to buy horses from Cao Wei.
In the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Sun Quan sent the school captain Liang Yu to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty, and at the same time "ordered Wang Dun to sell horses", that is, he took advantage of the opportunity of paying tribute to go to the north to purchase horses.
There were also people from Cao Wei who took the initiative to sell horses. In July of the fourth year of Jiahe (235), Cao Wei's envoys brought 200 horses and asked for Yi Zhuji, emeralds, and tortoise shells. Sun Quan said: 'These are all useless, but you can get horses.
, why not listen to its deal.'"
It can also be seen from this that Sun Quan really attaches great importance to the construction of cavalry. He does not spend extravagant food and clothing on weekdays, and is willing to spend money when buying horses.
Sun Quan and Cao Wei were at war and at peace with each other from time to time, and they often got into fights. When winning battles in Soochow, it was common for them to capture some soldiers and horses.
After all, if you buy it as a gift, you will feel more proud than if you bought it.
In the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Zhou Yu defeated Cao Ren in Jiangling and "won three hundred horses, which were returned in square ships."
In the seventh year of Huang Wu (228 years), Bi Yaner sent Zhou Yi to pretend to surrender and lured Cao Xiu into the country. Lu Xun defeated Cao Xiu and "captured more than ten thousand, including ten thousand cattle, horses, mules and donkeys."
In addition to the war horses from Cao Wei's Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and other real estates, Sun Quan also coveted the war horses from Liaodong. He sent envoys many times to manage Liaodong. Although he was not very successful, he still gained some gains.
When it comes to cavalry, the conditions in the Shu Han are better than those in Soochow. The Shu horses native to the Shu Han belong to southwest China's horse species and are small in size. They are mainly used for pack transportation, but there are also some strong Shu horses that can be used for cavalry.
In addition to several major battles such as capturing Jingzhou and killing Guan Yu and the Battle of Yiling, Sun Quan paid great attention to maintaining the alliance with the Shu Han. In addition to the strategic consideration of jointly resisting Cao Tucun, obtaining some horses from the Shu Han was also an important factor in Sun Quan's consideration.
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Sun Quan attached great importance to the construction of cavalry and also formed a certain size of cavalry troops. However, the results were mediocre and did not bring good benefits to Sun Quan. This time, the entire army was wiped out before even going into battle.
When the news came back to Soochow, Biyan would definitely be heartbroken. Biyan would have to send his subordinates "Xiling Lishi" to dig many more graves in order to collect another 5,000 horses for the Soochow cavalry...
Cao Shuang ordered a thousand soldiers to collect the dead horses from Soochow and pickle them. After taking Nanjun, he would reward the soldiers for their hard work.
At the end of the Chen hour, Cao Shuang's army had rested and reorganized, and immediately he led his generals to gallop towards Jingzhou with 94,000 troops and horses...
At the foot of Jingzhou City, Cao Shuang's army camped ten miles outside the city, and ordered Wen Qin to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to the Yinbin Gate of Jingzhou's Dadong Gate to call for formation.
Wen Qin rode on horseback under the city with a spear and shouted: "General Zhuge Ke on the city, Jingzhou is now surrounded by 100,000 soldiers and horses of our great Wei Dynasty.
If you know the current situation, if you don't surrender to me, the Wei Dynasty, my general can spare the lives of all the generals! If not, don't blame the spear in my hand for being rude!"
Ding Feng said on the city: "Don't take advantage of your words, I will go out of the city to fight with you!"
Ding Feng immediately went down from the city tower, turned over and mounted the black war horse, picked up the iron-spine snake spear, carried short soldiers on his back, and held the reins. At this time, the city gate was opened.
Pick…
Ding Feng rushed towards Wen Qin when he left the city. Ding Feng stabbed Wen Qin with an iron halberd and spear, but Wen Qin did not dare to show weakness. He attacked Ding Feng's vitals with his spear and shouted: "General Ding, eat it."
A certain spear!"
In this way, the two sides fought on horseback for 150 rounds, regardless of the outcome, until night. The two sides changed horses several times and fought at night by lights. After 400 moves, Wen Qin was exhausted and was picked off by Ding Feng.
Come, fortunately Guanqiu Jian came to help, and I was able to escape...
When the two left, Ding Feng said: "If you have the guts, don't run away. Let's fight again tomorrow!"