Chapter 445 The end of the first stage of Jingzhou
The sudden flames of war in Jingzhou were quickly spread by the fleeing soldiers in Yidu and Xiangyang as well as some ordinary people in nearby villages and towns.
Sichuan's Blood Banner Army came over. Yidu fell, Xiangyang fell, and Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao fled to Jiangling in a panic!
The reality is far more serious than the rumors.
Liu Biao was led by five hundred soldiers to leave Xiangyang at noon on the second day of the offensive and defensive battle of Xiangyang. The direction he retreated was indeed Jiangling. Liu Biao was always frightened along the way. He never thought that during the offensive and defensive battle,
The defenders of the city were actually unable to compete with the attackers. There were more than 40,000 Jingzhou elites, plus more than 20,000 auxiliary troops in the surrounding military towns, but they could not stop the 30,000 Blood Flag Army attacking the city?!
And they didn't dare to withdraw. Once a large-scale withdrawal of troops occurred, the entire defense system would collapse instantly, and more people would die in the defeat. Even Liu Biao would lose the chance to escape.
As soon as Liu Biao arrived at the Yangtze River, he saw more than 10,000 Jiangling defenders who were preparing to cross the river for reinforcements. After the rendezvous, Liu Biao suppressed the idea of turning around and heading to Xiangyang again, and ordered the Jiangling reinforcements to return to defend Jiangling, leaving some ships on the Yangtze River.
While waiting to rescue the defeated Xiangyang City defenders.
As soon as Liu Biao gave this order, the Jiangling army that rushed over knew from top to bottom that Xiangyang could not be defended! It sounded almost like a myth.
The city of Xiangyang, defended by tens of thousands of troops, fell just like that? How many people came from the Blood Flag Army? How could Xiangyang be captured in just two days?
No matter what Jiangling's reinforcements thought, the matter was already here. It was useless to think too much. They protected Liu Biao and returned to Jiangling. Little did they know that less than half a day after they left the riverside, Xiangyang City's defeated troops arrived. In other words, Liu Biao left Xiangyang.
Xiangyang fell half a day later.
The Jiangling soldiers who were guarding the riverside were horrified. Looking at the defeated troops coming from Xiangyang, they were not only extremely embarrassed, but also pitifully small in number. There were less than three thousand in total!
"Brother, let's go quickly. Behind us are the cavalrymen of the Blood Flag Army who are still chasing us. They have been chasing us for two days. They might chase us all the way to the river, and we won't be able to leave by then."
"Leave now? Don't wait for the people behind you?"
"What a wait! The generals have been captured, and the slow ones behind them are either dead or scattered. No one will come here again. Hurry up and sail!"
In fact, there were not many pursuing troops, only 500 cavalry in total. Zhang Liao deliberately left it at the end to kill the defeated troops. Although he deliberately let Liu Biao go, he was unwilling to let too many Xiangyang soldiers retreat to Jiangling. So,
The number of Xiangyang City defenders who were chased, dispersed, and finally defeated and fled to the riverside was less than 3,000.
On the other hand, he rushed to Zhang Fei's headquarters near Xiangyang at starry night and found that the flag on the city wall had been replaced by the blood-red wordless flag of the Blood Banner Army. He was horrified and did not dare to show his head. He only had 500 cavalry in his hand.
He didn't dare to go up and provoke the Blood Banner Army, which had conquered the fortified city within a few days. He hurriedly turned his horse around and returned the same way, informing Guan Yu who was still on the way that he didn't need to come again.
In this way, the first step of the Blood Flag Army's strategic concept has been initially achieved. The door to Jingzhou has been completely opened.
Liu Xie, who was far away in Chengdu, was counting the time. He firmly believed that Lu Bu and Zhang Liao would not let him down. Therefore, after the scheduled time for the first wave of attacks arrived and before receiving the report on the results of the battle, the Blood Flag Army's third
A group of reinforcements gathered again in Badong and Fuling, and then rushed to Xiangyang and Yidu.
Liu Xie and Chen Gong have also repeatedly studied the matter of reinforcements. They predicted that Yidu's defense strength would definitely be much lower than that of Xiangyang. Therefore, in terms of losses, the troops of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun who attacked Xiangyang should be greater than
Lu Bu and Wu Yi were under their command. Therefore, the first batch of reinforcements went to Xiangyang with 20,000 militiamen, and those going to Yidu were 10,000 militiamen.
The baggage train also prepared 300 new Yama Thunders for the two legions, as well as a set of consumable ordnance.
On February 22nd, just as Liu Xie received the battle report from Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, the two reinforcements that had set off earlier had arrived in Xiangyang and Yidu. Liu Xie also quickly summoned his main advisers to start studying the situation in his hands.
Two battle reports.
To be honest, the battle on the front line in Yidu was as Liu Xie and others had expected. Yidu City was defeated by Lu Bu in half a day. However, he did not expect that Xiangyang City would have such a strong will to resist. In order to fulfill the order to capture Xiangyang within three days, Zhang Liao
The losses this time were somewhat unexpectedly large.
"Your Majesty, General Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have suffered huge losses this time. They can replenish the main force of the Thousand Blood Banner Army." Chen Gong suggested.
But Liu Xie had his own ideas. The main force of the Blood Banner Army was controlled at 30,000, and there are still 10,000 in Sichuan. Moreover, he still has 6,000 servings of divine water in his hand. In other words,
As long as Lord Yama does not grant the divine water again, Liu Xie can still arm the main force of the Blood Banner Army with 6,000 people. Even if he is greedy, he can arm a thousand elite Blood Banner Army troops.
But now that the war is about to begin, it is necessary to play out some of the cards in hand? This is not appropriate in Liu Xie's opinion.
"No need. Zhang Liao has already conquered Xiangyang, and now the situation has opened up. When the news spreads, Zhang Liao's troops will be directed at Jiangling City. And Lu Bu's southward plan will also complete the attack on Lingling. By then we will
The strategic concept of the first stage can be completed. There is no need to send the main force there."
Chen Gong nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, General Zhang Liao and Gao Shun will probably have to put more thought into it."
"This is inevitable. The war situation will be more complicated in the future. They cannot just rely on reinforcements, they also have to use their own brains to fight the war." Liu Xie also smiled. Then he picked up his pen and wrote a letter to each of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao. Then.
Send him off quickly.
"When we weaken Liu Biao's power further, we can force him to the front lines of Jiangxia, Baqiu, and Guiyang. Then we will wait for the big drama to unfold."
"Hahaha, what Your Majesty said is interesting, it is true, it will be a great show."
The two looked at each other and smiled happily.
Everything was as Chen Gong and Liu Xie expected. On the fifth day of March, the first army led by Lu Bu arrived at Wuling and attacked the city for half a day. The city's garrison led his troops to surrender and captured Wuling.
After that, Lu Bu once again left hundreds of soldiers to guard Wuling. He continued to lead the first army and Wuling's surrendered generals, and went towards Lingling. Wherever he went, all the original military towns in Jingzhou surrendered, not daring to delay.
In a short time, when Lu Bu led his troops to Lingling on March 20, he had more than 40,000 soldiers. More than 10,000 of them were surrendered Jingzhou troops.
Lingling was more decisive than Wuling before. Lu Bu's troops had already lowered their flags and surrendered before they arrived. Without wasting a single soldier, they fell into the hands of the Blood Banner Army.
At this point, the first phase strategic goal of Lu Bu's First Army was completely achieved.
As for Zhang Liao's second legion of the Blood Banner Army, although it had a rough start, the subsequent battle seemed to go much smoother.
The Second Army Corps, which had received reinforcements, launched an attack on Jiangling on March 15th, five days after facing each other in Jiangling City. This time, Zhang Liao learned the lesson from Xiangyang. The divine thunder of Yama opened the way, and it poured in without any money.
After firing one hundred and fifty, they began to press on the soldiers.
At dawn on March 16, Zhang Liao used the siege soldiers and the divine thunder bombardment as cover to transport ten Yama divine thunders across the moat and arrived at the east gate of Jiangling City. He then lit them on fire. The gate collapsed in the violent explosion.
One-third opened a fatal hole in this fortified city.
The battle lasted until the evening of March 16th. Jiangling City fell. The remaining 5,000 defenders surrendered, and the remaining 2,000 soldiers fled to Jiangxia in panic along with Liu Biao and other close relatives.
On the fifth day of April, Liu Xie received two battle reports in Chengdu. After reading them, he raised his head and roared, very excited. In the past two months of the offensive, Jingzhou went from Xiangyang to Jiangling and then to Lingling. All the land west of this line was
This is the territory of his Blood Flag Army!
This sword was fast, accurate and ruthless. Liu Biao was caught off guard and cut away two-thirds of Jingzhou's land with one strike. Whether it was actual gains or strategic significance, it was of far-reaching significance to the entire Blood Banner Army.