Just when Cao Cao began to adjust his strategic deployment in a hurry, Sun Quan, who was far away in Jiangdong, had trouble sleeping and eating.
For a long time, Jingzhou and Jiangdong, commanded by Sun Quan, knew themselves and the enemy. The common enemy was Cao Cao, who held the emperor hostage to order the princes. This resulted in a tacit strategic understanding between them. There was little friction between them.
But now suddenly, Liu Biao is about to be driven out and killed?! Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Nanjun have fallen into the hands of the Blood Banner Army one after another, and most of the waterways going west have been cut off. This is really a heavy blow to Sun Quan, who relies on the navy.
Xiao. And now even Jiang Xia is being directly threatened, and subversion is imminent. This is to pinch Jiang Dong's neck!
Sun Quan was so anxious that he called in some of his cronies to discuss countermeasures. Their responses were generally unanimous. Whether it was Lu Su, the mastermind, or Zhou Yu, the navy commander, they all agreed with the general policy of rushing to aid Jiangxia and uniting with Liu Bei to resist the Blood Banner.
This is also consistent with Sun Quan's opinion.
However, Zhou Yu and Lu Su had different opinions on specific details.
Lu Su advocated sending troops first to help Liu Bei defend Jiangxia and Bayue, and at the same time mobilize naval forces to raid Jiangling and Yidu along the waterway. In his opinion, the reason why the Blood Banner Army was able to advance quickly and attack without defeat was due to its excellent land warfare.
When it comes to water battles, Jiangdong's son is naturally unparalleled in the world.
As long as the waterway is opened, the entire north of Jingzhou will be free to roam. It will definitely disrupt the massive deployment of the Blood Banner Army and drag down its troops. It will have a surprising and winning effect in the defense of Jiangxia.
But Zhou Yu doesn't see it that way. He prefers to "stick to it".
Use the advantage of the navy to hold on to the front line of Jiangxia without having to go further along the river to the enemy's rear. Because once it goes deep into the enemy's rear, it will inevitably require the Jiangdong navy to come out in full force, and the Lujiang area behind itself will be empty. Once Cao's army from the north seizes the empty window
In the future, Jiangdong will face an extremely bad situation. Moreover, the navy will become a duckweed because it has lost its foundation.
Furthermore, helping Liu Bei is just to prevent Jiangxia from falling into the hands of the Blood Banner Army, not to help Liu Bei win Jingzhou. Why do such a thankless thing?
Two opinions, even though Sun Qun was more inclined to Lu Su's plan, in the end he still chose Zhou Yu's strategy. For no reason, just because Zhou Yu controlled the entire Jiangdong navy, and Sun Quan's control over the navy was actually
Poorly weak.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, it was the tenth day of the third month.
The Blood Banner Army, which had been silent for more than half a month, finally set out. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the Blood Banner Army's main force of 20,000 people and the militia of 30,000 people. They divided their forces into two groups and rushed towards Bayue and Jiangxia.
Sun Wu's army, which had just arrived in Jiangxia and Bayue, had no time to repair and immediately joined the brutal offensive and defensive battle.
Before the war started, Sun Wu's army was still wondering why these Jingzhou troops were so nervous, and they could even see clear timidity in their eyes. They couldn't help but feel contempt for this. But at the beginning of the offensive and defensive battle, these more than 10,000 troops were urgently transferred
Only then did Sergeant Sun Wu, who came to support, understand why his allies were timid.
The Blood Flag Army is so terrifying!
And not only the monster-like fighting power and the will to fight without fear of life and death, but also the terrifying weapons that have only been heard of and never seen before.
Those black balls were thrown onto the city wall from a distance by the trebuchet, followed by a thunderous explosion. No matter how you dodge, as long as you are within its coverage, there is no other way except to be disabled or dead.
Every time they saw those black iron balls flying towards them, the soldiers guarding the city felt nothing but despair.
March 16th. The entire city wall of Bayue collapsed by nearly a third under the violent bombardment. Facing the Blood Banner Army pouring into the city like a tide, the resistance of the Sun and Liu coalition forces fell below freezing point. Except for a few, they fought to the death.
In addition to being killed, most of the surviving defenders surrendered directly. They were directly recruited by Gao Shun, the general who commanded the Bayue battle. They non-stop surrounded Jiangxia from the south.
On the other hand, Zhang Liao, who was in charge of the main attack on Jiangxia, was very unhappy because Liu Xie gave him an order to postpone the war until March 20th. He was not allowed to break through the Jiangxia city defense without receiving an order for a general attack.
As a result, Zhang Liao kept knocking, which seemed quite lively, but he did not make any substantial siege actions. Instead, he used trebuchets and Yama's divine thunder to cause as much damage to the defenders on the city wall as possible.
Killing and panic.
Jiangxia must continue to be oppressed to allow Sun Wu's army to devote more to this battle. Liu Xie even wanted to use this battle to slowly evolve into a decisive battle. Sun Wu was crippled in one fell swoop.
Only then will the situation change according to the Blood Flag Army's wishes.
Moreover, Liu Xie has been keeping an eye on Sun Wu's navy for a long time. He wants to use Sun Wu's navy, which is said to be unparalleled in the world, to test how strong the navy he has formed is. Is it really what Lord Yama said?
As said, it can destroy everything.
Jiangxia is now a millstone prepared by Liu Xie for the Sun-Liu coalition. Here he wants to grind the enemy's flesh and blood into a pulp.
March 17. Gao Shun, who had captured Bayue, led his men to integrate Bayue's surrendered soldiers, a total of more than 30,000 soldiers, and detoured back to the flank. He then launched another offensive towards Xinchun in the rear of Jiangxia.
This would be the fate of the Sun-Liu coalition. They never thought that the Blood Banner Army would not repair itself and continue to fight like this. How could the soldiers under their command bear it? Can the baggage keep up? Can the combat status be maintained?
For the Blood Banner Army, baggage is not a problem, because it is available in Bayue City. By taking Bayue, Gao Shun's men will not have to worry about food and grass for at least a month.
Transportation is not a problem. A simple technological innovation in Liu Xie's mind increased the load capacity of the oxcart by 30%, and it was more labor-saving. The transportation volume and speed were greatly improved.
As for the fighting will and physical strength of the soldiers. This may have an impact on the militia and reduced soldiers in the army, but for the main force of the 10,000 Blood Banner Army, such intensity of fighting and attacks is not a problem for them at all.
This is the powerful effect brought about by taking the "sacred water" several times.
Faced with the pressure of a large army, Xinchun's defenders only had less than 10,000 troops. If it were anywhere else, as a city defender, it would have been heavily guarded, and it would have felt confident. But facing the weird and terrifying Blood Flag Army
, everyone understands that Xinchun cannot be defended by just relying on these people.
Because Xinchun is where the Sun-Liu coalition forces deployed heavy supplies in the front!
So Sun Wu had to urgently mobilize five thousand soldiers to garrison Xinchun. At the same time, he mobilized all the troops from Poyang and Yuzhang to rush to Xinchun at night.
As for the Blood Banner Army, the 10,000 main force and 10,000 militiamen who had newly arrived at Bayue from the waterway also began to gather towards Xinchun.
Suddenly, the situation shifted from Jiangxia to Xinchun. Liu Xie also realized that Xinchun might be the place where the food and grass for the Sun-Liu coalition could survive. Fighter planes had appeared. In an instant, the strategic focus of the Blood Banner Army secretly moved from Jiangxia.