Chapter 582 Are there really incompetent princes in the world?!
The white horse passed by, and the seven days passed by in an instant.
During this period, Jingzhou and Yangzhou were very lively.
First, Liu Biao's courage, which he had once rode into Jingzhou alone, was reactivated by these successive events. The hero's courage exploded, and he decisively ordered all the elite troops from Jingnan to be dispatched to Jiangling.
In Wuling County, the elite troops from Jingnan, who had been prepared for a long time, under the leadership of Liu Pan, rushed straight to Jiangling like a dragon crossing the river as soon as they received Liu Biao's order. Huang Zhong, the Jingnan tiger general who had been hiding for a long time, was the first to arrive at Jiangling.
That night, he took the initiative to lead a night attack with five thousand elite soldiers to find out the details of Ji Ling.
However, what no one expected was that during the night attack, Huang Zhong was exposed to the spread of fire snakes during the night attack. As a result, Huang Zhong accurately identified the direction of Yuan Jun's commander Ji Ling's voice calling for soldiers and horses to calm people's hearts in the chaotic Ji Ling camp.
Then seize the opportunity to shoot a surprising arrow.
One arrow killed him, and the death of General Ji Ling in the battle instantly became a turning point for the war, the entire south and the entire world. Originally, when the Qin army invaded the Central Plains and decisively abandoned Yuzhou, Ji Ling led the army from Yuzhou
One hundred thousand elites were mobilized to attack Jingzhou and occupy Jiangxia, thus forming an iron barrel-like Huainan defense line across Jingyang. At this moment, Yuan Shu's power began to flourish and then decline.
At a glance, we can take advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army, with the Central Plains exhausted, Shuzhong beyond reach, and Jiangdong unable to take action, to sweep across the north of the river and occupy the south that had been missed, and to launch an attack on the foundation of the world's first prince.
The middle road collapsed. Even after Cao Cao and Liu Bei took advantage of the Qin army's temporary recuperation, they gave up their worries and went south to Shouchun to attack Yuan to expand their strength. Yuan Shu suddenly seemed to be destroyed.
At this time, under Yuan Shu, the 100,000 elite Yuan army originally commanded by Ji Ling to attack Jingzhou, except for the more than 30,000 elite troops who were damaged in the attack and were arranged by Ji Ling to stay in the important areas of Jiangxia County to guard, a total of 60,000 troops and horses, all
Huang Zhong's night attack suddenly killed Ji Ling with an astonishing arrow, and the double blow of Liu Pan's army that followed shortly after, nearly half of them were wiped out in one night.
Although the loss of nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses was later recovered by the help of deputy general Chen Lan who had a chance to escape, it was difficult to be brave in defeating the remaining soldiers, especially when the coach Ji Ling who had been following him was killed in a night attack.
Under the circumstances, the actual combat power of these nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time can basically be ignored.
As for the 30,000 elite troops commanded by Lei Bo, who were still stationed at strategic locations in Jiangxia County. Although their strength was not lost, the intelligence that their commander had died in battle and that they were defeated at the front was self-evident, which had an impact on their combat effectiveness.
In a word, at this time, Yuan Shu's command, after Ji Ling's defeat, the only real combatable troops left were the core troops stationed in Huainan to defend against Liu Bei and Cao Cao in the Central Plains.
In fact, Yuan Shu himself knew this, so after receiving the information sent by Lei Bo, he seemed so hysterical, lonely and confused.
As for Ji Ling, although he is not considered a world-famous general, his significance to Yuan Shu's forces is definitely not something that ordinary people can replace. A word of loyalty is enough to elevate his role to Yuan Shu's forces from a second-rate general to a super-first-rate level?
Yan Xiang did not mention the remaining civil and military officials. Zhang Xun died early, and the rest may also be loyal enough.
but.......
People's hearts are unpredictable? At this time of crisis, how could Yuan Shu dare to trust others easily?
Just like the generals Lei Bo and Chen Lan who are currently stationed in Jiangxia.
As for Chen Lan, can the defeated general escape and ascend to heaven after Ji Ling's death? At the same time, he must gather 20,000 remaining soldiers? Try his best to recover the losses? No one can tell.
However, Lei Bo, the general who was also appointed by Ji Ling to stay in Jiangxia, had some thoughts in his mind when Yuan Shu met the bodyguard he sent to send back the information. Because he happened to know the bodyguard Lei Bo who sent the message.
It was his family's nephew Leile, who had always been kept by Lei Bo's side as his personal bodyguard.
Especially after Lei Le sent the information, he went back to Lei's family on the pretext of being ill and refused to go to Jingzhou again? Yuan Shu became more aware of Lei Bo's thoughts, and even looked at it from this perspective.
With so many civil and military personnel under his command, I am afraid that something else will come up in their hearts.
In fact, it has to be said that Yuan Shu can become the leader of a party. His life experience, ability, and even intuition are all equipped with something. For example, he can judge his own situation, and even the thoughts of his general Lei Bo and other civil and military officials.
speculation.
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Time goes back to seven days ago.
After Ji Ling died in the battle, Chen Lan reluctantly gathered the remaining soldiers, while avoiding the pursuit of the Jingzhou army, while sending spies to pass the information about this place back to Jiangxia, so that Jiangxia guard Lei Bo could make preparations.
In fact, there was no need for Chen Lan to remind him at that time. After he gathered the remaining soldiers and sent out messengers, Lei Bo had already obtained the results of the Battle of Hanjiang from other aspects. He knew that Ji Ling died in the battle and Liu Biao.
At the same time, Jingzhou General Wenpin was dispatched with tens of thousands of elite troops from Xiangyang to counterattack Jiangxia, and they vigorously raided the county strongholds along Jiangxia County. They were unstoppable along the way, and soon they would be able to get information on the city.
Jiangxia City, County Sheriff's Mansion.
"Jingnan elites made a surprise attack, the general died in battle, and more than half of the 60,000-strong army was defeated. Jingzhou general Wen Pin sent troops out of Xiangyang to counterattack Jiangxia. The Sun family in Jiangdong has not responded yet..."
In Jiangxia City, looking at the intelligence news in his hands one after another, each one worse than the last, Lei Bo instantly lost his composure and sat paralyzed in the hall with his eyes blank.
"General, general?" the guard beside him hesitated for a while, then cautiously stepped forward and called.
"Yeah!" Lei Bo raised his head blankly following the voice, and just came back to his senses. He looked at the nervous expressions of the two people on the left and right, who were carefully looking at his personal guards, smiled bitterly, and quickly tried to adjust his mentality and wake up.
Seeing that Lei Bo was awake, the bodyguard hesitated and asked softly: "General, should we contact the lord for help quickly?"
Lei Bo was startled and woke up, "Yes, we must quickly send a message to the lord to inform the situation and ask for help at the same time."
After calming down, Lei Bo quickly said to his personal guard who was reminding him: "Lei Guard, my general ordered me to give up all strongholds in the county. The elite defenders from all over the country must return to Jiangxia City within one day to accompany me to defend against the enemy!"
After all, Lei Bo was a veteran in the army who had been fighting with Ji Ling for a long time. He was able to be entrusted with the responsibility of rear defense by Ji Ling, so he had his own abilities. After regaining his composure, he immediately gave the order in a deep voice.
"No!" Lei Wei turned around and ran out.
After the personal guards withdrew, Lei Bo sighed secretly, turned to his nephew, who had been following him as a bodyguard, and said: "Shule, once the general dies, the world in the south will probably change again. My lord, the situation at this time is extremely dangerous.
If it goes to the extreme, I'm afraid something will go wrong. You should do it yourself right away
Take people back to Shouchun and report the situation in Jiangxia to the lord as quickly as possible. If Jiangxia is to fight or retreat, please ask the lord to get a charter. If there is a war, please come with reinforcements as soon as possible. I will fight hard and hold on. If we retreat,
, and I also hope that the lord can send someone to take over. In short, I hope it can still come in time!"
When you go back, find an excuse to return home first, don't come here with the army again, and wait for my message!"
"Uncle! I..."
"Okay! That's it!"
Lei Le's expression changed and he was about to speak but was interrupted by Lei Bo, "You have to know that our Lei family is originally small and powerful. Now that the Yuan family is in a bad situation, I should be loyal to the master. However, you are not Yuan.
The generals at home are just accompanying the army as my personal soldiers, so there is no harm in withdrawing."
"Remember, if something happens to me, the Lei family's future will depend on your own strength! Don't let it down..."
"Okay, don't waste time, set off quickly!" Lei Bo stopped here, waved his hand with a cold face, and turned around.
