After the autumn harvest in August, the prime minister, who was stationed in Hanzhong County, personally supervised 20,000 troops and horses to march out of the three eastern counties.
Jiangdong had already expected this.
There are no common people in Dongsan County after several wars. When Hu Zhi, the governor of Wei Jingzhou, was stationed in Shangyong, all the farmers who moved from Nanyang also returned with the change of territory between Wei and Wu.
Therefore, after Jiangdong obtained the three eastern counties from the Wei State, he only asked General Tang Zi to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Shangyong City, and did not order more than 3,000 people from Xianyu Dandu to be in Fangling as backup. These two
They were all under the control of Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Xiangyang.
For example, Xunkou garrison and Xicheng were abandoned.
This is a helpless move.
The Han army went straight down the river from Huangjin Gorge and could attack the Xunkou garrison and besiege Xicheng almost overnight.
Considering geographical factors, these two places cannot be defended with heavy troops. But there are no Li Shu people here, how can Jiangdong resist heavy troops and defend them?
Just transporting grain and fodder can bring down the Wu army!
Shangyong City is different.
After the Mian River (Han River) reaches Xicheng, it turns into the South Qinling Road and does not flow through Shangyong City.
Therefore, with heavy troops guarding Shangyong, if the Han army invaded, they would not be able to attack by surprise. Moreover, this approach would also increase the Han army's food supply, which would have the benefit of being able to wait for work.
Of course, Jiangdong did not think that the eight thousand soldiers of Tang Zi and Xian Yudan could contain the Han army in Hanzhong County.
The reason for this arrangement is that both Lu Xun and Sun Quan believed that if the Han army left Jingzhou, it would definitely take Yong'an as the main force, not the three eastern counties where it is easy to advance and difficult to retreat.
Furthermore, the three eastern counties are also bordered by Wancheng in Nanyang controlled by the Wei State and Wuguan, the gateway to the southern part of Guanzhong.
If the Han army becomes stronger, Wei will not sit idly by and ignore it.
However, what they don't know is that their thinking is fundamentally wrong.
In the plans of the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu, the purpose of this attack on Wu was not only to avenge Jiangdong for betraying the alliance, but also to induce the main force of the Wei army in Yongliang to come spontaneously for a decisive battle.
Due to strategic reasons, the Han army was eager to let the Wei army get involved as soon as possible.
Then there are still worries about Wu and Wei uniting to fight?
Moreover, this time the prime minister changed his previous strategy of marching step by step and attacking steadily, and instead used Wei Yan's favorite strategy of military speed and speed!
Invading like fire!
Relying on the Han soldiers who were particularly good at crossing mountains and controlling the three eastern counties, and knowing the geographical advantages of mountains and rivers, when the prime minister led the troops out of Huangjin Gorge, he first asked Hu Ji to supervise Liu Lin and Jiang Shu in the front.
Take the South Qinling Road to Xixian, then go south along the water-blocking valley in Xixian that runs through Wudang Mountain, and directly bypass Shangyong to attack Fangling.
In the past, the late emperor Liu Bei sent Liu Feng to recover the three eastern counties. After Liu Feng captured Xicheng, he took this route to march in order to cut off the connection between Shangyong and Fangling.
The prime minister himself was in charge of the rear army, which slowly advanced along the Bashan North Road.
Let Jiangdong focus all his attention on the basin at the southern foot of Wudang Mountain to provide cover for Hu Ji's tribe.
Liu Lin and Jiang Shu were well-known for their bravery among the juniors in the Han army. When the prime minister returned from Guanzhong, they were specially transferred to the Chinese army and granted the right to lead a single unit.
It is equivalent to training junior generals to serve the country.
And the two of them lived up to the Prime Minister's respect and cultivation.
They felt that although Xixian County was abandoned when Sima Yi was stationed in Jingzhou, because the Qinling South Road at the northern foot of Wudang Mountain could attack Wei's Nanyang Wancheng and Wuguan, there must be Wei army scouts on guard along the way.
And with their army of more than 8,000 men, it was difficult to conceal their whereabouts.
In order not to alert the Wei army's scouts, they passed on the general's information to the Wu army. They advised Hu Ji and claimed that they asked Hu Ji to protect the grain and baggage behind them, so that they could order their men to carry five days of food and march with only swords and spears.
, and rushed to Fangling before the Wei army scouts returned to convey military information.
Soldiers are valuable and quick.
Each of their headquarters has two thousand troops, which is enough to capture Fangling, who is unsuspecting at the rear.
Hu Ji had no objection.
I just told them to be careful.
If Fangling is attacked unprepared, and if there is no chance to break the city, then wait until he leads the rear army to arrive and besiege it. Don't be greedy for success and lose the soldiers in vain.
After all, Xian Yudan is also a veteran of Jiangdong's battlefield.
Such as the Battle of Jingnan, the Battle of Yiling and the Battle of Jiangxia. This person has accompanied them in the battle.
Although his performance was not outstanding, due to the caution he had developed in the army, he might not be heavily guarded when he was in the rear.
Liu Lin and Jiang Shu agreed immediately.
After driving the army away, the two of them held on to the idea of success or failure.
Because they all look forward to military success.
Needless to say, Jiang Shu was the first to follow Jiang Wei when he went abroad thousands of miles to attack the Shenlang Qiang. After he made an emergency landing at the Baima Qiang, he was lost to everyone! Among the Han army's brightest generals, he almost always went into battle.
They were left behind to guard.
This time, he finally gained favor from the Prime Minister and was once again entrusted with the important task of being a pioneer. How could he miss the opportunity?
Liu Lin, on the other hand, wanted to avenge his father's shame.
Mengda's rebellion and the loss of the three eastern counties were all caused by his late father Liu Feng!
He wanted to take back the three eastern counties in order to repay the kindness of Emperor Liu Chan for allowing one of his sons to take the surname Kou and be granted the title of marquis.
After spending four days driving from the Duoshui River Valley into the boundary of Fangling, the two men asked the soldiers to rest and recover their strength before making a sneak attack after nightfall.
However, Fangling County's defense is not very tight.
It's not that Xian Yudan was careless, but that as he grew older and lost energy, he could no longer patrol the city defenses at night and urge the soldiers to be on strict alert.
This also caused Wu's soldiers to be very lax in their defense at night.
This is understandable.
There is no trace of the Han army in Shangyong City!
Why don't they in Fangling recharge their batteries before the war begins?
Therefore, their fate is doomed.
The three eastern counties are all surrounded by mountains, with little cultivated land and few common people.
Therefore, when both the Han and Wei armies were in control, they concentrated money, food and materials to build Shangyong City as a defensive barrier, which also made the cities of Xicheng and Fangling not difficult to attack.
Liu Lin and Jiang Shu, who came with desperate intentions, led their troops to sneak to the city after nightfall. They personally led their agile soldiers to ascend first, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to steal the city.
The spears were tied together to make a simple long ladder.
After reaching the city wall, clothes were used as ropes to hang down so that subsequent soldiers could climb up.
The Wu army, whose defense was lax, was unaware that the Han army had sneaked into the city.
It was not until the Han troops climbed up the city wall that they discovered the enemy's situation, but it was too late.
Amid the bravery of the Han army with drums and horns beating and thunderous cries, both those guarding the city wall and the Wu army resting in the military camp were frightened, panicked and at a loss by the sudden attack.
When Xian Yudan was awakened and wanted to organize his army to fight, the Han army had already captured the city wall, opened the city gate and surged in.
It was a battle, and Fangling changed hands overnight.
The guard general Xian Yudan died in the rebellion. More than 1,800 Wu soldiers were captured, but only more than 400 were killed before the battle. The rest were trampled on each other.
Three days later, Hu Ji's military commander arrived to accept the defense, and the Prime Minister also rushed to the outside of Shangyong City to besiege the city.
After Zhu Ran learned the news, he quickly sent the information to Sun Quan and Lu Xun, asking them if they would send some troops to guard Xiangyang so that he could use his entire army to enter the three eastern counties.
But just when Sun Quan and Lu Xun were about to dispatch their troops, bad news came again.
Wu County and Zigui were both captured.
Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and others led an army of about 30,000 troops from Yong'an!
Yes, Wu County and Zigui were not defeated by them, but were also the result of the prime minister's sudden attack.
