It is precisely because of this that Lu Kang gave up the idea of ​​fleeing to Jiaozhou in the south and fled to Jiaozhou. It was just a matter of perseverance and no chance to turn around.

Moreover, no one is sure that the Wei army will not chase them all the way to Jiaozhou, so no one can guarantee that it will be safe to escape to Jiaozhou.

Although the military strength of Wu is far inferior to that of the past, in Jingzhou, Lu Kang still has a 100,000 army. In addition to the 50,000 troops brought from Wuchang, the Wu army still has no less than 50,000 troops in Jiangling, Xiling and other counties. Lu Kang insisted on going to Jiangling this time, just to integrate all the troops to avoid defeating the Wei army.

Although the Wu army has a large army of 100,000, it is still not enough to compete with the powerful Wei army. But don’t forget that behind the Wu army, there is a great help from the Shu army. This is also a bet by Lu Kang. If he cannot win with the strength of Wu and Shu, he will lose and be convinced.

Lu Kang threw everything about himself, including his wealth and life, and of course, the last remaining power of Wu's army also became Lu Kang's bargaining chips. In this big bet, he either turned against the wind or lost everything, and there was no third choice.

Lu Kang was obviously aware of this result. He had already made every effort and was ready to fight to the death.

If you flee to Jiaozhou, you may face a smaller risk than staying in Jingzhou, and your chances of survival will be greater, but there is no doubt that the dream of restoring the country will become far away and even never be realized again.

But this is definitely not what Lu Kang hopes. If Lu Kang pursues only personal gains and losses, then he can surrender to Wei State and surrender to the position of state and county. Sun Yi surrendered to Wei as the governor of Xiakou, and now he can still reach the high position of deputy governor of the Wei army's naval division. Could it be that after Lu Kang surrendered to Wei, he is not as good as Sun Yi?

But the Lu family has been a minister of Sun Wu for generations and is loyal to each other. Is it true that when Lu Kang's generation, he is going to betray his knees and be ridiculed by the people of the world?

A real man does something but does not do anything. Life and death are small, and losing one's integrity is great. How can Lu Kang surrender to the Wei people who destroyed the country and killed the king?

In fact, even if he surrendered to Shu on the surface, he had other plans. With the help of Shu's power, he achieved the goal of expelling the Wei army and restoring the Wu Kingdom. If there was no such purpose, he would not surrender to Shu Kingdom if he had not been killed.

Therefore, Lu Kang refused Shi Ji's plan to escape to Jiaozhou without thinking. No matter how difficult the current situation is, he would not leave Jingzhou easily.

Shi Ji's face looked a little ugly. After all, after the fall of the Wu Kingdom, although Jingzhou was led by Lu Kang, at least he and the Bu Xie and Lu Kang formed a balance of power. All major matters were discussed by the three of them before they made a decision.

But this time, he and Lu Kang had serious differences on the issue of going west or going south. Shi Ji was originally the governor of Jingzhou and stationed in Jiangling for many years, so he was familiar with Jiangling's situation. Now that the Wei army cut off and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, Shi Ji knew that Jiangling and the others could never go back. Going westward, it was very likely that it would be a pit, and it would be very likely that their entire army would be destroyed.

Therefore, Shi Ji believed that since it was a fire pit, we would not jump in, so he tried his best to turn around and go south to Jingnan, or even escape from Jiaozhou.

But this time Lu Kang was very stubborn and decisively denied Shi Ji's suggestion, without even a tone of discussion, and directly ordered the army to continue moving westward.

Shi Ji was very dissatisfied with Lu Kang's arbitrary behavior, but he could do nothing about it. After all, Lu Kang is the current leader of the Wu army, and he has the right to make decisions. Now the Bu Xie is blocked on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The negotiation mechanism of the three giants no longer exists. Lu Kang performed very strongly this time and could not tolerate any different opinions.

This made Shi Jihao feel depressed.

But this time he misunderstood Lu Kang. It was not that Lu Kang disrespected him, nor that Lu Kang could not listen to different opinions. He really didn't have time to argue here.

Now there is no hope of crossing the Yangtze River north, and the Wei army's pursuers are behind him. If Lu Kang hesitated here for a long time, the result is that before they can complete the journey, the Wei army's cavalry will have surrounded him. By then, there will be no chance of escaping.

Lu Kang has always been very determined about the target he went to. Even if he couldn't reach Jiangling for the time being, the Wu army could still reach the public security area first. In short, Lu Kang insisted on moving forward with Nanjun, and his main goal was to meet the Shu army. As long as Jiang Wei could send troops as agreed, the situation in Jingzhou would still have a turning point.

Shi Ji's plan to flee south to Jiaozhou was completely contrary to Lu Kang's plan, so Lu Kang had no idea of ​​adopting it at all. Since it was not adopted, there was no need for Lu Kang to argue with him here.

If you have time, Lu Kang will also take a more tactful way to refuse, explain it with emotion and move it with reason, and convince Shi Ji.

But now time does not allow it. Lu Kang really can't give Shi Ji any more explanation, so he can only order westward by arbitrarily.

The troops from each battalion and division were originally gathered at the ferry in Baqiu to prepare to head north, but the sudden attack of the Wei Navy stopped the crossing of the river, and most of the ships were destroyed. Many Wu soldiers obviously knew very well that they had no chance to cross the river again.

Sure enough, Lu Kang's order was conveyed not long after. He asked the troops of all battalions and divisions to set out immediately, advance westward along the north bank of Dongting Lake on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and advance at full speed.

The military orders were like mountains, and the people from each battalion and division immediately took action, traveling westward through the floating bridge.

Shi Ji returned to his camp, but his depression was still difficult to calm down. Lu Kang was stubborn and determined to act alone, which made him quite disappointed.

Do you mean Shi Ji doesn't want to return to Jiangling? You must know that Jiangling is Shi Ji's base camp. This time he went from Jiangling to Wuchang, and only brought 10,000 troops. Jiangling's defenders still have 20,000, all of them are his loyal subordinates. If Shi Ji returns to Jiangling, it will be like a fish in water.

So Shi Ji was more eager to return to Jiangling than anyone else, but Shi Ji was also a more realistic person. He knew very well that if the Wu army had no ability to cross the river, then they would never be able to return to Jiangling again.

Since we cannot return to Jiangling, there is no meaning to go west. If we cannot get supplies for Jiangling's food, grass and weapons, the Wu army going west will face greater difficulties.

Therefore, the wisest choice is to go south to Jingnan. Even if they cannot gain a foothold in Jingnan, at least there is a way out of Jiaozhou.
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