It was like a rabbit bullying Bai Xiang on the plateau. It was only after fighting that the Han army realized that it had seriously overestimated the enemy and seriously underestimated itself.

This is also an inevitable thing. I have never dealt with the Wu army in Jingzhou. Before the war started, the soldiers in the front corps of the Han army certainly regarded the Jin army as a reference to guess and estimate the combat effectiveness of the Wu army in Jingzhou, and subconsciously regarded the Wu army in Jingzhou as the Jin army. Dong Yuan and Wang Su, who once followed the southern expedition to Jiaozhi in Cuangu, also measured the combat effectiveness of the Wu army in Jingzhou based on the experience of the southern expedition. They also subconsciously recognized that the Wu army in Jingzhou, which had been confronting the middle army of the Jin army for many years, were definitely stronger than the Wu army in Jiaozhou. The preconceived belief that the Wu army in Jingzhou must be stronger than the Wu army in Jiaozhou.

However, these two measurement standards are very wrong. What the veterans of the Han army such as Dong Yuan and Wang Su didn't know is that the Jiaozhou Wu army they met in Jiaozhi was an elite strong soldier from the northeast of Jiaozhou, known as Guangxi wolf from heaven and earth. They not only had a strong style and tenacious fighting spirit, but also fought life and death with the barbarians of Shanyue for many years. They were truly powerful soldiers who had been trained through actual combat.

However, the Wu army in Jingzhou is completely different. Since the end of the Battle of Shiting nearly ten years ago, the Wu army in Jingzhou has never fought any decent battles. It is entirely based on the advantage of the navy. The Yangtze River natural barrier confronts the central army of the Cao Wei and Jin army, and has long transformed into a group of young masters who are pampered and have a good life, so that tens of thousands of troops cannot capture a small Yong'an city with only two thousand defenders and plague. The combat effectiveness has long been no longer comparable to the Wu army in Jingzhou during the Battle of Yiling and Shiting.

By the way, the Battle of Yiling and Shiting, fought by the Wu army in Jingzhou in 222 and 228, actually had a considerable amount of moisture. Before these two battles, Eastern Wu shamelessly stabbed Guan Yu, and used coercion and temptation to surrender a large number of elite soldiers under Guan Yu's command. He also accepted the 30,000 elite soldiers of Cao Wei that Guan Yu had no time to recruit. All of these soldiers were organized into the Wu army in Jingzhou. Therefore, the two battles between Yiling and Shiting can actually be said to be fought by the elite soldiers of Shu Wei, and the real Wu army did not contribute much. Then as these elite soldiers gradually grew old and died, the combat effectiveness of the Wu army in Jingzhou naturally declined seriously.

They also forgot the growth and growth of the Han army itself, which is also the key reason why Dong Yuan and Wang Su seriously misjudged the combat effectiveness of the Wu army in Jingzhou. What Dong Yuan and Wang Su both forgot was that when they fought bloody battles with the Wu army in Jiaozhou, their soldiers were all a group of thin soldiers who were hard to eat even salt. They all ate clear soup and poor water vegetable rice bean porridge. The calorie intake was seriously insufficient, so their combat effectiveness was naturally affected. And now... I guess there is no need to talk about it, right?

It was even more wrong for the soldiers of the Han army to fight Jingzhou Wu army as Cao Wei and Jin army. What army was the Cao Wei and Jin army that had fought with the Han army before? All of them were the border troops and veterans of Shu Han who had been in the Guanzhong area of ​​Yongliang for many years. They were brave and brave, and experienced. At the same time, the soldiers in the Central Plains of Yongliang and the soldiers of Jingzhou Wu army had an absolute advantage in terms of physique and size! Therefore, the Han army regarded the Wu army in Jingzhou as the Jin army, of course, they regarded sheep as tigers, and pigs and dogs as lions. After they really started, they found that the enemy was so naughty.

Together with these objective situations, it is naturally difficult to not be one-sided. The Han army's advance drums had just sounded, and the Han army soldiers crawled out of the pile of dead immediately rushed towards the pitiful flock of sheep on the opposite side like a group of jackals and hungry tigers, killing people and stabbing the enemy when they see them. They also rely on their defensive advantages of wearing double armor to attack but not defending. They only tried their best to greet the weapons in their hands on the Eastern Wu soldiers. Every time they stab, they could easily penetrate the enemy's body, and every time they slash, they could easily cut off the enemy's head and limbs. Even if their bodies were not in a peak state, they would still abuse the poor Eastern Wu soldiers to death.

Even the elite Jin army could not withstand such an offensive, of course, let alone the Wu army in Jingzhou, which had not fought a major war in decades. Before the Han army could even use a small amount of primitive grenades, the poor Wu army soldiers had already dispersed, shouting and turning around to escape, making the Han army, whose troops were at an absolute disadvantage, stabbed straight towards Zuo Yi's flag like a sharp knife. All the soldiers who dared to stop the sword were stabbed to the body and were cut off from their heads and limbs.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zuo Yi didn't even have time to arrange the army behind the palace. In fact, it was useless to arrange it. He turned his horse's head and ran wildly on the way. When he saw his flag retreating, the soldiers of the Eastern Wu were even more determined to fight. They all rushed to turn around and fled. During this period, they pushed and shoved each other, trampled on each other, threw away their armor, and abandoned the flag. They all ran away so much that they hated their parents for giving birth to two legs. The screams of despair had already echoed on the battlefield, "Run! We lost! We lost!"

It is rare to encounter such an opportunity to abuse vegetables. Of course, Dong Yuan led the army without hesitation to pursue them with all his might. He slashed the backward Eastern Wu soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and strideed forward with great force. During this period, he was too lazy to shout slogans of surrender and not killing. He shouted excitedly and just tried his best to kill the defeated Wu army. When his state was not at its peak, he still pursued the defeated soldiers of the Eastern Wu with a small number of troops far better than his defeated soldiers.

That's not all. After rushing through Goose Neck Pass and entering the open area, seeing that the enemy could not have an ambush, Dong Yuan simply rushed to the front line, wielding a steel knife to slash the enemy with all his heart, and leading the Han army soldiers to drive out the defeated soldiers of the Eastern Wu as free vanguards, and directly attacked the Wu army camp established at the mouth of Yanjiang. Even if he didn't have any hope of taking advantage of the situation to break through the enemy camp, he would not miss this rare opportunity to abuse food.

At the same time, when we saw more than a thousand Han troops chasing thousands of defeated Wu troops in the city of Zhi County, the defenders of Zhi County headed by the King of Zai were of course stunned and exclaimed: "I'm not dreaming, are we? Our Han army has only such a few people, and can we kill the Eastern Wu dog thieves like this?"

Dong Yuan could actually be bold enough to seize the opportunity to break through the Wu army camp. He lacked experience. The group of defeated soldiers from the Eastern Wu fled to the front and back of the army camp gate. He did not scatter and searched for other camp gates to enter the camp. He subconsciously rushed to the nearest camp gate and fled to escape. During this period, he also knocked over the deer antler and pulled out the horse to open up the road for the Han army. He also blocked the camp gate so that the defenders in the camp could not close the door. When the experienced Dong Yuan saw that there was such a good thing, he shouted without hesitation: "Kill in! Kill in the thief camp!"

The unstoppable Han soldiers also successfully did this. They chopped and slashed the defeated soldiers of the Eastern Wu and rushed to the camp gate, and quickly cut over the soldiers of the Wu army who were trying to close the door urgently. Countless Han soldiers took the opportunity to step on the body of the Wu army and the wounded soldiers to charge into the camp, and continued to slash the defeated soldiers of the Eastern Wu that had been completely in chaos. At this time, it was at this time that the slogan of surrender and not killing the Han army finally sounded the slogan of surrender.

The retribution of the Eastern Wu army that the Eastern Wu army was too greedy for the world has finally arrived. If the ships of the Eastern Wu navy were still staying on the temporary dock next to the camp, it would be fine, but the soldiers of the Wu army who were good at water war could quickly get on the ship and escape. Unfortunately, the Eastern Wu army had coveted the Han army's supplies and cattle and horses before, and drove the navy fleet to the Shuanglong Bay area in advance to prepare to cut off the Han army's retreat, causing the Wu army's embarrassment that there was no ship available in a short period of time. Therefore, as the Han army soldiers swarmed into the camp and chopped wildly, the Wu army soldiers completely turned into a group of ducks that were not as good as chickens on the shore. Not only could they not be beaten, but they were also difficult to escape.

The only few scouts next to the dock were crowded with soldiers and fled to the east bank of Yanjiang. The water-like person took off his armor and jumped into the river to escape. The water-like person either put down his weapons and surrendered or fled in scattered ways. Zuo Yi, wearing conspicuous iron armor, was soon discovered by the Han army in the chaos, and rushed towards him without hesitation. When Zuo Yi saw that the situation was not good, he could only take off his armor and rushed to Yanjiang, trying to jump into the water and cross the river to escape.

Unfortunately, when Zuo Yi was about to jump into the water, a Han army warrior caught up with him first, grabbed his hair with a hand, and swung him backwards to the ground. Several spears pointed to his chest almost at the same time. Zuo Yi had no choice but to shout, "Don't kill me, I surrender! I am Zuo Yi, I can give you wealth!"

Of course, there was no suspense in the next battle. The Han army soldiers with a strong morale were just killing the enemy and captured the enemy. The Wu army in Jingzhou, who had not encountered such a fierce enemy for decades, had no intention of fighting. Those who were sure of diving to escape, and those who were not sure of putting down their weapons and surrendered or fled out of the camp. Occai occasionally rebels, and were easily dismembered by the Han army soldiers who were far superior to their physique and experience. During this period, Wang Zai also personally led the defenders of Zhixian County and achieved some results by the opportunity of beating the dogs in the water.

It was still when the battle was coming to an end that the Eastern Wu naval commander Liu Lu took the naval fleet back to Yanjiangkou. However, seeing that the seven thousand naval marines had been destroyed, the Eastern Wu naval led by Liu Lu no longer had the courage to fight ashore. He quickly fled to the east bank of the river with his tail and went to rescue the defeated soldiers of the Eastern Wu who had swam there. Then he hurriedly fled downstream to report to the Lu Kang, which created a considerable tactical miracle for the front team of the Han army - the two thousand front teams were relieved of the crisis in Zhixian County.

What is very ridiculous is that even the Han army itself could not believe that they could create such a miracle, so Zuo Yi was tied up and held in front of Dong Yuan. Dong Yuan, who was stained with blood, asked the first sentence: "Where is your main force?"

"Of course in Yong'an, do you still need to ask?" Zuo Yi asked back with great surprise.

"Nai Weng asked about your main force of the siege!" Dong Yuan roared: "How many troops have you Dongwu dog thieves sent to attack Zhixian? Where are the elite main force of the siege?"

"It's here, you've already defeated."

Zuo Yi's depressed answer made Dong Yuan stunned. Then it was Wang Zai, the county magistrate of Zhi County, who came forward to prove that the main force of the siege of the Eastern Wu army had indeed been defeated by the Han army in one battle. Dong Yuancai shouted in shock: "Is this your main elite? Nai Weng always thought that we had met your auxiliary soldiers!"

The poor land combat capability of the Wu army in Jingzhou also made Cuan Gu, the commander of the Han army's partial division. More than a day later, when the news that the Han army's front team had already defeated the partial division of the Eastern Wu was reported to Cuan Gu, Cuan Gu, who was taking the partial division of the Han army to the south bank to advance eastward, was of course very dumbfounded. He pinched his thighs several times before he was surprised and said: "My God, it turns out that the combat power of the Eastern Wu dog thieves is so weak that our two thousand front teams directly defeated their 10,000 partial divisions?"

"General Cuan should not underestimate the enemy, it is on land." Yan Ji quickly reminded: "If it is on the water, it is probably the two thousand naval divisions of the Eastern Wu, and they can defeat our ten thousand naval divisions."

Cuan Gu nodded, and after a moment of calculation, he said: "Continue to enter Zhixian east, strive to force the landing in Fuling County, and strengthen the defense of Zhixian to prevent the Eastern Wu dog thieves from traitors going up the river and harassing our hinterland."

Facts proved that the Han army's partial divisions also needed to continue to advance eastward. A few days later, when Cuan Gu led the Han army's partial divisions to the east to the city of Zhixian, in addition to receiving the surrendered benches voluntarily sent by Hanping City in the upper reaches of Yanjiang, he also asked about an important situation from the captured general Zuo Yi of the Eastern Wu, which was that the food was scarce in Yong'an City, and it was very likely that because the food was exhausted, Lu Kang decisively divided his troops to seize the grain, preparing to use his time to destroy the Yong'an defenders led by Luo Xian.

Still the same thing, the reason why Zhang Zhi didn't use Zhao Quan who trusted more was that he chose to let Cuan Gu serve as the commander of the Han army's partial division was because Cuan Gu did have outstanding talents. So after hearing this report that seemed to have nothing to do with the Han army, Cuan Gu was immediately alert and quickly asked Zuo Yi how he knew this. Zuo Yi also reported truthfully that the Eastern Wu army deliberately rushed to surround him before the autumn harvest to give Luo Xian the opportunity to harvest grain and grass for self-sufficiency. He also said that the Eastern Wu's detailed work confirmed that Chengdu did not provide grain to Yong'an this year.

After asking these details in detail, he learned that these situations were correct from the surrender of Jiang Chang and Wang Zai and others. Cuan Gu first waved his hand and asked the soldiers to temporarily take Zuo Yi out, and then he thought about asking Yan Ji: "Yan Zhizhong, I remember you once said that there are two gates of misfortunes and good fortune in Yizhou, one is Baishui Pass and the other is Yong'an, right?"

"Yes, Baishui Pass is the general gate of our northern line, and Yong'an is the general gate of our eastern line." Yan Ji replied: "Once these two cities fall, the enemy can drive straight through the water and land roads and plague our hinterland. It can also be said that as long as these two cities cannot be restored, we will not dare to close our eyes even if we sleep in Yizhou."

After answering this question, Yan Ji, who had been with Cuan Gu's colleague for many years, immediately said: "General Cuan, are you going to fight the Eastern Wu bandit army and seize Yong'an City by land? It's impossible. Although the road on the north bank of the Yangtze River is flat and feasible, we can go directly to Yong'an by land. The Eastern Wu bandit army now also set up camps in the Yong'an Palace upstream of Yong'an, and still set up camps on the north bank. However, with the treacherous dog thieves of the Eastern Wu, they will definitely not fight with us on land again. When they see us approaching Yong'an Palace, they will definitely move to the south bank or downstream, and will not fight head-on with us on land."

"In addition, we do not have the strength to take down Yong'an City now." Yan Ji added: "Yong'an City is surrounded by water. Our navy is too weak. At the same time, the dog thieves in the Eastern Wu will definitely not tolerate us reviving Yong'an City and closing the East Gate of Yizhou. Therefore, even if we go to Yong'an, we will never be able to take down Yong'an City."

After saying that, Yan Ji smiled and said, "Of course, if County Magistrate Su takes action again, it might be possible to create a miracle and persuade Yong'an to directly change his flag and surrender."

"I won't go!" Before Yan Ji finished speaking, County Magistrate Su screamed like a pig and said, "Yan Zhizhong, don't come up with bad ideas, okay? Yong'an is now surrounded by dog ​​thieves from the Eastern Wu, and even a bird cannot fly in. Isn't it in vain to persuade him to surrender?"

"Don't quarrel." Cuan Gu frowned and shouted, "Don't worry, I won't ask you to persuade me to surrender. Luo Xian was surrounded by the Eastern Wu dog thieves for more than half a year and refused to surrender. How could he surrender to us easily?"

Countymaster Su breathed a sigh of relief, while Yan Ji asked curiously: "General Cuan, what are you planning to do?"

"I want to send food to Yong'an." Cuan Gu said in a shocking way: "From the current situation we have, Yong'an should indeed be very short of food, and it is very likely to be consumed by the Eastern Wu dog thieves. Once the Eastern Wu dog thieves take Yong'an, our heartland of Yizhou will never have peace, and no matter how many troops there are, we cannot station in the Yangtze River. So I think we would rather let Luo Xian continue to garrison Yong'an under the banner of the Jin thieves, than to let the Eastern Wu dog thieves take Yong'an."

"Talking food to the Jin thief army?" Yan Ji screamed in surprise and said, "General Cuan, are you kidding? The Jin thief army is our mortal enemy. Do you actually want to send food to them?"

"Since the enemy can be used, why can't we deliver food to them?" Cuan Gu asked back, and said, "Also, did Yan Zhizhong forget that when he was in Nanzhong, I was also an enemy of the latter general, but how did the latter general treat me? How did I repay the latter general? Luo Xian was originally a member of our Han Han. After receiving the kindness of our Han army, when the time is right, wouldn't it be much easier for us to surrender him?"

Yan Ji shut his mouth and thought for a moment before saying, "General Cuan, the matter is too big. You'd better ask for it first and then whether the general agrees."

"Of course I have to consult the decision of the General of the Later." Cuan Gu said: "Our main force is under great pressure now, and we have to be prepared for both. If the later general agrees, we will go to rescue Yong'an by land, send food to Luo Xian to help him defend the city, and ask him to help us block the door of good fortune in Yizhou. If the later general does not agree, we will immediately return to Chengdu and help the main force."

He did it as soon as he said, and Cuan Gu immediately picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Zhang Zhi, reporting to Zhang Zhi about the situation of the Han army's eastern front and the current dangers in Yong'an. He also told Zhang Zhi that he had prepared to deliver food to Luo Xian and asked Zhang Zhi to make a decision. In addition, Cuan Gu of course also expressed his attitude, saying that if the situation on Zhang Zhi was in a hurry, he would immediately lead a partial army back to Chengdu to help Zhang Zhi.
Chapter completed!