Han Xiang

Chapter 412 Surrounding Wei and Rescuing Zhao from Stealing Family

The confidence that Huang Zu gained was actually given by Liu Pan.

Liu Pan brought more than [-] soldiers from Changsha, who have been participating in the counter-insurgency in Jingnan these years, and they are elite soldiers honed in real battles.

After several battles in the wild, Zhou Yu did not gain an advantage, and Zhou Yu's originally calm mood fluctuated slightly.

The season entered November, and the temperature in Yuzhang dropped sharply.

Zhou Yu was not as well prepared as Huang Zu, and Jiangdong soldiers did not have enough winter clothes to keep out the cold, so it would be extremely disadvantageous to continue the stalemate.

Standing on the boat and looking south, Nanchang can already vaguely see the shadow.

Huang Zu and Liu Pan first took advantage of the favorable terrain, and were anxious not to break through the Jingzhou army's defense line.

The sun is setting, another day is over.

Seeing that there are still countless tough battles to be fought, and it is possible to break the siege of Nanchang only after paying a high price, suddenly a bold idea fell into Zhou Yu's mind.

A gust of river wind blew by, making Zhou Yu's hair stand on end, which made him determined to take a risk.

After getting off the boat and coming to Xu Kun's camp, Zhou Yu put forward his own ideas.

"Marquis Guangde, both sides have been injured a lot in the past few days, but Huang Zu has no intention of withdrawing troops. Continuing the fight may be detrimental to our army, and the soldiers don't have enough winter clothes."

"What does the governor want to say?"

Seeing Xu Kun's eyebrows frowned, Zhou Yu said seriously: "A change must be made. I am going to encircle Wei and save Zhao."

"Siege Wei and save Zhao? Where is the siege? Huang Zu's grain storage, the land and the sea are dark? That city is extremely strong." Xu Kun began to shake his head after asking consecutive questions.

Zhou Yu shook his head at the same time and added: "Huang Zu besieged Nanchang, I want to turn around and go to Jiangxia. His main force is here, and the rear must be empty."

Xu Kun stared like a copper bell, and hurriedly reminded: "Jiangxia? That's a siege!"

Zhou Yu said contemptuously: "It's not that the soldiers have never fought before. I still remember the weakness of Shaxian City."

"Boyang is thirsty for help. If we withdraw our troops at this time, how can the army in the city maintain its morale? How can Nanchang be defended then?" Xu Kun obviously disagreed with Zhou Yu's plan.

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "The Marquis of Guangde can stay in check. I will lead my troops to go straight to Shaxian. By the way, I will send people to the rear to gather winter clothes. As long as I can hold Huang Zu for 20 days, I will have the confidence to take down Shaxian."

Seeing that Zhou Yu was determined, Xu Kun reminded him earnestly: "Gong Jin, aren't we saving Nanchang? What's the use of defeating Sha Xian?"

Zhou Yu replied: "Right now we can't break through head-on, so we can only bet that Huang Zu will withdraw his troops. He has left a small amount of navy in Chaisang, and he will definitely find my warships heading west. Maybe they will be thrown into disarray soon."

"If Huang Zu doesn't withdraw, what can I do? I didn't save Bohai (Sun He) a few months ago. If Nanchang falls this time, the lord's face will be ruined."

Xu Kun had no choice but to move Sun Quan out. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu had already prepared a response.

"The current national crisis, why care about face?"

Zhou Yu's face was full of determination, and he said seriously: "Boyang is a child of the Sun family. You should know that starting a business is difficult. Is it necessary to wipe out the old department of Bofu in order to help Nanchang?"

Seeing that Zhou Yu insisted on his own opinion and became determined after eating the weight, Xu Kun didn't persuade him any more.

Zhou Yu was about to leave with the main force, Xu Kun immediately adjusted his strategy and faced Huang Zu and Liu Pan across the river on the east bank of the Ganshui River, but he never took the initiative to launch an offensive.

The sudden disappearance of hundreds of warships immediately made Huang Zu vigilant. He thought that Zhou Yu had gone upstream in the dark, but it turned out that there were only Jingzhou warships near Nanchang.

It wasn't until the next morning that Huang Zu received Chen Jiu's warning that Zhou Yu's warship was heading to Jiangxia.

After hearing the news, Huang Zu was stunned. He said in his heart that after fighting for so many years, this was the first time he encountered such a tactic.

I was planning to gather around to fight for reinforcements, but the reinforcements ran to steal my house?
"Mr. Pan, Xu Kun is on the east bank right now, and Zhou Yu may have gone to Jiangxia. What can you do?"

"Before dispatching troops, my uncle asked me to follow your orders. I have to ask the prefect to decide how to fight this battle, but you can ask Liu Ziyang."

Liu Panxin said that my family members were not in Jiangxia, so the current situation would naturally attack Nanchang without any scruples, but it was impossible for him to say this, so he pushed out Liu Ye who joined the army.

"The last time Liu Ziyang asked me to surround the spot for reinforcements, but now the main force of the reinforcements is going to steal my house, I have to find someone to ask for clarification."

At the end of Huang Zu's words, he suddenly denied it and added: "Others may not be able to explain clearly, I'd better go to Haihun myself, and I will give full authority to you here."

Liu Pan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, the prefect, I promise to keep Xu Kun on the other side."

"Ah."

After Huang Zu's words, he directly hit the horse and galloped to the sea.

Liu Ye also just got a notification from Chaisang, and it was Gan Ning who told him on purpose.

Zhou Yu's departure made Gan Ning feel frustrated, because the potential enemy ran away by himself, but Liu Ye showed a heavy expression, thinking that Zhou Lang also had a dangerous side?
Gan Ning was bored standing at the top of the city, suddenly saw a group of troops from the south galloping towards him, and when he got closer, he found that it was Huang Zu, the prefect.

Is he here to deploy troops to reinforce the front line, or let us return to aid Jiang Xia?In short, there should be a battle to fight?
Excited, Gan Ning ran down the tower and found that Huang Zu had led his men away. He immediately got on his horse and chased after the dust, and finally stopped outside Liu Ye's residence.

Silently crossing the threshold to the room, Gan Ning happened to see Huang Zu questioning Liu Ye: "Sir, you asked me to save my strength to fight for reinforcements, deliberately slowing down the pace of the siege, but Zhou Yu sneaked in before I fought a few battles. I went behind Jiang Xia, you have to be responsible for this strategy."

Huang Zu's tone was heavy, and he could hear his impoliteness.

Liu Ye had such an expression after hearing this, and asked calmly: "Dare to ask Huang Taishou, how is the fighting strength of Jiangdong's soldiers? How many troops are there?"

Huang Zu replied disapprovingly, "The combat strength of the two sides is evenly matched, and the military strength is not evenly matched."

"Isn't that right? If the general attacked the city with all his strength, he might not be able to attack at this time. If he fought with a tired body at that time, the eunuch would still be able to keep the match?" Liu Ye said with a happy smile.

Huang Zu swallowed, obviously thinking that Liu Ye was right, so he asked: "In my opinion, should I advance or retreat now?"

Liu Ye asked back: "I don't know how the defense of Shaxian City is? Did all the reinforcements go to Jiangxia?"

Huang Zu replied: "Shaxian experienced the last defeat. I have ordered Su Dudu to strengthen the city defenses. The only opponent is Zhou Yu who led the warships away. Xu Kun's more than ten thousand soldiers are still on the east bank of the Ganshui River."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Liu Ye smiled bitterly, and reminded: "You only need to send a small number of soldiers and horses to stare at Xu Kun, and the rest of them will attack Nanchang with all their strength. Now you don't have to worry about Jiangdong's reinforcements. Can't dial it out."

"Kasha Xian's defenders are mostly old and weak"

Seeing that Huang Zu was still hesitating, Liu Ye shook his head and reminded, "No matter how many old and weak people there are, there are still [-]. Nanchang's defenders only have [-], and Zhou Yu led the reinforcements to come first and then leave. Shouldn't you use a tactic?"

"Scheming? Hiss"

Huang Zu was shocked when he heard this, and quickly clasped his fists in thanks: "Thank you sir for your suggestion, which made me suddenly understand. Then I will compare my speed with Zhou Yu. Besides, there are fewer people in Sha Xian and more people in Nanchang, no matter what counts, it is not a loss."

(End of this chapter)