Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 346 Convergence
Before Liu Qi could even say the word "surrender" to surrender, he had already...

"Stop! You...ahem...the Crown Prince has surrendered. Is this the morality of your general's office?" Wenpin asked with his eyes turning red when he saw this.

Sun Ce pretended not to hear, stepped forward and pulled out the anchor that was stained with a lot of "things", and at the same time said viciously: "Hmph! When you are about to die, you still dare to say that you will throw in the bullet? I'll let you lose the bullet!" "

Moral?

Sun Ce was a little disdainful - when you hacked our general's mansion before, why didn't you remember our morality?
The surrounding Jingzhou troops were completely dumbfounded and even gave way to Sun Ce. When Sun Ce shook the blood on the anchor, they all retreated and avoided...

Wenpin's soldiers had already carried Wenpin away, completely ignoring Wenpin's orders.

The Jiangdong army, who had also endured it for a long time, now charged towards the "dogs in the water" like a rainbow!
The Jingzhou army that originally poured into Wengcheng retreated violently, while the Jingzhou army outside did not know what was happening at first, and they trampled on each other for a while.

The Jingzhou army outside also knew that something was wrong - mainly because after Wenpin started to send orders to retreat, he was chased and beaten by the Jiangdong navy!
However, all the ports along the way have been blocked by Zhou Yu in advance. If you can't hold it... just drive away the ship!

In desperation, Wenpin still wanted to fight, but... Sun Ce didn't accept Liu Qi's surrender, ah no, he didn't accept the iron head, but he accepted the surrender of other soldiers.

Without a will to die, there is no condition for a last-ditch battle...

Wenpin, who was seriously injured and unable to wear armor, could only escape under the protection of his own soldiers.

This battle left Jiangxia's Jingzhou Army without its backbone. In the next month, all counties and counties faced the Jiangdong Army and surrendered one after another!

Sun Ce, the little overlord, obviously also knows the principle of "it is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining brave men, and not to be a hegemon in name only".

After Liu Qi's death, Jiangdong's army launched a massive campaign while attacking from all sides. Not only did they quickly take back Qichun, but even the defense line originally established by Cai Mao in the northern part of Jiangxia was torn apart in an instant.

Wenpin, who was seriously injured, was almost kidnapped by the Xiling County magistrate who stayed behind and presented him to Sun Ce...

After descending from Xiling, Sun Ce's army went directly to the north to join Zhao Yun's army. To the west, Suixian and Zhangling in Nanyang, Yunshe and Zhangshan in Jiangxia... were almost unstoppable!
The entire Jiangxia quickly became the shape of the General's Mansion, and Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu from Nanyang also joined Sun Ce...

At this time in Nanyang, except for the front line from Xinye to Xiangyang, which was still under the control of the Jingzhou Mansion, the others had already fallen under the control of the General Mansion, and there were no longer small third-party separatist forces with stragglers.

Of the tens of thousands of naval troops left behind by Cai Mao a year ago, plus the recruits Liu Qi had recruited this year, half were captured by the General's Office, and half died in battle or were scattered throughout the country. Only a few returned westward to Nanjun!

If counting from the time when Sun Ce sent troops to Chai Sang and fought against Huang Zu, although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu fought in Jiangxia for almost two years, they kept fighting and retreating in the second half, but... the total casualties were not only controlled at [-]%, but even counted. The Jingzhou Navy captured a large number of prisoners and "earned" a lot.

After the "fall" of northern Jiangxia, Yunmengze could no longer serve as a barrier for Nanjun. After Sun Ce and Zhao Yun merged, they did not continue to fight in the Xinye and Xiangfan areas. Instead, they moved forward from the northern part of Jiangxia along the Yunmengze water system, along the waterway. While clearing away the remaining Xiaojingzhou military water villages and water bandits in the complex terrain of Yunmengze, they advance towards Jiangling in the south!
The Southern Route Army in Jingnan fought with the Jingzhou Army in Changsha County and the northern part of Wuling County.

Although there were more victories than defeats, due to the unfavorable transportation of materials, cement and other materials could never keep up. In addition, Bai Tu's top order of "plot slowly and reduce casualties" was dragged by Liu Pan to Lin, the county town of Changsha. Hunan.

Liu Pan's abilities were average and his level was limited, but he had powerful generals like Huang Zhong under his command. Originally, Chen Gong and Zhang Liao were besieging him but not attacking him.

After all, if we attack Linxiang, the losses to the General Mansion will not be small.

However, after the news of Liu Qi's defeat came, Liu Pan immediately went north...

It's not that Liu Pan couldn't wait to avenge his cousin after hearing that he was dead, but he understood that as soon as the war situation in Jiangxia collapsed, Nanyang and the general's army originally in Jiangxia would bypass Yun. Mengze, drove straight down from the north, pressing directly against Jiangling!
Jiangling is at the southernmost end of Nanjun, one to the south and one to the north of Xiangyang. It is the two hearts of Nanjun.

Even before Liu Biao's horsemen came to Jingzhou, Jiangling was truly the "Jingzhou City" and the "Yingdu", the capital of the Chu Kingdom in the pre-Qin Dynasty.

Changsha County is in the north of Jingnan. From Linxiang to Jiangling, it is only [-] miles away...

I also know that Xiangfan may not support Jiangling at this time, and once Jiangling is lost, can Liu Pan's [-] soldiers and horses "live alone" in Linxiang?
Instead of doing this, it is better to retreat to Jiangling. At least with the high walls and deep river of Jiangling City, we can still resist a little or two-otherwise, we may not be able to wait for the weather to change!
Yes, after Dong Cheng learned the news, he strongly advocated sharing it with Jingzhou and Yizhou to calm people's hearts. Therefore, Liu Biao also knew what Xu Du was planning, and later revealed it to Liu Pan...

If Chen Gong hadn't been aware of Liu Pan's "abnormal behavior" and alerted the General's Mansion, and then the General's Mansion had put additional burdens on the catching guards, Qu Yi might not have been discovered so quickly!
Although Linxiang is the seat of the county and is one of the largest cities in Jingnan, it cannot compare with Jiangling.

Jiangling is located at the intersection of the Han River and the Yangtze River. It is the end point for cargo ships from Yizhou and Hanzhong to leave Sichuan. Its prosperity was comparable to Luoyang in its heyday. Even now, it is one of the most prosperous places in the world and the center of "South" in a broad sense. .

Moreover, Jiangling City "is adjacent to the Yangtze River to the south, the Han River to the north, controls Bashu to the west, and connects Hunan and Guangdong to the south." It has always been a battleground for military strategists.

In history without the "White Rabbit Effect", when Guan Yu flooded Xiangfan's seven armies, beheaded Pound, and captured him, he relied on Jiangling, and the person guarding it was Liu Bei's brother-in-law Mi Fang...

As a result, because Mi Fang faced Lu Meng who was crossing the river in white, and Fu Shiren both surrendered, Guan Yu died directly and was eventually defeated in Maicheng.

Mi Fang and Fu Shiren's surrender was mostly due to their fear of Guan Yu - the two were in trouble in supervising the logistics, and Guan Yu wrote a letter to reprimand them. Otherwise... with the terrain of Jiangling, even if the defenders are insufficient, they may not be able to hold on!
The surrender of the two people was also a humiliating one, especially Mi Fang. After surrendering in history, he was humiliated many times by Yu Fan, the upright boy from Jiangdong.

Yu Jin was also dissed by Yu Fan. After Yu Jin surrendered to Guan Yu, he was imprisoned in Jiangling and brought back to Jiangdong.

But the difference is that when Yu Fan disses Yu Jin, Sun Quan will help him to smooth over the injustice. As for Mi Fang... haha.

After Liu Pan withdrew, the Jingnan nobles in Linxiang directly opened the city gate to welcome the army of the General's Mansion. Originally, the Jingnan nobles had never dealt with the Nanjun nobles.

It was only at this time that Chen Gong learned about what happened in Jingbei - after all, Chen Gong had limited information channels against Liu Pan before...

After appeasing the Jingnan nobles and leaving Shamoko behind to ensure Wuxi's escape route, Chen Gong also raised his troops and headed north, also chasing after Jiangling!

(End of this chapter)