The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 602
Gan Ning retreated to Jiaxing for repairs, and Lu Meng arrived later. In order to prevent Gan Ning from playing tricks on dividing his troops, Lu Meng directly divided the army into four divisions and blocked all the roads from Gan Ning to Jianye. Soldiers and horses were trapped in Jiaxing City.

Although Gan Ning had fewer troops than Lü Meng, they defended the city. For a while, Lv Meng was unable to break through Jiaxing City, and the battle entered a stalemate. Sun Quan, who was in Jianye, was very dissatisfied with this. For a long time, it is not good for Jiangdong.

But Lu Meng was also helpless, and repeatedly attacked Jiaxing, but was repelled by Gan Ning. After all, Gan Ning had a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands.

But soon, Lu Meng thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy. Gan Ning came from the sea and did not bring much food and grass, and Jiaxing was still some distance away from the sea. , Gan Ning's food and grass are exhausted, and defeat is a matter of time.

"There is not much food in Jiaxing City, and if you want to come to the city, Sun Quan transfers away the food." Cui Jun was ordered to collect food and grass, but after he walked around the city, he found that the food and grass in Jiaxing City had already been transported away by Sun Quan, and there was not much food at all. .

"Damn it!" Gan Ning's face turned livid after hearing this, and they would face the problem of food shortage.

"General." Cui Jun suggested: "This place is not far from Qiantang, why not retreat to Qiantang, backed by the sea, the army will have no worries about food and grass."

As long as it is connected to the navy, with the ability of the Han navy, there is no problem in ensuring the food for 10 people. After all, the sea is the territory of the Han navy and it is unimpeded.

"Stay here."

Gan Ning decisively rejected Cui Jun's proposal, which made Cui Jun very puzzled. It would be too bad for them to stay here, why did Gan Ning make such a decision.

Gan Ning also had troubles, and he didn't want to stand against Lv Meng here, but if he retreated to Qiantang with the sea as his backing, Lü Meng would probably give up encircling and annihilating them when he saw that he could not wipe them out, so he could use some troops for other purposes.

"Collect food from the whole city and distribute it uniformly."

Soon, the Han Navy began to collect food from the whole city, and the special envoys were at the time, but they couldn't control so much. Although it would not cause lives, it was inevitable that the people would complain.

Fortunately, this is Sun Quan's territory. According to the previous law, these are rioters and enemies of the big man. From this point of view, it makes sense, but it is a bit at odds with Liu Bei's ideas.

"Strictly monitor the four gates of Jiaxing. If soldiers and horses leave the city, report them quickly."

Seeing that Gan Ning did not continue to retreat, Lu Meng was overjoyed immediately. He sent people to monitor Gan Ning and at the same time ambushed troops between Jiaxing and Qiantang.

After Sun Quan learned of the situation, he had no choice but to urge Lu Meng to make a quick decision. He had no soldiers or horses around him.

"Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief has urgently reported that the Jiangdong army has surrounded Xiapi, and the Commander-in-Chief is looking for an opportunity to break through Xiapi and completely annihilate Xu Huang's army." Cheng Pu looked happy. So far, Jiangdong's Northeast Expedition is making good progress. Zhou Yu It is worthy of being the governor of Jiangdong.

"Send an edict to the governor, attack Xiapi as soon as possible, capture Xuzhou, and force Linzi." Sun Quan's face was also full of glory, and Jiangdong soldiers and horses won successively.

And Cao Cao, who was in Guandu, was also overjoyed when he learned that Jiangdong soldiers had invaded Xuzhou. He seemed to have seen the scene of Liu Bei retreating in embarrassment.

Cao Cao can be said to be proud of the spring breeze now. Cao Cao thinks that he has the chance to win now, and Liu Bei is no different.

"Zhicai, why are you depressed?" Cao Cao was happy, but also found that Xi Zhicai seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked immediately.

"Your Majesty." Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice, "I still think that Chen Ziming has other plans, so be careful."

"Oh." Cao Cao is not a person who doesn't listen to other people's advice. On the contrary, he is very good at accepting public opinions, especially attaches great importance to the words of several top counselors. After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao also began to think.

"Come on."

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao sent an order: "Quickly investigate the movement of Liu Bei's troops and horses on the north bank, whether there are any troops and horses mobilized, and confirm the number of Liu Bei's troops and horses."

"Order Cao Hong, Yu Jin, and Xia Houyuan to report once every five days instead of every two days. If any abnormalities are found, report them quickly, strengthen your guard, and pay special attention to changes in the number of enemy troops."

"Order the guards to closely monitor all places. If there is any change, report it quickly. If there is any defector, kill it!"

"Order Xun Yu to stabilize the court, pay attention to changes in various places, collect more food and grass, and ensure that there is no shortage of food and grass for soldiers and horses from all walks of life."

Cao Cao ordered one after another to count the orders to ensure that everything was safe.

"Zhicai, is there something wrong?" Cao Cao asked Xi Zhicai after counting orders in front of Xi Zhicai to see if he had missed anything. very touched.

"Your Majesty." Xi Zhicai said seriously: "I heard that Liu Bei has a heavy weapon and is good at attacking. However, Liu Bei's defense is tight and there is no way to detect it in the dark. Be careful."

"I also heard the secret report from the Zhuowei." Cao Cao nodded and said, "But the Zhuowei has no detailed information, but half a year has passed since the war, and Liu Bei hasn't seen it used. It can be seen that this thing is false."

The matter of the Thunderbolt Army is top secret, and only a small number of people in the Liu Bei Group know about it, and only some generals have seen the specific power. It is only natural that Cao Cao does not know the details, but the weapons of this era are just like that, so it is no wonder Cao Cao didn't care much.

After wanting to talk with Cao Cao for a while, Xi Zhicai also relaxed a lot. The current situation is indeed very beneficial to Cao Cao. As long as the various checkpoints persist for a while, Liu Bei's army will not be able to advance an inch, and the Jiangdong army is approaching Linzi, Liu Bei has no choice but to retreat.

"almost."

Chen Ziming had just received the battle report from the navy. Now that Gan Ning was trapped in Jiaxing City, Chen Ziming was not angry or worried.

"Ziming, the war has been going on for half a year, and the armies from all walks of life have failed to win. Jiangdong soldiers invaded Xuzhou, and the army wasted a lot every day. Some people in the court advised to temporarily suspend troops." Liu Bei walked in angrily, with a displeased expression on his face. Some complained in front of Chen Ziming.

Chen Ziming is not surprised, this kind of thing has happened many times, especially recently, Liu Bei's temper is getting worse and worse. After all, the war has been going on for half a year, and the army of millions has not achieved any results. Rumors spread everywhere, and people panicked.

"Brother, do you intend to withdraw troops?" Chen Ziming looked at Liu Bei suspiciously.

"I will not destroy the Cao bandits, and I swear that I will never stop the army!" Liu Bei expressed his position to Chen Ziming again. Liu Bei handed over the full power of the army to Chen Ziming. He did not intervene in it, and only one request was to destroy Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

(End of this chapter)