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Volume 3 The Wind Rises in the Eastern Capital Chapter 416 Acting and Watching a Opera

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    Chapter 416 Acting and watching a play

    Holding the urgent report in hand, a trace of worry flashed across Zhuge's eyebrows. He thought for a moment before speaking: "My lord, there was news of a horse expedition the day before yesterday. Taishi Ci and Zang Ba of Xuzhou raised a total of 50,000 troops to the border of Jiujiang. At this moment, Sun Quan must send troops.  To resist, with Jiangdong¡¯s current troops and horses, only the remaining soldiers can resist.¡±

    Liu Pan seemed to feel relieved after hearing what Zhuge said, and asked: "So? What about the soldiers who unexpectedly attacked Nanjun?"

    "Lord, in two months, it will be the autumn harvest season." Zhuge smiled bitterly: "This strange army came to Nanjun, not to seize the city, but to capture the cultivated land of Nanjun. If the cultivated land in Nanyang is destroyed, how can the lord provide so many soldiers and horses?  ?¡±

    Although Jingzhou is a prosperous land, the best piece of land in Nanyang has been occupied by Zhen Yao.  Except for Nanyang, Jiangxia was an important garrison area and did not have much farmland. The four counties of Jingnan were only self-sufficient in production, and Liu Pan could only rely on Nanjun for food.

    In Nanjun, Jiangling is obviously the top priority. If Jiangling's cultivated land is destroyed, it will almost destroy 60% of Nanjun's food. Just rely on what is left, not to mention nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, which is half less.  , I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t afford it.

    This is what Zhuge could think of in just half a stick of incense. After all, although Jiangling is good, it goes deep into the hinterland of Jingzhou. Jiangdong is no longer able to conquer Jiangxia and Changsha. Even if he takes Jiangling, which is temporarily without troops, he cannot defend it.  live.

    "Plowing land?" Liu Pan's face froze. He was used to being a general and had never worried about food and grass. He had not yet adapted to his current role as the lord, so he was not thoughtful enough.

    Zhuge Liang nodded again: "Fortunately, there are still troops and horses in the city at this moment. My lord should immediately send troops to go south in warships to repel the attacking troops and horses from Jiangdong. In this case, Sun Quan should also order the withdrawal of troops and concentrate on dealing with the enemy from Jiujiang."

    Taking a deep breath, Liu Pan said in a deep voice: "Since there are only a small number of enemy soldiers, they are easy to deal with. Pan will call for people now."

    That night, Xiangyang's new general Wang Wei took ten thousand soldiers given by Liu Pan and went down the river. At this moment, Ling Cao and Ling Tong, their father and son, were destroying people's farmland everywhere, as Zhuge said.

    The warship went down the river, and arrived at the boundary of Jiangling in the middle of the day. After that, it took the land route and passed through Hulukou. It only took more than half a day to reach Jiangling City.  There were no soldiers in Jiangling City, but the Liu family's flag still stood and did not fall. Wang Wei thought of what Zhuge Liang had ordered before leaving, and his heart sank. I am afraid that most of the surrounding farmland had been destroyed.

    Wang Wei came with his troops. Although Ling Cao, Ling Tong and his son were busy wreaking havoc, they knew it.  Determined to have a fight between the soldiers in Jingzhou, Wang Wei came to call for battle on the second day after he entered the city.

    Wang Wei was worried about how to catch the attacking enemy soldiers. When he saw Ling Tong calling for formation outside the city, he naturally led his troops to attack.  Knowing that he was not good at martial arts, Wang Wei did not play any tricks like fighting in front of the battle. With a wave of his hand, nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses charged together. This is how there is strength in numbers.

    Ling Tong was young, and although his martial arts skills were good, he was still poor at commanding the battle formation. Moreover, he was still in a weak position and could not resist for an hour before retreating in defeat.  This withdrawal was also very straightforward. The father and son led the troops and horses to directly turn around and return to Jiangdong.

    Ling Cao, Ling Tong and his son withdrew their troops because their goals had been achieved and there was no need to fight with Jingzhou anymore. When the news that Wang Wei successfully defeated the invading troops came back to Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang also shook his head and chuckled.

    Everything was planned by Zhuge Liang. On the day Wang Wei returned to Xiangyang, there was a battle report. Huang Gai, the second general who invaded Changsha, had already evacuated with his troops.  However, Zhuge was not completely sure about Jiangxia.

    Zhuge was a little unhappy when he learned from Liu Pan that Gan Ning led the navy to evacuate, but Cai Zhong rashly led his troops to pursue him.  But this is just a trivial matter. Even if Cai Zhong is defeated, he will only lose a few soldiers and horses, and it can damage the Cai family's position in Jingzhou.

    Thinking like this, Zhuge no longer thinks about Jiangxia, but looks to Jiangdong. If the Liyang War changes and Jiangdong is defeated, he may be able to go down the river and carve up Yangzhou.

    "Cai Zhong, where else do you want to escape?" Above the river, east of Sanjiangkou, Gan Ning, standing on the second floor of the building, sneered at the dozen or so cockroaches in front of him: "Abandon your weapons and surrender, I will spare you.  One life!"

    Cai Zhong now regrets it to death. He originally thought that Gan Ning could not do anything about the water battle in the past two months, thinking that the other party was nothing more than this.  When Jiangdong's troops were about to withdraw, he led his troops to chase him out. For this reason, he fell out with Huang Zu.

    But now that he has brought out thousands of soldiers and more than 30 warships, only half of the warships are left. It seems that the loss is not big, but in fact the number of soldiers has been reduced. After all, the warships are small and their combat power is also weak.

    "Zhong, Zhong is willing to surrender." Cai Zhong is not a tough guy. There is no place for him to escape on the river. The front and back roads are blocked, making the boat completely useless.  And if you go into the water,There were hundreds of Jiangdong water ghosts waiting below, and Cai Zhong had not forgotten how his ship sank.

    " In this case, if he did not surrender, as long as a round of bows and arrows came, he would not be able to survive even if he wanted to. He could only signal his soldiers to throw away their weapons and wait for Gan Ning to take him away.

    "Originally it was useless to keep you, but I will not kill lightly. Surrender!" Gan Ning waved his right hand, and hundreds of sailors poured out from around the Jingzhou shipyard. They quickly turned over into the boat with their hands and feet, found hemp ropes and began to tie people up.

    It didn¡¯t take much time to surrender. When Gan Ning led his troops and horses to leave Sanjiangkou and stopped at Huangzhou Port, both Cai Zhong and Su Fei were very surprised.  However, the two of them are currently of equal status, and no one will explain to them.

    "Xingba, Tai and Chengyuan have been waiting for a while." Walking deeper along the shore path, they saw a soldier and horse resting in the forest. When the first two saw Gan Ning, the two generals laughed quickly.  Come forward to greet him.

    "Zhou Tai, Ding Feng." Gan Ning nodded and nodded with the two of them: "I will give you a gift." After saying that, he asked people to find the surrendered 'Cai Zhong'.

    "Who is this?" Zhou Tai asked in confusion as he looked at the captured general.

    "Jingzhou General Cai Zhong." Gan Ning briefly told the story of his water battle. Finally, he pointed to the general beside him and said with a smile: "With this son here, wouldn't it be easier to capture Jiangxia?"

    Zhou Tai and Ding Feng are both people with extremely sensitive sense of war. They looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.  It seems that the original strategy of a surprise attack needs to be changed. It can reduce losses, which everyone is happy to see.

    Only then did Cai Zhong know why Gan Ning surrendered to him, but what if he knew it? He had already rebelled. Could he still be thinking about Jingzhou?  Save your life first.

    Thinking this in my heart, when General Gan Ning laughed loudly, he also laughed with "haha". Su Fei looked on and shook his head. Although he was afraid of death, he had never done anything to betray his lord.

    Cai Zhong led his troops to pursue Gan Ning. Huang Zu, who was guarding the city, became angry and ignored him. This guy was very disobedient after coming to Jiangxia. If he sends troops this time, he will die.  Huang Zu made up his mind that even if Cai Zhong was in danger, he would not pay any attention to him sending troops to help.

    But he didn¡¯t know that Cai Zhong had now become a Jiangdong surrender general and was preparing to turn around and plot against him.  Seeing that the war was over, all the soldiers and horses from Jiangdong were far away, and even Sanjiangkou was returned. Huang Zu couldn't help but feel satisfied. He could still secure his position in Jiangxia.

    After the war, both Huang Zu and his soldiers would slack off, and their alertness was not as good as during the war.  Late at night, the bright moon was hidden in the clouds, and the entire city of Jiangxia was lit only by the light of stars.

    "Open the city gate, the general is back!" A loud shout broke the tranquility of the night, and Cai Zhong appeared outside the Jiangxia moat in disheveled clothes, with only dozens of Jingzhou soldiers behind him.

    "Is this General Cai?" When the guards on the city saw Cai Zhong, they illuminated it with a torch. Although it was not very clear, they could still see the general outline and clothing. "General, wait a moment. I'm going to report to the general."  "

    Late at night is not the time to open the city. If you want to open the city gate, you must have the consent of the prefect.  Huang Zu was sleeping soundly at this time. When he heard that Cai Zhong was back, he seemed to have lost the battle and wanted to let him stay outside the city for a night. However, he changed his mind and got dressed again.

    Climbing to the top of the city, I saw Cai Zhong sitting weakly on the dirt, and the soldiers behind him were also crooked, lying and sitting in different positions.  Huang Zu laughed in his heart, but his expression was calm: "General Cai, why are you in such a mess? Have you ever taken that Gan Ning's head?"

    "Hmph, don't make fun of me!" Cai Zhong's expression changed and he shouted angrily: "A certain family lost all their troops and horses, and ended up with this kind of land, all thanks to Gan Ning's gift."

    No need to think about it, Cai Zhong must have fallen into Gan Ning¡¯s trick and was defeated on the river.  Huang Zu then said a few more words to persuade him, then waved his hand and said: "Let go of the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and let General Cai in!"

    Huang Zu gave the order, and his soldiers turned the wooden wheel and slowly lowered the suspension bridge, and the city gate gradually opened with the joint efforts of more than a dozen soldiers.

    Cai Zhong was overjoyed. He didn't expect the city gate to be opened with such a simple answer. But thinking about the battle that was going to happen in the city next, he did not take the lead first. Instead, he walked among the soldiers and slowly crossed the suspension bridge.  .

    "A young general might not have noticed anything wrong with this scene, but after all, Huang Zu had been guarding Jiangxia for more than ten years. His heart suddenly bulged as he thought of some possibility.

    Huang Zu glared and shouted angrily: "Pull the suspension bridge, pull the suspension bridge up, and quickly close the city gate!"

    The soldiers who didn¡¯t know why obviously didn¡¯t react. Why did they have to pull back the suspension bridge? There were still people who hadn¡¯t come over.  And just such a short pause in breathing caused Huang Zu to lose his only chance.

    ?"Ka" the short knife struck the iron buckles at the four ends of the suspension bridge, and the iron ropes hanging on the wooden bridge were cut off with several strikes. At this moment, the thousands of soldiers hiding behind no longer hid, and swarmed up,  Galloping through Jiangxia City Gate.

    Although there are over 10,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangxia City, they have no thought of taking precautions. At this moment, they are all sleeping in the barracks in the city.  But Ding Feng and Zhou Tai outside the city bravely rushed into the city with eight thousand Jiangdong men.  It was clear that Huang Zu had to pay for his short-term wisdom.

    "General, run away. Let's escape from the city. There are still soldiers, horses, and warships in the water village!" At this moment, the city was filled with murderous shouts, and the deputy general hurriedly reminded him.  Huang Zu also knew that he was powerless, so he could only nod in agreement.

    Unfortunately, Huang Zu met Gan Ning. Gan Ning had been fighting with the Jingzhou Navy for dozens of days. He had long wanted to kill him. When the war in Jiangxia City was in full swing, he also took his Jiangdong warships back to sail, approaching Jiangxia.  Water village.

    There are warships and soldiers in the water stronghold, but no one is dispatched or commanded. How can they be Gan Ning's opponent?  After breaking through the gate of the water village easily, and then leading the troops to rush in, he was like a tiger among the sheep, and no one could stop him.

    Huang Zu failed to escape in the end, and was met by the sailors under Gan Ning's tent on the way to the water village.  It would be easy to say that if they encountered other soldiers and horses, they would be treated as prisoners at most, but what surrounded Huang Zu was the Bell Army that had followed Gan Ning in the chaotic battle.

    These former water bandits were enemies when they met Huang Zu. If Huang Zu hadn't oppressed Gan Ning, these brothers wouldn't have engaged in the robbery business of licking blood from the knife.

    When they met this time, they raised their swords to fight without saying a word. After a few breaths, Huang Zu's head flew high into the sky, and not a single Jiangxia soldier was left alive.

    When the battle situation in Jiangxia was completely quiet, it was already noon on the second day, and Gan Ning, who had captured Jiangxia Water Village, also returned to the city and toasted to celebrate with Zhou Tai.  In order to seize Jiangxia, my lord mobilized many troops and equipment, and it took nearly a hundred days, but finally the results were achieved.

    Naturally, it was impossible to kill all the tens of thousands of defenders, and some of them escaped when they saw the opportunity. When the defeated deserters returned to Xiangyang and told the story of the Jiangxia war, Liu Pan stared blankly, and then angrily yelled: "Tell me again, what happened to Jiangxia?"  ?¡±

    "My lord, Jiangxia has been lost." The soldiers did not dare to say more. They just answered and lowered their heads. Liu Pan's fierce eyes were not something they could afford.

    "Jiangxia fell, Jiangxia is gone?" With a bitter look, Liu Pan murmured to himself. When he looked at the kneeling soldier, his eyes were full of murderous intent. He pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted coldly: "Jiangxia fell, and I still want you.  What¡¯s the use!¡±

    After saying that, he was about to kill the deserters with his sword. Fortunately, Liu Ba, with quick eyes and quick hands, held Liu Pan back and prevented him from actually cutting them down.

    "Lord, calm down, calm down." Liu Ba also looked bad and pulled Liu Pan to persuade him: "The sudden change in Jiangxia is not the fault of these little soldiers. Forgive them for bringing back the news and let them go."

    "Get out, get out of here!" Liu Pan kicked the soldier in front of him in the chest and abdomen. Although the latter was in pain, he did not dare to cry out. He rolled and crawled away with his companions. In this Prefecture Mufu, they  I don¡¯t want to come here a second time.

    After the soldiers walked away, Liu Pan was still furious, and Liu also kept persuading. Only Zhuge Liang knelt down and sat aside silently, thinking in his heart why there were still soldiers and horses from Jiangdong attacking Jiangxia at this time!

    "Lord, I'm afraid that this time, we are all deceived by Wuji." In fact, the thing was very simple. When he thought about it after it happened, Zhuge Liang soon realized that something was wrong: "Xuzhou soldiers and horses did not fight against Jiangdong at all.  The purpose of deploying troops and horses is to make us believe it is true."

    Yes, if you think about it at this time, you will find that there are many problems.  Xuzhou wanted to send troops, but how could it move so quickly?  How can a war be fought if the logistics are not fully prepared?  Zhuge didn't notice these problems at the time. If he could have thought of it, he would have found something fishy.

    Seeing Liu Pan and Liu Ba both looking at him, Zhuge said in a deep voice: "This is a play. Zhen Yao and Sun Quan work together to deceive the lord."

    The first time he plotted to control a war in a state, he got to the beginning but missed the end. Zhuge also had to pay for his youth.  A war becomes more and more sudden towards the end. Obviously, Brother Zhu doesn't understand this at this time.

    Zhuge¡¯s words made Liu Pan silent for a while. Who would mobilize the troops and horses of a state to perform a play?  If it were in the past, Liu Pan would definitely not believe it, but now that the facts are like this, he has to believe it.

    Seeing that Liu Pan had settled down, Liu Ba then spoke up and said: "My lord, Jiangxia has been captured, and Shiyang, Hanyang, Wulin, and Xiakou have lost their support. We should send an order to call back the soldiers in the water villages. There must be no more  loss."

    Zhuge also followed up and said: "The troops and horses must also be mobilized. We can send orders and appoint generals to directly station in Jiangling when they return to the army. Take Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Changsha as the front lineTo defend, there may be a chance to recapture Jiangxia in the future.  "

    Jiangxia is too important. If Jiangdong has Jiangxia in hand, it will turn from passive to active. It can send troops to attack the other counties in Jingzhou at any time, and there is no need to worry about the rear.  And Jingzhou losing Jiangxia is like losing a water barrier, making it even more difficult to make progress.

    "Zhen Yao, Sun Quan, I, Liu Pan, have taken note of this account!" He clenched his fists with his fingers and cracked his knuckles continuously. Liu Pan snorted coldly. He obviously would not forget the reason for this defeat. He really saw a good show.  ah!

    Although Zhuge thought Zhen Yao and Sun Quan were acting, for Wuji and Jianye, the real people directing the play should be Guo Jia and Pang Tong. Pang Tong was naturally the leader, while Guo Jia just stepped in halfway.  .

    "The two of them are acting. Apart from Zhen Yao and Sun Quan, who else can watch the drama, and who else can be such a big name to watch the drama they perform.  When the news of Jiangxia's victory came back to Jianye, Sun Quan's green eyes showed a captivating look for the first time.

    "Shiyuan, I'd like to give you a toast!" It's not easy. My brother was suddenly assassinated and his body was enthroned. Countless people in Jiangdong were waiting to see the joke.  And the troops sent to Xuzhou failed to win, and there were already rumors in Jiangdong that he was not the material to be the lord at all.

    Sun Quan seems to be the lord of Jiangdong. He is the boss in this three-thirds of an acre of land, but he is not without scruples.  If he doesn't make any achievements, over time he will at most just have a reputation for success.

    These are not what he wants. When his father and brother were still alive, they had laid a huge foundation, and he also wanted to continue to expand the territory, rather than just 'keep it established'.

    After several operations, we finally saw hope. Jiang Xia took over, and Jiangdong will have great achievements in the future.  Thinking like this, Sun Quan looked at Pang Tong's somewhat distorted face and found it pleasing to the eye. The person who contributed the most to the victory in this battle was Pang Tong who provided him with advice step by step. If he didn't thank him at this time, who should he thank?

    Because of his appearance, it was difficult for Pang Tong to become an official in Soochow, and few people wanted to see him.  Now that I have finally made some achievements, I feel satisfied that I am absolutely indispensable.  But facing Sun Quan, he still knew to keep a low profile and stood up quickly: "I don't dare, I don't dare, I should respect the lord."

    Jiangdong Sun Quan had sufficient reasons to hold a grand banquet in order to conquer Jiangxia for himself.  But Zhen Yao, who was far away in Wanji, had a strange smile after knowing the final outcome of the battle in Jingzhou: "Brother Pig and Xiaoniao actually fought. It's interesting~~ But where did the dead horse go?"

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