Zhang Fei finally understood and could not help but say,"Sun Quan will definitely lose when he enters Shu. Firstly, it is because his supply line is too long. Secondly, there is no famous general like Zhou Yu. Thirdly, Cao Cao will not let Sun Quan take Yizhou.”
Liu Bei smiled and nodded. This third brother of his was quite smart.
"I'm going to sleep. I've been growing lately, so I'm always sleepy.”Liu Chan yawned.
……
On the evening of the second day after Zhou Yu's death, the scouts quickly sent news that Li Tong and Man Chong, a total of 5,000 Cao troops, had defeated 2,000 of Guan Yu's men in Dangyang and were heading towards Jiangling.
Zhou Yu's mourning hall was filled with shock. It was truly a rainy night when the roof was leaking.
Everyone looked at Cheng Pu. Cheng Pu ignored their gazes and said loudly,""There's no need to panic. When the Cao army arrives, we'll just fight over there.
Jiangling was within his grasp, could he give up now?”
"Here." The generals said in unison.
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu were the left and right governors. Once Zhou Yu died, Cheng Pu would be the one in charge here.
Liu Bei was not surprised when he heard that Li Tong and the full pet army had arrived. He asked the scout sent by Guan Yu,""Where is Yunzhang?"
"General Guan is leading a thousand men and following behind Li Tong and Man Chong, maintaining a distance of twenty li.”
"What is Zilong doing?" Liu Bei asked again.
"General Zhao led 500 cavalrymen along the Han River to harass Cao Cao's grain routes. They came and went like the wind, and the Cao army in Xiangyang and other places could do nothing.”
After Zhang Fei sent someone to inform Guan Yu of Zhou Yu's death, Guan Yu acted according to Liu Bei's plan and pretended to be defeated, letting Li Tong and Man Chong enter Jiangling.
Zhao Yun continued to harass the Cao army.
"My lord, Jiang Dong is gathering troops. It seems that a war has broken out.”One of Liu Bei's personal guards walked in and said.
"It seems that Cheng Pu wants to continue to persevere. Since Jiang Dong is going to make a move, we have no reason to watch the show. Pass on my order, gather the entire army and fight together.”Liu Bei said.
Jiang Dong had only sent 3,000 men this time, along with Liu Bei's 2,000 men. They were five miles away from Li Tong and Man Chong, who had just arrived. The two armies looked at each other from afar.
Cao Ren stood on the city wall and looked at the army in the distance. Then, he looked at the Jiangdong Army and said,""It seems like Zhou Yu is really dead."
Chief historian Chen Jiao stood beside Cao Ren and said with a smile,""Jiangling is safe now."
Cao Ren had already made up his mind to live and die with Jiangling City, so he couldn't help but smile.
"But could this be Zhou Yu's trick?”Cao Ren suddenly thought of this question.
Chen Jiao shook his head and said," Even if Zhou Yu is trying to trick us, the reinforcements are already outside the city. Zhou Yu and Liu Bei will not be able to take Jiangling."”
"That's true." Cao Ren nodded.
Jiangling had already been taken over for almost a year. With the arrival of these reinforcements, Cao Ren was confident that he could take over for another half a year. This way, the alliance army would be the one who couldn't hold on any longer.
As for whether there was enough food and weapons in the city, Cao Ren was not worried at all. Jiangling City had the accumulation of more than ten years of Liu Biao's management of Jingzhou. When Liu Bei first came to Jiangling from Xinye, it was because he wanted to hoard countless food and weapons in Jiangling. However, Liu Bei was dragged down by more than 100,000 people in Xinye, and Jiangling was taken by Cao Cao first.
After nearly a year of wear and tear, only half of the grain in the city's warehouse had been consumed.
Of course, this was also because they had dispersed almost all of the commoners in the city. Otherwise, how could Jiangling City have so much food for the commoners to eat after a year of siege?
"General, should we go out of the city and defeat this group of enemy soldiers and welcome the reinforcements into the city?" asked Niu Jin.”
Cao Ren shook his head." There's no hurry. We only have around 6,000 soldiers in the city. If we leave the city, the city's defenses will be insufficient. It's very likely that the Jiangdong rats and the big-eared bandits will take the opportunity to seize the city.”
Chen Jiao also agreed,"The most important thing now is to defend Jiangling.”
Cheng Pu turned his head to look at Jiangling City. He saw the banners fluttering on the city walls and the city gates tightly shut. It seemed like the Cao army had no intention of coming out.
"General Cheng, should we attack?" Lu Meng rode his horse to Cheng Pu and asked.
"Get into a defensive formation and don't move for now." Cheng Pu shook his head.”
Cao Ren watched the movements of the army below the city and saw the commotion in the Jiangdong army formation. He thought that they were going to attack, but when he saw that they were only in a defensive formation, Cao Ren was stunned. He bulged his eyes and said,"The River East scoundrels aren't planning to attack?”
"From the looks of it, this is their plan.”Chen Jiao said.
"What are these scoundrels from River East playing at?”Niu Jin muttered.
Outside the city, Li Tong and Man Chong joined forces. When Li Tong saw that the Jiangdong army had actually taken defensive measures, he couldn't help but sneer."You want me to attack? Haha."
Man Chong looked around and calculated the distance from Jiangling City. It was only five miles, and there was an army in between.
"General Li, on the way here, which is about eight miles behind us, there is a mountain with many trees. Send soldiers to cut down the trees and set up camp there.”Man Chong suggested.
Li Tong immediately ordered a 1,000-man team to cut down the trees. At the same time, the cavalrymen patrolled around to prevent the enemy from ambushing.
As for the troops facing the alliance army, they were in formation to deal with the alliance army's attack at any time.
At this moment, the three sides inside and outside the city all maintained their stance of not moving.
They were all waiting for the other party to attack.
This scene was extremely tacit.
"The Cao army has sent people to the Ironwood Slope behind them. There are cavalry patrolling left and right. It seems that they plan to cut down trees and set up camp there.”The scout relayed the news to the commander of the allied forces, Cheng Pu.
Cheng Pu frowned. It seemed that Cao Jun had guessed his intentions.
"Tell the scouts to pay attention to the movements of the Cao army inside and outside the city.
Zhou Tai, transfer 2000 men from the camp. You must organize the Cao army to cut down trees and build a camp.”Cheng Pu ordered.
Zhou Tai left.
Liu Chan learned about the arrangements in River East from Chen Chufang and couldn't help but laugh.""Hahahaha, it's done.
River East is retreating."
"Young Master, where did you get that from?" Chen Dao asked in confusion.”
"Although Cheng Pu is an old general, he is timid and cannot compare to Zhou Gongjin.
He no longer thought of conquering Jiangling.
Sun Quan would soon order the retreat.”Liu Chan said.
The two armies were still facing off, but behind them, the side armies sent by both sides were engaged in an intense battle.
Zhou Tai and his two thousand men had just revealed their faces when they were bitten by Cao Cao's cavalry.
Soon after, the news of Zhou Tai's defeat came.
Cheng Pu almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
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