Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 780

In February of the third year of Jian'an, an unexpected thing happened. Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, Jingnan, suddenly raised the flag against Liu Biao. In addition, Lingling and Guiyang counties of the four counties in South Jing also joined Zhang Xian.

After Liu Biao heard this, he was shocked. The Jingzhou Civil War was imperative. Naturally, he couldn't heed Sun Quan and Cao Cao's request. They assembled a large army to conquer the Changsha rebels.

Among the four counties of Jingnan, the only one that has not rebelled is Wuling County. In fact, the guard of Wuling County originally planned to rebel, but Liu Biao's son Liu Pan happened to lead his army to station in Wuling. After learning about this, he quickly led his troops without saying anything. Enter Wuling County, put down the rebellion, while waiting for Liu Biao's army to arrive.

Although it had consumed a lot in the previous wars, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Jingzhou, most of the people from the Central Plains have gone south to take refuge. Therefore, the residents of Jingzhou are enriched. Liu Biao ordered Huang Zu to sit in Zhenjiang Xia not to move. A 40,000 army was put together, with Cai Hong and Kuai Liang as the governors, and each led an army south to counter the rebellion.

Zhang Xian had led the rebels to attack the surrounding counties, but after hearing the arrival of the army of Cai Tao and Kuai Liang, he was suddenly scared into the city.

Changsha County, Linxiang City.

On the head of the city stood a lonely general flag, and outside the city was the Jingzhou army camp for more than ten miles, which surrounded the city of Changsha.

"Hmph, the old thief Zhang Xian is really seeking his own way. After breaking through the city this time, he has to punish his family in order to follow his example."

Cai Hao said coldly.

"Listening to Governor Cai, it seems that he is going to storm Linxiang City?"

The calm-minded Kuailiang asked.

"This is natural. Zhang Xian's rebellion must be settled quickly. Otherwise, wouldn't Jingzhou people be flustered?" Cai Hao asked back.

Kuailiang shook his head: "I see that it is not necessary. Linxiang city is strong, and the city is more heavily armed, which is difficult to break at a time. It is better to send troops and horses to break through the surrounding counties, besiege instead of attack, and wait until Linxiang is exhausted. There will be no food, then it will be easy to say."

"Huh, Kuai don't be brilliant, but he doesn't know how to make a military strategy, so I'll leave it to someone for this siege."

Cai Hong snorted coldly, but didn't put Kuailiang's words in his ears. Anyway, this time he sent troops, he was the chief governor, and Kuailiang was just the deputy governor. What do you know?

When Kuailiang saw that Cai Wei was so arbitrary, he just sighed and said nothing.

On the second day, Cai Tao was ambitious and the warlord attacked the city.

"kill!"

Cai Hao made a big effort and got quite the essence of the "Cao Gu Debate", and sent tens of thousands of troops to besiege Linxiang City on three sides, and took the momentum of Linxiang City in one fell swoop.

"Everyone listened to me, since I have already raised troops to rebel, Liu Biao must not allow me to wait, and now there is only one way to go to the dark!"

However, although the soldiers in Linxiang City were unwilling, they have become Zhang Xian's comrades. Now even if they are unwilling, they have become grasshoppers on a rope with Zhang Xian, and they can follow Zhang Xian's side.

Cai Hao ordered an attack. Tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops attacked the city under the cover of archers. However, the resistance in the city was extremely fierce. Arrows flew in the city, and rolling logs and rocks rumbling down, and Jingzhou soldiers on the ladder were often attacked. An arrow or a rolling log hit the stone, only to let out a scream, and fell to death or wounded.

Cai Hao had no alternative, and even personally supervised the onslaught. Under pressure, the Jingzhou soldiers had to move forward. However, Linxiang City was the seat of Changsha Prefecture and was unusually strong, and Zhang Xian deliberately contracted his troops. There were thousands of people in the city. The city has always had an advantage, as the so-called ten rules.

Cai Hao deliberately exposed the south gate before, and he followed the law of encircling three queasyances. If the rebels in the city can't support it, they can still escape. However, Zhang Xian's will to defend the city was quite strong, and he directly ordered the south gate to be blocked. Since the city sergeant could not escape, there was only a deadly battle for a while.

This tragic offensive and defensive battle lasted for a whole day. Both the offensive and defensive armies suffered heavy casualties. After the Jingzhou Army dropped more than a thousand corpses in Linxiang City, Cai Hao ordered the offensive to stop.

"Duke Cai, have you ever captured Linxiang City?" Kuai Liang joked.

"Humph!"

Cai Hao said coldly: "The bandits resist tenaciously, and in a few days they will surely take Linxiang City."

Seeing Cai Hong's appearance, Kuailiang didn't bother to persuade him any more, and he deliberately told him to run into a disadvantage, so naturally he didn't say much, but it was a pity that his corporal was injured.

In the next few days, Cai Hao continued to urge the Jingzhou army to launch a fierce attack on Linxiang city. However, facing the strictly guarded Linxiang city, the morale of Jingzhou army dropped seriously. Although Cai Hao personally supervised the army, it was slammed and declined again. After three exhaustion, Jingzhou Army gradually began to grind foreign workers, unwilling to attack.

Cai Hao was furious at first, and personally cut off the heads of a few weak troops, but then gradually he was helpless and had to follow Kuailiang's previous advice and lead his army to besiege instead of attacking.

At the same time that Cai Hao swung his troops to attack Linxiang City, Kuailiang secretly commanded his troops and attacked many counties in Changsha. However, in one month, Linxiang City had actually become an isolated city, which was nothing to worry about.

At the same time, Liu Biao led his army from Wuling to attack Lingling. Liu Pan is known for his bravery. The Jingnan soldiers under his command were outstanding, and he soon put down Lingling County. The next step was to attack Guiyang County with his troops and prepare to encircle Changsha with Cai Wei and Kuailiang's army.

With the internal turmoil in Jingzhou, Liu Biao was busy putting out the fire, so naturally he didn't care about the affairs between Sun Quan and Cao Cao.

"Unexpectedly, there was a civil turmoil in Changsha, so Liu Biao would not be able to help our army." Sun Quan sighed.

"This matter has pros and cons, at least Liu Biao will not covet me Yuzhang County." Zhou Yu said with relief.

Sun Quan was still a little anxious: "Cao Cao is now almost unified Jiangdong, but we are trapped in Chaisang, the river is already in decline, if Cao Cao is attacking, how can it be?"

Zhou Yu pondered for a while, and said slowly: "The lord thinks, who else can compete for the world now?"

Although Sun Quan is young, he has no lack of knowledge. After a while, he said: "If today is no longer the same as that of the time, the dividing line is from the Central Plains, and Taishan and East County are to the west. The general Liu Yuqing is respected. , Yidong is the world of the old thief Cao Cao."

"Now General Liu Ye is fighting against Sichuan and Shu. After he is destroyed, he must go east, and the general wants to contend for the world, and there must be a battle with Cao Cao. At that time, the two armies will fight against each other. If the general wins, our army can naturally take advantage of it to retake. The hometown of Jiangdong."

Sun Quan frowned and said, "In your opinion, how long will a war break out between Cao Cao and Liu Ye?"

"At least two years, as many as five years."

"Too long." Sun Quan sighed.