Chapter 35 Liu Wu takes Jiangling, and father and son meet again!
Chapter 35: Liu Wu takes Jiangling, and father and son meet again!
Thirty thousand,

A full 30,000-strong army was attacking the city and seizing the land, but the main general was suddenly kidnapped!
All the generals of Cao's army were dumbfounded.

Continue attacking the city now?

What's the point of attacking when there's no main general? !

However, there were also some generals who reacted quickly and began to gather their troops.

At this time,
boom! ~
The south gate of Xiling suddenly opened.

Herod! ~
It was Wei Yan who rode out of the city on horseback, sword in hand, and behind him, three thousand infantrymen poured out of the city gate.

Along with them, there were more than a dozen brightly lit flags with the Chinese character "Liu" on them...

Wei Yan looked back and felt annoyed.

Damn it, I never thought that there would be a day when I would use Liu Xuande’s banner to bully others.

But he had no choice but to do so. Wei Yan suppressed his disgust and said to himself, "Just think of this Liu as Zilie's!"

He comforted himself in this way.

……

The north gate of Xiling City,
The city gate opened, and a chariot slowly left the city. The carriage was moving very slowly...

Sitting on it were the most powerful generals of Jiangdong, Gan Ning and Gan Xingba.

The loosely organized Shanyue soldiers followed behind the chariots. After all, they were Shanyue sent here by Jiangdong. Although they were fierce, they had not received much training.

"General Gan, please follow our plan." A soldier beside Gan Ning on the chariot said coldly, his words full of coercion.

Gan Ning's face turned pale at this moment, and his chest was burning with anger. He really didn't expect that Lu Xun would be so despicable!

He seemed to be sitting in the car, but in fact he was tied to the car.

Both legs were tied tightly and one hand was also tied behind his back, but it was covered by the robe so that others could not see it.

Not only that, there were two soldiers on the car with daggers against his back. If Gan Ning made any rash move, they would...

He had already agreed to take action, not to mention that he had not yet recovered from the severe injury he had received from Liu Wu. Gan Ning gritted his teeth and cursed: "Lu Boyan is really not a human being!"

However, before he finished speaking, the sergeant on the chariot said directly: "General Gan, please follow the plan!"

The next moment, the dagger behind him moved forward, and Gan Ning felt a slight pain...

Then, Gan Ning slowly raised his movable left hand and said, "Raise the flag!"

Ding ding! ~
clang! ~
At that moment, dozens of large flags were raised high, with a "Sun" character on each one.

Three thousand Shanyue soldiers surrounded the chariots and slowly moved forward, about to formally engage with Cao's army.

"General Gan, please follow our plan."

Then, Gan Ning shouted, "Gan Xingba, the most powerful general in Jiangdong, is here!!"

……

"Wei Wenchang, the general under Emperor Liu, is here!!"

On the south side of Cao's army, Wei Yan spurred his horse and whipped it, shouting this with an almost ferocious look on his face.

The wind was howling, and behind him, more than a dozen large flags with the word "Liu" were fluttering...

The Cao army's right wing began to move.
"That's... Wei Yan!"

"It's really Wei Yan!"

"Liu Bei's general Wei Yan is here!"

Most of the Cao troops who came from Jiangling were Jingzhou soldiers under Liu Biao in the past, so they naturally recognized Wei Yan.

They knew that Wei Yan had opened the city gate without authorization to let Liu Bei enter Xiangyang, and they also knew that Wei Yan had killed his former master, the prefect of Changsha, and defected to Liu Bei. Wherever Wei Yan went, the morale of Cao's army began to waver violently.

……

The left wing of Cao's camp,

Three thousand Shanyue soldiers surrounded a chariot and drove towards Cao's army slowly.

Gan Ning sat upright on the chariot, looking solemn and majestic.

"General Gan, please follow our plan."

Then he heard Gan Ning shouting loudly: "Here comes the most powerful general in Jiangdong, Gan Ning!!"

The right wing of Cao's camp was shaken.
“It’s Gan Xingba indeed!”

"Gan Ning, the most powerful general in Jiangdong, is here!"

"Jiangdong has sent out troops!"

"Gan Ning is the most powerful general in Jiangdong..."

During the Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao was defeated and Gan Ning pursued Cao's army along the way, killing corpses all over the ground and making a name for himself.

That left a huge shadow in the hearts of these Jingzhou soldiers.

Not to mention those Shanyue soldiers with cut hair, which are the symbol of the Jiangdong army!
on the chariot,
The sergeant handed over the sword.

Gan Ning gritted his teeth and took it.

He took it with one hand, and then swung it forward vigorously: "Kill!!"

The chariot accelerated, and the Shanyue soldiers also rushed forward!

The right wing of Cao's camp was immediately shaken, and even showed signs of being defeated...

When it was confirmed that it was Wei Yan and Gan Ning, many generals of Cao's army panicked.

"Oh no! Liu Bei and Sun Quan have both sent out their troops!"

"The Sun-Liu coalition forces have arrived!"

"Wei Yan and Gan Xingba have already taken over the battle formation. I'm afraid Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhou Yu are right behind them!"

"At this moment, General Cao Ren..."

"Hurry up and gather your troops and retreat to Jiangling!"

...On the top of Xiling City, Lu Xun watched the battlefield with a serious expression.

Even though he was on top of the city wall, he could still hear the shouts:

"Cao Ren has been captured alive!"

"My Jiangdong army has arrived!"

"Do you know Wei Wenchang, who is under the command of Uncle Liu?!"

"Cao Ren has been captured alive!"

"My Lord Wu will personally lead the expedition to Xiling!!"

Amid these shouts, Cao's army began to waver violently.

When several generals of Cao's camp quickly withdrew from the battlefield with their own troops, the 30,000 leaderless Cao troops faced a real rout!
"Hahahahahaha!" Lu Xun suddenly laughed without any warning.

The centurion of the nearby trap camp stepped forward and asked: "Sir, why are you laughing?"

Lu Xun took a deep breath, slowly sheathed his sword, and said calmly: "I don't laugh at others, I only laugh at Zhou Yu's lack of strategy, Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom, and Cao Ren, this self-righteous villain!"

……

On the official road from Xiling to Jiangling, a team of cavalry came from the direction of Xiling.

They worked day and night, and in just one day and one night, they arrived at Jiangling.

"How is Cao Ren?" Liu Wu reined in his horse and turned around.

Gao Shun stepped forward and reported: "He woke up six times, and each time he fainted right after waking up. Although he may be mentally retarded, his life is safe."

"That's good." Liu Wu waved the whip without stopping.

Half an hour later,
A group of more than a hundred cavalrymen have finally arrived at the city of Jiangling!

Gao Shun rode forward and said, "Open the city gate quickly!"

The generals who stayed behind in Jiangling looked out from the top of the city wall and said, "The army is going to attack Xiling, why are you guys coming back?"

Gao Shun: "We've fallen into a trap! The Sun and Liu families have stationed heavy troops in Xiling City, and our 30,000 troops are almost wiped out!"

"We fought desperately to break out of the encirclement and rescue General Cao Ren!"

"Open the city gate now!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the city guard was shocked. How could this be possible? !
With 30,000 troops going to attack Xiling, wasn't it said that there were only 2,000 or 3,000 defenders there?
How did we encounter the allied forces of Sun and Liu?

How did the whole army get wiped out? !
"Are you talking nonsense?!" The general who stayed behind in Jiangling couldn't believe it at all.

At this time, two soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp behind Liu Wu carried Cao Ren out. At this time, General Cao Ren was still unconscious, but his forehead was covered in blood...

"General Zixiao!" The general guarding the city recognized him at a glance: "What happened to General Zixiao?!"

Liu Wu said, "What's wrong? Why don't you find a doctor to treat General Zixiao?"

"General Zixiao is Prime Minister Cao's cousin. If anything happens to him, I'm afraid we'll all lose our heads!"

The generals defending the city could no longer bear it and hurried down from the city wall. A moment later, the gates of Jiangling were already wide open...

The general came out personally to meet the troops and led Liu Wu and a hundred other cavalrymen into the city.

"General Zixiao woke up two hours ago. There are not many defenders in Jiangling City. The situation is critical!" Liu Wu frowned.

The Jiangling garrison commander looked at the unconscious Cao Ren and couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, there are only 3,000 left."

Gao Shun on the side was moved...

Liu Wu quickly added: "General Zixiao said when he woke up two hours ago that the situation was critical and the troops were few. After he entered the city, all centurions and above in Jiangling City entered his tent to discuss matters."

Jiangling garrison commander: "Understood."

Liu Wu reached out and felt Cao Ren's pulse, then said, "General Zixiao is about to wake up, General, go and call them."

The Jiangling garrison commander responded, "Okay!"

Afterwards, the Jiangling garrison commander rode away and hurriedly went to summon the few military leaders above the centurion level in Jiangling City...

Liu Wu and his 100-man cavalry were led by the city defenders into the county government of Jiangling City.

In about an incense stick of time, the Jiangling garrison commander had already rushed into the county magistrate's residence with six or seven of his subordinates and the music commander...

Not long after, a military order was issued from the county magistrate's residence: General Zixiao summoned all centurions from Jiangling City to enter the county magistrate's residence!

……

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Jiangling City stands on the north bank of the river and its location is extremely important.

Even after the Battle of Red Cliffs, the mighty Duke of Zhou fought for a long time but failed to capture this mighty city!
The river is mighty and the water flow here is a little fast, so that the thick fog on the river surface is washed away and appears and disappears from time to time, changing.

Passing through the thick river fog and the rapids on the river, on the other side of Jiangling City is a new city, Gong'an.

It was originally just a small town, but it became a small city because of the fierce battle between Zhou Yu and Cao Ren in Jiangling.

It's just that the territory of Jingzhou south of the Yangtze River was later lent to Liu Bei by Jiangdong, which is the so-called borrowing of Jingzhou, so Liu Bei is stationed in Gong'an City now.

Not only Liu Bei was there,
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang were also there.

By the way, Liu Wu escaped from Gong'an City not long ago...

At this moment, among the candles in Gong'an City, one was lit for Madam Mi and A Dou.

As for our Uncle Liu, he cannot sit idle. At this moment, he is leading several ships to Jiangling City in the north of the Yangtze River.

"There have been unusual movements in Jiangbei recently." Kong Ming gently waved his feather fan: "Perhaps the time has come to take Jiangling."

Liu Bei at the bow did not look so relaxed: "But Cao Ren is a veteran general, and Zhou Yu has fought for a long time but still failed to defeat him."

Kong Ming looked at the thick fog on the river and suddenly asked, "My lord, have you found Master Wu?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei's face changed: "Sir, please don't mention that brat!"

Kong Ming's words almost made Liu Huangshu go berserk on the river...

"Alas..." Zhuge Liang was helpless. He gently waved his feather fan, and the ship silently passed through the thick fog and rushed to Jiangling City opposite.

(End of this chapter)