In the 418th year of the Han Empire, Lu Bu made full preparations to unify the territory of the Han Empire.
The past three years have been the most stable three years he has ever lived in this era.
He has spent more time with Cao Min, Diao Chan, and a group of children and other family members than in the previous ten years.
At present, the entire area controlled by Lu Bu has a population of nearly 6 million.
The Huben Army expanded to eighteen divisions, including three Huben cavalry divisions and six Huben naval divisions.
There are also 250,000 county soldiers.
Towards the end of summer, Lu Bu took action.
Fishermen and boatmen living in Yiling and Jiangling have recently discovered that there are suddenly many pieces of wood drifting down the river.
Soon, the governors of Yiling and Jiangling also learned of this situation.
They carefully investigated the collected wood and found that the wood was actually leftover materials from building wooden boats.
This also means that the Han army built a large number of warships in the Shujiang or Xiajiang rivers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The guards in both places did not dare to neglect and quickly reported the situation directly to Tianting.
When Sun Quan learned about this situation, he was shocked.
This was obviously Lu Bu preparing to attack Soochow.
He immediately summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
Lu Su and Zhou Tai believed that this was clear evidence that Lu Bu was preparing to attack Jingzhou from the Bashu Gorge River, and suggested that Sun Quan strengthen Yiling's defense.
However, Taishi Ci and Gan Ning disagreed.
They thought that Lu Bu left the Han River in Xiangyang unused and chose to attack Jingzhou from the steep gorge river.
This makes no sense at all.
Both generals suggested that Sun Quan only need to order the county guards in Yiling and Jiangling to strengthen their vigilance, and there is no need to mobilize the garrison in other places, especially the Yicheng garrison in the direction of Xiangyang.
Lu Meng, who had been silent all the time, said: "Your Majesty, I don't think Lu Bu will attack Jingzhou from Bashu, nor will he attack Jingzhou from Xiangyang.
Because recently, according to scouts' reports, Lu Bu's army is frequently in Yangzhou across the river.
Frequent mobilization and gathering of troops.
Moreover, there are a large number of ships sailing from the Huai River to the Yangtze River.
I believe that Lu Bu will directly cross the Yangtze River and attack the east of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, we must not mobilize the troops along the river to support Jingzhou."
Lu Xun said at this time: "Actually, we don't need to guess here.
Lu Bu is now very powerful.
His military strength is five times that of Jiangdong.
If you include combat strength, it may be ten times that of mine.
No matter how we deploy our defenses, He can always find weak points to attack our borders, and we can only defend ourselves by maneuvering and annihilating several of his main forces one by one to have a chance to protect ourselves."
Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and he turned his gaze to Lu Xun and asked, "How about a mobile defense method?"
Lu Xun presented his well-thought-out strategy: "Your Majesty, I think we should use the navy as the core and allocate land forces, and move flexibly along the Yangtze River and various tributary waterways, instead of sticking to one county.
In this way, if Lu Bu's army If we attack from a single route, we can gather our forces to resist the enemy at a strategic location.
If we attack from multiple routes, we can They can defeat them one by one.
Therefore, I believe that our Jiangdong forces should be assembled into two groups.
One group has the Jiangdong Navy as the core and is equipped with 50,000 infantry and cavalry.
It is called the Eastern Front Army to defend Lu Bu from invading Jiangdong from the Jianghuai River.
With the Jingjiang Navy as the core, we will deploy 50,000 infantry and cavalry, known as the Western Front Army, to defend against Lu Bu's invasion of Jingzhou from Bashu or Xiangyang."
Sun Quan thought for a moment, nodded and said: "That's very good.
I will appoint Lu Meng as the commander-in-chief of the western front, Taishi Ci as the general of the left to lead the army of the west.
I will appoint Lu Xun as the commander-in-chief of the east, and Gan Ning as the general of the right to lead the army of the east."
Then, Sun Quan also made various related personnel transfer orders and troop deployment, and planned in detail.
All the ministers made a promise and retreated, preparing to go according to the edict.
In late autumn, scouts came to report that a large number of ships rolled down the Xiajiang River, and bamboo rafts were used in Yiling to burn down the iron cables that blocked the river at the mouth of the Xiajiang River.
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It seems that Lu Bu is really going to attack Jingzhou from Xiajiang River.
Lu Meng, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, did not dare to neglect and urgently ordered the left general Tai Shici to drive the main force of the Western Front Army to Jiangling.
Prepare to fight the Bashu navy coming out of the Xiajiang River.
At the same time, the defenders of Yiling were ordered to hold on.
At the same time, hundreds of galley warships quickly went down the Han River.
The leading large warship used the huge metal ramming angle at the bottom of the ship to break the river blocking iron cable across the Han River.
On both sides of the Han River, three Huben divisions walked quickly.
The giant counterweight catapults carried by ships easily smashed down the city wall of Yicheng, and the Huben infantry swarmed in.
There were only 5,000 defenders in Yicheng at this time, and the defender Zhou Tai commanded the soldiers to resist bravely but could not last long.
Well-equipped and with high morale, the 10,000 Huben troops took control of the entire city of Yicheng in just over an hour.
More than 30,000 Huben soldiers, led by Gao Shun and Cheng Lian, continued to march non-stop to the lower reaches of the Han River, leaving not a single soldier in Yicheng.
Later, a large number of ships responsible for transporting troops and baggage would carry the Han army's county soldiers to garrison the city.
The Han army marched straight in, and the cities on both sides of the Han River were captured one by one or surrendered on their own initiative.
The Han army's troops were directed towards Xiakou.
Lu Meng's 40,000-strong army stayed in Jiangling for many days and were surprised when they did not find that the Han navy from Xiajiang continued to advance eastward.
The scouts reported that the Han ships had retreated back to the Xiajiang River.
When Lu Meng heard this, he guessed that he might have been deceived, and quickly sent out scouts to investigate the news in the direction of Xiangyang.
At the same time, he ordered the main force of the Western Front Army to be driven back to Xiakou along the Yangtze River.
The scouts returned within a few days and met Lü Meng's fleet, and reported the Han army's actions in Xiangyang to Lü Meng.
When Lü Meng saw that he had been deceived, he became very anxious and ordered the Western Front fleet to speed up and reach Jiangxia before the Han army arrived.
Seeing his anxious look, Tai Shici persuaded him: "Captain, that's the original intention of the strategy proposed by Governor Lu.
We don't care about pass passes, cities and pools.
Our main focus is on looking for opportunities to fight the main force of the Han army, so Commander, you don’t have to regret anything.
It doesn’t make much difference whether we fight Lu Bu in Xiakou or Yicheng.”
After hearing this, Lu Meng felt relieved and quickly calmed down.
At this time, most of the counties north of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County had been conquered by the Han army.
At the same time, the following Han troops from counties and counties have already attacked Dangyang in the west and Gong'an in the east.
The Han army's Huben vanguard has arrived at the mouth of the Han River on the other side of Xiakou, where they have set up camp and built a camp on Yiji Mountain.
Sun Quan, who was far away in Jianye, also received the news.
He heard that Lu Bujun had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Jingzhou, and his heart was in his throat.
But Lu Xun beside him said disapprovingly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry.
This Lu Bu is very powerful.
If he attacks forcefully, no matter how hard we defend, it is impossible not to lose a city or a place.
As long as our Western Front Army is safe and sound, he Even if Lu Bu occupies all the cities in Jingzhou, he cannot be considered as having captured Jingzhou."
After hearing this, Sun Quan said calmly: "I hope Lu Meng can defeat Lu Bu's army in Jingjiang
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