"Congratulations, My Lord. You've successfully convinced Lady Cai. You've killed two birds with one stone!" After Liu Mang left Lady Cai's room, he saw Jia Xu winking at him. This made Liu Mang very unhappy.
Indeed, Liu Mang had convinced Lady Cai to help him convince Liu Biao, the Governor of Jingzhou, to sell grain to Yangzhou. However, the fight just now had made Liu Mang very unhappy. He had been beaten up by a woman. How could a man show his face?
When he saw Jia Xu's wretched smile, Liu Mang gritted his teeth in anger. He wanted to kick him to death. However, seeing that Jia Xu did not abandon him and leave him alone, Liu Mang suppressed his anger.
"If you have something to say, say it!" Liu Mang said to Jia Xu. This old fox would not wait for him alone for no reason.
"My Lord, this is a report from Yangzhou. Please take a look!" Jia Xu took out a document and handed it to Liu Mang.
"Yangzhou?" The entire Yangzhou was now under the command of Xu Shu and Liu Mang. With their abilities, they could easily govern Yangzhou. Therefore, they would not bother Liu Mang with trivial matters. Liu Mang also believed that they would be able to resolve it smoothly. However, they actually sent someone to deliver a letter?
Liu Mang took the document and did not read it immediately. Instead, he brought Jia Xu back to his room and opened it to read.
There were three things in the document. The first thing was to inform Liu Mang that the industrial zone had been destroyed by Liu Bei's Army. Liu Mang had been living and eating in the industrial zone all day. He had spent a lot of manpower and physical resources to rebuild it. Now, the industrial zone was able to build ballistas and ballistas. The ballistas' defensive capabilities were known to all. With dozens of ballistas, they could even shoot arrows with the power of thousands of people. Coupled with the ballistas' continuous firing, they could form a blockade of arrows that could even penetrate heavy armor. Other than being destroyed by Liu Bei's catapults, Liu Mang had not been defeated. Shouchun also had a way to deal with the trebuchets. That was to use the ballistas to restrain the trebuchets. If the trebuchets wanted to attack the city from a distance of more than 700 steps, then the ballistas on top of Shouchun would show you what a long-range attack was.
Liu Mang's catapults focused on the speed of the catapults, while Liu Mang's ballistas focused on the power and accuracy. Both sides had their own plans.
In close combat, ballistas were used!
Therefore, now that the ballistas were on top of Shouchun, if anyone wanted to attack Shouchun, then Shouchun would tell them that they would not be able to get close to Shouchun without hundreds of thousands of troops.
The second matter was that all of the shipyard's warships were handed over to Gan Ning. Gan Ning's navy also went down the White Horse River from the Yangtze River to Lujiang's stronghold. They had already set up camp there. Jiangdong's navy had followed them for a while, but they were not able to find any information.
The 10,000 soldiers were the backbone of the Yangzhou Navy. There were still 8,000 soldiers that were still in training.
As for the third matter, Liu Mang's eyes widened when he saw the report. It was about Zhang Liao's Yangzhou army and Sun Quan's battle at Linhuai.
"Haha! Haha!" Liu Mang looked at the letter and laughed loudly.
"Why is Milord laughing?" Jia Xu looked at Liu Mang in doubt. Jia Xu did not dare to look at the information sent from Yangzhou. It was a taboo to look at the information privately. The most important thing was that the information was not sent by Jia Xu. It was sent by Liu Mang's old butler, Yang Hong. Although they belonged to the same Lord, Jia Xu and Yang Hong could oppose each other. It was absolutely impossible for them to have a good relationship.
Jia Xu's information organization checked and balanced Yang Hong's information organization. At the same time, Yang Hong's people could also be monitoring Jia Xu's people. It was this kind of mutual concealment that made Liu Mang feel most at ease. A feudal lord's information organization was their eyes and ears. Liu Mang did not want to be blinded and become deaf. Moreover, there was Chen Gong's information organization on the side.
"Wenhe, come here. Take a look. This is my father-in-law's number one general!" Liu Mang laughed and handed over the documents in his hand to Wenhe.
Jia Xu also picked up the document and looked at it. It did not matter if he did not look at it. Jia Xu was stunned. "This, this! Is this really done by General Zhang Liao, Wen Yuan? "
"Of course!" Liu Mang nodded. He believed that Yang Hong would not dare to deceive him. That was why Liu Mang could laugh so happily.
In the Battle of Linhuai, Zhang Liao relied on his 5,000 Xiliang Cavalry and 5,000 heavy armored infantry to fight against the Black Flag Army. He won the battle and beheaded more than 20,000 people in Linhuai City. He captured 40,000 people and the rest were deserters.
Zhang Liao, on the other hand, had only lost less than two thousand men. This kind of loss was the epitome of a godly commander.
"Milord, this Zhang Liao, Wen Yuan is really a great talent!" Jia Xu could not help but sigh at this person's magical power. Even if these 10,000 soldiers were all elite troops, it was still impossible to take down Linhuai City. Originally, Jia Xu was worried about the Battle of Linhuai. He thought that Zhang Liao and Wen Yuan would not be stupid and would just wait for reinforcements. Although Jiangdong sent out 50,000 soldiers, it was only enough to protect Linhuai City. Who knew that Zhang Liao and Wen Yuan would win the battle.
"Of course!" Liu Mang's lips curled up.
"Milord is really a Bo Le!" Jia Xu continued to flatter Liu Mang. This was not because Jia Xu wanted to curry favor with Liu Mang. This was the truth. Zhang Liao and Wen Yuan were not young anymore. They were already middle-aged and had been on the battlefield since the Pengzhou Army. It could be said that they had experienced hundreds of battles. From Bing Province to Guanzhong, they went to the Central Plains with the Golden Guard Ding Yuan. After that, they fought against the eighteen warlords under Dong Zhuo and finally defended Xu Province.
Zhang Liao had fought no less than a thousand battles. However, whether it was Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, or Lü Bu, none of them were able to make Zhang Liao display his talent. When Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo were under Dong Zhuo, no one knew who Zhang Liao was. Even when he was in the hands of Lü Bu, all the warlords under Zhang Liao thought that he was just a thousand-man general under Lü Bu!
However, when he was in the hands of Liu Mang, he became a talented commander. Zhang Liao only had five thousand Xiliang Cavalry and five thousand Black Flag Army. On the other hand, the Jiangdong Army had fifty thousand soldiers and horses. This was one against five. It did not matter. After all, it was still possible. For example, Hao Shao had done it before. However, that was for defense. Zhang Liao relied on these ten thousand soldiers and horses to completely defeat the Jiangdong Army. He did not defeat them. He only lost less than two thousand soldiers. He killed ten times the number of soldiers and captured forty thousand.
To be precise, the Jiangdong Army had a total of seventy thousand soldiers and horses. The extra twenty thousand soldiers and horses did not belong to others. They belonged to the Emperor of Linhuai, Qin Feng. This Qin Feng's military power was seized by Sun Quan. It could be said that this small Linhuai County had more soldiers and horses than the current Yuzhou Lord, Liu Bei Pao. If you rounded it up, it would be a hundred thousand soldiers and horses.
Such an army, no matter where it was, would be a terrifying number. However, Sun Quan had become one of the strongest warlords in the Central Plains because of Qin Feng's military power. However, he was also defeated by Qin Feng's military power.
"This Zhang Liao, he really knows how to give me an official title!" Liu Mang smiled and shook his head. It was written that he wanted to give Qin Feng the title of Marquis and the position of Prefect. It turned out that after Sun Quan seized Qin Feng's military power, Zhang Liao and Wen Yuan seized the opportunity.
What kind of person was Qin Feng? He was the former Emperor of Linhuai. This person had a kind of laziness. If you were poor to the end, then you wouldn't think about anything. But once you were rich, you wouldn't be willing to submit to others.
After Sun Quan seized Qin Feng's military power, he wanted Qin Feng to quickly leave Linhuai and go to Jiangdong to be a rich man.
Originally, Qin Feng also planned to do so. However, Qin Feng was willing to give up his military power and retire. It was one thing for Qin Feng to have a noble character and unquestionable integrity. However, it was another thing for someone to seize his military power. The former could leave freely while the latter would be kicked out of the door. Naturally, Qin Feng was in a bad mood.
Originally, he would not be instigated by Zhang Liao. The key was that Qin Feng's nephew in the army went against Sun Quan's subordinate. In order to establish his authority, Sun Quan's subordinate naturally killed him. Even when Qin Feng went to Sun Quan's residence to plead, he was still rejected by Sun Quan. Originally, Qin Feng was the local Emperor of Linhuai and still had value. Sun Quan would still pay attention to him. Now, he was just a rich man. Sun Quan could crush him like a bug. Why would he care about the thoughts of a small character like Qin Feng? Moreover, if he did not establish his authority in the army, how could he command the army?
Qin Feng's nephew was only at the tip of the spear. He courted his own death and could not blame others.
After his military power was seized and his nephew was killed, Qin Feng naturally refused to accept it. At this time, Zhang Liao and Wen Yuan sent people to contact him. Naturally, success was achieved. Zhang Liao's condition for Qin Feng was that once the matter was settled, he would be conferred the title of Marquis and also appointed as the governor.
Of course, if he only relied on Qin Feng, Zhang Liao would not be able to win the Battle of Linhuai.
In addition, Sun Quan did have capable people by his side. Lu Su and Lu Zijing were not to be trifled with. After Qin Feng's nephew was killed, Lu Su sent people to monitor Qin Feng. If Qin Feng did anything wrong, he would be captured.
Qin Feng did indeed do something abnormal. That was, he took the initiative to ask the Linhuai Army to be the vanguard and fight Zhang Liao.
Although Qin Feng did not have military power, he still had prestige in the Linhuai Army.
When Qin Feng asked to fight, Sun Quan was naturally overjoyed. He had just accepted 20,000 troops and had 50,000 troops. He had just lost the vanguard of the Qu Chu Army and was feeling heartache. Naturally, he was unwilling to send out his main force to fight Zhang Liao. Although he had just accepted the Linhuai Army, the army was also divided into the direct line and the miscellaneous. With this group of miscellaneous cannon fodder leading the vanguard, Sun Quan was naturally happy.
No matter how weak these 20,000 troops were, they could still fight one to five. Five for one, ten for one. As long as they could take down 2,000 Xiliang Cavalry, Sun Quan would not lose out.
Sun Quan established the army formation and fought Zhang Liao outside of Linhuai.
Zhang Liao lost two battles and left behind hundreds of corpses. This made Sun Quan overjoyed. This Zhang Liao was only so-so. However, he did not notice that these corpses had been dead for a while. Although Lu Su found something wrong, Sun Quan was infected by the victory. Originally, he thought that it was a fake defeat. However, he could not figure out why Zhang Liao faked his defeat.
Two battles, two victories. This naturally gave the Linhuai Army an incentive. Who did not want to make a name for themselves? Killing the enemy was the only way to get rewards. Sun Quan was not stingy with his rewards. He gave the Linhuai Army a lot of gold and silver. This made the morale of the Linhuai Army even higher. When the morale of the Linhuai Army rose, Qin Feng also became generous. He took out his retirement money and rewarded the Linhuai Army. He even said that as long as an enemy's head was exchanged for a hundred coins, the reward would be doubled, and so on.
This caused the other troops of Sun Quan to become excited. An ordinary head was worth a hundred coins. If the reward was doubled, as long as they killed a few people, they would be rich.
Zhang Liao and Sun Quan fought again, and Zhang Liao lost again. He even lost a lot of ballistae and warhorses, which were captured by Sun Quan. This time, Sun Quan really laughed. He thought that Zhang Liao really didn't know how to use troops. Sun Quan was thinking that after eliminating Zhang Liao's ten thousand Yangzhou elites, he should go up north and attack Shouchun and Chengde to occupy Yangzhou.
After several battles, Sun Quan was ready to directly take down Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao's five thousand Xiliang Cavalry warhorses were really tempting. With these five thousand warhorses, Sun Quan could form a cavalry unit. His elder brother had worked hard for several years to form the Yuzhou Cavalry. However, in the end, it was directly destroyed by the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.
With these 5,000 warhorses, he would be able to form a heavy cavalry unit.
Seventy thousand soldiers against ten thousand, seven times the opponent. Moreover, the opponent was someone he had defeated. There was no reason to lose such a battle. Therefore, he did not prepare any reserves. He wanted to win in one battle. He was afraid that Zhang Liao would run away again. If that happened, he would not be able to get the warhorses.
Zhang Liao did run away. However, it was only the five thousand Xiliang Cavalry that ran away. The remaining five thousand Black Flag soldiers were like iron pillars standing on the battlefield.
The seventy thousand soldiers directly submerged this steel formation.
Sun Quan was still waiting for the news of victory from the front. However, after waiting for a long time, the seventy thousand soldiers that were supposed to advance seemed to be stuck in a quagmire and could not move.
The five thousand Black Flag soldiers formed a steel wall, blocking the seventy thousand soldiers outside.
Both sides were fiercely fighting. The Black Flag soldiers blocked the seventy thousand soldiers, but they also suffered heavy casualties.
If this continued, the Black Flag soldiers would definitely be annihilated. No one could fight against ten times the number of soldiers.
"Da da da!" The earth began to shake. The flying dust covered half of the sky.
Xiliang Cavalry. The Xiliang Cavalry that had escaped returned once again.
They charged towards the front of the army. Originally, Sun Quan was relieved. The front of the army was none other than the soldiers of the Linhuai Army. Even if all 20,000 soldiers were to be lost, Sun Quan would not feel any heartache as long as they won the battle!
However, Sun Quan immediately knew that he was wrong. He had too much faith in this group of Linhuai Army. They could still fight by relying on the wall. This group of Linhuai Army was simply a motley crew. They could only fight when the wind was in their favor. Once the wind was against them, they would cry.
Especially the old soldiers of the Linhuai Army. They were all old foxes. They knew where the hard stubble was and where the soft persimmon was. When they saw the Black Flag Army in front of them that was like a steel wall, this group of old soldiers immediately gave up. Coupled with the Xiliang Cavalry's counterattack, they naturally ran away as fast as they could. Moreover, they were also afraid of Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao had thrown the heads of the Chu Army into Linhuai City. It made people tremble in fear. Outside the city, there was also the human skull mountain. It made people feel that Zhang Liao was the devil.
When the old soldiers ran, the Linhuai Army was in chaos. When the Linhuai Army was in chaos, Sun Quan's entire army was in chaos.
"Go back, go back, all of you go back!" Sun Quan's men in the Linhuai Army wanted to restrain the Linhuai Army. However, the Linhuai Army did not care about them. They had the advantage in numbers. "Those who dare to run away will be killed!" One of Sun Quan's men was anxious. He beheaded a fleeing old soldier on the spot.
This group of old men was not good at other things. However, they were good at loyalty and running away. "Brothers, run! The Devil Army is coming. If you run back, there is still a way to live. If you can't run back, then you will die!"
"Run, those who block me will die!" In an instant, countless black swords slashed towards Sun Quan's men. In the end, Sun Quan's men did not dare to say anything. They could only follow the old soldiers and run away. This was because once you showed any signs of stopping them, countless black swords would immediately slash towards you.
"Formation, formation!" The Linhuai Army was in chaos. On the other side, Sun Quan's army was also implicated. Zhang Liao originally only had 10,000 troops. Now, with the addition of the Linhuai Army, there were 30,000 troops. The 20,000 Linhuai Army acted as Zhang Liao's vanguard and directly rushed towards Sun Quan's troops.
If it was just a simple charge, the 20,000 Linhuai Army would not be enough. However, the key was that the 70,000 troops were all mobilized. Because of the reward given by Qin Feng and Sun Quan, each head was worth a hundred coins. Therefore, every one of the Linhuai Army and the Jiangdong Army was tempted by the money. Therefore, each of them ran very fast. This led to a situation where the 70,000 troops were all in chaos. It would be fine if they won the battle, but once they encountered a headwind, such a formation was simply courting death.
As soon as the 20,000 Linhuai Army rushed into the Jiangdong Army's camp, this group of Jiangdong Army either died in the chaos or could only escape with the Linhuai Army. More and more of them were like a rolling snowball. Those who dared to block this huge snowball were all crushed.
"All troops, meet the enemy!" Fortunately, there was still an elite troop. Thousands of people formed a blocking area in the military formation.
However, how could a blocking area turn the tide of the entire army?
Even if it could! The Xiliang Cavalry behind would not let it succeed. The scattered troops of the Linhuai Army and the Jiangdong Army became Zhang Liao's vanguard. The whole situation became Zhang Liao's 70,000 troops against Sun Quan's 10,000 troops.
"Impossible, impossible, how could this be? How could this be?" Sun Quan simply could not believe the scene in front of his eyes. A moment ago, they were still in the rhythm of an attack. Now, they were directly defeated.
There was no suspense in the battle anymore. Zhang Liao had killed 20,000 people. These 20,000 people were basically trampled to death. They died in the hands of their own people. He captured 40,000 people. The remaining ones were countless. Sun Quan was directly killed by his own teammates. Lu Su and his master, the second young master of Jiangdong, were directly sent to the palace and entered the prison in Yangzhou to become Zhang Liao's captives.
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