The moment Ouyang Shuo returned, he was urgently invited to the war room by Zheng He.
"My lord, something has happened in Jiangling." Zheng He's expression was grave as he handed over the letter.
Ouyang Shuo received the letter from Feng Qiuhuang and opened it. His brows gradually furrowed. He didn't expect that Jiangling City would really fall, and that it would fall so thoroughly.
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It all started from a week ago.
When Ouyang Shuo killed Guan Yu, Zhou Yu's army had already arrived at Jiangling City. Close to 300,000 soldiers surrounded River Tomb City so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through.
Outside Jiangling City, flags fluttered in the wind and spears stood tall.
Early the next morning, the army launched a fierce attack on Jiangling, leaving no room for retreat. This was the largest battle in the Battle of Red Cliffs. It would decide the fate of both sides.
The battle on the first day was nothing out of the ordinary. After suffering close to 10,000 casualties, Zhou Yu's army retreated like a receding tide. Jiangling City was still as sturdy as ever.
It was the same on the second day.
On the third day, just as Cao Cao's army let down their guard, the western gate of Jiangling City suddenly opened from the inside. The mutant army stationed at the western gate rebelled.
Zhou Yu's army, which was long prepared, surged into Jiangling City.
With Zhou Yu's intelligence, he knew that the battle two days ago was just a diversion. On the third day, Zhou Yu gathered his main force at the western gate, leaving the other three gates as empty shells.
With superior forces and spies, Cao Cao's army was unstoppable.
A disaster unfolded.
General Cao Ren, who was in charge of guarding the western gate, died on the spot. Caught off guard, Cao Cao's army ended up in a miserable state, suffering heavy losses.
Fortunately, Cao Cao was decisive and Feng Qiuhuang and the rest remained vigilant. At the last moment, they retreated from the northern gate and headed north.
Cao Cao's destination was Yiling.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses on their way north.
Zhou Yu had predicted that Cao Cao's army would flee to Yiling and had set up an ambush along the way. After a fierce battle, Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses again.
After paying a heavy price along the way, the remnants of Cao Cao's army finally made it to Yiling. At the start of the battle, there were more than three hundred thousand Cao soldiers, but in the end, only one hundred fifty to sixty thousand managed to escape to Yiling and were killed.
Di Chen and the rest naturally earned a lot. Their contribution points caught up to Ouyang Shuo and were ranked second.
Of course, Zhou Yu's army did not come out unscathed.
Whether it was the city guards led by E Lai or Feng Qiuhuang and Bai Hua, they were all elite troops of their respective territories. Zhou Yu's army suffered fifty to sixty thousand casualties in their counterattack.
Zhou Yu had already surrounded Yiling and was prepared to annihilate Cao Cao's army.
If Yiling were to fall, the battle would end immediately, and Ouyang Shuo's golden record of invincibility would be broken. In that case, the crushing defeat of Xiong Ba and the others would be nothing.
Cao Cao's army's army's army would be defeated.
Zhou's army's army's army's army was. was.
The ones who opened the city gates without permission were South of Rosy Clouds, Qin Fen, and Ruan Ping's army. He didn't know what trick South of Rosy Clouds had used to gain Cao Ren's trust and let their army guard the west gate alone.
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Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo had instructed them to be wary of South of Rosy Clouds and the others. Their current actions were too unusual. With the intelligence of Feng Qiuhuang and the others, how could they not be vigilant?
However, Feng Qiuhuang and the rest were insignificant in front of Cao Cao. Most importantly, they didn't have any proof that South of Rosy Clouds and the others would cause trouble.
On top of that, Cao Cao's trusted general, Cao Ren, was acting as a guarantor for the South of Rosy Clouds.
With Cao Ren's support, the matter was ultimately left unsettled. Although Feng Qiuhuang and the rest were anxious, there was nothing they could do. They could only stay vigilant in the dark.
That was how the calamity came about.
The culprit, Cao Ren, also learned his lesson and died in battle.
As soon as the battle of Jiangling ended, South of Rosy Clouds and the others knew that they could no longer do anything on the map. According to the rules of the battle, even if they had gained Zhou Yu's trust, they would not be able to attack Cao Cao's army, who was in the same camp.
Opening the city gates without permission was already taking advantage of a loophole in the system.
Moreover, they were also worried about Cao Cao's revenge. As such, South of Rosy Clouds and the rest simply opened the city gates. After completing their mission, they immediately committed suicide and left the map.
To put it bluntly, South of Rosy Clouds and the rest's actions were a classic example of harming others without benefiting themselves. Even if they didn't gain anything from the battle, they still wanted to scam the Alliance of Mountains and Seas.
After this battle, Gaia would probably update the system to deal with their actions. After all, if everyone played like this, then the map would be too unpredictable, and it would go against Gaia's original intentions.
Before the patch was updated, the Alliance of Mountains and Seas had become the victim, and they had suffered terribly.
Cao Cao's mutant army was mainly composed of the lords of the Alliance of Mountains and Seas. In this battle, including the city guards, they suffered heavy losses.
The city guards even lost two division commanders, which showed how tragic the battle was.
As the battle of Jiangling came to an end, the direction of the battle became unclear.
Conquering Jiangling did not mean that Sun and Liu's allied army would definitely win. Firstly, there were still hundreds of thousands of soldiers defending Yiling, and the city had sufficient rations.
This was because Yiling was Cao Cao's rations transit point. The rations transported from the north and Jingzhou Commandery to Jiangling City had to pass through Yiling.
Although Yiling's rations couldn't compare to Jiangling's, it could still support the army for half a month.
On the contrary, as the victors, Zhou Yu's army was running low on rations. The rations transported from Wu Lin to the main camp were robbed by Zhao Sihu's city guards. Even the rations stored in Jiangling were burned by Cao Cao's order when the army retreated.
The situation was awkward. As the victors, they had to face the situation of starvation.
Helpless, Zhou Yu could only arrange for the army to gather rations from the various villages. It was easy to imagine what would happen when a starving army faced a defenseless commoner.
From Jiangling to Yiling, hundreds and thousands of villages groaned under the iron hooves of the army.
After all, Jingzhou was under Liu Biao's rule. Whether it was Cao Cao or Zhou Yu, they didn't feel any pity. As a general, feeding the soldiers under him was the most important task at hand.
Otherwise, who would risk their lives for them?
In troubled times, who would truly pity the commoners?
On the other hand, Liu Bei, who hadn't been very successful before, took great care of the commoners. It was precisely because of this unusual action that Liu Bei made a name for himself.
The poor commoners of Jingzhou had their rations confiscated by Liu Biao during the autumn harvest. Cao Cao came and plundered them again, even handing over the rations.
Now, Zhou Yu's army came and plundered the commoners' rations.
This winter was destined to be colder than the previous years for the commoners. What awaited them was either freezing to death or starving to death.
If they didn't want to starve to death, they could only go up the mountains to dig up grass and gnaw on tree bark.
In the cold winter, even grass and tree bark had become a luxury. Wherever the army passed, they left behind groups of refugees fleeing from the famine. Along the way, there would be many more tragedies.
Selling sons and daughters, choosing people to devour, these were not rumors, but real facts.
… …
Without rations, it wouldn't be easy for Zhou Yu's army to take down Yiling. Apart from that, the Shanhai City fleet entrenched in the Red Cliffs was a hidden danger to Sun Liu's camp.
With Liu Bei's pathetic escape, only the Jiangdong fleet was left. As for the Jiangdong Navy, they were almost completely wiped out by the Shanhai City fleet.
If they didn't get rid of this hidden danger, it would be difficult to win this war.
It was the Shanhai City fleet that won and lost. If Ouyang Shuo was at Jiangling City, it would be impossible for South of Rosy Clouds to make such a move.
It could only be said that Ouyang Shuo had planted a mine for Jiangling for his own selfish reasons. Now, it was time for the Shanhai City fleet to repay their debt.
In the war room on Dragon Head.
"What do you think we should do?"
After sorting out the situation in Jiangling, Ouyang Shuo threw the problem to Zheng He and Jia Xu.
Of course, it was mainly Jia Xu.
Zheng He was only a Navy Commander-In-Chief, so he still needed Jia Xu's advice to influence the overall situation of the war.
After all, Jia Xu was a 'native'.
Ouyang Shuo's decision to bring Jia Xu along was the right choice.
"Mister, please!"
Zheng He was also straightforward and directly kicked the ball to Jia Xu.
Seeing this, Jia Xu smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still couldn't refuse. After pondering for a moment, he slowly said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to break the siege of Yiling with just the ocean-going fleet. The only thing we can do now is to find another way. "
Jia Xu immediately vetoed the idea of rushing to Yiling's aid.
Ouyang Shuo didn't mind. Shanhai City's navy was strong in water battles, but it was useless in defending the city.
If they really went to help Yiling, they would be using their weakness to attack the enemy's strength.
During this period of time, Ouyang Shuo had more or less figured out Jia Xu's style. This person's stratagem seemed bold and unconstrained, like an antelope hanging its horns, but it was actually traceable.
Jia Xu's most distinctive characteristic was that he was very good at using his side's strengths to the extreme. Whether it was the decapitation operation or the burning of Liu Bei's army, they were all embodiments of this thinking.
As for the overall situation, broad strategic vision, sharp foresight, and deep understanding of the enemy, these were all necessary skills for a top tactician.
Whether it was Jia Xu or the already dead Guo Jia, they were all like this.
Apart from that, Jia Xu's other characteristic was his rationality, an extraordinary rationality. His starting point was to win. As for the process of winning and the cost of winning, they were not within his consideration.
Because of this, he was misunderstood as a 'poison warrior' by the outside world.
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