Chapter 182: The King’s Aura (Part 2)

On September 29, 16th, Jiangling Water War

The Shu ship and the Wu and Chu coalition forces fought water, killing the river, and the river was covered with clouds and water, and blood stained the river. At noon, heavy rain fell. The Shu army's commander Lu Suhai not only refused to retreat, but personally led the fleet to attack.

The Wu army governor Chen Dun was besieged and fought to the death. He was shot dead on the side of the ship and the flagship sank.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhao Jing, the chief general of the Chu army, hurriedly retreated and fought a bloody path. The coalition forces were defeated and the abandoned weapons covered the lake.

A few days later, 100,000 Shu troops on land reached the city of Jiangling.

After this battle, Wang Hongyi's true power in the entire Jingzhou was in a panic. The victory of the Shu army caused several county governments in Jingzhou that did not surrender to the Shu army.

If the Wu army had not been resisting in Jiangling, I'm afraid the entire Jingnan would have been civil strife and a large number of people would have surrendered.

This situation was long before Wang Hongyi expected!

In fact, although Zheng Pingyuan is known as the Lord of Chu and is known as the Lord of Jingzhou, it is just a false name.

Jingzhou was already disintegrating, and Zheng Pingyuan's foundation in Jingnan was not stable enough to have no opposition. It was just that Zheng Pingyuan had cooperated with the King of Wu before, and there was a large army in his hands, so no one dared to offend him.

Now in the battle, the Wu and Chu coalition forces were defeated and suffered heavy losses. Even Jingnan in the rear was undercurrents and on the verge of the ***.

After the victory of the Water Battle, Wang Hongyi immediately ordered the news of the defeat of the Wu and Chu army as quickly as possible.

Among them, there were hundreds of people who rushed to Jingnan to instigate the rebellion, all of whom were from the Thirteenth Division. Some of the children of the Jingzhou clan participated. These people were rooted in Jingzhou and had some ways in Jingnan. If they asked them to go to Jingnan, Wang Hongyi would not believe that the Wu-Chu Alliance could continue to maintain it.

In less than two days, the news that the Shu army defeated the Wu and Chu coalition forces spread throughout Jingzhou.

The situation in Jingnan began to move in an uncontrollable direction.

"We will pass our military orders and the counties will immediately be fined, and the army will be dispatched to suppress them at any time! Also, quickly send people to Jiangling and quickly report the situation in Jingnan to the lord!"

"promise!"

"promise!"

Jingnan's staying behind, Zheng Pingyuan's uncle Zheng Ziyi, found that the situation was wrong, immediately sent troops to maintain the situation in Jingnan. At the same time, he sent people to take a fast horse and quickly reported the news to Zheng Pingyuan who was in Jiangling.

At this moment, the news of the chaos in Jingnan has not yet reached Zheng Pingyuan. The war has just ended, so Zheng Pingyuan cannot set off so quickly to return to Jingnan.

Zheng Pingyuan knew about Jingnan's situation and would not continue to stay in Jiangling.

Now the flood battle has just ended, and both Wu and Chu armies have suffered heavy casualties. Now Wang Hongyi's Shu army is eyeing not far away and is beginning to half-surround Jiangling.

Wang Hongyi is now trying to use the chaos in Jingnan to force Zheng Pingyuan back.

As soon as the Chu army retreated, the Wu army could not defend Jiangling.

Now that I can still keep the main force unscathed. If I don’t leave, Jiangling will make dumplings.

However, it is easy to leave, but it may be even more difficult to come back.

Wang Hongyi does not have the strength to swallow these two forces at the same time, force them away, consolidate the existing territory, and then erode one by one. This is the best strategy.

Wang Hongyi was not worried that Zheng Pingyuan would not leave, and was somewhat worried that the King of Wu would be anxious to jump over the wall.

But after thinking about it, Wei Yue was also a prince, how could he not understand this situation? The King of Wu would not easily do something that would be defeated by the death.

At this moment, it was dusk, and almost when Zheng Pingyuan had just returned to his camp and lay down to rest, he rode out of the camp towards the Chu army's temporary camp.

"Who is coming?" Outside the camp, the patrol team was immediately alert and shouting loudly.

"I am under the tent of Zheng Ziyi, Zheng Nan, and I am on the order of the Lord to see the Marquis!" The visitor turned over and dismounted, and spoke loudly in front of the wary soldier opposite him.

"Is there a token?" The patrol soldiers did not relax their vigilance at all and continued to ask.

"Here." The young man was so dusty that he handed over his waist sign and documents.

After the inspection, I found that there was no problem. The patrol team was saying, "You are here and I will report to the marquis."

As he said that, he turned around and entered the camp.

Time passed slowly, and the team was finally coming out: "Follow me in."

"Thank you."

The two entered the camp and reported to each other again outside the Chu Hou camp's tent. Zheng Pingyuan's voice came from inside: "Let him come in."

Zheng Pingyuan's face was gloomy, and the surrounding soldiers and guards did not dare to show their anger, so he stood aside with his hands down.

The defeat of the Wu and Chu army in this battle made his swayed to pieces.

Although in fact, after counting, the navy lost only 5,000, while the navy of Wu lost almost half, and the navy of Shu also lost about 5,000.

However, the elite Chu Di Navy, whom he had always held, joined forces with Wu Navy, was defeated. The situation caused him to lose weight within a few days.

At this moment, he was talking to someone in a gloomy manner: "Can this musket be imitated?"

There were several muskets on the table.

Speaking of the fact that the army fights and fights each other, each has its own victory or defeat, and it is impossible for the weapons to be lost. This is why Wang Hongyi did not build cannons.

The man replied respectfully: "Lord, this firearm is meticulous, but as long as you give me some time, you can also imitate it."

"Speed ​​up the time." Zheng Pingyuan said.

Not only himself, but Wu Jun must have gotten a musket, and he must step up the imitation.

Hearing the man responded, Zheng Pingyuan waved his hand to ask him to retreat, and he felt at peace. When he heard Jingnan send someone to see him, Zheng Pingyuan felt a little confused and suddenly had a bad premonition.

After a moment, under the guidance of a personal soldier, a young man appeared in front of Zheng Pingyuan.

"Biaoxia pays homage to the Marquis, Marquis, Lord Zheng sent Biaoxia to come over and send you a letter. The situation in Jingnan is now critical, and the families of all counties and counties are frequently in contact, and there will be a lot of trouble. Please bring the army back as soon as possible to ensure the chaos!" The young man arrived in front of Zheng Pingyuan, immediately fell to the ground, spoke quickly, and raised the letter.

Uneasy, Zheng Pingyuan signaled to the people next to him to bring the letter.

Immediately someone went over, took the letter from the man, and handed it to Zheng Pingyuan. Zheng Pingyuan opened it and saw that it was his uncle's handwriting, and what he was talking about was also about this, and his face changed drastically.

"Go back and tell my uncle that he will stabilize during this period of time. This marquis will soon take the army back. Okay, take him down!"

Zheng Pingyuan said, waved his hand and ordered the soldiers in the camp to take the man down.

At this moment, there was silence in the camp and everyone was silent.

When the army arrived in Jiangling, it was defeated. Although victory and defeat were common in military affairs, it had a huge impact. Now the basic foundation is unstable.

He was handed over Jiangling back then, but now he lost Jingnan again, but he really has no way out.

For two consecutive days, Jiangling City has been immersed in the post-war slump and has not launched another attack at all.

In the entire Jiangling City, in addition to the sadness in the Chu army camp, the tent of King Wu Wei Yue was also rare to be at peace.

Jiangling, in the camp of King Wu.

Wei Yue walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back.

His eyes looked out of the hall, with bloodshot eyes in his eyes.

"Is morale depressed?" Wei Yue frowned. Although he was panicked, he had no idea of ​​giving up.

Wei Yue naturally knew that victory and defeat were impermanent. Although he was defeated this time, he could learn from the lessons and not be able to regain the situation again!

"Tell me to continue to order the three armies and prepare for the next battle..." Wei Yue ordered, paused, and ordered: "Let the craftsmen imitate quickly and produce results quickly, otherwise, they will be killed."

Outside Jiangling County, on the river.

The flags were waving, and the big ship was already on the river and was ready.

Countless Chu navy navy were transporting things to the ship at this moment. Zheng Pingyuan looked at these busy soldiers with a very serious expression.

Behind Zheng Pingyuan, there were several generals standing, all of whom were naval generals who followed him to Jiangling this time.

Among them, he is tall and mighty, and is Zhao Jing, the chief general of the Jingzhou Navy.

At this time, Zhao Jing's face was also solemn and ashen.

"Zhao Qing!"

"Hmm?" Zhao Jing trembled all over and woke up from his meditation: "What are the lord's instructions?"

Zheng Pingyuan looked gloomy and said with a heavy tone, and asked: "After our army retreating, the Wu army must not be able to defend it, but in the current situation, our army has to retreat, otherwise it will catch fire - you said, after retreat, can you defend the river surface?"

Before leaving Jingnan, Zheng Pingyuan made some arrangements and had many troops left in Jingnan. But even so, after encountering these major changes, there were still too few left-behind soldiers.

The ones in front of you are the elite troops of Jingnan. In order to defeat Wang Hongyi this time, Zheng Pingyuan brought out all the elite troops, which resulted in the emptiness behind him.

The major families in Jingnan are also a big problem. When Zheng Pingyuan retreated to Jingnan, it was because he was a child of a large clan in Jingzhou and had a reputation of legitimate jurisdiction. Even though he later became the Marquis of Chu, the families in Jingnan were still difficult to control.

Since receiving the news from Jingnan, Zheng Pingyuan urgently summoned all the generals. After discussion, everyone unanimously decided to leave Jiangling and return to Jingnan!

Although he had already planned to leave Jiangling, this time he came out, not only did he get nothing, but he also returned in a mess with his soldiers and generals. At this moment, Zheng Pingyuan couldn't help feeling helpless.

Compared to himself, King Wu and Wei Yuexian was in a worse situation.

This time, the failure to withdraw Wu Yue was afraid that Wu Yue, who had just been pacified and had not yet stabilized, would cause trouble again.

And if you retreat by yourself, will King Wei Yue of Wu hold a grudge?

When things come, I naturally feel uneasy.

"Lord, the victory of the Shu army lies in the firearms. In this battle, the Shu army navy suffered a lot. After our army returned, as long as we equipped the firearms, we could naturally compete."

"And even if our army retreats, the King of Wu will naturally be angry, but in addition to being angry, he will still unite with our army. If we don't join forces, neither our army nor the Wu army will be able to fight against each other."

"So you don't have to worry too much." Hearing this, Zheng Pingyuan nodded, frowned, and thought back and forth.

After a moment

"Lord, everything is ready. Should I get rid of it immediately?" The governor's inquiry came from my ears. Zheng Pingyuan put away his thoughts and looked at the river, and found that he was ready.

"Get out immediately!" Zheng Pingyuan said calmly. Although his heart was rolling at this time, only this astonishing calm could cope with his mood at this moment.
Chapter completed!