Chapter 1085: Jiang Xiakou
? On the edge of the Yangtze River in March, it is still quite cold when the wind blows.
Zhang Yu has already gathered an army of 300,000 on the banks of the Yangtze River, and more troops are moving towards this side.
After everything was ready, Zhang Yu bared his fangs and started to attack.
Zhang Yu's soldiers and horses are in Huangzhou, which is a place near Jiangxia County.
On the other side of Huangzhou is Wuchang, where Zhang Yu also stationed tens of thousands of troops.
When he got here, Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to attack, he wanted to advance by land and water, and act together on both sides of the strait.
In Jiangxia County, Sun Ce had just occupied it not long ago, and it was taken from Cai Mao, but it may not be able to hold it now.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have already set up defenses in Jiangxia County, and an army of 200,000 troops has been deployed.
"Bo Fu, Zhang Yu is coming fiercely, and he will not stop until he captures this place. If we don't have support, we probably won't last long." Zhou Yu said.
"Strictly defend against death, as long as you can defend, you must block Zhang Yu." Sun Ce has no choice.
Now he is in a hurry to proclaim himself emperor, seal up all his ministers, win people's hearts, and try to stop Zhang Yu.
However, Zhang Yu was very enterprising and personally led the army over.
Several of Zhang Yu's generals, together with Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, have all arrived. This time it is a decisive battle, and Zhang Yu has no reservations about launching a unification battle.
Zhang Yu's relatives led the army, and their morale was high.
Zhang Yu set off with the army and headed for Jiangxia County.
300,000 troops, on the other side, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao also arrived with 100,000 troops.
Including the water army, Zhang Yu dispatched a total of about 500,000 troops this time, and there are still several large troops approaching from the rear.
Zhang Yu went up the river, leaving 50,000 troops in the city to defend.
Sun Ce did not dare to go out of the city to make a surprise attack, so he set up defenses on both sides of the Yangtze River.
In Shiyang, Hanyang, Jiangxiakou, and Chibi, Sun Ce has deployed many soldiers and horses here, and at the same time the reserve of 100,000 soldiers and horses is also ready.
Zhang Yu did not immediately order the navy to fight, but went up first by land, and the troops on both sides advanced at the same time.
Zhang Yu led an army of tens of thousands to outside Shiyang City.
Shiyang is not a big city, because it is close to the Yangtze River, and after the rise of water transportation, it is quite prosperous here.
But now the prosperity will be broken, and the war will come again.
Jiang Qin stationed 80,000 troops here, intending to intercept Zhang Yu here.
But Zhang Yu's 300,000 troops pushed directly over, and they were not easy to deal with.
Zhang Yu didn't besiege the city on all sides, he only surrounded it on two sides.
One side is east and the other side is north.
After the army arrived, Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to attack, and he had to put some pressure on the enemy first.
On the other side, Zhang Liao also arrived on the other side with an army of 100,000.
When Zhang Yu was sure that there was no ambush on both sides of the Yangtze River, he also ordered the ships to go to battle.
In fact, Sun Ce had an ambush at first, but Zhang Yu fought along both sides of the Yangtze River, which made it impossible for him to ambush.
In Chibi, there is a water village built by Sun Ce, where Sun Ce and Zhou Yu sit.
"Bo Fu, this battle is not easy to fight. Zhang Yu is advancing by water. Our strategy can only hold Zhang Yu down." Zhou Yu said.
"Well, I will go to Jiangxiakou in person tomorrow, and I will leave this place to you," Sun Ce said.
The next day, Sun Ce set off with an army of 30,000.
In other words, when Zhang Yu arrived at Shiyang City, he had already deployed his army and pushed up all the siege equipment.
In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, a huge army appeared.
Zhang Yu's navy finally arrived.
Shi Yang and Zhang Yu started to attack.
Zhang Yu ordered a strong attack.
Jiang Qin defended the city, responded in time, and confronted Zhang Yu head-on.
After several contests, each had its own gains and losses, Zhang Yu failed to break through the city all at once.
The stones were roaring, and the two sides used catapults to attack each other, and the fighting was fierce.
The catapult smashed for a long time, and then the infantry rushed up.
Jiang Qin deliberately let some people go to the city, ambushed the archers around, and then personally led a surprise attack, killing the soldiers on the city wall, causing Zhang Yu to lose hundreds of people in a short while.
Zhang Yu counterattacked and counterattacked. The archers approached the bottom of the city wall and stormed for an hour. Both sides paid the price of thousands of people.
The price was a bit high, but Zhang Yu continued to attack without hesitation.
In this way, the onslaught lasted for five days.
Jiang Qin was not low, and retreated overnight, leading an army of about 50,000 to Jiangxiakou, where he joined Sun Ce.
On the other side of the Yangtze River, Zhang Liao launched an attack at this time.
The two sides did not attack at the same time. Zhang Yu wanted the city over there to come to support and relieve the pressure on Zhang Liao and the others, but he did not expect that the other side would not come out.
It's not surprising that he didn't come out, Zhang Yu continued to move forward with his soldiers and horses.
It is close to Jiangxiakou, which is Sun Ce's key defense point. His hundreds of thousands of troops are here, and Jiang Qin's soldiers and horses join him.
Jiangxiakou, because the Yangtze River turns here, Jiangxiakou is surrounded by the Yangtze River on both sides.
To attack Jiangxiakou, you can attack by force from two directions, or attack from the water.
Attacking from the water does not require any siege equipment at all, and it is difficult to attack.
On the riverside, on the opposite bank, and on the Yangtze River, Sun Ce has deployed many defenses.
The previous city was at best to slow down their actions, however, this is the focus of the attacking side.
Zhang Yu led the army to Jiangxiakou, but it was on the other side.
At Jiangxiakou, the city is on the south bank, and Zhang Yuren is on the north bank.
But they didn't have to cross the river. On the other side, Zhang Liao also killed them.
"Leave 100,000 people here to watch. If there is any action on the other side, Feng Xiao can stop at the opportunity. I will go and take other cities first, and then attack Jiangxiakou."
Zhang Yu left Guo Jia with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and then led the army to beat down the north bank of the Yangtze River, from Sanjiangkou to Chibi.
It was not difficult to defeat these. It took Zhang Yu more than ten days. Once Sun Ce's soldiers and horses were lost to a certain extent, they retreated.
They're just there to procrastinate, so that's it.
After solving some cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Sun Ce retreated to the south bank, and established a large number of defenses between Jiangxiakou and Chibi.
"It's not easy to fight."
Zhang Yu captured several places, and now he has to settle these two places.
At Jiangxiakou, Zhang Liao had surrounded them with his troops, but did not attack.
Zhang Yu personally led 200,000 people to cross the river downstream. It was very easy for them to cross the river, because they controlled all the downstream.
Zhang Yu personally led people to Jiangxiakou.
On the top of the city, Sun Ce's flag was fluttering in the wind.
Zhang Yu appeared at the foot of the city.
"Sun Ce, I didn't expect that the little kid back then has grown up now. Would you like to come down to meet me?" Zhang Yu shouted.
Back then, the two had known each other since they were children.
Sure enough, Sun Ce went down to the city.
"Sun Ce, no one can stand against my Tang soldiers, why don't you surrender, I can keep your Sun family safe and prosperous," Zhang Yu said.
Surrender is indeed an option, but Sun Ce is not in a desperate situation at all.
"Brother Zhang, we have known each other for many years and are still in-laws. I will naturally believe what you say, but my subordinates and people will not allow me to surrender like this. If you break through Changsha, you can naturally let us surrender."
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