Chapter 365 Who Knows the Heroes of the World?

After Zhang Yi captured Quanling overnight, he simply rested for one night before leading his men to set off again.

When the envoy from Jiaozhou entered Nanzhong, he only knew about the attack on Jingnan from Jiangdong.

As Zhang Yi moved northward step by step, the general situation of the entire Jingnan was revealed in front of him.

There are many water veins in the east of Jingnan, and a Xiang River directly connects the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha.

Moreover, the eastern part is also bordered by Jiangdong, so it can be said that it has a unique advantage when attacking.

The only good thing is that the Xiangjiang River originates from Yanghai Mountain in Lingling County, and then flows into Yunmengze from south to north.

In this case, Jiangdong had to go upstream from Yunmengze to attack Jingnan. Now that Zhang Ni came from the south, he could just take advantage of the current to go north along the river.

However, now that the two counties of Guiyang and Changsha are gone, if we sail from Quanling to the north of the Xiangjiang River, there will probably be many obstacles along the way. We may have to penetrate all of Jiangdong's defense lines on the Xiangjiang River, which is very risky and takes a lot of time. .

Zhang Ni, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, counted his fingers and calculated carefully. This was also the reason why he did not choose to go down the Xiang River.

Although the flow is good, if you go all the way, you will eventually enter Yunmengze. By then, the three thousand people of yours will probably feed the fish and turtles of Yunmengze. This road is too risky.

If the waterway cannot be used, there are only two ways to go north to Jiangling. Either take the land route of Hanshou, or go into the mountains and forests of Wuling County.

Although it was safe to go up the mountain, Zhang Yi, who was unfamiliar with the place, intuitively thought that it would be better to go to Yunmengze and fight Jiangdong instead of going up the mountain.

Therefore, the only way before us was to go to Jiangling by land via Hanshou.

"Mr. Lu really got it right..." Zhang Ni murmured.

When traveling with the envoys from Nanzhong to Jiaozhou, Mr. Lu gave Zhang Yi a rough guess and analysis of the current situation in Jingnan.

Finally, it was concluded that if Zhang Ni wanted to aid Jiangling, he would have to pass through Hanshou, so he planned to pass through Quanling and then go ashore via Yongchang and go straight to Zhaoling County, then seize the boat and enter the Zishui River to follow the current to Yiyang, and then abandon the boat and head north.

Now Zhang Yi's actions are exactly the same as Mr. Nalu's analysis.

"But Mr. Lu didn't say that Han Shou actually had such a Jiangdong Army..." Zhang Ni felt a little headache.

After helping Wu Ju defeat the enemy, Zhang Ni learned from Jiangdong's descendants that Jiangdong's army in various places in Jingnan now dispatched elite troops to support Han Shou.

This is contrary to Mr. Lu's guess that "Han Shou should have heavy equipment but no heavy troops."

As for what happened to Zhang Yi, it is unknown. According to the statement of the self-proclaimed General Lingling, it seems that Jiangdong believes that as long as Hanshou is conquered, the entire Jingnan will not be a problem.

Although Mr. Lu’s analysis was a little unexpected, Hanshou was going to go anyway.

After all, even if they encounter more than 10,000 land soldiers, their 3,000 elite troops are not without the power to fight.

If he was surrounded by more than 10,000 navy troops in Yunmengze, Zhang Yi could not think of a second ending other than committing suicide by diving into the water to be appreciated by all the emperor's uncles.

Moreover, it seems that Han Shou has a strong army resisting Jiangdong. If so, it can be regarded as a friendly force and must lend a helping hand no matter what.

With a thought in mind, Zhang Ni calmly stood up and came to the side of the ship, and replaced a soldier who was tired from maneuvering the ship.

With Zhang Yi taking the lead, the Yizhou soldiers rowed faster and faster, and the boat full of people speeded up a bit faster, galloping towards Yiyang.

"Dong Xi, your defeated general dare not fight again. You are really a cowardless pig and dog, as cowardly as a rat!"

On the chaotic battlefield of Han Shou, Shamoko's roar was quite loud. The Mandarin that Ma Liang had corrected did not have much of an accent, and the words were spoken in a straight and rounded tone, echoing over the entire battlefield.

The commotion of Jiangdong Army stopped for a while, and then someone looked back.

Of course, nothing could be seen, but under the banner of the Chinese army at the rear, Dong Xi was so ashamed and angry that he wanted to go out to fight and avenge his humiliation.

But as soon as his hand touched the weapon, he remembered Samoko's brute strength and trickery, and felt a little frightened. He hesitated for a while.

"This is the enemy general provoking the general. Don't bother Yuan Dynasty."

Seeing the change in the expression on Dong Xi's face, Pan Zhang laughed and quickly comforted him, and then said confidently:

"The barbarians are arrogant and don't know how to be brave. Let's see if someone is defeated in battle, Han Shou will defeat them today!"

After comforting Dong Xi, Pan Zhang went with confidence and picked up his weapon.

Dong Xi wanted to say something, but seeing Pan Zhang's complacency, he wisely chose to shut up.

After being captured alive by Shamoko in the Battle of Linyuan, Dong Xi had become a de facto polished general, and all his troops were surrendered to death.

Now there are only dozens of soldiers with him, all of whom were released by Hanshou Pan to show their sincerity to Jiangdong.

Dong Xi sighed, picked up the cup and sipped the water in a boring sip, thinking in his heart that after this battle, he would borrow some men and horses to go over the mountain a few more times.

At the same time, Dong Xi was counting silently in his heart. After counting thirty-seven breaths, Samoko's wild laughter sounded again:

"You dare to call yourself a brave general? Are there any brave people in Jiangdong now?"

Then the tent door was opened again, and Pan Zhang was carried in with all hands and feet.

The grandeur he had before thirty-seven breaths had disappeared. At this time, one of Pan Zhang's cheeks was swollen and stained with a lot of mud, and the gorgeous leather armor on his body was also torn.

After some messy treatment, Pan Zhang finally woke up. The first thing he wanted to do was to question Dong Xi, but seeing the bitter smile on the other party's face, Pan Zhang couldn't say anything for a while.

"The barbarians are brave but few in number, and cannot defeat our army. Wengui can take his time."

Dong Xi gave a balanced suggestion. Although Pan Zhang was reluctant, he knew in his heart that this was the safest way.

Listening to Shamoke's scolding outside the tent, Pan Zhang was a little annoyed for a while, and waved his hand and ordered directly:

"The archers go forward and make sure to shut up the barbarian leader!"

Then the two Jiangdong warriors looked at each other and sighed together.

When they were in Jiangdong, which of them didn't run rampant in the village in the name of bravery? Even some big families gave them the title of "tiger ministers".

Although Pan Zhang and Dong Xi never admitted it, they were still quite happy in their hearts.

But why did it go so badly after leaving Jiangdong? To the north, they were defeated by Zhang Liao, and to the west, they now led nearly 40,000 soldiers to besiege more than 10,000 barbarians, but they were about to besiege.

Could it be that Jiangdong is really not as brave as the northerners?

At this time, Han Shou, who was forced back into the city by the rain of arrows, cursed Shamoko:

"Bah! These rats in Jiangdong are more cowardly than each other!"

In Shamoko's opinion, the Battle of Chibi has only been over for a few years? Among the nearly 40,000 soldiers in front of him, there must be many who once obeyed Zhou Gongjin.

The soldiers are almost the same. At that time, Governor Zhou only led 30,000 troops to stop Cao's army of 800,000.

Now, the Wu generals with more than 30,000 troops are hesitant to move forward when facing more than 10,000 troops.

It is self-evident where the problem lies.

At this moment, Shamoko's resentment towards Pan and others who were rebellious in Han Shou has decreased a little.

Even if Dong Xi is let go, what's the matter? A mediocre general will not hurt the overall situation.

And the overall situation...Shamoko put away the expression that looked like he had no brains, let others help him take off the rattan armor, and began to look up and think deeply.

Now trapped in Hanshou, he was chased by the Jiangdong Army from Zuotang in the north, and the Jiangdong Army would certainly prevent them from approaching Jiangling, so there must be many obstacles in the north.

To the south... to the south is the Yuan River, Jiangdong has many ships, and they can't afford to offend. To the east is the Yunmengze, and they don't even have a ship now, so they can only stare at the Jiangdong navy.

Could it be that they can only abandon Hanshou and flee back to the mountains? Shamoke was a little shaken for a while.

But he immediately rejected this plan. Although the Wuxi Barbarian King is good, Shamoke still cherishes the position of Hanshou County Magistrate personally granted by Lord Xuande.

Through this official position, Shamoke can see a future that Wuling Barbarians have been seeking for hundreds of years!

After making up his mind, Shamoke no longer had any doubts, and immediately ordered people to gather other Barbarian Kings.

He is the King of Wuxi Barbarians, not the King of Wuling Barbarians. Wuxi Barbarians is just the largest barbarian tribe in Wuling County. Other tribes, no matter how big or small, also have barbarian kings. They are all indebted to Mr. Ma, obey the orders of Lord Xuande, and are controlled by Shamoke.

The barbarian kings communicated with each other very easily. Faced with the choice of either defending or fleeing back to the mountains, they almost did not hesitate to choose to fight Jiangdong to the end.

But their considerations were very simple.

"Hey, Jiangdong wants to ride on our necks, but don't you see if you have the ability!"

So Pan Zhang found that his "surround three and leave one" according to the military book was directly ignored by this group of barbarians.

The barbarian leader Shamoke yelled and cursed in battle every day, causing the Jiangdong soldiers to look back frequently, but they only got disappointment.

There was no figure under the central army flag, nor a figure who was trapped in the enemy's formation and bravely moved forward.

Pan Zhang never appeared again after being knocked unconscious by Shamoke in battle that day.

In this case, Jiangdong's siege and compression of Hanshou was much slower than expected.

But after all, there was still a numerical advantage. Relying on step-by-step tactics and archer suppression, Shamoke had to abandon the city wall and retreat to the inner city of Hanshou after a few days.

It was called the inner city, but in fact it was just a second line of defense built with the help of houses and debris in the city during this period.

In this case, another general of the Jiangdong Army just came forward and planned to personally go out and finalize the battle situation.

Dong Xi's troops were all gone, and he had no power in commanding the troops.

It was impossible for all 30,000 troops to be mobilized by Pan Zhang, but there was another general sitting here.

"Yi Gong!" Pan Zhang arched his hands, and his movements were a little frivolous, which made Han Dang frown.

As a veteran general who had served in the Sun family, Han Dang had seen the elite soldiers and generals in the north, so he was not very interested in some of the generals in Jiangdong.

The most typical one was Pan Zhang, who relied on his bravery to run rampant in the village and did not know the greatness of the world.

At the same time, he also had shortcomings such as alcoholism, greed for money, and fame. In Han Dang's opinion, he was only fit to be a first-line soldier, but Sun Hou promoted him and called him a talented person.

Now, this so-called "talented person" has hit a wall after his rash attack, which has directly reduced his morale.

If General Po Lu or Wu Hou Bo Fu was in charge of Jiangdong at this time, Han Dang would definitely order the army to capture them directly as a warning to others, but now...

Han Dang just pretended not to see it and directly ordered:

"Now the bandits have retreated and have run out of tricks."

"I have captured the city wall, and the morale has been boosted. Wen Gui should go with me to climb it first and set an example for the three armies. We will surely defeat the enemy and relieve Sun Hou's worries!"

Pan Zhang wanted to refuse, but facing Han Dang's grim expression, he couldn't say it. In the end, he could only smile unnaturally and said:

"It is my life's blessing to die on the battlefield with Yi Gong."

Han Dang looked at Pan Zhang seriously and said, "That would be the best."

There are many ways to boost morale in the cold weapon era, and most of them are quite simple. Han Dang has been in the army for many years and can be said to be handy.

Let the soldiers have a good sleep, eat a good meal, then choose a suitable time to march, and move the general flag so that everyone can see the general in front.

These simple measures are enough to make the soldiers die for you, and Han Dang did so.

After being occupied by Jiangdong, the low city wall of Hanshou was quickly flattened. Those that could be pushed down were pushed down, and those that could not be pushed down were padded on both sides to make it as flat as walking on the ground.

Now looking at the simple inner city wall, Han Dang did not have the sneer on his face like Pan Zhang, but simply raised the ring-headed sword in his hand.

This was an obvious attack signal. A group of old soldiers behind Han Dang roared together and began to move forward.

Pan Zhang followed suit and also led his troops to follow.

In the Wuling Army camp, Shamoke was on full alert, looking at the aging Han Dang with admiration:

"Jiangdong actually has a tiger general!"

As for Pan Zhang next to him, he had already been automatically filtered out by him. He had been defeated by his subordinates before and had been a coward for so many days, so Shamoke had long lost interest in him.

Han Dang was always quiet on the battlefield, and he joined his personal soldiers with ring-headed swords to meet the general.

Han Dang's troops charged in the front and were extremely conspicuous. The Jiangdong Army seemed to be inspired by this, and many old soldiers also shouted and followed the general's footsteps.

Shamoke did not dare to neglect it at all at this moment, and also met with iron rods.

As soon as they fought, they knew that today would not be easy. This old general had experienced countless battles. Although his body was old and his strength was not as good as before, he would never fight hard when he should avoid him, and he was very reckless when he should exchange injuries. Moreover, even if he was not strong enough, he had personal soldiers to share the burden. For a while, he fought Shamoke to a draw.

The biggest troublemaker on the battlefield, Shamoke, was held back by the general, and other Jiangdong soldiers also began to actively attack the Wuling Army. After they were no longer afraid, the Jiangdong soldiers gradually regained their feelings of conquering Shanyue.

Although the Wuling barbarians were brave, they were very unfamiliar with the military formation. Most of the time, they fought with their own blood and bravery. It seemed that the two armies collided, but in fact, three or four Jiangdong soldiers fought against one Wuling barbarian.

Without the support of the barbarian king, the casualties of the Wuling Army gradually began to appear, which in turn aroused Shamoke's ferocity, but the flaws became more and more obvious during the iron rod sweep. Han Dang turned a blind eye to this and just suppressed it steadily without being greedy for merit.

Now Shamoke was really anxious.

As the war progressed steadily, this inner city defense line was also shaky.

Seeing that a great victory was about to be won, the Jiangdong Army in the south was in an uproar. A young general rushed left and right over there, shouting:

"Ma Zhong is here, who dares to fight!"