Vol 2 Chapter 2540: Sun Wu fought vigorously against Jiangxia, Qin, Wei, Song and Wu gathered toget

Chapter 2540 Sun Wu fought fiercely in Jiangxia, Qin, Wei, Song and Wu gathered in Zhangling

Chapter 2536: Sun Wu fought fiercely in Jiangxia, Qin, Wei, Song and Wu gathered in Zhangling

"Report...to my lord, General Chai Rong's troops were attacked by Sun Wu's army. General Chai Rong was defeated. The army has been defeated and suffered heavy losses."

"What?"

 Liu Xiu, Pang Tong, Liu Ba, Liao Li and others were shocked. Liu Xiu even roared: "Quick, return to the army to support Chai Rong."

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 Liu Xiu's reaction speed was not bad, but in the end it was still a step too slow.

When Liu Xiu arrived with his army, although Chai Rong's army was still there, Sun Wu had already fled to the west.

 After some counting, the Chu army lost a total of four thousand soldiers.

Including the Battle of Tianping Mountain, Sun Wu's army had killed more than 7,000 Chu soldiers, but Liu Xiu didn't even know how many people the Wu army had lost.

If the strength of both sides is equal, then the loss of 7,000 troops will naturally be nothing.

The problem is that the strength of the Chu army is more than four times that of the Wu army, and the elite soldiers and generals are far superior to the Wu army, and they have already surrounded the Wu army.

In such a situation where victory is certain, it would be a bit outrageous to be defeated by Sun Wu one after another.

Looking at the corpses lying on the ground, Liu Xiu felt his blood surge in his heart. He looked up to the sky and shouted angrily: "Sun Wu, are you my Liu Xiu's nemesis?"

Suffered too much at the hands of Sun Wu, and Sun Wu almost became Liu Xiu's nightmare.

When the generals saw this, they didn’t know how to comfort their lord.

 It was supposed to be a stable winning situation, but accidents happened several times. This really shouldn't be the case.

And now Chu's losses are so great that even if Sun Wu's troops are completely annihilated, they may not be able to make up for it.

Seeing this, Chai Rong gritted his teeth, knelt down and apologized, saying: "My lord, I am incompetent, and I am no match for Sun Wu."

After Liu Xiu was silent for a few seconds, he let out a long sigh, then stepped forward to help Chai Rong up, and said comfortingly: "This defeat is not your fault, but my king's lack of consideration and underestimation of Sun Wu's traitor's abilities. "

How could Liu Xiu dare to underestimate Sun Wu? He already valued Sun Wu enough, but Sun Wu kept breaking through his expectations. He could even play out such a losing situation. It was simply too abnormal.

Pang Tong came over at this time and said with a serious face: "My lord, General Chai Rong's defeat has exposed many problems. Sun Wu may have guessed that someone inside Soochow is leaking secrets to us. In the future, the news from Soochow will not be complete." Believe it."

 After hearing this, Liu Xiu was startled for a moment, then took a breath of cold air, and finally understood why there were these two defeats.

Sun Wu may have already suspected that there was a traitor inside Sun Ce after he was captured in an ambush. The previous ambush was to prove it, and the second surprise attack was to take advantage of it.

But their own side did not guess at all what Sun Wu was thinking. They still thought that Sun Wu did not know all this, and thought that they knew Sun Wu's true and false. However, they did not know that they had gradually entered the opponent's trap. How could they be undefeated?

 “Sun Wu is so scheming.”

Liu Xiu suddenly realized that he felt powerless in his heart. It was not that he was incompetent, but that Sun Wu was too strong.

Liu Xiu felt that in the world, only Bai Qi of Great Qin could face off against Sun Wu.

"Military advisor, we just can't come up with a plan to make Sun Wu feel like being plotted against us?" Fan Kuai said with an unhappy look on his face.

Pang Tong immediately laughed bitterly when he heard this. It was not that he had no strategy in mind. He came up with dozens of strategies at the snap of his fingers. But the problem is that the use of strategies also depends on the target.

 The same strategy can have completely different effects when implemented on different people.

For example, Sun Wu, not only Pang Tong, but also Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Deng Yu, Liu Ba and others all used tricks against Sun Wu, but no one succeeded.

As far as Pang Tong knew, except for being accidentally captured alive by Zhu Yuanzhang, Sun Wu seemed to have never fallen victim to any tricks.

No matter who is plotting against him, no matter how clever the plan is, Sun Wu will see through it at a glance, and he will plot against the opponent instead.

Over time, all the counselors of Chu State no longer dared to plot against Sun Wu, for fear that they would fall into Sun Wu's plan.

Pang Tong believed that he had a secret plan and an outstanding strategy, but he still had no choice in the face of Sun Wu, so he could only win with outright strategy.

“It’s unrealistic to plot against Sun Wu. It’s even harder than not being plotted against by Sun Wu.” Liu Xiu shook his head.

Fan Kuai curled his lips, looking unconcerned.

 He did not think that Sun Wu's strategy was really that powerful. Instead, he felt that Pang Tong and others were not smart enough.

“It would be great if Lord Chen Ping were here, Sun Wu would definitely not be able to see through his plan.” Fan Kuai thought to himself.

At this moment, Pang Tong said: "My lord, since Sun Wu has noticed the leak, we cannot let him go back alive, otherwise it may be detrimental to Sun Quan."

Liu Xiu couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Sun Quan's plans related to him could not be ruined by Sun Wu.

“Well, the military advisor is right, Sun Wu must be killed at all costs.”

Liu Xiu's eyes were full of killing intent. After all, if Sun Wu did not die, even if his plan could succeed, he would still face Sun Wu when he unified Jiangnan in the future. If he lost then, everything would be over.

“In addition, we must also remind Sun Quan to clear his traces as soon as possible. It is best to find a scapegoat to prevent Sun Wu from escaping and realizing that he did it when he returns.”

There is nothing wrong with what Liu Xiu said, but it always gives people a feeling of lack of confidence and that Sun Wu may escape.

Pang Tong naturally saw Liu Xiu’s lack of confidence and immediately comforted him:

"Lord, although our army has suffered two major defeats, the advantage is still there. The overall strength is much stronger than that of Sun Wu. And after learning two lessons, we will no longer be deceived by Sun Wu's false news. As long as we fight steadily, we can eliminate Sun Wu's It’s just a matter of time before we have an independent army.”

Liu Xiu nodded: "What the military counselor said is true. Military counselor, what are you going to say next? How should we fight?"

Pang Tong was moved in his heart and said: "Sun Wu's return route to the east is guarded by our army. He dare not go east, so he can only go west and south.

  Our Dongting Navy of the Chu State is in the south, and the navy of the State of Wu cannot get through. Sun Wu cannot return to the State of Wu by water, so he can only go west and delay as much time as possible. "

As soon as Pang Tong finished speaking, a spy broke in. "Report...to inform my lord and military advisor that the main force of Soochow has reached Qichun and will reach Zhu County in the near future."

Hearing this, Pang Tong and Liu Xiu looked at each other in tacit understanding. Liu Xiu said: "Military advisor, is Sun Ce still in Xiling?"

“He was gone a long time ago. Soon after Sun Wu stopped attacking the city, Sun Ce was secretly transferred to Changsha.”

Liu Xiu nodded and said: "The main force of Soochow is approaching Zhu County, and we don't have much time."

“Well, let’s find out the location of Sun Wu’s headquarters first. We must not give Sun Wu another opportunity this time.”

“Just do as the military advisor says.”

 A few hours later, the Chu State's scouts returned and reported: "My lord, judging from the marching traces, Sun Wu divided his army into three groups and withdrew westward towards Yunmengze."

Hearing this, Liu Xiu instinctively felt that it was a fraud. It was not that he was afraid of being plotted by Sun Wu, but that Yunmengze had many lakes and rivers, which was very suitable for naval operations.

At present, Wu's Pengze navy has been blocked by Chu's Yunmengze navy on the Yangtze River, and cannot cross Chibi at all.

On the contrary, the Chu State was able to detach part of its navy to cooperate with the Chu army on the road to hunt down the Wu army. It was obviously more advantageous to advance together by water.

Moreover, if Sun Wu went westward and continued deep into the hinterland of Jingzhou, he would be getting further and further away from Zhu County.

By then, even if the main force of the Wu army arrives in Zhu County, it will still not be easy to rescue Sun Wu. After all, if Xiling City is not breached, the Wu army will not dare to cross Xiling City.

 Sun Wu would not put himself in danger, so Liu Xiu instinctively felt that there must be something fishy in this.

However, in addition to going west and continuing to go deep alone, Sun Wu's army also wanted to experience a second siege, otherwise there seemed to be no other way to escape.

"This time, stability is the priority, and Sun Wu must not be allowed to escape again." Liu Xiu said sonorously and forcefully.

In this way, Liu Xiu and Sun Wu used Yunmengze as the battlefield and started a fierce game again.

 Liu Xiu not only had famous generals such as Cao Shen, Chai Rong, and Li Xin under his command, but also had help from many powerful generals such as Chong Heihu, Fan Kuai, and Gan Ning.

On the other hand, Sun Wu had no generals who could lead the army alone except himself. Although there were strong generals such as Zhou Tai and Ling Tong, they were obviously not on the same level as the generals of the Chu army.

The only one Sun Wu could rely on was himself. He was effectively challenging the entire Chu State by himself.

 This is a completely asymmetrical war. The Chu army is much stronger than the Wu army.

In addition to Wu and Chu, the allied forces of the Qin, Wei and Song Dynasties stationed in Zhangling County were also paying attention to this battle with a huge disparity in strength, but the news they received exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Two generals, I heard the latest news from Huang Feihu. Sun Wu in the south has won another battle." Zhao Defang said with a mysterious face.

"After Sun Wu retreated into Yunmengze territory, it can be said that there were constant battles, big and small. I am afraid that nearly half of his troops have been lost, and there is nowhere to replenish his troops and food. Even if he can win the battle, it will be a small victory and will not hurt the foundation of Chu State. "Yuan Chonghuan analyzed.

"That's pretty awesome, tell me, who did you defeat this time? Li Xin? Or Cao Shen?" Cao Bin asked with anticipation.

“No, it was Liu Xiu who lost this time.” Zhao Defang said with a smile.

"What? Liu Xiu lost again? Is this the first time he has lost to Sun Wu?" Yuan Chonghuan said.

“It happened once before in Lujiang County, and this is the second time.” Cao Binhuang said.

“Your Highness, please tell me specifically what happened.” Yuan Chonghuan said.

“Liu Xiu used four times the force to encircle and suppress Sun Wu...but was killed by Sun Wu in disgrace, losing nearly two thousand troops, and even Chong Heihu, the former number one fierce general of Chu, was severely damaged and had to retreat again.”

After listening to what Zhao Defang said, Yuan Chonghuan and Cao Bin took a breath of cold air. They could win such a losing situation. This Sun Wu was simply amazing.

If you calculate carefully, from the time Sun Wu led his lone army deep into Jiangxia to the time he moved to Yunmengze, he has experienced twelve battles, big and small, of which nine were won, and three more were draws.

How did Sun Wu achieve this level of success when he had a small army, a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, and no supplies?

In any case, Cao Bin and Yuan Chonghuan asked themselves that it was absolutely impossible.

 “Tsk, tsk, Liu Xiu is really embarrassed this time.” Zhao Defang said with a look of gloating.

Since they came to Zhangling, apart from the confrontation with the Chu army, they have never fought a battle at all. They are so bored that they chat about the battle conditions on other battlefields every day to relieve their boredom.

Among the four battlefields of Shangyong, Jiangling, Yangpingguan, and Yunmengze, the Yunmengze battlefield was the most talkative. Sun Wu's battle command ability simply amazed them.

"It is a fact that Liu Xiu was embarrassed, but Sun Wu should have reached his limit. If the fight continues, the entire army will be wiped out." Yuan Chonghuang said lightly.

“That’s right.” Cao Bin nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Huang Feihu walked in, joined the conversation, and said: "After this defeat, Liu Xiu has decided to suppress Sun Wu from the transfer of Wei Zhang."

"Deng Yu was defeated and Jiangling was besieged. Liu Xiu did not withdraw his troops from Zhangling, but now he wants to withdraw Wei Zhang to suppress Sun Wu. It seems that Sun Wu has really angered Liu Xiu, and he must destroy it at any cost. It’s Sun Wu,” Yuan Chonghuan said.

 “Sun Wu may be in danger this time.” Huang Feihu sighed.

Everyone nodded. After all, if Wei Zhang moved, General Sun would face ten times more enemies and there would be no way he could survive.

What everyone never expected was that they were slapped in the face the next day. Not only was Sun Wu not wiped out by the Chu army, he also escaped to Zhang Ling.

Sun Wu had guessed this a long time ago, and even deliberately provoked Liu Xiu and asked him to transfer Wei Zhang from the north to the south, because only in this way could he go north and come back with the allied forces of Qin, Wei, and Song.

Sun Wu knew from the beginning that he could neither return to Lujiang by land nor return to Jiangdong by water.

The reason why he went deep into the west alone seemed to be a dead end, but in fact he was risking his own life and trying to survive. His initial target was Zhangling County.

As long as they can reach Zhangling County and join up with the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Song, the Wu army will naturally be safe with the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.

 (End of this chapter)