Chapter 716 Traitor

As soon as Ouyang Shuo came back, he was urgently invited to the war room by Zheng He.

"Your Majesty, something happened to Jiangling." Zheng He said with a solemn expression as he handed over the secret letter.

Ouyang Shuo took the secret letter from Feng Prison Huang and opened it, his brows gradually frowned. He didn't expect that Jiangling City had really fallen, and it fell so thoroughly.

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Things have to start from a week ago.

When Ouyang Shuo beheaded Guan Yu, Zhou Yu's army had already approached the city of Jiangling. Nearly 300,000 troops surrounded Jiangling City tightly.

Outside the city of Jiangling, flags fluttered and there were many swords and guns.

Early the next morning, the army launched a fierce attack on Jiangling, attacking from all directions, leaving no room for it. The largest battle in the Battle of Chibi broke out, which determined the fate of both camps.

The first day of the war was nothing out of the ordinary. After paying nearly 10,000 casualties, Zhou Yu's army retreated like a tide, and Jiangling City was still as strong as a pity, standing upright.

Still the same the next day.

The accident occurred on the third day, when Cao Cao's army relaxed its vigilance, the city gate to the west of Jiangling suddenly opened from the inside. The Alien Legion stationed at the West Gate rebelled collectively.

Zhou Yu's army, which had been prepared for a long time, poured into Jiangling City like a tide.

Zhou Yu is so smart, the battle in the first two days was just a cover-up. On the third day of the battle, Zhou Yu concentrated his main force on Ximen, and the other three sides were just empty shelves.

The army concentrates superior forces and has internal support, so it is naturally overwhelming.

The disaster ensues.

General Cao Ren, who was in charge of guarding the west gate, was killed on the spot. Cao Cao's army, who was caught off guard, was beaten into a panic and suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, Cao Cao was decisive, and Feng Qiuhuang and others remained vigilant. At the last moment, he led the rest of his troops to evacuate from the north gate and head north all the way.

Cao Cao's destination was Yiling.

Unexpectedly, the army suffered another heavy blow on the way north.

It turned out that Zhou Yu expected that Cao Jun would flee to Yiling, and had set up an ambush in the middle of the way. After a fierce battle, Cao Jun naturally lost his soldiers and generals again, and he was in a panic.

After stumbling all the way and paying a heavy price, the remnants finally fled to Yiling. Before the war started, only 150,000 or 150,000 Cao troops fled to Yiling, where they were cut in half.

Naturally, Dichen and the others made a lot of money, and the battle contribution directly caught up with Ouyang Shuo, ranking second.

Of course, Zhou Yu's army was not unscathed.

Whether it is the city guard army led by Elai, or the Phoenix Prisoner Phoenix, Baihua and other troops, they are all elite troops in their respective territories. Fifty to sixty thousand of Zhou Yu's army also died in battle under the counterattack vowing to die.

At this time, Zhou Yu probably led an army to besiege Yiling, and was about to wipe out Cao's army in one fell swoop.

If Yiling falls, the battle will end immediately, and Ouyang Shuo's undefeated golden body will be broken. In that way, the disastrous defeat of Xiongba and others is nothing.

Of course, it's not easy.

Zhou Yu's army was able to break through Jiangling, all thanks to internal traitors.

It was the army of Caiyun Zhinan, Qin Feng and Ruan Ping who opened the city gate privately. Before that, Caiyunzhinan did not know what strategy he used to gain Cao Ren's trust and let their army sit alone at the west gate.

In this way, the hidden danger of war is planted.

Knowing the layout of the defense zone, Feng Qiuhuang and others raised objections to Cao Cao, expressing their hope that the troops of Caiyun Zhinan and others could be dispersed, and they must not be arranged in the same defense zone.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo had told him that he should be wary of Caiyun Zhinan and others. Their current actions are really too unusual, with the shrewdness of Feng Qiuhuang and others, how could they not be vigilant.

However, in front of Cao Cao, Feng Qiuhuang and others were so soft-spoken that they couldn't speak. The most important thing is that they don't have any evidence to prove that Caiyun Zhinan and others will make trouble.

In addition, the guarantor for the south of Caiyun is Cao Ren, Cao Cao's trusted confidant.

With Cao Ren's support, the matter was finally settled. Although Feng Prisonhuang and the others were anxious, they had no choice but to stay on guard in secret.

In this way, there will be a catastrophe later.

Cao Ren, the instigator, also got the lesson he deserved, and died in a fierce battle.

As soon as the Battle of Jiangling was over, Caiyun Zhinan and the others knew that they had done nothing on the battle map. Because according to the rules of the campaign, even if they gained Zhou Yu's trust, they would not be able to attack Cao's army in the same camp.

Opening the city gate without permission is already exploiting a loophole in the system.

In addition, they were also worried about Cao Cao's revenge. Therefore, Caiyun Zhinan and the others simply opened the city gate, and after completing their mission, they committed suicide directly and withdrew from the battle map.

The behavior of Caiyun Zhinan and others, to put it bluntly, is a typical example of harming others and benefiting oneself. They tried their best to get nothing in the battle, and they wanted to cheat [Shanhai League] once.

After this battle, Gaia will update the system patches for such behavior. After all, if everyone plays like this, the uncertainty of the battle map will be too great, which is contrary to Gaia's original intention.

Before the patch was updated, [Shanhai League] became a victim and was miserably cheated.

The alien army in Cao Cao's camp was originally dominated by the army of a lord in the [Shanhai League]. In this battle, including the City Guard Corps, all suffered heavy losses.

The City Guard Corps even killed two division commanders at once, which shows how tragic the battle was at that time.

As the battle of Jiangling came to an end, the direction of the battle became confusing.

After capturing Jiangling, it does not mean that the Sun-Liu Allied Forces will definitely win. On the one hand, there are hundreds of thousands of troops standing firm in Yiling, and the city has enough food and supplies.

Because Yiling is the transit station of grain and grass for Cao Cao's army. The grain and grass transported from the north and Jingzhou County to Jiangling City had to pass through Yiling.

Although Yiling's grain and grass reserves were not as good as Jiangling's, it was no problem supporting the army for ten days and a half months.

On the contrary, Zhou Yu's army, as the victor, was short of food and grass. The grain and grass that Wulin transported to the camp were robbed by Zhao Sihu's city guards. Even the food and grass hoarded in Jiangling was burned by Cao Cao's order when the army withdrew.

The thing is so embarrassing, as the winner, but facing the situation of starvation.

In desperation, Zhou Yu could only arrange a large army to rush to various places and villages to collect food and grass. The starving army, facing the helpless common people, knew what would happen.

Hundreds of villages from Jiangling to Yiling are groaning under the iron hooves of the army.

Anyway, Jingzhou was ruled by Liu Biao, neither Cao Cao before nor Zhou Yu now showed any pity. For generals, feeding their sergeants is the top priority.

Otherwise, who will work hard for them.

In troubled times, who would really pity ordinary people.

On the contrary, Liu Bei, who had not been very successful before, took great care of the people. It was such an unusual move that gave Liu Bei a great reputation.

The poor people in Jingzhou were harvested by Liu Shi during the autumn harvest. Cao Cao came, searched again, and even handed over the rations.

Now Zhou Yu's army came again, looting all the relief food from the people's homes.

For the people of Jingzhou, this winter is destined to be colder than previous years. Those who waited for them were either frozen to death or starved to death.

Those who don't want to starve to death can only go up the mountain to dig grass roots and gnaw bark.

In the cold winter, even grass roots and tree bark have become a luxury. The army passed by, leaving groups of refugees fleeing famine. Along the way, I don't know how many human tragedies will be staged.

Selling children and selling daughters, and choosing people to eat are not rumors, but real facts.

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Food and grass were scarce, and Zhou Yu's army wanted to easily capture Yiling, which was by no means an easy task. In addition, for the Sun Liu camp, the Shanhai City fleet entrenched in Chibi has always been a hidden danger.

The Sun Liu coalition army fled with Liu Bei's embarrassment, leaving only the Jiangdong side. As for the Jiangdong navy, under repeated attacks by the Shanhaicheng fleet, almost the entire army was wiped out.

Without this hidden danger, it will be difficult to win this battle.

It was the fleet of Shanhai City who succeeded, and the fleet of Shanhai City who lost. If Ouyang Shuo was in Jiangling City, it would be almost impossible for Caiyun Zhinan to make such a move.

It can only be said that Ouyang Shuo planted a minefield for Jiang Ling for his own selfishness. Now, it's time for the Shanhai City fleet to pay off its debts.

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Dragon Head, war room.

"Tell me, what should we do?"

After sorting out the battle situation in Jiangling, Ouyang Shuo threw the question to Zheng He and Jia Xu.

Of course, the main one is Jia Xu.

Zheng He is only the commander of the navy, and he needs to rely on Jia Xu, a top strategist, for his strategy to affect the overall situation of the war.

Anyway, Jia Xu is also a "native".

Ouyang Shuo decided to bring Jia Xu with him at that time, it couldn't have been more correct.

"Sir please!"

Zheng He was also straightforward and kicked the ball directly to Jia Xu.

Seeing this, Jia Xu smiled wryly in his heart. After all, it was still his duty to do so. After pondering for a while, he said slowly: "The siege of Yiling may be difficult to lift only with the ocean-going fleet. For the present plan, we have to find another way."

As soon as he came up, Jia Xu vetoed the decision to rush to help Yiling.

Regarding this, Ouyang Shuo didn't mean anything. The strength of the Shanhai City navy is water warfare, and there is no place for it to be used in the defense of the city.

If you really want to rush to help Yiling, you will use your own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths.

During this period of getting along, Ouyang Shuo also had a rough understanding of Jia Xu's trickery style. This person's tricks seem to be unconstrained, like an antelope hanging horns, but in fact there are traces to follow.

One of Jia Xu's most distinctive features is that he is very good at bringing out his strengths to the extreme. Whether it is the beheading operation or the burning of Liu Bei's army, it is a manifestation of this kind of thinking.

As for an excellent overall view, a broad strategic vision, a vicious vision, and a three-point observation of the enemy, those are all necessary skills for a top strategist.

This is true whether it is Jia Xu or the dead Guo Jia.

In addition, another characteristic of Jia Xu is rationality, which is extraordinary rationality. His starting point is to win the victory. As for the process and cost of victory, it is not within the scope of his consideration.

That's why it was misunderstood as a "poisoner" by the outside world.