The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

"Jiangdong may not be able to follow the example of the emperor and thoroughly implement the equal-field system, but it can use the curved plow, which can also increase grain production."

"Jiangdong may not be able to learn from the emperor and thoroughly implement the imperial examination system, but it can use paper and printing to increase the popularity of writing and facilitate management."

"It may be impossible to learn the imperial court's system...but it is not difficult to learn the technology developed by the emperor."

"That's why I said that the emperor shouldn't have killed those alchemists!"

Gu Yong said: "Zhang Daoling left a path in Longhu Mountain in Jiangdong. The number of alchemists studying alchemy here is no less than that in Qingzhou, and there are even more!"

"So, what the emperor can do, we can do as well!"

Li Ru looked up at Gu Yong and then smiled: "Then I wish Yuan Tan a great victory!"

……

"Took the bait!"

When Zhu Ran saw that Wen Pin had indeed led a large army to support E County and ignored the troops of Xu Sheng on the north bank and Pan Zhang in Xiakou, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Jingzhou is stable!
"Send a letter to Xu Sheng, asking him to rush to the city of Xiling as fast as possible!"

"Old Wu Hou said that Wen Pin is as hard as a thousand-year-old turtle... If that's the case, let's just catch him in a jar!"

After receiving Zhu Ran's order, Xu Sheng on the north bank immediately led his troops to attack Xiling City.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw Xu Sheng coming, they did not panic because Wen Pin had made arrangements for them before. Instead, they mocked Xu Sheng and lured him to attack the city.

Xu Sheng was indeed angry. He sent his soldiers to attack the city every day, but each time he would call off the attack after only half an hour, leaving the defenders of Xiling City confused.

Until three days later.

A loud noise was heard throughout Xiling City!
The loud noise was not limited to Xiling City. Even Wen Pin, who was on the other side of the Yangtze River and was in E County, heard the noise!

"what happened?"

Wen Pin climbed up the city wall and looked at the north bank, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Although he was always stationed in Jingzhou, he sometimes exchanged letters with his colleagues in Chang'an.

The Battle of Liaodong happened a long time ago, so many things are no longer secrets to Wen Pin.

"That loud noise, could it be the gunpowder that the emperor used to break into Xiangping City?"

Wen Pin looked at the north bank, feeling extremely depressed.

Suddenly!

Wen Pin looked down at the city wall again, and his face turned a little dark!

"Jiang Dong actually planned this!"

Zhu Ran expected that Wen Pin would realize that the key to this battle was in E County, and then bring the Jingzhou army to garrison there!

But Zhu Ran’s goal was not to capture E County as soon as possible, but Xiling on the north bank and Xiakou in the west!
After capturing these two places, no matter how many Jingzhou defenders there are in E County, they will all be trapped!
"He doesn't want to capture E County! He wants to trap all the troops of Jingzhou in E County! He wants to use E County as a living coffin!"

Wen Pin had long anticipated that Xu Sheng's army on the north bank would be a trouble, but he did not expect that the other side would actually be able to capture Xiling and turn E County into an isolated island!
"It's over!"

In order to defend Jingzhou, Wen Pin transferred almost all of Jingzhou's military forces to Jiangxia.

Most of Jiangxia's soldiers now follow Wen Pin and are trapped in E County!
In other words...

"Jingzhou is empty!"

This time, Jiangdong actually has a great chance of capturing Jingzhou!

"I actually fell into the trap of these rats!"

Wen Pin wanted to lead his troops to break out. He did not seek to recapture Jiangxia, but at least to preserve Jiangling until the imperial reinforcements arrived!

But Zhu Ran attacked Wen Pin like a madman at this time, determined to keep Wen Pin in E County at all costs!

Pan Zhang in Xiakou also seized the port and completely controlled the western part of E County.

In this way, the Jingzhou army was trapped in one place, leaving the entire rear completely empty!
Upon seeing this, Zhu Ran immediately ordered Xu Sheng to go and capture Jiangling.

As long as Jiangling can be captured, Jiangdong will win this battle!
The four counties in southern Jing can be taken slowly. Xiangyang is too deep in the heart of the Central Plains, so Jiangdong had no plan to capture Xiangyang from the beginning.

As long as Jiangling and Jiangxia are controlled, Jiangdong will be able to fully possess the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and be qualified to resist the imperial court!

Xu Sheng immediately led his troops towards Jiangling.

Xu Sheng didn't care about the closed cities along the way.

Gangneung!

Only Jiangling!

At this moment, Zhu Ran was also at the foot of E County, trying to persuade Wen Pin inside to surrender.

"General Wen should know that the situation in Jingzhou is hopeless now. Why should he continue to resist?"

"If General Wen can surrender the city and come back to Jiangdong with me, he will definitely be a guest of honor of Marquis Wu!"

"Pooh!"

Wen Pin spat at Zhu Ran.

"I would rather die as a general of the Han Dynasty than be a guest of you Jiangdong rats!"

"You, Jiangdong, have provoked war at will, disobeyed the imperial court, and betrayed the emperor. This is truly treason!"

"People like you will become wandering ghosts after you die, and even your ancestors won't recognize you!"

When Zhu Ran heard Wen Pin actually brought up the matter of his ancestors that he cared about the most, the corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously.

Although Zhu Ran is Zhu Zhi's adopted son, Zhu Zhi later gave birth to a biological child, so Zhu Ran's current identity is actually extremely embarrassing.

Now Zhu Ran is not a human being in the Zhu family, so he is most taboo about this matter. However, he did not expect that Wen Pin would hit the snake in the most vulnerable part, which made Zhu Ran feel annoyed.

It was difficult to suppress the strange feeling in my heart.

"The emperor will take action against Jiangdong sooner or later. We are just trying to protect ourselves today!"

"Since you are stubborn and refuse to change, you can't blame me!"

Zhu Ran was not in a hurry and just waited outside the city of E County.

Waiting for the good news that Xu Sheng will capture Jiangling and take over Jingzhou!

By then, even if the imperial court sent reinforcements, they could only stare at the Yangtze River.

I hope Wen Pin’s mouth will still be as tough as it is now!
……

Xu Sheng marched straight ahead and finally arrived at the city of Jiangling.

Seeing that there were few defenders on the Jiangling city wall, Xu Sheng's face showed joy.

"Siege!"

The Wu army urged the warships to rush towards the water gate of Jiangling, and some soldiers dived into the water, hoping to find a flaw and break through from underwater.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

But just as they approached Jiangling City, a terrifying sound of breaking air suddenly came from the city wall that seemed to be harmless!

Xu Sheng's pupils shrank as he saw rows of Zhuge Crossbows appearing on the Jiangling city wall, baring their fangs and staring at the Wu army soldiers!

But compared to those Zhuge Liannu, Xu Sheng was more concerned about another thing——

【close】!
On the Jiangling city wall, a dark green cloud-patterned general flag suddenly appeared at some point!
The figure that Xu Sheng least wanted to see also appeared on the Jiangling city wall at this moment.

Guan Yu, with a face as red as a date, stood on the city wall, squinting his eyes and stroking his beautiful beard with his right hand.

"What is Wen Zhongye doing? He actually let the Wu army march straight to the city of Jiangling!"

"Luckily I noticed something was wrong and rushed here as fast as I could... Otherwise, if I had arrived a few days later, I'm afraid Jiangling would have really changed hands!" (End of this chapter)