Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3179 It’s hard to shoot a turning arrow when you draw a bow

The moment Zhu Ran rushed out, he had already considered thousands of thoughts in his mind.

He actually has a chance and can go back.

After all, he had already burned down a small grain village where the Sichuan-Shu Army had been transferred, which was considered to have achieved certain results, and he had also contacted the Ba people, so he could "justifiably" take the Ba people and Boshan back. Whether it is with Zhu Zhi or Jiang Dong, there can be some explanation.

But the problem is that Jiangdong doesn't have many opportunities.

The world is not kind, and he will not stop and wait for those who walk slowly to catch up.

One step is slow, and every step is slow.

If you want to move forward, how can you do it if you don't work hard?

The mountains are steep, and although the mountain streams are not deep chasms, they are also dangerous.

Zhu Ran chose to attack because he thought that with such a sudden attack, although the opponent failed to enter the ambush circle, they still lacked space if they wanted to line up to attack on the narrow mountain road!

In a place like this, even if you accidentally fall down, you will still be half disabled if you don't die!

Of course, there are also risks if Zhu Ran rushes forward on his own.

He asked himself in his mind, "Are you afraid of death?" 』

Nonsense, of course I'm afraid.

Except for those who are stupid and bold, few people are not afraid of death.

But now we meet on a narrow road, how can we win?

The moment Jiang Dongjun rushed out, Yan Yan's queue was a little agitated, but they quickly calmed down.

"Leave this mountain stream!" 』

"Speed ​​up ahead!" 』

"Follow the footsteps ahead!" 』

"Two steps behind, climb up that rock and snipe the enemy!" 』

After giving orders one after another, Yan Yan became calmer and calmer.

At first, he could not understand Zhuge Liang's instructions to avoid fighting, but Yan Yan soon understood.

If the Kodong people are defeated from the beginning, then the Ba people will inevitably shrink back...

"You are lucky..."

Yan Yan ordered his soldiers to retreat.

If you want to retreat in a decent manner, you also need to have certain skills.

You can neither act too bad nor be too comfortable.

In short, it is necessary to maintain a very subtle degree...

Yan Yan has the advantage of being on the front line in person. He can adjust his strategy at any time according to the situation. The order is passed directly to the queue, without the need for the ordering soldiers to run back and forth and delay the fighter opportunity.

Of course, this is also the benefit of a small force. Three to four hundred people can stand up to the sky. Once it exceeds five hundred people, or reaches a thousand people, they will line up on the mountain path and stretch for at least two or three hills. If there is an attack in front, they will appear. When there are casualties, the rear may still be chatting and spanking slowly.

Of course Yan Yan knew that it was difficult to fight in the current mountain stream, so he had to leave this area. As long as he could climb up to a relatively open area to form a formation, he would not be afraid of how many Jiangdong troops came.

"quick! quick! Hurry! 』

Bo Shibo Shan was urging the Ba people to run faster, but it was of no use.

Because Boshan only told others to hurry up, he walked down carefully instead of rushing down, as if he was calling the brothers to come up, and then he stayed at the back.

Although they are going down the mountain, it is always easier to run down, but there are many trees and shrubs in the mountain, and the rocks are rugged. If you accidentally step on it, get cut and scratched by the rocks, hit the tree, etc., it is still relatively light. If you accidentally lose control and roll into the mountain stream, you will have to delete your account and practice again...

Boshan is like this, so these Ba people are also like this. They rush down with roars and shouts, but the speed is not very fast.

After finally rushing into the shooting range, Bo Shan didn't wait for the Ba people to gain a firm foothold, and screamed again to shoot those Yan Yan soldiers who stayed behind.

There are also good hunters among the Ba people, and their skills with bows and arrows are actually not that bad, but when they rush to shoot with a bow while running, there is no accuracy at all.

The Ba people howled, and a mess of arrows whizzed past, most of them hitting rocks and trees. Instead, the two Shi men who Yan Yan stayed behind to cover opened their bows and fought back, shooting down the two or three Ba ​​men who were rushing forward.

"Their archers are on the rocks!" Climb up and kill them! ” Bo Shan shouted again.

Shooting upwards from below the rock, the effect is average due to the shooting boundary.

If you hit it, it's great. It's either a headshot or a chest shot. Even if you don't die, most of them will be seriously injured. But the problem is that if you shoot from the bottom up, the target is small and easy to miss, but you can shoot from the top down. to the whole body of the target below.

Therefore, Boshan said that it was indeed the correct way to respond by letting people climb up instead of shooting at the soldiers who were standing guard on the rock. But the problem is that Bo Mountain did not designate a certain person or certain people to climb, so when the Ba people rushed under the rock, I looked at you, you looked at me, they all seemed to be waiting for the other person to climb.

Fortunately, Jiangdong soldiers rushed up. Some of them started to shoot at Yan Yan's soldiers on the rocks, and some started to take the opportunity to climb. The division of labor was clear...

Zhu Ran also rushed down, but he missed his footing halfway and fell down. Fortunately, he held on to the tree trunk beside him with one hand to stabilize his body.

The guard behind Zhu Ran stepped forward quickly, but was pushed away by Zhu Ran.

Zhu Ran shouted: "Kill him!" Catch him alive! 』

He let go of his hand and continued to rush forward with the mud stained from his fall.

The information from the Ba people's mouth may not be true, he must know more.

"Fire the arrow!" Shoot the arrow quickly! 』

"dash forward! 』

"Whoosh!" 』

"Ahhhh..."

A Yan Yan soldier who was shooting down on the rock was hit by an arrow in the face. He screamed and fell down the mountain stream. Then he stopped screaming with a muffled sound.

The soldiers Yan Yan left behind were gradually lost and gradually became exhausted.

Yan Yan rushed back with some people and took away the remaining soldiers.

By the time Zhu Ran came up with a large force, Yan Yan had already retreated.

"Won! we won! 』

Cheers sounded, but Zhu Ran frowned.

"The general is so brave!" Kill the shit out of those guys! Hahaha..." When Boshan arrived in front of Zhu Ran, he hurriedly praised him.

"Are you happy?" Zhu Ran said unceremoniously, "I'm fighting forward with all my strength. Are you laughing at me from behind?" 』

Boshan was suddenly shocked, "This...how do you say this..."

Zhu Ran pointed to the dirt on his body and then to the clean clothes on Bo Shan's body, "That's what he said..."

"Uh... this..." Bo Shan looked a little embarrassed.

"There is no more chance. Zhu Ran said with a serious face.

"That's natural, that's natural..." Bo Shan replied.

Zhu Ran snorted and walked away.

The dead Yan Yan soldiers did not leave any useful information to Zhu Ran.

Although Zhu Ran won again this time, Zhu Ran had some not-so-good feelings in his heart.

This feeling may be because Yan Yan was too relaxed when he retreated, maybe because the victory came too easily, or maybe it was because he suddenly missed the mark when he rushed down the mountain...

The Ba people laughed, sang and danced around the bonfire, praising their Ba snake for once again sheltering them and allowing them to win.

"God Ba..." Zhu Ran looked at Ba people's happy expressions, but felt a chill in his heart, and couldn't help but wrap himself up in a cloak.

The confidant guard came over, "General..."

"Hmm..." Zhu Ran looked at the Bo Mountain on one side and the Ba people in the distance, and whispered, "We may have fallen into a trap..."

The confidant guard was stunned, and then followed Zhu Ran's gaze to look at Bo Shan, and suddenly looked a little unkind, "What does the general mean...this person is a traitor?" 』

Zhu Ran shook his head.

Not everyone can be a spy.

Be bold and careful, be calm in situations of chaos, and don’t be greedy for money and wealth...

But Bo Shan is obviously not such a person.

This was already confirmed when Zhu Ran came into contact with Bo Shan.

Boshan doesn't seem to be a smart person.

Of course, it is also possible that Bo Shan was deliberately pretending to be stupid, but this would have to be deceived in front of Zhu Ran.

Zhu Ran felt that this Boshan was actually a person who was greedy for money and cherished his life. Isn't this conflict between Bo and Sichuan also caused by the interests of property?

"I heard..." Zhu Ran said slowly, "Qiusi likes to use conspiracy..."

"Conspiracy?" 』The confidant guard couldn't understand.

Zhu Ran nodded, and then slowly gathered his thoughts.

Things have developed to this point, and Zhu Ran seems to see some things clearly, but as he sees more clearly, he feels like he is stuck in a spider web, and the more he struggles, the more uncomfortable he becomes.

The close guards didn't understand, but they looked at Zhu Ran and acted in accordance with Zhu Ran's orders.

Zhu Ran was obviously one of the more outstanding generals among the second-generation generals in Jiangdong, otherwise he would not have been allowed to guard Jiangling in history, and he withstood the joint attack of Cao Zhen and Zhang He.

After Zhu Ran met the Ba people, the first thing he considered was the issue of authenticity.

This person, Bo Shi Bo Shan, is real.

Because Boshan had been one of the leading shopkeepers of the Jiangzhou Bo family traveling to and from Jiangdong.

It's also true that Bo's life was not going well during this period.

After Xu Shu entered Sichuan, he was not like those scholars who only knew the basics. He followed Fei into Sichuan and Shu to implement various policies, including economic measures. After Jinguan City was fully controlled by Xu Shu, Shu Jin no matter Both the output and quality have been greatly improved, so the private Shu Brocade, like Bo's, has been suppressed.

Although it can be sold, but at this price...

Bo Shan has complained several times in the past few days.

The key is that the Sichuan brocade in Chengdu Jinguancheng also has anti-counterfeiting marks, and the colorful silk ribbons are mixed in the brocade weaving. Bo wanted to imitate it for a long time, but not only failed to imitate it successfully, but was arrested several times by the Chengdu government. Confiscated and fined, millions of dollars were lost...

The enmity between the Bo family and Xu Shu in Sichuan and Sichuan is not just a matter of words, but involves millions of business issues.

This time the Bo family attempted to unite with Jiangdong, the causes and consequences were clear, and the internal and external difficulties were clear. Even Bo Shan was saying that if Jiangdong could not win, the Bo family would fall.

The conflict between the Ba people and the Sichuan-Shu army is also real.

Because when Zhu Huan and the Baihu Ba people attacked Bashan, Ba She approached the Sichuan-Shu Army, but the Sichuan-Shu Army obviously did not give the leader of Ba She much face, and some even pushed Ba She's face down and rubbed it on the ground.

This is indeed a big and serious matter for a guy who is used to shouting and drinking around, with five people and six people.

What's more, the conflict between the Ba people and the Han people can even be traced back to the founding of the Han Dynasty...

New and old grudges add up, and the Ba people and the Han people get into trouble whenever they disagree. Zhu Ran doesn't find it strange at all. Just like between Jiangdong and Shangyue, every time there is a quarrel, both parties will feel uncomfortable.

It is also true that Sichuan-Sichuan transit grain village.

From Sichuan to Yufu, one is by water and the other is by land.

The waterway must pass through Jiangzhou, so when there is chaos in Jiangzhou, there will be problems with waterway transportation. If Sichuan and Shu want to transport food and grass to Yufu, they can only take the land route for a period of time. So after Zhu Ran learned the news, on the one hand, he sent people to deliver the message to Zhu Zhi quickly; on the other hand, he followed Bo Shan's guidance and attacked a small village where the Sichuan and Shu Army used to transfer food.

Zhu Ran did not tell Bo Shan that in fact, Jiangdong Army's scouts had discovered some traces of that small village earlier. He wanted to take this opportunity to test the authenticity of Bo Shan again. It turned out that the village was really full of food and grass, and there was no fraud.

Everything seemed to be true, but why did Zhu Ran feel that there was something fake underneath?

The stockade was burned, the food and fodder were depleted, and the reinforcements were defeated.

Ba people...

Zhu Ran thought hard and recalled.

When he started, he sent news to the rear...

Is it wrong to send a message back?

correct.

No matter what, reporting things encountered on the front line to Zhu Zhi in a timely manner is an inevitable choice.

So after reporting it, is it wrong to follow Bo Shan and other Ba people to attack the grain stronghold in Sichuan and Sichuan?

There is nothing wrong with that either.

After destroying the grain stronghold, is it wrong to intercept and ambush the Sichuan and Sichuan reinforcements?

There is nothing wrong with that either.

If Zhu Ran is asked to choose again, Zhu Ran will still make it according to the previous choice.

So what did Zhu Ran do wrong?

Everything is correct.

But where does the uneasiness and fear surging in my heart come from?

Maybe it's because it went too smoothly?

But this...

If he uses this as a reason to withdraw his troops, then he will never raise his head again in his life.

Even if he killed the Boshan and Ba people in front of him, it would be of no use.

Because he reported the news to Zhu Zhi from the beginning...

Zhu Zhi must have received the news, and he must immediately organize troops, horses and ships to march towards Yufu.

Now that Yu is recovering, there are problems with both land and water routes. Isn’t this an excellent opportunity to expand?

Is it possible to wait for Sichuan and Shu to pacify Jiangzhou, and then Yufu reopens the grain road before advancing?

So once Zhu Zhi marches in, Zhu Ran can only complete what he originally planned to do here——

Side attack fish recovery.

His uncle was attacking from the front, fighting life and death. Could it be that Zhu Ran could stand by and remain indifferent?

Or is it urgent to send someone to tell Zhu Zhi now that Zhu Ran feels that things are going too smoothly and something is wrong, and to ask Zhu Zhi to turn his army back immediately?

hehe.

The guard asked in a low voice, "What...are we going to do now?" 』

Zhu Ran was silent for a long time, and finally said softly.

"There is no turning back when the bow is drawn." 』

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The river is surging.

The light of dawn has not yet completely broken through the dark night, but war drums are already rumbling on the river and flags are fluttering.

Jiangdong Army's huge fleet, with boats connected from bow to stern, moved like a giant dragon on the rough river.

The building boat is huge and majestic in shape.

The battleships were menacing, with their teeth and claws showing.

The boat can move freely and freely.

Zhu Zhi stood on the flagship, with the handrail facing the wind. As the commander-in-chief of the army, in one word, he is followed by tens of thousands of people. This is his honor, but it is also his responsibility.

Again, a huge amount of pressure.

Zhu Zhi turned his attention to the surrounding Jiangdong boats.

On the boat, the soldiers from Jiangdong looked solemn. Some of these Jiangdong soldiers are veterans who have experienced many wars, and some are new soldiers who have just entered the battle this time, but they all know that this battle may be a battle that determines the direction of Jiangdong and their personal future.

What they have to face is not only the enemy's swords and guns, but also the dangerous terrain and dangerous people's hearts.

After receiving the news from Zhu Ran, Zhu Zhi also thought for a long time.

Because of the description of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many people in later generations thought that the time, place, and people were favorable, and each of the three leaders got one of them, and then the three leaders stood together. But in fact, they were led into the ditch by Mr. Luo...

The Yangtze River is indeed a barrier to Soochow, but it is not an absolute advantage.

If we really talk about "geographical advantages", there is no doubt that Sichuan and Shu can be ranked first.

Jiangdong, that's the same thing.

After all, the road to Shu is more difficult than reaching the sky. This is recognized by all dynasties.

As we all know, the terrain of China as a whole shows a pattern of high in the northwest and low in the southeast, which gives the northwest a natural geographical advantage over the southwest.

Historically, the Kingdom of Shu was located in the southwest, while Soochow was located in the southeast. After the Wei State occupied the north, it had a strong suppressive force on the south. Even Zhuge Liang's several northern expeditions could not restore such a huge geographical disadvantage. Therefore, how could the land east of the Yangtze River be "geographically advantageous"?

This geographical difference makes Soochow's disadvantage in military defense particularly prominent.

Facing the powerful Wei State, Shu State had two lines of defense in the Qinba Mountains as natural barriers. Even if the first line of defense in Qinling and Hanzhong is lost, the Shu Kingdom still has the Daba Mountain defense line centered on Jianmen Pass as the final defense.

In contrast, Soochow lacks such a strong barrier.

There is only one river in Soochow. Once it is breached, it will not even have a strategic buffer.

The development of Jiangnan happened after the Jin Dynasty. At present, the Jiangdong area is still a gathering place for country bumpkins in the eyes of the Han people.

Therefore, in history, although Soochow was sitting on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, it was of no use. Soochow only dared to make a sneak attack when Guan Yu's Northern Expedition and the rear was empty. After barely capturing the Jingzhou area, although the defense line in western Soochow reached the mouth of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the defense line was complete, it was already showing signs of fatigue. On the other hand, Wei State has broken through the Huaihe River defense line. The two knives of Xiangyang and Hefei are hanging on the Yangtze River, confronting Soochow in the Jianghan and Jianghuai areas. Soochow's defense depth in the north of the Yangtze River was compressed extremely narrowly, and Wei could directly threaten Soochow's core areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In such a situation, Soochow could only try to parry, but had no power to fight back.

In addition, Jiangdong still has a huge problem that has not been solved, and that is justice.

Whether historically or currently.

Needless to say, Lao Cao's political status, Fei Qian is also a real hussar general, Pingyang Marquis, in charge of the Secretariat of Xijing, the two heroes in the north are better than Jiangdong Sun Quan, a bastard general, in both military and civil matters. How many times.

Zhu Zhi is an old man from Jiangdong, and he is well aware of Jiangdong's shortcomings.

This time, it was Jiangdong who placed the bet on the "national destiny".

If you win, you will have a chance to win the Central Plains. If you lose, you will have to be inferior to others.

Therefore, after Zhou Yu dragged his sick body to have a long heart-to-heart talk, even though there were still some conflicts and uneven distribution of interests, Zhu Zhi complied half-heartedly. This is the reason.

Zhou Yu's illness seems to be unbearable.

What about Jiangdong?

Jiangdong also couldn't afford to hold him back.

Even Zhu Zhi himself couldn't afford it.

Therefore, when Zhu Zhi received the news from Zhu Ran, coupled with his own channels for obtaining the news, he confirmed that there were indeed some problems within Sichuan and Sichuan, and he resolutely mobilized his troops to fight.

Although there are still doubts and he is aware of the risks, Zhu Zhi can only do this.

He had no better choice.

Even though he knew that what he was facing would be a very dangerous situation...

"There is no turning back when the bow is drawn." 』

Just like Jiangdong also has no better choice...

Of course, Zhu Zhi inevitably imagined in his heart that even if he lost, he would have Jiang Ling to take care of the situation.

But will things in the world really turn out as he expected?

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