Although Sun Quan's first expedition to the west was not a complete victory, it still made some progress and successfully advanced the Jiangdong front from Chaisan to the area of Exian.
Original copy: What surprised him even more was that Jingzhou General Gan Ning came to vote. After Gan Ning fled from Yizhou to Jingzhou, he was soon disappointed in Liu Biao, when all the heroes raised their own troops, Ning watched the situation, Confucianism, do not practice military affairs, and will not succeed in the end.
An outsider can see that Liu Biao is not good, how can you expect Jingzhou Haojie to open up territory for you (about the position of the Jingzhou Haojia, which will be analyzed separately later, ** is also quite large) Gan Ning learned that Jiangdong was recruiting talents and wanted to go east to Wu.
When passing through Xiakou, it was left by Huang Zu, although Huang Zu took a fancy to Gan Ning's force, but as a wealthy family in Jingzhou, he did not reuse the foreign Gan Ning (Zu Buruzhi) Even if Gan Ning shot Ling Cao this time and made a great contribution, he still could not get Huang Zu's reuse (Zu was exempted, the army was dismissed and returned to the camp, and Ning was as before) Why did the Jingzhou army have been defeated repeatedly, the reason is this, if you have merit or not, who will work hard for you!
The governor of Jiangxia (when he was the commander of the Jiangxia Military Region and the second-in-command of Jiangxia County) Su Fei recommended it repeatedly, but Huang Zu just didn't need it! Su Fei also lost confidence, he knew that it was only a matter of time before Xiakou was captured by Sun Quan, and it was time to find a way out for himself.
He saw Gan Ning's intention to defect to Jiangdong, and arranged for Gan Ning to be the head of the city, and Gan Ning took advantage of this opportunity to take his original subordinates to Dongtou Sun Quan (Fei Baizu, Tingningzhi County.
Recruit the dead and the righteous followers, hundreds of people) Gan Ning was also righteous enough, and later desperately saved Su Fei in front of Sun Quan. Knowing that Gan Ning came to vote, Sun Quan was overjoyed and valued him very much.
Gan Ning was also very happy, and sure enough, he didn't vote for the wrong person, and he immediately offered Sun Quan's advice: Today, Han Zuo is declining, Cao Cao is in trouble, and he will eventually be a usurper. The land of Nanjing. The shape of the mountains is convenient, the rivers circulate, and the sincerity is the west of the country.
Ning has watched Liu Biao, thinking that it is not far away, and his son is inferior, and he is not able to inherit the inheritance. The supreme should be the morning rule, not the aftermath. For the plan, it is advisable to take Huang Zu first. The ancestor is old this year, he is very old, he is very old, he is lacking in wealth and valley, he is deceived left and right, he is interested in goods and profits, he invades the officials, the officials are resentful, the boats and ships are not in use, they are not in use, they are lazy in farming, and the army is unable to fight.
The supreme is going forward, and its destruction is inevitable. As soon as the ancestral army is broken, the drum marches to the west, and the west is according to Chu Pass, and the general trend is wide, and Bashu can be gradually regulated. In this place of Jingzhou, the mountain barrier is convenient, the rivers are unimpeded, the general should be the first to attack strong, defeat Huang Zu, and then beat the drum to the west, according to Chu Pass, and gradually seek the land of Bashu.
Gan Ning revealed the truth of Jiangxia: Huang Zu is old and mediocre, his cronies around him are embezzling military rations, there are many complaints underneath, morale is very low, the warships and ** are seriously damaged, no one repairs them, and the soldiers are even more lacking in training.
The Jingzhou army has no combat effectiveness at all now! Hurry up, you will definitely be able to defeat Huang Zu. At this time, Jiangdong suppressed Shanyue after five years of bloody battles (see this article for details: A campaign against Xiakou, why did Sun Quan, who had the advantage, choose to withdraw from the army?). , there is a lot of internal opposition to sending troops. Zhang Zhao, the second-in-command, questioned: Jiangdong itself is in danger, and if the army really marches westward, I am afraid it will inevitably lead to domestic chaos.
The mobile fortress on the river was difficult to break, and the Jiangdong army suffered heavy losses from the baptism of arrows. When the decisive moment of victory came, the Jiangdong Army needed to break through the rope between the two Mengchong warships in order to break through the Han River and land on the beach.
At this critical moment, Ling Tong and Dong Xi stepped forward, wearing two layers of armor, each leading a hundred dead soldiers, and rushed into the two ships in a boat. Dong Xi cut the rope with his own hands, causing the Mengchong battleship to move sideways, and Sun Quan's army was able to continue advancing.
Subsequently, the two sides launched a decisive battle in Hanshui, and Lü Meng personally beheaded Chen Zhuo, the governor of Huang Zushui's army, which made Huang Zushui's army chaotic and fled in all directions. Huang Zu saw that the general trend had gone, and was about to open the city gate to escape, but was chased and beheaded by the Jiangdong army.
Xiakou was lost, Huang Zu died, and Jingzhou's eastern defense line completely collapsed. However, just as the Jiangdong Army was immersed in the joy of victory, the news of Cao Cao's southward movement came.