Chapter 526 A great victory
The public security war became a symbol of Soochow's overall decline.
Under the fire at Youjiangkou, Soochow's 70,000-strong army was defeated. Under the fierce pursuit of the Han army, most of the Wu army was lost and countless surrendered.
After the war, the Han army counted more than 10,000 heads of Wu soldiers and more than 20,000 surrendered prisoners. Counting those who died from being trampled on each other and drowned in the Yangtze River, it is roughly estimated that Soochow lost more than 50,000 people.
Those who actually survived and fled to Jiangling were only 20,000 people.
This also shows from the side that in fact Sun Quan's upper limit of army command is still quite high. The more troops they command, the better. If they lead fewer troops, they will lose more miserably.
In addition to the loss of troops, all the food, grass and baggage in Soochow were completely lost. Dozens of veteran generals died in the rebellion, and many veteran generals, including Lu Dai, were captured alive.
Sun Quan, the king of Wei and Wu, was beaten to the point of paralysis by Ma Su. If Ma Su hadn't taken the initiative to let him go for the sake of the situation in the southeast, he would have been completely cold by now.
Moreover, Soochow lost more than just its troops in this battle. At the same time, all the morale of Soochow and a large population were lost.
After the Battle of Gong'an, the remaining Jingnan counties surrendered to the Han army almost immediately. Sometimes, even before the Han army set off, surrender officials from counties and counties would already come to the police to greet them.
In just half a month, Soochow completely lost all its territory in Jingnan. A large area of territory, including Cangwu County, all had the surname Liu.
In such a short period of time, Soochow lost nearly one-third of its troops and one-fifth of its territory, which can be said to be a real loss of strength. After this battle, not only Jingnan was completely lost, but even Jiaozhou was in danger.
Jiangling, as the front line of Jingzhou, went from being backed by the base in the southeast to being deeply embedded in the territory of the Han Dynasty, becoming the only protruding part.
If Jiangling is lost again, Soochow is afraid that all efforts will be in vain.
Such a huge defeat caused everyone in Soochow to panic. From Jiangling to Jianye, from Yangzhou to Jiaozhou, everyone in Soochow was in panic.
Since then, Ma Su's power has spread throughout Soochow, and people in Wu all talk about Ma Su's change of attitude. Now they don't dare to scare the children with Ma Su's name, for fear of scaring the children to death.
In stark contrast to Soochow, there was a lot of joy on the Han side. Among them, many scholars and generals of the Jingzhou faction in Ma Di's army cried with joy. They held each other's arms and cried, feeling that they had finally returned to their hometown.
"General Hussars, we have wiped out at least 50,000 enemies in this battle, and the loot is piled up like a mountain."
After counting the loot, Liu Yin came to report to Ma Su. However, Liu Yin had just reported a few sentences to Ma Su when the excited Xiang Chong snatched the bamboo slip and wanted to report to Ma Su himself.
"General! Under your wise leadership, we have won a great victory! Now the entire four counties of Jingnan have been recovered. We have taken back all the territories where the late emperor used to live in Public Security Bureau!"
"And so far, except for Jiangling and Jiangxia in Nanjun, the entire Jingzhou has basically been recovered!"
During the report, Xiang Chong could not suppress the excitement in his voice. As he talked, Xiang Chong almost cried.
Jingzhou, Jingzhou, he is completely tied to Ji Han's national destiny. When it was lost, the entire Jingzhou sect felt like the sky was falling.
Their hometown is gone, and they have truly become rootless people...
But now, under the leadership of Ma Su, they came back with thousands of troops!
How could Xiang Chong from Jingzhou calm down?
"Jubi, I know you are very happy, but don't be happy too soon. We haven't captured Jiangling yet!" Ma Di waved his hand and said to Xiang Chong calmly.
"The two most critical places in Jingzhou, Jiangling and Jiangxia, are still in Wu Jun's hands. As long as these two places are not taken back, Jingzhou is not safe."
For Ma Su, although this was indeed a meaningful victory, it was just that. Compared with his record of defeating 200,000 Wei troops in Nanyang, Ma Di had no trouble with this.
So instead of partying with his men, he began to review the battle situation.
In this battle, because of Sun Quan's own free sacrifice, the Han army basically achieved decisive victories on all fronts, except for the naval army.
Zhou Xun was not a qualified subordinate, but he was indeed a qualified general. Even though Sun Quan was being chased, he still did not panic, but calmly commanded the navy to resist the Han army's offensive, which was somewhat like Zhou Yu's style.
Under his command, the Soochow navy used only one-third of its strength to block the entire main force of the Han army without any support from Jiangling.
Guan Xing commanded Qu to fight desperately all night, but gained little. Zhou Xun waited until everything had settled and there were no more infantry to rescue him before he took the initiative to retreat. Moreover, the retreat was still in an orderly manner, without giving Guan Xing any chance.
Obviously, the Han army still has nothing to do with Soochow's navy. This also means that the end of the Han army's attack is Jingzhou.
At least before defeating the Soochow navy, it was impossible for the Han army to invade Yangzhou.
"It seems that after recapturing Jiangling, Jingzhou's focus will have to shift to fully training the navy." Ma Di squinted his eyes and made a judgment on the current situation.
This cannot be done in a short time, it will take at least three or four years. Before the navy training is completed, it is basically impossible to eliminate Soochow.
But before that, Ma Di had to take down Jiangling and connect Jingnan and Jingbei into one.
"I just don't know how this battle will affect Jiangling's morale, and whether it can help a little bit in the attack..."
"General Hussars! Nanyang is in danger!"
Before Ma Su could finish talking to himself, he was suddenly interrupted by a hurried shout. A messenger rushed in hurriedly and handed Li Hui's urgent letter to Ma Di.
"Nanyang is in danger! The puppet Wei has raised 100,000 troops to launch an offensive against Nanyang! The enemy's vanguard has arrived in Ye County, and Commander Li is asking the general for help!"
"Huh? Puppet Wei is entering at this time?" Ma Di was a little surprised.
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At the same time, Ye County, Nanyang County,
After more than two years, the Wei Army Corps appeared again at the gate of Ye County. Moreover, this time the Wei army used extremely large forces, dispatching 100,000 troops in one breath.
And this time the coach is Cao Wei's most experienced veteran in fighting Xishu so far, the current General Guo Huai of Zhenxi!
"So, Ma Di has already made contact with Soochow?"
Guo Huai looked at the battle report coming from the south. It said that Sun Quan had attacked the public security forces, and Ma Di seemed to have taken Guiyang south.
"If this is really the case, our trip will probably be in vain, and Sun Quan will definitely lose..."