Shu Chen

Chapter 482

The first barrier for Shouchun City against the enemies coming from the south was Lijiangshui (now Doujian River).

This river, located more than [-] miles south of Shouchun, connects Dongfeishui and Shaopi. Simple pontoon bridges can be crossed by force, but boats cannot fight on the waterway because of the difficulty in turning around.

According to common sense, after Wei Guo lost Hefei New City, he must be able to predict that Jiangdong will commit crimes in the future, so he should guard this river.

But Wei Guotai Wei Manchong did not.

Moreover, Jiangdong arrived outside Shouchun City in late summer and June this year, and he was planning to grab some to farm outside the city as military rations.

However, it was only when they arrived that they discovered that Wei Guo had no farmland left in Huainan.

These two surprises also made Lu Xun no longer want to storm Shouchun City.

Abandoned the dangerous places and abandoned the fertile fields outside the city.
In other words, there is no shortage of food and fodder in the city, and Wei Guo's confidence that he can defend Wuyou only by relying on the city.

Even, maybe the reason why Man Chong gave up the defense of Li Jiangshui was because he wanted Wu Guo to come to attack the fortifications as soon as possible, meet the head and blood under the city wall as soon as possible, and return with his soldiers.

Moreover, Lu Xun also knew that Wei Zhendong General Wang Ling, who was sitting in the city, would definitely hold the idea of ​​"if people don't die, the city can't be broken".This person is the apprentice of Wei Wu Cao Cao who was promoted from the "Kun Punishment", and was once assigned to the prime minister's mansion, he can be regarded as a loyal minister of the Wei State.

In this case, if Jiangdong wants to benefit from the war on the Eastern Front, he should divide his troops to monitor Shouchun, and don't send the main force to go north to Qingxu in Guangling.

The south of Xuzhou is also densely covered with water.

If Jiangdong's elite soldiers can enter the lower reaches of the Huai River, and then turn to occupy Sishui to the Xiapi city, then they can use Sishui as the boundary to divide the East and West, and analyze most of Xuzhou from the territory of Wei State!

It is also possible to let the elite navy cross the sea and enter Donglai, and the land and sea will enter Qingzhou in the north.

Gein, with the current strength of the Wei state, Cao Rui couldn't mobilize many Luoyang Chinese troops to come to the east for rescue because of the restraint of the big Han entering the pass.

However, even though he realized something in his heart, Lu Xun still did not change his strategy.

It's not that Sun Quan didn't give him the right to make a decisive decision.

But as the person who made the aristocratic families of the Wu land fight to the death, he, like Sun Quan, cannot change his course, and cannot and dare not disappoint this "united will is a city".

The military information from Quan Cong made him see another possibility.

Entering Shaopi trying to break through the Quan Cong Department at the Huaishui Port, the soldiers came to Man Chong's garrison and knew that they could not stop Man Chong from sending troops to rescue Shouchun.

Wei Jun has already blocked the river connecting Shaopi and Huai River
There is no way for the ships of the navy to dock.

And Man Chong also ordered the soldiers to be transported to the "Wooden City" to build camps along both sides of the port, forming a crescent-shaped camp, which completely eliminated the possibility of the Wu army going ashore from Shaopi. 【Note 1】

Therefore, the intention of Quan Cong's letter was to invite Lu Xun to increase his troops with him, so that he would have enough troops to occupy Anfeng County in Anfeng County and open up the entrance to Huaihe from Shaopi by land.

Anfeng County is the second year of Wei Huangchu (221), when Cao Pi divided the counties of Qi County, Anfeng, Anfeng and Yulou in the northwest of Lujiang County to Yuzhou.

Anfeng County is the county seat.

From Anfeng County to the north, you can reach Anfengjin, which crosses the Huai River; if you go east, you will arrive at Yangyuan, where Shaopi enters the Huaihe River.

That is to say, Quan Cong wanted to build plank roads openly and hide Chen Cang secretly.

He planned to make the Wu army go north to occupy Anfengjin in the upper reaches of the Shouchun Huai River, forcing Man Chong to divide his troops from Yangyuan to fight, and to help Lu Xun attack Shouchun to contain the Wei reinforcements outside the city.

Because the soldiers and horses he asked for were not from Lu Xun's army, but he wanted the Zhu Ju part stationed in Lu'an County to send thousands of soldiers and horses.

However, after Lu Xun got the book, he did not follow his advice to join the Zhu army.

The reason is that where Zhu Ju is guarding, it is related to the safety of Sun Quan and the entire army's food road in Lujiang County, and cannot be transferred.

However, he sent Zhuge Ke, Chen Biao, and Ding Feng's troops to listen to Quan Cong's order, and assigned [-] troops to Hussar General Bu Zhi to supervise the continued siege of the city, while he himself supervised an army of [-] to Yangyang. Yuan Jinfa intends to flank with Quan Cong left and right to attack Man Chong's department.

Bu Zhi had been guarding Xiling before, and what he was guarding against were the soldiers and horses deployed by the big man in Yong'an.

Last year, after Sun Quan and the Great Han agreed to attack the Wei State at the same time, he rejected the advice of other ministers with the words "all the Han troops have entered the Guanzhong, how can you seek the heart of Wu State?" Soldiers and horses turned to Huainan to help in the battle.

He is from Xuzhou.

If Jiangdong successfully breaks through Shouchun and occupies Huainan completely, then Sun Quan will use him as his governor to go north to Qingxu, and he can more or less win the support of some local scholars.

It can be regarded as a rainy day.

Yes, Lu Xun made such arrangements because he knew that Shouchun was invincible in his urgency, so he turned to defeat the Manchong Ministry first and resist the reinforcements from Luoyang, occupying the Huai River.

At that time, if everything goes well and Shouchun becomes an isolated city, it will only be a matter of time before it is breached.

In other words, in desperation, Lu Xun had no choice but to pin his hope of fully occupying Huainan on the Guanzhong dispute between the Han and Wei Dynasties.

If the big Han can force the Wei army to the point where it is unsustainable in Guanzhong, the Luoyang Zhongjun of Wei State must turn back to guard the pass, otherwise the "mandate of heaven" of Wei Daihan will be lost!
This kind of price is much more serious than losing Huainan, Cao Rui naturally knows which is more important.

And if the Han army is defeated or defeated in Guanzhong, then from a strategic point of view, Jiangdong will also be forced to strike back—just because of the pressure of Wei Guoyongliang's various ministries to enter Jingxiang, Jiangdong's army will not be able to continue. Stay in Huainan.

When Zhuge Ke, Chen Biao and other troops arrived, Quan Cong, who had learned of Lu Xun's dispatch, was silent for a while.

It's not that there is any dissatisfaction or criticism of Lu Xun's scheduling.

And he didn't expect that Lu Xun, who was known for his prudence in employing soldiers and could even be slandered as conservative and not enterprising, would be so decisive and bold this time.

There is a faint aggressive style of doing all the work in one battle and not predicting the future.

Of course!

It is radical.

Gein's deployment will allow Wei Guo to find an opportunity to cut off the return of Wu Jun.

The Luoyang Central Army of the State of Wei could have come from Yuzhou, walked straight through Anfeng County, inserted obliquely into the East Feishui River Valley of Hefei New City and Chengde's garrison point, and left them all in Shaopi.

Don't expect the Zhu Ju Department stationed in Lu'an to stop Luoyang's army.

Zhu Jubu, with only over [-] people, was to contain the troops of Yuzhou County of Wei State. If they abandoned their camps and came out to intercept Luoyang's Chinese army, it would be an act of death without any suspense.

However, after Quan Cong was silent for a moment, he immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals, and acted according to Lu Xun's dispatch.

Because he didn't have a better battle plan either.

Instead of the same kind of innocuous war as before, it is better to take this opportunity and fight with absolute superiority in strength.

Yes, even if the Luoyang Central Army of the State of Wei came to reinforce them, the Wu army still had an absolute advantage in strength.

The reason for such a situation is not limited to the fact that Wu Guo went all out.

For one thing, the states on the eastern front of the Wei State that were severely damaged in the previous Shiting Battle still have not recovered their war heritage.

The other is that in Huainan today, except for Lujiang County, which belongs to Wu, there is no one inhabited.

Li Shu in counties such as Lu'an, Bo'an, and Xinfeng County all migrated away after the change of ownership in Hefei Xincheng.

While preventing Li Shu from being plundered by Jiangdong, it will also expand the scope of Wu's advance.In order to ensure the safety of the rear, Wei Guo naturally added many defensive points and sent troops to build fortifications.

Under such circumstances, Wei’s soldiers and horses in Huainan, except for the more than 30,000 soldiers stationed in Shouchun and the [-] soldiers of Sun Li on Bagong Mountain, only had [-] people from the Manchong Tribe and [-] cavalry stationed on the north bank of the Huai River.

As for the Chinese army stationed in Luoyang, in addition to the necessary troops for defense, Cao Rui often sent about [-] cavalry to assist Huainan or Jingxiang.

Based on the fact that the Wu army is now mobilizing more than [-] troops, it naturally has an advantage in strength.

The only worry is that Wei Guobu rides on the plains and fights on land, and his combat power is stronger than Wu Guo.

In particular, the Luoyang Central Army, which is famous for its sharpness, was often able to outnumber the enemy and win the battles between Wei and Wu in the past.

Quan Cong called Lu Xun's scheduling a gamble in his heart, but it was a gamble on the time difference.Seeing that he and Lu Xun succeeded in attacking the Manchong troops from left to right, it was faster for the commander of the Luoyang Zhongjun to drive and cut off the Wu army's return.

Because if the Wu army defeats the Manchong tribe and is able to enter the Huai River, it will be able to drive into the heart of the Central Plains for a long time, and there is no need to worry about the way back!

Of course, there is another possibility of war.

For example, the Luoyang Central Army of the State of Wei did not intend to cut off the Wu army's return route, but chose a more secure tactic, and went straight to Anfeng County or Yangyuan to fight the Wu army.

Therefore, Quan Cong also adopted a very safe way of advancing.

After arriving in Anfeng County, he asked Ding Feng's troops to spread the cavalry around the periphery to guard.

Don't send Zhuge Ke and Chen Biao to attack Anfengjin.

It doesn't matter whether they can break through or let the Wu army cross the Huai River from Jinkou, but they must contain the ferry to prevent Luoyang's Chinese army from crossing the river smoothly and delay their arrival at the battlefield.

And he led the army from Anfeng County to Yangyuan.

Before the departure, he selected [-] people who dared to die from the army as the front, and ordered Ren Du and Zhang Zhen to lead the way.

Both Ren Du and Zhang Zhen were generals under Zhu Huan before, and they were brave enough to risk their lives before the battle, and they were one of the few people in Quan Cong's army who could lead the charge.

The march of Lu Xun's troops was almost the same as his.

He also raised a lot of money to raise [-] dead soldiers, with the generous leader of Liuzan as the forerunner, and he himself led the army to look at Yangyuan from behind.

But in Yangyuan, when the scouts reported Wu Jun's actions, Man Chong let out a long sigh of relief.

Said: "It will help!"
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[Note 1: Wooden city, the battle tool for defending the city placed outside the city or on the battlements in ancient times. "Hanshu·Chen Tang Biography": "There is a heavy wooden city outside the earth city. Shooting from the wooden city can kill outsiders." feet, battlements five feet high, two rolls of wood, and large bamboo nails, floating on the pegs. It can be carried by two people, and the weight is equal. On the city, they stand on the crenels to prevent night raids; In the middle, you can go down to the camp with your shoulders and set up a camp."]

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