Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 687
Xiling, the mouth of the gorge.

In the early years, in order to fight against Cao Wei who occupied the north, Soochow occupied the Taihu Plain and Jianghuai Plain, and in order to communicate with the Shu Han who occupied the Sichuan Basin, they relied heavily on the Yangtze River water transportation.

Especially after the Shu Han conquered Longyou, in order to obtain a large number of horses, Soochow canceled some tariffs, making Xiling gradually prosperous and becoming the economic center of communication between Han and Wu.

Of course, if there are too many people, there will be all kinds of people appearing and haunting, and it will naturally become one of the intelligence centers for the big man to spy on the inside of Jingzhou.

When Liu Chan sent troops to Xiling, an important piece of information was sent to the army, which helped the pioneer Chen Dao get off to a good start.

Chen Dao deserves to be praised by Chen Shou as the general of "the famous Changya Zhao Yun, all of whom are loyal and brave".Fighting against Wu, he performed well. The last time he faced the attack of [-] Buzhi soldiers, Chen Dao took advantage of Wu's slackness and led [-] soldiers out of the city.

And after he joined Huang Quan's army this time, according to the information from Xiling, Yanxiong's father had a mansion in the mountain, and he had more than [-] hu of military rations, which had not yet been put into the city by Bu Zhi.So Chen Dao suggested that Huang Quan lead an army to pretend to attack Yiling, while he actually led an army to attack Xiongfu's residence.

After reading it, Liu Chan directly approved Chen Dao's opinion.So Huang Quan attacked Yiling, and Bu Zhi defended himself behind closed doors, while Chen Dao led an elite army of [-] troops to attack Xiongfu's residence.

The camp of the Han army and the camp of the Chinese army.

Chen Dao, the veteran who broke through Xiongfu's residence, laughed from ear to ear, took off his sword and handed it to the attendant in front of the guard's tent, took off his helmet, and entered the tent.

Seeing that Liu Chan was in a high position, Chen Dao knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, I did not disgrace my mission. I led 32 elite troops to defeat Xiongfu, and received 4000 hu of rice. I also captured General Tan Dan of Wu Anbei, and sent him to Jiangdong. Wu Junmin [-] people."

Liu Chan showed joy, got up and left the case, helped Chen Dao up, and said: "The old general has made great achievements, and he is nearly seventy years old. He should not be inferior to Lianpo's courage."

Chen Dao didn't dare to take the credit and be proud, he cupped his hands and said, "I dare not take the credit, this battle depends on your Majesty's decision, and the help of Huang Taiwei's troops."

"Haha!" Liu Chan patted Chen Dao on the shoulder, very satisfied.

Chen Dao, a native of Runan, Yuzhou.When Lao Liu led the governor of Yuzhou, he defected to Lao Liu and became his confidant.He started joining the army in 197 AD, and by around 240 AD, he also became a general guarding one side from a young boy.

Once upon a time, Chen Dao thought that he would die of old age in Yong'an, and there would be no more meritorious deeds.Unexpectedly, opportunities have come to him in these years, from assisting Wang Ping to conquer Fangling, to beheading Buxie, and now offering advice and seizing more than [-] dendrobium, it can be said that the timing has come to make his name known to the world.

Liu Chan also liked the veteran Chen Dao very much. I have to say that the veteran Liu left for him was really useful.

What is the concept of 32 dendrobium military rations? An ordinary soldier needs one and a half stones of military rations a month, and 5000 stones a month for a 8-strong army.However, the Han army that attacked Xiling from the Yangtze River this time was only [-] people, and the food and grass needed for a month was only [-] shi.

The 32 dendrobium (stone) military rations are equivalent to the expenditure of the army for more than three months.No matter how convenient the water transportation is, there will definitely be damages on the way and between transportations, and there will be troubles for the people of Bashu.Therefore, the 32 hu of military rations seized this time gave the big man more confidence to fight this battle.

After all, in the past two years, an army of more than [-] troops was continuously raised to fight. Although they rested for about a year, their vitality was still lacking.

Liu Chan restrained his expression and rewarded everyone, saying: "Chen Qing's attack on Xiongfu's residence in this battle is really a great achievement, and his previous achievements, he was named the Marquis of Yong'an County to reward his achievements. Anguo, these soldiers will be rewarded according to their respective military achievements. There is no need to be stingy with rewards and promotions in turn."

"promise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the congratulations were over, Liu Chan and Huang Quan discussed the strategy of attacking Xiling (Yiling).

For this use of troops, Liu Chan, Huang Quan and other high-level generals of the Han army have discussed it many times. In particular, Huang Quan participated in the battle of the old Liu Yiling, so the Han army is very cautious about this battle.

Under such circumstances, Liu Chan drew on the failure of the old Liu Yiling battle, and gave up the method of marching on the south bank to attack Yidao, but attacked Yiling City in the north of the river.

After Lao Liu was blocked by Xiaoting when he advanced by land and water, he chose the army to continue to penetrate into Yidao City on one side, in order to prevent the flank from being exposed to the Wu army.He also dispatched Huang Quan to cross the Yangtze River and set up camp in Jiangbei to guard against side attacks from Cao Wei and Lu Xun's headquarters.

However, Lu Xun paid attention to the terrain of the Three Gorges, and deliberately retreated so that Lao Liu was affected by the terrain and other factors and had to be divided into dozens of camps, which Lu Xun took advantage of.

Of course, the choice of the Shu Han to attack Yiling first is also related to the current situation. Now Jingbei and the three old eastern counties are taken by the Han, and there is no threat to the north of the Yangtze River of the Han Dynasty.

Facing the topography of Yiling on the sand table, Huang Quan said: "Your Majesty, from the Three Gorges down to Yiling, there are mountains and peaks, and the river flows in it, whirling and turbulent. When it reaches the mouth of Xiling Gorge, it begins to flow into an advection. Yiling is right at the mouth of the gorge. Therefore, it is considered that Wu's pass is limited. And Wu restrained our army's navy here. If our army wants to make the land and water parallel in order to take Jingchu, we must first break through Wu's Xiling (Yiling) and pass Jingmen and Huya Mountains. As for Yi Dao said, if our army occupies the north of the Yangtze River, it will be easy to break through if it is surrounded by bread."

Xiling was originally Yiling, but Sun Quan changed its name to Xiling, which is located in the north of the Yangtze River.As for the fact that Yidao is located south of the Yangtze River and southeast of Xiling, it is not the same place.

It is not difficult to understand why Xiling and the Jingmen and Huya mountains to the east of Xiling should be broken first.The water of the Yangtze River comes out of the Three Gorges, and there are continuous stretches of dangerous peaks and mountains on both banks to the east of Xiling.There is Huya Mountain on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Jingmen Mountain on the south bank, forming a dangerous situation of confrontation across the river.

In the meantime, the terrain is connected by mountains and mountains, with dense forests, many valleys, streams, and ponds. It can be said that the hills are undulating and the ravines are vertical and horizontal.It is difficult to dredge and dispatch large troops here, which is why Liu Bei camped here and was vulnerable to Lu Xun's fire attack.

At the same time, there are steep and hard rocks between the two mountains, which are in stark contrast to the gentle and soft sandy riverbank in Yiling, which stretches for about three miles along the river.

Not only that, the Yangtze River Basin between the two mountains has a large area of ​​reefs, forming a thousand-year-old dangerous shoal, named Huya Beach. Not only is the current fast, but there are many hidden reefs, which pose a great threat to boats.

This is also the fundamental reason why Liu Bei gave up land and water advances. Without mastering Xiaoting (Jingmen and Huya Mountains), the combat strategy of advancing land and water cannot be implemented.

We must know that when the Eastern Han Dynasty ruled the world, Gongsun Shuqian, who ruled Sichuan, occupied Yiling. The two men occupied Jingmen and Huya, and built pontoon bridges and Doulou on the Hengjiang River. They erected pillars to cut off the waterway. To reject Han soldiers.The army of the Eastern Han Dynasty attacked many times, but all ended in failure.

Until two years later, Cen Peng used fire attack tactics, flying a torch to burn it, the wind was furious, and the bridge collapsed.It was only then that this dangerous location was successfully regained.

That is to say, if Liu Chan wants to attack Jingchu, he must complete the tasks that Lao Liu did not complete in the past, and get through the strategic plan of parallel land and water.

Liu Chan followed Huang Quan's train of thought and said: "According to the Taiwei's words, we can send troops to station outside Xiling City, break through the city of Xiling first, and then attack Xiaoting. Then we will see how the battle in Jiangling is going. Let Wang Ping send his troops to the west, attack Xiaoting from front to back, and open up the waterway, so that the whole land and water are parallel."

Huang Quan cupped his hands towards Liu Chan, and said: "Your Majesty, Lu Xun's army is stationed in Le Township, and he will probably send troops to the west to help. Our army still needs to prevent the infantry from attacking it."

Liu Chan pondered for a while and said, "Where are Fu Xun and Yuan Hong?"

"The end is here!"

"I ordered you to lead thousands of troops to build ravines along the mountain to prevent Lu Xun from coming from the east, thus breaking the siege of Yiling." Liu Chan said.

"No!" Fu Shen and Yuan Hong replied.

"Where is Huo Yi?"

"The end is here!"

"I ordered your navy to build a water fortress with ten thousand people on the south bank to prevent Lu Xun from cutting off our army's logistics." Liu Chan said.

"No!" Huo Yi replied.

"The remaining generals will follow me to attack Yiling City." Liu Chan said in a deep voice.

"No!" Everyone responded.

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