Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 200 Encirclement and suppression
June 21st of the tenth year of Jian'an.

After noon, the weather in Jiangxia was still gloomy.

In the great flood in [-], the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River suffered continuous torrential rain for three months.

Although there is no record of how long the Battle of Xiangfan lasted, it was able to cause the Han River to rise by more than 20 meters, so it must not be much less.

However, this year's rain is actually far inferior to the floods in [-] and the battle of Xiangfan. From mid-May to the end of June, it lasted for just over a month.

So even though the Yangtze River is also rising now, it has not been exaggerated to the point of submerging the entire middle and lower reaches, but the water level has risen by two or three feet, and the cities along the way are still relatively safe.

Chaisang County, the urban area of ​​Jiujiang City in later generations, was called Jiujiang Pavilion at this time, named after Wang Mang's period.

At this moment, to the west of Jiujiang Pavilion and to the north of Chaisang County is the Bali Lake of later generations. Hundreds of boats are parked on the lake.

Not only Bali Lake, but also Saihu Lake, East Lake and even Chihu Lake are now full of big ships of the Jiangxia Navy.

At that time, Bali Lake was connected with Peng Lize, including the surrounding Sai Lake, East Lake, Chi Lake, and Longgan Lake, Daguan Lake, Taibai Lake, and Huang Lake in the north, all of which were part of Peng Lize.

In the south, Chihu, Balihu, Saihu and other places are swampy lakes washed out by the Yangtze River, surrounded by dense forests and backed by mountains, so they have become a natural haven and used as a pier.

Just like Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang once had a water battle in this area, as the most important connection channel between Hubei and Jiangxi, this place is of great importance.

The sky was still lightly raining, and the gate of Chaisang City had already been opened, and the yellow mud road outside the city was full of potholes and yellow stagnant water.

Crowds of soldiers came out slowly, and jumped over along the edge of the road or when they encountered puddles. If there was no way to jump over, they stepped on the puddles with one deep foot and one shallow foot, trying to pick up the places that could be walked Walk.

Because he didn't expect it to rain for so long, the preparations for the coir raincoats in Huang Zu's army were seriously insufficient. Except for the generals, only middle and lower-level officers could be allocated a coir raincoat. rain.

This is also a big blow to the morale and morale of the army.

At this moment, Huang Zu was riding on a horse, wearing coir raincoats, and walked slowly towards the river surrounded by many personal guards. He is actually a rather rough person, and he is quite stubborn, and he is very unwilling to be judged by others.

In history, Liu Biao took advantage of Huang Zu's personality traits to kill people with a knife, and asked Huang Zu to help him get rid of Mi Heng, whom he hated.

But Huang Zu is rude and stubborn, it doesn't mean he is stupid.

As a navy general whose ability is still higher than that of Zhang Yun and Cai Mao, he is very clear that what Shen Chen said in the letter is correct.

Due to the torrential rain for several days, the grain road was cut off, and the morale and morale of the army fell sharply. If Jiangdong took the opportunity to attack at this time, he would definitely be in a very embarrassing situation.

So for Shen Chen's suggestion, he chose to accept it.

In the direction of Bali Lake in the northeast, Su Fei who was stationed at Jiujiang Pavilion had already boarded the ship. He led 5000 people, nearly a hundred ships of various sizes, and [-] to [-] warships of various types, and sailed north to the Yangtze River.

Huang Zu looked at Peng Lize, where the wind was howling and the waves were rolling, and there was a thin layer of fog on the river. Su Fei's team drove towards Huangmei Pavilion on the other side of the river.

"Get on board!"

As soon as he gave an order, more than [-] Jingzhou sailors slowly began to board the ship.

The turbulent Peng Lize was like a vast ocean at this time, because the heavy rain washed away the sediment upstream, and the lake and river water were mixed together, making it extremely turbid.

About half an hour after Su Fei's fleet left, the main force of Jiang Xia's navy also set sail and headed towards the north bank.

The fleet entered the Yangtze River, and instantly felt the difference from that in Bali Lake.

Bali Lake is a U-shaped port that has been washed out. The water flow will be much calmer after entering the Yangtze River. However, after entering the Yangtze River, the upper reaches of the river are rolling, and it is flood tide again. The boats are bumping and surging, and it is difficult to drive on the river.

Huang Zu stood at the head of the river watching, and after a while, he saw some small black shadows looming in the faint mist in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, to the east of the vast Pengli Lake.

Peng Lize's field of vision was like the sea. Although the weather was gloomy, the fog was very thin, so it didn't particularly hinder his field of vision.

He could see those little black shadows, but in reality those black shadows might be several kilometers away from them, and it would take at least half an hour to drive here, so there was no need to worry.

The fleet is still sailing on the river against the wind and waves.

Peng Lize in the Han Dynasty not only included Longgan Lake, but also included Konglong Town and Xinkai Town in the south of Huangmei County, Hubei Province. become land.

So if Huang Zu wanted to go north to Xunyang, he would have to sail at least 20 kilometers.If you don't go to Xunyang, you will have to travel [-] to [-] kilometers up the Yangtze River to Xiazhi County.

Therefore, going to Xunyang has become the best choice.

However, Xunyang County in the Han Dynasty was not Huangmei County in later generations, but in the southeast of Huangmei County and northeast of Wuxue City, probably in the area of ​​the North Station of Wuxue in later generations, near Taibai Lake.

At this moment, Shen Chen and Liu Qi had also arrived in Xunyang County.

Both Xunyang and Chaisang are the bridgeheads for attacking Jiangdong. The difference is that Xunyang is north of the Yangtze River and can threaten Lujiang and Jiujiang counties in Yangzhou, while Chaisang is south of the Yangtze River and can threaten Danyang and Wujun in the hinterland of Yangzhou. key locations.

So to a certain extent, giving up Chaisang would actually give Jiangdong a sigh of relief.

But for Huang Zu, as long as his army is still there, he has the confidence to drive the Jiangdong Navy from Peng Lize back to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so even if he loses Chaisang, an important strategic location, it doesn't matter.

"General, those ships seem to be our ships."

The ship was halfway through the voyage, when it was almost in the area of ​​Konglong Town in later generations, the deputy general Chen Sheng looked at the ship on Peng Lize from afar and reported to Huang Zu.

Huang Zu said in a deep voice: "It should be Su Fei's fleet. I asked them to go to Huangmei Pavilion to guard Pengli's entrance to the river. It seems that the Jiangdong navy is coming. Shen Chen is right, and the Jiangdong navy also expected it." When the time comes, we will retreat, and we will definitely come to intercept it."

Chen Sheng looked over and said: "Now we are short of food and grass, and the morale of the soldiers is not high. Fighting with them in Peng Lize will definitely suffer. If Su Fei retreats, shouldn't we immediately send people to go down and call people over?"

Of course, not all of the [-] Jiangxia navy were in Chaisang, and there were only [-] in Chaisang. Among them, Xiazhi, Xunyang, E County, Qichun, and Zhu County each had thousands of troops left behind. Not focused.

Huang Zu shook his head and said: "It's too late to mobilize the troops now, it's okay, I told Su Fei before I left, let him go to the south of Peng Lize, follow the Ganshui River to Nanchang, there will be Liu Pan's soldiers and horses there, this is also a chance Lead the Jiangdong navy away."

"To the south leading to Nanchang?"

Chen Sheng thought for a while, and suddenly realized, he gave a thumbs up and said in admiration: "The general's ingenious plan is really a clever plan. If the Jiangdong navy is led to Nanchang, can we attack back and forth and defeat the Jiangdong navy?"

Huang Zu raised his head to look at the weather, shook his head and said: "It's useless, I don't know when the heavy rain will stop now. Although the rain is much lighter today, Liu Pan doesn't have a navy. It's true in this turbulent river. If I fight with the Jiangdong navy, I am afraid that we will die together."

"Forehead"

Chen Sheng thought about it. Fighting on the river is completely different from fighting on land. Especially in this kind of climate where the water level is soaring, it is not easy to sail normally, let alone fight with the enemy navy. Turn together.

So now Huang Zu just saw that the wind and rain had calmed down a bit, and he barely crossed the river to return to Jiangxia for supplies.If you really start to fight, in the tumbling waves, the possibility of both parties dying together is very high.

only.

What Huang Zu couldn't understand was that Zhou Yu, the commander of the Jiangdong Navy, was not an idiot either.

Knowing that they are already taking a lot of risks to go back, why do they have to send a fleet to intercept them?Could it be that the Jiangdong navy has developed to the point where it is not afraid of the wind and waves of the river, and is confident that it can fight the Jiangxia navy in this weather?
It's really incomprehensible.

Huang Zu shook his head, raised his head and looked into the distance, seven or eight kilometers to the north, he could vaguely see the land.

If Bali Lake is the wharf of Chaisang County, then the Taibai Lake area is the wharf of Xunyang County. It was called "Xunyang River" at that time. There are many large and small islands on the river, which later became Konglong Town and Xinkai Town in the south of Huangmei County.

In the Han Dynasty, it belonged to the ancient Jiujiang, like "Tifengding Temple" written by Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty, and "Pipa Xing" written by Bai Juyi. The story is located in this area. It was not until the Yangtze River moved south in the Song Dynasty that this place became a wilderness plain. .

The fleet avoids the large and small Jiangxin Continents, and can even see many hills and hills on those Jiangxin Continents from a distance. It is not known which one is the hill where the Fengding Temple is located hundreds of years later.

After sailing for another half an hour, the fleet finally arrived safely at the Jiangbei U-shaped inland harbor, which was almost near Taibai Lake in Huangmei County in later generations.

There is still a distance from Xunyang County. Hundreds of boats are parked on the pier at this time. There is a village gathering in the surrounding area. Standing on the board of the boat, Huang Zu saw only a few hundred soldiers standing sparsely near the pier. , suddenly frowning.

Since the evacuation of the ship depends on the weather, and the rain can only leave on a certain day, so Huang Zu and Liu Qi have no way to agree on a time.

But Liu Qi said in his letter that if the rain was less severe, he would send someone to help.

But when he saw the soldiers on the pier, Huang Zu knew that Liu Qi had never sent anyone over. These people should probably be soldiers stationed at the pier to guard the ships.

But it doesn't matter if no one responds.

Huang Zu thought that anyway, the troops of the Jiangdong navy had been transferred by Su Fei, and no one from the Jiangdong army would come to attack him.

At that moment, ships began to enter the port one after another, and Huang Zu's flagship stopped in the port.

After he got off the boat, a Qu Junhou who was stationed here immediately greeted him and saluted him: "General!"

"Where is the eldest son?"

Huang Zu asked.

Qu Junhou scratched his head and said: "Young Master sent someone over to tell Beizhi that the general might take advantage of the rain today to leave Chaisang and return to Xunyang, so Lingbei has been waiting here, but he himself doesn't know where he went. "

"Oh?"

Huang Zu felt confused. Since Liu Qi knew that he might come back today, he didn't bring anyone over to help him, but sent hundreds of soldiers to wait. What does this mean?
Could it be that he set up a reception banquet in the city?

strangeness.

Huang Zu didn't know why, but it was getting dark now, it was already 20:[-] PM, and there were still more than [-] miles away from Xunyang, and it was estimated that he could go back before dark.

So Huang Zu didn't think about it, but ordered the lieutenants to say: "Let Zhang Hu lead 3000 people as the vanguard, and Chen Sheng will leave 3000 people here to guard the ships and luggage, and the rest will follow me into the city!"

"only!"

The people took orders.

At present, according to Huang Zu's order, Zhang Hu led 3000 people to the north as the vanguard, Chen Sheng was stationed here at the village pavilion, and the remaining [-] soldiers and horses followed Zhang Hu under the leadership of Huang Zu. Look for the sun and go.

The roads in Jiangbei were also muddy, with rice fields on both sides, all of which were flooded at this time. There were countless hills and jungles, and weeds and basil, half a person's height, were blowing in the wild.

The people of Xunyang have long been relocated to Jiangxia, and the area of ​​dozens of kilometers has been deserted and there is no human habitation.

Along the muddy path that can barely be regarded as a road, it leads to the city of Xunyang County. Looking at the right side of the road, the fields are barren and the villages are abandoned. disaster.

"General!"

When Huang Zu's army left the pier for about seven or eight miles, and there were still more than ten miles to reach Xunyang City, in the drizzle, someone shouted to Huang Zu: "Look over there."

Huang Zu rode on a horse and looked to the northeast. He saw more than a dozen horses galloping towards the northeast road.

It does take courage to run a horse in the mud on a rainy day, but there is no way around it.

Especially when it is necessary to send signals, when the weather is suddenly windy and windy, it is not possible to use beacons to transmit signals, so the method of "urgently broadcasting an announcement, and people running on horseback" must be used.

The horses appeared to be very anxious, and came running quickly. Suddenly, the sound of the horn resounded from the front and filled half of the sky.

"Woooooooooo!"

"Where's the horn sound?"

Huang Zu was shocked.

If you look into the distance again, you can see that there are countless black spots on the horizon in the northeast.

"Report!"

Those horses approached, and after Huang Zu's personal guards verified their identities, a scout came to Huang Zu and said, "General, the eldest son is afraid that the Jiangdong army will attack from the land, so he has led the Xunyang defenders to Shilian Mountain to garrison. Unexpectedly, the enemy is powerful. Chang The young master had no choice but to stay out of the way and send me to inform the general!"

"I see."

Huang Zu took a deep breath and suddenly looked to the south.

Obviously, Zhou Yu saw through his strategy. Obviously, the Jiangdong navy who chased Su to Nanchang was probably just putting on a show. The real main force of the Jiangdong army came by land.

"General, what should I do?"

The lieutenant next to him quickly asked: "At this time, it is too late to go back to Xunyang or to the pier."

Huang Zu looked around and shouted angrily, "Meet the enemy!"

"Meet the enemy!"

The sharp whistle pierced the sky, and the entire Jiangxia Navy began to line up in panic!
　These chapters are the first confrontation between Shen Chen and Zhou Yu, but to be honest, I don't know what I am writing nonsense.The cold is better, but my stomach is still uncomfortable. I have a lot of pressure every day, I get angry easily, I am sick all over, and I am overweight. I want to go for a physical examination after a while. I hope there is nothing serious about my body.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)