Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 312: Having a Child Should Be Like Sun Zhongmou

In mid-September of the 19th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's main force of 15, claiming 40, arrived in Huainan.

Now Cao Cao re-divided Yangzhou and reorganized the large area south of Huainan into four counties, namely Geyang County, Anfeng County, Lujiang County, and Huainan County.

The four counties roughly range from Guangshan County and Gushi County in Henan to Lu'an City, Huainan City, and Hefei City in Anhui Province.

In the south, there is only half of the original Lujiang County under Liu Bei's rule, and the current Xiling County borders Cao Cao's forces. The rest of Sun Quan's main force retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, and only stationed troops at Ruxukou.

After Cao Cao arrived in Shouchun, he dispatched Xiahou Dun as a vanguard general and led an army of [-] to break Sun Quan's camp at the north of the Yangtze River at Ruxukou, and captured his general Gongsun Yang alive.

At the end of September, the main force of Cao's army passed Hefei and went south along the Ruxu River to the north of the Yangtze River, occupying Dongxingti on the west bank of Ruxu and Ruxuwu, the former Gongsun Yangying village on the east bank. Ruxukou is only more than ten kilometers away.

Sun Quan urgently sent envoys to keep in touch with Liu Bei, and at the same time personally led an army of [-] to Ruxukou to resist Cao Jun.At the beginning of October, Sun Zhongmou, who was sitting on the front line in the Yamen of Ruxukou City, received a letter from Cao Cao.

"The ones who are close to him are punished with words, and the south is pointed at. Liu Bei is in the corner. He can't break it for the time being, but he can only take Jiangdong. There are 40 sailors in charge. Fang and the general will hunt in Wu."

These two days are the autumn rains in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In the Jianghuai area, there are continuous spring rains and autumn rains, and the pattering raindrops hit the roof with a crackling sound.

After hearing the letter from Cao Cao, all the people in the government office were silent.

Sun Quan's face was ashen, and his fists were clenched.

The meaning of this letter is very clear. Recently, according to the name of the emperor, the princes who were not ministers were attacked, and the army was directed to the south. Liu Bei could not break through because of the terrain, so he could only attack Jiangdong.

The meaning is that Liu Bei is so powerful that he cannot be eliminated in a short time.So if the persimmon is picky and soft, then you can only compete with your Sun Quan in Wudi.

"Cao thief is too deceptive!"

Before Sun Quan could speak, Ling Tong stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Marquis Wu, the last general is willing to be the vanguard, lead the vanguard, go straight to Ruxuwu, and capture Cao thief alive."

"The last general is also willing to go."

"The last general will also go."

"And I."

Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Lu Fan, Jiang Qin and others also stood up and said.

This letter really looked down on Jiangdong too much, which made the blood of Jiangdong's disciples on the scene soaring, and they were very angry. They just wanted to raise their knives and go straight to Dongxing to chop Cao Cao.

Only Lu Mengan sat in it and did not speak.

After Zhou Yu's death, Lu Meng was hit hard.In the past, he seldom read books, but later he began to devote himself to learning, and with Sun Quan's persuasion, he turned grief and anger into strength, and studied military books every day.

Sun Quan's expression was not very good at first, but looking at the angry generals below, he somehow calmed down and laughed loudly, "Hahahahahahaha."

Ma Zhugejin, the middle minister at the side, asked in surprise, "Why is Marquis Wu laughing?"

Sun Quan said with a smile: "I'm just laughing at Cao Cao's short-wittedness, and the generals are brave. Now the biggest enemy of Cao Cao should be Liu Bei, but he came to Huainan to attack Jiangdong. Isn't this a dead end? He was in Huainan for a day, and Liu Bei's army stationed troops Isn’t Nanyang, Henan and other places just one more day of danger? Adding to the courage of the generals, even if it takes ten years, he will not be able to break through Jiangdong, and when the time comes, the north will all belong to Liu Bei, let’s see how long he can be rampant.”

"It's just that the north has returned to Liu Bei, which is not a good thing."

Zuo Sima Gu Yong said.

Sun Quan waved his hand: "Even if this is the case, he is stronger than Cao thief. Liu Bei is an orphaned sister-in-law, and he is famous for his benevolence. He won the north and is connected with his in-laws. He will never harm Gu. On the other hand, Cao thief is fierce. There is a tendency to annex Jiangdong, how can Gu give up? What's more, this is all forced by the Cao thief, and he wants to suppress the territory with an army, so what has Gu to do with it?"

When he said this, a haze flashed across the corners of Sun Quan's eyes and brows.

If Liu Bei really got the north, it would be more uncomfortable than killing him.Because this means that his dream of taking Jingzhou to dominate the side is completely over, and there will only be one end in the future-surrender to Liu Bei, and the family will have a way to survive.

But at this time, he dared not say it clearly. These words were spoken in public, and they would eventually reach Liu Bei's ears in the future. Now is the critical time for Cao Cao's attack. Win over allies, speak good things about Liu Bei, and hope that he can come to help quickly.

So he could only choose to pick up some good words to say.

"Cough cough."

Lu Su coughed twice, and said: "Everyone, since Cao Cao's army is suppressing the situation and cannot be changed, then prepare to fight hard. We are on the defensive after all. It is not easy for Cao Jun to cross the river and attack Jiangdong. Everyone, go back to your camp first, and settle down. Guard all sides, waiting for wartime."

"Ah."

Sun Quan also said: "Go back to the camps first, remember not to rush out of the stronghold to fight a decisive battle with them."

"only."

All the soldiers got up and left one after another.

Soon there were only Hengjiang General Lu Su, Zuo Sima Gu Yong, Zhong Si Ma Zhuge Jin, and Lujiang Prefect Sun Shao left in the government office.

In the past, Sun Quan also had a trusted adviser named Teng Dan, who was the right Sima of his shogunate. He was generous and wise, but unfortunately died of illness a few years ago.

And Yangzhou Shepherd Chief Shi Sunzhao, who was engaged in Zhonglang Yanjian, Yangzhou Shepherd Master Ji Buzhi, Qidu Wei Yufan and others, sat in Jianye Wujun and other places to guard the rear.

After all the soldiers left, Sun Quan said to Lu Su: "Zijing, Cao Cao sent this letter of war. Could it be that he is really short-sighted to defeat Wu? Doesn't he know that if he is forced to be lonely and completely falls to Liu Bei, he will Will never be able to peek south again?"

Lu Su pondered and said: "Marquis Wu, Su thinks that Cao Cao must have known about it, so his actions must have deep meaning."

"Deep meaning?"

Sun Quan stood up from the table, walked to the center of the hall, walked back and forth for a few steps with his hands behind his back, and thought hard: "What is the meaning of this? He transferred Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to Jingzhou. Even if he wanted to take the opportunity to attack Liu Bei, Nanyang is now 10,000+ army, can he fight it down?"

"It may not be Nanyang."

Lu Su said.

"Where is that? Is it Lujiang County?"

Sun Quan sneered and said, "I heard that Liu Bei set aside a part of Jiangxia and merged it with the part of Lujiang that I gave him, and changed it to Xiling County. There is Dabie Mountain in the north and Dajiang in the south. The land is mostly hills, from Huainan Attacking is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Jiangxia's water army is criss-crossing the river, and Cao Cao's water army is better than attacking Nanyang when attacking Xiling."

This is not that Sun Quan underestimated Cao Cao, but the fact.

No matter how much Cao Cao trains the water army, the combat effectiveness cannot be the opponent of the Jiangdong water army and Jiangxia water army floating on the Yangtze River all the year round.

Because the speed of the Yangtze River's water flow, the size of the wind and waves, and climate change are unpredictable for northerners. If you train the navy for ten years in the calm Xuanwu Pool, if you put it in the Yangtze River, the ship will capsize or capsize.

So Sun Quan never thought that he could be defeated by Cao Jun on the Yangtze River, at most he would lose all the land north of the Yangtze River, at least on the river, he only had the Jiangxia Navy as an enemy!
At present, the Xiling Mausoleum to which Liu Bei belongs is bounded by the vast Dabie Mountains to the north and east, and Peng Lize and the Yangtze River to the south. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack by land.Going by water and land is even more outrageous, not to mention that coming from Chaohu Lake will inevitably pass through Sun Quan's Ruxukou. Cao Cao must first defeat Sun Quan before he can attack Xiling. Even if Sun Quan lets him go, can he beat the Jiangxia navy?
Therefore, in Sun Quan's view, Cao Cao's sudden attack on Jiangdong was a very stupid act in itself.One is that it is impossible to obtain any results from Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and the other is that he has a bad relationship with Sun Quan, forcing Sun Quan to move closer to Liu Bei.Such a move without any benefit is obviously not a wise move.

But Lu Su said: "Don't just focus on the land of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, Marquis Wu. Don't forget that there is Xiliang Guanzhong."

"Xiliang Pass?"

Sun Quan was full of doubts. What happened to the Jianghuai war and the Xiliang Pass thousands of miles away?

Lu Su said: "Han Sui and Ma Chao sent their hostages to Yecheng, but they have not surrendered to Cao Cao for many years. They also opened markets with Liu Bei and sold war horses to Hanzhong. I am afraid that they have a self-reliant heart. Cao Cao did not want to attack them. In this way, Liu Bei’s source of horses can be cut off. It’s just that if he directly sends troops to Guanzhong, he fears that Liu Bei will send troops from Hanzhong and Wuguan to help Han Sui and Ma Chao, so he devises a plan.”

"What does Zijing mean?"

Sun Quan understood at once, opened his eyes wide and said, "Cao Cao's strategy is to attack the west by attacking the east. He deliberately pretended to come to take Jiangdong and lead Liu Bei's main force to Nanyang, Jianghuai and other places. In fact, he planned to attack Xiliang?"

"But it is possible, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why Cao Cao chose such a bad strategy to attack Jiangdong."

"Yes, Zijing's words are very reasonable."

"I'm afraid this is Cao Cao's goal. Now he only has Guanzhong and Xiliang, but if he wins Guanzhong and Xiliang, the north will belong to him."

Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong, Sun Shao and others all felt that what Lu Su said made sense.

Even if Cao Cao's strategy is the second level, it needs wise people in the world to consider it from the perspective of national strategy to understand it.

Therefore, non-top strategists cannot participate in breaking.

Now Jiangdong's top strategist is only Lu Su, and he is the first to see the clue.

Lu Su added: "As I expected, Cao Cao is only stationed in Jiangbei, pretending to attack Jiangdong and Xunyang and other places, and he will withdraw his troops in a few months. Duke Ming doesn't need to worry."

"Ah."

Sun Quan nodded his chin slightly, touched his long beard unconsciously, walked back to his chair and sat down, and said, "Your son respects this, so I can rest assured. Now there are not enough troops in Jiangdong, and they are only stationed in Jiangfang. It's already difficult, and I'm afraid that Cao's army will come menacingly, and Liu Bei will also covet Jiangdong."

He thought to himself that on the Yangtze River, Liu Bei's Jiangxia water army could be the enemy, but what worried him most was that Liu Bei's army suddenly attacked while he was defending Cao Cao.At that time, he was caught off guard and had to resist Cao Cao again, and he would be in danger.

With Lu Su's judgment now, Sun Quan became much more at ease. He led the army to strictly guard the river defense, and patrolled the camp every day to boost morale.He even ordered the fleet to guard Ruxukou from time to time, beating drums and shouting outside Cao Ying on the opposite bank.

At the beginning of October, facing Sun Quan's repeated provocations, Cao Cao was furious. A few days later, he dispatched dozens of ships, with about 8000 people, out of Ruxukou to the small island in the Yangtze River.

This island is the Heishazhou under the jurisdiction of Baimao Town, Jiujiang District, Wuhu City in later generations. It was an important military site where Sun Cao fought at that time.

After Cao Jun arrived on the island, he was besieged by Sun Quan's army before he could occupy the island. 3000 people were captured, and thousands of others drowned in the river.

With this great victory, the morale of Sun Quan's army was high for a while, and the momentum was greatly boosted. Every day, a large number of ships came to Cao Ying to show off their power and beat drums to cheer them on, which annoyed Cao Cao very much.

A few days later, Sun Quan took advantage of the morning mist to sneak into the Ruxu River to observe Cao Ying in a boat.

At that time, Cao Cao didn't know how many troops Sun Quan had arrived, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he immediately ordered to shoot arrows.

In the thick fog, Sun Quan's ships were shot so densely that they tilted to one side.So Sun Quan ordered a U-turn, so that "the arrows were leveled with the boat", and then went back safely.

After the fog cleared, Cao Cao saw that it was Sun Quan's flagship ship swaggering across the river, cruising up and down in front of him for five or six miles before returning with a full load of arrows.When I left, I played drums and music to Cao Jun, which was very lively.

For a while, Cao Cao sighed and said: "Being a son is like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son is like a porpoise!"

At the same time, Liu Beijun has also appeared in Xiling County in large numbers.

After exchanging half of Lujiang County with Guiyang County, Liu Bei and Sun Quan also negotiated the ownership of the Yangtze River Port.

At that time, there was a Jiangxinzhou in the north of Chaisang. This Jiangxinzhou was Jiangzhou Town, Chaisang District, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province in later generations. To the north of this place was the huge Penglize Lake area, which was later known as Longgan Lake.

The result of the negotiation between the two parties was that the southern Yangtze River waterway including Jiangxinzhou belonged to Sun Quan, and the Yangtze River waterway north of Jiangxinzhou and most of Peng Lize there belonged to Liu Bei.

Therefore, about [-] troops of Liu Bei's army rushed to Xunyang and Songzi, which are Huangmei County in Hubei Province and Taihu County in Anhui Province in later generations.The [-] navy dispatched more than [-] people, and the mighty ships almost covered the river, and arrived in Penglize, which became the area of ​​Daguan Lake in Susong County, Anhui for later generations.

In this way, the three parties converged in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.Sun Cao's soldiers and horses are a little closer, and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are a little farther away, more than two hundred kilometers away from the battlefield, which is a bit like sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight.

After a few more days, the autumn rain stopped and early winter entered. The north roared and the weather became colder. The already cold and humid Huainan area became even more humid and cold.

The three parties kept communicating back and forth, occasionally teasing and sarcasm, occasionally chatting seriously, and from time to time there was a conspiracy of intrigue.

In late October, after Sun Cao had confronted Ruxukou for nearly a month, Cao Cao launched an attack again, sending a fleet of 5 people to attack Ruxu City.

Sun Quan ordered to take the initiative to attack, and the fleet covered the sky to block out the sun, and engaged in water combat with Cao's army.

The two sides fought for a day. At that time, the army dispatched by Sun Quan was actually only more than [-] people, but they were not afraid of the menacing Cao army.

In the end, after Sun Quan personally supervised the battle, Cao's army was defeated before evening, and more than [-] Cao's troops were captured. Nearly [-] Cao's troops were shot, drowned, or died in close combat, and only about [-] were killed. The rest fled back to Ruxuwu in embarrassment.

Although the northern soldiers ruled the roost on land, in the turbulent waves on the river, no matter how powerful the soldiers were, they could not show their strength due to the turbulence of the boat.

On the other hand, the Jiangdong navy easily defeated Cao Jun on the ship as if walking on flat ground.

Cao Cao lost a lot of people, knowing that he couldn't help Sun Quan, so at the end of October, he left Zhang Liao and Li Dian to guard Hefei, and formally withdrew his troops back.

(End of this chapter)