Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

In August of the 20th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan officially attacked Hefei.

The situation in the world at this time is absolutely different from that in history.

In history, Cao Cao conquered Guanzhong, defeated Han Sui Ma Chao, and conquered Zhang Lu in the south.

Zhang Lu surrendered, Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, and threatened Bashu.

At that time, Liu Bei had just obtained Shuzhong, and his rule was far from stable.

Therefore, in order to put pressure on Cao Cao's eastern front, he negotiated with Sun Quan to return part of the territory of Jingzhou to Sun Quan in exchange for Sun Quan's sending troops.

At that time, the two sides agreed that the west of the Xiangjiang River should belong to Guan Yu, and the east of the Xiangjiang River should belong to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan has benefited, and Cao Cao's Huainan is indeed empty. One hundred thousand is against seven thousand. The advantage lies with me. How can there be any reason not to send troops?
So he chose to send out troops in a mighty manner, attacking outside Hefei City, and achieved Zhang Liao's eternal reputation.

Today is very different.

Liu Bei held the complete Jing Yi in his hand, and dared to send troops to Guanzhong to curb Cao Cao's development momentum.

At this time, Han Sui and Ma Chao wanted to separate themselves, and they were afraid that Liu Bei would come to seize their territory, so they chose to face Cao Cao alone.

As a result, the two were defeated, fled to Xiliang to survive, and were forced to form an alliance with Liu Bei, leading Liu Bei's army into Guanzhong to confront Cao Jun.

Although Liu Bei mobilized some Jingzhou soldiers and horses into Xichuan, he only took away about 3 troops.

Among them, Liu Pan's army went north to Jiangling, and the five counties in Jingnan left some county soldiers to defend. The 1 Jiangxia navy and more than [-] Zhao Yun troops still guarded Jiangxia Xiling.

Shen Chen's 5 Nanyang Army was led by Wenpin, Lu Chang and others. About 10 people were stationed in Yecheng and Wancheng, and confronted Cao Cao's about [-] troops in Yingchuan and Runan.

Zhanglingnan County and other places dispersed more than 2 county soldiers, while Shen Chen himself led [-] troops to invade Wuguan.

Because the soldiers and horses that Liu Bei took away were from the original Nanjun, Liu Pan was going to guard the Jiangling area to make up for the vacancy of Nanjun's defense force.

Since then, Jingzhou's 20 troops, only Jingnan's strength has been mobilized, and the main forces of Nanyang County and Jiangxia Navy are still there.

It's just that the main force in Jingzhou is less and there are not many soldiers and horses in Yizhou. In addition, the road from Bashu to Hanzhong and into Guanzhong is long and difficult.

This led to the fact that in the direction of Guanzhong, Liu Bei could only mobilize soldiers and horses from the original 5 people in Hanzhong, which was far from Cao Cao's opponent.

And Sun Quan has also learned the news, knowing that Liu Bei only sent 5 Guan Yu troops out of Baoxie Valley to station in Wuzhangyuan, and they were suppressed and beaten by Cao Jun.

Then why didn't Liu Bei send more troops there?
It's not about being afraid of yourself.

So Sun Quan knew that if he didn't send troops, Liu Bei would most likely choose to maintain the status quo and watch Han Sui and Ma Chao lose and Cao Cao get Guanzhong Xiliang.

After all, Jingzhou is his foundation, if Sun Quan launches a sneak attack from the rear while his main force is dispatched, that would be bad.

So in this half-coercion and half-submission, Sun Quan was forced to choose to attack Huainan in order to win Liu Bei's trust.

This is his last chance.

So the huge Huainan, where can we take the whole Huainan as our own by attacking it?
Hefei has become the only choice.

Although Huainan is a vast plain area, it is also possible to go by land.

But Jiangdong is stronger than the water army, and the cavalry is weaker. It is not wise to fight Cao Jun on the plain.

Beyond that, there are logistical considerations.

At that time, the method Cao Cao adopted in Huainan was to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness, and remove all the people from the north of the Yangtze River and the south of the Huaihe River, creating an uninhabited land of more than [-] square kilometers.

If Sun Quan chose to go overland, bypass Hefei, and attack the hinterland of Cao Cao in Henan, the lengthy supply line, coupled with the harassment of Hefei defenders in the rear, could not plunder the people to replenish supplies, and he would be in a very difficult battle.

At that time, if he is attacked head-on by Cao Jun in Henan, the winning rate will definitely not be high.

So he has only one path to choose.

That is to enter Chaohu Lake through Ruxushui, and enter the Huaihe River Basin through Shishui, Feishui, and Shouchun after the capture of Hefei.

Taking the water route not only greatly reduces the cost of transporting grain and grass, but also greatly improves the mobility because the ship transportation can travel day and night, which is far better than taking the land route.

The only problem is that Hefei is stuck on the road of this transportation line, just like the pass in the Qinling Mountains, one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot pass through it.

But no matter how difficult the pass was, Sun Quan had to bite the bullet.

What's more, now Sun Quan had to push up his troops to make Liu Bei think that he had no soldiers to attack Jingzhou again, so he had to make a big splash, a mighty army of [-], and surrounded Hefei three layers outside.

So in this case, Sun Quan sent troops.

On August [-]rd, Sun Quan personally led the army to go north along the Ruxu waterway. The fleet covered the sky and the sun and filled the wide waterway. , Crossed Chaohu Lake and went straight to Hefei.

The weather on this day was gloomy. The city of Hefei was located on the northwestern shore of Chaohu Lake. It was stuck at Shikou, the river mouth where Chaohu Lake entered the water.

As the front line of Huainan, Hefei's location in the field is extremely important.Although Cao Cao did not deploy heavy troops here, he naturally had his considerations.

The first is logistics.

Now Cao Cao's logistics pressure is also great.

On the front line of Nanyang, Shen Chen, the god of war in Jingzhou, was staring at the tiger, so he had no choice but to deploy heavy troops.

There are many soldiers and horses, people eat horses and chew, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is worth tens of thousands of stones. The cost of transporting grain and grass from the rear is too high.

Therefore, it is necessary for the local people to cultivate and provide food and supplies for the army.

Moreover, Cao Cao could not relocate the people in Runan, Yingchuan. First, he had a close relationship with the Yingchuan family and could not touch the basic foundation of the Yingchuan family.

The second is that there is nowhere to go after relocation. Since he made a compromise with the Yanzhou family, the Yanzhou family has been guarding against the Yingchuan family and does not allow the Yingchuan faction to enter Yanzhou.

Therefore, at present, it can only maintain the status quo, and spend a lot of manpower and material resources to resist Shen Chen every day.Even most of the soldiers and horses here have to farm, which can be regarded as half garrisoning the fields and half guarding the border for the south.

After the people in Huainan moved to Henan, more than [-] square kilometers in Huainan had become a deserted wilderness. If there were too many soldiers and horses deployed on the front line of Huainan, it would cost a lot to transport a large amount of food and grass from the rear every day and travel long distances.

Therefore, only 7000 people were placed in Hefei, and enough food and grass were placed in the city.

As long as these 7000 people can hold off the enemy for a month or two, the army of Chendu in Yecheng can come to help at any time, thus saving a lot of manpower and material resources.

Secondly, Cao Cao really has no extra troops.

Youzhou in the north must be guarded, the base camp of Yecheng, the residence of the emperor in Chendu, and the front line of the confrontation between Henan and Nanyang must be heavily defended.

Therefore, when he took the main force to Koulue Pass, he had no other troops.

But generally speaking, Cao Cao's arrangement is still very powerful.

He calculated that Sun Quan could only attack Hefei, so he sent Zhang Liao and Li Dian to garrison in Hefei. As long as Zhang Liao and Li Dian could hold out for a month, it would be enough for reinforcements from the rear to come.

And Sun Quan naturally knew this, so he also planned to take Hefei immediately.

In this way, Cao Cao had nothing to do in Guanzhong, so he could win the trust of Liu Bei while calmly writing to Cao Cao to negotiate a peace.

At this moment, the autumn wind was bleak, and the Chaohu Lake was rippling with clear waves. Cao Jun stationed on the shore of the lake had already noticed the mighty ships on the lake, and hurried back to warn.

In the city of Hefei, General Zhang Liao, General Li Dian, General Li Dian, and Guard Xue Ti led 7000 people to guard the city. When they learned of the arrival of Sun Quan's army, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Xue Ti and others hurriedly held a meeting to discuss.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian have always been at odds, the two are actually equals, neither can do anything to the other, and they don't obey each other's orders.

Therefore, in order to prevent the two from delaying the military plane due to internal fighting, Cao Cao specially left the guard Xue Ti to mediate, and before leaving, he also left a letter for him, asking him to open it when Sun Quan attacked.

After Xue Ti arrived at the government office, he sat on the main seat and waited for Zhang Liao and Li Dian to come over.

Although Zhang Liao and Li Dian are both generals, Xue Ti's full official title is called the Governor of the Central Guard Army. In the 12th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao appointed the Supervisor of the Central Guard Army as the commander-in-chief of the generals.

For example, Zhao Yan, the guard of the army, once commanded the seven armies of Taijin, Zhang Liao, Zhang Ying, Zhu Ling, Li Dian, Lu Zhao, and Feng Kai.

Later, Cao Zhen, Sima Shi and others all served in this position.

After Cao Wei's ninth-rank Zhongzheng, the official was fourth-rank, while Zhang Liao and Li Dian's generals were fifth-rank.

Including when Cao Cao went to conquer Zhang Lu in history, he also gave the secret letter to Xue Ti, not Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin.

Therefore, although Xue Ti is not as famous as Zhang, Li and Le three in history, he is actually the superior of the three, and is currently guarding Hefei City as the commander-in-chief of the armies.

After a while, Zhang Liao and Li Dian came in, cupped their hands and said, "Guardian."

"Two generals, please sit down."

Xue Ti stretched out his hand to signal them to sit down.

"Thank you, Hujun."

The two didn't bother to look at each other, and sat down to the left and right of Xue Ti.

Xue Ti looked around the two of them and said, "Two generals, just now the scouts from the front have reported that Sun Quan's army has arrived at Shikou, and they are about to board a ship to dock and enter Hefei. It is estimated that they will arrive at the city tomorrow."

"Oh?"

Li Dian said in a deep voice, "Then you should send someone to send a letter to Shouchun immediately to ask for help."

"Not urgent."

Xue Ti waved his hand, took out a letter from his bosom, and said to the two of them: "Before the prime minister left Huainan, he left a letter, saying that if Sun Quan came to attack, he would open it and read it. Please come here."

Zhang Liao and Li Dian approached Xue Ti's table. Xue Ti opened the envelope, opened the letter, and saw Cao Cao's personal message on it.

"If Sun Quan arrives, General Zhang will go out to fight; General Li will guard, and the guards will not be able to fight."

"Go to battle?"

Li Dian was startled and said, "Are you going to go out of the city to fight Sun Quan?"

"Humph."

Zhang Liao snorted coldly, "Since it's the prime minister's order, there must be some meaning. If you're afraid, just stay in the city and wait."

Li Dian glanced at him, but didn't make a sound.

Xue Ti hesitated and said, "It's just that Sun Quan's claim to be one hundred thousand is fierce, and if he goes out of the city to fight, he may not be able to win."

"The prime minister is on an expedition, and when the prime minister's reinforcements arrive, Sun Quan has already conquered us."

Zhang Liao said: "It is because the Prime Minister asked us to go out of the city to fight with Sun Quan's army before they were assembled, which would severely dampen their morale and stabilize the army's morale, so that Hefei can be held. "

Xue Ti mused, "The general's words are reasonable. The prime minister has always predicted things like a god. With this arrangement, he knows how to deal with it. How many troops does the general need to go out of the city to fight Sun Quan?"

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "I will select [-] warriors tonight. When Sun Quan arrives tomorrow, I will open the city gate and go out to fight Sun Quan to the death."

"Eight hundred?"

Xue Ti was shocked and said, "Is this manpower enough?"

"Enough!"

Zhang Liao threw the ground and said loudly.

"it is good."

Xue Ti responded, "Just rely on General Zhang."

At the moment, the three of them divide their work.

Xue Ti sent people to prepare beef and wine, Li Dian went to the city to inspect, and Zhang Liao selected the dead.

At night, when the eight hundred dead men arrived, Zhang Liao gave them wine and meat, and prepared to fight Sun Quan the next day.

At the same time, Sun Quan also arrived in Hefei.

Hefei is not on the shore of Chaohu Lake, but on the right bank of Shishui River in the north of Chaohu Lake, Xiaoyaojin is on the south bank of Shishui, and the city is in the north.

The estuary where the water is applied is very small and the water is relatively shallow, and large ships cannot pass through it, so he can only stop and land at Chaohu Lake and the estuary where the water is applied, that is, Shikou.

According to Sun Quan's vision, after the army disembarks and breaks Hefei, he can use the water to take the boat to transport grain and grass into the fertilizer water, and then use the waterway to approach Shouchun, and then shake Huainan.

When Liu Bei saw that he had dispatched troops and transferred Jingzhou's troops to Guanzhong, he could withdraw his troops and prepare to attack Jingzhou.

It's just that everything is difficult at the beginning, and Hefei is the first step of his Great Wall.

is the day.

Sun Quan's army stopped at Shikou, then disembarked and traveled northward to Hefei City. It was less than ten miles away from Hefei.

After stationing outside the city overnight, Sun Quan gave the order for the army to go north and encircle Hefei in the early morning of the second day.

The [-] army, led by generals at all levels, began to orderly rectify the soldiers and horses, arrange formations, and head north all the way.

Sun Quan rode on horseback, with only [-] guards around him, commanded by Chen Wu, known as the "Lujiang Shangjia", the most elite troops in Jiangdong.

Behind Sun Quan is the former army, led by Song Qian, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, He Qi, Lu Meng and Ling Tong, who followed behind him.

There are more than [-] soldiers in the front of the Jiangdong Army, [-] in the middle army, and [-] soldiers in the rear guarding the camp. From the barracks to the city of Hefei, there are countless crowds of people at a glance, and the banners cover the sky and the sun. .

Sun Quanzhi looked proudly at the Hefei city in the distance, and when he got close, he even got off his horse, and under the protection of the guards, he swaggered to the Hefei city.

Chen Wu, the commander of the imperial guards around him, hurriedly persuaded him, "How can you put yourself in danger with the honorable body of Marquis Wu? Please retreat to the front army."

Sun Quan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, there are [-] troops in the rear alone, and I dare not come out to fight in the city. I am here alone to watch the enemy's situation, and when the army from the rear arrives, I will attack the city."

Chen Wu looked around and saw a small high slope two miles away from the city outside the city, so he said, "Marquis Wu can go to that high slope to observe the enemy's situation."

Sun Quan glanced at the small high slope. It was 800 meters away in two miles, which was a little far away. Then he turned his head and saw that there was also a small high slope less than half a mile away from the city, that is, 200 meters away. taller, and said, "Go there."

"This"

Chen Wu was in trouble for a while, but Sun Quan had to obey Sun Quan's orders, so he had to take the Jiangdong Army outpost there.

Their position at this time was less than one mile away from Hefei City, and the front army in the rear was still some distance away from them, but Sun Quan thought to himself that the people in the city would not dare to come out even if they had the guts of a leopard, so they were very rampant, and swaggered to the city .

In the city of Hefei, Zhang Liao and eight hundred warriors were already waiting at the gate of the city. Xue Ti and Li Dian were watching from above. Seeing that Sun Quan was less than one mile away, Li Dian said, "Guardian, are you ready to fight?"

Xue Ti saw that Sun Quan approached the city with only three thousand guards, and he was still walking here. The target seemed to be the small high slope outside the city, so he said, "Sun Quan seems to be going to that high ground to watch our situation. This guy is really brave, wait for him to get closer."

Li Dian stared at Sun Quan's army intently, watching the flag representing Sun Quan slowly approaching the small high slope outside the city, and suddenly said in surprise: "He really dares to come."

"Sun Quan has always been like this. The prime minister attacked Huainan last year, and Sun Quan personally took a boat to Dongxing to check outside the prime minister's barracks. The prime minister suspected that it was fraudulent, and did not send troops. He just ordered the army to shoot arrows, but Sun Quan just ordered the ships to turn around, so that " The arrows are even and the boat is level, let's go calmly."

Xue Ti said: "The prime minister also said that you should be like Sun Zhongmou when you have a son. You also know this."

Li Dian wondered, "Sun Quan's father is known as the Jiangdong Tiger, and his elder brother Sun Ce is the Little Overlord of Jiangdong. It is said that Sun Quan also likes to shoot tigers and capture wolves. Could it be that he is so brave because of his superb martial arts skills?"

"He doesn't know how to do martial arts, so I just asked General Zhang to try it."

Xue Ti saw that Sun Quan was approaching the small high slope, less than 200 meters away from the city, so he turned his head decisively and said, "Order, open the city gate and go out to fight."

"Beep beep."

A sharp whistle sounded.

Then the creaking city gate was opened.

Sun Quan in the distance was preparing to climb up the small high slope, while the imperial guards of the "Lujiang Shangjia" were still forming to surround the small high slope.

As a result, they saw the gate of the city suddenly opened in the distance. While wondering, a man in armor and holding a short halberd howled like a wild wolf and rushed towards them.

Sun Quan himself was stunned, standing there for several seconds without reacting, and the Imperial Guards around him were the same, staring blankly at the enemy.

As a result, just a few seconds later, Chen Wu yelled, and the soldiers woke up like a dream, and began to line up.

But by now it was too late.

First of all, the temporary formation made the soldiers who were too late to complete the formation extremely chaotic.

The second is that they are too close to the city. Although they are out of the range of the bow and arrow, they ran there in about 200 seconds at a distance of [-] meters, and there was no time to react.

It was Zhang Liao who rushed to the front of the team.

I saw Zhang Liao taking the lead, roaring angrily: "Zhang Wenyuan of the Yanmen is here, who dares to fight to the death with me!"

While speaking, he rushed into the formation of Sun Quan's guards, slashed left and right with his halberd, killing several people in an instant, and the surrounding Sun Quan guards were captured by his momentum, and they retreated one after another.

At this time, eight hundred warriors came from behind him, forming an armor-piercing awl formation. Zhang Liao pierced into the Jiangdong Army's formation like an awl, so that the formation that the Jiangdong Army was about to assemble was disrupted again, and the soldiers Mess up.

"Kill!"

"Fight to the death with General Zhang!"

"Give me death!"

Eight hundred warriors chanted slogans and fought hard.

Zhang Liao was even more valiant and unstoppable. He swung left and right, beheaded dozens of people, and beheaded another general. During the chaotic battle, he caught a glimpse of Sun Quan's flag not far away, and shouted angrily: "Soldiers, Sun Quan is there, follow me to kill him. Capture Sun Quan's son alive!"

Not far away, Sun Quan panicked at that time, looked left and right, and ran to the hillside behind him in a panic.The surrounding attendants also quickly followed him to the hillside, guarding him with halberds.

"Sun Quan ran to that hill."

"Capture Sun Quan's son alive!"

"Kill!"

Cao Jun's momentum was magnificent, and he continued to rush down the hillside with Zhang Liao.

At this time, because Sun Quan's guards stopped him with a long halberd, Zhang Liao couldn't charge for a while, so he shouted from the foot of the mountain: "Son Quan's son, I fucked your mother, come down for me."

If Sun Ce was still there at this time, he would have gone down alone to fight Zhang Liao to the death, but it was Sun Quan who was on the hillside.

Sun Quan's face was ashen, watching the situation down the mountain, he didn't say a word, his back was covered with sweat.

I guess I was thinking in my heart, "I won't go down!"

The surrounding Jiangdong Army was defeated like a mountain, and Wu Jun was running around everywhere.

"Little Sun Quan, you are a rhizome, a gallbladderless rat, and you will come down and fight me."

Zhang Liao was still provocative.

Sun Quan remained silent, still saying in his heart, "I won't go down."

Seeing that Sun Quan would not come down, Zhang Liao roared angrily, "Soldiers, follow me to the top and capture Sun Quan alive. The prime minister will reward you a lot."

"Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

The momentum of the eight hundred warriors became even more magnificent, and they followed Zhang Liao and began to charge.

Sun Quan's elite "Lujiang Shangjia" was in a mess. Not far behind Sun Quan was Song Qian and Xu Sheng's troops. The two quickly led their troops to rescue.

As a result, the battlefield situation was chaotic, so that their army had just approached, but was scattered by their own people instead.

Zhang Liao continued to lead the soldiers to hack and kill at the foot of the mountain. Song Qian and Xu Sheng were wounded and defeated in the rebellion. Chen Wu, who was guarding Sun Quan, saw that Zhang Liao was unstoppable and was about to rush up the mountain, so he hurriedly led his guards down the mountain to stop him.

The two sides fought, dozens of fights to the death, and finally Zhang Liao beheaded Chen Wu, so that Cao Jun became more imposing and continued to provoke at the foot of the mountain.

Thanks to the support of Song Qian and Xu Sheng's troops, the number of Jiangdong Army in the front was actually nearly 800 at this time. However, the Guards were dispersed, causing the rear to be swept away, and Zhang Liao's [-] men were on the offensive from beginning to end. Duo was pressed and beaten instead.

Immediately behind came Pan Zhang and He Qi's troops. Pan Zhang saw the chaos ahead, and a large number of Wu troops were fleeing. He rushed over and killed some retreating deserters.

At this time, the two sides had been fighting for more than an hour since early morning, and near noon, the battlefield was in chaos, and the Jiangdong army was everywhere, fleeing in all directions.

It's not that Wu Jun couldn't beat Zhang Liao's [-], but after they were broken into formation, they crowded, rushed, and pressed, causing the front to run to the back and the rear to be unable to get through. It was far inferior to Zhang Liao's formation.

But the good news is that there are so many soldiers in Wu that Zhang Liao couldn't even cut them down, and he never had a chance to rush to the hillside.
He couldn't go up to kill, so he kept roaring at the foot of the mountain, hoping that Sun Quan would come down to die by himself.It's a pity that even if X your mother said something like this, Sun Quan didn't come down, which was useless.

After a while, Pan Zhang and He Qi gradually gathered the surrounding Wu army, and then slowly adjusted their formation to encircle Zhang Liao.

Xue Ti and Li Dian, who were far away in the city of Hefei, saw this scene and immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Liao kept rushing back and forth among the crowd, surrounded by surging heads, countless densely packed, naturally he didn't know what was going on outside.

But when he heard the sound of jingling, he immediately knew that Wu Jun was going to surround him, so he hurriedly led dozens of people around him, turned around and hacked for a while, killing a bloody path, and rushed out of the encirclement.

"Has the general abandoned me?"

At this moment, the shouts of eight hundred warriors came from the encirclement of Wu Jun behind him.

Due to the increasing number of soldiers in Jiangdong, Zhang Liao's initial formation was also divided. There were only dozens of people around him. At that time, he thought that everyone else had already died in battle.

Unexpectedly, there were still hundreds of people who hadn't been killed in the encirclement. Zhang Liao didn't hesitate, and shouted again: "How can you abandon your siblings?"

Then he led dozens of people, rushed into the formation again, rescued hundreds of Cao Jun, and ran back to Hefei City.

It wasn't until this time that Lu Mengling and other former troops finally arrived.

The [-] Jiangdong Front Army took a long time to reorganize the team, and then retreated like a tide protecting Sun Quan.

Cao Jun on the city suddenly burst into loud cheers, as if laughing at Sun Quan's embarrassment, Cao Jun's aura also skyrocketed because of this, and his momentum soared to the sky.

Ah Snake is committed to creating history by myself. Except for the death of famous people in history, the plots are often original and logical, and the rest of the historical records are generally mentioned in one stroke.But for this battle, I have to write in detail, and everyone has to write in detail, what do you guys think?