Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

In June of the 24th year of Jian'an, the situation in the world has obviously undergone tremendous changes.

Liu Bei was finally defeated by Cao Cao after a stalemate for half a year due to the lack of elite main forces on the western front and the transportation of grain and grass, and he retreated to Wudu County.

When Cao Cao was full of ambition and was about to attack Hanzhong wantonly, a battle report came from the Eastern Front battlefield. Shen Chen flooded the Seventh Army and Cao Hong died in battle.

This made Cao Cao very sad, and he quickly withdrew his troops back to Chang'an. In July of the same year, he led his troops from Wuguan to Nanyang.

Shen Chen's side had just finished the victory over Cao Hong, and as a result, news of Sun Quan's backstabbing came from behind, so he immediately withdrew his troops, leaving only Lu Chang stationed in Wancheng, and the main force led the army south to help.

Sun Quan encountered Waterloo outside Xunyang City, and then withdrew to the official pavilion at the rear. After rectification, he became angry and surrounded Xunyang City with his army.

At the end of June, Shen Chen sent his general Shamoke to lead [-] Xiling barbarians south to help Xiling and stationed in Xiling County.

Sha Moke, an elite group of [-] soldiers from Nanyang, was also among them, but he did not participate in the battle of flooding the Seventh Army at that time, but was stationed in the Xinye area as a rear guard.

The reason why we want to be in Xinye is because Xinye belongs to the center. If you go north, you can rush to support Wancheng and Kunyang, if you go west, you can go straight to Wuguan, if you go south, you can go to Xiangyang, and if you go southeast, you can go from Zhangling to Jiangxia and then to Xiling.

Therefore, this is the most suitable place to garrison troops.

Now that Sun Quan is attacking, Cao Cao stormed Wuguan again, and at the same time sent Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin to detour to Luoyang and go south to help Zhao Yan. The entire battlefield on the eastern front is extremely severe.

If Shen Chen directly withdraws his troops back to Jiangxia, there will only be 5000 people from Wuguan Wenpin Zhang Quan and 8000 people from Lu Chang in Nanyang.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Shen Chen postponed his journey to the south and retreated to Xinye to defend.

At the same time, a large number of family members of soldiers were immediately relocated to Xiangyang.

On July [-]th, under Sha Moke's support, Zhao Yun led his troops to break through at night, and retreated from the Dabie Mountain Trail in the north of Xunyang City to Qichun, and on July [-]th they withdrew to Anlu, heading towards Nanjun.

Sun Quan's main force took advantage of the trend to occupy Xiling.

At this time, the forces of the enemy and our own have been intertwined, and Jingnan, Nanjun along the Yangtze River, and Xiling County are occupied by Sun Quan.

The only Liu Bei Group along the Yangtze River that did not fail was Xiakou, and then Jiangxia.

In Nanyang, Zhao Yan led the remnant army back to Dingling for rectification. After Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun arrived in mid-July, the two sides joined forces and entered Nanyang again, to the north of Wancheng.

Cao Cao personally led the army to help Wuguan.

Xu Huang in Wuguan originally had 2 people, and Wenpin's defense was already extremely difficult. When the main force of Cao's army arrived, he could only retreat naturally.

By the end of July, Shen Chen's forces in Jingzhou had fully shrunk. Lu Chang and Wenpin retreated to Xinye, Zhao Yun and Sha Moke retreated to Dangyang, and Shen Chen retreated to Xiangyang. Except for Huang She in Xiakou, almost all retreated. to South County.

Their military strength is also very limited. Shen Chen's main force is 5, Shamoke 1, Lu Chang and Wenpin add up to more than 1, totaling more than [-], which is the original total strength of [-] in Nanyang.

Including Zhao Yun and Huang Shebu, it's only in the early [-]s.

Because Su Fei and Chen Sheng were still trapped in Wan County and surrounded by Zhang Liao, Shen Chen's army in Jingzhou was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of overall strength.

On the other hand, Cao's army was mobilized. Except for Zhong Yao's 2 troops stationed in Chang'an, and Yu Jin Xiahou Dun took away more than 17 people, his main force changed from 2 to 11, and Xu Huang's [-] people joined together. It is [-].

This is only the troops led by Cao Cao himself, plus Yu Jin Xiahou Dun and Zhao Yan's remnants in Henan, the total number of troops dispatched is about 24, which can be described as shocking.

Sun Quan in the south should not be underestimated either. Although he only mobilized 14 people, there are still 20 reserve troops in Ruxukou, and the [-] to [-] soldiers from the aristocratic family that Sun Jiao collected in Jingnan were dissatisfied with Liu Bei's policy of weakening the aristocratic family. , can reach about [-] in total.

For a time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan gathered a large number of troops and gathered in Jingzhou.

But Liu Bei's army was not unprepared. After Cao Cao's main force withdrew from Guanzhong and went straight to Nanyang in early July, Liu Bei personally led an army of 12. Guan stole the taste of Cao Cao's butt.

Cao Cao had no choice but to order Yu Jin and Xia Houyuan to continue intimidating Nanjun in late July. He led the army back to Guanzhong and confronted Liu Bei in Ganting, fifty miles south of Huaili County, Youfufeng.

At the beginning of August, Lu Changbu and Wenpinbu also withdrew from Xinye and retreated to Xiangyang, Nanjun County, where Shen Chen's main force assembled, about [-] people.

Since then, the situation between the two sides has gradually become clear.

Shen Chen's main force retreated to Nanjun in an all-round way, and Yu Jin and Xia Houyuan went south to capture Xinye and Fancheng, stationed in Fancheng, and faced Xiangyang on the south side of the Han River across the river.

However, Liu Bei attacked Chang'an with the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, forcing Cao Cao's main force to return to defense, which suddenly reduced the pressure on the north.

However, Yujin Xiahouyuan and Zhao Yan's troops combined had [-] troops, and Sun Quan had more than [-] troops in the south. The two sides flanked each other. Shen Chen seemed to be alone at this time.

On August 3th, Sun Quan went to Xiakou personally. Because Xiakou City had a high wall and a lot of food and grass, and there were [-] horses, Lu Meng could not capture it in a short time, so they stationed in Shaxian and surrounded Xiakou. area.

At this moment in Shaxian City, in Huang Zu's mansion where he was the prefect of Jiangxia, Sun Quan was at the head of the palace, and many soldiers and counselors sat in rows on the left and right sides below, and the hall was full of talents.

On the left are counselors Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong, Kan Ze, Sun Shao, Yan Jian, Lu Xun and others, and on the right are Lu Meng, Quan Cong, Pan Zhang, Ding Feng, Cheng Pu, Jiang Qin, Lu Fan, Song Qian , Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, Zhu Cai and other generals.

Except for Xu Sheng and Yu Fan who are currently following Sun Jiao in the Jiangling area, He Qi who is cooperating with Zhang Liao in attacking Su Fei and Chen Sheng in Wan County, and Zhou Tai and Bu Zhi who died in battle, the main force of Jiangdong is basically there.

Everyone looked at Sun Quan above with serious faces.

Although they won Jingnan, Xiling and Jiangxia, and even Jiangling, the most important city in Nanjun, the battle of Xunyang was really ugly. Not only did they lose Zhou Taibu, but their morale plummeted. The battle on Jiaolumeng's side is going well, and I am afraid that Jiangdong will return without success in Xunyang.

Sun Quan sat on the main seat, and his mood could not be said to be good or bad. Although he lost Zhou Taibuzhi and fought an embarrassing battle in Xunyang, after all, most of Jingzhou was acquired, only Nanjun and Nanyang were left behind. No matter what, I can't cry.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan regained his composure, looked around and said, "Thanks to you all, the major event is already half done. The counties in Jingzhou have all been calmed down, only Nanjun is missing."

"Nanjun is a tough nut to crack."

Zhuge Jin sighed and said: "Shen Chen retreated to Nanjun, and also moved a large number of civilians and soldiers' families. At this time, Nanjun has more than [-] people. If he wants to get Liu Bei's help, he must first go south and go straight to Jiangling."

"Ah."

Lu Meng nodded in agreement and said, "And Liu Bei will never sit idly by, and will definitely send troops."

Sun Quan said: "Cao Cao has already written to me. Liu Bei intends to encircle Wei and save Zhao. The main force is dispatched to attack Chang'an, so Cao Cao has led his army back to defend, but he left Yu Jin Xiahou Dun, and let Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan station in Shang Luo, rush to help at any time."

"Unexpected things."

Lu Xun said: "Liu Bei's people are in Hanzhong. It's too far to rush to rescue Jingzhou from Hanzhong. On the contrary, it's not as convenient as Cao Cao going south from Wuguan. When he got the news, he probably had to choose to leave Guanzhong to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao."

Gu Yong said: "Marquis Wu still has to be careful about Liu Bei sending people from Hanzhong to the south to help. Although it is far away, Sun Jiao's troops are not enough now. I am afraid that Liu Bei will send people to support. In addition, Shen Chen will definitely attack Jiangling. In case Jiangling is lost If Liu Bei and Chen Chen attack Yiling from east to west, Liu Bei's army will be able to return to Jingzhou."

"Marquis Wu."

Lu Meng stood up and said in a deep voice: "Jiangling will be the most important thing next. Meng is willing to lead the army to garrison. Only by repelling Shen Chen can we cooperate with Cao Jun to wipe out Liu Bei's army in Jingzhou in one fell swoop."

"Ah."

Sun Quan stroked his beard and meditated, then nodded slightly after a while and said, "Okay, Ziming, I will leave this matter to you. The orphan is in Shaxian, besieging Huangshe."

"only."

Lu Meng bowed his hands heavily in salute, with a serious expression on his face.

This battle is a battle of life and death in Jiangdong. If he wins, he will occupy the south with the land of Jingyang and the three states.

The hall was dim, and the candlelight reflected Sun Quan's bright and dark face. He stood up and looked around, then slowly bowed his hands and said in a deep voice.

"The rise and fall of Jiangdong depends entirely on the lords. We must win a big victory this time, so that we can settle down in the south."

"Willing to die for Wu Houxiao."

Everyone stood up and saluted, all of them looked very solemn, because everyone knew that this was the final decisive battle, and victory and death were only a short distance away.

At that moment, Sun Quan announced the adjournment of the meeting, and later summoned Lu Meng to discuss the details, and then re-arranged the troops and horses.

Sun Quan himself was stationed in Shaxian and led 5 people to besiege Huangshe.

Lv Meng went upstream along the river, passed Zhouling, Baqiu, Huarong, and Chanling to Jiangling, and stationed in Jiangling's city defense.

Sun Jiao was stationed in Yidao to guard against Liu Bei's reinforcements from Yizhou in the west.

Historically, it took only a short month for Guan Yu to go from Megatron Huaxia to defeat in Maicheng. Coupled with the poor information and lag, it may only take half a month.

Liu Bei just received the news that Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army Megatron Huaxia, and within a few days he received the news of Guan Yu's death, which made it too late for him to respond and rush to help.

Therefore, Liu Bei in history was completely unable to rescue Guan Yu, because Guan Yu fell too fast.

But now it's different.

Shen Chen's delay was long enough, from June to August, the two months in between, was enough for Liu Bei to get the news.

Although Liu Bei's "main force" was still in Hanzhong at the time, it would take at least three or four months to send troops from Hanzhong back to Jingzhou after the information was passed on.

But Shen Chen didn't eat anything, especially with 10 troops stationed in Nanjun. Even if Sun Quan and Cao Jun combined had 30 troops, there was no guarantee that Shen Chen could be defeated in just two months.

Therefore, in order to prevent Liu Bei's reinforcements, it is an inevitable result to station a large number of soldiers and horses in Yidao.

In this way, Sun Quan's military deployment is very clear.

There are more than 6 soldiers from Sun Jiao in the direction of Yiling, about 5 people from Lü Meng in Jiangling area, [-] people from Sun Quan in Shaxian, plus a small number of soldiers stationed along the river and Xiling Jiangxia, the total number is [-] to [-]. public.

The number of Cao Cao in the north is relatively small. Since Liu Bei chose to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, Cao Cao himself led 8 people to the north to help, leaving four people in Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang.

Among them, Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun led the most people, [-] in the headquarters and about [-] to [-] in Zhao Yan's remnant army.

At the beginning, Cao Hong had 10 people in Henan, but at that time there were only 3 who confronted Shen Chen's [-] troops. Although the Seventh Army was flooded, no more than [-] people were killed or injured. The army is still there.

Therefore, there are about 13 people in Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun.

Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan are farther away, with about 4 people in Shangluo, where they can rush to help Chang'an at any time, and they can also go south from Wuguan to Nanyang.

So to a certain extent, both sides have their own arrangements, and they are basically very reasonable.

Relatively speaking, Shen Chen's current situation is more serious.

There are more than [-] enemies in the north and more than [-] enemies in the south. I am surrounded in Nanjun. For the low-level soldiers who don't know the truth, the morale must be low.

The only good news is that Shen Chen had already planned and arranged in advance for the relocation of the soldiers' families and related relatives and people to Nanjun.

Including the villagers of Huangmenting, all of them abandoned their homes and fled Xinye with dry food.

Maybe this fishing operation will pay a huge price, for example, many people will be relocated from their hometown to the relatively safe South County, and many counties in Jingzhou will be occupied by the enemy, and even many people will be relocated.

But it is undeniable that this is impossible.

Because if you want to really win Jiangdong, you can only choose to fish to lure Sun Quan to attack, and it is impossible to take the initiative to attack.

If this is a fantasy story, it might work, but the reality is that it is difficult to take the initiative to attack Jiangdong. Even if Shen Chen wins twice and Jiangdong declines, it will be difficult to work.

There are three reasons.

One is righteousness, there is no excuse for attacking Jiangdong, Liu Bei established the world with righteousness, and losing righteousness means losing the reputation and credibility he relied on.

The second is the right time and place. Jiangdong is strong in the navy but weaker than the infantry. Liu Bei's navy is not the main force. There are only 5 people in total. They attack by force. With the natural danger of the Yangtze River, Sun Quan has the right time and place, and the possibility of failure. Great sex.

After all, even Cao Cao's personal expedition to Ruxukou failed several times, let alone Liu Bei, who was weaker than Cao Cao.

The third is external forces.

Liu Bei took the initiative to attack Jiangdong, and Cao Cao would not sit idly by.

Once Cao Cao, the most powerful, joins the battlefield, the Liu Bei Group will face enemies from both sides, and the situation will definitely fall into a great disadvantage.

Therefore, combining these three points, it is unwise to take the initiative to attack Jiangdong, and can only lure the snake out of the hole, close the door and beat the dog.

And in order to achieve the effect, it is inevitable to pay some price.

Fortunately, the price will not be too great.

Because Cao Cao and Sun Quan are eager to wipe out Shen Chen who is entrenched in Nanjun, they will not harass the people.

What's more, both sides have already regarded Jingzhou as a forbidden land, and slaughtering people is tantamount to killing their own people. Neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan would do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, the only price is that a large amount of land is currently occupied by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and the remaining losses will probably not be too much.

At this time, in Xiangyang City, Shen Chen also summoned the generals to discuss matters, preparing for the mobilization on the eve of the war.