Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 363 Post-war situation and the prelude to the Northern and Southern Dynasties

In the evening, Fancheng was already occupied by Shen Chen's army.

At this time, the city was covered with a swamp country, and the city was flooded by heavy rain, and the water depth in the city was more than ten feet deep.

The only places where people can stand are on the roof and some higher slopes.

Yu Jinjun's material reserves are basically there, and a large number of Cao Jun are also stranded in the city.

After the Jingzhou army entered the city, they transported all the prisoners to the rear camp by boat.

It took a full day to transport the prisoners alone.

And just when Shen Chen was captured alive in Fancheng, and was about to continue besieging Xiangyang City by taking advantage of the heavy rain.

The battle of Yiling in Nanjun also came to an end.

In fact, it is more appropriate to say that it is a rainstorm in Bashan than it is a rainstorm in Xiangfan.

According to historical records, it rained continuously for more than ten days in the upper reaches of the Han River, causing the Xiangyang section of the Han River to flood and flood the Seventh Army.

Where is the upper reaches of the Han River?
The approximate location is in the area from Shiyan City, Hubei Province to Ankang City, Shaanxi Province in later generations.

To the south is Wudang Mountain, the Shennongjia area.

A little further south is the Three Gorges.

Therefore, when there was heavy rain in the upper reaches of the Han River in Xiangfan, it also rained continuously in the deep mountains of Bashan Mountain in the south.

Yiling area is in this section.

Although the rain here is not as exaggerated and terrifying as in Xiangfan, it is still not small, causing flash floods and mudslides.

It stands to reason that such weather is actually not suitable for Zhao Yun and Samoko's army to attack.

Because heavy rain will lead to disadvantages in land battles, Guan Yu in history and Shen Chen now rely on the navy to attack the enemy.

However, the morale of the Jiangdong Army soldiers stationed here has fallen to the bottom. The generals Ding Feng and Song Qian can hardly restore the situation and can only support it. Therefore, even land battles are not hindered.

On September [-]th, Zhao Yun's and Shamoke's troops broke through the camp, beheaded Song Qian, captured Ding Feng, and defeated the enemy army.

After cleaning the battlefield and escorting the prisoners back to Zhijiang, the two stayed in Zhijiang with 5000 people according to the original plan to guard the prisoners and serve as backup reinforcements for Zhang Xiu and Liao Hua's troops.

They immediately went north by land to Xiangyang.

In addition to Zhao Yun and Shamoke, there were Meng Da and Kou Feng's tribes, a total of more than [-] people from both sides, crossed Dangyang and left for Yicheng, and arrived at Zhonglu in the south of Xiangyang on September [-].

But at this time, like Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang, they were a land army and had no ships. The Xiangyang area was experiencing heavy rain and floods, and they could not get through.

Especially in the mountainous area of ​​Xianshan in the north of Zhonglu County, mountain torrents broke out and the land was submerged, so they could only stay in Zhonglu City.

Two days later, the scout sent by Zhao Yun and the others to contact Shen Chen finally came back and informed Shen Chen that he had breached Fancheng the day before yesterday and escorted all the prisoners to the slope where they were stationed yesterday.

With the return of the scouts, Zhao Yun and the others also got a new task, which was to escort the prisoners to Yicheng in the rear.

For this reason, Shen Chen spent another day transporting the captives from the camp to Zhonglu by boat.

On September [-]th, the torrential rain that had lasted for more than ten days finally stopped. Although the weather was still gloomy and the sun did not shine all over the land, at least it was no longer the continuous rainstorm like in the past half month.

However, after the rain, what was left on the earth was a mess.

In the lower reaches of the Han River, especially in the Yunmengze area such as Jiangxia, a large number of plains were submerged, and the people suffered heavy losses.

Jiangxia is the land reclamation area designated by Shen Chen. There used to be many villages there, but now they are flooded and the people are displaced and in a difficult situation.

But this is also impossible.

Just like the flood in the Yangtze River in 98, which affected as many as 2.23 million people, natural disasters are things that cannot be changed by manpower. Shen Chen can only immediately order to send officials to Jiangxia, Nanjun and other banks of Hanjiang Yunmengze to carry out rescue work.

Fortunately, the situation has stabilized now, Sun Jiao was almost destroyed, Sun Quan and Cheng Pu were also besieged in Zhouling and Shaxian, the Jiangdong Army in Nanjun and Jiangxia were expelled, and all counties and counties returned to Han soil again.

Without the enemy's hindrance, the officials in Jingzhou who had escaped returned to their respective posts and began to manage the disaster area.

Especially the Jiangxia Tuntian area designated at the beginning, where most of the ex-soldiers from Jingzhou, Mei Gan, Lei Xu, Chen Lan and other tribal families were stationed, and order has been restored quickly.

These people are composed of retired soldiers who have fought in wars before. When Zhao Yun and Shamoke withdrew to Nanjun, they left behind Lei Xu, Wen Bu, Deng Kai and others. Let them stay in Anlu and organize these soldiers to resist Jiangdong military.

After the start of the war, under the command of Lei Xu, Wen Bu, Deng Kai and others, a large number of people moved to the Anlu area, and many people took up arms and stationed there, fighting against the invading Jiangdong army. Part of the loss of personnel is not big.

Only the Yangtze River, the Han River, and the banks of Yunmengze were submerged by many people who had no time to escape.

There is really no way.

It is impossible for Shen Chen to go door-to-door while fighting a war.

Just like no matter how early the weather forecast warns, the 2.23 million people on both sides of the Yangtze River will not be able to evacuate in later generations.

However, natural disasters will eventually pass, and after the war stabilizes, the government will also assume corresponding responsibilities and start disaster relief work.

The autumn wind in the late autumn of September blew across the land, rolling the already choppy flood into ripples. The tide was still surging, but gradually receded, leaving a piece of sand in the land that was once submerged by the flood.

Rice fields have been washed away, cities have been turned into mud, and even some hills and hills have disappeared in the long river of history because of a large amount of water and soil loss or being washed away by floods.

The soldiers of Zhao Yun's and Shamoke's troops escorted the prisoners from Fancheng to Yicheng.

During this period of time, Shen Chen was not idle either. Taking advantage of the flood, he led the main force to storm Xiangyang. Every day, countless ships surrounded the city of Xiangyang. Arrows rained down like arrows, and the Cao army in the city could hardly lift their heads.

It's just that Xiangyang is not so easy to fight.

As the so-called Fancheng is made of paper, Xiangyang is made of iron.Fancheng is much smaller than Xiangyangcheng, and the height of the city is also much lower. The size of the city alone is not the same level.

Although Xiahoudun was also submerged, Xiangyang City was too high and the city was several times larger than Fancheng, so it was not so easy to attack.

In history, Guan Yu did not attack Xiangyang City, which had a higher defense, but stormed Fancheng, where Cao Ren was stationed.

It is because compared with Xiangyang, Fancheng, which has more defenders, is easier to fight.

Shen Chen's several strong attacks were all blocked by Xia Houdun. The soldiers would suffer heavy losses if they attacked forcefully, so he decided to take his time and not rush for a while.

Time passed gradually, and by the end of September, the flood finally receded.

Outside the city of Xiangfan, there is already a mess. The once vast plain was covered by silt, and a thick layer of moist soil has accumulated in the fields and villages. When the tide recedes and the silt dries up, it will turn into a sea of ​​loess.

Many trees were uprooted, many houses were washed down and turned into ruins, and even in the silted mounds, occasionally some corpses could be seen, most of them were soldiers wearing Cao Jun's costumes, and they had become giants.

On September [-]th, Sun Jiao's troops were finally broken by Zhang Xiu's army. During the chaotic battle, Sun Jiao wanted to break out of the siege, but was shot and killed by crossbowmen. There were more than [-] remaining troops, and less than [-] surrendered to Zhang Xiu.

After Sun Jiao was dealt with, all the captives were also imprisoned in Dangyang.

Now Dangyang and Yicheng have become the local bases for Shen Chen's army to place the prisoners in the rear. There are more than ten generals with names and surnames under Sun Quanjun and Cao Cao's army alone, and [-] to [-] surrendered.

Even in order to guard these captives, Shen Chen had to place at least 4 people in the rear, which were jointly guarded by the Zhangxiu, Liaohua, and Mengda tribes. He also ordered 5000 people from the Koufeng tribe to go south and take Jingnan directly. Six counties recovered.

On September 26, Xiahou Dun finally couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to break through.

It's not that he doesn't want to stick to the city, but that when Lu Chang guarded Xiangyang in history, there were only thousands of people in the city, and the food and grass needed were not much. In addition to the high city of Xiangyang, Guan Yu put the main attack points on Fancheng and Yu Jin Xu Huang's troops who came to help. He can hold on for that long.

But now Xiahou Dun has more than 4 people in Xiangyang, and the city is flooded again, and a lot of food and grass are wet and moldy and cannot be eaten.

More than 4 people consume a lot of food and grass every day. Originally, the food he moved from the military camp to the city was enough for four to five months, but half of it was flooded, and they also held on for more than a month. Eat less than a month.

According to the current situation, he judged that if he did not choose to break through, all the soldiers in the city would starve to death in two months, and everyone could only eat the soldiers' corpses to survive.

Therefore, he sent messengers to go out from the west gate every night, go in the direction of Longzhong, then ran to Jiangxinzhou in the upper reaches of the Han River, and went to Yancheng by boat to discuss with Xiahouyuan Xuhuang and the others, urging them to come to help as soon as possible, or assist him in evacuating.

Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang couldn't get an idea, so they had to ask Guo Jia to go to the front to plan for them.

Guo Jia was already seriously ill at that time, and he had a fever all day long. Historically, he died of illness more than ten years ago.

It's also thanks to Shen Chen that he changed history so that he didn't go to the bitterly cold place in northern Saibei and survived with a fatal illness like pneumonia.

But his body is like this. When he was young, he was unrestrained, liked wine and beautiful women, and his body was hollowed out by wine. Now he is 50 years old, and his health is getting worse. Now he has to drag his sick body to the front line to advise Xia Houyuan and the others. It's also heartbroken.

However, Guo Jia still supported his body and formulated two methods for Xiahou Dun, one is to stick to it, and the other is to evacuate.It's just that although there is a specific action plan, it still depends on Cao Cao's intentions, so there is only a stalemate now.

As a result, Xiahou Dun still sticks to Xiangyang City as a tortoise shell.Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang were blocked by Shen Chen on Lingyang slope north of Fancheng, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides faced each other and could not advance an inch.

Now they are all waiting for the news from Cao Cao's side, whether to withdraw or continue the fight, it is up to Cao Cao's side to make the final decision.

It's just that as the war came to a standstill in late September, the current situation has gradually become clear.

Since Jiangling Fancheng was breached and Yiling Yidao was taken down, for Shen Chen, the crisis in Jingzhou was completely resolved.

At present, he has less than 10 people in Xiangfan, and he has generals such as Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Lu Chang, Wenpin, Shamoke, and Shen Tao.

In the beginning, 5000 troops marched northward, followed by 2 men from Zhou Buyi and Wenpin Department, and then [-] people from Zhao Yun Department and Shamoke Department, for a total of [-] people.

The Cao army has about 4 people from Xiahou Dun's department, and the Xiahouyuan and Xu Huang's departments add up to about [-] people. There are about [-] to [-] troops stationed in Wancheng, Xinye and other places in the rear.

In addition, there are more than 1 to 2 people in the Zangba tribe who are still on their way.

As for Zhang Liao's department, due to Cao Pi's frame of Cao Zhi, he made two round trips from Chang'an to Luoyang, plus Zhang Liao rushed from Huainan to Yecheng to lead the army, and then went south from Yecheng to Nanyang, the journey was really long.

This is the case in history. When he came, Guan Yu had already withdrawn his troops because of Lu Meng's surprise attack.

It was November of the 24th year of Jian'an at that time, so he had to wait until November to arrive at Nanyang.

Therefore, if the reinforcements of Zang Ba and Zhang Liao are not counted, the current Cao army in Xiangfan is about 11.

It seems that one hundred thousand is against 11, Shen Chen is inferior.

But because Shen Chen broke through Fancheng, the morale of the soldiers was very high, and the fighting power was very strong, so Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang did not dare to take the initiative to attack.

And in the Xiakou area.

At present, Sun Quan has about 4 people in Shaxian. There were originally more than 3 people, but the remnants of Lu Meng's wiped out troops include thousands of Quanzong and Zhu Ran's troops who escaped.

There are about [-] Cheng Pu's troops in Zhouling, and there are still [-] to [-] troops stationed in Jiangxia and Xiling.

Therefore, there are still about 8 Sun Quan remnants.

Moreover, these people's morale is low, and the morale of the army is lax. Like the Jiangdong Army in the Xiling area of ​​Jiangxia, they were even beaten to pieces by the retired soldiers of the Jingzhou Army who were stationed in Jiangxia, which shows their current situation.

Shen Chenjun's side, if you don't count the tens of thousands of Leixu veterans in the direction of Anlu, is about 5, with Huang She as the main general and Gan Ning as the deputy general.

More than 3 people from the Huangshe Department were originally surrounded by 5 people from Sun Quan.

But Huang Zhong and Gan Ning rescued him, and Shen Chen left 2 people under the command of Gan Ning, plus a total of 5 people from the Yellow Shooting Department, and surrounded Sun Quan's troops.

Although [-] troops were not superior to [-] troops, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning raided the wharf outside the city and snatched many of Sun Quan's ships, which made Sun Quan lack ships to escape at the time. Extremely embarrassing.

So now the situation has turned upside down.

When Sun Quan attacked Jingzhou, Cao Wei's army was 17, Sun Quan's army was 7, and Shen Chen only had 3 people in his own headquarters and more than [-] people in Xiakou Huangshe who were still under siege.

When Huang Zhong came to aid with 7 people and wiped out the Lu Meng army in Jiangling first, the situation was much better.

Lu Meng originally had 6 people, but he allocated 8000 to Ding Fengchi to help Yiling. As a result, in the battle of Jiangling, Shen Chen wiped out more than 4 Jiangdong troops.

After that, more than 1 people from Liao Hua and Zhao Rong from Jiangzhou, and more than [-] people from Meng Da and Kou Feng from Shangyong Fangling came to help Shen Chen.

At this time, the Jingzhou Army had almost 20 troops.

Now that Fancheng has been breached, more than 3 people in Yujin have been wiped out, and more than 4 people from Sun Jiao's tribe are gone, including Lu Meng's tribe.Cao Cao lost more than 3 people from the Yuban Department, and Sun Quan lost nearly [-] people from the Lu Meng Department and Sun Jiao Department.

The comparison of the strength of the two sides suddenly became 20 to 16, and Shen Chen had the advantage!
However, this data cannot be regarded as accurate, because in the Xiangfan area in the north, 10 soldiers from Shen Chen's troops faced Cao Wei's 11 soldiers, and the [-] troops from Ganning Huangshe Department in Xiakou area in the south faced [-] remnants of Sun Quan.

There are still 4 people in Yicheng and Dangyang in the rear to guard the captured troops of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, so in fact, Shen Chen should have suffered about 1 battle losses.

But that's already a big deal.

There were originally 17 people in Sun Quan's department, but 10 were disabled by Shen Chen.Of Cao Cao's [-] people, [-] were disabled.

And his own loss was only more than 1 people.

This is undoubtedly a big victory.

It is enough to match any beautiful victory in China's 5000-year glorious history, and it is enough to rank among the best in those classic battles.

And this battle changed the original history of the three kingdoms.

Because looking at the battlefield situation, we can't just focus on the battle damage of both sides and the troops directly engaged in the battle.

Not counting the civilian husbands, corvees, auxiliary soldiers recruited by the three forces, and the soldiers and horses who fought between Liu Bei and Cao Cao in Guanzhong.

Otherwise, if you calculate carefully, the number of people directly involved in this battle will reach millions.

More people are indirectly implicated.

For example, more than 100 million people in Nanyang were occupied by Cao Wei, as well as the people who were affected by the floods in Xiangfan, the Han River and the Yangtze River.

And because of the large-scale battles launched by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, the people responsible for transporting food and grass in the rear, the heads of Guizhou, etc., may add up to tens of millions of people who have been implicated.

You must know that the total population of this period in history was only 3000 to 13 million, because in history, from the Battle of Chibi in the 24th year of Jian'an to the Battle of Xiangfan in the [-]th year of Jian'an, many large-scale plagues occurred in the middle, and the population also shrank sharply during this period .

Originally, there were 6000 to [-] million people at the end of Han Dynasty, but it was reduced by half in the end of Jian'an.

Although Shen Chen vigorously promoted Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", the situation has improved a lot, but many people are still affected by the plague.

Therefore, the current number is estimated to be more than 3000 million, and the battle of Jiangling, Yiling and the unfinished battle of Xiangfan alone directly or indirectly involved one-third of the country's population at the end of the Han Dynasty.

This shows how big the impact of this battle is.

It almost emptied the national power of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu in history, as well as the national destiny of the three parties.

It's just that Liu Bei's national fortune in history lasted less than a month from its peak to its decline. Shortly after the Battle of Hanzhong and the flooding of the Seventh Army, he was defeated in Maicheng.

But now Shen Chen has won a complete victory, almost emptying Sun Quan's national power and fortune, and Jiangdong no longer has any extra troops to resist.

If Sun Quan is dead, Jiangdong can easily occupy it within a month. Even if Sun Quan is not dead, it won't last long.

Therefore, Shen Chen did not concentrate his main force to encircle and suppress Sun Quan, but stared at Xiangfan, and fought Cao Jun to death.

Now is the time to start emptying Cao Cao's national power and fortune.

As long as Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Huang, and Zang Ba who came to help him can all be defeated, no matter how strong Cao Wei's foundation is, he will still be injured, and he will not be able to go south for at least a few years.

At that time, the Liu Bei Group can calmly destroy Jiangdong, pacify Yangzhou, and occupy the entire south.

Then start the Northern Expedition and conquer the Central Plains.

The situation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties will also kick off 200 years in advance.

(End of this chapter)