Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 365 Guo Jia came down to fight and asked me to wait for the decisive battle tomorrow
At the beginning of October in the 24th year of Jian'an, at Suiting, Longzhong Township, west of Xiangyang, Wu Dang looked at his home that was submerged by the flood, and his expression was not very good.

Suiting used to be a plain with hundreds of miles of fertile land, bordering the Han River in the north, Mount Atou in the south, and Mount Jing in the west.

But at this time, after the flood of the Han River, it became a mess, the village was washed away, the countryside was covered, and even the originally wide road was submerged in the gravel, leaving only the accumulation of sand and ruined walls telling the story of the past. The traces left by the people's reproduction.

Wudang, their hometown, was completely gone.In the face of nature, human beings always appear so small and fragile.

Huo Yang patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Although the family is gone, the people are still there. Master is right, if he hadn't had the foresight to relocate the population of his hometown, perhaps our family members would have been buried in the flood too. .”

Wu Tao also said: "Yes, there are still some remnants of your house, and there is nothing left in my house. The two acres of land I plowed with my own hands are now flooded into a beach."

When Wu Dangzheng was sad, he was almost laughed at by the two of them. Huo Yang and Wu Tao's family was the head of Guizhou at the bottom, and the whole family owned only a few acres of land in a dilapidated house. Even if it was flooded, there would be no big loss. Not much value.

As for his family's class according to the division of teachers and monarchs, they belonged to rich peasants, and the bare land was about [-] mu.Not to mention the houses, livestock and all kinds of furniture that were not easy to take away when they migrated.

But of course he wouldn't say that, just shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's just a little uncomfortable. Longzhong Township is the place where I was born and raised, and it just disappeared."

"Don't worry, when Shijun regains Jingzhou, the folks will still come back."

Wu Tao also patted him on the back, pointed to Dongfang and said, "Look, there seem to be some little brats over there."

Looking in the direction Wu Tao pointed, he saw several horses appearing on the slope of the road east of Suiting. The people on the horses were wearing the black military uniform of the Wei army, looking at them from a distance.

"Beep beep!"

A sharp whistle sounded immediately, and hundreds of cavalrymen behind the three whistled, and galloped away into the distance.

Those Wei soldiers quickly turned their horses and fled in the direction of Xiangyang.

Xiangyang is surrounded by water, so it is almost impossible for large-scale scouts to come out. We can only use small boats to carry a small number of scouts. Each time Cao Wei's scouts are only a few people, at most a dozen people.

Because Shen Chen's fleet will cruise the Xiangyang moat at any time, even if there are some ships in the city, Xiahou Dun dare not use them on a large scale.

Now the entire Han River is Shen Chen's territory, every steel coin that falls from the sky has to be named Shen, and every Chinese sturgeon that jumps out of the river has to be served on Shen Chen's table, let alone Cao Jun who is trapped in the city.

Almost no Cao Jun dared to appear on both sides of the Mian River.

Xiahou Dun is like a turtle that doesn't even dare to show its head. Once its claws and head are stretched out, the kitchen knife outside will chop off at any time.

So he didn't know why, nor did he know the current situation.

He only knew one thing - that if Xiangyang was not evacuated before November, countless soldiers would starve to death.

Cao Jun's scouts who travel to and from Yancheng every day can only choose to act at night, and they still walk across the mountains and along the mountainous areas.During the day, they can basically only visit the outskirts of Longzhong Township.

And every time Huo Yang and Wu Dang they would chase the once mighty Cao Jun scouts all over the ground like a rabbit.

It's just that everyone knows that the scouts released during the day are just a cover, the real scouts move quietly at night, always passing through Yin County where Fu Fang is located, and then informed by Fu Fang and Shen Chen...

Time passed slowly like this, and by the beginning of October, Zang Ba's reinforcements had already traveled thousands of miles from Xuzhou to Nanyang Wancheng, and a few days later they arrived at the front line to join Xiahouyuan.

He brought 8000 people with him, and after joining Xiahouyuan and the others, he had an army of almost 13. Counting the [-] in Xiangyang City, Cao Jun had [-].

This undoubtedly gave Xia Houyuan and the others the confidence to start their actions. On October [-]th, in the camp of the general in Fancheng, Jiangbei, Shen Chen was looking at the letter sent by the enemy, and couldn't help but smile.

The current situation is that the enemy does not move, and I do not move.

Xia Houyuan and the others remained calm and did not take the initiative to provoke, nor did he intend to take the initiative to attack Yancheng. Both sides occupied the city and built camps. Active attacks will always suffer losses.

After Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army in the Battle of Xiangfan, Xu Huang was stationed in Yancheng. Guan Yu personally led the troops to conquer, but was eventually repelled by Xu Huang, which shows how difficult it is to attack the camp.

Anyway, it is not Shen Chen who is anxious now, but Xiahou Dun who is short of food in the city, and Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao who want to save Xiahou Dun. If Cao Jun wants to save Xiahou Dun, he has to take the initiative to attack. Why should he ask for trouble?
"Brother, what do you say?"

Seeing Shen Chen smiling at the letter sent by the enemy, Zhou Buyi asked curiously.

Shen Chen smiled and handed him the letter in his hand, looked around the crowd and said, "Guo Jia came down to fight and asked me to wait for the decisive battle tomorrow. Guess what this means?"

At present, all the generals are distributed in various camps. In the main camp, only Shen Chen, Zhou Buyi, Cai Du, Deng Ai, and deputy generals such as Liu Wei, Zhou Jian, Zhang Nan, Qu Gan, etc., and even Shan Yi have been sent out now , so there are fewer generals in the camp.

His main interrogators were Zhou Buyi, Cai Du and Deng Ai.

Deng Ai stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Xiahoudun is short of food, so he must be preparing to evacuate. Guo Guojia came down to fight, probably to cover Xiahoudun's retreat."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded and encouraged: "Shi Zai's stuttering problem has been cured a lot, if you persist, you will be able to speak normally in the future."

"Thank you, Master."

Deng Ai smiled honestly, he cared and enjoyed Shi Jun's approval very much.

Shen Chen then said: "Shizai is right. It is not safe to withdraw troops at night. There are no large ships in Xiangyang City, so we can only use small boats to transport people to the west city in batches. At this moment, our army's scouts are all over the four city gates of Xiangyang. , Once discovered, Xiahou Dun will be destroyed by our army in an instant when the fleet marches at night. Therefore, Guo Jia probably thinks that the troops should be withdrawn during the day."

"Guo Jia is quite courageous."

Zhou Buyi smiled and said: "Invite us to fight in the wild during the day, so that even if our army finds out that Xiahou Dun wants to evacuate, we will not be able to go because the main force will be dragged on the battlefield. Then let Fu Fang build the army on the bank of the river in Zhuyangyin County. Wall, even if we have other troops to harass us, Xiahoudun's own troops can use the wall to stop them, retreat to the north bank smoothly, and even join the battle and attack our army from behind."

Shen Chen nodded in agreement: "Guo Jia has always been very courageous and good at ingenuity, and it is precisely because of this that he has the same taste as Cao Cao."

In history, this guy is not only a master of psychology, but also a master of conspiracy.

For example, the thousand-mile raid on Bailang Mountain that killed himself, although it caused him to travel long distances and die of illness from the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, and almost caused Cao Cao's entire army to be wiped out, but what was the result?
The result is a win.

In a world where heroes are judged by success or failure, winning is right.

It's as if Ma Di was also known for his resourcefulness before Jieting, and Zhuge Liang valued him, and he also said the famous aphorism "Siege the city is the bottom, and attack the heart is the top".

But after the Battle of Jieting, he became synonymous with idiots, and this is the reality.

Therefore, Guo Jia's life is still very legendary. Even if his role gave Cao Cao more psychological comfort than practical significance, he is also famous for his daring to come up with some clever schemes to put him to death and survive.

It's just that this strategy is like a double-edged sword. In the battle of White Wolf Mountain, only Cao Cao had Zhang Liao, and he barely won, but Shen Chen was not the kind of guy who would just stop.

Therefore, if you want to come up with such fancy things again, then you will underestimate Shen Chen.

Cai Du said: "Since this is the case, then we don't need to pay attention to Guo Jia. What is urgent now is Cao Jun. If we want to win steadily, we should continue to stick to the camp, surround Xiangyang, and wait for Xiahou Dun to go out of the city to die, or wait for him. Exhausted and died."

"Well, it's right to seek victory while maintaining stability. In this case, we will win."

Shen Chen agreed with his mouth, but his face didn't change.

Zhou Buyi noticed this, and asked, "Doesn't senior brother think this is bad?"

“Good is good just”

"Just what?"

"It's just not waiting for me."

Shen Chen let out a long sigh, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Why?"

Everyone was puzzled.

Continuing to procrastinate will only benefit them, should they go out and take the initiative to fight?
Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "You don't know the situation in the rear, so I'll tell you about it. Now the people in Jingzhou and Yizhou can be said to be in dire straits."

"so serious?"

Zhou Buyi frowned, he really didn't pay attention to these issues.

"This battle can be said to be a struggle for national power among Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and the Lord. Food, corvee, and taxes are extremely heavy burdens on the people."

Shen Chen said sadly: "Jiangdong has probably been dragged down by us now, but Cao Cao's national strength is stronger than ours. The most important thing is that this battle has almost destroyed the entire Jingzhou. To recover, at least one Two years."

"Although Nanyang is occupied by Cao Cao, Cao Cao has never had any spare troops to harm the people. It is safe now, but the place has been taken by Cao Cao, and we cannot recruit civilians and get food and taxes."

Zhou Buyi touched the green beard that grew out of his chin, lowered his head and thought, "The Jingnan area is the same, but it has just been recovered, and there are still many Jingnan aristocratic families to deal with, maybe there will be troubles in the rear, and there is no Way to supplement us."

"Jiangxia, Xiling, and Nanjun suffered heavy rains and floods again. Your Majesty is still fighting Cao Jun in Guanzhong. He traveled a long way, and the pressure on food and grass in the rear must be great. It seems that the general is right."

Cai Du added: "Jingzhou is almost half destroyed now, and the food and grass pressure is all on the people of Yizhou. In the land of Bashu, the people may indeed be in dire straits."

"Yes."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "If it wasn't for Brother Kong Ming's hard support and strategizing from the rear, I'm afraid we would have already lost this battle. So we can't drag it on any longer. They want to rescue Xiahou Dun as soon as possible, and I also want to eliminate Xiahou Dun as soon as possible. It's better to use the strategy."

Xiahoudun moved to Xiangyang at the end of August. By the end of September, due to the heavy rain in Xiangfan, half of the food and grass were submerged, and the remaining half of the food and grass could only be eaten for two months. But it is already October, which means that he will have no food by the end of October. .

However, this is when the army is full. If you learn from Cao Cao's beheading the grain officer, you originally used a big bucket to feed the soldiers, but replaced it with a small bucket. If the soldiers are not full, they can last for a longer period of time.

In November, not only would there be a longer delay, Zhang Liao's reinforcements from Yecheng would also arrive, which was actually not good news for Shen Chen.

The current situation in Jingzhou is extremely corrupt, and the main reason is the disaster caused by this flood.

On the Jingnan side, Sun Quan only initially occupied it, and then quickly moved northward, and did not harm the people.The same is true here in Nanyang, because the migration of population in ancient times was a huge project.

In history, it took Cao Cao four years to relocate the population of Hanzhong, and two years to forcefully relocate the people in Huainan, and it was not successful. A large number of people went to Jiangdong.

Shen Chen was able to relocate 20 people in Xiangyang within 40 days because he had enough prestige to persuade the people to leave.At the same time, the migration site is in Nanzhang, more than 100 miles away, and the journey is not far away.

But Nanyang is different. Now Nanyang has a population of more than 100 million, distributed in various counties in Nanyang, and most of them are concentrated in the south of Nanyang, more than 300 kilometers away from the Henan area where Cao Cao will migrate.

Now Cao Cao's army is all fighting on the front line, and they want to threaten to evict the population one by one, unless the people leave voluntarily, or Cao Cao turns out another 10,000+ army.Otherwise, it is almost impossible to get things done.

Therefore, in fact, Shen Chen used Jingzhou as a bait, which caused little population loss in Jingnan and Nanyang, and did not have much impact, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan could not spare troops to attack the people.

The only trouble is this epic natural disaster that occurs once in a thousand years.

The flood flooded both sides of the Han River and the Yangtze River, causing many people who were too late to evacuate to be displaced, and a large number of fields were submerged.

However, Nanyang is now occupied by Cao Wei, and Sun Quan's occupied area in Jingnan has just been recovered, and Nanjun, Jiangxia and other areas occupied by Shen Chen have been ravaged by floods, causing him to be under enormous logistical pressure now.

The consumption of food and grass is very high, and the transfer of civilian husbands has led to severe corvée. There are still many people in the disaster-stricken areas behind who are displaced, waiting to be fed, and the pressure is all on the people of Yizhou.

Therefore, Shen Chen must end this battle as soon as possible, eat all Cao Jun or drive them out of Nanyang, and restore Jingzhou's stability as soon as possible.

Knowing their current situation, Zhou Buyi could only agree with him and said: "Brother, this is for the sake of the overall situation. Now it seems that we really have to make a quick decision."

"only."

Cai Du hesitated, "It's just that I was thinking about a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Since it is more beneficial for our army to stick to it, will Guo Jia suspect that we are playing tricks?"

"will not!"

Shen Chen said without hesitation: "The situation behind Cao Cao is actually not much better than ours. Now there are smoldering fires everywhere in Henan, and there are countless rebels. They also have the difficulties we face. Guo Jia will not fail to guess the burden on our rear. Seriously. What's more, he should know my character, and it is not my habit to persevere in the face of Cao Jun."

Cai Du said, "That's good. Since that's the case, I agree with the general to send troops."

"I agree too."

"I've long wanted to slash Xia Houyuan and take his white horse."

"General, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!"

All the soldiers stood up one after another, fighting with high spirits.

"it is good!"

Shen Chen saw that everyone's morale was good, so he said with relief: "Nowadays, Jiangxia, Xiling and other places in Nanjun are suffering from floods and the people are suffering. We must quickly take back Nanyang, so I decided to send troops. Let me meet Guo Jia for a while and see him. What a fortune! Pass the order to Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, and the task of intercepting Xiahou Dun will be handed over to them. Be sure to bring back Xiahou Dun's head!"

"only!"

The soldiers agreed with a bang, and their morale was soaring.

　Although everyone hopes that I can change three times and four times a day, and the number of changes will be about 9 a day, but I can’t stand it for a few days before Qingming Festival. I have to go back to visit the tomb and worship my ancestors. Currently I live in the county town. After all, there are many opportunities for blind dates in the county town. Go back to my hometown It takes more than an hour to drive from the town, and another half an hour from the town to the mountains. It is really inconvenient to go back and forth, and there is not much time to code and write, so I have to save a few chapters for emergencies.But everyone is eager to urge you to read it, so I will change the chapter originally scheduled for 12:2 am to after [-]:[-], and there will still be [-] chapters per day, and I will post it for everyone as soon as possible. It will be over before Ching Ming Festival, so it won't delay everyone for too long.

　　
　
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