Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 383 Fire the first shot against Wu

That night, Liu Bei and Shen Chen arranged the details of dispatching troops.

Although Shen Chen was in charge of the entire army in this battle, he did not lead the troops to participate in the battle. Instead, he was with Liu Bei and served as the general of the rear army.

Therefore, each of the three routes to attack Wu has its own master and general.

The commander-in-chief of the three armies on the first line is Guan Yu, the second line is Pang De, and the third line is Wei Yan.

However, the details still need to be discussed.

After Shen Chen's planning, Liu Bei made a decision to face the [-] army, with Guan Yu as the commander and fully responsible.

Zhao Yun was the commander of the army, leading 4 people, and went straight to Ruxukou.

Huang She and Gan Ning were the commanders of the navy, leading [-] Jiangxia naval divisions, marching eastward, attacking Zheqi City, and supporting Zhao Yun's troops.

Guan Yu was in command of the battle.

In the south, Pang De's troops and the Wuxi barbarian troops of Lieutenant General Sha Moke had to detour the farthest way, guided by the local Shanyue, from Yuzhang Kuaiji Second Commandery, and rushed thousands of miles to attack Qiantang.

Wei Yan's department and deputy general Wang Ping went from the interior of the southeast hills, from the later Jingdezhen City to the later Huangshan City, crossed the southeast hills, and went straight to Yuhang County. Go down to Danyang and Wujun.

This is the whole tactical layout.

For this reason, Shen Chen sent Qu Gan and Zhang Nan to leave Xiakou on the same day, go secretly to Nanchang, go deep into the southeast hills, meet with the leaders of the Shanyue tribes, and unite with them.

On the next day, Liu Bei was going to hold a swearing-in meeting on Jiufeng Mountain in Xiakou City, and officially began preparations for a military operation against Jiangdong.

On May 25th of the [-]th year of Jian'an, on the peak mountain behind Xiakou City, Jiangxia County, Jingzhou.

Liu Bei set up an altar to worship the fallen soldiers and the common people.

The weather is good today, it is midsummer in May, and the hot sun shines on the earth, making people feel a little hot.

But Xiakou is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, above the mountain peaks, and the southeast wind blows slowly, bringing a little bit of coolness.

There is a platform on the top of the mountain, surrounded by lush greenery and lush trees. Standing on the platform, you can overlook the city below the mountain and the vast Yangtze River.

The waves of the Yangtze River flowed eastward with the turbid water. Liu Bei stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the mighty river in the distance, and the endless plains in the north of the river.

Behind Liu Bei, many soldiers were setting up altars, and the soldiers stood solemnly in two rows.

On the highest point of the mountain, there is also a large red flag with black characters on it, with a "Han" character written on it, whistling in the southeast wind.

From beginning to end, the Liu Bei Group has never changed the military flag.Unlike Cao Cao, since the establishment of the Wei State, the military flag was "Wei", and after Sun Quan became the Marquis of Wu, the military flag was "Wu".

A moment later, the altar was raised.

Liu Bei led a group of ministers and soldiers to the audience. Standing on the stage, holding a silk cloth in his hand, he said in a loud voice: "Sacrifice to the soldiers and common people who died in the war! The concubine is resigned, and the meritorious officials are rewarded. Ban He is the hero, and Su Feng slipped through the net." The school captain is honored, and belongs to the national award. The soul is broken by thinking alone, and the dust is ashes when it grows up. The original is dyed, and the bone is buried in the spring. It is only heard of, and the name is passed on.!"

"Woooooooooo!"

The melodious horn sounded, and the world was solemn.

Liu Bei stood in the center of the altar, recited the sacrificial text, then threw the sacrificial text into the fire, and prayed to heaven.

After sacrificing the fallen soldiers and common people, the sound of beating drums sounded immediately.

Both sides of the audience were full of white scorpion soldiers. Following Chen Dao's shout, the white scorpion soldiers shouted loudly, and the sound of the drums was loud.

"Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Amidst the shouts, many soldiers slowly walked to the audience, lined up in a neat line, and stood in the center.

Liu Bei, dressed in the costumes of princes and kings, stood solemnly on the high platform, overlooking the soldiers below.

Standing on his left and right were Shen Chen and Guan Yu. When Chen Dao saw that Liu Bei seemed to be about to speak, he immediately pressed his hands down to signal the Bai Mu soldiers to be quiet.

The white scorpion soldiers ordered to forbid, and stopped agitating for a moment.

Liu Bei looked around at the soldiers below, and said loudly: "Everyone, during the reign of Emperor Ling, the yellow scarves were raging, and Cao Cao ate the Han's salary, but he ended up as a traitor of the Han, taking the emperor to command the princes. The widows rose up in anger, and finally established a foundation in the south. against Wei."

"The battle of Jingzhou was originally a battle between the widow and Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, the Sun family in Jiangdong, who was originally a Han minister, did not want to serve the country. Instead, he helped the rebels and attacked our land in Jingzhou. This is a heinous crime and cannot be tolerated by heaven."

"Fortunately, all the generals fought to the death and won a complete victory. However, Jiangdong will not be destroyed, and great achievements will not be accomplished. Only by attacking Sun Wu first and pacifying Jiangdong's internal troubles can we conquer the Central Plains in the north, save the emperor of the Han family, and strengthen the king!"

At the end, Liu Bei looked around at the crowd, raised his arms and shouted: "So, today I want to launch an army to fight against it. First destroy Dongwu, then attack Cao Wei in the north, and rejuvenate Yan Han three times. Do you dare to fight?"

"war!"

"war!"

"war!"

The soldiers below shouted one after another, their momentum soaring into the sky.

"it is good!"

Liu Bei nodded in satisfaction, and said loudly, "Where is Guan Yu!"

"The end is here!"

Guan Yu walked off the stage and bowed to Liu Bei who was on stage.

Liu Bei took out the military order and threw it down, saying, "I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies, governing the Zhao Yun Department, the Huang She Department, and the Gan Ning Department. Both water and water routes will be taken directly to Jiangdong!"

"Order!"

Guan Yu received the warrant and stood solemnly in the audience.

"Where is Wei Yan?"

"The end is here."

"I want you to be the chief general of the Chinese army, in charge of Wang Ping's department, and go straight to Yuhang from Yishan."

"Order!"

Wei Yan took the warrant and stood aside.

"Where is Pound?"

"The end is here."

Pound stood up excitedly.

Historically, after he followed Ma Chao to Hanzhong to defect to Zhang Lu, he was separated from Ma Chao, then followed Zhang Lu to surrender to Cao Cao, and was finally beheaded by Guan Yu in Fancheng.

But since Zhang Lu had not had time to surrender to Cao Cao, Fazheng used tricks to attack Hanzhong, so he followed Ma Chao and belonged to Liu Bei.

There was Ma Chao pressing before, and his contribution was not obvious.But now that Ma Chao is under the control of Liu Bei, he doesn't want to be hanged by a rope, not to mention that his old boss Ma Chao has surrendered to Liu Bei, which is not a traitor.

So being able to serve as the chief general of the first army now is simply extremely exciting.

Liu Bei looked at him seriously and said, "I want you to be the chief general of the Southern Army, in charge of the Shamoke Division, Feng Xi Division, and Zhang Nannan. Set off from Nanchang and go eastward to collect Qiantang."

"The last general will not disgrace his life."

Pound happily picked up the warrant, feeling very excited.

Liu Bei looked around, thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Where is Ma Chao?"

Ma Chao's mood was low and his face was gloomy.

After all, he also knew that Liu Bei had guarded him tightly, and it was impossible to give him military power.

So I didn't expect Liu Bei to call him at all.

He suddenly heard Liu Bei talking, and didn't react for a while.

Still, Zhao Yun called softly from the side: "General Ma, the king is calling for you."

Only then did Ma Chao come back to his senses, he shivered, stood down from the stage and said, "The end is here!"

"After Meng Qi became General Fubo, he has been loyal and good for generations, and he is also a great Han talent."

Liu Bei looked at the people below and said: "Although Yun Chang is the leader in this battle, you must have a deputy. I will make you the deputy commander of the three armies, command five thousand soldiers and horses, assist Yun Chang, and go straight to Jiangdong!"

Ma Chao was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly realized that he was ecstatic, and he cupped his hands and said, "Design!"

He was actually a soldier before.

But at that time, he followed Zhang Fei to escort the food road. Everyone knew that Zhang Fei was always overbearing. Liu Bei took Zhang Fei as the main force and he was his deputy. Zhang Fei gave him hundreds of cavalry, just like the captain of the scouts. Scout the enemy.

Ma Chao also felt aggrieved, but because he was fighting Cao Cao at that time, fighting against the murder of his father and enemy, so Ma Chao also held back his anger and worked hard to do a good job, just for revenge.

After defeating Cao Cao, he was still extremely happy.It's just that Liu Bei took him to Jiangzhou again, not letting him have the opportunity to lead the army, and it also made him feel sad.

However, Ma Chao also understands that Liu Bei is good enough to accept him because he has a lot of bad records, and it is unlikely that he will give him military power.

So at that time, Ma Chao even made plans to die in Yizhou with grief.

It turned out that Liu Bei actually gave him military power after bringing him to Jingzhou.Although there were only 5000 people, it was a good start, which made him very excited.

And Shen Chen on the stage glanced at Liu Bei unexpectedly.

After thinking about it, I couldn't help but still admire Liu Bei's high EQ as before.

When Liu Bei was young, it was not that he had low EQ, but that he didn't want to become what he hated.

The governor asked him to ask for bribes, how could he not understand the sophistication of the world?

It's just that Liu Bei was passionate at that time, he had no money, and he was full of ideals. Naturally, he didn't want to join forces with corrupt officials like Duyou, so he whipped Duyou angrily and left angrily.

After that, I spent many years in the north, wasted time, and went to the court again. I saw Cao Cao's arrogance with my own eyes, and gradually learned to forbear and think before acting.

What Liu Bei is afraid of now is nothing more than Ma Chao's bad deeds, fearing that he will repeat the same mistakes, abandon his family and start a rebellion just like before.

But Ma Chao was able to start the rebellion because he had military power and prestige in Xiliang.

What now?
Others are in Jingzhou, not Liangzhou.

The dragon landed on the shore, and the tiger entered the water. Is that still a dragon and a tiger?

Maybe it can still hurt people, but after all, it is no match for countless swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, axes and axes.

So Liu Bei simply gave him military power, first to take care of Ma Chao's emotions and appease the old Ma family.

Secondly, Ma Chao himself is also a titan, wouldn't it be a pity to discard it?

Therefore, as long as Ma Chao does not touch the bottom line and does not return to Xiliang or Guanzhong, then Liu Bei may not be able to give him a chance to flex his muscles in the future.

After all, they have a common enemy - Cao Wei!
After the military order was issued, Liu Bei finally said: "Soldiers, Fang today, Cao Wei is brutal and cruel, killing the people. Jiangdong is unrighteous and betrays the covenant. I swear to destroy it, and the northern expedition to the Central Plains begins from this!"

"Destroy Eastern Wu, attack the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

Seeing this, Shen Chen immediately raised his arms and shouted!
"Destroy Eastern Wu, attack the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

"Destroy Eastern Wu, attack the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

"Destroy Eastern Wu, attack the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

The soldiers below shouted.

For a time, the momentum was overwhelming.

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At the beginning of May in the 25th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei swore an oath in Xiakou to prepare for the destruction of Soochow.

Shen Chen had made sufficient preparations for the deployment of various materials as early as last month.

Some civilians were transferred from Jingnan and Nanyang, and the south was sent to Xiakou by water and boats from the Xiangjiang River.

The materials from Nanyang passed through Zhangling on land, and then went all the way south to Xiling.

After half a year of preparation, treasuries in various places in the rear are full, fully able to support this war of annihilation.

The main reason is that the number of troops dispatched this time is small and the distance is short.

Like Liu Bei fought in the Battle of Guanzhong, the country was empty and the people were exhausted. He also sent [-] troops, and the distance and hardships of transporting food were not the same.

Coupled with Shen Chen's consumption in Jingzhou, even if Jing Yi accumulated in four or five years, it almost caused Liu Bei to collapse.

Although Liu Bei dispatched 30 horses in the war last year, only 10 horses were dispatched this time.

But the loss gap between the two sides is almost ten times.

If the battle against Wu consumed [-] shi of grain and grass and [-] ordnance a day, then the battle of Jingzhou and the battle of Guanzhong would consume [-] shi of grain and [-] ordnance a day, which shows the difference.

Therefore, what this battle enjoys is actually the feedback brought about by the last Jingzhou battle. Liu Bei will obtain the entire land of Jiangdong at a very small price.

After the allocation of materials was completed, Guan Yu immediately entered the army and began to rectify the soldiers and horses of the three armies.

He was stationed in Xiling, and tens of thousands of troops practiced continuously every day. At the same time, he inspected the morale of the troops of various departments, and constantly visited the low-level soldiers, especially the majesty of the navy, to understand the current situation of this army.

After waiting for more than ten days, Guan Yu had a preliminary understanding of the situation of the troops. On May 21, he led the main force of the three armies and arrived at Xunyang City on the front line of Xiling.

Thousands of ships in the mighty navy, densely packed, almost covered the entire river, and sailed into Xunyang port.

This series of actions frightened the Chaisang defenders on the other side of the river into panic. The smoke from the beacon tower rose high, and the carrier pigeons quickly passed back to Ruxukou, making the entire Jiangdong terrified.

But after Guan Yu's army arrived in Xunyang, they did not continue to advance. Instead, they first stationed in Xunyang and waited for the follow-up food and grass to be transported to Xunyang before starting to advance.

At the same time, Liu Bei ordered Guo Mu, the prefect of Xiling, Deng Fu, the prefect of Jiangxia, and Zhonglang, the commander of the army, to take Dong He to the rear and deploy grain and grass materials to the front lines in Xiling, Xiakou and other places.

He himself came to Xiling with Shen Chen after Guan Yu set off, and followed Guan Yu's pace.

And the southern side.

Pound had already arrived in Jingnan by boat, and after meeting with Shamoke, he rushed to Yichun with 5000 troops.

Although Yichun belonged to Yuzhang County at this time, Sun Quan's defeat in Jingzhou caused his power to shrink greatly from Jingnan and south of Yangzhou, and his control was severely reduced.

At present, except for Nanchang, Chaisang, Linru, Wushang (Yiwu) and other big cities or important passes that have sent a few troops to garrison, the rest of the troops have withdrawn to the north of Jiangdong, shrinking their forces to resist Liu Bei.

Therefore, Yichun is now occupied by people sent by Liu Bei to confront the Jiangdong Army stationed in Nanchang.

After Pound took office, he kept sending people from Xiangshui to the north to deliver letters every day, waiting for Liu Bei's order to issue a general attack.

On the contrary, Wei Yan is still in Xiling.

He didn't start because his route was different.

After Pang De captured Nanchang, he had to go southeast, while Wei Yan entered the mountains from the northeast of Nanchang.

Therefore, in terms of the route of travel, after Guan Yu occupied Chaisang and Pang De captured Nanchang, it would be more convenient for him to enter Poyang Lake from Peng Lize to the south along Poshui.

But even if Wei Yan didn't leave, after Guan Yu and Pang De marched, Jiang Dong was scared to death.

Sun Quan is still making the last effort, writing letters to Liu Bei every day, with pitiful words, hoping that he will not remember the mistakes of the villain, and forgive him this time, and not send troops to attack Wu.

But Liu Bei was determined to get rid of this guy, he didn't even read the documents Sun Quan sent, he just threw them away, out of sight and out of mind.

early june.

Guan Yu was ready, and on June [-], he suddenly sent troops to take Chaisang directly, and fired the first shot against Wu!
(End of this chapter)