Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 384 Stick to January?
On June 25, [-]th year of Jian'an, Chaisang County.

Because rain in the Yangtze River is expected from May to October, there has been light rain in the past two days, and mist has formed on the river in the morning.

In the almost undetectable drizzle, the Jiangdong soldiers who were always watching the river looked into the distance.

Due to the serious shortage of troops, Chaisang was abandoned by Sun Quan and no longer became a bridgehead against Liu Bei's group, but was regarded as a frontline lookout post.

Therefore, the strength of the Jiangdong Army in Chaisang County is pitifully small, with only 500 people in Yiqu, who patrol the Jiangfang in turns every day.

Chaisang City is still some distance away from the Yangtze River, so the guard built a watchtower at the Jiujiang Pavilion in the north, and sent two teams of soldiers, 100 people, to patrol and monitor the north bank every day.

At this moment, on the watchtower of the Jiujiang pavilion, a soldier stared intently at the Yangtze River.

The mighty river stretches as far as the eye can see, except for the occasional protruding mountain islands on the surface of the river, under the shroud of mist, only the phantom shadows of hills can be seen vaguely on the north bank, and nothing else can be seen clearly.

After a while, he rubbed his sore eyes from looking at one place for a long time, squatted down from the watchtower, and shouted to the bottom: "Hey, Lao Li, it's your turn."

Lao Li is still dozing off under the watchtower, pretending not to hear, this hard job, he can only stare at the water every day, can't do anything, whoever wants to do it, anyway, he doesn't want to suffer from it again.

Seeing that Lao Li hadn't moved, the soldiers above climbed down from the watchtower cursingly and shouted Lao Li up.

"Get up, stop barking."

Lao Li had no choice but to lazily get up from the ground, patted the dust, muttered a few words in his mouth, turned his head, and was about to climb up the watchtower, but suddenly looked into the distance, froze on the spot, unable to move. didn't move.

Seeing that he didn't move, the soldier next to him pushed him angrily and said, "What kind of hysteria do you have? If the captain finds out, it won't be as simple as the Shijun stick."

"over there"

Lao Li almost trembled and pointed at the river, feeling shivering all over his body.

The soldier turned his head to look, and his scalp felt numb.

On the surface of the vast river, I don't know when countless boats appeared, dark shadows in the mist, slowly heading towards Jiujiang.

The next second, the soldier let out a heart-piercing cry: "Enemy attack!"

"Woooooooooo!"

"Dong dong dong dong!"

Immediately, gongs, drums and horns continued to sound.

The two teams of Soochow soldiers stationed at the Jiujiang Pavilion on the south bank of the river were in a mess.

Soon they retreated into the city. The general in the city was just a Qu Junhou, who was in charge of 500 people. He had never seen such a big battle.

Without hesitation, he ordered to abandon the city and flee.

This strategy is the result of Qu Junhou's final gnashing of teeth decision after a few days of deliberation.

No way, this is the only way out.

resistance?

A dead end.

surrender?

What about Jiangdong's family?
So only escape.

Anyway, with tens of thousands of troops running over like a wheel, Chaisang couldn't hold it at all, so it's normal for Marquis Wu to regard them as dead in battle.

After escaping, find a place to hide and hide for three or five months to see what happens afterwards.

If Jiangdong was destroyed, they would take off their military uniforms and run back home as civilians. If the Marquis of Wu repelled the enemy, they would pretend to be defeated and retreat into the forest.

When Marquis Qu Jun shouted, all the soldiers in the city fled from the south gate and ran towards the south of Mount Lu, where they had stored some food to survive.

When Guan Yu entered Chaisang and learned that the enemy did not even dare to shoot a bow and arrow, and that Chaisang City was already an empty city, he sneered and said something, it really was Jiangdong rats.

The next day, Guan Yu left [-] soldiers behind, and the main force marched eastward, passed through Pengze, took Wankou, arrived at Zongyang, and broke Nanling. Sun Quan was terrified.

If Guan Yu hadn't waited for Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's army to advance along the Jiangbei coast and join him in Linhu County and Xiang'an County, he might have already reached Linhu and Tongguan Township and started to press on Zheqi City.

And just when Guan Yu's army was in full swing, Wei Yan also went south from Peng Lize and entered Nanchang.

The Nanchang defenders did not escape.

They descended.

Pound only surrounded the city for two days, and the defenders in the city couldn't bear the pressure and surrendered out of the city.

After that, Wei Yan and Pound formally divided their forces in Nanchang, and Pound went east to Yuhan County, which is the later Yugan County in Shangrao, Jiangxi, and then went to Yingtan City, Shangrao City, Quzhou City, Jinhua City, and Zhuji City to enter Hangzhou City.

Wei Yan, on the other hand, went northeast to Poyang County, which is the later Jingdezhen City, then went deep into the southeast hills, walked to Huangshan City, and followed the trail of the later Hangrui Expressway to Yuhang District.

However, compared to the frontal battlefield, the speed of the two of them is not fast.

After all, it was a long detour, so when Guan Yu arrived at Nanling, they had just set off.

It is estimated that it will take at least two months to arrive at Qiantang. If the weather is bad and it encounters the rainy season, this date will have to be postponed.

On June [-]th, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's army, which had set off from Xunyang, finally arrived.

It stands to reason that the distance from Xunyang to Ruxukou is only six hundred miles, which can be reached in about ten days by normal marching, but they walked for fifteen days.

The main reason is that the road is not easy to walk.

Last year's floods not only flooded Xiangfan, but as the lower reaches of the Han River, both sides of the Yangtze River were naturally not spared.

In the later generations, the north of Anqing City is now a large area of ​​wilderness. After the flood passed, countless swamps and lakes were left, which almost submerged the north bank.

Fortunately, the transportation of grain and grass is mainly by boat, and the pawns only need to bring a small amount of supplies. Otherwise, it would take at least a month to get there by such a road.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's tribe arrived west of Ruxukou, occupying Linhu County and Xiang'an County on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The location was probably in Xiang'an Town, southwest of Wuwei City, Anhui, about [-] kilometers away from Ruxukou.

Guan Yu's tribe was stationed in the north of Tongguan Township on the south bank of the river, facing Zhao Yun's and Ma Chao's tribes across the river, and they were each other's horns.

After they arrived, Guan Yu quickly made deployments and sent Zhao Yun to lead 5000 people north to Dongxing Dike, where Chaohu Lake entered Ruxushui, in case Cao Wei sent a small group of troops to attack and harass.

Then he ordered Ma Chao to sweep away the Sun Wu Bing camp on the west bank of Ruxushui, set up their camp there, and control the entire west of Ruxukou and the north of the Yangtze River.

By the beginning of July, Ma Chao had completed the task and set up the camp. Guan Yu also completed the construction of the rear camp and built three camps. Huang She and Gan Ning were each the leader of the other two camps. Staying behind, he led an army of [-] sailors to set off.

The mighty river is full of waves, and the Yangtze River is as wide as the sea. Looking at the north bank of the river from the south bank of the river, it is almost impossible to see the end at a glance.

Countless ships set off from the newly built pier in the north of Tongguan Township. Thousands of large and small ships seem to fill the entire Yangtze River. The linked flags cover the sky and block out the sun, like a gorgeous red fire cloud. , moving slowly towards the east.

At this moment, Zheqi City on the south bank of the river, together with the Ruxukou camp on the north bank of the river, blocked Huang Zu's army back then, how similar is the situation at that time to now?
At that time, Huang Zu's tens of thousands of Jiangxia navy, together with Mei Gan, Chen Lan, Lei Xu and others, went to join him, with a crowd of more than [-].

Moreover, Liu Pan also detoured to attack Qian Tang from the south.

Sun Quan also felt precarious, and with the support of Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others, he fought reluctantly.

But now Zhou Yu, Lu Su and the others are all dead, even Lu Meng is dead.

Jiangdong's talent has become extremely thin, there are not many reliable advisers, there are fewer and fewer generals who can fight, and the number of soldiers is far less than before.

Sun Quan stood on the city of Zheqi overlooking the river, his heart was full of boredom and various complicated emotions.

There is regret, grief, and resentment, but there is no guilt.

There is nothing to feel guilty about backstabbing an ally. He is not a moral person in the first place. Even if he regrets it, he regrets why he failed instead of succeeding, that's all.

When Guan Yu's fleet appeared on the river and Ma Chao's army appeared on the north bank, the Jiangdong Army in Ruxukou and Zheqi City all showed expressions of fear.

Because the strength gap between the two sides is too great.

Now the total strength of Jiangdong is only 6 to [-], but not all of these troops are on the front line.Qiantang needs to be garrisoned, Jianye also needs to be garrisoned, and the coastal defenses all need people.

This made the front-line troops in Ruxukou and Zheqi City less than 2 at full strength, and nearly [-] people had to defend other places.

And what about the other side?

Liu Bei only dispatched [-] soldiers and horses in this battle against Wu, less than one-third of the country's troops.

However, what Ruxukou and Zheqi City had to face was [-] soldiers on land and water on the opposite side. The densely packed fleet covered the river, and the banners covering the sky and the sun and the camps stretching for more than ten miles occupied the entire north bank of the river.

Just looking at the endless enemy flags is enough to make people chill.

Sun Quan was also very distressed, and said to Kan Ze beside him, "Hasn't Zhang Liao replied yet? Liu Bei has already hit Ruxukou."

Kan Ze replied: "Zhang Liao said before that the king of Wei had sent the general guard Cao Chun on the way, and he is still rectifying the troops. The king of Wei just quelled the domestic turmoil, and he wanted to prepare the army immediately in a short time. So easy, they expect us to hold out for at least a month."

"One month?"

Sun Quan murmured, "Will the reinforcements arrive in a month?"

"This should be."

"That's fine, if only for a month"

Sun Quan let out a sigh of relief, and said: "We must order He Qi, Pan Zhang and Lu Fan, they must not go out to fight, and they will not be able to hold out!"

Now all the generals in Jiangdong have been lost, and even the candidates who can become the governor are gone.

At this period in history, he chose Lu Xun.

But now Lu Xun is powerless in the face of such a situation, so he can only take He Qi as the main general, Pan Zhang, Lu Fan Zhuran and the others guard Ruxukou in the north, and he personally sits in Zheqi City.

Soon the order was passed to the Ruxukou camp in the north of the Yangtze River, and all the camps closed their gates tightly, guarding the Wubao, and countless crossbowmen went up to the towers to defend.

After Guan Yu arrived at Ruxukou, he did not launch an attack immediately, but took a boat to watch outside the camp in person.

On the huge ship, Guan Yu and Ma Chao looked to the east.

I saw that Ruxukou is worthy of being an important place in the east of the Yangtze River. The Wubao stretches for more than ten miles. The surrounding area is no longer an ordinary camp, but a castle like a water tower, a fortress, and a high wall.

As a pass built by Sun Quan for more than ten years, there are fences on the outside and an inner city inside, and then there are school yards, high oars, and earthen walls. There are also water docks built on the river near the Ruxu River and the part of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, its overall internal environment has three floors and three floors outside. It is like a maze. The upper and lower structural passages are complex, including tall buildings, waterways, baffles, and parapets. It is harder to fight than a city.

And the Zheqi City on the other side is not easy to attack, because the Zheqi City was built on the Zheqi Ridge of later generations. It is a city on a small hill. Nor is it vegetarian.

So unless you hit Ruxukou or Zheqi City, the difficulty is very high.

No wonder Cao Cao and the entire Cao Wei Group failed four times in Ruxukou in history. Such an important town cannot be broken by ordinary people.

After Guan Yu waited and watched, he said to Ma Chao: "It may not be easy to attack directly, so we should take it slowly."

Ma Chao has also been through battles for a long time, so he knew it clearly. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, this Ruxukou is Sun Quanzhen's town, and it has been in business for more than ten years. It is really not that easy to break it by force."

"What suggestion does Meng Qi have?"

Guan Yu asked.

Ma Chao thought for a while and said, "We should build a pontoon bridge, build large-scale engineering equipment, and attack the north of Ruxukou from the land on the north bank of the river, so that we can give full play to the advantages of the army."

"good."

Guan Yu agreed: "Now that Ruxukou is on the other side of the river, if the Guangshui army attacks by force, we really won't be able to take advantage of our large number of troops."

Guan Ping said, "Father, if that's the case, why don't we cross the river and harass their rear?"

Guan Yu asked back: "Tanzhi, have you seen the navy in Jiangdong?"

Jiangdong Navy?

Guan Ping thought for a while, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "Their navy ambushed us?"

"Ah."

Guan Yu nodded: "Although we only sent [-] sailors for this battle, the Jiangdong navy has been disabled by Xiaoqing, so we definitely dare not fight us head-on on the river. We will attack. If we cross the river and harass the rear, we will be flanked by them from front to back, and the food and grass will not be able to keep up. Isn't it a dead end?"

Guan Ping said fearfully: "Fortunately, my father saw it through, otherwise we would really think that Jiangdong is completely empty."

Guan Yu looked around and said: "Meng Qi is right. Now we should give full play to the advantage of having a strong army and horses, and concentrate on breaking through all the way. Zheqi City is easy to defend and difficult to attack on the mountain. If the navy cannot go up, the army will not come here. Let's break through Ruxukou first, and attack from the north of their camp."

Ma Chao was a little worried: "I'm afraid that their camp is so strong that ordinary siege equipment will be difficult to break through."

"Hahahahaha."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "It's okay, Kong Ming and Xiaoqing improved the stone cart before, and changed the stone cart from throwing to ejection, which greatly increased the range and power. Fort!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Ma Chao and said, "Meng Qi."

"The end is here!"

Ma Chao hastily bowed his hands in salute.

"Immediately start building a pontoon bridge on the upper reaches of the Ruxu River, lead the army across the river, and I will lead the navy to support you."

"only."

"Where is Zhao Lei?"

"The end is here."

Zhao Lei, the governor under Guan Yu's tent, came out and said.

"You are in charge of supervising the manufacture of equipment, and build a lot of stone carts."

"Yes."

"Where is Gan Ning?"

"The end is here."

"Let you lead the navy to support Ma Chao."

"only."

Everyone got orders one after another.

After Guan Yu inspected Ruxukou, he retreated in the afternoon.

Conventional strong attack is really hard to beat.

Therefore, he had to give full play to his own advantages, and the land and water armies attacked Ruxukou at the same time, making Sun Quan pay the price for daring to divide his troops to guard both sides of the strait!
(End of this chapter)