Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 124 suddenly enlightened

In July, Baiyue Mountain (now Qiyun Mountain).

She County is located in Yishan Mountain and is surrounded by mountains. There is only one east-west road leading into the county, and the road is rugged and difficult to navigate.Liu Bei entered Yishan from the west. The road through the mountain was farther than the way Sun Quan entered the mountain. Because he first entered Yishan, he did not know the terrain and marched slowly.

Sun Quan adopted Zhou Yu's suggestion and led his troops to She County, seizing the dangerous road for Liu Bei to enter She County, and built a fortress on Baiyue Mountain to block Liu Bei's access to She County.

In desperation, Liu Bei could only build forts along the terrain on both sides of the mountain road and start a confrontation with Jiangdong's army.Jiangdong's army occupied the advantageous location and attacked the Jingzhou military camp many times. However, Liu Bei arranged it properly and Jiangdong's army returned without success.Seeing that they could not take advantage, Jiangdong's army gave up the harassment, and the two armies entered into a month-long confrontation.

The strong wind roaring in Baiyue Mountain rustled the trees all over the mountain and made a sound like the surging tide.Among the deep and winding mountain roads, five thousand Jingzhou soldiers meandered, their flags were lowered and their drums and trumpets were silent.

Liu Bei struggled up the slope and looked at the mountainous terrain. There was no end in sight, and he sighed again.He had been prepared for the dangers of Mount Yi, but when he led his troops into deep combat, he realized how difficult it was to cross the mountains.

"Kong Ming!"

Liu Bei leaned on a wooden stick and shouted: "How long until we can leave the mountains?"

Zhuge Liang no longer had an extraordinary appearance, his head was covered with sweat, and the feather fan in his hand kept shaking, and he said: "Lord, according to what the mountain people said before, there should be another hour to go."

With that said, Zhuge Liang raised his fan, greeted the mountain people leading the way, and shouted in Shanyue dialect: "Ayou, how long will it take?"

After entering Yishan Mountain, Liu Bei personally killed the old soldiers to enforce military discipline. The whole army was in awe and did not dare to disturb the mountain people.With Zhuge Liang's win over, the mountain people gradually became friendly with the Jingzhou army, and a rare harmony between the army and the people emerged.

When the army was blocked outside Baiyue Mountain and was not allowed to enter She County, the importance of the mountain people was reflected.In order to crack the difficult evidence, Zhuge Liang visited for half a month, and the mountain people finally provided a hidden trail.Through this mountain road, the army can penetrate directly into the rear of Jiangdong Army and penetrate deep into She County.

After Liu Bei sent people to investigate, he left Liu Pan and Wenpin to guard the camp. He led 5000 elite people to climb the mountain road, preparing to bypass the Qiyun Mountain camp guarded by Jiangdong Army and enter the flat hinterland of She County.

Ayou was wearing a blue civilian uniform with strange symbols tattooed on his left arm. He was breathing heavily and said in Shanyue dialect: "Sir, there is still half an hour left. After leaving the mountain col in front, we entered She County and walked around. Behind Baiyue Mountain."

"How about it?"

Zhuge Liang put his hands on his hips and gasped: "Master, there's still half an hour!"

"go!"

With mountain people who are familiar with the road leading the way, and the vanguard opening the marching path at the head, the army climbs and crosses the mountains. Apart from the exhaustion of physical strength and the occasional need to stop the whole team, it is actually not that difficult.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Liu Bei and his sergeant walked through a jungle. They stood on an unknown hillside and looked down at the earth. They felt that their eyes suddenly opened up. They saw a big river winding away from north to south. On both sides of the river, there was land. It is flat, with no mountains, rivers or ravines along the way.

Although She County is located among mountains, it is not all ravines and can be roughly regarded as a basin.It is difficult to march in the mountains, but once you enter the basin, you can see unobstructed views of the rivers and flat fertile soil washed out by the rivers.

"arrive!"

Zhuge Liang showed a delighted smile, spread out the map of She County, and said: "My lord, the name of the river in front of us is Hengjiang. Our army should quickly go down the mountain and cross the river to seize the dangerous place."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang pointed to the east and said: "Although Shita Mountain is short, it can overlook the Hengjiang River. If we can occupy this place, we will cut off the military and horse food routes to the east of the river, and Sun Quan will lead his troops to retreat to the eastern section. The fertile soil is flat, and the two armies are lined up. Formation, the cavalry and soldiers can gallop through it!"

"Okay!" Liu Bei is a man who knows military skills, so he doesn't know what Zhuge Liang said.Under the command of Liu Bei, five thousand sergeants urgently set up camp. After all, they were alone deep into the hinterland. If they could not stand, they might be defeated and killed.

……

Liu Bei led his army to take a small path to bypass the Baiyue Mountain camp and enter the flat basin. He was discovered by Wu's soldiers and quickly spread the news to the Jiangdong Army camp.

Sun Quan clasped his hands behind his waist and paced back and forth in the camp, looking quite anxious. When he saw Zhou Yu entering the tent, he went up to greet him and said: "Gong Jin, Liu Bei bypassed our camp somewhere and led thousands of troops into She." county."

"Ok?"

Zhou Yu was shocked. He was also planning to defeat Liu Bei in the Baiyue Mountain area. Even if Liu Bei couldn't hold on, he could force him out of Yishan Mountain by relying on the rugged mountain roads and the characteristics of the unfavorable transportation of grain and grass.

But now Liu Bei has mysteriously inserted himself into She County, tending to cut off his own food routes.I don't know if this is Liu Bei's masterpiece or a strategy thought up by the unknown capable man.

The attempt to win over the Shangyue Zongshuai failed, and this time blocking the enemy from danger was also a failure. Both strategies were resolved, which gave Zhou Yu a headache.Losing the geographical advantage and entering the flat hinterland of She County to fight, the two armies would fight in formation, and Liu Bei's cavalry advantage would probably be able to be used.

Zhou Yu frowned and asked, "Where will Liu Bei camp?"

"Stone Tower Mountain!"

Sun Quan held the battle report and said, "Gong Jin, how should we deal with this now?"

Zhou Yu pondered for a while and said: "My subordinates, Liu Bei must have taken a small road into the hinterland of She County, and his troops must not be many. If we camp on the flat ground, our army can still lead a large force to fight back. The enemy is alone and goes deep, and it is a long distance." Climb and wade, win with one blow, attack back at the main camp, and Liu Bei's entire army will be wiped out."

"However, Liu Bei is familiar with military strategy, so he has led his troops to the mountains. He has the superiority of cavalry and soldiers, and can threaten our army's food routes. Now based on Yu's opinion, in order to protect our army's food routes, we should abandon the Baiyue Mountain camp and release Liu Bei's army into She County . Our army withdrew to the eastern part of She County to control the grain road and look for opportunities to defeat the enemy."

Sun Quan was quite reluctant to give up and said: "Liu Bei divided his troops to camp. It is better for our army to lead the army to attack the army camp. If we can break the camp, Liu Bei's retreat will be cut off!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "My lord, our army has been duel with Liu Bei for a long time. How can Liu Bei be an incompetent person? He is so good at military strategy, how could he not know that the camp is important? If our army is difficult to attack by force, I predict that Liu Bei will definitely seize it." The food road will completely cut off our army's supplies. When Liu Bei eats our army's food, our army will have no food to eat and the entire army will be annihilated!"

Blocking Liu Bei in the mountain road has advantages and disadvantages.Sun Quan and Zhou Yu had terrain advantages that were not conducive to Liu Bei's attack; Liu Bei's garrison on the mountain road was also not conducive to their attack.

Now Liu Bei divides his troops to fight, which is both a threat and an opportunity for them.However, if this opportunity is not grasped properly, the entire army will be destroyed.If others fought like this, Zhou Yu would dare to gamble, but his opponent was Liu Bei and that unknown capable person, so he did not dare to gamble.

Sun Quan understood what Zhou Yu meant, sighed, and said, "Since we can't divide our troops, we should follow Gong Jin's advice and lead our troops to retreat."

Sun Quan had the desire to be micro-managed, but in the face of a life-and-death battle, he could not tolerate his carelessness.After all, if Liu Bei wins, all counties in Yishan will be lost.After occupying the counties in Yishan, Liu Bei sent his troops down, aiming directly at Wu County.At that time, Sun Quan, the only one left in Wu Commandery, would be able to make a splash.Unless there is a huge victory, Sun's rule in Jiangdong will end sooner or later.

On the other hand, the same is true for Liu Bei. If he wins, he consolidates the counties in Yishan and takes the opportunity to surrender the Shanyue clan commanders of various tribes.By drawing large numbers of troops into Yuzhang, cooperating with the navy in the north, and uniting with the Sun Ben brothers in the south of Luling, Liu Bei will be driven out of Yuzhang.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)