Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 460 Liu Chan's Happy Life

Guan Yu stood on the flagship, looking at the Yangtze River in the distance.

The vast Yangtze River is full of waves, and the river from Ruxukou to the opposite bank is several miles long and extremely wide.

In the rippling river, hundreds of Cao Wei's troop carriers were rowing desperately with full manpower.

But they do not have paddle boat technology, and the sailors are far inferior to sailors.

As a result, their speed is actually not as fast as imagined.

More importantly, they are still in a headwind.

The north wind is howling, how difficult is it for them to drive from the southwest of the Yangtze River to the northwest?

Seeing the enemy crawling like a tortoise slowly heading towards Ruxukou in the northwest, Guan Yu glanced indifferently, and said, "The Chinese army goes straight in, outflanks the left and right, kill them!"

"The general has an order, the central army will go straight in, outflank the left and right, and kill them!"

"The general has an order, the central army will go straight in, outflank the left and right, and kill them!"

"The general has an order, the central army will go straight in, outflank the left and right, and kill them!"

The orderly shouted.

The standard-bearer above got the order and kept waving the flag.

So Guan Ping's army on the left wing, Wei Yan's army on the right wing, and hundreds of ships broke away from the team, like two pincers of a crab, and launched a pincer-shaped offensive.

Under the support of the wind and paddle wheels, Guan Yu's troops of the Chinese army pierced straight into the Cao Wei troop transport ship like an arrow.

When Cao Wei's troop carrier in the distance saw the mighty Jiangdong Navy rushing over, it fell into a huge panic, and many ships became extremely chaotic all of a sudden.

Someone desperately urged the sailors, ordering them to speed up and row to the shore before the enemy came.Someone turned around and headed south to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.There were even some teams at the end who were closer to Zheqi City and simply returned directly.

The entire Cao army was in chaos.

Soon, Guan Yu's army pierced straight into the center of the enemy's fleet like a sharp sword. Their navy ships did not directly collide with each other, but approached and began to shoot arrows.

The rain of arrows swayed down the sky, and then the distance between the two ships was shortened with hooks, ladders, wooden boards and other objects, and the soldiers boarded the ships one after another to fight.

It is not easy for Cao Wei soldiers to stand firm on the vast Yangtze River ships. The faster the speed, the greater the shaking, and the countless people who are seasick, let alone fighting the enemy on board.

For a time the whole situation fell into a one-sided situation.

Cao Xiu on the shore was ashen-faced, watching the soldiers on the river either drowned, killed, or surrendered.

Numerous Cao Jun ships were destroyed, and there were countless casualties.

When the war ended, Cao Xiu only felt tightness in his chest, his throat was sweet, he spurted blood, and fainted to the ground.

The main general was in a coma, and Cao Jun's morale declined even more. Jiang Ji hurriedly ordered to retreat.

It is impossible not to retreat.

Because Cao Jun has an army of 13, 7 on Shazhou Island, [-] on Zhongzhou Island, and [-] here. Even Liyang and Xianxi have thousands of people on the banks. Together, they have lost [-] horses.

Moreover, morale was low, and a large number of supplies, food, ordnance and other supplies were seized. It was meaningless to stand on the shore now.

When people free their hands, the backhand can destroy them.

So it's better to evacuate.

After the order was issued, Wei Jun left in frustration.

This battle was too cruel for them.

Cao Wei's water army should and cannot be called a water army, it can only be said to be a troop carrier across the river.

When the Jiangdong Navy entered their troop carriers from the north to the south, the outcome was already doomed.

Just like the scene where Cao Wei attacked Soochow countless times in history and was defeated, a large number of Cao soldiers fell into the water and drowned.

Groups of Cao Jun were knocked down into the rolling Yangtze River, and the river swallowed everything.

Fragments of ships, floating flags, and the surface of the river sometimes surfaced, sometimes sank, and were finally submerged by the waves.

The fighting continued until well into the evening.

In the next few days, Guan Yu sent troops to search all the way along the left bank, chasing down scattered Cao Jun's defeated soldiers, and the rest of the troops sent the prisoners and supplies to Jianye.

It was not until the beginning of November that all the aftermath of the war had been dealt with and the rear had completely calmed down. Guan Yu then led his troops northward.

At this time, Cao Jun had already withdrawn, leaving behind a messy Huainan area.

However, the Huainan area was already devoid of human habitation, the city of Hefei was burnt down, and Guan Yu had long wanted to build a new city in Hefei, so compared to the results of the battle, this loss was almost negligible.

After Guan Yu's main force went northward and entered Hefei, he didn't even stop. He sent Wei Yan to stay in Hefei and began to build a new city.

The area of ​​Shaopi Lake in the Han Dynasty was comparable to Chaohu Lake. To the north of it is Shouchun. The most important thing is that the fertilizer water flows from the east of Shaopi. In Chengde County, Shaopi has a tributary that flows into Feishui.

This means that Guan Yu's fleet can directly follow Feishui all the way to Shouchun City.

At that time, Cao Xiu was seriously ill with hematemesis, and the Wei army was in a state of panic all day long, so he simply abandoned Shouchun, fled back to Runan, and handed over the whole Huainan.

If it weren't for Guan Yu's logistics not keeping up, I'm afraid the Northern Expedition would have started directly.

Soon the battle report here was sent to Xiangyang through carrier pigeons as soon as possible. On October 26, almost the second day after Guan Yu broke through and attacked Cao Jun, Xiangyang got the news.

In the Deyang Hall of the Xiangyang Imperial Palace, Liu Chan sat on the throne.

Below, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Jiang Wan, Yang Yi, Yin Mo, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Huo Yi, Zhuge Jin and others sat on the left and right.

This time Zhuge Liang went to Wancheng and brought Ma Liang, Huang Quan, Zhou Buyi, Cai Du, etc. These people were the ones he focused on training, and the rest were in the center.

And Fazheng is not among them, because Fazheng's health has been getting worse and worse recently.

Historically, he died long ago, but he lived for another seven years, but his poor health could not be changed, so he was seriously ill and unable to participate in political discussions.

Pang Tong, who is in charge of Shangshutai at this moment, has just received an official document from Yangzhou. After getting the news, he quickly reported it to Liu Chan.

Liu Chan then summoned all his ministers to discuss the matter.

The little fat man looked around with a ruddy complexion, and said happily, "Everyone, just now Jianye sent an urgent message. The second uncle used Lu Xun's trick to lure the enemy into deep, and led Cao Jun to the Yangtze River. Within two days, he even broke Cao Jun's Shazhou Island At three places, Zhongzhou Island and Ruxukou, Cao Jun suffered [-] casualties and captured, and we won a complete victory!"

"Seventy thousand? Oh my god! I'm afraid this has hurt Cao Wei, right?"

"The great general is mighty, God bless the great man."

"The strength of Cao's army in the direction of Huainan has been weakened to the extreme in an instant. We will soon be able to start the Northern Expedition."

When this news came out, everyone was refreshed.

Because this result is so good.

The last time this was achieved was the Battle of Guanzhong and the Battle of Xiangfan. Together, the two battles killed and captured nearly 15 people from Cao Wei.

Afterwards, although there were achievements such as the Battle of Chang'an, the Battle of Hefei, and the Battle of Ziyun Mountain, the number of casualties and prisoners each time was only [-] to [-], which is far from comparable to this time.

More importantly, after this battle, Cao Wei's military strength will be stretched. Even if they recruit new troops again, the training level in a short period of time will be far inferior to the old elite soldiers.

This is great news for the big men in the south.

The unification of the Northern Expedition is not far away.

Xu Shu is now almost 60 years old, and he said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, after this battle, Cao Wei's strength has declined, and the three-way Northern Expedition is just around the corner."

"Ah."

Liu Chan said refreshedly: "This good news must be notified to the prime minister and the general of the hussars as soon as possible. I have inherited my father's behest and devoted myself to revitalizing the Han Dynasty and unifying the world. I must not slack off."

Never slack off?
The corner of Huo Yi's mouth twitched slightly. He had been with Liu Chan before he was the emperor's servant.

At least before the political discussion, Liu Chan has been watching singing and dancing.

Although Zhuge Liang had gone to Nanyang, Pang Tong and Xu Shu were also good at handling government affairs, so Liu Chan also became a hands-off shopkeeper.

In addition to the necessary reading every day, in his spare time, he was either having fun or having fun, which was really embarrassing to his father.

But Pang Tong, Xu Shu and the others didn't know, and everyone was very happy to hear what was said in this scene.

Pang Tong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has such great ambitions, it would be great. Now the top priority is to collect this year's new grain as soon as possible. Now that the general has defeated Cao's army, the entire Huainan may soon be restored. Han soil."

"good."

Xu Shu nodded and said: "Although we had most of Huainan before, the north of Hefei was still held by Cao Jun. The general has achieved such a great result in this battle, and it is time to take back the entire Huainan. Jiangdong is not crowded with people and land Is it? If we can relocate the people to farm in Huainan, why would there be no food on the front line?"

Liu Chan said: "The words of the minister under the door are very close to my heart, so the three provinces will send an official document to the second uncle, and ask him to help resettle the relocation of the people. Lu Xun has made great contributions to this battle. Isn't he from Jiangdong? Can he handle this matter?"

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "Lu Xun has made great contributions, so he cannot stay in Jiangdong. Your Majesty should strictly abide by the "Three Mutual Laws" when he succeeds the Great Han. He can go to Jingzhou and Yizhou, but he must not stay in Jiangdong."

"I almost forgot."

Liu Chan slapped his forehead and remembered.

In the past, Lu Xun was actually a mid-level Langguan in Shangshutai. He was a Shangshulang at first, from the seventh rank, and then he was promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, that is, from the fifth rank.

But this time the meritorious service was too great, Liu Chan thought about letting him be the fourth-rank Yangzhou herdsman, assist Guan Yu, and help with the work of migrating people.

For a while, I forgot the strict laws and regulations for officials to be officials in the local area.

The main reason is that Liu Chan has never been appointed to an official position.

Before Liu Bei's period, Zhuge Liang was the one who appointed officials. After Liu Bei died, and after Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, Zhuge Liang was also in charge.

Now Zhuge Liang went north to Nanyang to lead troops, and these things fell to Pang Tongfazheng Xu Shu and the others.

So this is the first time Liu Chan wants to appoint someone as an official.

However, Lu Xun could not serve as an official in Yangzhou, and the previous Yangzhou Mu Wangfu also made great contributions to quelling Sun Quan's rebellion this time.

Including the burning of Taicang and the expulsion of Sun Quan, all of which were planned by Wang Fu behind the scenes.

Wang Fu was going to be promoted, and Lu Xun was going to be promoted too, so someone was needed to help Guan Yu with management in the rear.

Liu Chan thought for a while and said, "Then who will be sent to Yangzhou?"

"I recommend Li Yan."

Pang Tong said.

Li Yan was the prefect of Hanzhong before.

Because of his meritorious service in assisting Shen Chen in breaking down Chang'an, he was transferred to be the pastor of Yizhou.

In history, he was one of the Gu Ming ministers left behind by Liu Bei.

But now he basically doesn't have his share, that is, he followed Liu Bei early, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be a Yizhou pastor.

The main reason is that he is lonely and arrogant, and it is difficult to get along with others. Except for Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen, Guan Yu and other few people who can suppress him, no one else will accept him.

But character is one aspect, his talent is good.

In history, when he served as prefect, he showed his excellent governance ability: digging through Tianshe Mountain, building roads along the river, building large-scale construction projects, and renovating the county city, so that "officials and people are pleased with it", "viewing the magnificent towers is a victory for a state." Yu".

Therefore, although Pang Tong has no friendship with Li Yan, and even has a little disagreement, he still recommends Li Yan to go to Jiangdong.

Liu Chan nodded and said, "Then let Li Yan go."

Afterwards, rewards were issued.

For example, Guan Yu was given the title of Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses and Shangzhu Kingdom, Wei Yan was promoted to the title of General of the Town Army, Guan Ping was given the title of General of the Eastern Conquest, and other generals, big and small, were rewarded.

The reason why Guan Yu was named Marshal of the Army and Horses was that he was almost unsealable.

In terms of position, he is a general with the highest status.There is no way to seal the marquis, because his Hanshou Tinghou was conferred by Liu Xie himself, so Guan Yu has always wanted the status of Tinghou.

In this way, only new jobs can be placed.

As for Wei Yanguan and Pingping, there are now generals, generals, generals, generals, generals, and generals.

They themselves are among them, and if Wei Yan is General Zuo, with every radish and every hole, it will be difficult to promote their positions.

Unless the senior general in front is dead or demoted, it is difficult to be promoted.

So we can only find new jobs.

Shen Chen discussed this issue with Zhuge Liang before, and he thought that generals could be divided into several ranks like in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

For example, the generals, generals of hussars, generals of chariots, and generals of guards can be collectively referred to as generals.

Front, back, left, and right are the generals.

Four campaigns, four towns, and Siping are the generals.

The rest of the miscellaneous generals are major generals.

Then get a marshal position on top of the general.

This facilitates the promotion of officials.

For example, if a person has made great contributions and has been able to be promoted to the first four general levels, but cannot be promoted due to poor positions, he can follow this, such as General Fuguo, General Zhenjun, General Wuwei, etc.

Although these generals have miscellaneous names, their status is the same as that of the original Wanshi generals such as generals, generals of hussars, generals of chariots, and generals of Wei.

Shu Han and Sun Wu have done this in history, and they existed as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

It was just because of some reasons that Zhuge Liang did not adopt it at the time.

Now after everyone's discussion, this matter has been turned over again, and Liu Chan has made a new job arrangement.

In this way, Guan Yu's position became the general marshal of the world's soldiers and horses that only appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

After making these arrangements, Liu Chan announced the disbandment of the court.

Everyone left separately.

After everyone left, Liu Chan was very excited and walked around the hall happily.

Huo Yi stayed to accompany him as a close servant, and seeing him happy, he said: "Your Majesty, we have defeated Cao Jun, and we are one step closer to recovering the Han Dynasty."

"Yeah, if Father knows, he will be very happy."

Liu Chan said excitedly.

He jumped up happily, with light steps, like a child weighing more than 200 kilograms.

Huo Yi took the opportunity to persuade: "At this time of joy, why don't your majesty be diligent in political affairs and try your best?"

"Yes, yes, you reminded me."

Liu Chan slapped his forehead, and then said to the eunuchs left and right: "Let the singing and dancing come up."

Huo Yi was numb at that time, and said: "Your Majesty, I want His Majesty to be diligent in political affairs, not in singing and dancing."

Liu Chan curled his lips and said, "What do you know? Now that political affairs are handled by three provinces and departments, wouldn't it add to the chaos if I intervene? I am diligent in singing and dancing, which is the best help for political affairs. Come on, let's play music and dance!"

After finishing speaking, he returned to his seat, sat down, and began to lay down his life, completely ignoring Huo Yi's face which was covered with black lines.

Ugh.

The life of being an emperor is so plain and boring.

(End of this chapter)