Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 462 Xu Huang's Maginot Line
In November of the seventh year of Zhangwu, Cao Pi died of illness in the West Hall of Luoyang Imperial Palace at the age of 41.

Prince Cao Rui inherited the Datong.

After Cao Rui came to power, he urgently appointed Chen Qun as Sikong and Lushang Shushi to take charge of the national government affairs.

Sima Yi, as the general of the Fujun, went to Henan to stabilize the situation in the south.

After Cao Xiu's death, Huainan was lost, and the entire Runan, Peiguo, Xuzhou, and Yingchuan areas were facing the attack of the Han.

The most important thing is that there is a serious shortage of troops, so that the entire south and southeast defense lines are extremely weak.

You must know that the current national military strength of Cao Wei is also worth 30.

On the western front, there are about 20 troops, and on the southern front, plus a small part of the central army, there are only about [-] troops in total.

This is at the cost of abandoning Youzhou, Bingzhou and other frontier troops to gather so many troops.

In addition, the hinterlands of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan are now almost unguarded, and there are almost no local troops, and only a few county government servants are left to barely maintain law and order.

On the other hand, on the side of the big Han in the south, the military strength is unprecedentedly strong.

Shen Chen has 8 people in Chang'an, but there are about 2 local troops in Liangzhou, and there are also some garrison troops in Hanzhong, Yizhou, and Ningzhou, which add up to about [-] to [-].

The main force led by Zhuge Liang in Nanyang is about 12, but there are local county soldiers in Nanjun, Jiangxia, Xiangzhou and even Jiaozhou, at least [-].

This is not counting the Jiangxia Navy. If the Jiangxia Navy is included, the strength of the entire Jingzhou is about 20, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses.

There are fewer troops in Yangzhou.

The main reason is that Jiangdong fought with Sun Quan in the early years, which consumed a lot of young and strong labor force, and the population dropped sharply.

After Liu Bei ascended the throne, he adopted a strategy of recuperating and recuperating in Yangzhou, which indicated that some Yangzhou were young and strong, and the other part of the soldiers were actually from Jingzhou, so the Jiangdong Army had less than [-] soldiers.

There are 2 people as Guan Yu's main force, and the other [-] people are scattered in various counties and counties in Yangzhou.

Calculated in this way, the total strength of the entire South has reached more than 40, which is equivalent to the sum of the Liu Bei Group and the Sun Quan Group in history.

However, although the total strength of the Liu Bei Group is larger than that in the north, it is not as extreme as Cao Wei's deployment of all troops to the southern border, but stationed a lot of troops in the rear.

For example, the Jiangxia Navy is currently stationed in Lingnan, radiating Guangdong and Guangxi, and attacking Jiaozhi.There are also local garrison troops in Liangzhou, Yizhou, and Yangzhou to maintain law and order in counties and counties.

So if you only count the frontal battlefield, both sides are actually about [-] yuan.

It's just that Cao Wei's elite soldiers were almost wiped out in several battles, and now only a part of the frontier troops can be called elite. The troops on the western and southern fronts are often mixed with half-old and half-new troops, and their combat effectiveness is worrying. .

Two months later, at the beginning of 228 A.D., Liu Chan officially changed to Yuan Jianxing, and Cao Wei in the north also changed to Yuan Taihe. The Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties also officially entered a new stage.

Although Cao Wei's side was mainly defensive before, it was in a strategic defensive counterattack, and there was still room for counterattack.

But now it's finished and started to go on the defensive.

In the first month of spring in Jianxing, the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an was covered with snow.

At the end of last year, Liangzhou was covered with heavy snow, and the cold current from the north swept across Guanzhong, causing the temperature here to drop sharply.

Shen Chen sat cross-legged under the porch of the side hall on the right side of Weiyang Palace, watching the snowflakes flying in the courtyard, and put down the pen in his hand.

When he has nothing to do recently, he is also writing a book, which is a book on war.

In terms of literature, he has reached a very high level. The status of "Zhuziyan", "Shen's Classic Collection" and "On Man" in the southern Han Dynasty is almost comparable to that of the seven Confucian classics, and even exceeds the proportion of the imperial examinations. The Seven Classics of Confucianism.

In terms of martial arts, the only thing left to do now is to unify the world. After barely counting the unification of the world, he will send troops to Mobei, sweep the five Hus like Xianbei Wuhuan, seal wolves, live in Xu, Yanran, and stone.

This aspect is still on the way, so just like Cao Cao began to write "Meng De's New Book" in his later years, he wrote the soldiers first.

The main thing is that this thing is really useful and can be used to teach students.

Although the art of war is that the dead are alive, and war requires adaptability, but no one is born a military strategist, and there are still things to learn.

As if no matter how good Li Yunlong is, it makes sense to be a student of Chang Naichao.

Shen Chen stared at the snow that was still falling. He is now waiting for the snow to melt in spring. It is really not a good thing to fight in the snow.

"Master."

At this moment, Jiang Wei and Deng Ai walked in and saluted Shen Chen.

Shen Chen nodded slightly and said, "What's wrong?"

"The great river has melted."

Jiang Wei said.

"Ah."

Shen Chen said: "It's good news. It means that the weather is getting warmer. It won't be long before the snow stops and we can send troops."

The heavy snow at the end of last year froze the Yellow River.

But it is a pity that this snow did not allow the army to move unimpeded like when the Northern Wei Dynasty chased Houyan later.

The ice on the surface of the river may be two or three inches, that is, four to seven centimeters, and it is difficult for people to stand on it. If people step on it, the ice will crack, let alone vehicles, horses and luggage, which will definitely collapse in a large area.

So for the sake of safety, Shen Chen did not gather troops to attack Hedong.

But this is not a bad thing, because Cao Jun will definitely relax his vigilance, knowing that they can't cross the river, and when the ice melts, they may attack suddenly, and the opponent may not be able to react.

Deng Ai said again: "Master, this year we have newly harvested a million shi of corn, and with the addition of last May's wheat, there is a lot more food and grass."

"good."

Shen Chen asked: "How many people are there in Guanzhong now?"

"More than 20 households, less than [-] people."

"There are many fields in Guanzhong, and there are countless barren lands. What we lack now is not land, but Dingkou. I remember when Cao Cao moved to Qiangdi in Liangzhou, and the Han people went to Dongdong to farm and graze?"

"Yes."

"There are quite a lot of Hu people in Xiliang, and some of them can be migrated to Zuo Fengyi. The grass there is almost waist-high. In the future, the country will have its own pastures and raise its own horses. These Hu people can also be Sinicized."

"Does Master mean to let us move some barbarian tribes here?"

Jiang Wei asked in surprise.

Although Shen Chen's policy in Liangzhou is Hu Hanping, but Guanzhong has always been the habitat of the Han people. Will there be some unnecessary troubles if the Hu people come in?
Shen Chen nodded: "Well, recently the Southern Huns sent envoys to seek refuge secretly, and it's not a problem to settle some barbarians in Guanzhong."

The objective reason for the Wuhu chaos in China is that Cao Cao migrated a large number of Hu people to Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. As a result, the borders of the Han Dynasty were all Hu people.

But the main reason is that the Jin Dynasty itself is too useless.

During the Three Kingdoms period in history, which country could not violently beat barbarians?

The essence of Huren is that if you are strong, he will be your vassal, and if you are weak, he will backfire.

Shen Chen is not so holy that he thinks that as long as he is human, he should be equal, but he will not discriminate against barbarians who really want to join him.

Now Cao Wei is on the verge of collapse after several wars, and the Southern Huns and some small tribes of Hu people have secretly written to him for refuge. It just so happens that the Guanzhong area is currently underpopulated, and the weeds and basil grow more than cow hair, which is suitable for grazing and breeding.

So Shen Chen planned to relocate some Hu people to Zuo Fengyi, so that he would have a stable source of horses, and when there was a loss of war horses, he would not need to mobilize horses all the way from Liangzhou.

As for the nonsensical problems that may arise later?
Ha ha.

If the Hu people are obedient and obedient, they will be the people of the Han people, and they will become one of the Han minority when they register for naturalization and issue identity certificates in the future.

If you are disobedient, then naturally you can only raise the butcher knife in your hand.

"By the way, sir, a batch of new ordnance equipment built from Hanzhong this year should arrive in a few days. Should we send someone to meet them?"

Deng Ai remembered one thing.

"Well, Yan Zhi's personality is relatively calm, let him go."

"Yes."

"Is there anything else?"

"Yes, there are more and more common people around Chang'an recently, and the scale of the market is getting bigger and bigger, but we haven't set up a government office yet."

"Well, this is a problem. The military department has been in charge of it before, but the military department can't manage government affairs for a long time."

Shen Chen thought for a while and said: "I will write a memorial later, and send a letter to Xiangyang, so that Xiangyang will send officials to establish a government, the government will manage the people, and the army will fight. This is the truth."

"Yes."

Deng Ai nodded.

Now there are [-] households around Chang'an.

But in Chang'an before, Shen Chen had been in charge of the military from the horse and the people's livelihood from the horse, and the government had not yet been established.

However, there are so many trivial matters in government affairs, such as people's livelihood, public security, disputes, punishments, etc., which are all handled by the government, and the army takes care of these. What is the difference with the military government?
So now that there are common people, the necessary supporting facilities still need to keep up.

The three of them chatted about some trivial matters. At present, Jiang Wei and Deng Ai have become mid-to-high-ranking military officers. Apart from being responsible for the official duties with him on weekdays, they are managing government affairs.

Now it seems that it is better to shirk these government affairs as soon as possible.

While Shen Chen was dealing with the problems one by one, Pang De hurried in and reported to Shen Chen: "Governor, just now the scouts came to report that the enemy started building the wall on the other side of the river."

Shen Chen was a little surprised and said, "Build the wall? Where is it built?"

"In Pubanjin."

"Interesting, what kind of wall is it?"

"It's just some wooden fences and rammed earth walls, which are quite simple."

Pound described: "Looking at their appearance, it seems that they are going to build a camp directly at the Pubanjin ferry?"

"Establish a camp in Pubanjin?"

Deng Ai smiled and said: "The camp is directly beside the big river, if we go around from other places, wouldn't we be able to block them directly by the river?"

Jiang Wei scratched his head and said, "Could it be that Xu Huang wants to learn from the Marquis of Huaiyin to fight his back?"

"It's almost like asking for death."

Shen Chen propped his chin with one hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "There shouldn't be anyone as stupid as a horse in this world."

"Master said?"

Jiang Wei didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "Han Xin was able to fight his back because he was able to command the army perfectly, and King Zhao's army was chasing after them in a disorderly formation, and he drove them away. Why does Xu Huang think he can fight his back?"

"Yes, we have ships, and we can attack from the river. If he camps near the water, isn't that a dead end?"

Deng Ai was also puzzled.

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "Could it be that he wants to learn from the First Emperor and build a wall by the river to intercept our army?"

"It's possible."

Deng Ai said: "Pubanjin is only more than a hundred miles from north to south. If we build a wall here, the north will be connected to the mountains and the south will be close to the big river. It will be difficult for our ships to dock."

"Whether the ship is on the shore or not, it seems to me that their purpose is not to stop the ship, but to stop our chariot and horses."

Shen Chen found a map of Hedong from the ground nearby, pointed to it and said: "Look, they built walls by the river, and ships can dock at the shore, and our ships leaned over, condescending, and bows and crossbows can't kill them. But if you want to get out of the boat and use the moon array, I'm afraid it won't work if you are blocked by the wall."

He planned to attack Hedong before, and the main force raided Pubanjin head-on. He planned to use the Yueyue Formation to deal with Xu Huang's half-cross attack, so that after his main force successfully crossed the river, he could directly attack Puban County, where Xu Huang was stationed.

Then Zhao Yun and Pang De's partial divisions went all the way from Huayin to Tongguan to intercept Cao Zhen's reinforcements, and crossed the river from Longmen to attack Pi's.

This kind of containment on three sides, regardless of the main force or partial division, can launch a powerful attack on Cao Jun.

But now that Xu Huang is building the wall, his wall is relatively simple and the distance is short. It is not as troublesome as Qin Shihuang's Great Wall. I am afraid that a defense line of more than 100 miles can be built within a few months.

When the time comes for his ship to reach Pubanjin, it will definitely be no problem to dock. Even the soldiers can go down and demolish the wall, but the carriage and horses will not work.

Without the Queter Moon Formation, Xu Huang could attack halfway across the river and surprise the soldiers he disembarked.

"Hearing what Shijun said, it seems that Xu Huang is targeting us specifically at the Queyue Formation."

Hearing Shen Chen's analysis, Jiang Wei wondered, "But how did Xu Huang know that we plan to use the Que Yue Formation to attack?"

"Could it be that our army has internal support?"

Deng Ai was shocked.

Shen Chen originally planned to use Que Yuezhen, but Yu Jin was timid and didn't take over, making it useless and successful.

So only a few people know about this formation.

If Xu Huang really built the wall by the river just to deal with Que Yuezhen, wouldn't that prove that there were spies in the upper echelons?
Shen Chen rolled his eyes at him and said: "Don't be suspicious, I read the Generalissimo's battle report before, in the Battle of Shazhou Island, the Generalissimo used my Queyue Formation, maybe the Wei Bing who escaped said it."

"If so, it will be very difficult for us to go ashore."

Deng Ai hesitated.

People built a wall by the river, and the fleet would definitely be attacked if they approached. Without the cover of chariots and horses, once Cao Jun found them, the cavalry could quickly approach the battlefield, and then use the wall to attack them with bows and crossbows.

Although their ships were condescending, as long as Xu Huang was not stupid, he would definitely leave a buffer zone of dozens of steps by the river, so that their bows and crossbows would be blocked by the wall and the wall would become a shelter for the enemy.

Only Shen Chen looked at the map and pondered for a long time, then pointed to the mountains to the north and said: "It's really interesting, originally I didn't plan to march from here, but if Xu Huang built the wall, wouldn't it be a Maginot line of defense? What will happen if I march from here?"

"What is the Maginot Line?"

Several people were surprised.

"It's nothing."

Shen Chen said: "Let him build the wall. Tomorrow, send a few smart people to cross the river from here, and go to the mountains to investigate and see if they can find a road. It doesn't matter if there is no road, as long as a road can be opened Come out, and I will let Xu Huang know what is called the Divine Soldier from Heaven."

"only!"

A few people should come down.

Pound immediately made arrangements.

Shen Chen looked at the map and fell into deep thought.

There are still many cavalry on Cao Jun's side.

Xu Huang probably guessed that Shen Chen planned to use boats to cross the river to attack.

And Guan Yu used the Queyue formation once in the Huainan area, and he guessed how Shen Chen planned to deal with his cavalry.

So they built the wall and wanted to abolish the Queyue formation.

But I don't know, if this is the case, then why should I insist on attacking the wall?

Wouldn't it be good to bypass it?
If a road can be found in the northern mountains, Cao Jun will definitely be surprised by then.

　Today is just one chapter, because there was a power outage during the day, and the call didn’t come until the afternoon. I was so hot that I fell asleep, and I didn’t wake up until after six o’clock in the afternoon, with a headache.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)