Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 68 The War Begins

When the sky was still dark, the soldiers that Huang Menting went to investigate came back.

Shen Chen celebrated his 11th birthday a few days ago. Although his face looks immature, his stature is getting taller and his physique is quite strong.

He is practicing archery recently.

Traveling to the war years, it is definitely not enough to just read books without practicing martial arts.Including those so-called scholars, in fact, each has more martial arts than each.

Needless to say, Wang Lang and Xu Shu carried swords and cut people. Even Zhuge Liang and Wang Can carried swords around their waists and practiced them frequently.

In fact, Xianshan Academy also teaches fencing, and it is the senior brother Pan Jun who personally teaches the students how to practice fencing.

As a later senior general of Soochow Wu, Pan Jun's military power was good, and his martial virtue was also abundant. He once wanted to kill Sun Quan's favorite minister Lu Yi, but Lu Yi was protected by Sun Quan so he didn't hack him to death.

So under his careful teaching, the scholars in Xianshan Academy are also very good.Although it is not comparable to those generals who fight on the battlefield, three or five people can't get close to them.

It's just that Shen Chen is relatively young and his strength hasn't grown yet, so no one sparred with him on weekdays, so he could only slash with the wooden man according to the sword skills taught by Pan Jun.

I have been practicing for more than a year now, and I have gained a little martial virtue, and my arms have grown a lot. In a few years, I should be able to have a little martial power.

However, practicing sword can only be said to be a little self-protection in close combat, and the real technical ability must be archery.

After all, this is the only thing that can kill the enemy from a distance, which is much safer than close-to-hand combat.

Gan Ning became Shen Chen's archery teacher and often took him hunting in the mountains.

Since he became the general of Huyang, Gan Ning came to Huangmenting to eat and drink when he had nothing to do. The economy and handicraft industry here are very developed, and it seems that it has become the most prosperous market in the surrounding cities.

On this day, Shen Chen was practicing archery again. There was a huge school field outside the manor, with a shooting range inside, where Deng Zhao, Shen Zhen and others practiced their troops on weekdays.

Now Huangmenting's guards and horses have grown to 200, and they are currently stationed near the school grounds.

At this moment, Gan Ning is urging Shen Chen to practice archery. Apart from the two of them, there are also a large number of soldiers practicing in the entire school field, but they are not practicing archery, but fighting swordsmanship.

Use wooden swords and shields to fight against each other. In addition to practicing singles, there are also small-scale melees. Except that real swords and guns are not used, try to simulate the real battlefield.

Shen Chen's bow and arrow are small bows for children, they are not comparable to those strong bows with two stones, even if they are fully drawn, they can only shoot 40 to [-] meters. Currently, he is more focused on practicing posture.

Archery posture is very important, so since he got up early in the morning to practice, he has not yet shot an arrow, but he has been standing for an hour.

Just as he was suffering from back pain and gritted his teeth to persevere, a horse galloped towards the barracks gate in the distance. It stopped when it reached the barracks gate, and hurried up to Deng Zhao, who was training soldiers.

Deng Zhao nodded after listening to the report, and then walked towards Shen Chen.From the corner of Shen Chen's eyes, he also caught a glimpse of this scene, and was about to put down the bow and arrow when he heard a "pop".

The right arm was severely whipped by Gan Ning with a wooden plank, and the severe pain suddenly came, making him grin his teeth, and said to Gan Ning, "Uncle Xingba, why did you hit me?"

Gan Ning snorted coldly, "You should fight. As a general, you should be calm. How can you be distracted by other things when you are concentrating on studying?"

Shen Chen could only continue to maintain the archery posture.

Until Deng Zhao came over and said to him: "Ah Chen, the scouts have returned, and Cao Cao's army has indeed appeared in the area of ​​the Fiao River, and is now stationed in Bowang County."

"Forehead"

Shen Chen glanced at Gan Ning, Gan Ning threw away the board in his hand, signaling that he could rest, then put down his bow and arrow, sat on the ground rubbing his arms and said: "It seems that war is about to start again, but we have a chance to take revenge coming."

Deng Zhao wondered, "Ah Chen, you don't mean to go to war with Cao Jun. I heard that this time Cao Cao brought tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, and our Huangmen Pavilion only has a thousand people. How can we be his opponent?"

Shen Chen stood up and said: "Uncle, you asked my father, and the grandfather of the sixth grandfather to come over. Uncle Xingba, you also come over, we are going to fight."

"You are really ready to fight."

Gan Ning followed Shen Chen and said, "Shouldn't this matter be left to Liu Shijun to decide?"

Shen Chen sneered and said, "What can Mr. Liu decide? If my prediction is correct, Zhang Xiu must have already planned to surrender. By the time Mr. Liu decides, Cao Cao may have already taken over half of Nanyang."

"Zhang Xiu surrendered?"

Gan Ning's eyes widened, he spat on the ground and said, "Pfft, Xiliang people are indeed capricious and unreliable."

Don't look at him serving Liu Zhang first, then Liu Biao, and finally Sun Quan.

But Gan Ning is actually the kind of person who will work hard if he is reused.Neither Liu Zhang nor Liu Biao reused him, but Sun Quan used him, so he would naturally follow the people who reused him.

Before Zhang Xiu came to Nanyang, he couldn't be said to be a strong soldier, at least he was a bereaved dog.

After arriving in Nanyang, Liu Biao not only did not annihilate him, but instead gave him food, grass and land, and gave him most of Nanyang to rule. This is undoubtedly a very big gift.

If it were Gan Ning, he would have given up on Liu Biao long ago.

As a result, in a blink of an eye Shen Chen said that Zhang Xiu would surrender, although he didn't know whether it was true or not, but Shen Chen's inferences were correct several times, which made Gan Ning very ashamed of Zhang Xiu's behavior.

However, Shen Chen said: "People in the world are like grass on the wall swaying in the wind. It is normal to attach to whoever is strong. Now in the Kanto region, only Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are the strongest. It is not surprising to attach to them thing."

"At this time, we should report to Mr. Liu and send troops to destroy Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao immediately."

Gan Ning said.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Liu Shijun will not send troops. Before he fought Zhang Xiu, he lost his troops and lost his generals. Now that Cao Cao is added, he will only stick to Xiangyang. But I guess things may change, so let's wait and see."

After speaking, the two of them arrived at the inner hall of the school grounds, sat there for a while, Shen Chen's father Shen Zhen, Deng Zhao and Deng Hong came over.

Now the chief military officers of Huangmenting are Deng Zhao and Shen Zhen, while Deng Hong is in charge. Originally, it was Deng Mao, but Deng Mao went to Xinye to become the county magistrate, so the clan affairs are currently handled by them.

Everyone came in and sat down, Deng Hong turned slightly pale and said, "Ah Chen, Cao Cao is calling?"

"Well, yes, our Huang Menting may have to experience another change in Xuzhou."

Shen Chen laughed at himself and said, "This Cao Cao is really everywhere."

Deng Hong said in horror: "Let's move to Xiangyang."

"Move to Xiangyang?"

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "It's impossible to just think about running away. When I built the Huangmen Pavilion, it was just for today."

"But now Huangmenting has only a thousand soldiers, how can we fight against Cao Cao's tens of thousands of tigers and wolves?"

Deng Hong remembered the tragedy he had seen in Xuzhou, and was terrified of Cao Cao.

Shen Chen said coldly: "If Cao Cao gains power, he may not be safe even if he flees overseas. So for the present plan, we can only fight with him, not to mention that the situation is not so bad yet, you just listen to my arrangement." .”

Deng Hong, Deng Zhao, and Shen Zhen looked at each other, and Shen Zhen hesitated: "Is there any good way for my son?"

Shen Chen said: "Father, don't panic. If my predictions are correct, Cao Cao will definitely send people to attack Liu Shijun's barriers around Xinye. Huyang is also the direction of attack. At that time, we can retreat into the back mountain and deal with the enemy. When their attack weakens, let Uncle Xingba attack and annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"How are you going to arrange it?"

Gan Ning asked.

Shen Chen said his thoughts again.

Now Huangmenting is quite prosperous, but those who live outside the village are all farmers and farmers attached to them. The real core is still the more than 1000 original people of Huangmenting.

Therefore, Shen Chen planned to move most of the people in Huangmenting to Huyang County first, and leave the fields alone. They would lead the original 1000 village elders in Huangmenting to the back mountain, and then arrange soldiers to settle in the back mountain. Among Qionglong and watchtowers, the terrain is used to defend.

Although Deng Hong and the others still felt that they might not be able to hold on to this, Shen Chen tried his best to push the matter forward.In the end, they also had to follow Shen Chen's method. While sending people to evacuate the crowd, they began to move food and supplies to the back mountain.

The back mountain is actually not high, the height is only about a hundred meters, and the short hills are only 30 meters high.There used to be a lot of trees on it, but now they are almost cut down, and a military camp on the hillside was built, surrounded by fences and walls.

There are not only cave dwellings and blast furnaces at the back of the mountain, but also a large number of buildings and underground passages.At the same time, a large number of caves and underground palaces were dug and built, and a lot of materials were stored for dealing with the enemy.

But it is said to be a strong fortress, but in fact the terrain and area are not large.There was a famous battle in World War II called the Battle of Iwo Jima. The tunnel battle was really powerful. More than 2 Japanese soldiers hid in the tunnels, causing huge casualties to the U.S. troops, and the entire mountain was hollowed out.

Of course, Shen Chen didn't have that much ability to build a tunnel of that level, so the excavated area of ​​the entire back mountain was less than one square kilometer.About twelve qionglongs were built on the heights, and each qionglong could accommodate fifty soldiers to move about inside.

There is an arrow hole on the top of the Qionglong cage, and a hole for poking a spear below it.There is no entrance to enter from the outside, only through the underground passage.And the underground passage is controlled by the agency, and it is almost impossible to enter from the outside.

So as long as there is enough food, a camp like this with a full-level defense is completely impossible to be breached by the outside.Irrigation is not enough, there are drainage facilities underground, as well as ventilation holes and safety exits.

Therefore, if it is really defended, the defensive power of the fortress built by Shen Chen is still very impressive.

Soon, after a few days, most of the people in Huangmenting began to move to the Huyang area for a short time. The whole Huangmenting was ready for the war. Every household hid in the cave in the back mountain, and the army also settled in it.

At the same time, from the direction of Wancheng, an army of about 5000 people came towards Xinye, mighty and mighty, like a torrent, trying to crush Huangmen Pavilion into powder.

It was Cao Ren who led the team for this operation.

In history, Cao Cao did not actually send Cao Ren to attack Huyang Xinye and other places, but Cao Hong.

At that time, Cao Hong was the vanguard and broke through Wuyang, Bowang, Duyang, Biyang, Pingshi and other counties. Then Zhang Xiu surrendered, rebelled against Cao Cao because of Mrs. Zou's affairs, and took Cao Cao away.

In the second half of the second year of Jian'an, in November, Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong to attack Nanyang again.

But Cao Hong was defeated by Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao's allied forces, and retreated to Ye County.

So Cao Cao personally conquered Zhang Xiu for the second time, attacked Huyang, and captured Liu Biao's general Deng Ji alive.

So in fact, the person who came this time should not be Cao Ren, but Cao Hong.

It's just that Cao Ren and Shen Chen had a personal feud, so they snatched this task from Cao Cao and sent troops to Xinye to head to Huangmenting.

(End of this chapter)