Han Xiang

Chapter 433 The Battle of Yiling Reprinted Edition

In the battle of Yuzhang at the end of last year, Jiangdong suffered a big loss because of Huang Zu's sneak attack.

The prefect Sun Ben was not only driven to Luling, but the general Xu Kun was also killed by an arrow in this battle.

Although Zhou Yu finally regained Yuzhang, because all the people in Nanchang were relocated, he didn't have the face to ask for credit from the court in the rear, so he simply stationed his troops in Chaisang, planning to attack Jiangxia again next year for revenge.

Sun Ce was able to beat Huang Zu all over the floor looking for teeth, Zhou Yu asked himself that he had this ability.

Xu Kun died in battle in Yuzhang. His daughter, Xu, cried all day long and went to Mrs. Wu's bed to cry every day, saying that her father had made great contributions to Sun.

Xu was originally not liked by Sun Quan, and after the backer fell, she had to save herself, otherwise the rest of her life would be even more difficult.

Mrs. Wu worked hard for the Sun and his son all the year round. She was sick from overwork and was running out of time. In addition, she was constantly "harassed" by the Xu, so she was mentally and mentally exhausted and could not afford to get sick.

Before Sun Quan had time to invite Hua Tuo, Mrs. Wu died of illness in Wujun in winter.

When she was dying, Mrs. Wu called Zhang Zhao, Dong Xi and other important officials, and asked them to help Sun Quan guard Jiangdong.

It was at that moment that Sun Quan made up his mind to go to the front to supervise the battle.

Sun Ben was forced to abandon the city without rescue, and lost a few family members during the evacuation, which required Sun Quan to appease and resolve the conflict.

The most important thing is that Xu Kun left more than [-] soldiers and horses, which he did not intend to hand over after being taken over by Zhou Yu, including Zhang Zhao's [-] plays.

Xu Kun died in battle, and his daughter's backer fell.

Mrs. Wu died of illness, and Zhou Yu's nominal backer was gone, so Sun Quan was eager to regain his military power.

Sun Quan defeated Li Shu in the first battle when he succeeded to the throne. At that time, he fought beautifully in Lujiang. Although he was defeated twice by Cao Jun, his confidence was affected, but Zhang Zhao's comfort made him regain his confidence.

It's not that the Lord is not good at using troops, it's that Cao Cao is too powerful.

We can't beat Cao Jun, can't we also beat Huang Zu?
Zhang Zhao once followed Sun Ce to conquer Jiangxia. He had seen the strength of Huang Zu's army and believed that the Western Expedition must be easier than the Northern Expedition. This was also Sun Ce's inference.

Sun Quanyou avenged his father, and at the same time took Zhang Zhao to ask for the trilogy. Zhou Yu had to hand over part of the command and led troops to attack Jiangxia with Sun Quan.

Huang Zu knew that Sun Quan would come to avenge him, but he didn't expect the opponent to make a comeback so quickly. Half of the warships supported by Xiangyang were captured by Zhou Yu, and half were burned during the retreat last year.

Jiang Xia did not complete the rebuilding of the navy. With insufficient warships, Huang Zu had no choice but to retreat to Sha Xian for defense, and sent someone to Xiangyang to seek help from Liu Biao.

At this time, Liu Biao was powerless, and the small amount of navy he could mobilize was taken by Liu Qi and Wenpin to win the East of Hand with Liu Bei.

However, Cai Mao had always been at odds with Huang Zu, and he used the excuse of aiding the warship last year, so Xiangyang could not send a single soldier, so he had to order Liu Pan to rescue him from Changsha.

The Yangtze River was blocked by Zhou Yu's fleet, Jingzhou soldiers and horses could only go by land to rescue, but the land march was slower than the water.

This time, Jiangdong's elite team is at their best, Wu Hou Sun Quan personally supervised the battle at the front line, and he has reproduced Sun Ce's record of defeating the sand envy, bringing huge pressure to the defensive side.

The people who moved back from Nanchang were in danger of being lost if they didn't cover the heat, but Huang Zu refused to give in. He knew that Liu Biao would definitely send reinforcements, so he fought very tenaciously in the defense of the city.

The fighting in the east of Jingzhou was in full swing, while Wudang in the northwest was relatively calm.

Zhang Lu sent Zhang Wei to lead [-] troops to Handong under the guise of the Guan Yu incident, in an attempt to avenge him through publicity, and slowly seize control of the four eastern counties.

Zhang Wei stationed troops in Xixian County to bluff, and under the slogan of attacking Jingzhou, he secretly asked for food and troops from several county tyrants, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei would gather troops in Wudang because he didn't get much food and trilogy.

The upper reaches of the Han River were surrounded by mountains, and neither the attacker nor the defender could fight on the narrow river bank. However, Zhang Wei took the lead to occupy the favorable terrain, which made it very difficult for Liu Bei to attack against the current.

This terrain is similar to the battle of Yiling. Because Liu Bei was forced to occupy the land by Lu Xun, he couldn't spread out the army brought from central Shu, so he had to set up a joint camp on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Liu Bei crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. It is not that he did not know how to fight for many years, and the Babaili Company did not deliberately make a foolish move. It was really forced by the situation.

In this plane, Liu Bei did not participate in the command. He handed over the command to Zhuge Liang and gave Kong Ming a chance to make his debut.

At this time, Liu Bei had few major generals, and only [-] soldiers were transferred from Wancheng, which was far less than the overwhelming soldiers in the Yiling battle.

But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have both arms, and the advisers also have Zhuge Liang and Liu Ye accompanying the army, and the opponent is still relatively ordinary Zhang Wei, so there is a greater chance of winning with fewer soldiers.

Seeing Zhang Wei occupying a favorable location and waiting for work at ease, Zhuge Liang did not directly advance against the current to Xixian County, but asked Guan Yu and Liu Ye to divide up a thousand elite troops, and Liu Qi and Wenpin made a detour to build water and take Fangling first.

Fangling is located in the easternmost part of Hanzhong, and is located in the upper reaches of Zhushui, a tributary of Hanshui River. Zhushui does not flow into Hanshui River in the middle of Hanzhong, but flows into Hanshui River in Zhuyang, Nanyang County.

As long as Zhang Wei guards the intersection of Dushui and Hanshui, Xixian, Shangyong, and Xicheng among the four counties in Eastern Han can be guarded behind the army.

Including Fangling in the scope of defense, the price to be paid would be immeasurable. In addition, Fangling was surrounded by mountains and sparsely populated, so it was abandoned by Zhang Lu from the beginning.

Zhuge Liang chose Fangling as the breakthrough point because he knew the terrain around Fangling and knew that Shangyong could be reached by the small road in the northwest of the county.

There are only a few county soldiers in Fangling, and a few soldiers and horses can be easily taken down.

Liu Qi took over Fangling in the name of the prefect of Hanzhong, and then took over the local officials and tyrants for his own use, and then let these people follow Guan Yu and take a detour to Shangyong to instigate rebellion.

Once the real Guan Yu shows up on Shangyong, and cooperates with Fangling officials to instigate a rebellion, he can advocate Zhang Lu to direct and act to conspire against Handong.

Xu Shu and Liu Ye unanimously approved Zhuge Liang's tactics of instigating counterattacks and attacking both inside and outside.

After Liu Ye and Guan Yu split up, they saw the high feasibility of this plan, and they were willing to help lobby and instigate rebellion.

Although Zhuge Liang's strategy was good, but in the early stage, because he had to go over mountains and detours, the soldiers and horses stationed in Wudang did not make a single step, creating a negative confrontation to the outside world.

Now there are two battlefields in Jingzhou, the east is like a college couple opening a room on weekends, and the northwest is like a middle-aged couple sharing a bed indifferently.

The layouts on both sides are also from Xudu, but they have reaped different fruits.

Cao Cao used tricks to provoke a fight in the south. He had spent half a year in Xudu fighting hard, and planned to send troops to the north at the turn of spring and summer.

Although Liu Bei was 'in the trap', he was not completely in the trap.

Seeing that the season is entering May, the wheat planted in the Central Plains last winter has begun to turn from light yellow to golden yellow, and the summer wheat harvest season will soon come.

Shortly after the wheat was harvested in summer, the corn planted in spring would then mature. Cao Cao had to send troops before the wheat was ripe, or wait until after the corn was harvested in autumn.

If the common people cannot survive, they will go to extremes and rise up.

Cao Cao really wanted to send troops before the wheat harvest, but Liu Bei did not fight Zhang Lu for a long time. He was worried that soon after he led his troops to the north, the garrison in Wancheng would snatch people and grain while the wheat was ripe.

(End of this chapter)