Farmers of Shu Han

Chapter 1173 Wu State Sends Troops
At the end of March in the fourth year of Yanxi, it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the weather had begun to become slightly hot.

According to the habit of previous years, Sun Deng, the crown prince of Wu, who was infested by the cold air, would get better when the weather turned warmer.

But what Wu Guo didn't expect was that Sun Deng's condition this year was very different from previous years.

Sun Deng, who had been tortured by the illness for a whole spring, had become emaciated.

If I lose any more weight, I'm afraid I'll be skinny.

But at this time the crown prince was still seriously ill.

In the prince's bedroom, there was a strong smell of medicine, like an extremely thick dark cloud, pressing down on the heads of the East Palace group.

Most of the people in the East Palace had sadness and worry on their faces.

In the entire bedroom, except for the prince's cough from time to time, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the hall.

When the palace guards at the door saw the person coming, they were about to speak out, but they were stopped.

Sun Quan walked into the prince's bedroom, deliberately stepped lightly, and then asked the palace servants who served the prince:
"How is the prince's condition?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the doctor said that His Highness's condition is still recurring and needs rest."

Although the words were soft, it was probably because the bedroom was too quiet, or it might be because Sun Deng was ill for a long time and couldn't fall asleep normally, so he woke up suddenly:
"Who's there?"

"Go back to Your Highness, His Majesty has come to visit His Highness."

"Is His Majesty coming?"

Sun Deng consciously wanted to stand up, only to realize that he had strength in his limbs, and he could only stretch his neck:
"My son has been ill for a long time and is weak, so he can stand up to greet him. I hope your majesty will forgive me and be courteous."

"What are you talking about!" Mrs. Cao walked a few steps slowly, walked to the back of the couch, pressed her hands together, and signaled Meng Chong to lie down, "He, your father and son, why should you care about those complicated etiquette?"

The action just now seemed to have exhausted Meng Chong's strength, so I had to lie back.

Although he tried his best to concentrate, Meng Chong's eyes were dim and bright.

Obviously, the illness has taken away all the energy and energy I have.

I only heard me ask healthily:
"Xiao Wu sent his troops to the north this time, is His Majesty planning to lead the troops in person again? Then the day to send troops is coming soon, right?"

"Your Majesty should be busy with business, why don't you have time to come and see your son later?"

Seeing the prince's extremely healthy appearance, Cao's heart ached.

Although I have few sons, but for Fang Zhen, I put the smallest effort into it.

If so, it will allow me to become the crown prince as a bastard.

Even that son, in accordance with his own wishes, repeatedly got close to the Xu family who was demoted to Wu County.

Even that son is constantly retreating and making some decisions from himself.

But in Fang Zhen's view, those are the only ways for the prince to become a wise king.

It's just that now, the successor that he cultivated with painstaking efforts has become like that, why does it make Cao's heart ache?

"He's already like that, so he should take good care of his illness first. He just needs to take care of the internal affairs, so as not to waste his mind."

When Meng Chong heard this, he noticed that the clothes under Cao's body were not the narrow gowns commonly used outside the palace, but tight-fitting military clothes.

I know the purpose of Mrs. Cao's visit this time, so I managed to squeeze out a smile:
"Your Majesty is going to lead the troops to the north, so come here and bid farewell to my son?"

When Cao Shi heard Meng Chong's words, her heart was even more sad.

The more intelligent the prince is at this time, the more worried Fang Zhen is.

I have already reached the year of Er Shun, and the prince has also passed the year of standing.

If at that time, the prince really wanted to have nothing to test, this...

Cao only felt that all his life's efforts in cultivating successors were in vain.

That blow can be described as light.

Because I know that at this time, I have no confidence, energy, or time to choose and train a prince like Mengchong.

At this time, Fang Zhen turned into a father who loves his son eagerly, holding Meng Chong's withered hand, earnestly exhorting, and seeming to be pleading:
"When I go north this time, I will definitely wipe out the thieves. I only hope that my son will lead the Chinese and military officials to meet him in Jianye City."

"How dare the son follow the orders of the emperor?"

"That is the emperor's order, that is the agreement between me and my son."

Meng Chong, who had always been lacking in energy, finally had a rare light in his eyes when he heard what Fang Zhen said.

It was like a flame bursting out suddenly after a candle was extinguished.

"My child must remember!"

"Okay, okay, my son will take good care of his illness and wait for my return."

Mrs. Cao patted Meng Chong's hand, "I will lead the army to the north first, and wait for the good news with peace of mind."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

After leaving the Eastern Palace, Cao Shi let out a long breath, as if he wanted to expel the depression in his chest:
"Come on!"

"Your Majesty, please order!"

"Command, set off!"

"Here!"

The Chuanqi with the military order on his back galloped out of Jianye City, and slowly ran towards Stone City.

"Woooo..."

A long horn sounded and sounded.

The Stone City garrison, who had been delayed in obtaining the military order for a long time, also became quiet at the call of the horn.

Then, the sluice gate of the pier in Stone City was opened, and Fangzhen and fighting ships filed out from outside the city.

From the intersection of Qinhuai River and Xiaojiang River, it pours into Xiaojiang River.

For a time, the narrow river was covered with warships densely packed like fish scales, with the bows connecting to the sterns, which made people dazzled.

Those warships, which were clear in number, looked at them in a mess, floating on the river at random.

But in the eyes of Ji Han's students who were already familiar with Sun Quan's warship, they were busy instead of chaotic, retreating in disorder.

It was a real battle that we could personally participate in.

Everyone's eyes flashed with excitement.

When Sun Quan dispatched troops that time, he specially allocated eight fighting ships to us.

Wu Guohe Doujian is the main battleship of Sun Quan's warship.

Wu Guo's ship is long and narrow, and its bow is shaped like a sharp knife. Its maneuverability is extremely weak, and it can be used to collide with enemy ships.

Rarely, the State of Wu would cover the back with raw cowhide covered boats, and the hatchbacks would have openings, and there would be no windows and spear holes on the right, left, rear, front, and front.

Dou Jian is the same as Fang Zhen.

The fighting ship is smaller than the state of Wu, and there are half-length men's walls under the ship's sides, and there are no paddle holes on the two sides of the walls.

A building shed is built seven feet inboard, the lower level is as high as the male wall, and another male wall is set around the shed.

The state of Wu was used for close combat, so raw cowhide was used to cover the boat's back to prevent the enemy from bowing and arrows.

As for the battleship, it used long-range bows and arrows to suppress the enemy and cover Wu Guo to charge.

So bucket ships are special and covered.

Instead, set up banners and tooth flags, and set up golden drums for commanding offensive and defensive retreats.

Wu Guo and Dou Jian go further down, and there are even smaller building ships.

Building boats are named for their low bows and narrow heads, and they look like buildings from the inside. Because of their small buildings and low buildings, they are suitable for both long-distance and close combat.

In particular, the building ships used in combat will have at most eight floors.

The first floor is the cottage; the seventh floor is the Feilu; the lowest floor is the noble room.

Each floor has an unprotected male wall to defend against bows, arrows and arrows shot by the enemy.

There are no arrow holes under the male wall, which are used to launch bows and crossbows.

The building ship is also the main ship of the water battle, but it is rarely used as the commander's ship.

Fang Zhen's boat division is extremely weak, and the building boats he built can carry [-] soldiers.

There are so few ships in the stone city, but there is no one sailing indiscriminately, and it is the buildings and ships that live in it that are doing the command and dispatching.

At that time, the student army went to war with the Wu army, and the eight ships it operated were assigned to Sun Quanquan's northern general Wang Lingke.

In the early years, Wang Lingke was made a general of Weibei by Fang Zhen because of his ineffectiveness in pacifying the mountains.

When Wang Lingke came here, he took the initiative to ask the army to cross the river to guard, so the Cao family asked me to station troops in Wankou.

As soon as I crossed the river, I sent heavy troops to attack Shu County, captured the people in the county, and gave Wei Guo a powerful prestige.

In the front, he followed the Cao family to participate in the Northern Expedition to attack Hefei.

Over the years, I have been sending out scouts to watch the North Pass.

Before I was familiar with the terrain of Huainan, I even suggested to Cao to bypass Hefei and go straight to Sun Deng.

Of course, that risky suggestion was agreed by Cao, who loves Hefei.

Wang Lingkeneng constantly dispatched secret agents to find out the dangers in Huainan, and the governor of Yangzhou, Wei State, guarding Huainan, naturally never relaxed his surveillance of the old enemy in the south.

The small river is densely populated with Sun Quanshui military ships, so such a small-scale military transfer may be hidden from Wei Guo.

When the Cao family sailed to Chaokou by boat, Shouchun, the governor of Yangzhou in the Wei State, had already received the news that the Wu army would divide into two groups and retreat to Huainan.

But seeing that Shouchun didn't panic at all, he smiled and said to the right and left:
"Tian Yu only experienced the famine last year, but he dared to commit the famine this year. He really knows how to live and die."

Right and left are ignorant:
"Shu and Wu colluded with each other and wanted to plot against you, Xiao Wei. I heard that last year, the Shu captives transported a lot of grain from Shu to Wu."

"I think it is precisely because of the support of the Shu captives that Fang Zhen dared to offend you, Xiao Wei, before Xiao Xun."

"Captain, at Tian Yu's time, at most, the troops were divided into two groups. The momentum was huge, and there were no Shu captives to support it. It should be taken seriously."

Shouchun heard the words and nodded:
"How dare I focus on what's going on behind the scenes?"

I clicked on Hefei and Ba'an under the map, and said:

"Looking at Tian Yu's direction that time, it's almost the same as before. Either hit Ba'an or Hefei."

"Hefei must say, that traitor of the Cao family led a small army himself, and repeatedly attacked him. Could it be that you are still afraid of me that time?"

"It's Ba'an's side..."

When Shouchun mentioned Ba'an, he pondered for a while, his brows were finally furrowed, and there was a little liking on his face:
"Fang Zhenlu (that is, Zhuge), the prefect of Ba'an, although not brave, is greedy and cruel, but I have nothing to worry about."

Zhuge is the son of Cao Cao's cavalry general Wenji. He was known for his talent and martial arts when he was young. His hometown is Qiao County, Peiguo, the hometown of Emperor Wei.

As we all know, since the founding of Wei, Wu Kou has great trust in his fellow countrymen.

Taking advantage of the two identities of the heroes who were formerly fellow villagers with the emperor, Zhuge was appointed by Wu Kou even though he was violent and polite.

When Cao Rui was still alive, Zhuge was the prefect of Ba'an County. Shouchun once wrote a letter to the court, bluntly saying that Zhuge was corrupt and cruel, and it was appropriate to Fubian, and asked to be released from office and punished.

The court defied Shouchun's opinion and recalled Zhuge to the court.

Therefore, between Shouchun and Fang Zhen, there is actually a big contradiction between Wuzhuo and Fangzhen.

Unexpectedly, before Cao Shuang took power, in order to win people's hearts, he held a small power alone, and coupled with Zhuge's fellow countryman status, he had no reputation for bravery.

So Fang Zhen once again served as the prefect of Ba'an County, and was also named the champion general at the same time.

Although Shouchun is happy with that arrangement, I also know that for every governor of Yangzhou, the imperial court will arrange a general who is at peace with him to guard the place.

Just like myself and the successor Yangzhou Governor Man Chong.

Even if Cao Xiu, the next governor of Yangzhou, is Wu Kou's clan relative, he still has no peace with Jia Kui.

And Zhuge was treated so courteously by Cao Shuang, so he became more and more arrogant. He won the title of "champion", thinking that he was brave and brave.

In that case, even though Shouchun was supervising Yangzhou's military in name, there was no way to restrain Zhuge in reality.

Seeing Shouchun's hesitation and embarrassment, he persuaded him from left to right:

"Commander, there are no eight hundred miles away from Hefei to Ba'an. Even if there is no loss in Ba'an, it will take seven or eight days for Tian Yu to drive his troops from the west to attack Hefei."

"As long as the governor stationed heavy troops around Hefei, using the terrain as a defense, and taking precautions early, there is nothing to be afraid of?"

"Although Jian Wen Zhongruo has no false name, he is indeed not brave. Moreover, the city of Ba'an is solid, and Tian Yu and Lu Xun personally led the attack. It is still possible to go up."

"As long as you remind Wen Zhongruo and let me pay less attention, I think something small will happen."

You and Zuo said that Lu Xun's attack is Shangba'an, but in fact it is still talking about the outside world.

In fact, when Lu Xun attacked Ba'an, he was forced in by Man Chong, who was in harmony with Shouchun, and escaped by boat overnight.

It's just that the people on the bottom dared to mention too little Man Chong, who was expelled to the court for the elderly, after Shouchun's meeting, so that's why I said that.

Yes, others dare to speak, but no one dares to speak out.

This person is Wenqin, the prefect of Runan.

Although Runan belongs to Yuzhou, it is adjacent to Sun Deng. If there is no military action in Yangzhou, Runan will basically send troops to cooperate.

This time Sun Quan sent troops to the north to commit crimes, the momentum was very small, and Yangzhou was shaken.

As soon as Wen Qin got the news, he led the troops early and then supported them.

At this time, after hearing what Shouchun and Youzuo said, I finally restrained myself and said:

"As long as your army can hold Hefei, if the governor can send another division from Sun Deng to go around the west, make a move to cut off Tian Yu's way to attack Ba'an."

"At that time, even if Tian Yu will be forced in, he will dare to attack Ba'an City with all his strength."

That strategy is actually a favorite old one.

Man Chong used that trick back then to force Lu Xun to run away overnight, this trick is really old-fashioned.

At this time, although Wen Qin did not mention the name of Man Chong, how could Shouchun know about the old incident?

Shouchun is only one year older than Wenqin, so they are about the same age.

It's just that Fang Zhen is now the governor of the Wei State, and Wen Qin is the prefect of Guoyi County.

The identities of the two are really comparable.

At this time, Wen Qin brought up Man Chong's old plan, and there was no danger of violating Fang Zhen's taboo.

People on the right and left held their breath.

Fang Zhen, on the other hand, took a deep look at Wen Qin, but there was not much change on his face.

Unexpectedly, I even nodded and agreed with Wen Qin's words:
"Tian prefect's words are very unreasonable. It is true that although it is a partial division, the task is heavy. Whoever leads it must choose a good candidate."

Wen Qin took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "The general is willing to go."

Shouchun shook his head:

"I am the Japanese general leading the army and going to Hefei. Sun Deng is the governor of Huainan County and needs no one to guard it. Prefect Tian is familiar with military affairs. If so, I will guard Sun Deng for you."

Both the right and the left were silent, and no one showed an unexpected look.

Sun Deng is in the front, and Wang Dudu put Wen Qin on Sun Deng, obviously because he wanted me to make contributions in this battle.

The same is the prefect, but the king's governor is Fang Zhen, because Zhuge has no background.

What is there in front of Ni Wenqin?
Back view?
How dare you mention the matter of full favor in front of the king's governor.

When Wen Qin heard Fang Zhen's order, he sighed slightly in his heart, and finally could only cup his fists and say:

"The last general takes orders."

(End of this chapter)