Shu Chen

Chapter 131 Shiting
In summer, at the end of June, Luoyang built the first hall.

Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei, who was sitting alone, finally approved the request of the great Sima Cao Xiu.

Since the end of the Battle of Longyou, Cao Rui, who was in charge of Chang'an in person, returned to Luoyang after You Fufeng and other Li Shus who were close to the Qinling Mountains had migrated.

Originally, Yixin worked together with many important ministers to deal with Shu breaking out of the cage of Bashu.

At this moment, Cao Xiu, the great Sima guarding the eastern front of Wei State, sent a secret performance from eight hundred li.

Ask for a fight!

In the table above, the battle plan is detailed.

He also claimed that Sun Wu could be defeated in the First World War, and thus fell into a place of eternal doom!

However, Cao Xiu spent several months frequently sending spies into Jiangdong to find out the news, and finally believed Sun Wu Panyang's prefect Zhou Bian's request to surrender.

At the beginning of this year, Zhou Bream offered advice to Sun Quan, and after getting approval, he wrote seven letters to Cao Xiu.

The content is very sincere.

For example, the details of the surrender were explained in detail.

For example, summing up the last time Peng Qi launched an army, it took Sun Wu a long time to decide, and Wei Jun did not respond to the lesson of the missed opportunity in time.

For example, analyze the location of the Zong Shuai of the various ministries in the Poyang area and surrounding counties, what is his strength, and what is his attitude towards Sun Wu, etc.Even how many seals Wei Guo sent to buy officials, generals and schools, and how many seals are required for each level are clearly listed.

For example, explain in detail, Sun Wu's garrison points in Poyang area, the number of troops of each department.

However, this letter of surrender is not the reason for Cao Xiu to believe him.

After all, in the Battle of Chibi in the past, Wei Wu Cao Cao believed in Sun Wu Huang Gai's feigned surrender, which led to a great defeat. Cao Wei and the whole country dare not forget it.

However, the news of his return after he went to Jiangdong and inquired about it confirmed Zhou Dory's sincerity in surrendering.

It was because Sun Quan cooperated with Zhou Bream's plan and deliberately sent envoys to Poyang to ask Zhou Bream to question him, to check whether Zhou Bream had made any mistakes, etc.As a result, Zhou Dory was forced to have no choice but to cut off his hair and apologize to Sun Quan.

The body, hair and skin, should not be damaged by the parents!
The magistrate who served two thousand stones was forced to cut his hair and commit such unfilial acts!
When Cao Xiu heard this, he couldn't help sighing a few times.

Finally, he felt that Zhou Bing really wanted to vote.

Naturally, the pride of making meritorious deeds and serving the country burns blazingly in his chest.

In other words, there is no one in Cao Wei who looks forward to drinking horse Jiangdong more than Cao Xiu!
Cao Xiu's eldest father was once the prefect of Wu County; he lost his father when he was young, and took refuge in Jiangdong with his mother.
Wu County is equivalent to his second hometown.

If he can drink horse Wujun, he will have a vague taste of returning home.

When he avoided disaster in Jiangdong, the portrait of his eldest father was still hanging in the office of the prefect of Wujun.

This also means that his eldest father is quite loved by the scholars of Wu Jun.

And it just so happened that in the year of Zhou Dory, Wu Junyang was born in Yangxian.

The other is that since he was stationed in Jianghuai, all his battles have gone smoothly.

Such as killing tens of thousands of enemies on the front line of Guangling; crossing the river several times before and after, defeating many Sun Wu armies in Wuhu, Beijing and other places.Last year, he even beheaded General Wu to take Wancheng and take back Lujiang County!

Such achievements were never achieved by Wei Wu Cao Cao or Wendi Cao Pi in the past.

In particular, Han Zong, the successor of Sun Wu's meritorious veteran, brought Han Dang's old troops to surrender, which made Cao Xiu feel that his prestige had already convinced the people of Jiangdong.

Due to various factors, Cao Xiufang dared to say clearly in the above table, claiming that the First World War would make Sun Wu forever.

Because if Zhou Bream's surrender was accepted, the State of Wei would be able to connect Lujiang and Poyang into a line, interrupting the east and west borders of Sun Wu, so that Jingzhou and Yangzhou would not be able to respond.

With such a great result, Cao Rui was also very excited.

However, there were three reasons that made him hesitate for a long time before he dared to make a conclusion.

First, it was the loss of Longyou, which forced Wei to invest a large amount of troops, manpower and material resources in Guanzhong and Liangzhou.

Secondly, when Cao Pi was in power, Sun Zi had admonished him, claiming that Sun Wu was in a hurry and could not find a way out.

Thirdly, it was Cao Xiu who led the army deep into the enemy's territory, which had strategic hidden dangers.

Stretching between Lujiang and Yuzhang counties is not only the Yangtze River, but also Penglize in the north and Poyang Lake in the south.

If Cao Xiu's battle plan was followed and he went deep into Poyang to respond to Zhou Bing's surrender, he would definitely be cut off by the Soochow navy from the upper and lower reaches.

The lesson from the past is Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, when the world was in turmoil in the past.

He also once led the army across the river to occupy Yuzhang County, but was cut off by Sun Ce, and even Lujiang County, where he stood, was taken away.

Furthermore, it didn't take long for Cao Xiu to capture Lujiang County.

The best choice at the moment is to appease the Li Shu in Lujiang County. After the people's hearts are stabilized and the fortifications are repaired, then think about how to use Lujiang as a bridgehead to march into Jiangdong.

It's just that, like Cao Xiu, he couldn't resist the temptation that made Sun Wu Jingzhou and Yangzhou unable to respond.

In other words, he is only in his twenties, and he is more willing to take a gamble.

Achieved a feat that neither Wei Wu Cao Cao nor Wendi Cao Pi had in the past.

Therefore, in order to cooperate with Cao Xiu's battle plan, he dispatched three armies to support him.

Sima Yi, who was stationed in Wancheng, marched into Jiangling City where Wu Zhuran was stationed; the former general Man Chong led Wenpin to attack Xiakou; Jia Kui, the governor of Yuzhou, attacked Ruxuwu in Wu State.

After the edict was dispatched, within ten days, Cao Rui received Man Chong's petition.

Although Man Chong is from Yanzhou, he has been stationed on the Jianghuai battlefield for a long time.

Not only is he well aware of the terrain and environment of the Jianghuai River, but he also has a keen military sense.

After receiving the order for him to lead the army, he felt that he should not send troops to Jiangdong at this time.

One of the reasons is that at the beginning of this year, two generals from the state of Wu, Zhang Ying and Wang Chong, led their troops to vote for Wei.It is also mentioned that Wu State is preparing for war urgently, and there may be military operations in Jiangbei.

On the other hand, it is also asserted that Cao Xiu "although the fruit is clear, but he hopes to use troops."

That is to say, although Cao Xiu is smart and courageous, he has little experience in commanding an army in battle, so he tends to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.

To bluntly say that if Cao Xiu marches, it will be easy to be cut off by Wu Jun's "no strong mouth" in Shu County.

Because from the Jianghuai area where Hefei is located, to enter the valley where Wancheng is located, one must pass through Shu County, the old government of Lujiang River.

The Wu army coming from the direction of Ruxukou can go upstream from Shukou, break into Shuxian from Wuqiangkou, and then cut off Cao Xiu's back road along the Dabie Mountains and Shuxian.

It has to be said that Man Chong's military strategy is the best in the world.

After Cao Rui got the table, he quickly summoned Jiang Ji, who was also familiar with the Jianghuai battlefield, to discuss.

Well, Cao Rui did not tell others about the real purpose of Cao Xiu's march, which was to meet Zhou Dory's surrender.

Even Sima Yi, Man Chong, and Jia Kui, the three-way supervisor who cooperated in the battle, have not been informed yet.

To act in secrecy.

Just like in the old days when Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes, only Lu Meng and Sun Quan were the ones who gave Sun Wu the knowledge of the battle plan in advance.Later, because Lu Xun's ideas were compatible with this plan, and Lu Xun could be used to paralyze Guan Yu, Sun Quanfang let one more person know.

For such a reason, there is no room for recovery for Cao Xiu's plan.

As soon as Jiang Jifu heard about the battle plan, he asserted that Cao Xiu would suffer a loss in this battle!

Because no matter whether Zhou Fang's surrender is true or not, as long as Cao Xiu dares to cross the river and enter Poyang, the elite navy of Soochow will inevitably attack from Jingzhou and Yangzhou, completely blocking his way back.

Moreover, Jiang Ji also vetoed Zhou Fang's sincerity in surrendering with information from the front line: Zhu Ran, who guarded Jiangling City in Wu State, was sending troops to Anlu in Jiangxia County.

Cao Xiu commanded an army of tens of thousands, and he was about to send troops to Soochow, and it was impossible to hide Soochow's movements.

Zhu Ran, who is the front-line commander of the Wu Kingdom, is posing as an attack on Jiangxia County at this time, which is obviously suspected of attacking east and west.

Man Chong and Jiang Ji, who know everything about the Jianghuai battlefield, agree with each other unexpectedly!

Cao Rui was shocked when he heard this.

Not only completely annihilated the previously unpredictable ambition of destroying Jiangdong, but also immediately sent someone to order Cao Xiu to return from his strike.

He also ordered Sima Yi to stop marching and garrison on the spot to contain Wu's Zhu Ran.Let Man Chong stop rushing to Xiakou, Jiangxia, but lead the army together with Jia Kui, go to Ruxukou, and welcome Cao Xiu to return to the teacher together.

However, it was already too late to calculate the time it took for the edict to go back and forth.

Cao Xiu, as the great Sima, the supreme commander of the Wei State's military, already has the right to act arbitrarily.

Moreover, he used to be the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry. The most commonly used tactic was to defeat the enemy with lightning speed.

For example, the battle of Wudu in the past.

In order to get Cao Rui's edict before Sun Wu reacted, he took the lead to cross the Wuqiang Pass in Shu County without waiting for Sima Yi, Man Chong and Jia Kui's three-way troops to respond.

That is to say, Cao Xiu has already entered, and Sun Wu carefully arranged the ambush.

The only fortunate thing is that Jia Kui, the commander-in-chief of the other side, has always been enterprising.

Jia Kui is from Bingzhou.

Because when Wei Wu Cao Cao collapsed, he successfully resolved the Qingzhou soldier incident and helped Cao Pi ascend the throne smoothly, and was reused.

During the period of Cao Pi, he successively served as the magistrate of Yecheng, the prefect of Wei County, and the governor of Yuzhou.

Yecheng in Wei County, Xuchang County and Qiao County in Yuzhou are all the accompanying capitals of Luoyang after the Wei State established its capital.From the place where Jia Kui took office, we can see that Cao Pi's trust in him is extraordinary.

After Cao Rui ascended the throne, Jia Kui wrote a letter, hoping to open a straight road along the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains and through Lujiang County in the Wei Dynasty to connect Jiangbei.The reason is that once there is a war between Wei and Wu, soldiers and horses in Yuzhou can quickly enter the battlefield for reinforcements.

For this, Cao Rui greatly appreciated it.

This is also the reason why he asked Jia Kui to lead Yuzhou soldiers and horses to attack Ruxuwu this time.

Jia Kui marched along the straight road, and the march was also very fast.

Before receiving Cao Rui's edict to change, he already had a vague insight into Sun Wu's plan.

When Ge Yin led his army to Ruxuwu, he found that there were very few defending Wu troops.

Ruxuwu is the defensive fulcrum of Soochow on the Jianghuai battlefield. If it is occupied by Wei State, Chaohu Lake will be completely occupied by Wei State, but Ruxukou, the life gate of Sun Wu Dajiang, can be captured in one fell swoop!
In terms of emotion and reason, it is impossible for Sun Wu to relax his defense and empty his troops.

There is only one situation that makes sense for such an unreasonable phenomenon: Soochow must gather a large army to attack before it will transfer the defenders of Ruxuwu.

And combined with the route that Cao Xiu is marching now, it is not difficult to guess where Sun Wu dispatched his troops.

Therefore, Jia Kui immediately gave up attacking Ruxuwu, turned his army to Wancheng, and prepared to meet Cao Xiu.

But Cao Xiu, who had crossed the Wuqiangkou in Shu County, had already marched to Wancheng!

Even if it was, Sun Li, the prefect of Langya who went with the army, advised him more than once not to go deep alone.

However, Cao Xiu, who captured Lujiang County last year and was proud of his spring breeze, didn't listen.Since he came here with a hundred thousand steps, even if Soochow is really prepared, there is no need to be afraid of it!

At this time, it happens to be autumn and August.

It is also the time when the water level of the river and its tributaries is the highest.

Soochow's large ships can reach Wancheng unimpeded from Wankou.

Moreover, just like the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang used the whole country's military force to send troops out of Longyou at the beginning of the year, Sun Quan also gambled on the national fortune with all his might.

The troops mobilized this time are different from the "[-] Army" led by four or five soldiers in the past, it has indeed reached [-]!
In addition to leaving more than [-] soldiers to guard the south bank of the river, so as to prevent those who harbor evil intentions from counties and counties from taking advantage of it, Sun Quan dispatched all [-] troops to Lu Xun.

Sun Quan worshiped Lu Xun as the general governor, and pretended to be Huang Yue, the full-power governor to dispatch the battle.

Sitting in the rear, he even personally held the whip and led the horse for Lu Xun, in a show of strength.

And let Zhu Huan, the governor of Ruxu, and Quan Cong, the prefect of Jiujiang, lead the left and right governors.

Lu Xun, Zhu Huan and Quan Cong all came from wealthy families in Jiangdong.

When Wei Guoxing was in the middle of the ninth rank, if he led his army to defect, or if he defeated Cao Xiu and came back, he would have a different idea.
Jiang Dong will no longer be named Sun!

It has to be said that Sun Quan's great courage displayed in this deployment can be regarded as worthy of Sun Ce's "Jiangdong people, decide the opportunity between the two Chens, and compete with the world. You are not as good as me; Do your best to protect Jiangdong, I don't know you."

And Cao Xiu, who marched to Wancheng, was faintly aware of something strange.

He led a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, Sun Wu could not have noticed the slightest clue, but there was no movement.

Therefore, he was going to march to Peng Lize, so he took advantage of the opportunity to take a rest in Wancheng.

He dared to take a break because he was no stranger to this place.

The last time he captured the entire Lujiang County, he had already led the army to attack Xunyang County to the west of Peng Lize.

Once the march stopped, however, he was in trouble.

The terrain from Shu County to Wancheng is densely covered with hills and lakes, and the space for marching along the road is squeezed by the Dabie Mountains.One hundred thousand steps cannot be divided into several roads like in the plains.

When the front army stops, the rear army will be blocked by luggage, so that the head and tail cannot look at each other.

At this time, the army of Wu State, who was waiting for work at leisure, entered the mouth of Wanjiang River, and came along the Wanshui River, a tributary of the swelled water.

Lu Xun regarded himself as the central army, with Zhu Huan and Quanzong as the left and right armies, each leading [-] troops, and launched an attack on the Wei army in one fell swoop.

Cao Xiu, who was caught off guard, was defeated without accident.

Naidu led his subordinates to retreat to Shiting in the northeast of Wancheng to camp, preparing to stabilize their position before retreating in an orderly manner.

But Wu Jun took advantage of the situation to pursue and attack at night, and the Wei Jun Xiaoying, which was already a frightened bird, collapsed.

Cao Xiu had no choice but to abandon his luggage, grain, grass, etc., and head all the way to Xiashi in the north of Wuqiangkou in Shu County.

Among them, before the war, Zhu Huan once suggested to Sun Quan that he should lead the army to break Cao Xiu's back.

In Zhu Huan's view, Cao Xiu's accession to the throne was only due to his status in the Cao Wei clan, not his talent as a commander, so he was bound to lose the battle.He wanted to take the [-] soldiers and horses he belonged to, and go to Wuqiangkou in Shu County to cut off the back road, so as to achieve full success.If we wiped out [-] Wei troops in this battle and captured Huainan, we can take advantage of the victory in Xuchang and Luoyang in the north, and decide the Central Plains!
However, it's a pity.

After discussing with Lu Xun, Sun Quan rejected this policy.

One of the reasons is that Zhu Huan's strategy was based on the premise that Cao Xiu would be defeated.

However, Cao Xiu came with [-] cavalry, and his military strength was even greater than that of Sun Wu. It would not be easy to defeat him.And the battlefield is changing rapidly, for the sake of prudence, it is reasonable to gather all the troops to attack it.

The other is the elite Wu Guo Navy.

If the victory here is won, then take the boat across the river to Wuqiangkou in Shu County, and it will be too late to cut off the way back.

But Sun Quan and Lu Xun did not expect that Cao Xiu would be defeated so thoroughly.

All the supplies, food and fodder were abandoned because the soldiers screamed at the camp.

That is to say, if Zhu Huan's strategy is followed, and [-] troops are used to guard the Wuqiangkou of Shu County and block Cao Xiu's return to Hefei, the Wei army will have no food and fodder, and it will only take two or three days to repeat it. The old battle of Guandu Yuan Jun's tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered because of the burning of food and fodder!
Therefore, after Shiting's victory, Wu Guofang did not send troops to Shu County without a strong mouth.

Just at this time, Jia Kui also led the army.

Although there were few troops, they also seized the Xiashi Road in the north of Wuqiangkou, and confronted the Wu army from south to north.

And spread flags at the mountain pass, let the Wei State water army ships living in the nest march westward across Chaohu Lake, pretending to be the illusion that the Wei State army came to help.

When Wu Guo saw this, he believed it.
With the great victory in Shiting and the capture of prisoners, they stopped their troops and left.

Therefore, Cao Xiu was able to escape from birth.

However, after returning from the defeat, he wrote a letter to plead guilty, and it didn't take long for him to lose his head and die.

The battle of Shiting not only caused more than half of the troops of Wei Guoqing, Xu and Yang to be killed or injured, but also consumed all the food, fodder and supplies accumulated over the years.

For Wei, this defeat was no less than the Battle of Chibi.

Without a 20 years of health and rest, there is absolutely no recovery.

It also allowed the eastern front of the Wei and Wu countries to reverse their offense and defense.

(End of this chapter)