Shu Chen

Chapter 409
Although Jiangdong's sneak attack was concealed and swift, it could not hide from Wei Guo for too long.

When the troops of Zhuge Ke and Chen Biao from Lu'an County marched to Shaopi and began to attack the Wei army's water village, no matter whether it was the Tomb of General Wang Dong in Shouchun City and Sun Li, the governor of Yangzhou, or the Taiwei Man Chongdu in Yuzhou Got the message.

Among them, Shouchun learned the news faster.

Shaobei is almost adjacent to Chengde County.

Seeing that Shaopi was raided by the Wu army, the guards in Chengde County immediately sent messengers to Shouchun and led the troops out of the city, intending to fight off the enemy with the Wei army in Shuizhai.Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the city gate, he was defeated by Ding Feng, who had been dormant for a long time, with his cavalry, so that the military news and the rout entered Shouchun City almost at the same time.

Wang Ling and Sun Li got the report and were shocked.

It's not that there are no soldiers in Shouchun City today.

As an important town in the rear of the Huainan battlefield, Shouchun City had sufficient food, fodder and supplies, and more than [-] elite soldiers were stationed permanently, and there were also [-] cavalry stationed on the north bank of the Huai River.

What really hurt them was the fall of Chengde County.

The Chengde garrison point and the Shaopishui military camp are interdependent and mutually dependent.

If one is lost, the other will be attacked by the enemy.

From a geographical point of view, the Huainan front of Wei State cannot lose Shaopi!
As a result, when Xiahou Dun was in charge of Huainan in the Shaopiyan area, many military settlements had already been opened up, and nearly half of the Huainan garrison's food and fodder depended on it.

Another is that Shaopi can accommodate many warships and is connected to the Huai River.

Once Shaopi was captured by Jiangdong and became the camp of the Wu Navy, the elite navy could travel freely on the Huai River, traverse the north and south, and block the reinforcements of Luoyang and Yanyu in Huaibei.

There is no need to question whether the Jiangdong navy can transfer from Dajiang to Shaopi in a short time.

Because in the past, after Wei State started to manage Huainan, Wei Wu Cao Cao dug a canal along the East Feishui River Valley to connect the South Feishui River in order to connect Shouchun and Hefei for defense, so that the troops stationed in the two places can be stationed in a very short period of time. Smooth communication.When Wei Guo opened Shaopi to train the water army, not only the Huai River was diverted, but also the Dongfei River was injected into it.
What made Wang Ling and Sun Li even more helpless was that it was the time of autumn harvest, and nearly half of the soldiers in the city were on rest or going out to transport food.

Moreover, the two thousand cavalry in Huaibei could not be transferred in time.

Outside Shouchun City, there are dense water networks and swamps everywhere. Now it is the rainy season and the roads are muddy, and the cavalry cannot march quickly.

In other words, the timing of Jiangdong's insidious attack was well controlled!
However, no matter what, Wangling will not sit back and watch Shaopi fall.

After a discussion between the two, all [-] elite soldiers in the city were returned to Governor Sun Li to rush to rescue Shaopi, while Wangling ordered all parties to call back the soldiers scattered outside the city and prepare to defend the city.

As for the safety of Hefei City, they did not take care of it.

Now that Jiangdong soldiers and horses have all reached Chengde's defense point, Hefei City must have been besieged and attacked long ago.

The city of Hefei is small and strong. If the defenders defend properly, they can hold on for more than a month, and there is no need for them to go to the rescue;

It is no coincidence.

Man Chong, who learned of the military situation later, also made the same arrangements as them.

Man Chong, who has always believed that the Huainan defense line cannot be relaxed, has been ordered to move to Ancheng, Runan County, but he also pays close attention to the military situation in Yangzhou, and has prepared a lot of boats in case Huainan changes. .

That's why, when the news came from Wei's army guarding in Lu'an County, he would even use the [-] elite troops from his headquarters as the vanguard, lead the army behind him, and rush along the Ru River to the Huai River to help Shaopi.

Before leaving, he also threatened and lured the governor's predecessor, Yamen.

Said:
"Your supervisor rushes here, if you try your best to keep Shaobei alive, I will personally go to Luoyang to ask for credit for you! But if Shaobei is lost, I will be held accountable for my ineffective rescue and your previous crimes, and I will kill him in accordance with the law! The meritorious deeds of your father's generation can't be saved!"

That's right, General Na Yamen violated the military law, and has been sent to Luoyang for dismissal.

As for his father's favor.
It is because he is the son of Wen Ji, the early subordinate of Wei Wu Cao Cao, Wen Qin.

Character Zhongruo, he is courageous, courageous, and courageous, but he is violent, rude, arrogant, and repeatedly violates military laws.

Man Chong is a well-known cruel official in the world. Even Yang Biao, who was born in the fourth generation and third father, was imprisoned and tortured by him. Now he claims that the rescue is not enough and he will be executed, which makes Wenqin shudder.What's more, in the early years, he was implicated in the "Wei Satire Case" and was executed as a crime. At that time, Wei Wu Cao Cao thought that Wen Ji had pardoned him once due to his past meritorious deeds, and the favor of his father's generation was gone.

It was a matter of his future and his life, so he dared not neglect it.

After receiving the order, regardless of the fact that the Ru River and the Huai River were already swelled and the current was turbulent, he ordered the boats to move forward at full speed. After overturning four small boats and ordering nearly [-] soldiers to feed the fish and turtles, it took only one day and night. Arrived at Shaobei.

Although there is a suspicion that the lives of soldiers are regarded as nothing, but in terms of the battle situation in Huainan, his move is no less than timely rain.

However, after Zhuge Ke and Chen Biao moved from Lu'an County to Shaopi, they followed the essence of the art of war of "covering their surprises" and immediately launched an attack on the Wei army's water army camp.

It started off pretty well.

Although Wei Shuijun had already seen Wu Jun's attack from a distance, he could not gather his soldiers to do their own work in a hurry, and because of the relationship of Hefei City's defense in front, the defense of the water village was not strict, so it could not prevent Wu Jun from rushing into the water. The village set fire to the warships everywhere.

But the water army superintendent was also very decisive.

Dang even ordered the soldiers to light some walking boats and stuff them at the mouth of the water village to slow down the Wu army's intrusion.

This move not only won the time for the soldiers to line up to meet the enemy, but also allowed the rear boats, boats, big boats, and fighting ships to take the opportunity to turn to the entrance of the Huaihe River to avoid being affected by the flames of war.

Moreover, the muddy road by the water also slightly restrained Wu Jun's attack speed, buying Wei Jun a lot of time.

After three out of ten of the warships were burnt and the surrounding area of ​​the water village was completely destroyed, Wei Jun finally stabilized his position and guarded the place where the grain, fodder and supplies were stored in the inner camp, and fought fiercely with Wu Jun without giving an inch.

After fighting for less than half an hour, the two sides are still evenly matched, and the outcome is hard to tell.

Even if Ding Feng came to help after defeating the Wei army at Chengde's garrison point, it could not make the victory clear.

There is no way, the cavalry can't attack the water stronghold, and Ding Feng's arrival is just to boost the morale of the Wu army.

Just at this time, Wen Qin also arrived.

Seeing the flames of the Shaopi water stronghold from a distance, he ordered half of the soldiers to abandon their boats and go ashore.

Therefore, when Zhuge Ke, who was appointed as the chief general, saw him, he wanted to retire.

Either he was stingy with the loss of soldiers under his command, or he felt timid when he saw that Wei had reinforcements.

It's that the soldiers are unbearable to fight for a long time.

Although the Danyang soldiers were known for their bravery, and the Jiefan soldiers directly under Sun Quan were also well-armed and superior in combat power, but after all, they had driven all the way here, and exhaustion was inevitable.

When they met each other hand-to-hand, they were still able to move forward bravely and full of determination.

However, as the battle falls into a stalemate, the disadvantage of fatigue will gradually increase, and it can even determine the outcome.

Now that reinforcements from the Wei army have arrived and it is useless to fight again, it is better to stop fighting for the time being.

In particular, his strategic purpose of being ordered to attack this time has already been achieved!
In the plan discussed by Sun Quan and Lu Xun, his and Chen Biao's duties were only to arrive at Shaopi, prevent Wei Guo's navy from going south to rescue Hefei City, and work together with Ding Feng's troops to defend the estuary where Dongfei River enters Shaopi, so that Lu Xun and the whole Cong's follow-up army was able to travel unimpeded to the city of Shouchun by water.

The matter is already done, why bother to fight a senseless war?

With such thoughts in mind, Zhuge Ke ordered Jin to withdraw his troops, and slowly retreated to Chengde County to stay in camp.

He also carefully asked Ding Feng's cavalry and Chen Bing to be on guard and respond to prevent Wei Jun from chasing.

Naturally, he was superfluous.

How could Wei Jun come to pursue him?

The soldiers of the Wenqin tribe who came rushing to help were very few, and they were bumping on the boat all day and night. Not only were they more tired than Wu soldiers, they even had little combat power left.

It is not a false statement that ships from south to horse from north.

At least, more than half of the more than [-] Wei soldiers who rushed to Shaopi from Ancheng in Runan County were vomiting all kinds of meat and eight vegetables, and their hands and feet were weak.

As for the Wei State navy that was sticking to the inner camp, because many of them were sent to transfer warships, there were not many soldiers left to fight fiercely.
If Zhuge Ke was more decisive, let Ding Feng lead the cavalry to go around and attack the clamoring Wenqin tribe, and let the defending navy see that the reinforcements were blocked or repelled, their morale would collapse and they would not want to fight again
Alas, what a pity.

Sometimes seeking security, but lost a great opportunity.

Zhuge Ke, who didn't know that he had missed the opportunity, did not dare to delay building fortifications after the warlord arrived in Chengde County, and used the Northern Wei Army to retake the entrance to the river!
At that time, the fifth battalion sent by Zhu Huan led the army led by Qin Huang.

After hearing what had happened, he invited Zhuge Ke and Chen Biao to march into Shouchun together.

But it was rejected.

There are two good reasons.

First, it is the responsibility of Zhuge Ke and other ministries, and they dare not act rashly, so as not to miss the success of the follow-up army supervised by Lu Xun and Quan Cong.

The other is that they have just experienced war and are exhausted.

And just now the Wei army has reinforcements coming to Shaopi, how can Shouchun be unprepared?
It would be futile to march into Shouchun again.

However, what they didn't expect was that this remark made Qin Huang more determined to drive to Shouchun City.

He felt that since the Wei army had rushed to help Shaopi, there would be very few soldiers left in Shouchun City. If he rushed to the city to camp first, and blocked the Wei army who rushed to help Shaopi from returning to defense, Zhu Huan would personally When they arrive, Shouchun City will become a lonely city with few defenders!
In other words, once he and Zhu Huan persist until Lu Xun and Quan Cong arrive, Shouchun City will be captured!

With the expectation of merit, he sent a messenger back to tell Zhu Huan his thoughts, asking him to speed up his march as a backup, and then he drove northward with [-] soldiers and horses from his headquarters.

Asymmetric information leads to wrong decisions, and his outcome is predictable.

(End of this chapter)