Mi Han

Chapter 256 The Pioneer Fu Shen Unexpectedly
Under Guan Yu's arrangement, the general who led the forward of the Han army across the Han River was Fu Xun.

Fu Xun, courtesy name Gonghe, was born in Yiyang, Nanyang.

In terms of native place, Fu Xun and Wei Yan are from the same hometown, and Fu Xun and Wei Yan defected to Liu Bei's command together.

Although neither Wei Yan nor Fu Xun came from a wealthy family, they were both courageous, so they were gradually appreciated by Liu Bei and promoted along the way.

Fu Xun is not outstanding among the current star-studded generals of the Han Dynasty, but his reputation in later generations is not low.

In history, when Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Xun in Xiaoting, Liu Bei retreated to Ma'anshan, Lu Xun attacked it again, and Liu Bei broke through at night.

When Liu Bei was surrounded by the Wu army regiment, it was Fu Xun who led his troops to fight hard and refuse.

At that time, all his soldiers were dead, and the general of Wu persuaded him to surrender. Fu Xun scolded, "Wu dog! Why is there a general of Han who surrendered?"

In the end he fought and died.

It can be said that without Fu Xun's desperate decision, Liu Bei's safety at that time would have been unpredictable.

And his acts of loyalty and bravery and that soul-stirring scolding have been handed down for thousands of years.

Jiang Yang is strong and strong, he established a Mingjun, he met bandits when he joined forces, he did not give up his body, he only served as a single husband, and died in the army.

What's more, he has a good son Fu Qian.

Later, when Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, heard about the deeds of Fu and his son, even he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Fu Qian and his son are the best in the world."

Well, I envy Ji Han's real hammer.

The character of Ji Han handed down by later generations originated from the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang.

But there are many famous officials of Ji Han who are not as famous as the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang who really supported Ji Han's character and reputation for thousands of years.

The abilities of some of those famous Ji Han officials are questionable, but their quality is unquestionable, because even the enemy will feel great admiration for them.

In history, Fu Xun was just a glimpse, but with the existence of Mi Yang in this world, the fate of many ministers of Ji Han was changed.

They are bound to leave a strong mark in the world to come.

When Liu Bei was still the King of Hanzhong, when he led his army away from Xiangyang, in order to stabilize the overall situation in Jingzhou, he deliberately made a major adjustment to Jingzhou's personnel.

In that major personnel adjustment, Liu Bei left some Jingzhou officials who had accompanied him to Shu and had the ability to stay in Jingzhou to assist Guan Yu.

For example, in terms of civil servants, Ma Liang is the representative, and in terms of generals, Fu Xun is the representative.

At that time, Fu Xun was appointed by Liu Bei as the prefect of Changsha, responsible for guarding the east gate of Jingnan.

This year, Guan Yu often had the intention of the Northern Expedition, so he used his power to transfer Changsha prefect Fu Xun to his account, and sent another general to station Fu Xun in Changsha.

Guan Yu made this arrangement not only because of Fu Xun's courage, but also because of Fu Xun's background.

Fu Xun is from Yiyang, and Yiyang is on the north bank of the Han River, so Fu Xun is very familiar with the terrain on the north bank of the Han River.

The vanguard general must be brave enough to take on the heavy responsibility of being the arrow of the army. Of course, he also needs to have a certain understanding of the terrain of the field, so that he will not easily fall into the encirclement of the enemy.

Just as Guan Yu expected, when Fu Xun led his troops to separate generals and jointly led the [-] vanguard Han troops to set off from Xiangyang.

Fu Xun, who was familiar with the situation on the north bank of the Han River, did not follow other people's advice and crossed directly from the upper reaches of the Han River.

Fu Xun, who is familiar with water warfare, of course knows how harmful it would be to the army if the enemy attacked halfway through.

So even if it would delay some time, Fu Xun still insisted on his own opinion and led the army, and the boat landed on the lower reaches of the Han River a little far from Fancheng.

In this case, even if the Wei army in Fancheng wanted to attack them halfway, it was impossible for them to abandon the guards of Fancheng and come to the lower reaches of the Han River to intercept the Han army.

When the Han army began to cross the Han River from the lower reaches of the Han River, everything was as Fu Xun expected.

Under his prudent actions, the vanguard of the five thousand Han army successfully crossed the Han River and reached the north bank of the Han River.

But when the five thousand Han troops arrived on the north bank of the Han River, Fu Xun did not head towards Fancheng quickly.

Under his command, five thousand Han troops slowly marched westward along the Han River.

While leading the army towards Fancheng, Fu Xun ordered the army scouts to investigate the enemy's situation.

On the other hand, he ordered the warships carrying them not to stay far away, and just swam in the Han River not far from the five thousand Han troops.

Fu Xun's arrangement was to ensure the safety of his five thousand vanguard army.

Even if the Wei army ambushed his vanguard army, as long as there were Han warships on the Han River, the Han army under his command would not feel in a desperate situation, so that the five thousand Han troops could hold out until the arrival of most of the follow-up reinforcements.

After all, as long as it is not in a state of desperation or the morale of the army is broken, even if Cao Xiu in Fancheng sends Wei troops twice the size of the Han army, if the Han army forms a formation to resist, the Wei army will not be able to take down the five thousand Han troops within a few days. .

If you don't think about winning, think about losing first.

Among the Han generals, Fu Xun's personality tends to be the calm one.

Before being appointed by Liu Bei as the prefect of Changsha, Fu Xun served as Liu Bei's general guard of the Chinese army.

And he was appointed to this position by Liu Bei, which shows what kind of character he is.

In terms of character, Fu Xun can be compared with Zhao Yun and Chen Daoxiang.

It's just that Fu Xun's careful arrangement caused one person to be puzzled.

This man is the son of Fu Xun, who is only eighteen this year.

Fu Chen was young and vigorous, and he asked Fu Chen in private:

"Today, the general appointed father as the vanguard general, thinking that his father would rush to Fancheng quickly to clear the way for the army behind him to set up camp, but why did father march slowly instead?"

In Fu Chen's eyes, what Fu Shen did was not like what a pioneer would do.

Moreover, Fu Qian felt that since Guan Yu appointed Fu Xun as the vanguard general, then Fu Xun should work hard to perform and make military exploits for the country.

When Fu Xun followed Liu Bei into Jing to support Guan Yu last year, Fu Xun took Fu Qian with him.

The purpose of Fu Xun is to let Fu Qian have more experience in the army, so that he can serve Liu Bei as soon as possible.

Because of this purpose, after he brought Fu Qian with him, he always encouraged Fu Qian to ask if he didn't understand, so that Fu Qian could learn more.

So when Fu Xun heard Fu Chen's question, he looked at Fu Chen who was already as tall as him, and Fu Xun patted Fu Chen on the shoulder and taught:
"Soldiers, bad news.

Today, our army enters the territory of the bandit army first with a large army, and every move will be detected by the bandit general Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu is not a man who does not know how to fight. If his father ordered the army to march rashly, Cao Xiu might set up an ambush to invite our army.

I was ordered to be a vanguard for my father, but it was all for merit. If I were careless and taken advantage of by the bandit army, my father would not be afraid of losing my teacher and dying, but I would be afraid of losing the morale of our army, and thus be a debtor to the country! "

Hearing what Fu Xun said, a thoughtful look appeared on Fu Qian's face.

Seeing Fu Chen's expression, Fu Xun immediately gave another example, the protagonist of that example was Sun Huan.

Wasn't Sun Huan marching recklessly as a vanguard general back then, so he was defeated by the left general Mi Yang and finally hung on the top of the city?

When Fu Xun cited this example, the thoughtful look on Fu Qian's face immediately turned into a look of sudden enlightenment.

You can't be Sun Diaolou, you have to learn from General Zuo.

When Fu Xun went south to Changsha to take up his post, Fu Qian made a special trip to Gong'an City to pay respects to the hemp rope that remained on the head of Gong'an City until now.

And because Mi Yang's coquettish operations were very gratifying at the beginning, in the Han army in Jingzhou, Sun Huan was given a resounding nickname-Sun climbing the building.

This appellation first came from Guan Ping, who has a calm personality.
Perhaps in the eyes of the veteran generals, their idol is Guan Yu, but in the eyes of young Fu Qian, Guan Yu's image is too tall, so his idol is Mi Yang, who is also a young man.

Seeing that after hearing the example of Mi Yang breaking Sun Huan, Fu Qian's face immediately became dazed, and a smile appeared on Fu Xun's face.

This kid seems to still want to go to General Zuo of Yibei.

There is no one who knows a son like a father, and Fu Chen's thoughts are not hidden from Fu Xun.

In fact, it is quite normal for Fu Qian to have such thoughts.

In troubled times, every man with ambition wants to build a career.

At present, among the several governorships of the Han Dynasty, only the two governorships of Yibei and Jingzhou are facing the enemy head-on.

Therefore, there is no doubt that in these two governorships, there are the most opportunities to establish military exploits.

Compared to the older generals, the young generals wanted to go to Mi Yang's place more.

Perhaps because Mi Yang himself is a young man, most of the generals he promoted are only [-] years old.

In the list of meritorious service in the battle of Xicheng that has already been circulated in Jingzhou and Yizhou, the Yibei generals who have made military exploits are mostly young people.

This fact undoubtedly stimulated the hearts of many aspiring young people in Dahan to a great extent.

In their hearts, the Yibei Governor's District of the Great Han Dynasty is the most ideal place to commit crimes in their hearts.

Knowing Fu Qian's thoughts, Fu Xun secretly thought in his heart:

"After this battle is over, recommend Qian'er to General Zuo."

Although the marching speed of the five thousand Han army was not fast, the five thousand Han army came outside Fancheng not long after.

Along the way, a question began to emerge in Fu Xun's mind.

That's why none of the spies he sent had detected the enemy's movements during this period of time.

Although he specially led his army to cross the river from the lower reaches of the Han River, it was to avoid the possible half-crossing of the Wei army.

But if it is said that Wei Jun could not know the news of the five thousand Han troops crossing the river because of his actions at the beginning, after his army crossed the river, it is impossible for Wei Jun not to detect the whereabouts of his army.

Under such circumstances, Cao Xiu, who had a lot of troops in his hands, never sent a Wei army to launch a tentative attack on his army, which made Fu Xun a little puzzled.

Because this does not match the introduction of Cao Xiu's character that was collected in the intelligence.

Fu Xun didn't know Sun Li's strategy to Cao Xiu, so it was normal for him to have such doubts in his heart.

In fact, Cao Xiu, who was in Fancheng, received the military information when Fu Xun's army had just crossed the Han River on the second day.

At the beginning, Cao Xiu really wanted to send troops to attack Fu Xun's troops, but he learned about the marching situation of Fu Xun's army from the intelligence, so Cao Xiu soon gave up this idea.

His style of using troops has always been tough and good, but toughness is not reckless.

Obviously he already knew that the invitation to attack was of little use, so Cao Xiu would not do such a thing lightly.

What's more, Sun Li had already offered him a better strategy.

So after learning that five thousand Han troops crossed the river, Cao Xiu could only secretly sigh: The enemy's vanguard general is not a mediocre person.

Without Cao Xiu sending troops to stop him, Fu Xun successfully led [-] Han troops to a few miles away from Fancheng.

After arriving here, Fu Xun didn't care what Cao Xiu thought, he immediately ordered the army to set up camp.

Guan Yu's army will arrive soon, and before that he must secure the army's camp.

During the camping period, no matter day or night, Fu Xun led his personal guards to inspect the troops in person.

What he was worried about was that the Wei army in Fancheng would attack the camp while the army was camping.

But until Fu Xun set up the big camp, what he was worried about never happened.

As time went by, Fu Xun also guessed Cao Xiu's thoughts in his mind.

Is Cao Xiu trying to use the advantage of defending the city to exhaust their army?

Not long after Fu Xun set up his camp, tens of thousands of Han troops led by Guan Yu came outside Fancheng.

After all the tens of thousands of Han troops entered the camp, Guan Yu immediately summoned the generals to start a discussion.

Before the tens of thousands of troops led by Guan Yu arrived, Fu Xun reported to Guan Yu all the information he had found after crossing the river.

This is the most important duty of the vanguard general.

Under Fu Xun's information, Guan Yu and the generals who had just arrived outside Fancheng had a general understanding of the current situation outside Fancheng.

At the same time, the same guesses as Fu Xun also appeared in the minds of the generals.

Sun Li's strategy is more like a conspiracy, so as long as the intelligence collected is sufficient and accurate, although the generals of the Han army cannot fully guess the intention of the Wei army, it is not difficult to guess their general intention.

But the reason why Yangmou is called Yangmou is that it is not difficult to guess, but it is a kind of strategy that is difficult to destroy.

Although Fancheng was dilapidated under the siege of Guan Yu at the beginning, under the auspices of Cao Xiu in the past year, the city defense of Fancheng has been repaired.

The most important thing is that Cao Xiu currently has at least tens of thousands of Wei troops in his hands.

The city is strong and strong, but Fancheng is not easy to chew on.

Even based on the existing strength of the Han army, it would be difficult for Guan Yu to encircle Fancheng as before.

The reason why Guan Yu was able to besiege Xiangyang and Fancheng with an army of [-] during the Battle of Xiangfan was because Cao Ren suffered a defeat first, and the Wei army suffered a lot of casualties.

In the end, Cao Ren only had a small number of Wei troops trapped in Fancheng, and Guan Yu did this.

Although this battle is not recorded in the history books, it can be inferred from the facts.

Otherwise, according to Cao Ren's status at the time, it was impossible to hold a small number of troops and wait for Guan Yu to surround him.

Since the times were different, the generals began to suggest that Guan Yu should attack Fancheng as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the reinforcements from the bandit army arrive, the battle will be even more difficult.

But in the end Guan Yu made a decision that was beyond everyone's expectations.

He ordered all the troops to move forward and build a strict siege to surround Fancheng.

　Today is only one chapter, and it is still being restored.

　　Maybe I'll recover tomorrow.

　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)