Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 189

Sha Mo Ke is powerful, and he is afraid of being young, so he should be strong.

But Zhao Yun is only in his 30s, still in his prime, and his martial arts are extremely superb, Shamoke is naturally no match for him.

The barbarians have always surrendered to the strong, and Shen Chen also gave them a lot of gold, silver and cloth, so they all agreed to Shen Chen's proposal to send troops together.

At the end of July, everyone started to act according to the discussed route.

The Youxi barbarian coalition was formed together, about 3000 people, from Lingyang along the Lushui River to the north to Daya, which is almost the area from Cili County to Hefeng County in later generations.

The road at this point is relatively easy to open. There is a road that locals walk on, and it only needs to be opened along the road.

But after arriving at Daya, it will be difficult.

Because the north of Hefeng County is full of deep mountains and old forests, even the local Youxi Man seldom set foot in this area. There are countless mountains and mountains, and people who walk into them will lose their direction like entering a maze.

Moreover, this period in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is in the rainy season, and the next heavy rain often makes their actions very slow.

Although Liu Biao often sent people to urge them, but the current situation was like this, and there was nothing they could do. After all, they couldn't really let them fight Liu Zhang who occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Liu Bei fought for two years even when he had internal support in history. If it was really hard work, it is estimated that four or five years of fighting may not necessarily produce results.

In contrast, attacking Liu Zhang's army from behind through the mountains and forests from Wuling is considered the most reliable.

So even if Liu Biao was anxious, there was nothing he could do.

So in the next few months, Shen Chen and the Youxi barbarians struggled to open a road deep in the mountains until the end of the ninth year of Jian'an. After four months, they finally reached the Shaqu area north of Yishui River. .

This is the area of ​​Jianshi County in the north of Enshi Prefecture in later generations. The situation is much better here, along the Hongyan River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, all the way north, and finally reached the riverside south of Wu County.

The barbarians sent in the past reported that if they stood on the top of the mountain and looked at both sides of the river, they could even see Yizhou soldiers escorting food and grass on the road along the river bank.

In January of the tenth year of Jian'an, that is, at the beginning of 206 A.D., after spending nearly five months, Shen Chen finally opened the way to detour behind Liu Zhang's army.

And Liu Bei's army had already stationed troops in Chanling before. After he asked Liu Biao for a large amount of supplies and equipment, he officially set off.

In February of the tenth year of Jian'an, the army passed through the Shaqu, went north along the Hongyan River, and reached the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times, it has been the best way to enter Sichuan from Jingzhou along the Yangtze River to the west, but even so, the mountains on both sides of the river are towering and steep, and the mountains and mountains are extremely dangerous.

There is only a small path in the deep mountains and forests on the south bank of the river that can accommodate two people side by side, which is barely passable.

Liu Bei and Shen Chen joined forces. At this moment, the army was still stationed in the Shaqu in the rear. A few dozen of their generals came to watch.

I saw a low hill at the foot of the mountain, and there were a large number of military tents and simple camps densely packed on the flat ground around the hill.

This is probably the area of ​​Peishi Township in Wushan County in later generations. If you walk more than 20 kilometers to the east, you can reach Badong County in Hubei Province in later generations, and then Zigui County is more than 20 kilometers away.

Surrounded by dense forests, hundreds of Yizhou soldiers were scattered around the camp, and some warehouses and supplies were piled up on the road.

"This is a frontline supply camp for Liu Zhang's army."

Shen Chen looked into the distance.

The Battle of Yiling took place on both the north and south banks of the Yangtze River. Liu Bei's troops in Jiangbei were led by Huang Quan and stationed in Yiling.He himself was stationed in Jiangnan, in Xiaoting.

At this time, Cai Mao occupied Yiling, Yiting, Jingmen Mountain, Huya Mountain and other places, which made it impossible for Liu Zhang to enter from Jiangbei or Jiangnan.

Therefore, the main force of Liu Zhang's army is now stationed in Zigui County, and it is not Zigui in later generations, but Zigui in Han Dynasty.

Zigui County in later generations was located in the south of the Yangtze River, while in the Han Dynasty it was located on the north bank of the river, and it was still far away from Zigui County in later generations. In the area of ​​Guizhou Town in Zigui County in later generations, it was very close to Badong County.

This also means that the main force of Liu Zhang's army at that time was actually stationed in the area from Badong County to Guizhou Town, Zigui County in later generations, which stretched for more than 100 kilometers.

Just like Liu Bei's battle in Yiling, there are countless supplies and such small camps along the way, and grain transporters and grain boats on the river can be seen everywhere. I have suffered so much.

"It's really hard to fight on both sides of the Yangtze River."

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei sighed: "Not only are the roads difficult and dangerous, there are countless mountains and forests, and there is not even a piece of flat land. I am afraid that even if a war breaks out, it will be difficult to wipe out the enemy. They can retreat to the mountains and forests at any time."

"That's hard to say."

Shen Chen glanced at Liu Bei, and said: "Because the road is difficult, a large number of supply camps must be arranged along the route to deliver food and grass to the front line. Once these camps are pulled out one after another and attacked with fire, no matter how many troops there are, the whole army will be defeated." overwhelmed."

Liu Bei was surprised and said, "The moisture on both sides of Jingzhou's great river is very heavy. Even lighting a fire in the forest may not be able to burn it. Is it useful to attack with fire?"

There are countless mountains and forests on both sides of the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges area, and they are extremely dense, but there has never been a fire in history. Even if Lu Xun burned a camp for [-] miles, no mountain fires were caused, because the humidity here is extremely heavy, unless napalm bombs are used , otherwise it is almost impossible to burn up.

But Shen Chen said: "With fish oil and fat supplemented with hay, all we need to do is burn down the food and grass camp. The enemy's rear area of ​​food and grass is in Wu County. We should divide our troops into two groups. I will lead the army to raid Wu County. The camp will be burned for seven hundred miles!"

This was Shen Chen's tactical plan.

After observing for a long time, he found that Lu Xun's tactic was really good, and it was a perfect tactic for the special terrain here.

Due to terrain constraints, the army attacking Hubei from Sichuan could not spread out on a large scale and could only be crowded in narrow mountainous areas. Therefore, when camping, it had to stretch for dozens of kilometers.

In particular, Liu Zhang's army has penetrated into Jingzhou with a straight-line distance of [-]-[-] kilometers, but the actual walking distance is more than [-]-[-] kilometers, and a large number of supply lines are needed along the way.

And these supply points are densely distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River. If they burn all the way, the main force of the Yizhou Army stationed in Badong County and Zigui County on the front line will face the risk of being cut off from the rear and running out of food and grass. No wonder Liu Bei Yiling suffered a disastrous defeat.

When Xu Shu heard Shen Chen's words, his eyes lit up and he said, "Ah Chen's plan is very good. The rainy season is over now, and although the two sides of the river are still wet, but with fish oil and hay, all you need to do is burn down the enemy's camp and food."

"We agreed to launch an attack at the same time as Cai Mao on February [-]th. We haven't fully figured out the distribution of the enemy's food and grass camps yet. We should send people to continue the investigation."

Shen Chen touched his chin. Although he hadn't reached his crown yet, a small amount of beard had grown out, which smelled like green beard.

"Master, I'll go!"

Shan Yi stood up and volunteered: "I am walking on flat ground in this mountain, and the people of Yizhou will definitely not find me."

But Shamoke laughed and said, "Do you know the way?"

"you recognize?"

Shan Yi looked at him with disdain. The two were about the same age, and they were both tall and burly people.

Sha Moke patted his chest and said, "Although I don't know him, there are people in my family who do. The old people came to the north to hunt before."

"Then let's go to Shamoko."

Shen Chen looked at Shan Yi and said, "Yide, you attack Wu County with me."

"Yes."

Shan Yi glanced at Sha Moke unwillingly, and was even more upset when he saw the other party's complacency.

At that moment, Shen Chen assigned the task.

Sha Moke led a few local Youxi barbarians to the east to inquire about the location of Liu Zhang's army's supply points and camps along the route, while Shen Chen led the Huangmen soldiers to attack Wu County in the north of the river.

However, ships are needed to attack the north of the river, so some ships are temporarily built to cross the river.

Fortunately, it is only the second day of February, and after they finally opened up the road to the mountain last month, they sent someone to inform Cai Mao and asked him to launch an attack together on February [-].

Such a two-sided attack will surely defeat Liu Zhang's army.

There are still eight days before February [-]th, and he still has some time to make boats across the river.

After returning to Shaqu, with an order, nearly [-] troops started to build ships. It doesn't need to be too big, just a small boat that can seat a dozen people.

There are no strong winds and waves in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Except for a few places where the water flow is relatively turbulent, most of the water is relatively gentle. An ordinary awning boat can easily cross the Yangtze River, which is less than one mile from north to south.

Compared with the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the river is rough and the banks are wide and wide, the section of the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges area is no different from ordinary rivers except for the countless mountains on both banks.

In just one day, the Kung Fu army built hundreds of ships, and the rest of the time was spent collecting hay and firewood.

They brought a batch of fish paste and fat.

In fact, if it was just the army coming over, Shen Chen would not need to spend nearly half a year opening up the mountain road.

There is no main road, but the small road along the river or the Youximan hunter mountain trail can still lead to the Yangtze River.

But the reason why it took so much trouble was to be able to bring in supplies and food.

So they have no shortage of fish paste oil now.

Soon the time came to the early morning of February [-]th, when the sky was just getting bright, Shen Chen had already led [-] Huangmen soldiers, rowed along the Hongyan River and entered the Yangtze River.

It was February and mid-spring, and a thin layer of white mist rose from the surface of the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges in the early morning, covering the surface of the river, and the vision was not very clear.

Liu Zhang's troops on both sides of the strait were sleeping, completely unaware of the danger approaching quietly.

After entering the Yangtze River, according to the original plan, they started to paddle to the other side of the river, and they still drifted down the river, drifting obliquely to a river beach on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Shen Chen got off the boat, Shen Tao, Shan Yi, Wu Dang and others followed around, Shen Zhen and Deng Zhao led the soldiers, and when all the soldiers assembled, all the soldiers set off lightly, and headed into the deep mountains and old forests, heading towards Wushan direction.

At the same time, Liu Bei's army also quietly approached the camp that was scouted a few days ago, which is the area of ​​Peishi Township in Wushan County in later generations. At this moment, the people in the camp did not notice the danger at all.

It is impossible for an army of tens of thousands to spread out in such a mountainous area. Too many people is a bad thing, so Liu Bei divided his troops.

He asked Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others to lead troops, and under the leadership of Sha Moke and the other Youxi barbarian guides, they set off across the mountains and ridges to the various camps along the way.

Liu Bei himself took Chen Dao with only a thousand elite soldiers to launch a surprise attack on the camp.

The soldiers approached slowly.

When I reached the edge of the camp, it may be because Liu Zhang's army was relatively relaxed at the rear, and the camp gate was not even closed, it was just wide open.

Everyone slowly entered the camp, and suddenly a sharp shout sounded: "Enemy attack!"

It turned out that it was a Yizhou soldier who had the convenience of getting up early and vaguely saw some dark shadows slowly coming in from the fog at the gate of the camp, so he hurriedly issued a warning.

"kill!"

Seeing the exposure, Liu Bei immediately raised his sword and shouted.

"kill!"

The soldiers rushed into the camp, hacking and killing.

The entire camp suddenly fell into chaos, and Yizhou soldiers were caught off guard. A small number of rebels were killed, and most of them surrendered.

After capturing this group of people and tying them up, Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Burn!"

Immediately the fire started.

Then, under the leadership of Shamoko, they continued to set off towards the front.

Liu Zhang's army was indeed the same as Liu Bei in the Battle of Yiling, stretching for hundreds of miles in mountains, with camps and supply points everywhere.

The terrain severely limited the combat effectiveness of their army, so they could only be stationed in this way.

But since yesterday, Cai Mao's Jingzhou army began to attack Liu Zhang's army, advancing by land and water, and Liu Zhang's general Wu Yi summoned troops to fight Cai Mao.

This made the already empty rear even more empty. There were hundreds of people guarding important places, and there were even only dozens of people in general supply points.

Stretching hundreds of kilometers, dozens of supply camps, countless food and supplies, but very few guards, and most of them are peasants.

In fact, although the actual strength of the army Liu Zhang sent was only [-], it was claimed to be [-], and the number was also [-] to [-], but most of them were civilians who were used to transport food and grass.

These civilian husbands basically had no combat effectiveness. After Liu Beijun came over, they all surrendered.

Liu Bei did not kill these people, but sent people to watch them on the spot, and then continued to attack all the way forward.

There were shouts of killing and smoke from the fire everywhere on both sides of the strait.

At this time, Yiling was hundreds of kilometers away, and Wu Yi, the general of the Yizhou Army, naturally didn't know what was going on behind him.

The Jingzhou army suddenly started to attack, which really caught him off guard.

However, he immediately adjusted and mobilized the rear troops to come forward, which quickly delayed Cai Mao's footsteps.

During the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei's army occupied Yiling, and Jiangdong's army was in Yidao County in the south. The distance between the two sides was [-] kilometers.

In this battle, the Jingzhou army occupied Yiling, probably in the Xiaoting District of Yichang City in later generations. He also sent people to garrison Jingmen City and Huya Mountain.

Where is Liu Zhangjun?
In the north of Yiling, it is located in the area of ​​Yiling in the north of Yichang city in later generations, and it is also the location where Huang Quan's soldiers and horses were stationed in the battle of Yiling.

At the same time, Wu Yi also had troops stationed in Gezhouba, Xiba, and the Dian military area on the left bank of the river.

In other words, the distance between the two sides is actually more than 30 kilometers away.

Cai Mao's offensive method was to advance both land and water, and the main ships moved westward to take the West Dam directly.

Xiba was called Xilingzhou in the Han Dynasty, and Buchan, the son of Buzhi, was once the governor of Xiling and cast a city on Xiba.

Of course there are no cities now, but there are soldiers and horses of Liu Zhang's army.

When the big ship of the Jingzhou Navy was on the river, Wu Yi knew that the enemy was going to attack Xilingzhou, and there were few people on the island, so he immediately sent people to evacuate the island.

At the same time, a message was sent to the rear, ordering all the soldiers and horses along the line from Zigui to Yiling to come and prepare for a decisive battle.

When Cai Mao's army arrived, the people on the island had already evacuated.

Cai Mao sent people to occupy the island and destroyed Wu Yi's camp, while abandoning the boat and going ashore.

Neither side stationed troops in Yiling City, because Yiling County in the Han Dynasty was not on the riverside, but in the mountains more than ten kilometers southeast of Yichang City, so the strategic significance was not great.

At this time, the [-] Yangtze River Navy of Cai Mao's army disembarked, and the two sides faced off in the urban area of ​​Yichang City in later generations, a rare alluvial fan plain on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Wu Yi formed a camp to defend himself, and the two sides lined up on their own, shooting a wave of arrows at each other.

After Wu Yi's rear reinforcements arrived in the afternoon, he finally launched a counterattack.

He has a total of 1 troops, with nearly [-] people deployed along the rear line, and [-] people on the front line. They assembled and began to advance.

Cai Mao also issued an order for a general offensive, and the two sides started a decisive battle in the urban area of ​​Yichang City.

The battle lasted for several hours. When it was getting dark, Cai Mao wanted to retreat. Unexpectedly, Wu Yi sent people to go around the rear of Cai Mao's army from the mountains in the east to cut off his retreat.

The people of Bashu have always been better at crossing mountains and ridges, so this matter is naturally out of the question.

The people of Jingzhou were better at fighting in the water, and Cai Mao did not expect that Wu Yi would send people to go over the mountains and go around to his rear.

"Chase!"

Standing on a small hill not far away, Wu Yi, who had an overview of the whole situation, saw this scene, waved his hand, and ordered the soldiers to pursue.

Their number of soldiers and horses is actually the same, but the navy and land battles are indeed inferior to the infantry, so Cai Mao suffered heavy casualties, and was flanked by front and back. If nothing else, he would be wiped out by Wu Yi.

But accidents always come so suddenly.

At that time, everyone was looking at the battlefield to the south, only a personal guard standing beside Wu Yi glanced to the northwest, and then looked at the battlefield again.

But after a few seconds, the guard suddenly felt something was wrong, and quickly turned his head to look northwest again.

He saw the sky in the northwest, with thick smoke rising and flames burning.

Night has fallen, and in the afterglow of the evening, there is only a little light brought by the burning clouds.

However, in the northwest sky, it was as if a fire was burning, billowing thick smoke straight into the sky, and occasionally a little flame could be seen.

"Will"

The guard almost trembled and said to Wu Yi, "General!"

"What's the matter?"

Wu Yi was still watching the battlefield to the south.

He saw that under the attack of the Yizhou army, the Jingzhou army was rushing to the boat by the river in a panic. It would be a matter of time before they lost.

The personal guard said tremblingly: "General, look to the northwest!"

"Ok?"

Wu Yi raised his head and looked to the northwest.

next second.

He froze in place.

Behind him, there was already a sea of ​​flames!
(End of this chapter)