Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 253 Fighting Xing Daorong Again

"it is good!"

In the early morning of November 13th, [-]th year of Jian'an, the county government of Zhouling County, Jiangxia County.

Shen Chen and Liu Qi are at the county government mansion at the moment.

The main force of Jiangxia's navy is now deployed along Chibi and Wulin, confronting Han Xi at Hongkou.

The scope of the confrontation between the two sides is actually in the Honghu area of ​​later generations, which is similar to the terrain of the confrontation between Cao Cao and Zhou Yu in the Battle of Chibi.

It's just that Han Xi's location is a little further to the southwest, not at Wulin on the other side of Chibi, but at Hongkou on the south side of Honghu Lake, about forty or fifty miles away from Wulin.

Zhouling is at the rear, Huang Zu is currently on the front line of Chibi, Shen Chen and Liu Qi are in the county government of Zhouling, mainly guarding against Zhang Yun of Jingling.

Yesterday evening, Liu Bei took advantage of the night to easily capture Jiangling, so he immediately sent people to Zhouling to inform Shen Chen of the situation.

When Shen Chen heard about this, he was overjoyed and said, "That's great, Young Master, Liu Shijun has succeeded!"

"Cough cough cough."

Liu Qi paled slightly, coughed twice and said, "It's indeed a happy event."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be feeling well, Shen Chen hurriedly said: "My eldest son, I see you coughing frequently these days, are you in good health?"

Liu Qi waved his hand: "Since the serious illness came at the beginning of this year, the condition has not recovered for a long time, especially at the end of the winter when the weather is cold and cold, I feel pain all over my body. Maybe my time has come."

"Young Master, don't say that. I heard that one of your concubines is pregnant." Shen Chen said with a smile, "Doesn't this mean that you are in good health?"

"Yes."

Liu Qi also showed a longing smile: "It is true that I finally got pregnant, and I only hope to give birth to a son."

In fact, he was not childless before.

It's just that it was very dangerous and difficult to have children at that time, and the premature death rate was very high, so none of the children survived.

Later, when he was older, his body was hollowed out by wine and sex, so that he never gave birth to an heir.

Last year, Shen Chen suggested that he take good care of his body and try to give birth to a son and a half daughter.

Liu Qi made up his mind to quit drinking!

So he went to a famous doctor and took decoctions every day to warm and nourish his body, so that he could regain his masculinity and have fertility.

Hearing the news of Liu Biao's death at the beginning of this year, he suffered a serious illness. Since then, he has been recuperating in Jiangxia to recuperate his body.

In spring and summer, the weather was fine, and the health improved a lot. Four months ago, I worked hard to cultivate the land, and I got a harvest. One concubine became pregnant, and finally had offspring.

It's just a pity that when winter came, Liu Qi's old illness relapsed, and he turned into his current sickly appearance again.

But this is also something that can't be helped, first of all, he himself has a chronic illness that hasn't healed at the beginning of the year.

Second, winter is the time when the body's resistance is at its lowest. Even in the later generations of technology, some old people are fine during the day, but they die after sleeping at night.

These two superposition, naturally bad health.

Thinking that Liu Qi in history will die of illness next year, that is, in the 14th year of Jian'an, Shen Chen's heart is actually heavy.

Fortunately, Liu Qi now has offspring, whether male or female, he will definitely take good care of them in the future.

"Son."

Shen Chen said: "General Zuo's capture of Jiangling this time is a good time for us to be embattled on all sides. Cai Mao was dragged in Yiyang, and Jiangling, Zhouling, and Jingnan were surrounded by three sides. Cai Mao's entire army will be wiped out. Go north to take Xiangyang, and you can recapture Jingzhou, it's as easy as turning the palm of your hand!"

"Ah."

Liu Qi nodded, braced his body and said, "Okay, let's set off immediately."

"The young master is going too?"

"This battle started because of me, so I will naturally go."

"But the son's body is not good."

"It's okay, it's okay."

"That can't be done, wait"

Shen Chen thought for a moment, then hesitated again.

He knows one thing.

That is, if Cai Mao is destroyed, it must be the time when Jiangdong invaded Jiangxia.

Zhouling is in the rear of Cai Mao, but it is on the front line against Jiangdong. Once Jiangdong strikes, Zhouling will bear the brunt.

Therefore, it is really not appropriate for Liu Qi to stay here.

Thinking of this, Shen Chen let go and said: "Of course, if you want to leave, you can, but not to Hongkou."

"Not going to Hongkou?"

Liu Qi wondered, "Then where?"

"Bach!"

"Bach?"

"That's right, Bach!"

Shen Chen looked to the south with deep eyes.

Baciu.

It is the later generation Yueyang.

In the Han Dynasty, Yueyang did not build a city or set up a county.

It was not until the 20th year of Jian'an that Sun Quan stationed troops in Baqiu Township and established Baqiu County. Since then, there has been a city.

The reason why Yue Yang, whose geographic location is extremely important in later generations, was not taken seriously at that time was because Yunmengze was still there.

The geographical location of Yueyang was later the only waterway port entering the lower reaches of the Yangtze River at the junction of Hunan and Hubei provinces, and this became an important place.

However, in the Han Dynasty, from Jiangling to Shaxian, that is, from Jingzhou City to Wuhan City in later generations, it was possible to cross Qianjiang City and Xiantao City without having to take the Yangtze River waterway in the south.

So at that time, Yueyang was just an ordinary country by Yunmengze Lake.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, Yunmeng Lake completely disappeared and Dongting Lake took shape. Since then, ships from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River can only go downstream through Yueyang, and this place will become important.

But the current Yueyang is not completely devoid of geographical value.

Although the Yunmeng Lake at that time hadn't disappeared, it had already lost a large area of ​​water.

For example, in Junshan District on the opposite bank of the Yangtze River in Yueyang City in later generations, and Shahachi Town and Zhuhe Town in the southeast of Jianli City, large areas leaked from the bottom of the lake.

In the Han Dynasty, these places were called Hongkou because of the flooding of the Yangtze River every year during the flood season, which would submerge the land.

Yes.

These places in the north of Yueyang City are Hongkou.

Han Xi is now stationed here in order to curb the passage of Jiang Xia's navy to go south to support Jingnan.

This also means that the current Yueyang has gradually become one of the ports where Jingnan goes north and south to the Yangtze River.

Although from Jiangling on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, you can still go to Shaxian from Yunmengze.

But if you go from Jingnan to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, you must pass through Yueyang, and from Jingnan to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, you must pass through Nan'an.

If you attack Jingnan, Nan'an and Hongkou, they will suddenly become strategic points.

So this is also the main reason why Cai Mao sent Han Xi to Hongkou and Sun Yi and Zhou Bo to Nan'an.

And Shen Chen seized Baqiu just to use Baqiu as a base to attack Hongkou and Nan'an!

At the same time, it is also to prevent Jiangdong's attack in the future.

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On the same day, Lanxi.

Cai Mao at this time naturally did not know the news of Jiangling's fall.

He attacked Guan Yu's camp in Lanxi yesterday, but was repelled by Guan Yu, and he sent general Xing Daorong to provoke him, but nothing came of it.

Because of fighting for too long, he missed the opportunity to return to the headquarters camp, so he had no choice but to temporarily camp in Lanxi.

Temporary camps placed in the wild are naturally not as comfortable as the well-built camps before.

However, when he thought that his general Xing Daorong was so brave that he could kill Guan Yu and defeat Yiyang tomorrow, Cai Mao felt indifferent.

It was nothing more than sleeping in the wild for a day, and only waiting for Xing Daorong to fight Guan Yu again tomorrow, then went to Yiyang to rest in the city.

Soon, when the sky was getting dark, the Jingzhou Army, which had rested all night, regrouped and came back.

In the front row were rows of warriors wearing black armor, holding hook shields in their hands, and behind them were soldiers without armor holding spears, standing in a queue more than a mile long.

Of course Cai Mao did not have as many armors as Yuan Shao, but with the power of Jingzhou, he still had five or six thousand armors, but at least one-third of them had to be distributed to officers at all levels, and the rest could be selected from elite soldiers to form armors. guard.

These armored guards used to be Cai Mao's personal guards, but now they are directly placed at the forefront of the team to protect the unarmored ordinary soldiers behind him. Naturally, it is not because of his mercy, but because of his momentum.

I saw those black-armored soldiers shouting and marching forward step by step, their military appearance was neat and mighty.

And in front of these black-armored warriors, there was a strong man with big arms and round waists, riding a horse and standing in front of the battle with a big ax in hand.

"Guan Yu, do you dare to fight me to the death?"

Xing Daorong urged his horse to come outside the camp, shouting loudly, he used to be a butcher, although his martial arts are far inferior to Zhang Fei, but his voice and strength are not small, so he was able to eat under Liu Du and Cai Mao's tent. Drink, the sound goes far and wide.

"Report!"

Outside Guan Yu's tent, scouts rushed in, knelt down on one knee and said, "General, the enemy is three hundred paces away from the camp. The enemy general Xing Daorong was provoking outside the camp yesterday."

At this moment, the generals had already gathered in the tent. When Cai Mao's army left the camp, the scouts had already reported the news.

Therefore, at this time, Guan Yu was ordering generals to gather troops, and sent a large number of people to defend on the wall of the stronghold.

Knowing that Xing Daorong was provoking again, Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard and smiled, "I didn't expect that Xing Daorong would dare to provoke again. I played with him yesterday, thinking that he already knew that his martial arts were weak, so he didn't dare to fight. Now it seems that But he didn't realize it, and thought he was fighting me evenly."

"Father, this madman, if I don't fight, I will kill him under the horse."

Guan Ping called for a fight again.

Guan Yu waved his hand and said: "No, the military adviser ordered me to hold off Cai Mao's main force in Yiyang. Your uncle is currently laying an ambush with Mr. Shen Xiao and the military adviser, and will hunt in Qingcao Lake in a plan of being besieged on all sides. If Cai Mao sees the clues at this time and thinks that Yiyang cannot be conquered, if he withdraws his troops and leaves, wouldn't it be a bad plan?"

Deng Fang said: "The general means to make Cai Mao feel that we can be defeated at any time, and Yiyang is at his fingertips, so he will stay here forever, so as to create a fighter for the lord, the military adviser, and General Shen?"

"good."

Guan Yu nodded and said with a smile: "He thought that Xing Daorong could kill me under the horse. If I die, the army will have no leader and will be defeated. At that time, Yiyang City will not be able to defend itself. Now I am afraid that he is eager to kill me. If I don't How can he be deceived if he goes out to fight?"

"This."

Guan Ping worried: "Father, how can a general put himself in danger?"

"Hahahahaha."

Guan Yu laughed loudly: "A mere Xing Daorong deserves to put me in danger? Did my son underestimate my father, or did I overestimate that Xing Daorong?"

"I don't dare, I just think that my father is the leader of an army, and I'm going to fight, after all."

Guan Ping was still a little worried, after all, he was going to fight alone.

"Confused."

Guan Yu scolded: "Because I am the leader of an army, I have to take care of the overall situation and not ruin your uncle's plan. Not to mention my father's martial arts, are there any heroes in the world who can put me in danger? It is Cai Mao, If he hadn't been hidden behind thousands of troops, I would have watched him put up a bid to sell Seoul!"

Although Yan Liang was beheaded by thousands of troops back then, in fact, because Yan Liang's main force was held back by Zhang Liao and others, and Yan Liang boasted that he was the champion of the three armies, he underestimated the heroes of the world, so the big banner was very rampant The ground was in the front line before being beheaded by Guan Yu.

Otherwise, if Yan Liang was really hiding behind an army of tens of thousands, like Cai Mao right now, surrounded by countless armored soldiers on three floors and three floors outside, even if Guan Yu had three heads and six arms, it would be very difficult for one person to rush in and kill him die.

As long as the soldiers raised their shields and surrounded Yan Liang in dozens or hundreds of circles to act as a human wall, unless Guan Yu drove the bulldozer all the way to crush them, the Chituma would not be able to fly from the crowd to Yan Liang.

But even so, Guan Yu's achievements are already very remarkable.

Although the enemy's main force is held back by its own main force.

But Yan Liang was still protected by hundreds of soldiers.

Guan Yu went in single-handedly, chopped off his head and returned. Throughout history, this record is also unique throughout the ages.

And the most powerful thing is that this action is divided into three steps.

The first step is to rush into the formation, the second step is to cut the general, and the third step is to jump off the horse and chop off Yan Liang's head before getting back on the horse.

The first two steps may be done by someone in history, but the third step is extremely difficult, and it is unique in the entire 5000-year history of China.

You must know that there were no double-sided stirrups in the Han Dynasty, only single-sided stirrups, which were still made of cloth, called cloth treads, and it was impossible to use them as stirrups.

It was in the absence of stirrups that Guan Yu first killed the enemy's general in the army, and then in front of so many guarding soldiers around the enemy's general, he jumped off the horse and chopped off the general's head, then jumped on the horse and swaggered back .

This kind of terrifying record, looking at the entire dynasties and dynasties, he alone, if you look at the objective factors and the comparison of the situation, this record is even more exaggerated than those records of beheading hundreds of soldiers in battle.

So Guan Yu said that there is no one in the whole world who can put himself in danger. He is really not bragging. Unless famous generals fight in groups, even Lu Bu can't help him.

Guan Ping obviously knew his father's ability, but he just felt that the leader of an army should not take risks easily, and wanted to persuade his father to sit in the Chinese army.

But seeing that he was so determined, he didn't dare to object, so he cupped his hands and said, "Father is right."

"Where are Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao?"

"The end is here."

"Take me Qinglong Saber, Chitu Malai."

"only."

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao carried a knife and led a horse, like two generals humming.

Soon Guan Yu left the camp. He didn't wear armor, but still wore a green brocade robe, but he wore a chain mail under the brocade robe.

This chain mail was a gift from Shen Chen, not because Guan Yu was afraid of Xing Daorong, but because Liu Bei told all the senior generals around him to wear it in every battle, so it became a habit.

After all, although the defense of chain mail cannot be compared with that of plate armor, it is light and can protect the upper body. Ordinary swords, bows and arrows still cannot hurt people.

When Guan Yu got on the Chitu horse, took the Qinglong knife, and opened the gate of the village, as soon as he urged the horse, Chitu galloped out like red lightning.

Northern Lingran, there seemed to be a murderous aura in the air.

(End of this chapter)