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Chapter 283 Battle of Shiting (1)

In the winter of 191 A.D., Zhao Lei, the governor of Yangzhou led by General Wei, mobilized [-] troops in Shouchun, and launched a comprehensive campaign to exterminate the local Yellow Turban remnants in Lujiang County, Yangzhou.At the same time, Zhang Han, Zhao Lei's military adviser, also raised [-] troops in Wu County, with Xu Chu and Dian Wei as the vanguard, and declared war on Liu Yao, the prefect of Moling.And this reason for declaring war is also dumbfounding. The Yangzhou army claimed that Liu Yao, who was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, did not participate in the alliance established by Yuan Shao when he attacked Dong Zhuo, so it can be proved that Liu Yao was with Dong Zhuo. As the governor of Yangzhou, Zhao Leiyou cleaned up Liu Yao and his group of chaotic parties in Yangzhou for the stability of the imperial regime in Yangzhou.

However, although these words are a bit unreasonable, but I have to say that the Yangzhou Army has stood up for the reason. Although the reason is absurd, Zhao Lei's performance in the war against Dong still won the support of most people in the world, so he said After saying this, no one dared to refute anything.Although in this era, strength is the last word, but if you can justify the war you launched before fighting, it will undoubtedly improve the morale of your troops.

After crossing the Huaihe River, more than [-] Yangzhou troops led by Zhao Lei marched towards the south. After a day and a half journey, they first arrived at a county named Shu on the border of Lujiang County.At this time, the Yellow Turban Army in the county had already received the news, gathered the surrounding troops back, and at the same time shrunk the defense line of Lujiang.Although the market in this county is not as prosperous as Shouchun, but because it, like Anfengjin, is a port transfer station after crossing the Huaihe River, there are still many people who come here.

Lujiang County is located in the southernmost part of the north bank of the Yangtze River. This city was built almost close to the Yangtze River, so the geographical conditions near the water also made this city a large county town in Yangzhou. In addition, there were many small towns before Lujiang River. Therefore, although it seemed that Zhao Lei only wanted to attack the city of Lujiang during his trip, in fact, if he really wanted to take Lujiang, he would have to conquer no less than a dozen counties.Due to the long distance of this war, for Zhao Lei's existing troops, if they rushed forward rashly and stretched the front line, they might be powerless.Therefore, after Zhao Lei arrived in Shu County, he stopped the army to rest and temporarily stationed the army outside the city. After entering Shu County, Zhao Lei was determined to take over the entire Lujiang River, so Zhao Lei had to devote himself to managing local affairs in Shu County, and selected a few more capable talents in the local area, and promoted them as a general. The county magistrate was a small official, and he left five hundred soldiers of the Yangzhou Army stationed in Shu County, just in case.

After completing these tasks, Zhao Lei led the army and continued on the road. Zhao Yun led two hundred cavalry to clear the way ahead, Zhang Liao led five hundred soldiers from the barracks to protect the baggage, and the rest of the soldiers either carried carriages or rode horses to guard On both sides of the convoy, counselors like Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai were sitting in the carriage prepared by Zhao Lei in advance. In order not to make these counselors exhausted, Zhao Lei also put a lot of thought into it.

One day later, the Yangzhou army continued to march south. Zhao Yun rode on the BMW Zhao Lei gave him. The black and shiny Jue Ying looked like a product from the dark abyss in the daytime, except for its piercing eyes. In addition, there is no miscellaneous hair of other colors on the whole body. This is indeed a famous BMW in history, and it is really different.

But at this time, Jueying was always kicking his hooves in dissatisfaction when walking, as if complaining about the speed of his progress, and wanted to gallop on the official road with joy, but he was forced by Zhao Yun on his back to possess the top-level skilled driving skills , the horse could only endure the dissatisfaction, panted roughly, and let out a long neigh from time to time to express protest.

And not far behind Zhao Yun is Zhao Lei riding a white horse. At this moment, Zhao Lei is talking to Jia Xu about something, maybe it is about the strategy of attacking Lujiang this time!Jia Xu was the only one among the counselors who didn't ride in a carriage, because he was born in Xiliang when he was a child, and he was naturally very familiar with the feeling on horseback.Therefore, although Jia Xu is a literati, he does not have the kind of coquettishness that ordinary literati possess.

The Yangzhou Army continued to walk southward along the official road. Under the official road, I don’t know how many layers of gravel and soil were laid. On the top, it is neither soft nor hard, and it is as relaxed and comfortable as walking.Insects and birds are singing in the dense forest by the roadside, the green fields on both sides are boundless, the sky is blue and deep, the dark red sunset in the west sky is gorgeous and intoxicating, and the shadows of houses with walls can already be seen in the south, and the scattered candlelight Floating and flickering.Looking back at the road when we came, it has long been hidden in the twilight, and the outline of the gloomy mountains is more meaningful and deep in the afterglow of the sunset.

After walking for more than two hours, they finally entered the first big city in the Lujiang area, Shiting City.During the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Xun once defeated Cao Xiu, the governor of the Wei army, at Shiting. After this battle, he was also named prime minister by Sun Quan.And Zhao Lei looked at the geographical environment of Shiting with dense trees and lush grass. It is no wonder that Lu Xun was able to use the geographical advantage to defeat Cao Xiu's siege troops with fewer victories. After entering the territory of Shiting, the Yangzhou army often encountered Some scattered people are refugees who have left their homes with their families.These people must be refugees who escaped from Shiting.

Seeing these displaced refugees, Zhao Lei thought that there might be more such people in the world in the future, and great benevolence and righteousness immediately surged in his heart.He asked the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army to gather all the refugees and distribute part of the food to the refugees. Hundreds of refugees gathered together and fell on both sides of the road to bow down to him in gratitude.

Jia Xu followed Zhao Lei all the time. After seeing this situation, he said to Zhao Lei: "Master, even if these refugees get our help today, they can eat enough, but after a few days, they will starve to death. place. For us, this is simply a temporary solution rather than a root cause. The subordinates suggested that it is better to send some soldiers to send these people back to Shouchun, where there is enough food to support these people, and there are many vacant buildings in Shouchun City. In this way, the population of Shouchun City can also increase."

Zhao Lei also had this intention a long time ago. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. If they take in these refugees along the way, they will definitely increase their population a lot.

So Zhao Lei nodded, and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. is right, leave this matter to Mr. Organize the refugees, send Zhou Cang with some soldiers, and send them back to Shouchun! "

Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "My lord is wise, this subordinate will do it now."

Zhao Lei looked back at the slightly tired team, and ordered to set up a simple camp on a nearby open field, bury the pot for cooking, and let everyone rest.This place is not far away from Shiting, so in order to know the situation ahead, he sent Wang Yue and a dozen dead men to go ahead to find out the news.

After nightfall, Wang Yue came back from the outside with ten dead men, and went straight to Zhao Lei's camp.In the tent, Zhao Lei was lightly reading Jia Xu's translation of the vernacular version of Taiping Essentials, reading it with great interest.

"My lord, Mr. Wang is back." Ye Wei, the captain of the guards outside the tent, shouted into the tent.

Zhao Lei tidied up a bit, put the book away, and shouted out of the tent, "Mr. Wang, please come in!"

The rolling curtain was lifted, and Wang Yue stepped forward, and once he entered the big tent, he cupped his hands and said: "See my lord!"

"Excuse me, Mr. Wang, let's talk about the previous situation!"

"My lord, my subordinates have already inquired clearly. Now those Yellow Turban remnants in Lujiang have narrowed their defenses. They have about 5000 troops in their hands. Including some local people who were forced to enlist in the army, there are about 1 people in total. And their defensive strongholds are mainly concentrated in Shiting in front of them, as well as Wuwei County, Jiashi City Walled, and their base camp Lujiang County. Among them, Lujiang and Shiting have the most troops, so if we can Taking down Shiting is undoubtedly a big blow to the enemy." Wang Yue said.

After listening to Wang Yue's words, Zhao Lei nodded slightly, and said, "Who are the main leaders of the remaining Yellow Turbans? And who is the guard in this Shiting city?"

"The main leaders of this group of Yellow Turban forces are Zhang Dun and Ou Xing. They used to be the masters of Zhang Jiao's 36 squares, and they are deeply trusted by Zhang Jiao." Wang Yue said.

"Hmph, so what? Even Zhang Jiao can't beat me, do they still want to fight me?" Zhao Lei clenched his fists and said.

"Tomorrow we will rest for a whole day, and then go to Shiting the day after tomorrow." Zhao Lei said.

"No!" Wang Yue clasped his fists and said.

(End of this chapter)