Chapter 125: The Battle of the Waters 4
Huan Chong dispatched 100,000 Jingzhou soldiers to attack the former Qin in order to contain the Qin army and reduce the pressure on the Qin army downstream. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Fu Jian issued an edict and attacked the Jin State on a large scale, and one male was selected for every ten men among the civilians to serve as a soldier. The children of the good family are under the age of 20 and have talents, and they all worship Yu Linlang.
Fu Rong was the forward governor, commanding Murong Chui and other infantry cavalry 250,000 soldiers to go first, Fu Jian then set off, with a total of more than 600,000 soldiers and 270,000 cavalry, facing each other, the team stretched for thousands of miles. Fu Jian arrived at Xiangcheng, and the soldiers of Liangzhou had just arrived in Xianyang, the soldiers of Shu Han were only down the river at this time, and the soldiers of Jizhou arrived at Pengcheng, and the troops advanced by land and water. Tens of thousands of ships carrying grain went from the river to Ruying through Shimen, Bianshui and Langhua Canal, while Fu Rong led 300,000 troops to Yingkou first.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty took Xie Shi as the governor of the conquest, Xie Xuan as the forward governor, and led 80,000 soldiers with the generals Xie Yan, Huan Yi and others, with the Beifu soldiers as the main force, to fight the Qin army in the north.
The Qin army crossed the Huaishui and captured Shouyang, and the Jin Dynasty sent Hu Bin's army to aid Shouyang, heard that Shouyang had fallen, and retreated to Kipshi. Fu Rong ordered the general Liang Chengshuai's army of 50,000 to attack Luojian and cut off the Huaishui route, with the purpose of cutting off Hu Bin's retreat and preventing the Jin army from advancing westward from the Huaishui waterway.
Fu Rong successfully reached Yingkou and quickly occupied the city of Shouyang, Murong Chui also captured Yuncheng in Jingzhou, and Yao Chang's 70,000 naval troops also went down the river from Bashu. Everything seemed really perfect, and it was all expected by Fu Jian.
However, when you get out of the game, you will find that something is wrong. The troops are too scattered, from Sichuan to Anhui in the east-west direction, from the grassland to Huaishui in the north-south direction, there are people everywhere, the real protagonist is Fu Rong's 200,000 or so troops, the other two route armies are supporting roles, and the other 870,000 horses are extras.
The people's hearts were unstable, and there was a rebel general in each of the three armies, secretly preparing a riot, trying to take the opportunity to seize power, but Fu Jian was kept in the dark.
Let's talk about Yao Chang in the west first, Yao Chang is Yao Xiang's younger brother, the former Qin army is the murderer of Yao Xiang, Yao Chang is desperate and surrenders to the Fu family, and the blood sea is hidden in his heart. But it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, in order to gain greater trust, he has been working hard to pacify Liangguo and Yizhou, and he has done his best. Fu Jian saw that he was busy sweating all day and fighting tirelessly, thinking that he was a hard-working general.
Murong Chui supported Fu Jian in attacking the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he then also came up to add firewood to the fire. Fu Jian named him General Long Xiang, all supervised the military of Yizhou and Liangzhou, this appointment is of deep significance, when Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty attacked Wu's main general Wang Jun, was from Yizhou along the east of the river, and the official position was also General Long Xiang.
The meaning is not only this, before the expedition, Fu Jian said to Yao Chang: "In the past, I served as General Long Xiang, and this position is not easily awarded to others, you must work hard." ”
Zuo General Dou Chong said beside him: "The king can't joke, Your Majesty's words are a bad omen." Fu Jian was right when he heard it, as if Yao Chang was going to take his place, and he was depressed in his heart.
In addition to Yao Chang, Murong Chui, who attacked Jingzhou, was originally a big fool, obedient on the surface, and secretly wanted to betray himself as the king. The commander of the attack on Shouyang was Fu Rong, who was originally desperately opposed to the southern expedition, but this time it was purely to catch ducks on the shelves, and he was not familiar with the south at all. But Fu Rong is still loyal to his eldest brother Fu Jian, but the terrible thing is that there is an underground party lurking in the army, that is, the general Zhu Xu, who always wants to return to the Jin Kingdom in the south. The three men waited restlessly for the impact of the external force, expecting to break out of the cocoon.
On the eve of the decisive battle, Xie An was still calmly playing chess with his nephew Xie Xuan, and Xie An did not have a clear plan. Let's take a look at how the Eastern Jin Dynasty responded, the front commander Xie Shi, Xie An's younger brother, in order to conquer the governor, Xu and Yan Erzhou assassin Shi Xie Xuan as the forward governor, auxiliary general Xie An's son Xie Yan, Yuzhou assassin Shi Huanyi and others as the main generals, with a total strength of 80,000 people.
The last person to make the decision militarily was Xie An, Xie Xuan's Beifu army had defeated the former Qin army, but that time was not a formal war. This time, the total strength of the other party was ten times that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the old bottom of the family was dispatched, obviously to play with his life.
Xie Xuan didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he went to Xie An's house to say goodbye, and asked Xie An to give a plan by the way. Xie An looked at him expressionlessly and said, "The imperial court has already made arrangements. ”
Xie An was then silent, Xie Xuan didn't dare to ask again, and after retreating outside, he asked his friend Zhang Xuan to explore the wind again. Xie An took Zhang Xuan, relatives and friends to talk about the party, and after a while, he also pulled Xie Xuan over, played Go together, and made a bet: "Xie Xuan's house." ”
Xie An is usually not Xie Xuan's opponent, but on this day, Xie Xuan was preoccupied, and the black and white chess pieces in front of him were like the army of the former Qin, which disturbed him. The two were evenly matched, and in the end, Xie Xuan threw himself in the towel. Xie An turned back to his nephew Yang Tan and said, "This house will be given to you." After saying that, he took his relatives and friends to the mountain to play, and he didn't return until night.
Huan Chong, who was upstream, was so anxious when he heard this message that the knife was about to rest on his neck, and he was still playing with elegance. He went to the imperial court: "Jiankang is in danger, and I am willing to send three thousand Jingzhou elite troops to the east to support." ”
Xie An quickly replied with a letter and said, "There is no shortage of soldiers in the imperial court, so you should go back and strengthen the defense in the west." Huan Chong jumped in a hurry, predicting that Xie An would fail.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty lost the first contact battle, and Xie Xuan's mind was blank, and when he was losing his direction in a daze, urgent information was sent from the front that the Qin army attacked Shouyang. Xie Xuan immediately sent the general Hu Bin to lead 5,000 naval troops to reinforce, Hu Bin walked halfway, heard that Shouyang was lost, Hu Bin knew that his strength was like a moth to a fire, so he retreated to Kip Stone, waiting to meet Xie Shi and Xie Xuan's army.
With Shouyang as the center, the north is the east-west Huaishui, and across the Huaishui is Kipshi. To the east of Shouyang is the Huaishui, and to the east of the Shuishui is the Luojian River, both of which flow north to the Huai River.
In Fu Rong's eyes, Hu Bin's 5,000-strong troops are fat meat, how can they be let go. He himself led his army to attack Kipshi, and at the same time ordered his subordinate general Liang Cheng to lead 50,000 troops to cross the river and attack Luojian. Liang Chengtun's troops went to the west bank of Luojian, cut off the traffic of the Huai River, and copied Hu Bin's back road.
The 80,000 main force led by Xie Shi and Xie Xuan also reached the east of Luojian from the direction of Guangling, and set up a large camp twenty-five miles east of Luojian. The location of Hu Bin's lone army became a base behind enemy lines, and the former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty were eyeing each other across Luojian.
Liang Cheng was bold and took the initiative to attack a few times, Xie Shi was more and more afraid, at this time, the former Qin army showed off their might one by one, and the Eastern Jin army was like a turtle with a shrunken head, hiding in the east of Luojian and not daring to move.
Hu Bin was so angry: "Don't you care if I live or die?"
In order to bluff, Hu Bin ordered people to raise sand and soil, like flying flour, to show that he was not worried about eating; at the same time, he secretly sent people down the mountain to deliver a letter to Xie Shi, saying: "The enemy is too strong, our military rations have been eaten, and I am afraid that we will never see you again in this life." ”
Unfortunately, the person who delivered the letter was caught by the Qin soldiers, and the letter was searched. When Fu Rong saw the great joy, he ordered Pegasus to go to Xiangcheng to report the good news to Fu Jian, saying: "There are not many enemies, it is easy to defeat them, I am only worried that they will escape and become fish that have slipped through the net, please Your Majesty immediately order the army to go south and capture the commander of the Jin army alive." ”
This letter became the death knell of Qianqin.