Chapter 25: The Corridor with Dates
Lu ...... Land? ”
Although he was very confident in Bai Wu'an, when he heard that he was going to give up the boat on the road, Guan Yinping was directly blinded.
After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan and Cao Cao each got a part of Jiangxia, and the two sides have been harassing each other across the river, but they have not fought any big battles. The Jiangxia occupied by Sun Quan was on the south bank of the Yangtze River and was now guarded by his cousin, the general Sun Jiao.
Sun Jiao's skills in fighting are just like that, but he values righteousness over wealth, and tries to solve problems that can be solved with money.
Sun Jiao also deliberately sent people to arrest the officials and beauties on Cao Cao's side before, and pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring and said, "The national thief is Cao Cao, what does it have to do with these people, let it go", many people who don't know the truth are really attracted by his reputation, and there are people who go to him to take refuge.
If Zhao Hao is ready to attack, the best way is definitely to go down the Han River, if he is lucky, he is not discovered by Wen Ping and can defeat Sun Jiao's guards head-on, it is not impossible to take Xiakou. But if you go by land, the people in the tent really can't guess what other route can reach Jiangxia.
Zhao Hao confidently pointed to a mountainous area on the map, and said: "Let's go to Zhangling, Bensui County, and then directly take a boat from Jiangbei to attack Jiangxia, and we will definitely win in one battle." ”
When these words came out, everyone gasped, and Pound directly covered his face with his hands and said, "This is the idea you came up with?" Co-authored your plan to sneak attack Sun Quan is to sneak attack Wen Ping? I said in advance, if I go to fight Sun Quan, my old Pang will naturally take the lead and fight Wen Zhongye, I will not accompany you! ”
Lu Luan boasted that her IQ was extremely high, but she couldn't keep up with Zhao Hao's train of thought if she wanted to break her head, she looked at the map for a long time, and said helplessly: "General, even if you want to fight Wenpin, take this road...... Over the mountains and mountains, I am afraid that our army will be wiped out before it engages with Wenpin. ”
Zhao Hao was full of confidence, and said: "Don't worry, there is a road that is enough for our army to pass, and he will be killed behind Wen Ping in an instant, and he will be completely unprepared when the time comes." Hehe, when we win the Wenpin, we will immediately cross the river and go straight to Xiakou, and even if Sun Jiao has great ability, he would never have imagined that we would cross directly from Jiangbei. ”
Guan Yinping finally had a chance to interject, and raised his hand timidly and said: "Brother Zixuan, Sun Jiao is stationed in Xiakou just to prevent Wen Ping, and we are going to the north shore, isn't it killing ourselves." ”
"Don't worry, don't worry, these are all in my plan, if the road is far away, I even want to bypass Hefei and go straight to Jianye."
Zhao Hao stood in the perspective of a traverser as if opening the eyes of the sky, naturally knowing that the current situation had long since changed from the Sun-Liu Alliance to Sun Caoyin Liu, as early as after the end of the Battle of Hefei, Sun Quan began to look at Cao Cao, which would be even more to write a letter to Cao Cao, saying that he would crusade against Guan Yu to show his loyalty.
In order to rescue Cao Ren, Cao Cao even transferred Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Hefei, to show the "trust" of Sun Quan, Wen Ping and Sun Jiao were also busy with the battle of ** Yu after cooperation, and the embankment of each other had already fallen to the lowest point.
Guan Yinping, Lu Luan, and Pang De would never have imagined that the situation had become like this, not to mention them, Liu Bei Zhuge Liang, who was far away in Shu, was still dreaming of the Sun-Liu Alliance's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and he didn't think that the allies of the past ten years had come to an end, Sun Quan not only attacked by himself, but also did not hesitate to call Cao Cao a vassal, and had to take Guan Yu's life.
Zhao Hao's plan has been decided, Guan Yinping, the nominal commander of the Beiwei Army, naturally expressed absolute trust in him, taking advantage of Guan Yu's onslaught to attack Fancheng, Guan Yinping commanded the troops to slowly move towards Zhangling to the east of Fancheng, and easily occupied Zhangling County, which had little troops, and 20,000 Beiwei troops under the command of Zhao Hao set foot on an extremely famous military location in later generations - Suizao Corridor!
Located between the Dahong Mountains and the Tongbai Mountains, the Suizao Corridor is extremely geographically important, and since ancient times, it has been an important road for the people of Jingchu and the residents of the Nanyang Basin.
There used to be a Sui country that could make a large number of exquisite bronzes and Zeng Guo who could also make a large number of bronzes but did not leave a document, but because of the relationship of productivity, this geographically important corridor has not been fully developed in this era, the road is difficult and dangerous beasts are rampant, and in addition to the years of war, most normal people will choose to take other paths, and will not be idle to take this difficult road.
Although Lu Luan is a native of Nanyang, he grew up in Xiangyang since he was a child, and he has no concept of this road, plus the maps of this era are all magical painting style, from above you can only see a few mountains and a few paths, I didn't expect that this road can be used by 20,000 troops to expand, seeing that although this road is difficult, it seems to be really worth walking, she rode on the bumpy galloping horse thoughtfully, and said: "In ancient times, there were people who took this road, but I have never heard of someone sending troops from here, how are you sure that you can go straight behind the enemy from here, if you encounter an ambush, Isn't our army going to be annihilated? ”
Zhao Hao smiled proudly: "As a general, of course, you must be proficient in astronomy and geography, which is ...... Well, the Suizhang corridor is long and wide on both sides, so it's not easy for Wen Ping to ambush him. Besides, with his elm head, how could he have guessed that Ben Jiang would actually think of such a genius idea and take this road to sneak attack him? ”
Lu Luan rolled his eyes speechlessly, but Pang De groaned; "It's also said that the predecessors attacked Jiangxia and took the waterway, and during the Battle of Cao Gong Chibi, they also took Jiangling, and our army passed by this time this time, but it gave the descendants a little more way to fight Jiangxia."
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It is rare that Pang De would praise Zhao Hao's idea, and Zhao Hao was very happy. But for the next few days, he couldn't be happier.
Although the road is not rugged, the waist-high weeds still severely limit the advance speed of the troops, and there are still a lot of mosquitoes in the south in the twilight of autumn, so that the troops are overwhelmed.
What's more, it only took two days and it rained coldly, and the cold wind blew at night, and the wild animals that were still very rich in this era took advantage of the night to come out to feed, and everyone with a pair of cold eyes at night was creepy.
Fortunately, Zhao Hao's system has a weather forecast function, which allows him to make some preparations in advance, otherwise this rain alone can greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.
He still underestimated the difficulty of ancient warfare, after all, the soldiers walked the world on both feet, and walked on this muddy road for five days in a row, and the troops had already experienced non-combat attrition, and Miss Lu Luan couldn't stand the pain of the march, and had begun to have a fever, she had been forcibly riding a horse, and almost fell off the horse several times.
"I'll be able to get out there tomorrow...... Entering the boundary of Suixian, we can trim it a little. ”
Sleeping in the open at night, Zhao Hao and Guan Yinping separately encouraged the soldiers, and the troops encouraged each other around the stove that had finally been raised, telling about their sufferings and misfortunes. Zhao Hao and Guan Yinping ate the same food as the soldiers, which greatly moved these poor sergeants, and still encouraged each other in the torture of cold and fatigue, refusing to fall.
Zhao Hao knows very well the truth of buying people's hearts at a critical juncture.
The soldiers of this era were worthless consumables in the eyes of most warlords, and after the defeat of Chibi, Cao Cao even used some of the old and weak in the army to fill the puddles, and did not treat them as human beings at all. Therefore, when Zhao Hao personally squatted down, taught the soldiers how to tie leggings, personally got herbs {in fact, it didn't work at all} and mashed them for the soldiers, and gently wiped the soldiers' feverish foreheads with wet rags, a burst of sobbing gradually sounded around him.
"Soldiers, in troubled times, in order to survive, we have to keep fighting. But our battle today is not meaningless. Every victory is one step closer to ending the troubled times. Tomorrow we will get out of this damn wasteland and go straight to Suixian, the enemy will not think that we will pounce from behind, hold on, and wait until Suixian, I will take you to drink all night! ”
Everyone's eyes were burning, although the exhaustion made it difficult for them to cheer, but everyone's eyes lit up, although Suixian was nothing, but in the eyes of these people now, it was heaven.
Despite the difficulty of the march, Zhao Hao still insisted that raw water should not be drunk, and the water must be boiled before drinking, and drowning must be kept away from water sources to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases as much as possible.
During this period, several civilians and troops met and were caught by scouts, and Pang De originally asked to behead these people with a knife, but Zhao Hao pondered for a long time, and decided to leave them behind, telling the people not to panic, and to let them go when the troops left the Suizao Corridor.
"Will ...... Will...... Will...... Checkmate. Seeing Zhao Hao's approachable appearance, a young man had the courage to greet him and said, "You...... You...... You're ...... tomorrow Only...... Put...... Let us go? ”
Zhao Hao's head hurt when he heard this, he waved his hand casually, and said: "Why are you afraid of being like this, I won't eat you again, I will do what I say, and when I get out of here, I will let you go, where you want to go." ”
The man sighed, swallowed again, and said with difficulty, "I...... I actually...... I...... I think...... You are a general under the Guan Gong account, but you can ...... Can you see the Xiangyang cannon? ”
Zhao Hao realized that this buddy was not afraid, but stuttering, and couldn't help sighing: "Yes, I have not only seen the Xiangyang cannon, but I also invented it." ”
The man's eyes lit up, and his face suddenly turned red with excitement, and he said, "I...... I can...... I can take a look, I just want to go to Fancheng to see the Xiangyang cannon before I take this road. When you fight Shiyang, you must bring the Xiangyang cannon, can you let the villain appreciate it. ”
"Heh, you're so interesting, you don't stutter when you're excited." Zhao Hao said with a smile, "The Xiangyang cannon is too big, we are light this time, we can't carry it, if you are interested, join our army, and I will give you a chance to see it in the future." ”
He was about to take care of Lu Luan, when the gentle voice sounded in the system again: "New task: Get Ma Jun's admiration, and the task rewards an intermediate treasure chest." New Mission: Occupy Xiakou, Reward: An Intermediate Treasure Chest! ”
Horse...... Ma Jun?
Zhao Hao almost stuttered as well.
That stammer, is the famous inventor Ma Jun?
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