Cao Pi crusaded against Sun Quan for the first time, and the army was divided into three ways to attack, and the battlefield of the eastern front was led by Cao Xiu as the commander, and the generals such as Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Wang Ling were all gathered in Hailing, attacking the Dongpukou of Wu, and then confronting the Wu army in Linjiang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order to fight against Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao and others, Sun Quan took Lü Fan as the commander and led the five armies to contend with it, including Xu Sheng, Wu Cang, Quan Cong, Sun Shao, He Qi, Huang Yuan and others.

【Eastern Front】

The reason why Cao Xiu was the commander-in-chief of the eastern front of Cao Wei's army was, on the one hand, because Cao Xiu was a relative of the Cao family, but on the other hand, it had a lot to do with Zhang Liao's illness at that time. However, when Sun Quan heard that Cao Xiu and Zhang Liao, the commanders of the Wei army's eastern route, arrived at Hailing along the waterway, he was very frightened and warned the generals of the eastern route: "Although Zhang Liao is sick, it is still difficult to deal with, so you must be cautious." ”

In the third year of the early Huang dynasty (222), Cao Pi appointed Cao Xiu as the general of the expedition to the east, and under the pretense of Huang Yue, he supervised more than 20 people in Zhangliao and other counties. At that time, Cao Xiu, the general of the expedition to the east, faced the Yangtze River garrison at Dongpukou, and recommended himself: "I am willing to lead the elite troops to the south of the Yangtze River like a tiger, defeat the enemy, and obtain assets, and this matter will definitely be victorious; If a subordinate dies at the hands of an enemy, there is no need to care about his subordinates. ”

Emperor Wen feared that Cao Xiu would immediately cross the river and sent a stagecoach to deliver an edict ordering him to stop his actions. At this time, Dong Zhao was serving beside him, so he said: "I secretly glimpsed the worried look on His Majesty's face, is it just because Cao Xiu is about to cross the river?" Crossing the river now, from the perspective of human nature, is considered to be difficult, even if Cao Xiu has this wish, judging from the situation, he cannot carry it out alone, and there should be the coordination of various generals. But Zang Ba and the others have both wealth and enjoyment of dignity, and no longer have other wishes, they just want to grow old in peace and keep the blessings of Lilu and Zuo, how can they be willing to devote themselves to the place of death at a dangerous moment in order to seek luck? If Zang Ba and the others didn't move forward, Cao Xiu would naturally stop in frustration. Your Majesty is afraid that even if Your Majesty has an edict ordering him to cross the river, he may still have to hesitate, and he may not necessarily obey the order! ”

In order to fight against Cao Xiu, Lü Fan also led Xu Sheng, Quan Cong, Sun Shao and other troops to resist Cao Xiu and others with a water division at the entrance of the cave. As a commander-in-chief, Lü Fan was promoted to former general, fake festival, and renamed Marquis of Nanchang.

However, heaven helped Cao Wei, a strong wind directly scattered Lu Fan's sailors, thousands of soldiers on the ship drowned, and even many ships were blown directly to Cao Wei's camp, Cao Xiu saw this, and immediately ordered Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Wang Ling to attack, killing and capturing many people of the Wu army and seizing many ships.

The Wu army suffered heavy casualties as a result, and the Wu general Xu Sheng gathered the remnants of his army and confronted Cao Xiu across the river. At that time, Xu Sheng had few soldiers, so Cao Xiu ordered his soldiers to attack Xu Sheng by boat, but Xu Sheng was too small to win, and the Wei army could not win, so the two sides had to retreat. At that time, the soldiers who were still in existence in the water clinged to the side of the ship and shouted for help, and the officers and men on board were afraid that the ship would capsize due to the large number of people, so they all stabbed the soldiers in the water with their spears to prevent them from getting on the boat. Only Wu Cang and Huang Yuan asked the people on the boat to pull the person who fell into the water onto the boat, and his subordinates thought that the boat would be overloaded and something would happen, so Wu Cang said: "If the boat has an accident, we should die together!" How can they abandon them when they are in a desperate situation? "There are more than 100 people rescued by Wu Cang and Huang Yuan. After the end of the war, Wu Cang was promoted to the position of Huiji Taishou.

After Cao Xiu's victory, he was appointed as the pastor of Yangzhou, and Emperor Wen issued an edict ordering all troops to cross the river as soon as possible. But before the troops could march on time, the ships rescued by the thieves arrived. It is said that the general of the Wu State, Zhonghe Qi, arrived because of the long road, and was stationed in Xinshi to fight against Cao's army. When the armies at the entrance of the cave were drifted and drowned by a strong wind, half of the dead soldiers accounted for the number of soldiers, and the soldiers were frightened, but fortunately He Qi's troops had not yet crossed the river, so this army was preserved, and the generals relied on them to stabilize the position.

He Qi was extravagant and gorgeous by nature, especially fond of military affairs, the armor and equipment were extremely fine and beautiful, the ships he rode on were carved and decorated, the cyan canopy, the crimson drapery, the mast, the oars and the weapons were depicted with the patterns of flowers and fruits, bows, crossbows, arrows and arrows, all of which were made of materials, and the Mengchong battleship was connected before and after, and it looked like a continuous mountain peak in the distance. Cao Xiu and others were quite frightened by this, so they led the army back.

In addition, Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Lang (alias Sun Ren) was a general in Dingwu, and ordered arson in wartime to burn Maomang, so the military was insufficient. Lu Fan then sent Sun Lang back to Wu. Sun Quan changed his clan to the Ding clan and imprisoned him for life.

Lü Fan suffered heavy losses because of a strong wind, but then received the support of He Qi, thus stabilizing the defensive line, although Cao Xiu achieved a big victory, but after all, the naval army is still inferior to Jiangdong, may have seen Emperor Wen's order to cross the river to attack, Wei general Zang Ba said to Cao Xiu: "If the country can trust me, I am willing to lead 10,000 elite soldiers across the river, and I will be able to run rampant across the river." Cao Xiu immediately organized 500 small boats and 10,000 death squads allocated to Zang Ba to attack Xuling. After Zang Ba crossed the river, he attacked the city and burned the car, plundered the south of the Yangtze River, killed and captured thousands of people, and returned to Jiangbei.

Later, Cao Xiu reported the matter to Cao Pi, who had concerns about Zang Ba, seized his military power, summoned Zang Ba to the court, appointed him as the ruling Jinwu, and often consulted his opinions.

Cao Xiu then adopted the tactics of assigning small troops in batches to take turns to attack and harass the Wu army in small boats, exhausting the Wu army, and then attacking with the main force after the Wu army was exhausted. Wu general Quan Cong knife does not leave the hand, the body does not take off the armor to deal with calmly, soon, the main force of the Wei army thousands of people take a light boat to attack, Quan Cong led the troops and the Wei army to fight fiercely on the river, this battle Wu army played the advantage of the water army, killed Yin Lu, killed hundreds of enemies.

Yin Lu's death is recorded in the "Zizhi Tongjian" as "Cao Xiu made Zang Ba chase him, which was unfavorable, and the general Yin Lu died in battle." But combined with "The Biography of Lord Wu", "Cao Xiu made Zang Ba attack Xu Ling with 500 light boats and 10,000 people who dared to die, burned siege vehicles, and killed thousands of people." The generals Quan Cong and Xu Sheng chased and beheaded the Wei general Yin Lu and killed hundreds", as well as "The Legend of Quan Cong" "The enemy is attacked with light boats, and Cong often leads armored soldiers and waits endlessly." In an instant, thousands of enemies went out of the river, and Cong broke it, and attacked its general Yin Lu. General Qian Cong Suinan and entered the Qian Tang Marquis. After all, in "The Biography of Lord Wu", these two records are blocked by a full stop, but it cannot be ruled out that Zang Ba led Yin Lu to the south together, and Yin Lu died in battle.

Although Cao Xiu once won a big victory on the battlefield of the Eastern Road, but because of the timely arrival of Wu General He Qi, he did not have the opportunity to expand the results, and then Zhang Liao died of illness, Cao Xiu had no way to face the powerful naval army of Eastern Wu, and the plague broke out on the Western Front, and finally had to retreat. But on the whole, Cao Wei still took a big advantage in this battle, and the Wu army suffered heavy losses due to a strong wind, so it could only barely defend.