Lujiang County Governor's Office of Anhui City under Sun Ce's camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It was late November, with the advent of the cold winter season, the temperature in Anhui City also dropped to freezing, and every morning was frost and snow everywhere, and the cold wind was whirling. Sun Ce, who had been attacking the city for more than a month, stared at the city of Anhui close at hand, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.

In the past month, he has lost more than 4,000 troops under the city of Wancheng, seeing that the morale of the defenders is declining day by day, and when the victory is about to belong to him, a powerful naval army has appeared on the water surface of the Yangtze River.

In the past two years, Han Lie's investment in the navy has not been soft at all, first of all, the staffing has been expanded to 10,000 standing soldiers, and secondly, he has successively appointed Jiang Qin, Xu Sheng, and Dong Xi three generals to lead the navy, and appointed Yu Fu as the commander of the navy, responsible for the construction of the navy.

This is the placement of manpower, and the other is the investment of money, in order to build the Wuya battleship, Han Lie almost found all the shipwrights that Xu Yang could find, spent nearly 100 million money, and finally took two years to successfully build three Wuya battleships on the eve of the expedition.

This five-tooth battleship is designed by Han Lie according to the memory of the five-tooth battleship of the Sui Dynasty in later generations, compared to the largest and most advanced building ship in the world, it is obviously more advanced in technology for an era, the whole ship has five floors, three zhang high, twelve zhang eight long, five zhang wide one, can carry 1,500 soldiers and horses, and the load reaches 100,000 stones.

According to the master craftsmen of the Guangling Port Shipyard, such a warship can only be built in a year with the efforts of 1,700 craftsmen of the Guangling Port Shipyard, and this is the result of two years of exploration and testing.

Of course, not all of the 1,700 craftsmen in the Guangling Port Shipyard are masters, and there are only 27 craftsmen who can really be called masters, 131 craftsmen with skilled skills, more than 300 apprentices, and the rest are all assistants.

In the words of those masters, a talented apprentice, if you want to be proficient in the installation of ship board technology, you need to learn at least three years, and if you want to become a master, it takes more than ten years of polishing, which is just to say that a talented apprentice, the average apprentice within ten years, to become a skilled craftsman is already great, as for becoming a master, it is almost impossible to have no talent.

It can be seen that shipbuilding technology in this era is no less than any great creation. In fact, the manpower required to build two Wuya warships a year was definitely more than 10,000 people, because the 1,700 craftsmen in the shipyard were just polishing the timber brought from all over the country in the shipyard.

You must know that to build a five-tooth warship, there are as many as thousands of timber alone, Guangling does not produce wood for building ships, all timber needs to be run from Danyang, fortunately, Guangling is in the downstream, basically all the timber is in charge of Wei Weijing in the north of Danyang in the upstream, in the past two years, his subordinates of 3,000 people, as well as nearly 10,000 young people in the surrounding counties of Chungu County, the work of the service is logging.

It is precisely because of the hard work of such a group of tens of thousands of people for two years that the current naval army has gained great momentum.

The three five-tooth warships, followed by one hundred and twenty warships, and five hundred small boats on the left and right, lined up in a row, the momentum was huge, even on the mighty river, the momentum was still terrifying.

At noon the day before yesterday, Jiang Qin, Xu Sheng, and Dong Xi each sat on a Wuya battleship, and the ships transporting grain and grass led by Sun Ce's general Han Dang met on the Wancheng River, with ten escort ships and 30 thousand-stone transport ships Han Dang, under the impact of the Wuya battleship, only one photo was knocked over most of the ships, if Han Dang didn't see the opportunity quickly, and escaped on the Gang Clipper, I am afraid that at this time he will either become a prisoner or become the food in the belly of the fish in the river.

The naval army led by Jiang Qin played the banner of Yuan Shu, and the Chinese soldiers and horses led by Han Lie also played the banner of Yuan Shu, and landed in the north of Anhui City by boat, only one day later than Jiang Qin and them, and appeared ten miles north of Anhui City and set up camp.

In Sun Ce's camp, the atmosphere at the moment was naturally extremely depressing.

"Lord, Han Lie's army is pressing the border, and there is a powerful naval army on the river, and now that our army's grain and grass have been intercepted, and Anhui City is in a hurry, it should be cleaned as soon as possible!" As the general of two generations of Sun Ce's father and son, Huang Gai is not only loyal and invincible, but also a wise and brave general.

"I exhausted my hard work, lasted two months, conquered all the counties of Lujiang all the way, and saw that Anhui City was in sight, so retreat south, how can I save face?" In recent years, Sun Ce has swept away the rebellion of the barbarian Yue people in the land of Yuzhang, and he has always taken the lead in battle, and he is brave and unparalleled, and Han Lie also praised him as a little overlord in the past, so the name of the little overlord is now well deserved for Sun Ce.

Just when the generals didn't know how to persuade each other, the first-class star horse rushed into the camp, "Report, Chaisang's emergency military situation." ”

"It's a letter from Governor Zhou." Sima Lu Fan hurriedly greeted him, took the letter sent by the fast horse, and handed it to Sun Ce.

"Liu Biao'an dares to do this, and I will definitely stand against it." After reading the letter, Sun Ce angrily threw the letter at his feet and stood up.

"Lord, Changsha is a soldier of our army, in exchange for his life, but he can't let Liu Biao take it away, and I hope that the lord will withdraw his troops immediately, so as not to give Liu Biao a chance." Lu Fan picked up the letter, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but say in shock.

It turned out that this letter was sent by Zhou Yu, the governor of the naval army who stayed in Chaisang, and sent a fast horse overnight, and there was information about Zhang Yun, a general of Liu Biao, and his nephew Liu Pan, who led an army of 30,000 to invade Changsha.

At present, Sun Ce is only in the hands of Yuzhang, Changsha, and Guiyang County, if Changsha is gained and lost, then Guiyang will inevitably fall, so his painstaking management in the past two years is undoubtedly in vain.

Compared with conquering the Lujiang River, Sun Ce did not want the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang to fall, if it were not for Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor who affected Sun Ce's strategic layout, at this moment Sun Ce had already used troops to the two counties of Wuling and Lingling in Jingnan, and his plan was to seize the two counties before spring ploughing, so as to take the four counties of Jingnan in one fell swoop.

"My lord, please make a decision as soon as possible." The generals in this tent, when they learned about the military situation in Changsha, spoke one after another.

"That's it, order all the ministries to pack up and withdraw immediately." Sun Ce sighed and said, "General Gongfu, you will lead three thousand men and horses to break off." ”

"Whoa." Huang Gai looked at Sun Ce, who was unwilling, and had to sigh secretly.

"Newspaper. Sun Cejun is retreating from camp. "Ten miles north of Anhui City, Han Lie's camp. When he received the news from the scout, Han Lie said to Guo Jia with great joy: "Fengxiao, our plan has succeeded. ”

"Taking Wancheng is just around the corner, while the defenders haven't reacted yet, let's immediately deceive the city gate, and we can take Wancheng in one fell swoop." Because Shouchun was a bloodless soldier, and Wancheng was besieged by Sun Ce for more than a month, so when he sent troops to Wancheng this time, Guo Jia offered a plan to let Han Lie's troops all change into the armor of Yuan's army, and see if they could fish in troubled waters and deceive the gate of Wancheng.

"Good." Han Lie stroked his palm and said: "Yuan Ba, you lead the people of the headquarters to be the forerunner, Xu Chu and Dian Wei follow each other, if you enter the city, the enemy still can't find out, drive directly to the Taishou Mansion, and take Liu Xun in one fell swoop." ”

"Whoa." Yuan Ba, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei promised to do so.

Then Han Lie took up the Chinese army, led Zhu Huan, Lu Dai, Yu Ban, Ling Tong, and Guo Jia Liu Ye and others, followed by Yuan Ba's troops in the vanguard, and drove directly to the city of Wancheng.

Holding on to the city for more than a month, Liu Xun almost surrendered the city several times, but in the end he persevered, which was not because he was loyal to Yuan Shu, but because he had always been arrogant and unwilling to be left behind.

Liu Xun Zitai, Langya people's clan, famous for his bravery, his brother once succeeded Huang Wan as the assassin of Yuzhou, so the rest of Yuan Shu and Yuan Lian's family have some friendship. There are more than 3,000 parts under his account, since he sat in Lujiang, he has nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, the battle of Wancheng, Sun Ce and his strength are equal, and the casualties on both sides are close to 5,000.

If it weren't for the fact that the grain for the autumn harvest had just arrived, Liu Xun would not have the confidence to hold on, and it was precisely because the grain and grass were not worried, coupled with the towering city of Anhui, and although Sun Ce was menacing, his troops did not have an absolute advantage, which boosted Liu Xun's confidence even more.

In addition, there was another factor that forced Liu Xun to hold on, that is, after Yuan Shu became emperor, he sent an envoy to announce the edict and appoint him as the general of Pingyu, and the envoy also privately said to him that Yuan Shu was ready to appoint him as the pastor of Yangzhou. As the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men is exactly this truth.

"Strange thing, why did Sun Ce withdraw his troops at the moment?" When he learned the news of Sun Ce's withdrawal, Liu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but look around and ask.

For this question, his officials were unable to answer, although full of doubts, but Liu Xun was still quite happy, and immediately said: "Order the three armies, I should reward the three armies, in order to prevent Sun Ce from cheating, we must stick to the city gates, and do not slack off." ”

"Whoa." The lieutenants under the tent answered one after another.

Liu Xun, who was relaxed, had just returned to the back hall to bathe and change his clothes in a good mood, and he was ready to take a rest, but he received a report from the colonel, saying that there were reinforcements outside the city, and the general headed by him was Yuan Ba, the lieutenant of Jiujiang County.

"Is it really Yuan Ba?" Liu Xun asked, and then he reacted: "It turned out that the reinforcements had arrived, and I said why Sun Ce withdrew." Liu Xun was not surprised that Yuan Ba came to help, because when Sun Ce led the army to attack Lujiang, he sent people to Huang Qi in Yuzhou and Jiujiang to ask for help.

And Yuan Ba is also quite familiar with him, although he is not a deep friend, but he is also a disciple of the family, and he is an old man who knew him in Yuzhou, for Yuan Ba's help, Liu Xun is also quite grateful, and then said: "Order the city gate governor, open the city gate, and welcome Yuan Ba to come to see me." ”

After the primary school left for the newspaper, Liu Xun lay on a tiger skin bed and shouted: "Come on, prepare for the banquet, I want to feast the deceased." ”

Liu Xun, who was lying on the warm tiger skin, fell asleep unconsciously under the kneading and massage of the two maidservants, coupled with a long period of fatigue. In his sleep, two beautiful figures appeared in front of him.

These two figures are the two Jiao of Wancheng, the second daughter of Qiao Gong of the Wancheng Wang clan, the second daughter of Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, Er Qiao can be described as the national color of glass, it is really the color of the country and the city, although Liu Xun has been in Lujiang for nearly two years, but he saw Er Qiao at the banquet of Qiao Gong's fiftieth birthday three months ago.

At that time, when he saw Er Qiao, he was shocked, and his soul was almost taken away, if it weren't for Qiao Gong being a Lujiang Wang clan, not only did he have a high prestige and status, but also more than 1,000 private soldiers, he couldn't wait to send troops to snatch Er Qiao directly.

Resisting the impulse of force, not long after leaving Duke Qiao's mansion, he sent his subordinate Changshi to say goodbye, but the hateful thing was that Duke Qiao rejected his kindness, and Liu Xun, who learned of Duke Qiao's attitude, was furious like thunder, if Sun Ce hadn't sent troops to kill Ben Lujiang at this time, he would have been unable to hold back his black hand on the Qiao family.

"Beauty, beauty, ......" Liu Xun in his sleep, seeing Er Qiao in sight, was about to reach out into his arms, but he heard a roar in his ears, and scared his beauty away, in a hurry, he couldn't help but step forward and shouted angrily to catch up, but he couldn't help but wake up when he moved.

When he opened his eyes, he found that it was a big dream, and Liu Xun, who was very unhappy, just sat up straight, but found that there was a real shouting and killing sound in his ears, and the two maids who were waiting beside him would have already screamed in fright.

"What's the matter, someone!" Liu Xun jumped up in surprise, drew his sword and shouted towards the gate.

"Bang!" At this moment, a corpse outside the corridor flew and pressed on Liu Xun at once, directly crushing him and almost falling to the ground, and the corpse that rolled off his body made a sound because of the landing.

"Sss Liu Xun raised his eyes and looked, the corpse beside him was his personal army leader, and this will be a tower-like man, holding a double halberd rushed in, without saying a word, a halberd stabbed Liu Xun's left arm who was just about to get up, and stepped on Liu Xun's neck and shouted: "You are Liu Xun?" ”

"It is Liu Xun, spare your life, spare your life." Liu Xun, who didn't react to the situation at all, let out a miserable scream from his mouth because his left arm was injured.

"Hehe, it's you who is looking for you, and I'm here to borrow your head today." Hearing this, Dian Wei sneered, and the iron halberd in his hand was cut off, Liu Xun let out a miserable howl with a frightened face, and Dou Da's head was also separated from the corpse.

Liu Xun didn't expect that before he woke up from the dream, he became a fool, and he didn't even know who killed him.

"Congratulations to General Dian for beheading Liu Xun's dog." When Yuan Ba broke in with a knife, he saw Dian Wei carrying Liu Xun's bloody head and was about to go out, and he was busy congratulating him with envy. Although the time to take refuge in Han Lie was not long, he understood a truth, serving under Han Lie's account, the disciples of the family may have preferential treatment at the first time, but in the following days, if there are no political achievements or military merits, the chances of promotion will be very few.

Just like he was awarded the title of captain because of his meritorious service, and then because of his pioneering work, he was officially appointed as the Sima of other departments, commanding more than 1,000 people in the Chinese army. But in the future, if you want to be promoted to the title of Captain, General Pi, General Bi, and General Miscellaneous with the title, you must make greater military achievements.

"Little thief's ear, what's the point?" Dian Wei replied disappreciatively, and said, "How is the situation in the house?" ”

"General Dian rest assured, General Xu has killed all the personal soldiers in Liu Xun's mansion, and the small seals of Liu Xun's family have been confiscated." Yuan Ba hurriedly replied.

"Very good, act according to the plan, hold Liu Xun's arrows, and welcome the lord into the city." Dian Wei nodded, and then asked Xu Chu to lead three hundred soldiers to control the Taishou Mansion, and he and Yuan Ba led the army straight to the city gate. (To be continued.) )