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Emperor Wu ordered that the soldiers and horses stationed in Danyang, Lujiang, Huiji and other places were drawn one after another, and went north to reinforce Xuzhou, and even part of the troops who crusaded against Shanyue were also transferred to the front line. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a result, more than 200,000 elites of Wu were all transferred to the front line, and the number of troops of the Wu army on the front line of Xuzhou even exceeded that of the Han army in some parts.

However, because locust plagues are occurring in many places in the territory of Wu State, there is already a shortage of food and food, and such a large-scale use of troops will consume more food. In order to supplement the food supply at the front, Sun Quan ordered an increase in the grain levy in areas not affected by the locust plague, and the grain levy in Yuzhang County, which was the largest, was even doubled compared with the original.

As soon as the edict of forcible requisition of grain and grass was issued, there were naturally complaints in the territory of Wu, and even anti-endowment riots broke out in some places. However, at this juncture, Sun Quan can no longer take care of these domestic problems, as long as he can capture Xuzhou and seize the world, he believes that any domestic problems will be solved.

More than ten days later, Xu Sheng, Quan Zong, Jiang Qin led a large number of Wu reinforcements arrived in Xuzhou, Sun Quan personally ordered this batch of troops and horses to be handed over to the hussar general Cao Zhen command, however, Sun Quan himself will not pay the military power to a general, in Cao Zhen at the same time, Sun Quan also arranged his brother Sun Yi as Cao Zhen's deputy, nominally as an assistant, in fact, there is a sense of surveillance.

In short, after nearly two months of the war, Cao Zhen's troops reached as many as 70,000, and after the surge in troops, Cao Zhen launched a fierce attack on the Han army on the front line of Qingzhou.

Cao Zhen had a good life, and the Han generals Ma Dai, Guan Xing and others who were deployed on the front line of Zhu Xu's defense were miserable, seeing that the strength of the Wu army was increasing, but their big Sima Fang Shao did not send them more soldiers and soldiers, and also gave a death order, defending the city, the city is in the people, and the city is broken and the people are dying.

In this hopeless situation of foreign aid, Guan Xing and the others could only rely on the only 20,000 soldiers and horses in their hands to stubbornly resist the fierce attack of Wu State, which was several times their own soldiers and horses.

Two months have passed in a blink of an eye, autumn has gone to winter, and the weather is getting colder.

In the middle of the road, Zhang Fei's division of the Han army defeated the Wu army several times on the Runan line, and advanced the battle line to the territory of Wu for more than 200 miles.

On the Western Front, after Lu Xun's victory at Lukou, he went against the west and recaptured the important town of Baqiu, and Pang Tong had to retreat to the public security.

On the eastern front, the Han army encountered the stubborn resistance of the Wu army in Pengcheng and Xiaopei, but it was still difficult to advance an inch, and in the Qingzhou area, the Han army was too small to hold on to under the onslaught of the Wu army.

The entire battle situation of Wu seems to have evolved into a more unfavorable situation for the Han army.

Due to the defeat of the war, the public opinion of the truce on the imperial court raised its head again, but it was sternly rejected by Fang Shao and Pang Tong on the front line, the reason is very simple, because this time it was not that they wanted to stop the war, but that the Wu people had huge ambitions and had a momentum of life and death, and they clearly would not give up.

In this situation, after Cao Zhen's planning, the old Wei forces in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places revived, and several counties such as Qian County and Chenliu rebelled one after another, forcing Fang Shao to transfer field troops from the front line and county soldiers from Hebei to quell the rebellion, which was like an aggravation for the Han army.

Changyi, the commander of the Han army.

Fang Shao held his chin and silently stared at the southeast map hanging high, not knowing whether it was worry or confidence in his eyes.

Fei Yi entered from outside, dusted off the snowflakes on his body, and sighed: "I didn't expect the first snow of this year to come so early." ”

Fang Shao's expression perked up, he glanced back at the outside of the tent, and asked, "What's the matter, is it snowing outside?" ”

Fei Yi said: "Yes, I just went down, but it's not too big." Da Sima, this snow falls, and there are soldiers who can't stand it anymore, and the situation is getting more and more severe for us. ”

"It's snowing heavily, roads are closed, information is blocked, and it's harder for the enemy to hear our information." Obviously, Fang Shao's concerns were very different from Fei Yi's.

Fei Yiti didn't understand why their big Sima could still maintain a leisurely mental state in such an unfavorable situation, if he used his troops, at this time, he would probably have chosen to withdraw his troops, but Fang Shao's response was to do nothing.

"Da Sima, there is an urgent document in Qingzhou, I'm afraid that Ziyue and they won't be able to hold on, shouldn't they send them some reinforcements." Fei Yi really couldn't hold back, and once again mentioned the predicament of Qingzhou.

Fang Shao smiled and said disapprerovingly: "What's the hurry, didn't Ma Ziyue say that they couldn't hold it a month ago, and didn't they hold it until now." ”

Fei Yi was depressed, and said: "There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Changyi, and some of them can be transferred to reinforce Qingzhou, Da Sima, forgive Yi bluntly, you are really in danger if you keep delaying like this." ”

"If you don't take risks, how can you have a big harvest back." Fang Shao's tone was a little weird.

Fei Yi guessed that Fang Shao was probably brewing some clever plan in his heart, this big Sima, known as the "ghost scheme", what was going on in his head, few people in this world could guess it thoroughly, Fei Yi was of course no exception, but according to his insight, in this case, even if there was any clever plan, it would not be able to be used at all.

Fang Shao didn't reveal anything more to him, he turned around and walked outside the tent, and when he looked up to the sky, the snowflakes above his head became denser and denser, and the camp tent was covered with a thin layer of white.

Looking at this long-lost snow scene, Fang Shao muttered, "Almost, it's time." ”

………… The sea is very calm, the waves are not more than an inch high, and under the white clouds, you can occasionally see a few seagulls skimming the sea, leaving a beautiful shadow.

At the end of the western sky, there was a thin black line, which was the outline of the continent. In the east, from time to time, large and small sand reefs can be seen, lying lonely in the embrace of the sea, accompanied by only the fish in the sea, only the puffins that occasionally linger for a moment.

Today, however, they have encountered a group of passers-by that they have never seen before.

It was a fleet of more than 100 fishermen's boats, arranged in a loose formation, taking advantage of the sea breeze, slowly moving south along the edge of the continent.

Half a month ago, there were more than 200 ships in this fleet, but after a storm, half of the ships were buried at the bottom of the sea, and the surviving ships were not afraid of such huge losses, and they were still sailing at risk.

"How long will it take?" On the deck, the gray-haired old man asked silently.

A fisherman next to him looked at the position of the sun, then to the mainland, and then to look for the sign of the reef, and after a long time replied, "If it goes well, it should be there in two days." ”

The old man didn't ask any more questions, still staring at the undulating waves with a heavy but somewhat hopeful look.

This expedition is finally coming to an end, and it is really unbearable to look back on the hard journey of the past half a month.

However, two days later, when the pilot guide pointed to the triangular sandbar in front of him and excitedly shouted "It's here, it's here", the haze that had accumulated in the old man's heart suddenly disappeared, and all the hardships he had endured were nothing at this moment.

"Raise the sails and change to the flag of the Wu Army."

With the old man's order, more than 5,000 strong men did not have time to taste the excitement and excitement, and got busy in an orderly manner.

The fleet turned westward, crossing the triangular sandbar, the waterway narrowing and the scenery on both sides getting closer.

"What's the place up ahead?" The old man asked.

The guide of the pilot hurriedly said: "In front is Wujin, which is the only city guarding the mouth of the river, but usually the Wu people rarely station troops at this time. ”

"Well, give the order to the whole army, speed up."

More than 100 warships gradually became denser in formation, and their oar and sail power reached their maximum, and they went upstream, speeding inland.

Sure enough, as the pilot guide said, the fleet passed through the waters of Wujin smoothly, and several patrolling Wu ships, because they saw that they were under their own flags, did not ask to board the ship for inspection.

This place is thousands of miles away from the Qingzhou front.

The Wu people usually use the southeast water network to transport grain and grass to the northern front, although they occasionally take the sea route, but the waves and weather are changeable, and the ships of this era are quite risky in the ocean voyage, so they rarely take the sea and land, of course, the sea is not non-existent, but they are all close to each other in the near sea voyage.

On the coastal waterway, the Wu people had several fleets for offshore transportation, and it was clear that the Wu ships patrolling the waterway regarded this fleet as one of them.

Despite this, the people on the boat still couldn't help but feel uneasy, for fear that any of the Wu military ships that were well fed and supported would have to go on board to inspect them.

However, all worries were superfluous, and the people of Wu never dreamed that there would be such a deadly enemy fleet, after thousands of miles of sea routes, after being hit by wind and waves, they would appear at their doorstep.

After a night's sailing, the next morning, not far from the south coast, a majestic city gradually came into everyone's eyes.

At this moment, the blood in everyone's heart is burning.

The destination has finally arrived.

The old man was none other than Huang Zhong, who had already "died of illness".

And these 5,000 strong men are not ordinary fishermen, but all Han naval soldiers, this naval army is a few years ago Shao ordered Wei Yan to recruit fishermen in the East China Sea.

The defeat in the Battle of Yancheng, Huang Zhong's fake death, and Qingzhou's failure to increase troops were all just to create a false impression that Qingzhou could be broken, and to induce Sun Quan to transfer all his soldiers and horses to the front line in Qingzhou.

In this way, the rear of the state of Wu will be empty, because all of Sun Quan's troops have been deployed in the front.

And Huang Zhong and his navy, after going through a thousand difficulties and dangers, the water system that entered from the sea was not an ordinary water system, its name was the Yangtze River.

The purpose of Huang Zhong's trip was also only one - to surprise attack Wudu Jianye.

(To be continued)