The lord of Jiangdong, Marquis Sun Quan, is extremely troublesome these days.

There are two sources of trouble: first, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were finally released, and they hurried back from Cao Ying, saying that the prosperity of Cao's army was difficult to resist, and asked Sun Quan to recall Zhou Yu as much as possible, and then sent an envoy to apologize to the imperial court - in this way, it may be possible to protect the foundation of Jiangdong, and the life of the Sun family can be saved at worst; Second, in the coastal counties of Wu and Hui counties, the urgent report was like snowflakes, saying that the Youzhou naval army was powerful, and I was afraid that it would soon land on the coast and kill inland, asking for reinforcements.

On the same day, Zhong Lixu's Zhejiang Navy Division was broken by Shixun, and the defeated army fled back to Shanyin, Chun Yushi was shocked, and did not dare to hide the news anymore, so he hurriedly sent people to the Yangtze River to report to Sun Quan. As for how many ships and soldiers and horses there are in Shixun, at this time, the intelligence of all parties has been gathered one after another, plus the words of the defeated soldiers, and finally a surprising number has been drawn - that is, Sun Quan sent Yan Jian to inform Zhou Yu, a total of eighty or ninety ships and fifteen thousand sailors, which is more than twice the truth.

This is not that Chun Yushi deliberately lied about his responsibility in order to reduce his responsibility, but that there was no perfect reconnaissance system in those years, and most of the so-called information came from word of mouth in various townships and towns. After Zhong Lixu's defeat, the nearby counties of Juzhang, Yuyao, Shangyu and other counties were shocked three times a day, and the people fled the coast one after another and rushed inland. More importantly, it was Xuntong guò who seized merchant ships and supplies and dealt with many large households, and Lu Yi also used guò another channel to use these large households. asked them to help spread rumors that the Youzhou Sailor was powerful and invincible.

Perhaps there are also honest people who can see the Youzhou sailor with their own eyes. Tell the truth. But in the eyes of the officials, is it credible for the gentry or for the mud-legged grass people?

So when this outrageous figure was reported, Sun Quan was shocked on the spot, hurriedly collected his troops, and retreated back to Wu County, the county of Wu County. He asked the officials, is this number reliable? Is the Youzhou Sailor really that powerful? Sima Lingcao of the other department expressed doubts and said: "The main force in Jiangdong." All went to Jingzhou from Zhou Gongjin, the rest were only 30,000, guarding the counties, if the enemy had more than 10,000, they could land ashore, and the lord was in the north, and the attack on Wu County, why should they disturb the meeting in the south? The inadequacy of the number is obvious. ”

"What the general said is not true." One of them walked out slowly and retorted. Sun Quan fixed his eyes and saw that it was Gu Yong and Gu Yuan sighed. I listened to Gu Yong say his reasons one by one: "Thousands of miles of sailing." In ancient times, the climate and hydrology of the north and south are different, and there is a war between the security and the encore in a hurry? It is to patrol the sea, harass the Huiji, and train the soldiers for the whole army, and when they are familiar, they will come to attack Wu. Besides, our army is only 30,000, and Qing knows it, but Xun doesn't know it, and he doesn't dare to commit it. ”

It was Xun who did not come to fight Wu County first, firstly because he was not familiar with the climate and hydrology of the south, and secondly, because the reality of our army was not clear, and it was not necessarily the reason for the lack of troops. In my opinion, more than 10,000 soldiers, nearly 100 ships, there must be, not only the headquarters of Youzhou, he must have received the troops of Ping, Deng, Hai, and Xu Prefectures!

In fact, Gu Yuanxi got the news of the Youzhou fleet's harassment earlier than Sun Quan. First, because he did not follow Sun Quan to the north, but stayed in Wu County; second, because he had been guarding the meeting for a long time, and his sources were relatively extensive; Of course, the most important thing is that now Lu Yi doesn't dare to show his face openly, so he is hiding in his house......

Therefore, Gu Yong has been thinking about this set of words for a long time, and at the moment, he waved "Bang Bang" outward, and immediately refuted Ling Cao is speechless. After finishing, he also persuaded Sun Quan to quickly recall Zhou Yu's department - "Jingzhou, lips and teeth, Wu Hui, belly and heart, An is terminally ill and considers his lips and teeth?" Even if Jing retreats from Cao, Jingzhou will be difficult for me to own, and the gains outweigh the losses. That is, I have Jingzhou, how can the lord want to abandon the foundation of his ancestors and move west? ”

When Sun Quan heard this, he couldn't help but be moved, so he sent Yan Jian to the west to summon Zhou Yu back. However, not long after Yan Jian left here, there was an urgent report from Huiji, saying that the thieves in Zhuji and Yanxian County had risen together, and there were thousands of joint troops such as Lu He and Qin Wolf, and they had invaded Shanyin in the north, and asked for troops to be rescued as soon as possible. Gu Yong had expected that a similar incident would happen, and he sighed in a fake manner: "This must be the one who is confused by Xun." ”

The "army" of the imperial court forced Huiji, on the one hand, it robbed a lot of maritime backstage, on the other hand, it sealed officials and made wishes, and opened a large white strip, and the surnames of Huiji had not been completely subdued by the Sun family, so they took advantage of this opportunity to send troops and food to incite riots to shake the rule of the Sun family in Jiangdong. Gu Yongxin said that this first wave was just a test of the waters, and I am afraid that the bigger chaos is still to come......

Sun Quan hurriedly sent Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng to lead the army south to quell the rebellion, but the two generals only left, and in the blink of an eye, there were also thieves in Wu County - this is of course the credit of the "four surnames of Wu". Sun Quan also understands that if there is no local Haoqiang to support him, it will be difficult for the people to make trouble, and even if they do make trouble, the Haoqiang armed forces will pinch them first, and they don't need to wait for their own hands. So he took the initiative to lower his body and went to visit the patriarchs of the four surnames, and the excuse of the patriarchs was: We didn't fund anyone to rebel against you, how dare we have it? It is estimated that first, the remnants of Liu Xuan, Yan Baihu, and others in the past took the opportunity to make trouble, and second, our seagoing ships and goods suffered heavy losses in Huiji, and were forced to reduce their finances, and squeezed a little oil and water out of the tenants......

Sun Quan was really anxious, so he had to order troops to quell the chaos on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent the master Ji Buqi to Jiangxia again to order Zhou Yu to withdraw his troops - the tone in this reply was much heavier, not to ask Zhou Yu to find an opportunity to retreat, but to order him to immediately lead his troops back to Jiangdong.

Buqi Zishan is a person from Linhuai, who lived in Jiangdong because of the chaos of the world, and was requisitioned by Sun Quan. Although Sun Quan wants to reconcile with the Jiangdong family on the surface, he still trusts the Huaisi people in his bones, so although this Buzishan has a low position and is just the main secretary, his status in the Eastern Wu regime is not low, and he can be regarded as Sun Quan's confidant. Sun Quan sent him to summon Zhou Yu, and he also hinted at his intentions to Zhou Gongjin - I really ordered you to come back, not to discuss with you.

Buqi took a boat to the west, passing through Peng Li on the way, and was almost poisoned by the Lu Su army, and finally came to Jiangxia, just in time for Zhou Yu to fight Cao Cao. Zhou Gongjin inquired in detail about the situation in Wu and Hui County, and couldn't help but sigh: "If he is united, why be afraid of Xun!" "What really poses a threat to Sun Quan is not Xun's Youzhou Navy, but the local forces of the second county.

Okay, since the lord wants me to withdraw from the army, then I have to retreat, but there is no need to rush for a while-"Zishan and Guanyu can return together." ”

The decisive battle was set for the third day after the arrival of Buqi. In the morning of the same day, when the hour had passed, the two sides opened their camps and marched out in array. Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead part of his troops and horses to stay in the base camp and defend Huangzu towards the west, so as not to prevent the Jiangxia soldiers in Xiling City from suddenly killing Zhou Yu, attacking with their horns and disrupting their own array. He personally led the army to fight Zhou Yu.

There were 40,000 in the southern county and 60,000 in the northern army, and the huge array was slowly approaching. Cao Jun is crowded, that is, the formation of the cone, with the general Xiahou Dun as the sharp edge of the middle of the formation, Le Jin on the left, Li Dian on the right, and marching forward. The number of soldiers and horses in Jiangdong is small, and a dense formation is arranged - called "several arrays" in "Sun Bin's Art of War" - Zhou Yu is in the middle, Zhou Tai is in front, Han Dang and Huang Gai cover their wings, and Cheng Pu is behind. The dense formation is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is relatively easy to be outflanked by the enemy and surrounded on all sides.

The two armies were a stone's throw away from each other, and their respective crossbowmen shot their positions and regrouped. In these years, the battle on the plains paid the most attention to the integrity of the array, but the training level of the soldiers was not the same as that of the modern national army in later generations, so even if it was known as the "elite of a hundred battles", and there were generals who could control it, it was easy to fall apart while walking, and the pace must be adjusted from time to time.

Cao Jun also launched a number of temporarily equipped chariots, but not used to hurt the enemy remotely, but as Cao Cao's lookout car, control tower - when attacking Yecheng, Shi Xun once climbed to the top of the chariot to look at the enemy's situation, Cao Cao felt that this method was good, so he learned it. However, if the main general wants to go up, he must naturally be protected in advance - if Boss Cao falls down with a weak leg, he will be defeated without a fight - not only hung up the rope ladder, but also set up handrails in advance. Cao Cao and Xun You got on the same car—no matter how many people could stand—they put their hands on the awning, looked at it from afar, and couldn't help nodding: "The enemy ranks very neatly, the morale is also high, and Zhou Gongjin is also a masterpiece in the world." He turned his head and said to Xun You: "If you get Zhou Yu, why worry about Jiangdong's injustice?" ”

Xun Gong Daxin said that the boss's talent collection habit is getting stricter and stricter, but do you really think that anyone is willing to serve you? Zhou Yu was favored by Sun Ce, it is said that he is like a brother, Jiangdong is uneven, it is estimated that he is unwilling to join the Cao family's camp, and if he really waits for Jiangdong to be peaceful, what's the point of accepting him? Although he slandered, he still nodded respectfully on the surface: "What the prime minister said is true." ”

Seeing that the army was in place and the departments were in place, Cao Cao held a small flag and waved it three times in a row, and the drums in Cao's array immediately sounded like a shocking sound. Xiahoudun lined up at the head of the formation, raised his lance high, and as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, he immediately led the army to the front to kill. However, the war horse is just a step, and it is not yet the time to break through the formation, and his subordinates only have more than 100 horsemen of the personal guard department, and the rest are infantry, and it is impossible to leave the brigade and charge alone.

The Jiangdong Army lined up in a dense formation, and the first line of spears was like a forest, and it also slowly moved forward. The two armies marched twenty paces forward, slowed down a little, and then lined up again, while the crossbowmen shot into the sky. In the whistling sound of arrows, small strokes fell one after another, and they screamed. As soon as Xiahoudun saw that the time had come, he immediately began to speed up, and the troops behind him also hurriedly urged his horses to follow, and broke into the enemy formation first. Jiangdong's spearmen held up their spears and stabbed, Xiahou Yuan let the horse's head slightly to the side, and the long lance was swung out, and more than ten spear shafts were broken, and then the spearmen of the Cao army also arrived, and the two armies fought in one place in an instant...... (To be continued......)