Chapter 13: The general trend has gone
At the same time that Lu Su cleaned up the river, Wei Yan, Liuzan and other generals also led the sea fleet in Youzhou, and went south to Guangling, still using Rugao Island as a base, and then took Wu County directly.
There is no good harbor along the coast of Wu County--Shanghai is still sinking below sea level--there are only two counties of Lou and Haiyan offshore, and Wei Yan's main target is the Songjiang Estuary in the south of Lou County, which is very close to Wu County, and he collected more than ten flat-bottomed boats from Guangling, looking for an opportunity to sail into Songjiang and reach Zhenze (Taihu Lake). It doesn't have to be too much, as long as about a thousand foot soldiers are brought in, it is equivalent to inserting a sharp knife directly into Sun Quan's soft underbelly.
However, the Sun clan had already taken precautions, and Wei Wensheng had just led the boat to approach the mouth of the Songjiang River, when he saw the front of him densely covered with oars, fluttering banners, and countless sea ships coming with the wind - that was naturally Sun Quan's newly formed navy, and its governor was the general Dong Yuandai.
Youzhou's fleet going south this time was much larger than when Shi Xun harassed Wu Hui in the past, and the soldiers were also quite elite under Wei Yan's training. In particular, they deliberately sailed to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and experimented with several landing battles, killing natives and looting supplies - this is also to help Yoo Yi put pressure on Samhan. Therefore, although Wei Yan himself is still not very proficient in naval warfare, he is still full of confidence in his own fleet, and there are also Huiji people to praise and assist, and he thinks that he is invincible in the ocean of Wuhui.
However, after careful observation, the number of ships on the opposite side was only more than that of the own army, and although the queue was not strict enough, it was quite difficult to win the battle with the wind. Wei Yan couldn't help but hesitate a little - but he couldn't retreat at this time, retreating would be defeated—he turned his head and asked Liuzan: "Ziming, I should stick to it." Or a confrontation? ”
Liuzan smiled slightly: "No injury." Attack can also be. It is to order the king to send people to communicate the news. Why should the general be worried? ”
Wei Yan stiffened his neck and said Okay, then let's rush over and fight this one. So he waved the small flag in his hand, and the fleet formed a sharp formation, chopping the waves and taking the enemy position.
The two sides first fired at each other with bows and arrows, and then they were a little closer. The northern ship immediately used a newly-fitted small gun to shoot gunpowder balls, and the sailors also untied the ropes around their waists one after another, hoping to be thrown and baked.
But who would have thought that the enemy ships were menacing, but as soon as the vanguard encountered the enemy, three ships caught fire and burned, and the remnants scattered in a hurry, rushing to flee in the direction of land. Wei Yan was overjoyed and continued to wave his army to attack, the enemy was defeated, and five ships were sunk. Haidu Dong was hit by an arrow and fell into the water, and his life and death are unknown......
It is not easy to build a new navy. It was Xun Qian in Youzhou. At first, it was with the public funds of the state capital, plus part of its own savings, to invest in joint ventures with several maritime merchants, which was qualified to call some sea ships in wartime; Later, he attacked the Pingzhou Gongsun clan, that is, he took the opportunity to confiscate some Pingzhou sea ships, and barely built a complete shelf. When he harassed Wu Hui, Sun Quan learned from the pain and wanted to form a navy, but unfortunately the treasury was empty, and he couldn't take out so much money to buy a ship - of course, it was even more unrealistic to build it now, even if he had money, it would take a lot of time to dry the sheets of the shipbuilding, and it would not be urgent at all.
Therefore, the Sun family had no choice but to forcibly requisition the private sea ships of Wu and Hui counties, and gather for training in between their trades. Such a makeshift fleet was originally relatively low in combat effectiveness, and the Wuhui clan had a secret affair with the northerners, so they were not willing to be used by the Sun clan at all. Previously, it was Xun who seized the ports of Yin and Cheng counties, and grabbed dozens of Huiji sea ships, but when he retreated, he returned all of them, and although he swallowed up the goods, he wrote a certificate to allow him to go north to trade, and exempted the commercial tax for five years in the four prefectures of Xu, Deng, You, and Ping. The maritime merchants of Huiji fell into the trap of Shixun and became even more detached from the Sun regime.
- I am forced to be used by the Sun family now, I think Ling Jun must be able to understand the pain. But if we really dare to fight against Wang Shi, once the policy of reducing or reducing commercial taxes is abolished, and we are not even allowed to go north to trade, will we have to drink the northwest wind in the future? How could Sun Zhongmou be willing to make amends? In this case, why not pretend, if the king is weak, he can still fight, and if the king is strong, he can take the opportunity to retreat......
So a boat fled, and the rest followed suit, and the seemingly huge Jiangdong Navy was torn apart in an instant, and Wei Yan and Liuzan won a complete victory without much effort. Immediately, Wei Yan waved his army to the mouth of the Songjiang River, carried more than 800 troops into Zhenze in small boats, and occupied the islands in the lake—if he landed from the southeast of Zhenze and went to the county seat of Wu, the nearest place would be less than 30 miles. Sun Quan was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly sent Sheng Xian to lead his troops to the expedition, but the northern army did not go land, but only strictly guarded the island, and Sheng Xian fought against it for more than ten days, but he could not go down.
At the same time, Wei Yan also patrolled the coastal coast of the fleet, and from time to time sent troops to land, attack the forts, kill and plunder the people, the hearts of the people of Wu Zhong were shaken, and there were no less than 100 families who fled into Wu County every day to take refuge, and they wanted to be appeased, fearing that they would cause chaos, and if they were appeased, the consumption of grain and straw would be very great......
Sun Zhongmou was embattled, and Zhang Zhao and others took the opportunity to propose surrender again. Sun Quan had no choice but to send Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong to cross the river to Liyang and ask to see Cao Cao. Cao Cao honestly and unceremoniously proposed: "Let the power be bound and surrendered, or you can spare the lives of his family." "Zhang Zhao said that your words are too much, General Sun is not guilty of being punished, how can he say "self-restraint"?
Zhang Zhao knew Sun Quan's bottom line, and said that we can hand over Danyang, Yuzhang, and even Wu County to the imperial court, but we just want to meet Ji County, but you can't tie up all the Sun family members to Jiangbei. If he leaves Jiangdong, although the Sun clan exists, it is equivalent to annihilation - General Sun is categorically unwilling to agree.
"Today, the enemy of the Duke of Wei is not in Jiangdong, but in Shuzhong, General Sun is willing to surrender and appease him, so that he will guard the southeast corner of the imperial court? If the Duke of Wei is forced to do so, the southerners should swear by blood, strictly guard their homeland, and die alone, then although the Duke will win Jiangdong, the damage will be dramatic. Let the male son of the Central Plains lie in the south of the world, and he will not be allowed to return to his homeland, how can he be the benevolent government of the country? After a long delay, I am afraid that Yizhou will send troops to Guanzhong, and Chenggong's henchmen will also be in trouble. I hope that Wei Gong will think about it carefully, and there is no need to force it. ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Gu Yong - Gu Yuanxian had not said a word since he followed him into the account, just listening to Zhang Zhao talking about it in vain. On the surface, he respects Zhang Zhao, as a deputy envoy, he should not steal the limelight of the main envoy unless necessary, but in fact...... Zhang Gong, can you really bluff Cao Cao with these words? "Southerners should swear by blood, strictly guard their homeland, and die", who are you talking about? You should be talking about those old Huaisi ministers, who are not "southerners" seriously, but how many of us southerners are really willing to give the Sun family a funeral?
Cao Cao had already secretly promised to the "four surnames of Wu": If Yangzhou is down, Yuan Si can be the history of the assassination, Wu County may not be guarded, and Lu Boyan can be said by the Huiji - you Gu Yong, the people of Benzhou do the history of the assassination of Benzhou, it is not a big problem, I promised you; As for the Wu people and Wu Shou, this is not very in line with the rules, I will send another person, but I will give you the Huiji County, and Lu Yi will be in the middle to liaise, and the credit is very great, so let him be the Huiji County Shou.
So Gu Yong didn't speak, Cao Cao glanced over, but he deliberately twisted his head and didn't look at the other party - Zhang Zhao was smart, and he was afraid of being seen through by him, so I can't make eye contact with you, but I can deliberately not make eye color, you should understand the meaning.
Zhang Zibu tried his best, but Cao Cao just refused to budge. At this time, Tai Shici, Chen Jiao and others had already crossed the Yangtze River smoothly, and fought fiercely with Sun Jun in Wuhu, Danyang, Moling, Hushu and other places, although they did not win a big victory, they also gained the upper hand. When the news reached Anyi, it was Xun who held the document in his hand and couldn't help but groan for a long time-
It seems that the Sun family's momentum is gone, and unless there is some earth-shattering reversal - such as Cao Cao's sudden assassination and death - I am afraid it will be difficult to return to heaven. Even if Liu Bei and Lü Bu broke through the defense lines of Nanshan and Longguan on the Western Front and approached Chang'an, Cao Cao could return to the rescue alone, but he gave the right to destroy Wu to his generals, such as Taishi Ziyi...... Originally, if he had known that the navy was fighting so easily, he didn't have to go on an expedition in person.
Yeshun should have been very relieved, with the instigation of the little butterfly wings, he caused a chain effect, and finally wanted to strangle the three-point future in the cradle. Even if Lu Bu and Liu Bei can't be destroyed in the end, it can't be counted as three points, the Cao family can call all the main forces to the western front, and the east will be safe, even if the new Wei Dynasty fails to unify the world, there is no need to consume a lot of resources in the war as it did in the original history. The productive forces of the Central Plains will soon be restored, and the northern captives will not be in trouble.
But he couldn't be happy - Sun Wu's foundation was destroyed, Sun Cezhi's struggle has become a thing of the past, and history has been distorted like this, is it good or bad? What are the implications for the future? He simply couldn't have predicted. And what will be the end of Sun Quan?
Destroying Yuan Shao and destroying Gongsun, he has never had the slightest psychological burden, the former has nothing to do, and the latter has little impact on the general trend of the world. But the destruction of the Sun clan is different, since Sun Quan's generation of heroes, since he can't succeed, he should always have a vigorous death, for example, a great war that will last forever, so that he can fight until the last moment......
However, the general trend is that there is no more war, and Wuhui and other places will quietly be subordinated to Wanghua. If Sun Quan does not die on the battlefield, whether he surrenders to his head, or slashes his wife and children first after the destruction of Wu County, and then kills himself or even immolates himself, it will inevitably make people feel sad. The real tragedy is not to make the audience cry, but to make the audience sad for a long time - this is the kind of tragedy that the hero does not wait for the twilight to be defeated.
If it hadn't been for the time travel, and I didn't know the direction of the original history, I guess it wouldn't be so sad, right? Thinking about it later, Shixun also felt that his exclamation was too nonsense. Those who are difficult to do both, and want Cao Cao to unify the world, and want Sun Quan and Liu Bei to die well, and the world is so "double law"?
But...... As soon as his train of thought unfolded, he suddenly thought of a clever plan, so he wrote a letter and sent someone to pass it to Cao Cao quickly. In fact, the key point in the letter is only the eight words learned from the traitors of later generations: "The southerners return to the south, and the northerners return to the north." ”
The letter had just been delivered, when suddenly a report came from the door, saying that the Son of the World was calling. Shixun didn't think much about it at first, straightened his clothes and went to Cao Ang's mansion, but then Cao Ang handed over a letter, he opened it and looked at it, but he couldn't help but be shocked! (To be continued......) R1292