The 60th Battle of Eastern Wu and Southern Han Dynasty Drove Cao Wei to the Central Plains Unification (14)
Gao Shun did not enter the camp at all, but used a rocket to ignite the things that ignited the fire in the camp outside the camp, and then took advantage of the night to retreat to the distant mountain to watch the changes. Cao Zhang's arrival in the camp was shocked when he saw the Southern Han military horses, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to search carefully.
Sun Quan saw that the land of Xishan Tun Grain was on fire, so he led troops to help Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang couldn't find Gao Shun in the camp and went out of the camp to look around, at this time the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu were arriving, and the two armies did not distinguish between the enemy and me in the dark night, and they actually killed each other. It wasn't until Cao Zhang and Sun Quan arrived in front of the battle that they gathered their own soldiers and horses.
Cao Zhang asked Sun Quan, "Your Majesty has ever seen Nanye's soldiers and horses?" ”
Sun Quan said inexplicably: "Why did General Cao ask me when he arrived first?" ”
Cao Zhang explained: "When my soldiers arrived, Nanye's soldiers and horses had already retreated, and I don't know if the soldiers and horses could be seen on the way they came?" ”
Sun Quan shook his head when he heard this, "I haven't seen it either. ”
Lu Su interjected at this time: "Could it be that we are all Zhongnan Ye's plan? ”
Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this: "What should I do?" ”
Lu Su said: "I will return to the camp as soon as possible to meet Governor Sima Du." Sun Quan and Cao Zhang nodded yes when they heard this, and joined forces to save Sima Yi.
Gao Shun saw clearly on the mountain, and when he saw the retreat of the Wu and Wei armies, he carefully followed and waited for the opportunity to move.
However, it was said that Cao Chun and Cao Zhen saw the fire in the camp, so they opened the gate of the village and raised troops to and from the Nanye camp, and Sima Yi waved his army to follow the second general. Cao Chun and Cao Zhen fought all the way into the Nanye camp, only to see the big tent brightly lit, but not a single soldier was seen, and when they were wondering, the shouts of killing all around, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, and Huang Xu led the troops out and surrounded the Cao army in the core.
Cao Chun and Cao Zhen were shocked when they saw this, people and horses were running around, and there were countless dead. The second general clashed left and right and could not leave the camp. At this time, Sima Yi led the sergeants to rush into the camp, and only then did he rescue the second general and lead the troops away.
The four generals of Gan Ning naturally refused to let go when they saw Sima Yibing coming, and chased after him closely. Sima Yi was moving forward, when he heard a drum in front of him, Nan Ye led Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Zhang Ren, Zhang Baiqi, Ma Yunluo, Hua Bei and other generals to kill together, cutting off Sima Yi's way back.
Cao Chun and Cao Zhen led the tiger and leopard cavalry to desperately escort Sima Yi out of the encirclement, and finally returned to the village, but saw that the gate of the village was closed, and the arrows on the wall were like flying locusts.
Cao's soldiers were defeated, and Sima Yi had to lead his troops to Sun Quanzhai. Fang wanted to enter the village, but saw a Biao army horse galloping over, it was Sun Quan and Cao Zhang. Everyone joined forces and was just about to enter the village, and the Wu army was also in the village, and it turned out that the Wu camp had been occupied by Wei Yan and Zhang He.
When Sun Quan saw that his camp was occupied, he couldn't help but be furious, so he ordered his soldiers to attack the camp. Sima Yi saw that Nan Ye was divided into various places, and he expected to occupy the Wu camp with few soldiers and horses, so he also attacked the camp together.
Wei Yan and Zhang He did not have many soldiers and horses, but if they had a camp, they would not collapse at the touch of a button, so they held the camp and fought with the Wu and Wei armies. Just when the three roads were inseparable, suddenly the Wu and Wei armies shouted behind them, and Gao Shun, who had been following behind, led the camp and rushed into the rear of the two armies.
In the dark night, Sun Quan and Sima Yi couldn't tell how many soldiers were behind them, and they thought that Nan Ye was chasing the soldiers from several directions, so they didn't dare to continue attacking the camp and led the troops to take the road away.
Gao Shun saw that the two armies were retreating, and he did not rush to chase after them, but waited for Nanye's soldiers to arrive. A moment later, Nan Ye led his troops and joined forces with Gao Shun to pursue Sun Quan and Sima Yi.
Nan Ye led the troops to chase forward, and suddenly there was a shout of killing on the fork in the road, highlighting an ambush soldier. Nan Ye cast his skills and saw that the person leading the troops was Han Dang, who had been harassing the grain road for several days.
After Han Dangduan, Sun Quan and Sima Yi took the opportunity to go away. After Nan Ye and Han Dang fought for a while, Han Dang also retreated in defeat. The Southern Han Dynasty won a great victory.
Sun Quan and Sima Yi led the defeated troops to flee for dozens of miles before stopping. At this time, the sky was already dawning, and Sun Quan sighed: "This battle has lost soldiers and horses, and the grain and grass are all trapped in the camp, how can we wait?" ”
There is a saying that the men and horses go first before moving the grain and grass, and the loss of soldiers and horses will not lead to the defeat of the whole army, but the loss of grain and grass is not far from the defeat of the army. All the generals knew this truth, and Lu Meng said: "Your Majesty don't worry, Yanzhou is still the boundary of my Wu country, and Your Majesty can divide troops into various counties and counties to raise food." ”
Lu Su frowned when he heard this, this year, the economy of Dongwu was chaotic and the people were not able to make a living, and I am afraid that there is not much grain stored in various places. So Lu Su said: "How can the people raise food and grass when they are in need? ”
Lu Meng said: "Even if the people are poor, there are always rich families with surplus food, and we can borrow everything to fund the military." ”
Sun Quan has been the king for many years, and he has never robbed his own people, and he is a little unhappy: "Although Ziming's plan can get food, the people's hearts are lost!" This plan is like killing a chicken to take eggs, and it is not feasible. ”
Lu Meng arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty's words are bad! We are raising food for the survival of the country. If you don't use this plan to raise food, our army will be defeated, Yanzhou is the income of Nanye, why does Your Majesty sympathize with the people under Nanye's rule? If we raise food in this way, our army may be able to turn defeat into victory, and at that time, when we get Nanye grain and grass, Your Majesty can return it to the people to collect the people's hope. ”
Sun Quan thought about what Lu Meng said and felt very reasonable, Yanzhou is not necessarily his own, where can he still care about the life and death of the people. Sun Quan was just about to give the order to divide his troops to raise food, when he saw Sima Yi riding a horse and catching up with the Wu army.
Sima Yi is also here for the matter of grain and grass, Lu Meng wants to get the army to plunder the people, how could Sima Yi not think of it? But he couldn't say it to Sun Quan bluntly about this lack of morality, he just wanted to force Sun Quan to comply, and said: "There is a shortage of food in the army, does Your Majesty have a countermeasure?" ”
Sun Quan nodded and said, "I am looking for Sima Dudu to discuss the division of troops to borrow grain from the people. ”
Sima Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and Sun Quan's plan was really in the right place. However, Sima Yi hesitated on his face: "I don't know how Your Majesty wants to borrow grain?" ”
Sun Quan said: "I want to find a rich family to borrow grain first, leave a note, and if I win this battle, I will pay it back." ”
Sima Yi laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, if he wins, he will pay it back, and if he loses, he won't pay it back. However, Sima Yi has no objection, anyway, Yanzhou is the territory of Soochow at this time, so Sun Quanai can toss it as much as he wants. Sima Yi nodded and said, "Your Majesty's plan is very clever, and it can solve the urgent need." ”
Sun Quan saw that Sima Yi also agreed, so he ordered the soldiers of Wu and Wei to divide their troops to borrow food. Sun Quan thought it well, but it was not the case with the execution of his subordinates. The Wu soldiers were better, but the Wei soldiers were unscrupulous under the connivance of Sima Yi. If you rob the grain, grass, gold and silver, you don't finish it, you have to burn and kill the adulterers, anyway, it's not your own territory, and you don't feel distressed if you are harmed.
At the beginning, Nanye once took Yanzhou, and later sold Yanzhou to Liu Bei. At that time, Nan Ye moved all the poor people in Yanzhou away, and those who stayed in Yanzhou were all wealthy families, and their families were reluctant to move. Now that Sun Quan and Sima Yi are plundering, these rich people have fallen into bad luck, countless people have died in their families, and the people of Yanzhou are full of grievances, and the people hate not following Nanye to migrate and leave.
After the Wu and Wei armies plundered, they obtained countless money and food, and reunited their troops and horses in Kangqiu, preparing to fight Nanye again. Nan Ye found out that Sun Quan and Sima Yi divided their troops to rob grain, so they also divided their troops to take various counties, and Dongjun, Jiyin, Shanyang, Chenliu and other places were all obtained by Nan Ye.
The people of Yanzhou saw that the Nanye soldiers were coming to greet each other, and the Wu defenders in the east of the city resisted slightly, so the people set fire to the city to help Nanye take the city, so the counties and counties everywhere looked at the wind and surrendered. Everywhere Nan Ye went, he went out to settle the people, distributed the grain and grass of the Wu and Wei armies he had obtained before to the people, gathered the hearts of the people, and then came to Kangqiu.
When Sima Yi learned that Nanye's soldiers had arrived, he summoned Cao Zhang and Cao Chun and instructed: "Now that Nanye has won the counties of Yanzhou, he will definitely appease the people to reassure the people, and he will not be in the camp." The two of you each led 10,000 elite soldiers, got up tonight, copied behind the Southern Han camp, and fought together to kill the generals. I led the army to set up a formation in front, just waiting for the chaos of the Southern Han Dynasty soldiers and horses, I drove the soldiers and attacked them, and the two armies worked together to capture the Nanye camp. If you get the grain and grass in Nanye's camp, it will not be difficult to break Nanye again. ”
The two of them were planned to lead the troops away, and Sima Yi and Sun Quan went out of the camp together to wait for the chaos of Nanye's soldiers and horses.
Cao Zhang and Cao Chun were two generals, one on the left and one on the right, each taking a small road and marching deep behind the soldiers and horses of the Southern Han Dynasty. At the time of the third watch, the soldiers and horses of the two roads met on the main road, joined forces, and killed from behind the Nanye camp.
Cao's soldiers marched less than thirty miles, and suddenly the front army could not move. Cao Zhang, Cao Chun, and the second general personally looked forward on the horse, only to see hundreds of grass carts cutting across the road. The second general took a closer look, and these vehicles were all grain and grass carts left in the battalion by the Wu and Wei armies before.
Cao Zhang knew that these grain and grass carts should be captured by Nan Ye, and it was not a good thing to appear here, so he said to Cao Chun: "I must be prepared for Nan Ye." I'll take the road back. ”
Cao Chun also knew that the big thing was not good, so he gave the order to retreat, and saw that the mountain was full of fire, the drums and horns were shaken, and the ambush soldiers came out in all directions. Several rockets were fired, igniting the grass carts blocking the road, and the army surrounded the two in the core.
Nan Ye saw the second general trapped on the hillside and said loudly: "Cao Zhang, Cao Chun listen to the truth, Sima Yi expected that I was in various places to soothe the people, not in the camp, so I ordered the two of you to rob my village, but I also fell for my plan." You are a nameless general, I will not kill, but you can get off the horse and surrender early! ”
Cao Zhang was furious when he heard this, and Dao Ye scolded: "Piffan dares to make such a big statement!" If I catch you, I will be torn to pieces! "Let's talk about it, and the horses will draw halberds and kill them up the mountain.
When the Southern Han soldiers saw Cao Zhang's uphill appearance, how could he get his wish, and for a while, the arrows on the mountain were like rain. Cao Zhang couldn't get close, so he had to beat his horse and break out of the encirclement.
All the generals of Nanye confronted Sima Yi in front of the formation at this time, and this time it was Jia Xu who saw that Sima Yi was not moving in the formation and knew that he must have a plan, so Nan Ye set up an ambush. In order to give Sima Yi the illusion that Nan Ye was still in the camp, Nan Ye did not bring Dian Wei, Ma Yunluo and other cronies, but only brought Zang Ba and Zhang Yan, two inconspicuous generals, to set up an ambush.
Zang Ba and Zhang Yan saw Cao Zhang's face light when they saw Cao Zhang's formation, and trapped Cao Chun in the core and did not teach to escape. Cao Zhang never saw Cao Chun when he came from the road, but bravely turned back and entered the encirclement, rescued Cao Chun and returned.
Nan Ye saw Cao Zhang's heroism in the clashes among the ten thousand armies on the mountain, and he couldn't help but sigh to the guards on the left and right: "I didn't expect this person to be so brave, I knew that Lu Feng should be sent out first." ”