Shamoko is infinitely powerful, and he is afraid of being young and strong, so he should be strong.

But Zhao Yun is only in his thirties, still in the prime of life, and his martial arts are extremely superb, so Shamoke is naturally not his opponent.

The barbarians have always submitted to the strong, and Shen Chen also gave them a lot of gold and silver cloth, and they also agreed to Shen Chen's proposal to jointly send troops together.

At the end of July, the people began to act along the agreed course.

The Youxi Barbarian Coalition Army was formed together, about 3,000 people, from Lingyang to the north along the water to Daya, which was almost the area from Cili County to Hefeng County in later generations.

The road at this point is relatively easy to open, and there is a road for the locals to walk, so you only need to open up along the road.

But after getting to Daya, it's difficult.

Because from the north of Hefeng County, there are all reckless deep mountains and old forests, even the local Youximan rarely set foot in this area, and there are countless lofty mountains and mountains, and people walk into it, as if they have lost their direction in a labyrinth.

Moreover, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River are in the rainy season at this time, and there are often heavy rains, so they move very slowly.

Although Liu Biao often sends people to urge, but the current situation is like this, and they can't do anything, after all, they can't really let them fight with Liu Zhang, who occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Liu Bei has been fighting for two years in history, and if it is really hard to consume, it is estimated that it will not necessarily produce results for four or five years.

In contrast, attacking Liu Zhang's army from behind through the mountains and forests from Wuling is already the most reliable.

So even if Liu Biao is in a hurry, there is nothing he can do.

So in the next few months, Shen Chen and Youxi Manmen struggled to open a road in the depths of the mountains, until the end of the ninth year of Jian'an, it took four months, and finally arrived in the area of the sand canal north of Yishui.

This is the area of Jianshi County in the north of Enshi Prefecture in the later generations, and the situation is much better here, along the tributary of the Yangtze River, Hongyanhe all the way to the north, and finally to the south of Wuxian River.

If the barbarians sent over to return and stand on the top of the mountain and watch from afar on both sides of the river, they could even see the Yizhou soldiers escorting grain and grass to and fro on the road on the river bank.

In January of the tenth year of Jian'an, that is, at the beginning of 206 AD, after nearly five months, Shen Chen finally opened the way behind Liu Zhang's army.

And Liu Bei's army had already been stationed in Xiaoling before, and after he asked Liu Biao for a large number of materials and equipment, he officially set off.

In February of the tenth year of Jian'an, the army crossed the sand canal, went north along the Hongyan River, and arrived at the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times, it has been the best way to enter Sichuan from Jingzhou along the bank of the Yangtze River to the west, but even so, the mountains on both sides of the river are majestic and steep, and the lofty mountains are extremely dangerous.

Only in the deep mountains and forests on the south bank of the river is a small path that can accommodate two people in parallel, and it is barely passable.

Liu Bei and Shen Chen joined forces, and at this moment the army was still stationed in the rear sand canal, and more than dozens of their generals came to watch, crossed the mountains and mountains, and reached a mountain range, looking into the distance.

At the foot of the hill there was a low hill, and the flat land around the hill was densely packed with a large number of military tents and simple camps.

This is probably the area of Peishi Township in Wushan County in the later generations, and then walk more than 20 kilometers to the east to Badong County, Hubei Province, and then walk more than 20 kilometers to Zigui County.

Surrounded by dense mountains and forests, hundreds of Yizhou soldiers were scattered around the camp, and some warehouses and supplies were piled up on the road.

"This is a front-line supply camp for Liu Zhang's army."

Shen Chen looked into the distance.

The battle of Yiling took place on both the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses in the north of the Yangtze River were led by Huang Quan and stationed in Yiling. He himself was stationed in Jiangnan, located in Yiting.

At this time, Cai Mao occupied Yiling and Yiting, Jingmen Mountain, Huya Mountain and other places, resulting in Liu Zhang's inability to enter from Jiangbei or Jiangnan.

Therefore, the main force of Liu Zhang's army is now stationed in the area of Zigui County, and it is not in Zigui in later generations, but in Zigui in the Han Dynasty.

Zigui County is located in the south of the Yangtze River in later generations, while the Han Dynasty is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it is still far away from Zigui County in later generations.

This also means that the main force of Liu Zhang's army at that time was actually stationed in the area from Badong County to Guizhou Town, Zigui County, which stretched for more than 100 kilometers.

Just like Liu Bei's battle in Yiling, there were countless supplies and such small camps along the way, and the grain transporters and small boats carrying grain on the river could be seen everywhere, and the war that lasted for more than a year also made Liu Zhang's army, who had traveled long distances, suffer.

"It's really hard to fight on both sides of the Yangtze River."

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei sighed: "Not only are the roads difficult and dangerous, there are countless mountains and forests, and there is not even a flat piece of land, I am afraid that even if there is a big battle, it will be difficult to annihilate the enemy, and they can retreat to the mountains and forests at any time." ”

"That's hard to say."

Shen Chen glanced at Liu Bei and said, "It is precisely because of the difficult roads that a large number of supply camps must be arranged along the line to deliver grain and grass to the front line. ”

Liu Bei was surprised: "The humidity on both sides of the Jingzhou River is extremely heavy, and it may not be able to burn up if you light a fire in the mountains and forests, is it useful to attack with fire?" ”

There are countless mountains and forests on both sides of the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges area, and they are particularly dense, but there has never been a fire in history, even if Lu Xun burned the camp for 700 miles, it did not cause a mountain fire, because the humidity here is extremely heavy, unless napalm is used, it is almost impossible to burn.

Shen Chen said: "With fish paste and fat supplemented with hay, you only need to burn the grain and grass camp. The enemy's rear grain and grass are heavily in Wu County, we should divide the troops into two routes, I will lead the army to raid Wu County, and the general can lead people to burn the company camp for 700 miles! ”

This is the tactical plan arranged by Shen Chen.

He observed for a long time and found that Lu Xun's tactics were really not poking, and they were a perfect tactic created for the special terrain here.

Due to the terrain restrictions, the army attacking Hubei from Sichuan could not spread out on a large scale, and could only be crowded into a narrow mountainous area, so when camping, it had to stretch for dozens of kilometers.

In particular, Liu Zhangjun had already penetrated into Jingzhou for a distance of two or three hundred kilometers in a straight line, but the actual distance he walked was more than four or five hundred kilometers, and a large number of supply lines were needed along the way.

And these supply points are densely distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River, if they burn all the way, then the main force of the Yizhou Army stationed in Badong County and Zigui County on the front line will face the risk of being cut off and running out of grain and grass, and it is no wonder that Liu Bei Youyiling was defeated.

When Xu Shu heard Shen Chen's words, his eyes lit up and said: "Ah Chen's plan is very good, now that the rainy season has passed, although the two sides of the strait are still wet, but with fish paste grease and hay, you only need to burn the enemy's camp and grain and grass." ”

"We have agreed to launch an attack at the same time as Cai Mao on February 10, and we have not yet fully figured out the distribution of the enemy's grain and grass camps, so we should send people to continue to reconnoitre."

Shen Chen touched his chin, although he was eighteen years old and had not yet reached the crown, he had already grown a small amount of beard, a little bit of a green beard.

"Master, I'll go!"

Shan Yi stood up and volunteered: "I am walking on the ground in this mountain, and the people of Yizhou will definitely not find me." ”

Shamoko sneered, "Do you know the road? ”

"You know?"

Shan Yi looked at him with disdain, the two were about the same age, they were both burly, and they didn't mean to be close at all after meeting each other, but they didn't like each other.

Shamoko patted his chest and said, "Although I don't know it, there are people in my clan who know it, and the old people have come to the north to hunt before. ”

"Then go to Shamoko."

Shen Chen looked at Shan Yi and said, "Yide, you attack Wu County with me." ”

"Yes."

Shan Yi glanced at Shamoke unwillingly, and was even more unhappy when he saw the other party's smugness.

At that moment, Shen Chen assigned the task.

Shamoke led a few local Youxi barbarians to the east to inquire about the supply points and camp locations along the route of Liu Zhang's army, while Shen Chen led the Huangmen soldiers to attack Wuxian in the north of the river.

However, to attack the north side of the river, ships were needed, so some boats had to be built to cross the river temporarily.

Fortunately, it was only the second day of February, and after they finally opened the road into the mountain last month, they sent someone to inform Cai Mao and ask him to launch an attack together on February 10.

In this way, the two sides will defeat Liu Zhang's army.

There are still eight days left before February 10, and he still has some time to build boats to cross the river.

After returning to the sand canal, an order was given, and nearly 30,000 troops began to build ships, which did not need to be too big, just the kind of small boat that could seat a dozen people.

There are no strong winds and waves in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the current is relatively gentle except for a few places where it is relatively turbulent, and ordinary canopy boats can easily cross the Yangtze River less than a mile from north to south.

Compared with the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the wind and waves on the river surface are strong and the width of the two banks is long, the Yangtze River section in the Three Gorges area is no different from ordinary rivers except for countless lofty mountains and mountains on both sides.

In just one day, the Kung Fu army built hundreds of ships, and the rest of the time was spent collecting hay and firewood.

Fish paste grease they brought a batch.

In fact, if it was simply the army coming over, Shen Chen would not need to spend nearly half a year to open up the mountain road at all.

There are no main roads, but the paths along the river or the Youxi Barbarian Hunter Mountain Forest Trail can still lead to the Yangtze River.

But the reason why it took a lot of trouble was to be able to bring in supplies, grain and grass.

Therefore, they are not short of fish paste fat now.

Soon the time slowly came to the early morning of February 10, when the sky was just dawning, Shen Chen had already led three thousand Huangmen soldiers to row a boat along the Hongyan River into the Yangtze River.

It was the mid-spring season of February, and a thin layer of white mist rose on the surface of the Three Gorges Yangtze River in the early morning, enveloping the river surface, and the vision was not very clear.

Liu Zhang's troops on both sides of the strait were sleeping, completely unaware of the danger and quietly approaching.

After entering the Yangtze River, according to the original plan, they began to paddle to the other side of the river, and they also drifted down the river, drifting diagonally to a river beach on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Shen Chen got off the boat, Shen Tao, Shan Yi, Wu Dang and others followed left and right, Shen Zhen Deng Zhao and others led the soldiers, and when the soldiers were all assembled, all the soldiers set off lightly, and went into the deep mountains and old forests, headlong into the direction of Wushan.

At the same time, Liu Bei's army also quietly approached the camp that was detected a few days ago, that is, the Peishi Township area of Wushan County in the later generations, and the people in the camp did not perceive the danger at all at this moment.

It is impossible for tens of thousands of troops to spread out in such a mountainous area, and a large number of people is a bad thing, so Liu Bei divided the troops.

He asked Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others to lead their troops and horses, and under the leadership of Shamoke and their Youxi guides, they crossed the mountains and mountains and set off to various camps along the way.

Liu Bei himself took Chen Zhi to lead only 1,000 elite soldiers and launched a surprise attack on this camp.

The soldiers slowly approached.

touched the edge of the camp, probably because it was in the rear, Liu Zhangjun was relatively lax, and the camp gate was not even closed, so it was open.

Everyone slowly entered the camp, and suddenly a sharp shout sounded: "Enemy attack!" ”

It turned out to be a Yizhou soldier who had the convenience of getting up early, and vaguely saw some black shadows slowly coming in in the fog at the camp gate, so he hurriedly issued a warning.

"Kill!"

Seeing that it was exposed, Liu Bei immediately raised the sword in his hand and shouted.

"Kill!"

The soldiers rushed into the camp and slashed and slashed.

The whole camp was suddenly in chaos, the Yizhou soldiers were caught off guard, a small number of rebels were killed, and most of them surrendered.

After capturing this group of people and tying them up, Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Burn!" ”

The fire broke out.

Then, led by Shamoko, they continued to set off on the front again.

Liu Zhangjun is indeed the same as Liu Bei in the Battle of Yiling, stretching for hundreds of miles of mountainous land, full of camps and supply points.

The terrain severely limited the combat effectiveness of their troops, and they had to be stationed in this way.

But since yesterday, Cai Mao's Jingzhou army began to attack Liu Zhang's army, advancing by land and water, and Liu Zhang's general Wu Yi gathered troops and horses to start a war with Cai Mao.

This leads to an even greater emptiness in the already empty rear, where there are still hundreds of people guarding important places, and there are even only a few dozen people at ordinary supply points.

Stretching for hundreds of kilometers, dozens of supply camps, countless food and grass materials, but there are very few guards, and most of them are people.

In fact, although the actual strength of the army sent by Liu Zhang was only 30,000, it claimed to be 100,000, and the number was 60,000 or 70,000, but most of them were civilian men and were used to transport grain and grass.

These people basically had no combat effectiveness, and after Liu Beijun came over, they all surrendered.

Liu Bei did not kill these people, but sent people to watch over them, and then continued to attack all the way.

Everywhere on both sides of the strait were shouts of murder and smoke filled with fires.

At this time, Yiling, which was hundreds of kilometers away, Wu Yi, the general of the Yizhou Army, naturally did not know about the things in the rear.

The Jingzhou army suddenly began to attack, which really caught him off guard.

However, he immediately adjusted and mobilized the rear army to come, which quickly delayed Cai Mao's footsteps.

During the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei's army occupied Yiling, and the Jiangdong army was in Yidao County in the south, and the distance between the two sides was fifty kilometers apart.

In this battle, the Jingzhou army occupied Yiling, and the approximate location was actually the Yaoting District of Yichang City in the later generations, and Jingmen City and Huya Mountain were also garrisoned by him.

Where is Liu Zhangjun?

In the north of Yiling, located in the area of Yiling District in the north of Yichang City in later generations, it is also the location where Huang Quan's soldiers and horses were stationed in the Battle of Yiling.

At the same time, Wu Yi also had garrisons in Gezhouba, Xiba, and the Dianjun District on the left bank of the river.

In other words, the distance between the two sides is actually more than 30 kilometers.

Cai Mao's offensive method was to advance by land and water, with the main ships advancing westward and taking the West Dam directly.

The West Dam was called Xiling Zhou in the Han Dynasty, and Bu Xian, the son of Bu Qi, was once the governor of Xiling, and cast the city on the West Dam.

Now, of course, there is no city, but there are soldiers and horses of Liu Zhang's army.

When the Jingzhou sailor's big ship traveled on the river, Wu Yi knew that the enemy was going to attack Xiling Continent, and there were few people on the continent, so he immediately sent people to evacuate the people on the island.

At the same time, he sent someone to the rear to deliver a message, ordering all the soldiers and horses along the line of Zigui to Yiling to come over and prepare for a decisive battle.

By the time Cai Mao's army arrived, the people on the island had already evacuated.

Cai Mao sent people to occupy the island and destroy Wu Yi's camp, while abandoning the ship and going ashore.

Neither side garrisoned troops in Yiling City, because the Yiling County seat in the Han Dynasty was not on the riverside, but in the mountains more than ten kilometers southeast of Yichang City, which was of great strategic significance.

At this time, Cai Mao's army of 20,000 Yangtze River sailors disembarked, and the two sides confronted each other in the urban area of Yichang City in the later generations, on a rare alluvial fan plain on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Wu Yi formed a camp to defend himself, and each side lined up in formation, and fought a wave of arrows on each other.

It was not until Wu Yi's rear reinforcements arrived in the afternoon that he finally started a counteroffensive.

He had a total of 30,000 troops, nearly 10,000 along the rear, and 20,000 more on the front, assembled and began to advance.

Cai Mao also gave the order for a general attack, and the two sides fought a decisive battle in the urban area of Yichang City.

The war lasted for several hours, and when it was close to dark, Cai Mao wanted to retreat, but Wu Yi actually sent people from the mountains to the east to the rear of Cai Mao's army to cut off his retreat.

The Bashu people have always been stronger than crossing mountains and mountains, so this thing is naturally not a problem.

The people of Jingzhou were stronger than water battles, and Cai Mao did not expect that Wu Yi would send people to climb over the mountains and go around to his rear.

"Chase!"

Wu Yi, who was standing on a small hill not far away and overlooking the overall situation, saw this scene, waved his hand, and ordered the soldiers to pursue.

The number of their soldiers and horses is actually quite equal, but the naval army and land combat are indeed inferior to the foot soldiers, so Cai Mao can be said to have suffered heavy casualties, and was attacked from the front and back, if nothing else, he will inevitably be annihilated by Wu Yi.

But accidents always come so suddenly.

At that time, everyone looked at the battlefield in the south, but only one of the guards standing beside Wu Yi glanced at the northwest, and then looked at the battlefield again.

But after a few seconds, the guards suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly turned their heads to look at the northwest again.

He saw the northwest sky, smoke rising and flames burning.

Night had fallen, and all that remained of the evening glow was the light of the fiery clouds.

The northwest sky, on the other hand, was really like a fire burning, with thick smoke rising into the sky, and occasionally a little flame could be seen.

"Will"

The guards almost trembled their teeth and said to Wu Yi: "General! ”

"What?"

Wu Yi was still watching the battlefield in the south.

He saw that under the attack of the Yizhou army, the Jingzhou army was running to the riverside boat in a panic, and it was a matter of time before it was defeated.

The guards trembled and said, "The general looks at the northwest!" ”

"Huh?"

Wu Yi raised his head and looked to the northwest.

The next second.

He froze where he was.

Behind him, there was already a sea of fire!

(End of chapter)