Chaisang County, bordering the Yangtze River, is the mouth of the Yangtze River into Peng Lize, and guards the passage of Jingzhou Jiangxia to invade Yangzhou Yuzhang.

In history, whether it was Huang Zu's attack on Yuzhang, or Sun Ce's repeated attacks on Jiangxia, it was inseparable from Chaisang.

The two sides either fought around Chaisang County, or set off from Chaisang County to the north.

It can be said that this is the most important link between Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and like Xunyang County in Jiangbei, it is a strategic place for soldiers to fight.

However, the heavy rain in the past few days has been an unexpected thing.

The torrential rain not only raised the water level of the Yangtze River a lot, but also poured water into Chaisang County, which is quite high, and almost completely submerged the wharf outside the city in the north, that is, the urban area of Jiujiang City in later generations.

In the Han Dynasty, Saihu and Bali Lake in the west of Jiujiang City were connected with the Yangtze River, so that together with the urban area of Jiujiang City, a natural port was formed.

At the same time, the east of Chaisang City is Lushan, the west is the remaining veins of Jiuling Mountain, the north is the mighty Yangtze River and Peng Lize, and the south is the hilly area of Lushan and Jiuling Mountain, and the geographical location is extremely superior.

But because of this, it also restricts the way for Chaisang to travel to the west and south.

If you take the land route from Chaisang, you have to cross three mountain ranges in a row to return to Jiangxia, or go south to Nanchang and Changsha to return to Jingzhou, so the boat has almost become the only means of transportation for the people in the Chaisang area.

But in such extreme weather now, it is almost impossible for ships to leave the port, and even if they go out of the port, it is difficult to sail on Peng Lize and the Yangtze River, and once the wind and waves are stronger, it is possible that the whole army will be wiped out.

Therefore, after the ship transporting grain capsized in the Yangtze River, and the next batch of grain did not know how long it would take, Huang Zu had to consider the issue of retreating his troops and returning to Jiangbei to seek the sun.

On June 9, the tenth year of Jian'an, in the Ya of Chaisang County, which was shrouded in wind and rain, Huang Zu convened the generals in the hall.

There were many people in the hall, including senior officers Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng, Su Fei, Deng Long and other generals, plus some chief bookkeepers, Changshi, Cao Shi and other officials, there were more than twenty or thirty people.

Huang Zu sat on the main seat, looking at the latest official document sent from Xunyang, his face was more solemn.

After a while, after everyone had already entered the hall and saluted him and sat down, he threw the official document on the table and said softly: "Xiangyang has replied." ”

Many generals immediately breathed a sigh of relief, Su Fei was the governor of Jiangxia, the military chief of Jiangxia County, and his official position was second only to Huang Zu, but the second-in-command, when he heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Prince, did the king promise us to withdraw our troops?" ”

"The king gave the eldest son full authority to deal with it, and the eldest prince agreed to our request to withdraw our troops, and sent someone over to ask how we planned to plan the withdrawal of troops."

The wind and rain outside were still raging, and Huang Zu's mood was not very good, and he said with a heavy face: "In the middle of last month, I asked the king to withdraw his troops back to Jiangxia, and the messenger went over the mountains and mountains, and walked back and forth by land for a month to deliver the letter, and was almost buried by the mud and stones of the mountain road. ”

"Then you can only go by water to cross the river to find the sun, this is the best choice, thousands of our large and small ships are still staying in Chaisang, if you go back by land, the ships are destroyed, then there is almost no ability to attack Jiangdong."

Su Fei pondered.

In fact, it is not impossible to go back to Jiangxia by land, from Chaisang to the west is a large area of hills, although it is also a mountainous area, but at least there is a road, you can go all the way to Ruichang Pavilion, that is, Ruichang City, Jiangxi Province in later generations.

It's just that after Ruichang Pavilion, it is the Lianyun and Makufu mountains that stretch for more than 100 kilometers. It is necessary to pass through Yangxin County and Xingguo Town to get to the pheasant.

Along the way, not only is the road difficult, but it is also rainy and rainy, and mudslides will be encountered at any time.

The most important thing is what to do with overland ships?

They attacked Yuzhang, thousands of large and small ships, although there were also some garrisons in Xunyang, Xiapheasant and Exian and other places, but Chaisang's army had more than 30,000 people, and there were more than 1,000 ships, almost half of the number of ships in the entire Jiangxia Naval Division.

Once they abandon these ships, then the number of ships of the Jiangxia Naval Division will not be as good as that of the Jiangdong Naval Division, and when the time comes, when the time comes, Huang Zu will have nearly 60,000 sailors, and at least 30,000 will have to watch from the shore.

So the ship cannot be lost.

Now that they are short of food and grass and need to withdraw to Jiangxia, they have to consider the problem of taking the ships away.

Huang Zu looked at the master book and asked, "How much grain and grass is there in the city?" ”

"There are more than 60,000 stones."

The master replied: "It is still enough for the army to eat for twenty days, but if you cut some of the portions, or arrange a fishing net to catch river fish in the river, you can use the surplus for a month." ”

Huang Zu said in a deep voice: "All of you here have been in Jiangxia for many years, and you should also know that once the river enters the rainy season, it often rains for many days, although it has been intermittently raining for nearly a month from last month to now, but no one can say whether it will be another month, and if there is no food at the end of the month, the army will have to go hungry, so it is imperative to retreat, at least to Xunyang." ”

Su Fei said: "But now is the time when the wind and waves are strong, and the boat is still too dangerous at this time, I think we should send someone to inform the eldest son first, let him transport some grain and grass and place it in the north of the river, wait for a few days to see if the wind and rain are lighter, and then cross the river." ”

"Hmm."

Huang Zu nodded and said: "I also think the same, Su Fei, I order you to lead a school of men and horses to be stationed in Jiujiang Pavilion first, Deng Long, you lead a school of people and horses to be stationed in Ruichang Pavilion, first move part of the baggage to the boat, wait for a few days, see that the wind and rain are a little lighter, and then cross the river and return to Xunyang." ”

"Yui!"

Su Fei and Deng Long each received their orders.

Liu showed that there was no shortage of grain, and there were tens of millions of stones of grain in stock in Xiangyang Prefecture, so there was no shortage of grain and grass for Huang Zu, and the 60,000 army plus the auxiliary soldiers would be equipped with at least three months' share every time, which was almost 500,000 stones.

But this battle was protracted, and the confrontation lasted for more than a year, and both sides were exhausted. Taking advantage of this heavy rain, Huang Zu also moved the idea of going back to Jiangxia to rest and recuperate first, and then fight again in the future.

Anyway, the people in Chaisang, Pengze, and Xunyang were all moved to Jiangxia by him, and now there is not much grain in stock, so it is indeed an opportunity to go back and rest.

After letting Su Fei and Deng Long make preparations, Huang Zu asked the generals to take the lead and return to the camp.

He himself was still sitting in the hall looking at the official document.

In addition to letting him plan the withdrawal of troops on his own, the eldest son Liu Qi also mentioned in the letter that Shen Chen, who was now a guest in the Chengfu of Jiangxia County, suggested it.

The first suggestion was to hope that he would withdraw his troops and go back, and try to take the water route instead of land.

The second suggestion is that if he takes the water route, he should divide his troops into three routes, one from Ruichang Pavilion to Jiangxinzhou, the other way to return to Xunyang, and the last road to Huangmei Pavilion, so that the three roads can be taken into account to prevent people from attacking halfway.

The third suggestion was to let him carry some of the supplies and put them on the boat first, find a time when the wind and rain were light, and then cross the river and return to Xunyang, and they would meet him in Xunyang City.

Shen Chen.

Huang Zu looked at the sky in the distance and suddenly sighed.

It turns out that unconsciously, more than ten years have passed, and the child who followed his uncle to Jiangxia to see him has grown up and is about to be crowned.

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After noon, the pouring rain was still falling, and the dripping raindrops hit the mountain forest at the northern foot of Fu Yi Mountain, and the leafy forest made a crackling sound.

Fu Yi Mountain is the eastern foot of Jiuling Mountain, in the south of Chaisang County, the north of Liling County, that is, the north of De'an County, Jiangxi Province in the later generations.

In the north of the mountain range near Chaisang County, on a small hill known locally as Minshan, there is a house.

There was originally a village in the mountain, and dozens of people were relocated, but there were some hunters' huts left in the mountain, many of which had collapsed due to disrepair, and the one on the top of the mountain had only recently been renovated.

The newly renovated house is made of bamboo, and the raindrops pierce the leaves and fall on the bamboo house, making a crisp sound. In addition to the wind and rain, you can even hear the sound of strings being plucked.

At this moment, a man in a brown coat climbed up the rugged mountain road to the top of the mountain and came to the front of the bamboo house.

The bamboo house is hidden under the forest, surrounded by towering trees, almost the moment the person comes, under the surrounding trees, among the grass, there are people standing up.

They all wore robes, so it was difficult to tell if they were friend or foe from their appearance.

"It's the Governor of Beiping."

The man was followed by several soldiers in cloaks, who immediately shouted.

Lu Meng walked to the front of the bamboo house, took off his robe under the porch, listened to the sound of the piano inside at the door, and said softly: "Dudu." ”

"Come in."

A warm voice came from the door.

Lu Meng pushed open the door and walked in, and saw a handsome young man in his thirties sitting cross-legged on the seat in the spacious bamboo house, caressing Yaoqin.

"It's all good for Yaxing."

Lu Meng said with a smile, and said at the end: "There are two schools of people from Chaisang City, one goes north to Jiujiang Pavilion, and the other goes west to Ruichang Pavilion. ”

The man who stroked the qin was Zhou Yu, and when he heard this, his slender hands stopped, and lightly pressed on the strings, and the sound of the beam-winding piano in the room suddenly stopped, except for the sound of wind and rain, there was no other sound.

Zhou Yu lowered his head and looked at the piano, and after nearly half a minute, seeing that he didn't speak, Lu Meng was very puzzled: "Dudu? ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "I'm just thinking, why did they go to Jiujiang and Ruichang?" ”

Lu Meng said: "Xu is planning to cover Chaisang front and back." ”

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Huang Zu is afraid that the old thief is planning to withdraw his troops. ”

"Withdrawing troops?"

Lu Meng was surprised: "Is this the time? ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "Do you remember that a few days ago we fished out the fragments of the wreck? There is a lot of grain and grass in the cabin, probably because the grain ship has been overturned by the wind and rain, and the grain in Chaisang City is afraid that it will bottom out. ”

Lu Meng was overjoyed and said: "This kind of wind and rain can not take the waterway, can only take the land route, he sent troops and horses to Ruichang, compared to the plan to go over the mountains and return to Jiangxia, then we mobilize men and horses, while he is withdrawing troops to ambush him, wouldn't it be a big victory?" ”

"It's not that simple."

Zhou Yu pondered: "You immediately send someone to take the trail, go west to Ruichang, and check how the road from Chunshan and Tianyue Mountain to Jiangxia is." ”

Chunshan and Tianyue Mountain are the names of the Lianyun Mountains and the Mufu Mountains in the Han Dynasty, if you want to return to Jiangxia from Chaisang, you must first go to Ruichang Pavilion, then cross the Lianyun Mountains, and then cross the Mufu Mountains, in order to reach Exian, that is, Huangshi City in later generations.

This road used to be more than 100 kilometers in a straight line, not to mention the steep mountains, the roads were rugged and difficult, almost all of them were mud paths, not even a big road, and it was very difficult to go all the way over the mountains.

However, the most difficult part of the road is the two mountain ranges, many of which have valley trails, as long as you cross the lofty mountains, it will be much easier to walk, so the army of tens of thousands is not impossible.

For the sake of insurance, Zhou Yu still decided to send someone over to check the situation.

A few days later, the people sent over came back and reported an important news to Zhou Yu, that is, the road from Ruichang to Xiapheasant, that is, the new county of Yangxian in later Shishi, was blocked by a flash flood, and the only way left to go south to Nanchang by land was to go south and return to Jiangxia by Jingnan.

Upon hearing the news, Zhou Yu immediately sent someone to Lingyang, which was later Qingyang County, Anhui Province, to inform Sun Quan and Huangzu, who were sitting there, of the preparation for the withdrawal of troops, and asked him to prepare in advance.

By June 13, Sun Quan had learned of the news, and he summoned Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Qin Song, Zhang Hong, and others to discuss the matter.

After analysis, everyone believes that Zhou Yu's guess is very likely to be reality.

In the battle of Jin and Dongwu in history, Wang Jun built a warship in Bashu, and a large number of broken wood went down the river all the way to Jingzhou.

The grain ship sent by Liu Biao went all the way south from the Han River, entered the Yangtze River from Shaxian, and was overturned by wind and waves in Xiakou, that is, the Yangtze River basin around Wuhan in later generations.

A lot of grain rice and ship wood fragments went down the river, and when they passed through Zongyang Anqing, they were discovered by Jiangdong sailors.

Therefore, everyone agreed with Zhou Yu's judgment that Huang Zu's follow-up grain and grass had not arrived due to the weather, and that there was not much food in Chaisang City, and that he was about to withdraw his troops.

Everyone believes that if the troops are withdrawn, Zhou Yu has already seen that it will definitely not work by land, so he can only take the waterway, take the water route to cross the river, go to Xunyang County in the north of the Yangtze River, and then retreat to Jiangxia County is very likely.

The direct reason why the Jiangdong Navy Division could not compete with Huang Zu on the river was that Huang Zu had a large number of soldiers and horses, and there were also many ships, and they suffered this loss.

But if you get off the ship and fight the Jiangxia Sailors on land, the Jiangdong Sailors will definitely be able to defeat the Jiangxia Sailors.

So Sun Quan finally made a great deal of courage and decided to make a desperate bet and ambush Huang Zu!

On June 14, Zhou Yu secretly returned to Anqing.

He gave an order, and the army could go east and enter Anhui County, which was later Qianshan City, Anhui.

The rain was still falling.

It's just that no one knows that a long-brewing conspiracy is quietly acting.

A few days later.

By late June, the weather was finally a little better.

Although the Yangtze River is still rolling and the floods on both sides are surging, the rain is much lighter and the wind is much lighter, and it should not be far from clearing.

After Huang Zu of Chaisang saw this weather, he decided to take advantage of this time to withdraw his troops immediately.

No one knows what the climate of the Yangtze River will be like in the next second.

Maybe the rain is lighter today, and tomorrow it will be pouring heavy rain, coupled with the vast waves on the river, the grain fleet is still not easy to come, so temporarily retreat and wait for the weather to improve, which is the best choice.

On June 21, the Jiangxia Navy Division was officially ready to withdraw its troops!

The body is really uncomfortable in the past two days, and the symptoms are slightly better after taking medicine today, and I don't dare to go to the hospital after the recent lockdown, but my head is still dizzy, the efficiency and ideas of the code words are sparse, and even the writing feels a lot worse. Originally, these chapters were more important, because it was the highlight soon, including Liu Biao called the emperor in the back, hit Jiangdong, beat Bashu, but my state was so bad at the moment, a little uncomfortable, maybe these two days first code 4000 words, wait for two days I recovered the state, after the illness is cured, and then write well.

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