That night, Liu Bei and Shen Chen arranged the details of the troops.

Although Shen Chen was the overall commander of the whole army in this battle, he did not lead the troops to participate in the battle, but was with Liu Bei and was the commander of the rear army.

Therefore, the three ways to cut Wu have their own arrangements.

The commander of the three armies on the front of the road is Guan Yu, the second road is Pang De, and the third road is Wei Yan.

And the details of this need to be discussed.

After Shen Chen's planning, Liu Bei made a decision to face an army of 80,000 people, with Guan Yu as the commander and full responsibility.

Zhao Yun was the commander of the army, leading 40,000 men to take the mouth of the water.

Huang Jie and Gan Ning were the commanders of the water army, and led 30,000 Jiangxia sailors to the east, rushing to attack the city of Zheqi, and responding to Zhao Yunbu.

Guan Yu was in command of the battle.

In the south, the Pang De Department and the Wuxi Barbarian Department of the deputy general Shamoke had to take the farthest road, and the local Shanyue was used as a guide to attack Qiantang from the two counties of Yuzhang Huiji.

Wei Yanbu and deputy general Wang Ping went from the southeast hills to Huangshan City from Jingdezhen City in the later generations, crossed the southeast hills, and directly took Yuhang County, and Pang Debu attacked Qian Tang on both sides, stabbed Sun Quan in the eye, and then divided the troops into two ways to take Danyang and Wu County.

That's the whole tactical layout.

For this reason, Shen Chen also sent Qu Kang Zhang Nan to leave Xiakou on the same day, secretly went to Nanchang, and went deep into the southeast hills to meet with the leaders of the Shanyue tribes and unite with them.

The next day, Liu Bei prepared to hold a pledge meeting on Jiufeng Mountain in Xiakou City to officially begin preparations for military operations against Jiangdong.

On May 5, the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, on the peak mountain behind Xiakou City, Jiangxia County, Jingzhou.

Liu Bei opened an altar to worship the fallen soldiers and the people.

Today's weather is fine, it's the middle of summer in May, and the blazing sun is shining on the earth, which makes people feel a little hot.

But Xiakou is on the edge of the Yangtze River, on the mountain peak, the southeast wind blows, bringing a trace of coolness.

There is a platform at the top of the mountain, surrounded by lush greenery and lush forests, standing on the platform, you can overlook the city below the mountain and the vast Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River was rolling and turbid flowing eastward, and Liu Bei stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the mighty river in the distance and the endless plains in the north of the river.

In the rear of Liu Bei, many soldiers were setting up altars, and the soldiers stood solemnly, lined up in two rows.

At the highest point of the mountaintop, there is also a big flag with black characters on a red background, on which the word "Han" is written, hunting in the southeast wind.

From beginning to end, Liu Bei's group has never changed its military flag. Unlike Cao Cao, since the establishment of the Wei State, the military flag is "Wei", and after Sun Quan is the Marquis of Wu, the military flag is "Wu".

A moment later, the altar was raised.

Liu Bei led the ministers and soldiers to the stage, stood on the stage by himself, held a silk cloth in his hand, and said loudly: "Sacrifice the soldiers and the people!" The husband is both spinning, and the hero is rewarded. Banhe Father, Su Feng slipped through the net. The captain of the school is honored, and he is awarded by the country. Alone thought breaks the soul, and grows gray soil. The original dye blade of the paste, and bury the bones in the spring. I don't know what to hear, and I read the name.! ”

"Woooooooo

The melodious horn sounded, and the heaven and earth were solemn.

Liu Bei stood in the center of the altar, recited the sacrifice, and then threw the sacrifice into the fire and prayed to the heavens.

After sacrificing the fallen soldiers and the people, the sound of the drums of slaughter suddenly sounded.

The two sides of the stage were full of white soldiers, and with Chen Zhi's shout, the white soldiers shouted loudly, and the drum beat in unison, and the momentum shook the sky.

"Ho ho

In the midst of a shout, many soldiers slowly walked to the stage, lined up in a neat line, and stood in the center.

Liu Bei was dressed in the costumes of princes and kings, solemnly on the high platform, overlooking the soldiers below.

Shen Chen and Guan Yu stood on his left and right, and when Chen Zhi saw that Liu Bei seemed to be about to speak, he immediately pressed down with both hands and motioned for Bai Yu's soldiers to be quiet.

The white soldier order was forbidden, and the momentum was no longer loud in an instant.

Liu Bei looked around at the soldiers below, and said loudly: "Everyone, when Emperor Ling, the yellow turban was raging, and Cao Cao ate Hanlu in the world, but he ended up being a Han thief, and he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes. The outnumbered people were angry and raised troops, and finally established a foundation in the south to resist the Wei state. ”

"The battle of Jingzhou was originally a battle between the widow and Cao Cao to the death. Unexpectedly, the Jiangdong Sun clan was originally a Hanchen, but he didn't want to serve the country, but helped the rebels and thieves, and attacked the land of Jingzhou, which was a heavy sin, and heaven did not tolerate it. ”

"Fortunately, the generals fought to the death and won a complete victory, but Jiangdong was not destroyed, and it was a great success. Only by first cutting down Sun Wu and pacifying the internal troubles in Jiangdong can we make a northern expedition to the Central Plains, rescue the son of heaven of the Han family, and revitalize Wang Gang! ”

In the end, Liu Bei looked around at everyone, raised his arms and shouted: "Yes, today the widow wants to raise troops to fight for it, first destroy Eastern Wu, and then attack Cao Wei in the north, Sanxing Yanhan, do you dare to fight?" ”

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

The soldiers below shouted one after another, and their momentum soared into the sky.

"Good!"

Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "Where is Guan Yu!" ”

"The last general!"

Guan Yu walked to the stage and bowed his hand to Liu Bei on the stage.

Liu Bei took out the military order and threw it down and said: "Order you to be the commander of the three armies, with jurisdiction over the Zhao Yun Department, the Huang Shooting Department, and the Ganning Department, and the waterways will be taken at the same time, and Jiangdong will be taken directly!" ”

"Order!"

Guan Yu took the warrant and stood solemnly in the audience.

"Where is Wei Yan?"

"The end will be."

"Let you be the chief general of the Chinese army, govern Wang Pingbu, and go straight to Yuhang from Yishan."

"Order!"

Wei Yan took the warrant and stood aside.

"Where's Pound?"

"The end will be."

Pound excitedly stepped forward.

In history, after he followed Ma Chao to Hanzhong to defect to Zhang Lu, he was separated from Ma Chao, and then followed Zhang Lu to surrender to Cao Cao, and was finally beheaded by Guan Yu in Fancheng.

However, since Zhang Lu has not had time to surrender to Cao Cao, he was used by Fa Zheng to attack Hanzhong, so he followed Ma Chao to Liu Bei.

There was a horse overpressed before, and his credit was not obvious. But now that Ma Chao is controlled by Liu Bei, he doesn't want to hang himself on a rope, not to mention that the old Sima Chao has surrendered to Liu Bei, and this is not a traitor.

So now to be the commander of the first army, it is simply exciting.

Liu Bei looked at him solemnly and said: "I will make you the chief general of the Southern Army, with jurisdiction over the Shamoke Department, Feng Xi's Department, and Zhang Nannan, and set off from Nanchang to take Qian Tang to the east." ”

"The last general will not be dishonored."

Pound happily picked up the warrant, feeling excited.

Liu Bei looked around, thought about it, and suddenly said, "Where is Ma Chao?" ”

Ma Chao was depressed and his face was gloomy.

After all, he also knew that Liu Bei was well guarded against him, and it was impossible to give him military power.

So I didn't expect Liu Bei to call him at all.

Suddenly heard Liu Bei talking, and didn't react for a while.

Still on the side, Zhao Yun called softly: "General Ma, the king is calling you." ”

This made Ma Chao come back to his senses, beat his spirit, stood under the stage and said: "The end will be!" ”

"After Meng Qi became General Fubo, he was loyal and good for generations, and he was also a virtuous and talented man of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Bei looked at the people below and said: "Although Yun Chang is the main commander in this battle, he must not do without his deputy, so that you are the deputy commander of the three armies, command 5,000 soldiers and horses, assist Yun Chang, and take Jiangdong directly!" ”

Ma Chao was stunned at first, but quickly reacted, his heart was ecstatic, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Get the order!" ”

He had actually led soldiers before.

But at that time, he followed Zhang Fei to escort the grain road, Zhang Fei is a person that everyone knows, he has always been more domineering, Liu Bei is mainly Zhang Fei, he is the deputy, Zhang Fei gave him hundreds of cavalry, like the scout captain, to reconnoiter the enemy situation everywhere.

Ma Chao also felt aggrieved, but because he was fighting with Cao Cao and fighting with his father's enemy, Ma Chao also held back that anger and did his job seriously, just to avenge his hatred.

After the defeat of Cao Cao, he was still extremely happy. It's just that Liu Bei took him to Jiangzhou again, not giving him the opportunity to lead the troops, and also made him gloomy.

However, Ma Chao also understands that he has a bad record, and it is good that Liu Bei can accept him, and it is unlikely that he will be given military power.

Therefore, at that time, Ma Chao was even ready to die of old age in Yizhou.

As a result, he didn't expect that after Liu Bei brought him to Jingzhou, he actually gave him military power. Although there were only 5,000 people, it was a good start, and it immediately made him excited.

And Shen Chen on the stage glanced at Liu Bei unexpectedly.

After thinking about it, I couldn't help but admire Liu Bei's high emotional intelligence as before.

When Liu Bei was young, it was not that he had low emotional intelligence, but that he didn't want to become the person he hated.

The superintendent asked him for a bribe, how could he not understand the sophistication of the people inside?

It's just that at that time, Liu Bei was enthusiastic, had no money, and was full of ideals, so he naturally didn't want to be in the same stream with corrupt officials like the post supervisor, so he whipped the post inspector angrily and left angrily.

After many years in the north, in vain, he went to the imperial court again, saw Cao Cao's arrogance with his own eyes, and gradually learned to forbear and think twice, and was no longer as impulsive as when he was young.

Now Liu Bei is afraid of nothing more than Ma Chao's bad deeds, afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of the past, just like at the beginning, abandon the family and launch a rebellion.

But Ma Chao's capital to launch a rebellion was that he had military power in his hands and prestige in Xiliang.

What now?

Others are in Jingzhou, not in Liangzhou.

The dragon went ashore and the tiger went into the water, is that still a dragon and a tiger?

may still be able to hurt people, but after all, it can't defeat countless swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, crossbows, axes, and axes.

So Liu Bei simply gave him military power, first, to take care of Ma Chao's emotions and appease the old Ma family.

Second, Ma Chao himself is also a fierce general, wouldn't it be a pity to abandon it?

Therefore, as long as Ma Chao does not touch the bottom line and does not return to Xiliang or Guanzhong, Liu Bei may not be able to give him the opportunity to show his strength in the future.

After all, they have a common enemy - Cao Wei!

After the military order was issued, Liu Bei finally said: "Soldiers, Fang is down today, Cao Wei is violent and brutalizes the people. Jiangdong is unrighteous and reneges on the covenant. The widow swore to destroy it, and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains began! ”

"Destroy the Eastern Wu, cut down the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

When Shen Chen saw this, he immediately raised his arms and shouted!

"Destroy the Eastern Wu, cut down the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

"Destroy the Eastern Wu, cut down the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

"Destroy the Eastern Wu, cut down the Central Plains, and restore the Han family!"

The soldiers below shouted one after another.

For a time, the momentum shook the sky.

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At the beginning of May of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei swore an oath in Xiakou to prepare for the destruction of Eastern Wu.

The deployment of various materials had been fully prepared by Shen Chen as early as last month.

Some people were transferred from Jingnan and Nanyang, and the south was sent from the Xiangjiang River to Xiakou by water boats.

The materials of Nanyang were sent from the land to Zhangling and all the way south to Xiling.

After half a year of preparation, the treasury of various places in the rear is full, which can fully support this battle to destroy the country.

The main reason is that the number of troops dispatched this time is small and the distance is close.

Like Liu Bei in the battle of Guanzhong, the country was empty and the people were lacking, and he also sent 100,000 troops, and the distance and hardships of transporting grain were not the same.

Coupled with Shen Chen's consumption in Jingzhou, even if Jing Yi accumulated for four or five years, it almost made Liu Bei almost collapse.

Although Liu Bei dispatched 300,000 horses in the war last year, this time only 100,000 horses were dispatched.

But the difference in losses between the two sides is almost tenfold.

If the battle of Wu consumes 10,000 stone grain and grass and 1,000 ordnance in one day, then the battle of Jingzhou and the battle of Guanzhong have to consume 100,000 stone grain and grass and 10,000 ordnance a day, which shows the difference.

Therefore, what this battle enjoyed was actually the feedback brought by the last battle of Jingzhou, and Liu Bei would gain the entire Jiangdong land at a very small price.

After the deployment of materials was completed, Guan Yu immediately entered the army and began to reorganize the soldiers and horses of the three armies.

He was stationed in Xiling, where tens of thousands of troops practiced every day, inspected the morale of the troops in various departments, and constantly visited the low-level soldiers, especially the prestige of the navy, to understand the current situation of this army.

After more than ten days, Guan Yu had a preliminary understanding of the troops, and on May 21, he led the main force of the officers and men of the three armies to arrive at Xunyang City on the Xiling front.

Thousands of ships of the mighty navy, densely packed, covering almost the entire river, sailed into Xunyang Port.

This series of actions frightened the Chaisang defenders on the other side of the river into a panic, the wolf smoke of the beacon tower rose high, and the carrier pigeon was also quickly transmitted back to the mouth of the water, making the whole Jiangdong rumor.

However, after Guan Yu's army arrived in Xunyang, he did not continue to advance, but first stationed in Xunyang, waiting for the follow-up grain and grass to be transported to Xunyang before starting to advance.

At the same time, Liu Bei ordered Xiling to guard Guo Mu, Jiangxia to guard Deng Fu, and Zhonglang in charge of the army to sit in the rear and deploy grain and grass materials in Xiling, Xiakou and other places to send to the front.

After Guan Yu set off, he and Shen Chen came to Xiling and followed Guan Yu's pace.

And the southern line over there.

Pound had already arrived in Jingnan by ship, and after joining Shamoke, he rushed to Yichun with 15,000 men and horses.

At this time, although Yichun belonged to Yuzhang County, Sun Quan's defeat in Jingzhou caused his power to shrink greatly from Jingnan and the south of Yangzhou, and his control was seriously reduced.

At present, except for Nanchang, Chaisang, Linru, Wusheng (Yiwu) and other large cities or important passes sent a small number of men and horses to garrison, the rest of the troops have withdrawn to Jiangdong in the north to shrink their forces to resist Liu Bei.

Therefore, Yichun is now occupied by Liu Bei's people to confront the Jiangdong army stationed in Nanchang City.

After Pang De took the throne, he constantly sent people from Xiangshui to the north every day to deliver letters, waiting for Liu Bei's side to give the order for a general attack, and at the same time sent people to constantly appear around Nanchang to investigate, which frightened the Nanchang defenders.

However, Wei Yan is still in Xiling.

He didn't set out because his route was different.

After Pang De captured Nanchang, he had to go southeast, while Wei Yan entered the mountains from the northeast of Nanchang.

Therefore, in terms of the route of travel, after Guan Yu occupied Chaisang and Pang De captured Nanchang, it was more convenient for him to enter Poyang Lake from Peng Lize to Nanshun Poshui.

But even if Wei Yan didn't move, after Guan Yu and Pang De marched, they scared Jiangdong half to death.

Sun Quan is still making his last efforts, constantly writing to Liu Bei every day, and his words are pitiful, hoping that he can be an adult and not remember the villain, spare him this time, and not send troops to attack Wu.

But Liu Bei was determined to do this, he didn't even look at the documents sent by Sun Quan, and threw them away, out of sight and out of mind.

Early June.

Guan Yu was ready, and on June 2, he suddenly sent troops to take Chaisang directly, and fired the first shot of Wu!

(End of chapter)