Guan Yu stood on top of the flagship, looking at the Yangtze River in the distance.

The vast Yangtze River is rolling waves, and the river surface from the mouth of the water to the other side is several miles long, which is incomparably wide.

In the rippling waves, hundreds of Cao Wei's troop carriers were rowing desperately with enough manpower.

But first, they did not have the skill of paddle steamers, and second, the ability of sailors was far worse than that of sailors.

As a result, their speed is not as fast as they thought.

What's more, they are still in a headwind.

The north wind is howling, and how difficult is it for them to sail from the southwest of the Yangtze River to the northwest?

Seeing that the enemy was crawling like a turtle and slowly moving towards the northwest of the Whiskers, Guan Yu's indifferent eyes swept and said: "The Chinese army will go straight in, outflank left and right, and kill it!" ”

"The general has an order, the Chinese army will go straight in, outflank the left and right, and kill the past!"

"The general has an order, the Chinese army will go straight in, outflank the left and right, and kill the past!"

"The general has an order, the Chinese army will go straight in, outflank the left and right, and kill the past!"

The herald shouted.

The standard-bearer above was given the order to constantly wave the flag.

So the Guan Ping army on the left flank, the Wei Yan army on the right flank, and hundreds of ships broke away from the team, like the two pincers of a crab, and launched a pincer offensive.

The Guan Yu Department of the Chinese army, with the blessing of the wind and the paddle wheel, plunged straight into the Cao Wei troop transport ship like an arrow.

In the distance, Cao Wei's troop transport ship saw the mighty Jiangdong Naval Division rushing over, and fell into a huge panic, and many ships became extremely chaotic at once.

Desperately urging the sailors, ordering them to speed up and row to shore before the enemy arrived. Some people turned around and headed towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the south. There were even teams that were closer to Ochre City at the end of the line, so they simply returned to the sea.

The entire Cao army was in chaos.

Soon, Guan Yu's Chinese army was like a sharp sword straight into the center of the enemy's fleet, and their naval ships did not collide directly with the other party, but approached the past and began to fire arrows.

The rain of arrows swept down, and then hooks, ladders, planks and other objects were used to close the distance between the two ships, and the soldiers boarded the ships to fight.

It was not easy for Cao Wei's soldiers to stand firm on the mighty Yangtze River ships, as the speed was fast, the shaking amplitude was large, and there were countless seasickness, let alone engaging the enemy on the ship.

For a moment, the whole situation fell into a one-sided situation.

Cao Xiu on the shore was already dead, watching the soldiers on the river either drowned, killed, or surrendered.

Countless Cao Jun's ships were destroyed and killed, and countless people were killed and wounded.

When the war ended, Cao Xiu only felt a tightness in his chest, a sweet throat, spurting blood, and fainted to the ground.

The main general was unconscious, and the morale of Cao's army was even more demoralized, and in a hurry, Jiang Ji hurriedly ordered a retreat.

No, no, if you don't retreat.

Because Cao's army has 130,000 troops, 30,000 on Shazhou Island, 20,000 on Zhongzhou Island, and 30,000 here, even if there are thousands of men on the banks of Liyang and Xianxi, together, they have lost 70,000 horses.

And the morale is low, and the baggage, grain, grass, ordnance and other materials have been seized in large quantities, and now there is no point in standing on the shore again.

When people have their hands free, they can be eliminated with a backhand.

So it's better to evacuate.

After the order was given, the Wei army left in frustration.

This battle was still too cruel for them.

Cao Wei's navy should not be called a navy, it can only be said to be a troop carrier crossing the river.

When the Jiangdong Naval Division plunged into their troop carriers from the north to the south, the end was already doomed.

Just like the scene in history when Cao Wei attacked Eastern Wu countless times, and then was defeated, and a large number of Cao soldiers fell into the water and drowned.

Batches of Cao troops were thrown into the rolling Yangtze River, and the river swallowed everything.

Fragments of ships, floating flags, and rivers emerge, sink, and eventually drown in the waves.

The battle continued until late evening.

In the next few days, Guan Yu sent his army to investigate all the way along the left bank, chasing the scattered Cao army, while the rest of the men and horses sent prisoners and supplies to Jianye.

It was not until the beginning of November that the aftermath of the war was all dealt with and the rear was completely calmed down, and Guan Yu led his troops north.

At this time, Cao's army had already withdrawn, leaving behind a mess in the Huainan region.

However, the Huainan area was already unpopulated, Hefei City was burned clean, and Guan Yu had long wanted to cast Hefei New City, so compared to the results, this loss was almost minimal.

After Guan Yu's main force went north to enter Hefei, he didn't even stay, he sent Wei Yan to stay in Hefei and start building a new city.

The area of Spoon Pi Lake in the Han Dynasty is comparable to Chao Lake, its north is Shouchun, the most important thing is that the fertilizer water flows from the east of Spoon Pi, in the territory of Chengde County, there is a tributary of Spoon Pi into the Fat Water.

This means that Guan Yu's fleet can directly kill all the way down Feishui to Shouchun City.

At that time, Cao Xiu was already vomiting blood and seriously ill, and the Wei army was so panicked that he simply abandoned Shouchun and fled back to Runan, giving up the entire Huainan to him.

If Guan Yu's logistics hadn't kept up, I'm afraid he would have started the Northern Expedition directly.

Soon the battle report here was sent to Xiangyang through carrier pigeons for the first time, and on October 26, almost the second day after Guan Yu's attack on Cao's army, Xiangyang got the news.

In the Deyang Hall of Xiangyang Palace, Liu Chan sits on the main seat.

Below, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Jiang Wan, Yang Yi, Yin Mo, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Huo Yi, Zhuge Jin and others sat on the left and right.

This time, Zhuge Liang went to Wancheng and brought Ma Liang, Huang Quan, Zhou Budo, Cai Du, etc., these people were the objects of his more focused training, and the rest were in the center.

And Fazheng is not among them, because in recent times, Fazheng's health has been getting worse and worse.

Historically, he died a long time ago, but he lived for another seven years, but his poor health could not be changed, so he was so sick that he could not participate in political discussions.

At this moment, Pang Tong, who was in charge of Shangshutai, had just received an official letter from Yangzhou, and after getting the news, he hurriedly reported to Liu Chan.

Liu Chan then convened the ministers to discuss the matter.

The little fat man had a ruddy face, looked around, and said happily: "Everyone, just now Jianye sent an urgent message, the second uncle used Lu Xun's strategy to lure the enemy deep and lead the Cao army to the Yangtze River, within two days, even broke the Cao army's Shazhou Island, Zhongzhou Island and Weixukou three places, Cao army casualties were captured 70,000, we won a complete victory!" ”

"Seventy thousand? OMG! I'm afraid this has already made Cao Wei hurt his bones, right? ”

"Great General Shenwei, God bless the great man."

"The strength of the Cao army in such a Huainan direction has weakened to the extreme almost instantly, and we will soon be able to go on a northern expedition."

When the news came out, everyone was refreshed.

Because the result is so good.

The last time this result was achieved was the Battle of Guanzhong and the Battle of Xiangfan, the two battles combined, killing and capturing nearly 150,000 Cao Wei.

After that, although there were also achievements such as the Battle of Chang'an, the Battle of Hefei, and the Battle of Ziyun Mountain, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 casualties and prisoners each time, which was far from being comparable to this time.

More importantly, with this battle, Cao Wei's troops will be overstretched, and even if they recruit new troops again, the level of training in a short period of time will be far less than that of the old elite soldiers.

This is simply great news for the big men in the south.

The unification of the Northern Expedition is not far off.

Xu Shu is now almost sixty years old, and he said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, after this battle, Cao Wei's strength has declined, and the three-way Northern Expedition is just around the corner." ”

"Hmm."

Liu Chan said refreshedly: "This good news, we must inform the prime minister and the hussar general as soon as possible, I have inherited my father's will, and I am committed to reviving the Han family and dominating the world, so I must not slack off." ”

Don't slack off?

The corners of Huo Yi's mouth twitched slightly, he had been accompanying Liu Chan as a close attendant of the Son of Heaven.

At least before the political discussion, Liu Chan had been watching singing and dancing.

Although Zhuge Liang went to Nanyang, Pang Tong and Xu Shu are also good at handling government affairs, so Liu Chan also became the shopkeeper.

In addition to reading books necessary every day, in his spare time, he is either having fun or enjoying himself, which really disgraces his father.

However, Pang Tong and Xu Shu didn't know that everyone was very happy to hear this scene.

Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Majesty can have such ambitions, it would be great, now the top priority is to collect this year's new grain as soon as possible, now that the general has broken the Cao army, the entire Huainan, I am afraid that it is about to return to the Han land." ”

"Not bad."

Xu Shu nodded and said, "Although we had most of Huainan before, the north of Hefei was still held by Cao Jun. The general has achieved such a great result in this battle, and it is time to take back the entire Huainan, isn't there more people in Jiangdong and less land? If people can be relocated to the land of Huainan to farm, why should there be no food on the front line? ”

Liu Chan said: "The words of the subordinate are very agreeable, so the three provinces will send an official document to the second uncle, so that he can help settle the migrated people." Lu Xun can be said to have made great contributions to this battle, isn't he from Jiangdong? Is it okay for him to handle this matter? ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "Lu Xun has made a lot of contributions, and he can't stay in Jiangdong. His Majesty inherited the Han Dynasty, he should strictly abide by the provisions of the "Three Mutual Law", he can go to Jingzhou and Yizhou, but he must not be in Jiangdong. ”

"I almost forgot."

Liu Chan slapped his head and remembered.

Before Lu Xun was actually an intermediate Lang official in Shangshutai, he was a Shangshulang at the beginning, from the seventh grade, and then promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, that is, from the fifth rank.

But the credit for this time was too great, and Liu Chan thought about simply letting him do the work of the four pins of Yangzhou, assisting Guan Yu, and helping to do the work of the migrants.

For a while, he forgot the strict rules of officials in their own localities.

The main reason is that Liu Chan has not been appointed to many official positions.

During the previous Liu Bei period, Zhuge Liang was making official appointments, and after Liu Bei died and Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, Zhuge Liang was also in charge.

Now Zhuge Liang went north to Nanyang to lead the troops, and these things fell on Pang Tong, Fazheng and Xu Shu.

So this is the first time Liu Chan wants to appoint someone as an official.

However, Lu Xun could not serve as an official in Yangzhou, and the previous Yangzhou Mu Wangfu also made great contributions to quelling Sun Quan's rebellion this time.

Including the burning of Taicang and the removal of Sun Quan in the internal accrual, Wang Fu planned behind the scenes.

Wang Fu wants to be promoted, and Lu Xun also has to be promoted, so someone needs to be able to help Guan Yu do governance work in the rear.

Liu Chan thought for a while and said, "Then who to send to Yangzhou?" ”

"The minister recommends Li Yan."

Pang Tong said.

Li Yan was previously the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Because he assisted Shen Chen in breaking through Chang'an's meritorious service, he was transferred to Yizhou Mu.

In history, he was one of the ministers left by Liu Bei.

But now he basically doesn't have his share, that is, he follows Liu Bei early, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be a Yizhou pastor.

The main reason is that he has an arrogant temperament and is difficult to get along with, except for Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen, Guan Yu and a few others who can suppress him, no one else is convinced.

But character is one thing, and his talent is still good.

In history, when he was the Qianwei Taishou, he showed his excellent governance ability: digging through the Tianshe Mountain, building the road along the river, building a large number of buildings, and renovating the county town, so that "the people are pleased", "the view of the building is magnificent, and it is a state victory".

Therefore, although Pang Tong had no friendship with Li Yan, and even a little disagreeable, he still recommended Li Yan to go to Jiangdong.

Liu Chan nodded and said, "Then let Li Yan go." ”

After that, the bounty was released.

For example, Guan Yu was given the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Shangzhu State, Wei Yan was promoted to the general of the town army, Guan Ping was the general of Zhengdong, and the rest of the generals were rewarded.

The reason why Guan Yu was named the generalissimo of soldiers and horses was mainly because he was almost unsealable.

In terms of position, he is a great general and has the highest status. The marquis can't be sealed, because his Hanshou Pavilion Marquis was sealed by Liu Xie, so Guan Yu has always wanted this Pavilion Marquis status.

This would have to be a new position.

As for Wei Yanguan and others, now the generals, hussar generals, chariot generals, and Wei generals have positions in the front and back, left and right, four expeditions, four towns and four flats.

They themselves are among them, if Wei Yan is General Zuo, it will be difficult to promote their positions with a radish and a pit.

Unless the previous high-ranking general dies or is demoted, it is difficult to be promoted.

Therefore, I can only do new positions.

Shen Chen had discussed this issue with Zhuge Liang before, and he thought that generals could be divided into several grades like in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

For example, the rank of general, hussar general, chariot general, and Wei general can be collectively referred to as generals.

The front and left are the generals.

Four expeditions, four towns, and four flats are lieutenant generals.

The rest of the miscellaneous generals are major generals.

Then get a marshal above the general.

This facilitates the promotion of officials.

For example, if someone has made great contributions and has been able to be promoted to the first four general levels, but cannot be promoted because of the pit, they can follow this, such as the general of the auxiliary state, the general of the town army, the general of Wuwei, and so on.

Although these generals are miscellaneous names, their status is the same as that of the original Wanshi generals such as the generals, hussar generals, chariot generals, and Wei generals.

Shu Han and Sun Wu did this in history, and they existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It's just that for some reason, Zhuge Liang didn't adopt it at that time.

Now after everyone's discussion, this matter has come out again, and Liu Chan has made a new job arrangement.

In this way, Guan Yu's position became the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses that only appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

After making these arrangements, Liu Chan announced the dissolution of the dynasty.

And they departed.

After everyone left, Liu Chan was full of excitement and walked around the hall very happily.

Huo Yi stayed to accompany him as a close attendant, and when he saw that he was happy, he said: "Your Majesty, we have defeated the Cao army, and we are one step closer to recovering the Han Dynasty." ”

"Yes, if my father knew, he would be very happy."

Liu Chan said excitedly.

He jumped up happily, with a light step, like a child of more than two hundred pounds.

Huo Yi took the opportunity to persuade: "At such a time of joy, why doesn't Your Majesty be diligent in political affairs and strive for yourself?" ”

"Yes, yes, you reminded me."

Liu Chan slapped his head, and then said to the eunuchs on the left and right: "Let the song and dance come up." ”

Huo Yi was numb at that time, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is to let Your Majesty be diligent in political affairs, not in singing and dancing." ”

Liu Chan pouted and said, "What do you know, now that political affairs are in charge of the three provinces, isn't it adding chaos to meddle?" I am diligent in singing and dancing, which is the best help for political affairs. ”

After that, he returned to his position, sat down, and began to lie down in his life, ignoring Huo Yi's face that was already full of black lines.

Alas.

The life of an emperor is so unpretentious and boring.

(End of chapter)