Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Battle of Qingzhou

Sima Yi returned to the mansion, and before he had time to rest, Sima Shi quietly walked over: "Father, the Second Highness is already in the living room. ”

Sima Yi smiled, although he thought that Sun Xi would definitely ask him for advice, but he didn't expect him to come so soon, it seems that His Royal Highness wants to get the merit of Qingzhou Yanzhou, and completely overshadows the idea of the crown prince Sun Deng, which is still very strong. It's just that the Second Highness is still young after all, and he is a little jerky in some places, and he doesn't seem so mature. However, Sima Yi did not intend to remind Sun Yi in this regard, although he had only met Sun Quan a few times, Sima Yi had already sensitively discovered that Sun Quan liked this second son who dared to dare to do things very much, and this liking reached the level of doting. This may be because in terms of personality, Sun Wei is more like Sun Quan than Sun Deng. Whenever Sun Jian showed that kind of immaturity, Sun Quan would patiently guide him. Sima Yi thought that in this case, teaching him to be mature would make Sun Quan feel less happy in teaching his son.

Sima Yi immediately got up and came to the living room, although the two knew each other well, Sun Yi still came in disguise. After all, although Sun Quan was trusted by Sun Quan, he didn't want Sun Quan to feel that his second son was forming a gang. Some things can be done, and it doesn't matter if others know about them, but it's not okay to actually see people catch their tails.

As soon as Sun Xi saw Sima Yi coming in, he immediately shouted: "Mr. Sima, you have scared me in the palace, and at first I almost thought that you were bought by my eldest brother." ”

Sima Yi smiled: "Your Highness made fun of it, since Sima Yi is from His Highness, he will naturally plan for His Highness, and An will take refuge in others." However, Your Highness, in the temple today. It is not unreasonable for the ministers to think. Ji Han is weird, you can't guard against it. Your Highness still needs to plan ahead. ”

"Defense?"

"Yes, if I attack Cao Wei, Ji Han will definitely do it. His Royal Highness has the opportunity to ask His Majesty for instructions, and Lu Fan and others are both civil and military, and it is very suitable to send them to fight against Jiang Wei and Wang Ping. ”

Sun Xi laughed: "How did I forget about this, okay." I will go to the palace tomorrow to see my father and ask him to arrange this. Although these people don't have the ability to attack, they can still defend, and even if they make any mistakes, it doesn't matter to us. What a brilliant plan. However, they really don't know whether they should hope that Ji Han will send troops to prove that they are right but be killed by Ji Han? Or should I hope they are wrong. but it is good to save his life. ”

Sima Yi smiled, but did not answer.

Sun Yi laughed for a while, and said to Sima Yi: "Mr. Sima, this time I am going north, I am going to enter Qingzhou with you." What do you think? ”

Sima Yi said: "To be able to serve His Royal Highness, Sima Yi can't ask for it." ”

Sun Wei was overjoyed: "Okay, you and I will join forces to defeat Cao Wei." Shame on Sun Deng's face! ”

I'm in Luoyang, and I've been nervously following the progress of the battle. Although I am sure that Eastern Wu will definitely attack Cao Wei in the north, as long as I don't get accurate information, I won't be at peace for a day. In contrast, the gentleman is a sure one. Seeing him shaking the feather fan peacefully, my heart gradually calmed down.

It's August, and it's the Mid-Autumn Festival. The people were busy reaping the crops in the fields. Cao Rui applied to us as the king of Wei, because he had been fighting for a year. lost Jizhou again, there was a shortage of grain and grass, and asked the court if it could supply some of it.

I can't imagine what Cao Rui's mood was when he wrote this paper fold. The grain and grass he hid in Yecheng alone was enough to supply all his current troops for ten years. But now he can only whisper to me for food. Bending your waist for five buckets of rice, it's bitter. If it was just him, with the pride of the Cao family, he would not bow his head even if he said anything.

But just when my heart was a little weak. Kong Ming has already begun to write back: "If there is not enough food. Invite the King of Wei to eat in Luoyang, Tokyo. ”

In a word, Cao Rui was knocked into the abyss. Sent to a dead end. The gentleman said, "Ji Han has no extra food to feed a scourge, and he has never heard of feeding the bait before fishing. ”

I had to smile bitterly on behalf of Cao Rui.

Cao Rui's surrender to Ji Han was an expedient measure, and he naturally refused to come to Luoyang in person. Although he is now the king of Wei and also sent protons into Beijing, he still has the final say in the land of Cao Wei and the two states, he has no children at the moment, and the proton he sent is just a guy named Cao Lian, he is the son of Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang's stepson, and the relationship with the Cao family is far to a certain extent, it is simply an ornament, and it has no impact on Cao Wei at all. If Cao Rui came to Luoyang in person according to Kong Ming's words, it would be like a bird in a cage and a fish in a net, and the entire Cao Wei would really become a part of Ji Han, and everything would be different.

Ji Han refused to give food, and Yanzhou Qingzhou couldn't support these many soldiers and horses, so in desperation, Cao Rui actually planned to reduce the soldiers and horses before the war. Cao Xiu came up with an idea and sent troops to Xuzhou to grab grain.

Xuzhou is now the land of Eastern Wu, although after the war, there is not much grain and grass, but it is better than nothing. The grain collection teams from Cao Wei came to Xuzhou one after another.

At the same time, Sun Quan sent Ji Han again, explaining that he did not want to be an enemy of Ji Han, but Cao Wei had attacked Eastern Wu several times and killed countless Eastern Wu soldiers. This time I came to the north, I will take revenge. At the same time, Eastern Wu agreed to return the three cities of Shangyong to Ji Han in exchange for the two states of Qingyan. And Ji Han also returned to Dongwu again, the three cities of Shangyong originally belonged to Ji Han, and it was impossible to use them as a quid pro quo. There is no Cao Wei in the world, if Eastern Wu attacks Qingyan Erzhou, it will inevitably lead to another exchange of troops between the two countries, if Eastern Wu dares to enter Qingyan Erzhou, Ji Han will first take Lu Xun in Jingzhou.

But in the blink of an eye, Eastern Wu sent an envoy to Ji Han again, saying that Cao Wei had started a war against Eastern Wu, and now it was not Eastern Wu and Ji Han who were enemies, but Cao Wei and Eastern Wu were enemies, and Eastern Wu was now forced to fight. So, Soochow is going to make a move.

Of course, everything is just an excuse, even the envoy who shoulders the mission of peace knows that the situation has developed to this day, and this battle between Ji Han and Dongwu is inevitable. It is impossible for Dongwu to give up the opportunity to get the land of Qingyan Erzhou, and Ji Han will not let Dongwu sit big. The difference is just when Ji Han and Dongwu officially clashed.

On August 21, Sun Xi, Sima Yi, Sun Shao, and Ding Feng led an army of 80,000 to attack Qingzhou, Xu Sheng, Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, and Lü Dai led an army of 50,000 to attack Xiangjun and force Pang De and Shi Tao's troops, and Lü Fan, Zhu Ji, and Yu Chuan led 30,000 troops to Nandun City, facing Jiang Wei and Wang Ping's troops across Yingshui.

Cao Wei's troops who were robbing grain were encountering Sima Yi's troops. Sima Yi found out that several squads rushed to the vicinity of the lower billet, and immediately arranged for people to intercept them on their return. The detachment returning with food was hit by a single blow, and most of them were captured. Sima Yi immediately interrogated, and was overjoyed after learning the truth about Cao Wei's lack of grain, and suggested that Sun Yi bring grain to the north and lure the city with grain. Sun Wei reported to Sun Quan and received support. At present, Cao Wei is defeated, and the officials everywhere are panicking, and there is no loyalty at all. Seeing that Dongwu was coming, and bringing food, the city guards who had been starving for a long time opened the city and returned to obedience. As a result, the soldiers were bloodless along the way, and they took ten cities in a row. Sun Yi was overjoyed and praised Sima Yi. On the side, Sun Shao was not convinced, but just sneered. When Sima Yi saw it, he smiled indifferently and didn't make a sound.

Sun Shao's character is a public gift, his surname is Yu, and he was later given the surname Sun. He was eight feet tall, handsome, and had an elegant demeanor. He joined the army at the age of seventeen, collected the remnants of the river, governed the capital, built fortifications, and won the attention of Sun Quan. And after Sun Quan became the king of Wu, he moved to Jianwu General and feudal Dehou. Shaojiu garrison frontier, good at raising soldiers, get its dead force, and Cao Wei battle, almost undefeated, the most proud is Huangwu three years (AD 224), Wei Wen Emperor Cao Pi in the winter to Guangling, Linjiang to watch the army, there is the ambition to cross the river. At that time, Xu Sheng was playing ghosts on the south bank, using straw to pretend to be the city's military horses, and the banner stretched for hundreds of miles, which shocked Cao Pi. At that time, the weather was cold and icy, and Wei Zhou was not allowed to enter the river. Cao Pi saw the turbulent waves and sighed: "Alas, this is God to divide the world into north and south!" In addition, he was attacked by Xu Sheng with a fire meter, so he retreated to the north. At this time, Sun Shao and the brave general Gao Shou and other 500 people who dared to die quietly entered the Wei realm, and quietly walked to Cao Pi's way back to the army at night, and rushed out, the Wei army was shocked, Sun Shao and others captured Cao Pi's auxiliary car feather cover and returned. This battle became famous, and Sun Shao became a first-class brave general in Eastern Wu. Naturally, he didn't look down on Sima Yi who surrendered.

Sima Yi is also interesting, and he will not ask for war in the next battle. Sun Shao begged for an order and led the men and horses of the headquarters to take the initiative to attack, and Cao Wei's army and horses were defeated again and again under the leadership of Cheng Wu, and they were embarrassed. Just when Sun Shao was proud, suddenly the sound of trumpets and cannons was endless, Zhang Hu killed from the left, Le Qi killed from the right, a big battle, and the sky was dark. Sun Shao was trapped in a heavy siege, and he could not escape from several conflicts. In the chaos, he was shot in the thigh by Zhang Hu's arrow, fell under the horse, and Gao Shou struggled to get it back.

At this time, Ding Feng led the army to arrive, fought hard to break through the encirclement, rescued Sun Shao, and returned to his own position. The land seized was all recaptured by Cao Wei. Zhang Hu saw Ding Feng and was furious. Zhang Hu's father, one of the five good generals of Cao Wei, Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, were shot in the abdomen by Ding Feng with an arrow and died of injuries. He led the army in pursuit, and fired three arrows in succession, all of which were pulled away by Ding Feng with a gun. Ding Feng turned around and shot an arrow, but when Zhang Hu was in a hurry, he was shot in the belly of the horse, and the horse fell to the ground, throwing Zhang Hu off the horse. Zhang Hu had no choice but to return with hatred.

Sun Shaoding returned to the camp with a look of shame. Sima Yi said with a smile: "The two generals don't need to be discouraged, victory or defeat is just a common thing for soldiers." What's more, Cheng Wu is the son of Cheng Yu, the Marquis of Cao Wei, who has been proficient in the art of war since he was a child, is good at using soldiers, and is an outstanding talent of Cao Wei. Zhang Hu is also a hero for a while. Yi has a plan to break Cao's soldiers, but he only thinks that the two generals do not give orders from the second highness, and they look down on me, so they dare not say much. ”

Sun Shaoding bowed his head and said, "Don't say more, general, I'll know my mistake." ”

Sima Yi saw that he was impressed by the second general, and he was also happy in his heart, and said: "Okay, since that's the case, listen to me." ”