Chapter 256 Pioneer Fu Wei is unexpected
Under Guan Yu's arrangement, the general who led the Han army's vanguard across the Han River was Fu Wei.
Fu Shu, whose courtesy name was Gonghe, was from Yiyang, Nanyang.
In terms of place of birth, Fu Xu and Wei Yan were from the same hometown, and Fu Xu and Wei Yan originally defected to Liu Bei's command together.
Although neither Wei Yan nor Fu Wei came from a wealthy family, they were both brave and brave, so they were gradually appreciated by Liu Bei and promoted along the way.
Fu Wei is not an outstanding person in the current group of Han generals with bright stars, but his reputation in later generations is not low.
Historically, when Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Xun at Xiaoting, Liu Bei withdrew his troops to Ma'anshan. Lu Xun attacked again and Liu Bei broke through at night.
When Liu Bei was surrounded by the Wu Army, it was Fu Wei who led his troops to fight hard and resist the retreat.
At that time, all his soldiers were dead, and the Wu general persuaded him to surrender. Fu Wei cursed: "Wu Dog! How can a Han general surrender?"
In the end he fought hard and died.
It can be said that without Fu Wei's desperate effort to cut off the rear, Liu Bei's safety at that time would have been in grave danger.
And his loyal and brave behavior and the touching curse have been passed down to future generations for thousands of years.
Jiang Yang was a strong man and a wise ruler. When the soldiers joined forces and encountered the invaders, he refused to surrender. He served alone and died in the army. People at that time praised him.
What's more, he also has a good son Fu Qian.
Later, when Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, heard about the deeds of Fu and his son, he couldn't help but sigh: "Fu Qian and his son are the best in the world."
Well, I envy Ji Han for his hard work.
The character of the Ji Han Dynasty passed down in later generations was originated from the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang.
But what really supported Ji Han's reputation for his character for thousands of years were the many famous officials of Ji Han who were not as famous as the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang.
The abilities of some of the famous officials of Ji Han are open to question, but their quality is unquestionable, because even their enemies will admire them very much.
In history, Fu Wei was just a glimpse, but with Mi Yang's existence in this world, the fate of many Ji Han ministers was changed.
They will definitely leave a lasting mark in the next world.
When Liu Bei was still the king of Hanzhong, when he led his army to leave Xiangyang, in order to stabilize the overall situation in Jingzhou, he made a major adjustment to the personnel in Jingzhou.
During that major personnel adjustment, Liu Bei left some capable Jingzhou officials who had followed him to Shu to stay in Jingzhou to assist Guan Yu.
For example, in terms of civil servants, Ma Liang is the representative, and in terms of generals, Fu Shu is the representative.
At that time, Fu Xu was appointed as the prefect of Changsha by Liu Bei, responsible for guarding the east gate of Jingnan.
This year, Guan Yu often had the intention of the Northern Expedition, so he used his power to transfer the governor of Changsha, Fu Xu, to his own account, and sent another general to replace Fu Xu to garrison in Changsha.
Guan Yu made this arrangement not only because of Fu Shu's bravery, but also because of Fu Shu's background.
Fu Xu was from Yiyang, which was on the north bank of the Han River, so Fu Xu was very familiar with the terrain on the north bank of the Han River.
The vanguard general must not only be brave enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the arrowhead of the army, but of course he also needs to have a certain understanding of the terrain of the expedition area, so that he will not easily fall into the enemy's siege.
Just as Guan Yu expected, when Fu Shu led some generals and jointly led the 5,000 vanguard Han troops to set off from Xiangyang.
Fu Xu, who was familiar with the situation on the north bank of the Han River, did not follow the advice of others and cross directly from the upper reaches of the Han River.
Fu Wei, who was familiar with water warfare, certainly knew the harm to the army if the enemy attacked halfway across the river.
Therefore, even though it would delay some time, Fu Wei still insisted on his opinion and led the army, and the ship landed at the lower reaches of the Han River, a little far away from Fancheng.
In this case, even if the Wei army in Fan City wanted to attack them halfway across the river, they would not be able to abandon the guard of Fan City and come to the lower reaches of the Han River to intercept the Han army.
When the Han army began to cross the Han River from the lower reaches of the Han River, everything went as Fu Xu expected.
Under his prudent actions, the vanguard of the 5,000 Han army successfully crossed the Han River and reached the north bank of the Han River.
But when the five thousand Han troops arrived on the north bank of the Han River, Fu Wei did not move quickly towards Fancheng.
Under his order, five thousand Han troops slowly marched westward along the Han River.
While leading the army towards Fancheng, Fu Wei ordered the army's scouts to explore the enemy's situation everywhere.
On the other hand, he ordered the warships carrying them not to stray far away, but to swim in the Han River not far from the five thousand Han troops.
Fu Xu's arrangement was to ensure the safety of his five thousand vanguard army.
Even if the Wei army ambushes his vanguard army, as long as there are Han warships on the Han River, the Han army under his command will not feel that they are in despair, so that the five thousand Han army can hold on until the arrival of most of the follow-up reinforcements.
After all, as long as they do not enter a desperate situation or the morale of the army is shattered, even if Cao Xiu in Fancheng sends Wei troops twice as many as the Han army, the Wei army will not be able to defeat the five thousand Han troops within a few days if the Han army forms a formation to resist.
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Don't worry about winning, think about defeat first.
Among all the Han generals, Fu Wei had a calm personality.
Before being appointed as the governor of Changsha by Liu Bei, Fu Xuenko served as Liu Bei's general of the Chinese army's bodyguard.
And that he was appointed to this position by Liu Bei shows what his character is like.
In terms of personality, Fu Wei can be compared to Zhao Yun and Chen Dao.
It's just Fu Shen's well-intentioned arrangement that aroused one person's confusion.
This man is Fu Xu's son, Fu Qian, who is just eighteen this year.
Fu Qian was young and energetic, so he asked Fu Xu in private:
"The general today appointed my father as the vanguard general. He wanted his father to rush to Fancheng quickly to clear the way for the army behind him to set up camp. But why did his father march slowly instead?"
In Fu Qian's eyes, Fu Xu's actions were not what a pioneer general should do.
Moreover, Fu Qian felt that since Guan Yu appointed Fu Xu as the vanguard general, Fu Xu should work hard and make military exploits for the country.
When Fu Wei followed Liu Bei to Jing to support Guan Yu last year, Fu Wei took Fu Qian with him.
What Fu Xu wanted was to give Fu Qian more experience in the army so that he could serve Liu Bei as soon as possible.
Because of this purpose, after he brought Fu Qian with him, he always encouraged Fu Qian to ask questions if he didn't understand something, so that Fu Qian could learn more.
So when Fu Wei heard Fu Qian's question, he looked at Fu Qian, who was as tall as him, and he patted Fu Qian on the shoulder and taught:
"Soldiers are bad things.
Now our army has entered the territory of the bandit army first, and every move will be detected by the bandit general Cao Xiu.
Cao Xiu is not a man who does not know how to fight. If his father ordered the army to march rashly, Cao Xiu might set up an ambush to invite our army.
I was ordered to be the vanguard for my father, and it was all for merit. If I am careless and am taken advantage of by the thieves, my father will not be afraid of losing his master or his body, but I will only be afraid of destroying the morale of our army and thus being a disgrace to the country!"
Hearing what Fu Wei said, a thoughtful look appeared on Fu Qian's face.
Seeing Fu Qian's expression, Fu Wei immediately gave another example. The protagonist in that example was Sun Huan.
Didn't Sun Huan march rashly as a vanguard general and was defeated by the left general Mi Yang and finally hung on the city wall?
When Fu Wei cited this example, the thoughtful look on Fu Qian's face immediately turned into a look of sudden enlightenment.
You cannot be like Sun Diaolou, you must be like General Zuo.
When Fu Xu went south to Changsha to take up his post, Fu Qian made a special trip to Gong'an City to pay homage to the hemp rope that remains on the head of Gong'an City.
And because Mi Yang's coquettish moves were very popular, Sun Huan was given a resounding nickname - Sun Climbing Tower among the Han troops in Jingzhou.
This title first came from the mouth of Guan Ping, who had a calm personality.
Maybe in the eyes of many veterans, their idol is Guan Yu, but in the eyes of young Fu Qian, Guan Yu's image is too tall, so his idol is Mi Yang, who is also a young man.
Seeing that Fu Qian's face immediately became enlightened after hearing him give the example of Mi Yang defeating Sun Huan, Fu Shen had a smile on his face.
This kid seems to still want to go to General Yibei Zuo.
There is no better son than a father, and Fu Qian's thoughts were not hidden from Fu Xu.
In fact, it is quite normal for Fu Qian to have this kind of mentality.
In troubled times, all men with ambition want to establish a career.
At present, among the several metropolitan areas of the Han Dynasty, only two of them, Yibei and Jingzhou, are facing the enemy head-on.
Therefore, there is no doubt that among these two metropolitan areas, there are the most opportunities to establish military exploits.
Compared with the older generals, the young generals want to go to Mi Yang's place more.
Perhaps because Mi Yang himself was a young man, most of the generals he promoted were no more than thirty years old.
In the list of meritorious deeds for the Battle of Xicheng that has been circulating in Jingzhou and Yizhou for a long time, the majority of Yibei generals who have made military exploits are young people.
This fact undoubtedly stimulates the hearts of many aspiring young people in Han Dynasty to a great extent.
In their minds, the Yibei Dudu District of the Han Dynasty was the most ideal place to perform meritorious service.
Fu Wei, who knew Fu Qian's thoughts, secretly thought in his heart:
"When this battle is over, recommend Qian'er to General Zuo."
Although the advance of the five thousand Han troops was not very fast, the five thousand Han troops arrived outside Fancheng soon after.
Along the way, a question began to arise in Fu Wei's mind.
That's why during this period of time, none of the spies he sent have detected the enemy's movements.
Although he originally led his army to cross the Han River from the lower reaches of the Han River, it was to avoid the Wei army's possible mid-crossing attack.
But if Wei Jun was unable to learn about the five thousand Han troops crossing the river because of his actions at the beginning, it was impossible for Wei Jun not to detect the whereabouts of his army after his army crossed the river.
Under such circumstances, Cao Xiu, who had a large number of troops, never sent a Wei army to launch a tentative attack on his army. This made Fu Wei a little puzzled.
Because this does not match the profile of Cao Xiu collected from the intelligence.
Fu Wei didn't know Sun Li's plan to propose to Cao Xiu, so it was normal for him to have such doubts in his heart.
In fact, on the second day after Fu Shu's army had just crossed the Han River, Cao Xiu in Fancheng received this military information.
At first, Cao Xiu did want to send an army to attack Fu Shu's troops, but he learned about the march of Fu Shu's army from the intelligence, so Cao Xiu soon gave up this idea.
His military style has always been firm and good, but firmness does not mean recklessness.
Obviously knowing that inviting an attack was of little use, Cao Xiu would not do such a thing easily.
Besides, Sun Li had already given him a better strategy.
So after learning that five thousand Han troops had crossed the river, Cao Xiu could only sigh secretly: The enemy's vanguard general was no mediocre person.
Without Cao Xiu sending troops to stop him, Fu Wei successfully led 5,000 Han troops to a few miles away from Fancheng.
After arriving here, Fu Wei didn't care what Cao Xiu had in mind. He immediately ordered the army to set up camp.
Guan Yu's army will arrive soon. Before that, he must secure the army's tents.
During the period of the camp, Fu Xu led his personal guards to inspect the armies in person, day and night.
What he was worried about was that the Wei army in Fancheng would attack the camp while the army was encamped.
But until Fu Wei established the camp, what he worried about never happened.
As time went by, Fu Wei began to guess what Cao Xiu was thinking.
Did Cao Xiu want to use the advantage of defending the city to defeat their army?
Not long after Fu Xu set up camp, tens of thousands of Han troops led by Guan Yu personally arrived outside Fancheng.
After all the tens of thousands of Han troops had entered the camp, Guan Yu immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters.
Before the tens of thousands of troops led by Guan Yu arrived, Fu Wei had been reporting all the intelligence he had discovered after crossing the river to Guan Yu.
This is the most important duty of the vanguard general.
With Fu Wei's information, Guan Yu and the generals who had just arrived outside Fancheng roughly understood the current situation outside Fancheng.
At the same time, the generals also had speculations similar to Fu Wei's.
Sun Li's strategy is more like a conspiracy, so as long as the intelligence is collected enough and accurately, although the Han generals cannot completely guess the Wei army's intentions, it is not difficult to guess their general intentions.
But the reason why a conspiracy is called a conspiracy is that it is a strategy that is not difficult to guess but difficult to destroy.
Although Fancheng was originally in dilapidated condition under Guan Yu's siege, over the past year, under the leadership of Cao Xiu, Fancheng's defenses have been repaired.
The most important thing is that Cao Xiu currently has at least tens of thousands of Wei troops in his hands.
The city is strong and well-armed, but Fancheng is not an easy nut to crack.
Even based on the existing strength of the Han army, it would be very difficult for Guan Yu to surround Fancheng as before.
The reason why Guan Yu was able to besiege Xiangyang and Fancheng with an army of 30,000 during the Battle of Xiangfan was because Cao Ren suffered a defeat first and the Wei army suffered a lot of casualties.
In the end, Cao Ren only had a small number of Wei troops trapped in Fan City, and Guan Yu was able to achieve this.
Although this battle is not recorded in the history books, it can be inferred based on the facts.
Otherwise, based on Cao Ren's status at the time, it would have been impossible for him to wait for Guan Yu to surround him with a small number of troops.
Since the situation was different, the generals began to suggest that Guan Yu should attack Fancheng as soon as possible.
Otherwise, once the bandit reinforcements arrive, the battle will be even more difficult to fight.
But in the end, Guan Yu made a decision that was beyond everyone's expectations.
He ordered the troops to move forward and build a tight siege to surround Fancheng.
Just one chapter today, still recovering.
I'll probably be able to regain my energy tomorrow.
(End of chapter)
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