Chapter 127 The First Visit to Xudu Shocked Yingchuan
Chapter 127: Arriving at Xudu, shocking Yingchuan
Jiangdong, Wujun, Dantu County.
Sun Ce and Liu Biao fought for Yuzhang at the end of last year. Due to Zhang Xian's incident, Liu Biao was forced to withdraw his troops and Sun Ce occupied Yuzhang.
But in fact, his losses were not small, although in the process of chasing Huang Zu, Huang Zu was defeated.
But Liu Biao had a subordinate named Liu Pan, and he had a subordinate named Huang Zhong, who together guarded You County. Liu Pan attacked Yuzhang from You County and cooperated with Huang Zu's actions.
The so-called Congzi is the son of a cousin. The relationship is a little distant, and basically he is not highly regarded by Liu Biao.
But he couldn't resist this fierce guy, so he took advantage of Sun Ce to pursue Huang Zu and attacked his rear.
For this reason, Sun Ce had to withdraw his troops, drove back Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, and sent Zhu Zhi to guard Haihun County, Jianchang County and other places, and then took Yuzhang County into his hands.
By this time, Sun Ce's territory included four counties in Jiangdong, namely Danyang County, Wu County, Yuzhang County, and Kuaiji County in Yangzhou.
The sphere of influence was probably part of Jiangsu and Anhui in later generations, as well as the entire territory of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces.
But in fact, because there are so many mountainous areas in the south of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi, they are all the territory of Shanyue indigenous people. The area occupied by Sun Ce is only the lower plain area on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which is the famous Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai free shipping area, and does not even occupy Huainan.
Jiujiang County and Lujiang County.
Therefore, his strength is not particularly strong. At present, he has about 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses, and his headquarters is in Dantu County, Wu County. This is Zhenjiang City in later generations, where the Yangtze River meets the sea. From here, you can have a glimpse of Xuzhou Guangling in the north.
At this time, Sun Ce was resting in his mansion in the county. He was holding a document in his hand. He was sitting on the banquet and smiled at Zhou Yu next to him: "Shen Chen, I heard that he is a famous scholar in Jingzhou and he invited me to hunt in Xudu."
Zhou Yu said with a smile: "I have also heard of this man. He is the most famous Confucian scholar in Jingzhou Shilin. I heard that he proposed the idea of "unity of knowledge and action". This idea is very interesting and I think it is very good. He has now
"Knowing and doing are unified", Cao Cao killed his family, and went north to avenge Cao Cao."
Sun Ce said: "Gong Jin, what do you think?"
Zhou Yu thought: "Now Cao Cao is dealing with Yuan Shao in the north. Of course I know what Shen Chen is thinking. He is just asking Bo Fu to lead the army to attract Cao Jun's attention in the south. He is much closer to Nanyang than we are to Xudu.
Now Yuan Shao has not gone south, once we send troops, Cao Cao may come to conquer us first."
Sun Ce nodded: "Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes, and in just a few years, he grew so powerful. If I can capture Xudu and welcome the emperor to the east of the Yangtze River, I will be able to grasp the great righteousness. Wherever the soldiers and horses go, they will serve me wholeheartedly.
If you welcome me, my father's great cause will be accomplished, but it's a pity that now is not the time."
"Yes, only after Cao Cao has fought with Yuan Shao can we have the time to take action. Shen Chen invited us to go north just to let us help share the pressure so that he can attack Xu Du. We cannot agree to this kind of thing."
Zhou Yu smiled.
Historically, Sun Ce wanted to take advantage of the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to attack Xudu and welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
"Three Kingdoms: Sun Ce's Biography" records: "In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Gong and Yuan Shao refused to go to Guandu. Ce Yin wanted to attack Xu, met the Han Emperor, organized the army secretly, and deployed the generals. Before the attack, he met Xu, the prefect of Wu County.
Killed by tribute guests."
Therefore, Sun Ce's strategy at that time was the same as Cao Cao's. He saw the benefits of "holding the emperor to control the princes" and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to abduct Liu Xie to Jiangdong to seize the Han Dynasty's righteousness.
As a result, he was killed by Xu Gong's three disciples before he set off.
Then why didn't he set off earlier?
Because the time has not come.
In February, the siege of Baima broke out. Cao Cao set out in March to relieve the siege of Baima, and then withdrew his troops to Guandu.
Yuan Shao, on the other hand, delayed his departure south until August to confront Cao Cao at Guandu.
Although Sun Ce did not know that Yuan Shao would not go south until August, as long as he did not go south, it meant that if Sun Ce went north, Cao Cao would have enough time to deal with him.
This period of time in history lasted as long as half a year. With Sun Ce's strength, he probably wouldn't be able to last even one or two months, let alone half a year.
It's not that Sun Ce can't fight, but it's too far from Jiangdong to Xudu, and the supply line is long. Cao Cao doesn't need to take the initiative to attack him. If he builds a defense line in the northwest of Runan, he will retreat due to lack of food.
Therefore, Sun Ce had to wait until Yuan Shao had gone south before he could attack, so as to ensure that he would hit the target with one strike. He would attack Xudu over a long distance without anyone from Cao's army to stop him.
Now Shen Chen invited him to attack Cao Cao's rear. Sun Ce would certainly not go without receiving definite information that Cao Yuan had started the war.
"Then ignore it."
After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce threw the letter in his hand on the table and said: "This Shen Chen is said to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. He is a child with a yellow mouth. How dare he ask me to do things for him?"
But Zhou Yu thought deeply: "That's not entirely true. I thought I still needed to help him a little."
"oh?"
Sun Ce wondered: "What does Gong Jin mean?"
Zhou Yu explained: "Shen Chen's letter said that he was attacking Cao Hong in Ye County. Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao have a deep hatred. If Zhang Xiu joins the war, Cao Hong may not be able to hold it, and Cao Cao will go south to return reinforcements. Zhang Xiu and Zhang Xiu will
If Shen Chen is wiped out by Cao Cao and the two of them are destroyed, Cao Cao's rear troops will come to defend us."
"That's it."
Sun Ce frowned.
What Zhou Yu said makes sense.
Now Cao Cao's arrangements in the south are actually very empty.
Cao Hong is in Ye County and Manchu Chong Li Tong is in Runan, but they don't have many troops.
His main deployment was in the areas of Guandu, Sili, Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which took away most of Cao Cao's troops.
Therefore, if Cao Cao returns south to defend and eliminates Zhang Xiu and Shen Chen, then the troops to defend Nanyang will no longer be needed, and will instead join up with Manchu Li Tong to defend against Sun Ce.
At that time, it will be more difficult to attack Xudu.
Thinking of this, Sun Ce pondered: "Then I will send a small group of soldiers and horses to the north to support Shen Chen?"
Zhou Yu shook his head and said with a mysterious smile: "It doesn't have to be like this."
"That"
Sun Ce was puzzled. You said you would help Shen Chen, but you didn't send troops. Are you planning to provide all support except help?
Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu Ke secretly managed the troops and deployed the generals, and sent many scouts to Jiujiang and other places to go north. At the same time, he announced that he was going north to capture Guangling. He deliberately let the Cao army in Runan know."
Sun Ce thought carefully and asked tentatively: "Could it be to make Cao Cao suspicious?"
"good."
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "The art of war lies in the virtual and the real. If it is too public, Cao Cao will definitely be on guard. If it is too secretive, Cao Cao will be even more suspicious. At this time, if we keep it secret, he will always be on guard against Jiangdong, but Shen
Chen Chen is already attacking, and he is more prepared to guard against Shen Chen than we are. As soon as Yuan Shao arrives, it will be time for us to raise our troops."
"Um."
Sun Ce thought it made sense and nodded: "Okay, let's do it like this."
At that moment, Sun Ce followed Zhou Yu's suggestion and began to mobilize his troops secretly, while at the same time publicizing his intention to go north to attack Guangling.
The prefect of Guangling at that time was Chen Deng. Historically, Sun Ce did attack Chen Deng in Kuangqi City in Guangling, but in fact he did not go there, but sent his general Zhou Zhang to go.
Doing this now obviously means building a plank road openly and secretly building a warehouse.
Soon, Manchong of Runan heard about this incident and immediately sent people north to inform Xunyu of Xudu.
Xun Yu once sent someone to notify the Manchu Chong Li Tong to return to defend Ye County. However, Runan was also in chaos at that time, and Yuan Shao wanted to go south to attack Cao Cao. His disciples and guests were distributed in the counties of Runan, supporting troops and refusing to defend.
Cao Cao sent Man Chong as the prefect of Runan and cooperated with Li Tong. It took a lot of effort to pacify Runan. He is still in the area of Langling'an City, which is far away.
So when Shen Chen defeated Kunyang, Li Tong and Man Chong had just received the news, so Man Chong asked Li Tong to lead his troops north to Xudu.
And where is Shen Chen at this time?
He is heading north.
After defeating Wuyang, he rested for a day in Kunyang, and asked Lou Fa to lead two thousand people in the rear to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, occupy the city of Kunyang, and guard the gate of Nanyang. He himself led three thousand people from Huangmenting and five thousand people from Ganning. A total of eight thousand people marched north to Xiangcheng.
It is already the end of March and will soon be the beginning of April.
Cao Cao had just eliminated Yan Liang and Wen Chou and returned to Guandu to set up defenses. Yuan Shao was preparing to go south. Liu Bei followed Wen Chou and was defeated by Cao Cao in Yanjin and returned to Yuan Shao.
At the same time, Sun Ce was announcing that he would go north to attack Chen Deng. Man Chong had just sent someone to Xudu to report the news, and Li Tong had just arrived in Jianqiang County.
In just five days, Shen Chen first went north to pretend to attack Xudu, and then went south to Poye County, Kunyang, and Wuyang, fighting back and forth for 200 kilometers, causing an uproar in the hinterland of Yingchuan.
After Xia Houyuan's defeat in Xudu, he fled back with difficulty. Xun Yu allowed him to rest and recuperate, and ordered Li Dian to go out of the city to set up defenses.
Xudu was actually very small at that time. Later generations of Xuchang people may have visited Prime Minister Cao's Mansion. The four enclosed streets of Qingxu Street - West Street - North Street - Jifang Street around Prime Minister Cao's Mansion were basically the ancient city of Xuchang at that time , covering an area of less than two square kilometers.
It is now Liu Xie's palace residence, Cao Cao's Sikong residence, and later the prime minister's residence.
Later, it would take more than ten years for the large area of city walls, streets, and ancient buildings in the Cao Wei Ancient City in Xuchang City to reach scale, including the moat that was dug later. Therefore, the current outer city of Xuchang is basically an undefended city.
If the enemy was allowed to enter the city, the damage and influence would be too great. Xun Yu believed that the enemy must not be allowed to get close to Xudu, so he increased the defense efforts.
In addition to the palace gate guards who must stay at Liu Xie's palace to prevent those with ulterior motives like Dong Cheng from causing trouble, they basically mobilized as many troops as there were in the city. Five thousand men and horses resisted outside the city.
By April 2, Shen Chen had passed through Xiangcheng and entered Linying.
Because Linying is less than seventy miles away from Xudu, almost thirty kilometers, and can be reached within one day, so when the news reached Xudu, the entire Xudu was shaken.
This news cannot be concealed.
The enemy's scout outpost had even appeared outside Xudu City, so everyone from the emperor to the people were shocked.
For a time, Shen Chen's army came to Xudu and shocked Yingchuan.