Chapter 237 Entering the New Field Jingzhou Soldiers God
Chapter 237 Marching into the New Wilderness, Jingzhou God of War
After the Hongkou meeting, Shen Chen took Sun Qian and set off back to Xiakou.
Originally, Jiangxia's military was mainly concentrated along the Yangtze River in Qichun, E County and other places where it meets Yuzhang, but now half of the main force has retreated to Anlu and Xiakou, leaving a serious shortage of frontline troops.
Fortunately, Jingzhou and Jiangdong are currently standing still and not attacking at the same time. As long as they do not attack from both sides, it is not a big problem to deal with one side alone.
After returning to Xiakou, Shen Chen went to see Liu Qi and explained the situation. Liu Qi's condition has improved a lot now, and he has been able to walk around recently. However, his serious illness at the beginning of the year still damaged his foundation, and his face is not very good-looking.
After learning that Liu Bei planned to break through Jingnan first, Liu Qi was a little worried about whether there would be problems with Jiangxia's defense. Sun Qian immediately volunteered to go to Jiangdong, stated his interests and dangers, and persuaded Sun Quan to stop his troops.
Of course Shen Chen knew that this was not safe, so he comforted Liu Qi and told him that the four counties of Jingnan were not difficult to obtain. As long as Liu Bei captured Jingnan, he would immediately go north to support him.
By the third day of April, Sun Qian took an important mission all the way east, down the river, to Jiangdong, while Shen Chen personally led five thousand troops and headed north to Xinye.
At that time, the west of Jiangxia was Yunmengze. From Wuhan in later generations to the west to Hanchuan City, Xiantao City, and Jianli City, the area was basically covered by vast lakes and swamps. Although there was some exposed land, it was not suitable for marching.
Therefore, if we attack Jiangxia from Xiangyang, we must either take the water route south from the Han River, or take two land routes.
One is from Yunshe, Nanxin, and Anlu, which are later known as Jingshan City, Yingcheng City, Yunmeng County, and Xiaogan City. They rush to Xiling. The other one is from Zhangling south, which is Suizhou City, Anlu City, and Yunmeng County. , Xiaogan City is like this.
Therefore, the defenders of Jiangxia only need to occupy Xiakou, the port south of the Han River, as well as Anlu County in the Han Dynasty and Yunmeng County in later generations, to hold on to all the soldiers and horses coming from Xiangyang by water and land.
At this time, Shen Chen traveled by land, along the Jianshui River in the Han Dynasty, to the north of Fuhe in Suizhou in Anlu, Hubei, and passed through Suixian in Zhangling County to Tangxiang.
Currently, Zhang Ling is still among Huang She. His troops are not many, only about 8,000, and they are also Zhang Ling County soldiers. Because Cai Mao and Chen soldiers were intimidated by him in Caiyang, Huang She could not support Gan Ning and could only defend him. Living on a traffic thoroughfare barely able to protect oneself.
After Shen Chen arrived, he discussed some tactical details with him and asked him to pretend to send troops in a few days, wave flags and shout to contain Cai Yang's enemies. Huang She was also a member of Liu Qi's party, so he naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
Soon on April 8th, Shen Chen returned to Huangmen Pavilion and personally led 2,000 Huangmen soldiers. In addition to the 5,000 soldiers brought from Jiangxia, a total of 7,000 soldiers officially set off for the expedition.
Huangmenting only had a thousand soldiers left behind, but because of the back mountain, even a thousand soldiers were enough for them to defend.
The two thousand Huangmen soldiers were fully armed this time. Because Huangmenting technology revolutionized steel production, they were actually heavy armored infantry like Gao Shun's camp. They only attacked Xudu a few times and had to march long distances. , resulting in the inability to bear armor.
But now that we are fighting on the doorstep of our home, we naturally bring all our belongings with us. The five thousand soldiers seem to be serving as helpers for them, escorting the baggage carriages and protecting these people all the way to Xinye.
Huangmen Pavilion was only twenty or thirty miles away from Xinye, so Cai Hao naturally deployed a large number of scouts and sentries along the route. When he saw this team from a distance, he immediately sent a signal.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
Continuous horns sounded one after another, and wolf smoke billowed. Soon, Cai Hao learned the news more than 20 miles away outside Xinye City.
Cai Mao attacked Xinye and set up his rear base in Chaoyang County. Chaoyang County and Xinye County faced each other across the Feishui River, each on both sides of the Feishui River. There was only more than ten miles between the upstream and downstream, and he himself was located on the right bank of the Feishui River.
Shangzi Township in the south.
Shangzi Township is the Wuxing Town area south of Xinye in later generations. Cai Mao's tens of thousands of troops gathered here, and they were also surrounded by the armies of Han Xi and Lu Jie to the north and east of Xinye.
Although Wenpin was currently persuaded to respect Xiangyang Liu Cong as the leader, he continued to guard Wancheng and refused to send troops in the name of guarding against Cao Cao.
In fact, he still doesn't want to fight a civil war, even if he is liquidated afterwards.
When he learned that reinforcements were coming from Huangmenting, Cai Hao originally planned to summon his captain Shi, Sima and several generals in the army to discuss the situation, but when the scouts came to report that the reinforcements were only a few thousand people,
He laughed immediately.
"Hahahahaha."
Cai Mao laughed proudly and said: "I thought there were only a few people, but thousands of people dared to come to Xinye. It's really overestimating one's capabilities."
At this time, there was only Taiwei Chief Hu Zheng in the camp. He had been the magistrate of Xiangyang County in his early years and had always been Cai Mao's confidant. He said cautiously: "Taiwei, the soldiers and horses of Gan and Ning are not to be feared, but the soldiers of Huangmenting are the best in the world.
You must be on guard."
"What are you afraid of?"
Cai Mao said: "Back then, Shen Chen was able to visit Xudu three times, but he only relied on Cao Cao's army and horses to resist Yuan Shao in the north. Now that I have an army of 50,000 or 60,000, can't I annihilate his few thousand men?"
Hu Zheng hesitated and said: "I think we should find out who is commanding this army. It's easy to tell the others. If Shen Chen comes in person, I'm afraid."
"snort."
Cai Mao said coldly: "Why should Shen Chen be afraid? In recent years, there has been a lot of rumors in Xiangyang that he is the God of War in Jingzhou and the reincarnation of Han Xin. This is just the late emperor's method. His thousands of people are not worthy of the army's fanfare.
Send an order and ask Sun Yi and Zhou Bo to lead 5,000 men each, and combine them with Han Xi's troops. 20,000 men should be able to deal with his several thousand men."
"only."
Hu Zheng originally wanted to persuade him, but he thought it over.
No matter what, the enemy only has a few thousand people. Cai Mao sent captain Sun Yi and Zhou Bo each with 5,000 men, plus Han Xi's 10,000 troops stationed outside Xinye City, for a total of 20,000 people. It should be more than enough to defeat them.
To a certain extent, Cai Mao despised the enemy strategically and valued the enemy tactically.
After all, he said he despised Shen Chen, but in fact he still knew how powerful Shen Chen was, so it would be okay if Shen Chen didn't come in person, but it would still be very troublesome if he did, so he decided to send more people, several times as many as the enemy.
It's nothing serious.
So the order was passed on. Generals Sun Yi and Zhou Bo received Cai Hao's order and immediately organized their troops and marched to the northeast. At the same time, Han Xi also received the order and led his troops to the east.
After noon, in Heiniuyi, about eight miles outside Xinye East City, Han Xi led an army of 7,000 people and lined up in a line.
In the wilderness, there are pavilions and fields everywhere. Because it is a civil war in Jingzhou, no one wants to harm their own people, so as not to destroy the foundation of their rule and ruin their popularity, so both sides have no harm to the people.
The people also received the notice from Xiangyang. Cai Mao ordered people to go and inform the people around Xinye that Ganning was rebelling in Xinye and Xiangyang was coming to quell the rebellion. Therefore, he told the people to keep to themselves and not to act rashly.
At this moment, although the people around Heiniuyi knew that the Jingzhou soldiers would not harm them, when they saw the arrival of the army, they hurriedly fled from the farmland. Some ran back home, some hid in the surrounding forests and mountains, and some were not afraid.
Damn it, he actually found a place nearby to watch.
These people are really brave.
On a small hill south of Heiniuyi, with a good view, there are more than ten young people lying on the top. The leader is about seventeen or eighteen years old and is quite strong, looking around.
"Zhou Tai, you are too courageous. This is a battle between two armies. You brought us here to watch. Aren't you afraid of death?"
Someone complained.
Zhou Tai said with a smile: "You usually call me eldest brother, but now you don't dare to ask people to come and watch the fun. If you are too timid to come, then just leave by yourself."
"I'm not timid, I'm just afraid of what if they get jealous and don't distinguish between ourselves and the enemy."
The man explained.
Zhou Tai pointed to the distance and said: "Nowadays, in troubled times, if you want to achieve great things, you need to be brave and talented. The Deng family in Xinye has opened a large number of schools, so we can study, but what is the use of studying alone? We must also have
This is your opportunity to learn how to fight with real talent."
"Coming, coming, it's General Han's team."
"The one on the opposite side is too far away, but it should be the soldiers of the Deng clan in Huangmenting. These people are very powerful. They are the famous Huangmen soldiers in the world."
"I don't know if Mr. Shen is in charge this time. If he is, it will be interesting."
Everyone was talking a lot.
The reason why they risked their lives to stay was, firstly, to watch the battle and learn from it, and secondly, to see if the world-famous Huangmen soldiers were really as invincible as the rumors said.
Shen Chen has been traveling around all these years and has rarely gone deep into the people. He has become somewhat isolated from the masses, but he doesn't know how high his reputation among the people is now.
In terms of knowledge, his Confucianism was widely spread, especially around Xinye, and countless people were influenced by his teachings.
Therefore, scholars in Xinye who learned from him mostly respected him as Shen Jun or Shen Shi.
And outside Xinye, it's even more amazing.
Because he defeated Cao Cao, he attacked Henan several times, and joined forces with Liu Bei to defeat Liu Zhang in the west, and flooded Sun Quan in the east of the Yangtze River. Not only did he stop the children crying at night in the east of the Yangtze River, but he also enjoyed high prestige in Jingzhou.
People say that he is the God of War in Jingzhou and the reincarnation of the military immortal Han Xin. He is called "unparalleled in the country" and "unparalleled in the world", so he is deeply loved by the people of Jingzhou.
After Liu Biao's death, Liu Qi and Liu Cong turned against each other, shocking Jingzhou.
Now that Shen Chen is on Liu Qi's side and fighting Liu Cong, the people of Jingzhou are all regretful that the civil war is about to begin. Some people are also excited to know whether the myth of the God of War can still continue.
Therefore, during this life-and-death battle, there was actually a bold man like Zhou Tai who came to the battlefield to watch, just to see how powerful Shen Chen was.
"They're coming!"
"The Chinese character flag is really the Chinese character flag."
"Zhou Tai, your eyes are so good, can you see clearly?"
"It's not the words on it, it's the color. Don't you know that in the entire Jingzhou, only Shen Jun's flag is blue?"
Everyone's eyes were looking at the flag of the army coming from the east. The huge flag had the word "Chen" embroidered in black fonts, and its background color was actually blue, which is the color of the sky and the sea. With the color of morning light!