In the early morning of November 4, the 13th year of Jian'an, the county government of Ling County, Jiangxia County.
Shen Chen and Liu Qi are at the county government residence at the moment.
The main force of the Jiangxia navy is now deployed along Chibi and Wulin, confronting Han Xi at Hongkou.
The scope of the confrontation between the two sides was actually in the Honghu area in later generations, which was similar to the terrain where Cao Cao and Zhou Yu faced off in the Battle of Chibi.
It's just that Han Xi's location is a little further to the southwest, not at Wulin on the other side of Red Cliff, but at the mouth of Honghu in the south of Hong Lake, about forty or fifty miles away from Wulin.
Zhouling is in the rear area. Huang Zu is currently on the front line of Chibi, while Shen Chen and Liu Qi are at the Yamen of Zhouling County, mainly to guard against Zhang Yun of Jingling.
Yesterday evening, Liu Bei easily captured Jiangling during the night and immediately sent people to Zhouling overnight to inform Shen Chen of the situation.
When Shen Chen learned about this, he was overjoyed and said: "Great, eldest son, Liu Shijun has succeeded!"
"Cough cough cough."
Liu Qi's face turned slightly pale, he coughed twice and said, "It is indeed a happy event."
Seeing that he didn't seem to be feeling well, Shen Chen hurriedly asked: "Eldest Young Master, I have seen you coughing frequently these days. Are you in good health?"
Liu Qi waved his hand: "Since the serious illness came at the beginning of this year, my condition has not improved for a long time. Especially at the end of the year and the cold weather, I feel unbearable pain all over my body. Maybe my end has come."
"Eldest Young Master, please don't say that. I heard that one of the Young Master's concubines is pregnant." Shen Chen said with a smile, "Doesn't this mean that the Young Master is in good health?"
"yes."
Liu Qi also showed a longing smile: "It's true that I finally got pregnant. I just hope to give birth to a son."
In fact, it was not like he had no children before.
However, it was very dangerous and difficult to give birth to a child at that time, and the mortality rate was very high, so none of the children survived.
Later, when I got older, my body was emptied out by drinking and sex, so that I never gave birth to any children.
Last year, Shen Chen suggested that he take good care of his body and work hard to have a son and a half.
Liu Qi made up his mind to quit drinking!
So he later found a famous doctor and took decoctions every day to warm and nourish his body, allowing him to regain his masculinity and gain fertility.
When I heard about Liu Biao's death at the beginning of this year, he fell seriously ill and has been recuperating in Jiangxia since then.
The weather was good in spring and summer, and my health improved a lot. Four months ago, I worked hard to cultivate the land, and it paid off. One of my concubines became pregnant, and they finally had offspring.
It's a pity that once winter came and the twelfth lunar month of winter came, Liu Qi's old illness relapsed and he became as sickly as he is now.
But there was nothing he could do about it, since he himself had a chronic illness that hadn't healed at the beginning of the year.
Secondly, winter is the time when the human body’s resistance is at its lowest. Even in the later generations of technology, there are elderly people who are fine during the day but will die as soon as they sleep at night.
The superposition of these two phases will naturally lead to poor health.
When thinking that Liu Qi in history would die of illness next year, in the 14th year of Jian'an, Shen Chen actually felt quite heavy.
Fortunately, Liu Qi now has offspring, whether male or female, and he will definitely take good care of them in the future.
"Son."
Shen Chen said: "General Zuo's attack on Jiangling this time is a good time for us to be surrounded on all sides. Cai Mao is dragged to Yiyang. From then on, Jiangling, Zhouling, and Jingnan will be surrounded on three sides, and Cai Mao's entire army will be wiped out. When the time comes, Going north to take Xiangyang, the young master can retake Jingzhou, it will be as easy as flipping the palm of your hand!"
"Um."
Liu Qi nodded, braced himself and said, "Okay, let's set off immediately."
"Young Master is going too?"
"This battle started because of me, so I will naturally go."
"But the young master's body is not good."
"It's okay, it's okay."
"That won't work, wait a minute"
Shen Chen thought for a moment and then hesitated.
He knows one thing.
That is, if Cai Mao is destroyed, it will definitely be when Jiangdong invades Jiangxia.
Zhouling was at the rear against Cai Mao, but on the frontline against Jiangdong. Once Jiangdong attacked, Zhouling would be the first to bear the brunt.
Therefore, it is really inappropriate for Liu Qi to stay here.
Thinking of this, Shen Chen relaxed and said: "Of course, if you want to leave, you can, but it won't be to Hongkou."
"Not going to Hongkou?"
Liu Qi wondered: "Where to go?"
"Baqiu!"
"Baqiu?"
"Not bad, Bachu!"
Shen Chen looked southward with deep eyes.
Bachu.
It was Yueyang in later generations.
In the Han Dynasty, Yueyang did not build a city or county.
It was not until the 20th year of Jian'an that Sun Quan stationed troops in Baqiu Township and built Baqiu County. Since then, there has been a city.
The reason why Yueyang, whose geographical location was extremely important in later generations, was not taken seriously at that time was because Yunmengze was still there.
Yueyang's geographical location later became the only waterway port into the lower reaches of the Yangtze River at the junction of Hunan and Hubei provinces, and it became an important place.
But in the Han Dynasty, from Jiangling to Shaxian, that is, from Jingzhou City to Wuhan City in later generations, it was possible to cross Qianjiang City and Xiantao City, and there was no need to take the southern Yangtze River waterway.
So Yueyang at that time was just an ordinary countryside by Yunmengze Lake.
It was not until after the Tang and Song Dynasties that Yunmengze completely disappeared and Dongting Lake took shape. From then on, ships on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River could only go downstream through Yueyang, and this place would become important.
However, today's Yueyang is not completely without geographical value.
Although Yunmengze at that time had not disappeared, it had lost a large area of water.
For example, in Junshan District on the other side of the Yangtze River in Yueyang, and in Shakaba Town and Zhuhe Town in the southeast of Jianli City, large areas leaked from the bottom of the lake.
During the Han Dynasty, these places were called Hongkou because the Yangtze River rose every year during the flood season, causing floods to submerge the land.
Yes.
These places to the north of Yueyang City are exactly Hongkou.
Han Xi is now stationed here in order to block the channel for Jiangxia navy to go south to support Jingnan.
This also means that Yueyang is now gradually becoming one of the ports from Jingnan to the Yangtze River.
Although you can still go from Yunmengze to Shaxian from Jiangling on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
But if you go from Jingnan to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, you must pass through Yueyang, and from Jingnan to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, you must pass through Nan'an.
If we attack Jingnan, Nan'an and Hongkou, they will suddenly become strategic locations.
So this is the main reason why Cai Mao sent Han Xi to Hongkou and Sun Yi and Zhou Bo to Nan'an.
And Shen Chen seized Baqiu in order to use Baqiu as a base to attack Hongkou and Nan'an!
At the same time, it was also to prevent future attacks from Jiangdong.
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On the same day, Lanxi.
At this time, Cai Mao naturally did not know the news of the fall of Jiangling.
Yesterday he attacked Guan Yu's camp in Lanxi, but was repulsed by Guan Yu. He sent general Xing Daorong to provoke him, but the result was inconclusive.
Because they fought for too long, they missed the opportunity to return to the headquarters camp, so they had no choice but to camp temporarily in Lanxi.
Naturally, a temporary camp set up in the wild is not as comfortable as the previously carefully built camp.
But when he thought that his general Xing Daorong was so brave and could kill Guan Yu and defeat Yiyang tomorrow, Cai Mao felt that it didn't matter.
It was nothing more than eating and sleeping in the open air for a day. Just waiting for Xing Daorong to fight Guan Yu again tomorrow, he rushed into Yiyang and went to the city to rest.
Soon, when the sky was dark, the Jingzhou army, which had rested all night, regrouped and came back.
In the front row were rows of warriors wearing black armor, holding hooked shields in their hands, while behind them there were soldiers without armor holding up spears, standing in a queue that was more than a mile long.
Of course, Cai Mao did not have as many armors as Yuan Shao, but with the help of Jingzhou, he still had five or six thousand pairs of armors, but at least one-third of them had to be distributed to officers at all levels, and the rest could be selected to select elite men to form armors.
Guard.
These armored guards used to be Cai Mao's personal followers, but now they were directly placed at the forefront of the team to protect the ordinary soldiers without armor behind them. Naturally, it was not out of mercy on his part, but to build momentum.
I saw those black-armored warriors shouting and marching forward step by step. Their military appearance was neat and very mighty.
At the front of these black-armored warriors, there was a strong man with a big waist and a round waist, riding a horse and holding a big ax standing in front of the formation. The horses neighed and roared, and he seemed to have the courage to fight against all men.
"Guan Yu men, do you dare to fight to the death with me?"
Xing Daorong urged his horse to come outside the camp and shouted loudly. He had also been a butcher. Although his martial arts skills were far inferior to Zhang Fei's, his voice and strength were not weak, so he was able to make a living under Liu Du and Cai Mao's tent. At this time, everyone
Drink, the sound spreads far and wide.
"Report!"
Outside Guan Yu's tent, a scout rushed in, knelt down on one knee and said: "General, the enemy has arrived three hundred steps away from the camp. The enemy general Xing Daorong yesterday was provoking outside the camp."
At this moment, the generals had already gathered in the tent. When Cai Mao's army left the camp, the scouts had already reported the news.
Therefore, at this time, Guan Yu was ordering generals to gather troops, and immediately sent a large number of people to defend the wall of the stronghold.
Knowing that Xing Daorong was provoking again, Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard and smiled: "I didn't expect that Xing Daorong would dare to provoke me. Yesterday, I played tricks on him, thinking that he already knew that his martial arts skills were sparse and did not dare to fight. Now it seems,
But he didn’t realize it and thought he was on equal footing with me.”
"Father, if I don't go out to fight this madman, I will kill him off his horse."
Guan Ping asked for a fight again.
Guan Yu waved his hands and said: "No, the military advisor told me before leaving that my father must hold back Cai Mao's main army in Yiyang. Your uncle is now hunting at Qingcao Lake with Mr. Shen Xiao and the military advisor in a plan of ambush from all sides and embarrassment on all sides."
.If Cai Mao sees the clues at this time and thinks that Yiyang cannot be conquered, if he withdraws his troops and leaves, wouldn't it ruin the plan?"
Deng Fang said at the side: "The general means to make Cai Hao feel that we can be defeated at any time and that Yiyang is within easy reach, so that he will stay here to create opportunities for the Lord, the military advisor and General Shen?"
"good."
Guan Yu nodded and said with a smile: "He thought that Xing Daorong could kill me off his horse. Once I die, the army will be leaderless and will be scattered. Yiyang city will not be able to defend it by then. Now I am afraid that he is eager to kill me. If I don't
How can he be deceived when he goes to war?"
"this."
Guan Ping worriedly said: "Father, how can a general put himself in danger?"
"Hahahahaha."
Guan Yu laughed loudly: "How can a mere Xing Daorong be worthy of putting me in deep danger? Does my son underestimate his father, or does he underestimate Xing Daorong?"
"The kid doesn't dare. He just thinks that his father is the leader of the army. He will go into battle and kill him, after all."
Guan Ping was still a little worried because he was the only one to fight.
"Confused."
Guan Yu scolded: "Because I am the leader of an army, I have to take the overall situation into consideration and cannot ruin your uncle's plan. What's more, considering my father's martial arts skills, are there any heroes in the world who can make me put myself in danger? It's Cai Mao,
If he hadn't been hiding behind thousands of troops, I would have watched him put in a bid to sell Seoul!"
Although Yan Liang was killed by thousands of troops, in fact Yan Liang's main force was held back by Zhang Liao and others. In addition, Yan Liang claimed to be the bravest of the three armies and underestimated the heroes of the world, so Dajun was very rampant.
Di was in the front line and was beheaded by Guan Yu.
Otherwise, if Yan Liang is really hiding behind an army of tens of thousands, like Cai Mao now, and is protected by countless soldiers on three levels inside and outside, even if Guan Yu has three heads and six arms, it would be difficult for one person to rush in and kill him
die.
As long as the soldiers raised their shields and crowded around Yan Liang in dozens or hundreds of circles to act as a human wall, unless Guan Yu drove a bulldozer to crush them all the way, the red rabbit horse would not be able to fly from the crowd to Yan Liang.
But even so, Guan Yu's achievements are already extraordinary.
Although the enemy's main force was held back by our own main force.
But Yan Liang was still protected by hundreds of soldiers.
Guan Yu single-handedly charged in, chopped off his head with a knife, and returned. Throughout history, this achievement is unique throughout history.
And the most powerful thing is that this set of actions is divided into three steps.
The first step is to charge into the formation, the second step is to kill the general, the third step is to jump off the horse and chop off Yan Liang's head before getting back on the horse.
The first two steps may have been achieved by some people in history, but the third step is extremely difficult and unique in the entire five thousand years of Chinese history.
You must know that in the Han Dynasty, there were no double-sided stirrups, only single-sided stirrups, which were made of cloth and were called cloth treads. It was impossible to use them as stirrups to borrow force.
It was without stirrups that Guan Yu first killed the enemy general in the midst of thousands of troops. Then in front of so many soldiers guarding the enemy general, he jumped off his horse and beheaded the general. Then he jumped on his horse and swaggered back.
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Looking at the entire history of dynasties, he is the only one with such a horrific record. If we look at objective factors and comparison of circumstances, this record is even more exaggerated than those records of killing hundreds of soldiers in battles.
Therefore, Guan Yu was not bragging when he said that there was no one in the world who could put him in danger. Unless a group of famous generals fought, even Lu Bu would not be able to defeat him.
Guan Ping obviously knew what his father was capable of, but he just felt that the leader of an army should not take risks easily, so he wanted to persuade his father to stay in charge of the central army.
But seeing how determined he was, I didn't dare to object, so I had to hand over my hand and say, "Father is right."
"Zhou Cang, where is Pei Yuanshao?"
"The end will be here."
"Take my Qinglong Sword and come with the red rabbit and horse."
"only."
Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, one carrying the sword and the other leading the horse, are like two generals.
Soon Guan Yu came down from the camp. He was not wearing armor, but still wore a green brocade robe, but he just wore a chainmail underneath the brocade robe.
This chainmail armor was a gift from Shen Chen. It was not that Guan Yu was afraid of Xing Daorong, but that Liu Bei told all the senior generals around him to wear it in every battle, so it became a habit.
After all, although the defensive power of chain armor cannot be compared with that of plate armor, it is more lightweight and can protect the upper body. Ordinary swords and bows cannot hurt people.
When Guan Yu got on Red Rabbit's horse and took the Green Dragon Sword, the gate of the village opened. He urged the horse and Red Rabbit galloped out like red lightning.
Lingran in the north seemed to have a chilling air in the air.