Chapter 345 Sun Quan is fishing, Zhao Yun rushes into the center

Author: Playing with Basilisk

The weather in Xunyang today is quite dry. The mountains outside the city are covered with wild flowers, forest birds are flying, and the brilliant sunshine is shining on the land, reflecting a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

There used to be large fields and villages in Dongcheng, but later the people were moved to Jiangxia, so the outside of the city gradually became deserted.

The original fields have turned into wasteland, and the villages have become ruins, overgrown with weeds, and shaded by trees. Except for the roads that are often repaired by the Xunyang defenders, the wilderness is already green and full of vitality.

On the road from the northeast of Xunyang County to Huainan Songziwan County and other cities, a large tree branch on the side of the road covers the sky, with dense rattans hanging down, and lush basil growing, swaying in the wind, with thorns coming from it.

It extends on both sides of the road on the left and right.

At this time, a ring-headed knife cut off the luxuriant vines, and a halberd swept away the thorns on both sides. The basil weeds were also cleared away, and the originally messy rural road was cleared into a rammed earth road.

come out.

Sun Quan was riding on horseback, watching the soldiers in front clearing the road, and said to the master beside him: "I now believe that Liu Bei will only defend against Gu for at least a few years and will not attack."

Bu Zhi smiled and said: "Does Marquis Wu think that Zhao Yun didn't clear the roads when he was in Xunyang, from Huangmeiting in the south, to Guanting in the east, and to Shilian in the north?"

"Um."

Sun Quan nodded.

Without clearing the road, it would be difficult for the large group of troops to pass, which proved that Zhao Yun's task in Xunyang was to defend.

Bu Zhi said: "That's not necessarily true. After all, it is not difficult to clear the road. What's more, they have Jiangxia Navy. Even if they attack Jiangdong, they should not take the Huainan route. Instead, they should take Jiujiang from the other side of the river and then go down the river."

"That's true."

Sun Quan thought about it and realized that Bu Zhi was right.

If Zhao Yun's army takes the Huainan route, it can only attack Ruxukou, but there are already heavy troops from Jiangdong at Ruxukou. Moreover, it is estimated that they will encounter Cao's army before they reach Ruxukou. Therefore, Liu Bei's group will definitely not go through Huainan when attacking Jiangdong, but through Jiujiang.

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So this does not seem to prove that the Liu Bei Group has a defensive policy towards Jiangdong. It is very likely that they still want to annex Jiangdong, but they have to send troops to the west front first under the pressure of Cao Cao.

Now Sun Quan is brazenly sending troops to the east, Sun Jiao, Xu Sheng and Yu Fan are fighting extremely smoothly in Jingnan. Lü Meng's army has raided Xiakou, and he himself wants to surround Xunyang.

If the three routes go together, if Jingnan goes well, Sun Jiao will control Yiling and other places, guard Liu Bei's reinforcements, and then support Xiakou. In this way, as long as he can quickly capture Xunyang, the entire Jingzhou, except Nanyang, will

There is only Xiakou.

At that time, he can go to Nanyang in the north to cooperate with Cao's army to annihilate Shen Chen's tribe, and in the south he can first besiege Xiakou and seize the entire Jingzhou except Nanyang, and then sit on the mountain in Zhangling and other places in Nanjun to watch the fight between tigers and dogs, watching Cao's army and Shen Chen's dogs bite dogs.

I have to say that at least strategically, Sun Quan made the right move. It has been difficult for the Jiangdong forces to develop to Huainan and Huaibei. Even if they get Huainan, they can't defeat Cao Cao's infantry in the Henan area. Only by capturing Jingzhou and fighting against each other can the three pillars be established.

There is a possibility of going further.

So in a sense, Sun Quan and Liu Bei have no grudges and are superficially allies, but the territorial issue between them has already resulted in a life-and-death situation for both sides. In later generations, this was the so-called geopolitics.

Sun Quan's army moved forward along the road. In addition to the 20,000 troops around him, there were 30,000 troops at the rear. Then in the south, Huangmeiting was close to Penglize, which meant that there were still 30,000 troops in Taibai Lake in later generations.

A total of 80,000 people rushed to Xunyang in great numbers.

There are towering greens on both sides of the road, and the endless plain is lush and green, covered with wild grass and basil, as deep as a person's waist. It was here that Zhou Yu ambushed Huang Zu.

Sun Quan naturally knew that this area was overgrown with weeds because it had been uninhabited for many years and could be used to set up an ambush, so he had already sent people deep into it.

After confirming that no one was setting up an ambush, the army marched straight in and saw the Xunyang City from a distance.

I saw a towering city standing at the end of the road. Xunyang is leaning on the remaining mountains of Dabie Mountain to the north, to the west is the vast plain official road, which leads directly to Qichun, to the east is Penglize, and to the northeast can go to Huainan. Although it is also Penglize to the south. After crossing the Yangtze River, there is Chaisang.

Therefore, this place can be said to be connected in all directions and is an important place for Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Huainan. Liu Bei valued this crucial special geographical location, so he exchanged Guiyang County for half of Lujiang River.

Otherwise, with the character of Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang, they would not engage in such a loss-making business.

At this moment, Sun Quan's army came in force in order to first seize Xunyang, an important strategic area, and then use this as a base to seize Jiangxia and Zhangling to the northwest, and follow the Yangtze River to the west to seize Nanjun. , then all Jingzhou, except Nanyang, would be in the hands of Sun Quan.

After seeing the city in the distance, Sun Quan thought for a moment and said to Zhou Tai beside him: "Youping, let Duke Demou and Wengui lead 10,000 horses to the left and right and go deep into the basil. You and Gu will lead 10,000 horses. People go to Xunyang City."

In addition to being a general in the army, Zhou Tai also served as Sun Quan's bodyguard like Dian Wei Xu Chu. In history, he had saved Sun Quan from fire and water many times. After hearing Sun Quan's words, he wondered: "Marquis Wu, our army is about to arrive in Xunyang." Why do we need to divide our forces below the city? There are no weeds or basil outside Xunyang, so even if we want to ambush, it may not be easy, not to mention that the other side will probably not leave the city."

"hehe."

Sun Quan laughed and said, "You don't understand this. An army of 80,000 is besieging Xunyang. However, the city of Xunyang is as strong as Hefei, and I heard that there is a lot of food and grass in the city. It is not easy to break through it in a short time. The only way is to lure the enemy out of the city for a decisive battle. Only by suddenly breaking out during the fight and seizing the city gate can we win it as quickly as possible."

Of course Zhou Tai didn't understand what fishing was, but he knew that this tactic was called luring the enemy, so he nodded and said, "Wei, I'll do it right away."

As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and turned back to convey the order.

After he left, Bu Zhao said: "It is said that Zhao Yun has always had a calm personality and does not like to charge into battle like Zhang Liao. I am afraid that Wu Hou's plan to lure the enemy will not be easy to realize."

Hearing him mention Zhang Liao, Sun Quan's face darkened slightly.

The Battle of Hefei was a pain in his heart.

In fact, Cao Cao had already released water in Hefei. In order to lure Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou, the worst plan was to give up a large area of ​​​​Huainan to Sun Quan, so that Sun Quan could win Liu Bei's trust.

As a result, Sun Quan himself was badly injured in the Battle of Hefei, making him a laughing stock to both Cao Cao and Liu Bei. This was obviously unexpected.

But fortunately, Sun Quan has a tolerant character, so he treated that humiliating defeat as a shameful defeat. Facing Bu Zhi's question, he said lightly: "That's why I want to lure the enemy. "

"Forehead"

Bu Zhi wondered: "But Zhao Yun"

Sun Quan said: "Zijing told me at the beginning that even if Hefei was defeated, there was no need to panic. Firstly, our army's strength was not damaged, and secondly, it would be easier for Liu Bei to despise us. After that, Liu Bei would not take Jiangling's troops

Have all the horses been transferred to Yizhou? Even Jiangling is empty, which shows Liu Beijun's contempt for Gu."

Bu Zhao stroked his beard and said: "What Wu Hou means is that when Zhao Yun sees Wu Hou coming to attack Xunyang, he will despise Wu Hou and lead his troops to fight. At this time, Wu Hou took the opportunity to ask Zhou Tai and others to entangle Zhao Yun, and then ordered the ambush troops in the rear to attack

Fight your way out?”

"Exactly."

Sun Quan nodded.

This is a method he thinks is more feasible.

Ever since Xiaoyaojin, Sun Quan had known that Liu Bei despised him.

The news from Sun Shangxiang, as well as some of Liu Bei's letters and actions regarding him in recent years, all prove this.

So Sun Quan thought that since Liu Bei's group despised him so much, why not just take advantage of Liu Bei's contempt and raid Jingzhou to achieve his own goals?

The Battle of Xunyang was his strategy to capture Jingzhou.

Jingnan was lost, Xiakou was besieged, and Nanjun was in danger. Zhao Yun could not remain indifferent. At this time, Sun Quan was alone in danger. If Zhao Yun wanted to save Jingzhou, he would probably imitate Zhang Wenyuan and come out to fight him.

At that time, Sun Quan's plan will fall into place.

Anyway, in the eyes of Liu Bei's group, Sun Quan always likes to charge into battle alone, so bringing ten thousand people with him this time is considered prudent and will probably not make Zhao Yun suspicious.

It must be said that Sun Quan's strategy was a very clever one. He took advantage of the enemy's understanding and contempt of him to carry out the plan.

And he believed that Zhao Yun would definitely be fooled.

The reason is that the rear of Jingzhou is extremely empty. At this time, Sun Quan's army is in danger of approaching Jingzhou. If Zhao Yun does nothing and only defends Xunyang, he may be able to hold on for a few more days.

But Xunyang became an isolated city and other places fell. When the entire Jingzhou was occupied by Sun Quan, not only Zhao Yun would become a lone army, but Shen Chen would also be attacked from both sides. No matter from which perspective, Zhao Yun had to think of a way.

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Therefore, in order to win the battle quickly, Sun Quan also risked his life and used himself as bait to lure Zhao Yun out of the city.

At this moment, on the east city gate tower, Zhao Yun was also looking to the east. He remembered the order Shen Chen had given him before, so he gave the signal to his left and right to leave the city and fight.

After noon, Sun Quan's army finally arrived outside the city.

There are only ten thousand people.

To the left and right behind, there were dense forests and endless grass and basil, perfectly hiding countless people and horses.

After Jiangdong's army arrived outside the city, ten thousand people lined up in formation and moved forward slowly.

Sun Quan himself also followed the team. He saw many hills and slopes outside Dongcheng, one of which was about one mile to less than two miles away from Xunyang City, and wanted to climb up the mountain to have a look.

At this moment, the east gate of Xunyang City opened, and Zhao Yun rode out on horseback, taking the lead, followed by the soldiers behind him.

However, compared to Sun Quan's tens of thousands of troops lined up in a row, the number of people on Zhao Yun's side was much smaller. There were only three thousand sparse men, forming a square formation outside the city.

When he learned that Zhao Yun had indeed left the city, Sun Quan was overjoyed and said: "Send an order to Zhou Tai to form a formation quickly and be sure to entangle Zhao Yun outside the city."

As he spoke, he searched left and right, pointed to the hillside not far away and said, "Follow me up that hillside."

His guards protected him up a nearby hillside.

The 10,000 men in the front army were moving forward in a dispersed manner at the beginning. They originally planned to go to the city to form an array again, but at this moment Zhao Yun came out, and Zhou Tai immediately shouted to the middle-level officers and asked them to settle down the soldiers and start arranging them.

This battle is different from the last battle of Hefei. In the battle of Hefei, Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao to attack in order to boost morale and hold on to the city.

Zhao Yun had to attack. If he didn't attack, Xunyang would become an isolated city and he would not be able to help other places in Jingzhou, so he could only choose to go out of the city and give it a try.

The difference is that Sun Quan was not prepared last time, thinking that one hundred thousand versus seven thousand, the advantage was mine. The front, middle and rear armies were still with the rear. He only led a few thousand people to the outside of Hefei City, but was suddenly attacked by Zhang Liao's 800 men.

Miserable failure.

This time, Sun Quan was deliberately fishing. He took advantage of Zhao Yun's psychology of needing to go out of the city to fight, deliberately lured him out, and then asked Zhou Tai's 10,000 men to entangle Zhao Yun's troops at all costs.

The army arrived and completely occupied Xunyang.
To be continued...