On August 7, the 24th year of Jian'an, Shen Chen issued an order to move all the people of Xiangyang to Zhonglu and Canxiang areas in the south.
In fact, these two places were the Nanzhang area of Hubei Province in later generations, not very far from Xiangyang.
However, since Jingshan Mountain is to the west of here and the terrain is relatively high, although it may still be affected by heavy rain, as long as it is not at the foot of the mountain and is temporarily placed on a plain slope, it should be fine.
Sun Quan's actions are currently still besieging Xiakou. Lu Meng knew that Shen Chen would definitely go south to attack Jiangling in order to open up a road for reinforcements from Yizhou, so he stationed himself in Jiangbei.
Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin are still dispatching troops and transporting grain and grass to the rear. The army is still in Fancheng and Xinye and has not yet attacked Xiangyang.
Nowadays, the entire situation in Jingzhou seems to have come to a standstill. Only Shen Chen is still busy relocating the population.
Cao Jun and Jiangdong Army had actually detected his actions, but none of them, including Lu Meng, Lu Xun and others, noticed anything unusual, because in their eyes, this was a normal thing.
Now Shen Chen was caught on both sides and was forced to abandon Nanyang. Even if only half of the Nanyang army was from Nanyang, there would be at least 120,000 family members.
If he abandons these family members, the soldiers will definitely have no intention of fighting and will flee on their own.
Therefore, by relocating the population, they felt that they were relocating the families of soldiers. They wanted to place their families in a safer place so that the soldiers on the front line could fight with peace of mind. This was not a strange move.
What's more, in ancient times, it was very common for people to relocate before a war. For example, in history, Cao Cao moved to Dingkou in Huainan, Hanzhong, Bajun, Wudu, Nanyang and other places.
Shen Chen would not tell the people the truth, but would only tell them that Cao's army was brutal and massacred Xuzhou, and for the sake of the people's safety, he moved to the rear to escape.
So all in all, no one doubts it.
After all, even if they were 10,000 times smarter, they would never have imagined that in another month there would be heavy rains for several consecutive days, causing the Han River to surge more than ten meters high.
If they could have thought of it, Shen Chen would have suspected that there was another time traveler.
However, when Shen Chen was relocating his people, Yu Jin, Xiahou Dun, Lu Meng, Lu Xun and others also wrote letters and exchanged letters from time to time to discuss how to fight against Shen Chen's army.
They considered sending troops from the north and south at the same time to intercept Shen Chen while he was migrating his people.
But at present, it is impossible to intercept.
The main reason is that Shen Chen's army completely retreated to Xiangyang, and Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun's troops needed to cross the Mian River. It would take time for them to build temporary ships, and the main army could not cross temporarily, so only Jiangdong's army could attack.
The Jiangdong Army seemed to be outnumbered, but Sun Quan restrained Huang She's tribe in Xiakou. Sun Jiao and Lu Meng attacked and fought fiercely with Shen Chen in the Dangyang field of Nanjun.
Even if they have the courage to risk their lives, they must have the strength to match it.
Shen Chen's troops can compete with the elite front-line troops of Cao's army in the north. They can even defeat 80,000 troops with 50,000 men, and defeat Cao Hong head-on. The Jiangdong Army is an expert in water warfare and an amateur in land warfare. It is not certain that 200,000 people can go there. Can he defeat Shen Chen's current army of 100,000 men?
Therefore, after repeated exchanges, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Sun Jiao and others gave up the idea of intercepting the soldiers' families, and continued to wait in Jiangling for Shen Chen to come outside the city and break his head, and to wait for Yu Jin Xiahou Dun to build a ship to attack Nanjun.
At this time, the two sides actually fell into a brief period of peace.
Cao's army lacked ships and could not cross the north bank of the Han River for the time being. Jiangdong's army was unable to fight on land and did not dare to fight on the north bank of the Yangtze River, so they could only watch Shen Chen move the population and relocate the people.
It wasn't until August 10th, when Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun saw that Shen Chen's main force of 40,000 people had retreated to Yicheng, and that there was only a young man whose name he had never heard of as the main general on Yuliang Continent, that they officially started to fight. Jiang went out and tentatively attacked Yuliangzhou.
After several rounds of tests, Zhou Bujie acted extremely nervous. Every time before Cao Jun's ship docked, he fired various bows and crossbows at him. Most of them were fired into the river, and a small part hit the ship. Not even a single hair on Cao Jun was hurt. arrive.
Under this situation, Cao Jun quickly found out the details of Zhou Buyi and believed that this guy was indeed a novice, so he arranged a tactical strategy and launched a fierce attack on Yuliangzhou.
This attack plan was planned by Jin, and the army was also led by him.
Seeing that Zhou Buyi's tactics were extremely immature and not prudent at all, he felt that the enemy general was incompetent and could easily capture Yuliangzhou and threaten Xiangyang, so he chose to launch the attack in the early morning of August 12th. attack.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the weather is getting colder. Last night the moon was as round as a silver plate. Unfortunately, the sky has been overcast these past few days, blocking the moonlight and causing a thick layer of fog to appear on the Han River.
The cold water and the moon cover the sand, and under the shroud of smoke, at the end of the morning and the beginning of the sunrise, about five o'clock in the morning, there are black shadows on the Han River.
There were about hundreds of Cao Jun ships, carrying the first batch of about 5,000 landing soldiers, and began to forcibly land on the island.
Since occupying Nanyang in July, Cao Jun has been preparing ships and plans to cross the river to attack Nanjun. At present, many spare ships have been built. Although they are not big ships, they are still enough to cross the river.
Therefore, Yu Jin deployed about a thousand ships and a total of 20,000 Cao troops to formally launch an attack on Yuliangzhou.
Yuliangzhou is actually very large, covering almost 27 square kilometers. In ancient times, an ordinary county town only covered an area of two to three square kilometers. The area of Jiangxinzhou is equivalent to ten county towns.
But big does not mean that it is all solid land. In fact, most of the area is covered with swamps and lakes at this time, and the area near Fancheng is basically submerged by the river. The land is mainly to the east and south of Yuliangzhou, where Pang Degong lives. It's on the southernmost island of Yuliangzhou.
The continent is traversed by the Han River, and there are several large lakes connected to the Han River. There are countless small islands on the lakes, just like dots, but there is only one large long island running north to south in the east, where is Zhou Buyi's main island. The place where you are stationed.
Therefore, although Yuliangzhou is large, it is not possible to attack everywhere. To the north is the Han River, and to the west is a large lake connected to the Han River. As long as you stand on the watchtower on the top of the mountain in the east, you can see the enemy's attack position at a glance.
It's a pity that it's foggy today.
Taking advantage of the fog, Yu Jin chose a feint attack from the front and a surprise attack from the side.
Ships were sent from the north to the Han River, pretending to be a frontal assault, but in fact a small force was sent from the west, sailing from the Han River into the central lake of Yuliangzhou, attacking from the west of Zhou Buyi, taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
The autumn wind howled and the fog drifted away. In the early morning, at three quarters of the sunrise, the sky was bright and the thick fog had become thinner, and the shore of the island could be vaguely seen.
“Beep beep beep beep beep!”
At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded from the north of the large island east of Yuliangzhou, which seemed extremely abrupt amidst the sound of the rough water of the Han River.
Yu Jin stood on the board of the ship, his face looking slightly older. He had been in the army for thirty-five years and was already in his sixties. He first followed Bao Xin and then followed Cao Cao. He had fought in the north and south for thirty years. He had rich combat experience. Simple.
As soon as he heard the whistle, his tense face soon showed a smile, and he said to the deputy generals Hao Zhou, Niu Gai and others: "As expected, that kid must have gone to Zhoubei for defense. .”
Historically, Haozhou was Yu Jin's bodyguard, and followed Yu Jin in surrendering to Guan Yu. At this moment, he also said with a smile: "The general has calculated it. It seems that there is no one in Shen Chen's camp, so he actually sent a young boy to guard Yuliangzhou. If the general uses a little trick, he will lose this continent and island."
Yu Jin said: "Sun Quan suddenly raided Jingzhou. Shen Chen was shocked and immediately withdrew his troops. Now his top priority is to return to Jiangling. He can either choose to return to Yizhou from Dajiang or open up the river to wait for the incoming army. Except for Wen Pinshan who stayed in Xiangyang, the rest All the main generals will follow him south, so it is probably a last resort for Zhou Busuo to be the main general."
"Shen Chen has been regarded as a famous figure for a lifetime. He became famous at a young age and is known as a famous Confucian general of the world. A few months ago, he showed off his power in Henan. Now he will soon be buried in Nanjun."
Fu Fang, a general in the rear, also said: "The King of Wei once said that if Shen Chen's head is captured, he will be rewarded with a hundred gold and be granted the title of a thousand households. If he is captured alive, he will be rewarded with a thousand gold and be granted the title of a thousand households. Now Shen Chen is heading to Yicheng and south to Jiangling. Could it be that the great credit is going to be obtained by Sun Quan?"
"hehe."
Yu Jin smiled and said: "Sun Quan is just an incompetent person. Four years ago, Zhang Liao defeated 800 people in Hefei. In June, he was attacked by Zhao Yun with 3,000 people in Xunyang. He lost his troops and generals, and was defeated. If Jiangdong hadn't relied on him, he would have been defeated." The location is favorable and the naval force is acceptable. King Wei had already destroyed him last time he came to Huai, so it would be better not to expect anything in return from him."
"Hmm"
Everyone fell silent.
Yu Jin's seniority is second only to several of the Cao family's own generals. He has made many military exploits with Cao Cao and is the leader of generals with foreign surnames. Now he is General Zuo, Jie Jie Yue, and his official position is still above Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, second only to former general Xiahou Dun. Naturally, I am qualified to comment on Sun Quan.
And they are just ordinary generals. Although they are not in the Cao Wei camp, Sun Quan is now an ally. If they criticize and belittle themselves, if they get to the ears of Sun Quan and complain to Cao Cao, they will not be able to live with it.
While a few people were talking, the fleet followed the waves of the river and headed towards Yuliangzhou. In the distance, gongs and drums were beating loudly on the north bank, and there was a lot of people. It seemed that there were countless soldiers making noise there.
Yu Jin heard the sounds of horns, gongs and drums coming from the distance, and said with a smile: "It seems that Zhu Ling has led the enemy to the north."
Zhu Ling was also a capable man, but he was not reused by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao disliked him very much. Last year, he found an excuse to order Yu Jin to seize Zhu Ling's military power. Since then, Zhu Ling, a general who originally led an army, has become Yu Jin's subordinates now reluctantly obeyed Yu Jin's orders and acted as pretend troops to attack Zhoubei.
"General, there is land ahead of us, we are approaching the shore."
He pointed Niugai forward.
"Um."
Yu Jin nodded, waved his hand and said: "Let a team of scouts go into the forest to conduct reconnaissance, and the rest will gather on the shore."
"only!"
Niu Gai was ordered to immediately let the ships wave the flag.
Hundreds of troop transport ships on the river, such as Mao Tu, Lu Gang, and Goge, which could accommodate 20 to 30 people, carried nearly 10,000 soldiers and moved forward rapidly toward the island shore.
Even in later generations, Yuliang Island was densely forested with swamps and a large number of jungles. It was a good place for Xiangyang people in later generations to visit. At this time, the trees blocked the sky and the sun, and the mountains and islands stood tall and green.
The area close to the shore is a large area of sand washed out by the river. There is no forest, but about a hundred steps from the beach, there is a long stretch of flat land before you can enter the forest.
A ship headed for the shore and ran aground on the beach. Although it was not cold during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the water of the Han River was already a bit cool.
The soldiers in the front could jump onto the beach, while the soldiers in the back had no choice but to cross the water, step on the cold river water one step at a time, and then get to the beach, and then quickly gather in the direction of the forest.
Yu Jin knew that after passing through this forest, he would reach Zhou Buyi's camp. Now that Zhou Buyi's soldiers were entangled with Zhu Ling's suspected soldiers in the north, it was a good time to attack.
"Quick, quick, quick."
He whispered and urged the surrounding soldiers to gather, and then waved repeatedly.
The waves of the Mianshui River are flowing and rippling, and the howling autumn wind blows the forest trees, emitting the rustling sound of the leaves shaking.
The beach covered up the hurried footsteps of the soldiers, and it seemed that only the water flow, the wind, and the sound of the leaves were intertwined in the world, and nothing else existed.
So quiet.
Yu Jin raised his head and stared at the forest that was getting closer and closer.
His brows suddenly frowned, and an unknown premonition suddenly emerged, making his heart suddenly rise to his throat. He suddenly raised his hand to signal the soldiers to stop: "Stop!"
What's wrong?
where?
In the doubtful eyes of the soldiers, Yu Jin glanced around almost frantically, even taking two steps back unconsciously to watch.
"General." Sima Dongligun took a few steps forward and asked carefully.
And Yu Jin suddenly thought, it's too quiet here!
As a vast primitive undeveloped jungle island, Yuliangzhou must be home to many wild animals. It is often said that hundreds of birds return to the forest, but hundreds of birds originally live in the forest.
Autumn is getting stronger in the north, and many migratory birds are migrating south. Islands like this are a favorite stopover for migratory birds. The temperature is warmer than in the north, and there are lakes and swamps, making it easy to catch fish. It is impossible to find lakes and wetlands outside.
Not even a wild goose or swan.
However, there was silence all around, no birds chirping, no animals chirping, not even the birds that should have inhabited this forest chirped.
What frightened them away?
Yu couldn't help but shuddered all over. He suddenly remembered that even the most mediocre general would at least arrange some sentries here. He had even been prepared to be discovered in advance before he came.
Since Zhou Buyi's army was attracted to the north bank, he believed that even if he was discovered in advance, he could quickly assemble his troops and launch a surprise attack on the enemy's camp.
But right now there is no warning, no whistle, and no neighing of animals as there should be, and the most important thing is that the team of scouts he sent into the forest before have not come back yet. Everything shows one thing.
——It’s a scam!
"withdraw!"
Yu Jin waved his hand suddenly and shouted loudly.
He is an outstanding general who is neither vigilant nor meticulous.
But, it's too late.
The moment he waved his hand, hundreds of arrows were shot out from behind the forest, drawing a high arc and landing among the team that was quickly gathering in front of the forest.
Wherever the arrow hit, there were screams and screams. Some people were wailing and screaming, and some rats were scurrying around.
Soon a large number of Zhou Buji's soldiers rushed out of the forest, shouting and launching a fierce charge at them. Archers standing high in the forest kept shooting at Cao's troops on the beach.
The shore was about a hundred steps away from the forest, and the imperial army was already close to the forest, completely within shooting range, almost like shooting at a target.
The dense arrows covered the sky and the sun. Even if many people wore armor, they could not stop the arrow rain. Red blood flowers burst out. In an instant, a group of people fell down, and the blood that flowed out covered the river beach.
All stained red.
Under the cover of his personal guards, Yu Jin finally retreated to the boat on the shore. Looking back, he saw that the beach was littered with corpses, and groups of Zhou Buyi's troops rushed over and entangled with their remnants.
Although most of Cao's soldiers had retreated to the shore, their boats had run aground and had to be pushed back into the river before they could leave. Moreover, even if they returned to the river, they would not be able to increase their speed in a short period of time, and they would be beaten by Zhou Buyi on the shore.
Shoot like a living target.
Seeing these tragic scenes, Yu Jin knew that if he continued like this, the army would completely collapse and tens of thousands of people would die here. Therefore, with red eyes, he immediately ordered to the guards around him: "Take a team of people.
Rush over and tell Haozhou to immediately organize his troops into a formation to stop the pursuers."
"only."
The personal guard led a group of people, holding shields, and quickly rushed towards the right wing Haozhou Department among the chaotic crowd.
Yu Jin said to another guard: "Go tell Niugai and ask him to cover Haozhou and fight the enemy at close range as much as possible to slow down the momentum of their bows and arrows."
"only."
The guard also rushed to the left with a group of people.
Yu Jin said to Sima Dongligun beside him: "You drag all the boats into the water immediately, quickly!"
Dongligun immediately obeyed the order and left.
At this time, the tens of thousands of people were actually not completely crowded together. The mile-long beach was filled with chaotic soldiers.
Many people had already boarded the ship, but because the ship needed to be towed into the river within a short period of time, a large number of soldiers were forced to stay, which was quite similar to the Dunkirk evacuation.
Zhou Buji's army pressed forward step by step, firing bows and arrows indiscriminately, and countless Cao soldiers were killed by the arrows. In this case, Yu Jin, who was experienced in combat, knew not to cause chaos, but must quickly stabilize the situation and organize the soldiers.
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Fortunately, there is still a big difference in quality between the elite soldiers of Cao's army and those of Jiangdong. If Zhang Liao and Zhao Yunch were fighting against Cao's army, they would probably be in trouble.
After a brief period of confusion, Hao Zhou and Niu Gai immediately organized two troops of more than a thousand people, erected shields from the left and right wings to cover their teammates, and then quickly intertwined and blocked the front of Zhou Buyi's attacking army.
Yu Jin immediately ordered the soldiers to move closer to him. Some of the soldiers went to the shore to push the boats, while the other soldiers gathered in the central area and began to form a formation.
Despite the dense rain of arrows, Cao Jun's soldiers continued to fall, but amid the whistling whistles and the shouts of the officers, every soldier crouched and ran forward with his head lowered under the cover of his shield, and they turned out very quickly.
A central army of 3,000 men was organized.
In the distance, Zhou Buyi's army was not out in full force, but was far smaller in number than the imperial army. Seeing how tenacious the enemy was, he immediately ordered a stop to shoot arrows, and the Huangmen soldiers were dispatched.
Deng Ai roared, led Zhou Tai's Huangmen soldiers, and more than 3,000 soldiers, and charged towards the central formation brazenly.
The timing was very good.
Because Yu Jin has erected a shield formation, the lethality of the archers has been greatly weakened. The most important thing now is not to allow the enemy to completely assemble the formation, so they must rush into the formation.
With Deng Ai and Zhou Tai taking the lead, five hundred Huangmen soldiers wearing steel armor were like heavily armored infantry trapped in a camp. They were marching with roaring steps, like a torrent of steel beasts, attacking the temporarily organized central formation.
.
Bang bang bang~~~~stab.
Various weapons were intertwined, and the spears and halberds of Cao's soldiers stretched out from behind their shields struck their armors, causing collisions and harsh metal friction sounds.
But this strength was not enough to scratch the itch of the Huangmen soldiers. Each of Cao's soldiers tried their best, but under the collision of the heavy armored infantry, they retreated step by step and were even knocked to the ground. In an instant, they were rushed to the ground.
Enter the formation.
The temporarily organized formation was disintegrated in an instant.
"Kill!"
Zhou Buyi's infantrymen in the rear saw that the Huangmen soldiers had rushed into the formation, and their morale was greatly boosted. They also followed the Huangmen soldiers and killed them all the way.
Even the archers dropped their crossbows, drew out their swords from their waists, and charged with the soldiers in front.
A hundred feet away on the hillside near the shore, Zhou Buyi and Cai Du looked at the scene below.
I saw that the mile-long river beach was densely packed with soldiers of Cao Cao. The two wings and the center formation formed a formation of nearly 5,000 people.
But Zhou Buyi used the Huangmen soldiers as the tip of his spear and pierced the enemy's center formation fiercely. The formation that had just been organized was shattered in a short time. Deng Ai Zhoutai took the Huangmen soldiers, as well as his generals Li Ying and Huo Yang.
Leading more than 4,000 soldiers, General Cao's army was defeated again.
When Yu Jin on the boat saw this situation, he suddenly felt cold all over.
He never expected that the enemy generals who thought they were useless would actually set up an ambush early. I am afraid that the tension in the past few days was also intentional on his part to confuse them.
Moreover, the enemy's tactics and timing were just right.
First, he fired random bows and arrows, disrupting Cao's army's formation. When Cao's army barely stabilized its position and used shields to resist the bows and arrows, he quickly changed his tactics and used heavily armored infantry to tear open the opening.
The overall strategy is very simple, which is to keep tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers in chaos and not allow them to evacuate calmly.
The only good news is that after stabilizing the situation for a short period of time, many ships have been dragged into the river. Dongligun pushed Yu Jin's ship into the water, and while pushing hard, he shouted: "General, you go first."
Walk."
Yu Jin said nothing.
Because he knew that everything was lost and the formation could never be organized, so the only way out would be defeat.
He was a man who cherished his life, so he could only escape back into the river under the cover of Dongligun.
Cao's soldiers on the shore were still being slaughtered.
Many people began to snatch the boats and then rowed desperately to escape.
However, less than a thousand of Cao's soldiers were actually killed. A large number of Cao's soldiers robbed ships, trampled them, and fell into the water to death.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the remaining Cao troops trapped on the shore had no choice but to surrender.