The battle in Ganting has no outcome, just like the historical battle between Wei, Shu and Wu for decades, but in the end it was just a wedding dress for the Western Jin Dynasty.
The two sides did not settle the matter hastily, but they were evenly matched and neither could do anything to the other.
The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and when the sun was approaching, both sides called for gold and retreated their troops, collecting the corpses and going back.
Cao Cao wanted to intercept the grain road, and this was his usual method.
But Fazheng, Xu Shu and others had already guessed that Zhang Fei and Ma Chao also fought with Cao Cao's cavalry in the Taiting area. Although the number was much smaller than Cao Cao's cavalry, they did not lose.
By mid-August, the battle between the two sides had become fierce. Cao Cao wanted to defeat Liu Bei as soon as possible and march into Nanyang, so he was a little impatient.
On the other hand, although Liu Bei was also worried about the situation on Shen Chen's side, he was much calmer and calmer. He had waited too long for the victory of this battle. What kind of ending could be worthy of more than thirty years of wandering?
Apart from proclaiming himself emperor, perhaps the only thing left to do is defeat Cao Cao.
Therefore, during Cao Cao's several attacks, Liu Bei was able to win steadily. Even though the supply front was stretched out for a long time and he was at a logistical disadvantage, he still handled the situation flawlessly and did not lose his prestige.
In this tug-of-war between the two sides, time was slowly passing by. By August 20th, Jingzhou in the south was already in turmoil.
After more than ten days of transfer, most of the people in Xiangyang have moved to Nanzhang.
Shen Chen also began to concentrate his main force to go south, summoning Zhao Yun's and Samoko's tribes, a total of 60,000 people, and marched south to Jiangling. At the same time, he led 40,000 troops to attack Ji'nan, and also ordered Zhao Yun and Samoko to attack Zhijiang and Xiaoting. Sun Jiaobu.
There is a big gap in the number of troops between the two sides. Lü Meng and Sun Jiao's troops totaled about 110,000, while Sun Jiao's own troops totaled 30,000. The Jingzhou aristocratic family who defected to Jiangdong sent 10,000 to nearly 20,000 troops, while Lü Meng's troops had 60,000.
In late August, approaching late autumn, the weather became increasingly gloomy. On August 24, dark clouds covered the area and it rained heavily in Jiangling.
Lu Meng stood on the top of Jiangling City and looked to the north. To the north was Jinan Township. He ordered five thousand people to be stationed there. But four days ago, Jinan's camp had been easily defeated by Shen Chen, and the remaining troops retreated to Jiangling. Shen Chen's army has arrived outside Jiangling City.
To the south of Jiangling is the mighty Yangtze River, to the east is the majestic Yunmengze. The waterway network is extremely developed. There are twelve water gates in the city, and a wide moat connects the Yangtze River. It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The rain pattered on Lu Meng's bamboo hat. He raised his head and glanced at the dark clouds in the sky. His mood was neither good nor bad, but he was slightly confused about Shen Chenjun's actions.
Since Ji Nan's camp was broken four days ago, Shen Chen has not continued to attack. Even when the weather was slightly better two days ago, he only continued to station in the camp north of the city without even taking the initiative to provoke. It seemed that everything Return to peace.
The opponent is too quiet.
It's a bit disturbing anyway.
The camp in the distance was shrouded in mist and rain, making it eerily quiet.
But then Lu Meng quickly put this doubt behind him, shook his head and smiled at himself.
In his heart, Shen Chen was attacked from two sides. It was almost delusional for Liu Bei's main force to rush to help in Hanzhong in a short time, but it didn't have to be like this.
The rippling Yangtze River rolled up waves. The once clear river water gradually turned turbid due to rain in the Three Gorges area upstream. Two boats were driven down by the wind and rain.
When the ship sailed into the dock south of Jiangling City, Yu Fan walked out of the cabin and said with a serious face to Zhou Shao, son of Zhou Tai, the general stationed at the dock: "Where is the governor now?"
Zhou Shao replied: "In the city."
"take me."
Yu Fan held up a bamboo hat and was met by the howling north wind, which made him feel chilled to the bone even though he was wearing a fox fur coat.
Under the leadership of Zhou Shao, Yu Fan entered the city from the south gate of Jiangling and arrived at the county government residence.
Historically, the Jingzhou that Liu Bei obtained was an incomplete Jingzhou. The north was taken by the Wei State, and the southeast was taken by the Wu State. He only got Nanjun and part of Wuling County. The two sides divided the river and governed it, so the seat of Jingzhou was Jiangling.
But at this time, what Liu Bei got was the complete Jingzhou, with the seat of government in Xiangyang, the defense in the north in Nanyang, and the defense in the east in Jiangxia and Xiling. Jiangling was not that important.
Therefore, there are not many residents in the city. The original county magistrate fled after Jiangdong's army occupied it. Now Jiangling City and the western fortress are all occupied by Lü Meng's army.
When Yu Fan entered the county government, Lu Meng had just returned from patrolling the city. As soon as he met Yu Fan, he said: "Captain, Zhijiang has been defeated. Shen Chen's attack was to attack the east and west, pretending to attack Jiangling, but in fact he took Yidao first."
"Um."
Lu Meng's expression did not change at all. He seemed to have expected this. He walked slowly under the corridor with his hands behind his back. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Let Ding Feng take eight thousand people to see it and take a boat."
"Go by boat?"
Yu Fan said: "It's raining heavily on the river, the waves are rolling, and there's a north wind. If we go upstream, I'm afraid the ship will be in danger of capsizing."
Lu Meng shook his head and said: "There is no way. If he attacks Yi Dao, he can only let Sun Jiao hold the camp firmly. Shen Chen is used to using the strategy of attacking from the east and attacking in the west, but what if he pretends to attack Yi Dao and deceives us into helping him?
, but actually it would be a bad idea to capture Jiangling.”
"It's possible."
Yu Fan thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Just do what the governor wants."
After noon, the rain became much lighter, so Ding Feng was ordered to lead eight thousand people northward to Yidao to rescue Sun Jiao.
Yi Dao guards the Three Gorges and is the entrance of the Yangtze River into Jingzhou. If faced with enemies in Yizhou, it can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack. Liu Biao once repelled Liu Zhang's troops here. Later, the Battle of Yiling also took place here.
here.
But there was only Pingchuan behind him, which later became Zhijiang County in Hubei Province. It was easy to defend against the enemies coming from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but it was difficult to defend against the enemies behind him. Therefore, Sun Jiao's defense was quite difficult.
The main reason is that his troops are relatively scattered. Soldiers and horses are stationed in Zhijiang, Yiling, Yidao, and Xiaoting, and nearly two-fifths of them are troops from aristocratic families. These people can fight with the wind, but when they encounter
The main force of Shen Chen's army was basically defeated in one strike.
Therefore, after the fall of Zhijiang, Yiling, Yidao, Xiaoting and other places behind were also threatened by Shen Chen's army.
The only good news is that Sun Jiao's main force is stationed at Yidao on the other side. Shen Chen's army probably has no ships and cannot cross the river to attack. It is relatively safe. However, if Yiling and Xiaoting fall, they are afraid that he will open up the connection channel with Yizhou, so they still have to attack.
It's better to be careful.
And just as it gradually began to rain continuously in Jingzhou, it was already late August and the war was about to begin. In Bajun, Yizhou, and Jiangzhou, the seat of King Liu Bei of Hanzhong, there was also light rain.
The gloomy weather turned the world into a monotonous dark gray. Rainwater flowed down the uneven streets, and the bluestones all over the city shone brightly under the wash of raindrops.
The palace of the King of Han.
After the clapper sounded during lunch, the female steward of Princess Han's courtyard walked out of the courtyard holding a bamboo hat.
Recently, due to the bad relationship between Wu Hou and the King of Han, Princess Sun of Han is in a bad situation and has been imprisoned. This female steward is the female Ling Shi who was originally assigned by the King of Han to take care of the princess. Now she has become a spy on the Han Dynasty.
The Princess's Order of Yongxiang.
The Princess of Han was usually not allowed to travel, and there were guards guarding the door. The female guards brought by the Princess were also taken away and replaced by some female officials, who were responsible for taking care of Sun's daily life and dietary arrangements.
The palace's logistics purchases are also carried out separately. Every day the female steward has to go out to buy some things. After all, Sun can't go out herself, so she always needs to buy some daily necessities.
"Li Lingshi, you went out shopping again."
There are many dignitaries' residences near the palace, and the back door is directly opposite the Prime Minister Zuo's mansion. There happens to be a steward in the mansion who goes out, so he is familiar with him because he sees him often.
Li Lingshi was in her forties. It was said that she was originally a palace maid in Chang'an Palace. She fled from Chang'an to Shu County and was transferred from Chengdu. She said with a smile: "Yes, Manager Zheng also knows that the princess has a bad temper.
Things always break, and if they break, they have to buy something, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
"Then Ling Shi should be more careful when serving him." Manager Zheng thought of Princess Sun and couldn't help but look at Ling Shi with pity. She was really not a good person. It is said that if the King of Han hadn't forcibly captured her maid and took her away.
Swordsman, I'm afraid it will cause death.
"It's true that you have to be patient, but I'm used to serving nobles in the palace, especially those who have lost their power. If they lose their temper, just stay away." Li Lingshi explained: "Besides, this Princess Sun rarely wins.
People vent their anger.”
"That's good, that's good." Manager Zheng responded, and the two of them exchanged greetings for a few more words and then left.
Following the path paved with bluestones all the way down the mountain to the north for a few streets, Li Lingshi purchased some supplies as usual, and finally walked into a spice shop on North Street.
During the Han Dynasty, spices were produced in the Jiaozhi and Yongchang areas, which was later known as Southeast Asia. Starting from the "Shu Shen Po Road" of the Southern Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty had already conducted trade activities with Southeast Asia, India and even Luzon Island.
Since the "Shu Body Poison Road" started and ended in Bashu, there were a lot of spices in Bashu at that time. During the Han Dynasty, due to the interruption of the Northern Silk Road in the Western Regions, the spices of the powerful often came from Shu.
Li Lingshi entered the spice shop. Due to the recent rain, there were very few pedestrians on the street and no one in the shop. The proprietress was drowsy, but when she saw her coming in, she immediately cheered up and said: "Lingshi, I'm here to buy something for the princess again."
Spices? These are all new arrivals."
"But they are cheap stuff."
Li Lingshi scooped up the spices in the container with his hands, smelled them and said, "Where are the ones that the princess likes?"
"It's in the backyard. It's been prepared for the princess."
The landlady stretched out her hand and said, "Please, Shi."
Li Lingshi nodded and walked into the backyard.
The backyard was quite spacious, and these men lived in the back room. When they heard the footsteps, they took out their knives and opened the window a crack.
The landlady shouted: "Master, Li Lingshi is here and wants to see the spices."
One of the men said to everyone: "It's the informant we bought at the palace at a high price. Don't be nervous. You just wait here and let me inform Madam of my plan."
"good."
Several others put down their swords.
The man walked out and winked at the landlady, who then nodded and went out to look at the store again.
Li Lingshi followed the boss into a side hall next to her. As soon as she entered the door, she said: "Madam has been very angry these days. Marquis Wu attacked her before she could leave, which made her feel that Marquis Wu had not thought about her safety at all.
, now that the King of Han has imprisoned her, what should we do?"
The boss said: "Marquis Wu has no choice. In war, we have to wait for the time. How could he send a message from Yangzhou one or two months in advance? If my wife leaves at that time, wouldn't it arouse Liu Bei's suspicion?"
"What should we do now?"
Ling Shi asked: "Liu Bei is still in Guanzhong, but I heard that the daily correspondence between Guanzhong and Jiangzhou often denounced the Marquis of Wu. The guards at the palace were becoming more and more rude to the princess. They actually pushed the princess the day before yesterday."
"It's definitely not possible to break out by force, but a letter from Marquis Wu has been sent over. He asked us to find a way to rescue the princess from the palace."
The boss said in a deep voice: "We have a map of the palace for a long time. Tonight at three o'clock on the first day of the week, you take the princess to the outside of the backyard wall of the mansion. We will use the ladder to go in from the outside, help the princess out, and then take a boat straight to Yiling. There are already people there.
General Sun Jiao occupied it."
"Why do we have to do it three times a day?"
Ling Shi was puzzled and asked: "Is it okay in the middle of the night when the cock crows?"
The boss responded: "No, there are guards patrolling outside the palace. We have checked and found that people are most tired after three quarters of a day. At that time, the guards who watch the night sometimes are lazy and do not patrol. It has rained these days, and they have been there for several days.
I stopped inspecting the back entrance of the palace."
"good."
Li Lingshi nodded and said, "Then I'll do it as you wish."
At three quarters after dinner, around eight o'clock in the morning, in the backyard of the Prince's Palace where the Sun family was imprisoned, Sun Shangxiang, with a face as cold as frost, was walking around in his room.
She has been wielding swords and guns since she was a child. She has a slender figure and is quite heroic.
In the past few years, for the sake of her brother's career, when Liu Bei was in Jiangzhou, she had to pretend to be a virtuous wife every day, making Liu Bei happy in order to gain his trust in exchange for information.
After several years of hard work undercover, Sun Shangxiang did gradually gain power. Liu Bei would not hide from her even when reading official documents, so he obtained a lot of important information, such as Liu Bei's group's troop deployment, frontline battle reports from various places, and local governance, etc.
Wait for the inside story.
Without this information, Sun Quan would not have captured Jingnan so quickly, and united with many aristocratic families in Jingzhou who were dissatisfied with Liu Bei to cause such a big disturbance.
However, just after Sun Quan completed his victory and successfully attacked Jingzhou, he almost forgot about her.
This made Sun Shangxiang, who had completely lost power due to Sun Quan's incident and was imprisoned at the same time, very angry. She believed that her brother had abandoned her. She lost her temper and threw things in the room all day long, leaving the house in a mess.
With his true nature exposed, the original bronze mirror and dressing table were now broken into pieces, and except for the bed, there was almost no intact furniture.
"lady?"
At this moment, Li Lingshi poked his head in outside the door.
Sun Shangxiang stood in the utility room with a livid face, and said to her angrily: "What did you buy again? I will smash as many as you want, and ask them what they can do, and how have you ever found any use?"
"
Li Lingshi said with an apologetic smile: "Madam, we finally have a solution this time. Marquis Wu was also helpless. The war was planned at the right time. Yangzhou is more than a thousand miles away from Yizhou, and it takes two months for a ship to arrive. Why? Maybe he informed Madam in advance? But he has already sent people to sneak into Jiangzhou and will help Madam leave tonight."
Zhou Lin once told Shen Chen that it usually only takes half a month to get to Jiangling by boat from Jiangdong. Unless the weather is bad, it can be reached within a month.
But taking a boat from Jiangdong to Bazhou can take as short as two to three months, or as long as one and a half years.
Because the water flow in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is not very fast, and the river channel is wide, with southeasterly winds in spring and summer, the boat speed will be faster.
From Jingzhou to Bashu, you have to pass through the Three Gorges. The river in the Three Gorges area is very narrow, and the water flow is very fast. There are often heavy rains in the upper reaches. There are many shipwrecks and deaths when going upstream, so the message sending speed from Jingzhou to Yizhou is very fast. slow.
Sun Quan launched an attack in June. Unless he informed Sun Shangxiang in advance in March or April that he would be dispatched in June, it would be impossible for Sun Shangxiang to get the news in advance and run away.
Unfortunately, many military operations were made on the spur of the moment, and Sun Quan only secretly prepared them in May, so it was a disaster for Sun Shangxiang.
But after hearing Li Lingshi say that Sun Quan had sent someone to take over, Sun Shangxiang finally had a good look on his face and said, "What are they going to do?"
"They will meet you at the back door of the palace at three o'clock on the first day of the week."
Li Lingshi replied: "We have arranged a small boat by the river. We will take the boat directly to Yiling before dawn. We expect to arrive in the evening."
Going upstream from Jiangdong to Yizhou is very fast, but going from Yizhou to Jingzhou is extremely fast. After all, if one goes upstream and the other goes down the river, a thousand miles to Jiangling can be covered in one day.
Sun Shangxiang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay."
With this news, Sun Shangxiang was very happy today. He ate and drank well. He didn't rush into the guards outside the door as usual, he didn't smash things, and he didn't yell. He was much quieter.
After noon, other maids in the palace who were monitoring Sun Shangxiang reported the information to Zhuge Liang. In the prime minister's mansion, Zhuge Liang just said "oh" and seemed not to think about anything else, and continued to deal with the heavy daily official documents.
The sky gradually darkened, and by evening, the heavy rain had lightened up a lot. The rainwater gathered into small streams, flowing down the different heights of Jiangzhou City, and finally merged into the Yangtze River.
In the second half of the night, the original heavy rain turned into light rain. The attendants who inspected the palace tonight were lazy again. After Ping Dan's stick knocked, there was no trace of them anymore. It was quiet outside the back door of the palace, and there was no sound. .
In the dark night, only the full moon that occasionally emerged from behind the dark clouds shone with silver light. Sun Quan's spies, who were hiding in nearby alleys and keeping watch, saw that the time was up and the guards had been silent. Even the watchman had gone back to rest, so Deciding to act on the opportunity, he carried the ladder to the back door of the mansion.
Naturally, Sun Shangxiang did not fall asleep at this time. She was full of energy and kept listening to the sound of the watch outside the government office. Just after the first day of the week, she and Li Lingshi had already passed through the back garden and quietly came to the corridor.
They were really lucky today. Normally, not only were there patrols outside the palace, but there were also patrols inside. But today, I don’t know whether the guards were lazy or relaxed their vigilance. They only encountered two teams along the way, and basically all of them were there. Napping on the porch, they didn't notice anyone passing by them at all.
The two of them passed the back garden smoothly, and by the moonlight, they saw a ladder extending from behind the wall, and a figure emerged from the wall, waving to them.
"lady."
After they came out of the wall, the leader of the internal response quickly said to her, "I'm too late."
"Stop talking nonsense."
Sun Shangxiang inherited his father and brother's vigorous and resolute behavior, waving his hand and saying: "Leave now, quickly!"
"only."
A group of more than ten people immediately started descending the mountain under the cover of darkness.
It was around four o'clock in the morning at this time, but Jiangzhou was built on a mountain. Climbing down the stairs, by the time we reached the riverside, it was already the beginning of the sunrise, and the sky was gradually getting brighter.
The place they chose was not the large wharf in the east of the city, but a small wharf on the Jialing River in the north.
There are dense bamboo shadows around the pier and it is covered by trees. There is a small and medium-sized passenger ship that looks like a tutu docked on the shore, and it is equipped with oars and paddle wheels. More than ten people are rowing and pedaling in the ship at extremely fast speeds.
, you can reach Yiling in the evening.
Seeing the ship, the leader beckoned with joy and said: "Madam, we're here. It's safe to get on the ship."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Sun Shangxiang was overjoyed. He turned his head and looked at the stacked Jiangzhou City behind, hidden in the mountains and forests. He chuckled and said, "Farewell. I can't stay in this damn place for a whole day."
He turned his head and walked towards the passenger ship without hesitation.
At this moment.
A mellow voice sounded.
"Princess, where are you going?"
Countless figures suddenly appeared in the bamboo forest on both sides.
Zhuge Liang got out of the boat and looked at her with a smile.
"Zhuge Liang!"
In an instant, Sun Shangxiang almost squeezed out these three words from between his teeth.
"Mrs. Protector."
More than a dozen internal spies immediately drew their knives.
But hundreds of guards around him swarmed in and quickly killed everyone.
Li Lingshi was so frightened that he didn't understand what was going on.
"How did you know."
Sun Shangxiang turned his head to look at Li Lingshi, picked up a knife on the ground, and said with eyes about to split: "It's you!"
"It's not me, it's not me"
Li Lingshi quickly denied it, took a few steps back, and wanted to escape.
But Sun Shangxiang was already very angry and stabbed her with a knife, killing her. Then she was held up by the neck with several halberds.
Zhuge Liang just watched quietly. Li Lingshi was not from the Sun family at first, but she accepted a lot of bribes from the Sun family and helped the Sun family to act as a spy and pass on information. It would be a shame to die.
Only Sun Shangxiang. After all, she was the Han princess being married by the Ming matchmaker, so she still had to be dealt with by the King of Han.
"Princess, go back."
Zhuge Liang said softly: "The princess has delivered a lot of false news to the Marquis of Wu over the years. I believe the King of Han will not kill the princess."
"What?"
Sun Shangxiang opened his eyes wide and said in shock: "Is the news false?"
"good."
Zhuge Liang nodded, pointed the feather fan in his hand to the north, and said: "Princess, look over there."
At three quarters after sunrise, the sky becomes bright.
The surface of the river was gray, but shrouded in mist and rain, countless ships were rippling in the river, heading north.
"What is that?" Sun Shangxiang shouted, "What is that?"
"It's the ambush of the King of Han."
Zhuge Liang waved his hands and said loudly: "Thank you to the princess for making Wu Hou mistakenly think that our lord's troops are in the north, but he didn't know that the army had been hidden in Bodao for a long time. It was the princess who told Sun Quan and made him believe it.
, I think there will be no reinforcements in Jingzhou. But the day after tomorrow will be when Wu Hou’s troops will be wiped out!"
Sun Shangxiang only felt that his heart was suddenly strangled, and his whole body's energy and energy were sucked away. His originally beautiful face lost its color in an instant and fell limply to the ground.
Jiangdong.
It's over.
I went on a blind date in the morning. Today is just one chapter, but it only has more than 6,000 words. Don’t worry, everyone, the main movie has begun. In addition, some friends said that the protagonist’s 70,000 plus Huang Zhong’s 70,000 to deal with the coalition’s more than 200,000 is very fantasy, but don’t forget the history of Guan Yu
They relied on 40,000 to 50,000 people to fight against the more than 200,000 Sun Cao coalition forces, and they won first and then lost. The protagonist relied on foresight, while the second master relied on hard power, which was much stronger than the protagonist. As for Zhao Yunchong
The formation is outrageous. Let’s not say that Zhang Liao is more outrageous than Zhao Yun. Let’s just say that Li Shimin attacked Dou Jiande with 3,000 men and captured Dou Jiande with 100,000 men. Isn’t that as outrageous as Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao? So we all write books with logic.
Personally, I still don’t like people saying that my writing is exaggerated. In the official history, there are still 50 people who charged into a formation of 50,000 people to capture the enemy’s leader alive. I don’t dare to say it, and I don’t dare to ask.