Chapter 820 Want to compete with the Duke of Heaven?
Chapter 820: Want to compete with God?
On the New Year's Eve of the 14th year of Jian'an, there seemed to be few surprises all over the world.
At least, for ordinary people, it is somewhat comforting to have such a stable ending on New Year's Eve after a whole year of chaos continues.
The first day of the fifteenth year of Jian'an was also more peaceful than in previous years.
People came and went, saying all kinds of auspicious words, hoping to make a good start for the new year.
Under the Hanzhong City, newly built houses appear in the alleys and streets. Children who have spent the cold winter have cheerful and happy smiles on their faces.
From this point of view, how can there be any trace of the sad scene in the city after the war, especially after the fire?
Victory seems to heal the wounds left by war in people's hearts.
However, whether it can be completely restored to its peak depends on the effect of subsequent governance.
The newly appointed governor of Nanzheng City is a young man who is deeply loved by the officials and the people - after all, his appearance has been deeply engraved in people's hearts a long time ago.
"Well, isn't this the prefect who prayed for rain for the people?"
On the city tower that day, Cao Cao personally called Jiang Wan's name. It took Jiang Wan less than half a year to go from being a small official in the yamen to an important minister.
Everyone was happy with this result, and Cao Cao was extremely satisfied with this result.
"As for the talents brought by Brother Yi, you can rest assured that Hanzhong is in your hands."
Cao Cao smiled and patted Jiang Wan on the shoulder, just like when Jiang Wan first arrived in the camp, Cao Cao poured all his trust into him with just a few words.
Suspicious people like Cao Cao will give all their trust to Yi Xiaotian.
Only Yi Xiaotian can achieve such status and treatment.
The layout around Hanzhong gradually became orderly under Jiang Wan's control. The houses in the city were built brick by brick by Xiahou Dun and others, who personally led their troops.
On the day when the army was about to leave, the common people were eating pots of rice and the line of farewell stretching for dozens of miles really responded to the saying "the people's will."
Yes, the people don't care about the survival of the great Han Dynasty, or about the orthodoxy of destiny. Whoever gives them a stable life and allows them to live and work in peace and contentment is their lord and their army.
Cao Cao slowly understood this and gradually understood it.
It was integrated into his own strategy and gradually became a habit.
It can be said that after the battle in Hanzhong, although Cao Cao rarely showed up, he already had a vague appearance of a king - coordinating his subordinates and sitting firmly in the rear, instead of being like what he did in the past, personally experiencing the war of gold and iron, regardless of life and death -
- This is an unexpected blessing. Yi Xiaotian knows that people who have truly experienced the defeat in Chibi, and people of his age, may be really disheartened.
Hanzhong was the place to regain his strength, but it was indeed an accident that Cao Cao showed his true status as a king so early.
Finally...the Battle of Hanzhong came to an end, and Cao Cao's army returned to the court in the spring of the 15th year.
At this time, the war in Hefei on the Eastern Front was coming to an end.
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In terms of time span, the Battle of Hanzhong is almost the same as the Second Battle of Hefei.
Years ago, Jiang Wan directly attacked Liu Bei's army with a series of attacks, which demoralized Liu Bei's army. Soon Liu Bei chose to withdraw.
Zhuge Liang fell ill before his return, and at the same time, Zhou Yu, the governor of Soochow, who admired each other and was a close friend, had also reached the edge of collapse.
why?
Because Zhang Liao was really able to hold back when he wasn't fighting on horseback.
Yes, when people look at Zhang Liao's achievements, they always think that Zhang Liao is the kind of general on horseback. In fact, Zhang Wenyuan is often said to be civilized and martial arts, and Zhang Liao can definitely be regarded as a representative figure with complete civil and military skills.
Whether it was the formation that killed Wuhuan Tadun or the eight hundred warriors of Xiaoyaojin that happened not long ago, these were often things that Brother Wenyuan would do as a last resort.
Why fight with all your might when you can use your mind to solve problems?
In another time and space, just like this development, Zhang Wenyuan guarded Shouchun, Hefei. For more than ten years, he beat the people of Soochow into disgrace, and beat the ambitious Sun Quan to the ground. He even got the nickname "Sun Shiwan".
All of this must be achieved through Zhang Liao's strategy.
In this time and space, with the influence of Yi Xiaotian's side, General Wenyuan's intelligence seems to be awakening faster than before.
Zhang Wenyuan, who grew up rapidly in the first battle of Xiaoyaojin, this time with the help of Wenpin, Liu Ye and Xi Zhicai, showed his true tenacity.
As mentioned earlier in the Hefei offensive and defensive battle, Zhou Yu used no less than ten methods against the southern wall of Hefei City, from heaven to underground. As long as it was feasible, maybe feasible, and had a slight possibility of success, all methods were used by Zhou Yu.
Brought it to use.
One hundred thousand elite soldiers of Soochow, as the essence of Soochow's last attempt, were stuck in front of the small city of Hefei for a full month.
Yes - this battle lasted from November, past the twelfth lunar month, until the spring of the 15th year of Jian'an.
Seven days after the beginning of the new year, Zhou Yu, who was still exhausted and at the end of his strength, stared with blood-red eyes and issued the order for the final general attack.
Of course, at the same time, he also issued a military order in front of the ashen-faced Sun Quan. If he could no longer break through even one wall of Hefei City, Zhou Yu would take the blame and resign and give up the position of governor-he planned to self-exile for three years.
This is to atone for sin.
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In early spring, the rest of the world is often still covered with ice and snow, but near Hefei downstream of many rivers, the ice and snow have already melted.
Zhou Yu somewhat knew why Zhang Liao and others were not eager to engage their fleet - because they had long known that near Hefei, the closer the twelfth lunar month was, the easier it would be for the river to freeze.
By that time, Soochow's invincible fleet could only be forced to retreat to Chaohu - without the restraint of the fleet navy, except for the fiery offensive and defensive battle at the beginning, this period of time was a torment for Zhou Yu.
"God"? I'm sorry, but with the support of the big guys from the craftsmen's workshops, how can laymen like Soochow soldiers build towers and city walls better than professionals?
Except for the time when Zhou Yu's imitation of the Thunderbolt Car had a miraculous effect on destroying the city wall of Hefei, the skilled craftsmen of the craftsman's workshop who felt that they had been underestimated... Oh no, the craftsmen immediately began to violently build the wall——
Yes, the Soochow people went all out. They demolished three to five feet of the city wall overnight. Then they got up the next day and found that the three to five feet of damaged city wall had not only been destroyed by mysterious people in Hefei City using all kinds of weird methods.
The method was so airtight that it was filled up - the most disgusting thing was that the other party actually added a layer of wall behind the gap.
Repairing a layer of wall is sometimes not enough. Over a day and a night, watching the other party raise the city wall several feet higher but feeling helpless is really too despairing.
Therefore, Zhou Yu realized that if they took the idea of attacking the city further, they would not be able to win this battle even if they went to Master Tian.
