Although Zhou Yu agreed to cede territory to form an alliance with Cao Cao, the specific matters were naturally more than what he had said to Sima Yi before.
In addition to the 10,000 war horses originally agreed upon, Sun Ce subsequently wrote to Sima Yi and added several additional conditions: first, after Cao Cao gained Huaibei, all the newly acquired people should be moved to Huainan, only occupying the land; second, the previous territory should be returned to Cao Cao.
The Wu prisoners obtained in the Battle of Pengcheng were rewarded with tens of thousands of gold to reward the Wu army; the third was the marriage between the two countries, Zhou Yu hoped that Cao Cao could choose one of his daughters to marry Sun Quan, and in exchange, Sun Ce would also choose a daughter.
Two sisters were married to Cao Cao's son; fourth, the covenant was kept secret, and the Wu army would hand over the cities in the form of a lost city.
The conditions of the Wu army were not harsh, and Sun Ce specifically told Zhou Yu not to retreat at all if he refused at all. When Cao Cao heard about it for the first time, he couldn't help laughing at Cao Ren and said: "Sun Ce's kid has such a big appetite, he wants to live in the same place at the same time."
Aren't you afraid of playing with fire and burning yourself when you're under things?!"
Although the words were harsh, it was Cao Cao who wanted something from Nan after all. After two days of deliberation, he wrote back to Zhou Yu and agreed to these conditions. But the letter also said that the conditions were complicated and could not be accomplished in one day. The horses, gold and silver could only be delivered first.
Half, after all the Wu troops have withdrawn, he will send envoys across the river to make up for the captives and the remainder. As for the marriage, he will send someone to Xindu to pick up his daughter. If he comes back and forth, he is afraid that the date of the marriage will be delayed.
It's March this year. It's better to discuss it in detail then. As for the relocation, Cao Cao agreed verbally, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. He planned to delay the matter after he got the land and let the matter go.
Even though both sides had their own secrets, the treaty was finally signed. In the middle of the first month of the ninth year of Yanxing, as the first batch of horses and treasures traveled south from Langya by sea and arrived at Yandu, the Wu people began to retreat.
Zhou Yu first contacted the Eastern Army about the time to abandon the city. After the plan was finalized, he sent a letter to report the emergency to the Western Army, saying that the Eastern Army suddenly pressed in force and he was unable to defeat him, so he came to ask for help. Without waiting for the Western Army to reply, Zhou Yu immediately
Hundreds of disobedient rebels were picked out from under the control, beheaded, and then scattered their bones and blood on the city and below, pretending to be a bloody battle. When the Western Army arrived, all they could see was the ground.
The mess is nothing more than the Eastern Army flag flying on Xiapi City.
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Zhou Yu did this again and again, and was defeated three times along the way. Within ten days, he brought all his troops to the south of the Huai River, and then stationed them in the three cities of Huaiyin, Weitai, and Huailing. After recasting the Huai River defense line, he then
He also wrote to the Western Army in Lu County to plead guilty, saying that he was incompetent.
When the commander-in-chief of the Western Army learned the news, they were all in disbelief. Since the dispatch of troops, Zhou Yu's courage and resourcefulness have been obvious to all, especially in the Battle of Pengcheng, where he faced several times the enemy force and was especially able to protect himself.
Everyone heard that he was regarded as a famous general in the southern country. He was such a talented person and came from a famous family. No matter how mysterious and unpredictable the Eastern Army's offensive was, the Wu army under his command would not last more than two days. Therefore, many generals helped him.
He was afraid that Wu Junzhong had come out of the inner room, so he was caught off guard.
But Chen Chong read Zhou Yu's letters repeatedly and saw that the letter only said that the East bandits were cunning and that he was unprepared, but there were no other words about the details of the war. He quickly guessed the truth of the matter. He couldn't help but sigh to Liu Bei: "Look
I still underestimated Bo Fu! He is not willing to be subordinate to others, and he is not willing to drive for me. It seems that he wants to pursue a great cause in the south of the Yangtze River and is making plans."
But even though he knew the reason, he couldn't explain it to others. After all, it seemed that Sun Ce was just sitting back and watching the success or failure of the North and taking advantage of the opportunity to make profits. If he were forced to go to the east, it would be a big disadvantage. It was unclear.
Liu Bei was so annoyed by such a depressing experience that he couldn't eat for several days. He even cursed at Chen Chong: "Wu Di raccoon has no kindness. Although I swallow my voice today, I will feed him to fish in the future."
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Even so, Bafu still had to send a letter to appease him. Chen Chong sent a special letter to Zhou Yu. He basically didn't talk about the war. He just scolded the Easterners for being cunning and Cao Cao was unfaithful and unjust. He also talked about Sun Ce's contribution to Yuan Shu's subordinates in the past.
He gave a big commendation. By the way, he also talked about Sun Ce's eldest son, Sun Shao, who was held hostage in Xijing, saying that everything was going well for him. In short, it was all slanderous remarks.
But apart from that, the Western Army did not have any more means to change the situation. For the current situation, the changes in the front forced them to withdraw: as soon as Zhou Yu retreated from Xiapi, the Western Army formed a separate army in Lu County.
Bulge. The Eastern Army can launch offensives from the east, south and north, and can directly attack the Western Army's rear route from Shanyang and Xiapi areas at the same time. If they still plan to stay in the camp, it is tantamount to closing the coffin.
Waiting to die.
Therefore, on the seventh day of the Wu army's southward retreat, the Western Army withdrew from Lu County in batches, abandoned Pengcheng, and slowly retreated from the south bank of Jishui into Pei State. Afterwards, the army was divided into four groups and the defense line was rearranged: Zhang Ji led ten thousand people to garrison.
Xiaopei and Zhang Fei led ten thousand troops south to garrison Guyang. Yuan Tan led 20,000 troops to defend Xiangxian County. The remaining 60,000 troops were brought to Linsui City by Liu Bei and Chen Chong as reserve troops. Once the three cities on the front line were occupied,
If the situation changes, the Westerners can lead a large army to rescue the siege.
Fortunately, the Easterners have no plans to continue attacking for the time being. Although Cao Cao is unwilling to relocate the people, most of the people in Xuzhou have been moved to Huainan in the past few months. The lands in Huaibei taken over by the Eastern Army cannot be called
It was just a white land, but it was actually very difficult to use it as a basis for supply operations. Therefore, after taking over Pengcheng and Xiapi, Cao Cao mostly dealt with the matter of building cities and farming fields.
As the Eastern Army gradually expanded its front line, the situation gradually developed in the direction that Chen Chong least wanted to see: after losing the barrier of Xuzhou, the Westerners had to stand alone with the Easterners on the vast plains of Yuzhou. This was really inconsistent with the original control.
The strategy of facing the enemy without being controlled by others. But now that the matter has come to this, Chen Chong can only continue to transfer food and crops from the people of Guanxi to expand the city where the three armies are stationed. For the Western Army, which has used a large amount of food and grass to lure the enemy in Xiangxian County,
This is another heavy burden and will continue to consume a lot of human and financial resources every year.
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In the spring of the ninth year of Yanxing, the two armies silently built cities and cultivated fields. Tens of thousands of civilians worked between the two states. Because Westerners were working on the right bank of Suishui River, they often met Easterners on the left bank.
However, both sides did not panic when they saw the enemy's civilians. They seemed to be doing their own thing as one country. This busy scene was never seen in the peace season twenty years ago.
But under this seemingly peaceful situation, there were still rapids surging in the dark. In early February, several people suddenly fled to Fuli by swimming and asked to see Fuli County Magistrate Wen Ping. At first, Wen Ping only thought that
They were civilians from the East who had fled the famine, so they didn't care. But when the escapees revealed their original units and positions, Wen Ping realized that they were actually soldiers from the West who were captured by the East during the Battle of Huoshibu.
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These people brought a message: in the past few days, for unknown reasons, the Easterners gathered the Western captives they had obtained before and carried out a large-scale massacre in Xiapi. They started by beheading them and then dumped their bodies in Surabaya.
For several days, the riverside was stained with blood. Even the Wu people downstream felt that the river water had a rusty smell of blood when it was used.
Later, Dongren felt that decapitation was too slow and the smell of blood was too strong, so he simply changed his method and tied a dozen prisoners into a string with ropes, forced them into the river, and soon drowned them
In the battle of Huoshibu, as many as 10,000 soldiers of the Western Army were captured during the battle to seize the bridge. Most of them died in Surabaya in the past few days. Only these few people were left who could barely break free from the ropes and escape from the water. When military intelligence arrived in Sui, the Bafu was extremely sad, so they still sent envoys to Guangling and asked Zhou Yu to collect the corpses for the soldiers downstream. By April, Zhou Yu sent people to drag back more than 3,000 corpses. After being soaked in the river for many days,
Unable to tell who was who, the Western Army built a large grave in the south of the city and buried them all here.
Although he was resentful of the behavior of the Eastern Army, for the generals in the Bafu, it was more important to speculate on the intentions behind it. Liu Bei held a military meeting for this purpose and asked everyone for their opinions. Many of the generals regarded this move as a demonstration
, thinking that the Eastern Army will invade again soon.
But Xun You thought otherwise. He analyzed: "If the people in the east intend to demonstrate, they should bring the crowd to the front of the army to provoke and build a Beijing temple with their heads. How can there be any reason to kill people in Xiapi?" Fa Zheng listened and said,
Agreeing greatly, he said: "Of course it is not a demonstration. Cao's thieves are far more numerous than our army. The confrontation has lasted for so long. Isn't there a shortage of food? I dare to guess that he doesn't have much to eat!" At this point, he again
Guessing the Dongren's next move, "I'm afraid the Dongthief will withdraw their troops in the next month or two."
Sure enough, by mid-April, some units of the Eastern Army began to break camp and return north. Although there were still many remaining troops in Xuzhou, Cao Cao's Yellow Sky Snake flag was no longer visible. By early May, most of the Eastern Army had already withdrawn.
As Langya left for the north, Yuan Xi, the newly appointed governor of Xuzhou, also rushed to Xiapi to take office. After secret inquiries, he found that at this time, there were only more than 20,000 garrison troops left in Xuzhou.
At this time, Meng Da, Zhang Xiu and others in the Western Army asked for a fight, intending to take this opportunity to regain Xuzhou. However, after Liu Bei and Chen Chong discussed it, they still refused. For the Western Army, Xuzhou was originally easy to attack and difficult to defend.
That’s why it was handed over to Wu Jun. It’s just that Wu Jun had no intention of participating in the Central Plains affairs, which turned into the current deadlock.
Now that we have already spent a lot of money building a city in Yuzhou, using troops to extend the front line in a remote and difficult-to-defend place like Xuzhou is not only strategically unnecessary, but also financially unsustainable. Cao Cao must have figured it out.
At this point, we dare to withdraw our troops.
At this point, Bafu also decided to withdraw its troops. Most of the soldiers looked to the east before leaving, recalling the scenes of fighting on both sides of the river. They thought there would be more melancholy and sadness, but in the end they could only find some remnants of sunlight.
The emptiness.
The Xuzhou War, which lasted for nine months and was extremely bloody and fruitless, finally came to an end.