In late July of the fifth year of the Long'an reign of the Han Dynasty, the main force of the Han army on the left crossed the Huai River and appeared on the south bank of Xinxi, crossing the bank with the army on the right. Huang Quan's navy, fully loaded with military supplies, followed in the westernmost part of the army.
The left army advanced to Liao County and Yangquan, and immediately deployed its formation to surround the two cities. Zhou Buyi also sent flying cavalry to report back to Liu Xie.
At this time, Liu Xie established a large tent in Jiangbei to coordinate the operations of the three ministries. Zhou Buji's envoy delivered the letter to the account and stood aside waiting for the emperor's reply. There were more than ten trusted guards in the room, holding knives and staring at the envoy. This made the envoy
A little uncomfortable, I looked down at my muddy boots, waiting for the emperor to speak.
The letter was not long. After Liu Xie read it, he put it on the table. Without raising his head, he asked the messenger lightly: "The letter from the Governor is very short. Do you have any other oral messages to send?"
The messenger's speech was a little unclear, as if he was stuttering, but he still said: "There is no message. The governor told me before he came that if your majesty wants to ask anything, just ask me directly."
Liu Xie nodded and suddenly asked: "How is the morale of the Wu bandits in the city? Who is guarding it?"
After hearing this, the envoy summarized his words, and then said eloquently: "The ones guarding Liao County are Yuan Yao, the pseudo-Qiangnu Colonel, and the pseudo-Qiangnu Commander Wei Yi is guarding Yangquan. They are all people with names but no actual achievements.
Junior, and the Commander-in-Chief took us around the city wall, but we did not see the flag of the Wu traitor general. It can be seen that these two people have lost their courage, and the soldiers in the army should also be discouraged. Although the Commander-in-Chief did not say it explicitly, but it is still
From what I’ve seen, I’m afraid it won’t take five days for these two cities to fall.”
When Liu Xie saw that he was answering fluently, he just wanted to take the exam for a moment. He leaned back and asked, "In your opinion, will our army have a smooth sailing in this battle, or will it encounter dangers? If so, where will the obstacles lie?"
Where?"
The envoy thought about it and said: "Neither of these two cities are dangerous places in Huainan. The reason why the Wu people did not abandon the defense was just to delay the defense, so it seemed simple. But my scouts have already found out that the thief Lu Su, the governor of Huainan,
There are eighteen forts built in the Bagong Mountain area. It would take a lot of time to conquer them one by one, and if they are passed without attacking, it may cause trouble in the future. The Wu people will definitely use this as a winning hand to try to force Wang Shi back.
Huaibei, so in my humble opinion, this battle will be difficult, and it will probably take place on Bagong Mountain."
When Liu Xie heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the messenger for the first time. He saw that he was tall and thin, with a young face, a dark and thin face, and a short beard extending from the chin to both sides of the temples. His head was wrapped with a white scarf.
He has a bun, a robe with a wide collar and narrow sleeves, and a rhinoceros belt around his waist. There is only a scabbard on the belt, because the sword was taken away by the guard when he entered the door.
Liu Xie saw that this man had a firm expression and showed no timidity in front of the emperor. He felt a little admiration and no longer cared about his words. So he followed his words and said: "What you said is indeed reasonable, so we captured the two cities."
After that, our army will surround the Bagong Mountain bandits with the navy. After most of the enemy arrives, we will order Zhou Dudu's troops to take action in the south. Whether this battle can go smoothly depends on your elite left soldiers.
Ma, can we defeat the enemy in Huainan? But in my opinion, the Wu thieves can only fight Zhou Yu alone. Now that he is not here, our army will definitely win. I will write a letter immediately, and you can bring it to the Zhou Governor.
He attacked the city quickly. After breaking the city, he did not hesitate and immediately went south to capture the cities of Anfeng."
He also asked the envoy his name and family background. The envoy hesitated and replied: "I am from the Deng family in Nanyang. I went north with Taifu Liu. The family now lives in Yingchuan. My real name is Fan, and later I changed my name to Ai, with the courtesy name Shizai. I am now the chief bookkeeper in the governor's account."
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"Oh? Your real name is Deng Fan, why did you change your name?"
Deng Ai said with embarrassment: "My father died young and did not name Wei Chen. He only left small characters. Therefore, Wei Chen chose his own name. When I was in Yingchuan, I read "Taiqiu Gong" written by Cai Yonggong.
There are two sentences in the stele: "Writing is a model for the world, and behavior is a scholar's code." The minister liked it very much, so he named himself Deng Fan, with the courtesy name Shize. Unexpectedly, there was someone in the clan with the same name and the same character, so he had to change his name again." Liu Xie couldn't help but fell into deep thought after hearing this. He smiled a little and then joked to Deng Ai: "So, you are destined to be our prime minister!"
Deng Ai quickly apologized and said: "I just long for the legacy of my ancestors. How can I dare to cling to the prime minister?"
"Well, it's good to have such ambition, good!" Liu Xie originally wanted to send Deng Ai away, but now he appreciated him more and suddenly wanted to give him something. He saw that Deng Ai's scabbard was empty.
So he grabbed the sword he had placed on the table and threw it to him. Deng Ai hurriedly caught it and felt that the sword was heavy. He lowered his head and saw that the scabbard was inlaid with gold ornaments. It must be a precious sword!
When I was panicking, I heard the emperor say: "You are going to fight to kill the enemy. I will give you a good sword to cut off the enemy's head!"
Deng Ai quickly handed over his hand and thanked him. Knowing that the emperor had begun to pay attention to him, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and secretly made up his mind: "In a few years, there will be no more wars in the world, so I have to seize this last opportunity.
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Liu Xie, on the other hand, wanted to bring a pen and paper to reply to Zhou Buyi in person. At this moment, urgent reports came from left and right. Liu Xie was unhappy, so he stopped writing and opened it to read. After reading a few lines, he became furious and threw the letter down.
Several cases were slapped on the ground. Deng Ai and everyone in the tent were shocked when they saw this, and quickly lowered their heads without saying a word.
Liu Xie stared at Deng Ai and suppressed his anger. Without saying a word, he finished writing the letter to Zhou Buji and sent Deng Ai out of the tent. Then he called Guo Huai and Wei Xi in and said to them: "Brother
Jia was fiercely attacked by Zhou Yu's troops in Jingzhou. He was defeated and unable to escape, so he actually surrendered to Zhou Yu!"
Guo Huai and others were shocked when they heard this. Although the main battlefield of this army's eastward campaign was in Huainan, from the overall situation, all the land bordering the Wu people had been plunged into war, and Jingzhou was naturally no exception. In
Before Liu Xie set off, he had already issued an edict to the Nanfu Han army in Xiangyang and Suixian, ordering them to contain the Wu army in Jingzhou so that they could not rush to the lower reaches. But now the person in charge of Nanfu was Chen Zhang, who
Jia and Zhang Bao were the Emperor's best friends since childhood. Liu Xie originally trusted them extremely, but unexpectedly something happened that led to the annihilation of Jia's entire army.
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Liu Xie took a long breath, and then said to Wei Xi: "Go to the Eastern Capital in person, pass my message to the Chancellor, and ask them to allocate another 20,000 troops from Guanxi, and Sima Zhongda will go out to help Yicheng.
, and pay attention to Zhou Yu's actions in Jiangling." He also said to Liu Fang: "Take my letter and rush to Xiangyang immediately. Let Chen Zhang temporarily take charge of the army, collect the remaining troops, and defend Xiangyang. This city must not fall to Wu.
in human hands."
After finishing speaking, Wei Xi did not leave immediately, but asked: "Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with Qianjia's surrender?"
Liu Xie had completely calmed down at this time. When he mentioned Qianjia, there was a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly: "It's not that he doesn't understand the principle of killing oneself to make a benevolence, it's just that he always has luck. He must think that my family and his family are family friends, and I
I didn't dare to do anything to his family, so I surrendered to the Wu thief. I really can't put Qian in prison, but in the future if I catch him, it won't be as simple as beheading him!"
Shortly after the Han army received the news of the defeat in Jingzhou, the Han army under Zhou Buyi began to attack the city aggressively, just like the previous siege of Huaibei. The Han army gradually shrank its front around the two cities, trapped the Wu people in the city to death, and then pushed out
They launched stone carts and hurled stones at the city walls. Just as the Han army predicted, these small towns only played a role in delaying the Han army's offensive. Their own defenses were not strong. They only lasted for two days, and many city walls were opened.
When the gap was large enough to accommodate nearly a hundred people entering at the same time, the Han army immediately swarmed forward. The Wu people in the city were unable to resist. By the third day, the two cities were completely occupied by the Han army. The two thousand Wu people captured among them were captured that night.
He was escorted back to the north bank of Huai River.
After conquering Liao County and Yangquan, the Han army continued to advance eastward and soon arrived at Feishui at noon on the second day. At the same time, they also saw Bagong Mountain on the other side. Liu Xie, Zhou Buyi and others had seen too many
I only saw the map of Huainan, but when I saw Bagong Mountain with my own eyes, I realized how difficult the terrain here is.
I don’t know if it was the result of deliberate cleaning by the Wu people. For nearly fifty miles around Bagong Mountain, there is almost a completely flat beach. If the Han army was stationed here, there would be no possibility of hiding their whereabouts. Moreover, the terrain of Bagong Mountain is extremely dangerous.
Except for the southeastern corner, it was completely surrounded by the Huaihe River. It was completely impossible to transport stone carts, and the cavalry had no room to play. They could only have the infantry attack the mountain stronghold after crossing the river. This almost completely eliminated the Han army's advantage. Of course.
, it’s not that there is no good news, but in this case, the Huai River turns back and forth, and there is no room for the building ships to play. The Wu people’s possible advantage in the navy was also wiped out.
The vanguard of the left army captured some Wu scouts at this time. After interrogation, they learned that the Wu navy was still waiting at Chaohu. So the Han army decided to make a tentative attack first. Yang Qiu led 6,000 men across Fei
They walked across the mountain to attack the Wu people's Wuzhai. When the Wu people saw the Han army entering the river beach, they immediately came down to fight and fired arrows at the Han soldiers walking slowly in the mud. Many of the Han soldiers had not yet touched them.
At the foot of the mountain, I was shot like a hedgehog, so I had to retreat and think long term.
Under this situation, Liu Xie discussed with the generals and decided to imitate Chen Chong's tactics when he entered Shu, using camp against camp. He ordered Wang Ling to first set up a pontoon bridge at Yandun Mountain, and then lay wooden planks on the river beach to build the
Camp. Once a bridgehead was established, the foundation of the Han army would naturally be firmly established. However, this also greatly slowed down the speed of the Han army's attack. Until mid-August, the Wu people could not prevent the Han army from building a camp, and the Han army could not
Break through Wu Renwu Village.
On the other side, the three Wu armies of the Wu people also arrived in Huainan smoothly. After they received the news of the victory of the Wu army in Jingchu, their morale had been greatly boosted, and they finally sailed into Shaopi Daze.