This dispatch of a large army to the south can be said to be the most powerful military force since Chen Chong launched his army in Dongping. In addition to the 300,000 soldiers trained for combat, Bashu, Henan, and Qingxu all used a large number of civilians to transport food and supplies, and it is expected that there will be many
There were 600,000 people, not to mention thousands of large and small ships, and more than 200,000 war horses and pack horses. When the army began to march, its flags could be said to be all over the mountains and fields, across the rivers, and accompanied by a sky full of dust and mist.
At night, everyone lit up their torches, and the place where they built their camp seemed to have stars twinkling, illuminating the green peaks.
However, Chen Chong could not see such a scene with his own eyes. Although as the prime minister and the actual sovereign of the court, Chen Chong single-handedly led the layout and construction of the expedition to Wu, but after all, he was no longer the commander-in-chief of the army, nor was he on the front line.
General, so after mobilizing relevant supplies, his mission has been completed. The Prime Minister's Office fell into idleness for a while. Apart from supervising supplies every day and listening to frontline military reports, Chen Chong could not find anything else to do for a while.
Done.
So Chen Chong took people to pay homage to Zhaoling, hoping that the spirits of Liu Bei and others in heaven could ensure the success of this campaign.
The weather this autumn is very pleasant. Under the clear white clouds, the Mang Mountains to the south of the river are undulating along the direction of the river. The valleys between the mountains are gentle and winding around the mountain tops. While riding, the sky above our heads is blue and white.
It has almost become a gauze shape, stirring back and forth like fine waves. There is no wind in the valley, and the air is crisp and dry, making the rider feel as if he has returned to the ancient capital of Chang'an in the Guanzhong Plain.
Chen Chong and his group of more than ten people rode like this on the Mang Valley. After paying homage to Liu Bei, Chen Chong was originally in a very good mood, but when he passed by the countless tombs of nobles on the mountain roads of Mang Mountain, he saw a few familiar names.
, suddenly some very long memories emerged. First, he led the Youbingqing three-state coalition to build a river bridge in front of Mang Mountain, and then remembered the tragic scene of Sun Jian's assassination in front of Mianchi, and the visit to Luoyang again.
At that time, Liu Xie looked like sitting in a hundred-foot building. Fifty years of life have been like a dream and an illusion! Chen Chong thought to himself, if this battle is successful, will his ambition be considered realized? The world often judges heroes by success or failure.
But having reached this point, do you have more successes or more failures? Chen Chong himself doesn’t have the answer.
But then he laughed again. The war had just begun, and he had already fallen into the reverie of success. Why didn't he care about success or failure? It's just that some struggles are like light and darkness, they will never stop, and here
In this long battle, he was riddled with wounds and felt more tired than ever before. Then an idea emerged uncontrollably: If this war ended successfully, he would resign as prime minister and return to his hometown in Yingchuan to retire.
Bar!
When this idea first came up, it seemed like a bud that could be cut off with his own hands, but after it became clear words in his mind, Chen Chong was overwhelmed by the weight of it. He turned to Zhao Qiu beside him and said: "
Zhongcheng, what are your plans for the future?"
It has been exactly twenty years since Zhao Qiu followed Chen Chong in the 13th year of Yanxing. The boy who was hesitant in speech back then has now become a steady and calm middle-aged man, but he still maintains his initial respect for Chen Chong.
Zhao Qiu was puzzled and frightened by Chen Chong's sudden question. He quickly said: "Why did the teacher say this? Wherever the teacher goes, I will go."
Chen Chong chuckled lightly, and said with half sigh and half pity: "What's the point? I'm going to die sooner or later, are you going to die too?"
"This disciple is sworn to protect Teacher Zhou Quan to the death."
"I'm asking you, what are you going to do if I resign and go into seclusion? After all, it's you, Zhongcheng, who has been by my side for so many years. In addition to learning knowledge, you also help manage the house. I have so many disciples.
You are the only one who always takes care of me, and I appreciate your love!"
"Do some learning, just like the teacher, recruit some students, you can not only teach others and solve doubts, but also support yourself." Zhao Qiu gave an answer that Chen Chong liked to hear, but he had doubts about the teacher's words and asked in return
Said: "Why does the teacher want to resign and go into seclusion?"
Chen Chong said: "Isn't it what the sages of all ages have wanted to retire after success and retire to the mountains and forests?"
Unexpectedly, after Zhao Qiu heard this, his expression changed again and again, and he tried to dissuade him: "What are you talking about, teacher! The war is still undecided, and there are undercurrents in the government. How can you resign lightly? Even if the war is over, the teacher cannot delegate power lightly.
Otherwise, once someone secretly criticizes, the teacher's years of hard work will be ruined. Has the teacher forgotten the lessons learned from Captain Zhong?"
This cannot be said to be unreasonable, but it is not very convincing, because this reason is precisely the reason why Chen Chong wants to resign. But Chen Chong did not say much. After all, Yunchang and the others have not yet won a decisive victory, so he returned to
The Prime Minister's Mansion continues to wait for the military situation from the south.
In October, the general manager of Luyang came to report that the Xifu Navy burned the iron ropes with fire and finally broke through the Wu army's blockade at the end of September and successfully broke into the Yidao. Zhang Fei led some cavalry to attack Wuling Lingyang and Shasha.
The Wuxi barbarians where Mo Ke was located gathered together, and then besieged the city and occupied territory in Jingnan. On the Nanfu side, Guan Yu ordered the land army to divide into three groups, and surrounded the three important towns of Xiangyang, Anlu, and Jiangling respectively. At the same time, he ordered Deng Ai to
Jiang Wei each led five thousand cavalry to attack two embankments built by the Wu army, and both successfully prevented the Wu people's plan to breach the embankments.
Lu Xun based himself in Xiakou, and after gathering the armies of Ningzhou and Jiaozhou, he tried to use his navy to counterattack the Han army, divide the Han army and defeat them one by one. But he did not succeed. He led his army to the south entrance of the Han River, where he encountered a surprise attack.
Guan Yu and the Nanfu navy in the mausoleum. At that time, the two sides fought fiercely at the south mouth of the Han River. Ships and boats were connected and they fought fiercely. As a result, the wind direction changed from southeast to northwest. The Han army set fire to the wind and defeated Lu Xun's forward. Jingzhou's ships also
As a result, the losses amounted to one-third, and Lu Xun had to retreat to Xiakou. At this point, the Han army had taken the initiative in Jingzhou, and what the Han army had to do next was to clear out the surrounding cities one by one.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! By the time the war progressed to December, Guan Yu had successively captured Xiangyang, Anlu, and Yidao cities, and Zhang Fei also captured Youyang and Chen in Jingnan.
Yang, Yiyang and other places, the two armies joined forces in Jiangling and surrounded it. Half of Jingzhou's territory had fallen into the hands of the imperial court. At this time, it could almost be said that the Han army had achieved a decisive victory. Therefore, Chen Chong sent a letter to Guan Yu, saying that
Congratulations to the Han army for their success, and told him not to be impatient. He could attack the city while allowing all the armies to rest and regroup, and wait until the spring tide comes next year before the final decisive battle with the Wu army.
At this time, Chen Chong began to officially consider resigning and returning home. As the new year was approaching, he asked the court for half a month's leave and returned to Yingchuan with his wife and children. He planned to tidy up the old house first and give it to his parents.
The elders offered sacrifices and swept the tomb. Speaking of which, Chen Zhang's eldest son Chen Pei also came to Luoyang a year ago to receive education from Chen Chong. At this time, Chen Pei was already fifteen years old. Maybe it was because he had been trained by Zhang Fei since he was a child.
He was tall and round, like a very tall warrior, but Chen Chong felt guilty about Chen Zhang, so he still took good care of him and often greeted him.
At this time, the Yingchuan old house has been handed over to the eldest son of the sixth uncle Chen Guang to take care of it. In addition, in the past few years, Chen Chong visited his hometown from time to time, so the old house was well taken care of. But this moment is different from the past. Chen Chong
He made plans to live there for a long time in the future, and then began to carefully inspect the fields under his name and purchase some equipment for farming at home. He had already made a plan in his mind. After he resigned, he wanted to plant ten acres of soybeans.
, ten acres of wheat, and ten acres of rapeseed (rape flowers), and raise about thirty chickens and two yellow dogs, and they will live quietly like this until they die of old age.
On this day, Chen Chong took Chen Xiu and Chen Pei to visit Chen Shi's grave. When passing by Dexing Pavilion, they suddenly heard a sad song, which made Chen Chong stop. The content of the song was very familiar to Chen Chong. It was when Chen Chong returned home.
The remaining ballad of "Wu Sheng". The ballad was sung by an old woman. Her face has aged and her singing voice is a little hoarse, but as long as the real emotion is given to the music, it will always have a charm that touches people's hearts. Chen Chong
He listened in silence. Years ago, he sympathized with the emotions in the poem from a condescending perspective and sympathized with the people's powerlessness in the face of disaster, but he didn't think he was. But now he doesn't feel that way.
He felt that he was already the person in the poem, and the emotion of pity had almost disappeared, and what he felt more was the self-pity that he felt the same.
After listening to the old woman singing, he went up to ask the old woman if there was any misfortune in the family. Sure enough, she was mourning the two children who had died before. This family was originally from Jiangxia, but they moved to Yingzhou due to the war in Jingzhou.
In central Sichuan, the eldest son contracted an epidemic and died on the road, and the second son joined the army and died in Huainan. Now there is only an eight-year-old grandson left in the family. When Chen Chong heard this, he inevitably felt a sympathy for the same illness, but he was also surprised that here again
It’s not a tombstone, so why mourn here?
Unexpectedly, the old woman said: "Don't you know, noble man? This is the Dexing Pavilion! When Duke Taiqiu took Prime Minister Chen to meet the Eight Dragons of the Xun family here, the stars of virtue gathered here in the sky, so this place was called Dexing Pavilion. This place is called Dexing Pavilion."
People all over the world say that if they pray at the pavilion here, Prime Minister Chen will bless them! Over the years, there have been many efficacious results."
Chen Chong was stunned for a moment. He looked at the pavilion and rummaged through his memories for a long time before he remembered the corresponding time in his childhood. After pondering for a long time, he said to the old woman: "But I heard that he is already old, so I'm afraid that's not the case.
Just take care of these things."
The old woman added: "How could it be? The Prime Minister was born from the stars of the Nine Heavens, and even if his soul returns to heaven, he will continue to bless the people."
Chen Chong was about to say why he saw it, but the old woman thought it was not a good idea and did not want to talk to him anymore. She sang a song "Xiangjun Song" by herself, and her words were:
"If you can't do it, who will stay in Central China? If you want beauty, it's time to build it. I'll ride on the osmanthus boat. Make Yuanxiang have no waves and make the river flow peacefully. I look forward to your husband's future. Who will think about it if it's uneven?"
Riding a flying dragon to march to the north, we met on the road to Dongting.
There are cypresses and silk, sunflowers and orchids. Looking at the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River is rising. The spirit is rising to the end, and the female Chanyuan is here to breathe. The tears are flowing across the river, and I miss you.
On the side. The osmanthus is covered with orchids, and the ice is covered with snow. The water is filled with pomegranates and lychees, and the hibiscus is covered with wood chips. Different hearts are filled with matchmakers, and kindness is not great. The stones are shallow, and the flying dragons are graceful.
If you are unfaithful, you will have long-lasting resentment. If you don’t believe it, you will tell me that you are not idle. In the morning, you will rush to Jianggao, and in the evening, you will come to Beizhu. Birds will appear on the house, and water will flow under the hall. Donate Yujue in the river, and leave the remaining pendant.
Come to Lipu. I am picking up Du Ruo from Fangzhou, and I will give birth to a daughter. When the time comes, I will never be able to find you again, so I can chat with you happily."
The song falters slightly, but does not reduce its melodiousness. It is like a yellow swan flying north to the fields, seeing the ice and snow melting on the top of the mountain. It coincides with the break of the mist rain, orchids falling into the water, and butterflies dancing wildly. It makes people feel like they are on the bank of Yunmeng Lake where winter is passing and spring is coming.
When Chen Chong heard the last sentence, he felt confused.