Early the next morning, Cao Shuang continued to patrol the salt pond with Yang Zong, the chief clerk, to guide the method of refining refined salt.
Waves of smoke rose from the land beside the salt pond, and they began to use a new method to refine refined salt. Cao Shuang thought that this was still a waste of fuel, and he would need to find some coal fields in the future to replace the existing fuel.
Throughout the whole day, Cao Shuang, Chief Secretary Yang Zong and a group of salt officers were busy in the salt fields, instructing on the refining method, and did not rest until evening.
Cao Shuang originally planned to return to Luoyang tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but his wish failed. At this moment, Luoyang came with a horse to report, and Sun Quan sent troops. He planned to take advantage of the situation when Cao Wei had just experienced Sima Yi's rebellion and his people were unstable, and then attack Hefei.
Cao Shuang and his entourage had no choice but to rush back at starry night. Before leaving, he once again asked Si Yan Xiaowei's subordinates to work hard here. If they do well, they will be rewarded in the future.
Cao Shuang didn't care so much. He drew a big pie first. On the way back, Cao Shuang said with a wry smile: "Oh, this Sun Shiwan is really evil-minded. He has failed so many times under the city of Hefei.
People who are almost buried, who haven’t long remembered and refused to admit defeat. As soon as they saw some sunshine, they came to make trouble again.”
As soon as Yang Zong, the chief clerk, heard that it was Sun Shiwan, he asked suspiciously: "Master, where did Sun Shiwan come from? Isn't it Sun Quan who invaded?"
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Uncle Chu, don't you know that no matter who Sun Quan fights, he usually only brings 100,000 troops?
Each time he attacked Hefei, he led 100,000 troops, but in the end they all failed, so I nicknamed him Sun Shiwan."
The chief clerk, Yang Zong, stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said: "What my lord is saying is that now my subordinates also feel that the Lord of Wu, Sun Quan, has lived up to the name of Sun Shiwan."
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "I am going to meet Sun Shiwan in person this time to let him have a longer memory!"
Cao Shuang swung his whip and slapped the horse with a "snap" sound, then galloped away towards Luoyang City.
"Drive, drive, drive."
The chief secretary, Yang Zong, and five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry followed closely behind.
The nickname Sun Shiwan came from the fact that Sun Quan led an army of tens of thousands on more than one occasion and falsely claimed that he had 100,000 to attack Wei, but ultimately failed many times.
The first time was when Jiangdong was still in charge of the little overlord Sun Ce, in February of the fourth year of Jian'an (AD 199).
After Sun Ce and Zhou Yu captured Wancheng, they took the initiative to attack Kuangqi City (in today's Huai'an, Jiangsu Province) guarded by Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling.
Later, in order to train his young second brother Sun Quan, Sun Ce did not go into battle in person, but let Sun Quan lead the army alone.
Sun Ce asked Sun Quan to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Guangling, which was defended by only 10,000 people.
Sun Ce hoped that his younger brother would get off to a good start. After all, the Sun family had been generals leading troops in wars since his father Sun Polu. Sun Ce also hoped that his younger brother would be a general who was good at fighting.
After some experience, he could contribute to the foundation of the Sun family in the future, but Sun Shiwan ultimately disappointed the little overlord.
Chen Deng, the governor of Guangling at that time, was very strategic. Sun Quan's 100,000 men failed to take down the city of Guangling. Instead, he lost more than 10,000 men and had to withdraw in despair.
The second time was in the 13th year of Jian'an (AD 208) when Sun Quan falsely claimed that he had an army of 100,000 and attacked Hefei. At that time, Hefei was under Yangzhou, and Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou at the time, had died of illness not long ago.
The heroes in Yangzhou are leaderless, and Cao Cao experienced the defeat of Chibi not long ago and was unable to send reinforcements to support Hefei.
The only thing Hefei can hope for is three thousand reinforcements from Runan. Logically speaking, one hundred thousand to three thousand, even if Hefei's own defenders are added, there will be no problem.
But when Liu Fu was in office, he did a good job. The army and the people in Hefei City were united, and various city defense facilities and reserves were abundant, and they managed to withstand Sun Quan's first round of attack.
And at this time, Jiang Ji wrote a fake letter and sent it outside the city, saying that Zhang Xi of Runan had arrived with tens of thousands of reinforcements.
He was always ready to attack Sun Quan from both inside and outside, and deliberately let the Wu army seize the letter. As a result, Sun Quan believed it to be true, dropped the Hefei he was talking about, and withdrew.
Sun Shiwan's performance is indeed disappointing. He led the army into battle, but he didn't even know that a soldier never tires of deceit.
What Sun Quan should do is to send people to the city to find out what is true and then make a judgment. Even if there are reinforcements, it is not too late.
In the 20th year of Jian'an (AD 215), Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Cao's westward campaign against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and once again led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei for the third time.
As a result, Zhang Liao was guarding Hefei at that time, and his 100,000-strong army was defeated by Zhang Liao's 800 men. Even Sun Quan himself was almost captured by Cao's army.
After this battle, Sun Quan was called the laughing stock of countless people, while Zhang Liao became famous in Jiangdong, making Zhang Liao powerful in Xiaoyaojin, and gained a reputation in Jiangdong as "the one who can stop children crying at night".
The fourth time, in the first year of Qinglong of Emperor Ming Dynasty (AD 233), the Hefei New City at this time was finally completed after four years of construction.
Sun Quan sent 100,000 troops to besiege the new city of Hefei, but because the new city was far away from the water, the army did not dare to land for more than 20 days.
When the preparations were complete, the vanguard was ambushed by 6,000 men led by Man Chong. Sun Quan was so anxious that he simply retreated.
Although Sun Quan did not capture Hefei this time, there were gains on other fronts, and it was not too much of a loss.
Before this war, Sun Quan's psychology had been roughly figured out by Man Chong. When Man Chong expected the enemy to be ahead,
How could Sun Quan win? Soon after, Sun Quan ordered the whole army to attack Lu'an, but it also failed to achieve any results.
One year later, in the second year of Qinglong (AD 234), when Prime Minister Zhuge launched the Fifth Northern Expedition, Sun Shiwan saw the opportunity and claimed to lead an army of 100,000 to march north to Hefei.
As expected, Sun Shiwan suffered another defeat, and even his nephew Sun Tai died on the spot.
It can be seen that Sun Quan's ability to lead troops in battle is indeed average.
But how could Sun Shiwan admit defeat? Then, taking advantage of the chaos in Wei, he couldn't wait to go north to bite Wei.
This time, Sun Quan did not go on a personal expedition to pick up the "leak". After all, he was already sixty-eight years old at this time. After experiencing the devastation of years and wine and sex, he was no longer as "brave" as he once was.
He had no choice but to send Ping Wei General Zhu Ji, the son of Danyang Hou Zhu Ran, who captured Guan Yu, to lead an army of 30,000 to do this for him. He had no choice but to give this great opportunity to "make contributions" to Zhu Ji.
Sun Quan saw that his time was running out, but his obsession with Hefei was still there. Now that the emperor's power was growing, he was even more unwilling to admit defeat. After all, the emperor could not admit his mistakes, and the only ones who were at fault were others. p>
With Sun Quan's temper, 30,000 troops were still as good as before, and they were known to the outside world as an army of 100,000.
Yangzhou County Governor Wang Ling sent Zhang Te and General Le Fang to lead 5,000 soldiers to guard Hefei New City.
Zhang Te learned that Dongwu had raised 30,000 troops to attack Hefei, so he ordered the soldiers in the city to hold on and used a delaying strategy. At the same time, he sent people to Shouchun, the capital of Yangzhou, and Luoyang, the capital of Wei, to ask for help at night...