Huan Fan cupped his fists and said: "I will definitely live up to my mission, but most of these iron weapons are prepared for Hanzhong and even Shu. Regarding Emperor Wu's pain back then,
We still need to build some big ships and train our naval forces to be successful. No matter how powerful we are in foot warfare on the river, there is nowhere to show it. In the Battle of Chibi back then, Emperor Wu suffered the loss of the northern soldiers who were not familiar with water warfare!"
Cao Shuang continued to read the memorial and nodded in agreement: "I agree with what you said, but the attack on Shu and Wu must have a sequence. My intention is to take Hanzhong first, then enter Shu, and finally take Jiangdong. This way
could be easier,
It’s unlikely that the Sun-Liu Alliance will be revived again. Moreover, the navy training takes a long time, and it will still take several years to train it!"
Huan Fan knelt down at the banquet table and pondered for a moment: "What the Prime Minister said is that even if all the land in the north and along the Yangtze River belongs to me, the Wei Dynasty, that was only a few months ago.
If we want to train a naval force that is familiar with water warfare, it will take some time, and it will not happen overnight. If we are too eager for success, it will probably be the second battle of Chibi."
After the Sun-Liu alliance was formed, Zhou Yu was ordered to lead 30,000 naval troops up the river, join Liu Bei's army at Fankou, and then march westward to Xiakou and march towards Red Cliff.
Cao Cao led his army to march eastward from Jiangling by land and water, and soon met the allied forces of Sun and Liu in Chibi, and a Chibi outpost battle took place.
Cao Cao did not win the Chibi Outpost Battle, which made him change his strategic plan.
Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to join forces with Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao, and they met at Red Cliff.
By this time, Cao Cao's soldiers had become ill. As soon as the battle began, Cao Cao's army failed and retreated, withdrawing and stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
From the "Introduction to Jiangbei", we can see that the first battle between the two sides was not in Jiangbei, but in Jiangnan. The forward troops invested by Cao Cao were cavalry, not naval forces.
The Wei army then crossed the river one by one and retreated to Wulin diagonally opposite Chibi, with the purpose of joining up with the subsequent land and water armies.
After Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to Jiangbei, because his soldiers were not used to water, he deployed a series of warships, that is, connecting all the warships together to reduce the bumps of the wind and waves.
If the coalition forces of Sun and Liu want to eliminate the threat of Cao Cao's army moving eastward, they must defeat Cao Cao's land and water army and prevent him from continuing to move eastward.
At this time, both sides set up their positions and prepared for a decisive battle here.
However, the location of the confrontation was no longer the original Chibi, but Wulin, where Cao Cao re-camped after "introducing Jiangbei".
At this time, Zhou Yu's general Huang Gai suggested using fire to attack Cao Cao's army because they were not used to water warfare and the ships were connected together.
Zhou Yu adopted Huang Gai's plan of attacking with fire and pretending to surrender.
Huang Gai first sent a letter of surrender to Cao Cao, filled the boat with dry firewood, poured oil on it, and took advantage of the southeast wind to rush towards Cao Cao's warships.
Cao's army thought Huang Gai was coming to surrender, so they all happily went out to watch.
When they were two miles away from Cao Cao's army, the incoming ships lit fire at the same time. The fire was fierce and the wind was fierce. The ships moved like arrows and rushed straight into Cao Cao's fleet. They burned all Cao Cao's ships and extended to the barracks on the shore. Cao Cao's army suffered numerous casualties. Zhou Yu led
The army then attacked and Cao's army was defeated.
Cao Cao suffered a disastrous defeat at Wulin, his morale was severely dampened, and there were many casualties. In addition, there was an epidemic in the army, and many officers and soldiers died.
In this case, Cao Cao led his army to retreat from Huarong Road to Nanjun.
Liu Bei and Zhou Yu advanced by land and water, taking advantage of the victory to pursue them all the way to the gates of Jiangling City.
At that time, Cao Jun's army of more than 100,000 troops passed through Chibi and fought at Wulin, but they were no longer able to fight anymore.
Cao Cao then left the southern general Cao Ren to attack, the horizontal general Xu Huang to guard Jiangling, the general Lejin to guard Xiangyang, and led the army back north. After Cao Cao's army retreated, Liu Bei, Zhou Yu, etc. also led their armies to besiege Jiangling.
Although the allied forces of Sun and Liu pursued Cao's army, no war broke out between the two sides.
Cao's army, which had long been troubled by the epidemic, was pursued by troops. Under the attack "combined with famine and epidemic", most of them died. Strictly speaking, this cannot be called a battle, but only the end of the battle between Chibi and Wulin.
The Battle of Chibi, which lasted for half a year, ended with Cao Cao's defeat.
After the failure of the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao still occupied Nanyang County with Xiangyang as the center, and had northern Jingzhou as a buffer, but southern Jingzhou could not be defended no matter what.
Sun Quan quickly took advantage of the situation to acquire Jiangxia County and Nanjun with Jiangling as the center, occupying the central part of Jingzhou, expanding his territory and consolidating Jiangdong.
The Liu Bei Group captured the other four counties of Jingzhou except Nanjun, occupied the Jiangnan part of Jingzhou, and began to have its own territory.
Of course, this result is not satisfactory to both the Sun and Liu families. After all, neither family has completely obtained the southern part of Jingzhou, and the spoils are unevenly divided. Both families believe that they are the one who contributes more.
The Sun-Liu alliance temporarily broke up. The alliance brought together by interests will eventually be disintegrated by interests.
If not, maybe the Sun-Liu coalition would continue to move north, threaten the northern lands that Wei originally occupied, and continue to advance into Shouchun, Luoyang and other places.
This can be regarded as an unintentional intervention. It not only divided the Sun-Liu alliance, but also gave myself time to recover. However, Wei's crisis was not easily resolved.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), Zhou Yu and Sun Quan proposed to capture the two Sichuan provinces and join forces with Ma Chao to besiege Cao Cao.
But before the plan was implemented, Zhou Yu died of illness.
Cao Shuang took a sip of the tea on the table and thought for a while before continuing: "If Ma Mengqi could belong to Emperor Wu back then, then even after the defeat of Chibi, Hanzhong would have been able to survive, but unfortunately..., Ma Mengqi said this
You have made a mistake both for yourself and for Wei!"
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's vitality was severely weakened. Cao Cao also needed to consider "acquisition" of a "semi-independent" separatist group like Ma Chao.
In the 16th year of Jian'an (211), Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao and Xia Houyuan to lead troops out of Hedong, trying to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong through the territories of Ma Chao and other Liangzhou warlords.
The Kansai warlords led by Ma Chao and Han Sui all suspected that Cao Cao wanted to attack and annex Liangzhou.
Ma Chao believed that this was Cao Cao's false plan to destroy Guo, so he united the Guanzhong generals Zhang Heng, Liang Xing and Anding's Yang Qiu, Hedong's Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi and other ten tribes, a total of 10
Thousands of troops rose up to rebel against Cao Cao.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ma Chao's rebellion caused Cao Cao's plan to "conquer Zhang Lu" to be postponed, making it difficult for Cao Cao to seize Yizhou before Liu Bei after he captured Hanzhong, which is also known as Chibi
After the war, the "three pillars" situation solidified.
For the Ma Chao family, Ma Chao's rebellion was even more of a disaster. Not only did Ma Chao's father and brother Ma Teng and other relatives who were officials in the imperial court be exterminated by Cao Cao's clan in the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), but Ma Chao's wife and children were also killed by Cao Cao.
The army slaughtered all the people.
More than a hundred members of Ma Chao's family were killed, leaving only Ma Chao and his younger brother Ma Dai left in the world. How sad.
Although Ma Chao lacks political acumen, his military ability is still very good. Cao Cao also said, "Unless the horse dies, I will have no place to bury him." Yang Fu also said, "He is extremely trustworthy and brave, and he can win over Qiang, Hu Xin, and Xizhou."
Afraid of it."
If Ma Chao was in the 16th year of Jian'an (211), when Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao and Xia Houyuan to lead an army out of Hedong in an attempt to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong through the territory of Ma Chao and other Liangzhou warlords, he clearly submitted to Cao Cao and expressed his willingness to be the "vanguard" to conquer Zhang Lu.
Cao Cao must be filled with joy.
As the vanguard of Cao Cao's western expedition, Ma Chao easily supported Cao Cao in seizing the Hanzhong area in the 16th year of Jian'an (211).
At this time, Liu Bei had not yet entered Sichuan, and Cao Cao had a strong general like Ma Chao, so he had every chance to pursue the victory and seize Yizhou.
Once Cao Cao captured Hanzhong and Yizhou with the support of "vanguard Ma Chao", Guanzhong would naturally be inspired by Ma Chao not to attack and to make peace.
At this time, Cao Cao controlled ten of the thirteen states in the Eastern Han Dynasty, while Liu Bei and Sun Quan only controlled two states, Jingzhou and Yangzhou.
Shi Xie's Jiaozhou is in a semi-independent state. How can Liu Bei and Sun Quan resist Cao Cao?
Even if Sun Quan freed up his hands to seize Jiaozhou, the actual territory controlled by Sun Quan and Liu Bei would still be very small.
Cao Cao suffered a loss in the Battle of Chibi in the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years). At this time, with Ma Chao as the "vanguard", he gradually went south along the waterway from Xichuan and Hanzhong to capture Jingzhou, and finally captured Yangzhou and Jiaozhou. Perhaps Cao Cao
The great cause of "reunification" was completed during his lifetime.
Huan Fan also wore a beard and said with emotion: "Ma Chao has his own tribe, and he was the "vanguard" who captured Liangzhou, Hanzhong and Yizhou for Emperor Wu. If he surrenders, it will not be difficult for his status to surpass the "Five Sons of Good Generals".
Not only can you continue the incense of "Fubo General Ma Yuan", but you can also enjoy the Taimiao Temple for future generations.
Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Pang De and others conquered all directions for Emperor Wu. What a majestic scene it was at that time.
It is a pity that Ma Chao actually tried to use the ruins of one state to compete with Cao Cao's eight states, which led to the destruction of the family. It is really a pity."