On June 12, one day after Sun Jian issued the declaration of war, in the early morning of this day, it rained heavily again in the Feishui River Basin in the southernmost part of Nanyang.
It was summer and we were in the south. Considering the climate of this place and this era, such rain seemed to be a matter of course. However, for Zhu Zhi, who was born in the south of the Yangtze River and had experienced many wars, he benefited from this heavy rain.
I noticed an inexplicable aura.
Or to put it bluntly, when the heavy rain fell, Zhu Zhi, who had divided his troops in Chaoyang City on the west bank of Feishui River, inexplicably became more confident in this battle. He began to believe that Sun Wentai's fighting intention was not without purpose... At least there was no one at this time.
It can be denied that under such rain, the power of Lu Bu's eight hundred cavalry will always be greatly reduced, and the advantage of their sentry cavalry will also be obscured by the heavy rain.
This is a fighter plane!
And sure enough, just after breakfast, Sun Wentai sent his trusted guards to Chaoyang County, where Zhu Zhi was stationed, to deliver the order.
"General," facing Zhu Zhi, who had been promoted to the position of Captain of Two Thousand Stones as early as the Changsha period in Sun Jian's camp, and was now regarded as Zhonglang General, the person who conveyed the order was respectful. "The Lord has an order, please lead the entire army to cross the river.
Join him on the east bank, and we must cross the river before noon! Don’t bring any baggage or flags and drums, but you must bring all the straw mats in the city!"
Zhu Junli, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, was rarely startled because there were so many strange and unexpected things about this overly simple military order.
Not to mention the matter of straw mats or not, it was probably raining so that the soldiers could rest midway, nor was it raining so that all the troops could move out with light equipment, but the direction of crossing the river was just a bit unprepared.
Speaking of which, we must first understand the terrain of the battlefield here... Feishui, Bishuiji, runs roughly north-south, but merges into one in front of Deng County (it can be regarded as Bishui pouring into Feishui), and then continues southward for a while, and then
It merges into Mianshui River under Xiangyang City.
Among them, Xinye City, where Sun Jian's main force was stationed, was located in the narrow triangle between Feishui and Bishui; while Liu Pan, Cai Mao, Huang Zhong, and Lu Bu were stationed in front of Deng County, located in Feishui.
The open area to the west; Huang Zu and Yuan Shu were under Caiyang City to the east of Bishui... Sun Wentai wanted to attack the former, he needed to cross Feishui, and if he wanted to attack the latter, he needed to cross Bishui, and the other side
If the two armies want to support each other, they only need to cross a river, because Bi Shui and Fei Shui merge into one in the front.
Or to put it simply, looking at the intersection point of Bi Shui and Fei Shui, there are three lines extending out, namely Fei Shui without merging, Bi Shui, and Fei Shui after merging, and the three troops are in three fan-shaped areas.
There is only one river between them.
In this case, Chaoyang City, which is located on the west bank of the Feishui River, not far from Xinye City, but protruding four or five miles to the south, where Zhu Zhi led 5,000 troops to garrison, is particularly important.
Because it is not only an important barrier in the direction of Liu Pan and Lu Bu in Deng County during defense, but also an outpost during attack... Otherwise, Sun Jian would not have asked Zhu Zhi to come here immediately after hearing that the other side had increased its troops.
However, the question now is, since we are going to attack the enemy in Deng County, shouldn't the main force of the army sneak across the river from behind Chaoyang City to the west bank under the heavy rain? Why did we lead the entire army to the east bank instead?
Could it be that he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to take advantage of the heavy rain to sneak attack Yuan Shu and Huang Zu under Caiyang City on the east bank of Bishui?
Thinking this way, it seems a lot more reasonable, because it is not a simple matter for nearly 20,000 troops to cross the river under heavy rain. As a tributary of Feishui, the water potential is much slower than that of Feishui, and the river channel is much narrower.
It will be easier to cross the river if you go faster, and Huang and Yuan have little strength and combat advantage. In addition, they are both famous assholes. With such heavy rain, they would have abandoned their troops and huddled in Caiyang.
Drinking and having fun in the city.
"The whole army will gather in front of Xinye City on the east bank?" After thinking about this, Zhu Zhi immediately confirmed the military order seriously. "Or should we just cross the river from Chaoyang City to the east and wait for the army to meet in the wilderness?"
"It's not Xinye City!" The person who sent the order had already received the order from Sun Jian, so he naturally pointed out the key points immediately. "The prince asked the general to throw down Chaoyang City immediately, leaving behind all the flags and inconvenient things, and just tried his best to collect straw mats and other things.
The rest of the army took advantage of the heavy rain to cross the river lightly and headed east, and met on the other side of Chaoyang City!"
Zhu Zhi understood in his heart and nodded, but he no longer hesitated and acted immediately.
In other words, Chaoyang and Xinye are opposite each other across the river, and now they are connecting the army. Zhu Zhi naturally used the city's protection to build a pontoon bridge in a safe area behind him. At this time, the heavy rain had just fallen and the river had not risen, so the pontoon bridge was naturally safe. In addition,
Before going up, Sun Jian had a clear fighting spirit and was well prepared for logistics... As a result, the five thousand soldiers and horses dropped all their flags, golden drums, chariots, and even a few horses, and only brought dry food and water for a day and night, and carried armor and weapons.
More than a thousand straw mats were hurriedly collected from the people and merchants in the city, and they were immediately transported across the river lightly.
It can only be said that Zhu Zhi is indeed a stable person.
By noon, the rain continued unabated, and there was even a hint of thunder. On the other side of Chaoyang City, in the wilderness of Xinye, a large army gathered. Sun Wentai's entire army of 18,000 people took advantage of the rain and came out!
"Junhou!" Zhu Zhi saw the only flag in the distance that was wet by the rain, and immediately moved forward to join them.
"Jun Li!" Sun Jian was wearing armor and hanging a sword. There was actually a straw mat rolled out of the spear on his body. In the rain, surrounded by generals, he heard the voice of his confidant general and did not recognize it. He just said proudly.
"Are all the five thousand soldiers here?"
"Everyone's here!"
"Well done! How many straw mats did you bring?"
"Thousands of collars!"
"enough!"
"Your Majesty, where are we going?"
"Go to the east. Before the water rises, the whole army will cross the river from the shoal five miles downstream, and then go down the river from the east bank!"
Zhu Zhi was determined, and without any hesitation, he immediately ordered officers from all levels of the headquarters to follow him to the southeast.
Although the rain continued unabated, the five-mile road was too close, coupled with the lightly armed surprise attack, and the soldiers all had a psychological advantage over Yuan Shu's defeated army, so it only took about half an hour to reach the shoal. And it was exactly as Sun Jian said
, the heavy rain started in the morning and had not yet gathered to form a flood peak at this time.
So Sun Wentai ordered Jiang Qin to lead 800 Jianghan disciples as the vanguard, and the whole army easily crossed the river and went down the river to Caiyang further downstream.
Along the way, with the cover of heavy rain and the rising water, relying on Jiang Gongyi's bravery, and relying on the Jianghan children's adaptability to the summer rainy weather, Sun Wentai's troops were able to uproot Yuan and Huang along the way almost as easily as rolled mats.
The two set up a stronghold and headed south easily.
However, in the afternoon, after the entire army marched south along the river embankment in the rain for a long time, Zhu Zhi suddenly noticed a problem, that is, Sun Jian just walked along the river, but had no intention of turning to Caiyang. After all, Caiyang City is not Chaoyang City.
Not next to the river, but fifteen miles away from the east bank of the river... Although Zhu Zhi noticed it at first, he instinctively thought that Sun Jian wanted to use the river embankment to facilitate his march, and stayed close to the river to hide his whereabouts.
However, as time passed by, the entire army had already crossed the three forks where Bishui poured into Feishui, but they still continued to move forward along the Feishui River embankment to maintain their momentum.
, the light behind the clouds had gradually deflected... Finally, when the rain stopped and Sun Jian ordered the entire army to rest temporarily under the river embankment, Zhu Zhi couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to find his lord.
"Junhou!" Zhu Junli stepped forward and called out to Sun Jian who was chatting and laughing with his soldiers in the pouring rain. "The rainier the day, the more you have to pay attention to the lighting. If you don't turn around to launch a surprise attack now, you will wait until dark
, tens of thousands of troops, it is estimated that only a few can reach Caiyang City, so while you can still identify the road, go directly to Caiyang!"
"Who said we are going to Caiyang?" Sun Wentai stopped and stood among the soldiers who were sitting on the ground regardless of the mud. When he saw that it was his chief confidant, he couldn't help laughing. "Isn't my military order to let the entire army cross the Bi River, and then
Going down the river? How about Cai Yang?"
Under the rain, when Zhu Zhi rushed in front of the other party, his face was covered with water, and he raised his head blankly... For a moment, his mind went blank first, and then he felt an inexplicable panic.
This is of course... As a senior general in the army, as the first general with a foreign surname recognized in Sun Jian's camp, as a county official who promoted filial piety and integrity as an official, as a person beside Sun Jian, he has always been known for his knowledge of culture.
Zhu Junli, a person famous for his work, was completely clueless at this time.
I really have no clue!
At this moment, faced with Sun Jian's sudden denial of the military plan to invade Caiyang and raid Yuan Shu and Huang Zu, he had no idea what Sun Wentai was going to do, nor could he imagine what the other party could do. But at this time, the entire army had already pressed forward.
!
Eighteen thousand people abandoned the two fortified cities of Xinye and Chaoyang, which formed an angle with each other. They brought no baggage, only dry food for a day and night, and then crossed the river in a daze and arrived at the enemy-occupied area... How could he
Not panic? Why not panic?!
Unexpectedly, in the rain that gradually eased, Sun Wentai saw that his trusted general was so out of sorts, and instead of being anxious, he was overjoyed: "If even Junli couldn't guess what I was going to do when he got to this point, then it will definitely happen this time! Please note,
Soldiers are cunning, and among the so-called cunning, the most important thing is to surprise the enemy and cover up his unpreparedness. Since ancient times, there have been many cases of attacking more with less, and many overthrows and great victories, all of which are like this..."
"Of course I know this, but Lord..."
"Jun Li, I learned this strategy from the two world-famous battles of General Wei and Lu Fengxian himself!" Upon seeing this, Sun Jian simply dragged the other person to the river embankment regardless of the slipperiness. "You can see it.
Yet?"
"I can probably think of something." Zhu Zhi was still confused, but he still blurted out. "Sneaking across the river when the heavy rain has just fallen and the river has not risen will make the people on the other side unprepared. This should be the day when General Wei counterattacked Liuchengdu.
The Daling River strategy; and the other strategy should be to use the river embankment as a road sign to maintain the army's momentum in the rain. This should be the reason why Lu Bu led thousands of cavalry to Sanjin in the dark along the golden embankment.
The reliance of military force... But Lord, it is precisely because of this that we must march quickly. Caiyang does not have a river embankment for us to use as a troop transport channel."
"I told you, we are not going to Caiyang." Sun Jian, carrying a spear and a straw mat, said slowly in the rain while looking at the other side of the Feishui River. But he finally revealed the answer to the mystery. "But we are going to Deng County! I went to Deng County the night before yesterday.
Let's just say, we have to fight Liu Pan, Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Cai Mao... Deng County is next to the river embankment. As long as we press on the river embankment, even if it is dark and rainy, we can maintain our strength to reach each other.
In front of the military camp."
Zhu Zhi was even more flustered and confused: "But Junhou, if we want to attack Deng County, why don't you cross the river from Chaoyang? Wouldn't it be more convenient for us to march along the river embankment on the east bank? Why..."
"Because it was unexpected." Sun Jian replied seriously. "Although I am full of fighting spirit, I am not stupid. Lu Bu, Liu Pan are brave, Huang Zhong is fierce, and Cai Mao, who is the best in the local family, has a strong military background.
There are more than us, and there are 800 cavalry. If we can't take them by surprise, it will be dangerous in the face of battle..."
"But as the saying goes, a dead horse can die on flat ground, but a person can be drowned in shallow water!" Zhu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then pointed at the swollen water in front of him with a ridiculous expression and tried to persuade him. "Junhou, I won't say this.
During the day's march, dozens of people slipped and fell and were injured by the roadside, waiting for us to take down Cai Yang and come back to rescue them. Just talk about the water. Look at the water. The water has risen. This is the peak of the flood...
"
"So I brought two thousand mats to cross the river!" Sun Jian said seriously.
Zhu Zhi's mind went blank again.
"You can't believe it?" Sun Jian laughed and sighed when he saw this. "You can cross the river with mats. You just need to wrap the hollow reeds that can be seen everywhere by the river in summer with mats, and then connect them with ropes and spear poles to make a raft.
Easily cross the river... When I was a child, Xu Kun's mother wanted to go paddling, but the boats at home were tight. It only took me a quarter of an hour to make a small raft out of reeds and mats, and then took her to pick lotus in the Fuchun River...
And although you are also from Jiangdong, you have an excellent family background. I heard that you are related to the Zhu family of Wu County. You are bound to be a county official, and you are crowned with filial piety and integrity. How do you understand these things? But it’s okay, you don’t understand, then
Liu Pan is a boy from the Central Plains, Lu Bu is a He Shuoer, and Cai Mao is a son of a noble family. How can they understand this? They are Huang Zhong, a native of Nanyang, but they were appointed by Liu Biao as Zhonglang General. They are not small families at all... They
No matter how careful you are, no matter how good you are at fighting, when the rain is so heavy, you should at most take precautions during the day and drive the sentries to explore the east bank as much as possible. If the sentries come back after working hard all day, they will tell them that there are no soldiers of ours, Sun Jian, west of Feishui.
How could they have thought that I would cross the river from the direction of Huang Zu at dusk? It was still raining so heavily and the river was still so fast?"
Zhu Zhi wanted to speak but stopped.
"Stop talking." Sun Jian became serious. "I know you still want to persuade me to turn around and attack Cai Yang... But Jun Li, how can there be any reason in the world not to face difficulties? The current situation is that in Deng County,
The enemy is the real obstacle. If we can defeat them, Huang Zu and Yuan Shu will be like a treasure in their pockets. But if we defeat Huang and Yuan Shu cannot defeat them, then we will never be able to pacify Nanyang, let alone advance towards Jingxiang! The opportunity is here.
Tonight, you are my second-in-command, and if there is any mischief, you can only help me, but not persuade me!"
Zhu Zhi immediately became serious.
"Has the whole army stopped?" Sun Wentai saw that Zhu Zhi stopped saying anything, and Jiang Qin, Li Tong, Zu Mao, Huang Gai, Sun Ben and other generals who accompanied the army also gathered around, but he simply gave the order. "
Taking advantage of the fact that the rain has slowed down a bit and the vision is clear, we will cut down the reeds here and roll up the mat to cross the river!"
Everyone did not dare to neglect and followed the orders one after another.
In other words, reeds are used as the heart, straw mats are used as the surface, long poles are used as bones, and ropes are used to tie them into rafts. Although it may not be a widely spread technology, as long as children from poor families in the south are familiar with rivers, they can actually do it.
They may not have done this when they were young, but they definitely had similar things.
Reeds are everywhere, and the mats are made from damaged or broken wooden poles at home. The only troublesome thing is that you need to twist the hemp rope. Who has not had a similar experience?
Of course, reeds and mats made of woven reeds cannot be resisted by soaking, and they will easily become rotten after a few times. Therefore, this kind of raft is destined to be a one-time use. Therefore, no one thinks that one day they will join the army to gain wealth.
Just use this to cross the river.
No one thought that, let alone Liu and Cai on the other side, as for Lu Bu who was born in Heshuo, he must know about sheepskin rafts...
However, the thing is roughly like this. It is simple to say and think about, but extremely difficult to do.
The river was fast and the rain was constant. The soldiers went barefoot to cut reeds under the river embankment, but several people slipped into the river and were swept away. What was more common was that the slippery blades and reed wires easily cut wounds.
The blood and muddy water mixed together, making people miserable. Such a reduction in personnel, coupled with the slip and fall injuries during the march the previous day, the number of injuries actually exceeded 100.
However, this is the army, this is the system under military law. It is just daily marching and doing things. If you don't fight with swords, there will be countless strange and strange attrition. Gongsun Xun had previously crossed the Daling River in the rain and stalked the Wuhuan people.
, there were also countless casualties along the way, and thousands of war horses were scrapped... But on the other hand, this is also the reason why the army is stronger than the bandits. In other places, they are because of their discipline, marching, and fighting.
The sacrifices you are prepared to make can save more lives on the battlefield.
Sun Wentai planned to imitate Gongsun Xun in sneaking across the river to attack Liucheng, and attacked the enemy camp under the Deng County city late at night. However, Gongsun Xun's battle in Liucheng that day was almost a negligible overall loss, and the Wuhuan rebels in western Liaoning were wiped out for hundreds of years.
The people... just don't know how far Sun Wentai can do it today.
The sunshine behind the clouds was already dimming, but fortunately this kind of raft was extremely simple, and Sun Jian brought two thousand people with him to get the mats. It was not to use the raft to ferry people back and forth, but obviously to build a few simple rafts together with the reed rafts.
We arrived at the incredible reed pontoon bridge, and once the pontoon bridge was formed, there was no problem in successfully crossing the river.
In fact, as Jiang Qin's men who were well versed in water took the rope into the water with a heavy reward, swam to the other side in the middle of the flood peak, and successfully set up stakes, the whole army was rejoiced.
"Cross the river!" Sun Jian gave the military order without hesitation.
Immediately, his bodyguards in armor first escorted the only large flag in the army onto the rickety pontoon with spears as a guide... However, the first few steps were fixed by wooden stakes under the river embankment and ropes.
Because of this, it was still barely possible, but when we reached the center of the river, a small wave suddenly rolled upstream. The pontoon bridge made of grass and reeds immediately started to churn with the water below, and the seven people in the front were
The eight bodyguards wearing armor and holding spears were unable to stand still almost instantly. They were rolled over like wooden animal signs and fell headlong into the river.
Considering the iron armor on their bodies and the turbid river water under the flood peak at this time, it is conceivable that these most trusted and outstanding warriors around Sun Jian can no longer survive.
In fact, the only visible ups and downs are Sun Jian's flagpole.
The river embankment that was originally full of joy was silent for a moment, and the soldiers naturally cowered.
Zhu Zhi opened his mouth, and half of the heroic spirit he had aroused was instantly extinguished, but he was about to step forward and persuade Sun Jian to turn to Cai Yang. He no longer expected to reach Cai Yang before dark, but such a surprise attack,
As long as thousands of warriors who dare to fight can reach Caiyang City, this battle can still be fought.
However, when Zhu Junli raised his head, he was shocked to find that Sun Wentai had already begun to take off his clothes.
The outer burqa and the armor under the burqa were removed one by one, and then Sun Wentai only wore the undyed single clothes underneath, wrapped in a red scarf and holding an ancient ingot knife, standing on the river embankment in the rain, looking around proudly: "Everyone is wearing a robe."
Sir! Are there any of you from Jiangdong who hear my reputation in the village and follow me to the Central Plains to seek fame?"
Everyone was stunned, and the words of persuasion Zhu Junli had originally prepared were blocked in his throat. Instead, he knelt down on the muddy river embankment with Zu Mao and took orders... The two of them, one from Yuzhang and the other from Wujun, were exactly what Sun Jian said.
That kind of person.
Not just the two of them, many of the surrounding soldiers also knelt down.
"Is there a man named Xu Yang who is a brave man and has a rough background? Because no one wants to accept him in troubled times, but I, Sun Jian, have always been frivolous and a savage from Jiangdong, so I came all the way to find him and trusted him with my life?"
Jiang Qin led his troops and bowed down to take orders, while Li Tong hesitated for a moment and also led his troops to bow down.
"But you were born in the hot and humid land of Jingnan. You first saw me crossing the county to fight against bandits from all directions, and then heard that I went north to cross the state to fight against Dong. Do you think that I am a person who lives up to the country and abandoned his family for the sake of loyalty?"
Huang Gai also led the crowd and bowed down to take orders.
"Today's scene... I, Sun Jian, is enough!" Sun Jian looked at the rain and saw that there was no one standing within sight, but he spoke with all his strength on the river embankment. "The world laughs at us southerners for our frivolous plagiarism.
We commit suicide and despise death, but we don’t know why we commit suicide and despise death? Everything in the world, fame and fortune, and even the so-called righteousness and heroism, none of it belongs to us southerners. We have nothing in life, only one life. If we don’t go
How can you get one or two of them if you risk your life?"
The rain kept falling, the water kept rolling, and many people on the river embankment and below Zhu Zhi were already breathing heavily.
"That day in Chen County, I promised you to return home with wealth and fame, but today I want to tell you that Liu Biao and Lu Bu are in Deng County, and they will not let us go back, nor will we seek wealth and fame for ourselves...but they are not allowed to do so.
We, we will trade our lives for each other!" Sun Jian kept sternly, his voice almost hoarse. "There is no other word today. The spirit of Guangwu is in Caiyang. If he thinks that I, Sun Jian, deserve to die, then let me die. If he likes me,
, then let me cross the river safely in anticipation of a great victory! And you, those who are willing to follow me, all take off their armor, abandon their long soldiers, put their lives in my hands, and fight across the river with me! Those who do not want to follow me, please do so yourself
Go, go!"
After saying this, he only carried the ancient ingot knife, picked up the water wrapped in a bamboo tube with him on the ground, turned around and stepped onto the tumbling pontoon that had just submerged several of his trusted soldiers.
Zhu Zhi was the first to stand up and began to take off his armor in a hurry. When he touched the He Guan on his head, which represented the identity of Zhonglang General, he did not stop, untied the He Guan and threw it in the mud.
Then, with disheveled hair, he jumped onto the bridge of rolling mats, and together with the generals, he caught up with Sun Jian.
The short soldiers in white were able to cross easily. When they reached the other side, Zhu Junli turned around and drew his sword: "Have you seen it? You have your destiny to be glorious and powerful. We can only move forward in this battle!"
The three armies were in high spirits and crossed the river one after another, but Sun Jian did not look back and continued to move forward from the west bank along the embankment in the last light of day and in the rain.
In this way, not long after it turned dark, the former army touched the riverside Luju. Luju was an ancient country that belonged to Dengdi in the Spring and Autumn Period. There was a small city left. However, because this place was only three or four miles away from the Dengxian city, the city was also
It was in ruins, so there were only a few hundred sergeants stationed there, and the city was used as a temporary logistics camp... But in the rainy night, Liu Biao's army was caught off guard, but was captured head-on by Sun Jian.
Immediately, all the prisoners in the garrison were beheaded, and Sun Jian used this as a stronghold to gather the follow-up troops and also to rest and reorganize.
At the same time, there was still no movement in the direction of Deng County.
By midnight, the entire army had finished eating and drinking water, and the troops in the small town of Luju had gathered more than 10,000 people. Sun Wentai left the wounded behind again, and then he did not equip the armor and other items captured in Luju, and continued to march in plain clothes and red turbans.
Fight in the rain with a knife!
In the middle of the night, outside Deng County, Lu Bu, who still insisted on returning to his camp after drinking at Cai Mao's place, was suddenly awakened from his deep sleep by an earth-shattering roar outside the military camp... He turned over
I listened blankly for a long time, but suddenly woke up!
It turned out that there were a lot of shouts outside, all with Jianghan accents, and they were shouting - Kill Lu Bu!
————I am the dividing line that separates Juansi from crossing the river————
"Sun Jian is very good at employing people. He should educate the generals so that they know how to avoid them." -Dong Zhuo
Ps: Three things:
1. Thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm, I have successfully achieved two stars.
2. The inspiration for rolling reeds across the river came from historical records. Sun Jian's sister, Xu Kun's mother, once made suggestions in a certain battle and used reeds to form disposable rafts to carry soldiers across the river. She did not make it up by herself.
3. What do you pronounce the character "鄾..."? By the way, I would like to thank Mr. Hei for the popular science. I couldn't recognize the character clearly on the map at that time, and most of the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" on the Internet mentioned this settlement by the waterside next to Deng County.
, are all garbled codes, and they all rely on the help of the gangsters to verify them.
