The sudden rain caused both sides of the Western Regions to slow down.
In later generations, I couldn’t catch a cold when I was in the rain. I took two pills to sleep and recovered. However, in the Han Dynasty, typhoid fever was a big problem. If I was not careful, it would spread to the plague. So normally, no general would deliberately challenge the wind and rain and the disease.
When the wind and rain in the Western Regions came, the weather in Jiangdong in the south had already entered a hot atmosphere.
At this time when Lu Bu and Zhang Liao retreated to Xihai City, after intense preparations, Jiangdong sent troops.
Huang Gai and his elite soldiers left Dongting Lake, went upstream and arrived at the lower reaches of Jiangling and camped not far away.
Almost when Huang Gai led his troops to move, the Cao army discovered the movement in Jiangdong, and immediately reported it to Cao Ren. Cao Ren also immediately reported it to Cao Cao.
"Huang Gong was refuted to become the governor..." Cao Cao stroked his beard and squinted his eyes, "Ten hundred and eighteen thousand soldiers...What do you want?"
Ten thousand eighteen, not too much, not too little.
After all, Jiangdong always has 100,000 or 200,000 yuan. Now it suddenly only means that it is only 18,000 yuan, which is somewhat uncomfortable.
And what exactly do you want to do in this Wanba?
Judging from the march route, it was indeed directed to Yidao or Jiangling, but just 18,000 soldiers could do something? It’s not that Cao Cao underestimated the Jiangdong soldiers... Well, at this point in time, Cao Cao had not been burned once. His impression of the Jiangdong soldiers was still good at naval troops. He was a scumbag when he got ashore, so he was a little bit despised the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong soldiers.
In Cao Cao's mind, if these eight-ten thousand soldiers got ashore, they would have to pay at least 20,000% off. Then they could not all of them. They would have to stay in the water camp to watch the ships, baggage, etc., so the combat effectiveness of the landing was 10,000, and what could these ten thousand soldiers do?
To defeat the Wild Way?
If the cavalry and horses are not moved, it may not be a big problem to fight the Yidao. After all, the Yidao’s defensive fortifications are not very strong, and there are not many people stationed there, so it is relatively easy to be conquered. But even if the Yidao is conquered, such a few soldiers will be somewhat insufficient to attack further.
If you take a step back, just to establish a frontier position, there are too many soldiers of 18,000 soldiers. Even if Jiangdong uses ships to transport grain and grass, after all, from the Dongting Lake Water Village in Jiangdong, you have to be transported to the Yidao along the waterway, which is somewhat far away, and it is not like a food road on land. You can adjust the route at any time. There is only one waterway...
"This is Jiangdong's worry..." Cao Cao smiled, with a little bit of sarcastic meaning in his smile. "It's hard to become a great person if you look ahead and look back..."
Guo Jia nodded in agreement with Lao Cao's opinion, "Jiangdong is now in turmoil, so it is common sense to be cautious."
In fact, it is basically Jiangdong who is worried about Lao Cao. Although he has formed an alliance on the surface, Jiangdong is still afraid that if Lao Cao turns against him and suddenly stabs Jiangdong on his back, so the temptation of this marching is very strong, just like carefully poking out a foot and may withdraw at any time.
"Come!" Cao Cao ordered, "Let Sun Shubi come here and say something is up to you!"
Sometimes the ancients' thoughts were so straightforward, so straightforward that they were written directly on the names of their descendants. For example, Liu Bei called his son Liu Feng and Liu Chan, and his thoughts were clear.
Sun Jian is relatively better, a little more hidden, but it is just a little hidden. He did not write it directly on the name, but hidden in the words. Sun Bofu, Sun Zhongmou, Sun Shubi, and Sun Jizuo were also clear. The eldest leader led the army, the second planned, the third brother and the fourth brother assisted Zuo, with clear division of labor and far-reaching expectations.
But what a pity...
Wishes are often beautiful, and reality is often cold.
Sun Yi failed to have any support for Sun Quan. As a hostage in exchange, he was named Qinghe Prefect, but he did not take office immediately. Instead, he was a guest in Xu County with this title. Qinghe's actual affairs became the acting of Qinghe County Magistrate. This was a well-known name in later generations, called "Supervising Work".
Sun Yi came and paid a regular visit to Cao Cao.
"Shubi is here, please sit down, you don't have to be polite. Is it good to eat and live in Xu County? Is there anything wrong with it?" Cao Cao smiled, like a kind neighbor holding a lollipop and seducing the little loli.
"Report to the Prime Minister, everything is fine, thank you for your concern." Sun Yi answered seriously.
Cao Cao nodded, exchanged greetings for a while, then stroked his beard and said slowly: "Recently, there was an interesting thing. A man was hunting in the mountains and forests outside the city. He accidentally lost his blade. He had not found it. Suddenly, he heard a sound outside the forest, so he hurried out and looked at it. Seeing a woodcutter leaving urgently, he suspected that he had obtained his blade. He called it first, but he could not respond. He became more suspicious and beat him up...
Cao Cao glanced at Sun Yi, "Then he saw the official, he realized that the woodcutter was deaf, and he did not get his blade. The hunter first paid the penalty silver, and then returned to the forest to search for it. He had lost his position and could not get his blade."
Sun Yi blinked, "The Prime Minister means..."
Cao Cao laughed, "It's just a matter of knowing the matter, I found it interesting, chatting a little, Shubi was worried too much."
After saying that, he talked about it again, and then gave Sun Yi some clothes, food, utensils and other items, and sent Sun Yi away.
Seeing Sun Yi leave, Guo Jia walked out of the wing room and laughed: "The Prime Minister is too straightforward..."
Cao Cao laughed, "If you don't say it straightforwardly, I'm afraid you won't understand!"
The two of them laughed again. After a while, Cao Cao slowly closed his smile and his little eyes stood up. "Heluo Yang sent someone to send a secret report, saying that the cavalry was searching for spies in Guanzhong... and hurt a lot of people..."
Guo Jia sighed, "This cavalry really doesn't understand the politeness at all."
Cao Cao had released some spies arrested in Shandong and returned to Chang'an. Of course, the cavalry did not have any expression at all. There were still some war horses and armor, which was equivalent to giving these people ransoms, but this kind of thing would not be vigorously promoted in ancient times.
Cao Cao actually wanted to reach a tacit understanding through this method, that is, the two sides caught the other party's spy to exchange, rather than killing...
Cao Cao did this, not because Cao Cao was kind, or Cao Cao just wanted to show kindness. In fact, he still hoped that the spies could bring more things back. After all, if they were killed, they would really have no value. Once they knew that they would not die, then they would hide something, even if they were kept in their minds. Anyway, Cao Cao thought it was a profit if he could bring any new technology from Guanzhong.
But this time, Youwen Si, the cavalry's subordinate, took action directly.
This made Cao Cao angry, but it was more suspicious.
"What exactly is the cavalry covering up?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and asked.
Guo Jia was silent for a while, "May be related to the Western Regions."
The reason why Guo Jia was silent was because he felt that there might be some unclear aspects in this matter, but he was not sure what was wrong with it, so he was not very sure, and he could only say that it was maybe.
Cao Cao was a little moved, "In terms of military affairs, we know ourselves and our enemy. The six strategies of the cavalry are so skillful."
Guo Jia bowed and said, "Prime Minister Rong sent some more people to find out."
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Be careful."
Guo Jia took the order and retreated. Cao Cao sat in the hall, squinting his eyes.
After a while, Cao Cao invited his subordinates and asked him to go to Hanoi to find Le Jin, and gave him such instructions...
Let’s talk about Huang Gai. After he stationed in the lower reaches of Jiangling for a period of time, he received a letter forwarded by Sun Yi through Xiangyang. After reading the letter, he shook his head and sighed, and then ordered the soldiers to collect the ships and march forward.
Sun Yi's letter stated that Cao Cao was mocking Jiangdong, while Huang Gai knew that the reason why he stayed was not because of timidity or doubt, but because of some other reasons...
Of course, Jiangdong has always been in short supply of war with Cao's army.
But since Sun Yi has sent a letter, he cannot say that he is completely unmoved. After all, he is too disrespectful to Sun Yi, so Sun Yi will probably not be doing well in Xu County.
While Huang Gai asked someone to go back to report, he led his troops out of Jiangling, and went to the Yidao on the water and land.
The Cao army's naval army was very restrained and almost didn't even have patrols. They just stood on the wall of Jiangling Water Village and watched the Jiangdong Naval Army pass by from afar.
Huang Gai's advancement was not fast, and he walked at most thirty miles a day. This speed could even be described as a turtle crawling. Because most of the Jiangdong Army's supplies were loaded on ships, the speed of the march on land was not limited to the logistics vehicle, and the army could also go straight, while the navy needed to walk along the waterway, which was relatively winding, but the waterway was labor-saving. So, normally if you march like this, you would have to go up fifty miles anyway, but now Huang Gai pressed the speed to half of the line.
Every day when the sun is just west, Huang Gai will set up a simple water camp and then coordinate with the army on the shore to defend. Go to bed early and go to bed late every day like an outing.
Huang Gai's attitude ended up making the scout of the cavalry.
Advance is not like an advance, and there is no sense of speed at all. Moreover, the baggage ships behind the entire fleet are just swaying there, no matter how you look at it, they all look like bait. This bait is so obvious that the Hussars who were ambushing the shore before hesitated and felt that they would fall into the trap if they attacked.
After all, Huang Gai is also a veteran who has been fighting for many years. How could he not even understand that the baggage ship needs protection?
But seeing Huang Gai approaching Yidao day by day, the Sichuan and Shu naval army, who could not find a suitable opportunity, could not do nothing. Therefore, when the Jiangdong naval army approached Yidao, it began to tentatively attack.
When Huang Gai saw the emergence of the Pika Chuan Shu naval army, no matter how many of its naval army, he did not choose to fight, but instead set up camp on the spot. The military camp on the land was linked to the water camp on the water. All the trees and shrubs near the walls were cut down, and a large number of fortifications were arranged, just like building a new city on the spot, which made Wang Shuang, the leader of the Pika Chuan Navy, dumbfounded.
In the original plan, Wang Shuang came to lure the enemy...
As a result, before the temptation was tempted, the Jiangdong Army shrank into a turtle shell!
In desperation, Wang Shuang sent someone back to inform us of the latest changes while cautiously tentatively attacking.
Huang Gai was also cautious. He ordered to seize the village and defended all the baggage, dragged all the baggage ships to the innermost, guarding against rockets, and blocking warships from the outside to resist the attack of the navy of the cavalry. It felt like he was guarding against the attack of thousands of troops and thousands of warships...
At the same time, the Jiangdong soldiers on land also lined up to set up crossbow formations on the shore to assist the navy in counterattack.
Faced with such a posture, Wang Shuang really felt "flattered" and shouted in his heart that I was just a small military academy, why bother with such a big posture? Even if the cavalry came in person, it would be just like this!
Huang Gai's behavior was very abnormal, which made Wang Shuang dare not have any righteousness. He just tried step by step, and arranged at least half of his power to the periphery as a warning to prevent Jiangdong warships from rushing out of that corner.
Huang Gai was tall on the navy's tower ship, watching the Jiangdong navy and the cavalry navy ships coming and going, and the arrows came and went, as if they were fighting live. In fact, both sides were very restrained, just like live-fire military exercises, using real guys, but they didn't kill people for real. Therefore, although Huang Gai's face was serious, his mind was no longer on the battlefield.
Anyway, if Huang Gai still needs to command this level of combat, then the non-commissioned officers in Jiangdong can really jump into the river and commit suicide on the spot.
The real battle has not begun.
The two sides fought for two days and each suffered some damage.
Wang Shuang was a little helpless. He had already tried his best, but Jiangdong Army just hid in the village and just couldn't come out.
This made Wang Shuang almost crazy.
Continuous consumption is not Wang Shuang's purpose, so after the battle the next day, he retreated for a while, distanced himself from the Jiangdong Army, and maintained surveillance of the Jiangdong Army. Anyway, Wang Shuang's soldiers were unlikely to defeat Huang Gai.
Wang Shuang thought about it but couldn't figure out what Huang Gai was doing, so he could only wait for the next order while completing his task as much as possible. Anyway, if Huang Gai wanted to advance, he had to fight Wang Shuang first.
Wang Shuang's soldiers were not large, but it was like a stone stuck in the river or a river cable. If it was not cleared, Huang Gai would find it difficult to march smoothly.
Wang Shuang felt that he couldn't be attracted anyway, so he monitored the outside world to see how Huang Gai acted, and then decided on his next move.
It is actually not a mistake to do this. Unfortunately, compared with Huang Gai, Wang Shuang is actually much worse in experience and strategy. He did not realize that the danger had quietly come.
At night, Huang Gai lies in his clothes.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the cabin, and Huang Gai immediately opened his eyes and sat up, as if he was not sleeping at all and was awake at all times.
"Governor, there is news..." the guard outside said softly.
"Come in." Huang Gai ordered, and then looked at the guards coming in, "What's wrong?"
"Report to the Governor, General Zhu has sent a signal that he can attack at any time." The guard replied.
The yellow and white eyebrows raised, "Good! Did you find the ambush of the cavalry?"
The guard nodded, "It's inside a river beside the Yidao."
Huang Gai laughed, then waved his hand vigorously, "Tell me to order the water camp warship, cook at the third update, and attack at the fifth update!"
The guard responded, and then hesitated for a moment, "Governor, then Cao's army..."
Huang Gai smiled and patted the guard's shoulder, "No, I know how to use my brain, it's great. But what do you think the soldiers in our Luzhai are used for?"
The guard suddenly realized, then bowed and turned around and went out to pass the order.
After a while, the Jiangdong soldiers in the Water Village began to act. All the ships were adjusting their positions, equipped with weapons, food, etc. After eating the meal, at the fifth hour, the gate of the Water Village opened, and large and small ships of Jiangdong Navy came out one after another!
The Jiangdong Navy was well-trained, and the sieves that came out were separated and spread out like minesweepers. They spent a long time on the exploration pole. Soon, they found the iron chains and stakes set up by the cavalry underwater, either cut them off or marked them, and then continued to investigate. When the Jiangdong Navy had removed these underwater traps, the Sichuan and Shu Navy led by Wang Shuang reacted.
Wang Shuang did plan to be used as bait before, but he did not expect that he had seduced Huang Gai for two days, and Huang Gai did not move. When Huang Gai was really out, the speed of the Jiangdong navy exceeded Wang Shuang's imagination again!
If the cavalry on land was moving like a rabbit, then the Jiangdong naval army now showed the same speed on the water surface. Wang Shuang received the news and saw the Jiangdong naval army rushing under his eyelids.
Wang Shuang was a little careless.
After all, Wang Shuang himself cannot be considered an excellent general. After seducing Huang Gai for two consecutive days, who would have thought that Huang Gai launched a full-strength attack in the early morning of the third day?
These Jiangdong naval troops followed Huang Gai and rushed towards Wang Shuang and others. Under the illumination of torches, each of the Jiangdong naval troops was full of momentum, like a crocodile pounced on the water. If they bite their prey, they would roll to death.
When Wang Shuang and others went to fight, the space left for them was already very small, so Wang Shuang had no chance to entangle for long, so he immediately yelled to retreat. But even so, the Jiangdong army continued to invade Wang Shuang and others with its advantage on the water. The small boat was like a swimming fish, quickly following Wang Shuang and other warships, constantly invading and blocking. As long as Wang Shuang's boat was slightly delayed, the Jiangdong ship would directly press up like a dark cloud.
Arrows and crossbows fly by in a staggered manner.
From time to time, the Sichuan and Shu navy were shot and fell into the water.
At this moment, the sharpness of the Jiangdong Navy was fully revealed, which made Wang Shuang and others almost use all their strength to feed themselves, barely maintaining a certain distance, and fleeing to the Yidao...
Chapter completed!