The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 251

Nanye County is located in the south of Yuzhang County. It is named after "the ground is connected to the south of Lingnan, and the people are safe and the things are rich". There are many mountains in the territory, forming several regional mountain systems, with more than ten main mountain ranges in total.

Nanye City is located right in the middle of two parallel mountain ranges from the north to the south. It is the gateway from Jiaozhou to the east of the Yangtze River, and its strategic position is extremely important.

Therefore, neither Zhou Yu nor Qu Yi will allow this city to fall into the other party's hands.

If the southern army occupied the city, it would have a springboard to enter the hinterland of Jiangdong; if the northern army occupied the city, it would have the capital to "choke its throat so that it cannot enter".

But why did Qu Yi's soldiers stop attacking after they arrived?

Zhou Yu was puzzled by this question.


Until this day, standing on the top of the city and looking at the Quyi army camped on the main road three miles to the north of the city, Zhou Yu suddenly realized something.

Qu Yi did not attack the city, he must be trying to lure him to lead his army out of the city for a decisive battle.

It is well-known military common sense that the siege party suffers huge casualties, and siege is a situation that every good general tries to avoid.

The northern army came here aggressively, aiming to regain the southern wilderness, but now they are refusing to attack, simply because the siege caused too many casualties.

And guarding the main road to the north of the city can also achieve the goal of guarding Nanye City.

That's it!

Zhou Yu secretly praised: Qu Yi is really a general, he is not easy to deal with!
the other side.

When the news of Zhou Yu's surprise attack on Nanye spread to Jingzhou, Cheng Yuanzhi was taken aback and called all civil and military officials to discuss the matter overnight.

Currently, the Northern Army has three opponents, Sun Quan in Jiaozhou, Liu Bei in Wuling, and Liu Zhang in Yizhou.

In addition, the attitudes of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Ma Chao and Han Sui in Xiliang are ambiguous, but these three are weak, so there is nothing to worry about for the time being.

Since the situation at this time is completely different from the historical process of the original time and space, and there is no reference, Cheng Yuanzhi had to seek advice from the counselors.

Fortunately, the combined military strength of the two soldiers and one sun was less than half that of the Northern Army, so there was a lot of room for maneuver.

Therefore, although Cheng Yuanzhi was in a hurry, he did not panic.

Not long after, all the civil and military soldiers entered the mansion one after another under the darkness of night, gathered together, cupped their hands and said:
"Prime Minister!"

After saluting, everyone frowned and looked dignified.Knowing in the middle of the night to call, there must be an emergency military situation!
Everyone looked at each other, secretly guessing, what happened?
Cheng Yuanzhi looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Yuzhang is here to report; Sun Quan's son is now in Jiaozhou. Ten days ago, Zhou Yu was ordered to attack Nanye County. Now he and Qu Yi are facing each other in the north of Nanye City. You can retreat the enemy." Policy?"

Hearing this, all the counselors were stunned, and their expressions relaxed one after another.

I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out that it was just Zhou Yu's violation of the border.

Only a few people including Jia Xu, Tian Feng, and Ju Shou still looked dignified.

Jia Xu took the lead and said: "Prime Minister, this is a plan to attack Jiangdong and save Liu Bei!"


Tian Feng echoed from the side: "That's right, when our army won Jingzhou, Sun Quan came to attack. From this point of view, he and Liu Bei must have secretly formed an alliance."

Ju Shou smiled wryly when he heard the words: "The alliance is not limited to Liu Bei and Sun Quan. You don't know that Liu Zhang sent [-] soldiers and horses down the river three days ago to help Liu Bei defend Wuling."

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, confirming that what Jushou said was true.

Jia Xu quickly took out the map of Jingyang and Yangzhou from his cuffs and unfolded it. After studying it carefully with everyone for a while, he murmured:
"Since Wuling has [-] soldiers and horses, the Prime Minister still needs to focus on the situation in Jiangdong."

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at the map and nodded thoughtfully.


The maps of this era are very simple, just a few simple lines put together, and the names of cities, rivers, and fortresses are written in the blank spaces. Most people definitely cannot understand this kind of flat map.

But fortunately, the map marked up north and down south, left west and right east, and Cheng Yuanzhi already had a good map for later generations in his mind. After comparison and verification, he could still see the simple map in front of him at a glance.


Nanye City can be said to be the only way for Jiaozhou to go northward on land. Occupying this place, you can attack Kuaiji in the east, Nanchang in the north, and Danyang and Wujun in the north.

The importance of this city is self-evident, and it is equivalent to Hanzhong, the gateway of Yizhou.

This is also the reason why Yizhou and Jiaozhou are peaceful when the Central Plains is in chaos and the world is in dispute.


Remoteness is only an insignificant factor, and poor roads are the most critical factor.

Therefore, how could Cheng Yuanzhi not deploy heavy troops at the strategic point of Nanye to guard against Sun Quan in Jiaozhou?

Since the recovery of Jiangdong, [-] troops have been stationed in Yuzhang County, led by Qu Yi, who can fight the most; another [-] troops have been stationed in Wu County, led by Zhao Yun; [-] troops have been stationed in Kuaiji, led by Zhang Liao.


These three men can be said to be the strongest generals that the Northern Army can produce. They are all generals who have both civil and military skills and can command the army alone.

Using them to deal with Zhou Yu who is not good at land warfare is not enough, at least it is enough for Zhou Yu to drink a pot.

Originally, the situation in the world at this time was one superpower and many powerhouses. There were only six princes left, including Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Zhang Lu, Ma Chao, Han Sui, and Sun Quan, occupying the territory of the three states.

Cheng Yuanzhi planned to deal with them one by one, but he didn't expect that they would suddenly form an alliance now.

If Zhang Lu and Ma Chao take this opportunity to make trouble...

That's not great.

Although Cheng Yuanzhi is good at fighting more with less, he has lost this skill since he came to this world for the difficult technical work of one-on-five.

Previously, after recovering Jiangdong, Cheng Yuanzhi shuffled the cards of the local powerful family in order to clear the influence of the Sun family on Jiangdong. A fierce fight against landlords caused a lot of resentment among the Jiangdong family.

Jia Xu should have considered this point before proposing to "focus on the Jiangdong war situation."

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Jia Xu, and said with emotion in his heart: "Old Jia, you have to hold on! If Guo Jia leaves, I will rely on you!"

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and suddenly someone came to report: "Prime Minister, Guo Jia passed away half a month ago in Yecheng."

"what?!!"

"Fengxiao is gone!"

Cheng Yuanzhi stood up abruptly, his expression changed drastically.

When he heard that Nanye City was attacked by surprise just now, he was not so surprised.

The visitor presented a handwritten letter and said: "Before Guo Jia died, he left a letter."

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't care to express the sadness in his heart, so he quickly took the handwriting, and saw that it read:
"Now that the prime minister has recovered Jingzhou, Liu Bei is the only one who is fighting in Wuling. The prime minister must not increase his troops to force him. In Jingzhou's water town, the rivers are criss-crossed. The victory depends entirely on the navy. No matter how many infantry there are, it will not help."

"Now they are at the end of the road. If they are pushed too far, they will fight to the death and cannot be rushed. Moreover, Liu Zhang in Yizhou and Sun Quan in Jiaozhou are worried about their lips and teeth, and they will help them meet the enemy; if they slow down, the three parties will The self-phase map is natural. Besides, it is winter, the climate is unpredictable, and the northern army is far away in the rivers and lakes. It is feared that the former Jiangdong will not accept the water and soil. It is the best policy to make a picture slowly."

"Jialiao Sun Quan is not reconciled to southern Fujiao Prefecture, and will definitely send troops to the north in the near future. If he goes north, the Nanye Fortress will bear the brunt. The prime minister will investigate thoroughly and refuse."

"Jia knew that her destiny had come, she wished she could borrow her life from heaven to help the prime minister achieve a great cause of unification, and now she is dying, she really hates her..."

After reading the manuscript, Cheng Yuanzhi burst into tears, beat his chest and cried loudly: "Feng Xiao, died young! Alas, Feng Xiao, shocking news! I entrust my country, how can Feng Xiao leave me..."

The eulogy was touching and heartfelt. Cheng Yuanzhi cried extremely sadly, his heart was broken and tears flowed freely. Everyone present felt sad and had tears in their eyes.

In this era, the ruler of the country has the supreme status. Because of this, many people generally have the psychology of worshiping the ruler of the dynasty.

Now, they watched a dynastic ruler reveal his true feelings for his late subordinate.

How can I not be moved?

A good minister, I just want to choose such a loving and righteous master to serve!
After crying for a while, Cheng Yuanzhi calmed down and basically accepted the fact that Guo Jia had left.

However, the eulogies continued to be read and the crying continued.

In any case, in view of Guo Jia's contribution and his compassionate attitude, he still has to do it.

If you don't do this, why buy people's hearts?Why do all the civil and military forces work hard!
For a person in power, this is just a basic operation.

It has nothing to do with morality or hypocrisy.

After a long time, Cheng Yuanzhi wiped his slightly red and swollen eye sockets, waved to everyone and said:
"I was shocked to hear of Feng Xiao's death. I was in a state of confusion for a moment. Let's discuss this matter another day."


Everyone looked at Cheng Yuanzhi, they all clasped their hands together and said: "Death cannot be brought back to life, the Prime Minister is mourning and accepting change."


After that, everyone wiped their eyes and left one by one.


(End of this chapter)