The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 310

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"What? Sun Quan submitted the table and offered the two counties of Changsha and Wuling?"

After driving Ding Feng out of the barbarian territory, Cheng Yuanzhi returned to the barbarians with his victorious army.As soon as the front foot returned to Xiongxi, the base camp of Samoco, I learned this shocking news.

He was suddenly confused and couldn't even believe his ears.

After repeated confirmation, he finally realized that Sun Quan had really given up the two counties in the north of the four Jingnan counties, and withdrew all the troops, money and food to Lingling and Guiyang further south.

To be honest, Sun Quan's withdrawal really surprised Cheng Yuanzhi.

Such a strategy of giving up one city and one place in exchange for a strategic leap is a scene unique to wars in later generations, and it is hardly seen in this era, because people in this era do not have such a high strategic awareness.

Throughout the entire Three Kingdoms era, only Cao Cao used it unintentionally once.

In the original time and space, Cao Cao abandoned Hanzhong and got rid of the heavy burden of transporting grain across the Qinling Mountains for hundreds of miles to Hanzhong to supply soldiers, and at the same time gained great strategic depth.

And this led to the dilemma that the Shu Han needed to transport food for thousands of miles every time they went on an expedition.

Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan six times, and Jiang Wei conquered the Central Plains nine times, and he was tortured by thousands of miles of grain roads every time.

Assuming that Cao Cao does not give up Hanzhong, then he will be the one who needs to transport grain for thousands of miles.

At the same time, the Shu Han army could stand at the door of the house and attack Hanzhong very easily, without the burden of transporting grain for thousands of miles.

In the eyes of the top commander, taking a step back is actually hiding his weakness.And taking a step forward means stretching the front line and revealing flaws.

Regarding this point, the most representative battle example is Guan Yu's Xiangfan battle in the original time and space.At that time, Guan Yu led his troops to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng, flooding the seven armies and shaking the world.This battle seems to be beautiful, but in the eyes of the top commanders (Sima Yi, Lu Meng), Guan Yu is full of flaws.

When he led his troops to attack Fancheng, it also meant that his base camp, Jingzhou, was extremely empty and could be destroyed with one blow.

Assuming that Guan Yu sits firmly in Jingzhou and his hands are not so crazy, will Jingzhou still be lost?
Furthermore, Liu Bei had just won Hanzhong at that time, and what he needed was to stabilize the situation, not to go out.Therefore, it is not surprising that Guan Yu was defeated and died.

Of course, then again, when Sun Quan withdrew (giving up the two counties), the person who greeted Liu Bei's anger was replaced by Cheng Yuanzhi.

But we cannot do without these two counties.

Because this is a public conspiracy, you don't want someone else to ask for it.

Lu Meng, who was stationed in Wuling, quickly withdrew all his troops and marched south to Lingling County to join Sun Quan.

In the winter of the 21st year of Jian'an (216).

News of the change of ownership in Wuling and Changsha reached Shu, and Liu Bei was furious and furious.

In the past few years, Sun Quan first blackmailed his Changsha County, then secretly took away his sister, betrayed the alliance and attacked Wuling, killed his righteous brother Guan Yu, and finally gave Wuling and Changsha to Wei Guo.

Each one of them is a great shame and humiliation.

Liu Bei originally planned to launch an eastern expedition after this winter and return all these shames and humiliations to Sun Quan, but suddenly he lost his target.

Sun Quan retreated to the south!

Whether in the east or north, the forces bordering Yizhou were replaced by Wei.

Since Nanzhongmeng was not conquered, there was only one county in Cangke on the border of Yizhou and Jiaozhou.

But Zoke County was now under the control of the Nanman.

If you want to attack Sun Quan, you must first defeat the Nanman in Zangke County.

This situation made Liu Bei confused.

But this situation is what Zhuge Liang is willing to see.

The Wei family is the only one big, and there are twelve of the fifteen states in the world.The Han and Wu families are so weak that it is really inappropriate to fight among themselves again. They should unite and make a living as a group.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, the most urgent thing at the moment is to attack Hanzhong first, as the gateway to Yizhou; then pacify the Nanman, to wipe out future troubles; and then join... the Northern Expedition."

Considering that Liu Bei hated Sun Quan very much, Zhuge Liang concealed Sun Quan's name in due course.

Hearing this, Liu Bei's expression darkened immediately: "Sun Quan has no faith, betrays allies and loves friends, and I am at odds with him."

"I agree, we will send troops to the east in recent days!"

Seeing that Zhuge Liang wanted to persuade him again, Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "I've made up my mind, Kong Ming doesn't need to say any more."

Zhuge Liang glanced at him and asked: "If Wei Guo comes from Hanzhong during the Eastern Expedition, what should we do?"

Liu Bei said with emotion: "Kong Ming doesn't need to worry, the danger of Jiange is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

Zhuge Liang thought for a long time, then sighed and said, "That's fine."

In a blink of an eye, the severe winter passed, and the warm spring came back, and the time entered the 22nd year of Jian'an.

In February of that year, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead [-] elite soldiers as the vanguard, and [-] troops as the rear, to attack Zangke County.

At that time, the southern barbarians had invaded the territory for a long time, and the barbarian general occupying Zangke County was Meng Huo's number one thug, Jin Huan Sanjie, who was extremely brave with a big ax in his hand.

But how is he Zhang Fei's opponent?
The two of them had just crossed the horse, and Zhang Fei stabbed the horse under the horse with a spear. Fortunately, he was wearing rattan armor, so it was not fatal. Although he could not withstand the strong force and fell down from the horse, he only held back a little. Minor injuries.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the barbarian warriors rushed forward to protect him and escape.

The rest of the barbarian warriors fled when their master fell from his horse, their morale was drained, and they scattered like headless chickens.Zhang Fei laughed wildly three times, and with a wave of his big hand, the soldiers under his command rushed forward with shouts, and slashed and killed.

Jinhuan Sanjie was defeated, and most of his troops died. He immediately led the remaining troops to flee back to Nanzhong without looking back.

Here Zhang Fei did not pursue, but only occupied the city, took advantage of the situation to wipe out the remaining barbarians, repaired bridges and repaired roads, and then the soldiers pointed directly at Yulin County.

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When the news reached Lingling, Sun Quan was shocked.

Seeing that Zhang Fei was so brave at nearly half a century old, and he didn't lose any of his previous years, he urgently ordered Lu Feng to lead an army of [-] to fight, trying to keep the enemy out of the country.

Soon, the two armies met at the junction of Yulin County and Zangke County.Immediately there was a battle.

Lü Meng was defeated and was quickly defeated.

Zhang Fei led his army in pursuit for nearly a hundred miles. Seeing Lu Meng's army retreating into Yulin City, he led his army to retreat thirty miles to the stronghold.

At this time, Liu Bei's army was still on the road, and it was still far away.

Zhang Fei was eager to avenge Guan Yu, and ordered his soldiers to attack the city every day regardless of casualties.

Lu Meng immediately took a defensive position and sat in the city, taking advantage of the danger to consume Zhang Fei's strength and vigor.

In a blink of an eye, the stalemate lasted for more than half a month.

After days of fierce attacks, the casualties were huge, and the lieutenant generals of Zhang Fei's army complained.Fan Jiang and Zhang Da joined forces with generals and generals to dissuade them, begging Zhang Fei to slow down before attacking.

Zhang Fei looked around at the generals and said coldly: "It's just a small city, but we can't attack it for a long time. I think you must be slacking off and not using all your strength. Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, I order you two to attack this city within three days. If No less, engage in military law!"

Fan Jiang and Zhang Da looked at each other and begged together: "General, our army is tired from coming far away. The enemy's army is waiting for work. The city is high and the pond is deep. How can we break it in three days?"

Zhang Fei sneered: "Then I don't care, I can't break the city, military law is the way!"

After finishing speaking, he yelled: "My army is here only to avenge the murder of my second brother. At this time, there is only Zhan Er. If you stop trying to dissuade me, be careful that my whip will not recognize anyone!"

Zhang Fei's voice was already loud, but this loud shout frightened the generals to their core, causing the big trees outside the tent to tremble slightly, and dead branches and leaves to rustle down.

Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were the closest, and they felt their ears buzzing, their eyes staring, they looked at each other, they didn't know what to do.

Had to retreat resentfully.

At night, the two gathered in a remote place to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Da sighed and said: "There is nothing more to say now. Tomorrow I will attack the city from the west gate and attract the attention of the defenders. You can lead the army to seize the east gate. Whether you succeed or not depends on this."

Fan Jiang said: "If it doesn't work, what should I do?"

Zhang Da sighed again: "We will make plans at that time."

After the plan was settled, the two returned to their camps to rest and prepare to attack the city in the future.

(End of this chapter)