Chapter 652: Stand tall

Chapter 652: Dingli

In fact, Zhao Yun also had a headache about the Qiang chaos in Longxi and Hanyang.

If the chaos can be put down as soon as possible, he will naturally give his full support.

“It’s just that food is tight in Longyou now. If you attack easily, how can you keep up with the food?”

Thinking about it is one thing, but whether it can be done is another matter. Zhao Yun is a little worried about this matter.

Feng Yong smiled, reached into his arms and touched it, took out a note, flicked it with his fingers, and made a clicking sound.

He just heard him say proudly, "Do you know what this is?"

Zhao Yun was furious when he saw his frivolous look, "Can you talk about such a big matter seriously? Do you believe me if you keep doing this... hmm?"

Zhao Yun signaled to take the spear.

When Feng Turtle saw that Mr. Zhao was serious about coming, he coughed quickly, sat up straight and said, "These are called food stamps. They are new ones issued by Nanxiang and are specially used by the barbarians."

Zhao Yun took it over curiously, "How to use it?"

“Ask the Qiang and Hu Qushuai to report the entire population of their tribes, and then issue food stamps per person, and receive food based on the food stamps, once every half month.”

Feng Yong explained.

Even if he could bring more grain from Shu, it would still take time.

Therefore, food needs to be in short supply even when it should be tight. How it should be distributed and utilized is a very challenging issue.

Fortunately, he knew that when later generations encountered material shortages, there was a system called the planned rationing system.

After hearing this, Zhao Yun felt a rumbling sound and became a little dizzy.

He felt that he understood some of it, but also didn’t understand some of it.

"In this way, we can easily count the number of Qiang and Hu who have surrendered to Longyou. Moreover, each tribe's food reserves can only last for a month, so they will not be able to make any waves."

"More importantly, we can draw dice in proportion to the number of people they reported."

If you dare to falsely report your head, I will beat you to death when I beat you!

"I can gather the remaining food and use it as military ration. It will not be a problem to support an army of six to seven thousand people for two months. At most twenty days later, another batch of food will be shipped from Nanxiang, which can make up for it. This gap."

“And counting the days, the food over there in Yuexi should be within a few days of the food coming from Nanxiang. Then there will be no worries about food shortage.”

Feng Yong calculated carefully, and he felt that there was indeed nothing wrong with this method.

In the past few years, the common people of the Han Dynasty had to go hungry for two or three months during the lean period.

I ration food per head, and the ration portion is calculated on the low side. If you eat more than half full, that's enough, and you can save a lot of rations.

In difficult times, everyone needs to be aware, right?

The most important thing is that this is autumn, which is the best time to send troops.

In another two months, the weather in Longyou will become colder, which is not conducive to movement, so the opportunity cannot be missed.

Those Qianghu who did not join the Han Dynasty had to find ways to collect food for the winter after suffering a drought this year.

At this time, even if they want to feel more comfortable, the coming severe cold will force them to plunder everywhere.

So if we don’t suppress the Qiang rebellion in Hanyang before the cold winter comes, it will have to wait until at least the beginning of spring tomorrow.

Even General Zhao, who has seen all kinds of monsters and ghosts in the world, his eyes became a little horrified when he heard Feng Yong's calculations.

How does this boy’s heart grow? This will allow you to think of ways to squeeze out military rations...

At the end of August in the sixth year of Jianxing, Feng Yong, the captain of the Qiang Guards School, issued an order to conquer the Hu, summoning the Longyou Qiang and Hu to form a Yi Congjun, preparing to inspect the counties in Hanyang County.

For a time, barbarians gathered around Jicheng and screamed.

Feng Yong climbed to the high platform and issued orders. He saw flags like a forest and heard drums sounding like thunder.

Only after checking the various Qiang and Hu groups, Feng Yong led two thousand Han troops and five thousand Hu cavalry to the east.

Looking at the billowing smoke and dust to the east, many people in Jicheng breathed a secret sigh of relief and quietly wiped away a cold sweat.

At the same time, he looked at Zhao Yun, the governor of Longyou, who was returning from the Colonel Protecting Qiang, and his entourage, with a hint of fear in their eyes.

The Qiang-Hu rebellion has always been a persistent problem in Liangzhou and Longyou.

This time the Qiang and Hu fine cavalry gathered in Jicheng. If the people in the city said they were not worried, that would be a lie.

At least those people with evil intentions have not been able to sleep well these days and nights.

“I had only heard the old man talk about the majesty of the Han Qiang Colonel, but I didn’t expect to see it now!”

Some people are scared, and naturally some people are excited.

Longyou has suffered from Qiang and Hu for a long time!

Unexpectedly, the rebellious Qiang and Hu would obey orders when the Colonel Protecting Qiang gave an order, which was really awe-inspiring.

This is the real power of the Han Dynasty.

If the Qiang Protector Colonel can really "protect" the Qiang and Hu, it will be a blessing to Longyou.

Zhao Yun also did not expect that Feng Yong's unconventional behavior could inadvertently frighten the Longyou family and make the big man's management of Longyou a little smoother.

In August of the sixth year of Jianxing, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty made a northern expedition, defeated Cao Wei, and captured Longyou. After achieving brilliant results, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty personally wrote a letter and sent it to the Lord of Wu.

Lu Xun has been paying close attention to the Battle of Longyou between Han and Wei.

When it was learned that Zhuge Liang's troops were approaching Xiangwu City in Longyou, Lu Xun reported to Sun Quan: "Shu must have captured Long! At this time, everyone in Cao Wei is paying attention to the west. It is the right time to take advantage of it!"

Sun Quan followed his advice and first ordered his younger brother Sun Huan to build a palace in Anlu City with great fanfare and serve as a military reserve.

 He then ordered Quan Cong and Zhu Huan to gather 30,000 troops at Ruxukou and threatened to march north to Hefei. Sun Quan himself led 50,000 troops to garrison in Wuchang, preparing to wait for an opportunity to march to Shiyang City in Jiangxia County.

At the same time, he also sent an order to Jiangling, asking Zhu Ran and Zhuge Jin to organize their troops and prepare to capture Xiangyang.

Cao Wei's spies discovered the unusual movement in Soochow and rushed to report to Cao Xiu.

At the same time, Zhou Li's secret report followed closely, explaining Soochow's arrangements to Cao Xiu one by one.

When Cao Xiu heard about it, he was not surprised but overjoyed: Sun Quan didn't know how to fight, but he dared to divide his army into three groups. Let's see how I can teach him how to use soldiers!

I immediately wrote a memorial and rushed it to Luoyang.

Let’s say that Emperor Cao Rui of Wei went on a personal expedition, but one of his generals died, his territory was lost, his troops were lost, and his generals were lost. This resulted in an uproar in both the government and the public.

If the emperor had not defeated Sun Quan when he first ascended the throne last year, allowing him to accumulate prestige, I am afraid that some ministers would have already spoken to the Queen Mother to report the emperor's mistakes.

Cao Rui had no choice but to issue a self-incriminating edict, admitting that he had underestimated the Shu captives and directed the war unfavorably, which led to the defeat of Longyou.

The veterans of the Cao Wei court all thought that His Majesty could do this without losing the image of a wise king.

 Cao Rui thought that this matter could be covered up like this, but his thinking was still too simple.

At this time in Luoyang City, a group was rising.

This circle included many celebrities in Cao Wei, as well as many descendants of important ministers.

For example, Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi, Liu Xi, son of Liu Fang, Sun Mi, son of Sun Zi, etc.

When they talked about current affairs, they inevitably criticized and ridiculed some of the court's practices.

For example, an official named Meng Kang was promoted because of his relationship with Queen Guo. He was ridiculed by people at the time and was called "Ajiu".

Another example is that Xiahou Xuan was handsome and as bright as the sun and the moon in his arms, while Mao Zeng, the younger brother of Empress Mao who was favored by Emperor Wei Ming, was stupid and vulgar.

 Cao Rui asked Mao Zeng to sit with Xia Houxuan, who was laughed at as "leaning against the jade tree".

Now that Cao Rui's imperial conquest was defeated and he returned home, he naturally could not escape the discussion of these people.

"The defeat of Longyou was due to war and unfavorable weather conditions. The Wei Dynasty and the Shu captives fought in Longyou, but there was a severe drought in Guanzhong. This was God's warning to the emperor that he was unethical. The crime was not mentioned in the edict. How can you convince others by cultivating virtue?”

Although it was not stated clearly what the emperor's fault was, everyone knew in their hearts that it was an allusion to the emperor's disrespect for abandoning his concubine and establishing a concubine.

Under the pressure of public opinion, and at the same time in order to be gentle with the family, Cao Rui had to take a step back and issued an edict to welcome the Yu family who had been deposed to Yecheng back to Luoyang.

But he gritted his teeth and was unwilling to say anything to abolish the queen and establish the Yu family.

 With the Yu family returning to Luoyang, the goal would be achieved temporarily.

It was under this circumstance that Cao Xiu's urgent memorial arrived in Luoyang.

When Cao Rui heard the memorial, it was like receiving sweet rain after a long drought.

At this time, he really needed a big victory to restore his reputation.

So he couldn't wait to issue an edict to ask Sima Yi of Jingzhou and Jia Kui of Yuzhou to respond to the great Sima Cao Xiu.

However, Shangshu Jiang Ji opposed the dispatch of troops. He wrote to Cao Rui: "Da Sima went deep into the Wu region and faced Sun Quan's elite troops. However, there was Zhu Ran on the upper reaches of the river, right behind Da Sima. If he went down the river, I'm afraid that It will be very detrimental to Da Sima."

But Cao Rui had made up his mind. He explained, "Zhu Ran and Zhuge Jin are about to attack Xiangyang, so how can they go down the river? And there is a hussar general in Jingzhou, Sima Yi, who can lead the army to attack Nanjun and turn against the guests."

Jiang Ji added, "Sun Quan made a big show of saying that he would attack Shiyang in Jiangxia. What if he instead led his troops to the east to resist Da Sima?"

"Da Sima has Zhou bream in front to support him, and Jia Kui from Yuzhou behind to protect his flanks. What's the worry?" Cao Rui then refused to listen to Jiang Ji's words and ordered Sima Yi to attack Jingzhou, while Jia Kui set out for Dongguan Wuchang.

(Note: During the third generation of the Cao family, Dongguan was located in the area of Wuchang and Xiakou, the capital of Soochow. This can be mutually verified from the remarks in history books and the maps of the Three Kingdoms. It was not until the end of Cao Wei that Dongguan became the familiar Ruxuwu area.)

When the imperial edict reached Yangzhou, former general Manchong learned that the emperor had agreed to Cao Xiu's plan. He was very anxious and wrote a letter immediately: "If Da Sima leads the army into Anhui, there will be a big lake at his back and a river beside him. It will be easy to advance but difficult to retreat."

"This is a dangerous place. If a large army enters without a stronghold, it must be extremely careful."

Man Chong's memorial had just been sent out, and Cao Xiu himself had already led the army to set off, and at the same time asked Man Chong to divide his troops into Xiakou.

By this time, Lu Xun had come to Wancheng with 60,000 troops to prepare for the upcoming war.

The weather along the Yangtze River in autumn is no longer as sultry as it was a month ago.

Lu Xun was dressed in Confucian robes and led his generals to stand outside Wan City, preparing to welcome the arrival of Wu Lord Sun Quan.

I saw smoke and dust rising in the distance, indicating that there were men and horses galloping towards this direction.

Sun Quan did not drive in a chariot, but rode a horse and wore armor. He ran in front of the Wu soldiers and then stopped.

“Meet the King!”

All the generals saluted together.

“Get up!” Sun Quan, who was sitting on a tall horse with a whip in his hand, looked at the crowd and said, “The thief Cao is stupid, and now he has fallen into my trap!”

"Ten years ago, Cao Cao personally came with hundreds of thousands of troops, but I was defeated at Chibi. Now this Cao thief, who is just a kid with a yellow beard, dares to let Cao Xiu come with only 100,000 troops. What should I fear? ?”

“I only hope that all your beloved generals can work hard to kill the enemy, boost our power in Soochow, and let Cao Rui experience the humiliation his great father suffered back then!”

After Sun Quan finished speaking, everyone in Soochow burst out laughing.

Zhu Huanyue came out and saluted Sun Quan and said, "Cao Xiu was given the important position of Emperor Wei just because his surname was Cao. He is not a wise and brave general!"

"Now that he has come a long way, his troops are exhausted. If he fights me again, he will definitely be defeated! If he is defeated, he should take the road between rocks and trailers. Both roads are dangerous. It only takes more than ten thousand soldiers to block the road. , then we can completely wipe out Cao's thieves and make Cao Xiu a prisoner."

"The general will ask for orders to go and cut off the road. If by God's grace, Cao Xiu is allowed to surrender, then we can take advantage of the victory and advance to capture Shouchun to occupy Huainan. In this way, we can have a glimpse of Xuchang and Luoyang."

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don’t miss it!”

Sun Quan’s heart skipped a beat after hearing this. He looked at Lu Xun and asked, “What do you think of Boyan?”

Lu Xun looked calm and shook his head slightly, "This strategy is too dangerous and must not be used."

When Zhu Huan heard this, he was immediately dissatisfied. Just as he was about to say more, Sun Quan said, "I am only here to see, not to speak. All matters will be decided by Bo Yan."

Having said that, he appointed Lu Xun as the Commander-in-Chief of Wu State on the spot, with the fake Huang Yue.

When the matter was over, everyone retreated, except Lu Xun.

Sun Quan then got off his horse and said to Lu Xun, "I think Zhu Huan's words have some merits. Why don't you use Bo Yan?"

Lu Xun replied: "Your Majesty, before the Cao thief arrives, we have sent more than ten thousand elite soldiers to ambush. If Cao Xiu discovers it, the thief will be alerted prematurely. We must show our weakness so that he can come in with confidence."

“Second, even if General Zhu can escape detection and cut off the road behind Cao Xiu, he will definitely be attacked from both front and rear by Cao Xiu’s thieves.”

"If Cao Xiu is defeated, he will have to return to the army. If he returns to the army, he will not be restrained, otherwise he will be devoured. Moreover, Cao's thieves will definitely come to the north of the trailer to meet him. At that time, he is afraid that General Zhu will not be able to break the road. Instead, you are in danger."

"As for the third one, General Zhu is a great general. I need to use his strength to defeat Cao Xiu. How can I let him go so easily?"

Sun Quan listened and nodded, "That's it."

“However, the plan proposed by General Zhu is not entirely useless. In fact, I have sent five thousand people to hide not far from Wuqiang Mouth.”

"As soon as Cao Xiu is defeated, these five thousand people can try to cut off his retreat. If Cao Xiu and I are at loggerheads, these five thousand people can make surprise attacks from the rear and flank."

"This is so wonderful!" Sun Quan was overjoyed, then reached into his arms, took out a letter, and said with a slight sigh, "This is a letter sent by the Lord of Shu. It is called a greeting, but it is really a big announcement about the Battle of Longyou. The power of the Shu army."

As he spoke, he looked towards the north with a sharp cold light in his eyes, "Bo Yan, do you ever remember that you promised me something?"

How could Lu Xun not know what Sun Quan was thinking at this time? He bowed and said, "After this battle, I will definitely make the name of the king awe-inspiring in the world. How can my master, such a talented person, let a kid like Liu Chan outdo him?"

"Okay!" Sun Quan said excitedly, "You still know my heart, then I will watch you from the top of Wancheng City. You must never let me down!"

Lu Xun stood up straight and smiled confidently, "I have wanted the king's reputation to spread throughout the world for a long time, and I will definitely be able to do so today!"

Sun Quan also smiled knowingly.

Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, and it was the Emperor of Han who abdicated in person.

Liu Bei also proclaimed himself emperor, saying that he would continue the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty and revive the Han Dynasty.

Only Soochow, if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct.

Obviously the two countries Wei and Shu stand on a tripartite footing, but they can only claim the title of king.

This not only made Sun Quan feel aggrieved, but the Jiangdong aristocratic family also felt that it would be inferior to the Central Plains aristocratic family, so everyone in Soochow desperately needed a status.

So this battle was a battle fought by the Wu State with concerted efforts.

If he wins, Sun Quan will be qualified to proclaim himself emperor, Jiangdong will have a formal title, and the interests of the Jiangdong family can be guaranteed for a long time.

(End of this chapter)

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