In 234 AD, while the Prime Minister went out of Qishan six times, Sun Quan also attacked the entire line on the two battlefields of Jingzhou and Jianghuai .
The entire Wuguo army is divided into three routes:
1 route Lu Xun , Zhuge Jin leads the army from Xiakou, and goes up to Hanshui to attack Xiangyang ;
1 route Sun Shao from Jingkou to Guangling County , and goes north to Zhongdu Water.
These two groups of troops are not large in size, with a force of about 10,000 people. The main attack direction of Wu State is still Hefei. Sun Quan personally led a 100,000 army, and for the fourth time, he set out to attack Hefei from Ruxukou .
Sun Quan beaten once in 208 and was fooled by Jiang Ji.
215 After a peace talks with Liu Bei , Sun Quan once again conquered Hefei, which was even worse this time. He was 8 million and over 100,000 by Zhang Liao . As a result, for a long time, Jiangdong no longer dared to use troops to Hefei for
233, Sun Quan personally conquered Hefei for the third time and found that the old city was demolished by Manfeng , and the new city retreated before he saw it.
Sun Quan learned from the lessons of fighting a battlefield before, and sent three ways together. Let’s see how you guard against Cao Wei ?
Of course, this large-scale military operation consumes a lot of national strength. Perhaps Sun Quan saw that the Prime Minister was determined to burn his boats, and this time he blocked all the bargaining chips (the Wu army can make full use of the waterways in the Northern Expedition, and the logistics pressure is greatly reduced compared to Shu Han)
The Wu Kingdom sent troops this time, so the scale of the troops sent by Wu State was so large that even Man Chong, who defeated the Wu army many times, was a little worried. He had doubts about whether he could defend Hefei, and planned to give up Hefei New City and fight the Wu army in Shouchun (Shou wants to pull out the new city to defend, and lead to the thief Shouchun)
Man Chong was very brave in the battle of Xiangfan. At that time, Cao's army in Fancheng had lost its fighting spirit and asked Cao Ren to break through quickly. Man Chong stood up to oppose : "The mountains and rivers are fast, I hope it will be short. I heard that Yu sent other generals to the south of the horse, and the people were disturbed. Yu did not dare to advance, because he was afraid that our army would attack the back. If he escaped now, it would not be the country's place. You should wait for it. "
Chong then sank a white horse and swears with the soldiers.
Of course, Man Chong cannot say that he is timid. The main purpose of voluntarily giving up Hefei New City is to lengthen Wu Jun's logistics supply line
This will not only increase Wu Jun's logistics pressure, but also allow the Wei army's cavalry to find more opportunities for food outage.
From a tactical perspective, Man Chong's plan seems to make some sense, but Cao Rui immediately denied Man Chong's plan.
Some reasons
1. Cao Wei’s national defense strategy was: to set up Hefei in the east, Xiangyang in the south, and Qishan in the west. These three strategic points must be adhered to ( The late emperor set up Hefei in the east, Xiangyang in the south, and Qishan in the west. If the bandits come and break under the three cities, the land must be fought for. )
2. Man Chong’s strategy did not consider political factors at all. Now, he has given up the important town Hefei before he can fight. How can this be the face of the Great Wei, which is considered to be the above country?
Not only that, abandoning the city and walking will shake the foundation of Cao Wei's rule in the Jianghuai River, and cities such as Lu'an are likely to see the wind fall to Wu.
3. If Sun Quan occupied Hefei and did not attack Shouchun, but instead operated steadily and consolidated the victorious results, how to deal with it? This will lead to Jiang Ji's previous judgment: shows that the world is weak, and he also hopes that the thieves and fireworks will destroy the city, which is to extricate himself from attacking. As for this, the disaster is infinite, and Huaibei must be guarded. The national defense line will retreat sharply northward, and Huainan will no longer be owned by Cao Wei.
Although Wu Jun has weak ability to attack the city, his ability to defend the city is top-notch.
Cao Rui cites the of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "In the past, Guangwu of Han sent troops to counties to count Lueyang , and finally defeated Weixiang . Even if power attacks the new city, it will not be able to be eliminated."
At this time, Cao Rui's situation was also very difficult. The Prime Minister launched a large-scale northern expedition in Liangzhou, dispatching the largest number of troops from Shu Han. Sun Quan launched three routes at the same time. This time, the two countries of Wu and Shu launched a large-scale attack almost at the same time. This has never happened after the founding of Cao Wei!
But Cao Rui was not panicked, calm and calm, and dispatched troops.
Liu Ye had such comments to Cao Rui: Qin Shihuang . The talent of the Han Xiaowu is insignificant.
Several successors of the Cao family are really capable!
At that time, the field corps of Wei State were mainly distributed in several major war zones: Youzhou, Yongliang, Jingzhou, and Huainan. The Central Army adapted to the situation. This time, the three major war zones were attacked at the same time. How should the Central Army stationed in the areas surrounding Luoyang be deployed?
Cao Rui decided to send the Sichuan guards Qin Lang Supervising 20,000 infantry and cavalry to reinforce Guanzhong Sima Yi , Cao Rui himself led the army to personally fight Sun Quan. The most important thing in such a critical situation is to stabilize the morale of the army. There is nothing more to boost morale than the emperor's command in person ( ordered the generals to stick to it, and I will go to conquer it, but I am afraid that the power will leave)
Sanqiu General Liu Shao also offered a strategy:
The thief has arrived and is focused. If you favor few people fight in the land, you don’t have to be able to control it if you attack. I am favored and waited for the army, but I have never lost anything. I thought I could send five thousand infantry and three thousand elite cavalry to advance, and the army would set out in front, and to promote the road, which would shake the situation. When he rode to Hefei, he was separated from his team, and he used his flags and drums to attack his troops at the city. After he led out the thief, he planned his way back and asked for his food route. When the thief heard that the army was coming, the cavalry broke its back and would be shocked and escaped. If he did not fight, he would defeat the thief. What does
mean?
1. First select 5,000 elite infantry and 3,000 cavalry to create momentum all the way (not only to provide support to Man Chong, but also to give Sun Quan strong psychological pressure)
2. After arriving in Hefei, the formation was spread out and more flags and drums were prepared, resulting in the appearance of a large army.
3. Once the enemy is dispatched, let the cavalry cut off their food route.
In this way, the Wu army will retreat.
The Central Army is still on the way to aid, and Sun Wu has begun to siege Hefei New City. After hearing the news, Man Chong prepared to lead his troops to rescue (Her , Sun Quan named 100,000 people to attack Xincheng, and General Man Chong of the East of the Conquest wanted to lead the troops to rescue him)
Runan Prefect Tian Yu Oppose: "The thieves are all engaged in large numbers, not just project small profits, but want to gain a new city and lead to a large army. It is advisable to obey the commander to attack the city and slam their spirits, and not to compete with the enemy. The city cannot be pulled out, and the people will be lazy; then they will attack it, which can be defeated. If the thief sees the plan, he will not attack the city and the power will go on his own. If the army advances, he will enter the plan. The army is facing each other, and it is difficult to know, so it should not be painted by himself."
Tian Yu actually saw through the virtual reality of the Wu army. He believed that the Wu army wanted to use the help of attacking the new city to lure the Wei army out.
We should let them attack the city and defeat their ambition. If the Wu army fails to attack the new city, the soldiers will be exhausted. After they are exhausted, we will attack again and win a great victory.
If troops are sent to support now, the Wu army will not attack the city again and will definitely retreat automatically.
There are too many capable people in the Wei State. Tian Yu has been guarding the northern border of Cao Wei for many years, and has made many contributions from the Wuhuan, Zhuang Gujin, and Po Kebineng. (He was Liu Bei who first defected to him. After Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou , Tian Yu asked to return home on the grounds of his mother's old age. Liu Bei cried and said goodbye to him, just wishing that he could not establish a great cause with you. In terms of qualifications, he could be comparable to Guan and Zhang)
After Tian Yu submitted a report, Cao Rui agreed to (Yu Yan submitted a letter, and the emperor followed him)
Man Chong could only bring a few troops to Hefei to support him. He organized dozens of death-deathed soldiers in the army, lit pine branches and sesame oil at the upper wind, and burned the Wu army's siege tools ( to Hefei New City. Chong rushed forward, recruited dozens of heroes, folded pine torches, poured sesame oil from the upper wind, and set fire from the upper wind, burned the bandits' attack tools)
When the Wu army could not attract the Huainan Legion of the Wei army, he began to attack Hefei. The defending general Zhang Ying and others fought hard to defend. Even though Sun Quan had a 100,000 army, his troops had an absolute advantage, but he could not take Hefei.
In the siege, Sun Quan's nephew Sun Tai was shot and killed by the ravage (Sun Tai was the son of Sun Quan's fourth brother Sun Kuang, and the death of the royal generals had a great blow to the morale of the Wu army)
Soon, Cao Rui's eight thousand vanguard army arrived, and Sun Quan took the initiative to retreat.
Have you noticed that the Wu army's Northern Expedition was always a big start and a bad end. At the beginning, it was huge and there were few setbacks, so they hurriedly retreated. In terms of the determination, ability and perseverance of the Northern Expedition, it was completely incomparable to Shu Han.
Sun Quan's main force retreated, and Sun Shao also retreated successfully in the other two groups, but Lu Xun from Jingzhou was in trouble.
Lu Xun sent his confidant Han Bian to deliver a letter to Sun Quan and report to Sun Quan on the situation on the battlefield on the Western Front. When Han Bian returned, he was arrested by soldiers who were patrolled by Lu Shi, the general of the Wei army's Jiangxia prefect, ( Xun sent his relative Han Bian to report, and returned, he encountered the enemy in Mian)
The plan of Wu's army to withdraw troops was completely leaked!
After hearing this, Zhuge Jin was very scared and wrote a letter to Lu Xun, saying, "The enemy captured Han Bian and fully grasped our background. And now the river has dried up, so we should withdraw our troops quickly." " lord has been driven away, and the thief has obtained Han Bian, and we know that I am vast and narrow. The water is dry, so we should go there in a hurry."
At that time, Lu Xun led the infantry and cavalry on the way to Xiangyang. After receiving the letter, he did not reply. Instead, he sent someone to plant the croaker. Dou, as usual, he played chess and shooting games with the generals ( Xun did not answer, so he urged people to plant beans and chess and shooting games with the generals as usual)
Jin said: "Bo said that he was wise and had a good idea, so he should have something to do."
Zhuge Jin could only condescend to meet Lu Xun in person. Lu Xun explained: The thief knew that he was a big driver and had no remnants, so he had to concentrate on me. He has also guarded the key points, and the generals are willing to move, and they should be settled to ensure that they are settled, and then they can be used to change their skills. Now I will show my retreat. The thief should say that I am afraid. If I still come to frown each other, I will definitely be defeated.
In ancient times, it was very difficult to withdraw troops. If you are not careful, you may be defeated like a mountain. The Prime Minister’s history books on several withdrawals were not written in detail. Let’s see how Lu Xun did it
1. The Wei army already knew that the lord had retreated, and would definitely concentrate troops to deal with us and cut off our retreat (the situation is very dangerous!)
2. The most important thing now is to stabilize the morale of the army. (This is the real reason why Lu Xun played chess and shooting with the generals. The coach was relaxed, so that the people below would not panic.)
3. Lu Xun's plan was to attack Xiangyang City , and then withdraw his troops (bluffing, attacking the east and the west)
So the two made a secret plan, Zhuge Jin took the boat, and Lu Xun led all his troops to continue to march towards Xiangyang. The Wei army had always been afraid of Lu Xun. Seeing that Lu Xun was about to attack Xiangyang, the Wei army, who had been preparing to take advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, quickly retreated back to the city ( two people secretly set up a plan with Jin and ordered Jin to supervise the boats. Xun had all the troops and horses to go to Xiangyang City. The enemy was afraid of Xun and went to the city immediately)
Lu Xun was able to calmly lead the army to board the ship ( Jin led the ship out, Xun Xu's entire army, Zhang Tuo's momentum, and walked towards the ship, but the enemy did not dare to do it)
The Wei army in Xiangyang did not dare to attack for the time being. There were still many Wei troops in Jiangbei, how could they retreat smoothly?
Lu Xun re-used his old tricks, threatening to attack Baiwei, and secretly divided his troops to attack Jiangxia's Xinshi, Anlu , and Shicheng. As a result, the county soldiers of Jiangxia County were caught off guard. When the Wei army retreated into the city, they even had to cut and kill the people who were congested with the city gates, so they finally closed the city gates ( army arrived at Baiwei, entrusted their words to hunt, and sent generals Zhou Jun , Zhang Liang and others to attack Jiangxia Xinshi, Anlu, Shiyang City Sheng, Jun and others arrived, and everyone donated their belongings into the city. The city gate was choked and could not be closed, so the enemy killed their own people and then closed them)
Wu army then withdrew safely after beheading more than a thousand people.
This is the ability of top celebrities! (Lu Xun was also selected as Wu Temple . If Sun Quan gave him more power, could Lu Xun's Northern Expedition defeat Xiangyang? It's difficult, why? Not determined enough and the driving force for interests is not enough. Lu Xun is the four major wealthy families in Jiangdong. It is his main task to stabilize the basic Jiangdong. As for the Northern Expedition, what should he do with him?)
Northern Expedition returned in vain again, and the prime minister from Shu Han also left. Since then, Sun Quan has no personal attempt. When the three kingdoms once again started a large-scale war, the dominance of the battlefield has been handed over to the younger generation of generals, Jiang Wei , Zhuge Ke , Deng Ai , your era is here!
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