Chapter 1166: The Battle of Bashu

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Xuan Miao originally planned to assassinate Wu Han, but Wu Han's force was too high, even when he was drunk, he was like a killing god possessing his body, killing people like numbness, and he couldn't be sharp. Xuan Miao didn't even dare to show her face, and sneaked out of Yiling.

Now, he can only settle for the next best thing, targeting another Han army commander, Cen Peng.

Cen Peng had already led the Han army and invaded Shu. This time, Cen Peng Ke did not stop at the beginning, but led the navy, the warship loaded with infantry, and walked the Yangtze River, all the way upstream. The Han army headed by Cen Peng was like a bamboo, and even fought successively, first taking Qu forbearance, then taking Linjiang, and then taking Pingdu (Fengdu) and the two cities of Tongxian County, in one breath, successively laying down four cities along the river, opening up the waterways in Ba County, and the Han army commander

Drive straight in, approaching the county seat of Ba County, Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou is not only the county seat, but also the confluence of Zhushui and the Yangtze River, the location is crucial, and it is also the most strategically valuable city in Ba County.

Once Jiangzhou is lost, then the Han army can either go north to Zhushui and attack Guanghan County, or it can go west to the Yangtze River and attack Qianwei County.

Regardless of whether the Han army invaded Guanghan County or Qianwei County, the next step could directly threaten the county seat of Shu County, which was also the capital of the Cheng Imperial Court, Chengdu.

At present, stationed in Jiangzhou is Cen Peng's old rival, Tian Rong.

In that year, Qin Feng, Yan Cen, and Tian Rong were all separatist forces in Nanyang, and the Southern Expeditionary Army went south to crusade, first killing Deng Feng, and then killing Qin Feng, after Yan Cen and Tian Rong were defeated by the Han army, they fled to Shu, took refuge in Gongsun Shu, and were also crowned kings.

Cen Peng sent people to sneak into Jiangzhou and investigate, Jiangzhou is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are many defenders in the city, there is enough grain and grass, this battle is not easy to fight.

The Han army set up a camp outside Jiangzhou City, Linjiang, and the Weilu general Feng Jun, on the order of Cen Peng, launched an attack on Jiangzhou. It's just that the offensive of the Han army is not violent, and it is said to be a strong attack, but in fact it is more like a feint.

While Feng Jun was besieging the city, Cen Peng personally commanded the soldiers of the Han army to set up a circular company camp outside Jiangzhou little by little. This company camp surrounded the entire Jiangzhou in it.

Cen Peng knew very well in his heart that Jiangzhou was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if his side attacked Jiangzhou, the casualties of the soldiers would be very large.

If you want to take Jiangzhou without hurting your vitality, you can't attack it, you can only choose to besiege the city. When, when all the food in Jiangzhou City is exhausted, Jiangzhou will naturally surrender without a fight.

But there is one point, the Han army's grain and grass are not full, besieging Jiangzhou, it is not good that Jiangzhou's food has not been exhausted, but its own military food has been exhausted first.

At this time, Cen Peng's eyes fell on Pingqu. Pingqu can be called the granary of Ba County, and part of the grain of Ba County is hoarded in Jiangzhou, and the other part is hoarded in Pingqu.

Taking Pingqu is not only a heavy blow to the enemy army in Jiangzhou, but also can greatly alleviate the problem of grain and grass on their own.

After some thought, Cen Peng made a decision, left Feng Jun, and continued to feint Jiangzhou, he personally commanded the cavalry of the Han army, quietly marched to Pingqu, and attacked Pingqu secretly.

Pingqu is not too far from Ba County, and the cavalry led by Cen Peng ran for a day and arrived at Pingqu that night.

It would be a big mistake to identify Cen Peng as a naval general, Cen Peng was a real army commander, and the reason why he was good at fighting water warfare was completely honed during his garrison in Nanjun.

Leading the army to fight, that is what Cen Peng is best at.

The defenders of Pingqu never dreamed that the Han army, which was besieging Jiangzhou, would suddenly appear under their noses. The Pingqu garrison was not well guarded, and the city defense was loose.

That night, Cen Peng sent a small group of elite men to quietly climb the city wall, sneak into the city, and open the city gates.

As soon as the city gate opened, the Han cavalry who were ready to attack outside the city swarmed up, and under the leadership of Cen Peng, they entered the city with a thunderous force.

In this battle, the Han army led by Cen Peng defeated the Pingqu defenders, and the captured military rations were piled up like mountains, as many as hundreds of thousands of stones.

These hundreds of thousands of stone of grain were transported back to the Jiangzhou camp by the soldiers of the Han army from Pingqu, and the soldiers of the whole army were all happy and excited.

Hundreds of thousands of stone grain, this can help the Han army solve a big problem, in the next few months, the Han army no longer has to worry about the shortage of food and grass.

The officers and men of the whole army admired Cen Peng's commanding power from the bottom of their hearts, and the morale of the whole army was also at its peak.

The Han army besieged Jiangzhou and successfully attacked Pingqu, and also robbed hundreds of thousands of stone grain, these news, like a marquee, continued to spread to Chengdu. When the court heard the news, they were all shocked and shocked.

In the past, Cen Peng also led the Han army to attack Shu, and not once or twice, but each time Cen Peng would not go too deep, and after staying for a period of time, he would take the initiative to evacuate. But this time is different, the Han army led by Cen Peng has successively captured Jiangguan, Yufu, Quren, Linjiang, Pingdu, Tongxian, Pingqu and several places, it is simply like a bamboo, and it has won successive battles, and now it is surround Jiangzhou with company camps, not at all

There is a intention to withdraw the army, and it can be seen that Cen Peng led the army to attack Shu this time, and he was going to fight to the death with his own side.

In the court, Gongsun Shu, who was sitting on the throne, leaned forward and asked, "Who can break Cen Peng?" ”

The huge court, civil and military officials, is silent.

Dealing with ordinary enemy troops, they are confident that they can deal with it, but when dealing with Cen Peng, everyone's hearts are really bottomless!

Gongsun Shu looked around at the ministers, so many civil and military ministers, no one dared to fight against Cen Peng? Looking at the people with their heads drooping, Gongsun Shu couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Just as he was lamenting in his heart, one of the generals stepped out, and this general bowed his hand to Gongsun Shu, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen is not talented, and he is willing to go out to meet Cen Peng!" ”

Gongsun Shu fixed his eyes and saw that this was Xie Feng, one of the generals under his command. As soon as Xie Feng's words fell, another general came out of the ranks, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to walk with General Xie and fight to the death with Cen Peng Xiao'er!" ”

This one is also a general under Gongsun Shu, Yuan Ji.

Xie Feng and Yuan Ji have a good relationship, and they often lead the troops together to go out on the expedition, which can be called Jiao Jiao and Meng Jiao. The two of them are indeed good at fighting, laying the foundation of Bashu for Gongsun Shu, and making great contributions.

Seeing that Xie and Yuan invited Ying to fight, Gongsun Shu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, finally someone was not frightened by Cen Peng. Without waiting for Gongsun Shu to speak, Yan Cen hurriedly stepped out of the queue and bowed his hand to Gongsun Shu and said, "Your Majesty can't agree!" ”

Gongsun Shu looked at Yan Cen with a frown and asked, "What does Da Sima mean by this?" ”

Yan Cen Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, Cen Peng fought from Nanjun to Jiangzhou, advancing all the way, every battle will be won, now is the time when the morale of the Han army is high, our side takes the initiative to send troops to meet the battle, I am afraid, it is to hit the stone with an egg, and I hope Your Majesty will see it!" ”

Xie Feng and Yuan Ji were not happy to listen to what he said, their faces sank, they glared at Yan Cen fiercely, and both said to Gongsun Shu: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to make a military order, if this battle can't defeat Cen Peng Xiao'er, Weichen will raise his head and return to see Your Majesty!" ”

Both of them were old subordinates of Gongsun Shu, while Yan Cen belonged to the halfway monk, he was defeated by the Han army, and after being defeated by Liu Xiu, he was forced to flee to Shu.

In terms of hearts, both of them look down on Yan Cen very much, what is Yan Cen's ability? His greatest ability is to be able to run.

He first mixed with himself, he couldn't mix it anymore, he went to Nanyang to follow Deng Feng, and killed Deng Feng, and then he went to Nanjun to follow Qin Feng, and Qin Feng also died, and then he ran to Yizhou and took refuge with His Majesty.

What annoyed Xie Feng and Yuan Ji the most was that His Majesty was still very serious about Yan Cen, not only named him the king of Runing, but also made him the great Sima.

Yan Cen turned a blind eye to the hostility of Xie Feng and Yuan Ji, and said: "Your Majesty, now that the enemy army is winning streak and has a positive momentum, it is not a wise move to fight with the enemy!" ”

"Could it be that the danger in Jiangzhou is not solved?" Another general, Hou Dan, asked loudly.

You must know that it is Tian Rong who is trapped in Jiangzhou now, and you Yancen was Your Majesty who took refuge with Tian Rong, whether it is public or private, you Yancen can't ignore Tian Rong, right? Yan Cen was silent for a moment and said: "Jiangzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for Han thieves to conquer Jiangzhou in a short period of time, so we have enough time to prepare and solve the crisis in Jiangzhou!" At present, the top priority is to trap the Han thieves in Ba County, and not let the Han thieves take advantage of the opportunity

Invade Guanghan and Qianwei two counties! ”

In fact, it is not without reason that Gongsun Shu will reuse Yan Cen, mainly because Yan Cen is very good at figuring out Gongsun Shu's thoughts. Gongsun Shu was reluctant to fight with the Han army, even if the battle losses of the two sides were one to one, Gongsun Shu could not consume Liu Xiu. Gongsun Shu has only one Yizhou, and Liu Xiu is sitting on twelve states, and the Han army killed one soldier, and the rear is eager to add two or three soldiers, while Gongsun Shu's side is one less killed in battle, and the strength cannot be replenished in a short time

Come up.

Even in later generations, during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang also wrote in the list of teachers, and the first sentence stated, 'Today is divided into three parts of the world, and Yizhou is tired', only one Yizhou is occupied, and it is too difficult to compete with the whole world.

Yan Cen's proposition is not to have a hard fight with the Han army, and try to drag the Han army here in Jiangzhou. As long as the spirit of the Han army subsides, and your own side fights again, this battle will be much easier to fight.

Gongsun Shu thought about it carefully, and thought that Xie Feng and Yuan Ji, who were in the main battle, were all fooling around, did not analyze the situation clearly, and did not weigh the pros and cons, while Yan Cen's proposition was quite in line with his mind.

He said, "Great Sima! ”

"Wechen is here!"

"General Lu!"

"Wechen is here!" Lu Kun stepped out of the ranks and meddled in the salute.

"The two of you will lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city!"

"Wechen obeys!" Yan Cen and Lu Kun both gave salutes and received orders.

Luocheng is the county seat of Guanghan County. Gongsun Shu put Yan Cen and Lu Kun in Ruocheng to prevent Cen Peng from going to Zhushui and going north to Guanghan County.

Then, Gongsun Shu said: "Da Sikong! ”

"Wechen is here!" Dasikong Gongsun Hui is the younger brother of Gongsun Shu.

"Wang Yuan!"

"Wechen is here!" Wang Yuan, who was defeated in Wudu County and fled back to Chengdu with a disgraced face, didn't expect that Gongsun Shu could still point to his head, so he hurriedly went out of the ranks.

"The two of you lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Zizhong!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Zizhong is located in Qianwei County, along the Yangtze River, Gongsun Shu put Gongsun Hui and Wang Yuan in Zizhong, is to prevent Cen Peng from going to the Yangtze River and westward into Qianwei County.

Immediately afterwards, Gongsun Shu said: "Hou Dan! "Wechen is here!" "You lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to station in Huangshi and cut off the waterway of the Han army!"

Huangshi is located in Ba County, in the rear of the Han army, between Pingdu and Tong County, and is an inconspicuous town.

The Han army led by Cen Peng passed through Huangshi, but he did not take Huangshi in his eyes, nor did he send troops to attack, and now Gongsun Shu sent Hou Dan over in order to cut off the logistics supply of the Han army.

Through Gongsun Shu's arrangement, it is not difficult to see that Gongsun Shu really did not plan to rescue Jiangzhou. He sent more than 100,000 troops, of which 50,000 were in Guanghan County and 50,000 in Qianwei County, and only 20,000 were sent by him to Ba County, and it was not to understand the danger of Jiangzhou, but to garrison Huangshi to harass the supply of the Han army.