Chapter 50: Night Attack on Danjiangkou (I)
Danjiangkou - located in the upper reaches of the Han River, there are dozens of rivers converging nearby, water transportation is developed, wharves are all over, known as the "water capital of the south", after Cao's army went south, most of the grain, grass and ordnance were hoarded here, and the front line was continuously supplied through waterways!
Cao Cao has been fighting for many years, accustomed to cutting off the enemy's grain route to win, and naturally attaches great importance to his own grain and grass hoarding, not to mention the dense checkpoints and beacon towers along the Han River, and also let his henchmen Li Dian and Le Jin lead 30,000 heavy soldiers and garrison them at the mouth of the Danjiang River to protect grain!
In addition, there is also a team of 'student army', which is also camped here, with more than 3,000 people in the whole army, all of whom are students of the university, Confucianism, Mohist, Legalist, soldier, Buddhist, Taoist...... You've got it all!
"Five loaves of bread...... The army in front of us took Xiangyang and Jiangling in a row, and the fight was in full swing, we could only watch it, it was really angry! ”
"Nijo...... Who says it's not, people have made great achievements, we guard the grain and grass, and we have no skills, but unfortunately there is nowhere to show it! ”
"Dark Bar...... A few young generals are just teenagers, and there will be opportunities in the future - galloping on the battlefield and making contributions, why rush for a while? ”
In the camp of the student army - in the Chinese military tent, Guo Yi, Deng Ai, Hao Zhao and the grain supervisor - Wang Yan, while fighting Sifang City, is rubbing mahjong, while talking about the war ahead!
The faces of the three teenagers were all full of resentment, when they went south with the army, they thought they could make contributions and become famous all over the world, but they didn't expect to be arranged in the rear, and they followed Xiao Yi to transport grain and grass!
Later, the battle situation at the front was unfavorable, and Xiao Yi went south to rescue him, and took the Xuanjia Army, the trapped camp, the Danyang soldiers, and the evil ghost battalion ...... All of them were brought into battle to fight, but they left the student army and let them guard the Danjiang Estuary!
also said that the time for the test has come, and it won't be long before a powerful opponent will appear, so let the three of them deal with it carefully, don't lose face in the division!
In the first few days, Guo Yi, Deng Ai, and Hao Zhao were very excited, preparing day and night, hoping to show their talents, but it didn't take long for them to find that they still had no use!
As for the defense of the Danjiang Estuary, Li Dian and Le Jin are fully responsible, both of them are battlefield generals, and they are extremely experienced in battle!
They set up three lines of defense on the periphery of the Danjiang estuary, and built dozens of checkpoints and hundreds of beacon towers along the south and north banks of the Han River.
What's more, good news came from the front line, Xiangyang and Jiangling were conquered one after another, Liu Biao died of illness, Liu Cong surrendered, and Liu Bei fled...... The Jingzhou Group has been defeated, so what about the power to rob the grain and grass?
Therefore, the defense of the Danjiang Estuary - tight on the outside and loose on the inside, the soldiers were slack, and many people packed up their burdens, just waiting to pacify the four southern counties, and then the army triumphantly squad!
For the 'student army', Li Dian and Le Jin also took care of them, not to mention the delicious food and drink, and put them in the middle of the camp, and said: 'Give them heavy responsibilities and take care of the grain and grass', in fact, they are properly protected, and what they see is more important than the grain and grass!
The whole army knows that the children cultivated by the Zhengming Academy are the elite of the elite, and the roles of generals and leaders in various fields in the future are all exhausted, and they are reluctant to let them go into battle!
In the middle army, there is nothing to do, Guo Yi, Deng Ai, and Hao Zhaoxian are uncomfortable, so they have to get together to frustrate mahjong.
"My subordinates don't understand Wen Taowu's strategy, and they don't know how to arrange troops, they only know how to distribute grain and grass, but they have been fighting with the army for more than ten years, and they also remember a truth: Da Sima Tiantian Xingjun descends to earth, and there is nothing wrong with people, and everything is not accurate!
Now let the three little generals stay in the Danjiangkou camp, there must be a deep meaning, we must not be discouraged, delay the major events in the army, and lose the face of the big Sima! ”
Wang Yan is over 40 years old, he has no great ability, but he is diligent and honest, he has distributed grain and grass for more than ten years, and has never been corrupt, and is well received by the soldiers in the army!
Before Xiao Yilin set off, he deliberately transferred him to the 'Student Army', which was to use his composure and steadiness to neutralize the impatience of several young people.
"Brush! …… Brush! ”
There is no need for a heavy hammer to ring the drum, after listening to the words, Deng Ai and Hao Zhao thought about it intently, Guo Yi even took out a military strategy map, and studied it intently, judging from the current battle situation, the Jingzhou Group was defeated, and it really had no ability to fight back!
However, his previous pattern was too small, just staring at the nine counties of Jingzhou, but ignoring the princes of Hanzhong, Yizhou, and Jiangdong.
Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are timid and afraid, and Hanzhong and Chengdu are far away from Jingzhou, so it is unlikely that the two will send troops, but Jiangdong is close to Jingzhou, and Sun Quanxiong, the lord of Xionglu, and Zhou Yu, the commander of the war, will they send troops?
When Xiao Yi was leaving, he said that there would be a powerful opponent who would come to attack the Danjiang Estuary, could it be that Zhou Yu was stationed, this person was stationed in Chaisang, with 80,000 elite men and horses, and thousands of large and small warships, but he had to be guarded against?
Then again, it is not easy for Zhou Yu to really want to send troops to sneak attack, from Chaisang to Danjiangkou, separated by Jiangxia, Xiangyang, and Nanyang, the former is in the hands of Liu Qi, and may not be willing to lend the road to the Jiangdong Army, the latter two are occupied by the Cao army, and the land route is even more unworkable!
If you take the waterway, you must go up the Yangtze River, and then arrive at the mouth of the Danjiang River from the Han River, there are hundreds of checkpoints and beacon towers along the way, can Zhou Yu fly over?
"The things of the world - there are only the unthinkable, there is nothing that cannot be done, whoever sees the enemy as a fool is the biggest fool, and we are determined not to be fools!"
Guo Yi, Deng Ai, and Hao Zhao looked at each other and shouted a motto of Xiao Yijiao, there are many smart people in the world, don't be too self-righteous, how many heroes who dominate one side just regard others as fools, and finally end up in ashes!
"Battalion-wide gathering...... No one is allowed to slack off in the redeployment of defense! ”
The three of them pushed the mahjong tiles and ran out to arrange the defense - send sentry posts frequently, set up more traps, and the 'student army' is camped in the center, which is not only the safest place, but also the last line of defense!
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"Brush! -Brush! -Brush! ”
Late at night, in the swamp on the east side of the Danjiang Estuary, a team was advancing rapidly, and the people and horses picked up the bells, not only did not make a sound, but even the torches were not raised, but they were desperately rushing forward by the bright moonlight!
The soldiers carried planks, straw, and ropes on their shoulders, and when they encountered difficult muddy places, they immediately paved the roads, and everyone was crawling and covered in mud, but no one complained!
Because of a white figure, walking through muddy and muddy waters with everyone, trying to move forward, it is the commander of this team - Zhou Yu!
Zhou Yu is dashing and proficient in music and rhythm, everyone calls him 'Mei Zhoulang', but now he is dirty like a mud monkey, still gritting his teeth and insisting, most of the governors still lead by example, who dares to complain about half a sentence?
At the Chaisang military meeting, Zhou Yu made a decision: take the initiative to attack, sneak attack behind enemy lines, and cut off the grain and grass line of Cao's army, so the destination of this army is the Danjiangkou camp!
However, not to mention the long distance of Danjiangkou, heavy troops are stationed in the south and north, and the east and west are swamps, which is a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not easy to sneak attack!
Zhou Yu has studied it repeatedly and knows that no matter whether he takes the water route or the land route, he will not be able to reach the Danjiang Estuary smoothly, so the method he chooses is to combine water and land!
After the people and horses set out from Chaisang, they went upriver along the Yangtze River, but did not take the Hanshui route, but turned north at Xiakou and entered the Zhuanshui basin in one fell swoop, thus avoiding Jiangxia and Xiangyang counties!
Zhuanshui is a tributary on the east side of the Han River, originating from the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, passing through Suizhou, Anlu and Yunmeng to the south, and then diverging, the west branch enters the Han River, and the east branch flows into the Yangtze River!
However, the flow of the water is small, coupled with the man-made felling of trees and serious soil erosion, so that the river is blocked, and you can only row some small fishing boats, and you can't go to the big boats that transport troops and grain!
Therefore, Cao Jun chose the Hanshui, which has abundant flow and wide rivers, to transport grain, grass and ordnance for the front-line soldiers, and disdained the Zhuan Shui, and only sent a few soldiers to garrison it, because the naval army in Jingzhou or Jiangdong could not pass through it!
However, there are always exceptions to everything, Cao Jun is a northerner, I don't know the situation of Zhuanshui, and I can't walk a big boat in normal times, but every year in September and October, the autumn rain in various parts of the south continues, and the water level of Zhuanshui will skyrocket all the way, and there are more than ten days to pass the big boat!
Zhou Yu seized this opportunity and led the fleet to rush into the water, concealing the reeds during the day, and secretly going upriver at night, and successfully came to the upper reaches of the water-Aotoudu, so that Zhou Tai and Han Dang led the navy to standby, selected 15,000 elites by themselves, and went straight to the Danjiang estuary by the path!
Aotoudu is only more than 200 miles away from the Danjiang estuary, and there are mostly streams, swamps and grasslands in the middle...... It was sparsely populated and the roads were rough, so there weren't many garrisons!
Zhou Yu took advantage of this and led the elite under his command, paving the road while advancing in concealment, and it took more than three days to finally touch the vicinity of the Danjiang Estuary, and then lurked until it was dark, ready to launch a fatal blow!
"Xiao Yi made a long-distance attack and took Xiangyang City in one fell swoop, and I also happened to run and come to attack Danjiangkou, which is comparable, right?"
"Attack!"
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