MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1173 Wu sent troops

  Chapter 1173 Wu sent troops

  At the end of March in the fourth year of Yanxi, it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the weather had begun to become slightly hot.

  According to the habit of previous years, Sun Deng, the crown prince of Wu State, who was infested by the wind and cold, will get better when the weather turns warm.

  But what Wu Guo didn't expect was that Sun Deng's condition this year was quite different from previous years.

  Sun Deng, who has been tortured by illness for a whole spring, has become emaciated at this time.

   If you lose any more weight, I'm afraid you will be skinny.

  But at this time the crown prince is still seriously ill.

  In the prince's bedroom, there was a strong smell of medicine, like an extremely thick dark cloud, pressing down on the heads of the East Palace group.

  Most of the people in the East Palace had sadness and worry on their faces.

  In the entire bedroom, except for the prince coughing from time to time, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

   At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the hall.

  When the palace guards at the door saw the person coming, they were about to speak out, but they were stopped.

  Sun Quan walked into the prince's bedroom, deliberately lightened his steps, and then asked the palace servants who served the prince:

   "How is the prince's condition?"

   "Return to Your Majesty, the doctor said that His Highness's condition is still recurring and needs rest."

  Although the words were soft, it was probably because the bedroom was too quiet, or it might be because Sun Dengjiu was ill and couldn't fall asleep normally, so he was woken up suddenly:

   "Who's there?"

   "Go back to Your Highness, His Majesty is here to visit His Highness."

   "Is His Majesty coming?"

  Sun Deng subconsciously wanted to stand up, only to realize that he was weak in all four limbs and could only stretch his neck:

   "I have been ill for a long time and unable to get up to greet you. I hope Your Majesty will forgive my rudeness."

   "What are you talking about!" Sun Quan walked a few steps quickly, walked to the couch, pressed his hands together, and signaled Sun Deng to lie down, "You and my father and son, why should you care about these complicated etiquette?"

  The actions just now seemed to have exhausted Sun Deng's strength, so he had to lie back.

  Although he tried his best to concentrate, Sun Deng's eyes were dim and dull.

  Obviously, the illness has taken all his energy away.

  I only heard him ask weakly:

   "Didn't His Majesty plan to personally lead the army once again when Da Wu sent his troops to the north this time? Isn't the day to send troops coming soon?"

   "Your Majesty should be busy with affairs, why do you have time to come and see your son?"

   Seeing the prince's extremely weak appearance, Sun Quan felt a pain in his heart.

  Although he has many sons and daughters, he devotes the most effort to Sun Deng.

  If not, it would not be possible for him to become the crown prince as a bastard.

  Even if this son, regardless of his own wishes, kept getting close to the Xu family who was demoted to Wu County.

  Even this son kept advising against some of his own decisions.

  But in Sun Quan's view, these are the only ways for the prince to become a wise king in the future.

   It's just that now, this successor whom he cultivated with painstaking efforts has become like this, why doesn't it make Sun Quan feel extremely heartbroken?

   "You are already like this, you should take care of your illness first, and don't worry too much about outside things, so as not to waste your mind."

  Sun Deng heard it, and then he noticed that Sun Quan was not wearing the togas and fancy clothes commonly used in the palace, but wearing tight military clothing.

  He knew the purpose of Sun Quan's visit this time, and managed to squeeze out a smile:

   "Your Majesty is going to lead the troops northward, so come here and bid farewell to my son?"

   Sun Quan felt even more sad when he heard Sun Deng's words.

  The smarter the prince was at this time, the more worried Sun Quan was.

  He has reached the year of Er Shun, and the prince has also passed the year of standing.

  If at this time, the prince really has some accident, then...

  Sun Quan only felt that his lifelong efforts in cultivating successors were in vain.

   This blow is not without heavy.

  Because he knows that at this time, he has no confidence, energy, or time to choose and train a prince like Sun Deng.

  At this time, Sun Quan turned into a father who loves his son eagerly, holding Sun Deng's withered hand, earnestly exhorting, and seeming to be pleading:

   "This time I go north, I will definitely wipe out the thieves. I only hope that in the future, I will lead the victory team, and my son will lead the Chinese and Chinese military officials to greet him outside Jianye City."

   "How dare the son refuse to obey the orders of the father and emperor?"

   "This is not the emperor's order, this is an agreement between me and my son."

  Sun Deng, who had always been lacking in energy, finally had a rare light in his eyes when he heard what Sun Quan said.

  Like the flame that bursts out suddenly before the candle is extinguished.

   "My child must remember!"

   "Okay, okay, then my son will take good care of his illness and wait for my return."

  Sun Quan patted Sun Deng's hand, "I will lead the army northward first, and wait for the good news with peace of mind."

   "Congratulations to Your Majesty."

  Out of the East Palace, Sun Quan let out a long breath, as if to expel the depression in his chest:

   "Come on!"

   "Your Majesty, please order!"

   "Order, set off!"

   "Here!"

   Chuanqi, carrying the military orders on his back, began to gallop out of Jianye City and rushed towards Stone City.

   "Woooooooooooo..."

  The long horn began to sound.

  The Stone City garrison, who had received the military order in advance, also started to make noise under the call of the horn.

  Then, the sluice gate of the pier in Stone City was opened, and Mengchong and fighting ships filed out of the city.

  From the intersection of the Qinhuai River and the Dajiang River, it flows into the Dajiang River.

  For a while, the broad river was covered with warships, like fish scales, densely packed, with the bow connected to the stern, which made people dazzled.

  These countless warships, from the looks of outsiders, only feel that they are in a mess, floating on the river at will.

  But in the eyes of Ji Han students who are already familiar with the warships of Wu State, they are busy but not chaotic, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner.

   This is an actual battle that they can personally participate in.

  Everyone flashed excited eyes.

  Wu sent troops this time, and specially assigned them three fighting ships.

  Mengchong and Doujian are the main battleships of the Wu State warships.

  Mengchong has a long and narrow hull, with a sharp knife-shaped bow, which is extremely maneuverable and can be used to collide with enemy ships.

  Many times, Mengchong will cover the back of the boat with raw cowhide, with openings on the hatchback, and there are windows and spear holes on the left, right, front and back.

  Doujian is different from Mengchong.

  The fighting ship is bigger than Mengchong. Half-height parapets are installed on the side of the ship, and oar holes are opened under the two side walls.

  Build a shed five feet inboard, as high as the parapet, and set up a parapet around the shed.

  Mengchong is used for melee combat, so it is necessary to cover the back with raw cowhide to protect the enemy from bows and arrows.

  The fighting ship uses long-range bows and arrows to suppress the enemy, covering Meng Chong to charge.

  So fighting ships are generally not covered.

   Instead, set up banners and tooth flags, and set up golden drums for commanding offensive and defensive advances and retreats.

  Meng Chong and Dou Jian go further up, and there is a bigger building ship.

  Low Ship The ship is tall and wide at the head, and its appearance looks like a building, so it is named because of its tall building, which is suitable for both long-distance and close combat.

  Generally speaking, the building ships used in combat have at least three floors.

  The first floor is the cottage; the second floor is the Feilu; the top floor is the royal room.

  Each floor is equipped with a protective female wall to defend against bows, arrows and arrows shot by the enemy.

   There are arrow holes on the female wall for launching bows and crossbows.

  The building ship is also the main ship in water warfare, but most of them are used as the commander's ship.

  Wu Guo’s boat division is extremely strong, and the buildings built can carry 3,000 soldiers.

  There are so many ships pouring out of Stone City, but none of them are sailing indiscriminately.

   This time the student army went to battle with the Wu army, and the three ships they operated were assigned to Zhuge Ke, the northern general of Wu Guowei.

  Zhuge Ke was made a general of Weibei by Sun Quan because of his meritorious service in pacifying the mountains in his early years, and he was granted the title of Marquis of the capital.

   Later Zhuge Ke took the initiative to ask to lead the army across the river to garrison, so Sun Quan asked him to garrison troops in Wankou.

  As soon as he crossed the river, he sent light soldiers to attack Shu County, captured the people in the county, and gave Wei a blow.

   Later, he followed Sun Quan to participate in the Northern Expedition to attack Hefei.

   Over the years, he has been sending scouts far away to watch the northern path.

   After familiarizing himself with the terrain of Huainan, he even suggested to Sun Quan to bypass Hefei and go straight to Shouchun.

  Of course, this risky proposal was rejected by Sun Quan, who loves Hefei.

  Zhuge Ke was able to continue to send out secret agents to find out the dangers in Huainan. The governor of Yangzhou, Wei State, who guarded Huainan, naturally never relaxed his surveillance of the old enemy in the south.

  The river Wu Guoshui is densely covered with warships, and such a large-scale military mobilization cannot be hidden from Wei Guo.

  Wait until Sun Quan arrived at the mouth of the nest by boat, Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou in Wei State, had already received the news that the Wu army was going to divide into two groups and invade Huainan.

  But seeing that Wang Ling was not panicked at all, he smiled and said to the left and right:

   "Wu Kou experienced the famine only last year, but he dared to commit the famine this year. He really didn't know how to live or die."

  There are sober people on the left and right:

   "Shu and Wu colluded with each other and wanted to plot against my great Wei. I heard that last year, the Shu captives transported a lot of grain from Shu to Wu."

   "I think it is precisely because of the support of the Shu captives that Wu Kou dared to attack us after the great hunger."

   "Captain, Wu Kou has at least divided his troops into two groups this time, and the momentum is not small, with the support of Shu captives behind him, so it should not be underestimated."

  Wang Ling nodded upon hearing this:

   "How dare I take things before the battle lightly?"

  He clicked Hefei and Lu'an on the map, and said:

   "Looking at Wu Kou's direction this time, it's still the way of the past. Either fight Lu'an or Hefei."

   "Needless to say about Hefei, Sun Quan is a thief who personally led the army and was unable to attack again and again. Could it be that we are still afraid of him this time?"

   "It's Lu'an..."

  Wang Ling mentioned Lu'an, pondered for a while, his brows began to wrinkle, and a little disgust appeared on his face:

   "Wen Zhongruo (that is, Wen Qin), the prefect of Lu'an, although brave, but greedy and cruel, I am a little worried."

  Wen Qin is the son of Cao Cao's cavalry general Wen Ji. He was known for his talent and martial arts when he was young. His hometown is Qiao County, Peiguo, the hometown of Emperor Wei.

   As we all know, since the founding of Wei, the Cao family has placed great trust in the people of the same village.

   Taking advantage of the two identities of being a hero and being a fellow of the emperor, Wen Qin was appointed by the Cao family even though he was violent and rude.

  When Cao Rui was still alive, Wen Qin was the prefect of Lu'an County. Wang Ling once wrote to the court, bluntly saying that Wen Qin was a corrupt man and should not caress the border, and asked to be removed from the government and punished.

  The court followed Wang Ling's advice and recalled Wen Qin to the court.

  So between Wang Ling and Wen Qin, there is actually quite a conflict.

  Unexpectedly, after Cao Shuang came to power, in order to win people's hearts, he took power alone, coupled with Wen Qin's fellow countryman status, and the reputation of bravery.

  So Wen Qin once again served as the prefect of Lu'an County, and was also named the champion general.

  Although Wang Ling was not happy with this arrangement, he also knew that for every governor of Yangzhou, the imperial court would arrange a general who was at odds with him to guard the place.

   Just like myself and the former governor of Yangzhou Man Chong.

  Even though Cao Xiu, the last governor of Yangzhou, was a relative of Cao's clan, Jia Kui still had discord with him.

   Wen Qin received such courtesy from Cao Shuang, and became more and more arrogant. He won the title of "champion", thinking that he was brave and brave.

  In this case, even though Wang Ling is nominally supervising all the military forces in Yangzhou, in fact, he has no way to restrain Wenqin.

  Seeing Wang Ling's hesitation and embarrassment, he persuaded him from left to right:

   "Commander, it is three hundred miles from Hefei to Lu'an. Even if Lu'an is lost, it will take five or six days for Wu Kou to drive his army from the west to attack Hefei."

   "As long as the governor stationed heavy troops around Hefei, using the terrain as a defense, and taking precautions early, what is there to fear?"

   "Although Gengjian Wen Zhongruo has a false name, he is indeed a brave man, and the city of Lu'an is solid, and Wu Kou and Lu Xun once personally led the attack and cannot be defeated."

   "As long as we remind Wen Zhongruo to pay more attention, nothing major will happen."

  The left and right said that Lu Xun could not attack Lu'an, but in fact, it is still a light-hearted statement.

  In fact, when Lu Xun attacked Lu'an, he was forced to retreat by Man Chong, who was at odds with Wang Ling, and fled overnight by boat.

   It's just that the people below didn't dare to mention Man Chong, who was pushed out to the court for the elderly, too much in front of Wang Ling, so he just mentioned it.

   But others dare not speak, but one person dares to speak out.

  This person is Tian Yu, the prefect of Runan.

   Although Runan belongs to Yuzhou, it is adjacent to Shouchun. Whenever there is a military operation in Yangzhou, Runan will basically send troops to cooperate.

   This time Wu sent troops to the north to commit crimes, the momentum was very large, and Yangzhou was shaken.

  As soon as Tian Yu got the news, he led troops to support him early.

  Hearing what Wang Ling and the left and right said at this time, he finally couldn't help but said:

   "As long as our army can hold Hefei, if the governor can send another division from Shouchun to go around the west, he will cut off the retreat of Wu Kou who attacked Lu'an."

   "Even if Wu Kou will not be forced to retreat by then, he will not dare to attack Lu'an City with all his strength."

  This strategy is actually full of favors.

  Man Chong used this tactic back then to force Lu Xun to flee overnight, and this tactic can indeed be considered sophisticated.

  Although Tian Yu didn't mention Man Chong's name at this time, how could Wang Ling not know about this old incident?

  Wang Ling is only one year younger than Tian Yu, and the two can be said to be of the same age.

   It's just that Wang Ling is now the governor of Wei State with a heavy army in his hands, and Tian Yu is only the prefect of a county.

  The identities of the two are really different.

  At this time, Tian Yu brought up Man Chong's old plan, which was in danger of violating Wang Ling's taboo.

  People around are holding their breath.

  Wang Ling, on the other hand, took a deep look at Tian Yu, but his face didn't change much.

  Unexpectedly, he even nodded, agreeing with Tian Yu's words:

   "Tian Taishou's words are very reasonable. However, although this is a partial division, the task is heavy. Whoever leads it must choose a good candidate."

  Tian Yu took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "The general is willing to go."

  Wang Ling shook his head:

   "I will lead the army to Hefei in a short time. Shouchun is the county government of Huainan, and someone needs to guard it. Prefect Tian is familiar with military affairs. If you don't, just guard Shouchun for me."

   Both left and right were silent, and some people even showed expressions that they had expected.

  Shouchun is the rear, Wang Dudu put Tian Yu in Shouchun, obviously he didn't want him to make meritorious service in this battle.

  The same is the prefect, the king's governor can't help Wenqin, because Wenqin has a background.

  What's behind Tian Yu?

  Is there a back view?

  Dare to bring up the matter of full favor in front of the king and the governor.

  When Tian Yu heard Wang Ling's order, he sighed slightly in his heart, and finally he could only cup his fists and say:

   "The last general takes orders."

  (end of this chapter)