MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1181 Calculate each other

  Chapter 1181 Mutual calculation

   Around the seventeenth year of King Zhuang of Chu (597 BC), Yin Sun Shuao, the order of Chu State, presided over the construction of Shaopi, one of the earliest water storage and irrigation projects in China.

  Shaopi got its name because the water flowed through Shaoting.

  The reason why Sun Shuao wanted to build this water conservancy project was because the place called Anfeng City at that time was already an agricultural area in the northern border of Chu State.

  Anfeng City is just located in the northern foothills of the Dabie Mountains. The east, south, and west sides are high-lying, and the north is low-lying, sloping towards the Huaihe River.

   During the rainy season in summer and autumn, mountain torrents break out, causing waterlogging, and droughts often occur when there is little rain.

   According to the local terrain characteristics, Sun Shuao organized the local people to build the project, and dug the low-lying Shaopi wide and deep to form a huge reservoir.

   Then six water gates were built successively in Shaopi, and the water volume was controlled by stone gates.

   In fact, it is a semi-artificial large reservoir.

  After the completion of Shaopi, tens of thousands of hectares of fields were irrigated, which enabled the Anfeng area to produce a large amount of grain every year, and soon became the economic center of Chu State.

  Chu State was able to become the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period, thanks to Shaopi's contribution.

  After more than 800 years, entering the era of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei implemented the policy of garrisoning fields. Cao Cao came to Hefei in person to collect refugees, repair Shaopi, and implement garrisoning.

  The Anfeng City back then has now become Shouchun City.

  Therefore, it is not without reason that Shouchun, as the most populous town in the Jianghuai area, is also the seat of Cao Wei's Yangzhou Dudufu.

  If the Wu army can really succeed in the sneak attack and win Shouchun, then it is equivalent to cutting off the economic and food lifeline of Yangzhou in Wei State.

   Wei Guo almost had to obediently give up the land of Jianghuai in the south.

  Although Wei Jun finally closed the city gate at the last moment.

  But Yang Hong at the head of the city was still in a cold sweat.

  The sun rises in early summer, and it is already a little hot.

   But Yang Hong still felt the chill on his back.

   Quan Cong told the whole army to camp, but he did not dismount, but said:

   "Bring someone, follow me!"

  Whether it is Your Majesty or Zhuge Ke, they are all trying their best to delay and mobilize the Wei thieves, and they must race against time to break through the city.

  Quan Xu and Quan Duan hurriedly got up, followed Quan Cong's horse with their personal guards, and came towards Shouchun City again.

   "My lord, be careful!"

   Seeing that his lord was about to enter the range of the bow and arrow, and he still had no intention of stopping, Quan Xu hurriedly reminded him.

   "It's okay, I know it."

   Quan Cong is considered a veteran in the army, so he naturally knows where the safe range is.

  Yang Hong saw someone under the city, supported by soldiers, riding around Shouchun constantly on horseback.

  Knowing that this is the opponent's general observing the city.

  This is also a normal thing.

   After all, there are few soldiers in the city, and it is impossible to go out of the city to fight the thieves.

   But watching the other party have been wandering on the edge of the range of the bow and arrow, it is quite exaggerated, and he is really angry:

   "Deceitful that there is no shot in our army?"

   "Come here, take a strong bow and summon archers!"

  The archer who can draw a strong bow came quickly.

  Yang Hong pointed to Quan Cong and the others under the city, and asked:

   "Can you shoot?"

  The shooter visually measured the approximate distance, but in the end he was still a little embarrassed:

   "General, it's too far away, even if you can manage to hit it, the accuracy is too bad, and even if you can hit someone, I'm afraid you won't be able to hurt someone."

   "As long as it can be shot." Yang Hong said indifferently, "I don't expect to hurt people at such a long distance."

  Riding a horse, hugging the front and rear, it looks like an important person.

  It is God’s favor if it can be hurt, but even if it can’t be hurt, you have to scare the other party so that the other party does not dare to get so close.

  Things before the battle, any thing that can hurt the morale of the thieves, no matter how small, we must try our best to do it.

   The shooter nodded, understanding what the general meant.

   To put it bluntly, it is to give the gang in the city a blow.

   Quan Cong under the city was looking intently at the city wall of Shouchun when he suddenly heard the sound of breaking through the air!

   "General be careful!"

  Keep an eye on Quanxu and Quanduan at the top of the wall at all times, and when they realized something was wrong, they immediately raised their shields to protect the horses.

  The shield block is timely, but unnecessary.

  Quan Cong stood still, watching the arrow feather finally fall limply to the surface of the large rod, and then slid to the ground, with no emotion on his face.

   "My lord, should we stay far away?"

  Although the arrow feathers were weak, Quan Xu was still worried. Seeing that there was no movement on the top of Shouchun City, he couldn't help turning around to persuade Quan Cong.

   This time, I don't know if Quan Cong listened to it, or had already observed it, nodded and pushed his horse: "Let's go."

   Watching the group of Wu troops under the city leave, Yang Hong heaved a sigh of relief, and then laughed loudly:

   "The thief is cowardly!"

   Both left and right laughed out loud.

  What Yang Hong didn’t know was that Quan Cong didn’t return to the camp after leaving Shouchun City, but turned south without stopping, walking along the fat water beside Shouchun City.

  If you follow Feishui all the way to the end, its source is in Jiming Mountain.

  Hefei New City is built on Jiming Mountain.

  Of course, Quan Cong is not planning to go to Hefei Xincheng this time, and Sun Quan will enclose Wang Ling back and forth.

  His destination is another source of fertile water—Shaopi.

  As mentioned earlier, Sun Shuao built Shaopi because of the terrain:

  The east, west, and south sides are high, but the north is low.

  That's why many water flows near Shaopi flow into the Huaihe River from south to north.

   And Shouchun is just at the intersection of Feishui and Huaihe River.

   Quan Cong arrived at Shaopi and finally got off his horse. He walked to the embankment of Shaopi and looked north.

  Although Shouchun is far away, it is still clearly visible.

  He walked along the embankment again, suddenly holding a whip in his hand, he ordered:

   "Starting tomorrow, you two will lead five hundred soldiers each. One will block all the sluices in Shaopi, and the other will cut off the fertilizer and water."

   At this time, it is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, with abundant rain.

  Looking at the boiling fat water, Quan Cong added another sentence:

   "Even if the fertilizer water cannot be cut off, the water flow from Shaopi to the fertilizer water must be cut off."

  Quan Xu and Quan Duan followed Quan Cong for this trip, and after hearing Quan Cong's orders, they still didn't understand the intention.

  The two of them thought that their sneak attack had failed, and that the army that came all the way from Lu'an would be in an embarrassing situation.

  After all, it would take a lot of time to build siege equipment.

   What the army lacks the most is time.

   Unexpectedly, the governor had already planned it.

  After thinking this far, the two clasped their fists in great joy:

   "Here!"

  …

   Just when Quan Cong sent people to stop the water streams south of Shaopi, preparing to flood Shouchun City.

   Far away in Hefei, Sun Quan, who was fighting fiercely with Wang Ling, was gradually falling into a disadvantage.

  Relying on the strong swords and thick armor supported by the Han state, the imperial army led by Sun Quan did gain some advantages when the Wei army was unprepared.

  However, the situation that the Wei army is superior in land warfare and the Wu army is superior in water warfare cannot be completely changed by relying on weapons.

  If not, why couldn’t Cao Cao and Cao Pi build so many warships to cross the river?

   But this time, the Wu army abandoned the ship and went ashore to fight the Wei army on land, and the same problem also existed.

  Although Wu Jun was able to gain the upper hand in the previous confrontations, but at critical moments, Wei Jun Jingqi always rushed out to save the field.

  The infantry of the Wu army simply did not have the ability to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

   On the contrary, the longer the fight, the more Wu Jun's shortcomings in land warfare were exposed.

  At the back, even though the Cheng army had the advantage of a strong army, but under the frequent harassment of the Wei army's fine cavalry, they were no longer able to attack.

   "Your Majesty, let's withdraw!"

   Seeing that the situation was not right, Sun Shao tried hard to persuade Sun Quan:

   "Liu'an to Shouchun is only more than two hundred miles away. Your Majesty uses himself as a bait to detain the thief here. The time is enough."

   "In the past two days, the cavalry army of the thieves has been fighting more and more. It is likely that Wang Ling mobilized the cavalry from the rear to arrive."

   "Your Majesty's plan to lure the enemy has already succeeded, and it is not appropriate to drag it on any longer. We'd better go back to the ship and wait for the good news from the Commander..."

  Sun Quan refused, drew his sword to the sky, and shouted to the soldiers:

   "Da Wu's expedition this time is the strength of the whole country. If it fails, Da Wu will have no chance to go north."

   "I have reached my sixtieth year. As long as this battle can be won, what's the point of giving up my life? Without me, there is still a prince. Why do you worry about Wu?"

  The soldiers around heard this, their morale was boosted and they shouted in unison.

  Your Majesty is not afraid of death, why should we be afraid?

  Hearing the faint cry of "Wan Sheng" coming from the Wu army's camp from a distance, Wang Ling showed a contemptuous smile on his face:

   "Sun Quan doesn't know that his death is approaching! I'll see if he can still laugh tomorrow?"

  The next day, a disheveled general Wu led several remnants of soldiers to the gate of Sun Quan's camp, and shouted loudly:

   "Your Majesty, urgent military situation!"

   After checking his identity, Wu will be brought before Sun Quan soon.

   But seeing that his face was covered in dust and tears, he looked even more horrible.

  All he could hear was hissing and crying:

   "Your Majesty, it's not good. Around the grain road, a large number of Wei thief elite cavalry appeared, and they burned all the grain and grass that I escorted this time!"

"What did you say?!"

  Don’t say it’s Sun Quan, even Sun Shao couldn’t help but scream out loud:

   "How could a thief..."

  Before he finished speaking, he immediately reacted.

   These days, His Majesty seems to be holding Wang Ling back.

   But Wang Ling is not idle, he is planning to block His Majesty here!

  The place where the boat and His Majesty camped is more than thirty miles away.

  More than 30 miles away, walking faster, but it is only half a day's march.

  However, Wu Jun's weakness in land warfare made the thirty-mile road a weak point that cannot be ignored.

   After all, Han is not being taken advantage of. It is the utmost benevolence to help His Majesty arm the imperial army in such a short period of time.

   And these forbidden troops, with all the guards by His Majesty's side at this time, naturally cannot be sent out to **** food and grass.

  It seems that Wei Thief Jingqi made a deliberate circle and ambushed between His Majesty and Lou Chuan.

   Now it seems that in the face of the Wei Guojing cavalry who came suddenly, and the soldiers who escorted the food and grass from the direction of the building boat, it was too late to make an effective resistance.

   Lost this batch of food and grass, although it was not enough to cause an immediate shortage of food in the army.

  But it aroused Sun Shao's worries more and more.

   "Your Majesty, now it seems that what I said yesterday is already true! Wang Ling must have already mobilized Shouchun's troops."

   "We can't retreat from the enemy before, and there are bandits attacking and harassing us later. It can be said that the former soldiers have lost their ground. I beg your Majesty, take good care of the dragon's body, and be sympathetic to the soldiers!"

  Sun Quan's opponents are the elite soldiers in his own hands.

   But no matter how strong the soldiers are, they still have to eat.

   Losing a batch of food and grass is not considered a serious injury.

  But if he stays here all the time, and there is no way to guarantee the food road in the rear, how is it different from the dead place mentioned in the art of war?

  The sudden bad news made Sun Quan and Sun Shao even ignore how to deal with General Wu who was disadvantaged in escorting food and grass.

  Especially Sun Quan, remembering that he just said yesterday that he would die for the country, and retreated in a hurry today, then...

  Sun Quan's face turned cloudy and clear, extremely ugly.

  Sun Shao saw Sun Quan like this, so he didn't know what was embarrassing for His Majesty.

  He didn't care about the armor, and knelt down directly on the ground, pulling Sun Quan's robe, begging bitterly:

   "Your Majesty used his body as a bait to attract Shouchun's bandits to come. Now that he has achieved his goal, what good is it to stay here?"

   "Your Majesty, it's not advisable to play too much, otherwise, if the thief reacts, wouldn't it ruin the event instead?"

  Sun Quan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and nodded slowly:

   "What Gongli said is true, as the saying goes, too much is too much, I didn't think of this level!"

  Seeing that His Majesty finally agreed to his suggestion, Sun Shao was overjoyed, and quickly struck while the iron was hot:

   "Your Majesty, if the thief wants to pass back the news of the robbing of my grain road, he must also go around in circles."

   "We have to return to the ship before Wang Ling gets the news and responds."

  Sun Quan wanted to be reserved, and didn't want to retreat so soon—at any rate, he wanted to play two more games and stay for two or three days.

   Otherwise, wouldn’t this be a slap in the face?

   It's just that Sun Shao knew that the situation was urgent. If he missed this time window and was surrounded by thieves, His Majesty might be in danger.

  Even if it is not far from the building and the boat, the thieves cannot completely surround it, but it is not good to reduce the lives of the soldiers.

  Sun Quan saw that Sun Shao was holding on to his skirt, and his face was full of pleading.

  Although Sun Shao is younger than Sun Quan, his hair and beard are already white.

   All the generals in the tent saw this situation, and they all saluted together:

   "I implore Your Majesty to take the dragon's body as the most important thing, and retreat to the ship."

  Sun Quan was really helpless, he could only sigh:

   "Get up first for the public ceremony, everyone get up, I will retreat."

  Sun Shao stood up after hearing this.

   It's just that although Sun Shao's reaction is fast enough, Wang Ling's reaction is not slow.

  Knowing that there was a change in Wu's camp, Wang Ling immediately understood:

   "This must be the robber's grain road being robbed, so he moved the heart to retreat, come!"

   "What is the general's order?"

   "Order the army, immediately organize the army, and follow me to kill the thief!"

   At the same time secretly gritted his teeth:

   "The thief is treacherous and afraid of death. In the past few days, he has also shown the appearance of a deadly battle. I didn't expect that if something went wrong, he would run away immediately."

   On the other hand, Sun Shao naturally knew that Wei Jun couldn't just let him go so easily.

  He volunteered and said:

   "Your Majesty, please go first, and I will stay behind!"

  At the same time, Shaopi, which was two or three hundred miles away, was dug up by Wu Jun, and a huge wave was released. The flood swept mud and rocks and swept towards Shouchun City.

  Yang Hong, standing at the top of the city, watched the white waves from far to near, like a giant beast violently attacking the city wall of Shouchun, his eyes were about to burst:

   "The thief is so vicious!"

  In this era, whether it is a big city or a small city, most of them are built with rammed earth.

   What I fear most is blisters.

  No matter how hard the city wall is, it will become soft as long as it is soaked in water.

   After a little longer, it will collapse by itself.

   One of the important tasks of the corvée levied by the government every year is to repair the city walls.

   It is because of the annual rain that will destroy part of the city wall.

  So no matter how high or thick the city wall of Shouchun is, at most it can last a little longer.

   "Hurry up, send out a fast horse and urge the governor to lead the troops back to rescue Shouchun!"

  (end of this chapter)