Farmer of Shu Han

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, who was infested by the cold air, would get better when the weather turned warmer.

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

Sun Deng, who had been tortured by the illness for a whole spring, had become emaciated.

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

But at this time the crown prince was 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's cough from time to time, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

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 stepped lightly, 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 Deng was ill for a long time and couldn't fall asleep normally, so he woke up suddenly:

"Who's there?"

"Go back to Your Highness, His Majesty has come to visit His Highness."

"Is His Majesty coming?"

Sun Deng subconsciously wanted to stand up, only to realize that his limbs were weak and he 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 motioned for 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 exhaust Sun Deng's strength, and he had to lie back.

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

Obviously, the serious illness has taken all his energy and energy away.

He could only hear him asking weakly:

"Didn't His Majesty plan to personally lead the army again when Da Wu sent his troops northward? The day to send troops is coming soon, right?"

"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 greatest effort to Sun Deng.

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

Even this son, regardless of his own wishes, repeatedly got 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're 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."

When Sun Deng heard this, he noticed that Sun Quan was wearing tight military clothing instead of the toga and fancy clothes commonly used in the palace.

Knowing the purpose of Sun Quan's visit this time, he managed to squeeze out a smile:

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

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

The more intelligent 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 crown prince really has any accidents, then...

Sun Quan only felt that his whole life's hard work in cultivating his successors was in vain.

This blow was not insignificant.

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

At this time, Sun Quan turned into a father who loved his son eagerly, held Sun Deng's withered hand, earnestly urged, and seemed 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 military officials to greet him outside Jianye City."

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

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

Sun Deng, who had always had no energy, finally had a rare light in his eyes when he heard what Sun Quan said.

It was like a flame bursting out suddenly before a candle was 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 His Majesty."

After leaving the East Palace, Sun Quan let out a long breath, as if he wanted to expel the depression in his chest:

"Come on!"

"Your Majesty, please order!"

"Command, set off!"

"Here!"

Chuanqi, carrying the military order, began to gallop out of Jianye City and rushed towards Stone City.

"Woooo..."

A 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 came out of the city one by one.

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

All of a sudden, the broad river was covered with warships densely packed like fish scales, with the bows connecting to the sterns, which made people dazzled.

To outsiders, these countless warships seemed to be in disarray, floating on the river at will.

But in the eyes of Ji Han's students who are already familiar with Wu's warships, 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's eyes flashed with excitement.

When Wu sent troops this time, he specially allocated three fighting ships to them.

Mengchong and Doujian are the main battleships of Wu's warships.

Mengchong has a long and narrow hull, and the bow is made into a sharp knife shape. It is extremely maneuverable and can be used to collide with enemy ships.

In many cases, Mengchong will cover the back of the boat with raw cowhide, and the hatchbacks will have switch holes.

Fighting ships are different from Mengchong.

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

A shed is built five feet inboard, as high as the parapet, and a parapet is set around the shed.

Mengchong is used for melee combat, so the back of the boat must be covered with raw cowhide to prevent the enemy from bowing and arrows.

The battleship, on the other hand, used long-range bows and arrows to suppress the enemy, and covered Meng Chong to charge.

Therefore, 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.

Mengchong and Doujian go further up, and there are even bigger buildings.

The building boats are tall and wide, and they look like buildings. Because of their high buildings, they are 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 noble room.

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

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

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

Wu Guozhou'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, and it is the building ships that live in it that are commanding and dispatching.

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.

In his early years, Zhuge Ke was appointed as the general of Weibei by Sun Quan because of his meritorious service in pacifying the mountains.

Later, Zhuge Ke took the initiative to ask to lead the army across the river to garrison, so Sun Quan let him 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 path to the north.

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 was in love with Hefei.

Zhuge Ke was able to continue to send out detailed missions to find out the dangers in Huainan, and 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.

When 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 would divide into two groups and invade Huainan.

But seeing that Wang Ling didn't panic at all, he smiled and said to the left and right:

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

On the left and right there are those who are awake:

"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."

"Presumably it was because of the support of the Shu captives that Wu Kou dared to offend our great Wei after the Great Hunger."

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

Wang Ling nodded upon hearing this:

"How dare I take things lightly?"

He clicked on 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 traitor 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..."

When Wang Ling mentioned Lu'an, he pondered for a moment, his brows began to wrinkle, and there was a little disgust on his face:

"Wen Zhongruo (i.e. Wen Qin), the prefect of Liu'an, although he is brave, is greedy and cruel, and 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 the country, the Cao family has placed great trust in the fellow villagers.

After taking advantage of the two identities of being a hero and fellow emperor, Wen Qin was appointed by the Cao family even though he was violent and rude, and he lived in the arrogant mausoleum and did not follow the official law.

When Cao Rui was still alive, Wen Qin was the prefect of Lu'an County. Wang Ling once wrote a letter to the court, bluntly saying that Wen Qin was corrupt and cruel, and it was not suitable for him to caress the border.

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

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

Unexpectedly, after Cao Shuang took 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 are full of love.

Even Cao Xiu, the last governor of Yangzhou, was still at odds with Jia Kui even though he was a relative of the Cao family.

And Wen Qin was treated so courteously by Cao Shuang, and he 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 was supervising all the military forces in Yangzhou in name, there was actually no way to restrain Wenqin at all.

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 troops 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 be afraid of?"

"Although Wen Zhongruo has a false reputation, he is indeed a brave man, and the city of Lu'an is solid, and Wu Kou and Lu Xun personally led the attack, but they still can't go down."

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

The left and right say that Lu Xun can't attack Lu'an, but in fact, it's still light.

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

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 they 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 Zuo You 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 at that time, make a move to 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 regarded as 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, so they can be said to be about 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.

Everyone on the left and right held 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 prefect'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 few days. Shouchun is the county government of Huainan, and someone needs to guard it. Prefect Tian is familiar with military affairs, so why don't you guard Shouchun for me?"

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

Shouchun was in the rear, and the king's governor put Tian Yu in Shouchun, obviously because he didn't want him to make contributions in this battle.

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

What's behind Ni Tianyu?

Back view?

How dare you mention the matter of full favor in front of the king's governor.

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

"The last general takes orders."