Ask which is the strongest city in the world The answer is Xiangyang Xiangyang has been built since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and has gone through thousands of years, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.
Under the governance of Liu Biao, it has 300,000 residents, the city is high and thick, solid as a rock, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is known as "the first city of the Han family".
The height of the city wall of the ordinary county administration is about four zhang, and even the city walls of the two national capitals of Luoyang and Chang'an are only about five zhang, which is about eleven meters high before Liu Wei crossed.
As the soul of Jingzhou, Xiangyang, the height of the city wall has reached six zhang, and in terms of height alone, it is already unparalleled in the world.
The city walls of Xiangyang are not only high and thick, they are all reinforced and thickened with bluestone, not to mention that the cold weapons of this period cannot damage the city wall, even the Mongolian iron cavalry that swept the west more than a thousand years later also suffered a big loss under the city of Xiangyang.
Although the current Xiangyang is not the Xiangyang of the Yuan and Song Dynasty wars, it is in the same line, and the muscles and bones of Xiangyang City are innate.
The Han River bypasses under the city of Xiangyang, flows endlessly from north to east, the river is wide, and the water flow is turbulent; Sun Ce had already ordered people to dismantle all the bridges above the Han River, relying on the Han River as a moat to block Yue Fei's army.
Xiangyang is not only the natural danger of the Han River, but also the equally strong Fancheng in the southwest.
Sun Ce and Sun Li led 30,000 horses to defend Xiangyang, and Zhang Dingbian led 20,000 people to defend Fancheng; used Zhu Sheng's serial plan to stay behind closed doors and refuse to fight.
Yue Fei attacked Xiangyang, and Zhang Dingbian echoed behind him; Yue Fei attacked Fancheng, and Sun Ce attacked from behind.
Yue Fei's soldiers had been under the city of Xiangyang for more than 20 days, launched several strong attacks, and lost six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, but it was still difficult to perform, and the situation fell into a stalemate for a while.
The art of war cloud, ten times the siege, five times the attack.
Facing a rock-solid city like Xiangyang, Yue Fei led 100,000 people to face Sun Ce's 50,000 defenders, and it was difficult to say that he would win easily.
This is also Yue Fei's original intention to let Chang Yuchun attack Jiangxia, because in Yue Fei's opinion, the "Jingnan Little Overlord", who has enough food and is brave and good at fighting, is definitely a hard bone to gnaw, and it is by no means comparable to Liu Biao, who is struggling to survive In recent days, there has been a continuous autumn rain, which is six or seven days at a time, causing the Han River to soar, and the city wall of Xiangyang is slippery, and it is impossible to attack the city.
Yue Fei had no choice but to temporarily retreat for ten miles and choose a suitable terrain to set up camp.
Standing in front of the handsome tent, looking at the majestic and majestic Xiangyang City not far away, I saw the flags fluttering on the head of the city, and the warships on the river were like shuttles, Yue Fei couldn't help frowning, and sighed in his heart: "Your Majesty has been in Jinling since the capital, I, Yue Fei, have gone through a hundred battles, and no one has been able to surpass Sun Bofu with a good army, but I am afraid that the strength of Yuan Shao's army will also be at a disadvantage."
"This is only half of Sun Ce's troops, if it weren't for Huo Quji's dragging Zhou Yu in Jingnan, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would face me head-on, it would be really hard to say that you would win Chang Yuchun, Chang Yuchun, I wanted you to go to Jiangxia to pick up battle merits, but who knew that you were so greedy for merit, and the generals were at odds with each other.
The governor had no choice but to transfer you to Wuguan, but I didn't expect you to be provoked by Zhao Kuangyin to rebel in the end, which really disappointed me."
Yue Fei had just received a letter from Xue Rengui from Wuguan, and after learning that Zhao Kuangyin and Chang Yuchun had rebelled, Yue Fei's heart was deeply pierced.
After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to the Son of Heaven to ask for guilt, blaming himself for employing people to inspect, and letting Zhao Kuangyin and Chang Yuchun sit in Wuguan, so that they colluded and deceived 30,000 soldiers to go to Xiliang, causing huge losses to the imperial court.
Therefore, he wrote a letter requesting that his new Pavilion Marquis be cut off, and that his general Zhengxi be reduced by three ranks.
After receiving Xue Rengui's letter of request for help, Yue Fei immediately reacted, ordering Wei Qing to divide the soldiers and horses into two, and lead Tai Shici and Xu Rong to lead 40,000 troops back to Wancheng to assist Xue Rengui's army in defending Wuguan and Wancheng, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Luoyang army.
Leaving Xu Shu to sit in Jiangxia, pacify the locality, and after Zhang Hong, the assassin of Jingzhou, took over the local government affairs, he returned to Wancheng to participate in the military.
Cheng Yanjin, Yang Yansi, and Zhuge Liang led 30,000 troops from Anlu and Suixian to Xiangyang to help and work together to attack Xiangyang.
Liu Ye first comforted: "It is difficult to know the face of the person, and the governor has good intentions, but he often does not appreciate the spring, but instead acts against Zhao Kuangyin for his demagoguery; This matter is not the fault of the governor, there is no need to worry about Huaiye to believe that His Majesty will distinguish between right and wrong, the governor's top priority is to first take the two counties of Jingbei, and then wave his troops to take and pacify Jingnan, so as to live up to the trust of the saint."
After a pause, he suggested again: "Instead of raising the soup to stop boiling, it is better to draw Sun Ce's heavy troops to defend Xiangyang, not to mention impregnable, but it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to forcibly break the city, you will inevitably pay huge casualties."
Now that Jiangxia has been taken, and Liu Biao's 20,000 horses have all surrendered, the governor might as well repair a letter to His Majesty and ask for the command of the water division.
Ordered Han Shizhong to lead Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, cooperate with Zhuge Liang and Cheng Yanjin's troops to trace the river, land from Luo County, divide troops to take Changsha and Wuling, and attack Sun Ce's lair, which will definitely make him difficult to take care of."
"Clever plan" Yue Fei couldn't help but give Liu Ye a thumbs up, "It's good to have a military advisor to share your worries, but Ziyang is a big talent, but Yue Fei is in the middle of Lushan, and he is a little concerned about the gains and losses of one city and one place." ” Yue Fei immediately changed his mind and ordered Wei Qing to still lead Tai Shici and Xu Rong north to Wancheng to consolidate the defense; Zhuge Liang, Cheng Yanjin and the other three led the remaining soldiers and horses and Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu's sailors to merge into Han Shizhong's army.
Led by Han Shizhong, he traced the river upstream, went straight to Luoxian and Yueyang, and after landing, he divided his troops to attack Changsha and Wuling; Let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu be difficult to care about, and strive to destroy Sun Ce in one go.
"Most of Sun Ce's soldiers are from Jingnan, as long as Changsha and Wuling are taken, Sun Ce's army will be in turmoil, Liu Ziyang is very good at this, and he will ask for credit for you in a book."
After the deployment, Yue Fei was still full of praise for Liu Ye's strategy, but he did not accept Liu Ye's suggestion that he ask for the command of the water division: "The command of the water division is still left to Han Liangchen, Yue Fei is not as good as him in the water battle."
This Xiangyang has the Han River natural danger, and the difficulty of attacking the city has increased greatly, it can be seen that my Yue Fei is not good at water warfare, and I still have self-knowledge. ” "Hehe, you're too careful" Liu Ye smiled and did not continue to advise.
It is guessed that Yue Fei must be afraid that the high merit will shock the master, and the strong minister and the weak master will cause criticism, so he refused to accept the command of the water master.
Thinking about it, after merging Xue Rengui's army, plus the garrison of Wuguan, and annexing Jiangxia's men and horses, even if Zhao Kuangyin's defection occurred, the strength of the entire Jingzhou army was approaching 300,000.
If Han Shizhong's sailors were to be asked for to come over, then Yue Fei would control nearly 350,000 troops, accounting for almost half of the Eastern Han court.
With such military power in hand, even if the Son of Heaven has no ideas, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no villains who will give advice, sow discord, and give people a handle.
Therefore, Liu Ye felt that Yue Fei's choice was correct, but he thought it was a little simpler.
After the discussion, Yue Fei immediately sent several envoys to Jiangxia and Jinling respectively to deliver the message.
At the same time, he ordered his generals to take turns to feint to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng to contain Sun Ce, so as not to alert the enemy and strengthen the defense of the Yangtze River.
But then again, the total strength of Sun Ce's troops was about 150,000, in addition to the 50,000 garrisons in Xiangyang, Wu Jing and Xing Daorong led 20,000 troops to garrison Nanjun; Zhou Yu led Huang Gai, Han Dang, Wu Yunzhao, Sha Moke and others to lead 40,000 troops to unite with the remnants of Yang Xiuqing's Taiping Army to contend with Huo Qubing in Guiyang.
The rest of the men and horses, under the leadership of Cheng Pu, together with Zhu Zhi, Lu Dai, Jia Hua, Song Qian and others, assisted Sun Quan to sit in Changsha, even if they got the news in advance, how many troops could they draw to defend the Yangtze River Yue Fei's envoy hurried to Jiangxia and Jinling, giving orders to Wei Qing and others on the one hand, and reporting the battle plan to the Son of Heaven on the other.
It's just that Yue Fei's envoy has not yet arrived in Jinling, and the envoy sent by the imperial court has already arrived in Xiapi, and issued a holy decree to transfer Xun Yu to Beijing as prime minister, and Zhang Juzheng to take over the assassination of Xuzhou.
"Thank you Lord Longen, I am willing to be loyal to the country, do my best, and die without regrets" At the moment when he received the holy decree, Zhang Juzheng's heart was full of joy.
In less than two years, he became a state thorn history, such a favor is really rare in ancient and modern times, and I am afraid that such a promotion speed cannot be described t1706231537: