Yuzhangkou is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Xia River. It is named after Yuzhang Gang in the northwest, ten miles east of Jiangling City.
When Liu Yi and He Wuji led their troops to defeat Feng Gai's army here, Huan Xuan was so frightened that he abandoned Jiangling City and fled after learning that he was defeated at Yuzhangkou.
At the Governor's Office of Jingzhou, Liu Daogui received an official letter from Wang Zhene, claiming that the siege of Jiankang had been resolved, and the thieves were defeated and fled to Xunyang. Liu Yuzheng, the Secretary of Records, sent troops to pursue and suppress the Yongzhou army. The army returned to Xiangyang and so on.
Yanzhi said coldly: "The rebel army withdrew from Jiankang to Xunyang. It is clear that they intend to attack Jiangling again. The Yongzhou army withdrew from Jingling at this time with ulterior motives." Liu Daogui said solemnly: "It is better to rely on yourself than to ask for help. If we work together, we will definitely defeat the rebel army." Xu Daofu led an army of 30,000 to station in Xiakou. When he learned that the Yongzhou army in Jingling had returned to the north, he smiled and said, "Yang Anxuan wants to sit back and watch the fight between tigers. God help me here. Yes." Immediately ordered to send troops to attack Jiangling City.
News of the approaching rebel army reached Jiangling, and rumors spread in the city that Jiankang had been captured by Lu Xun. Xu Daofu was sent to lead his army to pacify Jingzhou.
When Huan Qian invaded, many nobles in Jiangling City secretly communicated with Huan Qian. After Huan Qian's defeat, Liu Daogui obtained the letters. Liu Daogui imitated Cao Cao's move and burned the books in public.
The nobles in the city felt his virtue. When Xu Daofu invaded, they sent people and food to help defend the city, and the order in the city gradually stabilized.
It happened that Suo Miao arrived with his army and brought news that the rebel army Jiankang had been defeated and retreated to Xunyang. The city of Jiangling was filled with joy and morale was greatly boosted.
Liu Daogui discussed with others how to defeat the enemy. General Jianwu and Sima Wang Zhenzhi believed that there were many thieves and they should defend the city until the thieves' army ran out of food before attacking.
Tan Daoji disagreed, thinking that if they defended the city, the bandits would inevitably plunder everywhere, and Jingzhou would be in ruins even if they retreated. It would be better to fight the enemy early and save the people of Jingzhou.
Liu Daogui was determined to resist the enemy outside Jiangling City, so he chose the battlefield at the mouth of Yuzhang as deduced by Wang Zhen'e, and ordered Sima Wang Zhenzhi to lead 2,000 troops and hundreds of warships as the vanguard.
Wang Zhenzhi was shocked and turned pale. He thought Liu Daogui intended to retaliate and asked him to go and die. He stood up and worshiped: "The thieves are so powerful that it is impossible for a fool to defeat the enemy with only two thousand people. Please send Liu Daogui to send more capable generals." Liu Daogui said. : "Bo Zhong has fought against Fu Hong many times and won repeatedly. He is both wise and brave. If you lead the troops first, and foolishly lead the army behind, you will definitely be able to defeat the enemy." Wang Zhenzhi's stubborn words were not allowed by Liu Daogui, so he had to go out and lead the way sadly. The army meets the enemy.
When Wang Zhenzhi left, Zhi Yan said: "Liu Governor, Wang Sima is good at defending the city. He is really not capable of charging into the battle. I am willing to go with him on the expedition." Liu Daogui said with a smile: "I know that Wang Sima will probably be defeated when he goes there, but he We are about to take advantage of his defeat to lure Xu Dao into an ambush." Looking at the Nanman Sima Liu Zun on the left, he said: "Huiming, you secretly lead 1,500 men and 60 warships to lurk in the Xia River, waiting for Wang Sima When the rebel army was defeated and pursued, after half of the ships passed by, they fought out of Xia River, cut the rebel army into two sections, and took advantage of their panic to defeat the enemy." Liu Zun is Liu Daogui's maternal brother, Xiao's uncle. He led his army to conquer Huan Qian, and handed over the seal of the Nanman Colonel to Liu Zun, who proposed to join the army, and asked him to guard Jiangling. After defeating Huan Qian, Liu Daogui temporarily used Liu Zun as the Nanman Colonel.
Liu Daogui ordered Suo Miao to lead the supporting Qingqi to lurk in the south of the river. If the rebel army landed from the south, he would attack it.
To Yan Zhidao: "Xu Daofu's army is thirty thousand, and Jiangling's troops are only ten thousand. If the number of troops is too small, even if Xu Daofu is lured into an ambush, the mere thousand people will just throw sheep into tigers, and the effect will not be big. It is easy to be divided and annihilated by the bandit army." Liu Daogui did not explain much, and stood up and said: "The foolish intention has been decided, all you need to do is act according to the military orders." On the Yangtze River, Jingzhou's vanguard ship met Xu Daofu's fleet, and Wang Zhen When he saw the civilian army fleet coming from across the river, his face turned pale and he ordered to shoot arrows from a distance.
Xu Daofu saw that the Jingzhou army only had more than a hundred warships, and he laughed and said: "My sons, rush over and kill these officers and soldiers." The morale of the rebel army was high, and the ships fanned out on the river, heading towards The Jingzhou fleet went for a ride.
When Wang Zhenzhi saw the rebel army rushing towards them despite being hit by arrows, the soldiers on the boat looked frightened and their legs and feet were trembling. Knowing that they were unable to defeat them, he ordered them to retreat. The rebel army followed closely, with only ten feet apart.
Xu Daofu secretly paid attention to the retreating ships of the Jingzhou Army. These ships scrambled for the way and collided with each other. From time to time, soldiers fell into the water. Some ships simply turned sideways in the middle of the river. There were shouts and shouts. It should not be a false defeat.
After capturing more than a dozen Jingzhou ships one after another, Xu Daofu had concluded that the Jingzhou army was truly defeated, and ordered the messengers beside him to wave flags, and the warships of the civilian army shot towards the west like arrows from the string.
Yuzhangkou passed by in an instant. Xu Daofu wanted to capture the Jingzhou fleet in front, and did not pay attention to this tributary. The ships of the civilian army passed by Yuzhangkou one after another.
Not far away, Liu Daogui led the remaining 200 ships and 6,000 soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Army to come out and meet the defeated former army.
Liu Daogui ordered his men to raise flags and tell the retreating warships to move to both sides so as not to collide with the main formation. The fleet led by Xu Daofu arrived and saw the Jingzhou fleet in the middle of the river with its sails set up and waiting.
Xu Daofu pointed at the Jingzhou fleet and said with a smile: "Everyone, all the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou are here. As long as they are defeated, Jiangling City will be caught off guard. Kill!" The rebel army used strong ships as the front and charged at the Jingzhou army. past.
The twenty warships at the forefront of the Jingzhou fleet were lined up in a row, with two Wanjun divine crossbows on each ship. They waited for the civilian army to approach one hundred and fifty steps.
The sound of "Bang Bang" continued, and dozens of crossbows as thick as human arms fired, tearing apart the hull of the civilian army. These ships had not been modified, and their openings were torn apart by crossbow arrows. The river waves seeped in along the gaps, and the hulls began to capsize.
Xu Daofu ordered to wave the flag and move the warship to the left and right, preparing to attack from the side. Liu Daogui asked the ships in the rear to meet him and fought fiercely on the river.
At this time, half of the People's Liberation Army fleet passed through Yuzhang Pass. Liu Zun led the ambushes to cut across the Xia River and used the water force to cut the People's Liberation Army fleet into two.
Xu Daofu's 30,000 troops attacked Jiangling, and he brought out more than 10,000 elite troops from Shixing, and the rest were common people who were intimidated.
When fighting against the Jingzhou Army, Xu Daofu divided his elite troops into two and led 6,000 elite troops as the vanguard. The other 4,000 troops were placed at the end, with the common people with low combat effectiveness in the middle.
Liu Zunzong fought out of Xia Shui, hitting the weak point of the civilian army. The fleet was so crowded that it was impossible to organize a counterattack.
Liu obeyed the order and set fire to it, and thick smoke billowed out. When Xu Daofu saw the smoke rising behind him, he ordered part of the fleet to attack the enemy. He hurried to Yuzhangkou with two thousand troops and horses.
Seeing a good opportunity, Liu Daogui marched forward beating drums. Seeing that their leader had left, Liu Daogui had no fighting spirit and scattered in all directions.
As soon as they arrived at Yuzhangkou, Xu Daofu had not yet sent the order to organize a counterattack, and there were killing sounds floating in the wind from the stern of the ship. Xu Daofu was shocked. Where did the Jingzhou army get so many soldiers and horses? Could it be that Liu Yu led his army?
Xu Daofu simply ordered the ships to rush eastward with him, and then regroup and fight again after defeating the Jin army at the rear.
As the fleet went down the river, Xu Daofu saw the Yong-character flag fluttering high and lost his voice: "Where did the Yongzhou army come from? This is bad." Five days ago, Yang Anxuan followed Wang Zhenxie's army from Jing. Ling evacuated, Liu Zhong led the navy to board the ship at Yangkou, and retreated to Zhangshan to rest in the eyes of everyone.
The rebel army set out from Xiakou. After learning about it, Yang Anxuan immediately led his army back to Yangkou along the Han River, attacked Xiakou, and seized the grain, grass and baggage stored by the rebel army here.
The ships of the Yongzhou Navy were modified and their speed increased by 30%. Although Xu Daofu and his fleet had left for a day, Yang Anxuan and his army still caught up with the battle.
Attacking Xu Daofu's rear army in succession, Yongzhou had eight thousand soldiers and horses, and more than four hundred warships, which were maneuverable.
Sun Hong, the general of the rear group of the rebel army, turned the bow of the ship to face the Yongzhou army. In his eagerness, he exposed his body and was shot to death by Yu Fei with an arrow.
The militiamen had no command and were scurrying around like headless flies. Yang Anxuan asked his subordinates to shout
"Those who throw away their weapons are not guilty of surrender." Most of the rebel soldiers were common people who were under threat. When they heard the cry, they threw down their weapons and moved towards the north bank under the orders of the Yongzhou Army. Then they landed on the beach and sat down to wait for disposal.
When Xu Daofu arrived at the battlefield, there were no ships left fighting the Yongzhou army on the river. The Yongzhou navy lined up in a long line and was driving the ships of the rebel army to the shore.
The Jingzhou Army was chasing behind them, and the Yongzhou Army was blocking the way in front. The courage of his soldiers was already running low. Xu Daofu knew that the situation was over, so he jumped on a fast boat and ordered a quick breakout.
A large number of boatmen from the rebel army went down the river. The Yongzhou army, under the command of Wang Zhene, intercepted the river and ordered: "If you don't kill those who surrender, the ships will dock." Liu Daogui led his army to arrive and saw the rebel army. The fleet was bunched up on the river and ordered to fire arrows.
The refugees on the ship either got into the cabin or jumped into the river, fleeing for their lives in a panic, shouting more cleverly
"I wish to surrender" and followed the fleet towards the north shore. When m saw the Yongzhou flag, Liu Daogui was both happy and worried. He was happy that the Yongzhou navy helped to wipe out the invading rebel army, but he was worried that the Yongzhou army was taking the credit. So many ships and rebels had become prisoners. He didn't know what he could do. How much is divided.
An envoy was sent to contact the generals leading the Yongzhou Army. Yang Anxuan was unable to come forward, so he asked Wang Zhene and Liu Daogui to go to negotiate. He took two modified stern warships along the river to pursue the escaped bandits.
There were not many escaping ships, and there were scattered ones on the river. When they passed the escaping warships along the way, Shen Qingzhi and Yu Fei fired arrows, shot down the sails, and ordered the ships to return to the north bank.
The modified Yongzhou ship was equipped with water wheels on both sides. It was covered by an outer cover and no abnormalities could be seen on the surface. However, the soldiers in the inner cabin stepped on the oars with their feet to shake the blades, and the speed was obviously faster than that of the people on the ship who had turned into civilian soldiers.
Yang Anxuan looked at a clipper ship more than thirty feet away. Standing at the stern of the ship was a famous man, standing as tall as a pine tree. He looked like a general of the civilian army.
"Catch up with that boat," Yang Anxuan gave the order, and the boat he was on quickly chased the clipper Xu Daofu was on.
Seeing the Yongzhou ships approaching quickly, Xu Daofu thought it would be difficult to escape, so he simply ordered to stop in the river and wait.
The ship was parallel to the side of the clipper, and the waves pushed the clipper around. Yang Anxuan saw Xu Daofu as if he was nailed to the ship, his figure rising and falling with the ship, and his upright posture did not change at all.
Yang Anxuan praised: "What a good man, please tell me your name."
"Fan Yang and Xu Daofu have met Governor Yang." Xu Daofu saluted proudly, clasping his fists. Yang Anxuan was stunned. This person was Xu Daofu. Xu Daofu was about forty years old, with dark complexion, bulging eyebrows and tiger eyes, a thick beard, a tall and straight figure, and a heroic spirit.
I have never met Xu Daofu, why did he recognize me at a glance? Xu Daofu said calmly: "I met Governor Yang in the capital. Liu Yu, the Secretary of Records, sent people to assassinate Governor Yang in Luchuncheng. Yu even shot an arrow as a warning."
"Oh, you shot that arrow." Yang Anxuan looked at Xu Daofu, pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand and said: "Qingzhi, take the Qingyun Bow." Holding the bow in his hand, Yang Anxuan said to Xu Daofu: "Xu Daofu Brother, I have heard about you. You are brave and resourceful, and you can be considered a good person. But you help the tyrants and bring harm to the common people, so you cannot be called a hero." Xu Daofu shouted sternly: "I fell into your hands today, I will kill you. There is no need for you to teach me a lesson." Yang Anxuan said no more, raised his hand and shot an arrow, hitting the mast right on top.
Yang Anxuan drew back his bow and said, "I will pay you back today for the love of one arrow in the past. Xu Daofu, please go away so that you can take care of yourself."
