When Gao Jinzhi entered Jiangzhou City, Liu Daolian of Jiangling City received a letter from Tan Daoji.
He was blocked at Dangyang Pass, and then Yanzhi's army was defeated at Zhangshan. Five routes to attack Yong, but his own route lost troops and made no progress. Liu Daolian was so anxious that he could only urge Liu Zhong, Liu Cui and others three times a day to strengthen the attack. . .
In his letter, Tan Daoji asked Liu Daolian to send naval troops to Yufucheng in Badong County (today's Baidi City in Fengjie, Chongqing, built by Gongsun Shu of the Western Han Dynasty, who called himself Baidi), and join forces with Liu Daolian to attack Jiangzhou City and connect the Yangtze River. waterway.
Liu Daolian was feeling anxious about not being able to achieve victory, and Tan Daoji's letter made him feel like he was in good stead. Liu Daolian was Liu Yu's half-brother. Of course Liu Yu had to send his brothers to guard the important area of Jingzhou, but Liu Daolian was far less talented than his younger brother Liu Daogui.
In order to ensure the stability of Jingzhou, Liu Yu not only arranged for Yanzhi to be stationed in Jingling, but also left two of his most capable generals, Liu Zhong and Liu Cui, to assist him, and secretly asked Liu Daolian to lend his strength to others.
Liu Daolian considered that Liu Zhong, as the commander of the army, could not be mobilized to fight outside Dangyang City, so Jianwei General Liu Cui was ordered to return to Jiangling City.
Liu Cui is Liu Yi's brother, but he is loyal to Liu Yu. When Liu Yu launched an army to conquer Liu Yi, Liu Cui was in Xiakou. Someone once asked Liu Yu to transfer Liu Cui, but Liu Yu still trusted him very much. Liu Cui also tried his best to be loyal and made many military exploits. He was named a male soldier of Shuyang County. .
He learned that Liu Daolian sent him to lead the navy to attack Yufucheng, and then went up the river to encircle Jiangzhou City with Tan Daoji's troops and open up the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Liu Cui said with a smile: "Tan Cishi has captured Jiangyang City. If we can capture Jiangzhou City again, connect Jingzhou and Nanyizhou together, and advance towards Liangzhou and Northern Yizhou, the whole war situation will become more and more favorable to me."
Liu Daolian said: "Tan Ci's letter mentioned that he ordered people to go to Jiangzhou City to ask Li Qiang, the governor of Ba County, to surrender. The sooner the troops arrive at Jiangzhou City, the greater the possibility that Li Qiang will surrender."
Only by knowing this and knowing the other can we win. Liu Cui called in spies from the General Intelligence Department and asked about the situation in Badong County in detail.
Huan Jing, the governor of Badong, was born in the Longkang Huan clan and was a member of Huan Xuan's clan. After the defeat of the Huan clan, he fled to his old friend Zhu Chaoshi. He followed Zhu Chaoshi in the battle against Qiuchi and made meritorious service. He was recommended by Zhu Chaoshi to take over as the governor of Badong County.
Huan Jing had only been appointed governor of Badong for a short time, so Liu Cui looked at the map and had a plan in mind. On April 28, 8,000 Jingzhou navy sailed towards Yufucheng on 200 warships.
At the end of Shen Dynasty on May 2, the warship docked in Wu County (now Wushan County, Chongqing). At the time of Xu Zheng, forty warships turned northward into Heshui (today's Daning River) and disappeared into the night.
Yufucheng, which is more than a hundred miles away from Wu County, is located at the west entrance of Kuimen. It takes advantage of the dangerous mountain shape and water potential to build the city. It is close to the mountains and rivers, and the height controls the depth, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The news of Jingzhou Navy's arrival from the west had been sent by the secret guards of the Department of Commercial Affairs two days ago. Huan Jing ordered to step up vigilance and sent people to patrol the city day and night.
The river wind blew the flames in the brazier swaying. Huan Jing looked at the river with a solemn face. He didn't pay much attention to the attacking Jingzhou navy. Yufuxing City was defended according to the danger. If the Jingzhou army wanted to seize the city, it would be stronger sky.
And today he received an official letter from Zhu Chaoshi and learned that Zhu Sima, together with Guanghan Prefect Zhang Feng, would lead 10,000 reinforcements to Jiangzhou City recently.
There were 3,000 troops stationed in Yufucheng and only 28 warships. It was impossible to intercept the Jingzhou Navy with this small force, but Huan Jing was confident that it was more than enough to defend the city. If the Jingzhou navy wanted to pass through the river, the catapults and powerful crossbows on the city wall would always take a piece of flesh from their bodies.
Contrary to Huan Jing's expectation, the Jingzhou navy did not pass directly, but instead adopted a posture to attack Yufucheng.
At noon on May 5th, Jingzhou Navy arrived outside Yufu City. Many of the warships of the Jingzhou Navy were taken from the Lu Xun Navy. Twelve tower ships surrounded Yufuxing City. The ships were three stories high and about five feet high. There were three catapults placed on the bows of each ship. The top of the restored city is only a few feet lower.
Liu Cui was riding an eight-stern ship, which was four stories high and twelve feet high. From the top of the ship, he could actually overlook Yufucheng from a high position. Because he was afraid of being attacked by the tens of thousands of divine crossbows in the city, the ship stopped outside the range.
The building and boat arced around Yufucheng, throwing stones into the air and falling on the city wall like raindrops. The defenders at the top of the city crouched behind the battlements to take cover. Several personal guards beside Huan Jing defended him with long shields, pushing aside the stones thrown at them. From time to time, some people were knocked to the ground.
Huan Jing saw that the Jingzhou navy released a small walking boat to swim around. It seemed that
I want to land at the East Gate Pier. Watchtowers were densely planted at the east gate, and horses were piled at the dock. Huan Jing deployed 800 soldiers here.
A strong crossbow fired on the ramming platform, and the crossbow arrows were as thick as a child's arm and tore the thin walking barge into pieces. The soldiers on the ship fell into the water and floated in the river.
Liu Cui commanded the battle on the eight-footer ship and ordered people to blow the horn. The barge was recalled and passed Yufucheng under the cover of the building boat. The Jingzhou navy passed Yufucheng from the other side of the river one after another. By Shenshi, there was no longer a Jingzhou ship on the river outside Yufucheng.
Huan Jing breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Jingzhou navy knew that Yufucheng was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and planned to go directly to Jiangzhou. A red horse boat was sent to inquire about the news. Reporting at Youshi, the Jingzhou Navy was stationed twenty miles west of Yufu City.
The sky was dark and it was dangerous to sail at night. Huan Jing ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep to reward the three armies, but he also told everyone not to be careless and to be on guard against the Jingzhou Navy's counterattack.
To be on the safe side, Huan Jing still sent several small boats to watch upstream and sound a warning if something happened.
After feeling that everything was safe, Huan Jing returned to his residence to rest with confidence. The soldiers in Yufucheng focused their attention on the river. No one noticed a group of soldiers and horses lurking in Ziyang Mountain in the north of Yufucheng.
When Liu Cui docked in Wushan, he sent 2,000 soldiers and horses to take a boat and turn into Heshui. They found a landing point in Heshui, abandoned the ship, and went to Yufucheng by land. The Yong army in Wushan was careful and did not notice that these soldiers and horses had left. .
When Liu Cui attacked Yufucheng three days later, this group of ambush troops had already sneaked to Ziyang Mountain in the north of Yufucheng. Compared with Chijia and Baiyan Mountains, Ziyang Mountain is neither high nor steep, and farmland is cultivated at the foot of the mountain.
After nightfall, Yuan You looked at the lights of Fish Belly City at the foot of the mountain from Ziyang Mountain. It was obvious that the lights in the south and east were connected in a line, while the north and west were dark with only a few stars.
Yuan You was not in a hurry to launch an attack. He made an agreement with General Liu to wait until he launched a night attack on Yuwei City to attract the attention of the defenders before attacking Yuwei City.
Just after midnight, the sound of dysprosium sounded, and the gongs in the fish belly city rang like exploding beans. Huan Jing woke up from his dream.
When he rushed to the south city wall, he was almost hit by a flying stone. Huan Jing shouted loudly: "Don't be chaotic, the Jingzhou army can't attack, and the catapults will fight back."
Huan Jing leaned forward from behind the city battlements and looked up the river. He could vaguely see the dark shadows of ships, but he couldn't tell how many Jingzhou ships were coming to attack.
The cry of killing rang out in the east city, and the Jingzhou navy began to fight for the east gate pier. Seeing that the south gate was not in danger, Huan Jing hurried to the east city with his guards.
The Jingzhou Navy had landed at the East Gate Pier and began to attack the watchtowers on both sides. Huan Jing stood at the top of the city and saw a steady stream of soldiers swarming outside the East City. Catapults were moved from the ships to the pier, followed by ramming cars, Cloud ladders, wooden curtains, carriages and other baggage.
"Blow the horn to gather the robes for defense." Huan Jing saw that the Jingzhou army was trying to attack the city in a large scale, so he gave the order loudly.
The sound of the trumpet pierced the night sky, and the soldiers who were resting in the barracks were awakened and boarded the east city in armor and weapons.
At this time, the ladder had been set up on the city wall, and the ram began to hit the city gate. Rocks and rolling logs fell down, and the rockets fired set the ram and the horse on fire. The fire was bright, and the shouts of killing were faintly heard in Ziyang Mountain.
Yuan You quietly went down the mountain with his sons, fearing to alarm the defenders on the city wall, so he only took more than 200 people around to the junction of the north and west walls.
There is light from the turrets on the city, but at this moment, most of the defenders on the north and west walls are going to the south gate and east gate to support. There are only a hundred or so defenders left on the city head, and they are all looking nervously towards the east and south gates. direction, no one noticed anything strange under the city.
The west wall of Yufucheng was more than three feet high. The hook was thrown upward and landed on the city wall. The soldiers at the top of the city were attracted by the shouts of killing and did not hear the collision of the iron hook at all.
Soon, several black figures climbed up the city, then took off the ropes from their waists and threw them down. More and more people climbed the city. In two quarters of an hour, Yuan You and more than 200 people climbed to the top of the city.
Dozens of soldiers gathered at the north gate and whispered to each other, worried about the war in the east city, and did not even realize that Wu Chang was coming to the city.
By the time the soldiers noticed a group of people running towards them and asked, "Who is coming?", the light of the sword had already struck, and the guards at the top of the city were quickly killed or fled. Yuan You did not dare to delay and ordered the city gate to be opened.
The city gates were opened, and more than a thousand soldiers
Entering the city, they rushed towards the east gate under the leadership of Yuan You.
A fierce fight was going on at the east gate, and Huan Jing commanded the soldiers to shoot arrows and throw stones at the top of his lungs to prevent the imperial troops from attacking.
The defeated troops came to report that the imperial soldiers and horses had entered the city from the north gate. Huan Jing hurriedly led 500 people to the north gate, met Yuan You's soldiers and horses, and fought together.
The imperial soldiers and horses accounted for the majority, and they shouted "the city is broken" while killing. The soldiers guarding the city were panicked, and the east city was quickly climbed up by the imperial soldiers and horses.
Hearing the chaos in the east city, Huan Jing knew that Yufucheng could not be defended, so he ran to the west gate with his remaining soldiers to escape. Yufucheng fell into Liu Cui's hands.
Yufucheng is located in a dangerous location. It is the gateway to the east of central Sichuan and the only way from Jingzhou to Jiangzhou City. When Lu Kang attacked Shuhan, he repeatedly attacked here to no avail, so he had to retreat.
Liu Cui was very happy. The occupation of Yubelly City not only opened up the waterway from Jingzhou to Jiangzhou City, but also opened the land passage to Sanba.
The waterway continuing westward from Yufucheng also passes through Qu (Yue Ren, 2) (now Dongsanba Township, Yunyang County, Sichuan), Nanpu (now Wanxian City), Linjiang (now Zhong County), Zhi County ( Today's Fuling) could reach Jiangzhou City, but the defenses of these riverside cities were relatively weak and could not cut off the Yangtze River waterway.
After capturing Yufucheng, Jingzhou's reinforcements and baggage could be continuously transported to Nanyizhou along the Yangtze River. It can be said that the entire war situation in Nanyizhou has changed.
Originally it was just a try, but he didn't expect to actually capture Yufucheng, which was considered a great achievement. Liu Cui hurriedly sent people to Jiangling City to deliver a message and asked Governor Liu to send troops to guard Yufucheng. He also sent someone to report to Jiangyang City and asked Jiang Yang to send troops to Jiangzhou City together.
Note (1): It was called Yufu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Xun and retreated here, and was changed to Yong'an. In the Jin Dynasty, it was changed to Yufu City. In the Western Wei Dynasty, it was Minfu City. In the Zhenguan Period of the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Fengjie City.
(2): Quren means "earthworms. In ancient times, they were called Quren, and they were also called Quren."
