The current situation is that although the Han army still has 150,000 troops and maintains its strength advantage, due to various reasons, most of them still have to stay in a narrow area of 20 miles from Yanziji to Tangshan. The Wu army was divided into two groups. After joining forces with Zhang Zhao, the Shitoucheng Infantry Division had left the city and reached Fuzhou Mountain to monitor Yanziji. Zhou Yu's main force set up camp in Jiangbei, preparing to attack Liyang. Obviously, the intention of the Wu people is very clear: as long as they can stay in the north of the Yangtze River for a long time, there will be no communication between Liyang and the south bank, and the court will not be able to assist the Han army. As time goes by, when the food, fodder, and arrows are exhausted, no matter how many more Soldiers are nothing more than lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Correspondingly, for the Han army on the south bank, the top priority is to try to force the Wu army out of the north bank. The Han army was not afraid of fighting on land with the Wu people, but the dilemma of having no way out was absolutely unacceptable. Therefore, Zhou Buji urged Wen Hui to quickly send people to contact the Han army on the north bank, especially to find out the movements of Huang Quan's remnants.
So on the night of the military meeting, Wen Hui sent his son Wen Gong to set off. The clouds hung low that day, there was no moon or stars, the river flowed slowly eastward, the cold river wind gently shook the reeds on the river bank, and occasionally one or two strange calls of wild birds were heard. Beyond that, there is a vast expanse of coldness and loneliness.
On the southern edge of Lingyan Mountain on the north coast, a small fishing boat was rowing quietly on the edge of the reed marsh. There were two people sitting on the boat. The boatman standing at the stern gently swayed the oar, hissing through the reeds with a very slight sound of paddling; while Wen Gong sat silently at the bow of the boat, with his head above him. The fishermen often wore bamboo hats and robes to keep out the cold. They sat with their backs to the bow of the boat and said nothing. In the darkness, he silently touched the handle of the knife at his waist, trying to contain his nervousness.
The boat slowly passed through the reeds on the river bank, and gradually the lower reaches of the river emerged. The sailor who was rowing suddenly stopped, and the people on the bow raised their heads and turned around to watch in the downstream direction pointed by the boatman. I saw a bright red fire on the horizon in the distance, reflecting the swaying and sparkling light on the downstream river. The man on the bow was shocked and asked the boatman softly: "Where is the direction of Liyang City?" The boatman nodded lightly. "Has the city been captured?" Wen Gong said to himself.
"Ahem," the boatman coughed a few times and said to him, "We can't go any further, there's a fight ahead!"
Wen Gong said hurriedly: "I paid you more, didn't you say that the branches of the waterway can go straight to the foot of Lingyan Mountain?"
"It was just yesterday that we set up camp for a day and night. I thought he would be asleep today, so I tried my best to bring you here. If they fight again, you will die if you go there. I really can't leave anymore!" The boatman said, He threw himself on the boat and kowtowed to Wen Gong on the bow to request.
Wen Gong pressed the handle of the knife with one hand, waiting for an attack, but thought about it but held it back. Unexpectedly, the boatman stood up on his own, took up the oar and fell towards the south bank. Wen Gong couldn't bear it any longer. He half-knelt on the swaying bow of the boat, pulled out his gleaming knife, and shouted to the boatman in a low voice: "If you don't move forward, you will die now!"
He was weak-tempered, and after holding the knife for a moment, he soon began to tremble. He simply changed his attitude and knelt on the boat, pleading to the boatman: "This is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the south coast. Old man, please help me." ! Are you willing to watch so many people die?"
Seeing Wen Gong's appearance, the boatman smiled bitterly for a moment, and finally turned the oar back up, and said while shaking it: "We in Jiangdong haven't seen the imperial court in decades, and whether we are dead or not has nothing to do with us common people. General, I At most, I will send you to the other side, and I will leave when you get there. Not all boatmen here are like me."
The two of them moved closer to the north bank in fear. They kept tossing until the sky turned slightly white and the boat could vaguely see the river bank. The fire in Liyang City in the distance had long been extinguished and seemed to have sunk into the river along with the night. "What happened?" Wen Gong was worried. When they finally got closer, they discovered that the coast was littered with blackened remains. These were the remains of ships. It can be seen from the broken flag on the beach that this was the final outcome of the Han Navy.
When Wen Gong was in a state of confusion, the boatman had rowed away, leaving him alone on the river beach. But he soon realized that if there was a big war, why were there no bodies around? This cheered him up again, and he continued walking in the direction of Liyang alone. There were indeed no Wu people along the way. After walking for an hour, he arrived at the city gate smoothly.
At this time, Du Ji was resting in the city. Hearing that an envoy from the south bank was coming, he immediately went to the city to greet him. When they met, he immediately asked: "How is the Commander-in-Chief doing in Nan'an? Are there any changes in the army?"
It turned out that just yesterday afternoon, some people from Wu came by boat to provoke Du Ji's troops. Du Ji knew that the navy was difficult to match at this time. Once the Wu people attacked, the ships would inevitably be in danger, so he burned all the remaining ships that night, so that was the scene that Wen Gong saw.
Wen Gong was relieved and worried at the same time when he learned that Liyang City was safe. Fortunately, there are still fresh troops on the north coast. What is worrying is that without the ships, how can the north coast support the south coast?
Seeing that he was in trouble, Du Ji took the initiative and said, "Let's do this. Although I have no ships, I can still kill the enemy camp at night. Even if I can't succeed, I have to make sure that they can't get a foothold."
Wen Gong thought for a while and nodded slowly. This is indeed a method. Although the Wu people are strong in water warfare, their land warfare is not as good as our army's coming and going like the wind. Now that they have reached the north bank, they can take advantage of the Han army's maneuverability. It's just that there are not many troops on the north shore and even fewer horses. Whether it can succeed is really unknown.
In order to cooperate with the crossing of the river on the south bank, the two finalized the details and agreed to carry out the camp at dawn on the three days of Dingmao, Renshen and Jimao. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the Wu army on the north bank probably has no time to care about anything else, and the army on the south bank can take this opportunity to cross the river. In fact, Du Ji once discussed with Wen Gong whether they could agree on a day to directly form a formation and launch a decisive battle with Zhou Yu's troops. Regardless of losses, the Northern Army would drag all the Southern Army ashore, and then encircle and siege. However, considering that the river was wide, communication was poor, and the Han army was not as familiar with hydrology as the Wu people, they gave up the idea after careful consideration.
After the discussion was settled, Wen Gong said no more, said goodbye to Du Jidao, and set out on the road to cross the river again. This time Du Ji sent someone to find a boatman for him to cross the river, and the time was still arranged late at night. But what was unexpected was that Wen Gong had just boarded the boat and had not yet broken out of the reed marsh. Suddenly, two ships appeared from the front of the island. They obviously saw Wen Gong's lone boat. They were closing in on him quickly. A sergeant stood on the bow of the ship, wearing a fur hat and a leather ball. He drew his bow and shouted: "Who is it? You dare to cross the river at this time?"
The boatman was well prepared, and without waiting for Wen Gong or the people on the opposite side to react, he suddenly turned around, jumped into the river from the side of the boat, emerged from the distance, and swam quickly to the shore not far away. Wen Gong, on the other hand, was at a loss and could only stand in the boat blankly. The Wu people first caught him on the boat and searched him, and then he was kidnapped directly to the Wu people's base camp on the north bank.
It was still late at night when Wen Gong was blindfolded and taken to Wu's tent. He was first pushed to the ground, and then the black cloth from his eyes was removed. He soon felt the light in front of his eyes was dazzling, and it took him a while to realize that he had been sent to an important enemy general. He endured the discomfort and squinted his eyes to look inside the tent. I saw a bed next to the brazier, with a thin middle-aged man lying on it. His arms were tied with gauze, and his handsome face was slightly pale. There were two maids waiting beside him. He was obviously suffering from pain. hurt. But this man's expression was still very calm, with a calmness that was not disturbed by external objects. The whole time Wen Gong was escorted in, he only looked at the book in his hand, without any change in his expression.
After the guards left, the middle-aged man put down the book in his hand and asked Wen Gong slowly, "Do you know me?"
Wen Gong saw that he behaved elegantly, had menacing eyes, spoke Wu dialect, and behaved like a nobleman. He knew that he was probably an extremely important general of the Wu people, but he was not familiar with General Wu, so he shook his head.
When the maid on the side saw this, she said: "This is the Governor of Zhou who has repeatedly defeated everyone! If you want to survive, kowtow quickly!"
The middle-aged man raised his hand slightly to stop the maid. He said softly: "What kind of governor? It's just a false name. I am Zhou Yu. The Shuanglongs of the Zhou family who became famous in Tokyo more than thirty years ago are my ancestors and cousins. Later, the world was in chaos, and he served as the governor of Danyang. , is my obedient father.”
Wen Gong understood now and knew that he was Zhou Yu who defeated the Han army. He felt resentful in his heart but remained silent on the surface.
Zhou Yurang unlocked Wen Gong's wrist and asked someone to bring him a bowl of rice porridge. Then he sat up from the couch and continued to say to Wen Gong: "Logically speaking, I have received favor from the emperor and should be loyal to the great man. But the emperor now is intolerant and insidious, cruel and easy to kill, and ruthless. You serve him What good does he do? Sooner or later he will die in court and prison, if not by foreign enemies! It's not worth dying for him." Then he pointed to the south bank of the Yangtze River and said: "Although the Sun family has a shallow foundation, it still needs people's full support and rewards. The power is far greater than that of Beiting. Divine weapons should be held by virtuous people, Yangzhou Mu is such a virtuous person, you should think about it carefully."
After that, he lay back on the couch without waiting for Wen Gong's reply. With just a slight lift of his fingers, two more guards came in from outside the tent and dragged Wen Gong out of the tent. Before Wen Gong could stand still, he heard a voice from behind saying, "Isn't this Brother Wen?"
Wen Gong looked back and was surprised to find that the person coming was Qianzhao's son Qianjia. With an embarrassed smile on his face, he said to Wen Gong: "Brother Wen, the Governor has prepared a great feat for you!"
Wen Gong also woke up from a dream and realized why Zhou Yu seemed to know his identity completely without asking a question. It turned out that Qian Jia was behind it all. But he didn't dare to say anything, he just lowered his head and waited for Qianjia to continue.
As expected, Qianjia said: "Tomorrow morning, someone will take you to Yanziji. All you need to do is shout on the boat, 'Liyang City has been destroyed, the navy has been wiped out, Zhou Yu has already reached Hefei! The four counties of Huainan! The crowd responded, the situation is over! I risked my life to deliver a message, asking you to make peace with the Wu people! 'Everyone knows you, and they must believe it. In this way, your life, your father's life, are saved, and there are still many more Endless glory and wealth!"
Qianjia saw Wen Gong's eyes light up and nodded frequently. Not only was he overjoyed, he patted Wen Gong on the shoulder and said, "You can teach me!"
Then he turned to the guard and said, "Take him to the boat and watch him carefully. Don't let him talk nonsense!"
