After the Flashy Case, as the offending students were expelled from Beijing one after another, the ruling and opposition parties fell into a state of silence, as if they were half imprisoned. Although there was still a lot of criticism spread in private, at least for now, the authority of the Prime Minister's Office was once again asserted. No one contradicted Chen Chong face to face, and Dongdu finally entered a rare period of purity. Chen Chong was also able to make personnel transfers as planned and prepare for military training step by step.
For now, the most important task is to train the Langguan who is responsible for the examination. As long as they grow up, Pang Tong and others can hand over smoothly, so Chen Chong attaches great importance to this. The day after the flashy case ended, Chen Chong interviewed them one by one to test their talents and experience. Most of them were satisfactory. Four of these people are particularly outstanding, namely Zheng Chong, Xun Mao, Lai Zhong, and Du Zhen. Needless to say, Zheng Chong has become a well-known leader of a poor family after the Zhugedan case; Xunyu is the second son of Xunyu, the former Eastern Dynasty minister, who is knowledgeable and knowledgeable and good at debating; Laizhong is arrogant and arrogant. He spoke freely, but he was well versed in military affairs and could often get to the point; Du Zhen was silent and kept to himself with the door closed, but his writing seemed to have the help of a god, and he could speak a thousand words at every turn. Chen Chong had great expectations for the four of them, so he often praised the four of them to others and said: "When I see these young people, I know that there are successors to the country."
Young people indeed have unlimited possibilities. After two months of familiarizing themselves with the affairs of the government, these newcomers are very familiar with military and political affairs. Compared with Pang Tong and others, they are just less experienced in organizing documents or drafting articles. That’s all.
Before summer came, General Zhang Fei, the governor of Beifu, led his entourage and rode through Zhaoyuze and Yangtou Mountains covered in deep forests, heading towards Luoyang from Tianjing Pass. They rushed all the way to Chen Chong's house and jumped off the horse dusty. The mud on the horse's belly was covered with a layer of black mud, as were the people's legs, feet and leather boots. Zhang Fei took off his boots and threw them at the door, went into the warm room, sat on the floor covered with fur, and chatted with Chen Chong as brothers. As for Zhao Qiu, who was good at dealing with Luoyang's literary world, he could only serve him buttermilk and arrange wine and food for him.
When Chen Xiu heard that Zhang Fei was coming, she ran in across the hall and threw herself into Zhang Fei's arms. Zhang Fei laughed heartily and said, "What a young slave! You have grown taller again. Now you are taller than a horse's back! When I lead my army to destroy the Wu thieves, I will take you to hunt deer by the meander of the river." Chen Xiu Very happy, he asked again: "Where's Ace? Why didn't you come here with your uncle?" Ace is Chen Pei's nickname. Although Chen Xiu only got along with him for half a year, probably because of the secret influence of blood ties, he has always been with him. They all still remember this playmate. After hearing this, Zhang Fei praised Nian Xu and said: "Well, take care of your relatives and cherish your family. In the future, you will live up to your father's honor." Then he said to Chen Chong: "Before departure, I have given instructions to my family. In about one month, Yue, Ah Cai came here with her children, Erlang died on the battlefield, and Ah Cai can’t stay at her parents’ house all the time.”
Mentioning the death of Chen Zhang, Zhang Fei was obviously very sad, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes. Chen Chong didn't know what to say, and he heard Zhang Fei raise his voice and said: "Erlang was a very good boy, but he died in the In the hands of a villain! Brother, after I lead my army south, I will definitely cut him to pieces with thousands of knives, and all the Wu dogs who resisted will be buried alive! Avenge Erlang!"
Chen Chong said seriously: "Don't even talk about being buried alive! Did you forget how Xuande reprimanded you back in Linzi?"
Zhang Fei felt a little resentful, and he didn't want to talk about this topic. After a while, everyone else went out. Zhang Fei suddenly straightened up and said to Chen Chong: "Brother, I heard a lot of gossip along the way. Since last year, there have been rumors in Jinyang that my brother is in power. I don’t think about the overall situation like before, are there some villains around me who are slandering me? This world was brought down by heroes like us, so I can just give it a beating, brother, but don’t push it too much!"
Chen Chong glanced at Zhang Fei and sighed: "How can I compare? As long as they abide by the law, how can I not care about the old relationship?" After that, he saw that Zhang Fei seemed to have something to say, so he tilted his head. Lying on the warm mat, he pretended to be lazy and stopped him in advance: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. Don't talk about these unfavorable things. What are those villains who have done harm to the people of the country talking about?" !”
In the evening, the two drank together. Zhang Fei was not drunk at all, but he deliberately used the drunkenness to say: "To be honest, in the past few years in Jinyang, when I didn't see a few of my brothers, I often thought of the days when Bafu was still there, and how many heroes and good men were in Jinyang at that time. ! Big brother, I, Shize, Gongming, Zilong, Laochang, Xiaozhi, Wenli and others are either heroes who can carry cauldrons, or counselors who plan like gods. As a result, most of them are gone now. There are fewer and fewer people of the same generation, and the younger generations are still not as good as we were back then, but they suffered such a huge defeat! It’s really discouraging!”
Zhang Fei then took the opportunity to say: "You called me over this time and said you wanted me to lead the troops south. I am so happy. You don't know, although I often go hunting in Yanmen, there is no war at all. Many old subordinates who follow me said that if there is no more war, I really don’t know who will use this martial arts! I have heard it too much and feel that I can’t lift a sword! Words can hurt people, and this is true! "
Chen Chong listened carefully, then smiled and said: "Why, Yide is now the same as Lian Po and can't mount a horse to fight anymore?"
Dong Bai, who was accompanying Zhang Fei, poured wine for Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "How can you say that? I have heard in Luoyang that my uncle used to fetch water in the mansion to practice in his spare time. There are more than ten water tanks in the mansion. Being filled up by my uncle, it’s not like you. Even in ten years, my uncle will be the enemy of thousands of people.”
Zhang Fei laughed again after hearing Dong Bai's compliment. He immediately stood up, took down a three-stone bow from Chen Chong's wall, and slowly pulled it to the full moon, and then slowly put it down. He boasted to Chen Chong: "How is it? Although he is slightly inferior to his prime years, killing those Soochow children is nothing more than a trivial matter."
Seeing him like this, Chen Chong couldn't help but laugh a little. He clapped his hands for Zhang Fei to sit down, and then knocked on the table and said: "This is considered a pass for you, but if you go to the battlefield in Jiangnan, you will not only have to go back to bending the bow to dance. You also need to be able to swim and sail. If you fail to pass these two items, I will remove you from your post and let Wei Wenchang do it!" Although this was a joke, Zhang Fei couldn't help but not take it seriously. He immediately responded: " Don’t worry, brother, I have been prepared for this, so every year when the Fen River rises, I take people to swim. Now, I can even swim two times back and forth without feeling any trouble!" At this point, the two brothers both said Laughed. Since then, Zhang Fei has been living in Chen Chong's house, presiding over Sizhou's conscription while discussing the details of the plan to conquer Wu with Chen Chong.
During this period, the Wu army actually also found out the news about the Han army's military expansion and training, so it has been intensively preparing for war and attacking. But unknowingly, as the strength of both sides gradually increased, the offensive and defensive posture also quietly changed.
In April of the fifth year of Yanxi (AD 225), Guan Yu led his army south from Sui County. On one side, he divided his troops to occupy Green Forest Mountain, and on the other side, he ordered Jiang Wei to surround Anlu. Anlu was Lu Xun's base camp in Jingzhou for ten years, and it was adjacent to the military town of Xiakou. Once it fell, the Han army would cut the Wu people's river defense into two sections. In response to this situation, Lu Xun, the governor of Wu, mobilized heavy troops from Jingzhou to fight and forced Jiang Wei twenty miles north of the city. Then the two sides faced off from north to south on the east bank of Jianshui River. They continued to add troops to harass. In the end, both sides gathered their troops to the limit. Guan Yu sent people to call for formation several times in front of the formation, but Lu Xun did not respond. Instead, he sent the remaining naval forces north via Mian River in an attempt to get behind the Han army and launch a surprise attack. But fortunately, Guan Yu personally sat in the Green Forest Mountain and forced the Wu people back to Hanshui, so that the Wu people's intention failed.
However, Lu Xun continued to use his old tricks despite being frustrated. After all, the Han army did not have a naval force that could compete with them. They could only watch the Wu invaders repeatedly, which disturbed the Han army's rear and caused a shortage of supplies. Guan Yu had no intention of winning a decisive battle with the Wu people. By the end of August, the Han army began to retreat to Fancheng. UU Kanshu t The only difference from Lu Xun's attack on Mianbei is that although Guan Yu's attack in Handong was frustrated, he did not disturb the people. Instead, when he led his army to retreat, he distributed all the baggage that could not be taken away to the local people. The people responded to this He was so grateful that he called the place where Guan Yu withdrew his troops "Xijiaping".
In the direction of Huainan, Wu Jun was still provoking. However, what was different from before was that when Lu Meng, the former governor of Huainan, died of illness, Sun Quan actually transferred Sima Yi, who was deeply working in Ningzhou, back and put him in charge of the Huainan strategy. After the news came out, the Han troops in Huainan were very angry, and they all took the initiative to ask for orders to fight Sima Yi, but Zhuge Liang forced him to suppress it. He said to everyone: "I have not yet completed the navy, and the time has not yet come, so we might as well see how he does first."
And Sima Yi's move was indeed unexpected. He tried every means to transport ten elephants from Yunnan to the army, and then he gave up the navy and took the initiative to lead the army to surprise Lu'an! The Lu'an defenders were caught off guard. Seeing that there was a monster hidden in Wu's army, they were inevitably frightened and they captured it in one fell swoop. Then Sima Yi returned to the east, planning to ambush the Han army coming to rescue from Hefei. As long as he succeeded, he could take advantage of the victory and occupy Hefei. Unexpectedly, he waited and waited. Five days later, he received an urgent report from Liyang.
It turned out that after Zhuge Liang learned that Lu'an had been lost, he did not send his troops to rescue him. He believed that there was a possibility of an ambush in the rescue, so it was better to attack the empty Liyang area first, and force Sima Yi to withdraw his troops by encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. This judgment hit the mark. Without taking Hefei, Sima Yi did not dare to occupy Lu'an for a long time. He beheaded all the prisoners and left hastily. Zhuge Liang slowly withdrew his army and moved all the people of Liyang back to Lu'an. , the Han army actually had the upper hand. But when Sun Quan saw Sima Yi's extremely rare attack on the city and territory, he not only did not blame him, but instead tried to appease him.
Overall, it seems that everything is going in the right direction.
