Chapter 583: A good general is imprisoned
In the middle of the night, the sound of military expeditions shook the sky, and the flat ground in Xiangfan became an abyss. No one can compare with Guan Gong, China's reputation will be passed down through the ages. ------Ming Dynasty Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
It is said that the surrendered general Wang Ping and Prince Jun did have the talent of a general. Although he was stationed in Hefei for a short period of time, he was very familiar with the geography of Hefei. Chao Lake is shaped like a crescent moon. Its southwest end is connected to the Mawei River where Yu Jin garrisoned. Its northern end is only thirty miles away from the south gate of Hefei City. It is the right time to defend against Yu Jin's landing and sneak attack from here.
Chicken Heart Beach is shaped like a chicken heart. Because the terrain is much lower than the hills and mountains on both sides, many tributaries of the Feishui River collectively enter the lake here, forming a small impact plain with many streams and beaches. The exposed mudflats gradually became dry, making it suitable for troops to land here. Zhao Zilong had finished inspecting the scene and had a plan in mind. He laughed and said, "Don't worry, Zijun. I will go back to the city to move troops and let you watch a good show!"
At the same time that Zhao Yun and Wang Ping returned to the city, Yu Jin's three armies took fishing boats of various sizes and happened to pass the center of Chao Lake. After the fishing boat passed through the gap between Lao Mountain and Shoe Mountain, it officially entered North Chao Lake. It was still two hours away from the scheduled landing site. The landing site chosen by Yu Jin was Jixintan, which Zhao Yun had just surveyed.
On the largest official ship, Cao Jun's famous general Jin Yuwenze, who looked majestic, had a long body and was wearing a short sword, stood upright like a javelin, stroking the scabbard of his sword with his left hand, looking at the picturesque scenery around Laoshan in the distance. Landscape. Due to the limit on the number of fishing boats this time, Yu Jin only brought 12,000 warriors. They were all the most elite warriors under his command and were highly trained. They were divided into three mixed arms: archers, spearmen, and sword and shield soldiers. Because of the cavalry, It was inconvenient to attack the city, and the fishing boats could not carry many horses. They all followed the remaining troops and slowly approached Cao Ren's main force by land. At the same time, they had to guard against the entanglement and harassment of Zhou Yu's troops in Lujiang.
Seeing that Laoshan and Shoeshan gradually disappeared from sight, leaving only two dots, Yu Jin turned around and asked the deputy general Chang Xi behind him: "It's only been two hours since we left for Jixintan, right?"
Lieutenant General Chang Xi was a fellow villager and friend of Yu Jin. He was originally a bandit from Mount Tai. He later surrendered to Cao Cao several times and was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun. During this expedition to the south, Cao Cao appointed him as Yu Jin's deputy general. Seeing Yu Jin's question, he responded: "What Wen Ze said is true. As long as the gods land from Jixintan without knowing it, they will be able to attack Hefei Zhao Zilong by surprise."
Yu Jin stretched out his hand and twirled his black beard. It seemed that the three armies under his command should be able to ambush in a secret place in the southern suburbs of the city before Cao Ren's army arrived in Hefei. Once Cao Ren starts the siege, while the west gate of Hefei City is resisting Cao Ren's army with all its strength, his troops can blitz the south gate to ensure success in the battle. By then, even the famous Qinglong general Zhao Zilong may not be able to save himself and become the thorn in Cao's army.
The Yu Jin army that appeared in Chao Lake was a complete surprise. If Wang Ping had not surrendered and offered his plan, Zhao Yun would have never imagined that such an army would land on the coast of Chao Lake for a surprise attack. As the saying goes, things turn around. Although Zhao Yun succeeded in the surprise attack on Hefei, this time it was the turn of Cao Jun's famous general Jin to launch a surprise attack, and the target was also the important town of Hefei.
Yu Jin, whose name is Wenze, was born in Juping, Taishan. He was originally a general under Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei Province. After his death in battle, Bao Xin was recommended to Cao Cao by Wang Lang. After that, he followed Cao Cao in the north and south, and made many military exploits. It was not until Guan Yu flooded seven armies and surrendered that his reputation was ruined.
Then Guan Yu was defeated by Lu Meng, and Yu Jin returned to Wei without shame, and fled to Soochow. Sun Quan proclaimed himself a vassal to the Wei State, and returned Yu Jin to the Wei State. After Yu Jin returned to Wei, he was ridiculed by countless people. At that time, Yu Jin's beard and hair were already white, and his face was too thin. Cao Pi ostensibly comforted Jin and reappointed him as General Anyuan of the Wei Dynasty. But when Yu Jin visited Cao Cao's tomb, Cao Pi ordered people to draw pictures on the wall showing Guan Yu's defeat, Pang De's anger, and Yu Jin's surrender. When Yu Jin saw it, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and finally died of illness in shame and anger. The posthumous title is Li Hou.
Yu Jin leads the army solemnly and solemnly, and never hides the property captured in the battle. Therefore, he is highly valued by Cao Cao. He is the only one among Cao Cao's generals with a foreign surname who pretends to be a Jie Yue. But at the same time, Yu Jin often used military law to deal with his subordinates, which did not please the soldiers. In later generations, Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others were collectively known as the "Five Good Generals".
In the official history, the Flooding of the Seventh Army is a very famous battle. It was Guan Yu's overwhelming victory over the Jin Dynasty, which shows that in addition to his unparalleled martial arts, Guan Yu also has very powerful command and combat capabilities. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes that Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, and Cao Cao ordered General Jin to be the general of the Southern Expedition, with Pang De as the vanguard, commanding the seven-pronged army, and went to rescue Fancheng at starry night. Guan Yu was convinced and went to meet the enemy in person. Guan Yu and Pang De fought for more than a hundred rounds, with neither victory nor defeat. On the second day of the battle, the two generals came out and did not answer. They fought for fifty rounds. Pang De turned his horse and fled, with Guan Yu chasing after him. Pang De took the arrow, but Guan Yu was unable to dodge and was hit by the arrow, and was injured. Ten days later, the arrow wound healed. I also heard from Guan Ping that Cao's troops had moved to the north of the city to station themselves. Guan Yu didn't know what he meant, so he rode up high and watched. He saw a lot of people and horses in the northern valley. He also saw that the water in Xiangjiang River was fierce and flooded the seven armies. He couldn't help but think of the plan. So he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare boats and rafts, pack rain gear, and send people to block the water inlets everywhere. Pang De discussed with the generals that it was not advisable to stay in the valley for a long time and prepared to move the soldiers to the high ground tomorrow. That night, there was a heavy storm. Pang De was in his tent and heard thousands of horses galloping and shouting loudly. When I came out of the tent, I saw water rushing in from all directions. The soldiers of the Seventh Army drifted with the waves and many drowned. Yu Jin and Pang De led their soldiers to climb Xiaotu Mountain to escape. Guan Yu led a large army to attack them. Yu Jin saw that there was no way around and surrendered to Guan Yu. Pang De and the defeated generals without armor were surrounded by Guan Yu's troops. After a short battle, all the generals surrendered. Only Pang De seized a small boat and wanted to go westward, but was knocked into the water by Zhou Cang's large raft and was later captured alive.
This battle can be described as soul-stirring. The two sides experienced various forms of combat such as field warfare, horse warfare, infantry warfare, water warfare, position warfare, tunnel warfare, trench warfare, psychological warfare, spy warfare, weather warfare, etc. Guan Gong even left a "bone scraping" The beautiful talk of "curing poison". Later generations wrote a poem praising it: "In the middle of the night, the sound of war guns shook the sky, and the plains of Xiangfan became an abyss. No one can compare with Guan Gong, and China's reputation will be passed down forever."
On the swaying official ship, Yu Jin couldn't help but nodded slightly and smiled casually after listening to Chang Xi's words. If he could be the first to break through Hefei's city defenses, Yu Ban Yu Wen would be the first success of this southern expedition. Yu Jin had even begun to fantasize about the day when he would be personally commended by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and his lord Cao Cao in front of the three armies. It was an absolutely supreme honor, and behind him were the envious and jealous eyes of all Cao Jun generals.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
