Around the seventeenth year of King Zhuang of Chu (597 BC), the Chu State’s order Yin Sun Shuao took charge of the construction of Shaopi, one of the earliest water storage and irrigation projects in China.
Shaopi is named after the water flowing through Shaoting.
The reason why Sun Shuao wanted to build this water conservancy project was because the place called Anfeng City at that time was already an agricultural area in the northern border of Chu State.
It's just that Anfeng City is located at the northern foothills of the Dabie Mountains. The terrain on the east, south and west sides is higher, while the terrain on the north side is low-lying, sloping towards the Huaihe River.
During the summer and autumn rainy seasons, flash floods occur, causing waterlogging, and droughts often occur when there is little rain.
Based on the local terrain characteristics, Sun Shuao organized local people to build projects and dug the low-lying Shaopei area wider and deeper to form a huge reservoir.
Then six water gates were built in Shaopi successively, using stone gates to control the amount of water. "When the water rises, the doors are opened to drain it, and when the water disappears, the doors are closed to store it."
In fact, it is a semi-artificial large reservoir.
After the construction of Shaopi, thousands of hectares of fields were irrigated, so that Anfeng area produced a large amount of grain every year and soon became an important economic area of Chu State.
The state of Chu was able to become one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Shaopi was indispensable.
After more than 800 years, in the Three Kingdoms era, Cao Wei implemented the farming policy. Cao Cao personally visited Hefei, collected the refugees, and opened Shaopi farming.
Anfeng City back then has now become Shouchun City.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Shouchun is an important population town in the Jianghuai area and is also the seat of Cao Wei's Yangzhou Dudufu.
If the Wu army could really succeed in the sneak attack and capture Shouchun, it would be equivalent to cutting off the economic and food lifeline of Wei State Yangzhou.
Wei almost had to obediently hand over the Jianghuai land in the south.
Although Wei Jun finally closed the city gate at the last moment.
But Yang Hong at the top of the city was still broken into a cold sweat.
The sun rises in early summer and is already slightly scorching.
But Yang Hong still felt a chill on his back.
Quan Cong asked the entire army to set up camp, but he did not dismount, but said:
"Take someone with you and follow me!"
Both Your Majesty and Zhuge Ke are trying their best to delay and mobilize the Wei thieves. They must race against time to break the city.
Quan Xu and Quan Duan stood up quickly, followed Quan Cong's horse with their personal guards, and headed towards Shouchun City again.
"Sir, be careful!"
Seeing that his master was about to enter the shooting range of the bow, but still had no intention of stopping, Quan Xu quickly reminded him.
"It doesn't matter, I know what's going on."
Quan Cong is also a veteran in the army, so he naturally knows where the safe zone is.
Yang Hong saw people under the city, supported by soldiers, riding horses and circling around Shouchun.
Knowing that this is the opponent's general observing the city.
This is also normal.
After all, there are few soldiers in the city and they cannot go out to fight the thieves.
But seeing that the other party was always wandering around the edge of the bow's missing range, which was quite arrogant, made him really angry:
"You're pretending that we don't have any good archers in our army?"
"Come here, take a strong bow and call for an archer!"
Archers who could draw strong bows came quickly.
Yang Hong pointed at Quan Cong and the others below the city and asked:
"Can you cum?"
The shooter visually measured the approximate distance, but in the end he was still a little embarrassed:
"General, it's too far away. Even if I could barely hit it, the accuracy would be too low. And even if I could hit someone, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hurt anyone."
"As long as it can be shot." Yang Hong said nonchalantly, "With such a long distance, I don't expect to be able to hurt anyone."
Riding a horse, with support from the front and back, you can see that he is an important person.
If it can be hurt, then God is taking care of it, but even if it can't be hurt, it still has to scare the other party so that the other party doesn't dare to get so close.
Before the battle, if you can do anything that can dampen the thieves' morale, no matter how small it is, you should try your best to do it.
The shooter nodded, understanding what the general meant.
To put it bluntly, it was to give the gang under the city a blow.
Quan Cong, who was at the foot of the city, was looking intently at the Shouchun city wall when the sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded!
"General, be careful!"
Always pay attention to Quan Xu and Quan Duan at the top of the city. If they find something is wrong, they immediately raise their shields in front of their horses.
The shield blocked it in time, but it wasn't necessary.
Quan Cong stood still, watching the arrow feathers finally fall softly to the surface of the large frame, and then slide to the ground, with an unruffled expression on his face.
"Sir, should we stay far away?"
Although the arrow feathers were weak, Quan Xu was still worried. When he saw that there was no movement at the top of Shouchun City, he couldn't help but turn around to persuade Quan Cong.
This time, I don't know if Quan Cong listened or if he had already finished observing. He nodded and jerked his horse's head: "Let's go."
Seeing the group of Wu troops leaving the city, Yang Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed:
"The thief is so cowardly!"
Everyone on the left and right burst out laughing.
But what Yang Hong didn't know was that after Quan Cong left Shouchun City, he did not return to the camp. Instead, he turned south without stopping and walked along the fat water beside Shouchun City.
If you follow Feishui all the way to the end, its source is from Jiming Mountain.
The Hefei New City is built on Jiming Mountain.
Of course, Quan Cong was not planning to go to Hefei New City this time and team up with Sun Quan to team up with Wang Ling.
His destination is another source of Feishui - Shaopi.
As mentioned before, when Sun Shuao built Shaopei, he did so because of the terrain:
The terrain on the east, west and south sides is high, but the terrain on the north side is low.
Therefore, many water flows near Shaopi will flow from south to north into the Huaihe River.
And Shouchun is right at the intersection of Feishui and Huaihe Rivers.
Quan Cong arrived at Shaopi and finally dismounted. He walked to the embankment of Shaopi and looked north.
Although Shouchun is far away, it is still clearly visible.
He walked along the dam embankment again, suddenly holding a riding crop in his hand, he ordered:
"Starting from tomorrow, you and two others will each lead five hundred soldiers. One person will block the sluices in Shaopi, and the other will cut off the fat water."
It is late spring and early summer, and there is plenty of rain.
Looking at the rolling fat water, Quan Cong added:
"Even if the fertilizer water cannot be cut off, the flow of fertilizer water into Shaopei must be cut off."
Quan Xu and Quan Duan followed Quan Cong for such a trip, and after hearing Quan Cong's instructions, they still didn't understand the intention.
The two of them thought that their sneak attack had failed and that the army that had come all the way from Lu'an would be in an embarrassing situation.
After all, it would take a lot of time to build siege equipment.
What the army lacks most is time.
Unexpectedly, the Governor had already made plans.
At this thought, the two of them were overjoyed and quickly clasped their fists:
"Here!"
…
Just when Quan Cong sent people to block the water flows south of Shaopi, preparing to flood Shouchun City.
Far away in Hefei, Sun Quan, who was fighting fiercely with Wang Ling, was gradually falling into a disadvantage.
Relying on the sharp swords and thick armor supported by the Han State, the imperial army led by Sun Quan did gain some advantages when the Wei army was unprepared.
However, the situation that Wei Jun is good at land warfare and Wu Jun is good at water warfare cannot be completely changed by relying on weapons.
If not, why couldn't Cao Cao and Cao Pi build so many warships to cross the river?
But this time, the Wu army abandoned their ships and went ashore and fought with the Wei army on land. The same problem also existed.
Although Wu Jun had the upper hand in the previous encounters, at every critical moment, Wei Jun's elite cavalry always rushed out to the rescue.
Wu Jun's infantry had no ability to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the victory.
On the contrary, the longer the fight lasted, the more Wu Jun's shortcomings in land warfare were exposed.
At the back, even though the Cheng army had the advantage of strong soldiers and thick armor, under the frequent harassment of the Wei army's elite cavalry, they were unable to attack anymore.
"Your Majesty, let's withdraw!"
Seeing that something was wrong, Sun Shao tried hard to persuade Sun Quan:
"It's only about two hundred miles from Liu'an to Shouchun. Your Majesty used his body as bait to hold off the thieves here. Time is enough."
"In the past two days, I have observed that the traitor cavalry has been fighting more and more. It is likely that Wang Ling mobilized the cavalry from the rear."
"Your Majesty's plan to lure the enemy has been successful. It is not appropriate to delay it any longer. We should return to the ship and wait for the good news from the Grand Governor..."
Sun Quan refused, drew his sword and raised it to the sky, shouting to the soldiers:
"Da Wu's expedition this time is the effort of the whole country. If it fails, Da Wu will never have the chance to go north again."
"I am already in my sixtieth year. As long as this battle can be successful, it doesn't matter if I give up my life. Without me, there is still a prince, so why should Wu worry?"
When the surrounding soldiers heard this, their morale was greatly boosted and they shouted in unison.
Your Majesty is not afraid of death, so why should we?
Hearing the faint cry of "Wan Sheng" from the Wu army camp in the distance, Wang Ling showed a contemptuous smile on his face:
"Sun Quan didn't know that his death was coming! I'll see if he can still laugh tomorrow?"
The next day, a disheveled Wu general led a few remnant soldiers to the gate of Sun Quan's camp and shouted:
"Your Majesty, urgent military situation!"
After checking his identity, Wu will soon be brought to Sun Quan.
But seeing his face covered in dust and tears streaming down his face, it looked even more miserable.
I heard him cry hoarsely:
"Your Majesty, what's wrong, a large number of Wei thieves' cavalry appeared around the grain road, and they robbed and burned all the grain and grass that I escorted here this time!"
"What did you say?!"
Not to mention Sun Quan, even Sun Shao could not help but arrogantly exclaimed:
"How could a thief..."
Before he finished speaking, he reacted immediately.
These days, His Majesty seems to be holding Wang Ling back.
But Wang Ling is not idle either. He is planning to block His Majesty here!
The place where Lou Chuan and His Majesty camped was more than thirty miles away.
It's more than thirty miles, but it's only more than half a day's march, if we walk faster.
However, Wu Jun's shortcomings in land warfare made these thirty miles a weak point that cannot be ignored.
After all, the Han Kingdom was not taken advantage of, so being able to help His Majesty arm the Forbidden Army in such a short period of time was considered an act of benevolence and righteousness.
And these forbidden troops, with all the guards beside His Majesty at this time, naturally cannot be sent out to escort food and grass.
It seems that the Wei thief Jingqi deliberately made a large circle and ambush between His Majesty and the building ship.
Now it seems that in the face of the sudden attack of Wei's elite cavalry, the soldiers escorting the grain and grass from the direction of the building ship had no time to make an effective resistance.
Although the loss of this batch of food and grass was not enough to cause an immediate food shortage in the army.
But it aroused Sun Shao's worries more and more.
"Your Majesty, in the past two days, I have discovered that there are more and more thieves' cavalry. It seems that Wang Ling has mobilized Shouchun's troops."
"We cannot retreat from the enemy in front, and there are thieves and soldiers in the back. This can be said to be a loss of ground for the front troops. I respectfully ask Your Majesty to cherish the dragon's body and be considerate of the soldiers!"
The ones Sun Quan fought were the elite soldiers in his own hands.
But no matter how strong the troops are, they still need to eat.
Losing a batch of food and grass is not a serious injury.
But if I stay here all the time and there is no way to protect the food route in the rear, how is it different from the death place mentioned in the art of war?
The sudden bad news made Sun Quan and Sun Shao unable to even think about how to deal with the Wu general who was in trouble in escorting the grain and grass.
Especially Sun Quan, when he remembered that he said yesterday that he would die for his country, and today he hurriedly retreated, then...
Sun Quan's face suddenly turned gloomy and clear, extremely ugly.
When Sun Shao saw Sun Quan like this, he didn't know what was going on with His Majesty.
Regardless of his armor, he knelt down directly with his knees on the ground, pulled Sun Quan's robe, and begged:
"Your Majesty used his body as bait to attract the troops of Shouchun traitors. Now that he has achieved his goal, what's the use of staying here any longer?"
"Your Majesty, don't go too far with the show. Otherwise, if the thief reacts, won't it spoil the big thing?"
When Sun Quan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slowly:
"What Gongli said is true. As the saying goes, going too far is not enough, but I didn't think of this!"
Seeing that His Majesty finally agreed to his suggestion, Sun Shao was overjoyed and quickly struck while the iron was hot:
"Your Majesty, if the thief wants to send back the news about robbing my food route, he must also go in a circle."
"We have to get back to the ship before Wang Ling gets the news and reacts."
Sun Quan originally wanted to be reserved and didn't want to retreat so quickly - at least he wanted to play two more games and stay for two or three more days.
Otherwise, wouldn't this be a slap in the face?
But Sun Shao knew that the situation was urgent. If he missed this time window and was surrounded by thieves, he would be in danger.
Even if they are not far away from the building and the ship, the thieves cannot completely surround them, but it is not a good idea to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers.
Sun Quan saw Sun Shao holding on to his clothes, with a look of pleading on his face.
Although Sun Shao is younger than Sun Quan, his hair and beard are already white.
When all the generals in the tent saw this scene, they all saluted in unison:
"I beg your Majesty to put the dragon body first and retreat to the ship."
Sun Quan was really helpless and could only sigh:
"Gongli, get up first. Everyone, please get up. I will withdraw my troops."
Sun Shao stood up after hearing this.
It's just that although Sun Shao's reaction was fast enough, Wang Ling's reaction was not slow either.
When he learned that there was something strange happening in the Wu military camp, Wang Ling immediately understood:
"This must be the traitor's food route being robbed, so he is tempted to retreat. Come here!"
"What are your orders, general?"
"Command the troops to assemble immediately and follow me to kill the thieves!"
At the same time, he gritted his teeth secretly:
"The thief is cunning and afraid of death. In the past few days, he has been acting like a fight to the death. Unexpectedly, he would escape immediately if something went wrong."
On the other side, Sun Shao naturally knew that Wei Jun could not let him go so easily.
He volunteered and said:
"Your Majesty, please go first, I will stay behind!"
At the same time, Shaopei, which was two to three hundred miles away, was dug up by the Wu army, and huge waves were released. The flood rolled up the mud and rocks and swept toward Shouchun City.
Yang Hong, who was standing at the top of the city, looked at the white waves in the distance rushing towards the Shouchun city wall, and his eyes were about to burst:
"The thief is so vicious!"
In this era, most cities, whether large or small, were built with rammed earth.
What I fear most is blisters.
No matter how hard the city wall is, it will become soft as long as it is soaked in water.
If it takes a little longer, it will collapse on its own.
Among the corvees collected by the government every year, one of the important tasks was to repair the city wall.
It is because of the rain every year that part of the city wall is destroyed.
Therefore, no matter how high or thick the Shouchun city wall is, the most it can do is hold on for a little longer.
"Quickly, send out fast horses and urge the governor to quickly lead his troops back to rescue Shouchun!"
