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Text Chapter 478: So What About the Water Overlord?

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    North bank, Jiangling City.  This battle lasted from night to dawn, and the smoke and shouts of killing gradually subsided.  When the east turned white, the Qi army had taken control of all gates in Jiangling, including Shuimen, and killed five thousand enemy soldiers. The rest fled and surrendered, and nearly four thousand soldiers were captured.  When Yuan Fang led his army to Jiangling Prefecture, the entire prefecture was deserted and there was no sign of Cao Cao.  The generals everywhere reported back, but no body of Cao Cao was found. Yuan Convenient expected that Cao Cao saw that the situation was not good and fled Jiangling by boat from Shuimen and fled to the Yangtze River to join his navy.  So Yuan Fang sat in the state capital to appease the newly captured Jiangling City, and at the same time sent troops to continue attacking in all directions to capture and kill Cao Cao as much as possible to avoid future troubles.  It¡¯s just that although Yuan Fang captured Jiangling, his navy was still in the Xia River waterway connecting the Han River and the Yangtze River. It was too late to penetrate deep into the Yangtze River and launch an attack on Cao Cao¡¯s navy.  Soon, the troops chasing him by the river sent reports, saying that Cao Cao had joined Xiahou Dun's troops and fled downstream by boat.  The state capital.  "Once Jiangling was lost, Cao Cao did not retreat to Wuling, but retreated downstream?" After Yuan Fang heard the news, he felt regretful and a little suspicious in his eyes.  .  Guo Jia said: "Cao Cao lost Jiangling and the situation was over. He knew that it was difficult for him to compete with our army with the two counties of Wuling, so he wanted to retreat downstream and join forces with Sun Ce." The four counties in Jingnan are Wuling, Changsha, and Ling.  Ling and Guiyang counties, these four counties are located south of the Yangtze River, covering a vast area of ??thousands of miles. In terms of pure area, they are half of Jingzhou.  "It's just that these four counties are vast and sparsely populated.  Most of the area is undeveloped and the economy is relatively backward. Among the four counties, only Changsha County is slightly stronger. The other three counties combined are not as strong as Nan County where Jiangling is located.  Moreover, when Cao Cao and Sun Ce joined forces for the first time to destroy Liu Biao and carve up Jingzhou, among the four counties in Jingnan, he only got the poorest counties of Wuling and Lingling.  "War is not only about wisdom and force, but also about force.  If Cao Cao can make a comeback with the barren Jingnan Second County.  Then he was simply an unparalleled warrior in the world, so how could he be captured by Yuan Fang?  "Cao Cao, are you really going to join forces with Sun Ce to stage that scene in history" Yuan Fang's thoughts were racing.  It quickly came to mind.  in history.  It was never a similar scene.  In history, Cao Cao¡¯s army went south and swept across Jingxiang.  Liu Bei also had no choice but to join forces with Sun Quan, which led to the famous Battle of Chibi.  Today, Cao Cao's situation is so similar to that of Liu Bei, so it is not surprising that he chose the same strategy as Liu Bei.  The difference is that Cao Cao still controls the two counties of Jingnan, 30,000 troops and hundreds of warships, and is much stronger than Liu Bei back then.  And today¡¯s Sun Ce is far more powerful than Sun Quan in the original history.  The two of them should not be underestimated if they join forces to fight Yuan Fang.  "Your Majesty, our army has now conquered Jiangling. There is no need to pursue Cao Cao fiercely. It is better to stop the army, appease Jingxiang, win people's hearts, and train the navy. After Jingzhou is stabilized and digested, we can then raise our troops eastward.  It¡¯s not too late to advance.¡± Fazheng proposed to Yuan Fang to stop his troops and rest.  Yuan Fang had to admit that Fazheng's proposal was actually quite reasonable.  In history, Cao Cao was so arrogant and arrogant that he took advantage of the power to wipe out Jingzhou and marched eastward without waiting to rest and reorganize his soldiers and secure Jingxiang.  As a result, due to lack of preparation, the allied forces of Sun and Liu were defeated in the battle of Chibi.  Yuan Fang is familiar with history, and he certainly knows that Fa Zheng¡¯s proposal is actually the safest way.  However, Yuan Fang did not have time to rest and recuperate. He had to pacify the south as quickly as possible so that he could spare his time and deal with the threat from the north with all his strength.  He had a vague hunch that the threat even exceeded Cao and Sun.  "I can't wait that long. I have made up my mind. After resting for half a month in Jiangling, the army will march eastward along the Yangtze River and attack Chibi directly." Yuan Fang used the majesty of the emperor to forcefully make the decision to use troops with a bit of "willfulness".  Seeing that Yuan Fang was so decisive, Fazheng and other advisers knew that the holy will was irreversible, so they stopped trying to persuade him and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to Yuan Fang's plan to advance eastward.  At the moment, Yuan Fang summoned all his troops to camp on the front line of Jiangling for temporary rest and reorganization, and took advantage of Jiangling's treasury to reward the hard-working soldiers.  At the same time, Yuan Fang issued an urgent edict to Yizhou and ordered Zhuge Liang to quickly send the warships built in Yizhou and go down the river to meet at Jiangling.  The richest county in Jingzhou is none other than Nanjun. The political center of Jingzhou, Xiangyang, and the economic center of Jiangling are located at the north and south ends of Nanjun, controlling the Han River and the Yangtze River.This water system echoes from north to south.  Liu Biao and Cao Cao have been running Jingzhou for more than ten years. Jiangling is where they gather military supplies. They have countless grain, grass and ordnance. Once Cao Cao was defeated, all the supplies in Jiangling City fell into the hands of Yuan Fang.  And these mountains of supplies have now become a reward for Yuan Fang to reward his soldiers, just to support the war with war.  A few days later, news came from downstream that Cao Cao had indeed gathered his last troops, retreated to the Red Cliff line, formed an alliance with Sun Ce who was heading westward, and spread the word that he would go upstream to compete for Jiangling.  The alliance between Cao and Sun was within Yuan Fang's expectation, and there was nothing surprising about it.  In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and nearly 300 large and small warships sent by Zhuge Liang from Yizhou have also arrived in Jiangling.  With these hundreds of warships, plus the warships captured from Cao Cao's Xiangyang Navy, Yuan Fang just armed a navy of more than 30,000 men.  At the end of autumn that year, Yuan Fang led L¨¹ Meng to command a navy of 30,000 men and more than 600 warships to open a road in the Yangtze River.  Yuan Fang commanded more than 200,000 cavalry and marched along the land on the north bank. The land and water army went eastward along the river and rushed towards Red Cliff in a mighty manner.  The army flowed down the river unimpeded. After seizing the important town of Baqiu without any bloodshed, Yuan Fang's troops reached the front line of Chibi.  At this time, the 60,000 Cao and Sun coalition forces had built a solid water camp stretching for several miles along the Red Cliff on the south bank, as if they were waiting for work.  Yuan Fang did not underestimate the Cao-Sun coalition and was not eager to launch an attack. The army built a flood and drought camp on the Wulin line on the opposite bank of Red Cliff, forming a confrontation with the Cao-Sun coalition on the south bank. ?¡­ ?Wulin, the main camp of the Qi army, the imperial camp.  "Red Cliff, Chibi, why did Cao Cao and Sun Ce choose Chibi as the place for the decisive battle with me?" Yuan Fang stared at the map, thinking quickly, pondering the stakes.  The importance of Jingzhou lies in Xiangyang, Jiangling and Xiakou. The first two cities have been captured by Yuan Fang. Logically speaking, the Cao-Sun coalition should retreat to Xiakou and fight the decisive battle with Xiakou City behind them. Why should they go upstream?  Choose the decisive battle in Chibi?  Moreover, in history, Cao Cao also had a decisive battle with Zhou Yu in Chibi.  Although history has been turned upside down by Yuan Fang, the location of the decisive battle in Chibi is surprisingly consistent, which makes Yuan Fang feel that there must be something unusual about Chibi.  "Actually, the reason why Sun Ce chose Chibi for the decisive battle was because he wanted to protect Lukou." Lu Meng, the navy commander behind him, suddenly said.  Lukou?  Yuan Fang¡¯s gaze moved east of Red Cliff to another inconspicuous place.  Lu Meng then stepped forward and gestured: "At Lukou, land and water merge into the Yangtze River. Along the water and land river, you can go upstream and pass through Mufu Mountain on the south bank. After walking for a while, you can go directly to Chaisang. If you use the cavalry to move quickly, you can only reach Chaisang.  It only took a few days, so Sun Ce had to choose to stop our army at Chibi." Lu Meng's words caused a stir in Yuan Fang's heart, and he suddenly realized.  "It turns out that there is such a way to attack Chaisang by land. If Sun Ce retreats to Chaisang, my cavalry can skip the Yangtze River and go straight to Chaisang by land to threaten his rear. Well, no wonder."  Chibi is located west of Lukou and on the south bank of the Yangtze River. It is named after Chibi Mountain.  And the Chibi Mountain is very steep, which can stop Yuan Fang's army from marching along the south bank, and can act as a natural barrier for the enemy.  In this way, Sun Ce and the others forced Yuan Fang to choose a decisive battle with them on the river and open up the Yangtze River channel before they could continue to advance eastward.  "Ziming, it seems that my cultivation of you was not in vain. I chose you to be the commander of the naval army. It was indeed my choice." Yuan Fang praised Lu Meng, but he happily asked: "Then I have to ask, Zi Ming."  I know you have a chance of winning and can defeat Sun Cao's navy for me." Lu Meng fell silent.  After pondering for a long time, Lu Mengfang raised his hand and said: "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others are all very good at water warfare. Almost all of their generals are good at water warfare. As for Cao Cao, there are also people like Wenpin.  Fighting with good talents. Moreover, Cao and Sun's coalition forces are mainly naval forces, and their number is twice that of our navy. Therefore, in this case, I can only say that I will do my best to fight for your majesty. " Although Lu Meng did not say it clearly.  , but the meaning has been made very clear. He is determined to fight to the death, but he is not sure of victory.  Indeed, Jiangdong's navy is too strong. On land, Yuan Fang can ravage them at will, but once in the water, it is not certain who will ravage whom.  After pondering for a moment, Yuan Fang¡¯s eyes moved,The hand said: "Go and bring Cao Ang to me." After a while, the curtain was lifted, and Cao Ang, who was still injured, was escorted up.  In the imperial tent, Yuan Fang is sitting high, and the warriors on the left and right with white horses stand solemnly.  Cao Ang entered with his chest raised and his head raised, and he looked squarely at Yuan Fang. He was neither humble nor arrogant, and showed no fear at all.  "Cao Ang, now you have become my prisoner. If you don't kneel down when you see me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" Yuan Fang stared at him and shouted.  Cao Ang still didn't show any fear and said resolutely: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I was captured by you. I have been prepared to die. Yuan Fang, you don't need to say more, just do it." This Cao Ang is not afraid.  The dead man, unlike the prisoners killed by Yuan Fang, either bowed to the ground and begged for mercy, or he was righteous and disdainful of Yuan Fang.  Cao Ang only said "The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy", which was considered generous.  Yuan Fang sneered: "Cao Cao is indeed a hero. He can have a son like you. Don't worry. I won't kill you. I will let you go back with a letter written by me and give it to your father, Cao Cao." (Unfinished)  to be continued)
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