Chapter 691 The Battle of Red Cliff
The war is imminent.
Shanhai City's actions were beyond the expectations of the four major city-states.
"You will help us, right?" Qin Feng looked at the representatives of other city-states with a nervous expression.
"Brother Qin, don't worry, [Lingnan City-State] will definitely support it. After returning, I will discuss with the joint meeting of lords to transfer all 150,000 allied troops to the border of Zhaoqing County to confront the Huben Army in Shanhai City. If necessary, we will It will even enter Zhaoqing County to echo your western battlefield." Ruan Ping was the first to express his opinion.
Ruan Ping's statement was not surprising at all.
After Ouyang Shuo married Song Jia, Ruan Ping has become very stubborn, even obsessed, always thinking about how to get rid of Shanhai City, which has become Ruan Ping's demon.
"[Shunan City-State] will also take action. The 100,000 allied troops stationed in Guilin County will immediately enter a state of war and will be responsible for containing the Baotao Army in Shanhai City." Caiyun Zhinan's statement was somewhat ambiguous.
Caiyun Zhinan only guarantees to contain the Leopard Tao army, that is to say, if the Leopard Tao army does not take the initiative to attack, the allied forces of [Shunan city-state] will also stand still.
In the end, [Northern Sichuan City-State] made a statement on behalf of the senior officials of Ximen, and he hesitated, "Uh, heh, yes, we must support it. In this way, the allied forces of [Northern Sichuan City-State] will remain vigilant."
Half a year has passed, and unknowable changes have already taken place inside [Northern Sichuan City-state]. On the issue of dealing with Shanhai City, there are differences within the city-state.
Even the officials of Ximen are unwilling to directly conflict with Shanhai City.
Qin Feng frowned when he saw it.
Obviously, the statements of the three major city-states did not satisfy Qin Feng. He said in a deep voice, "Of course containment is necessary, but is it possible for you all to directly send troops to reinforce us?"
The enemy army in front of [Yunnan City-State] now includes the two legions of the Longxiang Army of Shanhai City and the Imperial Guard Legion, plus the field legion of Lingxi City, a total of 280,000 elite troops.
When the real battle begins, it is unknown whether other legions from Shanhai City will participate in the battle.
For [Yunnan City-State], the four legions are already a huge challenge. The city-state's allied army is only a few hundred thousand, and if we add it together, we can make up an army of 300,000.
It's just that Qin Feng is self-aware, knowing that their 300,000 troops are not the same concept as Shanhai City's 300,000 troops. There is a huge difference between the two sides in terms of combat power and weaponry.
Not to mention, Shanhai City directly used Bai Qi and Huo Qubing to command together.
The cold-blooded butcher kills God Bai Qi, and the genius general rides God Huo Qubing.
Just thinking about it makes my heart shudder.
If [Yunnan City-state] really had to face it alone, it would be a bit embarrassing.
"This……"
This time, even Caiyun Zhinan became hesitant.
"Brother Caiyun, your lips are dead and your teeth are cold!" Qin Feng looked anxious.
Caiyun Zhinan sighed, "Hey, Brother Qin, it's not that we don't help. You also know that the military affairs of the city-state are settled by the joint meeting of lords through consultation. There is too much resistance. But if you want to send troops to reinforce the allies, I am afraid it will be difficult to pass."
"That's right, Brother Qin, you have to be considerate of our difficulties." The official Ximen echoed.
Even Ruan Ping, who was the most active, didn't say anything at this time.
[Lingnan City-State] Ruan Ping is not the one who has the final say, it is intricate. Especially in the past six months, Ruan Ping felt faintly that there was a force within the city-state, waiting for him to make a mistake.
Therefore, although Ruan Ping was eager to intervene in the Yunnan battlefield, he was powerless.
When Qin Feng saw it, his expression was extremely ugly. On the one hand, he understands Ruan Pingping's concerns. Thinking in another way, if [Yunnan city-state] wants to send troops to an allied state, I'm afraid it will be too much.
On the other hand, Qin Feng felt chilled by his allies' reluctance to save them.
The emergency meeting of the four major city-states ended up being unhappy. The three major city-states only promised to contain the Huben Army and Baotao Army in Shanhai City. As for the frontal battlefield, they were indeed helpless.
"No way, there is only a fight to the death!"
Qin Feng sent his allies away with a hint of determination flashing across his face.
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Shanhai City, Southern Border Protectorate.
On the morning of August 24th, Ouyang Shuo personally saw off the imperial guards.
The Imperial Guard Corps led by Huo Qubing started from the north gate and marched towards Mulan Fortress. This scene fell into the eyes of spies in various territories.
The rain is coming!
In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo had an interview with Zhang Tingyu and Wei Yang alone, and after receiving their confession, he finally agreed to appoint Pei Yun, and formally appointed Pei Yun as the post of Director of Civil Affairs.
Zhang Tingyu finally agreed to the appointment of Pei Yun, and he also had plans in mind. Because once he refused, it would be unwise to offend Wei Yang, the Director of the Interior, and Pei Ju, the Governor of Xingzhou, if he waited a while.
Furthermore, in the Qing Dynasty, such an act of flattering people like Pei Yun was really very common. Even Zhang Tingyu himself had to cooperate with Emperor Yongzheng's preferences in many cases.
In this case, Zhang Tingyu has no reason to refuse Pei Yun's appointment. It's just that Jun Shang's inexplicable smile still makes Zhang Tingyu's heart tremble.
In this way, two of Wenxi's Pei family hold important positions in Shanhai City.
【Name】: Pei Yun (King Class)
【Dynasty】: Sui Dynasty
[Identity]: Civil servant of Shanhai City
[Occupation]: civil servant
[Loyalty]: 70 points
[Commander]: 45 [Force]: 30 [Intelligence]: 70 [Politics]: 80
[Specialty]: Civil Affairs (increase the administrative efficiency of the territory by 15%, increase the prestige of the territory by 10%, and increase the efficiency of civil affairs in the territory by 20%)
[Comment]: Pei Yun, a minister of the Sui Dynasty, was an official in Chen at the beginning, and his father was in the north. In the Sui Dynasty, he was the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and he was known as the governor of the governor.
At the beginning of Emperor Yangdi, he was called to be Taichang Shaoqing, who was good at serving the emperor's wishes. He had more than 30,000 people in Guangzengle, and he moved to the Ministry of Ministries. Participate in government affairs.
The prison break is subject to the emperor's will, and Yang Xuangan's remnant party is governed, killing tens of thousands of people. The laws and regulations are bad, more than a hundred censors have been added, and the eyes and ears are biased towards the county and the country, which is a great disaster for the public and private.
The evaluation of Pei Yun in the history books is really not high.
Pei Yun also became the first officially tainted official appointed by Shanhai City. Whether he can handle such a "flattering minister" is also a test for Ouyang Shuo.
After all, there is no list of attributes when arriving on the "Hope" planet in the future, let alone loyalty. The loyal, treacherous, good and evil of subordinates all depends on Ouyang Shuo's eyes.
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August 25th, morning.
When swords were on the verge of breaking out in southern Xinjiang, a system announcement disrupted the rhythm of the war.
"System Announcement: Fifty counties have been successfully promoted in China, and the battle system has been triggered. The sixth battle, the Battle of Chibi, will officially start in three days. Please look forward to it. Friendly reminder: The Battle of Chibi is optional For campaign scenario missions, only territories that have been promoted to county towns are eligible to sign up."
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The Battle of Chibi, the most famous battle in the history of the Three Kingdoms.
If the victory of the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, including the famous Battle of Guandu, was the turning point of Cao Cao's regime, then the Battle of Chibi was the turning point of Sun Liu's regime.
After this battle, Liu Bei began to make a real fortune, and the Jiangdong Sun family became famous.
It's just about this epic battle, because of the literary processing of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the outside world has misunderstood it a lot.
First of all, Zhuge Liang's "borrowing arrows from a straw boat" in the Battle of Chibi is purely fictional.
But "straw boat borrowing arrows" is not groundless.
According to the relevant records of Pei Songzhi's notes in "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Wu Zhu", in the eighteenth year of Jian'an, that is, five years after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led his army south to attack Sun Wu.
One day, Sun Quan took advantage of the fog in the river to break into Cao Jun’s camp from Ruxukou in a light warship to observe Cao Jun’s deployment. Cao Cao was suspicious by nature. Seeing that the river was surrounded by mist and Sun Jun was in a dignified state, he was afraid that there would be fraud and dare not go out to fight.
Soon Sun Quan's boat was full of arrows, and the boat gradually tilted and capsized due to the weight of the arrows on one side. Sun Quan ordered the bow of the ship to be turned so that the other side could receive the arrows. After the ship stabilized, Sun Quan commanded the warships to line up and leave slowly. Only then did Cao Cao realize that he had been fooled.
This is just a story that happened to Sun Quan, and it was just an act of quick wit. Sun Quan did not plan to "borrow arrows", and the history books did not say that it was a straw boat.
"The grass boat borrows the arrow" is a fabrication, and Zhuge Liang borrows the east wind, which is even more nonsense.
In fact, the real commander of the Battle of Chibi in history was Zhou Yu, and Zhuge Liang basically didn't even participate in the Battle of Chibi.
It was only because Luo Guanzhong, the author of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", had a special preference for Zhuge Liang that he grafted some things onto Zhuge Liang and deified him step by step.
Not only the Battle of Chibi, but even the empty city plan was not done by Zhuge Liang.
Similarly, "Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai" is also non-existent.
In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Gai did not use bitter tricks, but false surrender did happen. In order to ensure that the unarmed fireboat would not be intercepted and could approach Cao Jun's water village smoothly, Huang Gai surrendered to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao easily believed Huang Gai's surrender because Cao Cao believed that Huang Gai had been Sun Jian's subordinate, and his qualifications were older than Zhou Yu's.
In addition, it is true that Zhou Yu's fellow county Jiang Gan was sent by Cao Cao to persuade Zhou Yu, but it was not during the Battle of Chibi.
When Pei Songzhi annotated "Three Kingdoms", he recorded it after the Battle of Chibi, and only Jiang Gan persuaded him to surrender, and there was no countermeasure by Zhou Yu.
And Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were not involved, and they were not even Cao Cao's navy commanders at all.
Similarly, in the real Battle of Chibi, the disparity in the strength of the two sides was not as great as described in the novel. The saying that less wins more is somewhat untenable.
If there is a lord player, using the plot in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to speculate and prepare for the battle of Chibi, it will definitely fall into a big stumble.
In the previous life, there was a lord who made such a joke.