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- Chapter 2182: Outsmarting Wankou (Part 1)
Wankou, built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was an important military base on the Yangtze River. As long as the north and the south were facing each other across the river, it would be a battleground between the north and the south. For example, in the Three Kingdoms of Wei and Wu, such as the Southern Liang and Northern Qi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, as well as the Later Liang, Southern Wu, Northern Song and Southern Tang, almost all of them had countless fierce battles here.
Su Lie marched all the way from Qiupu to Nanling County across the Wankou River (across the Yangtze River in Anqing, Anhui Province today). He only had more than 5,000 men on hand at this time. Because Chen Kedi had other arrangements, he left one battalion each from the left and right guards.
These five thousand people are quite a lot, but they are still slightly insufficient to fight Wankou.
There are not many troops in Wankou opposite, only more than 3,000 people, but half of these troops are stationed in Wankou City and the other half are stationed at the dock. Wankou is an important military town. The city is high and the pond is deep, making it difficult to attack. Moreover, there are a large amount of supplies of the Chu army, more than 2,000 men, and more than 100 ships on the dock. Once the two sides fight, they will be obstacles.
Therefore, it is not that easy for Su Lie to quickly capture Wankou.
Furthermore, the Chu army was stationed separately in Wankou, and the two armies competed with each other, but the two sides did not affect each other. Even if they captured one place, the Chu army in the other place would choose to stick to the spot and wait for rescue.
Once the Chu army retreats into Wankou City, it will be impossible to break the city within five days.
Su Lie thought for a long time and finally decided to attack the dock first and then lure the enemy deeper into the city to avoid a fierce battle in Wankou City.
Su Lie asked people to explore around Wankou, and then found a wealthy Chen family from Nanling County in the south. He asked them to pretend to surrender to the Chu army, and had the Sui army pretend to be Chen's servants to transport the fleet there. Wankou.
The Chen family is a grain merchant and is considered a powerful force in Xuancheng County. At this time zhuishukan.com Zhang Si
Of course, the Chen family would not dare to disobey this excessive request. After all, no matter how powerful the Chen family is, officials are officials and the people are the people, and the people cannot fight with the officials. In front of Su Lie, the Chen family was nothing.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡ A small family like the Chen family does not have many channels for advancement, so Su Lie's approach to them is both a challenge and an opportunity, just like the Zhou family in An. After all, the Chen family also wants to take this opportunity to climb up to the Sui Dynasty. A big ship.
So the Chen family complied with all Su Lie's requests.
The Sui army then mobilized more than twenty warships of the Chen family. Except for the first few ships, which had food, the back ones were all filled with Sui troops, and then headed for Wankou.
This time, the Chen family also took the risk.
The leader was Chen Yi, the eldest son of the Chen family. He often traveled to both sides of the Yangtze River and even went to Wankou. He even knew Yin Guan, the general of the Chu army stationed in Wankou.
The Chu army went north, and there were many large families who tried to defect to the Chu army.
The Chen family is engaged in river transportation business, relying on the Yangtze River. Although it has been under the rule of the Sui Dynasty, its relationship with the Chu army occupying the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River is not bad. In fact, without the care of the Chu army, their business would not be possible.
Therefore, the Chen family sent twenty boatloads of food, and the Chu army did not doubt it.
Chen Yi went to Wankou in the name of Lao Jun and met Yin Guan.
Yin Guan was surprised and enthusiastic about Chen Yi's personal arrival. He was very aware of the strength of the Chen family on both sides of the Yangtze River. He had recruited Chen Yi many times before, but Chen Yi never gave a positive response.
"Brother Chen, you, a man of big boats and small boats, what caused the trouble?"
At this time, Chen Yi stepped forward and bowed and said: "General Yin, Chen Yi has no choice, so he wants to seek help from Da Chu."
So Chen Yi told Yin Guan that his father had offended the prefect of Xuancheng County in the Sui Dynasty, so Xuancheng County deliberately blackmailed the Chen family into giving 200,000 shi of grain and rice to support the war.
The Yangtze River was blocked due to the war, and the Chen family's grain business was also affected. Even if they sold iron, they couldn't get the grain. So Chen Yi had no choice but to come and join Da Chu, help Da Chu capture Nanchi County, and become a founding hero.
Yin Guan believed what Chen Yi said, because they often did this in Yuzhang, commonly known as "slaughtering fat sheep".
At this time, Yin Guan felt proud. You, Chen Yi, are also here today.
Yin Guan led Chen Yi into his official office, which was a small courtyard built on the dock. He wanted to host a banquet in honor of Chen Yi, and ordered the deputy general to collect the twenty shiploads of grain.
These twenty ships of grain amounted to about five thousand dan. Now because of the war, the food supply in Jiangxi has been high. A bucket of rice is almost worth 100 yuan, and 5,000 shi of rice is 5 million yuan, which makes a big fortune.
Chen Yi entered the government office with several of his retinues. The steward Chen Taibian brought by Chen Yi and the deputy general of Yin GuanIt is convenient to hand over materials at the dock.
Yin Guan controls the dock, oversees the entry and exit of large quantities of food and materials, and often resells military supplies. The Chen family is also his important buyer, so the two parties are very familiar with each other.
The people below were working, while Chen Tai and Wu Cheng chatted.
At this time, Li Wenxiang, who was in charge of leading the team, quietly came out of the cabin with a dozen soldiers on the same ship, carrying weapons, and sneaked ashore.
There are not many Chu troops on the dock. There are two teams of patrolling officers and soldiers, and several fixed sentry towers.
At this time, the first ship has not yet finished loading and unloading.
Li Wenxiang was also not wearing armor. He held two horizontal knives and attacked the patrolling officers and soldiers on both sides. These people were all armed with swords and axes. The officers and soldiers patrolling on both sides were overturned and chopped down by this group of people before they could react.
Li Wenxiang raised his knife in front and cut down the two patrol leaders one at a time. The rest of the people, like wolves and tigers, rushed into the crowd. 强牺 zhuishukan.com 读牺
A sentry wanted to shout a warning, but was directly thrown by Li Wenxiang with a knife, which hit his chest and fell to the ground.
The Sui army was all elite, and they cooperated with each other tacitly. They were far from comparable to the Chu army.
The soldiers on the dock seemed to be very experienced. When they saw the Sui army, they did not run or scream, but just begged for surrender.
Wu Cheng, who was talking to Chen Tai, heard the noise and thought it was someone making trouble, so he turned around to see what was going on. At this time, Chen Tai, who was laughing and chatting with him, suddenly pulled out a dagger from his arms and stabbed Wu Cheng in the side. .
Although Chen Tai is just a housekeeper, the Chen family's business involves both black and white. He is half businessman and half water bandit. His methods are naturally ruthless, and his courage is no less than that of ordinary bandits.
Wu Cheng was hit suddenly and was shocked. He covered his wound and turned around, just in time to see Chen Tai's ferocious face.
On the opposite side, Chen Tai was merciless. He drew out his dagger and kicked the opponent into the river. Zhida z.com Zhixiao
Without Wu Cheng, although the Chu army on the dock was large in number, they lost their command and fell into a situation of fighting on their own.
Li Wenxiang led his men to rush all the way and quickly captured the entire dock.
At this time, Li Wenxiang ordered the twenty warships he brought to turn around and turn to the river mouth to block the passage of the Chu army's ships.
Although the Chu army had many ships, the more than 100 ships were all transport ships, and few of them were capable of fighting. Therefore, they had to watch helplessly as the Chu army completely disarmed them
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