Longshu County is named after the ancient country of Longshu, one of the ancient groups of Shu.
The earliest document about Gu Longshu's kingdom is "Zuo Zhuan". In the twelfth year of the text (615 BC), Qunshu rebelled against Chu, and then they were destroyed by Chu one after another and became Chu cities. At the time of Zulong, the system of prefectures and counties was implemented, and only
In Shu County, there is no Longshu.
When the Chu and Han Dynasties were fighting for hegemony, Emperor Gao was in the same kingdom. In the eleventh year of Emperor Gao (196 BC), Longshu County was established in the old city of Chu, and it initially belonged to the Jiujiang Kingdom.
In the 16th year of Emperor Wen's reign, it was transferred to Huainan County. Later, in the second year of Emperor Wu's Yuanshou, Lujiang County was formed from the southern area of Jiujiang, and Longshu County was transferred to it again, and the system has been extended to this day.
The terrain of the entire Lujiang County is very different from east to west. The east is basically plains with crisscrossed rivers, but the west is mountainous. Longshu is almost a mountain city. To the northwest is the Tianzhu Mountains, and to the southwest is Yuzhou.
The Dabie Mountains connect the three states of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and facing each other across the peak is Jiangxia County of Jingzhou.
Therefore, unlike other counties, Longshu is the only city in Lujiang that is surrounded by mountains, with undulating hills and crisscrossing ravines. When Liu Xun chose to flee here after being defeated by Sun Ce in Wancheng, he originally valued the natural chasm occupied by this place.
, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Because if Sun Ce wanted to pursue Long Shu from Wancheng in the south, it would be very difficult. The roads in the mountainous areas were difficult to navigate, and the only official road was in disrepair. Not only was it difficult for the cavalry to drive straight in, but the transportation of grain, grass and equipment was also a huge problem.
The best way is to go around in a big circle and first capture Lu'an and Qianxian in the north, and then attack Longshu from north to south. However, if this is the case, it will be easy for Liu Xun to notice it in advance.
After splitting the troops with Wang Xiong, in order to surprise him, Huang Zhong, who led two thousand cavalry, also chose to go from south to north like Cheng Pu before him. Even for the sake of confidentiality, he did not choose to take the official road, but chose the mountain road.
Not long after setting off, they entered the hilly area on the outskirts of the mountain range. The terrain was undulating and the rain made the mountain roads muddy and difficult to navigate. If the soldiers under their command were not all second- and third-level cavalry, they would have had to overturn their horses several times along the way.
Despite this, large tracts of rain danced with the wind, which eventually slowed down the march of the Heavenly Army. The more than 200 miles of mountain road actually took a full four days.
Seeing that he finally walked out of the mountainous area, Huang Zhong couldn't help but take a long breath, and while standing on his horse and looking into the distance, he ordered:
"Bring a guide."
When an army goes deep into a foreign land to fight, guides are indispensable. Therefore, before Wang Xiong was ready to break out, Wang Zheng asked Zhou Hui to select several people from the north of Lujiang from the villagers in the city and Yangzhou veterans. Three or four of them happened to be dragons.
Shu people, before dividing the army, Wang Xiong asked them all to follow Huang Zhong.
Not long after, two or three countrymen came in front of them. Just as they were about to bow and salute, Huang Zhong waved his hand to prevent them from kneeling: "In the wind and rain, there is water on the ground, so there is no need to bow."
He raised his riding crop and pointed it forward, and asked Wen Yan: "Brothers, how far is this place from Long Shu?"
One of the countrymen replied: "General, there is a small river outside Longshu City, about eighty miles away from the city. We have already crossed this river in the afternoon. As for here..."
While he was talking, he began to look around. It was almost dusk at this time, and the wind and rain were swaying. The mountains and hills far and near were all unclear and gray to the eye. However, he was a local after all, so he looked at them for a long time.
The country man's eyes lit up and he hurriedly pointed out to Huang Zhong:
"General, please see, the mountain in front is called Kaogen Mountain. After passing this mountain, we are only thirty miles away from Longshu."
"Knock on Genshan?"
Huang Zhong was startled when he heard this: "Why is the name of this mountain so weird?"
The country man scratched his head: "This is passed down from our ancestors, and we don't know its meaning."
Huang Zhong was not a local, and he was a simple countryman. Naturally, he didn't know that the name came from Liu Xin, the Marquis of Genjie, and that Long Shuxiang originally belonged to his fiefdom.
Liu Xin is the son of Liu Bang's eldest brother Liu Bo. When he was poor in his early years, Liu Bang often stayed at Uncle Liu's house. It was just a one-person stay. He also often called friends and invited some dog meat brothers to come to his house for dinner.
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Over time, Liu Bang's eldest sister-in-law, Liu Xin's mother, disliked her very much. So whenever Liu Bang and his guests came, she would pretend to have finished the soup and deliberately scrape the side of the pot with a rice spoon to make a sound.
Under such circumstances, the guests didn't know what it meant and left one after another. As a result, Liu Bang secretly resented his sister-in-law.
Later, Liu Xin followed Liu Bang and joined the army and made many meritorious deeds. As a result, Liu Bang granted various princes and kings with the same surname, but Liu Xin was not granted the title. In the end, the "overlord" Liu Xuan spoke up and reluctantly gave him the title of Genjiehou.
Genjie is originally the name of a mountain, but it is located in Jizhou, Hebei Province. It is thousands of miles away from Liu Xin's fiefdom. In the Han Dynasty, there was no title named after a mountain named after a marquis. Therefore, most people from later generations thought that Liu Bang took the opportunity to mock Liu Xin's mother for using a rice spoon.
The old story of chasing away guests by scraping the pot.
Therefore, Liu Xin's "Genjiehou" is actually caused by his mother, which is not very pleasant to hear.
Knocking Genshan is the complete opposite.
After Liu Xin obtained the fiefdom of Longshu, he built water conservancy projects, blocked rivers and built weirs, developed farming, and built black sheep and trough weirs, which were called "seven gates and three weirs". He irrigated more than 80,000 acres of farmland.
Benefit one party and leave a legacy to future generations.
The people were grateful for this, so they renamed a mountain next to the county "Knocking Geng", which not only showed that Liu Bang had chosen a clan member with both political integrity and talent for Long Shu, but also meant that Liu Xin had opened up a way for them to live.
"Is it thirty miles away from the city after passing Kaogen Mountain?"
Huang Zhong thought for a moment, looked around and said: "Brothers have been working hard for days on the road. When I saw Long Shu in front of me, I worked harder and sent an order to go immediately to the foot of the Knocking Geng Mountain to find a shelter from the wind and rain.
Let’s take a short rest.”
"Here!"
Dub on the side asked: "General, when will we attack the city?"
Huang Zhong said in a deep voice: "Tonight!"
Tonight?
Uncle Dub raised his head and looked at the sky. It was dusk now, and it wasn't long before nightfall...
After hesitating for a moment, Nadu Bo remonstrated: "General Huang, we have braved the wind and rain and traveled a long distance. We have traveled more than three hundred miles in a row in the past few days. Even if there are veterans of our heavenly army on both sides, it will only take a few hours."
I can't get enough of it, so I'm starting to attack the city tonight, am I being too eager?"
Facing Huang Zhong's sideways glance, Nadu Bo continued:
"Anyway, our army has arrived, so there is no rush. As a general, I might as well rest for the night and attack the city at dawn tomorrow before it is too late!"
"Tomorrow will be too late." Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "As the sages have said, they can make great efforts at one go, then fail again, and then be exhausted three times."
"Our army came from afar and marched in the wind and rain. It was very difficult for the soldiers to march. How could I not know the sufferings of the generals? But the more this happens, the more we cannot relax!"
"Once we relax, the army will inevitably lose its spirit. If it really reaches the point where the army loses its spirit, how can we quickly conquer Longshu? If we can't conquer it quickly, if something unexpected happens, we will have to go back the same way. Besides, it's raining harder and harder.
Da, we want to go back then, but we may not be able to go back!"
Huang Zhong added: "Besides, Longshu is not a big city. The city is only a few miles wide, and there are only a thousand guards. Among these thousand people, there are probably some surrendered soldiers recruited by the Sun thieves on the spot, and civilian men recruited. The combat strength is not the same."
Not very high. Besides, our army came so unexpectedly, and he must have been unprepared. You are only looking at this place, which is only thirty miles away from Longshu, but you have overlooked one thing."
"What's the matter?" Nadubo asked immediately.
"Haha." Huang Zhong laughed loudly and said sternly: "It happens to be war time, and the three parties will hunt. Under such circumstances, we are approaching thirty miles from the city. When you look around, you don't find any enemy sentries. This
What does it mean?"
"Explain how slack the guards here are because of this heavy rain? This is a fighter plane!"
"Our army came far away in the rain just to win a 'wonder'. How can we travel a hundred miles and only get half ninety at this time? I have made up my mind! No need to say more."
At this time, another uncle next to him said again: "General, what should we do about the brothers who are sick?"
After four or five days of hurried marching in the rain, and the fact that the entire army had basically been sleeping in the open air since leaving Shucheng, even the cavalrymen, who were all system soldiers with excellent physiques, were too much to bear. At this time, a small area of
Although the cold and fever are not fatal to the heavenly army, they also reduce their combat effectiveness to a certain extent.
Huang Zhong asked: "How many people have been infected so far?"
"About a hundred or so."
"Those with injured horses should be grouped together in one place. Give them all our military flags. When the main force of our army attacks the city tonight, order them to wave the military flags outside the city, run around, make loud noises, and pretend to be reinforcements for our army.
prestige!"
Huang Zhongdao: "The greater the momentum you make, the more likely it is that the enemy will surrender without a fight."
The generals were greatly impressed and said: "General, this is a wonderful plan."
Huang Zhong reminded everyone: "We will send a message to the whole army later, so that all brothers must understand that this time we attack the city, we must march forward with courage and defeat it in one battle. Tonight is both the first battle and the general attack. With such rain,
Come on, we can’t stay in the wild any longer.”
After the plan was decided, Huang Zhong led his army to the foot of Kaogen Mountain. The whole army dismounted and rested for a while. While eating dry food, they listened to Huang Zhong's pre-battle mobilization. They waited until dark before attacking the city.
...
When Huang Zhong planned to attack Long Shu in the rain, Guo Jia was waiting for reinforcements from the rear of Pei State.
At the same time, Sun Ce's offensive against Shucheng was on its third day.
After another call for gold to withdraw the troops, the civil and military officials in the city gathered at the county government, most of them feeling heavy.
Zhou Hui, who was sitting on the throne, looked around at the generals and said with a somewhat solemn expression: "The Sun thief's offensive has become more and more fierce. Many places on the southern city wall have collapsed. Moreover, the soldiers are tired and have suffered heavy casualties. What should we do if this continues?"
Wei Yan said in a deep voice: "Young Master, our manpower is often exhausted. After these few days, our army is certainly exhausted, isn't the enemy the same? Sun Thieves' ten thousand men and horses can't sustain such an attack in the rain for long. As long as the attack
If the city's military strength no longer increases, then Shu City will definitely be impregnable. If we can survive these three days, it won't be a problem for the other side to survive for another thirty days."
Zhou Hui understood what the "accident" Wei Yan said was that Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other troops were entrenched elsewhere. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at Wang Zheng: "Wang Zhoumu, is there any news from General Wu and General Huang?"
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Wang Zhengdao: "There is no such thing on Huang Zhong's side, but I have received a report from sentries today. More than 10,000 troops led by Wu Sheng's tribe are currently stationed outside Bo'an City and are in confrontation with Huang Gai's tribe in Lu'an City.
As soon as the equipment and food from Pei's rear arrive, the decisive battle will begin."
"Boan?"
Zhou Hui perked up after hearing this: "If General Wu can recapture Liu'an and defeat Huang Gai, then... he will be able to reach Shu County in about ten days at most!"
"So we must persist." Wang Zheng smiled and said: "I wonder if you have noticed that the enemy's encirclement outside the city today is not as tight as before. What does this mean? It means that the army will be tired!"
"The county prince will send a message to the whole city later, saying that our reinforcements will arrive within half a month, which will boost the morale of the people and at the same time cause a blow to Sun Ce's army. It can be said that one goes long and the other goes away."
"That's what Zhou Mu said."
Zhou Hui nodded repeatedly: "The bravery of the Xuzhou Army under Zhou Mu in the past few days has been witnessed by all. Gentlemen, General Wu has more than ten thousand troops along the way. Defeating Huang Gai will be easy. Once the army arrives, Sun Thief will surely
They will be frightened and uneasy, and will retreat without fighting."
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Everyone was deeply convinced. After the three-day siege battle, they had already been completely impressed by the performance of the Xuzhou Army. This was a real elite, fierce tiger!
For example, the five hundred elite soldiers who were dispatched to Zhou Hui's defense were not only outstanding in combat power, but also fearless of death. In several critical moments when the city wall collapsed, it was they who firmly blocked the gap with their flesh and blood.
, in the face of the swarming and endless stream of enemies, he repeatedly staged a victory with less and made a comeback against the wind. He was really tough and tough!
This brave performance even greatly improved the morale of the defenders. As a result, in the past three days, no matter how crazy Sun Cejun was and no matter what the cost, he could never go beyond the limit.
In the eyes of these people, even if they were all from the Xuzhou Army and Wu Sheng's troops had more than 10,000 troops, the gap was not that big. Even if they were half the level, this number alone would be enough to completely change the situation.
Although Wang Zheng nodded in agreement on the surface, he was not so optimistic in his heart.
First of all, Wu Sheng's 10,000 troops are a mixture of first-order soldiers and new soldiers. In terms of average combat strength, the gap with the Tianzhu camp is far greater than everyone imagined.
Secondly, since Sun Ce knew that he, the Xuzhou Mu, was in Shu City, he would never give up this place easily. He must have already deduced how to deal with the reinforcements from the Heavenly Army.
It was obvious that Huang Gai was stationed in Lu'an with the intention of blocking Wu Sheng's troops. In addition, there might be other means.
His mind was racing, and after thinking about it over and over, an idea suddenly came to Wang Zheng's mind.
Could it be that this guy wants to besiege the city and call for reinforcements?
The two had fought wits several times before in the city. On the surface, Wang Zheng had the upper hand, while Sun Ce ran into obstacles one after another. But what was the result?
Sun Ce, who seemed frustrated, finally captured the two important towns of Hefei and Lu'an!
This made Wang Zheng annoyed, and he also began to re-examine this little overlord.
It is very rare to be defeated and not give up, but it is terrifying to immediately try another one if it fails. The former represents perseverance, but the latter requires extremely good adaptability!
Obviously, Sun Ce is a hero who can do both.
Is it the same this time?
In the first two days of the offensive and defensive battle, Wang Zheng saw that Sun Ce wanted to go all out and have no reservations, but the final result was no progress. A big reason for this was because of the Tianzhu camp's efforts to turn the tide.
So what about today?
In the fierce fighting, others had no time to look away, but Wang Zheng noticed while chopping melons and vegetables. On the surface, the enemy's offensive seemed to be no different from the previous two days, but in fact...
Today it is no longer the whole army pressing forward, but now it has become a turn to attack the city!
This shows what?
This shows that Sun Ce learned the lesson after suffering a loss. After he was clearly aware that Wang Zheng and Tianzhu camp were in the city, and with the influence of the rain, even if he did not hesitate to die or be injured, he would not be able to speed up Shukeshu County in the short term!
Since he couldn't overcome it quickly, he decisively chose to change his tactics and retain his fresh troops.
If the little overlord wanted to finish his work in one battle and capture Wang Zheng, Xuzhou Mu, and Shu Cheng together...
Now it has become a plan to defeat them one by one, remove the tail first, and then behead them.
So who is this new force meant to deal with?
Of course it was Wu Shengbu.
Wang Zheng judged that Sun Ce had actually considered that Huang Gai, who was stationed in Lu'an, might not be able to stop Wu Sheng, so he made a foolproof plan. While he ordered people to attack the city, he quietly left his trump card. If Wu Sheng's troops really broke through the defense line, he could
Wait for work in leisure, and give the opponent a head-on blow when he rushes to help but has not yet established a firm foothold!