Zaozhuan was also the first county in Danyang where Cao Zhi experimented with the farmland policy. Zaozhuan used his talents in this thing that he was passionate about and did a very good job, building Wuhu into the largest grain-producing area in Danyang.
, the military rations and tax rations handed over this year are also the largest and best in the entire Danyang area.
When Zuo Rong came, he undoubtedly led his army to resist, but the two thousand sergeants had been away from the battle line for a long time and often worked in farming, so they seriously lacked formal training. Under Zuo Rong's attack, Zao Zhuan still showed the posture of the Yangzhou Captain.
He naively chose to start a battle with Zuo Rong at the junction of Spring Valley and Wuhu instead of retreating to Wuhu to defend the city. His wrong decision almost led to the loss of the city of Wuhu.
Fortunately, Mi Heng quickly transferred the reinforcements led by Lei Gong from Wanling, and Wuhu was defended. However, the original two thousand garrison suffered heavy casualties, and Zaodi was almost wiped out before Lei Gong arrived.
Seeing that Wuhu was about to be undefended, Zao Di also became ruthless. He ordered all the villages and people outside Wuhu to be captured, and all the autumn grain that had not been harvested in time, and the grain, grass and livestock that were not transported in time were burned.
Kill them and even burn their houses.
Lei Gong and his entourage were crisscrossing the road to Wuhu. As far as the eye could see, there was scorched earth everywhere. The farmland between the fields and on both sides of the road had become unrecognizable and was full of ruins. A sea of fire burned the crops in the farmland.
It was beyond recognition, even more places had been burned to scorched earth, and the original large granary in the village had turned into huge burning fireballs.
Lei Gong was so frightened that he thought he was one step too late and Wuhu had already fallen. It was not until he saw scattered soldiers wearing Danyang military uniforms on the road that he was sure that Wuhu had not been captured by Zuo Rong.
He followed these soldiers with carts and horses, and carried some materials that could be moved south, heading towards Wuhu City. Only then did Lei Gong realize that Zao Zhuan, the son-in-law of the former Yangzhou governor, was ruthless enough.
Let alone, even the wells in the villages they passed were blocked by rocks, and in some water sources, the carcasses of slaughtered livestock were thrown into the water to make the water undrinkable.
Many farmers and villagers, supporting the old and the young, hurried along the road towards Wuhu City, turning the fertile and fertile Wuhu into a scorched earth, leaving nothing useful to the enemy. Zaozhuan could not defeat Zuo Rong, but
And we will never tolerate a group of savage old men who are like wolves and tigers rushing into our own territory, burning, killing and looting.
Because Zaozhuan is the son-in-law of the former governor, and he has loved the people like his own son in Wuhu for the past two years, he is an out-and-out good official. Regarding his almost crazy behavior, the people of Wuhu have no complaints. After Zaozhuan's order, they
Enduring the pain, he set fire to his houses and crops, and then followed Zaozhuan's soldiers towards Wuhu City.
When Lei Gong approached Wuhu City, he even saw people setting fire to crops in some farmland beside the road. The crops can be planted again next year and the houses can be rebuilt, but the jackals that invaded their homes must not be allowed to get what belongs to them.
A little something.
This situation has continued to develop to the edge of Wuhu City. Some of the woods outside the city wall have been cut down and transported into the city for city defense. Most of the trees that were not cut down in time were simply set on fire and burned.
, there was thick smoke billowing everywhere.
Lei Gong watched the excitement, but he didn't know that Zao Zhuan's heart was bleeding when he was standing on the tower. What was burned was all his hard work over the past year. He loved these crops and was so obsessed with loving his wife that they were just like him.
He had spent countless efforts on his children, and now he personally ordered them to be burned. One can imagine his grief.
Although Lei Gong had always heard how useless the son-in-law of Chen Wen, the former governor of Yangzhou, was, what Lei Gong saw now made him shocked by Zao Zhuan's scorched earth strategy. At the same time, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise this person.
Zao Zhuan said "That's enough!"
When Zuo Rong's army was resting, Zuo Rong encouraged his subordinates and announced in public that according to the news from Liu Yao and Liu Prefecture from Jiujiang, Cao Zhi, the prefect of Danyang, had been killed by Yuan Shao in Yecheng, Jizhou. These big-headed soldiers
How much knowledge can there be? There were rumors among these big soldiers before that the news of Cao Zhi's defeat in Jizhou can now be confirmed by the new governor. They are just in high spirits and Danyang, which lacks a backbone, is not easy to get.
In fact, this was all information that Liu Yao deliberately spread before the war started. How to use it was up to the prefects of each county. Zuo Rong knew that this information was not reliable, but he still had a good way of using it. At this time,
Telling this exciting news was undoubtedly a forceful injection for his soldiers.
When Zuo Rong was secretly proud, a scout from the front reported that he was about to enter the area ten miles north of Wuhu. He saw a fire on a hillside in Wuhu, probably because the forest was burning, and the fire could be seen more than ten miles away.
Zuo Rong laughed at first. He thought Zaozhuan could not defeat him, so he set fire to block his attack. However, after traveling for more than ten miles, the army came to the foot of the mountain and saw that large tracts of woods on the hillside had been burned.
, there are still many places where the flames have not been extinguished. Going further and climbing over the hillside, I found that the fire was even more thorough and clean, and it was burned into a scorched earth.
At this time, Zuo Rong had a premonition that something was wrong. After running for a long time, he finally led his troops deep into the hinterland of Wuhu. By this time, their mounts were already exhausted. Moreover, the southern war horses were not as good as the northern war horses in their ability to run long distances.
At this moment, Zuo Rong finally led his troops into Wuhu County successfully. However, every cavalryman behind him saw his mounts sweating profusely. However, due to Zuo Rong's strict order, they did not dare to rest. They could only grit their teeth and forcefully continue towards the hinterland of Wuhu.
As they walked away at night, these Yuzhang cavalrymen were surprised to find that Wuhu, which was originally said to be "fertile and fertile", had become like this.
Looking around, the farmland on both sides of the road was full of scorched earth, and the fires in many places had not been extinguished, leaving little bits of firelight. There was a strong, choking smell in the air.
In order to speed up the march, Zuo Rong only brought five days' rations. He once told his soldiers personally that Wuhu was full of rations. When they got there, they only had to kill the Wuhu defenders and they could take whatever rations they wanted.
Now his men discovered that the Wuhu defenders had killed many people before entering Wuhu, but why didn't they see a grain of food? There was only scorched earth! They began to wonder what they would eat in the next few days.
At this time, Zuo Rong's forward cavalry did not stop. They walked slowly and finally found a village. After waiting outside the village for a while, they sent two cavalry to sneak into the quiet village under the night.
After a while, two cavalrymen came out to report: The village was deserted!
So, a large group of cavalry rushed into the village. The originally excited cavalry immediately felt like a bucket of cold water was poured on their heads! The hungry and thirsty Yuzhang soldiers were frustrated to find that they could not find any food in the village, not even water.
There was no one to drink. The original wells in the village were blocked by rocks. There was also a pond. As soon as I ran in, I heard a buzzing sound of flies swarming around. I lit a torch and took a look at the pond.
The carcasses of several slaughtered livestock were thrown into the water, which had already rotted and rotted after being soaked, polluting the water. As for food, there was of course no food. All the houses in the village were searched, but not a single bite was found.
As for the food, the granary in the village had already turned into a pile of ashes.
After Zuo Rong got the reward, he was so angry that he screamed. His good idea of taking advantage of Danyang was shattered. Farmland was burned, water sources were polluted, and livestock were slaughtered. This also made Zuo Rong determined not to change his target.
He vowed to capture Wuhu City, kill Zaozhuan, and rob everything in Wuhu City without leaving a grain of food for the people in the city.
The loss of troops in Wuhu made Mi Heng, who was in charge of Wanling, very heartbroken. He wished he could have led his troops to Wuhu and killed Zuo Rong, who spoke the Yipoluo language. But at this time, he could not be impulsive.
All the important supplies are in Wanling. How can there be no one here to take charge of the overall situation? Mi Heng made a secret decision to himself. If an enemy army came all the way to Wanling, even if he had no generals available, he would lead his own troops to defend it.
Guard Wanling, where most of Cao Zhi's possessions and family are. If Mi Heng can't even control the rule of this county, then he is not worthy of Cao Zhi's appreciation, and he is not worthy of being Danyang Prime Minister.
But soon the whole of Danyang was besieged internally and externally, and Mi Heng felt powerless for the first time in his life. He now had almost no generals to send, and he had sent out almost all the generals who were originally stationed at Wanling. The current defense of Wanling
Yuan Yue, who was urgently recruited from Qu'a, was in charge. The equally important border defense of Qu'a could only be handled by Du Yi. Not only Qu'a, but also the extremely important Moling, only Lu Su was in charge now.
Danyang's only naval general, Jiang Qin, was also sent back by Cao Zhi and transferred to the direction of Chaohu, asking them to go upstream, pass through Hefei, and go to Anfengjin to meet them.
Mi Heng is a very conceited person. He always thinks that nothing in the world can stop him, and he never bows to difficulties. But at this moment, his face is still full of sorrow, and he stands on the tower northwest of Wanling all day long.
Go up and murmur softly: "Lord, where are you? Come back quickly, I can't hold it anymore!"
When various places in Danyang were attacked by foreign enemies, a group of officials from Wanling in the heart of Danyang suggested to Mi Heng to surrender to Liu Yao. After all, he was the orthodox governor of Yangzhou, and it would be useless to resist the orthodox governor. Soon, other counties in Yangzhou
The guards will also follow suit and join the expedition against Danyang. No matter how powerful Danyang is, it will not be able to withstand the joint encirclement and suppression of four or five counties.