The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 418 Lei Xu
Cao Hong had led his troops back to Nanzheng to garrison. Zhang Yun found out that there were not many defenders of the Chu army in Brazil County, so he asked Cao Hong to divide his troops to take Brazil.Cao Hong disagreed, so Zhang Yun issued a military order, but Xu Shu set up an ambush and defeated him, losing thousands of soldiers, so he had to retreat to Dangqu Mountain to defend his stronghold.

Ma Chao led his troops to the camp ten miles away from Dangqu Mountain, and led his troops to fight. Zhang He just couldn't hold out, and the two armies resisted each other for more than [-] days.

It was late autumn in a blink of an eye. Although Cao Cao and his men had not yet found a way to deal with the gunpowder, they finally concluded after asking the soldiers who had escaped that the gunpowder exploded loudly, but it was not very powerful.Very few soldiers were killed at the time, and most of the wounded were thrown off by horses and scratched by pebbles and iron sheets.

The biggest threat of gunpowder to cavalry is that it will frighten the horses and make the cavalry unable to fight.

Whether it is light cavalry or heavy cavalry, the most important thing is the horse. If the horse is frightened, the cavalry will be abolished.

Therefore, Cao Cao thought of a way from this aspect, so that the war horse would not be frightened by the explosion of gunpowder.

Cao Cao didn't have any gunpowder, so he couldn't actually imitate the sound of explosions to train the horses, so he had people beat gongs and drums, trying to make a louder sound for the horses to hear, and even blocked the ears of the horses with cloth.

Those who didn't know thought that Cao Jun was celebrating the New Year all day long, but Zhang Wu knew that Cao Cao was trying to deal with his explosive packs so that his cavalry could become the master of the battlefield again.

However, the training of war horses cannot be accomplished in a short period of time, not to mention that Cao Cao has too many cavalry and no real explosives. Although the method of beating gongs and drums can be effective, the effect is definitely not very good. Cao Cao's cavalry will not dare to come out for at least half a year.

The two sides were so exhausted, but Cao Cao couldn't afford it, because he needed more food and grass, and the transportation was more difficult.The Chu army can transport grain and grass by water, consumes less on the road, and is close to Jianye City, where grain and grass are hoarded.However, most of Cao Jun's grain and grass need to be transported by land, which consumes a lot on the road, and most of them are far away from Hefei.

The water army of the Chu army controlled the Huai River and Hongze Lake. Cao Jun could not transport the grain and grass in Xuzhou, and the grain and grass in Shouchun and Runan were almost consumed. Cao Cao ordered to collect grain from the people in Jiujiang County.

Originally, the land of Huainan was war-torn. Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and Cao Cao fought here for many years, and Shouchun suffered from floods and droughts, and the people lacked food.After Yuan Shu was destroyed, Sun Ce often came to invade and killed Yan Xiang, the governor of Yangzhou appointed by Cao Cao, while Mei Gan, Lei Xu, Chen Lan and other Lujiang people gathered tens of thousands between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River. Due to the chaotic situation in the Jianghuai area, it was dilapidated and deserted.

Fortunately, Liu Fu was a capable official, and he was kind and enlightened here. The people were very satisfied with his management measures. Tens of thousands of Jianghuai people who had wandered in nearby states and counties to avoid chaos had all returned to their original places.As the population grew, Liu Fu gathered Confucian scholars, set up schools and carried out large-scale farming, built Shaobei, Rupi, Qimen, Wutang and other earth dams to store water and irrigate the rice fields, so that the government and the people have food reserve.

But Sun Ce and Sun Quan still came to invade frequently, because the land of Huainan originally belonged to Yangzhou, and Sun Ce and Sun Quan always believed that Yangzhou was their territory, and Huainan was also a very important grain-producing and military base.

After Zhang Wu occupied Jiangdong, he was also very greedy for the land in Huainan. He ordered Zhuge Liang to build Jianye City and station heavy troops there, just to seize this land.

In order to fight against Zhuge Liang's army, Cao Cao had to deploy heavy troops in Hefei, and sent the clan general Cao Ren to guard it.However, the grain and grass produced in Hefei were not enough, and Lujiang River was captured by Zhang Wu, so the burden of providing grain and grass fell on Jiujiang County.Now Cao Cao and Zhang Wu have been confronting each other for half a year. Not only has the stock of grain and grass been exhausted, but now they have to impose additional taxes on the people, which makes many people in Jiujiang County dissatisfied.

The current Jiujiang prefect is Lei Xu, who was originally Yuan Shu's subordinate, but later gathered together with Mei Gan and others to cause chaos.When Liu Fu served as governor of Yangzhou, Lei Xu defected to Liu Fu and helped Liu Fu resist Sun Quan's invasion. He was promoted to be the prefect of Lujiang, and later moved to Jiujiang prefect.

When Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou, Liu Fu was stabbed to death by Cao Cao because he said that the poems written by Cao Cao were unlucky.Lei Xu was very dissatisfied when he knew about it, because he admired Liu Fu very much. Even Liu Fu, a good official who had made great contributions to Cao Cao, was killed casually. Is Cao Cao worth following?
But after all, Lei Xu is no longer the little thief he used to be. After all these years of experience, he has matured. He knew that he could not resist Cao Cao and avenge Liu Fu with his own strength, so he endured it, but the dissatisfaction in his heart still exists. .

Now Cao Cao led the army to fight Zhang Wu, Lei Xu did not go to the battlefield, because he was not Cao Cao's confidant, Cao Cao would not let him lead the army.Normally, the military power of Jiujiang County is not in Lei Xu's hands. With Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin guarding Hefei, there is no need for Lei Xu to lead the army.

Lei Xu was in charge of supplying food and grass to the army in Hefei. Later, Gan Ning led the navy to control the Huai River and harass Shouchun. Lei Xu took the opportunity to defend Shouchun City and captured some soldiers, but most of them were miscellaneous soldiers and civilians. .Later, Cao Cao sent Li Dian to lead [-] troops to defend Hefei to resist Gan Ning, and took away Lei Xu's military power by the way.

This made Lei Xu very dissatisfied. I have worked so hard for you, Cao Aman. Even my old brother Mei Gan died in Hefei. You still don’t trust me. I, the governor of Jiujiang, are just a decoration.In the past, Cao Ren checked and balanced me, and now Li Dian is sent to seize my power. Is my eunuch the captain of the transportation team?
The point is, now that Shouchun's food and grass are all taken by Cao Cao, and he is asked to ask for food from the common people and various aristocratic families in Jiujiang County, let me do all the work of offending people?
Now Lei Xu was even more dissatisfied, and had other thoughts.In the past, there were Cao Ren, Zhang Liao and others in Huainan, and he didn't dare to do anything. Now, although Cao Cao came in person and brought an army of 10,000+, Cao Cao is not without opponents!

Wasn't Cao Cao defeated by Zhang Wu?Now Zhang Wu, who is invincible in the world, is also outside Hefei with his army. Isn't it because Cao Cao is so awesome that he stays in the city honestly and dare not go out?
Therefore, Lei Xu, who was extremely dissatisfied with Cao Cao, suddenly had a bold idea. He wanted to join Zhang Wu and deal a fatal blow to Cao Cao. He could not only vent his dissatisfaction, but also avenge Liu Fu.

But Zhang Wu is too far away from him, Cao Cao's 10,000+ army is displayed in the middle, and there are Li Dian and [-] elite Cao troops in Shouchun City. He can neither surrender the city nor dare to send someone to contact Zhang Wu, because he is afraid Captured by Cao Cao.

Later, Lei Xu thought of a good way. Although Zhang Wu was far away from him, Gan Ning was close to him. He took the Chu army's navy to cruise on the Huai River, and Shouchun was relying on the Huai River. There are many people in Jiujiang who go fishing on the Huaihe River, so it is convenient to contact them.

(End of this chapter)