Chapter 159: If I Had a Son, I Would Want Him to Be Like Sun Zhongmou

【The most familiar comment of "If you have a son, you should be like Sun Zhongmou" originated from a magical war.

There is an interesting story recorded in "Soushen Ji". It is said that there is a sunken ship at Ruxukou. When the tide is low, the ship will be exposed. As for its origin, a local old man said it was "Cao Gong's ship".

A fisherman tied his boat to the sunken ship at night and slept in the fishing boat. As a result, he heard the sound of orchestra in his ears and smelled the fragrance of powder in his nose while half asleep.

And someone pushed the fisherman in the dream and warned him loudly "Don't get close to the official prostitute".

The next day, the fisherman went back to ask for advice. The old man said, "This ship has been here for a hundred years. It was originally used by Cao Gong to carry official prostitutes."

How did Cao Cao's ship sink here? This is about the battle of Ruxukou between Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

From the famous cultural city of Hefei in Jiangdong, going south along the waterway is Chaohu Lake. The water of Chaohu Lake flows southward through Ruxu River and merges into the Yangtze River. The place where Chaohu Lake enters Ruxu River is called Ruxukou.

In order to train the navy here, Cao Cao first went to great lengths to dig the Xuanwu Pool to simulate a water battle on the lake.

Then the new navy soldiers went to the Woshui River in Qiao County to simulate fighting in an inland river.

After that, the navy entered the Huaihe River along the Woshui River, then turned to Shouchun, and stationed troops in Hefei along the Shishui River.

Sun Quan did not dare to be careless. After feeling the pressure, he moved the capital to Nanjing again, built a city and a pass on Ruxu Mountain, and built Ruxu Fort at Ruxukou, ready to fight.

The records of both Wei and Wu about the course and results of the Battle of Ruxukou are not complicated.

Cao Cao recorded: He sent troops in October of the winter of 212, arrived at Ruxukou at the beginning of 213, broke Sun Quan's western camp, captured the governor Gongsun Yang, and then withdrew in March, and arrived in Yecheng in April.

Sun Quan's side was simpler: Cao attacked Ruxukou, and Quan resisted for more than a month. Cao Cao looked at Sun Quan's army, admired the neat military appearance, and withdrew his troops.

The Battle of Ruxukou ended so simply, but the focus outside the war has just begun. 】

"Then the eldest brother-in-law became arrogant and became a hundred thousand brother two years later?"

Zhang Fei reasonably speculated on the development.

"If we speculate from the historical records..." Zhao Yun thought for a while and said:

"It should be that Cao Cao's army made some gains, but in terms of the war situation, it should be defeated and returned."

"Sun Quan's army may not have suffered much loss, but it certainly did not gain anything."

Pang Tong thought it was too reasonable:

"The surface of Chaohu Lake narrows at Ruxukou, and Cao's army can hardly suppress it with numbers. The Jiangdong navy is elite, and as long as the river is strictly controlled, Cao's army will find it difficult to survive."

Then he was suspicious:

"It seems that the battle of Ruxukou was mediocre, what's the explanation?"

"It can't be that Cao the thief said in person when he retreated that my son is Sun Quan?"

Kong Ming waved his fan a little faster, and his opinion was different from Pang Tong:

"The demise of Cao Wei was caused by internal disasters."

"Although Sun Zhongmou's martial arts were slightly inferior, he was able to unify Jiangdong and dominate Jianghuai at the age of twenty. In terms of skills alone, he was not inferior to Cao Pi and Cao Rui."

The discussion of the four people made Fa Zheng, Zhang Song and Liu Ba confused.

"Why does Sun Quan have the nickname of Brother 100,000?" Zhang Song was puzzled.

"Maybe it's because Jiangdong has 100,000 elite soldiers."

Fa Zheng thought this was the only possibility, right?

Zhang Fei chuckled: "Xiaozhi guessed half right."

Fa Zheng was full of questions.

[The two sides of the Battle of Ruxukou were deadlocked for three months, and in the end, although Cao Cao broke a camp and captured a governor, his initial goal of crushing Jiangdong was not achieved.

So for Jiangdong, this was certainly a victory and worth writing about. So this war summarized in a few words gave rise to two records.

One is Gan Ning's 100 cavalry raiding the camp in the novel.

"Wu Li" records that Cao Cao claimed to have an army of 400,000 at that time, so Sun Quan secretly ordered Gan Ning to attack Cao's camp at night. Gan Ning was skilled and courageous, and led more than a hundred warriors. At night, he quietly moved the deer horns of Cao's army and sneaked in. After beheading dozens of people, Cao's camp was in chaos, so Gan Ning retreated and was rewarded by Sun Quan.

It also records Sun Quan's praise: Cao Cao has Zhang Liao, I have Gan Ning, why should I be afraid of him!

The second is today's protagonist: everyone's good son Sun Zhongmou.

"Wu Li" also records that after Cao Cao attacked, Sun Quan repeatedly challenged, Cao Cao hung up the banner of no battle and refused to come out, so Sun Quan took a small boat to Cao's water fort to see the scenery. Cao Cao had good eyesight, and he could tell that Sun Quan was coming in the middle of the night, so he ordered the water fort to be strictly guarded, and no arrows or crossbows were fired. He forced Sun Quan to wander in front of the water fort for half an hour and row three kilometers back and forth before returning, and Jiangdong's morale was greatly boosted.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao sighed and blurted out: If you have a son, you should be like Sun Zhongmou, Liu Jingsheng's son is like a pig and a dog!

Sun Quan, who returned with great pride, wrote a letter to Cao Cao saying: Spring water is just coming, you should leave quickly.

There was also a small note next to it. Cao Cao picked it up and saw that it said "If you don't die, I will not be at peace."

Cao Cao, who had an army of 400,000, told his subordinates that Sun Quan would never lie to him, so he went back obediently.

Let alone the raid of the camp by 100 cavalrymen, the second one was somewhat unreasonable.

After all, Cao Cao was the attacker, but he held his ground. Could it be that he had learned from the prime minister and started to plant wheat on the spot?

Sun Quan was the defender but he tried his best to invite a fight. Was he afraid that he would not be defeated quickly enough?

The rest was even more mysterious. Sun Quan broke into the camp with only one boat, and Cao Cao was afraid that Sun Quan would die, so he strictly ordered that no arrows or crossbows could be fired.

Sun Quan was treated as if he was Cao Cao's illegitimate son, which was confusing.

So later, "Wei Lue" changed the record of Sun Quan's small boat into a large boat, and changed the record of not firing arrows and crossbows into firing both arrows and crossbows.

The situation became that one side of Sun Quan's ship was hit by arrows and the ship was about to capsize, so Sun Quan ordered the ship to turn around so that the other side was also filled with arrows. Then Ping An sailed the boat back. 】

"This General Gan is as brave as General Zhao?" Zhang Song marveled.

The Baishui Army is like a myth to the Yizhou people, and Zhao Yun's hundred cavalry charge into the formation and kill the generals, which is a great shock to the Yizhou people.

"It may be a forgery." Fazheng was very calm.

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun studied it for a while and then affirmed:

"After all, Gan Xingba is very courageous in the Baiqi Robbery Camp, and he knows his father as his son, so the Gan family should always be able to do extraordinary things."

Liu Bei agreed with this, and Gan Gui also left a very deep impression on him.

"Therefore, if there are only a hundred men, it is indeed possible to take advantage of Cao's army's unpreparedness, move away from the deer horns, and slow down the march."

Zhao Yun concluded:

"According to the records, no more than ten were captured. It was just a night attack that failed and then retreated. This is perfectly normal."

only……

"Shiwange's Gan Xingba can only rob the camp."

Zhang Fei shook his head and sighed: "Zhang Wenyuan of Cao Cao really broke through the 100,000 camp with 800 men."

The three people in Yizhou widened their eyes: 800 people broke 100,000?

Are all the generals outside so outrageous and terrifying?

Another record is that Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"If Cao Mengde is so naive, why should I be like this?"

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun nodded with sadness: Aren't they all fighting with their lives in Changbanpo? It almost folded there.

Pang Tong also joked:

"My Lord is the enemy of Cao Cao, and Sun Quan is like Cao Cao's son. How can we be the same?"

Liu Bei laughed when he heard this, but after laughing, he felt a little sad:

"Brother Jing Sheng brings disaster upon himself by abolishing the elder and establishing the younger."

Pang Tong also sighed:

"What Kong Ming said is true. The Cao family brought their own disaster. If his son is like Sun Zhongmou, there will be no disaster for the Sima family."

Zhang Fei curled his lips in disdain:

"What's the use of writing so beautifully?"

"But in Hefei, if you show your promise to be a minister, your betrayal will make you laugh forever."

"Oh, by the way." Zhang Fei said curiously:

"Brother, do you want to be Sun Polu?"

Liu Bei choked for a moment, and finally said quietly:

"Adou is still young."

…

The experience of watching the light curtain is quite novel for Hou Junji.

At this time, the judge said: "This Gan Xingba is as courageous as anyone else."

Everyone agrees with this sentence. His Majesty's military achievements are really unparalleled. He has won countless battles with less and is extremely brave.

Li Shimin glanced at it lightly and didn't care.

It was just a failed night attack. What's there to boast about if it didn't succeed?

But as for Cao Cao's sigh... Li Shimin didn't quite agree with it:

"You can only maintain your career in Jiangdong all your life, and you are not as good as my prince!"

Li Shimin remembered clearly that in the century-old prosperous era, even if he had a solid foundation, he would still need his sons and grandsons to take over for eighty years.

From this, we can simply deduce that the son and grandson did well, but it may have been something that went wrong later.

For a moment, Li Shimin was a little happy:

I am an emperor throughout the ages, my son is a wise king, and most of my grandsons are also wise kings.

What Cao Aha, Sun Zhongmou, don't come here to touch porcelain, we, the emperor of the ages, will not look down on you.

Do you want to really lament that having children is like Sun Zhongmou? That will have to wait until the late Tang Dynasty.

These words naturally attracted a lot of compliments, and Li Shimin laughed.

Yan Liben in the back was moving his brush like flying, but he felt that one brush was not enough.

If there is a next time, do you have to suggest to His Majesty that you bring some disciples or colleagues over?

[Although "Wu Li" is suspected of embellishment and beautification of Sun Quan, Boss Cao's sigh is quite reasonable.

After all, he was really blocked by Sun Quan and couldn't make any progress.

Boss Cao is turning 60 this year, and he has clearly felt that time is urging people to grow old.

Opposite him, Sun Quan, who is only 32 years old, is very dazzling. It is logical to want such an heir.

In other words, after Wancheng killed the three sages overnight, the choice of successor has become one of Cao Cao's worries.

During the Battle of Ruxukou, Cao Ang and Cao Chong were dead, and Cao Cao basically had to choose between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

Even before the Battle of Ruxukou, Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhi, who was 21 years old at the time, to stay in Yecheng. This was already an apparent inspection of his successor, but Cao Zhi gave him a blank check.

Civil servants at the rear reported that although Cao Zhi was brilliant in literature, he often acted willfully and had a habit of drinking too much, which disappointed Cao Cao.

Where is 26-year-old Cao Pi? With nothing to do, Cao Cao took Cao Pi to practice naval warfare in the Wushi River, but Cao Pi was not interested at all. Instead, he rode on a horse and rode the river and wrote "Linwo Ode".

So although Boss Cao’s words are obviously praising Sun Quan, on a deeper level, they are also a knock on his successor:

Let me learn from Sun Quan, and don't imitate those prodigal things from Liu Biao's family.

For this reason, Cao Pi was so forgetful when faced with Sun Quan's request to surrender, and several "emperors refused to listen" lost the opportunity to unify the world.

There is nothing you can do about it. The temptation of "other people's children" to stoop down in front of you is really not something that most people can refuse. 】

Inspiration is hard to come by, so the second update will be late.