Chapter Fourteen: Wang Mao's Ship Destroys Wu
Sima Zhao destroyed the Shu Han and prepared to destroy Eastern Wu. At this time, he fell seriously ill and died, and his son Sima Yan deposed the Wei Yuan emperor Cao Yi and made himself emperor, establishing the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty lasted from 265 AD to 316 AD, with Luoyang as its capital and known as the Western Jin Dynasty.
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"Attack on Eastern Wu in Three Ways"
At this time, Sun Hao, the emperor of Eastern Wu, was a notorious tyrant.
He not only overhauled the palace and enjoyed himself, but also suppressed the people with inhumane punishments such as skin peeling and eye gouging, and hated him from top to bottom.
Although Sima Yan was young, he did not forget the great cause of reunification of his father's generation. In 279, Sima Yan accepted the advice of some ministers and sent an army of 200,000 to attack Wu in three routes: the Zhennan general Du Predazhong Road and marched toward Jiangling; the Andong general Wang Hunda Road marched toward Hengjiang (present-day Anhui Province); and a water army, led by Shi Mao of Yizhou, along the Yangtze River to the east, to capture Jianye.
To say that this Wang Mao was a very capable general, he had long been prepared for Wu. He had built a large number of warships in Yizhou, which were very large and could accommodate more than 2,000 people. The ship also built a city wall tower, on which people stand and can look around, also known as the building ship.
There was a Taishou named Wu Yan in Eastern Wu who found some pieces that drifted down the water and felt that something was wrong. He hurriedly reported to Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, saying, "I think these pieces of wood must have been chopped down when the Jin army was building ships." This Jin army built ships for no reason, it seems that the intentions are uncertain, and we should take precautions early. ”
"Wang Mao's Water Army"
Sun Hao listened, but he showed no concern: "What are you afraid of!" If I don't hit him, will they dare to violate me? "Wu Yan has no way, always feel that I should be on guard, otherwise what if there is an accident." He came up with a way to lay a lot of large wooden stakes in the dangerous places on the river surface, nail large iron chains, intercept the waist of the river, and install an iron cone that was more than a foot high under the water, like countless reefs, which could block the passage of the Jin water army.
The two armies of Du Pre and Wang Hun, who attacked Eastern Wu, were victorious one after another.
Only Wang Mao's water army arrived at Zigui, because the building ship was blocked by chains and iron cones and could not advance. Wu Yan really had the foresight to anticipate that the Jin State would send troops to attack Eastern Wu. Fortunately, with these wooden stakes, the Jin army could not advance. Wang Mao was trapped by death, what should he do?
Wang Mao thought about it left and right, and finally had an idea.
He ordered the Jin army to build dozens of large rafts, each of which had some straw men on them, cloaked in armor, armed with swords and guns, and sent a few water-based soldiers to lead the raft down the river. In this way, the raft hit the iron cone, and the tip of the iron cone was stuck under the raft and swept away by the raft. At the same time, Wang Mao also set up a large torch on the raft. These torches are filled with sesame oil, and they are on the spot. He let these rafts with large torches sail in front of the battle, and when they encountered the chains, they burned a raging fire, and over time, the chains and chains were broken.
"Breaking Bamboo"
Wang Mao's naval warships successfully entered the Eastern Wu territory and soon joined Du Qianzhong's army. At this time, Du Pre's army also achieved a great victory and captured Jiangling.
At this time, some people suggested that it was better to take a break and fight again, but Du Xian said: "Now we are like splitting bamboo, after splitting a few sections, the bamboo below can be solved, and it will be split to the end." He vigorously supported Wang Mao in leading the water army to attack the Eastern Wu state city of Jianye.
The Jin army led by Wang Hun of Donglu also approached Jianye.
Seeing that the Jin army was about to enter, Sun Hao hurriedly sent the chancellor Zhang Ti to lead 30,000 troops to cross the river to meet the battle, and the result could only be to die in vain.
Wang Mao's building ship went down the river to the east, and the momentum was huge. Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, panicked and immediately sent the general Zhang Xiang to lead a water army of 10,000 people to resist. Zhang Xiang saw that manjiang was Wang Mao's warship. Because the Eastern Wu water army had not been trained for a long time, it saw that the Jin army was coming fiercely and was frightened to surrender.
Wang Mao's water army met almost no resistance and successfully reached Jianye.
Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, had no choice but to take off his shirt himself, let people tie their hands, and lead the Eastern Wu ministers to surrender in front of Wang Hao's military camp. At this point, the Jin Dynasty unified the whole country.