Chapter 564: The Great Camp in the West of the City

It is said that Zhao Yun's surprise attack force ran all the way in the dark, along the Huai River wide turn through the suburbs between Runan County and Yiyang County, and then turned southeast in Luoshan County, crossed the canyon between Mopan Mountain and Jinji Mountain, crossed the wide irrigation shoal, and passed through Gushi County to rub the edge of West Jiuhua Mountain all the way forward, and finally arrived at Lu'an County, which was only 100 miles away from Hefei.

The sky was already bright, and Zhao Yun's corps ran wildly for more than 200 miles all the way, without encountering resistance, and rested in the dense forests on the outskirts of Lu'an, using some dry food and water. After the scout cavalry returned, he reported the battle situation near Jinzhai, and it was obviously the harassment soldiers arranged by Xi Zhicai that attracted a full 80,000 ambush soldiers of Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan. If Cao Mengde's arrangement succeeds, the trap of Hefei will swallow up many Qinglong troops.

According to Zhuge Liang's established strategy, Zhao Yun's army must not have any delay on the road, and must rush to Hefei City as soon as possible, and take advantage of the gap when there are only 5,000 defenders in the city to take Hefei City in one fell swoop. After the surprise attack on Hefei was successful, Zhao Yun had to hold on to the reinforcements for more than a month, occupy the granary of Hefei, completely cut off the grain transportation route of the Cao army, and let the more than 200,000 Cao troops near the Lujiang River run out of food, and had to fight a siege war of attrition with Zhou Yu's troops, and finally starved to death in the muddy swamp between Dabie Mountain and Chaohu Lake.

This seemingly impossible task has now been almost half completed, and there is no longer a Cao army on the route on which Zhao Yun's army moved. In the last hundred miles, as long as Zhao Yun's army exerts its strength, the waterway can directly reach the moat of Hefei City by using the Beiqi water, and the cavalry can charge a few times and directly attack under the Hefei city wall.

The water is also used as fertilizer water, and the source is the general ridge between Feixi County and Shou County. The water is divided into two branches by the General Ridge, one flows to the northwest, passes through more than 200 miles, and enters the Huai River out of Shou County; One flows to the southeast and flows into Chaohu Lake through more than 100 miles. The famous battle of the river is the guide to the water, and the water also provides a natural source for the moat of Hefei.

Zhao Yun's army had eaten water, got on his horse again, rubbed Li Dian's rear army, and unknowingly entered the hilly area in the southern suburbs of Hefei. Although it was only a few dozen miles away from Li Mancheng's army, the terrain was hidden, and Li Dian's troops were attracted by Shihui's Qinglong Army, and Zhao Yun's surprise attack troops still escaped the eyes of Cao's reconnaissance cavalry.

At night, in a small mountain col fifty miles away from Hefei, countless Qinglong troops were busy cutting down trees and making siege ladders and equipment. In this low Tsubaki forest, there are many tall cypress trees and pine trees, which have been cut down by the Qinglong Army and used to make cloud ladders. After tonight, in the early hours of tomorrow morning, it will be the scheduled time for a surprise attack on the city. Due to the lack of ships on the Beiqi River, only a few ships of scouts could be sent into the moat, and the waterway attack had been abandoned by Zhao Yun, and the whole army could only attack by land across the Beiqishui.

Although the cavalry was fast, it could not cross the wide moat and high city walls, so Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Gao Lan had already decided to use the western camp vacated outside the northern city of Hefei as clearly pointed out in the intelligence. If you can arrange the siege forces in the western camp before dawn, you may be able to use the speed of cavalry to capture the city gate in one fell swoop at the moment when the north gate of Hefei City opens. If it fails, it has to set up a ladder nearby to attack the city.

The Dongda Battalion opposite the West Camp has always had Cao's army stationed, which should be a temporary force dedicated to the grain and grass transportation line, the number is unknown, but the defenders in the city and the defenders outside the city will not exceed 8,000 people.

Zhao Yun saw that although the number of ladders was insufficient, the time had passed midnight, so he gave an order, and the army walked for more than 30 miles, passing through the 30 gang area of the bay, the right side of the army is the silhouette of Hefei City, and under the hill is the black and oppressive West Battalion, and there is no light in sight.

After coming down from the hill and priing open the fence surrounding the western camp, Zhao Yun's troops quickly dispersed into the camp tents that stood one after another, and the war horses were also hidden in the camp tents to feed some forage.

This large camp in the west of Hefei was originally the hiding place of Li Dian's troops, and Cao Cao used it as a surprise army to block the passage between Lu'an and Jiangxia at any time. According to Cao Cao's strategic arrangement, this time he was determined to win Lujiang and Jiangxia on the Yangtze River, and at least one of them could be attacked, master the troop ports on the Yangtze River, train powerful sailors, and crisscross the Yangtze River.

After the five strong troops suppressed the Lujiang River, Huang Zu surrendered smoothly, Cao Cao personally led the army, and gathered Xiahou Dun and Xu Chu, and went straight to Jiangxia. Cao Cao was still not at ease, and secretly arranged Xiahou Yuan's heavy troops in Macheng, guaranteeing that even if he himself lost the battle, it would be enough to escape and return to fat.

Cao Cao was a last resort, and he also attached great importance to the safety of Hefei City, but unfortunately in order to completely suppress the Qinglong Army and Jiangdong Army of Lujiang County and Jiangxia County, he used too many troops on the front line. Although Zhao Yun's long-distance attack was no more than 10,000 troops, everyone was an elite, and even if they didn't sleep for three days and three nights, their combat effectiveness did not weaken at all.

Zhao Yun's army entered the West Camp without any danger or danger, and sent scouts to the East Camp on the other side of the road to investigate. Although there were lights in the eastern camp, but there was no movement quietly, Zhao Yun arranged two thousand crossbowmen and one thousand cavalry, led by Gao Lan, to ambush in the western camp fence, specifically to deal with the Cao army in the eastern camp.

The darkness before dawn finally came, and the 5,000 cavalry and 2,000 siege troops of the Qinglong Army began to assemble in the darkness. The cavalry was naturally led by Zhao Yun, and the riders were fully armed, standing beside the horses, trying not to make a sound. The two thousand siege troops were handed over to Gao Shun's trapping camp, and they were all lying on the edge of the ladder, and all the horses were waiting for Zhao Yun's order to set off.

Far away can already hear the gong on the head of Hefei Beicheng, this side of the north city is not the focus of Cao's defense, there is a large battalion garrison outside the city, so it is not the focus of defense. When the sky was getting brighter, the east camp on the opposite side was still lifeless, the soldiers defending the city had already gone to the city, and after a burst of winch teeth, the suspension bridge outside the north city had slowly begun to fall.

The scouts who entered the moat along the Beishui River last night had already been waiting in the sparse forest outside the field at this moment, and quickly lit a pile of cow dung outside the city as a signal bonfire, and the dry cow dung had a large amount of coarse fibers in it, which formed a fine wisp of black smoke after burning, which was very obvious in the gradually brightening sky, but it would not arouse the suspicion of the soldiers at the head of the city.

The drawbridge slowly fell on the other side of the moat, and then the city gate gradually opened, and several soldiers walked to the end of the drawbridge and set up barricades to guard it. At this moment, there was less than a small team of guards under the city gate, and there were only a few lookouts at the head of the city, and the sky was still gray, and the best time to attack had finally arrived.

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