Chapter 112: Counterattack on all fronts
"This must be a trick of the enemy, they don't want us to stay in the city for long......"
"But just now, a scout came to report, but he found that Xiakou seems to be on fire."
Just when a group of people were anxiously discussing countermeasures, Liu Cong returned to the West Gate, and the first thing he did when he came back was to ask Huang Zu to order the siege of the city.
"Virtuous nephew, we are only 3,000 people, do we really want to attack the city?"
"Attack, even if you can't attack the city gate, you have to advance under the city wall."
"This ......" Huang Zu didn't know what Liu Cong had done for more than an hour since he disappeared, and he had been instructed not to attack the city before, and he would have to attack the city with all his might.
"Uncle Huang, success or failure is here, if you want to save the people of Shaxian, please give an order as soon as possible."
"Okay!"
Although Huang Zu was completely unsure, Liu Cong saved his father and son on this day, and he was able to rescue his family members from Shaxian City, in Huang Zu's heart, this second son is more wise than Liu Biao.
"Attack the city with all your might, the first person to go up the city wall will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan, and the one who opens the city gate will be rewarded with 20,000 yuan! The reward for killing one enemy is 10,000, killing two enemies will be promoted to captain, and killing five enemies will be promoted to tun chief"
Huang Zu shouted like this, and the three thousand soldiers behind him were very excited when they heard it, although it was unlikely that the city would be broken, but in this era, twenty or thirty thousand dollars could buy a life, and there were officials who could kill more.
"Kill Sha Xian and capture Sun Quan alive."
"Kill Sha Xian and capture Sun Quan alive."
All the people rushed up, and most of them rushed to the city gates.
Liu Cong didn't stop, beckoned Huang Rui, and the two of them took the rope and took advantage of the black to touch the north gate.
Although it was dark night and thousands of Jingzhou soldiers attacked the city, Sun Quan on the city wall still did not dare to slack off.
In the Shaxian Mansion, Sun Quan and the others frowned, paying close attention to everything inside and outside the city.
"Tell my lord that the fire in the barracks is under control."
"Tell the lord that the enemy army has been found in the southwest of the camp in the south of the city."
"Tell the lord that the enemy army has been found in the north of the city."
"Tell the lord that there is a fire outside the palace."
"Tell the lord, the Jingzhou soldiers of the West Gate have attacked the city......"
"What? 5,000 people also want to attack the city? Sun Quan couldn't stand.
"Lord, they're trying to hold us back!" Cheng Pu will completely conclude that otherwise, Huang Zu and Liu Biao are not fools, and there are 5,000 people, or in the middle of the night, how can they attack the city.
"So, their main force is in Xiakou?"
"Whether the lord is or not, we must evacuate Shaxian as soon as possible, the walls of this Shaxian City are dilapidated, and we have less than 20,000 horses even the Xiakou Water Army. If Liu Biao's army is killed, we are only afraid that it will be difficult to fly. ”
"Ziming, what do you think?" Sun Quan threw the problem to the injured pioneer Lu Meng.
"Lord, the minister is willing to conspire with virtue to defend Shaxian, please withdraw to Xiakou as soon as possible, whether it is Liu Biaozhen's attack on Xiakou or a plan to delay the army, as long as the lord arrives in Xiakou safely, Meng will definitely guard Shaxian until the lord leaves safely." Demou is Cheng Pu's expression.
"No, you're hurt. Leave as fast as I can. That's it, the things in this city are gone, and immediately order the south gate of all departments to assemble and withdraw to Xiakou! If Xiakou is safe, we will attack it again, and now we will withdraw with me. ”
Thinking that he lost Jiang Qin and injured Lu Meng in the first battle during the day, Sun Quan felt that this battle was not worth it. I don't know what medicine Liu Biao's son in Huang Zu's army took, 2,000 people broke the encirclement of more than 4,000 people in Lu Meng, and also injured two main generals.
If they were really allowed to kill Shaxian, Sun Quan was worried that he would not be able to escape. The Assassins had set fire everywhere, but their own people could not catch them. Sun Quan thought about it and then withdrew.
Once Sun Quan decided, his subordinates immediately sent an order, to be honest, their hearts had not calmed down since the sun went down, and Sun Quan's order to retreat was the best tranquilizer.
At the west gate of Shaxian City, the first wave of attacks cost Huang Zu nearly three hundred people, because there were only a few temporary ladders, most of them were in the direction of the city gate, and only some of the veterans flowed across the moat to find the broken place of the city wall.
Sun Quanjun was condescending, with bows and arrows firing together, although it was night, the lethality was amazing.
However, most of Huang Zu's subordinates were people who had already died once, and they were worried that their relatives and family members in the city would be taken away by Sun Quan, so they moved forward bravely. Just as Huang Zu was grieving the death of his men, there was a sudden commotion on the city wall, and then all the soldiers of Sun Quan's army disappeared.
"The enemy has retreated!" Several sharp-eyed veterans immediately shouted.
Then all the people climbed to the wall with all their might, although many could not climb a few steps at all.
Soon a quick-witted veteran arrived in the city, opened the gates, and the soldiers outside the gate swarmed in. Huang Zu did not hesitate, while arranging for the soldiers to go to the city wall to garrison, he also went straight to the mansion with his cronies, and when Huang Zu came to the mansion, he found that the lights in front of the mansion were bright, but Sun Quanjun went to the empty building.
Liu Cong and Huang Rui were standing in front of the door with a smile and looking at everyone.
"Virtuous nephew, this Sun Quan has retreated strangely, should we chase it or not?"
"You can't chase it, hurry up and arrange people to defend the city, and wait for reinforcements to come."
"Also, there are fires everywhere in the city, I think Sun Quan is unwilling. Nephew, you will rest for a while, and I will arrange to guard the city and maintain law and order. Huang Zu really couldn't think of it, and when he left the mansion in the morning, he was still thinking about it, but he was afraid that he wouldn't have a chance to come in in the future. Unexpectedly, after two bitter battles, tens of thousands of Sun Quan's troops actually withdrew.
Shaxian City was lost and recovered, although Huang Zu still didn't understand why Sun Quan retreated, but most of the credit for this time was due to Liu Cong, who couldn't be wrong. So he immediately arranged for someone to serve Liu Cong to rest, and he took his own soldiers to patrol the city.
Huang Rui was naturally left by his father to accompany Liu Cong, Huang Rui didn't understand why Sun Quan suddenly withdrew the army, and was about to ask, but he heard Liu Cong say: "Huang Rui, you go and bring General Liu Pan back." He was still shouting near the enemy camp south of the city.
Huang Rui immediately set off to pick up Liu Pan, and seeing that the lights in the city were bright, Liu Cong finally felt sleepy. No longer waiting for Huang Rui and Liu Pan, but sleeping in the room arranged for him by Huang Zu.
After Sun Quan withdrew from Shaxian, he knew the plan, and he thought that the camp in the south of the city was on fire, and he didn't dare to leave to fight the fire without permission, and he didn't know that he had been fooled until the two exchanged news. But it was too late, as soon as Huang Zu still had 3,000 defenders, Sun Quan immediately gave up camping by the river, preparing to attack Shaxian again in the morning.
Liu Cong was awakened again in his sleep, originally he thought that Huang Zu had 3,000 infantry, all of them went to the wall to defend, Liu Pan also had nearly 1,000 cavalry, as long as Sun Quan was not stupid, even if he knew that he was deceived, he would never dare to attack the city at night, even if he entered the city, he would be killed and injured countless times by the cavalry. That's why I sleep peacefully.
When Liu Cong was woken up, he found Zhuge Liang sitting in Shaxian Mansion.
"When did the gentleman arrive?"
"Not long after I arrived, several generals were already waiting outside, please give the lord an order!"
"What?"
It turned out that when Zhuge Liang and others led a large army to Shaxian, Sun Quan had already led people to completely withdraw from Shaxian, and camped between the outside of the city and Xiakou Port, preparing to rest for one night and attack the city the next day.
Zhuge Liang listened to Huang Zu's account of the battle from afternoon to evening, and immediately ordered the generals to set up a position. This will Liu Cong wake up, and naturally order the generals to attack as soon as possible, Gan Ning from the waterway, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong each led a left and right attack, and Huang Zu and Liu Pan led the defenders in Shaxian City to kill from the south.
Sun Quan's troops heard the shouts of killing, and thought that it was Huang Zu's bluff again, and they didn't pay attention to it at all, knowing that the three parties on land were encircled, Sun Quan and the generals realized that something was wrong, Huang Zu only had 5,000 people (actually 3,000) divided into three directions to surround him, didn't he look for death, and he led his troops directly into Shaxian. When the skyrocketing fire appeared again in the direction of Xiakou, Sun Quan knew that it was broken!
No matter how powerful Huang Zu is, it is impossible for him to fly over from his own camp to attack Xiakou, it must be that the reinforcements from Jingzhou have arrived. He ordered the generals to lead the troops to immediately reinforce Xiakou. On land, Sun Quan can't take care of it, and if Xia Kou is lost, he will have no way out.
But how could the Nanjun soldiers, who had already formed a situation of encirclement, let Sun Quan go.
Especially Gan Ning, the 7,000 naval army will fight abroad for the first time since the last Honghu bandits. Taking advantage of the lack of the Xiakou garrison, it was burned with people and boats, and when Sun Quan led the team to the riverside, the Xiakou garrison had already been reimbursed, leaving only the raging fire. And Jiang Xin Ganning led his troops to cheer.
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