Lü Meng, Gan Ning and other troops arrived the next day, looking at the low morale, full of disarray of battlefields, a little surprised speechless, Sun Quan's camp was directly burned in half, last night by Zhang Liao led the army to kill, trampled on each other and trampled to death countless Wu troops.

Sun Quan sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, his face was gloomy and terrifying, Lu Meng and Gan Ning glanced at each other, took a step forward, bowed down and saluted: "King Wu." ”

"When will the troops arrive!?" Sun Quan raised his eyelids and looked at the two of them, the extremely suppressed anger in his tone made people feel a little creepy.

Sun Quan couldn't help but be angry, and the blood that was killed by Zhang Liao's hundreds of people flowed like a river, and overnight, there were more than 20 generals who were killed, including the general Chen Wu, who also died in the chaos, and when he found the body, he could only identify it by his armor.

Both morale and actual losses have made it difficult for Sun Quan, who has been breaking through all the way since he went north, to accept, and the contrast between them is too great.

"Sun Jiao, Zhu Ran, and Quan Cong's headquarters can arrive today, and the two generals Ding Feng and He Qi are supervising the transport of baggage, and they are now in Chaohu Lake, and they will arrive tomorrow." Lu Meng bowed and said, although he is not the commander of the three armies, but after all, he is the governor, and he actually knows better than Sun Quan about the military situation of all parties.

Sun Quan's 100,000 army was not together, divided into several parts, commanded by various generals, under normal circumstances, Sun Quan's Chinese army should be in the rear, and wait until the vanguard army arrived in Hefei to set up a camp and finally come.

But Sun Quan basically didn't have anything to do along the way, and Cao Jun's escape also gave Sun Quan the illusion that he was in good command, leaving a few units that were still packing up the counties to lead the Chinese army to Hefei first, which also gave Zhang Liao a chance.

After all, not to mention that Sun Quan's mentality was relatively relaxed at that time, the troops of the Chinese army were definitely unable to compare with the front-line troops who fought all year round in terms of vigilance, and the bitter consequences caused by this made Sun Quan want to eat Zhang Liao alive now.

"Order all departments to prepare, and as soon as the baggage arrives tomorrow, attack the city immediately!" Sun Quan finished saying these words with a dark face, and then went back to rest, he couldn't keep calm now, since Lu Meng came, then call Lu Meng to take charge of things in the camp.

Watching Sun Quan leave, Lu Meng and Gan Ning glanced at each other, a little helpless, in fact, this expedition, Lu Meng did not support Sun Quan's personal expedition, after all, Sun Quan had never led troops, if this battle was lost, it would also be a big blow to Sun Quan's own prestige.

However, Sun Quan had already made up his mind, and it was useless for Lu Meng to persuade him a few times, and now this result is really helpless.

"Governor, what now?" Gan Ning looked at Lu Mengdao, he had seen Hefei City, the city defense was strong, and it was not a time to go down, plus his own army was abused by people's blood, and the morale was low, at this time, it was actually not suitable for a strong attack.

"Gather the troops first, and let Ding Feng send some people to carry the siege equipment sent by Liu Bei from the rear." Lu Meng shook his head, he could understand Sun Quan's behavior, whether it was for the sake of profit or face, this battle must be fought, not to mention that Cao Cao's main force is in Nanyang right now, and it is not yet known whether Liu Bei can hold Cao Cao, and it must be resolved quickly.

The siege equipment sent by Liu Bei, at the beginning, Sun Quan was not ready to use it, they have tried those siege equipment, the power is strong, Sun Quan feels that it is just a Hefei city, it is a waste to use this siege weapon in Hefei, how to say that it should also be used in Jiangling or Yueyang like a strong city, so those siege weapons Sun Quan did not bring, they brought Jiangdong's own siege weapons, although not as powerful as Liu Bei's army, but to deal with Hefei, it should be enough, those siege equipment are placed in the rear, by the craftsmen to study, Counterfeit.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan have been greedy for all kinds of sophisticated equipment and equipment in Jingzhou for a long time, and now that Liu Bei has generously sent such a large number of ordnance, Sun Quan naturally wants to try whether he can catch up with Liu Bei in this regard.

But in the current situation, if you want to capture Hefei as soon as possible, Lu Meng feels that it is better to use these siege weapons faster.

"Whoa!" Seeing that Lu Meng was also in favor of sending troops, Gan Ning didn't say much, and immediately sent people to notify the baggage team in the rear to transport the siege equipment according to Lu Meng's order, but this time and again, it took a month, after all, the siege equipment made by Liu Yi was not small, even if it was a ship, it was very time-consuming, not to mention that this road was not only waterway, but also a lot of land routes.

During this period, people from all walks of life were notified, and after rushing to the horses, they launched the siege of Hefei under the command of Lu Meng.

It's a pity that Hefei is obviously not easy to attack, here I have to mention the last Yangzhou Assassin Liu Fu, in fact, more than ten years ago, Cao Cao's control over this area is not high, there are Jiangdong eyeing the tiger, the former Yangzhou Assassin Yan Xiang was killed by Sun Ce ordered Lujiang Taishou Li Shu, and there are also Mei Gan, Lei Xu, Chen Lan and other local powerful forces inside.

At that time, Cao Cao was busy dealing with the battle of Guandu, and had no time to take care of this, Liu Fu was single-handedly appointed as the assassin of Yangzhou, Hefei was almost an empty city at that time, Liu Fu took the initiative to move the governance office to Hefei, in a few years, to appease Mei Gan and other clan forces, plus the victory of the later battle of Guandu, let him persuade these people to return, and Liu Fu also in the past few years, the Jianghuai land governance is quite prosperous, and several times to strengthen the city defense, today's Hefei, not only the city is strong, Rolling wood and stone and other equipment for defending the city are even more sufficient, and it also provides excellent conditions for Zhang Liao, Zang Ba and others to garrison Hefei.

It's a pity that such a capable minister died of illness in Hefei during the Battle of Chibi, but the heritage he left behind was fully displayed after Sun Quan came to attack Hefei this time.

Sun Quan commanded the army to attack in turn for more than ten days, losing many men and horses, but failed to shake Hefei in the slightest.

"My lord." Lu Meng came back with the generals, looked at Sun Quan and said with a wry smile: "Hefei is strong, our army is in a hurry and it may be difficult to break through." ”

"I have an army of 100,000, but I can't capture a Hefei city?" Sun Quan was very uncomfortable, and since he was attacked by Zhang Liao, everything seemed to have become unsmooth.

"The city of Hefei is strong, and the defenders are sufficient, and it is difficult for our army to break the city in a hurry." Lu Meng sighed, Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Man Chong's abilities are not weak, and the three of them defend the city, which can be said to be leaky, and Lu Meng can't think of a good way to break the city for a while.

"My lord, there has been an epidemic in the army recently." Seeing that Sun Quan didn't speak, Lu Meng bowed down and said: "The last general thinks that it is better to withdraw the troops and cross the river first, Ding Feng has gone to the rear to supervise the transportation of siege equipment, and half a month can come, it is better to retreat to Xiaoyaojin first, and after the epidemic is gone, wait for the siege equipment in the rear to be transported, and then attack the city is not too late." ”

Generally, this kind of large-scale dispatch of troops can easily cause an epidemic, and it is not too strong at the moment, it can be controlled, according to Lu Meng's idea, first withdraw from a distance, wait for the epidemic to stabilize, and then attack Hefei is not too late, the news from Nanyang at present, the battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao is becoming more and more intense, in a short period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, and the time left for them is still very abundant.

"Retirement?" Sun Quan was a little unhappy when he heard this, but as Lu Meng said, if the epidemic is raging now, the situation will be difficult to control, but he has not made an inch, so he left in disgrace, which made Sun Quan a little reluctant.

"Retire for the time being." Lu Meng emphasized that he didn't want to retreat this time, but just avoided the epidemic first, and waited for the siege equipment from the rear to be sent, and then launched a general attack.

As for how to control the epidemic...... In this year, it is basically to let those people fend for themselves, and if they are cruel, they will be killed directly and then burned.

When Sun Quan heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's okay, let all the departments retreat first, and this time the Chinese army will retreat!" ”

Having learned the lesson of the last time he was greedy for merit, Sun Quan decided to let the Chinese army go last this time.

Early the next morning, the various departments got Sun Quan's order and began to slowly retreat south, in the city of Hefei, when Zhang Liao, Man Chong and Zang Ba, who got the news, went to the city to watch, most of the Jiangdong army had already been drawn, and Sun Quan's Chinese army was at the end.

"This Sun Quan is a little bold, he actually stayed behind the palace?" Zang Ba looked at the banner of the rear army of the Wu army and said with some surprise.

It feels like Sun Quan doesn't look like such a kind of man.

Zhang Liao did not speak, but just watched its formation, and the camp did not withdraw, but added a fire, and the camp seemed to be able to hear a miserable howl.

"Wait until I'm out of town and take a closer look." Zhang Liao was a little unsure, and he didn't think that Sun Quan would break off, mainly because he didn't think that Sun Quan had this awareness, and the previous confrontation gave Zhang Liao a preliminary understanding of Sun Quan's ability to command troops, which basically belonged to the kind of talk on paper.

"Wen Yuan be careful." Zang Ba nodded.

Zhang Liao said goodbye to the two, took four scouts out of the city, hung far away in the rear of the Jiangdong army, observed the enemy formation, Xiaoyaojin is the ferry port of the upper reaches of the river, Sun Quan obviously did not have the intention of counterattacking, so this retreat, just let people camp on the south bank, Zhang Liao found that Sun Quan's Chinese army was really in the end, seeing that the soldiers and horses in front of him had crossed the river one after another, Sun Quan's Chinese army also began to cross the river, Zhang Liao no longer hesitated, took people back to the city, immediately ordered all the men and horses, and Zang Ba sent troops together, and rushed towards Xiaoyaojin.

At this time, there were not many people on the north bank of Xiaoyaojin, only Sun Quan's 1,000 guards, and the personal guards of several generals Lu Meng, Ling Tong, and Gan Ning, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba also led the army to kill at this time.

Sun Quan heard the voice of the rear was not good, when he looked back, he saw Zhang Liao leading the men and horses to kill, his mind was empty, and he suddenly reacted, when he came, his Chinese army should be in the rear, but when he retreated, he should retreat first!?

However, at this time, it was too late to reflect, and Sun Quan hurriedly sent someone to the south bank to call the soldiers and horses back.

"Lord, go quickly, the last general will remember that there is a broken bridge over there!" Ling Tong saw that the other party was menacing, and it was obviously too late to wait for the soldiers and horses on the south bank to come, so he shouted loudly, and took his personal guards directly to meet Cao Jun......