In Wancheng, Han Xuan was anxious when he saw that there was no carrier pigeon for half a month to send news of Chen Wu. The messenger came in to report, and Han Xuan hurriedly asked, "But there is news from General Chen Wu?" ”

The messenger shook his head and replied, "General Huang Zhong has sent an urgent military situation, and he has led a large army to conquer Jiangcheng and Jurong. However, when attacking Dantu, Sun Ben led the army back to help, and the two armies were deadlocked. ”

Han Xuan looked at the herald in a daze, and Lu Fan stepped forward and said: "Lord, Sun Ben's army is sheng, General Huang has obtained the counties in the north of Danyang, and he should be ordered to withdraw his troops and hold on to it before discussing." ”

Han Xuan said: "Just according to what Ziheng said. Han Xuan waved his hand, and the messenger went down.

Han Xuan sat on the main seat, holding his forehead for a long time and did not speak. Zhang Zhao suddenly came in from outside the door, gave a slight salute to Zhang Hong, Lu Fan and others, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Han Xuan: "Lord, Zhou Yu led the army to attack the hometown, and the hometown is in a hurry!" I have asked General Xu Sheng to lead his troops to the rescue first. ”

Han Xuan patted the chair, stood up and asked, "What!" It turned out to be Zhou Yu, and I blamed me for being careless, Tai Shici couldn't hold Zhou Yu back after all. ”

Han Xuan entrusted Wancheng to Lu Fan, and personally led Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Xu Rong, Zhang Zhao and others to rush to the rescue of his hometown. Saving soldiers is like fighting fires, and every time Han Xuan and others arrive in a county, they change horses and continue to gallop.

Han Xuan only led 2,000 men and horses to the hometown, and the amazing thing was that there were only 4,000 defenders in the hometown, and they actually blocked the onslaught of Zhou Yu's 20,000 troops.

Han Xuan entered the city and decided to reward the old guards, Xu Sheng introduced Han Xuan and them into the city, Han Xuan praised Xu Sheng: "Wen Xiang only led 4,000 county soldiers to block Zhou Yu's 20,000 army, this time it is a great achievement!" ”

Xu Sheng said with a smile: "It's all about the lord's tiger and the soldiers' lives." By the way, my lord, this time the last general was able to arrive in time to rescue the hometown thanks to the two of them. ”

Han Xuan asked who it was, and Xu Sheng brought the person up, and it turned out to be two teenagers about fourteen years old. Looking at their dress, they are still Confucians. The two teenagers bowed to Han Xuan in unison: "Hu Zong and Xu Shen meet General Ming Han!" ”

Han Xuan smiled and helped the two of them up and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have been young people, this time you and the two of you have made a meritorious contribution to retreating from the enemy, and I deserve a heavy reward!" ”

Han Xuan asked people to reward them with gold and silver, and the two thanked them, and Hu Zong said: "General Zongfu Zhi was ordered by His Majesty to pacify Yangzhou, and his martial posture is admired by the world." Flowing thousands of miles, from the south of the river, the households were overwhelmed. Heroes and heroes, people who are up to the top, all sing with their hearts, and they are happy to belong to them. Zhou Yu's rats are delusional and enemy with the general, but it is really a grasshopper shaking the tree! ”

Han Xuan squinted his eyes and laughed happily, the young man has a future, full marks for his composition!

Xu Shen also said: "General Xie Minghan rewarded, but we are only a Confucian student, and General Qi will donate gold and silver to the school palace to fund the place of learning." ”

Han Xuan nodded towards Xu Shen, this young man is not bad, he does not admire Rongli, and gives up the reward for the development of education. Han Xuan liked these two teenagers very much, and said with a smile: "All the academic qualifications of the two of you will be paid by this future. After retreating from the enemy, Ben will allocate funds to build a school palace here, and the children of the poor family can also study! ”

The two bowed down again, and Han Xuan remembered that the military system of Eastern Wu in history was the same as that of Cao Wei, which was the implementation of the military household system, and the "public for private" of the troops was basically the hereditary system of generals. However, in the military system of Eastern Wu, the "Trouble-relieving Army" is a special case, and it is an elite army directly subordinate to the central government of the Sun family. And the first commanders of the "Trouble-relieving Soldiers" were Hu Zong and Xu Shen.

Han Xuan saw that the two of them were talking and laughing, they were like brothers, and he also remembered Chen Wu. Han Xuan sent the Shadow Tiger Army to Wucheng and other places to investigate the news of Chen Wu's army, how could the news of the 10,000 army be gone.

Zhou Yu personally led an army of 20,000 to attack the city again, Han Xuan stood on the head of the city wearing armor and holding a long sword, and shouted to Zhou Yu: "Zhou Yu, I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to be the pastor of Yangzhou and pacify Jiangdong." Your ancestors are all Hanchen, why don't you return to Shun earlier, and you can still be crowned a marquis. If you are willing to join the thieves, you can only be ruined! ”

Zhou Yu scolded: "Traitor Han Xuan." Chen Wu has been defeated by me and died. I advise you to release Sun Bofu earlier, otherwise I will break your body into ten thousand pieces if I attack the city. ”

Han Xuan was shocked and angry when he heard this, and asked the defenders to aim the bed crossbow at Zhou Yu. The huge crossbow arrow shot towards Zhou Yu, but fortunately, the head was a little short and passed by Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu hurriedly retreated and ordered the army to push up the siege equipment to attack the city. Xu Sheng had already prepared a strong bow and a hard crossbow and a radium rolling log, and Zhou Yujun rushed over with a cloud ladder without fear of death, and many people fell before they could get close to the city wall.

Han Xuan personally supervised the army to defend the city, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and they repelled waves of attacks by Zhou Yu's army. Han Xuan has few soldiers, so the city wall is not high, but the most important thing is that their resistance is stubborn, and the siege will be several times that of the enemy, no matter how Zhou Yu schemes, he is still helpless in the face of the strong city.

Zhou Yu had no choice but to withdraw the siege army first, rest and wait for another attack. Han Xuan returned to the council hall and said with a sip on his back: "Impossible, Chen Wu's martial arts are outstanding, and there are no dang troops and 10,000 troops under his command. It is impossible to be easily killed by Zhou Yu, it is impossible to ......"

Zhang Zhao sighed and said, "Lord's Day! General Chen Wu was deeply loved by the officers and men in the army, and now he died young, which dealt a great blow to the morale of our army. The lord must cheer up, the mourning soldiers will win, the lord should boost morale and stick to the city, and wait for Chen Changwen to send grain and grass soldiers, Zhou Yu will inevitably retreat if he can't attack for a long time. But when he retreats, the army will pursue, and he will definitely behead Zhou Yu to sacrifice General Chen! ”

The brave general Zhou Tai said vigorously: "It is cowardly for the soldiers to come to the city and not fight." In addition, our troops are newly defeated, and they are just reinvigorating their spirits. A certain is willing to borrow a thousand elite soldiers to fight to the death. ”

Although Han Xuan refused to believe that Chen Wu had died in battle, he still ordered Zhou Tai to lead a thousand troops and horses into battle. Zhou Yu's army was in the middle of the formation to meet him. After four or five battles, Cheng Zhi was defeated, and Zhou Tai led the army to chase into battle.

Zhou Yu commanded the army to retract its wings and encircle Zhou Tai in the array. Zhou Tai clashed left and right, couldn't rush out, and his subordinates died one after another. Han Xuan saw Zhou Tai trapped in the city from the city, so he asked Gan Ning, Xu Rong, Xu Sheng and other generals to put on armor and mount horses, and led 3,000 soldiers out of the city to rescue.

Gan Ning swung his knife hard and entered Zhou Yu's army formation. Zhou Yu's sergeants were scattered, He Qi rode a horse to meet the battle, stabbed Gan Ning with two guns, Gan Ning held up his sword, and Gan Ning's personal soldiers surrounded him and forced He Qi back. Gan Ning's own soldiers handed Gan Ning the Jiaolong Bahai Hook, and Gan Ning danced a double hook to catch up with He Qi, killing He Qi and fleeing in defeat.

Gan Ning and Xu Sheng killed their hearts and rescued Zhou Tai. Gan Ning looked back and saw that there were still dozens of cavalry trapped in Zhou Yu's army formation, and they couldn't rush out, so Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Xu Sheng turned around and killed them again and rescued them from the encirclement.

happened to encounter Pan Zhang's blockade, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, and Xu Sheng rushed forward to kill, and Pan Zhang's army was scattered. Xu Rong also led the soldiers of the greedy wolf battalion to respond, and after a while, Zhou Yu's army was defeated, and Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng and others returned victorious.

Pan Zhang was defeated and went back to see Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu said angrily: "Pan Zhang mistook my army, causing the sergeant to die in vain, and I pushed out of the tent to behead!" ”

He Qi, Cheng Zhi and other generals all begged for Pan Zhang, and Huang Bing, the son of Huang Gai, said: "General Zhou, now is the time to employ people, and it is not good to kill the generals in battle. ”

Cheng Zhi said to Zhou Yu: "General, General Pan Zhang is the confidant of the second son, and the second son sent him to help in the war. The general rashly beheaded him, I'm afraid it's inappropriate. ”

Zhou Yu was worried that Pan Zhang was Sun Quan's subordinate, so he withdrew the military order. Zhou Yu was ready to transfer troops and horses from all over Wu County to decide to attack his hometown and fight Han Xuan in person.

He Qi said: "The general can not make a mistake. Now Han Xuan ordered Lu Dai to stay in the dive, which is the trend of horns. A certain wish to take 3,000 elite soldiers, take the path to the dive, and the general can then take the path into Danyang County. ”

(End of chapter)