In March of the twenty-third year of Jian'an, just when the armies of Cao Cao and Liu Bei in Nanyang converged on the front line of Xinye, a war that could reverse the pattern of the world was about to break out, Sun Quan, who had been preparing for a long time, finally started on the land of Jianghuai, Lü Meng and Gan Ning led the army to capture Anhui County first, and the Wei general Zhu Guang and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians defending the city were captured, and it also opened the prelude to Sun Quan's northward Jianghuai.

Even if Cao Cao has made arrangements, but this time Sun Quan is menacing, and the 100,000 army is by water, in the first half a month, the Cao army almost fled along the way, and abandoned the real number of cities one after another, which also made the morale of the Jiangdong army continue to rise, coupled with the good news from Anhui County, the morale of the Jiangdong army has climbed to a limit.

Hefei, Government Office.

Zhang Liao and Man Chong carefully studied the route of the Jiangdong march this time, and a general walked in quickly, saw the two of them, suppressed his anger and said: "Wenyuan, Boning, that Sun Quan has already led the army to kill the city, and the two of you have to give up even this Hefei City?" ”

The person who came was Zang Ba, who was also one of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu, and later descended to Cao Cao, repeatedly made military exploits, this time Cao Cao fought with Liu Bei in Nanyang, worried that Sun Quan was said by Liu Bei to move north to attack Jianghuai, so he sent Man Pet and Zang Ba to the courtyard to advocate Liao, but he wanted to mobilize soldiers and horses in Qingxu and Xu, so he came relatively late, and when he arrived in Hefei, Sun Quan was already about to hit Hefei.

I don't quite understand why characters like Zhang Liao can make Sun Quan soar all the way to the city of Hefei.

"This is a plan to lure the enemy, Xuan Gao should not panic." Zhang Liao looked at Zang Ba and smiled.

"Lure the enemy?" Zang Ba glared at Zhang Liao and wondered.

He came this time, but he didn't send Sun Quan to the city, and now the land of Lujiang and Jiujiang was almost defeated by these two people, adding up to more than 20 cities, plus Zhu Guang's tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

Zhang Liao said a little helplessly: "Sun Quan's 100,000 army is attacking this time, our army is insufficient, if we resist city by city, we will only be defeated by Sun Quan!" Zhu Guang didn't listen to me, he was defeated and captured, and in the current situation, he couldn't compete with him. ”

"But then Sun Quan has been killing all the way like this, and our army has retreated one after another, which will only make morale more and more low!" Zang Ba frowned.

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "That's true, it's just that it's defending city by city, every inch of land must be fought for, and under the dispersion of troops, it is easier to be defeated by Sun Quan." ”

Unlike Nanyang, Cao Cao's main response this time was Liu Bei, and most of the elite troops were concentrated in the Nanyang area, Jianghuai's side, the soldiers were outnumbered, and in terms of troops, compared with Sun Quan, it was at an absolute disadvantage, at this time Sun Quan could divide his troops, but once they divided their troops, they would only lose faster.

"Those cities along the way, the height of the city is less than two feet, declare that I think, how should we defend it?" Man Chong also followed and interjected, except for the cities in Anhui County, Zhu Guang did not listen to the order, and fought with Lu Meng and Gan Ning, but was captured alive and lost Lujiang, and now their main force, although it seems that the momentum is suppressed by Sun Quan, but in fact there is not much actual loss, but all the county guards in the county along the way have been taken back to Hefei.

"But it can also consume some of Sun Quan's sharpness, now that the Jiangdong army is in full swing, it may not be easy to hold this Hefei!" Zang Ba sighed.

"Not necessarily!" Zhang Liao smiled and said: "Jiangdong seems to be advancing all the way, but its foundation is not real, so we will temporarily retreat......

Zhang Liao said this, slowly clenched his fists, and smiled with a little coldness: "It is to make him arrogant, that Sun Quan has never had the slightest record, this time he actually raised 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight, I look at its military formation, the three armies have their own subordinates, but they are not one, this person's ability to command the army is not as good as the lieutenant colonel of our army!" ”

"Wen Yuan wants to ......" Zang Ba looked at Zhang Liao's clenched fist and raised his thick eyebrows.

"These days, I have selected 800 of the most elite warriors in the army with Berning, and when Sun Quan arrives in Hefei, I will personally lead 800 dead soldiers to destroy the thieves before his army is assembled!" Zhang Liao said in the end, his eyes were cold.

When the morale of the Jiangdong army climbed to the peak, it was beaten down, the damage caused by this was definitely more effective than every city must be defended and every inch of land must be fought for, but it is also more dangerous, if the other party is a person who knows the soldiers, Zhang Liao's decision-making is undoubtedly self-defeating, even if the Chinese army is not only 800 people can break through, but it is Sun Quan himself who leads the troops, Zhang Liao has not been idle these days, he has carefully observed Sun Quan's march, and it is expected that Sun Quan is not a person who knows the soldiers, so he and Man Zhong set this policy, and decided to fight and lose the enemy's courage, so that Sun Quan did not dare to look north!

"In this way, I will help Wen Yuan!" Zang Ba looked at Zhang Liaodao.

"Okay, dare to ask Xuan Gao to sweep the battle for me!" Zhang Liao said with a smile, although Zang Ba was named as the eight strong generals under Lu Bu when he was under Lu Bu in the past, but in fact he was on the defensive side, but the two were both demoted generals, and their friendship over the years was also good, Zhang Liao was very relieved about Zang Ba's ability, and at the same time, he also needed someone to answer him.

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On the eighth day of the first month of March, Sun Quan led the Chinese army to Hefei, saw that the gate of Hefei City was closed, and it was expected that Cao's army was now unable to fight, and the city of Hefei was strong, and Sun Quan felt that he could not take it, so he immediately ordered people to set up camp and prepare to wait for the arrival of several other soldiers and horses to attack the city.

As Zhang Liao said, this road soared, fueling Sun Quan's arrogance, but also underestimated Cao Jun, for the Hefei defenders, it was expected that the other party would not dare to go out of the city, after camping, they would feast on the generals.

"King Wu, Liu Bei sent a letter." You can't drink alcohol in the army, Sun Quan is no longer familiar with military affairs, and these rules are strictly followed, so today's banquet is mostly to comfort the generals, there is meat but no wine, and the food is not happy, more than half of the banquet, a general suddenly hurried in and bowed to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was in a good mood at the moment, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Present it." ”

After receiving the letter sent by the general, Sun Quan did not shy away from everyone, opened the letter and read it for a long time, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Why is King Wu laughing?" General Chen Wu smiled.

"Then Uncle Liu Huang despised my Jiangdong soldiers, and sent the general Zhao Yun to help and let Gu go!"

"Then how many soldiers and horses did Zhao Yun bring?" When the generals heard this, they raised their eyebrows, worried that this was Liu Bei's trick and wanted to harm them, although Liu Bei and Cao Cao were fighting in Nanyang at the moment, but Jiangxia, Jiangling, and Changsha were deployed everywhere, obviously they couldn't trust Jiangdong, which made everyone very dissatisfied, and at the same time they were also wary of Zhao Yun's coming this time, Liu Bei now has a lot of troops stationed in Jiangxia, if they take advantage of the emptiness in their rear to kill and cut off their back road, it will not be good.

"Only three hundred light horsemen!" Sun Quan shook his head: "You don't have to panic, Zhao Yun is here to help our army, but this Uncle Liu Huang is too underestimated by my Jiangdong son, this battle, let Uncle Huang take a look, I also have strong men in Jiangdong!" ”

"What King Wu said is very true!" Ling Tong said with a smile: "I have heard that Zhao Zilong was regarded by Liu Bei as a brother and sister, and he was the same as Guan Zhang, but I have never seen what Zhao Yun's achievements are, how can he compare with Guan Zhang?" ”

Without the Battle of Changbanpo and the interception of the river to save Adou, although Zhao Yun is now famous and valued by Liu Bei, his prestige is far inferior to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and it is no wonder that the generals in Jiangdong underestimate him.

Sun Quan also felt that Liu Bei's move was a bit redundant, and now he only waited for the army from all walks of life to assemble, and he would be able to capture the city of Hefei, when the time came, the land of Jianghuai would be in the palm of his hand, and he could attack Runan to the west, and he could cooperate with the naval army to attack the land of Qingxu in the east.

Although he suffered a big loss in the hands of Liu Bei, but in the past few years of Jiangdong's war with Cao Cao, since the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao has not taken any advantage, and this time he was beaten by Jiangdong and fled, so that Sun Quan at this moment has some contempt for the combat effectiveness of the Cao army, although there is no cavalry, but as long as Xuzhou is captured, the momentum of the Jiangdong army is afraid to surpass Liu Bei, and then the two families will divide the land of Cao Wei with one east and one west...... Liu Bei is old after all, and Sun Quan has the confidence to consume him!

A drinking banquet lasted until late at night, Sun Quan was full of wine and food, and then ordered the generals to return to the camp, prepare the army and horses, and only wait for the follow-up army to arrive, and then attack Hefei.

On the other side, Zhang Liao always watched the movement of the Jiangdong camp, and the scout inquired that Sun Quan was actually drinking a banquet at this time, Zhang Liao couldn't help but smile and said to Zang Ba and Manchu: "God help me!" ”

Sun Quan had obviously completely ignored the Cao army in Hefei now, feeling that they did not dare to leave the city.

"When is Wen Yuan going to send troops?" Zang Ba looked at Zhang Liao and asked.

"Tomorrow morning, when the sky is about to dawn!" Zhang Liao said with a smile, this is also his experience in fighting over the years, at this time, it is the thickest night, and it is also the time when people are the most sleepy.

That night, Zhang Liao ordered 800 dead soldiers to be fed, rest early, and prepare to go out of the city early tomorrow morning to attack Sun Quan by surprise.

When the sky was about to dawn, the closed gate of Hefei City suddenly opened a gap, and eight hundred dead soldiers came out of the city gate like ghosts, and under the cover of night, people wrapped their horses and hooves, and quietly approached the Jiangdong camp.

Although Sun Quan didn't think that Cao Jun dared to go out of the city at this time, the Jiangdong generals who were in charge of guarding the camp were quite conscientious, and the camp was quite rigorous, but the mentality of despising Cao Jun was not only Sun Quan, most of the Jiangdong soldiers had a similar mentality, plus before dawn, it was the most sleepy time of the day, and many of the soldiers guarding the camp were drowsy at this time, and they did not find the Cao army who came by night.

These dead soldiers are all veterans of the battlefield, brave and capable, the Jiangdong soldiers who guarded the Yuanmen were directly half-asleep, and the throats were directly cut by the elite dead soldiers, and the Yuanmen was quietly opened, but it still alarmed the Jiangdong soldiers who patrolled the night.

"Enemy attack!" The angry roar woke up many sleeping Jiangdong troops, but at this moment, the gate was opened, Zhang Liao personally put on armor and held a halberd, and took the lead in killing an oncoming Jiangdong army......