She called a team of soldiers, made a stretcher with a spear, and carried Luo Cheng.

"The enemy will come after you, so get out of here quickly." Bai Qi said.

"Hmm."

Fan Lihua ordered, and the whole army rushed to Tanxian County at full speed to rest.

But halfway through, I heard that Cao Hong's tiger camp was stationed outside Tan County. Then he gave up Tan County and changed his route to Xiapi.

In this battle with Xu Huang, both sides suffered casualties.

Most of the soldiers brought by Luo Cheng were lost, only 19,000 remained, and most of them were wounded. Xu Huang's tiger camp has 45,000 left, 40,000 elite foot soldiers, and less than 30,000 left.

In general, it was Xu Huang's army that suffered greater losses.

Yangzhou.

Shou Chun.

Military Aircraft Division.

Chen Gong called the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household to discuss major matters.

"I just received news that Zhou Yu's army raided Huiji County. The county guards and county lieutenants were all beheaded, and 6,000 county soldiers were killed or captured, and the entire Huiji County had fallen. ”

Chen Gong looked at the sand table, and then said: "Huiji County has fallen, Lujiang County is in danger, Zhang Liao and Gan Ning's soldiers and horses have become lone soldiers, even if I want to rescue, I have more than enough heart but not enough strength." What's even more worrying, Cao Cao personally led more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to storm Yuzhang County, and Gao Shun wrote to me to increase my troops by 50,000. What do you think? ”

Wei Yan got up and said: "In the past month or so, I have recruited 50,000 new soldiers, plus the reserve soldiers of the military department, there are 65,000 people, and the last general will ask for orders and go to Yuzhang County to fight. ”

"Wen Chang, don't be impatient." Chen Gong pressed his hand, and Wei Yan took a seat.

Li Shanchang, the head of the household department, said: "Lujiang County has too few soldiers and horses, and it is easy to fall, so we should also increase the army by 20,000 to prevent Zhou Yu from expanding northward." ”

"Good is reasonable....

Chen Gong swallowed and frowned, "But... It is not possible to increase the number of troops yet. ”

"Why?" The officials were puzzled.

"Report..." A soldier entered the lobby, walked up to Chen Gong, and whispered, "General Luo has been freed." ”

"What about the casualties?"

"More than half of the casualties."

Chen Gong nodded and let the soldiers leave.

Because of the position where he stood, he was far away from the officials, and the conversation with the soldiers did not spread.

Chen Gong came back to his senses and said, "Now you can increase your troops." He increased the army of 15,000 to the Taishou of Lujiang County, and strictly ordered him to garrison Lujiang for a month, and there must be no mistake. General Wei Yan led 50,000 soldiers and horses to Yuzhang County.... ”

"Master Xie." Wei Yan stood up excitedly.

Chen Gong smiled and said, "I'm not done yet." If the military department wants to continue to recruit troops, General Wei needs to train soldiers and horses, so after you arrive in Yuzhang County, hand over the military power to Gao Shun, and immediately return to Shouchun to succeed you. ”

"No."

Wei Yan was stunned, but still gave up. But he was very unhappy, he had already arrived in Yuzhang County, but he did not let him fight Cao Cao, but gave his soldiers and horses to Gao Shun, and came back to continue recruiting troops, how can there be such a reason.

Mid-winter.

Wei Yan led his troops to Nanchang, Yuzhang County.

He rode on horseback, threw the wine gourd he had drunk to the side of the road, and said to the soldiers behind him: "Where is Lao Tzu's wine?" ”

"General, you have already drunk two pots, and you can't drink any more, although this is not fairy wine, but it is quite strong." The pro-soldier persuaded.

"The lord doesn't believe me, Chen Gong doesn't believe me, even you kid dare to disobey my military orders?"

"Don't dare." The soldiers hurriedly took out the wine gourd and handed it to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan took two sips and said, "The general is outside, and the king's order is not affected." Lao Tzu must destroy Cao Cao and let the lord know that I, Wei Yan, am by no means mediocre! Pass on my general order, after entering Yuzhang County, travel at night and rest day and day, and make a detour to Yanzhou! ”

"General, what are you going to do?" A lieutenant asked.

"Is this what you should ask? Just execute the command! Wei Yan shouted angrily.

"No." None of the lieutenants dared to say more.

As a result, the 50,000 army led by Wei Yan did not go to support Gaoshun, but bypassed Nanchang and went to the border of Yanzhou.

For several days, they were desperately on the road.

Night.

In a certain mountain forest.

Wei Yan called the captains under his command.

"General, we have been traveling for days, and we don't camp or cook, and the dry food is almost exhausted, and the soldiers have a lot of complaints, so if we go on like this, I am afraid that we will all have to go hungry before we reach Xudu." The lieutenants were dissatisfied.

Wei Yan sat on a stone, holding a sword in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right hand, took a sip, and said, "We are still three hundred and fifty miles away from Xudu, and we will arrive in one day by light horse." ”

"If the 50,000 army goes together, even if they arrive, they won't be able to capture Xudu. Therefore, it is necessary to use surprise soldiers. What is Surprise Soldier? It was when the enemy did not discover us that they suddenly appeared under the city of Xudu, and even if there were a thousand people, they could break the city. ”

"You all listen to me, this time I disobeyed the military order and attacked Xudu, I put my life on the line, if I don't succeed, it will be a heinous crime. I'll kill you early! So don't be lucky, after breaking the city, fight bravely, and be sure to win! When the time comes, I will go to the Military Aircraft Department, plead guilty myself, and give you all the credit! ”

When the captains thought about it, they all bowed their hands and said, "Please give the general's orders." ”

"Okay, you go to make ten simple ladders, and after two shifts, follow me to lead six thousand light horsemen and go straight to Xudu!" Wei Yan threw away the flask and said sharply.

"No."

The captains took the soldiers and made ten simple ladders from local materials.

After the two watches, he went to Xudu with Wei Yan.

The weight of the ladder is about 100 catties, and the two cavalrymen in front and back carry it easily.

The soldiers were extremely well armed with knives, bows and arrows, and spears.

For a full fourteen hours, I ran through three counties in a row, stopped halfway to rest for half a cup of tea, ate some dry food, drank water, and spent the rest of the time galloping non-stop.

The next evening.

The gate of Xudu is about to be closed.

The captain patrolling the city was full of favors, and with a team of soldiers, he came to change the guard.

Da Da...

As soon as Man Pet walked up to the city tower, he heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, from far and near.

He glanced at the sky and saw thousands of light horsemen approaching Xudu.

At first, he didn't care, because the armor of the Yangzhou Army and the armor of the Yanzhou Army were not much different, and they were in Xuchang, and he subconsciously thought that he was a soldier who was transferred back from the front line.

But as he got closer, he noticed that the light horses outside the city were darker in color, unlike those wearing jet-black armor.

And the row of soldiers in front of him also carried ten ladders.

Man Pet reacted, his pupils dilated, and he yelled: "It's the enemy, close the city gate quickly!" ”

"Drumming warns!"

"Don't let the enemy get close to the tower, take out the bows and arrows and boulders in the cave, hurry...!"

Manzhong's face turned pale, and he gave several orders in a row.

Knock knock...

The soldiers on the tower of the city were all panicked. Some beat the drums of war, some went to the cave to hide the soldiers, and brought boulders and bows and arrows. However, due to the small number of people, it was useless to work for half a day. There were a dozen stones and a few scattered bows and arrows along the entire aisle.

(End of chapter)