Chapter 143: Angry Attack

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Outside the Cao Jun camp, Wei Wei, Geng Ji, and Dai Lishan were reluctant to give up with Liu Tong and Dai Lisi, said goodbye with tears, took Yu Ban's handwritten letter and customs clearance documents, and embarked on the journey back to the north.

Early in the morning, Zhang Liao received an urgent report from Hefei, saying that Sun Quan took the deputy governor Lu Meng and Zhu Ran as the generals, and Zhou Tai as the vanguard, and led Xu Sheng, Han Dang, Ding Feng, and Jiang Qin 30,000 soldiers and horses to enter the Wuxuwu, advancing by land and water, and the prestige was greatly vibrating, and Hefei was shaken, and he asked for rescue.

Seeing that the military situation was urgent, Zhang Liao discussed with Yu Ban, Zang Ba and others, and then returned to the north.

Banner hunting, iron armor sonorous, 7,000 Cao army to the north. People are in good spirits when they are happy, Zhang Liao and Yu Ban are in a good mood, chatting all the way and enjoying the scenery along the way.

Five days before Zhang Liao rushed to Hefei, the Jiangdong Army had already marched to Hefei by water and land from the Wet Dock Junction, and the naval army dispatched a total of five building ships, 10 Mengchong fighting ships, and 20 speedboats to transport 25,000 soldiers, grain, grass, and baggage, followed by five empty boats, and went upriver through the Chao (Lake) Fertilizer (Water) Canal, which was to go upstream, cross Dongguan, enter Chaohu Lake, and reach Hefei along the water supply. Five thousand people searched along the river by land, and went hand in hand with the naval army.

This is the most labor-saving, the fastest, and the lowest cost route carefully selected by Sun Quan and Lü Meng, if you simply use the land line of communication to transport soldiers, grain and grass supply is time-consuming and laborious, while the ship shipping can use the help of natural forces such as water and wind, and the efficiency is much higher than that of land transportation. Therefore, there is a saying that "a boat carrying dozens of taels (cars) in China (originally)". In addition, the waterway can give full play to the natural advantages of the Jiangdong Army's naval division, which is good at water warfare, and if it is defeated, it can retreat to the warship, sail south, and quickly leave the battlefield.

Lu Meng was originally determined to be in Jingzhou, but he was drunk by Sun Quan, he was unconvinced, and he was very indignant, and he didn't dare to disobey the order on the spot, so he had to take Hefei to be angry.

Before arriving in Hefei, Lü Meng had detected the emptiness of the Hefei guards, so he ordered the naval warships to drive at full speed, and the land infantry and cavalry to speed up, day and night, and arrived at the Chaofei Canal two miles away from Hefei City in less than two days.

Lü Meng let the warship anchor on the spot, stationed the large camp on the shore, and left Ding Feng to lead 5,000 soldiers to stay in the large camp to guard the warship, and the remaining 25,000 troops surrounded Hefei City. Lü Meng led 5,000 troops as a reserve, Zhu Ran led Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Han Dang, and Jiang Qin to be responsible for the siege of the city, and the 20,000 troops were divided into four teams of 5,000 people each.

There were only 8,000 Cao troops in Hefei, including 3,000 central garrisons and 5,000 county soldiers. Yangzhou Assassin History, Hefei Guard General Zhang Xi, and Don't Drive Jiang Ji got the information early, and urgently sent people Pegasus to Xuchang for help, and notified the surrounding counties such as Wancheng, Lujiang, Liyang, Juchao and other reinforcements. On the one hand, the whole city was mobilized, informing the reinforcement army that it would arrive, rushing to repair the city fortifications, collecting and storing grain, grass and other war materials, and the whole city army and people hated the enemy and waited for the battle.

As soon as the Jiangdong Army attacked the Portuguese, it was attacked head-on by the strong military and civilian barriers in Hefei, with heavy casualties and extremely fierce battles. Because Zhang Xi followed the method of his predecessor Liu Fu to the imperial city, he was fully prepared, and the army and people of the city hated the same enemy, relying on the thick walls of the city and the condescending advantage, combining work and rest, abiding by the law to a certain extent, and the loss was not large, which made Lu Meng feel like he was choked in his throat.

Hefei is located in the southwest of Yangzhou, between the Yangtze River and the Huai River, the shore of Chaohu Lake, the main water and land trunk line of the north and south, the Xiangjiang River hugs the lake, extends in all directions, is the gathering place of several water and land routes, as the transportation and military hub that connects the east and the west, runs through the north and south, and has always been a strategic place for the soldiers. It can be said that whether Cao Cao or Sun Quan controlled Hefei, they could use troops in several strategic directions or block the enemy from several sides. It is known as "the lip and teeth of the south of the Yangtze River, the right throat of Huai", "the head of the south of the Yangtze River, the throat of the Central Plains", and has always been the administrative and military capital of the Jianghuai region.

The origin of the name of Hefei is because the place is the place where the water is applied to the fertilizer water, and its geographical location is just in the Chaofei Canal, the main water and land transportation artery, that is, the connection between the water and the fertilizer water.

After Cao Cao destroyed Yuan, while fighting fiercely with Yuan Shao, he appointed Liu Fu as the assassin of Yangzhou with advanced strategic vision. Liu Fu went to work single-handedly, encircled the big clans, appeased the people, rectified the rule of officials, established schools, educated the people, built water conservancy, pawned agriculture and farmland, and developed the economy. "In the past few years, the people have enjoyed their government, and the number of displaced people has returned from the rivers and mountains. So they gathered all the students, set up schools, Guangtun fields, and revitalized Shaobi and Qibei, Qimen, and Wutang to irrigate rice fields, and the officials and the people had savings." The local economy was restored, and Cao Cao's rule in Huainan was gradually consolidated.

The seat of Yangzhou Assassin was originally located in Liyang, near the river, and because of its proximity to Sun Wu's ruling center in the past, it had always been seriously threatened by Sun Wu's army. In order to change this unfavorable situation, Liu Fu asked Cao Cao for his approval, and built a large number of construction projects, rebuilt Hefei, which had been completely destroyed by Yuan Shu, repaired the old city, built a new city, and moved Yangzhou Prefecture to the west, where the state's standing army was also stationed and a large number of combat equipment were stored. "It is also high as a fortress, with many bricks and stones, and tens of millions of straw and straw, and thousands of fish paste are stored for war and garrison." The economic and military strength accumulated by Liu Fu laid a solid foundation for the later entrenchment of Hefei and Huainan.

Before leaving, Lü Meng boasted about Haikou in front of Sun Quan, saying that he would conquer Hefei within seven days. But now that it has been attacking for five days, it is impossible to advance an inch, and Hefei is not moving. Seeing that the attack had been frustrated, he was furious, and despite the heavy rain falling from the sky, he divided the armies into several echelons and attacked in turn.

After several days of fierce attacks by Sun Wu's army, coupled with heavy rain, the city wall of Hefei collapsed in many places, and the situation was very critical. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Xi and Jiang Ji personally supervised the battle, organized the new force of the reserve army to defend the city to reinforce in time, fiercely repelled Sun Wu's army, mobilized the people to carry bricks, grass, and palm fronds to quickly repair the city wall, and at night lit a fire to illuminate the outside of the city, observe the enemy's movements, and be ready to strengthen defense.

Lu Meng fell short several times, suffered heavy casualties, and retreated in hatred.

On the day of Zhang Liao's departure, the heavy rain was no longer and the sky had cleared.

The river wind is howling, the waves are turbulent, the big is fluttering, and the sky is gloomy.

A building ship in the Chaofei Canal, which is Lü Meng's flagship. As soon as the sky was bright, the Jiangdong Army camp and fleet sounded a terrible and desolate horn, and the flagships were full of people and generals.

Lu Meng, who couldn't sleep all night, got up early and sat on the tiger skin chair in the flagship handsome hall, his eyes were dark, his expression was serious, his face was full of frost, and his face was gloomy.

After finishing the order, Lu Meng glanced at the generals sharply, and shouted angrily: "Lu Meng is fortunate to be reused by the lord and led a large army to attack Hefei. The defenders of Hefei were weak, the garrison was weak, and the heavy rain from the sky helped me Jiangdong, so I thought that I would be able to go down in one go. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xi and Jiang Ji had already taken precautions, the ordnance was sufficient, the city wall was strong, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city hated the same enemy, and they were extremely tenacious, so that our army could not achieve an inch, but turned to the city, and the casualties had reached more than 3,000. The generals were deeply favored by the lord, and they took the lead, braved the arrows and stones, worked hard, and made great achievements in the world, without losing the position of marquis. ”

Lu Meng's eyes flashed coldly, his face was gloomy, and he shouted coldly: "However, if you are cowardly and greedy for life and afraid of the dead, don't blame Wu Shang Fang Sword for not recognizing you!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Meng "whoosh" and pulled out the Shang Fang sword given by Sun Quan, the sword light was awe-inspiring, as bright as autumn water, which was daunting.

The generals couldn't help but be stunned, their faces were frightened, and they sat upright one by one, with serious expressions.

Lu Meng's face was pale, his swollen and blackened eyes flashed with cold light, stabbing at everyone like a sharp sword, his tone was gloomy and cold, and he ordered like frost: "Zhou Tai listened to the order, as a pioneer general, you will not be able to attack for several days, originally this governor will punish your sins, read you as the head of Jiangdong generals, you have many old merits, let you go first." If you don't break through the south gate today, I will take your flag! ”

"Order!" The burly and sturdy Zhou Tai responded with a guilty face and a little angry voice.

"Zhu Ran, Xu Sheng, Han Dang, Jiang Qin and the rest of the generals must fight bravely to kill the enemy, take the lead in setting an example, and if there is no progress, the military will be punished. Before the lord beheads me, I will cut off your head! Just like this case! Lu Meng's words were like iron, and he was angry, and he slashed at the desk like lightning with his sword, and the cold light flashed, and the corner of the case flew away.

"I would like to listen to the orders of the Deputy Governor!" Everyone was frightened, bowed down, and responded violently, but many of them looked angry.

Although the weather was clear, the sun hid in the clouds like Lu Meng's face was gloomy, and the sky was still gray.

The smoke of gunpowder in Hefei City last night has not yet dissipated, and the attack outside the city is already impatient.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Accompanied by the earth-shattering sound of war drums, the Jiangdong military in cyan military uniforms slapped their swords against their shields, pushed the siege equipment, and took heavy steps, like cyan waves surging towards the city wall.

After the bow and arrow attack each other, it is the transformation of attack and defense, wood, rolling stones, gold juice, oil oil, rockets, ladders, rushing cars, thunderbolts, knife chopping, sword splitting, spear picking, axe chopping these cold weapons of the war elements, in the city wall of Hefei up and down the cross, ruthlessly harvesting the fresh lives of the soldiers on both sides, from time to time mixed with the terrible and piercing screams.

One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither. Although the corpses under the city wall were already strewn all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, but under the indifferent and ruthless supervision of the stern generals and the expressionless overseers, the Jiangdong army continued to attack without fear of death, and rows of soldiers fell, and rows of soldiers ignored death, rushing forward one after another to climb up, cutting a stubble like a leek, and growing another stubble.

Not long after, the foot of the city wall of Hefei has become a hellish battlefield, the pioneer general Zhou Tai looked at the comrades in the robe Ze one by one in a pool of blood, the eyes were about to split, the tiger's eyes were tearful, the heart was like a knife cut, under his sword roar under the supervision, the offensive of the Sun Wu army at the south gate was higher than a wave, Hefei City was like a small boat floating on the turbulent sea, wandering, dangerous, and wiped out at any time, but it was safe and sound.

"Soldiers, Hefei has run out of oil, and the city is just around the corner. Archers cover me, brothers, rush with me! Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Zhou Tai's eyes were red in a hurry, he walked back and forth, his eyes were bloody, and he suddenly roared hoarsely, protected the vital parts with a shield, and waved his machete to climb up the ladder crazily.

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