Chapter 38: The Siege of the Wu Army
…… That night, after a sneak attack on the southernmost part of the enemy's village, my soldiers relied on the high morale and the empty opportunity of the enemy's walled village to easily break through another Wu village a few miles away from it. I took it when I saw it, and I didn't want anything in the village, so I burned it all and left.
When I went back to the predetermined place I had agreed with Zheng Liang, I went back to the first stockade that I had broken and set fire again, which was a complete blow to Wu Jun of the evil spirit I suffered in Changsha City.
When he came to the predetermined place, Zheng Liang, who had been waiting there, seemed a little unsatisfied. He told me that if he had another 3,500 sergeants under his command, he would definitely be able to set up an ambush on the way to retreat, and then kill Wu Bing and turn on his back alone.
As the so-called south ship and north horse, the Wu army is good at boats, there are countless large and small warships in the army, but the cavalry troops are very weak, it is estimated that it is difficult for the whole army to make up 18,000 horses, and the east of Changsha is mostly mountainous and dense forests, which is difficult to pursue with cavalry troops, which is why I dare to ask Zheng Liang to shoot rockets with only a hundred archers.
At this time, I saw that I didn't have much fun, so I patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, tonight we stabbed the hornet's nest, and Wu Jun was burned down two more camps, madness is certain." When they get angry and go to attack Changsha, are you afraid that you won't have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions? ”
Zheng Liang listened to my words, and his eyes lit up again. The two Wu army camps that were burned by me in the distance are still burning brightly, such a dark night, if the Wu army commander was smart, he would definitely not go to the rescue, how can he know how many people are under his guy tonight? If I had 6,000 men under my command tonight instead of 600, if he dared to rush to the rescue, I would have disciplined his rescuers and would not return!
But it's a pity that my men are really only these 600 soldiers, and because I was angry for a while, we didn't even bring some camping things, in order to prevent the Wu army from sneaking attack, we didn't dare to light a fire to keep warm, fortunately it was still summer, otherwise we would have to freeze to death tonight.
Although it is only a hill that is too short to be shorter, the deeper the night, the more the mountain wind hits. Zheng Liang and I watched the fire scene in the distance on the mountain for a while, and after arranging the guard posts in turn, we led the soldiers to find a leeward valley bottom between the hills, and simply leaned against the rocks of the mountain and fell asleep.
When we woke up the next day, we were faced with the problem of how to solve the problem of breakfast. Although there are wild beasts in the forest and we have bows and arrows, it is not as simple as beating a deer or killing a wild boar to feed 600 people.
After thinking about it, I decided to grab it. Last night, in order to prevent the Wu army from catching up with us, we only cared about setting fires, and I didn't expect to take food out of the Wu army's stockade at all. According to my guess, Wu Jun suffered such a big loss last night, and as soon as it dawned today, he should be in a hurry to take revenge. Sure enough, when I commanded the sergeants to attack the third stockade south of the Wu army, there were only a few dozen soldiers left behind in the village.
When interrogating the prisoners of war, they confirmed that the commanders in charge of the eight camps east of Changsha were Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Jiao, the general who captured the camp, and the deputy general Pan Zhang.
At this time, Zheng Liang suggested that I immediately burn this camp and take the opportunity to seize the main village of the Wu army, but I felt that the main village of the Wu army was surrounded by the rest of the remote villages, and once it could not be attacked, it was easy to be in danger of being surrounded on all sides. Thinking about it, Sun Jiao was burned by me last night, and the camp will definitely not be so easy to give up, and now Ma Liang can be said to be bitter and unspeakable. If it is not as I expected, since the two sides said that they did not want to be together, it would definitely be a fight.
Thinking that this Wu army is a layman in land warfare according to Kong Ming's words, I think that at the beginning of Zhou Yu's pro-command of Chibi's victorious army, he also repeatedly attacked Nanjun. Now the number of Wu army is only a slight advantage compared with the old and weak soldiers in Changsha City, although the field battle can be won, but if it is a siege, the city defense strengthened by Ma Liang day and night is not a joke.
Thinking of this, on the one hand, I sent sentries to the surrounding realm, and on the other hand, I ordered the sergeants to use the grain, meat, fruits and vegetables in the village to step up cooking, until everyone was full, and then took away some tents that could be used for camping, and resisted a lot of food, and then let go of the Wu soldiers who were my prisoners in the village, and set fire to this Wu village.
When I thought of the two poor people, Sun Jiao and Pan Zhang, who were attacking the city in full swing, and suddenly saw the expression of my stockade being on fire again, I couldn't help but have fun while walking. The soldiers below are also in a good mood, I don't know how Changsha City was beaten, but since then, the sentinels sent to report to me every day, saying that the Wu army has never attacked Changsha City again, but has shrunk in its remaining five camps, and has increased the intensity of patrolling around the camps, and it is difficult to approach Wu Zhai to observe.
Although there were tents and food, the conditions were not as good as those in the city. My original intention was to provoke the Wu army to find some trouble in Changsha to relieve the sullenness in my heart, but later when I saw that the sneak attack was easy, I repeated the old tricks, and even wanted to find an appropriate opportunity to burn down all the camps of the Wu army in several times.
I didn't expect this Sun Jiao to be honest after suffering two losses, so that I had no chance to take advantage of it. I thought about it and decided to go back to Changsha, although I didn't say goodbye and was a little unruly, but with the credit of burning Wuzhai twice, I should be able to calm things down when I go back.
Unexpectedly, when I led people to approach Changsha City and prepare to return to the city, the north of Changsha City suddenly became dusty, and I did not dare to be careless so I ordered the sergeant to retreat, and found a hill to watch, I saw a big Zhou character on the handsome banner, and countless troops were revealed from the dust one after another.
The Wu army began to camp less than two miles from the city gate with great fanfare, and soon, Sun Jiao and Pan Zhang's troops also came to converge, it seems that they left a considerable number of garrisons to defend the stockade in the mountains and forests, they only brought more than a thousand people with this trip, apparently they thought that Zhou Yu's army alone was enough to level the city of Changsha.
As far as I know, Kong Ming's strategy for Zhou Yu every time is to scare away and kill the enemy as a supplement, because he knows better than anyone that if he kills one more Wu soldier now, his combat power against Cao Bing will be reduced by one point in the future. So I am very sure and sure that this time Zhou Yu led no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it was so vast that the camp was set up for a whole afternoon. It is a pity that our army in Changsha City can only watch the Wu army force the city to go down to the wall, and no man dares to lead his troops out of the city to give Zhou Yu some color.
Of course, I can't deny that Zhou Yu's doing this may also have the meaning of luring the enemy, and God knows if rushing out of the city will make Changsha unable to hold it for a day.
It's just that what makes me very strange is that normally, shouldn't Zhou Yu vomit blood and die after being seen through Kong Ming's plan? How could you still come to attack Changsha with so many troops?
To be honest, I am not Kong Ming, in the face of Zhou Yu, there is nearly a hundred times my military strength, and going to Guiyang for help seems to have become my only choice.