The Battle of Hefei broke out!

This may be the one thing that most affects the attention of the world at the moment.

Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei competed for power in the northwest, they were only fighting for corners, and Sun Quan's Jiangdong army went north, but it directly stabbed into the heart of the Han court.

Once Sun Quan entrenched himself in Chaohu, he used it as a base and gained a firm foothold.

He doesn't even need to send a naval army into the Huai River system, and the people of Xuzhou, who have long been ready to move, will rebel!

With Xuzhou's soldiers and horses as a supplement, he can approach Yuzhou and occupy the world!

On August 20, after a series of intensive skirmishes, Sun Quan's army defeated the last line of defense set up by Li Dian on the northbound road and successfully approached the city.

At this most critical juncture, Jiang Ji opened Cao Cao's book, but after reading it, the generals who were full of expectations were all dumbfounded.

Because the order left by Cao Cao was,—— "If Sun Quan is the best, General Zhang and Li will go to war; General Le guarded; The Protectors must not fight. ”

However, Zhang Liao was not in the city at this time, and Li Dianbing did not dare to go out of the city at all!

This Nima!

On 21 August, the Jiangdong Army, which had gained a firm foothold, was divided into two divisions. The first was led by the governor of Lü Meng, Chen Wu as the vanguard, and led Jiang Qin, Song Qian, Xu Sheng, Ling Tong, Pan Zhang and other troops to besiege Hefei.

One route was Cheng Pu as the governor, and he led Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Dong Ning and other departments to copy the surrounding villages and forts to collect grain and grass as soon as possible.

Chen Wu shouted to attack the city, fought for a day, and did not advance an inch.

On August 22, Cheng Pu's department, which was stealing grain and grass everywhere, received bad news one after another, not only the grain fields near Hefei City were burned, but even the surrounding hundreds of miles of land were full of burning black wheat fields.

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai broke several villages in a row, but they found almost nothing.

The whole Jiangdong Army was in an uproar!

On August 27, Dingman Zhonglang General, Pingchang Lieutenant Gao Yuan retreated after running out of food, and Sun Quan ordered people to chase Gao Yuan.

On August 28, the captain of the Yue cavalry, Jianping ordered Yu Rong to retreat after running out of food, and Sun Quan ordered someone to chase and behead Yu Rong.

Yu wept and begged on his knees, but he was not allowed.

Zhou Feng, the thief commander of Yuzhang County, rebelled again, and Yuzhang Taishou Xie Fei led the troops back.

On August 29, there was no news of He Qi, and Cheng Pudu's army pulled out many cities in succession, but found nothing.

On this day, the heaviest news came, and the Dong family's water army, which had experienced the death of Dong Xun and the weakening of the Chaisang Rebellion in turn, could no longer support it.

After borrowing grain from the Danyang soldiers to no avail, the partial general Dong Ning led his troops south to the mouth of the Xukou.

Dong Ning's retreat became a huge signal, and several teams that were severely damaged by Ma Zhong in the Chaisang Rebellion were not supported one after another.

Kou Zhonglang will Yang Cang, Dangyue Zhonglang will Xian Yu Dan, Muyi Zhonglang will Sun Gui, Huaijie Zhonglang will Xu Zhong and others leave without telling them, and lead the troops back to the south.

The 100,000 army that fell into the panic of food shortage, the army's heart is floating!

On August 30, with the help of Ma Zhong's notoriety, the red-eyed local Haoqiang suddenly appeared behind the Jiangdong Army under the assembly of Zhang Liao, the general of Dangkou!

In the face of the menacing revenge army, the unprepared Jiangdong Army was in chaos.

Zhang Liao was held by a halberd, and he was the first to fall into battle, and killed dozens of people as soon as the battle began. Under Zhang Liao's unexpected onslaught, Chen Wu fought to the death, Song Qian was defeated and retreated, and Xu Sheng was deeply injured and lost his tooth flag!

Then Zhang Liao shouted his name and rushed to Sun Quan's command.

Sun Quan was so shocked that he didn't care about mobilizing the army, and hurriedly led his pro-army to retreat to the slope of the mass grave on a high place, and defended himself with a halberd.

Many of the battalion leaders, who had long been dissatisfied, were scattered in an uproar and could not be contained.

Just when the whole army was in chaos, Pan Zhang's Lin Zi battalion became more and more immovable.

Pan Zhang saw that there were not many elite soldiers in Zhang Liao's hands, and most of them were local powerful forces gathered, so he ordered to throw down the newly recruited soldiers and horses and gallop forward only with the Lin Zi battalion.

Zhang Tang led the Lin Zi battalion under his command, shouted and charged, and also killed Song Qian and Xu Sheng's two defeated soldiers.

When the defeated soldiers saw that Pan Zhang's camp was neat, they were afraid, and they all turned around and fought back.

Song Qian, who was defeated, saw that Sun Quan was surrounded, and hurriedly regrouped and went to the mass grave slope to kill.

Jiang Chong carried Xu Sheng, who was seriously injured by Zhang Liao, on horseback, while Bu Zhao restrained the soldiers and went to resist Zhang Fang, who was cutting around like a knife in the Jiangdong army.

At the same time, He Qi, who had not heard from him for a long time, suddenly appeared and slowly marched towards the battlefield.

After surviving the initial chaos, the Jiangdong army, which had reacted, gathered on all sides and surrounded the soldiers and horses in Zhang Liao's hands.

Zhang Liao surrounded the left and right, attacked sharply, and soon rushed out of the encirclement with a small number of soldiers and horses.

Then he turned around and rushed to kill, pulling out the remnants.

Zhang Liao shouted while fighting, "I am Zhang Wenyuan, the general of Dangkou!" "For a while, there was no other majesty, Jiangdong soldiers and horses were invincible, and no one dared to be there.

This fierce battle lasted from morning to mid-day, and then Zhang Liao returned with a great victory.

The Jiangdong army was demoralized by Zhang Liao, and there was no way to fight back.

The subordinates, who were already short of food, kept leaving the war and directly led the troops south. The Jiangdong Army, which was already in a difficult situation, almost collapsed.

Sun Quan had no choice but to gather his troops and build defensive facilities.

Sun Quan looked at Pan Zhang with admiration, "Very strong, worship the general, and then lead the five schools, Tun Banzhou." ”

He Qi, who joined the battlefield halfway, was in vain, but he also recaptured Xu Sheng's lost tooth banner and sold Xu Sheng's favor ruthlessly.

However, He Qi, who everyone had high hopes for, did not bring the food that the army longed for, but another terrifying piece of information.

The continuous high temperature and scorching sun have narrowed and shallow the river connecting Chaohu Lake and Mixukou.

If it doesn't rain yet, the big boat that the Jiangdong Army drove into Chaohu Lake will not be able to go back!

This information made all the generals who participated in the military conference panic, and it was like a bolt from the blue to Sun Quan.

The original plan with advantages in hand and full of confidence suddenly became a nightmare.

The burned grain fields in Hefei easily crushed his weakest link.

Without enough grain and grass, Sun Quan could not hold out for too long under the city of Hefei. If you don't persevere, you won't have a chance to bring the big boat in Chaohu Lake back to the mouth of the water. If they can't bring the warship back, they won't be able to go back to Jiangnan, and they will be blocked by the reinforcements of the imperial court on the riverside, and the whole army will be wiped out!

Now it's no question of whether to attack Hefei or not, and now if you want to escape back to Jiangnan smoothly, you must either have enough food, or it will rain as soon as possible!

However, the Jiangdong Army was powerless in both cases.

On the second day of the ninth month, Sun Quan sent He Qi to continue to try to contact Huiji and collect grain.

He also sent Hu Zong to rush to the mouth of the water to prevent all the ships there from leaving the port.

He also sent Shi Yi back to Jiangnan to collect warships as much as possible, and was ready to abandon the naval army in Chaohu Lake and retreat south on foot.

He also sent Luo Tong to recover Dong Ning's sailor.

He also sent Zhang Ping to ask for help all the way along Liyang, Fuling, and Guangling.

On the 10th day of September, there was another uproar in the Jiangdong army, and the situation was tense for a while, and afterwards, even a backbone like Cheng Pu sent away 30% of his soldiers and horses to the south.

On September 11, Zhang Ping arrived at Zhaoguan.

(End of chapter)