This time, the speed of the Jingzhou army's siege of the city was unbelievable. When the Jingzhou army began to attack the city, Zhuji Changhe Qi was resting in the official residence, and before a sweet dream was finished, he heard a voice from outside: "My lord, it's not good, the Jingzhou army has begun to attack the city." ”

"What?" He Qi couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, although his army had been preparing for the enemy to attack Zhuji for several months, but no one expected that the enemy would suddenly attack the city by surprise, and everyone and even him He Qi were not ready to meet the enemy, so now only one-third of the people on duty on the city wall are on duty, and the rest are resting under the city.

He Qi, who was panicked, didn't have time to get up, and immediately ordered the captain of his own army to pass on his general order, all the garrison troops must rush to the designated position on the city within half an hour, and if anyone dares to make a mistake, they will be dealt with immediately by military law, and there will be no appeasement.

Although the harmony in front of him was frightened in his heart, he was not fully prepared for the enemy's large-scale siege this time, because he thought that the troops besieging the city must be only one hundred and twenty miles away from Zhuji, and according to his intelligence, even if the enemy army in the city of Wusheng poured in, there were only less than 20,000 troops, although his city defense army was not all there, but there were also 10,000 people in the city. Even if you stick to it for a day or two, it's definitely not a big problem. It is precisely because of this understanding that when He Qi issued the order, he ordered the soldiers to rush to the city and garrison within half an hour.

He Qi obviously underestimated the Jingzhou Army's ability to act, and did not collect the latest intelligence in Wusheng County, so he was destined to lose here this time.

After issuing the order, He Qi slowly dressed and freshened up, and then came to the official office, ready to inform the civil and military officials of the news of the enemy's large-scale siege of the city.

But he had just arrived at the county office, and before he could finish a sentence, he suddenly heard a soldier hurriedly break in from outside, and then shouted: "My lord, something is wrong. “

"What's so alarming?" He Qi couldn't help but look pale, and then asked with an unhappy face.

But the soldier couldn't care about He Qi's expression at all, and said heavily: "Enemy army, the enemy army has broken through the city, we, we can't resist it." ”

"What? How is this possible? We have nearly 10,000 troops in our city, how many troops can the enemy have? It was possible to break through my city defenses in such a short period of time! He Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and then shouted loudly: "You nonsense, messing with our army's heart, you should be beheaded according to the law." ”

After finishing speaking, He Qi also glanced at the little soldier who was covered in blood, and said slowly: "This general can be regarded as heroic when he sees you fighting, this time he will not pursue it, why don't you go back quickly and continue to fight the enemy?" ”

But I saw that the little soldier actually fell to the ground with a thud, and said loudly: "My lord, things are not as you imagined, what the little one just said is true, the number of enemy troops outside the city gate is very large, according to the small estimate, there are at least thirty or forty thousand, our army can't resist at all, now the enemy has attacked the city, is fighting fiercely with our defenders, the small estimate will not be long, the enemy will go to the official office, so, the adult still find a way to escape." ”

"What do you say? Thirty or forty thousand? Where did the enemy get so many soldiers and horses? He Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked loudly.

Naturally, the soldier couldn't answer the question asked by He Qi, and just kept shouting in his heart: "How do I know where these horses came from?" I just know that the enemy is so numerous and fierce that our army simply cannot resist it. ”

Although there were infinite grievances in his heart, the little soldier could only endure those grievances, and continued to say respectfully: "The small one doesn't know where the enemy army comes from, but the small one knows that the enemy army is all brave, and the army is in conflict in our army, such as entering a no-man's land, especially the two generals, who are the three brave champions, under their leadership, the morale of the enemy army has risen greatly, and our army can't resist it at all." ”

"When did Jiang Wan have any brave generals under his command, could it be that Liu Qi transferred troops from other places again? Damn, no wonder the enemy army has 30,000 or 40,000 horses, and it seems that I have fallen for his evil this time. Thinking of this, He Qi's face finally changed greatly, and he immediately asked the soldier, "Do you know where there is still a way to live?" ”

The soldier immediately said respectfully: "According to small observations, the army at the west gate is empty, and the army at the east gate should be the strongest." ”

He Qi nodded, and immediately ordered: "Now we all break through the siege immediately, and the army will kill the east of the city together." ”

"Huh? General, just now the small one said that the east gate has the largest number of people, and the west gate is empty, why don't we go to the west gate, but take the east gate. The soldier was stunned for a moment, then asked suspiciously.

"Hmph, this must be a trick of the enemy, setting up an ambush outside the west gate, and although the east gate is numerous, because the enemy army did not expect us to go, the defense will be looser." He Qi smiled coldly, and immediately led the army to the east gate to kill.

In the process of heading to the east gate, the enemy army had already entered the city, so the streets were full of panicked soldiers, and He Qi retreated to the east gate while gathering the remnants, and when he arrived at the east gate, there were already nearly 3,000 soldiers under his command.

Looking at the nearly 3,000 men and horses around him, He Qi couldn't help but settle down a little in his heart, with his army of nearly 3,000, he should be more than seventy percent sure of breaking out of the enemy's encirclement.

The purpose of his breakthrough now is not to escape, but to inform the lord Sun Quan of the news of the enemy's occupation of Zhuji.

Such heavy news must be known to Sun Quan, because since the enemy army occupies Zhuji, it means that Sun Quan in Sanyin can be threatened at any time!

Therefore, He Qi is now in ruins, leading the army to kill directly in the direction of the East City Gate.

"Kill." He Qi took the lead and led the army to kill the army in the direction of the East City Gate.

To He Qi's slight reassurance, although there were a large number of people here, the defense was really relaxed, after he led the army to launch a fierce attack, the enemy army seemed a little panicked, and after he reacted, He Qi had already taken his men and horses to kill outside the city. But he didn't notice the weird smile on Du Xian's face hidden in the shadows.

Due to the crisis of the situation, He Qi did not dare to fight at all, so the army just struggled to break through to the outside of the city gate, fought a bloody way, and then led the three thousand soldiers to Shanyin.

And Sun Quan of Shanyin couldn't help but change his face after hearing He Qi report the news, and pointed at He Qi angrily and said, "What are you eating?" The official handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Zhuji to you, but I didn't expect you to lose it to the official, such as Jin Shanyin is facing a huge threat, if it is also occupied by Liu Qi's army, how do you let the official do it? ”

"In the end, there will be a sin, and the sin deserves death, and please ask the adults to condemn their sins." He Qi couldn't help but sigh, knelt on the ground and said.

"Come on, push me out, chop." Sun Quan was also angry now, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately ordered.

But at this moment, a scribe suddenly stepped forward and said: "My lord, although He Qi is guilty, but now that the war has just started, it is unlucky to kill the general, not to mention that now is the time to employ people, why don't you spare his life and make him guilty and meritorious service?" I think that General He will definitely be grateful for the kindness of the adults and serve the adults. ”

When Sun Quan heard this, his face softened slightly, and he nodded and said: "Since it is Ziyu who intercedes, then I will spare your life, but the death penalty is forgivable, and the living crime is unforgivable. ”

When the sergeant dragged back He Qi, who had been beaten with forty sticks, Sun Quan said hatefully: "He Qi, this time I will spare you, and this official will give you another 5,000 men and horses, so that you can lead the army to hold the city. ”

"No. Thank you for not killing, and the last general will not dare to slack off. He Qi Sihai didn't dare to take care of his injuries, so he took the token, reorganized the soldiers and horses, and arranged to defend the city.

After sending He Qi away, Sun Quan thought for a while, and then issued a sternly worded order to Zhou Yu, ordering him to rush to the aid of Shanyin without mistake. After thinking about it for a while, he ordered the county magistrate Liuzan to lead 5,000 troops to Zhang'an, so as to force the enemy army in Zhuji to return and relieve the pressure on Shanyin.

At this time, Zhuge Jin saw that Sun Quan was going to transfer Zhou Yu's army back to defense, and hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, now Zhou Gongjin of Anhan is actually under a lot of pressure, the first few days from Cao Ren's camp came news, Hefei and Junyu both fell into the hands of Liu Qi, and Liyang and other counties in the south are also looking forward to the wind, our Danyang County is facing the danger of being attacked by Xu Shu and Yu Ban at any time. ”

But Sun Quan said disappreciably: "We just transferred 20,000 defenders from Anhan, isn't there still nearly 20,000 horses left?" What's more, there are resourceful people like Zhou Gongjin there, as long as they don't take the initiative, they can definitely hold it, Ziyu Xiu is going to talk about this matter again, I have made up my mind. ”

In fact, where would Zhuge Jin have thought that Sun Quan, as the Huiji Taishou, how could he watch the Huiji lose from his hands? Even in his heart, even if Danyang, which was controlled by his uncle Wu Jing, was lost, he must not lose Huiji. What's more, Sun Quan is about to take this opportunity to weaken Zhou Yu's military power, how can he be willing to obey Zhuge Jin's advice in such a situation?

Not only that, in order to prevent Zhou Yu from refusing to send reinforcements, Sun Quan wrote a letter again after a short time to urge Zhou Yu to send troops to help.

After a while, I felt uneasy, and wrote a letter again to urge, so I urged five times in one day, which shows how impatient Sun Quan should be at this time?