Chapter 962: The First Northern Expedition XII
The first day of the siege and defense of Ruoyang City ended in the evening when it was dark, and the Wu army reluctantly withdrew from the battle at the cost of 3,000 casualties.
Night falls, and the wind is cold.
On the outskirts of Changle Gate, a large camp set up by the Wu army temporarily, the wounded barracks were wailing all over the field, and the main tent camp, all the generals gathered, but their faces were a little ugly, and the atmosphere was depressing.
The defeat in the first battle, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Zhao Yun and other generals were all a little unwilling in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, since we have already paid so many casualties in this battle, we should fight it fiercely, we should not withdraw our troops so quickly, such a high-intensity attack, at most, in the next night, will definitely be able to break through the Changle Gate!"
Lu Bu stood up, his tiger eyes were sharp, staring at Sun Quan deadly, and said loudly: "The last general will fight in person, attack again!" ”
"Yes!"
Sun Ce also stood up, agreed with Lu Bu's statement, and loudly asked for battle: "The last general also asks for battle, although it is night now, but there is no wind and snow tonight, it is suitable for fighting, take advantage of the night to attack, fight a horse pistol, and tomorrow morning, you will definitely be able to break through the city." ”
"I understand your feelings, but now you should be calm!" Sun Quan raised his head from the silence, looked at the faces under the firelight, and said coldly.
"Your Majesty!"
"The reason why I withdrew my troops is because the casualties in this battle are too great, and they exceed my bottom line, and I can't afford it!"
Sun Quan said indifferently.
"Your Majesty, this is not the time to be soft-hearted!"
Lu Bu gritted his teeth, bowed his hand to Sun Quan, and then shouted angrily: "Now we are fighting at the same speed, if we can't break through Ruoyang before the return of King Qin's soldiers and horses of Wei Junqin, we will be attacked inside and outside, and the whole army will be annihilated!" ”
"It's cold. The Qin Wang army of the Wei army did not return to Luoyang so soon, we still have time! ”
Sun Quan's expression was calm, his eyes squinted slightly, and the corners of his mouth outlined a sneer: "Have a good night's rest tonight, and tomorrow I will take a gamble, and the whole army will transfer the troops." Attack and attack the Heavenly Gate with all your might! ”
"Your Majesty, what if Ying Tianmen can't be attacked?"
"I hope to take Luoyang City with minimal casualties, but if we are still stopped under this city after three days, then I will fight hard with my injuries and open the way with my life, and take Luoyang City at all costs!"
Sun Quan looked at the generals whose eyes were covered with battle intent. said categorically: "For me, one less death can be counted as one!" ”
"Yes!"
When the generals heard this, they looked at each other silently, and finally could only nod in agreement.
"Your Majesty, why did we choose Yingtianmen?" Zhao Yun suddenly asked: "It's not bad to continue to attack Changle Gate or Dingding Gate, it's too hard to go around in a big circle!" ”
"A fight today. Did you feel something was wrong in your mind? ”
When Sun Quan heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp. looked at the generals and asked rhetorically.
"Indeed!"
Lu Bu nodded, turned his head, a pair of tiger eyes burst out with a cold glow, and stared at the general Chen Dao: "There are not many Wei troops in the city, they only have 10,000 elites. The others are all young people who are shouting and waving flags, if you want to defend the seven city gates, it is mainly the elite, supplemented by the young and strong, but today we are in Changle Gate. In the face of the fact that they are basically elites, at least 10,000 elites are waiting for us, that is to say, they know in advance which city gate we will capture, and then all the main forces are deployed at this city gate, and they have already made preparations, which is too coincidental! ”
"What a coincidence!"
The eyes of all the generals were staring at Chen Dao at once.
It was Sun Quan's idea for the Wu army to concentrate the main force, but it was Chen Zhi's proposal to choose one of the seven city gates as the main point of attack, attacking the Changle city gate and taking Shangyang Palace.
This is also coincidentally a bit excessive.
"Your Majesty, the last general doesn't know why this is happening?" Chen Zhi's heart sank, and he quickly knelt down on one knee and said word by word.
"Uncle Zhi, get up!"
Sun Quan hurriedly helped Chen Zhi up with one hand: "I believe in you, don't be suspicious, don't doubt people, I can take you north together, I just believe you!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"
Chen Zhishu breathed a sigh of relief.
"I say this, not to make you doubt your comrades-in-arms who are fighting side by side, but to make you vigilant, there are high-ranking people in the Wei army, so we must be more cautious in the future battles!"
Sun Quan's eyes swept over and said in a deep voice.
Which city gate to capture was a temporary idea, even if Chen Zhi proposed, he could choose not to adopt it, from the time he decided to attack Changle Gate, it was only one night before and after, and Chen Zhi had no chance to report the news.
And he believed in Chen's faith.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean, there is one in this Luoyang City who is calculating the direction of our army's attack, and he is completely right, right?"
Zhao Yun gasped, a little incredulous.
"No, it won't!"
"Is there such a powerful person?"
"There are seven gates in Luoyang, how does he know which gate we will capture?"
"Isn't he afraid that once he guesses wrong, he will let us take Luoyang City without much effort?"
The generals are a little hard to believe,
"Luoyang City has now reached this point, their troops are already insufficient, even if they forcibly recruit young and strong, untrained soldiers, in the face of our elites, it will only cause trouble, so if they want to defend the city, they will have to use dangerous moves!"
Sun Quan carefully speculated on the deployment of the city: "Let's put it this way, they are actually gambling, what to bet on, gambling on my strategic deployment, the first step, they want to bet that we did not choose to divide the troops, it should be that once we divide the troops, he must also divide the troops, the second step, they bet on us to capture one of the seven city gates, fortunately, they bet on both of them right!" ”
In today's battle, even if you make a wrong bet, Luoyang City has been taken by the Wu army.
"Who's so powerful?"
Sun Ce asked coldly.
"Today, there are many wise men, but there are still a few people with such ability!"
Sun Quan sneered: "I'm afraid there is only one in today's Luoyang City, Xi Zhicai, and only this Wei State Captain has such ability." Not only is he familiar with military deployments, but he also has a complete understanding of my mind! ”
"Then why did Your Majesty choose to attack Yingtianmen tomorrow?"
"Fiction and reality!"
Sun Quan smiled slightly and said: "Ying Tianmen is the biggest target, after we lose at Changle Gate, who would have thought that I would go back to fight the most heavily defended city gate!" ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
The generals' eyes lit up, and they immediately understood Sun Quan's intentions.
"Tomorrow there is a fight. Chen Zhi is a pioneer! Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "It takes two hours to respond to the Heavenly Gate from here, and when the hour comes, the hour will start to attack!" ”
"The last general commands!" Chen Zhi's heart moved, he knew that it was Sun Quan who made him guilty and make meritorious contributions.
"Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Zhao Yun, and Lei Ding, Chen Zhi After the vanguard army started. You all personally lead the troops to attack, and once it is fully launched, do your best to break the city in one day as quickly as possible! ”
Sun Quan said categorically.
"No!"
The generals' battle spirit was instantly restored.
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At this moment, in the city of Luoyang, the night was equally cold, and Cao Cao won the first day of the defensive battle. But there wasn't much joy in my heart, and it was just the beginning.
He was in order to boost the morale of the soldiers. still personally sat in the army of the city gates.
"Lord Taiwei is really powerful, he actually completely anticipated the deployment of the Wu army, this battle is enjoyable!"
To win the victory on the first day, the morale of the Wei army was very high and very excited, and they all looked at Taiwei Xi Zhicai.
At the beginning, Taiwei Xi Zhicai insisted on concentrating the heavy troops a little. In Changle Gate, all the leading soldiers were against it, and even Cao Cao was a little worried, but the facts were positive, and Xi Zhicai was right.
If it weren't for this time, all the main soldiers would be pressed on Changle Gate. I'm afraid Changle Gate has already been breached.
"Zhicai, can you guess that Sun Quan will not divide the army, I am not surprised, because Sun Quan does cherish the soldiers a little, and the division of troops is indeed a little more casualty for him, but how can you guess that Sun Quan came back to capture the gate of Changle City?"
Cao Cao was very puzzled by this, and looked at Xi Zhicai.
"Your Majesty, I have dissected a lot of Sun Quan personally fought battles, Sun Quan's character likes to be small and broad, and there is a sword to go to the front, seven city gates, suitable for him to take the sword to the front, hit us by surprise, there is only Changle Gate!"
Xi Zhicai said calmly.
"You really know him!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly.
"He's our worst enemy, we can't help but know him!" Xi Zhicai replied: "Only by knowing oneself and knowing oneself can one not be defeated in a hundred battles, since the East China Sea back then, I have been constantly understanding him!" ”
"So what's next?"
Cao Cao's face was straight: "Today, the attack of the Wu army failed, Sun Quan will definitely change the strategy, will they choose to divide the troops?" After all, the division of troops is relatively stable, as long as the division of troops to attack for three days, the city gate will be broken! ”
"Not yet!"
Xi Zhicai groaned for a while: "Sun Quan's character is a little persistent, that is, until the last critical moment, he will not choose to exchange casualties for breaking the city, he will also choose to break the surface with points, and the main force will attack a city gate, let him choose the city gate, he will break through the city without much effort!" ”
"Which gate will he choose tomorrow?" Cao Cao asked.
"Here!"
Xi Zhicai's eyes burst with a gleam, and his fingers fell on one of the city gates of the defense map.
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In the early morning, the rare morning sun floated past the horizon and shone in all directions.
Ying Tianmen.
Under the city gate, the Wu army gathered and began to advance step by step, and in the sound of drums, they began to attack the city gate from the pontoon bridges that had been erected overnight.
"Take the ladder, I'm going to take a siege!"
In order to atone for his sins, Chen Zhi rushed very violently.
"Kill it!"
"Kill!"
Half an hour later, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Zhao Yun and other generals launched an attack on the city gate at the same time, and the ladders were fought one by one, and the Wu army began to climb up continuously.
"Smash!" Suddenly calm above the city, a roar like a beast resounded above the nine heavens, the battle flags were erected one by one, and under the surge of people, countless Wei soldiers took the lead and began to counterattack the city.
"The thief of this ladder climbed up, poured tung oil, and lit a fire!"
"Shoot them all!"
"Smash the stones, smash them to death!"
The counterattack of the Wei army was cold, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu stood at the head of the city in person.
"Damn, they guessed it right again!" Sun Quan, who was watching the battle under the city, was holding a telescope, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were already bulging.
Even two yuan, is he unlucky? Or is it true that the wise men in the city are so wicked?
"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Redding asked.
"What else can I do, fight!"
Sun Quan said coldly: "I have to see if they are bluffing, or if the main force is really here, give me a hard beating!" (To be continued.) )