Chapter 63: The Time of Day Matters

"What?" Pang Tong was also taken aback when he heard this, and snatched the military report from Zhao Feng's hand, and Pang Tong was overjoyed at a glance.

"The six counties of Jiaozhou have been recovered, and the thousands of people in Lingtong have fled to Zhuya County, and there is no harm to the overall situation. As long as the Jingxiang sailor is familiar with the local water conditions, he can cross the sea to attack it! Zhao Feng sighed a little. Gao Lan, Huang Zhong and others were also surprised and delighted when they heard this, no one thought that in just a few months, the entire territory of Jiaozhou would be cleaned up by Gan Ning. It must be known that Jiaozhou has been occupied by the Sun family for nearly seven years since the beginning of the Sun Ce era. Even if the interior is empty now, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 horses stationed there. Gan Ning led 30,000 sailors, and in just one month, Jiaozhou was pacified.

"If it weren't for Guangyuan's clever plan, I'm afraid this matter wouldn't be so easy." Pang Tong also sighed after reading it. The disciples of Lumen Mountain really lived up to their reputation, and even Shi Guangyuan cleaned up Sun Jing, who had been in Jiaozhou for several years. Now Sun Quan's strongholds, in addition to Huiji and Wu County, are only Yizhou and Zhuya County, which are isolated overseas.

"It's the middle of the month now, I think it's better to let the soldiers rest and recuperate, and then go to break Wu Jun and Huiji after the New Year!" After reading the military report, Pang Tong also put forward his own suggestions, and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others also deeply agreed. I didn't want Zhao Feng to smile and said: "Shiyuan, I want to do the opposite this time, I decided to send troops to Wujun and Huiji in two days." I led all the way to attack Wu County, Zilong, you led a group of men and horses to attack Huiji. ”

"Huh?" Pang Tong and the others were quite surprised when they heard this. "Bo Tao, it's cold in winter, it's not suitable to march!" Huang Zhong first admonished, and the rest of the generals also felt that it was a bit too hasty to march at this time. A truce in winter, this is the basic common sense of war. Unless you want to win in the face of danger, few people choose to march in the winter. Now that the Xuzhou army is stationed in Xindu County, there are only the last two strongholds left to besiege Sun Quan, and they can fight steadily, and everyone feels that there is no need to be so impatient.

Zhao Feng smiled and said, "Originally, I also planned to send troops after the New Year, but after checking the prisoners of war in the past few days, I changed my mind." ”

"Looking at prisoners of war?" At this time, everyone felt even more confused, and even Pang Tong was a little surprised. Zhao Feng didn't sell it, and said directly: "I have seen the prisoners of war of the Jiaozhou Army, although this year is not cold, but since the beginning of winter, they have begun to become more and more unbearable The weather, and the number of frostbitten people is increasing. The climate in Jiaozhou is warm, and these Jiaozhou troops can't stand this cold winter when they come to Jiangdong. If there is another heavy snowfall, I am afraid that half of the Jiaozhou army will lose its combat effectiveness. If you don't take this opportunity to take Wu Jun and Huiji, when will you wait? ”

"I see!" Pang Tong and the others suddenly realized, they all knew that Jiaozhou had a warm climate, but they didn't expect the Jiaozhou army to be so frost-resistant. Zhao Feng knew that Lingnan had at least a dozen degrees Celsius in winter, but the lowest temperature in Jiangdong could reach below zero. The temperature dropped by more than ten degrees all of a sudden, and these Jiaozhou troops who grew up in Lingnan naturally couldn't bear it.

"That being the case, the general can wait patiently for a day or two. Watching the sky last night, it was said that there would be snow in the near future. When it snows, I'm afraid that the Jiaozhou Army will be even more frozen! Easing his excitement a little, Pang Tong spoke. Everyone looked up at the cloudy sky, and saw that this posture was indeed going to snow, and at that moment Zhao Feng also ordered the troops to pay attention to keeping warm, and only wait for the snow to take the opportunity to send troops to Wu County.

Pang Tong's forecast was not wrong, and in the evening of this day, snowflakes gradually fell. Zhao Feng and the others looked at the falling snowflakes in their hearts, praying in their hearts that it would come bigger. "Zilong, if we don't send troops overnight, Sun Quan will be careless in such a snowy day, and with good luck, we can not only take advantage of people's danger, but also take them by surprise." Zhao Feng looked at the scattered snowflakes and suddenly proposed. He remembered the battle four years ago, Zhou Yu took advantage of the snowy night to take the Jingzhou army by surprise, and today he may be able to concoct it according to the law.

"That's very good, general, I'm afraid this snow will take at least a day or two to stop, send troops as soon as possible, maybe you can take Wu Jun and Huiji as soon as possible." Pang Tong also strongly agrees with this. At that moment, Zhao Feng led 30,000 horses, together with Huang Zhong and others, to secretly leave Xindu County in the heavy snow and quietly march towards Wu County. Zhao Yun and Gao Ran also led a detachment of 20,000 people to go to Huiji.

At this time, in the city of Wu County, Sun Quan was already anxious. Since the beginning of winter, the number of soldiers under his command who are from Jiaozhou has been suffering from frostbite has increased year by day. Although he has tried his best to equip them with cotton clothes to keep them warm, these Jiaozhou people who are accustomed to the warmth of Lingnan, even if they breathe a little cold air, will frostbite their lungs. And the heavy snow that began this evening made Sun Quan even worse.

"My lord, just now hundreds of soldiers were frostbitten and could not continue to defend the city, and have been transferred to private houses in the city to recuperate." At this time, Lu Meng came over to report. Hearing this, Sun Quan smiled bitterly and asked, "Ziming, how many more soldiers do we have to fight?" ”

"At present, there are about 18,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, and there are about seven or eight thousand Jiaozhou soldiers who have been frostbitten." Lu Meng hesitated slightly, but still said the specific number. Sun Quan sighed, he knew that the most elite under his command was the Jiaozhou army, but it was said that Jiaozhou had killed and injured more than 5,000 people, and now another seven or eight thousand were frostbitten, so this loss was great. Most of the more than 10,000 people who did not suffer from frostbite were soldiers of local origin. However, these people were either the original recruits or the newly recruited recruits. Relying on them to fight, loyalty and combat effectiveness are difficult to guarantee. Thinking of this, Sun Quan also had a headache, but he didn't expect that he was actually hit by a heavy snowfall.

"Ziming, is the ship ready?" Sun Quan suddenly raised his head and asked. Lu Meng knew that his lord was already thinking about the way back, but the current situation was indeed not optimistic. At that moment, Lu Meng also said honestly: "Don't worry, my lord, we have parked the two big ships in the harbor. Once something fails, we can escape a few miles east of Wu County from the tunnel, first take a boat from the river to the port, and then change into a big boat to go to Yizhou! ”

"No matter what, as long as you can keep your surname, you don't want this Jiangdong!" Sun Quan sighed. Looking at Lu Meng in front of him, Sun Quan sighed and said, "Ziming, my lord has not been able to give you any benefits. Before the year of establishment, you will go overseas with me, and I am really wronged by you. ”

"What does the lord say, Lu Meng is just a reckless man under Wu, thanks to the lord's refusal to give up, he has the status he has today! At present, we are waiting for our best to fight, but we are defeated, and we will go overseas to be a foreigner, be the king in a foreign land, and stay away from this troubled world, and we will be at ease. Lu Meng said busily. Sun Quan looked at the young man who had followed him for many years, and nodded with emotion.

There was no word all night, and two hours after the army set off, Zhao Feng's group had already walked out of Xindu County for dozens of miles. "Shi Yuan, when do you see when the snow will stop?" Looking at the heavy snow that showed no signs of abating, Zhao Feng also asked a little unmarkedly. At this time, the snow on the ground had accumulated for two hours, and it was almost up to the surface of the feet. If you go any further, the march will be even more difficult.

"It'll stop in the early morning, but there should be another one tomorrow." Pang Tong is not as frost-resistant as Zhao Feng, and now he is wrapped in cotton clothes, but he is still a little shaky on the horse. Zhao Feng looked at him, and also deliberately sighed and said, "Shiyuan, how can you not tolerate the cold, Kong Ming is much stronger than you." ”

"Ah Liang is a farmer, so I naturally can't compare with him!" Pang Tong replied with a smile. Zhao Feng shook his head, but he was thinking in his heart that if this battle was fought in the north in the future, how could he withstand the severe cold there with Pang Xiaoniao's body and bones.

"Hey, hey!" Pang Tong suddenly smiled a little obscenely, and then asked Zhao Feng: "General, I heard that when he attacked Jiangling, Ah Liang beat Kuai Yue's face full of blood?" ”

"yes!" Zhao Feng was also quite surprised when he remembered Zhuge Liang's violent appearance that day, the so-called rabbit wants to bite when he is in a hurry, this is probably the case.

"Ah Liang, this guy was only thirteen years old when he first came to Jingxiang, but he was about the same size as fifteen or sixteen years old. There are so many people in Lumen Academy, and he has the strongest bones, and we don't dare to bully him, an outsider, for fear of being beaten by him. Pang Tong smiled.

"Huh?" Zhao Feng was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Kong Ming to be so violent. At this moment, the Malay newspaper reported that the town in front of it seemed to be garrisoned by the Jiangdong Army, but the number was very small, almost only a few hundred. Zhao Feng ordered to quickly surround and annihilate it.

"Ahh At this time, in the Jingzhou Mansion in Xiangyang City, Zhuge Liang, who was engaged in Jingzhou Diannong, sneezed, and after the fight, he rubbed his nose quite puzzled and muttered: "A-Ying, you miss me so soon?" After finishing speaking, the pen came faster, and the rest of the dossier was completed in a short time, which was a little relieved. Putting on a cloak, Zhuge Liang walked out of the court. Although it was still snowing in Jiangdong, Jingbei had stopped at this time, and the sky was full of stars, Zhuge Liang looked up at the galaxy in the sky, but he was looking for those key stars.

"The Emperor Star is still dim, it seems that Your Majesty is really a little bad!" Zhuge Liang was the first time to check the emperor star, of course, it was still very weak. Next to the Emperor Star, there was a big star that shone brightly and dazzlingly, so that the original not very bright light of the Emperor Star was covered up a lot. In addition, around this big star, there are many small star arch guards.

"Cao Ying's meteorology is at its peak, I'm afraid that it can't be eliminated in a hurry!" Zhuge Liang sighed. turned his head to look at other stars, but saw that between the Jianghuai River, there was also a star shining brightly, which was not much better than Cao Ying's natal star. It is also surrounded by stars, which is extremely prosperous. Zhuge Liang saw it, and nodded secretly, and he had a lot of confidence in his heart.

At this moment, several meteors streaked across the sky and fell into the land of Jiangdong. Zhuge Liang was shocked in his heart, and after carefully examining the stars, he pinched his fingers and counted. By the time he finished the calculation, he was already in a cold sweat. Zhuge Liang didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly wrote an urgent letter at the desk, and sent someone to travel night and night, and quickly sent it to Pang Tong, who was conquering Jiangdong with the army.

(To be continued)