In the blink of an eye, it was June 300 AD, and the Huainan battlefield had reached the most critical moment. Since the reinforcements sent by the imperial court arrived, Xu Chao and Tao Kan decided to take Huainan as soon as possible. Although Xu Chao is a pure soldier and doesn't want to think about the country as a whole like Tao Kan, he also knows that it is not a way to drag on the war for a long time.

At this time, the reinforcements sent by Jiangdong, under the leadership of Wen Xian, were majestic, sailed along the Huai River to Shouzhou, and arrived at the Huainan battlefield.

Xu Chao led the army to besiege Shouchun, and waved his troops to attack the city at night, but the high pool of Shouchun City, coupled with the resolute resistance of the defenders, made him unable to attack for a while. Even after a while, Xu Chao had been thinking about a way in the tent, and suddenly a guard came in and reported: "Lord Qiyu, Captain Tao Kan defeated Wang Mi, killed the leader of the rebels, captured 10,000 people, and asked to return to the camp. ”

Xu Chao was overjoyed, knowing that Tao Kan was resourceful, and the southern front battle was able to quickly quell the rebellion of King Qi thanks to his several suggestions. After entering the account, Tao Kan reported to the commander the process of quelling the rebellion in Xuzhou: how to lure the enemy to attack, how to use ambushes, and finally surrounded the rebels and killed Wang Mi.

Xu Chao was very happy after hearing this, and after a few words of encouragement, he said: "Wang Mi, this nail has been pulled out, and the remnants of the enemy on the Eastern Front have been cleared, so that our army can concentrate on attacking Shouchun." It's just that Shouchun can't attack it for a long time, so what can I do? Seeing that the weather is getting hotter, the rainy season is coming, and the Huai River is famous for its flooding and impermanence, this is obviously not conducive to our army's attack on Shouchun. I don't know what Tao Duwei has to say? ”

The situation in front of him can't help but remind Xu Chao of the just-ended Shangdang War, Zu Ti led the army and the Huns in Bingzhou to fight in Shangdang, the two sides duel several times without a winner, and finally Zu Ti was forced to return south and temporarily gave up the fight for Shangdang.

Of course, Xu Chao didn't want to repeat the mistakes of his ancestors, otherwise the blow to the prestige of the imperial court would be too great, and the Huainan opponent was obviously not as strong as the Huns in Bingzhou, so it was reasonable that the whole court hoped for a breakthrough on the southern front!

Tao Kan pondered for a while and said: "Shouchun guard general Dai Yuan, deep knowledge of the art of war, is a general who is both offensive and defensive, nearly a month of attack, our army has exhausted all kinds of siege methods, all of which have not worked, it has already shown that he does have the ability to defend, so if he continues to attack, there will be no new ways to come out." According to the news that the minister probed from the mouths of the captives and the local people, this Dai Yuan was loyal to Sima Rui, and since he served as the Taishou of Huainan, he has been actively preparing for war and always guarding against our army to take Huainan! ”

Especially after learning that Jiangdong sent Wen Xian to help, Dai Yuan began to prepare materials and food for defending the city, preparing to defend Shouchun. At present, there is at least one year's worth of food in Shouchun. If our army continues to attack, it will definitely be pinned down under Shouchun City, and if we are absent from the division for a long time, we will inevitably be tired of the veteran soldiers, and it will be even more difficult to capture. If I accidentally get attacked by Wen Xian again, I'm afraid it will ......"

After hearing this, Xu Chao was even more worried, so he said: "According to what Shixing said, then we have to give up attacking Shouchun, and the class teacher will return to the court." ”

Tao Kan gave different suggestions, "My lord, I think that the army has come all the way to Huainan, if the battle is unsuccessful, and the troops will come again in the future, it will inevitably affect the spirit of our army first, and the morale will be low, and it will be more difficult to win." And the northern route has been in vain, if we also ...... the southern route I'm afraid it's a huge blow to the prestige of the imperial court! Therefore, he thought that in this southern expedition, it was necessary to win a major victory, strengthen the morale of our army, defeat the prestige of the foreign powers, and seize a certain number of cities and territories before he could return to the court. ”

This discussion hit the concerns in Xu Chao's heart, and he was afraid that he would retreat in vain. Dampen the spirit of the soldiers of the army. He listened to Tao Kan's words and hurriedly asked, "Is there a way for Shixing to win?" ”

Tao Kan said confidently: "In my humble opinion, if Shouchun can't attack, there is no need to attack hard, and we must change our strategy." ”

Xu Chao's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he sighed, "What is Shixing's opinion?" ”

Tao Kan said: "The best way to avoid the elder in Shouchun City is to open up a new battlefield. Now Shouchun is besieged by our army, and Jiangdong guards the land of 26 counties in Huainan and Jiangbei, and its gateway has two, one is in Xuzhou, Linhuai, Xuyi, and there is the main force of Jiangdong's naval division, relying on Hongze's natural danger to block our army from crossing the Huai River to the south. Because our army is not accustomed to water warfare and lacks warships, it still lacks conditions to go south by water. The other is Hefei, Jiangdong sent the general Zhou Feng, leading 30,000 troops, to guard this place to block the advance of our army from the land. Although Hefei is dangerous, Zhou Feng is just a brave man, and his talent is really difficult to look at Dai Yuan's back, so it is better to besiege Shouchun without attacking it, so that the main force of the army can rest. Another army was sent to attack Hefei, Hefei was broken, Tuzhong was at your fingertips, Tuzhong was obtained, Huainan portal was opened, and our army could drive straight into and sweep the Jiangbei states. After obtaining various places, Shouchun Lonely City and Xuyi Water Division can surrender without a fight. ”

Xu Chao was overjoyed when he heard this, and even said: "Shixing is high, if this battle is successful, Shixinggong should be the first, but Hefei City is strong and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I am afraid it is not easy to break." ”

Tao Kan smiled slightly and said: "Although Hefei is dangerous, the guard general cannot be compared with Dai Yuan. As long as you take advantage of the situation in the battle and use tactics at any time, it is by no means difficult to defeat the enemy, and it will not take many soldiers and horses. ”

After hearing this, Xu Chao was very happy, and immediately summoned the generals and the army to join the army to discuss the matter. After talking about Tao Kan's suggestion, it was decided to change the strategy. At that moment, Xu Chao ordered Tao Kan to raise 5,000 troops to attack Hefei.

Tao Kan led 5,000 men and horses to attack Hefei City, which had 30,000 troops stationed in Jiangdong. Tao Kan, who was standing on the edge of the river, did not know that 80 years later, the southern Han people created a miracle here, defeating the 900,000 northern army with 80,000 soldiers and horses. Hefei is more than 240 miles away from Shouchun, and Tao Kan's soldiers and horses arrived in just two days. Ten miles away from Hefei to set up camp.

During the Three Kingdoms, the site of the ancient city of Hefei was about the west of the Heichi Dam outside the West Gate. Xiaoyaojin is about ten miles east of the city, surrounded by a plain, for the Eastern Wu by waterway, land to run Hefei land.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Luo Guanzhong wrote that when Cao general Zhang Liaowei shook Yaojin and Sun Quan escaped by riding a horse and jumping over the bridge after being attacked, he was endowed with the poem "Retreat and ride with a whip and gallop horses, and fly with a jade dragon on Yaojin".

During the Three Kingdoms, Hefei was an important battlefield, Cao Wei and Sun Wu fought here for many years, and the place of fierce battles was not a place in Xiaoyaojin, and the west of Hefei was also an important battlefield. The waters here are vast and overgrown with reeds. Before the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao hid dozens of clippers here, and when the Dongwu Navy was about to arrive in Xiaoyaojin, he suddenly killed and caught the opponent off guard.

Later, because of the fear of the Eastern Wu sailors, in 232 AD, the governor of Wei Yangzhou thought that Hefei City was close to the river, and Sun Quan could gain momentum according to the water when he came to besiege, and the Wei army was not easy to rescue, so he moved Hefei City to the foot of Jiming Mountain, which was far away from the river, which was known to everyone as Hefei New Town.

In 233, when Sun Quan heard that Cao Wei had moved the city, he thought that the enemy was cowardly, so he led his troops to attack again. When he arrived near Hefei New Town, because the city was far away from the water, he stayed on the ship for more than 20 days and did not dare to attack. Later, he couldn't help but go ashore to show off his soldiers, but he was attacked by the strange soldiers who had been ambushed by Manzhong a long time ago, and hundreds of people were killed.

The next time, Tao Kan led the soldiers to the outside of Hefei to fight in battle. He raised his eyes and looked, that Hefei City is really steep and abnormal, not Shouchun City, if it is directly attacked, I am afraid that the difficulty is not weak to capture Shouchun.

Hefei guard Zhou Feng heard that the enemy army was coming, so he climbed the city tower to watch, only to see the enemy outside the city lined up, the first general, the appearance is peculiar, wearing bright light armor, waist across the horizontal knife, sitting on a high-headed horse, majestic. Behind the handsome flags, in the center of the red flag, embroidered with a black "pottery" word.

Zhou Feng looked at it for a while and asked, "Do you know what this name is?" ”

Someone shook his head and said: "I haven't seen this person, seeing that the enemy army is well arranged, and this general is extraordinary, you can't underestimate the enemy." ”

Seeing that the enemy army was small, Zhou Feng looked up to the sky and smiled, and said: "I see that these enemy troops are only thousands at best, and they can compete with my tens of thousands of troops." Wait and stay here, and Ben will go down to meet this person. ”

After Zhou Feng finished speaking, he walked down the city, ordered 5,000 elite soldiers, mounted his horse and swords, and fought his way out.

The two formations were in circles, Tao Kan saw that the soldiers and horses were disclosed, and the word "Zhou" was written on the banner, and he knew that he was the main general of the rebel army in Hefei, so he shouted: "Isn't it Zhou Feng who will come?" The heavenly soldiers are here, quickly dismount, sacrifice and be bound, spare you from death! ”

Zhou Feng pressed the knife and laughed: "Now that you know the prestige of this handsome, do you dare to resist?" This handsome knife does not kill the unknown general, and quickly reports the name to death? ”

Tao Kan shouted; "The traitor must not be unreasonable, you sit firmly, this general is the captain of the Great Jin Xiang Army, Tao Kan is also, do you know how powerful this general is?"

Zhou Feng laughed and said, "Isn't it Tao Kan who beat King Qi's waste to the bust?" Hum! You are also a person from Jiangdong, and you actually helped the tyrant to destroy his hometown, it seems that it is nothing more than that, don't think that if you defeat the straw bag of the King of Qi, you will think that you are a famous general! ”

Tao Kan said disapprerovitically: "Hmph! Don't talk nonsense, now that you know my name, get off the horse and be bound quickly! ”

Zhou Feng said: "A poor concubine, he is the opponent of this general!" After speaking, he slapped the horse and danced the knife, and took Tao Kan directly.

On the opposite side, Tao Kan was not to be outdone, and raised his sword to meet Zhou Feng. The two of them stabbed back and forth, making a mess. Looking at the fight for more than 30 years, Tao Kan gradually lost his strength. Tao Kan is known for his resourcefulness, and fighting in battle is not his specialty. Looking at the dozens of rounds of fighting, Tao Kan couldn't parry, so he turned his horse and left.

Seeing Tao Kan defeated, Zhou Feng raised his knife and swung it towards the sky, but it was a code, the rear general of the Jiangdong Army immediately commanded the soldiers to go out and cover the killing. The two armies met with short knives, setting off a scuffle. At this time, a cannon rang out in the city, and a group of soldiers rushed out, and the tide came like a tide.

Tao Kan saw that there were more and more enemy troops, and he knew that it was difficult to resist. Busy heralding the order to retreat. The Jiangdong soldiers chased for nearly ten miles in a company, and when they saw Tao Kan leading the troops away, they were afraid that the city would be lost, so they stopped chasing and collected their troops and returned to the city. (To be continued.) )