The dawn of the east is already bright, in the morning light, Hefei City is still immersed in a silence, the city gate is closed, the city is empty. However, the sharp-eyed Zhou Tai saw the Yuanzi flag fluttering on the head of Hefei City at a glance, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Jiang Qin with a smile: "Zhou Dudu is also too cautious, isn't this Hefei an empty city, causing the brothers to rush through the stars and nights, and they didn't even breathe. ”

Jiang Qin also looked relaxed, but he felt that the march of this night's long journey was worth it, Zhou Tai complained again and again, but Jiang Qin did not complain at all, the soldiers, naturally obey the order as their duty, since this military order was issued by the lord himself, then he must implement it to the letter, even if there is no enemy in front, there can be no slack.

Jiang Qin ordered to change the army to an attack formation, after all, Hefei City was still in the hands of Yuan Shu, although the intelligence showed that Hefei City did not have much Yuan army garrison, but Jiang Qin still discharged a heavy siege frame, and ordered the soldiers to lift a tree trunk that had just been cut down, ready to break the city gate of Hefei.

The Jiangdong army swarmed forward with a clamour, preparing to take Hefei City in one go.

At this moment, the shouts on the city tower were everywhere, and countless ambush soldiers rushed out, densely lined up at the head of the city of Hefei, the armor was distinct, the shining swords and guns were shining in the morning light, the bow was in the hand, and the arrow was on the string. The banner of the Yuan Army on the flag has fallen down from the city, and instead of standing in the morning light, it is the Liuzi banner of the Xuzhou Army.

Jiang Qin Zhou Tai was petrified in an instant. I was stunned.

The troops in the city came out in a cluster, not a bystander, it was Zhang Liao, the governor of the Fourth Army of the Xuzhou Army. Zhang Liao looked at the Jiangdong army that came like ants under the city, and smiled at Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, who led the army, and said: "The two of you are one step late, Hefei has been obtained by me in Xuzhou!" ”

It turned out that almost at the same time that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai received Sun Ce's order to set off at night, Zhang Liao personally led the Fifth Cavalry Division to embark on the road of darkness. Purely in terms of distance, Shuxian is much closer to Hefei than Shouchun to Hefei, but the absolute advantage of the cavalry is incomparable to that of the infantry, compared to Jiang Qin and Zhoutai, who arrived under the city of Hefei at dawn, Zhang Liao arrived two hours earlier than them. Just after the time of the child. The Fifth Cavalry Division had already appeared under the city of Hefei.

Although the cavalry troops did not have the ability to attack fortifications, Hefei City at this time was almost equivalent to an undefended city, and there were only about 100 temporarily recruited soldiers, and at best, they could only scare and scare the bandits and grass bandits. There are no ladders though. But there is no shortage of climbers in the army. Hefei City, which is not too high, how can the rammed earth walls stop them. The flying claws and hooks were thrown high, and several agile scouts quickly climbed the city wall of Hefei in the night. Then the gates were opened. The army swarmed up, and when the Hefei county commander woke up from his sleep, he had become a prisoner of the Xuzhou army.

However, this county order is very aware of current affairs, and immediately took out the seal and ribbon book, and the city surrendered. Zhang Liao ordered him to temporarily act as the county commander, in order to reassure the people, and immediately ordered the cavalry to dismount and go to the first line of the city wall to prepare for defense.

Zhou Tai couldn't help but be furious, and immediately ordered the Jiangdong soldiers to prepare to attack the city.

But Jiang Qin is obviously much more rational than Zhou Tai, now the Jiangdong army after a night of rapid marching, people are sleepy, tired, not to mention that the enemy situation is not clear, Hefei City, how many Xuzhou troops they don't know, now attacking the city, that is completely a suicide act. Jiang Qin tried his best to stop the impulsive Zhou Tai, and said: "Youping, don't make a mistake, the Xuzhou army has already taken precautions, and attacking the city at this time is not conducive to our army, it is better to retreat first, and then think of a good strategy." ”

Zhou Tai looked at the Xuzhou army standing densely in the city, spat fiercely, and said unwillingly: "The two of us came to attack Hefei on the order of the lord, how can we give up halfway, can't take Hefei, how can we wait for the main bus?" ”

Jiang Qin said helplessly: "Now the enemy situation is unknown, our army is exhausted, if we forcibly attack the city, I am afraid that there will be a risk of annihilation of the whole army, not to mention that the order of the lord only ordered us to attack Hefei City under the control of Yuan Shu, and did not require us to start a war with the Xuzhou army, so this matter must be cautious." ”

Although Zhou Tai had a fiery temper, he was also clear about the stakes at this moment, and after thinking about it, his mind cleared up, and he discussed with Jiang Qin, and decided to withdraw his troops for twenty miles, set up camp in the south of Hefei City, and then make plans after finding out the military situation.

The Jiangdong soldiers who had just arrived under the city of Hefei quickly retreated like a tide, Yu Poison looked at the retreating Jiangdong soldiers, took the initiative to ask Ying to fight, and said to Zhang Liao: "Zhang Dudu, the Jiangdong soldiers are only 3,000 people, at this time, if our army is light cavalry out of the city to pursue, the last general only needs one charge, which is enough to annihilate all the men and horses, I don't know what Zhang Dudu wants?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head lightly and said: "The order of the lord is to ask us to take Hefei City and defend it at any cost, since our army has captured Hefei and the Jiangdong army has retreated, there is no need to make another incident." Although it is easy to annihilate this invading enemy, if we can't bear it, we must not mess up the overall strategic situation of the lord with a quick moment. Zhang Liao knew very well what Hefei meant to the Xuzhou army, and the lord even released a bold statement at any cost in order to take Hefei, in comparison, the annihilation of the Jiangdong army seemed insignificant, since the Jiangdong army withdrew with interest, Zhang Liao did not need to provoke a war, but if the Jiangdong army did not want to make trouble, Zhang Liao would definitely not mind giving them a lesson.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai led the army to withdraw from the camp twenty miles away, and while burying the pot to make rice, he sent scouts to the surroundings of Hefei to find out the news.

Soon the scouts brought back the news that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were frustrated, and the Xuzhou army had just arrived in Hefei City, only two hours earlier than the Jiangdong army, and it was these two hours that made the Jiangdong army's efforts for one night come to naught. Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai secretly thought to themselves, aren't they moving forward fast? The answer is no, they have increased the speed of the march to the limit, from the moment they received the order, the whole army hardly ate a mouthful of dry food, did not drink a sip of water, and spent all the time in the high-speed march, without a moment's delay. Let them regret that manpower is limited after all, and it is impossible to run a four-legged war horse in any case, the Xuzhou army attacked Hefei overnight, using light cavalry, but the Jiangdong Army did not have a formed cavalry, if the Jiangdong Army had a light cavalry, then today's battle situation could be completely reversed.

What shocked Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai even more was that the reinforcements came later, the Seventh Infantry Division of the Fourth Army of the Xuzhou Army, which was a full 10,000 fully armed elite infantry. Hearing this news, the flame of hope that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had the last bit of counterattack on Hefei was also extinguished, and with their 3,000 troops, they could not compete with Zhang Liao's 15,000 infantry cavalry in any way.

Fortunately, the Xuzhou Army only stuck to the city of Hefei and did not use a preemptive strike against the Jiangdong Army stationed 20 miles away, which made Jiang Qin and Zhou Tailuo feel a little relieved. However, it is not a foolproof strategy for them to stay here, but they do not dare to withdraw lightly, so they have to report the military situation in Hefei to Anhui City quickly.

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The twilight was heavy, and the wind was cold and dewy.

For whom is the wind and the night open?

Zhou Yu, who was wearing a knight's Xuanduan wedding dress, appeared strangely outside the door of the Taishou Mansion, looking anxious, frowning, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.

Today is not only Sun Ce's big day, but also Zhou Yu's good day, it stands to reason that this time should be the time when the cave room flowers and candles to eliminate the soul and the beauty to share the joy of flying, Zhou Yu has no reason to appear here. Everyone who saw this scene felt inexplicable, Sun Ce was in the cave room in the Taishou Mansion, should Zhou Yu not enter the cave room and have the habit of listening to other people's rooms, right? But it's impossible to think about it, even if you really want to listen to the room, those have to be under the wall, standing so far outside the door, can you listen? This is obviously impossible, but how to explain that Zhou Yu will appear in this place at this time, it is strange and incomprehensible, look at Zhou Yu's anxious and sad expression, God, is it true that the legendary thing is true? Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are really ......

As soon as a little thought came to mind, passers-by quickly cut off this idea, were silent, lowered their heads, and hurriedly passed by, as if they didn't see Zhou Yu's existence at all.

"General Zhou, the lord is very drunk, and he is sleeping in the new house at the moment, and the servants don't dare to disturb him." Sun Ce's attendants came out and said respectfully to Zhou Yu.

Today's wedding banquet, the guests have toasted to Sun Ce, Sun Ce is also very interested, since crossing the river, it can be said that it is a smooth journey, even down Anhui City, Shu County, Liyang Zhucheng, and now it is to hold the beauty, how not to make Sun Ce angry. was praised by everyone again, Sun Ce was a little fluttering and carried away, so he drank high, and he was drunk when he entered the cave room.

Zhou Yu said with a solemn expression: "There is urgent military intelligence coming ahead, and it is impossible to decide if it is not the lord, please ask the waiter to shout the lord again, this military affairs can not be delayed." ”

The attendant also said helplessly: "The lord is drunk, only Mrs. Qiao is accompanied in the new house, and I can't enter the room, so I can only call a few times outside the door, only Mrs. Qiao answered, saying that the lord is drunk and lying, and I can't wait." General Zhou, please go back, and it's not too late to come back tomorrow when the lord wakes up. (To be continued......)