Wu County is the top priority of Jiangdong's defense strategy, in order to hold Wu County, Sun Quan did not hesitate to divide half of the army, that is, 30,000 troops to defend Wu County, in addition, Wu County also has 80,000 stone military rations and hundreds of large and small warships, including more than 30 thousand stone warships transformed with cargo ships.

Among the 30,000 troops in Wu County, 20,000 were recruited this year, and only 10,000 elite veterans were a great test for the commander Huang Gai, who had considered concentrating his forces to defeat the Han army in Huiji County first, so that his army could withdraw to Huiji County and use the mountainous terrain of Huiji County to confront the Han army.

For this reason, he sent 3,000 people to feint to attack Huiji, trying to lead the Huiji Han army north, but Lu Xun, the commander of Huiji County, was not fooled and never stood still, Lu Xun obviously saw through his attempt.

Huang Gai had no choice but to deploy 30,000 troops near Wu County, he knew that the Han army's eastward expedition would definitely bring superior cavalry, and Wu County's flat terrain was conducive to cavalry combat, and the Han army's naval army was sharp, and he couldn't get too close to Taihu Lake.

Huang Gai had no choice but to stick to the city, but Huang Gai refused to defend a domain, he wanted to leave a way out for himself, so the 30,000 Jiangdong troops of Wu County chose two cities to garrison, one was Wu County, and the other was Wucheng County.

In the afternoon of this day, Huang Gai finally got the exact news that Wei Yan, the forward general of the Han army, had broken through Biling County, and the main force of 70,000 Han troops was pressing down from the south from the direction of Jingkou.

Hundreds of Han warships have also appeared in Taihu Lake, which have approached the mouth of the Xu River, preparing to kill Wu County along the Xu River.

These are all expected by Huang Gai, but there is one thing that Huang Gai did not expect, that is, the Han army of Huiji County has always stood still, which really annoys Huang Gai, if the Han army of Huiji County refuses to go north, then his plan to lead the army to withdraw to Huiji County will be in vain.

At night, the city of Wu County was full of cries and shouts and scolding, just yesterday, the main force of the Han army seized Jingkou, arrived in Piling County, the news came, caused panic, the soldiers withdrew to the city one after another, there was no guard, 80,000 people who dug the river all fled overnight, of which more than 20,000 people poured into the county seat of Wu County.

The influx of 20,000 people suddenly caused chaos in the county seat, food rations were also chaotic, and violent incidents such as smashing began.

Adjutant General Zhu Heng led a team of soldiers to patrol the streets, Huang Gai outside, he was temporarily responsible for the security of the city, Zhu Heng is a native of Wu County, in the first two years of the three Sun Wu incident, he was a supporter of Sun Shao, and later in the Cao-Wu coalition army attacked Wu County in the battle of defeat and surrender.

Because Sun Quan's army has no Wu County general, Sun Quan had to appoint Zhu Heng as Huang Gai's deputy general, with Huang Gai to guard Wu County, Zhu Heng is strong in martial arts, but also good at strategy, can be described as both civil and military, he is not yet thirty years old, is the leader of the younger generation in Jiangdong.

Zhu Heng also knew that Jiangdong was gone, and he didn't support Sun Quan himself, so it was absolutely impossible for him to be martyred for Sun Quan, but he had been silent, and everyone didn't know what he really thought.

Zhu Heng led the army through an alley, and at this time, a young woman suddenly ran up, waved her hand and shouted loudly: "Ah Huilang, is it really you?" ”

Seeing the woman rushing in front of him, the soldiers drew their swords one after another, but Zhu Heng drank all the soldiers, Ah Huilang is his nickname, few people know, how does this woman know?

He rolled over and dismounted and asked, "Are you?"

"Don't you know me? I'm the third sister Ah Xiang! ”

Zhu Heng was even more suspicious in his heart, he didn't have a third sister called 'Ah Xiang', he saw that the expression in the woman's eyes was different, and he knew that there must be a reason for it, and he also pretended to say suddenly: "It turned out to be the third sister, why are you here?" ”

"I fled here, my family was separated, I thought I had no relatives, but I didn't expect to meet Brother Heng, now I am saved." Speaking of sadness, the woman wiped her tears with her sleeve.

"Let's go talk to the side!"

Zhu Heng pointed to a big tree next to him, "You go first, I'll come right away." ”

The woman walked over, and Zhu Heng instructed the soldiers: "You continue to patrol, I will settle my family and come immediately." ”

The soldiers continued to move forward, Zhu Heng urged the horse forward, found the young woman standing behind the tree, he turned over and dismounted and asked, "Who are you, why are you pretending to be my family?" ”

The woman laughed, "If I admit that I am a scout of the Han army, will General Zhu believe it?" ”

Zhu Heng was stunned, this woman turned out to be a scout of the Han army, and the woman handed him two letters, "This is a handwritten letter from Sun Shaogongzi and Lu Dudu to the general, and the general will know it when he reads it." ”

Zhu Heng silently accepted the letter, and the woman smiled again, "General, we will meet later!" ”

The woman turned around and walked away, Zhu Heng looked at her back and walked away, his heart was in a mess, it stands to reason that he should catch this female spy of the Han army, but he doesn't have the courage

In the afternoon of the next day, a piercing bell rang in the head of Wu County. While! While! The alarm bell echoed in the city, and countless Jiangdong soldiers ran towards the city, and the city was already full of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers.

Huang Gai also stood at the head of the city, looking to the north, only to see an army of thousands of people appear a few miles away from the city, the banner fluttering, this is the vanguard of the Han army, they are finally here.

Huang Gai's heart was very nervous, he didn't want to defend Wu County, he knew that Wu County had not had a war for hundreds of years, the city wall was dilapidated, and the city wall was not high, only two feet and five feet, with the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Army, it could only hold on for ten days at most.

And two days ago, 20,000 people digging canals poured into Wu County, God knows how many Han army scouts were mixed in, and a large number of scouts were mixed into the city in advance, and the inside and outside should be combined when attacking the city, which is the consistent trick of the Han army to attack the city, and I believe that this time will not be an exception.

Huang Gai's real idea was to exchange Wu County for Huiji County, he withdrew his army to Huiji, and when the Han army besieged Jianye, he went north to attack Wu County, so that the Han army could not attack Jianye with all its strength, which was a good strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

In order to achieve this strategy, he did not hesitate to deploy 5,000 troops and all the warships in Wucheng County, but the Huiji Han army just refused to go north, which made Huang Gai anxious.

The forward of the Han army seemed to have just come to say hello, and after showing up slightly, they retreated and disappeared from the sight of the Jiangdong soldiers at the head of the city, causing the strings that had just been tense by countless Jiangdong soldiers to loosen again.

At this time, several Jiangdong army scouts galloped back on horseback to report that the main force of the Han army was digging the last five miles of the canal fifty miles away, and did not go south, Huang Gai realized that if the canal was not passed, the Han army's grain supply ships could not go south, they spent people and laborious, digging nearly a hundred miles of canals, and finally made a wedding dress for the Han army.

Now that the canal is about to be completed, there are only the last five miles left, but the main force of the Han army will take over and continue to dig through the canal, Huang Gai can't help but sigh for a long time, who made this decision, and finally cheapened the Han army in vain.

At this time, the deputy general Zhu Hengjian said: "General, it will take at least three days for the Han army to dig through the canal, and their defense will inevitably be lax, so it is better for us to kill it at night and attack the enemy army secretly." ”

Huang Gai thought for a while and said: "Liu Jing has always been cautious in leading the army, how could he be defenseless, in case he is discovered, it will be unfavorable to our army." ”

"But this is our only chance, is the general going to give it up in vain? If you use fire oil to burn the ship, you may be able to burn a hundred miles of warship. ”

Huang Gai was tempted, the main force of the Han army is going all out to dredge the canal, this is indeed their only chance, if they seize this opportunity to defeat the main force of the Han army, not only Wu County will be saved, even the entire Jiangdong will be saved, if they give up this opportunity, Wu County can only hold on for ten days at most, anyway, it is defeated, it is better to seize this opportunity.

Zhu Heng is right, now the Han warships must be moored in the canal, which is very suitable for attacking with fire, only if they attack with fire, they can burn all the Han warships and lay the foundation for the final victory, in comparison, it is too passive to defend the city.

Huang Gai weighed the pros and cons repeatedly, and finally decided to send troops and take a risk, he said to the deputy general Zhu Heng: "General Zhu, I will leave 5,000 people for you to defend the city, and I will take the remaining 20,000 people to attack the enemy army, you must be careful to prevent the Han army from defrauding the city." ”

"Please rest assured, the general will never be careless in his humble duties!"

Huang Gai immediately went down to the city to order troops out of the city, Zhu Heng looked at Huang Gai walking away, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer

Jiangdong took three months to prepare to dredge the canal for one hundred and fifty miles, because the main force of the Han army went south to Biling County, Jiangdong gave up the canal excavation, and all the people withdrew to Wu County, but at this time, there were still nearly five miles of canals that had not been dredged.

At this time, nearly 1,000 Han warships were moored on both sides of the canal, and 70,000 Han troops became engineers, digging the canal day and night, and dredged the three-mile river in just one day, and by tomorrow night at the latest, the last five-mile river will be fully connected.

On a two-thousand-stone warship in the canal, Liu Jing stood in front of the sand table and studied Huang Gai's soldiers, the cabin was brightly lit, in addition to Liu Jing, the king of Han, there were also veteran Huang Zhong and generals Wei Yan and Pang De, in addition to the main Bo Hezheng and the military adviser Liao Li.

Liu Jing's four major military divisions, except for Jia Xu, who was old and no longer accompanied the army, the other three military divisions Sima Yi, Fa Zheng and Pang Tong were all turned into Wenchen, and the Han army actually had no mastermind, and only one military advisor who assisted Gan Ning in the naval army was engaged in Liao Li.

But Liao Li, like Fa Zheng, is good at tactics and lacks in strategy, so he can't take on heavy responsibilities, so Liu Jing can only plan his own strategic plan.

Liu Jing smiled at everyone: "Did you find it, Huang Gai's deployment is very strange, in addition to guarding Wu County, there is also Wucheng County, one of these two places is in the east of Taihu Lake, and the other is in Taihu South, if the navy is sharp, it can also be horns for each other, but there is no navy in Jiangdong, what is the point of his layout like this?" ”

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "Huang Gai is a veteran who follows Sun Jian, the mainstay of the Jiangdong Army, and has a lot of combat experience. ”

Liu Jing realized something, he looked at Liao Li again, and when he saw Liao Li smiling, he asked, "What does Master Liao think?" ”

Liao Li said unhurriedly: "Weichen's thoughts are the same as that of General Huang, Wucheng County is neither a strong city nor a strategic place, it is about a hundred miles away from Wu County, it is really redundant to garrison Wucheng with an army, Huang Gai garrisoned Wucheng, it is indeed to use Wucheng County as a bait, fishing for the Han army to go north, if the Han army of Huiji attacks Wucheng County with all its might, Huang Gai will have a chance." ”

Speaking of this, Liao Li took the wooden pole and pointed to the south of Wu County, and said to Liu Jing: "Your Highness, please see, Wucheng County is located in the southwest of Wu County, but the official road is directly south of Wu County. ”

Liu Jing nodded slowly, Liao Li did have a level in tactics, he saw it very thoroughly, and peeled off Huang Gai's plans one by one, Liu Jing groaned and said: "If Lu Xun insists on not going north, Huang Gai's plan will be in vain." ”

"That's true, I believe that Huang Gai is anxious and annoyed now, but Weichen has a plan."

Liao Li told everyone about his strategy, everyone nodded, and Huang Zhong smiled: "Although it is a bit risky, you can consider it, I support Liao Junshi's strategy." ”

"I think it's feasible to be lowly and humble!" Wei Yan and Pang De successively expressed their positions.

Liu Jing was silent, if he didn't support it, it would be useless for others to say anything, Liu Jing paced slowly in the cabin with his hands, he was considering whether it was necessary to use this strategy, as early as two days ago, his five hundred scouts mixed into Wu County among the 20,000 people who dug the river.

At this moment, a guard quietly walked into the cabin and handed a note to Liu Jing, "Your Highness, someone from Wu County has sent urgent information!" ”