Chapter 1688: Jian Ye before the battle
Seeing Liu Wei, Zhang Zhao rushed back to Jianye at night.
The Han army crossed the Yangtze River, and the Jiangdong army from all over the country urgently gathered in Jianye.
Sun Quan has a plan, if Liu Wei really does not allow him to sacrifice Jiangdong, he must break Jianye, he can't say it, he can only fight to break the net.
Jian Ye must not be able to keep it, but Sun Quan still has a glimmer of hope, as long as he can hold it for three or five months, he still has the opportunity to propose to Liu Wei to sacrifice Jiangdong.
The Han army had a large number of people and besieged the city for a long time, not only must there be many casualties, but also the consumption of grain and grass was extremely huge.
Seeing that the world was about to be unified, even if Liu Wei refused him to sacrifice Jiangdong at this time, it was only because he had opposed the imperial court earlier.
Once Jian Ye defended for a long time, considering the casualties of the soldiers and the huge cost, perhaps Liu Wei would change his mind.
30,000 Jiangdong troops gathered in Jianye from all over the country, and some Jiangdong Youyong, also led by their respective leaders, rushed to Jianye City.
The number of Jiangdong soldiers and horses entering Jianye far exceeded Sun Quan's earlier expectations.
He originally planned to use 30,000 men to counter the Han army that crossed the Yangtze River, but the total number of soldiers and horses entering Jianye City exceeded 50,000.
The 50,000-strong army entered Jianye, and Sun Quan was even more confident.
With these soldiers and horses guarding the city, the capital he argued with Liu for benefits was a little stronger.
In Jianye City, Sun Quan was busy arranging for the generals to garrison the city, and Zhang Zhao, who received Liu Wei's reply, rode a healthy horse and rushed into Jianye City.
The city is full of Jiangdong troops, and there are many more battle flags on the city walls than before!
Entering the city, Zhang Zhao found that the streets of Jianye City, which was noisy in the past, were empty.
The people of the city, both men and women, were driven out by the Jiangdong Army to help carry war supplies.
Sun Quan is ready to fight against the odds!
Escorted by several guards, Zhang Zhao galloped on his horse and rushed all the way towards Wuhou Mansion.
When he arrived outside the gate of Wu Hou's Mansion, he turned over and dismounted, and before he entered the gate, he asked the soldiers guarding the door, "Wu Hou is here?" ”
"Wu Hou went out early in the morning!" When the officer guarding the door saw that it was Zhang Zhao, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "I should have gone to the west of the city in the morning, but I don't know where it is now!" ”
It was not early, and he had not come back from the time he went out in the morning, and Zhang Zhao knew that Sun Quan must be near the city wall.
It's just that I went to the west of the city early in the morning, and at this hour, I shouldn't be there, and it is impossible to monitor the defense of the city wall, and I will stay in one place for a whole day.
Knowing that Sun Quan was not in the mansion, Zhang Zhao said to the few guards who followed behind him: "Go!" ”
Leading the guards out of Wuhou's Mansion, he did not rush to the west of the city, but chose to run to the east of the city.
The war is approaching, and the Jiangdong army running back and forth everywhere in Jianye City, and there are also many people who have been captured by the Jiangdong army, who are carrying rolling logs and boulders towards the city wall.
The whole city was filled with a strong atmosphere of fighting.
As long as the Han army is under the city, Jianye City will immediately become a battlefield!
has received Liu Bian's promise to agree that Sun Quan will sacrifice Jianye, if there is such a scene in Jianye City again, once Liu Biao is angered, don't say that Sun Quan's life is difficult to protect, even if this city will definitely become a purgatory on earth.
led the guards all the way to the east of the city.
Guarding the east of the city was none other than Ling Tong, who had been defeated by the Han army earlier.
Lu Xun led the navy to resist the Han army, while Ling Tong led the soldiers and horses to sweep the battle on land.
When he found that the Han army had crossed the river, he did not step forward to intercept it, but led the soldiers and horses all the way back to Jianye City.
His approach was not condemned by Sun Quan.
The soldiers and horses led by Ling Tong were simply not enough to intercept the Han army.
Mo said that it was impossible to intercept the Han army crossing the river, even if they wanted to attack Zhou Yu's military camp.
Retreating without a fight is a good thing for Sun Quan!
With the guards, they hurried all the way to the east gate of the city.
From a distance, Zhang Zhao saw Ling Tong commanding the soldiers to prepare for defense.
Many Jiangdong troops, together with the people who were driven by them, carried rolling logs and boulders to the city walls, and inside the city gates, many huge logs were piled up, so as to prevent the Han army from hitting the city gates with battering rams when attacking the city.
Without seeing Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao rode his horse to the vicinity of Lingtong, and the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army nearby saw him, and no one stepped forward to stop him.
Riding a horse to Ling Tong's side, Zhang Zhao asked him, "General Ling, have you seen Wu Hou?" ”
With his back to Zhang Zhao, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Ling Tong didn't look back.
It wasn't until he spoke that Ling Tong turned around, and seeing that it was Zhang Zhao, he hurriedly clasped his fists and replied: "Wu Hou Fang is still here, and he should be going to the south of the city at this time!" ”
Knowing that Sun Quan had just left, Zhang Zhao arched his hand towards Ling Tong again, turned around the war horse, turned around and left.
Knowing that Zhang Zhao was going to meet Liu Wei and looking at his back, Ling Tong's expression revealed a hint of complexity.
Among the Jiangdong army, many people were frightened by the Han army, but Ling Tong, because Ling Cao died at the hands of the Han army, he did not want Sun Quan to sacrifice Jiangdong.
However, he was only a general under the command of the Sun clan in Jiangdong, and once Sun Quan made a decision, he couldn't say anything more.
Looking at Zhang Zhao's back, what Ling Tong was looking forward to was not as many Jiangdong troops thought, hoping that the war would end sooner.
What he thought was that Zhang Zhao went to meet Liu Bian, but Liu Biao refused, so that he would lead his troops and horses to fight with the Han army to the end.
People, after all, there is a death, and the father's revenge is not avenged, and Ling Tong always has a knot in his heart that is difficult to open!
Zhang Zhao didn't know what Ling Tong was thinking, and when Liu Wei replied, he only looked forward to seeing Sun Quan earlier.
The Jiangdong Army in Jianye City is ready for defense, once Sun Quan is shaken, this time to see Liu Wei, it will be useless!
With a few guards, Zhang Zhao along the way, whenever he saw Jiangdong generals, he would come forward to ask where Sun Quan was.
asked several people, and they all said that Sun Quan had just passed, but he never saw Sun Quan.
When he arrived at the south gate of the city, Zhang Zhao was already not holding out much hope, and was about to rush to Wuhou's Mansion again, when a guard behind him raised his hand and pointed forward, and said to him: "General, Wuhou is ahead!" ”
Just turning the horse's head and about to leave, when he heard the voice of the guard, Zhang Zhao looked in the direction of his finger.
Sure enough, Sun Quan was talking to a Jiangdong general at the head of the city.
Just now, he only looked at the vicinity of the city gate, and did not pay attention to the top of the city wall, so he did not see Sun Quan's figure.
Seeing Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao hurriedly rode his horse towards the city wall.
When he reached the foot of the wall, he turned over and dismounted, and trotted up the stairs to the wall.
When Zhang Zhao climbed the city wall, Sun Quan was talking to a Jiangdong general about what to watch out for once the Han army arrived, but he didn't notice him.
Walking quickly to Sun Quan's side, Zhang Zhao hugged his fists and bowed and saluted: "Wu Hou, the subordinates are back!" ”
Since Zhang Zhao left and did not have any hope that Liu would allow him to sacrifice Jiangdong, Sun Quan has been actively preparing for the defense of Jianye City.
Hearing Zhang Zhao's voice, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around sharply, and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Zhao's hands and asked, "General Suiyuan, how is the matter this time?" ”
"Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!" Seeing that Sun Quan was full of expectations that Liu Wei would let him live, Zhang Zhao also did not sell Guanzi, and said to him: "The subordinates came to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty first said something, to make Wu Hou a disobedient Hou, once Jianye is broken, Wu Hou's body will be broken into ten thousand pieces!" ”
Knowing that Liu Wei was going to kill him, Sun Quan was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, and the clothes on the back of his back were soaked with sweat.
"The subordinates said to Your Majesty that there are still 30,000 elite soldiers left in Jiangdong, and there is no grain and grass in Jianye City, which can support it for several years, and the city is high and strong, and it is difficult to break through it when you are idle!" The horror in Sun Quan's heart was caught by Zhang Zhao, so he continued: "If the imperial court does not allow Wu Hou to sacrifice Jiangdong, and Wu Hou sticks to Jianye, the imperial court will spend too much, and the loss of soldiers will be huge. In the long run, even if there are many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and there is countless money and food, it will be difficult to support! Your Majesty also has this concern, so he allowed this matter! ”
"A certain is blinded by power, fortunately there is a general, otherwise a certain body will be broken into thousands of pieces!" Holding his fists, Sun Quan gave Zhang Zhao a big gift.
Seeing Sun Quan saluting him, Zhang Zhao dared to accept it, and hurriedly flashed sideways to the side.
"Since Your Majesty agreed, a certain person handed over the seal ribbon, just to ensure that Jiangdong will no longer suffer from war!" In the past few days, although he has been rectifying Jianye's defense, he has been looking forward to Liu Wei leaving him a way out every day.
800,000 Han troops marched all the way to Jianye.
This number is not 800,000, but a real 800,000.
The soldiers of the Han army fought for many years, and almost everyone was a killer who had experienced the war and had a desperate thirst for blood.
The Jiangdong Army that fought with the Han army, when it comes to the memories of the battlefield, almost no one will not be frightened, hoping that they will never fight that army again.
The Jiangdong soldiers who had never fought with the Han army were also frightened one by one after hearing about the number of the other party, just afraid that the Han army would come too early.
I'm afraid that I can't be afraid after all.
There were 50,000 Jiangdong soldiers gathered in the city, and many Jiangdong soldiers even had the idea that the later the Han army came, the better, although many of them would die eventually, and the day the Han army came late, they would live one more day!
The news brought back by Zhang Zhao was undoubtedly good news for Sun Quan and the Jiangdong staff and soldiers in the city.
Liu Wei had already allowed him to sacrifice Jiangdong, and Sun Quan did not delay any longer, first explained a sentence to the guards at the head of the city, asking him not to slack off, let alone tell the soldiers what he heard, and then greeted Zhang Zhao and went down the city wall.
Sun Quan still has some concerns about Liu Wei's promise.
Although he agreed to give Jiangdong and would not pursue it, Liu Wei was not sure if he would be angry with him, and when he went out of the city to greet him, he ordered the Han army to capture him.
Beckoning Zhang Zhao to return to Wuhou Mansion, what Sun Quan had to do was to discuss with him how to meet Liu Wei in order to avoid being captured by Liu Wei's order.
After all, once he fell into the hands of the Han army, he would no longer have the capital to bargain with Liu!