Under the deliberate control of the main generals of both sides, when Lu Su arrived with his people, the departure from the battlefield was almost over. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Seeing this, Lu Su did not do anything again, but took the initiative to take on the duty of vigilance and help Ling Cao's army return to the camp.

"How's it going?" Lu Su, who had arranged the manpower, took the guards to find Ling Cao, greeted him a little, and asked about the final result.

"It's not too good, although the battle has not been for a long time, but it has been at a disadvantage, and the losses are heavy, although there are no specific statistics, but it is estimated that nearly half of the casualties are lost." Ling Cao shook his head and said.

"Three or four hundred thousand? So serious? Lu Su was also taken aback, but he knew that after such a long battle, there were still more than 800,000 people in the East Gate Division under the command of Ling Cao, and from the time he got the news to now, he had actually lost another 120,000.

"Yes, although the other party has also suffered a lot of losses, it has always had the upper hand, and there is still an elite army that has not moved, so it can only be withdrawn first, and then plan later." Ling Cao said, "The entire battalion, and the catapult and the 30,000 escort troops on the earth mountain, have no losses. ”

"Well, the army on the dirt mountain hasn't been evacuated yet?" Lu Su frowned.

"Yes, what's the problem?" Ling Cao was puzzled.

"Brother Zijie, immediately withdraw the people on the earth mountain, if the catapult can't be brought back, forget it, but the soldiers must withdraw as soon as possible." Although he joined the Jiangdong Army for a short time, Lu Su still got along with many people and had a good relationship, so he didn't shy away from it and spoke directly.

"Zijing, but what did you find wrong?" Ling Cao still admired Lu Su's talent, so he asked for advice.

"In the past, Brother Zijie was the attacking party, so he could naturally threaten the city wall with Tushan as the front, but now that the attack and defense have changed, Tushan has become a lonely place, unable to keep in touch with the big battalion, and will definitely become the target of the enemy. If the soldiers are not removed as soon as possible, they will only die in vain. Lu Su explained.

"I see, come here, send an order for the soldiers on the mountain to withdraw immediately, and if intercepted, you can abandon the catapult." Ling Cao didn't delay, after listening to Lu Su's words, he felt that it made sense, and immediately ordered someone to do it.

As soon as the herald left, he saw Zhang Hong trotting all the way over, with an anxious look on his face, and saw that Lu Su was present and did not greet him, so he said directly to Ling Cao, "Captain Ling, please immediately order the people on the earth mountain to be withdrawn, otherwise it will ......."

Zhang Hong is the military advisor that Liu Feng assigned to Ling Cao, but under normal circumstances, he only has the right to make suggestions, and Ling Cao needs to carry out the military order. Not only here, but even Xun You wanted to fight according to his intentions, and it was Bai Jian who mobilized the troops and horses.

"Sir, don't worry," seeing that Zhang Hong was so anxious, Ling Cao interrupted him, "Zijing has already reminded me just now, and I have already ordered someone to go and send the order to withdraw the soldiers." ”

"That's good," Zhang Hong breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lu Su, "I have long heard from the lord that Zijing is a talent, and I finally saw it today." The command ability of the enemy's commander is very strong, and I can rest assured that I have a son here. ”

"Sir is polite, he is also a bystander, even if he doesn't remind him, Sir will not let the enemy succeed." Lu Su said modestly.

"That's different, the sooner you leave, the safer it is, if I find out, maybe it's too late." Zhang Hong said.

"I said, can you stop being so polite, you might as well discuss how to deal with Yuan Shu's support soldiers when you have time!" Ling Cao jokingly said, "After you take Shucheng, it's not too late for you to praise each other, anyway, I'm the stupidest one." ”

"Hahaha......" Although it was the losing side and lost nearly half of the soldiers and horses, at this moment, the three of them laughed at the same time.

……

As the victorious side, Zhou Yu did not complete the established battle plan, and at least the plan to attack the enemy's camp that he had drawn up at the beginning did not find a chance to carry it out. When Ling Cao began to shrink his forces back to the defensive camp, he also began to shrink his forces and end the battle.

"It's really unwilling to withdraw troops like this!" Zhou Yu's side, General Yuan said.

"Originally, the original purpose was not to encircle and annihilate this partial division, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to withstand their crazy counterattack." Zhou Yu said, "Our purpose is to hold Shucheng and wait for the victory of other battlefields before launching a counteroffensive." However, if General Yuan feels sorry, there is still a task for General Yuan to perform. ”

"Oh, let's hear it." It could be heard from his tone that although Zhou Yu was the commander of the support army, he had no respect for this commander, even if the reinforcements had just won a victory under Zhou Yu's command.

As Yuan Shu's personal soldier, he has this sense of superiority.

"The battle of Shucheng, this general also knows a little bit, the Jiangdong army for the siege of the city to build two mountains of earth is a big threat, this time do not enter the city and come to the east gate first, is to destroy the east gate of the mountain for the sake of a battle, less the threat of a mountain of earth, the grasp of defending the city is a little more. Now that the enemy is retreating and gathering his army, I wonder if General Yuan is willing to destroy Tushan? Zhou Yu asked, "If it is successful, it will definitely be a great achievement." ”

"Okay, now that the army is shrinking, the general doesn't need to worry too much about General Zhou's safety, so let's do it, this will leave 30,000 people to guard General Zhou, and take the others here for a trip." General Yuan looked at the earth mountain a few miles away, thought about it, and agreed to Zhou Yu's suggestion.

"If you haven't reacted by now, don't blame me." Watching General Yuan leave, Zhou Yu said in a voice that could only be heard by himself.

……

General Yuan was still a step late, and he had just set off when the defenders on Tushan received Ling Cao's order to withdraw their troops and immediately descended the mountain. When he saw the enemy attacking, he abandoned hundreds of catapults and returned under the response of the large battalion, leaving General Yuan with an empty dirt mountain.

"Destroy the dirt mountain." When Zhou Yu arrived, he commanded.

It is easier to destroy than to build, in order to build this soil mountain, Liu Fengjun paid the price of tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and it took more than a month, and now in Zhou Yu's command meeting, this earth mountain is several zhang high, more than ten zhang wide, and one mile long, and it was demolished in a short time, and the terrain outside the entire east gate is one layer higher out of thin air.

At this point, the biggest threat to the east gate of Shucheng has finally been eliminated.

"Let's get into town!" From the start of the war to the demolition of the temporary camp, a whole day has passed, even if Zhou Yu pulls out the camp and goes to the city, there is no movement on Ling Cao's side, only scouts are sent to monitor from afar.

The tooth-squeaking sound of "squeak...... sounded, and the east gate, which had not been opened for months, opened again in the evening. Liu Xun, who was full of smiles, took a group of civil and military personnel from Lujiang out of the city to greet him.

"This official is the Taishou of Lujiang, Lai Your Majesty Hongfu, General Zhou's battle, killing countless enemies, destroying the biggest threat to the East Gate, is really the luck of the official, the luck of Lujiang. The official came specially to welcome the general into the city. I don't know which one is General Zhou Yu? ”

Didn't Liu Xun know Zhou Yu? Of course not, he has been an official in Lujiang for several years, and he has still seen this son of the Zhou family, but he just said it on purpose, and he didn't agree with Zhou Yu's military exploits, and felt that it was a kind of luck.

Although he came to welcome Zhou Yu in person, it was just for show, in order to win the hearts of the people.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhou Yu didn't show up at all, but sent someone to spread the word, and on the grounds that the enemy outside the city had not retreated, he didn't dare to despise it, and ordered the army to enter the city first.

This is in front of Lujiang Wenwu, nakedly ignoring Liu Xun's existence, and acting very arrogant and arrogant.