Xu Huang was overjoyed, put the wine bowl on the table, stood up excitedly, and shouted, "Okay, where is Sun Ce now?" ”

The soldier said respectfully: "General Huang is on his way and has not yet returned." ”

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu looked at each other and smiled, and the latter said, "I just don't know what the situation is with the lord." ”

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said, "No matter how powerful Zhou Yu is, he can't make a name for himself now." ”

Xu Huang said expectantly: "Military advisor, it's better for us to spread the news, and then take Runan in one go." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No, let's do it according to the plan, and when it gets dark, the army will cover, and in the fierce battle, the digger army will sneak into the city again." This is more certain, if the Runan defenders know the news now, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not come to a "ruin", which will outweigh the losses. ”

Xu Huang nodded and said, "The military advisor is reasonable. ”

Later, Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Gao Shun and others came back one after another, and under the great victory, they all looked proud, and they also seized a lot of horses, weapons and other trophies. It makes them happy.

And Cheng Yu wrote down their military exploits one by one, and urged them to rest and wait for the final general attack.

That night, Xu Huang launched a fierce assault on Runan City.

And Zhang Hong was prepared, and the two sides were in a big battle.

The "digging army" began to dig along the previously dug tunnels, gradually going deeper, and carried out the last ten meters of excavation tasks.

In order to cover up, more than a dozen catapults launched a round of bombardment in the back row, and one by one the boulders roared into the city, making a loud "boom" sound when they landed.

In an instant, the defenders on the city wall were smashed and jumped with chickens and dogs.

The power of throwing stones is huge, and the opponent has no way to fight back at all, but to retreat to the battlements and avoid its edge.

And Xu Huang did not charge, and Zhang Hong was even more relieved.

This lasted for more than half an hour, and the flying stones began to become scarce.

Xiao is like this, Runan City is still smashed with pimples on his face, and the city stone is loose.

Seeing that the stones were about to run out, and the "digging army" was reaching the final progress, Xu Huang did not hesitate, the flag waved, the horn blew, the war drums sounded, and the soldiers began to charge in an all-round way.

Due to the loss of the protection of the moat in Runan City, the protection capacity was reduced by at least 70%, coupled with the strong cover of the rear row of flying arrows, the Jiangdong soldiers approached the city wall very calmly, and then the ladders began to be erected in all directions, and the most elite siege troops immediately forcibly climbed.

Obviously, the defensive tools in the city are not as sufficient as they were at the beginning, and in the nearly month that the Jiangdong Army has besieged the city, there is no chance for them to replenish in large quantities. It's just that after the initial density, things such as rockfall, fence wood, and boiling oil begin to thin out in large areas.

Without such a powerful counterattack, the soldiers could not see it, and they fought hard to climb the city.

Soon, many soldiers went up to the city wall and began to engage Sun Cejun's short sword.

Huang Xu, the Lu brothers and other generals all took the lead, led on the front line, and were unstoppable all the way.

At this time, Zhang Hong still commanded the soldiers to resist stubbornly.

As the Jiangdong soldiers continued to pour in, and there were generals pressing the formation, Runan City began to be in an emergency on all fronts.

Huang Xu was young and vigorous, and he grabbed Sun Ce and Yu Wei with him, and was the first to climb the city wall lightly. Before the man touched the ground, weapons roared from all directions. Huang Xuyi was bold and fearless, killed several people on the spot, and with the strength of one person, he guarded the battlement position, so that the soldiers behind him could calmly climb and support.

As soldiers continued to pour in from behind, the two sides officially began to fight for the city wall.

Due to the successive victories of the Jiangdong Army, the morale was unprecedentedly high, and everyone was full of confidence to fight in Runan.

Although Zhang Hong organized the soldiers to fight hard, the morale of the general was not high, and the gap between the two sides was too large. If this is the case, it will not be defeated immediately, and the city will change hands. What's worse is that in the fierce battle of the city defense, under the tight defense line of the city tower, most of the soldiers under the city were transferred to the city wall to defend, leaving only a team of men and horses to guard the city gate, and at this time, the strange soldier "digging army" led by Li Feng, the old Yuan Shujiang general, dug the tunnel and attacked the far corner of the city gate. Then the men and horses gathered for less than a moment, and began to rush over, the soldiers defending the city were caught off guard, and were killed by dozens of Li Feng, Li Feng even opened the city gate with his life, and led the support troops outside the city.

By the time Zhang Hong knew that the city gate was tight and wanted to transfer a small number of soldiers who were resting in the city to make up for the defense, it was too late.

Gao Shun and the others waited outside the city for a long time, where would they let go of such a great opportunity, and immediately led the troops to rush in and start the final battle.

The people in the city were all nestled at home, listening to the earth-shattering cries of killing outside, and they were all terrified. I am afraid that if I am not careful, there will be a disaster. And the child was frightened and kept crying, which made the parents panic and comfort.

Gao Shun led his troops forward and mercilessly slaughtered the soldiers who were still resisting.

Sun Ce's soldiers did not surrender easily, and many of them still resisted desperately.

Large-scale street battles entered the city of Runan, and there were fights in every place in the streets and alleys, with blood and flesh flying everywhere and screaming repeatedly.

The soldiers led by Xu Huang have an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength, psychology, or morale. Soon, Sun Cejun began to be unable to resist, and there was gradually a big rout.

Seeing that the general trend of Runan City has gone. Zhang Hong stood on the castle tower, surrounded by shining torches illuminating everything. There was no one with him anymore, and he looked very depressed in the night wind. Looking at the more and more torches and soldiers around him, and surrounded them, the sound of killing gradually weakened, and he sighed in despair in his heart, and drew his sword and killed himself.

As soon as Zhang Hong died, Sun Quan, who commanded the three armies, had no intention of fighting and was captured while fleeing.

As soon as the two main generals were gone, Sun Ce's troops were leaderless, and Runan City soon fell.

In the autumn of 198 AD, Zhang Lang led his troops to conquer Southern Yuzhou, and the general Xu Huang won a surprise victory with the digging army, breaking through Runan City, Sun Yi died in battle in the morning, and Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers were captured alive one after another. The destruction of Runan City announced that Sun Ce's forces led by Sun Jianyuan's gang had finally come to an end after a short career as a warlord for several years.

Xu Huang conquered Runan, and Zhang Lang expanded his power to the area of Yuzhou out of thin air, and began to really look at the Central Plains. In this way, not only did Liu Biao, who was in the midst of the war next to him, smell a hint of danger, but even Cao Ying of the Central Plains also accelerated the pace of marching into Guanzhong Sanfu and increased the number of troops besieging Zhang Ji.

This is only a later matter, and Zhang Lang has not yet learned the news of Runan's victory.

He just quietly waited for news from Tai Shici.

Although Ling Tong is young, he is not boring, and he also knows that he has a great responsibility. So be careful all the way down.

When the scouts reported that they had found traces of enemy troops, their first reaction was to immediately send someone to inform their team, hoping that they would be able to pick them up quickly. It's not that he's timid, it's that his father's teaching knows that the overall situation matters. With the three thousand soldiers currently led by Ling Tong, in case of an accident, there should be no problem in self-protection, but it is a little dangerous to protect food and grass.

When passing through Yangquan Town, Ling Tong played up his spirit, rode a high war horse, held a silver spear in his hand, and opened the way in front. Followed by several generals, followed by three thousand soldiers performing their duties, in an orderly manner, one person pushing a wooden cart, two people guarding the left and right, the wooden cart was loaded with a full load of grain and grass, such a convoy was full of hundreds, the team dragged a long dragon, very spectacular. Rows of grain trucks "rolled by".

Ling Tongyi carefully looked around and asked his subordinates, "Wang Wei, has the lord sent someone to pick us up?" ”

That Wang Wei's general, about thirty years old, looked quite sophisticated, and said with a happy face: "General Hui, I just got the news that the lord has sent General Tai Shici to come to meet him, and the three angels can arrive at the earliest." ”

Ling Tong nodded, then thought about it, looked at the increasingly complex terrain in front of him, and pondered: "Although the area ahead of the spies is gentle, there are mostly dense forests and hills on both sides, which are easy to hide soldiers, and it is necessary to guard against it because it is dry after autumn. ”

When Wang Wei looked at the sky, the sun was sinking in the west, and the sky was nearly dark, and he said: "Why don't you choose a high place of water here, first set up a village to investigate, and then see the opportunity to go?" ”

Ling Tong nodded and said, "Mou Zheng has this intention. ”

Wang Wei hugged his fists and said, "Then the subordinates will go immediately." ”

Ling Tong stopped and said: "Deputy General Wang, what a long heart, the lord has a letter early in the morning, the land of Yanyang Spring is the threshold of the road, as long as you can step through, you will be safe." For now, as long as we can survive tonight, there will be no problem with food and grass. ”

Wang Wei said: "My subordinates understand. ”

Ling Tong let out a sigh of relief and carefully observed the situation on all sides.

Soon Wang Wei chose a good place and began to order the soldiers to set up camp.

Ling Tong turned left and right, kept looking at the terrain, and saw that although the place where he was located was high and there was a water source, although there was a plain at the moment, all the situation was clear at a glance, but the hills on both sides rose and fell, and there were ravines, which was easy to hide soldiers. remembered Zhang Lang's advice in his letter that he should be careful of Zhou Yu's elusiveness, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and urged the army to collect the camp and hurried overnight.

Wang Wei was just about to set up Dazhai, and when he saw Ling Tong change his mind, he wondered: "Why did the general change his mind again?" ”

Ling Tong said very frankly: "Thinking about it, it's better to set off overnight, to be honest, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time." ”

Wang Wei couldn't help but laugh a little in his heart, thinking that although Ling Tong was brave, but it was the first time he led the troops, he was inevitably suspicious, and said with a smile: "Is the general too worried, this place is the main territory, where can the enemy army come and go like the wind, so easy to steal here?" ”

Although Ling Tong is young, he has a lot of thoughts, Wang Wei's expression he still understands seven or eight points, but he doesn't take it to heart, and Zhengrong said: "Vice General Wang, it's better to be careful, this terrain is relatively complex, the hills and ravines on both sides are easy to hide the army, and there are many dry grass and wild reeds on the mountainside, plus the autumn is dry, once the enemy army really appears, cut off the water source, and set a fire, the grain and grass are dangerous." ”

Wang Wei said in disbelief: "The general is too worried, our army has occupied the water source." ”

Ling Tong shook his head and said, "What we occupy is not the source, if we are not affected in normal times, but now that we are responsible for food and grass, we must not be unguarded." You see that the front is flat, and the enemy can force us down the mountain by placing a fire on the hill, and then the cavalry will charge back and forth, and then we will be very dangerous. ”

Wang Wei thought darkly, you are the main general, you can say whatever you want.

Ling Tong quickly ordered all the soldiers to pack up and start anew.

Ling Tong's move made the soldiers very dissatisfied, but they didn't know that they were tired, but they saved a life.

It turned out that Zhou Yu had already sent soldiers to guard the water source, just waiting for the smoke to rise from the mountainside, and then let the waiting soldiers pour down a large amount of drugs, although the poison does not kill people, but it makes your hands and feet weak, and there are still vomiting and diarrhea.

Ling Tong's unexpected overnight march really surprised Zhou Yu, who was waiting, and in desperation, he had no choice but to order the soldiers to launch a strong attack. Zhou Yu's move is also no way, the lone army goes deep behind the enemy, the source of soldiers has become the most important thing, if you can protect a soldier, you will have more combat effectiveness, not to the point of last resort, it is impossible to be stupid to the point of desperately.

When the soldiers reported to Zhou Yu that the enemy suddenly packed up and set off overnight, Zhou Yu decisively gave an order: let the 3,000 cavalry ten miles away immediately attack to charge the enemy, and the other 2,000 infantry prepared a fire to prepare a fire, as long as the grain and grass were burned, they could quickly retreat.

It was late at night.

The grain truck was still moving slowly, and although it was tired for a day, the quality of the Jiangdong soldiers was good, and there were no complaints, and the convoy was still able to maintain a general formation.

Here, the cavalry team behind Zhou Yu had already begun to catch up.

When the experienced Wang Wei felt the slightest strangeness, he immediately reported to Ling Tong, and then dismounted himself to listen, and after only a moment, he said with a face like earth: "General Ling, I really guessed it for you." ”

Without a trace of fear on Ling Tong's face, he said, "What did I guess?" ”

This time, Wang Wei didn't feel a trace of Ling Tong's arrogance, and said with some uneasiness on his face: "There are cavalry chasing us, the earth shakes very frequently, obviously the iron hooves are not on the horse, it is estimated that they also got the general to change his mind and go on the road, and they didn't have time to equip themselves well in a hurry." ”

Ling Tong snorted: "It's time to come, it's always coming." Then he said with a very confident face: "Immediately order, let the large grain carts form a rectangular formation, only one person can enter and exit in the middle, and all the soldiers change their bows and arrows in it, so that the grain carts can cross the road and block the charge of the enemy cavalry." ”

Wang Wei promulgated the order, and then worried: "General, although the grain cart can block the cavalry charge, but when the fire comes down, isn't the grain and grass all over?" ”

Ling Tong said firmly: "Vice General Wang, rest assured, it is difficult to protect it at this time, but if we exchange small for big, I believe that the lord will not blame us." ”

Wang Wei nodded as if he understood, and Ling Tong suddenly said sharply: "Prepare to fight." ”

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