Xiahou Yuan's Bajun offensive battle finally came to an end after Zhang He was defeated and retreated, and Xiahou Yuan was unable to march.

In this battle, although Xiahou Yuan did not occupy Ba County, his original purpose was to relocate the population of Ba County to enrich Hanzhong, and this time he sent troops to plunder back 5,000 households, nearly 30,000 people, how can it not be said that the operation failed.

On the other hand, Liu Bei prevented Xiahou Yuan from entering and occupying the two counties of Badong and Brazil, although he lost the population, but the land was not missing, and Xiahou Yuan lost more than 10,000 horses and horses, so he couldn't be regarded as a loser no matter how he looked at it.

This battle is very strange, both Cao and Liu feel that they are the winners, and each other's lords think it is a great achievement.

And the same strange situation also appeared in the Huainan area.

At the same time that Xiahou Yuan marched into Hanzhong, a major war also broke out in the Hefei area of Huainan.

On both sides, it was the 70,000 army led by Sun Quanqin, and the 7,000 Hefei defenders led by Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin.

Sun 100,000 is finally going to fight Zhang 800.

Because Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, Cao Wei's troops were basically concentrated in Hanzhong and Yongliang, and the troops in Huainan were seriously withdrawn, and the garrison force was seriously insufficient.

In addition, after Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, because he wanted to be the king, he left a part of the army to guard Yecheng to deter some people who "had two hearts", so the soldiers transferred from Huainan did not return to defend in time.

As soon as Sun Quan, who was in Jiangdong, saw this situation, he immediately had the idea of attacking Hefei.

One, plug Liu Bei's mouth, this guy in the province turned around and said that he is this and that, I sent troops to attack Hefei, even if I have completed the covenant.

On the other hand, now is really the best time to attack Hefei.

After the last time he had the experience of hardening Cao Cao in the face of the mouth, Sun Quan now felt that his ability to use troops was not bad, so he confidently raised an army of 70,000, known as 100,000, and marched into Hefei.

In fact, Lu Su and Zhou Yu did not persuade them, because they both agreed with Sun Quan's judgment and thought that now was indeed the best opportunity for Jiangdong to break through Hefei and occupy Huainan in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Lu Su was left by Sun Quan in Jianye to take care of the house, and the governor of grain and grass, while Zhou Yu was arranged by Sun Quan in the rear army and responded back and forth.

Here, on the one hand, Sun Quan is cautious, wanting to reduce Zhou Yu's influence in the army as much as possible and expand his authority.

After all, in Sun Quan's opinion, my 70,000 to fight the opponent's less than 10,000 garrison troops is simply a matter of holding a handle, this kind of good opportunity to brush up on prestige, don't let Zhou Yu get involved.

On the other hand, Sun Quan also has the intention of installing his cronies in the army, and at the same time cultivating some new generation of generals for Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu actually knew this, but Zhou Yu himself didn't think there was anything wrong with Sun Quan doing this.

Sun Quan is the lord, and he did this to consolidate his authority, which is good for the stability of Jiangdong, and Zhou Yu will not feel uncomfortable because of this.

Again, Zhou Yu also felt that the growth rate of several new generation generals in Jiangdong was not enough, and it was seen in the last battle of Jingnan that except for Lu Meng, who could still play a role, no one else could do it alone, so cultivating the new generation of forces in the army was also urgently needed in Zhou Yu's opinion.

As for whether this will affect his status in the army, Zhou Yu is actually not worried.

With the merits of the Battle of Chibi, as long as Zhou Yu is alive, then he is the leader of the iron-clad Huaisi Group, and no one can take his place.

Now Zhou Yu's position is quite detached, so he doesn't care which position Sun Quan arranges him in.

But Zhou Yu didn't expect that his father-in-law would be so capable of waves.

Sun Quan led an army of 70,000 to the expedition, with Lü Meng as the vanguard of the front, Dong Xi, and Chen Wu as the deputy general.

Sun Quan led the Chinese army and followed closely. Then there was a problem.

Lü Meng and others marched too fast, and Sun Quan's Chinese army was a little unable to keep up, which led to the marching army column getting longer and longer, and even the troops of the front army were almost under the city of Hefei, and the Chinese army troops had just crossed Xiaoyaojin and were completely out of touch.

And Sun Quan too, in order to catch up with Lu Meng's front army as soon as possible, he actually ordered the whole army to follow quickly after passing Xiaoyaojin, regardless of the scattered formation, and even more defenseless.

This is a taboo for soldiers, God knows what Lu Meng and Sun Quan think, they can actually make such a low-level mistake.

And this flaw was immediately caught by Zhang Liao, who is good at catching fighters.

Zhang Liao led 800 foot soldiers, ventured out of the city, made a detour to ambush, and assaulted Sun Quan's Chinese army.

At first, Sun Quan really didn't take it seriously, after all, Zhang Liao only had a few hundred people, and he had more than 3,000 people in his own guards alone, not to mention that he was surrounded by his own army.

As long as his own personal guards dragged Zhang Liao, and under a greeting, reinforcements came from all sides, and Zhang Liao was dead.

But Sun Quan didn't expect that his own personal guards would be so can't help fighting.

Sun Quan's personal guards of 3,000 people were stunned to let Zhang Liao lead 800 people to disperse, and Zhang Liao was even more powerful, and he killed two generals and twenty-seven levels in the formation, forcing Sun Quan to retreat to the dirt slope and defend himself with a spear.

This is not a world of unequaled mowing grass, the soldiers of this era, especially the pro-soldiers, are not all given for nothing, Zhang Liao can cut two generals twenty-seven levels in a row, which is a very terrifying thing in itself.

Not to mention that Zhang Liao also greeted Sun Quan loudly, saying that he wanted to single-handedly fight your sister with Sun Quan!!

Sun Quan definitely can't go down to die, but in the current situation, Sun Quan is really likely to not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements, and his own soldiers will not be able to bear it first At this time, the reinforcements from the south direction actually came first.

In the southern direction was the rear army, that is, the troops led by Zhou Yu.

As soon as Zhou Yu heard that his lord could be "surrounded" by Zhang Liao's 800 people, he was speechless for a while, and immediately ordered troops and hurriedly marched to the rescue.

Zhou Yu's command ability is much stronger than Sun Quan, although the soldiers he led are in a hurry, but the army is not chaotic, after quickly rushing to the battlefield, Zhang Liao saw that the lineup of reinforcements was neat, he knew that this time it was not pleased, and he could only take advantage of Zhou Yu's ability to surround him before he closed and surrounded him, and led the army to break out of the encirclement.

At this time, Sun Quan, who saw Zhou Yu coming to help, finally regained a little calm, and immediately gathered his personal soldiers, regrouped the formation, and asked to entangle Zhang Liao regardless of casualties and prevent him from retreating easily.

has forced himself, the master of one side, to this part, if Zhang Liao's head is not left, will he Sun Quan still have face? !

Therefore, although Zhang Liao gave the order to retreat in time and took the lead in opening the way, in the end, there were only more than 300 people who followed him back to Hefei City, and the remaining 400 people were left behind by Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.

In this battle, Zhang Liao's 800 men raided Sun Quan's army, forcing Sun Quan to defend himself with guns, which greatly boosted the morale of the Hefei defenders.

On the Jiangdong side, although Sun Quan was frightened, after all, he left half of Zhang Liao's men and horses to attack, and it was not a complete defeat, Sun Quan was thick-skinned, so he naturally regarded it as a victory boast.

But Zhou Yu really didn't have this mind.

first persuaded Sun Quan not to march so riskily in the future, and at the same time scolded Lu Meng, who came back later, for a bloody head - you can commit such an outrageous military taboo, what else can you do? !

It's not that Zhou Yu is targeting Lu Meng, it's really Lu Meng's mistake this time is too stupid, as soon as he sees the city wall of Hefei, he wants to break the city and make a contribution, and his own lord doesn't protect him, can't he understand who is light and who is heavy? !

Zhou Yu scolded Lu Meng, his qualifications and prestige were enough, and Lu Meng's performance this time did make Sun Quan a little disappointed, so Lu Meng was scolded this time, and he didn't even protect Sun Quan.

But scolding and scolding, Zhou Yu did not want to interfere in the attack of the front army, but continued to hand over to Lu Meng This is an opportunity to exercise, and Zhou Yu is actually quite optimistic about Lu Meng's growth.

Then, Lu Meng, who was ashamed and brave, launched wave after wave of attacks under the city of Hefei.

But, there is no use for fart.

Although Lu Meng is a growing general, he now has the appearance of a little commander, but after all, he is not experienced enough.

On the other side, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin took out a random person, no worse than Lu Meng at this time.

Therefore, although Hefei has few soldiers, Hefei's city defense is strong, the division of labor of the three generals is reasonable, and they can work together to fight Hefei for a month, and they are stunned that they have not even touched the gate of Hefei City.

At this time, Sun Quan was a little guilty of muttering that it had been more than two months since the troops were dispatched, and even if Cao Cao reacted slowly, he should have already sent troops to support, and if he continued to fight like this, it seemed that the gains outweighed the losses.

Therefore, Sun Quan wanted to withdraw from the army.

But Zhou Yu dissuaded Sun Quan.

It's only been a month since the battle, how can a fortified city fall so easily, and now that the army is retreating, isn't it all in vain?!

When he hit Nanjun, he Zhou Yu fought for nine months.

And Zhou Yu is not without a way to conquer Hefei, so Zhou Yu strongly persuaded Sun Quan to wait.

In fact, as early as when Sun Quan sent troops to attack Hefei, Zhou Yu was thinking about how to capture Hefei, and before leaving, he finally thought of an idea.

The source of inspiration is Zhang Xi's performance in the city of Luocheng and Chengdu.

Some details of Liu Bei's capture of Xichuan had already reached Jiangdong at this time, and Zhou Yu naturally knew that Zhang Xi used catapults when he attacked Luocheng and Chengdu.

Although Zhou Yu still didn't know how to build a catapult that could attack more than 150 steps, he thought of a substitute - a bed crossbow.

Therefore, before setting out on the expedition, Zhou Yu asked Lu Su to disassemble part of the bed crossbows in other important cities except Jianye, and send them to the front line in Hefei together with grain and grass.

Lu Su tossed back and forth for a long time, and then he dismantled twenty bed crossbows and sent them to the front line in Hefei City.

Then, Zhou Yu ordered the soldiers to push twenty bed crossbows to the front line and shoot at the head of the city.

The crossbow arrows of the bed crossbow can be thicker and more powerful than ordinary crossbow arrows, and the number of twenty bed crossbows is enough to suppress the defenders on the city wall of Hefei, so that they do not dare to easily approach the city wall and shoot arrows back.

This is only the first step, Zhou Yu's second part, ordered the crossbowmen of the Jiangdong Army to take advantage of the short suppression of the city wall, and the Hefei defenders were unable to counterattack when they quickly rushed forward, reached the strike range of the crossbow, and then quickly lined up, and then kicked and shot crossbow arrows at the head of the city.

Although the range of the crossbow is closer than the bed crossbow, there are many people and a large area, so that there are no people standing on the city wall of Hefei at all, even if you hide under the female wall, you may be injured by the crossbow arrows, let alone fight back.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu asked Lü Meng to organize the army, taking advantage of the crossbow arrows to suppress the wall, pushing the cloud ladder and the hook ladder closer to the city wall, and as soon as the crossbow arrows stopped, they directly began to attack the city.

Although this will also cause the crossbow and bed crossbow to accidentally injure one's own people, it is not worth mentioning compared to advancing the siege equipment against the arrows of the defending army.

The next thing depends on Lu Meng, Dong Xi, Chen Wu and others, and Zhou Yu will not interfere anymore.

If this can't be captured, then Zhou Yu can only persuade Sun Quan to withdraw his troops and return to Jiangdong, and after training the army well, he can make plans.

(End of chapter)