The large-scale mobilization of the soldiers of Guangling County, Jia Kui, who was stationed on the border of Pengcheng State, did know about it.

But Jia Kui really didn't dare to move.

It's not that you can't move, but you don't dare to move, you really don't dare to move.

Since Lu Xun dared to transfer Xu Sheng's Guangling army to leave Guangling and enter Huainan to fight, it was impossible not to take precautions against Jia Kui of Peng Chengguo.

As early as before the start of the battle, Lu Xun secretly transferred Zhuge Dan of Langya County into Xiapi County, as long as Jia Kui dared to enter Guangling County, then Zhuge Dan in Xiapi could command the county soldiers of Xiapi and Langya County to directly attack Pengchengguo.

Let's see if it's your Cao Wei's loss of Qipengchengguo, or my Dongwu's loss of Qiguangling County.

Indeed, but judging from the map, if Cao Wei captured Guangling County and connected it with Pengchengguo, it would basically be equivalent to severing the connection between Huainan and Qingxu in Eastern Wu, which was also an unacceptable result for Eastern Wu.

But there is a premise in this, that is, Peng Chengguo is still in Cao Wei's hands, and Cao Wei can provide troops and grain support to Peng Chengguo and Guangling County through Yanzhou behind Peng Chengguo.

If Peng Chengguo was lost, Soochow would not only be able to directly control the channel into Yanzhou, but would also lock Guangling County in the gap between Huainan and Xuzhou, becoming a dead land.

If this situation is really to be achieved, no matter what the outcome of the battle between Dongwu and Cao Xiu in Huainan is, Jia Kui's side will already lose.

The price of this tactical change was too great, and after Jia Kui noticed that Zhuge Dan appeared on the border between Xiapi and Peng Chengguo, he immediately mobilized his soldiers to defend the eastern defense line, and did not dare to march to Guangling County in the south.

At the same time, with the appearance of Zhuge in Xiapi, the original Xiapi guard, Lu Xun, the governor of Qingxu of Eastern Wu, was nowhere to be seen, which also made Jia Kui aware that Cao Xiu's plan to march into Huainan was likely to be a trap deliberately dug by the Eastern Wu army.

It is very likely that the one who fought Cao Xiu in Huainan was not Sun Shao, but Lu Xun.

The candidates for the main general were all wrongjudged, coupled with Cao Xiu's personality and army command habits, Jia Kui was really worried that Cao Xiu would be surrounded like a zongzi again.

And what's even worse is that this time, he is too far away from Cao Xiu, even if he Jia Kui wants to save it, I'm afraid he won't be able to save Cao Xiu.

Everything can only depend on Cao Xiu himself, whether he can survive this crisis and withdraw from Huainan to Runan.

At this time, Cao Xiu was indeed desperate.

Falling into the same pit twice in a row already made Cao Xiu a little annoyed.

In addition, this time to send troops, Cao Xiu also has a charge of sending troops without authorization, although there was an edict from the Son of Heaven to make up for it afterwards, but what is going on, he Cao Xiu is clear, Gao Tanglong is clear, and Cao Rong, who is in Luoyang, must also be clear.

If you can't capture Shouchun, you won't have any good fruit to eat when you go back, let alone be surrounded in Huainan and experience a big defeat again.

Cao Xiu can't be defeated, he must lead his troops to break out, and at the same time, it is best to give a lot of damage to the Eastern Wu army, and try to play an undefeated situation.

Therefore, after Cao Xiu learned that his back road was cut off, he did not hesitate at all, leaving Zhang Pu to lead 5,000 people to break off, and the remaining 47,000 people, the whole army retreated, and counterattacked Dangtu County.

Cao Xiu retreated quite decisively, and Xu Shengke suffered without any hesitation.

Xu Sheng only brought 10,000 Guangling troops to Dangtu County, although under Zhou Yi's internal response, there was no loss in capturing Dangtu County, but there was no supplement, and it was still 10,000 people.

The defenders of the other counties, Xu Sheng did not dare to transfer them to guard Dangtu, and he had to prevent Cao Xiu from attacking the east and the west and breaking through from the defense areas of the other three counties.

Therefore, when Tu defended the army, there were only 10,000 Guangling troops brought by Xu Sheng.

But Cao Xiu, on the other side, has 47,000 people in his hands. It was almost five times that of Xu Sheng's troops.

Moreover, the combat power and morale of the Wei army are not the same as Xu Sheng thought.

In Xu Sheng's view, the Wei army's back road was cut off, which would inevitably affect the morale of the army.

Just like when Zhou Yu lured Cao Xiu to Shiting, set up ambushes layer by layer, and blocked layer by layer, the Wei army was immediately in turmoil, and its combat power dropped sharply.

This is also the reason why Xu Sheng only brought 10,000 Guangling troops to defend Dangtu.

Of course, this also has something to do with Xu Sheng's lack of daring to completely evacuate the defense of Guangling, Guangling only has a total of 20,000 guards from the Eastern Wu army, and it is already the limit to be able to draw out 10,000 people to fight at once.

You can't really bet that Jia Kui won't dare to enter Guangling.

But when the reality was defeated, Xu Sheng found that although the Wei army was a little impatient in attacking, it was obvious that the military spirit had been affected, but because of this, the Wei army's attack at the beginning was quite fierce.

It was so violent that Xu Sheng and Zhou Yi had to bite the bullet and hold on to a large number of casualties.

Xu Sheng really didn't understand, and he didn't have time to think about how the Wei army could still maintain its morale and be so able to fight.

And the reason for this, Xu Sheng can't understand, but Cao Xiu himself is very clear.

It's still the same sentence, Shouchun, not Shiting.

Shiting was too deep into the hinterland of the Eastern Wu army, and even if he wanted to retreat, Cao Xiu's army would not be able to withdraw for a while.

And when the soldiers see that they can't advance and have no hope of retreating, they will naturally be in turmoil, and they will have no combat effectiveness.

But Dangtu County is less than fifty miles away from the border of Runan, and it is only more than eighty miles away from Ruyin. That is to say, as long as Dangtu County is captured, not only can you get supplies and rest on the spot, but also reopen the passage back to Runan.

In this case, how could the Wei soldiers not work hard in order to be able to go back.

It's not the last moment of despair!!

Therefore, under the command of Cao Xiu, the Wei army, which had a completely different mentality, launched a fierce attack on Dangtu County, and it was a little unbearable to attack Xu Sheng and Zhou Yi.

In just four days, the Wu army in Dangtu County has suffered about 2,000 casualties. Although the Wei army outside the city suffered greater casualties, the Wu army had few troops, and there were only 10,000 people stationed in Dangtu County in total.

In addition, Dangtu County has experienced three offensive and defensive battles in less than half a month, and the loss of the city defense is also quite large, even if Xu Sheng's troops are enough now, the loss of the city defense may not last long.

At this time, Xu Sheng was desperately calculating the time and predicting whether Lu Dudu would capture Ruyin, and at the same time, he was also complaining about what Sun Sheng, Ding Feng and others were doing in Shouchun, and why didn't they take the initiative to attack the rear wing of the Wei army at this time.

And Sun Sheng. Sun Sheng really didn't take the initiative now, but it wasn't that Sun Sheng didn't want to, but he couldn't.

There was no way, Cao Xiu retreated too quickly and too decisively, and Sun Sheng didn't react a little.

The day before, Cao Xiu was still desperately attacking Shouchun, Sun Sheng kept dispatching troops to defend, and he didn't know how many days he could hold on, but the next day Cao Xiu withdrew his troops with all his might.

At this time, the 5,000 reinforcements led by Lu Shu were still two days away from Sun Sheng, and Sun Shao's 3,000 bluffing soldiers and horses had only walked half the way from Chengde, and it would take at least five days to live in Shouchun.

As for the 10,000 Chengde army led by Ding Feng, they had just set off from Chengde at this time and rushed to Shouchun to join Sun Sheng and others.

These reinforcements can't be counted on for a while.

Not to mention, when Cao Xiu retreated, he also left Zhang Pu to lead 5,000 soldiers to break off.

In this case, how dare Sun Sheng rashly launch a pursuit, does he want Shouchun City anymore?!

And when Lu Shu led the reinforcements to Shouchun, Sun Sheng calculated a little, and with the reinforcements in his hands, there were less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Xiu's total strength was about 50,000. Launching an attack on the Wei army from the rear can indeed effectively deal with Xu Sheng, who is fighting head-on, but if it is not good, the troops brought by himself may also be surrounded by the Wei army.

Therefore, Sun Sheng decided to wait a little longer, and wait until Sun Shao and Ding Feng's soldiers and horses were all in place, and then take the initiative to attack the Wei army.

Sun Sheng calculated, it was about ten days, with Xu Sheng's ability and the 10,000 Guangling troops he brought, it shouldn't be a problem to guard Tu County for ten days, right?!

In this way, Sun Sheng chose to stay still in Shouchun and wait for reinforcements to arrive This is a matter of Sun Sheng's ability and courage, and no one can be blamed.

Therefore, Xu Sheng could only continue to stick to Dangtu County, and at the same time calculate how long he would defend it.

In Xu Sheng's opinion, he had to at least hold until Lu Dudu occupied Ruyin and sent a military order before he could gather the remnants of the army and retreat.

And at this time, Lu Xun. In fact, Lu Xun has already occupied Ruyin.

Ruyin, which was guarded by only 2,000 people, had no generals to guard it, and only one general commanded it, and it was impossible to hold the city when it was attacked by Lu Xun's 20,000 naval troops.

Therefore, it only took Lu Xun three days to break through and occupy Ruyin.

According to the original plan, Lu Xun could actually order Xu Sheng to preserve his strength at this time, retreat slowly, retreat to Ruyin to join him, intercept Cao Xiu in the second line of defense, and cooperate with the pursuers in the direction of Shouchun to flank Cao Xiu back and forth.

But. Lu Xun suddenly discovered that in Yingyang, northwest of Ruyin County, a Wei army team suddenly appeared.

The number of people is not much, only about 3,000 people, but why is there such a Wei army in this place?!

Lu Xun was a little unsure.

(End of chapter)