The sky was getting darker and darker, and when it was close to the beginning of Rending, the defenders in Wankou City were already very tired.

The total number of their soldiers is more than 1,000 people, and the enemy outside the city is five times their own, plus they were beaten to the door of the lair by the enemy, and the morale of the army is actually very low.

Lu Su stood at the head of the city with an extremely grim face, and at this time, Han Dang was gathering the soldiers to give lectures, encourage the soldiers, and strive to improve the morale of the soldiers.

The main reason is that they never expected that the enemy would suddenly appear in the rear of Anhui, which inevitably made them wonder in their hearts.

Don't.

There is a problem with Zhou Yu on the front line?

Huang Zu's withdrawal of troops was completely a trap?

Wrong.

If it is a trap, then it should not be a small force of thousands of enemy attacking at this time, but a large attack.

Huang Zu shouldn't be stupid enough to send thousands of people to disturb them before he defeated Gong Jin.

So it is very likely that there should be a problem on the side of the naval army, after all, it is only the troops sent to contain the enemy's naval army, if you encounter a part of Huang Zu's naval army, maybe...

Lu Su pondered.

He didn't think it was Zhou Yu's plan that went wrong.

Because of Huang Zu's movements, they had already investigated clearly, and the soldiers were divided into three ways.

Therefore, Jiangdong's strategy at that time was to plan according to the plan, pretending to send a naval division to attract the two naval armies, but in fact, the main force attacked by land.

If something really goes wrong, Xunyang's side is a trap, first of all, the weather does not allow it, yesterday it was still a storm, and today it was only a little less rain during the day, but it stopped at night, how could so many troops be mobilized so quickly?

Secondly, Zhou Yu brought over the main force of the Jiangdong Army, which was the elite Sun Jiajun of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, and the strength of the land battle was not much worse than the army in the north, how could it be compared to Huang Zu's naval army?

The last and most important point is that Lu Su feels that something is really wrong, and it must not be a few thousand people from a school, but several armies with tens of thousands of people.

Therefore, on the whole, Lu Su thinks that there is no situation on Zhou Yu's side.

It should be the Jiangdong Sailor led by Cheng Pu, Ling Cao, Dong Xi and others who is in charge, and they fell into a disadvantage in the struggle with the Jiangxia Sailor.

"I hope General Cheng is okay"

Lu Su thought in his heart.

At this time, Han Dang had already encouraged the soldiers, and came to the city and said to Lu Su: "Captain Lu, how is it?" ”

Lu Su told Han Dang about the conjecture in his heart, and at the end he licked his tongue and said: "I expect that General Cheng's side will only have the upper hand at most instead of a big defeat, otherwise the enemy should be tens of thousands of sailors attacking Wankou, so we just need to hold on a little longer, and we can wait for the good news from Gongjin's side." ”

"It would be best if that was the case."

Han Dang sighed and said: "It's just that there are few soldiers in Anhui, and the enemy is overwhelming, I'm afraid that I will never give up, what if it is to attack the city overnight?" ”

"It doesn't matter."

Lu Su looked at the mountains of arrows piled up on the surrounding city and said: "We have enough arrows, even if we use them, be careful at night, and have a wide field of vision during the day, they can't help us." ”

"Hmm."

Han Dang nodded, and walked in the direction of the female wall.

He suddenly remembered something, turned his head and was about to ask Lu Su the question he had arranged at night, when he heard the sound of drums beating and the horns outside the city suddenly continued.

"Enemy attack!"

The sharp whistle sounded throughout Wankou City, and the officers at all levels, who had just arranged for some soldiers to rest, hurriedly called the soldiers back.

Fortunately, not long after Han Dang had just spoken, the soldiers had just returned to the barracks, and they had not taken off their armor to sleep.

At this moment, there was movement outside the city, and he hurriedly picked up his weapon and ran out of the barracks to the city gate.

At this time, Lu Su also arranged two or three hundred people on the head of the city, and he immediately came to the female wall to look out, looking out of the city nervously.

But until the soldiers, urged by the officers, rushed to the top of the city, he did not see a single enemy.

Outside the city was still dark, and nothing could be seen.

"Exhausting the enemy!"

Lu Su's face sank, and the drums and horns outside were still continuous, but the enemy had no intention of attacking, which obviously showed that the other party had other plans.

It's okay to go a day and a night without sleeping, the problem is that you can't be in a state of high tension all the time.

Fighting a war is not as simple as singing and eating, and if the soldiers continue to be nervous but cannot wait for the enemy, their mental condition and spirit are most likely to be quickly exhausted due to high tension.

As a result, it often takes only a few days to succeed.

Of course, this situation is generally used in the case that their own soldiers and horses are several times larger than the enemy, and the enemy has been exhausted by repeated harassment, and if the number of people is equal, the enemy's strategy can rarely be effective in a short period of time, and it often takes years to do it.

However, I have few soldiers.

Lu Su couldn't help but sigh.

"Captain, our army is small, and the enemy has been attacking and harassing us all night, so that we are tired of running for our lives, if we don't care, we are afraid that it will be true next time, how can this be good?"

Han Dang followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce to fight in the south and north for many years, so he naturally knew the other party's plans.

Lu Su looked at the still noisy momentum outside the city, pondered for a moment, and said: "It's easy to solve it, it depends on whether the general has the courage to do it!" ”

"Oh?"

Han Dang said unhappily: "I have followed Wucheng Hou and Wu Hou in the north and south for many years, and I have even been to Xiliang, why don't you dare?" ”

Lu Su said: "In this case, the general can lead 300 men out of the city, ambush in the back mountain, and when the enemy comes again to make noise, I will personally lead 500 men to attack, and the general will attack at the same time, front and rear, to defeat the enemy they are coming." ”

"Out of town?"

Han Dang was shocked: "It's already very reluctant to hold the city, and they still go out of the city to fight, if they come to attack on a large scale, won't they want to give up Wankou?" ”

The geographical location of Wankou is very important, and it can be said that it cut off Zhou Yu's retreat.

Now Zhou Yu's strategy is to take advantage of Huang Zu's retreat, attack Huang Zu, and then take advantage of the situation to occupy Chaisang, Xunyang, and even have the opportunity to directly enter Jiangxia, occupy many cities along the river in Jiangxia County, and wait for the opportunity to attack Jingzhou.

And Shen Chen's strategic purpose was naturally to control Wankou and force Zhou Yu to retreat. In this way, Zhou Yu's retreat was cut off, and he naturally had no way to attack Jiangxia, so he could only retreat back to Anhuikou.

Therefore, the current battle for Anhui will become very important, once Lu Su and Han Dang hold it, or Shen Chen and Liu Qi capture it, their respective strategic goals will be achieved, and the other party's strategic goals will be completely defeated.

Therefore, Han Dang's suggestion for Lu Su to go out of the city was absolutely unacceptable.

However, Lu Su persuaded him: "Even the general thinks that we will be defeated if we go out of the city, will the enemy still think that we dare to go out of the city?" The so-called victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army first fights and then seeks victory. Sometimes, if you want to win, you must first be invincible, otherwise if you continue to defend, the soldiers will be unstable and will be destroyed. ”

"Hmm."

Han Dang pondered for a long time, impressed by Lu Su's boldness, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then I will lead the troops out of the city." ”

The noise of the drumming outside the city continued.

The two discussed some details, such as sending scouts out to reconnoiter the situation first, and then deploying men and horses to go out from the north gate, climb to the area near the east gate in the back mountain and ambush them, and wait for the people in the city to raise fire and attack together.

The noise outside the city lasted for about two quarters of an hour and finally stopped, and Lu Su sent people out of the city to check, and in the darkness the scouts found the enemy's harassing troops, who were now retreating to the rear.

Anqing Pavilion is located in the southwest of Anhui on the edge of the Yangtze River, from the topography of the back mountain of Anhuikou, that is, the Lion Mountain of Anqing City in the later generations, the mountain range will continue to the east.

In this way, the northwest direction of Anqing Pavilion is Wankou City, and due north there is a remnant vein belonging to Lion Rock.

Therefore, at this moment, the 1,000 harassment army led by Liu Nan was located in the northeast of Anhuikou.

The scouts from Wankou came back to report the situation there.

Lu Su calmly made arrangements, he thought that the enemy was very likely to set up sentry posts around Lion Rock and observe the situation in the city at all times, so Han Dang should go a little farther away, from the north to the east of Lion Rock.

Han Dang accepted his suggestion, and soon led three hundred people out of the North City Gate at night, and went around seven or eight kilometers in the northwest direction, making a big circle from the south of the Lion Rock to the east.

Lu Su thought for a moment, and then ordered the soldiers to use wood as supports, tie straw on them, and prepare some fish paste and grease to be placed on the city.

Minutes and seconds passed.

After another half an hour, the drumming outside the city sounded again.

Shen Chen personally took two hundred guards to a small hill in the Lion Mountain Range in the northeast of the city to watch the city.

Because it is one or two kilometers away, it is not clear to see, and I can only vaguely see at least nearly a thousand figures on the head of the city constantly shuttling back and forth, and I feel a little tired of the momentum outside the city.

Apparently his exhaustion had worked.

"General."

The captain of the scout on the side said with a smile: "The people in the city can't rest all the time, and they will soon be exhausted. ”

Shen Chen nodded slightly and said, "Well, let the soldiers in the back have a good rest and prepare to attack before sunrise." ”

"Yui."

The scout captain sent someone back to report to Liu Qi and Qu Dang.

Shen Chen continued to observe the city.

It was getting darker and darker, and he was a little tired, so he sat cross-legged under a tree and rested against it.

After I don't know how long, in a daze, the guards woke him up and said, "General, it's dawn." ”

Shen Chen opened his eyes blankly, the sky was still dark, but there was already a little light, like the gray world around five o'clock in the morning.

The ancients did not have clocks and watches, although there were engraved leaks and sundials for timekeeping, but it was inconvenient to carry, so they often looked at the sky to calculate the time.

At this time, it was almost the beginning of sunrise at the end of Pingdan, Shen Chen stood up and glanced at the city in the distance.

He saw that the city was still gray, Liu Nan also sent soldiers outside the city to beat gongs, drums and horns, and the defenders at the head of the city were indeed exhausted, except for a few who were constantly observing on the female wall, most of them were sleeping on the city wall.

Although the rain has stopped, and it is June, the temperature in the south is not cold, and even a little hot, but lying on the wet city wall for a night, it is estimated that the defenders of Anhui will not feel good.

If you take advantage of this time to attack, there is indeed a high possibility that you will take down the city.

"Let's go back."

Shen Chen said, "Leader the army to come over and prepare to attack the city." ”

"Yes."

The guards got up one after another, they were all on duty in three shifts, and they were still in some spirit at this time.

In fact, I was woken up several times by the soldiers led by Zhang Nan in the middle of the night, but when I was fighting, I woke up quickly and slept quickly, as long as I was bold, it was not a big deal to sleep on the battlefield.

An Qing Pavilion was not far away, and soon Shen Chen returned to the pavilion, and at this moment Liu Qi and Qu Kang had also woken up and were gathering soldiers.

The soldiers had already prepared planks and plenty of ladders by this time.

These planks were temporarily removed from some of the boats on the dock last night, and although they were not as convenient as the curtains and shields, they were also well protected by soldiers holding large planks during the advance.

Outside the Anqing Pavilion, Shen Chen assigned the task, according to the plan, Liu Nan harassed the enemy all night, the enemy must have been exhausted, and it was unlikely that there would really be someone outside the city preparing to attack.

So now is a good time to take Wankou.

At that moment, Shen Chen made arrangements, he asked Qu Dang to lead five hundred people to continue to attack from the south gate, the east gate was so lax, the south gate was more likely to be unguarded, and then personally led five hundred people to the east gate to lurk and approach first.

Once he was sure that he could make a surprise attack, he would immediately lead the five hundred men to rush over and climb the city to seize the city, and the army in the rear could take advantage of the chaos to kill them in one fell swoop.

This arrangement makes perfect sense.

It is easy to be exposed when there are too many people, and the collective charge of the army cannot be hidden, and it is very likely that the enemy will be beaten back with bows and arrows.

Therefore, with a small number of men and horses, it is necessary to touch the city first, kill the city, and seize the city.

After arranging the tactics, Shen Chen led five hundred rested warriors to carry more than twenty ladders and began to move closer in the direction of Wankou.

There is a gentle slope in the south of Wankou, and the Lion Rock is in the northeast, and only due east is a flat plain area.

It was definitely not possible to advance directly from the east, and he planned to go around the southeast of the city from the south.

At the beginning of the sunrise, the sky was still gray in the clouds and twilight, and standing on the top of the city, you could only see the gray distance of less than 100 meters outside the city.

Shen Chen personally led five hundred soldiers and slowly approached the south gate, but the south gate was actually nearly half a mile away from the gentle slope, and it was only when it was dark that he could touch the city, so he still had to be cautious now.

In the distance, Liu Nan was still drumming in the direction of the east gate, and the gongs and drums were beating loudly, Shen Chen climbed to the gentle slope, and began to observe the surroundings.

Half a mile away from him, the south gate of Wankou was gray, pitch black, nothing was seen, there seemed to be no one on the city, only on the towers on the left and right corners, it seemed that a few figures could be vaguely seen.

At the foot of the Lion Rock in the north, about a mile away from the city, Zhang Nanzheng sent soldiers to blow snails and drums in a small forest, and the huge momentum made the city full of people.

"Let's go!"

Shen Chen beckoned to the rear and motioned for everyone to follow.

"Toot toot!"

Almost instantly, he heard a shrill whistle.

"General, the gates are open!"

The soldiers around him hurriedly reminded him to look at the east city gate.

Shen Chen also immediately glanced over, and saw that there seemed to be countless figures rushing out of the gray morning mist in the direction of the East City Gate, killing towards the grove.

At the same time, the drumming of the grove also stopped abruptly, followed by another whining trumpet.

That was the voice of the Jiangxia Navy when it encountered an enemy attack!

From today and tomorrow, my condition is a little better, and there will be a chapter later