From the end of the morning eclipse to the third quarter of the afternoon sunset, the camp at the mouth of the river was facing a huge challenge.

Sun Quan's total strength was only fifty or sixty thousand, and the main force was all deployed here.

There were about 40,000 people, and there were more than 30,000 in the camp at Misukou, and there were only 8,000 defenders in the city of Zheqi, who were facing an enemy twice their size, and they struggled to support them.

The camp at the mouth of the river was originally a huge dock fort with half water and half land.

But at this moment, the fences and walls around the dock fort were basically collapsed, and many water towers, high turrets, arrow towers, and fortresses also fell.

The buildings on the northern periphery were almost crushed to rubble, littered with large boulders and fragments of wood chips left over from the tumbling boulders.

For wooden towers, catapults are fraught with devastation. Many three- and four-story water buildings have collapsed.

At this time, Pan Zhang's troops in the north had been forced to withdraw to the camp of Zhu Ran's department in the middle, because his camp had now been occupied by the soldiers led by Ma Chao.

The perimeter of the front camp was littered with the corpses of our soldiers, and the yellow-brown rammed earth and wooden fragments had fallen to a complete sabing of blood, fresh blood and blackened red.

Cast iron helmets and leather hats can be seen everywhere on the walls, bald tails and broken feathered arrows are thrown to the ground, and even the shelves of the high-rise buildings that have collapsed above are densely filled with feather arrows, telling the world about war.

Ma Chao personally led the death squad to snatch Pan Zhang's north camp, and the soldiers on both sides carried out an offensive close to street fighting with the help of the towers and dock forts in the camp, and they could shoot arrows into the camp by standing on the roof of the building.

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This made the Jiangdong Army simply worse than death.

They couldn't rush out, they couldn't repel the enemy, and the water surface on the periphery was controlled by Guan Yu's sailors, and they were almost surrounded, and it was difficult to fly.

In desperation, Pan Zhang even proposed to set up a separation zone in the middle of the camp and burn down the north camp.

But this proposal was opposed by He Qi and others.

It's too risky.

At this time, except for Zhu Huan who stayed in Zheqi City on the north bank of the Jiangjiang River, the only remaining generals of the Jiangdong Army defended here.

The camps of He Qi, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, and Lü Fan formed a crossover trend, and they were stationed on the north, east, west, and south sides of the mouth of the Xukou, including the water in the west, the Yangtze River in the south, and the land in the north and east.

Now that the northern strongholds have been breached, the rest of the men will have to retreat to the other three camps.

The four camps were interconnected, and although there was a river below, if the fire was lit, it was likely to spread to the other three camps and burn them down.

Playing with fire and self-immolation, even if it is the same death, is not played like this.

It's just that the current situation is really difficult enough for them, there are only more than 30,000 soldiers on the north bank, no matter the dead or wounded, there are as many as 2,000 who have defected, and those who secretly go out of the camp to surrender at night can't be stopped.

Now the total number of people in the four divisions is less than 30,000, and the morale of the army has fallen to the bottom, making He Qi and the others look like ashes, and everyone's hearts are full of despair.

The only motivation that can keep them going is only one - that is, Sun Quan sent someone to deliver a message that Cao Chun's reinforcements were coming.

Wait, they can wait for reinforcements to arrive.......

"Cao Chun sent a letter to tell Gu that he had arrived at the Dongxing Dam and was about to fight Zhao Yun."

On the ochre city, Sun Quan looked at the river in the distance.

Today, it is still Guan Yu who launched an attack, and the river is densely packed with ships of the Jingzhou navy, crisscrossing the fleet, almost covering the river, constantly releasing bows and crossbows against the camp.

Sun Quan on Ochre City could only watch dryly, he was stationed on the south bank, Guan Yujun obviously planned to concentrate on breaking the road, and there was nothing he could do.

However, it is not without good news, Cao Chun sent someone over yesterday and told him that the Cao army had set off, and 5,000 tigers and leopards plus 20,000 Cao army pioneers went straight to Dongxing Embankment.

Because the Dongxing Dike held the passage of Chaohu Lake into the wet water, if the rear Cao Jun wanted to come to the rescue, he had to take the Dongxing Dike.

Sun Quan was naturally aware of this matter, so he felt that the destruction of Zhao Yunbu by the 25,000 Cao army should be no big problem, and he would hold on for a few more days, and wait until the front army of the Cao army came to help, then the main force of the Cao army would come.

It's just that of course he didn't know that there was no main force of Cao's army, and Cao Pi sent a total of 8,000 Cao Chun, but it was only claimed that it was 25,000.

But even so, it also gave Sun Quan great confidence, and he kept writing letters to He Qi and them in the mouth of the beard, encouraging them to continue to hold on and wait for the moment when reinforcements arrived.

Zhu Huan said to Sun Quan: "Marquis Wu, you still have to confirm with Cao Jun as soon as possible when their main force will come." If it was only more than 20,000 people in the front army, we would still not be able to resist Liu Bei's nearly 100,000 troops. ”

"Lone naturally knows."

Sun Quan said in a somewhat stiff tone: "But now that Jiangdong's life and death are all in the hands of Cao Wei, Lone can only send someone to ask, where do you dare to urge?" ”

"King Wei won't watch Jiangdong fall into Liu Bei's hands."

Gu Yong thought for a while and said: "General Zhu should relax a little, wait a few days, after Cao Chun's former army broke through Zhao Yun's army and occupied the Dongxing Embankment, he will naturally go south to contain Guan Yu first, which can also relieve some of our pressure." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Huan sighed, nodded and said, "I'm afraid that even if Cao Jun arrives, the situation in the south will not be too good." ”

Hearing his words, Sun Quan looked south, his eyes were already full of worry.

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On August 14, on the edge of the Zhejiang River on the south bank of Qiantang, countless people came.

At first glance, there were no less than 40,000 or 50,000 people in that army, and in addition to the large army at the front, the troops behind them were chaotic, like a gang of rogues and mountain bandits.

Pound rode on a white horse, and because he liked to ride white horses, the army called him General White Horse.

At this time, Shamoke, as the former army, was already lined up on the edge of the Zhejiang River.

They arrived in Yuji County yesterday, and set off in early June, traveling more than 1,000 miles along the way, and it took them two months to finally arrive at the other side of Qiantang.

Yuji County on the other side of Qiantang is Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City in later generations, Han Shizhi County, and Qiantang County across Zhejiang.

There were almost no defenders in Yuji County, and it was his last veteran, Zhu Zhi, who was sent by Sun Quan to guard the southern front.

Originally, Sun Quan planned to send his brother Sun Ben to garrison, Sun Ben served as Yuzhang Taishou for many years, and Liu Biao sent Liu Pan to fight all the way from the southern line to Qiantang, which was repelled by Huang Gai, Sun Ben, and Zhu Zhi.

But with Huang Gai being killed by Shen Chen, Sun Ben died of illness at the beginning of the year, and only Zhu Zhi was left who was familiar with the south and was good at fighting.

Therefore, Sun Quan could only pin his hopes on him.

Zhu Zhi is also 65 years old this year, his eldest son Zhu Ran is currently on the battlefield of the Western Front, and the second son Zhu Cai died in the Battle of Jingzhou last year, and now he is over 60 years old and has to go into battle, which is inevitably a little sad.

However, a veteran is a veteran, and Zhu Zhi's troops are very small, so he did not send people to garrison on the south bank, but shrank all his troops back to the north bank and watched from the sidelines.

On the top of the city, he looked at the soldiers and horses of Liu Bei's group on the other side of the river, like the waves of the Zhejiang River, which had reached the shore, and seemed to be preparing to cross the river to attack the city, so he said to the deputy general Captain Ye Xiong: "I am afraid that I am not familiar with water warfare." ”

Ye Xiong wondered, "How did the general find out?" ”

Zhu Zhi smiled and pointed to the river and said: "If you are familiar with water warfare, you should not only send a small force to test it, this is the way the northern cavalry fights." In a battle on a ship, especially a landing battle, the fleet should be docked on a large scale, and the soldiers should first disembark and form a formation, use the ship as a fortress, seize the beachhead, and then attack by taking advantage of the situation. ”

"What does the general mean that we can attack halfway?"

Ye Xiong asked.

Zhu Zhi nodded: "If their whole army is dispatched and tens of thousands of people land on the riverbank, I don't dare to attack, but if he goes ashore with a small number of people and wants to seize the riverbank step by step, it is obviously wrong, let people prepare." ”

"Yes."

Ye Xiong went to make the arrangement.

On the other side at the moment.

Pound frowned and looked at the chaotic Shanyue people behind him.

He only brought 15,000 elites with him on this trip, but on the way, many Shanyue tribes heard that Liu Beijun was coming to destroy Jiangdong, and they immediately became excited.

Shanyue leaders Peng Qi, Fei Zhan, Peng Dan, You Tu and others raised their arms, and there were countless responders, all of whom came to help.

If it weren't for Pound asking them to choose elite soldiers, I'm afraid it would not be 30,000 or 40,000, but more than 100,000 or 200,000.

Because the Shanyue issue has not been solved during the period of Sun Quan in history, there have been no less than 30 recorded Shanyue and thief rebellions, and Lu Xun has pacified it several times, capturing tens of thousands of people each time.

The rest of Yuzhang, Huiji, Xindu, Linchuan, Poyang, Jian'an, Linhai and other counties that were later divided by Eastern Wu from Danyang County, Yuzhang County, and Huiji County of the Eastern Han Dynasty were the most rebellious.

According to historical records, in the heyday, Guangdong Wu broke and captured more than 100 Shanyue thieves, more than 100,000 people, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thieves.

Moreover, Shanyue and Jiangdong were very hostile, and the two sides fought repeatedly, all of which ended in the defeat of the Shanyue people. So when Liu Bei's group came to destroy Dongwu, it was the kind that responded in groups and came to fight with farm tools.

This gave Pound a headache again.

Although these people are all friendly troops, looking at their messy situation, it is also very uncomfortable to see that there is an obvious group of rabble.

The only good news is that Wei Yan is already in place.

He sent people from Linshui County, that is, the Lin'an District of Hangzhou in later generations, to cross the mountains and cross the south to Fuchun County, that is, Fuyang District, to cross the river, and pass the news that he was about to attack Yuhang to Pang De.

At this moment, Pound was on the edge of the river, and ordered the Shamoko front army to cross the river first, and then he led the main force over.

Qu Dang, the adjutant general next to him, hesitated.

Zhang Nan and Qu Kang had followed Shen Chen into the southeast hills at the beginning, and as Shen Chen got to know some Shanyue leaders, they had been in contact with the Shanyue people during this time.

However, they were born in the Jiangxia Naval Army, and they knew some water battles, and seeing Pang De crossing the river like this, Qu Dang still stepped forward and said, "General." ”

"Huh?"

Pound turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Qu Dang said: "I have heard the governor of the capital say before that when you cross the river and land, you must not send a small number of soldiers and horses to cross the river first, which will be like adding a reason for an oil lamp, and if you add too little, it will soon be consumed." It is necessary for the whole army to be dispatched, with the ships as fortresses, using bows and arrows to disperse the enemies on the shore, and then the large army disembarks, using baggage, chariots and horses to cover the periphery, forming a semi-circular formation and seizing the beachhead. ”

"Is that so?"

Pound really didn't have a water fight, so he said, "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Qu Dang scratched his head and said: "The general is in a hurry, this order has been issued, and I thought the general had other plans." ”

Pang De also scratched his head and said: "I actually don't have any plans, it's just that Wei Yan is already on the north bank, if the enemy can go out of the city to fight us, it will be conducive to Wei Yan's sneak attack." ”

"Forehead ......"

Qu Dang thought for a while and said, "Then let's listen to the general." ”

Pound also thought about it and said, "Then so be it." ”

The two stinky generals discussed and discussed, but they didn't have any good ideas, so they simply crossed the river in a stupid way.

At that moment, he still attacked with Shamoko, leading 5,000 men to cross the river first.

Soon, they temporarily asked the Shanyue people to help collect and manufacture small boats that crossed Zhejiang, that is, the Qiantang River, and came to the beach on the north bank.

According to the plan, after Shamoko seized the beachhead, he immediately formed a formation to cover the rear soldiers.

After that, Pound ordered the main force to start crossing the river.

But when they were halfway crossed, in the city of Qiantang County, with Zhu Zhi's order, the 10,000 Jiangdong disciples who were guarding the city immediately dispatched.

The gates of the city were opened, and the soldiers rushed out in a majestic manner.

The so-called half-crossing attack does not mean that the enemy attacks halfway through the river, but that the enemy attacks when half of the enemy's forces are on the shore and the other half is still on the water.

Pang Dejiu was in the north, and he was a brave general rather than a resourceful commander, so he was not familiar with water warfare and suffered this big loss.

The army on the north bank was suddenly in chaos, and the Shanyue army on the river was also in chaos, some wanted to escape back by boat, some wanted to continue the attack, and some stopped on the river and hesitated.

Shamoke soon fought with Zhu Zhijun, and the Wuxi barbarians were very brave and held the situation for a short time.

Seeing this, Pound immediately ordered to hurry up and cross the river.

But he made a fatal mistake.

If you put the Shanyue people at the back to cross the river, it would be foolproof to lead the main force of 15,000 people to cross the river first.

As a result, he chose to advance with the main force, and as soon as the Shanyue people landed on the shore, they encountered Zhu Zhi's head-on attack, and suddenly there was a big chaos, and in the chaos, he actually rushed his own formation, so that the Pang De army on the river bank was close to rout.

Pound was shocked.

He was not familiar with water warfare and did not expect it to turn out like this.

The only good news was that he chose to cross the river today because Wei Yan had already sent him a signal.

Otherwise, with Pound's prudence, he would probably still choose to consult with some generals in the army who were familiar with water warfare, and then decide how to cross the river.

So at this time, in the north of Qiantang City, the desolate horn sounded suddenly.

From the end of noon to the beginning of the afternoon, Zhu Zhi fought a beautiful blocking battle, and the Pang De army on the north bank of Zhejiang was about to be defeated.

At this moment, Qian Tangcheng in the rear suddenly had a horn sounding continuously, which surprised Zhu Zhi, and he hurriedly turned his head to look.

I saw that at this moment, the head of the city, which was originally the banner of Jiangdong, had actually changed.

The "Zhu" flag on it has become the "Wei" flag.

The defenders in the city were less than 500 people, and I don't know when someone sneaked in from the rear, and the county seat of Qiantang was breached!

Pound made a mistake and helped Wei Yan create the best opportunity!