Chapter 64: A Fateful Encounter
Sun Quan drove back to Jiangdong overnight, and it was too late to return to Jianye, so he reorganized his troops and horses when he arrived at Niuzhu, and took Chao County directly through Weisu early the next morning.
Chaohu Lake connects Feishui to Hefei, south to the Yangtze River, and takes the strategic place here, and Dongwu can attack and retreat.
At the time of the Chen, the Dongwu naval army drove into Chaohu Lake, thousands of sails crossed, covering the sky and the sun, the infantry besieged Chaoxian, and the Cao army panicked inexplicably.
After Sun Ce took Jiangdong, Cao Cao married Cao Ren's daughter to his fourth brother Sun Kuang, and married Sun Fu's daughter for Cao Zhang, so as to marry Sun Ce.
Although there was a confrontation between the two sides after Sun Ce's death, they did not fight each other, and the envoys of the two sides exchanged contacts.
Cao Zhang's wedding a year ago, the wedding ship of Dongwu went north from Chaohu, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the sound was still in the ears, and the warship of Dongwu arrived later?
Sun Quan ordered Han Dang and Ling Tong to attack Chao County, and the rest of the soldiers and horses continued to go north and went straight to Hefei to kill.
At this time, Zhang Liao, the defender of Hefei, sent troops to rescue Lujiang, and the soldiers and horses were sent, and Liu Fu sent someone to chase after him, asking Zhang Liao to withdraw his troops.
Since Sun Quan has torn his face and the Poyang Wu army has invaded the Lujiang River, Niuzhu's naval army will never sit idly by.
Zhang Liao suddenly woke up and left a group of men and horses to garrison Jiashi to prevent the Wu army from sneaking up on Shouchun, and led his elite soldiers back to Hefei.
Only halfway there, Chaoxian sent someone to rescue, Sun Quan personally led the troops, has been killed to Chaohu, to Hefei.
"The blue-eyed repeated villain, a certain will be killed!" Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and scolded, and retreated to Hefei overnight.
Hefei only had 3,000 defenders, Liu Fu learned the news of Anhui City, transferred 5,000 men and horses from Shouchun, and asked Xuzhou Xiahou Yuan and Guangling Chen Deng for help, but the reinforcements were difficult to arrive in time.
Zhang Liao discussed with the deputy generals Hou Cheng and Zhu Ling: "Sun Quan treacherously attacked Hefei, and the small city is difficult to hold, so it is better to take the initiative to meet the enemy." ”
Zhu Lingyan said: "The Wu army has tens of thousands of troops, advancing by land and water, and we only have 3,000 defenders, so it is better to wait for the Shouchun reinforcements to arrive, and then it is not too late to meet the enemy." ”
Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "No!" If we fail, we will be in danger of longevity, and Huainan will not be guaranteed! Only by going out to meet the enemy first and fighting against the water can you stop the Wu army and wait for reinforcements. ”
Hou Cheng hugged his fists and said: "We are waiting for the prime minister's favor, and now is the time to repay each other with death, Wen Yuan wants to fight, and we will fight." ”
At that time, Lu Bu commanded eight strong generals, but now there are only two of them left, and the relationship is closer, so they naturally want to advance and retreat together.
Zhu Ling saw that both of them were going to meet the enemy, and they were not far behind, Zhang Liao was the main general, and he was deeply valued by Cao Cao, so he hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to listen to the general's dispatch!" ”
Zhang Liao said: "There is a Xiaoyaojin in the south of Hefei, General Zhu led troops to ambush here, Wu army surprise troops to attack Shouchun, must be anxious to enter the army, wait for Wu soldiers to cross the river, then cut off the small division bridge, divide it into two sections, a pro-behead Sun Quan, once and for all. ”
Zhu Ling was taken aback: "The general wants to kill Sun Quan, I'm afraid it's too risky!" ”
Zhang Liao sneered: "The Wu army is attacking in a big way, and the thief will capture the king first. ”
Zhu Ling knew Zhang Liao's ability, and he fought for life and death, so he was ordered to ambush first.
Hou Chengyan said: "Wen Yuan wants to use the trap camp to attack Sun Quan? ”
"Not bad!" Zhang Liao stared at the south and said in a deep voice: "Gao Shun is generous and righteous, entrusting his brothers to me, and his will will be passed on by you and me - the will to fall into battle, there is death and no life!" ”
Hou Cheng nodded and said: "It's a pity that Brother Gao is bent on death, otherwise the three of us are side by side, who in the world can stop me?" ”
Zhang Liao patted Hou Cheng's shoulder: "In this battle, kill yourself and become a benevolent, if you win, you will be named a marquis, and you will be famous in future generations, and if you lose, you will reunite with Fengxian and them. ”
Zhang Liao deployed troops overnight, Sun Quan went out of Chaohu the next day, killed Hefei, heard that Zhang Liao returned to the city, personally led the troops to defend the town.
Cheng Puyan said: "Zhang Liao is a good general in the world, not to be underestimated, it is better to wait for Chaoxian County to be broken and gather a large army to attack again." ”
Sun Quan said with a smile: "Cheng Gong has been on the battlefield for a long time and is familiar with the art of war, doesn't he know that soldiers are expensive and fast?" If it is delayed, when Shouchun and Guangling reinforcements arrive, won't the previous efforts be wasted? ”
Zhou Tai asked for an order: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard and decapitate Zhang Liao's head." ”
"Zhuangzai Youping!" Sun Quan was overjoyed, and then ordered Zhou Tai and Chen Wuer to be the vanguard and take Hefei directly.
Last night, Zhou Yu had already taken Wancheng, and Sun Quan was eager to prove himself, so he was naturally not far behind.
Xizuo has already told that there are only 3,000 defenders in Hefei, and he has 30,000 horses, ten times more than Zhang Liao.
Zhou Tai led his troops to Xiaoyaojin, and saw a wooden bridge across the river, and Cao's army was guarding the opposite bank, with only a thousand people, and he sneered.
Zhu Ling urged the bridge and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”
Chen Wu said: "A certain Jiangdong Chen Wu, seeing that my army is here, why don't you descend quickly, and use your mantis arm as a car?" ”
Zhu Ling scolded: "Dongwu dog thief, ungrateful, the prime minister has treated Sun Quan favorably many times, why did he send troops to sneak attack?" ”
Chen Wu was furious and urged the horse to fight, and the two fought on the bridge, and Zhu Ling couldn't resist it, and the horse retreated.
Zhou Tai saw that Cao Jun only had 1,000 people, and he didn't care about it, so he gave an order, and Wu Jun followed Chen Wu and rushed across the pontoon bridge together.
"General Zhou, enter Hefei in one go!" Chen Wu hit the horse and chased after Zhu Ling.
Zhou Tai led the troops and then led the army to Hefei to kill.
Sun Quan was leading his troops forward in the rear, probing the Malay report, and he had killed the vanguard of the Cao army, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Hahaha, Cheng Gong, how's that?" Sun Quan looked back at Cheng Pu and said with a smug smile: "Cao Cao's elite are all in Nanyang, this God gives Huainan and me!" ”
Ma uploaded the horse to speed up the journey, and came to the north of Xiaoyaojin, but saw that the wooden bridge was destroyed.
Sun Quan said angrily: "Whoever destroys the bridge will destroy my ......"
Knock Knock Knock –
Before the words fell, suddenly the drums in the forest on the left were loud, and an ambush soldier came out and rushed straight towards Sun Quan at the bridge.
"Hmph, carving insect skills, dare to show off to me?" Seeing that there were only 1,000 ambush soldiers, Sun Quan didn't care, and ordered Cheng Pu to lead the troops to respond.
Cheng Pu stepped forward to stop Hou Cheng, and at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he looked back, a blue-robed general led an iron horse to kill.
Boom Boom –
The sound of horses' hooves was like muffled thunder, Zhang Liao urged the horse to lift the knife, stared at Sun Quan, and shouted: "Blue-eyed, take your life!" ”
"Quick, stop!" Sun Quan was intimidated by Zhang Liao's momentum, and hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to come forward to intercept him.
The guard Gu Li roared, stepped forward with a mace, and yelled: "Zhang Liao is crazy, I ...... Uhhh
Before the words fell, he saw Zhang Liao slapping the horse and killing it, and the big knife was swung over, and he was beheaded under the horse as soon as he closed it.
The Wu army hurriedly formed a formation and released arrows, but it could not stop the impact of the trapped camp at all, Gu Li was killed, Zhang Liao had already urged the horse to the front, and several of his own soldiers were rushed and flew out.
Sun Quan spun around in place on the horse, and when he saw Zhang Liao coming murderously, he shouted in panic: "You...... Don't come here! ”