Chapter 418: Leading by example

Cao Xiu's archery is also a leader among the generals of the Cao army, and he has been instructed by Xiahou Yuan, and he has a lot of experience, this arrow is condescending, and the power is greater than that of Huang Gai.

With a whistling sound, the arrow flew in front of him, and Huang Gai raised his iron whip to block it, but unexpectedly, the arrow was split into two, and one of them shot in the direction of his chest.

There was a soft sound, and the arrow hit the heart goggle and fell to the ground, although there was no danger, but it made all the generals in Jiangdong exclaim.

Cao Xiu held a bow and laughed: "Haha, count your old thief's life, dare to approach the city again, be careful of your dog's head!" ”

Huang Gai said angrily: "Can Xiao'er dare to go down to the city and taste a certain five-in-a-row whip?" ”

Cao Xiu snorted coldly, and then took the arrow and pulled the bow, Huang Gai didn't dare to hold it up, and hurriedly turned his horse back to the battle, seeing that Cao's army couldn't hold out, he ordered each battalion to prepare sandbags, wood and stones, and fill the moat first.

In the evening, Sun Quan led the army to arrive, once again surrounded Shouchun on three sides, built ladders, rushed cars and other siege cities.

The next day, the Wu army surrounded Shouchun to attack, Sun Quan personally supervised the formation, from dawn to dusk, ten teams of soldiers and horses took turns to fight, not giving the defenders a chance to breathe.

Shouchun's solidity, the Wu army had a deep understanding before, this time after Cao Ren's rebuilding and reinforcement, it was even more solid, one day with little effect, only the bloody corpses and billowing black smoke under the city wall, witnessing the cruelty of this war.

Half a month passed, the Wu army suffered a lot of losses, but Shouchun did not move, Sun Quan was furious, sent troops to the nearest conscription, and ordered Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zhu Huan to personally supervise the army in front of the battle, which really aroused the resentment of the people in Huainan, and many people fled to the sea.

Lu Su saw that Sun Quan's fake play was really done, and persuaded: "If the lord wants to plan the Central Plains, he must use Huainan as a basis, and when he subdues the hearts of the people for my use, only the people are requisitioned and left in the army, and the pension is released after the war, which is a long-term plan. ”

Sun Quan disagreed: "Cao Ren is a famous general in the world, if not, how can he believe it?" Most of the people of Huainan are the people of the Central Plains who migrated to the Central Plains, and they may not be sincere to me. ”

Lu Suyan said: "Since the flooding of Shouchun, the people have no harvest and are miserable. ”

Sun Quan said with a smile: "They were flooded by Cao Jun before, so they hated it, this time I gave them a chance to take revenge, if they didn't do their best, it shows that they didn't want to return to their hearts, and it was not a pity to die." ”

Lu Su still had to be persuaded again, Sun Quan brushed his sleeves and said: "Although Zijing has a strategy, he doesn't know how to do it!" For the commander, when the killing is decisive, the big husband is not informal, don't you hear the mercy and not take charge of the army? Ziming's strange plan to take Xuzhou is related to the lives of Jiangdong soldiers, and the great cause of my father and brother cannot be missed in the slightest. ”

Lu Su sighed in his heart, but he also knew that Sun Quan was reasonable, so he had to retreat silently and discuss with Lu Fan and others how to remedy it.

After attacking for a few days, Cao Ren's defense was still not leaking, seeing that the equipment in Shouchun City was sufficient and inexhaustible, Sun Quan gradually became impatient, and sent Lu Meng to Guangling to recruit troops to appease the people, and urged Huang Gai and other generals to attack the city urgently.

On this day, Zhang carried grain to the army, brought a letter from Zhang Zhao, and advised Sun Quan not to be reckless, once the people and money were lost, and the foundation was shaken, it was difficult to hold Xuzhou, so it was better to retreat to Huainan, and then send troops when Cao and Liu were both defeated.

Sun Quan looked at it and smiled: "Zhang Gong Shou Jianye, An Zhiwu clever plan? This time, he decided to take Xuzhou alone, and asked your father and son to return to their hometown. ”

Zhang Cheng hugged his fists and said: "Recently, there have been many rumors in Jianye, which are quite unfavorable to Wu Hou, and they all say that if the first brother is here, he will enter Xuchang as soon as possible......"

"Bastard!" Sun Quan was furious and said in a deep voice: "You go back and tell the civil and military forces that you will take Xuzhou and break through the Central Plains within half a year." ”

After Zhang Cheng left, Sun Quan personally supervised the army to attack the city, and fought in one day, the Wu army lost nearly 10,000 yuan, Zhu Huan finally couldn't hold on, and his private army lost more than half of it, and also came to dissuade Sun Quan.

Sun Quan said angrily, "In the past, Cao thieves attacked Shouchun, went to the front line in person, and broke the city in Keri, I waited for Jiangdong boys, and it was not as good as the rabble of the Cao army back then?" You must not slack off, tomorrow Lone will personally command the troops, and the three armies will be able to break the city. ”

The next day, Sun Quan left Zhu Zhi to guard the Chinese army, and personally commanded in front of the army, but the generals were shocked and hurriedly dissuaded.

Sun Quan held his breath in his heart at this time, Sun Jian and Sun Ce were both generals in the army, and their prestige in the army was extremely high, couldn't they come to the front in person?

laughed and said, "Do you really think that Lone can't come to the front in person? For the generals to take the lead, in order to inspire the three armies, my father and brother are all stubborn, trapped in battle to break the enemy, alone in their business, but also should inherit their aspirations, you don't worry! ”

Lu Su pulled Sun Quan aside and said in a low voice: "Attacking Shouchun is just to contain Cao Ren and win by surprise, why did the lord attack the enemy and lose his troops?" ”

Sun Quan said: "No! Those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. If I really break the city, then the strange soldiers will get twice the result with half the effort! ”

Lu Su was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly found that the young man who used to be like a stream of advice and humbly asked for advice in everything had grown up, as if the Sun bloodline hidden in the depths was awakening, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while!

The morning wind blew, the drums shook loudly, Sun Quan was wearing a big red robe, wearing a golden helmet, holding an ancient ingot knife and straddled the horse, Wu Jun was shocked when he saw it, and the shouts soared into the sky.

Sun Quan personally went to the city, took a bow and arrows and shot them at the city, and shouted: "Attack! ”

Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zhu Huan took the lead and also went to the front of the army to suppress, and the morale of the Wu army increased greatly, and the resentment of the past few days disappeared, and they all struggled forward and rushed to the city first.

Cao Ren heard that the killing in Nancheng was loud, and he hurriedly turned to supervise the battle, and saw that Sun Quan was at the head of the suspension bridge, carrying a treasure knife and a bow and arrows, which was very swaggering and eye-catching.

At this time, Cao Xiu had already gone out of the city to lead the water army to face the enemy, Sima Yi was transferring equipment in the city, and the deputy general Niu Jin hurriedly said: "Sun Quan came to the front line to inspire the three armies, Wu Gou is like crazy, how should this be?" ”

Cao Ren snorted coldly: "Sun Zhongmou wants to learn from the prime minister who took Shouchun back then, and he really can't do it!" How can the blue eyes be compared to the prime minister? We are not the dry bones in Yuan Shu's mound! ”

Niu Jin hurriedly asked, "What is the governor's countermeasure?" ”

When Cao Ren was observing, he saw Sun Quan actually shooting an arrow at the door in front of him, and shouted: "Cao Zixiao, for the sake of your brother-in-law, if the city falls early, you can be spared death, and I will kill you in the city, and there will be no armor left." ”

Cao Ren easily brushed away the arrow and scolded: "You and other rats are capricious, a certain one hates that he didn't know your brother back then, and caused my daughter to suffer, and if you break through Jiangdong in the future, you will destroy the Sun family." ”

Sun Quan was furious and fired several arrows at the city, but Cao Ren only raised the scabbard and swung it from side to side to block the arrows.

Turning his head to Niu Jin, he commanded: "The three of Sun's father and son all died from arrogance and swagger, Sun Jian died from rushing to chase the enemy, and Sun Ce died from being able to go straight forward, today Sun Quan is alone in front of the army, isn't it providential?" ”

Then he ordered Niu Jin to urgently recruit 500 archers, all of them with great strength, hidden behind the battlement wall, and when Sun Quan released the arrow again, Cao Ren drew his sword and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Suddenly, five hundred heads appeared in the mouth of the battlement, all aiming at Sun Quan and firing arrows together, and the arrows poured down from the city like a dense swarm of bees.

"Escort...... Hurry up! Sun Quan's face changed greatly, he threw away his bow and arrows in shock, and hurriedly reined in his horse and turned around, but it was too late.

The rain of arrows is like a black cloud heading straight overhead, making people's scalp tingle!