Sun Ben, as the patriarch of the Sun family, was questioned by Sun Quan like a child, but he could only respond in a low voice.

There is no way, the rumors of poisoning Zhou Yu have not been lifted for a day, and Sun Ben's life will be difficult for a day, and he is still counting on Sun Quan to give him a grievance.

Today's defeat was really unexpected, no one thought that Zhang Liao would dare to break into the camp with a few hundred people, let alone that 100,000 people would be so unbearable.

Sun Ben's careful thinking about preserving his strength was the same as most of the generals who served on this expedition.

Everyone is his own thing, like a plate of loose sand.

Defeat is deserved.

Zhang Zhao saw that Sun Ben was reprimanded by Sun Quan, and he hurriedly came forward to start a round.

"The lord is angry, just now Xiaoyaojin ships are limited, Boyang is discussing the ferry with me, and wants to send the soldiers to the north bank of Shishui, but it's a pity."

"Got it."

Sun Quan interrupted with his sleeves, frowned and looked at the south bank, frowning and snorting coldly: "Zhang Liao is sick, right?" Isn't he the general of the Cao thief? Why are you willing to work for Long Xiang? I can't figure it out if it's sold so thoroughly. ”

"Alas"

Zhang Zhao sighed: "I can't figure out Zhang Liao, it's not like a soft bone, Long Xiang is a scheming person, he must have used some cunning means, but we have experienced today's defeat, the morale of the army will inevitably be hit hard, and I don't know how long it will take to recover, it seems that Hefei can't take it in a short time."

"Strange." Sun Quan stood at the bow of the boat, turned to look at the south bank, and said to himself in confusion: "There are far fewer pursuers in Hefei than us, but why do our people only know how to run?" ”

Sun Ben couldn't help but slander after hearing this, and said in his heart that you, as the lord, took the lead and ran away first, and you still expect your subordinates to continue to work hard?

Who do you think you are?

"As the so-called defeat is like a mountain, no morale soldiers, no matter how many they are lambs to the slaughter, it is to blame for not being able to stop Zhang Liao in time and let him cut down the Chinese army's Daqi banner, otherwise Long Xiang will not have a chance to take advantage of it" Zhang Zhao pinched his beard and shook his head.

Sun Quan frowned and muttered, "I remember to let Pan Wenqi intercept, it looks like he shouldn't be able to block it"

"That Zhang Liao is like killing a god, Pan Wenqi alone can't stop it, I'm afraid that only Bo Fu can be reborn and fight, in addition"

Zhang Zhao's words came to an abrupt end, and Tai Shici, who was as famous as Sun Ce, was inconvenient to say more.

However, Sun Quan had already heard the sound outside the strings, and he also regretted forcing Tai Shici so early, otherwise he would have a general who could block Zhang Liao.

But in the eyes of savvy politicians, the success or failure of a war is less important than the stability of dominance.

Sun Yi already had a tendency to threaten Sun Quan, and Sun Quan thought that it was right to strike first, but seeing 100,000 people running like cattle and horses, he felt very uncomfortable, so he turned around and asked Zhang Zhao.

"Gong Zhang, you have been in battle for a long time, can you calculate today's casualties through the scene in front of you?"

"Well" Zhang Zhao looked at the south bank and thought about it, and said slowly: "Fortunately, there are not many war horses in Hefei, and we took the initiative to retreat, and we didn't fight to the death in place, and the final casualties should not be too many, but there will be thousands of people."

"Is it only a few thousand people lost?"

Sun Quan stroked his purple hair and bowed his head slightly, and suddenly said whimsically: "Then when you return to the ship to rest for a few days, will you be able to make a comeback?" ”

Sun Ben secretly scolded a fool, and said in his heart that if you don't bring troops, don't bring them, you have to kill 100,000 people to feel at ease?

Zhang Zhao hurriedly admonished: "My lord, let's take a long-term view of this matter, first of all, the morale of the army is damaged, the morale is difficult to recover, and it is difficult to organize another battle in a hurry; secondly, Long Xiang's victory momentum is booming, and Jiangdong has also been prepared; In the end, we left in a hurry, and the siege equipment was abandoned in its place, and it will take time to redo it."

"It's cheap!"

Thinking that those equipment were all good workmanship and materials, and it cost Jiangdong a lot of manpower and material resources, Sun Quan couldn't help but slap his palm on the side of the ship.

Suddenly, he looked at Zhang Zhao and asked: "Zhang Gong, you said that Long Xiang's guy, will you use our equipment and attack Jiangdong City in turn?" ”

"Counterattack Koto?"

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head and gave an answer: "The lord can rest assured, as long as we don't occupy Huainan City, Long Xiang is useless with those equipment, and Hefei doesn't even have a decent warship, how can he take it to the other side of the Yangtze River?" ”

"What Zhang Gong said is very true, we have the Yangtze River moat, not to mention the dragons, even Cao Cao is not afraid."

Sun Quan regained some confidence at this time, and as for whether to occupy a few Huainan cities, he decided to wait until the defeated army was assembled.

After all, there is a Jiangdong naval army to suppress, and he is not afraid to occupy a few cities along the river, if Long Xiang dares to send troops to attack, Sun Quan plans to send a naval army to harass.

Sun Quan was comforted by Zhang Zhao, and his heavy mood was much better, but the feasible ship did not see the warship coming to help for a long time, and his stretched heart tightened again.

Song Qian rushed to Chaohu Lake by land to report the news, which was much faster than the waterway transport ship, but unfortunately when he arrived at Chaohu, he ran into Lei Xu who was waiting.

In the end, he did not contact the warship, and he was wounded before escaping.

Although Lei Xu could block Song Qian on land, he couldn't stop the warships from coming forward from the waterway to respond, and there were always boats coming and going between Chaohu Lake and the camp outside the city, so even if there was a slight delay, he could get information.

Not long after Song Qian fled, the Chaohu warships lined up and sailed towards Shishui, deliberately keeping a distance from Lei Xu's department.

Liu Fu was very greedy when he saw the warship, but grabbing the ship with infantry was like a fool's dream, so he could only accompany Lei Xu to harass the enemy to board the ship, hoping to grab a few lone ships when there was chaos.

In April, when the weather was neither hot nor cold, 100,000 people ran and fought on the south bank of Shishui, like running a big marathon, exerting the physical strength of both sides of the chase to the limit.

Around dusk in the afternoon, Long Xiang, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and others met with Lei Xu in the downstream of Shishui.

Regardless of whether Jiang Dongbing can water or not, they have all jumped into the water at this time, because those who do not jump into the river have already slept on the shore.

At first, the warships were picked up on the south bank of Shishui, but dozens of them were snatched away by Lei Xu and others, so they changed their strategy to meet in the center of the river, so some people successfully boarded the ship, some people were ferried to the other side, and some were swept away by the water.

Ironically, the biggest casualty of the day was the Jiangdong rout who was drowned by Shi Shui and was proficient in water warfare.

The battle of Hefei, which lasted for a day, ended hastily with the setting sun.

While ordering people to clean up the battlefield, Long Xiang asked the rangers to follow the enemy army to prevent Sun Quan from coming back later.

The Jiangdong soldiers ran for a day, crossed the river in batches, transferred in batches, and all the battalions and units were scattered in the movement, and finally wandered around Chaohu Lake for three days before they arrived at the mouth of the river to meet and assemble.

After Lü Meng counted the number of people, only 74,000 people remained, Ling Tong and five generals were killed in battle, Pan Zhang was missing, and Song Qian and Zhou Tai were wounded.

In just one day, such a high number of casualties and the loss of many generals completely exceeded Zhang Zhao and Sun Quan's expectations.

Seeing Sun Quan's stunned face, Lu Meng whispered: "Today is more chaotic, many people should be separated and have not returned, do you think you should continue to wait, or."

"Wait, wait, wait? Waiting for Long Xiang jokes? ”

After Sun Quan retorted, he said with a straight face: "I don't want to stay for a day, so I will return to the other side of the river to rest first." ”

"Do you want to garrison in Liyang?"

Lu Meng was a kind reminder, but he saw Sun Quan's face gloomy, so his voice became quieter and quieter.

(End of chapter)