Chapter 111: The Battle of Hefei

The Chibi battlefield highlights a battle of wits and courage, and the Hefei battlefield has only one word to describe - tragic.

When Cao Wu recommended him and transferred him from Jiangling to Hefei for defense, Cao Ren never thought that this battle would be fought to such an extent.

Since Sun Quan's banner appeared in the local camp, the Jiangdong Army has been attacking day and night for more than ten days.

Tentative feints, large-scale attacks, and single-point breakthroughs, almost every moment, there are Jiangdong troops attacking the city.

Fortunately, Sima Yi, the literary scholar of the Prime Minister's Mansion, gave advice and saw through several enemy feints, and his meritorious service was not small.

Zhang Xi's reinforcements tried to support several times, but they were blocked by Jiangdong general Han Dang and could not enter the city.

At the beginning, there was news of Zhang Xi's reinforcements, but in the end, there was no news.

In the city, there are not many defenders in Hefei, and there are still many people in the city.

Cao Ren pressed the news that Zhang Xi could not support, and used fake news every day to boost morale, but the reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, even with the overall assistance of Yangzhou Assassin Shi Wenhui and Don't Drive Jiang Ji, the main general of the defenders, Cao Ren, had held on to the present, and it was already the end of the strong crossbow.

The enemy claimed to have 100,000 troops, at least 56,000 capable of fighting, and in the past ten days, nearly 20,000 people have been killed in battle, and there is still no intention of stopping.

In the entire era of cold weapons, this kind of death rate that has not collapsed can be called elite.

But in fact, the Jiangdong Army relied on the banner of Sun Zi.

During the daily siege of the city, Cheng Pu sat in the Chinese army, Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng desperately attacked the city, while Sun Quan personally pressed the formation in the rear army, and those who dared to take a step back in the siege troops died.

Those who do not contribute to the work will die.

Those who ascend the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and there will also be a reward after death.

It was under this kind of high pressure that the Jiangdong Army attacked the city day and night.

Unlike the defenders, Cao Ren was besieged for many days, and he didn't know the news that the Chibi battlefield had been decided, but the Jiangdong army had already accepted Zhou Yu's rout and knew the situation of the Chibi battle.

Zhou Yu returned defeated, but was courteous to Sun Quan, who personally welcomed Zhou Yu into the army, shouting "the governor is hard", and made enough face.

In terms of the inside, the post of temporary commander of the army of Zuo Du was not removed, and even a part of Cheng Pu's military power was shared.

Cheng Pu had a lot of complaints about this, and Sun Quan knew about it, but he didn't say anything.

When the bloody man Zhou Tai rushed to the head of the city, Sun Quan was sitting under the canopy, Zhou Yu on the left, Cheng Pu on the right, his eyes narrowed slightly, watching Zhou Tai rush to kill at the head of the city, and was stopped by Cao Ren.

This scene has been staged several times before, and in the end, Zhou Tai was beaten back to the city every time.

Sun Quan's lips pursed slightly, his heart became more and more anxious, but his face was not obvious, he turned his head and asked, "Gong Jin, in your opinion, how long can Xia Kou last?" ”

As long as Xiakou can defend, they will have as long as they have to "lose the west and take the east".

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said: "I saw the Xiakou city defense from the river, Xuande Gong has been operating Xiakou for a long time, and it must be no problem to resist Cao Jun for more than half a year." ”

Sun Quan laughed and said: "In this way, our army will have half a year to capture Jianghuai!" Gongjin flooded Jiangxia, Xiakou wedged on the Yangtze River, Cao Jun couldn't advance or retreat, it was really a clever plan! ”

Cheng Pu snorted: "The revenge of General Dong and General Chen can only be avenged in Hefei." ”

This is a blatant statement that Zhou Yu lost his troops, but Zhou Yu smiled and did not refute it.

If the enemy army did not have a five-tooth ship and did not see through Huang Gai's plan, he could have shaken Cao Cao's army, but unfortunately one Cao Wu destroyed all his strategies.

For the sake of today's plan, only by taking Hefei and occupying the entire Jianghuai region can we have a chance to confront Cao Cao.

In his eyes, he has never looked down on a mere Cheng Pu, and he will not pay attention to it if he tries to fight for merit.

While discussing here, a scout suddenly came in a hurry, shouting as he ran: "Report - Xiakou's military situation has been discovered!" ”

Sun Quan's eyes wandered, and he sat in the middle.

Zhou Yu was also not surprised, sat quietly, and took a sip of tea.

Cheng Pu hurriedly asked: "What kind of military situation, say!" ”

The scout raised his face, revealing a sweaty face, and said excitedly: "Report to the generals, General Liu Bei of the left did not send an arrow, and abandoned Xiakou City and fled south." ”

"What?!"

Sun Quan and Cheng Pu stood up in shock at the same time. Zhou Yu's eyelids jumped wildly a few times, but he still finished drinking the tea in the cup.

The three of them were thinking about the same question, Liu Bei escaped? If Xiakou Jiancheng is not defended, where can he escape?

Sun Quan asked, "But did you go to Nanchang and Chaisang?" ”

The scout shook his head and said: "I didn't come here, my subordinates met Mr. Lu on the road, and Mr. said that General Liu and Cangwu Taishou Wu Ju have an old relationship, and his army is about 2,000 people, and he continues to go south from Jiangxia. ”

"Boom!"

Sun Quan sat back dejectedly and muttered, "Liu Bei, have you abandoned the covenant?" ”

Cheng Pu slammed a few cases and said angrily: "Abandon the city and flee, make people laugh!" ”

The scout was too frightened to squeak.

Zhou Yu said: "It's not enough to make people laugh, but to invite people's hearts." ”

Cheng Pu stared at the big eyes like copper bells, glanced at Zhou Yu, and said with his fists clenched: "Lord, for the sake of today, we should continue to attack the city and take Hefei before making plans!" ”

"What General Cheng said is extremely true!"

Zhou Yu hurriedly agreed.

Cheng Pu glanced at him again, he couldn't understand Zhou Yu more and more, it seemed that in Zhou Yu's heart, there was really no struggle for power, only the idea of seeking victory.

He knew that this was not the time to fight for power, so he arched his hand and said: "Please press the battle, I will lead the rest of the soldiers to attack the city together, and be sure to take Hefei before dark!" ”

The two spoke together, Sun Quan frowned deeply, obviously hesitating.

At this time, his personal guard Zhang Shi hurriedly ran over, leaned over and whispered a few words to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan's face changed greatly, his head was already turning to the left, and then he stopped again, froze for a while, and closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, those blue eyes had calmed down.

"Retreat!"

Sun Quan got up and left the table.

"Lord!"

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu shouted at the same time, Hefei is like this, and if you see that you can take it with more force, you can withdraw at this time?

Cheng Pu is even more angry, he is not a general who can only blindly brute force, as the main general of an army, he has his own rhythm of attacking the city.

However, as soon as Sun Quan came, in the name of the humiliation of the lord, he called on the whole army to attack the city day and night.

Now, the city is about to be taken, and he has to retreat again!

He was the one who attacked the city, and he was the one who retreated, how can this be accepted.

Sun Quan left under the escort of Gu Li and Zhang Shi, but Cheng Pu jumped forward in a few steps and grabbed Zhang Shidao: "Hefei is about to break, what slander did you say to the lord?" Unexpectedly, he retired at this time! ”

He relied on the old and betrayed the old, attacked Zhou Yu first, and then questioned Sun Quan's guards, but it seemed that he was the lord of Jiangdong.

Zhang Shiben was not afraid of Cheng Pu, but he didn't dare to move, he was grabbed by his armor, and looked at Sun Quan for help.

Sun Quan said: "Virtue seeks the public, the enemy Chen soldiers are millions in Jiangxia, if you don't rescue Nanchang and Chaisang, Jiangdong may lose!" ”

Zhou Yu stood up and persuaded: "Zhongmou, our army has flooded Jiangxia, and the enemy's food and grass have been cut off, so we can't continue to march, and we will not be able to take Nanchang." Withdrawing troops at this time will outweigh the losses! ”

Sun Quan said: "Jiangdong is important! ”

Zhou Yu shouted: "Lord! ”

Sun Quan's body was stagnant, and he finally made a decision.

"Gongjin, Demou, now let's go back to Jiangdong immediately, deploy Nanchang and Chaisang on the front line, don't let Cao Thief take advantage of the loophole and take Jiangdong!"

"Lord!"

"The decision has been made, return to the teacher, this matter will not be discussed again!"

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu looked at each other, and the two of them could be regarded as watching Sun Quan grow up.

But they had never seen such a strange Sun Quan, just like a lonely man who had betrayed his relatives and could no longer listen to any advice.

Obviously, Sun Quan before was not like this, but since this expedition, the distance between him and his ministers has become farther and farther away.

A figure flashed in Zhou Yu's heart, and it was that Cao Wu again.

At the beginning of Chaisang City, Cao Wu had a night conversation with Sun Quan, making Sun Quan a confidant, but he turned out to be Cao Jun's spy.

Was it then that Sun Quan stopped trusting other people?

The two stood for a long time, Cheng Pu had to grit his teeth and give the order to retreat, and Zhou Yu could no longer remain calm.

Zhou Yu frowned deeply, and found a secluded place to stand after coming out.

Only a short time later, Zhang Shi came quietly and stood behind Zhou Yu and gave his hand.

Zhou Yu said eagerly: "What news did you receive?" ”

Zhang Shi sighed, hesitated for a long time, and finally attached it to Zhou Yu's ear, and said in a low voice: "There is news from the front line that Mrs. Sun has been kidnapped by Uncle Liu Huang!" ”

"What?"

Zhou Yu thought of the woman who went out on the expedition, he saw with his own eyes that Da Qiao's flagship was surrounded by three five-tooth ships, and she didn't die?

But she was fighting in Chibi, why was she taken away by Liu Bei? Liu Bei Ming is far away in Xiakou!

But soon he understood.

Conspiracy, I'm afraid it's Cao Wu's conspiracy again!

Da Qiao is very important to Sun Quan, who has both deep feelings and the ability to reconcile the family.

However, in order to deceive the whole army, Zhou Yu let Da Qiao stand on the ship of the flagship building, attracting the attention of the left wing of the Cao army for him.

If he wins, everything is easy to say, but Zhou Yu lost and lost in the hands of Cao Wu.

Then this move obviously violated Sun Quan's taboo.

Now that he learned that Liu Bei had captured Da Qiao, Sun Quan didn't care whether the news was true or not, and directly ordered the withdrawal of the army.

For the first time, panic appeared in Zhou Yu's heart.

Under Cao Wu's provocation again and again, Sun Quan no longer trusted him.

Sun Quan also didn't trust Cheng Pu, he only trusted Da Qiao and himself, but Da Qiao was gone.

So he would rather give up the offensive and keep the existing Jiangdong territory, and then make plans.

The gong for the withdrawal sounded, Zhou Yu closed his eyes and listened silently, not opening them for a long time.

……

The gong for the withdrawal sounded.

Hefei City, Zhou Tai looked back in surprise.

This time, the death squad he led was easy to get to the city.

No one understands the weakness of the Hefei defenders better than him, and it only takes two or three more such attacks to make the Hefei defenders finished!

Withdraw troops at this time?

Zhou Tai gritted his teeth, slashed again, and was framed by Cao Ren.

Cao Ren laughed and said, "Zhou Tai, you are going to escape!" ”

Zhou Tai didn't say a word, he fought and retreated, and finally stayed alone in the city.

"Bang", a small pebble that Zhou Tai stepped on fell to the top of the city.

Zhou Tai looked at Cao Jun in despair.

For the first time, he discovered that the cold battlefield was not terrible, but that it was terrible without support.

"Zhou Tai, die here!"

Cao Ren took out the knife in blood, and Zhou Tai jumped and jumped down.

Cao Ren chased to the edge of the city, and sure enough, he saw Zhou Tai get up again and flee back to the Jiangdong camp like an immortal.

In the distance, the Jiangdong Army, after continuing to attack Hefei for more than ten days, retreated like a tide.

The city of Hefei was full of cheers, and Wen Hui and Jiang Ji were in tears.

Even Sima Yi in the corner looked relieved, revealing a tired expression.

Cao Ren remembered something and immediately shouted outside the city: "If you have a son, you should be like Sun Zhongmou, and Hefei will give 100,000 heads!" ”

The soldiers shouted: "Give birth to a son like Sun Zhongmou, Hefei 100,000 will give heads!" ”

For a moment, Cao Ren found that the other party's flag had stopped, which startled him, but fortunately, the Jiangdong Army still retreated.

In the midst of the army, Sun Quan sat under the canopy, sneered and looked back, looking at the majestic city wall.

He thinks more than Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu.

The Xiakou barrier is gone, what can you do now to capture Hefei? Will they be able to hold on?

He clearly knew that it was necessary to attack Hefei, but he needed to hold Jiangdong even more and not take risks.

The first few words of Hefei's 100,000 people stimulated him again.

The figure on the red horse kept in his mind

Hefei, he will come back after all.

The one named Cao Wu, he also has to slash this wing.