Vol 2 Chapter 372: Hindsight

Lu Meng, Gan Ning and other departments arrived in the next day, watching the downturn in the morale, the messy battlefield, some surprised and speechless, Sun Quan ’s big camp was directly burned in half, and was killed by Zhang Liao ’s army last night. There are countless Wu Jun who have been trampled to death.
Sun Quan was sitting in the Chinese military account, and his face was so dreadful, Lu Meng and Gan Ning looked at each other, stepped forward, and bowed to the courtesy: "Wu Wang."
"When will all the horses arrive !?" Sun Quan raised his eyelids and looked at the two. The angry anger in his tone felt rather creepy.
Sun Quan could n’t be angry. The blood that had been killed by hundreds of people in Zhang Liao had flowed into a river. Over the night, there were more than 20 generals beheaded, including General Chen Wu who also died in the chaotic army. When the corpse was found, it could only be identified by the armor.
No matter the morale or the actual loss, Sun Quan, who has been on the move since the north, was difficult to accept, and the contrast between them was too great.
"Sun Jiao, Zhu Ran, and Quan Chong can be reached today, and the generals Ding Feng and He Qi have been transported by weight. They are now in Chaohu and will be available tomorrow." Lu Meng bowed, although he was not the commander of the three armed forces, But after all, it is the governor, and it is actually clearer than Sun Quan to grasp the military situation of all parties.
The 100,000-strong army of Sun Quan is not in one group, and is divided into several parts, under the command of various generals. Under normal circumstances, Sun Quan ’s Chinese army should be behind, waiting for the vanguard to come to Hefei and finally come back.
But Sun Quan basically didn't have much to do along the way, and Cao Jun's fleeing also gave Sun Quan a illusion that he was commanding himself. Leaving a few of the counties in the county, he led the Chinese army to Hefei and gave Zhang Liao. opportunity.
After all, let alone Sun Quan ’s mentality was more relaxed at that time. The Chinese army ’s vigilance was definitely not comparable to that of the front-line troops that had been fighting for years. The resulting bitter results made Sun Quan now wish to strip Zhang Liao to life.
"Order the ministries to prepare, and as soon as tomorrow's first arrival arrives, immediately attack the city!" Sun Quan finished his remarks with a black face, and went back to rest. He can't keep calm now. Since Lu Meng is here, he is called to take charge of the camp. Things.
Looking at Sun Quan's departure, Lu Meng and Gan Ning looked at each other with some helplessness. In fact, Lu Meng did not support Sun Quan's personal expedition on this expedition. After all, Sun Quan did not lead the soldiers. Not a small blow.
However, Sun Quan had already made up his mind, and it was useless to persuade Lu Meng several times. Now this result is really frustrating.
"Du Du, what should I do now?" Ganing looked at Lu Mengdao, he had seen Hefei City, the city defense was solid, and it was not for a while, plus his own army was abused by blood, and morale was low. At this time, actually not Suitable for strong attack.
"Assemble the troops first, let Ding Feng send some people to carry the siege equipment sent by Liu Bei from the rear." Lu Meng shook his head, he could understand Sun Quan's behavior, whether it was for profit or face, this battle It is not necessary to fight, not to mention that Cao Cao's main force is now in Nanyang. It is not yet known whether Liu Bei can hold Cao Cao, he must decide quickly.
At the beginning, Liu Quan sent the siege equipment. At the beginning, Sun Quan was not ready to use it. They tried all the siege equipment. The power is powerful. Sun Quan thinks that it is just a Hefei city. It is a waste to use this siege weapon in Hefei. It should be used in a strong city like Jiangling or Yueyang, so those siege weapons Sun Quan did not bring, they brought the siege weapons made by Jiangdong themselves, although not as powerful as Liu Beijun, but dealt with Hefei It should be enough. Those siege equipments are placed at the rear, which are studied and imitated by the craftsmen.
Cao Cao and Sun Quan have been greedy for Jingzhou's various sophisticated equipment and equipment for a long time. Now that Liu Bei is so generous in sending such a large number of ordnance, Sun Quan naturally wants to try whether he can catch up with Liu Bei in this regard.
However, in the current situation, if you want to capture Hefei as soon as possible, Lu Meng feels that it is faster to use these siege weapons.
"Hello!" Seeing Lu Meng also agreed to send troops, Gan Ning said nothing. At the moment, according to Lu Meng's order, he sent people to notify the rear squadron to transport the siege equipment, but this time, this time, less time is required. It ’s January, after all, the siege equipment made by Liu Yi is not small, and even shipping is time-consuming. Moreover, this is not only a waterway, but also a lot of land.
During this period, people from all walks of life were notified, and after the fast horse whip came, under the command of Lu Meng, he launched a siege against Hefei.
It's a pity that Hefei is obviously not good at attacking. Here I have to mention the previous Yangzhou thorn history Liu Fu. In fact, more than a decade ago, Cao Cao's control over this area was not high. There were Jiang Donghu looking at him. Yan Xiang was killed by Sun Ce ordering Lujiang Taishou Li Shu. There were also local powerful forces such as Mei Gan, Lei Xu, and Chen Lan.
At that time, Cao Cao was busy with the battle of Guandu, and he had no time to take care of it. Liu Fu was single-handed and immediately took over the history of Yangzhou. Hefei was almost an empty city at that time. Liu Fu took the initiative to move the office to Hefei. In a few years, he calmed Mei The power of the clans and other clans, and the victory of the later Guandu war, convinced them to take possession, and Liu Fu also managed to prosper in the Jianghuai region and strengthened the city defense several times in the past few years. Nowadays, Hefei is not only strong in the city, but also adequate in equipment for defending the city, such as rolling stones, and also provides excellent conditions for Zhang Liao, Zang Ba and others to defend Hefei.
It is a pity that such a capable soldier died of illness in Hefei during the battle of the Red Cliff. However, the heritage he left behind was fully revealed after Sun Quan came to attack Hefei this time.
Sun Quan commanded the army to take turns and attacked for more than ten days, which damaged a lot of people, but failed to shake Hefei.
"Princess." Lu Meng came back with the generals and looked at Sun Quan with a wry smile: "Hefei Chengjian, our army is eager to break through."
"I have a hundred thousand troops, but I can't capture a Hefei City?" Sun Quan was very uncomfortable. Since Zhang Liao attacked the camp, everything seemed to go wrong.
"The city of Hefei is strong, and the defending army has sufficient strength. Our army is eager to break the city." Lu Meng sighed. Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Man Chong were not weak. The three guarded the city. I couldn't think of a good way to break the city.
"Princess, there has been an epidemic in the army recently." Lu Meng saw Sun Quan not speaking, and bowed: "It will be better to withdraw the troops first over the river, Ding Feng has gone to the rear to monitor the siege equipment. After retreating to Xiaoyaojin, and waiting for the epidemic, wait for the rear siege equipment to be delivered, and then siege. "
In general, such large-scale troop dispatches can easily cause an epidemic. It is not too strong at the moment and can be controlled. According to Lu Meng's idea, first withdraw from a distance, wait for the epidemic to stabilize, and then attack Hefei not too late. According to the news, the battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao became more and more intense. In a short period of time, I am afraid that it is difficult to divide the victory and defeat. The time left for them is still ample.
"Retire the soldiers?" Sun Quan was a little unhappy, but as Lu Meng said, if the epidemic was raging now, the situation would be difficult to control, but if he hadn't succeeded, he would leave so vainly. willing.
"Temporarily retreat." Lu Meng emphasized that he didn't want to retreat this time, but just avoided the epidemic first, and also waited for the siege equipment from the rear to deliver, and then launched the general attack.
As for how to control the epidemic ... In this year and year, basically it is to let those people die by themselves, the cruel ones, directly kill and then burn.
Sun Quan heard that, after hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said, "Alright, let the ministries return first, and then the Chinese army will withdraw!"
Drawing on the lessons of the last year's greed and courage, Sun Quan decided this time to let the Chinese army finally leave.
Early the next morning, the ministries received orders from Sun Quan and began to slowly withdraw south. In the city of Hefei, when the news of Zhang Liao, Man Chong and Zang Ba went to the city to watch, the Jiangdong Army had already been promoted, and Sun Quan's Chinese Army was at the end.
"This Sun Quan is a bit brave, even staying behind the palace?" Zang Ba looked at the banner of Wu Junhoujun, surprised.
Feel, Sun Quan is not like such a kind of man.
Zhang Liao did not speak, but just watched the situation. Daying did not withdraw, but added a fire. The camp seemed to be able to hear the howling sound.
"Let me watch the city carefully." Zhang Liao was a little uncertain. He didn't think that Sun Quan would break, mainly because he didn't think that Sun Quan had this consciousness. The previous confrontation gave Zhang Liao a preliminary understanding of Sun Quan's ability to control troops. Basically it is the kind of talk on paper.
"Wen Yuan is careful." Zang Ba nodded.
Zhang Liao bid farewell to two people ~ EbookFREE.me ~ took four scouts out of the city and hung far behind the Jiangdong army to observe the enemy formation. Xiaoyaojin was a ferry on the upper reaches of Feishui. Sun Quan obviously did not rest his mind on counterattack. So this retreat was only for people to camp on the south bank. Zhang Liao found that Sun Quan ’s Chinese army was at the end, watching the soldiers and horses in front of him have already crossed the river, and Sun Quan ’s Chinese army also began to cross the river. Zhang Liao no longer hesitated and took people back In the city, all the men and women were ordered immediately, and Zangba sent troops to pounce on Xiaoyaojin.
At this time, there were not many people on the north bank of Xiaoyaojin, only Sun Quan's thousand guards, and the guards of the generals of Lu Meng, Ling Tong, and Ganing. Zhang Liao and Zang Pa also led the army to kill at this time.
Sun Quan was no longer good to hear the voice from the rear. When he looked back, he was seeing Zhang Liao heading for a horse, and his head was empty. He suddenly reacted. When he came, his army should be in the rear, but when retreating, he should be Withdraw first! ?
But it was too late to reflect this time, Sun Quan quickly sent people to the South Bank to call back the soldiers and horses.
"The protagonist is going fast, and he will remember that there is a broken bridge over there!" Ling Tong saw the other party coming fiercely, waiting for the soldiers and horses on the south bank to come apparently too late. With a stern drink, he greeted Cao Jun directly with his guard ...