Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2538 Sun Wu VS Liu Xiu + Guo Ziyi + Chai Rong + Li Xin
Chapter 2534: Sun Wu VS Liu Xiu + Guo Ziyi + Chai Rong + Li Xin
"Report... I report to the lord, a large number of Wu troops have appeared outside Xiling City."

"what?"

Both Liu Xiu and Guo Ziyi exclaimed. Obviously, they did not expect that besides Sun Ce, there would be a Wu army going deep into the hinterland of Jiangxia, and all of them had already moved to Xiling, the administrative center.

"My lord, Sun Quan is in charge of the logistics of the Wu army. He knows most of the movements of the Wu army, but the information he gave did not mention this army.

This shows that this army only acted after Sun Ce, and it was only a day away from Big Brother Sun Ce, so it was not encountered by the last commander. "Guo Ziyi analyzed.

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "So that's the case, this army came to meet Sun Ce, but it was a step too late, and Sun Ce's army had already been wiped out by the time they arrived.

They wanted to rescue Zheng Zhilong, but they were worried that they were not our army's opponents, and they arrived at Xiling to be empty, so they made a surprise attack on Xiling, and wanted to give this king a siege to Wei to save Zhao. "

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu showed a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and continued: "But what they don't know is that even if Xiling City is empty, it is possible to hold on for a few days. "

After speaking, Liu Xiu looked at the spy below and asked, "Do you know who is the general of the Wu army who is leading the army?"

"The other party is playing the banner of Sun Wu, the great governor of Soochow."

"what?"

Liu Xiu and Guo Ziyi exclaimed again, obviously not expecting that the person who raided Xiling would be Sun Wu.

All of Liu Xiu's previous analyses were based on the belief that even if Xiling City was empty, it would be able to hold it for at least a few days.

But if Sun Wu leads the army, Liu Xiu can't really be sure. After all, even he is not Sun Wu's opponent, and he doesn't know whether the Xiling defender can defend Xiling under Sun Wu's offensive.

If the Xiling defender failed to defend, the consequences would be unimaginable. After all, Sun Ceke was imprisoned in Xiling City.

After Guo Ziyi captured Sun Ce alive, in order to ensure that he would not be rescued by Wu State, he immediately transferred him away, and the first stop was Xiling City.

Liu Xiu originally thought that Sun Ce would be transferred to Changsha, the capital of the country, after he captured Zhu County, but he did not expect that Sun Wu had already reached Xiling City before he took Zhu County back.

"My lord, Xiling City is now empty of troops, and Sun Ce is in Xiling City. Once Xiling is captured by Sun Wu and Sun Ce is rescued, then our army's plan will be in vain." Guo Ziyi said solemnly.

"General Guo, what do you think our army should do now?" Liu Xiu asked.

"Zhu County, and even the entire Jiangxia, is not as important as Sun Ce. The top priority is to give up the recovery of Zhu County and rescue Xiling at full speed." Guo Ziyi said seriously.

In this regard, Liu Xiu also agrees. After all, Sun Ce alone is related to the grand plan of Chu State to unify Jiangnan. As long as this goal can be achieved, it is not unacceptable even if Jiangxia and Lujiang counties are temporarily abandoned, so Sun Wu must not be allowed to rescue Sun Ce.

"Sun Wu, Sun Wu, it's really worthy of you, you caused such a big trouble to this king as soon as you made a move."

After taking a deep breath, Liu Xiu ordered: "Pass on the king's order to withdraw the entire army and go to rescue Xiling."

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong's father and son on the city tower in Zhuxian County were all ready to fight to the death, but they did not expect that the Chu army, who was preparing to attack the city, suddenly withdrew inexplicably.

In this regard, Zheng Zhilong and his son were also extremely puzzled. They did not understand why the Chu army had withdrawn, but since the Chu army had already withdrawn, they could naturally withdraw as well.

Zheng Zhilong was also worried that Liu Xiu was pretending to withdraw his troops to lure them out of the city, so he specially sent spies to watch the Chu army, until the Chu army had withdrawn [-] miles, and then he was completely relieved.

Just as Zheng Zhilong was about to withdraw from Zhu County, he received a biography from Sun Wu.

In the letter, Sun Wu informed Zheng Zhilong of the truth about the withdrawal of the Chu army, and told him not to withdraw, but to continue to stay in Zhuxian County. The main force would arrive soon, and Zhuxian County would naturally be safe by then.

With Sun Wu's words, Zheng Zhilong would naturally not withdraw his army, but he was extremely worried about the lone army going deep into Sun Wu.

What Sun Wu is doing now is actually no different from Sun Ce, and it is several times more dangerous. After all, Sun Ce has only one Guo Ziyi to face, and Sun Wu has to face Liu Xiu at the same time in addition to Guo Ziyi.

If Sun Wu had enough troops, it would be fine, but the problem was that if Sun Wu could secretly move to Xiling, he could not have too many troops, at most tens of thousands of troops.

There are tens of thousands of troops in the area, but they want to fight in the hinterland of Chu State. If one is not careful, I am afraid it will be the next Sun Ce.

"Sen'er, do you think the Governor will be able to return safely and save the crown prince?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

Zheng Chenggong was silent. To be honest, he didn't think Sun Wu could do these two things. After all, the opponent was too strong.

"The chief governor is different from the crown prince. Since he chose to go alone, he must have thought about it carefully, and he should have a sure-fire plan."

Zheng Chenggong said, but his tone was a little empty, obviously not very confident.

"Hey, I hope the Governor will return safely." Zheng Zhilong sighed.

Although Zheng Zhilong was defeated by Sun Wu many times, it was precisely because of this that he was convinced by Sun Wu. Naturally, he did not want a genius commander like Sun Wu to fall into Chu State due to Sun Ce's mistakes.

Zheng Zhilong wanted to support Sun Wu, but Sun Wu asked him to hold Zhuxian County, without any intention of asking him to support him, and he was also afraid that he would lead the army to Xiling, but he would fall for Liu Xiu's calculations, so he didn't listen to Sun Wu's words, old man. Honestly stay in Zhu County.

Zheng Zhilong looked in the direction of Xiling and muttered to himself, "Captain, if it's yours, you must be able to do it."

On the other side, Liu Xiu, who went to rescue Xiling, has been paying attention to the movements of Zhu County, even though he has left the boundary of Zhu County.

If Zheng Zhilong chooses to withdraw from Zhuxian and return to Qichun after he withdraws, Liu Xiu would not mind dividing five thousand troops to take over Zhuxian and hunt down Zheng Zhilong and his son.

This possibility is not small. After all, Zhuxian is not a strong city unlike Qichun and Xunyang. It is not meaningful for Zheng Zhilong to stay and stick to it.

To rescue the prince, Liu Xiu has always been disappointed that Sun Wu had already reached this point, so he arranged everything for Zheng Zhilong in advance, so that he would not withdraw from Zhu County, and Liu Xiu's calculation failed again.

Zheng Zhilong did not withdraw from Zhuxian County, and Xiling was in danger again. Liu Xiu naturally would not forcefully take Xiling. The top priority should be to solve the danger of Xiling first.

"Where is Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong?"

Hearing Liu Xiu's words, Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong immediately stood up, knelt down on one knee, and shouted, "The end will be here."

"You two lead an army of [-] troops. Guo Ziyi will go north to prevent Sun Wu from escaping back to Qichun, and Chai Rong will go south to prevent Sun Wu from going south to the Yangtze River and escaping back to Jiangdong by water. Escape to Zhu County."

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu's eyes flashed a cold light, and he said coldly: "Sun Wu is the No. If he dares to come to Xiling alone, he must never be allowed to escape back to the general alive."

"No." The generals said in unison.

With Liu Xiu's order, the [-] Chu army began to divide into three, marching from three directions to Xiling, and surrounded Sun Wu like a fishing net, preparing to completely block Sun Wu's retreat.

In the face of a famous marshal like Sun Wu, Liu Xiu would not dare to divide his troops under normal circumstances, but Li Xin, the prefect of Jiangxia, had already passed on his flying pigeons, saying that Wu Jun came in a hurry and did not bring large-scale siege equipment, and Xiling stood firm. No problem for a few days.

It was also Li Xin's assurance that Liu Xiu's goal changed from rescuing Xiling to rounding up Sun Wu and never letting him escape back to Jiangdong.

At the same time, outside Xiling City.

Sun Wu looked at the ten-meter-high city wall and the large and small defense equipment on the city tower, and suddenly felt that his decision to raid the Xiling was a bit hasty.

After Liu Xiu left, Xiling City was indeed empty, with no more than [-] defenders at most, but Xiling City itself was a strong city, and it was not difficult for the [-] defenders to hold on for a few days.

Suddenly, Ling Cao ran over and reported:
"Captain, Liu Xiu has withdrawn his troops from Zhu County, and the troops are divided into three routes, from north, south, and central three directions, surrounded by Xiling, and will arrive at Xiling in two days at most."

"what?"

Zhou Tai exclaimed, if this is the case, then their retreat will be cut off, and the only way to go is to capture Xiling and then defend it, waiting for reinforcements from the rear.

But can the fortified city of Xiling be captured in two days?
Zhou Tai really didn't have much confidence in his heart.

Sun Wu was not panicked by the upcoming three-way Chu army, instead his attention fell on Liu Xiu's reaction speed.

"Liu Xiu came so quickly this time?"

A gleam of light flashed in Sun Wu's eyes. After all, according to common sense, after they were exposed in Xiling, there should be at least a one-day interval between when they received news from Liu Xiu and when they made the decision to withdraw troops to support Xiling.

But less than half a day later, Liu Xiu's army had already withdrawn.

What does Liu Xiu's urgent withdrawal of troops indicate?
It shows that in addition to the Xiling, there are other important things in the city, which made Liu Xiu unable to accept the Wu army to break the Xiling, so he withdrew without much hesitation and negotiation.

What could be so important that Liu Xiu could withdraw his troops so impatiently?

It was only Sun Ce.

Before, Sun Wu just thought that Sun Ce was most likely to be in Xiling, and he was not sure, but Liu Xiu's reaction made him 100% sure that Sun Ce was definitely in Xiling City.

After Sun Wujiang shared his analysis with the generals, all the generals were very excited. After all, compared to sieging the city, it was the most important thing to know the prince's son, Sun Ce.

Originally, Sun Wu was still hesitating whether to attack the city, but since he knew that Sun Ce was in the city, he naturally had to attack the city.

After a week outside Xiling City, Sun Wu ordered to concentrate his forces to attack the South Gate, because according to his observation, it was the least difficult to attack the city from the South Gate.

The Wu army had only [-] troops, and it was impossible to encircle it on all sides, and it was impossible to encircle three without one, so it was the best plan to concentrate troops to attack one.

With Sun Wu's order, Zhou Tai and Ling Tong each took [-] troops, and under the command of Sun Wu, launched a fierce attack on Xiling City.

After a day and night of onslaught, the Wu army lost more than a thousand soldiers, but still failed to capture Xiling.

Wu Jun's battle can be said to be brave, but after all, there is no large-scale siege equipment, and if only relying on ladders and crossbow arrows, even if Zhou Tai and Ling Tong personally participate in the battle, it is still too difficult to break the Xiling.

Li Xin was relieved when he saw that Wu Jun had retreated. He realized that he had boasted a little too early.

Wu Jun did not have large-scale engineering equipment, but Sun Wu's vision was too cunning. He attached great importance to discovering loopholes in the defense of Xiling City, and decided to make targeted arrangements.

If it wasn't for Li Xin's prudence, knowing that Xiling's troops were empty, and no matter how they were arranged, there would be loopholes, so he had been staying in the gatehouse and defending the city himself, I am afraid that Xiling City would have been attacked by Sun Wu within a long time.

Sun Wu's offensive was so powerful that Li Xin could only reluctantly parry, and he wanted to take Sun Ce out as a hostage to force Sun Wu to retreat.

But reason tells Li Xin that he must not do this, because not only will it not be able to force Sun Wu back, but it may even fuel his offensive.

After all, he couldn't really kill Sun Ce, and Sun Wu definitely knew this, so if he really pushed Sun Ce out to threaten, it might actually fuel Wu Jun's offensive.

At dawn the next day, Li Xin thought that Wu Jun would come to attack the city again, but he did not expect Sun Wu to withdraw his troops.

For Sun Wu's decision, Zhou Tai and Ling Tong were extremely puzzled. After all, the current retreat has been cut off, and the top priority should be to attack Xiling in one go.

In the face of the generals' puzzlement, Sun Wu explained this way.

"Since the Xiling can't be attacked in one day, then it's the same in two days. It's better to make other preparations before Liu Xiu arrives."

The commander's attributes were as high as Sun Wu, and he couldn't break down Xiling in just two days at such an emergency, so he decided to withdraw his troops and start from other aspects.

On the other hand, Liu Xiu was relieved when he learned that Sun Wu failed to break through Xiling, and instead withdrew from Xiling.

He had already cut off Sun Wu's retreat, and had set up an extremely tight encirclement net. If Sun Wu couldn't attack Xiling, where would he escape even if he wanted to?

"Hehe, it's just a dying struggle."

Liu Xiu sneered. He had suffered a lot from Sun Wu. Now that he has the opportunity to be ashamed, he will naturally not miss this opportunity.

Liu Xiu can be said to be full of confidence in the encircling net he laid.

After all, the [-]-strong army besieged the [-]-strong Chu army, and Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong who led the army were also famous generals with good skills, and they also had strong generals to assist them.

This is also Liu Xiu's greatest advantage over Sun Wu. He doesn't believe that Sun Wu can still escape.

Two days later, Liu Xiu confidently prepared to launch a decisive battle and completely defeated Sun Wu, but did not expect to receive the news of Guo Ziyi's defeat.

"Report...I report to the lord, General Guo Ziyi was ambushed by Sun Wu's army in Jueyun, and more than [-] people were damaged in total. General Wuzhiqi was also seriously injured. rest."

"what?"

Liu Xiu couldn't help exclaiming.

(End of this chapter)