Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388 By accident, Qian Tangcheng was broken

From the end of the eclipse in the morning to the three o'clock in the afternoon, the camp at Ruxukou was facing enormous challenges.

Sun Quan's total strength is only 6 to [-], and the main force is all deployed here.

There are about 4 people, of which there are more than 3 in the Ruxukou camp, and there are only [-] defenders in Zheqi City, facing twice as many enemies as themselves, struggling to support.

The Ruxukou camp is connected into a whole piece on the river, and it was originally a huge giant dock with half of the water and half of the land.

But at this moment, the fences and walls around Wubao were basically blown down, and many water buildings, high oars, arrow towers, and fortresses were also down.

The buildings on the northern periphery were almost crushed into ruins, and there were huge stones and sawdust debris left over from the tumbled boulders.

Catapults are full of devastation for wooden towers.Many water buildings with a height of three or four floors were collapsed.

At this time, Pan Zhang's tribe in the north had been forced to withdraw to Zhu Ran's camp in the middle, because his camp had now been seized by soldiers led by Ma Chao.

The corpses of enemy and enemy soldiers were everywhere around the front camp. The yellowish-brown rammed earth and the places where the wooden fragments collapsed have been completely soaked in blood. There are fresh blood and blackened crimson.

Iron helmets and flip-leather hats can be seen everywhere on the wall. Feathered arrows and broken weapons with bald tails are thrown all over the place. Even the high-rise shelves that collapsed above are densely filled with feathered arrows, telling the world about the war. .

Ma Chao personally led the Death Squad to snatch Pan Zhang's northern camp. Soldiers from both sides used the towers and docks in the camp to launch an offensive that was almost street fighting. Standing on the roof of the building, they could shoot arrows into the camp.

This made Jiangdong Army's life worse than death.

They couldn't rush out, and they couldn't repel the enemy when they fought. The outer water surface was controlled by Guan Yu's water army. They were almost surrounded, and it was difficult to fly.

In desperation, Pan Zhang even proposed to set up a separation zone in the middle camp and burn the northern camp.

But this proposal was opposed by He Qi and others.

Too risky.

At this time, except for Zhu Huan staying in Zheqi City on the north bank of the river, the few remaining generals of the Jiangdong Army were defending here.

The camps of He Qi, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, and Lu Fan formed a crossing trend, respectively stationed in the north, east, west, and south of Ruxukou, including Ruxushui in the west, the Yangtze River in the south, and the north and east. land.

Now that the northern camp was breached, the rest of the people could only retreat to the other three camps.

The four camps are connected to each other. Although there is a river below, once the fire is lit, it is likely to spread to the other three camps and burn them down.

Playing with fire and self-immolation, even if they all die together, is not the way to play.

It's just that the current situation is indeed difficult enough for them. There are only more than 3 soldiers on the north bank. Regardless of casualties, there are already as many as [-] defectors.

Now the total number of the four troops is less than [-], and the morale of the army has fallen to the bottom, making He Qi and others look ashamed, and everyone is full of despair.

There is only one motivation for them to persevere-that is, Sun Quan sent someone to send a message that Cao Chun's reinforcements are coming.

Wait, they can wait until the arrival of reinforcements.

"Cao Chun sent a letter to tell Gu that he has arrived at Dongxing Dam and is about to fight Zhao Yun."

On the city of Zheqi, Sun Quan looked at the river in the distance.

Today it was still Guan Yu who launched the fierce attack, and the river was densely packed with ships from the Jingzhou Navy, the fleet criss-crossed and almost covered the river, constantly releasing bows and crossbows at the camp.

Sun Quan on Zheqi City could only watch. He was stationed on the south bank, and Guan Yu's army obviously planned to concentrate their efforts to break through all the way, so he had nothing to do.

But it was not without good news. Cao Chun sent someone over yesterday to tell him that the Cao army had already set off, with [-] tiger and leopard cavalry and [-] Cao army vanguards heading straight for Dongxing embankment.

Because Dongxing Dike guarded the channel from Chaohu Lake to Ruxushui, if the Cao army in the rear wanted to come to help, they had to take down Dongxing Dike.

Sun Quan was naturally aware of this matter, so he felt that there should be no serious problem with [-] Cao's troops destroying Zhao Yun's department. He would stick to it for a few more days, and when Cao's former army came to help, the main force of Cao's army would come.

It's just that he didn't know that there was no main force in Cao's army. Cao Pi sent Cao Chun a total of 8000 people, but it was only called [-].

But even so, it gave Sun Quan great confidence. He kept writing letters to He Qi and the others in Ruxu's mouth, encouraging them to continue to stand firm and wait for the moment when the reinforcements arrived.

Zhu Huan said to Sun Quan: "Marquis Wu, we still need to confirm with Cao Jun as soon as possible when their main force will come. If there are only more than [-] soldiers in the front army, we still cannot resist Liu Bei's nearly [-] army."

"Gu naturally knows."

Sun Quan said in a somewhat blunt tone: "But now Jiangdong's life and death are all in Cao Wei's hands, Gu can only send someone to ask, how dare to press?"

"The King of Wei will not watch Jiangdong fall into Liu Bei's hands."

Gu Yong thought for a while and said: "General Zhu should relax a bit, wait a few more days, after Cao Chun's former army broke through Zhao Yun's army and occupied Dongxing embankment, they will naturally go south to contain Guan Yu first, and this will also relieve some of our pressure. "

"Ah."

Zhu Huan sighed, nodded and said, "I'm afraid that even if Cao Jun comes, the situation in the south will not be too good."

Hearing his words, Sun Quan looked to the south, his eyes full of worry.

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On August [-]th, countless people and horses came to the edge of the Zhejiang River on the south bank of Qiantang.

At first glance, that army looked no less than 5 to [-]. Except for the frontmost army, the troops behind were chaotic, like a gang of bandits and bandits.

Pound was riding on a white horse. Because he liked riding a white horse, the army called him General White Horse.

At this time, Sha Moke, who was the former army, had already lined up beside the Zhejiang River.

They arrived in Yuji County yesterday. They set off in early June and traveled more than 1000 miles along the way. After walking for two months, they finally arrived on the other side of Qiantang.

Yuji County on the opposite bank of Qiantang is the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City in later generations. It was established in the Han Dynasty and faces Qiantang County across Zhejiang.

There were almost no defenders in Yuji County, and Sun Quan sent his last veteran Zhu Zhi to guard the southern line.

Originally, Sun Quan planned to send his elder brother Sun Ben to garrison. Sun Ben had been the prefect of Yuzhang for many years. When Liu Biao sent Liu Pan to fight all the way from the southern line to Qiantang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, and Zhu Zhi fought back.

But as Huang Gai was killed by Shen Chen, and Sun Ben died of illness at the beginning of the year, Zhu Zhi was the only one who was familiar with the south and good at fighting.

Therefore, Sun Quan can only pin his hopes on him.

Zhu Zhi is also 65 years old this year. His eldest son, Zhu Ran, is currently on the Ruxukou battlefield on the western front. His second son, Zhu Cai, died in the Battle of Jingzhou last year.

But a veteran is a veteran, and Zhu Zhi has very few troops, so he didn't send people to garrison on the south bank, but retracted all his troops back to the north bank, and watched.

On the top of the city, he looked at the mighty troops of the Liu Bei Group on the other side of the river, just like the waves of the Zhejiang River. They had reached the shore, and seemed to be preparing to cross the river to attack the city, so he said to the deputy general, Captain Ye Xiong: "Here we come. I'm afraid they are not familiar with water warfare."

Ye Xiong wondered, "How did the general know?"

Zhu Zhi smiled and pointed to the river and said: "If you are familiar with water warfare, you should not just send a small force to test it out. This is the way the northern cavalry fight. When fighting on a ship, especially when landing ashore, the fleet should be docked in large numbers. , Soldiers disembark first to form an formation, use the ship as a fortress, seize the beachhead, and then follow the trend to attack, how can there be such a reason for testing?"

"What does the general mean, we can attack halfway?"

Ye Xiong asked.

Zhu Zhi nodded: "If they dispatched their entire army and tens of thousands of people landed on the river bank, I would not dare to attack, but if he goes ashore with a small number of people and wants to seize the river bank step by step, it is obviously a mistake, so people should prepare. "

"Yes."

Ye Xiong went to make arrangements.

At the moment on the other side.

Pound frowned and looked at the chaotic Shanyue people behind him.

He only brought [-] elites with him this time, but on the way, many Shanyue tribes got excited when they heard that Liu Bei's army was coming to destroy Jiangdong.

Shanyue leaders Peng Qi, Fei Zhan, Peng Dan, You Tu and others raised their arms, and there were countless responders, all of whom came to help.

If Pound hadn't asked them to select elite soldiers, I'm afraid there would be not 4 to 20 soldiers, but more than [-] to [-].

Because the Shanyue issue has never been resolved during the Sun Quan period in history, there were no less than [-] rebellions in Shanyue and bandits in the records alone, and Lu Xun pacified it several times, capturing tens of thousands of people each time.

The rest of Yuzhang, Kuaiji, Xindu, Linchuan, Poyang, Jian'an, Linhai and other counties divided by Eastern Wu from Danyang County, Yuzhang County, and Kuaiji County in the Eastern Han Dynasty were the most rebellious.

According to historical records, during the heyday, Guangdong Wu defeated and captured more than a hundred Shanyue thieves, more than [-] families, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thieves. It can be seen how many Shanyue were in the southeast hills and later Fujian, Jiangxi and other southern regions.

Moreover, Shanyue and Jiangdong are very hostile. The two sides fought many times, but the Shanyue people all ended in failure.So when the Liu Bei Group came to destroy Soochow, it was the kind that responded in groups and came to fight with farm tools.

This still gave Pound a headache.

The so-called soldiers are good but not many. Although these people are friendly troops, it is also uncomfortable to see their messy situation and the obvious group of mobs.

The only good news is that Wei Yan is already in place.

He sent people from Linshui County, which is later known as Lin'an District of Hangzhou, to cross the river to Fuchun County, which is also known as Fuyang District, and passed the news to Pound that he was about to attack Yuhang.

At this moment, Pound was on the bank of the river, and he ordered Samoko's former army to cross the river first, and then he led the main force there.

The lieutenant-general Qu Gan who was accompanying him was a little hesitant.

Zhang Nan and Qu Gan followed Shen Chen into the southeast hills, and met some Shanyue leaders with Shen Chen, so they have been in contact with the Shanyue people during this time.

However, they were from the Jiangxia Navy and they knew some water battles. Seeing Pang De crossing the river like this, Qu Gan stepped forward and said, "General."

"Ok?"

Pound turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qu Gan said: "I have heard from the Commander-in-Chief before that when crossing the river and landing, you must not send a small number of troops to cross the river first. This will be like adding fuel to the oil lamp. If you add too little, it will be consumed soon. You need to send out all the troops. , use ships as fortresses, use bows and arrows to disperse the enemies on the shore, and then disembark the army, use luggage, chariots and horses to cover the outside, form a semi-circular formation, and seize the beach."

"Is that so?"

It was true that Pound had never fought in a water fight, so he said, "Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

Qu Gan scratched his head and said: "The general is impatient, the order has already been issued, and I thought the general had other plans."

Pound also scratched his head and said, "I don't really have any plans, but Wei Yan is already on the north bank. If the enemy can go out of the city to fight us, it will be convenient for Wei Yan to attack us."

"Forehead"

Qu Gan thought for a while and said, "Then let's listen to the general."

Pound also thought about it and said, "That's it."

The two skunks discussed and discussed, but they didn't have any good ideas, so they simply crossed the river in a stupid way.

At the moment, it is still attacking with Samoco, leading 5000 people to cross the river first.

Soon they temporarily asked the Shanyue people to help collect and manufacture small boats, crossed Zhejiang, that is, the Qiantang River, and came to the beach on the north bank.

According to the plan, after Shamoko seized the beachhead, he would immediately form an formation to cover the rear soldiers.

Pound then ordered the main force to start crossing the river.

But when they crossed halfway, in the city of Qiantang County, following Zhu Zhi's order, the [-] Jiangdong disciples guarding the city immediately dispatched.

The gates of the city were opened wide, and the soldiers rushed out boldly.

The so-called half-crossing attack does not mean that the enemy attacks when halfway across the river, but when half of the enemy's troops are on the shore and the other half is still on the water.

Pound had been in the north for a long time, and he was a brave general rather than a resourceful commander, so he was not familiar with water warfare and suffered a big loss.

The army on the north bank was in chaos, and the Shanyue army on the river was also in chaos. Some wanted to flee back by boat, some wanted to continue to attack, and some stopped on the river and hesitated.

Sha Moke soon fought with Zhu Zhijun, and the Wuxi barbarians were so brave that they held the situation in a short time.

Seeing this situation, Pound immediately ordered to cross the river as soon as possible.

But he made a fatal mistake.

If you put the Shanyue people at the end to cross the river, it will be safe to lead the main force of 5000 people to cross the river first.

As a result, he chose the main force to advance together, and the Shanyue people had just landed when they encountered Zhu Zhi's head-on attack, and there was a sudden chaos. In the chaos, they rushed into their own formation, and Jiang'an Pang De's army was on the verge of being defeated.

Pound was shocked.

He was not familiar with water battles, so he didn't expect it to turn out like this.

The only good news is that he chose to cross the river today because Wei Yan had already sent him a signal.

Otherwise, with Pound's prudence, he would probably choose to discuss with some generals in the army who are familiar with water warfare, and then decide how to cross the river.

So at this moment, in the north of Qiantang City, the horn of desolation suddenly sounded.

From the mid-noon crossing to the early afternoon, Zhu Zhi fought a beautiful blocking battle, and Pang De's army on the north bank of the Zheshui River was about to be defeated.

At this moment, Qian Tangcheng suddenly sounded horns in the rear, which surprised Zhu Zhi, and turned his head to look.

I saw that the city head that was originally the flag of Jiangdong at this moment has changed.

The "Zhu" flag on it has become a "Wei" flag.

There were less than 500 defenders in the city, and at some point they were attacked from behind, and Qiantang County was breached!

Pang De made a mistake and helped Wei Yan create the best opportunity!

　Today is just one chapter. Brothers, there are too many things today. I accompanied my mother to the county to buy some things, and I didn’t go back until after six in the afternoon. I was in a hurry to type, so today I missed a chapter.Also, someone said yesterday that there was only one chapter, which is considered embarrassing. Yesterday was a two-in-one chapter.

　　
　
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