Han Xiang

Chapter 288

Zhou Taiyang turned around with a knife, revealing that innocent face.

"Hmph, my lord has already left, you have been tricked."

"A trick? Sun Quan found a scapegoat, then you will die in his place."

In the vagueness, Xiahou Dun didn't see clearly that it was Zhou Tai, but his voice was much rougher than Sun Quan's. Xiahou Dun suddenly felt like being teased, and his anger tended to move forward with his sword.

Reflexively, Zhou Tai directly raised the knife to hold Xiahou Dun's handle, and said mockingly, "You want to kill me Zhou Tai? It depends on your ability."

"Zhou Tai? I killed you!"

Xiahou Dun pushed it up hard, and immediately shouted to the surrounding followers: "You all hate this man, there is no need to talk about martial arts, everyone stand shoulder to shoulder, and chop this guy into meat."

"only."

"Kill it."

"Kill Zhou Tai."

"Zhou Tai should die."

clang clang

While resisting, Zhou Tai wondered, wondering why these people hate him so much?Didn't he just say a few cruel words under the city?They didn't know that the defenders blamed Zhou Tai's anger on him.

The instinct for survival made Zhou Tai's martial arts rise sharply. A long knife danced like a fan. Except for the general Xiahou Dun, the other fish around him couldn't get close at all.

"I will restrain him from the front, and you stab him in the back."

"it is good."

Xiahou Dun didn't regard Zhou Tai as a living person, so he arranged tactics so recklessly.

At a critical juncture, Zhou Tai seized the gap between Xiahou Dun's speech, suddenly rushed forward with all his might, chopped down two miscellaneous cavalrymen and fled away.

Xiahoudun was furious and shouted, "Catch me!"

Zhou Tai rushed out of the siege and fled to the southwest, but he forgot to wear Sun Quan's golden helmet on his head. He ran like a car's headlights, unconsciously attracting the surrounding enemies.

On the way to escape, Zhou Tai was attacked many times by the tiger and leopard cavalry squad.

Outnumbered, injuries are inevitable.

In the dark night, one person and one horse took countless black guns, until the fire in his pupils blazed, and Zhou Tai fell off the horse because of force.

Even the tiger and leopard riders fought from noon to night, and they were exhausted.

Today's battle with Sun Quan is almost equivalent to a wheel battle. If you continue to fight with Xu Kun, you may suffer a big loss.

The two brothers Cao Chun and Cao Ren used their own money and food to make equipment and raise cavalry. They knew that the death of a cavalry would be heartbreaking, so they chose to withdraw their troops "tactfully".

Xu Kun led his troops to hold torches, like a lighthouse by the sea, attracting deserters to gather.

Until the field completely calmed down, Xu Kun knew that there were only so many soldiers to gather, so he led his troops to Shaopi to stay overnight.

As for the big camp outside Shouchun City, they were all ruthlessly abandoned by Xu Kun, even though there were still two or three thousand wounded soldiers in the camp.

After working hard for three months, they were demoralized by Cao's army in one day. Considering that Xia Houyuan and others had a large number of cavalry and were easily harassed when marching at night, Xu Kun did not want the remaining ten thousand soldiers to take risks.

If the entire army is wiped out in the end, Xu Kun may not be able to escape the responsibility.

At night, he went back to Shaopi to count the number of people. Including the patrolling sailors, there were only 5000 soldiers left. Besides the [-] to [-] wounded soldiers in the Shouchun camp, Sun Quan lost more than [-] soldiers in one day.

The lake wind was cold at night, and the soldiers had no luggage to build barracks, so they could only be arranged to rest on warships.

Because the number of people killed in battle was always high, Xia Houyuan burned two hundred ships, which did not affect the rest of the soldiers to board the ship.

Having just suffered a defeat, the soldiers boarded the ship without saying a word, including Sun Quan's main ship, which was also very quiet, and there was only a slight sound of wind and waves at Shaopi at night.

After Xu Kun made arrangements for night defense, he also boarded the main ship to meet Sun Quan.

Failure in war is not terrible, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, but you must know where you are losing.

Xu Kun originally planned to ask Sun Quan to resume the case, but when he entered the cabin, he saw Sun Quan squatting on the ground, and Zhou Tai was lying on the couch covered in blood.

"How is You Ping?" Xu Kun squatted beside Sun Quan and asked in a low voice.

Sun Quan rubbed his temples, shook his head lightly and said, "The army corpsman has just checked, and Youping has three stab wounds and seven gunshot wounds on his body. Although these ten wounds are not fatal, they are shocking to see."

Xu Kun stroked his beard and comforted: "Since they are not fatal, it is only a matter of time before they recover. Zhongmou should not be too sad."

"You Ping was injured while covering me. If he can't heal, I will feel uneasy. It's a pity that all the medicines are placed in the camp. The doctor can only stop the bleeding, and he can't treat him right away."

In the middle of speaking, Sun Quan straightened his body suddenly, and asked seriously: "Uncle, there are still many wounded soldiers in the Shouchun Camp, can't we send people to bring them back?"

Xu Kun shook his head and replied: "These reinforcements came prepared. Xia Houyuan, Zhang Liao, and Cao Chun are all well-known generals. I don't recommend taking risks at night. If there is any damage, it will be too late to regret."

"If you don't go tonight, how about the Shouchun camp?"

"Zhong Mou should know that the gecko cuts off its tail, and those who make big things don't care about small things."

"The battle of Shouchun can still be fought."

"Since Cao Cao has returned to aid, even if Shouchun is defeated, he will not be able to take Xudu. It is meaningless to continue fighting."

Sun Quan's face was very ugly, he thought that he could almost break the city, but in the end he suffered a big defeat, why did God treat me so poorly?
Xu Kun comforted: "You are still young, Zhongmou. You didn't seize the opportunity this time. We will come back next time. Let's return to Jiangdong earlier so that you can give Youping medicine."

"Speaking of medication." Sun Quan paused, and continued: "It will take a few days to return to Wu County, but the doctor suggested that it is best to use the medication tomorrow, otherwise the wound will easily deteriorate. I plan to stop in Hefei."

Xu Kun asked: "Does Zhongmou plan to bring the whole army together, or just send General Zhou?"

"What's the difference?" Sun Quan's face was full of curiosity.

Xu Kun said solemnly: "Long Xiang is not a good stump. I heard that Hefei has only a few thousand defenders, and Zhongmou brought more than 2 people to stay. Do you think he will think too much?"

"My uncle reminded me so well." Sun Quan nodded in agreement, "This man is quite scheming, so if he can't keep everything in order, what request can he make?"

Xu Kun added: "In addition, the morale of our army is low. If Long Xiang has any evil intentions, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Yes," Sun Quan nodded in affirmation: "Uncle was thoughtful, so he only sent a team of sergeants to stop the boat to ask for medicine, and the rest went directly to Jiangdong."

"You should be more cautious when using troops"

Seeing that the atmosphere was set in place, Xu Kun immediately got to the point: "Zhongmou tell me about today's events, and let's analyze and analyze why the enemy can win more with less."

Sun Quan didn't want to mention it at first, but Xu Kun didn't want to answer the question, so he found a reason to prevaricate: "It's not that the soldiers are unwilling to use force, but the enemy is too strong. kind of cavalry."

"Ahem. Tiger and leopard riders are powerful, but they are also human beings, and they will also get tired. Zhongmou took away thousands of people in the morning, and then I let Lu Mian and Deng Dang."

Xu Kun paused in the middle of his speech, because Deng Dang was killed by Cao Chun in the rebellious army, another general who died after Ji Ling, and then continued to add: "The difference in military strength can completely make up for the individual combat strength. Zhongmou will explain the details to me."

"Well, let's start with General Ji Lingdou."

Sun Quan got up and motioned for Xu Kun to sit on the edge of the bed, and then began to describe today's experience from beginning to end.

At first Xu Kun just listened with a frown, but when Sun Quan mentioned that Zhang Hong offered advice and fought and left, Xu Kun was so angry that he slapped the edge of the bed with his palm.

"If Zhang Zigang hadn't offered this strategy, Zhongmou might not have been defeated today, so don't take him into battle in the future!"

(End of this chapter)