Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1028 Facing a Choice
Zhou Yu stood on the ground blankly, as if in a dream. Sun Quan's words echoed in his ears, but Zhou Yu's brain could not understand them at all.

Eight hundred people.
Eight hundred people.
Eight hundred people? ? ?
How can it be!

That's a real 100,000 people, not 100,000 pigs. In other words, 100,000 pigs can trample 800 people to death, right?
Zhou Yu felt his throat itchy and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just opened his mouth and then lowered his head.

Now that both sides have suffered a disastrous defeat, one is more outrageous than the other. When things have reached this point, is there any point in saying anything?

Everyone was staring at each other, but the shouts of killing were faintly heard from behind. When Sun Quan heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he lost his voice and said: "It's bad, that Zhang Liao must be after him, let's leave quickly!"

Zhou Yu was paralyzed. Sun Quan still had at least 10,000 or 20,000 troops defeated, right?
I also have ten or twenty thousand Jiangdong Navy troops, right?
Tens of thousands of people are hiding from 800 people. Did I hear it wrong?

But he couldn't say anything else, so he could only say immediately: "Please Mr. Wu get on the boat and go first, and Yu will come and stop the rear!"

Sun Quan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "I'm waiting for the commander-in-chief in the central army!"

Before he finished speaking, the sounds of fighting could be heard from the tree in the distance, and Sun Quan ran towards the ship on the shore like a frightened rabbit.

When Zhou Yu saw it, he asked Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng and others to lead the army with him and form an array in front of the woods. However, as soon as everyone passed by, hundreds of rocks as big as human heads flew from behind the woods and hit Zhou Yu's formation!

He guessed right, because this time not only Zhang Liao, but also Zhuge Liang and even Yuan Xi came.

Because in his knowledge, he never expected that Sun Quan's one hundred thousand army would be defeated by Zhang Liao in one night, so for the sake of caution, Zhuge Liang temporarily retreated and moved closer to the shore of Chao Lake.

Zhuge Liang was convinced. While he organized his army and advanced, he sent people to Chaohu to report to Yuan Xi.

Zhuge Liang whispered: "General Zhang has been fighting continuously and has not taken a break. This is the time to close his eyes and have a cup of tea."

On the way, he met Zhang Liao, who was leading his troops to pursue him. Zhang Liao had been fighting for a day and a night without rest at all, and his face was full of exhaustion. When he saw Zhuge Liang, he said: "The military advisor came just in time. My men We have reached our limit, and all we can do now is chase the enemy away. "

Seeing Zhang Liao's firm attitude, Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Okay!"

Zhou Yu reacted immediately and shouted: "Hurry into the woods, the opponent has more than just cavalry!"

Zhang Liao hurriedly said: "The war has not stopped, how can Liao sit back and watch the lord in front?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry, Boyan, I suffered a lot of losses a few years ago, and now I have a plan to deal with it."

After hearing this, Lu Xun sent a boat to take Yuan Xi ashore. Not long after, Yuan Xi arrived with his troops and joined Zhuge Liang. He saw Zhang Liao with his eyes closed, leaning against a tree and taking a nap.

At this time, Zhang Liao heard people's voices and suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing that it was Yuan Xi coming, he quickly came over and said, "Zhang Liao is lucky to have lived up to his command."

"Jiangdong is now severely weakened. It is better to use the remaining brave men to pursue the poor bandits. If the results of the battle are expanded and the remaining troops are wiped out, Jiangdong will never be able to turn around in the future!"

Lu Xun hesitated for a moment, "General Taishi was seriously injured and is still unconscious. There is no general beside my lord, but we must be prepared for Jiangdong generals to raid our formation."

Zhuge Liang sent people to capture two Jiangdong soldiers and asked about the situation. Only then did he realize that he had missed a good opportunity. If he had gone all out just now, he might even have captured Zhou Yu!
But he also knew that the remaining troops in Jiangdong still had an advantage, and with the warships as his back, the best he could do was to drive Zhou Yu back to the ship. If he wanted to annihilate them all, he would still be unable to do so.

Yuan Xi took Zhang Liao's hand and said with a smile: "This battle at Wenyuan is enough to leave a mark in history!"

However, it would be extremely troublesome for him to reorganize the defeated troops in Jiangdong and counterattack again. Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang immediately mobilized the catapults to reload and returned again.

"But the same is true for Jiangdong Army. At this time, it should be a good time to pursue it with all its strength!"

What left Zhuge Liang quite speechless was that what he met head-on was the rout of troops all over the sky. The Jiangdong soldiers were like rabbits burning in the mountains, running around in the mountains and fields.

Zhuge Liang had just withdrawn his troops when he heard from spies that Jiangdong soldiers were coming from the north. He acted cautiously, fearing that the reinforcements sent by Sun Quan would cut off his retreat.

"General, please have a good rest and leave the rest to me."

At this time, Yuan Xi was watching Lu Xun dispatch and command the warships to make the final impact on the Jiangdong naval forces who were stubbornly resisting in the Ruxushui River. After receiving the news, Yuan Xi said to Lu Xun: "I don't have many troops that I can mobilize this time. I am the only one." I have thousands of guards under my command, and good steel is used on the blade. I will go ashore to assist Zhuge's military advisor. I will leave matters on the water to Boyan."

"Please, all of you, work hard to pursue Sun Quan's army!"

Zhang Liao and Zhuge Liang heard this and said in unison: "I have the order!"

In the woods, Zhou Yu screamed in pain when he saw the soldiers of the Xi Army coming up. There were at least three or four soldiers with different banners. Was this another increase in troops from the opposite side?

Hearing the cries of capturing Sun Quan alive, Zhou Yu shouted to the generals: "Despite everything to stop them, and we must let the lord board the ship safely!"

Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Ling Tong and others all shouted and rushed forward with their troops. They were greeted by waves of dense arrows.

Seeing their own generals fighting for their lives, the gathered Jiangdong troops shouted out and rushed forward one after another, and a fierce battle broke out again.

The two sides fought for more than an hour. The 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers who had just merged suffered more than 10,000 casualties and collapsed again. Everyone in Zhou Taixu Sheng was hit by arrows and refused to retreat.

But when Zhou Yu, who went into battle in person, was hit by an arrow in his side and fell unconscious, no one in the Jiangdong Army was in control of the overall situation. Xu Sheng and others knew that the situation was over, so they escorted the unconscious Zhou Yu all the way back. Several people took Zhou Yu aboard, but the remaining nearly 10,000 Jiangdong soldiers could not take care of them and had to let them escape on their own. Jiangdong soldiers howled and cursed, either running around or jumping into the water to grab the ship's plank, trying to Follow and leave.

The Ruxu River was crowded with people for a while, and countless Jiangdong soldiers were floating in the waves. It was already autumn, and the river was so cold that the people in the water could not help but tremble.

But for them, the most uncomfortable thing was not the water temperature, but the black stinky grease on the water, the charred corpses floating by from time to time, the sticky blood scattered everywhere, and countless shipwrecks.

All of this seemed like they were in hell, leaving them with no fighting spirit. Their only thought was to leave this terrible place quickly.

Then they saw Yuan Xi's military fleet pursuing them in the distance, and they couldn't help but scream in despair.

Zhou Yu was lying in the cabin and reluctantly opened his eyes. He found that the sky was already getting dark. He was shocked and sat up quickly.

Xu Sheng, who was sitting and resting on the side, saw him and said, "Is the Governor awake?"

"I will report to Duke Wu."

Zhou Yu hurriedly asked: "How long have I been unconscious?"

"What about the rest?"

"How's the war going?"

Xu Sheng said in a seductive voice: "The governor was hit by an arrow and has been unconscious for most of the day."

"Zhou Tai is also unconscious. He was hit by dozens of arrows. I don't know if he can be saved."

"When the governor was in a coma, the fierce tiger navy pressed forward to attack. Fortunately, after Gong Fu broke off, he firmly blocked the enemy. However, the losses here were not small, and only three to four hundred ships were left."

Zhou Yu almost didn't come back after taking a breath. Of the more than 2,000 ships before the war, only these few were left. It can be said to be an unprecedented defeat!
He stood up unsteadily, "It's all my fault. I want to apologize to the lord."

"Where does the fleet plan to go now?"

Xu Sheng also stood up and said: "We will soon leave Ruxushui and enter the Yangtze River."

"As for whether to go to Wankou or return to Qu'a, I don't know what Mr. Wu has decided."

Zhou Yu said in a seductive voice: "Cao Jun has ulterior motives. I think Wankou is no longer safe. I should advise my lord to return to Qu as soon as possible!"

Yuan Xi and others were camping on the bank at this time, planning the next step. Lu Xun also arrived. He looked a little unwilling, and he was about to catch up with the Jiangdong Navy. As soon as the order was issued, he was called back.

Yuan Xi saw Lu Xun's expression and said, "We fought for two days and two nights in a row, and our soldiers are exhausted."

"And all in all, a lot of people on our side died in the battle. Even if most of the Jiangdong Navy were defeated, they still had hundreds of sergeants on board. If they turned around and counterattacked, it would be difficult for us to deal with it. ”

"So let the soldiers rest for a night before making plans, not to mention that the Jiangdong navy may not be able to return."

Zhuge Liang said: "I advised my lord before and gave an order to Chen Shijun of Xuzhou. He should send a navy to approach Qu'a now."

Lu Xun thought, "That's it. No wonder the Xuzhou Navy didn't have much support in this battle. It turns out they are waiting here!"

Now that Sun Quan's rear is empty, he probably never thought that the Xuzhou navy, which had never taken the initiative to attack, would directly attack his base camp. Now that there was a fire in his backyard, he was afraid that it would be difficult to return home!

Yuan Xi spoke out: "I summoned everyone to discuss the next step."

"Wen Yuan showed great bravery and defeated Sun Quan's 100,000 army with 800 men. As a result, the situation moved much faster than we expected. We even had a chance to surround Sun Quan before he fled back to Jiangdong."

"But on the other hand, Cao Cao personally led his troops and was approaching Shouchun. Although I sent Junyi Gongming to stop them, the two of them may not be Cao Cao's opponents."

"So our next choice is to continue to pursue Sun Quan, or to return to defend Shouchun?"

After everyone heard this, they all felt that the decision was extremely difficult. After all, opportunities and risks coexisted, and the loss suffered by failure was something Yuan Xijun could not bear now.

Everyone even had the same thought at the same time. They had won enough this time. Should they consolidate the results and seek stability?

You must know that the next person you have to face is Cao Cao, who is the best fighter in the world. Zhang Hexu Huang and everyone present, the lineup is already luxurious enough, but no one thinks that they can definitely win against Cao Cao.

If you are not careful, you may throw away Shouchun or even Jianghuai, which is equivalent to vomiting back everything you just eaten!
At this time, Zhuge Liang looked at everyone and said, "Liang has something to say."

Yuan Xijing said aloud: "Military advisor, please tell me."

(End of this chapter)