Wei Ni

In this battle, hundreds of Jiangdong soldiers were killed and several weapons were lost.

Because the array of Yaobing was not very dense, there were few push, shove, and trample deaths. Instead, they were drowned people who fought with each other for the ferry while fleeing in embarrassment, and even more were killed by the Wei army.

Sun Quan was unscathed.

Even the military uniform on his body was not stained with much dust.

But not long after he boarded the boat and entered Chao Lake, he decided to stop his troops and return.

no way.

Morale has been lost, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the show of force has turned into actively sneaking into Wei's ambush. This psychological gap makes him very frustrated.

After the main force returned, Quan Cong, who was the partial master, naturally left with him.

Originally, the progress on his side was quite smooth.

Sun Li, the prefect of Lujiang in Wei who had long fortified his walls and cleared the country, had only a small number of troops. He only relied on the city to hold on, and Quan Cong had already made preparations to go ashore and attack the city on land, so there was no possibility of being ambushed. Therefore, both sides were defeated without fighting. Soldiers.

Therefore, when Sun Quan sent troops to fight this time, his losses were actually not great.

As for laboring and mobilizing people
It's time to come to Hefei for an outing in late winter to enjoy the scenery and cheer for Wei Jun's New Year celebrations.

In other words, the other meaning of Wei Wu Cao Cao's sentence "having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou" is that he had long expected that Sun Quan and Cao Pi had the same habit of not using force in battle.

This also made Xia Houhui quite regretful.

He kept in mind Man Chong's order. In this battle, he only let Baiqi shoot a few rounds of arrows, picked up Sun Quan's chariot cover and returned, and then hurried back to find Man Chong's life.

As soon as they returned, the Wei army was still chasing the Wu soldiers!
Therefore, when Man Chong saw him returning, he couldn't help but have a bewildered look on his face.

After all, he clearly asked Xia Houhui not to take risks, but he didn't mind that after he snatched the feather cover, he cooperated with Le Liang and others to chase down the Wu soldiers, giving himself and Baiqi some levels of decapitation~
However, despite being surprised, Man Chong was also very pleased with Xia Houhui's "pace".

Not only did he praise him for the first time, but he also let him rest for a while. When Leliang also returned, he went to reinforce Sun Li, the prefect of Lujiang.

Well, at that time Man Chong felt that Sun Quan would not stop his troops so quickly.

Because during the Battle of Xiaoyaojin in the past, all the Wu soldiers were killed by Zhang Liao, but Sun Quan still besieged Hefei for several days before returning.

Therefore, because the fighting spirit of the Wu soldiers was depleted after being ambushed and the defense of Hefei New City was worry-free, he planned to ask Xiahou Hui and Leliang to lead the cavalry to harass Quan Cong, who was leading the partial division, so that he could not concentrate on attacking the city.

Moreover, Manchong also clearly informed that Leliang would be the deputy during the rescue.

This encouraged Xia Houhui, and he felt that he was doing the right thing by not being greedy for a few beheadings!
Not only did Man Chong change his outlook, but he was also entrusted with responsibilities.

Unexpectedly, before he led his cavalry to the Lujiang River, the scouts reported that all Wu soldiers had returned to Chaohu and were waiting on the boat to receive Quan Cong's return.
In this way, the discussion of going to Lujiang for rescue was naturally abandoned.

After working in Huainan for several years, he finally waited until Sun Quan made a large-scale attack, but he was not able to get a single beheading. It is impossible to say that he was not unwilling at all.

But no matter how unwilling he was, he could only follow the army back to Shouchun, lamenting his bad luck and criticizing Sun Quan's stinginess all the way.

The war was won, and it was the beginning of the new year. After returning to Shouchun, Man Chong presented a report to the generals and soldiers to record their achievements. He also ordered that some wine and meat be given to the generals and soldiers of each department, and summoned all the generals with the rank of colonel and above to hold a celebration banquet.

Drinking and drinking, laughter and laughter. Man Chong, who was always a good drinker, just said some words of encouragement and drank a few drinks with everyone, and then he wisely found an excuse to be tired and left the table together with Li Changshi, so as not to worry everyone because of his presence. Don't dare to enjoy yourself.

Xia Houhui, who was also present, exchanged glasses with everyone several times before burying his head in his desk and enjoying his meal.

But as he ate, he vaguely felt someone's eyes falling on him from time to time.

At first, he thought it was due to his status, and the fact that he took Sun Quanyu's car cover away was enviable, and people couldn't help but look at him, so he didn't pay attention. But as time passed, he felt that the gaze seemed to be fixed on him, so he looked up strangely, wanting to see who was so rude.

That was a general in his forties.

He is not very strong, his skin is slightly dark, his forehead is covered with wrinkles, and his temples and beard have long been stained by the frost of the years. His face is quite kind, and he looks quite elegant. From the order of seats, it can be inferred that he should be now Ranked as a miscellaneous general or partial general.

Those who serve as generals in Huainan must be at least the generals of an army.

This made Xia Houhui very strange. He had been serving in Huainan for several years and had met all the generals and commanders of the army, but he had never seen this person before.

Just transferred from somewhere else?
But there are only a few soldiers and horses in Huainan, and I haven't heard of anyone leaving office!
Just when Xia Houhui was wondering, the general looked at him, nodded with a smile, raised his wine cup and invited him for a drink.

In response, Xia Houhui also smiled and raised his wine cup to drink together.

After putting down the wine cup and continuing to eat, he made up his mind to find an opportunity to ask Li Changshi who that person was and find out why he was so concerned about him.

After a while, I was full of wine and food.

Xia Houhui raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that there were already many people with red faces in the banquet, and there were also many people who had left early and left the seats empty, so he thought of saying hello to Le Liang and other familiar people before leaving.

Inevitably, he also glanced at the person who had just paid attention to him.

Unexpectedly, as if he had been waiting for him to look over, the man actually smiled and nodded again, bowed his hands in greeting to him, then stood up and left the table.

Is he looking for me for something?

With doubts, Xia Houhui greeted everyone one after another, then stood up and walked out of the hall.

Just as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw the man standing under the eaves.

When he saw him coming out, he saluted and introduced himself, "General Xiahou, I am the commander-in-chief Zhai Dan."

Zhai Dan
I have never heard of this name.

Xia Houhui secretly said in his heart, and quickly returned the gift with a smile, "It turns out to be General Zhai. I'm sorry, although I have been in Huainan for several years, I don't know many people, so I don't know General Zhai in person."

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

Zhai Dan's smile remained unchanged, and his tone was unusually humble, "This is why I live in seclusion. Although I have been on duty in Huainan for many years, not to mention General Xiahou, half of the generals in Huainan today probably don't recognize me."

Uh?
Half of the generals don't know you.
Could it be that you have no specific responsibilities in Huainan, and you still have the rank of general but no soldiers?
So, what do you want to do with me?
For a moment, Xia Houhui didn't know how to answer the question.

However, Zhai Dan did not wait for his answer. He stretched out his hand and said, "General Xiahou, please. General Man is already waiting." (End of Chapter)