Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 162
Wucheng (today's Huzhou City) is very close to Qiucheng and not far from Qiantang. It is located in the middle city between Jingzhou Army and Qiantang City.If Wucheng loses the food route of the guard army, the food route of Liu Bei's army will be cut off.

Such an important city cannot be reused by anyone other than close confidants.At Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei appointed Zhao Yun to guard Wucheng.

After all, Zhao Yun has many cavalry and infantry, and now the army will fight near the lake. There are many rivers around Taihu Lake and the terrain is sparse, which is not conducive to cavalry and infantry fighting.Placing Zhao Yun in Wucheng will help the cavalry roam and protect the army's food routes.

When Zhou Yu rushed to the Jingzhou Army camp and the left camp was on fire, Zhao Yun, who was stationed in Wucheng, quickly summoned his soldiers and sent out scouts to investigate the situation.

The trees were burning, and orange fire lit up the sky.Zhao Yun was wearing armor and resting his hands on the city wall, looking anxiously towards the camp.

"General Zhao, our army camp was attacked by the enemy at night. Judging from the intensity of the fire, I am afraid that the two princes are in danger. Since the general is commanding the cavalry, it is better to lead the cavalry to rescue them."

A gentle scholar walked towards Zhao Yun and persuaded him.

Zhao Yun went to look for his reputation and saw that it was Lu Yi, the newly arrived commander of Wucheng. He was very hesitant and said: "My lord ordered Yun to garrison Wucheng here. We cannot move lightly without military orders. If we save him now, we are afraid that the enemy invaders will invade and seize the city." "

Since his return, this 23-year-old young scholar has used his outstanding political ability to help Zhao Yun a lot.This made Zhao Yun less suspicious of Lu Yi and instead expressed his worries.

Lu Yi's eyes moved slightly and he said: "The general's reputation is famous in Pengze, and many men in Jiangdong are afraid of him. Since the general guarded Wucheng, all the soldiers and thieves in the territory have retreated and they dare not invade. Now the general is leading the savior, so there are no enemies who dare to invade. city!"

"Although Wucheng is heavy, the two princes are an urgent matter. If unfortunately the two princes are defeated and the general has to protect Wucheng, what can he do?"

The night outside the city was silent, and fire burned in the east.Zhao Yun looked into the distance and listened to Lu Yi's advice, but he was still hesitant in his heart.

There are less than a thousand soldiers and horses in the city. If he takes away the soldiers and horses, Wucheng's strength will be empty.Moreover, not long after the city surrendered, there was no trusted person in the city who could take charge.Zhao Yun was worried that if he left, some remnants of the Sun family would act as monsters in the city.

Seeing that Zhao Yunhao couldn't make up his mind, Lu Yi couldn't continue talking.Then, Lu Yi watched the situation outside the city, trying to find something.

After a while, dozens of defeated soldiers from the camp fled from afar and arrived at the foot of Wucheng City.

"Who is in the city?"

The soldiers in charge of the lookout had sharp eyes and noticed them and asked loudly.

The leading Jingzhou sergeant looked embarrassed and his face was full of smoke. He shouted in his Jiangxia accent: "I am a soldier under General Guoan's tent. The camp was attacked by Jiangdong's army at night. We had no time to defend ourselves and the camp was destroyed in the blink of an eye." "

Zhao Yun quickly walked to the city tower, looked at the ragged soldiers below the city, and asked, "How are Liu Yuzhou and the eldest son doing?"

The soldier replied: "General, the army is in chaos. We are running around and fleeing. I really don't know the situation of Liu Yuzhou and the eldest son. I only know that the entire camp has been destroyed and General Zhang was attacked and killed. I will tell you the rest. I don’t know what happened!”

"Wide!"

Zhao Yun's expression changed drastically and he asked, "But General Zhang Yide?"

"Exactly!" said the soldier: "General Zhang Fei bravely defeated the three armies. The enemy invaders rushed from the lake. General Zhang Fei led his troops out of the camp. Unfortunately, he was hit by an arrow and died."

"Yide!"

Zhao Yun pounded the city wall with all his strength, looked up to the sky and sighed, feeling suddenly sad in his heart.

Seeing Zhao Yun's behavior, one of the soldiers in the team below the city seemed to suddenly realize and said: "General Qi, when we were fleeing, we saw Liu Yuzhou abandoning his horse and running towards Bian Mountain. It seemed that there were Jiangdong sergeants chasing after him."

"Lord!"

Zhao Yun clenched the hilt of the sword with one hand, his heart filled with rage and he wished he could immediately lead his cavalry to find Liu Bei.

Lu Yi looked panicked and asked: "General Zhao, General Yide died in the battle, and the Yuzhou army was defeated and fled. What should we do now?"

Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and asked, "Can Boyan be trusted?"

Lu Yi looked solemn, raised his hands and said, "General, please give me your orders."

"Fix the recipe!"

"Now the city will be guarded by Dingfang. Since Boyan is the commander of Wucheng, he should assist Dingfang in guarding the city. Yun leads his cavalry out of the city. If there is a retreat, he should check carefully and not let him into the city lightly." Zhao Yun said.

"No!" Zhao Lie said with his hands raised.

Lu Yi's eyes flashed with joy, and he cupped his hands and replied: "I will definitely live up to the general's esteem."

"General, can we enter the city?" the defeated soldiers shouted from the city.

Zhao Yun waved his hand and signaled the soldiers guarding the city gate to let them in.

"General, General Yide has unparalleled martial arts skills and a bravery that is unmatched by any man. How come he was attacked and killed now?" Zhao Lie frowned and said.

Lu Yi explained: "The enemy attacked the camp at night from the lake. General Zhang led his troops to fight, but unfortunately he was hit by an arrow and died."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun seemed to have thought of something, stopped suddenly, and shouted: "The troops defeated under the city are disguised as enemy invaders, not soldiers under General Guoan's tent."

"General?"

It was Lu Yi's turn to change his face and said, "General, why did you say this?"

Zhao Yun looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang has always been seasick and can only fight on land. Now that the enemy is attacking, how dare General Zhang go out to fight in a boat!"

"Ok?"

Lu Yi looked confused, but he didn't know what to say.They had never heard of Zhang Fei's seasickness. They only knew that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were not good at water fighting.

Seeing that Zhao Yun wanted to let them into the city, Lu Yi turned pale instantly, quickly took Zhao Yun's hand, and said: "General Zhao, since the troops defeated outside the city are enemy invaders disguised as enemies, we cannot let them into the city. If they suddenly rise up and seize the door, both If we respond internally, Wucheng may not be able to protect himself."

With that said, Lu Yi took Zhao Yun to the city tower, pointed to the silent outside the city, and analyzed: "General, it is quiet outside the city, there may be ambushes. When the time comes, the troops will be defeated and the city will be captured, and there will be internal support. With the help of the general, Even if he is brave, it is difficult to defeat him.”

Zhao Yun looked at Lu Yi with admiration and said, "Bo Yan, your knowledge is outstanding and very reasonable."

"Come here, shoot the defeated soldiers outside the city."

Zhao Yun ordered: "Please order people to guard the city tower and not let down your guard. Send additional scouts to detect news about the army."

Hearing this, Lu Yi relaxed slightly and immediately ordered his sergeants to shoot the defeated soldiers under the city. His attitude was very positive.

Zhao Yun did not dare to relax, and kept patrolling the tower, and asked from time to time if the scout had returned.

Outside the city, Quan Cong came in the dark and said anxiously: "Father, Zhao Yun saw through our army's retreat and shot them to death below the city."

Quanrou looked at Wucheng City under the night, frowned and asked, "Is there a signal from the city tower?"

Quan Cong shook his head and said, "Father, there is no signal from the tower."

"Ah~"

Quanrou paced a few times and said irritably: "Wait a moment."

"promise!"……

Zhejiang River, the sky is dawning and the morning sun is rising.The sailors waved their oars vigorously, the white sails moved with the wind, and more than a hundred boats sailed up the river.The river wind roared by, and the Sun flag sounded.

Sun Quan stood on the boat with his sword in hand and looked at Qiantang City, feeling quite excited.

Since the Battle of Danyang, Sun Quan has deeply understood that in land warfare, they really may not be able to defeat Liu Bei.Then he adopted Zhou Yu's suggestion, adopted the strategy of luring the enemy deeper, and surrendered Qiantang and Wucheng to Liu Bei.When Liu Bei's troops arrived at Taihu Lake, Zhou Yu attacked Liu Bei's camp at night. Quanrou and his son captured Wucheng, and he led [-] troops out of Songjiang and floated across the sea to Qiantang.

If this strategy can succeed, Liu Bei will be defeated by Zhou Yu, and with Quanrou taking Wucheng, Liu Bei will be defeated and Wucheng will be captured, so he will definitely retreat.And he takes Qiantang to cut off the connection between Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and hunts down Liu Bei's army, and then the situation in the entire Wu Hui will be reversed.If everything goes well, they can even enter Yishan and regain the initiative in the war.

"Zhu Gong, can you speed up!" Sun Quan said anxiously.

Zhu Zhi nodded slightly and said: "My subordinates, you are going upstream very quickly. And Qiantang is approaching, so there is no need to rush."

"Yes!" Sun Quan responded with patient eagerness.

The news of the Jiangdong Army's attack was detected by the infantry guarding the city, and they hurriedly reported it to Wenpin.

At this time, Wenpin had just woken up from the couch, opened his eyes slightly, relaxed a little, and was ready to get up.

"General, it's not good!"

Lieutenant General Jiao Ye broke into Wenpin's room and shouted regardless of etiquette: "Jiangdong's army floated across the river to attack with more than a hundred boats and a huge momentum."

"what!"

Wenpin lifted the sheets from the couch and woke up suddenly.

Deputy General Jiao Ye looked quite nervous and said: "General, the Jiangdong Army has arrived at the river bank and is about to disembark and land on the shore. The people are scattered outside the city, and the civilian soldiers have not returned to the city yet. There are less than a thousand infantry in the city today, and there are no defensive equipment. If it’s incomplete, why should we deal with it now?”

Qiantang City is not yet the famous Lin'an and Hangzhou in the future. Today, Qiantang is only a county under Wu County. Although it has city walls for defense, it is crude.After Wenpin settled in, he repaired the city wall and took care of the city defense, which was barely usable.

Wenpin sat on the couch, a little dazed, and ordered: "Let the people in the city hide in the house, open the city gate wide, so that Sun Quan cannot see it. And lead five hundred soldiers to hide behind the city wall. If the enemy scouts investigate, Without harming lives, if the enemy army comes to attack, shoot them with volleys of bows and crossbows.”

"This?"

Seeing that Jiao Ye was puzzled, Wenpin explained: "Sun Quan floated to Qiantang with the intention of taking our city. However, when he first arrived in Qiantang, he would not know the strength of our army. Showing weakness to the enemy would definitely make him suspicious. If Sun Quan sends soldiers If you want to enter the city and fire a volley of bows and crossbows, you should think that there must be a trick in the city and dare not invade."

"What if Sun Quan doesn't withdraw?" Jiao Ye asked.

Wenpin lay down on the couch, yawned and said, "At noon, the soldiers who went out to suppress the rebellion will return to the city. By then, the combined forces will be enough to repel the enemy."

Seeing Wenpin getting ready to sleep, Jiao Ye was shocked and said, "Won't the general take command personally?"

Wenpin covered himself with a quilt, closed his eyes and said, "If the enemy comes, use your bows and crossbows. If you can defeat the enemy, why do you need to go there in person?"

Seeing that his general was not in a hurry, the nervousness in Jiao Ye's heart calmed down a lot.

"Close the door for someone!"

"promise!"

Jiao Ye closed the door and went out, quickly summoned the sergeants, and arranged the city according to Wenpin's instructions.

When Sun Quan's soldiers arrived at Qiantang City, they saw only the "Wen" and "Liu" flags fluttering in the wind on the Qiantang City Tower. The city gate was wide open. There were no people or soldiers in sight, and it seemed like an empty city.

"Report!" The scout reported: "Under Qi's command, there are no Jingzhou soldiers in Qiantang City Tower, and there are no common people on either side of the city gate. It's very strange!"

Sun Quan rode out into battle and watched Qiantang city being defended, but saw no one defending it, and doubts arose in his heart.

"Mr. Zhu!"

Sun Quan raised his whip and pointed at Qiantang City, frowning and said: "Why is Wenpin so arranged?"

Zhu Zhi tugged on the reins, but he was also unsure, and said: "Wenpin is a general in Jingzhou, and he is not a man without plans. Qiantang is important, and Liu Liu appointed him to take charge of this city, how could he be so lightly prepared?"

After saying that, Zhu Zhi corrected him and said: "It cannot be said that it is lightly prepared. It is already unprepared in the city."

As a veteran general of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi accompanied the army on this expedition to assist Sun Quan in uniting the army.

After a pause, Zhu Zhi suggested: "My subordinates, why don't you order scouts to go into the city to investigate and find out what's going on."

"Can!"

After a while, several scouts entered the city because they were worried about an ambush.He just stayed at the city gate, looked around, and then left the city to report information.

"There is no one under Qi Chu's command in the city!" the scout said.

"Mr. Zhu?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Six hundred soldiers can be sent inside to find out the details."

"Can!"

Under Sun Quan's military order, the six hundred infantrymen walked cautiously with shields in hand. When they approached the city and saw that there were still no soldiers, they felt relieved.

"shoot!"

Suddenly, five hundred infantrymen appeared on the city tower. The Jiangdong infantrymen who were advancing with shields were frightened and retreated hurriedly.Each of the five hundred infantrymen held a crossbow and fired a volley at close range, pouring out arrows.

"what!"

The unprepared Jiangdong infantry were hit by arrows one after another, and screams could not be heard. The infantry either fell to the ground and died, or was injured and fled. They did not dare to stay under the city.

"Dong dong!"

Immediately afterwards, the golden drums sounded in unison on the city tower, and it seemed that thousands of horses from the front army came out.The flags were waving on the tower, and a large number of soldiers seemed to be present on the tower.

"There's an ambush!" Zhu Zhi shouted.

Sun Quan's expression changed greatly, and he took the lead in shouting: "Wenpin is cunning. He treated me with an empty city and set up an ambush. Our army first arrived at the city. We cannot fight. We should retreat as soon as possible."

"promise!"

Under the increasingly fierce drumbeats, Sun Quan led his troops away, and the army retreated to the ships to avoid being attacked.

At noon, Sun Quan learned from the people about the reality of Qiantang City. He thought he had lost face and was furious. He was about to send troops to attack the city, but he heard that [-] infantry had returned to the city.Zhu Zhi advised him to take the overall situation into consideration, but Sun Quan knew that the city was well prepared and could not capture Qiantang City, so he had to lead his troops away and retreat to Taihu Lake.

Outside the house, Jiao Ye raised his hands and reported: "General, Sun Quan has withdrawn his troops!"

Wenpin, who had been sleeping soundly for a long time, stretched before getting up!
　None tonight!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)