Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 242
While howling, he was lying on the floor looking towards the south bank, and suddenly froze, his hands and feet were suddenly cold!In the direction of Xiakou City, there is also a column of flames rushing into the night!Needless to say, General Zhu Huan who stayed behind at Xiakou was also attacked!
He couldn't help buzzing in his ear drums: "It's over! It's over! The Wei thief unexpectedly descended from the sky and came to Xiakou City!"

After winning the water village at the mouth of Han River in Eastern Wu, Sima Yi finally let go of a big stone in his heart.From then on, the Wei army completely seized control of the river channel from Xiangyang City to the mouth of the Han River for eight or nine hundred miles.This means that all the soldiers, food and equipment in Xiangyang City can be continuously supplied to the tens of thousands of Wei troops who are encircled outside Xiakou City through this channel. It can be attacked and defended" on the best strategic position!
After besieging Xiakou City, he deliberately left a gap in the south gate, claiming that he was "a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, let the net be lenient", and let Wu Jun escape through the gap in the south gate.At the same time, he allocated [-] tiger and leopard riders to Niu Jin, and set up an ambush at the "Heilinyu", a necessary fortress between Xiakou City and Mianyang City, to wait for an opportunity to wipe out the enemy.

Under the dark night, on the Mianyang post road, Zhang Ba and his younger brother Zhang Xianzheng led Zhang Ba and his younger brother Zhang Xianzheng to rush back to Xiakou City to rescue Xiakou City.

Wei Jun actually copied his own back route and surrounded Xiakou City!This surprised Zhuge Jin and Zhang Ba who were attacking vigorously under Mianyang City!Zhang Ba had previously suggested to Zhuge Jin that only 5 cavalry were needed to attack Mianyang City this time, and [-] cavalry should be left to garrison Xiakou just in case.Unexpectedly, Zhuge Jin replied: "Now that the governor of Lu Xun has already ignited the flames of war in the west, the Wei bandits are too busy to protect themselves. Do they still have the energy to dare to threaten the rear of Soochow? The [-] troops under my command are to Let's go out together, pull out Mianyang with one drum, and then take advantage of the momentum to go north and flatten Xiangyang City!" He said so vigorously, Zhang Ba had no choice but to follow him.However, who would have thought that the Wei army would actually come up with a plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao in a roundabout way, and within a few days, they would occupy the water village at the mouth of the Han River and besiege Xiakou City!This time, Zhuge Jin couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly sent Brother Zhang Ba to ride back to the east with [-] steps to help!

When he rushed all the way to Heilinyu, which was 160 miles away from Xiakou City, Zhang Ba knew that as long as he crossed this valley, everything would be fine.He turned his head and told his younger brother and lieutenant Zhang Xiandao: "Pass the order! Let everyone cheer up, as long as we rush through this valley in one go, we will relax—"

At this moment, there was a long and long sound of "woo woo" horns, interrupting his words out of thin air!

Following the sound of the horn, a row of iron cavalry in black armor came crashing down like a landslide, firmly blocking Wu Bing's way.I saw a burly middle-aged general straddling a war horse in front of him, holding a long lance of one foot and two feet high in his hand, where the iron tower usually stood on the shore!

"Wei thief! Take your life!" When Zhang Xian saw it, he didn't have time to greet Zhang Ba. He yelled angrily, slapped his mount, and straightened his steel spear to meet him like an arrow off a string!

"Be careful, brother—" Zhang Ba hastily shouted.

However, General Wei always had a stern expression on his face, staring at the front with no one in his eyes, and his brows remained unmoved. When Zhang Xian gradually approached, he swung his long spear and stabbed at Zhang Xian. Gently flick the steel spear out! There was a crisp sound of "Zheng", and the spears intersected. Zhang Xian only felt an invisible force rushing towards his chest like a stormy sea, and then his whole body went numb. The saddle flew up, fell down two feet away, fell to the dust with a "click", and couldn't get up for a long time.

He flew away, but the horse was still running straight forward, bumping into General Wei's arms!That General Wei was really good at tricks, he still sat on his horse without any haste, let go of the rein with his left hand, and slammed forward——Zhang Xian's mount let out a long hiss, but he tilted its head and rushed forward Go diagonally!Then, General Wei galloped to the front with the guards behind him, grabbed the two reins with one hand, and tidied up Zhang Xian's mount.

My God, this horse Zhang Xian is no ordinary colt!That is a fierce cavalry bought with a lot of money from the chief of Xiqiang!Seeing this, Zhang Ba was so startled that his eyes widened!How wild this horse is. When I first bought it, this horse refused to obey. It kicked when it saw the same kind, and bit when it saw the different kind. Even Zhang Xian tamed it for more than half a month. I surrendered it after my butt almost fell apart.

With one spear, Zhang Xian could be knocked into the air, and with the other hand, he could trap a fierce horse. This guy is so skilled!I'm afraid it's more ominous for me to forcefully break into Heilinyu this time!Thinking of this, Zhang Ba's legs holding the horse's belly under his crotch felt weak for a while.

In his horrified and inexplicable gaze, the general of Wei raised his lance high, and said in a calm voice as calm as a pool of still water: "Niu Jin, the prefect of Xiangyang in the Great Wei Dynasty, is here, wait for Wu Dog to abandon his weapons and surrender quickly." ?!"

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After this volley battle, the two Zhang Ba brothers were picked off by Niu Jin Yizhang Erchangqiang one after another, and died of exhaustion.And the 4000 pacers from Soochow they brought with them finally got out of danger, and only about [-] people fled back to Zhuge Jin's place.

Zhuge Jin was shocked when he heard the news. He no longer wanted to fight at the foot of Mianyang City, so he hurriedly pulled out his battalion and rode [-] paces to ride back eastward.

At this time, Cao Zhao also got Sima Yi's order, and led [-] cavalry to chase out from Mianyang City immediately, and followed Zhuge Jin's army not far or near to guerrilla.

In this way, Zhuge Jin's [-] troops were attacked by "intercepts in front and pursuers in the back", stumbling all the way, leaving countless luggage and thousands of carts of food and grass, and finally fled outside Xiakou City. Ants escape through the gap in the door.

At this moment, Sima Yi gathered his men and horses, gathered together with Cao Zhao's troops, and calmly surrounded Xiakou City from the north, west, and south, leaving only the east facing the river and the water. Fankou on the opposite bank faces each other from a distance.

Only then did Zhuge Jin realize that she had fallen into Sima Yi's trick of "catching a turtle in a urn". In a panic, she repeatedly sent letters to Sun Quan in Wuchang asking for help.

Sun Quan reacted immediately, and quickly ordered Quan Cong, who was stationed at Fankou, to lead [-] sailors to enter the Linjiang sluice on the east wall of Xiakou City for reinforcements.Unexpectedly, Sima Yi's [-] warships rushed out of the water village at the mouth of the Han River, and intercepted Quan Cong and the others on the vast river.Since the most powerful water weapon of Soochow, the "Wuyalou Ship", was taken away by Lu Xun to besiege Jiangling City, Quan Cong could only rely on those warships to break the siege—however, they were different from the Wei army's medium-sized battleship fleet. After four days and four nights of confrontation on the river, they were still unable to break through the Wei army's boat formation and kill Zhuge Jin who was on the other side to support Xiakou City.

In this way, Xiakou City of Dongwu has completely become an "isolated city" tightly trapped by the Wei Army regiment, and the internal and external situation has become more and more critical!While Sun Quan received thirteen emergency help forms from Zhuge Jin, he also sent seven "Gold Medal King Orders" to Lu Xun who was besieging Jiangling, mobilizing [-] elite sailors under his command to quickly Back to aid Xiakou City.

Lu Xun never expected that the situation of this game would be turned into such a situation overnight.If he stayed on the west wing and continued to attack Jiangling blindly, then the day when Jiangling got his hands might be the time when the city of Xiakou on the east wing of the Wu Kingdom fell—either capture Jiangling and abandon Xiakou, or return to aid Xiakou and withdraw troops from Jiangling.This was a dilemma before him and he had to make a final choice right away.

In the end, the important strategic position of Xiakou City among the towns of Fanping in the east of Wu Kingdom and the "Gold Medal King Order" that came one after another from King Wu and Sun Quan forced him to turn around sadly and give up continuing to besiege Jiangling City. Help Xiakou City!

After Sima Yi learned the exact news that Lu Xun had dispatched his troops to the east to reinforce Zhuge Jin, he calmly gathered his troops to form a formation, turned the rear army into the front army, and the rear army into the forwards, and retreated to Mianyang City in an orderly manner. go back.Before leaving, he asked Sima Shi to burn down all the camps in the water village at the mouth of the Han River, and cut off the eighteen-mile "iron chain formation" in Shenjiang.

The outcome of this fierce confrontation between Wei and Wu was as follows: Wu State lost a total of more than [-] cavalry, and Zhang Ba, the general who conquered Beizhonglang, was beheaded by the Wei army; Wei State lost a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses. Among them, Pei Qian in Jiangling City suffered the most casualties.

Comparing the two, under the correct command of Sima Yi, Wei Jun finally won a "small victory" of substantive significance in the history of conquering Wu for the first time.

Sun Quan’s East Tour Palace is set up on Fangding Peak near Fankou. Outside the carved wooden windows is the vast river, and the Han River in the distance is like a clear and quiet snow field, flowing gracefully and slowly into the grand picture scroll. The big river—and who would have expected that a few days ago, the river here was full of boats and boats, arrows coming and going, and the sound of killing?
The mid-autumn season has already arrived in a flash, the rustling cool wind blows past, pieces of dead leaves fluttering up and down, like yellow butterflies, hovering and dancing around the window.

Sun Quan leaned against the wooden window and looked west, a few yellow leaves whirled and fell gently on his shoulders - but he didn't realize it.

He is 48 years old this year, and his angular face is as dignified as cast steel. His light yellow beard and curly hair make him look like a lion when he looks forward to it—there is a wolf's eye faintly shining in his light brown pupils. The general emerald luster is somewhat similar to the appearance of the barbarians in the Western Regions.Anyone who is familiar with his temperament knows that the more serious and serious his expression is at the moment, it proves that the pressure he is under is greater and heavier.

"Thump, thud, thump," a crisp sound of footsteps sounded from the pine and cypress wood floor behind him.

(End of this chapter)