Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 476 Sun Ce, I would have underestimated you

Wang Zheng didn't expect Qiao Hou to reveal his identity suddenly at this moment, and just when he was feeling a headache, suddenly a sentry came galloping over: "Reporting to the county lord, Wang Zhoumu, the grandson outside the city is hanging a head high, and he is calling for battle with the city."

head?

Wang Zheng and Zhou Hui looked at each other for a while, with a faint premonition in their hearts, Zhou Hui immediately asked, "Who is the leader?"

"Say it's Hefei County Magistrate He Hong!"

what?
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was startled, and rushed to the top of the city, only to see smoke and dust outside the city, and the first thing that came into view were the three earth hills piled up by Sun Ce's army, each with a distance of a hundred steps.

In the distance is the continuous barracks of Sun Ce's army, in the vicinity is a belt of moat water, and at the foot is a towering city wall.During this period, the loess and dust were raging. As soon as Wang Zheng and others went to the top of the city, they threw their heads and covered their faces, and they were covered in dust and ate their mouths.

But at this time, they didn't care about other things, they just looked in the direction guided by the sentinel, and saw that there were more than a thousand soldiers and horses in the front of the enemy camp, and there were four or five cavalry in the lead, holding a small flag, Gallop back and forth along the moat.

At this moment, the rider in the front held up a bamboo pole with a human head hanging from it.

Below the head, there is another picture of writing.On the front it reads: "The city of Hefei has fallen, and you get money and food in all directions." After turning around and taking it back, it reads on the back: "He Hong gave the head, and the soldiers lost two shorts and three longs."

Four or five cavalry shouted at the same time: "My young general has something to say, thank you Xuzhou Mu for your kindness, and donating your hands to the city, but it's disrespectful!"

Zhou Hui squinted his eyes and tried his best to look into the distance. Although he and He Hong were colleagues, they had only met a few times, and it hurt his eyes. Finally, he saw it clearly, and couldn't help blurting out: "This, this..."

Wei Yan on the side didn't recognize He Hong, but asked in confusion: "Young master, is it true?"

Zhou Hui just shook his head, Wei Yan raised his eyes to look at Wang Zheng again, seeing his face sinking like water, his heart skipped a beat, he didn't dare to ask any more.

Wang Zheng's eyesight was extraordinary, so he was the first one to see that it was indeed He Hong's head, and if even his county magistrate was decapitated by the enemy, needless to say, Hefei was most likely to be defeated .

At this time, Wang Zheng also realized that Sun Ce's purpose of "loosening first and then tightening" the siege of the city was clearly to trick Hefei into sending troops by means of "surrounding the city to fight for aid".
Moreover, Sun Ce's ridicule was not wrong. If it wasn't for Wang Zheng's reason, Zhou Shang took Zhou Yu out of Hefei and went to Xuzhou. With Zhou Gongjin's intelligence, such a trick might not be able to deceive him, and He Hong would naturally not ended up like this
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on Wang Zheng's face, and he murmured, "What a trick."

"Sun Ce, I underestimated you!"

It turned out that he had guessed wrongly about Sun Ce's strategic purpose from the very beginning!
This series of tricks started on the night when Sun Ce sent Wang Xiongbu out of the city. This was the first step, which not only reduced Shucheng's defensive strength, but also let He Hong in Hefei know this.

There was no need for Shucheng to send people to support. After Wang Xiong and Huang Zhong left the city, they went north first, so they couldn't hide it from Hefei's eyes and ears.

The second step is to kill two birds with one stone. Sun Ce tried to flood the three armies first, and then sent people to pretend to be the defeated army to swindle the city gate.Although in the end they all failed because of Wang Zheng's preparations and systematic information response, Sun Ce did not lose his temper because of this. Instead, he made adjustments in an orderly manner and went straight to the third move.
Increase the strength of the troops, shrink the encirclement line, and form the trend of black clouds overwhelming the city. This time, there are also two purposes.

One is to continue to increase the pressure on the defenders, and the other is to defraud Hefei!

Even the latter is more important.

Shu County, the former seat of Lujiang County, is a big city with a radius of tens of miles. It is impossible for more than ten thousand people to cut off Shu County from the outside world for a long time, making it truly an isolated city, but it is a problem in a short period of time. not big.

As for how Sun Ce lured He Hong to send troops, although Wang Zheng is not clear, there are two methods.

Or they still pretend to be defeated soldiers to open the city gate; or they spread the news that Shu County has been broken, and at the same time, spread the news that all the thoughts in the north of Lujiang River have also fallen, causing instability in the city and causing trouble for Xiaoqiang.

Anyway, after blocking the mouths of Wang Zheng and Zhou Hui in Shu County, Sun Ce can control the situation in Lujiang with a single word.

In particular, He Hongben is a mediocre man who talks about military affairs on paper. When it comes to strategist tricks, how can he be Sun Ce's opponent?
So now he is using the Hefei city to shake the morale of the people in Shu County. Is this his fourth step?

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng and Wei Yan looked at each other. As a future famous general, Wei Yan seemed to have thought of the whole story at this moment, and he ignored Zhou Hui's doubts in his anxiety. Chengde and Lu'an?"

Chengde is in the northwest of Hefei, and is the main throat from Jiujiang County to Lujiang County, while Lu'an is in the west of Hefei, and it is an extremely important strategic location in Lujiang County. If this city is lost again, Lujiang can already be said It has completely fallen into Sun Ce's control. Now that Sun Ce has captured Hefei, he will definitely seize these two cities, either choose one of the two, or divide his troops into two groups.

"I don't know."

Wang Zheng shook his head, and was about to ask Zhou Hui about the strength of the troops and the guards of the two cities, when there was a loud voice in the city again, but hundreds of Sun Ce troops rushed out of the camp and lined up.

At the same time, several other cavalry rushed out of it, passed through the dusty area, and joined the four or five cavalry by the moat.They seemed to have exchanged a few words, and the four or five riders burst into cheers.Immediately, the dozen or so riders turned around and rushed together to the front of the formation, reining in the reins, and the horses stood upright, neighing endlessly.

Hundreds of people shouted in unison: "Great victory in Lu'an! The county captain Huanglou died in battle, and the city of Lu'an fell."

One after another, the heads were hung on the high poles, but they were too far apart, so they couldn't see clearly this time.Seven or eight more knights, dragging two of them, ran around the outside of the camp, and the hundreds of people shouted again: "Long Shu has won a great victory. The Yellow Turban bandits fought with our army outside the city. The bandit general Wu Sheng was captured by Cheng Cheng." The general beheaded before the battle!"

Hearing this, before Wang Zheng could speak, there was a commotion behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a few soldiers who were all tearful and their eyes were red.

Why does Wu Sheng need people?

He is not only Wang Zheng's acquaintance, but also one of the two leaders of the Qingzhou Army, the largest faction in the Heavenly Army. Most of the generals in the Tianzhu camp are from Zhao County, and although he has a good killing instinct, compared to the more calm and experienced Xu Fang, he is more approachable in the army, and he is always popular.

At this time, I heard that he was actually in the hands of these Jiangdong people. How could they bear it? He made great achievements, but now he died in the hands of the Jiangdong rats, and his body was still being trampled on by others. I, the last general'

While choking with sobs, he said: "Please order the general to allow us to go out to fight and get Brother Sheng's body back!"

Wang Zheng smiled, waved his hands and said, "I know that you and Ah Sheng have a good relationship, but this is nothing more than Sun Ce's trick to deceive others. Why should you lose your composure?"

"Ah?" Uncle Nadu raised his head in astonishment: "What does the general mean?"

"He Hong's head is indeed authentic. As for Huang Lou, he didn't know it, but it's hard to tell."

Wang Zhengdao: "But Ah Sheng and I met each other when we urinated, how can I admit my mistake? That head is not his!"

These words are half-truth and half-false. Although Wang Zheng has excellent eyesight, but the last two heads are disheveled, their faces are covered with blood, not to mention, those cavalrymen are constantly going back and forth, raising dust and billowing, how can he tell what? face?

But in the same way, there is a system, if Wu Sheng died, how could Wang Zheng not know?

It should be known that the loss of the first and second ranks of troops may also cause the face frame to not immediately display the change of numbers due to the problem of too far apart, but it is absolutely impossible for the third rank and above. Immediately received the news of Gao Xiong's death, let alone a fifth-rank soldier like Wu Sheng?

Hearing Wang Zheng's resolute tone, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Wei Yan at the side also echoed: "What Wang Zhoumu said is very true."

"If the latter two heads are true, why didn't Sun Ce put their heads together with He Hong's? Wouldn't this hurt the morale of our army even more? But it’s covered up so that we don’t see it clearly, this is clearly a strategy of the military strategists, the so-called false is real, and the real is false!”

At this moment, Zhou Hui also came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "What Wen Chang said is that Hefei City may have fallen, but it doesn't mean that Lu'an is the same. As for the other route of Xuzhou soldiers and horses, there are more than [-] soldiers. How can you dare to take the initiative to attack and seek a field battle if the city's defense is not stable? This must be deceitful!"

"Since Sun Ce cheated and killed General Wu and Captain Huang, it means that Lu'an is still there, and the reinforcements are safe. As long as they are still there, even if Sun Ce is in Hefei, it will be difficult for Sun Ce to join forces. If this is the case, our city may suffer as a result. It's a little dangerous, but it's not urgent."

Other civil and military officials also took it for granted, chattering all over the place for a while, singing and singing in unison, all for the sake of stabilizing the minds of scholars.

Wang Zheng raised his voice and said, "Wang Xiong and Huang Zhong succeeded in breaking through the siege, our reinforcements from Xuzhou are just around the corner! Besides, there are [-] troops from Yuan Zhoumu in Jiujiang, even if the sun thief occasionally wins a small victory, why should we be afraid?"

"My lords, why is he cheating in every possible way?"

He looked around, and while opening up his talent of persuasion, he paused and said word by word: "It just shows that the time will not be long, and the war has lasted for several months, and it is almost at the end of the mountain!"

"Now Shu County seems to be an isolated city, and the situation is as dangerous as a pile of eggs, but in the eyes of this general, it is safe and secure, as solid as gold!"

Seeing Wang Zheng talking confidently and confidently, everyone nodded again and again, deeply agreeing. Qiao Wan, who was standing quietly by the side, was even more keenly aware of the endless depression that enveloped the city at the last moment, as if most of it had suddenly dissipated. Fat admiration.

The kung fu of this Zhuzi's lips seems to be more powerful than his fists and feet.
It's just that although others didn't find out, Wang Zheng knew his own family affairs.

Under the calm and composed appearance, at this moment, he once again felt a long-lost strange feeling in his heart.

Panic, restlessness, these long-lost things, knocked on the door one after another.

The last time was before the attack on Zhao County, the panic at that time was due to the uncertain future, and the uneasiness at that time was due to the lack of own power, but this time...
But it was because of Sun Ce alone.

The military strategy shown by the other party is too outstanding, so that his self-confidence that he once beat the other party because of fighting alone has suddenly become less vigorous.

Another key point is that he can determine Wu Sheng's current safety, but what about the Weihuanglou in Lu'an County who has never met?
Is Lu'an now falling?

Indeed, Wang Zheng and Wei Yan were only half right.

The heads of Wu Sheng and Huang Lou are of course fake, but Lu'an has actually fallen.

The process of Sun Ce's capture of Hefei is indeed in line with Wang Zheng's second speculation, which is to incite people's hearts and cause civil strife.

On the afternoon of the day before yesterday, Sun Ce sent a group of people to Hefei. First, he shouted loudly around the city of Hefei to inform the soldiers and civilians in the city that Longshu, Shuxian, and other cities north of the Lujiang River had fallen one after another. Displaying the heads of all the county lords and lieutenants around the city for a long time, not only caused turmoil in the city, but also caused He Hong to fall into complete confusion. Under the panic, Zhou Yu, the former think tank, searched all over again to no avail. Forgot Wang Zheng's previous instructions, and neglected the defense of the city.

And countless battles in ancient and modern China and abroad have already proved that no matter how strong a fortress is, it can't stop the attack from inside!
He Hong didn't have the idea of ​​betraying Yuan Shu because of the critical situation, but his generals and the gentry in the city didn't think so. The so-called one moment and another moment, when Sun Ce's army approached the city before, there were not only Zhou Yu's soldiers but also Zhou Yu. At that time, Sun Ce's army was not so powerful, and strictly speaking, it only occupied Xiang'an, but now it is a world of difference.

Liu Xun is dead, and Longshu, Linhu, and Shu County are all lost. Can Hefei still hold it?
With this in mind, that night, Sima Tang, who had previously welcomed Wang Zheng into the city, got in touch with Sun Ce in order to change his family's course, and opened the city gates around the middle of the night, offering the city to surrender.

He Hong rushed to hear the news, although he tried his best to stop the city gate from opening, seeing that he had failed Yuan Shu's trust and entrustment, the scholar was enraged, he was so courageous, he led his own soldiers into the enemy's formation, and finally killed Sima Tang. In the beheading army, Huang Gai himself was captured alive after that, and he swore not to surrender, and was immediately shown to the public by the owl.

After the capture of Hefei, Huang Gai went all out and continued to march towards Lu'an, repeating his old tricks, and also inciting civil strife.

Although the guard Huang Lou is unknown in Wangzheng, he is not incompetent. At the critical moment, the three armies were assembled and fought hard. In one place, they also tried to take back the city, and the chaos horse army continued to fight until dawn. Seeing that the sun thief had the upper hand, he knew that it was impossible to do anything.Reluctantly, he turned around and broke out again.

In the case of the fall of Hefei, Huang Lou was unwilling to return to Jiujiang with the defeat, but sent messengers to inform Shouchun and Shu County of the general situation, while retreating to Anfeng County, hoping to prevent the Sun thief from continuing to the north of Lujiang. cannibalize.

Then Huang Lou met another group of people.

The late Xuzhou Army, Wu Shengbu.

(End of this chapter)