The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 422 Fire at the city gate
Cao Cao believed that as long as [-] cavalry could go to battle, it would be enough to defeat Zhang Wu in a field battle.The well-arranged infantry phalanx can indeed fight against cavalry, and Zhang Wu's army is indeed well-equipped, but in a frontal battle on land, heavy cavalry is invincible.

As long as he can let his infantry rush up with the cooperation of the cavalry and start a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy, Cao Cao believes that with the elite level of his soldiers and superior strength, he can definitely defeat Zhang Wu.

During the cold winter season, the Huaihe River was covered with ice. Although the ice did not last long and the ice was not thick, it was enough to hinder the sailing.Cao Jun took advantage of this time to hoard some food and grass to cope with the war in the coming year.

In the spring of the 18th year of Jian'an, the Chu army's navy came to the Huaihe River again and controlled the waterway of the Huaihe River.Gan Ning personally led his troops on a parade, cutting off the channel for Cao Jun to use the Huai River to transport grain, so that Cao Jun had to detour and take the mountain road to transport grain again.

But Cao Cao was no longer worried, because after special training, nearly [-] war horses were no longer frightened by the loud noise.Although he didn't have a gunpowder bag for inspection, according to the judgment of many counselors and generals, Zhang Wu's gunpowder bag should no longer pose a threat to the cavalry with the horse's ears plugged in.

Therefore, after Cao Cao decided to make preparations, he took the initiative to attack Zhang Wu again and completely lifted the siege of Hefei so that he could quickly return to his hometown of Yecheng.

In order to cooperate with Gan Ning in capturing Shouchun, Zhang Wu also frequently mobilized various ministries to build fortifications with the back of fertilizers and water, and displayed more than 100 trebuchets, making a gesture of attacking Hefei.

Just when the two sides were about to break out again, Lei Xu, the prefect of Jiujiang, suddenly reported to Li Dian that there were people in Quyang County who had gathered to resist the additional food levy, and the county magistrate could no longer control the situation.

When Li Dian heard this, it was okay. There was going to be a war ahead. If there was turmoil in the rear, it might affect the morale of the front. If it was not suppressed in time, other counties would follow suit, and it would be bad if they could not collect food.

At this time, Gan Ning led his army far away from Shouchun. Outside the city, only Jiang Qin led 5000 naval troops to harass Shouchun on the Huai River. He did not have the strength to attack the city.Therefore, Li Dian ordered his deputy Xue Ti to guard Shouchun City and personally led [-] troops to Quyang to quell the rebellion.

As soon as Li Dian left, Lei Xu immediately sent someone to deliver a message to Jiang Qin, and Gan Ning, who was hiding nearby, also got the news.It turned out that Gan Ning ordered Zhu Huan to stay away from Shouchun under his own banner to confuse Li Dian.

Lei Xu took advantage of his position as prefect to plant some of his confidantes at the north gate of Shouchun City, as well as Zhu Ran and dozens of Chu soldiers who came in in disguise.

Therefore, Lei Xu ordered Xue Ti to come to his house for a drink in the evening.

Xue Ti is also an old man who followed Cao Cao. He assisted Cheng Yu, Xun Yu and others in defending Juancheng County, Fan County and Dong'e County. He came to assist Cao Ren in guarding Hefei, and now he is assisting in guarding Shouchun as Li Dian's deputy.

After all, Lei Xu was the prefect of a county, and he had been in power in Huainan for many years. After all, Xue Ti was not as senior as Li Dian, nor as high as Li Dian in Cao Cao's heart. Therefore, Li Dian could not give Lei Xu face, but Xue Ti It's not good to refuse Lei Xu's invitation.

Anyway, Shouchun is fine for the time being, and there are not many enemy troops on the Huaihe River, so there is no way to threaten a big city like Shouchun, so Xue Ti came to Lei Xu's prefect's mansion for a banquet.

And Gan Ning has led [-] soldiers to hide outside Shouchun City quietly, waiting for the signal from Shouchun City.

At night, in the prefect's mansion of Jiujiang County, when the guests were enjoying themselves, a soldier suddenly came to report to Xue Ti that there was a fire at the north gate of Shouchun City.

Xue Ti was shocked. There are two situations for a fire at night. One situation is that someone accidentally caused the fire, and the other situation is that there is a battle about to happen.

Because there is no radio or anything in this era, if you want to transmit a signal to a place a little further away, you can only use smoke during the day and fire at night.

At this time, Xue Ti was not in the mood to drink and enjoy singing and dancing. It would be better if the fire was accidentally caught. If the enemy spies set fire to create chaos and spread the news, then the enemy would definitely attack the city next, and he had to immediately Rush to the north gate to deal with the military situation.

So Xue Ti said goodbye to Lei Xu. At this time, he did not have any doubts about Lei Xu, because who would have thought that Lei Xu, who risked his life to fight the Jiangdong Army, would rebel.

It turned out that under the leadership of Lei Xu's confidants, Zhu Ran opened the city gate while changing defenses, and lit a fire to deliver the message to Gan Ning who was ambushing outside the city, and then gathered more than [-] people to guard the gate and block the approach. Cao Jun soldiers who seized the door.

Strong fortresses are often breached from the inside. As long as there is an internal response, no matter how strong the city is, it is not difficult to take it down.

Seeing that the city gate was opened and a raging fire was ignited, Cao Jun's soldiers panicked, and the guards in the city did not show up for a long time and quickly organized a counterattack, so after waiting for a long time, a school captain came with people to take back the city gate .

But it was too late, Zhu Ran led his people to resist for a while, Gan Ning rushed into the city first, and the Chu army swarmed in, completely controlling the north gate.

When Xue Ti arrived with his men, he was powerless. When he saw the "Gan" banner in the firelight, he knew that Zhang Wu's top general, Gan Ning, had entered the city.Xue Ti did not dare to go up to confront Gan Ning, because he knew what he was capable of, and if he went up he would only get killed.

Xue Ti was also a civil servant at the beginning, and was later sent by Cao Cao to Hefei to serve as an army guard. In fact, he was also a counselor under Cao Ren, and at the same time dealt with Hefei's civil affairs.

And Gan Ning is a world-renowned fierce general, even if Li Dian was here, he would not dare to fight Gan Ning.

So Xue Ti saw that the north city gate was out of control, so he wanted to retreat. There were still [-] Cao soldiers in the Cao army camp in the south city.

As long as the south gate can be kept intact, after Cao Cao sends reinforcements to arrive, Shouchun can still be taken back.

Just as Xue Ti retreated, he ran into Lei Xu and a group of people rushing over.

Lei Xu asked loudly: "General Xue, what happened?"

Xue Ti said: "The enemy spies sneaked into the city and set fire to it, and took advantage of the chaos to open the city gate. The enemy general Gan Ning has led his troops into the city. Prefect Lei quickly follow me to the camp in the south city. As long as we guard the south gate, the king of Wei will We will send troops to take back Shouchun."

"Ah! How could this happen!" Lei Xu said as he rode close to Xue Ti with a big sword in his hand. He was also a military commander. He was a general under Yuan Shu back then, and later he followed Liu Fu to guard Hefei and fought against Sun Quan.

(End of this chapter)