Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Chapter 541 The Stubborn Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu saw the battle situation at the bottom of the mountain clearly, and hurriedly said: "Quick! Get them back!".The gong sounded immediately after Wu Jun said that the troops would withdraw.In fact, before the gong sounded, the Wu army was already defeated, retreating in disorder.When the gong sounded, it rushed towards the barrier like a tide.

The five-foot-high barrier hindered Wu's retreat, and the crowd suddenly slowed down and huddled together.The Wu soldiers threw away their knives and guns, and climbed up the barrier with hands and feet.Wei Jun's war cavalry plane repeatedly attacked the crowd, slashing and killing.The Wu army gathered in front of the barrier swarmed away again...

After half an hour, the Wu soldiers who were still alive finally retreated to the side of the barrier.In other words, there are no living Wu soldiers on the other side of the barrier.

Two thousand Wei army cavalry lost Miao Miao.Now, they rushed to the barrier repeatedly, stabbing the lower body and waist of the Wu soldiers on the barrier with their lances.The infantry of the Wei army in the camp also rushed out again, and cooperated with the cavalry to drive the few Wu soldiers on the wall down.The infantrymen of the Wei army who had climbed the barriers hurriedly overturned those springboards into the trenches and occupied the barriers again.

Except for the large number of casualties of the Wu army, everything is back to the original point...

At night, amidst the mournful cries of the wounded soldiers, Zhou Yu thought hard about the way out.After the battle during the day, the Wu army suffered more than [-] casualties, and the morale of the whole army was low.The food in Ping's city is also running out.With Wu Jun himself, it is impossible to break through this cage.

Zhou Yu stood up abruptly, and told the soldiers beside him, "Go, find out all the generals who are good at climbing mountains and rocks, and walking through forests and streams..."

Time passed day by day, and Wu Jun's situation became more and more difficult day by day.The daily rations received by soldiers and generals became less and less. Even Zhou Yu only had two bowls of porridge every day.Thanks to Zhou Yu's ability to lead the army, otherwise Wu Jun would have already collapsed.

On this day, Zhou Yu sat in the big tent of the Chinese army and waited for the news.As if closing his eyes to rest his mind, he suddenly opened his eyes, because he heard the footsteps of his personal guard Jinbing.

"Is there any news from the west?" Zhou Yu asked impatiently.

"Reporting to the Governor, the Wei army from the east is here again."

Zhou Yu said with some disappointment: "Just repel them as usual."

During this period of time, Wei Jun launched several tentative attacks at both ends.However, Wu Jun also built fortifications in the canyons on both sides relying on favorable terrain.After Wu Jun repelled Wei Jun's several attacks one after another, Wei Jun never took the initiative to launch an attack again.

"Reporting to the governor, the Wei army did not launch an attack. Instead, they called for formation in front of the pass, saying that they wanted the governor to talk to their chief general Zhang Jaw."

Zhou Yu sneered and said, "It's nothing more than trying to persuade our army to surrender."

He originally wanted to refuse to see Zhang Ja, but then he thought that maybe he could get some outside news from Zhang Ja.So Zhou Yu said: "Go to the pass first and tell Wei Jun, and I will be there soon."

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Yu, dressed neatly and in armor, boarded the gate tower of Wu Jun's simple pass.Zhang Jaw had already been waiting in front of the pass, and when he saw a well-dressed, well-armored, and extraordinary general of the Wu army coming up to the gate, he was sure to be Zhou Yu.He bowed his hands and said: "Your Excellency is Zhou Yu, the governor of Wu Kingdom."

Zhou Yu asked knowingly, "It's the governor, who are you?"

Zhang He raised his voice and shouted: "So, it's Zhang He, the general of Nanwei in Wei State. So I don't talk nonsense, I came here to persuade the governor who knows current affairs to be a hero, and surrender to Wei State as soon as possible. I promise my king I will not treat the governor badly."

Zhou Yu laughed loudly and said, "Zhang He, you came here to persuade me to surrender, but you don't know that you are about to die. The governor advised you to surrender to Wu State as soon as possible, so that you will not be defeated and die in confusion."

Zhang He sneered and said, "It's really a dead duck with a hard mouth. Zhou Yu, I don't know, since you and your army entered the river valley of Pingshi County, how many people and horses were lost, how much food and grass were lost, Pingshi How much food and grass there is in the middle of the county. These are all countable. Even if our Wei army does not take any action against you, but just traps you in the valley. In three days at most, you will not even have a bowl of porridge a day I can't drink it. See how hard your mouth will be when you wait!"

Zhou Yu's eyes suddenly turned, his conversation changed, and he laughed and said, "Zhang He, you are right! But it is a pity that within three days, our Wu army will send troops here. Under the attack from inside and outside, your Wei army will not be able to come here." Undefeated?"

Zhou Yu's words were not for bickering with Zhang Xi, but to obtain information from outside.Zhang Yun was really fooled, he laughed loudly, and then shouted loudly:

"Zhou Yu, you are still dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Dream. You may not know that my country of Wei has [-] cavalry, and a thousand generals have captured the Huainan land of your Wu country, and now they have crossed the Yangtze River and swept Jiangdong. And Liu Bei of Linjiang Kingdom has also broken through Chaisang from the direction of Jiangxia, and now he may be fighting fiercely with your Wu Wang Sun Quan on the bank of Yuzhang Zhenze. Your Wu Wang Sun Quan will be attacked by our army of Wei State and Liu Bei's army soon Flanking attack. How can your Wu State's current strength stop our two countries' total [-] soldiers from attacking on both sides? The day of defeat is just a matter of one or two months. I still want to persuade you at the end, surrender Wei State as soon as possible , but also protect your life and future glory and wealth.”

Zhou Yu felt like being scratched by a cat after hearing what Zhang Yun said, and wanted to yell at him.But in order to protect the morale of his own side, in the end he suppressed his emotions, and said disapprovingly: "Zhang He, how can you deceive the governor with this set of nonsense words. There are more than [-] soldiers in my country. Thousands, thousands of generals. Especially with thousands of warships in the navy, how can you allow me and other rats to cross the Yangtze River so easily. That's all for today, keep your head, and wait for the two commanders Pick it up in a day."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yu tossed his robe sleeves and ignored Zhang He, and stepped directly down the gate.Zhou Yu's statement that there are more than [-] soldiers is true, but it is also a lie. It is just to prevent the morale of the side from continuing to lose.

Before Sun Quan led the army to attack Liang, the territory of Wu State was full of battles and calculations. There were indeed more than [-] troops, but most of these more than [-] people were village braves and reclamation soldiers, who served three months every year.Only more than [-]% of them are standing soldiers, able to fight Wei Jun and Liu Bei Jun.However, half of the most elite soldiers and horses in the standing army were brought out by Sun Quan.So at the moment, counting the soldiers and horses that have successfully retreated to the territory of Wu State, Wu State has at most [-] soldiers available for battle, and there are only more than [-] elite soldiers.This amount of soldiers and horses is difficult to resist Wei State, and Linjiang State is attacking from both sides.

Although Wu State still has the advantage of naval forces, Liu Bei's Linjiang State also has a powerful inland navy.In order to resist Liu Bei's land and water advances in Yuzhang, Sun Quan must mobilize all naval forces to Zhenze for defense.Therefore, it is not surprising that Wei Guoda was able to cross the Yangtze River.

Zhang He looked at Zhou Yu's back and shouted: "In a few days, someone will come to you again with Sun Quan's head in hand, let's see if you can still speak hard at that time!"

Chapter 542

Two days passed in a blink of an eye.The brightly lit Wu Jun Camp in Pingshi County was full of gloomy clouds and mist.Those seriously injured Wu soldiers died one after another.Under the eaves of the trees and in the military tents, there were full of Wu soldiers who were dying of hunger and stumbling around.The Huai River and various streams are full of fishing equipment, and the fish in the river may have been caught clean.

In front of Zhou Yu's Chinese army tent, there were several wooden poles with bloody heads stuck on them.These are the middle and lower ranks of the Wu army who were beheaded for persuading Zhou Yu to surrender to the Wei army.Even if Zhou Yu tried his best, it would be difficult to stop the collapse of Wu Jun's morale.

At this time, in the large tent of the Chinese army, a large group of people knelt down again, but Zhou Yu stood motionless with his back to them.Needless to say, these people still came to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender to Wei.

Zhou Yu couldn't hear a word of these people's chatter.But Zhou Yu knew in his heart that these people must have made up their minds to risk their lives to persuade them. If he refused again, the mutiny would be imminent.At this time, the generals of the Wu army saw Zhou Yu's silence, thinking that Zhou Yu had shaken his mind, and his words even hinted at the meaning of persecution.

Zhou Yu raised his hand suddenly, and everyone immediately quieted down, waiting for his words.Zhou Yu turned around and said calmly: "I was born as a Wu minister and died as a Wu ghost. I definitely won't surrender the Cao thief of Wei. But I won't force you to be buried with me. Let's wait until noon tomorrow. If Before the reinforcements arrive, this head will be given to you as a gift to surrender Cao Wei!"

After another round of courteous persuasion, everyone bowed down and bid farewell to Zhou Yu and left the camp.At this time, Zhou Yu was already determined to die. He ordered the soldiers to fetch the four treasures of the study, and wrote suicide notes to Sun Quan and his family.

This night was the most solid night for Zhou Yu to sleep.Zhou Yu, who was in his sleep, suddenly noticed someone shaking him. He opened his eyes and saw that it was his personal guard, and asked like a cannonball: "What happened? Did the mutiny happen? What time is it?".He thought he slept until noon the next day, and the generals couldn't wait and launched a mutiny.

Ling Bing replied: "Reporting to the Governor, it is now dawn, and there seems to be something wrong with the Wei army camp on the west side!"

Zhou Yu lost all sleepiness immediately, got up from the couch and dressed quickly.He didn't even have time to wash up, so he rushed to the canyon to the west...

The Wei army camp at the exit of the west canyon fell into extreme chaos.Liang Jun's Zhao Yun Corps suddenly appeared behind Wei Jun's defense line in the early hours of the morning.When the soldiers of the Wei Army who were standing on the watchtower on duty at the wall began to hear the noise of horseshoes and wheels, they thought it was reinforcements from their own family, and they had not waited for the soldiers to rush into the camp to report.Arrows from Qingqi Feiyu and Longbow Chariot shot at them one after another.

Before these Wei soldiers who were on duty at night could react, they were shot to the ground by random arrows.Then Liang Jun's heavy cavalry cut off the ropes of the suspension bridge that had not yet been pulled up with lightning speed, and pulled down the just closed gate of the camp with hooks and claws.Hundreds of heavy armored cavalry rushed into the camp, and immediately there were shouts of killing and screams in the camp.

The other gate of the camp was also opened after a while, but it was opened by the soldiers of the Wei army themselves, and they wanted to flee from there.The middle camp of the three camps of the Wei Army was captured in less than half an hour.The Wei soldiers on the middle camp and the defense barrier fled to the other two big camps in a panic.

At this time, the chief general of Wei Jun finally reacted.The gates of the two big camps, one in the south and one in the north, were opened wide, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the war cavalry of the Wei army rushed out, trying to recapture the middle camp and drive away the enemy troops who fell from the sky.Otherwise, the plan to besiege Zhou Yu's army will fall short, and the generals who command these Wei troops will not escape military punishment.

Only the first four battalions of Zhao Yun's army came to attack the battalions, two battalions of light cavalry flying feathers, one battalion of heavy cavalry, and one battalion of longbow chariots.

How could the two thousand war cavalry of the Wei army be able to defeat them? As soon as the Wei army war cavalry rushed near the middle camp, they were shot indiscriminately by the Qingqi flying feathers coming up from the flanks.There were dozens of longbow chariots shooting at them non-stop in the distance.The leading general didn't even have time to say anything before he was pierced through the temple by a heavy arrow.Then he fell from the saddle like a hedgehog with arrows all over his body.

Then there were more than two hundred heavy armored cavalry with shoulder height, rolling towards them like a copper wall and an iron wall.As soon as the two sides touched, Wei Jun's cavalry formation was shattered, and countless cavalrymen were pierced by cavalry spears, and then trampled to pieces by horseshoes.

How could the surviving Wei army warriors dare to stay, beat their horses desperately and fled to the camp.Liang Jun Qingqi Feiyu, longbow chariot and heavy cavalry followed closely behind.The Wei Army infantry in the two camps were terrified by this battle. They were afraid that Liang Jun would follow these Wei cavalry's broken soldiers and break into the camp, so they closed the gate of the camp in a hurry and pulled up the suspension bridge .The Wei army warriors who were locked outside now have only two choices, surrender or be shot to death by random arrows.

Zhou Yu, who was standing on the rocky platform of the cliff, saw all this clearly, and he hurriedly ordered: "Our reinforcements are here, hurry up and form an army formation, ready to attack!"

When the Wu army learned that reinforcements had arrived and had broken through a Wei army camp outside the West Canyon, their morale immediately rose.Dragging his hungry body, under Zhou Yu's personal leadership, he rushed towards the Wei army's defense line with a knife and gun.When they crossed the ditches and barriers, except for the Wei army hiding in the two camps in the north and the south, the rest of the Wei army soldiers had almost been wiped out, and they were either dead or surrendered.

Among the Liang army, a bloody general galloped over and stopped beside Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu took a closer look and saw that it was Tai Shici.Tai Shici arched on the horse: "Great Governor, is Tai Shici late?"

Zhou Yu said with sorrow and joy: "It's not too late! It's not too late! It's just that I didn't expect Ziyi to come."

It turned out that before the day, Zhou Yu ordered some soldiers who were good at climbing mountains to disguise themselves and take their own personal letters and seals to Liang Guo, trying to bring rescue soldiers from Feng Yu.This is Zhou Yu's helpless choice, but if he has other choices, he will not ask Feng Yu for help.

After Feng Yu received Zhou Yu's letter and confirmed that it was not fraudulent, he mobilized Zhao Yun's army to rush to Pingshi City.After Tai Shici heard about this, he also asked Feng Yu for orders to come together.In order to hurry, Zhao Yun ordered the fast cavalry and chariot soldiers to go first.Tai Shici volunteered to follow these soldiers and rushed towards Pingshi City. Fortunately, they arrived in time, otherwise Zhou Yu's head would fall to the ground at noon.

At this time, Wu Jun and Liang Jun had joined the two armies, and the remaining Wei Jun was huddled in the two camps and dared not move.Liang Jun got off his horse to rest, took out dry food and dried meat, and ate breakfast. Wu Jun soldiers watched eagerly from the side, and their stomachs growled loudly...

Chapter 543 Where to Go

Some soldiers of the Wu army were about to ask for some food from the Liang soldiers who were eating. Tai Shici had already discussed with several captains of the Liang army, and these generals asked their soldiers to take out the remaining dry food to share with these soldiers. Wu Jun soldiers.

Wu Bing immediately burst into cheers, lined up to receive the dry food, and started to gobble it up.Zhou Yu asked Tai Shici, "Give us the dry food you carry with you. What will we eat in the next few days?"

Tai Shici laughed and said: "Don't worry, Gong Jin, we still have a train team and infantry coming behind us. The food and grass they brought is not only enough for our Liang army, but also enough for your Wu soldiers for at least a week."

Zhou Yu felt a little uncomfortable when he heard him say "our Liang army" and "your Wu soldiers".He bowed to Tai Shici and said: "A few days ago, it wasn't that I didn't believe that Ziyi hadn't betrayed the state of Wu. It was because of the situation. Our tens of thousands of troops from the state of Wu needed to withdraw secretly to the state of Wu, so we couldn't break face with Liu Bei first. .”

After hearing this, Tai Shici also said seriously: "This Ziyi understands in his heart that Gong Jin is not going to bring up this old matter again. It is meaningless to mention these things now that a certain is a minister of Liang. Today, according to the order of the sage, The purpose of going out with General Zhao Yun is to get the governor out of trouble, and then return to Zhuyang together to discuss how to rescue Sun Quan, the lord of the country of Ru."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's heart tightened. He once had a glimmer of hope—what Zhang Liao said was a lie to deceive him.He hurriedly asked: "Wu Guozhen was attacked by Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the same time?"

Tai Shici replied: "That's right! When I set out, Zhuyang had just received news from Jiangdong and Jiangxia. Liu Bei's army set out from Jiangxia, captured Chaisang, and occupied several counties in the west of Yuzhang. The main force of Wu's army is now in Yuzhang. He fought fiercely with Liu Bei's army around Ze. Soon after Liu Bei attacked Wu, Cao Wei's tens of thousands of troops swept Jiangdong. Among the six counties of Jiangdong, Danyang, Huiji, Wu County, Lujiang, and Luling all fell into the hands of Wei's army. Jian'an, the South China Sea The two counties along the coast have become enclaves. It is believed that the Cao army will gather in the east of Yuzhang soon and launch a strong attack on the back of the Wu army. At that time, the weak Wu army will not be able to resist the two sides of the Cao army."

Zhou Yu became more and more anxious when he heard this.Said to Taishi kindly: "In this case, Ziyi, we don't hesitate to send troops as soon as possible, rush out of Laobiegou, defeat Cao Jun's Zhang He's troops, and then rush to Huainan, directly attacking the rear of Cao's southern army. Force them to retreat Go out of the country of Wu."

Tai Shici's face became embarrassing, and he clasped his fists to Zhou Yu and said, "Gongjin, I won't hide it from you. No matter what, I used to be a former minister of Wu, so no matter whether I am in public or private, I hope that Wu and the King of Wu will be safe and sound." But a certain is now a minister of Liang, and can only act according to the laws of the state of Liang. A certain is only going out with General Zhao Yun's brigade according to the order of the emperor, and has no command over this army. Therefore, this matter will have to wait for General Zhao Yun to arrive. We can talk here."

Only then did Zhou Yu realize the gaffe of his words, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "Then wait for General Zhao Yun to come here and talk." Tai Shici glanced around, pointed to one of the Wei army camps and said, "Why don't we take Zhao Yun here before we arrive here?" After a while, pull out these two Wei Jun nails."

An hour later, the soldiers of the Wu army, who were full of food and drink, put up a shield wall and slowly approached the Wei army camp.Liang Jun's longbow chariots provided them with cover.

On the wall of the stronghold of the Wei Army camp in the south, a Wei Army archer sneaked out his body, bent his bow and was about to shoot downwards, there was a sudden swoosh, followed by a puff, and a heavy arrow It has already shot into his face.The Wei Jun crossbowman fell from the wall without making a sound and gnawed.

After the crossbowmen of the Wei army on the wall of the camp were shot and killed more than a dozen people one after another, no one dared to poke their heads out and shoot down.He could only hide in a place where Liang Jun couldn't see, and randomly threw the arrows into the air. As for where they would land, only God knows.Wu Jun advanced in a line formation with only three or four rows, so such blind shots had little effect on them.There are also some soldiers of the Wei army shooting out from the gaps in the wall of the village, but the arrows shot from this angle are often blocked by the shield wall of the Wu army.

Wu Jun soon approached the wall of the village. Almost every one of these Wu soldiers carried a bundle of firewood.Many people also carried the springboards that had been used before.They used these generous planks to build "bridges" over the trenches.Then braving the rolling wood and stones falling from the top of the wall, bundles of firewood were piled up at the foot of the wooden wall.

The generals of the Wei army at the top of the wall of the camp immediately understood what they were going to do, and shouted hoarsely: "Quick! The enemy is going to attack with fire, so hurry up and fetch water to wet these piles of firewood! Get water quickly!"

But it was too late, and a dozen Qingqi Feiyu of the cavalry army rushed towards this side on horseback.When they approached, they took out a rope to hang the object, then lit it with the torch they carried with them, and quickly swung it up by pulling the rope.In the end, the ignited object shot out like a flying fire meteor, and hit those firewood piles. After the crisp cracking sound, accompanied by the deflagration sound, flames several feet high rose from the firewood piles.

The pile of firewood piled up under the corner burned rapidly, and the fire became bigger and bigger.On the wall, some soldiers of the Wei army had brought up some water with their hands and shoulders.One of them just lifted the bucket and was about to pour it down when a heavy arrow pierced his chest in an instant.The bucket fell and tipped over, and the man's body fell to the wet floor above the wall.

In the end, buckets of water were still poured down, but it was a pity that it was a drop in the bucket.In the face of raging fire, this little water will not help at all.What's more, those Liang Jun Qingqi were still adding fuel to the fire.

After burning for more than half an hour, the fire destroyed a large section of the wall of the camp.Qingqi Feiyu rushed towards the collapsed gap again, shooting wave after wave of arrows into it.When the fire was a little weaker, the infantry of the Wu army launched a charge, along the pontoon bridges built by those springboards, rushed across the ditches, and poured into the camp. After a while, the white flag was raised on the gate tower of the camp.

The Liang-Wu coalition forces captured the second Wei army camp in the same way.This camp surrendered faster, and before the soldiers of the Wu army could pile up the firewood piles, they raised the white flag to surrender.

In the evening, the infantry and supply battalion of Zhao Yun's army finally arrived in Pingshi County.When Zhou Yu saw Zhao Yun, he thanked Zhao Yun for his rescue, and then asked Zhao Yun to defeat Zhang He, and then sent troops to Huainan.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun shook his head when he heard this, and explained to Zhou Yu: "Governor, this is not feasible. At present, our two armies combined only have more than 7000 troops, and among them cavalry and chariot soldiers are only a small number. Zhang Yun’s army outside the ditch has seven or eight thousand soldiers, and all of them are war cavalry. Even if we can break through their blockade, we will inevitably lose a lot of troops, and it will be difficult to go to Huainan. What’s more, Cao Wei went south to Jiangdong’s base It's far away in Guangling, thousands of miles away from here. If we rush there, I'm afraid there will be too little time!"

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Zhou Yu thought carefully about what Zhao Yun said, and thought it was reasonable.But he still didn't give up and asked: "Then how can we solve the crisis of Wu?"

Zhao Yun said indifferently: "Now the governor can only go back to Zhuyang with a certain person first, and then make plans. As for how to solve the crisis of the Wu country, it must be determined by the Holy One. However, I think that the Holy One may use the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao to alleviate Wu King Sun Quan pressure."

Zhou Yu asked back: "You mean that Liang Guo will launch a large-scale attack on Wei Guo?"

Zhao Yun shook his head: "No, what someone said was to launch an attack on Jingbei of Linjiang Kingdom. Of course, this is just someone's guess. Whether it will be like this, or that sentence, needs to be decided by the Holy One."

Zhou Yu is now under the fence, and he himself has no way to lead his troops back to Yuzhang County in Wu State alone, so he agreed to Zhao Yun's request and returned to Zhuyang with Zhao Yun.

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The news that Zhao Yun's army broke through the Wei army's western defense line could not reach Zhang Xi's ears for a while because of the geographical isolation.It was half a day after Zhao Yun and Zhou Yu withdrew from Pingshi County that Wei Jun realized something was wrong.

At that time, Zhang He was still pouring his own drink in the tent, and the soldiers who rushed in reported to him: "General Qi, the number of defenders on the wall of Laobiegou Pass has suddenly decreased significantly, and there are only stationary sentry posts. It is very strange that the mobile patrolling soldiers are missing."

As soon as Zhang He heard it, he immediately went to check.Under the Guanzhai, he set up a pergola and looked up, and found a few Wu soldiers standing on the top of the wall, but there were no Wu soldiers who patrolled the wall in the past.Moreover, the Wu soldiers on the sentry posts basically kept a motionless standing posture except for the skirts that were lifted up by the strong wind.

Zhang He cried out in his heart that it was not good, and he quickly ordered: "Find some soldiers who are good at climbing and climb up to the top of the city to check!".After half an hour, a death squad composed of some soldiers of the Wei army approached the wall of the village with a simple ladder and shield.

At first they were cautious, but when they found that there was no reaction from the top of the wall, their courage and pace became bigger and bigger.When these Wu soldiers set up the ladder and climbed up, Zhang Xi knew in his heart that Wu Jun must have broken through the western defense line and ran away.Sure enough, without a wave, Wei Jun threw a few dummies made of straw ligatures from the wall.

Seeing the duck in his beak, Zhang He yelled angrily: "Hurry up, Wu Jun has run away, quickly prepare the formation and prepare to chase the enemy!" After a while, the gate of the Guanzhai was opened.The cavalry team of the Wei army, which had already formed up, began to pour into the gate of the village.

However, Zhang He kept his eyes open. He was afraid that Zhou Yu would use tricks to lure the enemy, so he shouted loudly: "Don't rush into the canyon all at once, divide your troops and enter in sections to prevent the enemy from setting up an ambush in the canyon!"

The first cavalry team of 200 people to enter the canyon walked on the river beach between the Huai River and the cliff, and a few hundred meters ahead was the valley basin where Pingshi County is located.

At this time, there was a thunder-like sound from above the canyon, and several huge boulders rolled down the cliff. Several Wei Qiqi had no time to dodge, and were crushed to pieces by the boulders.Then the smaller stones and rolling logs fell down one after another.

A long line of Wei riders turned their horses one after another, scrambling for the road, and huddled together. Amid the constant wailing and screams, Wei riders were smashed to the ground one after another, and some of them had no choice but to ride their horses and ran into the river. .

Later Zhang He got the news and thought he was in ambush, so he hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat, and waited for half an hour when there was no movement, so he recruited some people from the army who were good at climbing mountains and ridges, and climbed up the cliff to check, but found nothing.In fact, those who ambushed the Wei army were only Liang Jun scouts with less than a hundred people. After they frightened the Wei army back, they retreated west along the ridge, and the Wei soldiers naturally could not find them again.

The war cavalry of the Wei Army crossed Laobiegou carefully again, and only then did they not encounter Liang Jun's attack again.But when they entered the entrance gorge to the west, they were blocked by these Liang Jun mountain scouts for another half an hour.

But this time the Wei army had experience, shouted at the foot of the mountain with bluff, and after scaring away the few Liang army scouts lying on the cliff, they finally successfully crossed the canyon and entered the Nanyang Basin.

Zhang He led thousands of soldiers in pursuit on the Nanyang Plain, but there was no trace of the enemy.Instead, I saw a Wei Jun reclamation stronghold that was burned to ruins.It turned out that in addition to sending Zhao Yun's army to meet Zhou Yu, Feng Yu also sent Hua Xiong's army.Taking advantage of the time when the main force of the Wei army was not in Nanyang, the Huaxiong Army swept almost the entire Nanyang Plain from south to north, and even almost captured Wancheng.

This is really stealing chickens but losing a handful of rice, and hunting geese but being pecked by geese.Zhang He beat his feet and chest angrily, unable to swallow the breath no matter what.But if you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it. After this period of time, Zhang Xi's regular soldiers and horses did not suffer much damage.In particular, a large number of reclamation soldiers in Nanyang were lost, and most of those reclamation strongholds were reduced to ashes.Without these reclamation strongholds to provide support and food supplies for the Wei army, it would be difficult for the Wei army to defend Nanyang, let alone counterattack Zhuyang.

This kind of situation is exactly what Feng Yu hoped. The Wei State, which has already invested heavily in Jiangdong, cannot invest heavily in Nanyang. Therefore, there is no need to garrison a large number of troops on the line from Xiangyang to Dankou.Therefore, Feng Yu can concentrate his forces to attack Linjiang State with all his strength.

In the Zhuyang palace, Zhou Yu kowtowed to Feng Yu as soon as he saw him, and earnestly asked Feng Yu to send troops to relieve the danger of Wu.He said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, you are not yet a citizen of Daliang, so you don't need to be too polite, let's live in peace."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu misunderstood Feng Yu's words, and hurriedly explained: "King Liang...no, Emperor Daliang, if Daliang can help our country of Wu to solve the danger of subjugation, Zhou Yu promises to persuade King Wu to recognize Emperor Daliang as the king of the world. Wu The country will also become a vassal state of Daliang."

Feng Yu waved his hand and said: "I don't care about this. In fact, I have decided to attack Linjiang State in the south to relieve the pressure on Wu State. But even if I do this, there is no guarantee that Wu State and King Wu will be able to fight in Cao Liu. Under the attack of the two armies, it was able to survive. According to the Tang newspaper sent to Zhuyang just yesterday, the two armies of Cao and Liu had joined forces in Pengze, Yuzhang, and trapped thousands of warships of the Wu army navy in Pengze Lake. .And this pond report was sent from the front line of Yuzhang ten days ago, and now more than ten days have passed, and the situation of the battle is even more unknown. So Gongjin, you have to prepare in advance."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's heart felt like being scratched by a cat, but he still endured his grief and said to Feng Yuli: "Zhou Yu understands the words of Master Liang, and as long as Liang Jun can help our country of Wu, Zhou Yu will be grateful. As for what will happen in the end?" As a result, I can only do my best and obey the destiny."

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Feng Yu nodded, and said in a majestic tone: "Okay! Tomorrow, I will order Zhao Yun's army, Huaxiong's army, Xu Rong's army, Gaoshun's army, Yanyan's army, and Gan Ning's Neihe Army to gather in Zhuyang. The Navy Corps. Advance both land and water, and attack Fancheng and Yicheng, the northern gates of Linjiang Kingdom!"

The ministers of Daliang gathered in the main hall of Zhuyang's old palace immediately started talking.Six first-class legions were dispatched at a time, and one of them was a navy corps. This was unprecedented in the entire history of warfare from Zhuyang Houguo to Daliang.This is more than just to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and relieve Wu's crisis. It is obvious that they want to swallow the entire Linjiang country in one go.

Sure enough, Feng Yu continued to talk to the ministers: "At present, the main force of Linjiang Kingdom is concentrated in Yuzhang to fight against the Wu army. Only Fan Yi's line of defense is garrisoned by a small number of elite soldiers led by Guan Yu. As long as we break through Fancheng Yi The defense line of the city will be able to plunder the hinterland of Linjiang like a broken bamboo. In addition to the main force of our army attacking Linjiang from the north, the Liaohua Army will attack from the Xiajiang Yidao to Yiling, and stationed in Zangke County in the south. The Meng Huo Corps will also attack in the direction of Wuling, and the garrison still in Hepu will also attack Yulin in the north. My Daliang army will bring flowers to Linjiang. What I mean is that before the main forces of Cao Wei and Liu Bei react, It is necessary to occupy most of the Linjiang border with lightning speed."

The buzzing of the ministers became louder. At this time, Gao Shun came out and said to Feng Yu: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult for us to take this opportunity to capture the big and small cities of Linjiang Kingdom in a very short time. The difficult thing is that even if we The total of our six armies is less than 3, if each city has to be occupied separately, I am afraid that there will not be enough troops in the final battle between Jiangxia and Liu Bei's main force."

Feng Yu said with a smile: "I already have a countermeasure for this. I have dispatched a large number of reclamation soldiers from Yizhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou and other places in Bashu. There are as many as [-] to [-]. They will enter you through different routes. After the capture of Jingzhou, they will undertake some of the logistics transportation and city occupation tasks. In addition, we captured a large number of Wei State reclamation troops in Nanyang, and they were all captured together with their families. After a little transformation, they can serve We use."

All the ministers in the hall thought about it, good guy, the gross estimated troops invested are 10,000+.Such a large-scale military operation had never occurred in Guishuang during the expedition to the Western Regions.

Yan Yan reported with worry on his face: "Your Majesty, we have used so many troops, the transport of food and grass is a problem. In addition, with so many reclamation soldiers devoted to the war, this year's crops...".

Before Yan Yan finished speaking, Feng Yu laughed and said, "Old General Yan, don't worry. Now I, Yizhou, the granary behind the city of Liangzhou is full of grain and grass, and more grain is still coming from the sea in the south. There is a steady stream of food coming in on the road. Now that we have laid down Hepu Jiaozhi, the transportation cost of these grains is lower. Even if my Daliang does not produce a grain of grain in the past few years, it will not starve any of my Daliang soldiers and civilians.”

None of the ministers had any doubts or thoughts, and they all kowtowed to Feng Yu.A sentence resounded in the hall: "We will live up to the entrustment of the Holy Majesty, and we will destroy Linjiang Kingdom as soon as possible."

It was raining continuously in spring, and at the head of Fancheng, a group of soldiers from the neighboring army patrolled back and forth on the corridor as usual.One of the soldiers suddenly exclaimed: "What do you think is that?"