He also did not expect that the defenders of Wankou were so courageous that they dared to leave the city.
Aren't the enemy defenders afraid of setting up an ambush outside the city?
"General, what should we do?"
The sentry commander next to him asked: "Are you going to rescue Zhang Sima now?"
Shen Chen immediately thought calmly and said: "We are too far away from the east city. You send someone to inform the eldest son to attack immediately. We will attack the south city!"
"only!"
The sentry commander immediately ran away and ran to the rear.
Shen Chen shouted: "Soldiers, if you conquer Wankou, you will save Jiangxia. Follow me and kill!"
"Kill!"
Immediately the soldiers rushed out one after another.
However, what they never expected was that hundreds of figures suddenly appeared on the city top at this moment, and someone shouted: "Hahahaha, I knew you would be like this, shoot me arrows!"
"Fire the arrow!"
In an instant, arrows rained down like rain, knocking off the Jiangxia naval forces who were caught off guard and fled.
Shen Chen knocked away two arrows with his knife. His heart sank and he immediately shouted: "The enemy has an ambush, retreat!"
"withdraw!"
The messenger's whistle sounded.
In fact, there was no need for him to give orders. No matter how powerful the body was, it could not withstand the baptism of bows and arrows. The soldiers left behind thirty or forty corpses and ran back long ago.
Shen Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Quick, go north to support Zhang Sima."
Since there has been an ambush at the south city gate, there is no way to attack, so it is better to rescue Zhang Nan.
It's just that the south gate is several miles away from the east gate. By the time he arrived with his troops, the war there was almost over.
Zhang Nan's army had not rested all night and had been making noise. They originally planned to raid the city and capture Wankou before going in to sleep. However, they were suddenly attacked and were caught off guard and unable to resist.
Han Dang and Lu Su personally led the troops and defeated them almost overwhelmingly. After killing and wounding hundreds of troops, they fled out of the forest like a bereaved dog and ran south towards Anqing Pavilion.
When Shen Chen came over, Jiangdong's army was waiting sternly in the distance about 200 meters away. Both sides had already taken out their bows and arrows, waiting for the other side to rush over.
However, Lu Su did not order an attack. Instead, he looked at the small Jiangxia naval force coming from the south gate and ordered the soldiers to slowly retreat toward the city.
Seeing that the enemy was so cautious, Shen Chen stood on a three-meter-high slope and shouted from a distance: "Who is the guard in your city?"
"Liaoxi Handang!"
"Jiujiang Lusu!"
The two responded loudly.
Finally, Lu Su said again: "I haven't asked for advice yet!"
"East China Sea Chenchen!"
"It turns out to be the world-famous Shen Xiaolang. I'm lucky enough to meet you today!"
"I have also heard of Lu Zijing's name."
"How can a few nicknames compare with Shen Xiaolang's three visits to Xudu?"
"Although Jiangdong has existed for three dynasties, it is not a good place. It is a great weapon owned by the public, so why not return it to the state as soon as possible?"
"Who is Sheji? Liu Biao?"
"Of course it's the imperial court."
While Shen Chen was talking to Lu Su, he called on the soldiers to approach slowly.
When the two sides were about a hundred meters away, they could already vaguely see a figure moving in the mist, and the other party was slowly approaching like him.
Depending on the direction of the sound, Shen Chen slowly bent his bow and arrow, aiming at the location where Lu Su made the sound just now.
Although it is despicable to do so, war is inherently about war and deceit. If you imitate Song Xianggong and insist on engaging in a war of benevolence and justice, you will definitely be laughed at by the world.
However, almost at the moment he sent the arrow, a sound breaking through the air was heard from ahead.
Shen Chen instinctively turned away to avoid it, but a sharp arrow still cut through his arm like a cloud, and blood immediately flowed down.
"ah!"
There was a scream from over there.
"kill!"
Shen Chen cheered up and gave the order despite the pain.
However, the opponent was also well prepared. Suddenly, bows and arrows from both sides fell like raindrops. The quality of Jiangxia's navy was not as good as the opponent's, and they were quickly defeated.
At this moment, horns were blaring in the distance, and Liu Qi and Qu Gan came running with their troops.
Jiangdong's army over there did not dare to fight and quickly withdrew into the city.
After a while, Shen Chen, Liu Qi, Qu Gan and others met up. Liu Qi saw that he was injured and hurriedly came up and asked, "Ah Chen, how are you?"
"No problem!"
Shen Chen had picked up the arrow and looked at it before. There was no poison on it, it was just a simple skin injury, so he said: "The enemy general was shot to death by me. Now we can attack the city."
"good!"
Liu Qi immediately issued all orders.
The soldiers carried wooden planks and ladders, braved the rain of arrows, arrived at the bottom of the city, and began to climb the city wall.
Shen Chen was sitting on a hillside not far from the city, watching the battle. There were soldiers nearby who were bandaging the wounds with linen bandages.
The wound was scratched by an arrow. It was not deep and the bleeding stopped quickly. However, the severe pain may still affect the performance of the arm.
However, this kind of minor injury was suffered countless times in several battles against Cao Cao, so it was not a big deal.
So Shen Chen still watched the battle calmly.
I saw that the soldiers had successfully arrived at the city and were already beginning to attack the city.
"Achen, they rushed up."
Next to him, Liu Qi was very happy.
If he can win this battle, his contribution will definitely be considerable and he will gain a lot of points in front of his father.
However, just as he smiled, the situation on the city suddenly changed.
"Kill!"
The shouts of killing shook the sky, and hundreds of Jiangdong troops on the city began to throw things down.
The strange thing is that they are not rolling stones, but scarecrows.
Immediately after the spray of kerosene, the city suddenly turned into a sea of fire, burning all the planks and ladders used by the Jiangxia navy to attack the city.
"I'm going!"
Seeing this scene, Shen Chen couldn't help but curse.
He suddenly remembered the figures he had seen on the city wall in the morning on the mountain. Those figures were not human figures at all, they were clearly scarecrows.
Obviously, the man in the city had seen through his plan. When he sent people to make noise, they used scarecrows to disguise themselves as soldiers. Jiangdong's army slept soundly all night. When they launched their attack before dawn, they We are already looking forward to it seriously.
“Ding ding ding ding ding!”
The tinkling sound of the golden zheng sounded. If it rained, there would be no way to light the straw. But the rain had stopped, and all the scarecrows were burning. Another continuous rain of arrows struck, and the Jiangxia navy had to start. Evacuate.
Shen Chen stood on the hillside and looked at Wankou City with deep eyes.
This is a city that he has rarely conquered since his debut, although there are many objective reasons, such as the lack of siege weapons, the quality of the soldiers is far inferior to that of Huangmenting soldiers, the enemy's arrows and resources are sufficient, etc.
But from a subjective point of view, people have seen through his strategies many times. Otherwise, if he had encountered an ordinary guard, he would have captured him long ago.
The second of the four great governors of Lu Su.
Really awesome.
It’s no wonder that together with Zhou Yu, they are known as the two great think tanks in Jiangdong. Although the other Lu Meng, Lu Xun and others are also governors of Jiangdong, compared with Zhou Yu and Lu Su, they are really far behind.
"Shen Xiaolang!"
At this moment, Lu Su's energetic voice appeared on the top of the city and shouted towards the outside of the city: "If you don't want to follow Liu Biao one day, the gate of Jiangdong will always be open for you!"
"Good intentions are exempted."
Shen Chen responded loudly: "See you someday!"
The sound of tinkling gold continued. Shen Chen turned his head and walked down the hillside towards Anqing Pavilion.
At this time, on the top of the city, Lu Su unconsciously touched his chest. The arrow just hit his chest. If his bodyguard hadn't blocked it with his life, he might have died by now.
The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and it was already three quarters after sunrise. Han Dang looked out of the city, and through the increasingly bright and hazy vision, he saw the Jiangxia navy retreating like a tide.
"Captain Lu, we have repulsed them."
Han Dang breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Su shook his head and said: "You can't underestimate the enemy yet. The general should send scouts to follow him immediately."
"good."
After this night, Han Dang was convinced by Lu Su and immediately sent scouts out of the city.
Over there, Liu Qiqu dared to lead his troops back, collect the soldiers, and came out with 5,000 soldiers. Now, at least 500 or 600 people were killed or wounded, which can be said to be quite embarrassing.
After Shen Chen returned to Anqing Pavilion, he looked around and saw that the morale of the soldiers was low and his brows were furrowed.
The quality of the Jiangxia Navy cannot be compared with that of the Northern Army.
"Achen."
At this time Liu Qi came over and asked him: "What should we do now? Continue the attack?"
Shen Chen shook his head and said: "The soldiers are tired and hungry, and Lu Su is a powerful man. I'm afraid we can't attack this city. Let's go back to the ship first and let me think about it again."
"good."
Liu Qi ordered the soldiers to return to the ship to recuperate.
All the Jiangdong ships at Anqingting Pier had been destroyed before, and now only the eight large ships remained.
After returning to the boat, Shen Chen thought carefully and Liu Qi came over to ask.
"Continue to go down the river!"
"Going down the river?"
Hearing Shen Chen's final decision, Liu Qi was shocked and said, "Isn't that asking for death?"
But Shen Chen shook his head and said: "If we go back now, Jiangxia may be lost, so we must win in danger. I remember that we can sail south from Qingshui to Lingyang, and we can sail into Poshui."
There was no Poyang Lake in the Han Dynasty, but there was Poshui, which was connected to the Yangtze River. Its upper reaches were called Qingshui, which was probably the Qingtong River and Shuxi River in Qingyang County in later generations.
The former flows from Qingyang County southward into Taiping Lake, and continues southward to become Shuxi. When Shuxi reaches Yi County, it becomes Poshui and flows into Penglize.
Therefore, if you go down this route, you will probably go from Qingyang County in Anhui Province to Yi County, then to Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province, and finally enter the Ganjiang River.
Liu Qi said: "There is indeed this river, which is a branch of the river. There are many cities along it. Do we want to attack it?"
Shen Chen said: "The problem now is that the Jiangdong Army intercepted from the road while General Huang was withdrawing his troops. General Huang may have been defeated at this time. If we cannot threaten the rear of Jiangdong, Jiangxia will not be protected, and now Wankou cannot be taken. Naturally, we could only continue south along the Yangtze River to make them think we were threatening Jiangdong, but we went from Qingshui to Nanchang to join General Liu Pan."
"Is this a bluff?"
Liu Qi asked tentatively.
Shen Chen nodded and sighed: "Yes, this Lu Su is really powerful. If Wankou cannot be taken, we can only take Lingyang first and force Jiangdong's army to return to defense."
"good."
Liu Qi nodded: "Then let's go to Lingyang."
So he immediately went out to issue orders. Waiting until three quarters before lunch time, the tired and hungry Jiangxia Navy set sail again. They did not plan to go north back to Penglize, but continued along the river to Jiangdong.
About a quarter of an hour later, the scouts who went out to investigate in Wankou had returned and reported to Lu Su and Han Dang: "Report, general, captain, the enemy has withdrawn."
"Where did they go?"
Lu Su asked.
The scout replied: "Going down the river to the east of the Yangtze River."
"What?"
Lu Su was shocked: "Quick, let's explore again and find some boats to follow."
"only!"
The scouts immediately found some airships from the city. The scouts and other reconnaissance ships quickly sailed from Wanshui into the Yangtze River and followed Shen Chenjun.
After the scouts left, Lu Su and Han Dang looked at each other with ugly expressions.
In fact, they were not afraid of Shen Chen going to Jiangdong, but they were afraid of him going to Lingyang.
Lingyang is only more than 200 miles away from Wankou. If you go down the river and go down the Qingshui River, you can reach it in only two or three hours.
The scariest thing is.
The garrison of Lingyang at this time was less than 500, and Sun Quan was in Lingyang City!