Sun Ce's roar had just subsided when he heard a cannon blast. Large numbers of Chinese troops emerged from all directions of the camp. Zhang Fei on the left, Zhao Yun on the right, Xu Huang in the front, Ma Chao in the back, four heavyweight generals each with their soldiers.
Kill him out.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Sun Ce held a golden spear, turned his horse's head, and quickly led the cavalry behind him back the same way.
Xu Huang came with his cavalry and blocked Sun Ce's way. He swung a gold-plated ax unceremoniously and killed a Wu army cavalry with one blow. When he saw Sun Ce, he immediately started shouting,
He shouted loudly: "The emperor has an order. Anyone who kills Sun Ce will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and be granted the title of marquis of ten thousand households!"
As soon as the voice fell, the soldiers behind Xu Huang all moved forward and blocked the path of Sun Ce's cavalry. However, the Wu army was not mediocre, and Sun Ce was even more brave. Seeing Xu Huang blocking the way, his face became gloomy.
He glared at Xu Huang, and rushed towards Xu Huang. While killing the Chinese cavalry, he shouted loudly: "You, you, want to block my way?"
Not long after, Sun Ce and Xu Huang met each other, and both of them waved their weapons mercilessly. After crossing their horses, the two of them separated immediately. Sun Ce did not dare to fight, and turned around to see Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun.
, Ma Chao led his troops to chase them, thinking that he alone was no match for them, so he ran away in embarrassment.
Xu Huang, together with Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, pursued for more than ten miles and killed more than a thousand Wu army cavalry before returning.
After Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Xu Huang returned, in front of the gate of the camp, Gao Fei was already waiting there with Xun You, Tai Shi Ci, Sima Yi, Tian Feng and others. The four people got off their horses at the same time and knelt down before Gao Fei.
In front of everyone, they shouted "Long live" together.
"Everyone, get up. If it hadn't been for Zhongda's advice tonight, I'm afraid that our tired army would have been hit hard by Sun Ce. You all have worked hard, so take a good rest. Tomorrow morning, the army will surround Hefei."
At this moment, no one can stop the Chinese army. The successive defeats of Gao Lin and Huang Zhong did not bring any substantial benefits to the Wu State. On the contrary, they attracted the most elite troops of the Huaxia Army led by Gao Fei.
's army.
Sun Ce failed to attack in a sneak attack, but was severely defeated. Not only did he lose his troops, but he was also shot by Ma Chao with an arrow while escaping. Although it was not serious, in comparison, the Wu army was indeed inferior to the Huaxia army. This has always been the case.
It's true, but Sun Ce just doesn't want to believe it.
In the city of Hefei, Zhou Yu stood at the top of the city. When he saw Sun Ce returning in embarrassment, he already knew what was going on. He walked down, came to the city gate, welcomed Sun Ce into the city, and asked the military doctor to bandage Sun Ce.
After healing the wound, he said to Sun Ce: "Your Majesty, this army led by Gao Fei includes many famous people from the Huaxia Kingdom.
If you try hard, I'm afraid it won't work. Although the city of Hefei is a small city, it is stronger because of its strength. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the King of Huainan of the Han Dynasty built a fortified city in Hefei to avoid the Yellow Turbans. Later, it was repaired by Yuan Shu.
, as well as our Wu Kingdom’s reinforcements, and the city has sufficient food and fodder, as long as we hold on and don’t fight, the Chinese army will not be able to do anything to us.”
After Sun Ce heard this, he said bitterly: "I personally led fifty thousand elites. I wanted to take the war to China by surprise, but who would have thought that it would end up like this? Gong Jin, now our country of Wu is on the verge of collapse.
But I can only watch helplessly without doing anything. As an emperor, what does it mean for me to be in front of you?"
"Your Majesty, please don't think like this. The rise and fall of a country is closely linked to the emperor. At this time, China invaded our country, but put the blame for the war on us, causing us to be reviled by everyone in the world.
China bullied me
country, if Your Majesty cannot lead the crowd to resist, then the people of Wu Kingdom will become slaves of the country in the future. Although the Chinese army is strong now, as long as it persists without fighting and focuses on defense, it may not be defeated." Zhou Yu hurriedly consoled him.
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Sun Ce strengthened his belief a little and said: "Gong Jin, I listen to you."
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce, but his brows were deeply furrowed. Although holding on and not fighting was the best option, it was unknown how long he could hold out in front of the powerful Chinese army. He walked out
Mansion, actively deploying defenses, he will use his last strength to guard the gate of Wu Kingdom, even if it means death.
Early the next morning, all the Huaxia army arrived at the gate of Hefei City. Thirty thousand troops surrounded Hefei City. The people of Wu State here had already fled without a trace, for fear of being implicated. The rice in the fields
, also set aside for no one to harvest.
Although the city of Hefei is small, it has four gates. There is a very wide moat under the city, which surrounds the city. The Chinese army set up four camps outside the city. Zhang Fei led 5,000 people to guard the east gate, and Zhao Yun led 5 people to guard the east gate.
Thousands of people guarded the west gate, Ma Chao led 5,000 men to guard the north gate, and Gao Fei commanded Taishi Ci, Xu Huang, Xun You, Tian Feng, Sima Yi and others to guard the south gate.
After all four camps were set up, the Chinese army was not in a hurry to attack the city, but began to build an earthen wall outside the city. This move attracted the attention of Zhou Yu inside the city, who saw that the Chinese army did not attack as he thought.
Instead of building a city, they built an earth wall first, as if they had other plans.
So Zhou Yu summoned Cheng Pu and said to Cheng Pu: "Your Majesty failed to attack yesterday and lost a lot of troops and horses. He is resting in the mansion at this time. It is not appropriate to wake him up. The Chinese army is approaching the city, but they are not in a hurry to attack the city.
Instead, build an earthen wall first. I think there must be a treacherous plot in this. How about asking General Cheng to lead a thousand light cavalry out of the city to harass the Chinese army and test their movements?"
Cheng Pu nodded and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I'll take someone to find out what's going on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Pu went down from the tower, ordered a thousand cavalry, and went out from the west gate, preparing to attack the Chinese soldiers who were building earth walls.
However, as soon as the suspension bridge was lowered, before Cheng Pu and others could rush out, the crossbowmen of the Chinese Army who were responsible for the protection emerged from the trenches one after another and fired fiercely towards the suspension bridge.
Faced with this powerful arrow array, the Wu army was unable to pass and had to retreat to the city gate. Cheng Pu was angry and prepared to gather his cavalry again to charge, but he heard Zhou Yu on the tower shouting: "General Cheng, there is no need to charge.
, the Chinese army's power amplifiers are in order, and it is difficult to break through their defense line. It seems that the Chinese army wants to trap us here."
"But……"
"Close the city gate and hold firm without fighting." After Zhou Yu finished saying this, he got off the tower and walked straight into the city.
Although Cheng Pu was very angry, he had no choice but to close the city gate and raise the drawbridge.
Outside the south gate of Hefei City, Gao Fei laughed when he learned that Wu Jun had tried to break through once, and said to Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Tai Shi Ci, Xu Huang, Xun You, Tian Feng, Sima Yi and others who were planning in the tent.
: "It seems that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu just jumped over the wall in a hurry."
The crowd burst into laughter.
After laughing, Tai Shixiang walked in from the outside. He first paid homage to Gao Fei, then paid homage to everyone present, and finally said: "Your Majesty, the great general Wang led the defeated remnants of the army and asked for an audience outside the tent."
After hearing this, Gao Fei frowned, waved his hand and said: "I understand. I will temporarily arrange General Wang and others in the back camp, saying that I am currently discussing important military matters and have no time to pay attention to him."
After hearing these words, Tai Shixiang was stunned for a moment, and then he said "obey the order" and turned around to go out. However, when he just walked to the exit of the tent, he heard Gao Fei's voice from behind again.
came: "Tai Shixiang, tell him what I just said, word for word, without any tampering or omission."
"According to the decree."
Tai Shixiang walked out of the tent, and after arriving outside the tent, he bowed politely to Gao Lin, and then said: "The emperor has a decree, please ask the general Wang to take his men to the rear camp to rest. The emperor is busy at the moment."
I was busy discussing important military matters and had no time to pay attention to the king."
After hearing this, Gao Lin was surprised. He grabbed Tai Shixiang by the collar of his chest and asked, "Did your father really say that?"
Tai Shixiang nodded hurriedly and said: "Every word comes from the emperor's mouth, and the general is only responsible for conveying it."
"Huh!" Gao Lin let go of Tai Shixiang, feeling calm in his heart, and started to walk towards the tent.
Guo Jia was beside Gao Lin, grabbed Gao Lin's arm, and asked: "Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
"I want to go in and see my father." Gao Lin shook off Guo Jia's hand and strode toward the tent.
Guo Jia hurriedly chased after him, ran quickly in front of Gao Lin, stretched out his arms, and said to Gao Lin: "Your Majesty, if you want to go in, you are disobeying the imperial decree. Please think clearly."
Gao Lin stopped and was shocked by Guo Jia's shout, but his eyes were extremely disappointed. He looked at Guo Jia and asked with confused eyes: "Teacher, why doesn't your father want to see me?"
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"This is not a place to talk. Let's go to the back camp!" Guo Jia pulled Gao Lin and left. Ma Dai, Gan Xiaoning, Zhang Xiong, Guo Huai, Zang Ai and others also followed Gao Lin.
At this time, the roller blind of the big tent was opened by someone's hand, and Gao Fei's face was exposed from the roller blind. Watching Gao Lin and others leave, I felt sad in my heart.
"Your Majesty, although the General King was defeated this time, he has made outstanding achievements in the past. Is it unfair for the Emperor to treat the General King like this?" Sima Yi came over and asked softly.
Gao Fei put down the curtain and glanced sideways at Sima Yi. He saw that Sima Yi's eyes were so deep that he couldn't even tell what he was thinking. His face was livid, and he stared at Sima Yi, under the hot eyes.
, Sima Yi did not dare to look directly at Gao Fei.
"Zhongda, I have watched you grow up, and I love you very much. But there are some things that you should not ask. The more you pretend to be deaf and dumb, the longer you will live. Do you understand?
"Gao Fei sneered, patted Sima Yi's shoulder lightly, and said lightly.