Chapter 622: "Before fighting against the outside world, you must first make peace at home"
Maybe they were really working hard. Few of the Soochow soldiers really retreated in this battle. Each one of them fought hard with their missing arms and legs to get on the city wall... Fighting for an inch of land, they even
It would cost ten or even hundreds of lives.
Zhang Liao and Wenpin were both very good at defending battles. Hefei City was surrounded by enemies on all sides, but on the wide city walls, there were always flying messengers - they quickly investigated the intensity of the fighting everywhere, and then another
Report to the two generals who are still elsewhere.
With such near-perfect cooperation, a long tug-of-war unfolded on the city wall of Hefei - sometimes it was clear that Soochow soldiers had already climbed up the wall and were about to seize a piece of highland towers, but in the blink of an eye they found that they had arrived.
The ladders and other roads have been completely destroyed. With no way out, they faced the counterattack of the powerful Cao army, and at the same time despaired of being unable to retreat... Going without returning is probably the most realistic portrayal of this group of Soochow soldiers today.
Therefore, what seemed like a near-miss in a critical battle actually ended in a disastrous defeat for the Soochow soldiers.
As the sun sets in the west, the soldiers retreat.
Even the ruthless Zhang Zhao couldn't stand the thought of wasting his soldiers like this.
"Why...why...why is this!"
The sound of ringing gold spread throughout the city of Hefei, and some of the Soochow soldiers who seemed to have finally found relief hurriedly evacuated this slaughterhouse, which made people feel numb to life and death after staying there for too long.
Zhu Huan and others looked unwillingly at the Cao army who was speaking nonsense and mocking them on the city wall. They also crossed their eyes with the two generals of Cao army, Zhang Liao and Wenpin, who were standing still on the city wall.
"Why is this! You have obviously attacked the city wall! Why can't you add more force and knock the opponent to the ground in one fell swoop!"
Zhang Zhao was so angry that from the perspective of a bystander, Zhu Huan, Zhu Zhi and Zhou Tai on the city wall were just like headless flies fighting on their own, not to mention that they were defeated one by one.
Seek cooperation.
In the eyes of his coach, this kind of behavior was a complete failure... so he made no secret of his accusations and scolded the generals who were fighting fiercely on the front line today.
"Mr. Zhang Ge! Attacking the city is not as simple as you think... The enemy generals on the city are Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan who have made great achievements in the war with Cao Cao!"
"And... there is another person, Liu Biao's confidant General Wenpin... With these two people in command, no matter how fierce our offensive is, without the help of slinging equipment and navy... it will be difficult for us to simply
The tug-of-war to take down this city wall in one day..."
Jiang Qin had long been unhappy with Zhang Zhao's armchair attitude, and immediately yelled at Zhang Zhao.
As a result, Zhang Zhao became angry from embarrassment. He thought Jiang Qin was saying that he didn't know how to attack a city. The angry Zhang Zhao turned red and swelled like a ripe hawthorn.
He stared fiercely at Jiang Qin in the distance, whose back was quite straight and seemed to have no regrets at the moment. He pointed at Jiang Qin's nose with one finger and insisted:
"General Gongyi, are you shirking your responsibility? You fought the city and led the soldiers. Is it possible that you still want to blame me for the mistake?"
Jiang Qin frowned and realized that Zhang Zhao seemed to be unable to talk to him now. He had studied military art since he was a child, and in his early years he had followed Sun Ce to rehabilitate thieves. In terms of qualifications, he was not much weaker than Zhang Zhao.
But the important thing is that Jiang Qin was of mediocre origin, a child of a poor family, unlike Zhang Zhao, who was from Yangzhou, came from a big family, and was backed by the Jiangdong gentry group... His military exploits were all real, and because he was too
Shicheng, although he leads troops well and is definitely very capable, he can't compare to Zhang Zhao's climbing speed.
With this move, the gap between him and Zhang Zhao widened. If Zhang Zhao wanted to punish Jiang Qin at this moment, Jiang Qin would really have no excuse.
"Mr. Ge, the general has never said these words. It is just a matter of siege. The victory will not be decided overnight... We still need to consider this battle in the long run. Today, the army suffered heavy casualties. I cannot absolve myself of the blame. I just want to ask you.
Mr. Zhang Ge takes care of the overall situation and does not want to hurt the morale of the soldiers. If you want to punish, then punish the last general!"
Jiang Qin spoke from the bottom of his heart. He was devoted to Soochow. When he heard about the conflict between his lord Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao, he knew that this battle would definitely have a great impact on the future direction of power in Jiangdong Hall... But,
The reason why he did not stand up and speak out was probably because he was inspired by what Zhang Zhao said: he wanted to fulfill Sun Ce's last wish, to capture Hefei and capture Shouchun.
However... in the past two days... Jiang Qin felt more and more that if he continued to command Zhang Zhao at will, let alone Shouchun, these 100,000 soldiers and horses would be beaten to nothing, and whether Hefei would be injured or not would still matter.
a question.
So taking this opportunity, Jiang Qin finally stopped complaining, but...it was obvious that he had offended Zhang Zhao.
It’s not just Zhang Zhao.
Yu Fan, Bu Zhao, Gu Yong and others all stood by and said angrily:
"Haha... General Jiang, please stop defending yourself. Since yesterday, I have seen that you have a lot of objections to Zhang Ge's position as the commander-in-chief. The military orders in the army are as big as the sky, and the commander-in-chief's orders are all important.
On the contrary, there is even a strong intention to shirk responsibility and clear one's own guilt..."
"Look at you, maybe at some point you will turn the world upside down!"
As a character beside Zhang Zhao, Yu Fan is full of verbal output. If he accuses generals like Jiang Qin who are famous for their bravery, it is simply a dimension-reducing blow.
Many times, it's not just how bad a person's nature is, but when he sits in a position he shouldn't be sitting in, even if he suddenly wakes up, someone will keep pulling him into the water and pushing him forward.
Jiang Qin's words did shake Zhang Zhao's temper a little. After all, Jiang Qin had shown that he was willing to take responsibility alone. As expected, he couldn't help but start to wonder if there was something wrong with what he did.
However... As soon as Yu Fan, an expert in Gonghuo, appeared on the scene, he solved the conflict and reversed the right and wrong in just a few words. He suddenly confused Jiang Qin. Similarly, he also confused Zhang Zhao who was in the process of self-reflection——
As a result, Zhang Zhao was hinted by Yu Fan's words and threw away all distracting thoughts on the spot:
"I was wrong! It's you who are wrong! You still dare to rebel, it seems I can't do it without teaching you a lesson!"
Probably with this idea in mind, before Jiang Qin could defend himself, Zhang Zhao became furious, pointed at the guards outside the door and shouted:
"Drag him out for me! Give him fifty punishments to serve as a warning to others!"
It was getting dark, and all the generals who were still in their tents were shocked by Zhang Zhao's order.
Jiang Qin also had a face full of shock. He was about to let go when he saw Zhang Zhao, but was suddenly confused by Yu Fan who suddenly appeared halfway.
Fifty strokes with the stick... It is a big stick that is ten feet long and as thick as a bowl. For strong soldiers, let alone fifty strokes, even ten strokes, it is a question whether they can stand up and walk again.
