Chapter 786 Revisiting the old place, confronting in front of the water
Chapter 786: Returning to the old place and confronting each other in front of the water
Ruxu River, as an important link connecting the Huaihe River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin in the north, occupies the east pass of the pass here, basically taking the initiative in the water war near Hefei.
To the north, Daze Chaohu allowed Soochow's ships to stay, and the combined attack from both land and water would definitely double the pressure on Hefei.
In just a few days, a comprehensive offensive swept through the entire territory of Shouchun. Even Liu Yexi Zhicai and others who received the news felt oppressed.
Here, we have to talk about another decision made by Cao Cao in his western expedition to Hanzhong.
Externally, Cao Cao claimed that it was because Jia Xu Xi Zhicai and others were ill and could not accompany him on the expedition, so he only took Xun You with him. In fact, as early as when Yi Xiaotian sent intelligence and summoned Cao Cao to raise troops to Chang'an,
Xun Yu could read Yi Xiaotian's meaning from between the lines.
Yes--
A few months ago, Xun Yu knew clearly that Cao Cao could not defeat Hanzhong.
He saw the unprecedented confidence in Yi Xiaotian's letter. If it weren't for Xun You's strong request, maybe Cao Cao would really listen to Xun You's suggestion and go straight to Chang'an with a group of generals.
However, these counselors who stayed in Xudu, under the command of Xun Yu, had no intention of remaining idle.
Everyone is always paying attention to the movements in the direction of Xiangyang and Shouchun. Once there are signs of war, they will quickly start mobilizing.
The fact is that Xi Zhicai and Liu Ye had already set off after receiving news about the movements of the Soochow people near Shouchun.
Jia Xu and others who were scheduled to support the Xiangyang area were ready to go. If there was any movement from Guan Yu who was stationed in Jiangling, this group of counselors who had been gearing up for a long time would go to the front line as quickly as possible to provide support.
Overview of the whole situation, overview of the whole situation——
After Chibi, the world was divided into three parts. For Cao Cao, he had to use more means to make up for the mistakes Chibi made.
Therefore, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others took it for granted that Cao Cao would definitely languish after experiencing such a big defeat.
Cao's army's combat effectiveness will also continue to decline.
In fact, they never understand that Cao Jun, who knows his shame and then becomes brave, knows his weakness and strives for strength, and now seems to be in a tight situation on all fronts, is actually Cao Jun who has the most powerful combat effectiveness in many years.
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"General! Juchao has fallen! Wancheng has been lost! An army of 100,000 people from Soochow is coming near Longshan south of Longshu River!"
At this moment, Cao Jun's spy knelt down in front of the military tent with a disgraced look, his anxiety evident in his tone.
But these words fell into the ears of several generals in front of him, but they did not cause any waves.
Especially Zhang Liao, who was sitting firmly and calmly reading the military and food documents delivered from many lower cities.
"General... we... we should..."
The spy lay on one knee on the ground. Seeing that Zhang Liao didn't respond, he asked tentatively.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao closed the bamboo book in front of him with a "pop" and stood up without any hesitation:
"Wen Qian, Wen Ze - as we said before... this battle will be all yours!"
"Wenyuan, what are you talking about?"
"Hehe...the knife in my hand can't wait to drink blood!"
Le Jin smiled and drank down the strong wine in the wine cup in front of him, exhaled a breath of hot breath, held his long knife, waved his hand behind him, and strode out of the case and out of the pavilion.
, in the shocked eyes of the spy, he went straight to the military formation.
And there - there are three thousand elite light cavalry waiting in formation -
But...the amazing things aren't over yet.
A little behind Yu Lejin, Yu Jin stood up and stretched his waist.
Carrying Qing Feng on his waist, he cupped his hands towards Zhang Liao, patted the spy who was still kneeling on the ground, and then walked away.
"Wenyuan... give me three days and see how I can cut off the Soochow people's escape route!"
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The generals seemed to have already received their orders and did not need any other instructions from Zhang Liao. They handed over their hands one by one and left one by one. The spy who came from Wancheng was stunned to see them.
"This...general...you...you have known about it for a long time?"
In the end, the only ones left in the pavilion were Zhang Liao and the two generals Wenpin standing beside him... Zhang Liao stood up and walked slowly to the spies.
The spy seemed shocked and speechless.
"It was expected..."
"So I made some preparations in advance."
"You are a brother from Wancheng, which means..."
Zhang Liao did not look back, and the spy looked eagerly at Zhang Liao's resolute back.
"Hmm...I understand. I will avenge Commander Zhu with my own hands and offer a stick of incense to the soldiers in Wancheng."
After that, Zhang Liao and Wenpin both left, leaving only the spy sitting there. After a long time, the spy burst into tears, seemingly venting the grief he had accumulated over the past few days.
In the Battle of Wancheng, as the first battle, Zhu Guang, the captain of Wancheng, Zhang Liao's former general, led the soldiers of Wancheng to fight against Sun Quan, and all of them died in the battle.
Only one person managed to escape——
All of this is clearly engraved in history books.
But no one knows how much grief Zhang Liao is enduring in his heart at this moment.
A battle full of anger begins.
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The distance of about thirty miles is the last buffer between Shishui and Hefei City.
At this moment, facing the city of Hefei across the river is the main force of Hefei led by Zhang Liao, with about 30,000 troops and horses - 10,000 of them are the Guangling Cavalry, whom Zhang Liao highly respected.
It is said that the Guangling Navy is the best in Yangzhou, and Zhang Liao, a short-term major general, still cannot care about land and water operations.
Looking around, the rivers are full of ships from Soochow. If Zhang Liao had not sent people to change the river channel a few months ago, at this moment when the water is rising, the ships from Soochow can even go upstream directly and collide with each other.
The sturdy city of Hefei.
This battle - it's not easy to fight.
The important thing is that Zhang Liao had already received the news that Zhou Yu seemed to have appeared near the Lujiang River. Although he was wary, Zhang Liao still frowned when he saw the elegant man in silver armor and white robes on the general platform from a distance.
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"Zhou Yu...is he...here too?"
Wenpin stood beside Zhang Liao, always ready to climb the city and release arrows to cover Zhang Liao's charge into the battle, but when he saw Zhou Yu, Wenpin still panicked.
As a former Liu Biao general who had been stationed in Jiangxia, he had full authority to move Jiangxia's troops to the vicinity of Hefei.
This was several months ago.
The subsequent impact was that Lu Su led the combined troops of Soochow and Guan Yu to capture the weakly defended Xiling City in one fell swoop, approaching Xiangyang——
The route between Xiangyang and Hefei was caught red-handed by Lu Su.
This makes the current situation in Hefei even worse.
After all - losing Cao Ren's support, this alone doubled the pressure on Wenpin.