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Chapter 16 The 'performance' Zhu Ji wants

 Three days ago, in Stone City, the first military fortress of Sun Wu, west of Jianye City in Soochow, the military flag fluttered in the spring breeze...

The bright spring weather was perfect for an expedition. Regardless of their age and frailty, one hundred thousand blue-eyed descendants came to Stone City to see off General Zhu Ji of the Ping Wei Dynasty, and awarded the tiger talisman to the thirty thousand troops.

Sun Quan tremblingly took the tiger talisman from the hands of the chamberlain He Ding, and personally handed it to Zhu Ji, who was wearing orange armor. He took Zhu Ji's young hand and said with an old voice sincerely: "Young is good, Gongxu."

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This time, the responsibility of Beiding and Hefei will be left to you. Your father and I are both old, and we won’t have much time to watch you go on.

Don't let me and your father's high hopes go down. Help the prince for me and Yi Feng, and safeguard the foundation of Soochow. This world belongs to you young people!"

Zhu Ji cried bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Ji, has accepted the order. I will live up to the high expectations of Your Majesty and my father, capture Hefei, march to Jianghuai, and defend our foundation in Soochow! Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body and wait until I return victorious! I believe that Your Majesty

You will surely live a long life without borders!"

Zhu Ji kowtowed to thank him, but Sun Quan helped him up with difficulty, and said with a smile: "Gongxu, come and drink this cup with me, then you go out to fight. I will wait for you in Jianye to return to the court after you win!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! We will conquer Hefei in a single battle and bring shame to Soochow with one blood!" After Zhu Ji finished speaking, he drank the wine in the cup.

"My sons of Soochow, go out with me. If you win, we will not come back. Let's go!" After Zhu Ji finished speaking, he took the double whips inherited from his father from his subordinates, got on his horse, and led the army out of Stone City and headed for Hefei...
Zhu Ji led the soldiers to drive for a day and a night before reaching Hefei New City.

Hefei New City was a military city built by Cao Wei in the suburbs of Hefei Old City to resist Sun Wu's army. In the first year of Wei Qinglong, Cao Rui followed Man Chong's advice and after several debates with the courtiers,

Construction started in the fourth year of Emperor Taihe of the Ming Dynasty (230), and it took four years to complete, which shows that Cao Wei attached great importance to this strategic location.

It was Zhu Ji's first time to lead troops on an expedition, so he couldn't help but feel a little excited and a little nervous.

When Zhu Ji led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Hefei New City, it happened to be dawn on the second day.

Under the illumination of the morning sun, Hefei New City looked particularly tall. Zhu Ji asked his scouts to explore the city and found that the city was irregularly rectangular, with more than three miles around.

The city is four feet high, ninety-nine feet in circumference, and more than sixty-six feet wide. It has three gates (east middle gate, east side gate, and west gate).

There is a moat outside the city, which is connected with Xinhe River, Chenhe River and Yuhuatang in a belt shape. The widest part is about 15 feet, and the narrowest part is about 80 feet.

The city wall is made of rammed earth, which can be said to be a fortified city. The suspension bridge at the east main gate rises high in front of Zhu Ji. The gate of the city is blocked by horses and is densely packed. Zhu Ji looks a little confused.

After all, Zhu Ji is still a "younger brother" when it comes to battle formation matters. This time, he saw that Zhu Ji had ambitions to serve the country. It also happened that the civil strife in Cao Wei was just settling down and people's hearts were unstable.

Zhu Ji and his father, Zhu Ran, were Sun Quan's confidant, and they killed Guan Yu and captured Jingzhou for Bi Yan'er, so they gave him the opportunity to take credit, let him practice, plate gold, capture Hefei, and capture Shouchun. His merits will also be seen in the future.

It is good to assist the prince in governing Soochow.

But when Zhu Ji saw this new city, he began to murmur in his heart. Although he was the "second generation general" of Soochow,

My father killed Guan Yu and captured Jingzhou. His majesty thought that the tiger father had no sons. But father is father and son is son. Didn't your majesty not know that Zhao Kuo was talking about war on paper?

General Zhu Yi, who was showing off his power, said doubtfully: "General, we need to attack the city quickly, lest things change later and let the five thousand Wei troops in Hefei, which is supposed to be one of our great achievements, slip away!"

Zhang Yan, the chief secretary of the army, also urged anxiously: "General, please attack the city quickly, or ask Zhang Te and Le Fang to go out of the city to fight. With the force of the general and Ji Wen, we should be able to capture them both."

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Zhu Ji thought for a while and said: "Then according to what the military advisor said, the military advisor asked you to hurry up and make some ladders and wooden blocks. We can only prepare these in a short time.

I and General Ji Wen invited the Wei thief Zhang Te here. Le Fang went out of the city to fight and killed the two men! Then, taking advantage of the chaos among the soldiers in the city, they climbed up the city with ladders and smashed into the wood to destroy the city.

I have military advisor Zijie as my general, Jiwen as my military commander, and I have many times the strength of the Wei army, so why worry about the city not being destroyed!"

After listening to what the two said, Zhu Ji's gradually losing confidence suddenly regained a bit. After all, he also wanted "performance" and couldn't just return without success.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan took the order and led three thousand sergeants to cut down trees in the Jiming Mountain and Jiangjun Ridge area and rush to make siege equipment, while Zhu Ji and his deputy Zhu Yi led troops to surround Hefei New City.

They began to call for battle outside the city, to fight Zhang Te and Le Fang, and to buy some time for the military advisor Zhang Yan.

Zhu Yi was also an old subordinate of Zhu Ji's father. After his father's death in his early years, he inherited his father Zhu Heng's title of Marquis of Jiaxing, served as Cavalry Commander, and took charge of the army for his father.

Although he was also a "second-generation general", his father died early and there was no one in the court to support him, so he never became famous.

It was not until three years after his father's death that he followed Zhu Ran to attack Fancheng of the Wei State, and provided a plan to break through the outskirts of Fancheng. After returning to the army, he was promoted to a partial general.

Wen Qin, the prefect of Lujiang in Wei State, stationed his camps in Lu'an. He set up many camps on important roads to recruit and lure defectors, which became a scourge on the border of Wu State.

Zhu Yi then personally led his 2,000 men to attack Wenqin's seven camps, killing hundreds of people, and was promoted to General Yangwu.

Bi Yan'er talked to him about the attack, and his answers were very agreeable to Bi Yan'er. Sun Quan said to Zhu Yi's uncle, the Cavalry General Zhu: "I originally knew Ji Wen was brave and resolute, but after meeting him, he felt that he was more obedient than me.

Those who arrive are still capable."

After that, Zhu Yi became famous in Sun Wu, and was highly regarded by Emperor Sun Quan of Wu, Grand Sima of the Left, and Military Advisor Zhu Ran of the Right.

On this trip north to Hefei, Zhu Ran asked his son to bring his former trusted generals with him, mainly to protect his son. If he was successful, it would be okay to let Zhu Yi be a little bit rich. If he was defeated, he would rely on these generals to protect his son.

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After all, he is just a single seedling, and the old Zhu family is still counting on him to carry on the family line. Credit and other achievements are not so important when life and death are at stake. At worst, I will shamelessly ask His Majesty for a favor to save his son from death.

If only he could be safe and sound.

Zhu Ji shouted loudly at the city gate and said: "General Zhang Zichan, how dare you go out of the city to fight with me!"

Zhang Te said with a sad look on his face at the top of the city: "General Ji Wen, you are coming with 30,000 troops, but there are only 5,000 soldiers in the city. You know you are invincible.

We have no intention of fighting anymore, so the general will give us a few days' grace, and we will discuss it again and decide to lead the whole city to surrender. By then, the general can capture the new city without any bloodshed, and he will surely receive a generous reward from Emperor Wu!"

Zhang Te stood on the city wall without blushing and talking nonsense without a beating heart, stalling for time.

Zhu Ji, who was still under the city, was still young and believed Zhang Te's lies. He was very happy that he had achieved "accomplishment" and said with a smile: "Since the general is so aware of current affairs, I will leave two days for the general to think about it carefully. Can I do it?"

If you use weapons, don’t move."


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