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"Brother Yi went to Hefei?"
Sun Ce, who was patrolling the camp, got excited and said hurriedly: "Hurry, chase him back quickly!"
Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu, it's too late."
"This kid!" Sun Ce's fist clenched loudly, "He acts arbitrarily and is so bold!"
Zhou Yu said: "Actually, this is not necessarily a bad thing."
"Um?"
Zhou Yu said: "We couldn't have imagined that Sun Yi would dare to do this, so the enemy should have even less expectation. So what we should do now is to assemble an army and be ready to break the city at any time!"
Sun Ce said: "But Brother Yi is trapped in a tight siege. Even with three heads and six arms, he can't stop so many Yuan soldiers!"
Zhou Yu said calmly: "So we should attack the city and keep the defenders busy defending the enemy. Only in this way can we create the greatest chance of survival for him."
At that moment, Zhou Yu ordered that Gan Ning lead an army to Dazhai in the west of the city to stop Zhang Liao; Taishi Ci led an army to Dazhai in the east of the city to stop Xu Huang. Sun Ce led Zhou Tai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other generals to
Go straight to Hefei City.
Forty thousand troops came to the moat carrying earth and grass.
It was spring at this time, and the water in the moat was shallow. In addition, Sun's army had attacked the city a few days ago and had filled up the moat. Now that the soil bags and straw fuel were put into it, the large group of troops could pass through unimpeded.
In the city of Hefei, flames were blazing into the sky, people were shouting, and it was obvious that there was chaos.
"The city gate! The city gate is open!" Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce excitedly: "Bo Fu, quickly attack the city and seize Hefei, then you can open the door to the Central Plains!"
With one move of Sun Ce's spear, Zhou Tai and other generals led the army into the city. Sun Ce led the central army and pressed in forcefully.
Yuan Jun was obviously more tenacious than Sun Ce imagined. Although the city gate was lost, he still persisted in street fighting.
The fierce battle lasted for most of the night, and Sun Ce captured the city of Hefei. The defender, Cao Ren, abandoned the city and left.
Zhou Yu was a little strange and said: "How come the number of troops guarding Hefei by Yuan's army does not match the number in the intelligence? The Yuan army we destroyed and the Yuan soldiers we captured only amounted to a few thousand people."
Zhou Tai said next to him: "Did everyone escape with Cao Ren?"
Zhou Yu shook his head and said nothing.
At this time, Gan Ning came to hand over the order and said: "I fought fiercely with Zhang Liao and could not win. Later, when Zhang Liao saw the fall of Hefei, he withdrew his troops directly. I did not get the military order, so he did not pursue it."
Zhou Yu said: "Don't chase the poor enemy. General Gan did the right thing."
Even though he said this, there was even more suspicion between Zhou Yu's handsome eyebrows.
After a while, Taishi Ci also came to give orders, saying that Xu Huang was not interested in fighting and also retreated.
Sun Ce waved his hand and said: "Yuan Jun is a cowardless bandit. Hefei, such an important gateway, cannot hold on to it with a fight to the death. If I were Yuan Xi, I would definitely chop off the heads of these soldiers and generals... By the way, have you seen Brother Yi?"
Zhou Tai and other generals who participated in the attack on Hefei shook their heads to express ignorance.
Sun Ce's heart sank and he said: "Send an order to the whole army to dig three feet into the ground to find Brother Yi. If you want to see him alive, you will see his body if you die!"
Zhou Yu advised: "Bo Fu, as we have just captured Hefei, we should immediately patrol the city defenses, restore the defense, and at the same time send people to Wancheng to prevent unexpected events."
Sun Ce shook his head and insisted: "If Brother Yi is wrong, I would rather not give up this city of Hefei!"
Jiangdong's army searched the streets and alleys of Hefei City.
Suddenly someone reported that the city gate was on fire. Sun Ce had just arranged for soldiers to put out the fire, but before the military order was issued, the four gates caught fire together. The fire broke out and set fire to the houses in the city.
This fire was obviously planned for a long time, and the fire burned half of the sky red.
Zhou Yu was shocked and said: "It must be Yuan's army who set fire to the city! I don't know who planned it and came up with such a poisonous plan. Bo Fu, quickly order the withdrawal from Hefei!"
Sun Ce was unwilling, but he could only lead his army to rush out of Hefei City.
After the burning Sun army left the city, they encountered the Yuan Army's returning cavalry. Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Cao Ren and other generals of the Yuan Army led their troops to intercept and kill them. However, Sun's army fell into the trap of burning the city, and its morale was greatly reduced and its formation was in chaos.
, has already shown the trend of defeat.
Three groups of Yuan soldiers came towards Sun Ce's banner, shouting to capture Sun Ce alive.
Zhou Yu stood beside Sun Ce and whispered: "Put down the handsome flag and take the small road back to Jiangdong!"
Sun Ce raised his gun and said loudly: "The courage of the generals will be great. If I am afraid of the formation and run away, how can these 50,000 soldiers from Jiangdong survive? Raise the flag, and all the generals will follow me to charge into the formation and kill the enemy!"
In the chaos of the army, Sun Ce bravely charged into the formation and killed seven of Yuan's army's generals. No one dared to attack him wherever he went.
The morale of Jiangdong's army was restored, and Sun Ce's personal troops were taken as the forerunner to regroup.
Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Cao Ren and other generals saw that the situation was not good, and after fighting for a while, they again offered money to withdraw their troops, and actually fled to the southeast.
Sun Ce reorganized his army and saw that only half of the 50,000-strong army was left. Most of them died in the Hefei fire. Most of the remaining 20,000-odd sergeants were injured.
"This fell into Yuan Jun's plan, and we lost our troops and horses. However, the city of Hefei is already a piece of white ground. When our army returns to Wancheng, we can regroup and take the Central Plains again!"
Sun Ce was still very reliable at the critical moment, and his impassioned speech rekindled the confidence of the dejected Jiangdong generals.
However, Zhou Yu was not optimistic and whispered to Sun Ce: "I'm afraid Wancheng will be difficult to defend. Look at the generals of the Yuan family, why did they not go to the northwest when they retreated, but to the southeast? There is only Wancheng in the southeast. They
Are you going to throw yourself into a trap?"
Sun Ce was startled: "You mean, Wancheng has suffered a loss?"
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "I have estimated that the Yuan army fighting with us tonight does not exceed 30,000 people. And the Hefei defenders number at least 60,000 to 70,000! Where did the remaining half of the troops and horses go? I'm afraid they were taking advantage of the opportunity.
During the battle in Hefei, we went to capture Wancheng!"
Sun Ce narrowed his eyes and said, "Even so, I can't be reconciled without taking a look in person."
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Wancheng.
Jia Xu stood at the top of the city and looked ahead. When he saw three groups of Yuan soldiers coming from a distance, he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Cao Ren are all fierce generals. How can they not defeat Sun Ce who fell into a trap?"
The strength of Jiangdong's army is indeed very strong."
Qiao Rui was right behind him and said with a smile: "Sir's strategy is really eye-opening. Hefei was set on fire, Wancheng was secretly captured, and the series of strategies were completed in one go. No wonder the master used his sword to support each other."
Jia Xu shook his head: "My intelligence is far worse than that of my lord."
Qiao Rui could see Jia Xu's pride hidden in the corners of her eyes at a glance, and couldn't help but smile: "I would also like to thank you, sir, for leaving me the victory in the attack on Wancheng."
Jia Xu shook his head and said seriously: "General Qiao is the most suitable candidate to seize Wancheng. When I made the deployment, I had no selfish motives at all."