When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
Ma Zhong, who was appointed by the Han Dynasty as the commander-in-chief of the Nanzhong Division, was not an unwise man.
Seeing that the Wu army had changed from its usual active attack, they suspected that there must be something unexpected, so they ordered the soldiers to stay in the camp and not fight no matter how provocative the Wu army was.
Anyway, the strength of the two armies is almost the same. If Lu Dai dares to come to attack the enemy, it will be as he wishes.
Four or five days later, when Shi Bao, who was returning from Yulin County to lead Fang County to Xinggu County, sent someone to report that Huo Yi had led his army and drove away looking at Nanhai County Chief, Ma Zhong even stopped leaving the camp to fight.
Already.
Why rush for success and only add uncertainties when you can just sit back and wait for the results to be achieved?
After leading the army to fight for more than ten days without success, Lu Dai gave up the useless move.
Based on his military experience, he can vaguely guess where Ma Zhong relies on.
Therefore, he had another plan in mind, which was to break out of camp and retreat slowly, trying to lure the Han army to pursue him, and then he would return to fight.
But Ma Zhong still didn't get what he wanted.
After just sending more than ten scouts to join the Wu army, even the soldiers of Lu Dai's tribe began to cross the river, without any intention of "attacking them half-crossed".
It also made Lu Dai completely give up any thought of luring the enemy into fighting.
In desperation, he himself led 5,000 men from his headquarters to garrison in Liling County on the banks of the West Suishui (Red River) River Valley to prevent the Han army from marching south to the heart of Jiaozhi. He ordered his troops to lead 3,000 men from his headquarters southward in Suichun, and go with them.
Sun Mao, the prefect of Jiaozhi who took office in 2001, led his county soldiers to guard the port to guard against the Han army coming across the sea.
Sun Mao is considered a clan member of Jiangdong, but he and Sun Quan have been in the fifth service for a long time, so he is neither a public nor a marquis.
Moreover, he was a remarkable general. He once followed Lu Meng to cover up the three counties of Jingnan, and later followed Lu Dai to quell the Jiaozhou rebellion. He had considerable military exploits, and was therefore entrusted by Sun Quan with the responsibility of leading the army to defend the counties and border areas.
However, with the situation already set, neither he nor Suichun could reverse the situation.
When they first started to set up defenses at the port and flat beaches, a fleet of ships with Han banners appeared on the sea.
The sheer number of ships made their officers and men desperate.
Without him, due to the blocked geographical environment of Jiaozhi County, the southern port is the only retreat for the Wu army. Now they have ushered in the Han army's fleet. Considering that the Han army in the north still has more than 8,000 soldiers, they are already
The turtle in the urn!
Sui Chun, who was born a traitor and was pardoned by Lu Dai and turned into a general, was a man who was willing to die for Lu Dai.
When he saw the panic on the faces of his officers and men, he had a desire to die in his heart.
He privately sought advice from Sun Mao, planning to move his troops in danger, leading the troops to withdraw from the port, pretending to flee in fear, luring the Han army to seize the beach, and then return to fight when the troops who landed were not in order, so as to gain a chance of victory.
Sun Mao was a little hesitant about this.
Suichun's suggestion is too risky!
If you are not careful, you will give up the port.
But he had no better way.
Because he also knew that even if he and Suichun tried their best to defend the port, they would not be able to change the outcome of being seized by the Han army and landed on the beach.
After all, there is a huge disparity in military strength between the enemy and ourselves.
Moreover, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the two armies is not the same.
Especially when Suichun saw that he was hesitant, he urged him to say, "Master Fu, this is Jiaozhi! Every day the war is delayed, our army's chance of winning will decrease!"
Yes, their situation will become more and more disadvantaged as time goes by.
Because those disobedient people in the county who were suppressed would seduce the hearts of the common people and link up with each other to backfire, causing the Wu army to fall into internal and external troubles and collapse without a fight.
Therefore, in the end, Sun Mao still acted according to Suichun's plan.
But apparently they all overlooked one issue.
The Han soldiers who entered Jiaozhou were all recruited from Nanzhong or garrisoned in Nanzhong. They had never seen the sea in their lives, let alone drifted on the sea for more than ten days.
So most of them were seasick, and most of them vomited all kinds of stuff and felt weak all over.
Only the more than 2,000 Jieyang righteous men from Wu Dang's tribe could remain safe and sound.
Therefore, when the Han army arrived outside the port, they did not rush to land on the beach. Instead, they moored the ship quietly on the sea and waited for the soldiers to relieve their symptoms of seasickness.
It also made Suichun and Sun Mao's feint retreat strategy turn into a joke.
As the saying goes, if you make great efforts at one time, you will be exhausted again and again.
The morale of Wu's soldiers was not high. Under the leadership of Sui Chun and other generals, they finally mustered up their morale and implemented the strategy of feigning retreat. However, when they found that the Han army had not fallen into the trap at all, they were holding back the desperate feeling in their hearts.
Suddenly
Collapse!
Some people may think that this is because the Han army saw through the plan, so they stopped the troops and watched them without landing, just to make fun of them.
Some people may think that the Han army is waiting for something and that they are sure of victory, so they are not in a hurry to seize the port and water fortress.
Some people are more pessimistic, thinking that these ships are just the front of the Han army, and there are more troops coming from behind, so they did not seize the port.
But no one guessed the real reason.
Even Suichun and Sun Mao couldn't figure it out, and even came up with the idea that the Han army only had many ships but actually didn't have many troops.
After all, Jiaozhou is a place where miasma is rampant!
The Han army, which traveled through three counties, experienced battles and attacked all the way, must have suffered a lot of losses, right?
But they can't be sure.
And because Lu Dai had previously sent all the warships in the water village to Hepu County, they had no chance to give it a try.
But now, should we return to the water village and continue to guard it, or should we take advantage of the situation and return to the city to guard it?
For a while, they were a bit stuck.
But Huo Yi, who was also suffering from seasickness, didn't care about them.
After hearing that the soldiers reported that the Wu army in the port water village first fled in panic and then stopped on the shore, he immediately stopped laughing.
As the saying goes, he who sees the subtle things knows the truth.
This farce was enough for him to understand the weakness of Wu Jun.
Because if the Wu army had the determination to fight to the death, their morale was strong, and they had a geographical advantage, they would not waste any effort.
In other words, the Wu army did not have the courage to fight for a long time.
When the Han army launches an attack, as long as they maintain their courage and courage, they will be frightened and defeated.
At this time, Wu Dang, who was on another warship, also came in a small boat.
In the same words, Wu Jun's flaw was exposed, and he claimed that it would be better to divide the troops at this time and divert some of the boats to other places to let the soldiers go ashore to relieve the symptoms, hoping to capture Jiaozhi County as soon as possible.
Anyway, judging from Wu Jun's actions, he definitely wouldn't dare to divide his troops to attack.
As for why he didn't use his headquarters as the vanguard to seize the water village~
Although he had no symptoms of seasickness in his own department, he had to monitor the prisoners and act as a sailor to operate the ship when the Nanzhong officers and soldiers were not able to fight, so he was always scattered on various ships.
But Huo Yi felt that it was inappropriate to divide his troops.
He was worried that after he divided his troops and went ashore, the Wu army would gain insight into the strength of the Han army and be frightened back into the city to defend it.
In this way, he won't be able to attack them in one fell swoop outside the city.
It is better to stay on the ship to rest for a few days and let Wu Jun, who does not know what is going on, continue to make groundless speculations.
