Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 414 Le Jin: I can do it too
Sun Quan's impassioned speech really boosted the morale of the battalions and achieved the effect suggested by Lu Meng.

At the end of the speech, Sun Quan appointed Xu Sheng, who was injured in his arm, to lead the way and transport the remains of the fallen soldiers back to Jianye for burial. Feeling that the morale of the battalions was gradually recovering, he assembled the army and continued to advance to Hefei.

The short-term incentives were only a wave of energy. All the battalions were afraid of losing their own units. After going into battle, they all worked without effort. After trying to siege the city twice, the Jiangdong camp fell into a standstill again.

Although Sun Quan was weak militarily, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Jiangdong soldiers had a passive attitude in combat. The battle of [-] against [-] was really humiliating, and the effect of simply boosting morale was obviously not great.

The soldiers didn't work hard, and Zhang Liao raided and robbed the camp, and the siege battle was even worse, Sun Quan sat on the wax directly.

At this time, Sun Quan was facing a dilemma, because he returned to Jianye in such a desperate manner, people in the world would not scold Chen Wu who died in the battle, Xu Sheng who was injured, and Lu Meng who gave him advice
What's wrong with these generals?Isn't it the incompetence of the commander in chief?In the end, Sun Quan had to bear all this.

If you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight.

Sun Quan felt that this hat was too heavy, and if he had no suitable reason to withdraw his troops, he would spend it where he was.

In late August of the 20th year of Jian'an, more than ten days after Jiangdong attacked Hefei, his confidant Lu Meng broke into the big tent worriedly. At this time, Sun Quan was daydreaming on Hu's bed.

Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps, Sun Quan got up in a hurry. He shouted from left to right in panic: "Is Zhang Liao coming again? Get me the cloak quickly!"

"My lord, it's me." Lu Meng clasped his fists and said.

Sun Quan shook his head to force himself to wake up, and when he found out that it was Lu Meng, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Ziming, you scared me, why are you so flustered?"

Lu Meng scratched his head and was speechless. Although he was a little anxious, it seemed that you were the one who panicked?
"My lord, there are many soldiers in the camp who are sick. It has spread to more than 300 people within two days. If it is not controlled, it will be dangerous." Lu Meng looked serious.

When Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao in Wulin, his biggest helper was this terrifying epidemic that could spread.

"Why did you get infected?"

Although Sun Quan was surprised, he felt a little relaxed in his heart. The reason he had been looking for to withdraw from the army was that it was very appropriate to withdraw from the epidemic. It seemed that God sent them on their own initiative.

Lu Meng shook his head, "It's hard to say the cause of the epidemic, maybe it's because the temperature has gradually dropped, or maybe it's because the corpse has been buried for too long."

"Is Ziming telling me to retreat?" Sun Quan wanted to catch him.

"This is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. If we don't return to Jiangdong as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will be the same as Cao Cao in Chibi." Lu Meng answered with a frown.

Sun Quan nodded, "Since God's will is clear, we can't resist. Ziming, you go to each battalion to send an order that we withdraw our troops and return to Jiangdong tomorrow. You must emphasize that it is a warning from heaven."

"Wei." Lu Meng clasped his fists in reply, and hurriedly walked out of the main tent.

Because of the convenience and command of the siege, the Jiangdong camp is not far from Hefei City, and both sides are in a state of waiting and watching with the naked eye.

After Sun Quan gave the order to retreat, each general marched on his own with his own trilogy, and did not assemble on board until they arrived at Shishui.

The Jiangdong people retreated so swaggeringly, they didn't pay attention to the [-] defenders of Hefei at all, because they never thought that they would lose if they were prepared.

Le Jin looked at the city wall and shouted: "Sun Quan's [-] soldiers were defeated by General Zhang's [-], and now they are retreating in an open manner. The Jiangdong rats regard us as nothing, and I want to lead the troops to pursue them in order to repay the lord."

The guard Xue Ti hurriedly dissuaded: "General Le, don't be impulsive. This may be Sun Quan's suspicious strategy. He deliberately led us to divide our troops out of the city. It is better for us to stick to Hefei."

Li Dian twitched his beard and analyzed: "Sun Quan thought he had a large number of troops, but he retreated in a disorderly manner. It must be because he felt that there was no hope of attacking the city, and he was unwilling to waste money and food here."

"What Mancheng said is very true. When I go out in battle immediately, I will follow the example of General Zhang and beat him to [-]." Le Jin was so excited that he was about to go downstairs.

Zhang Liao stretched out his hand to stop him: "Xue Hujun is right. General Le's task is to defend Hefei. General Li and I will go after Sun Quan."

"This..." Le Jin feels as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, but he has no share in such an easy-to-earn military exploit, so I can do it myself.

Xue Ti, the guard, nodded and added: "According to Wenyuan's arrangement, we must follow Wei Gong's secret letter."

Xue Ti brought out Cao Cao's secret letter, and Le Jin had no choice but to obey. He cupped his fists and said, "Sun Quan will go to Xiaoyaojin when he retires. You can make a fuss there."

"General Le guards the city with peace of mind, and General Li and I will go back as soon as we go." Zhang Liao nodded.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian walked down the city wall and said: "Sun Quan has [-] people after all. It is impossible for us to completely eat them up. What Wen Qian said just now is correct. Jiangdong's retreating troops must pass through Xiaoyaojin. I will lead my cavalry to pursue from the front. draw attention.

General Li led a partial army to go around behind, first letting go of the main force in Jiangdong, looking for an opportunity to demolish the Xiaoshi Bridge in Xiaoyaojin, and then working together to eat Sun Quan's army behind. "

"General Zhang has a good strategy, I'll arrange it right away." Li Dian accepted the order with cupped fists.

The Jiangdong ministries retreated alone. When they attacked the city, their morale was low. Now they retreated lightly and marched very fast. When Sun Quan reached the north of Xiaoyaojin, only a small number of elite soldiers from Han Dang and Zhou Tai were left waiting.

Zhang Liao led two thousand cavalry in pursuit, and soon reached Jinbei and bit Sun Quan's rear army.

At this time, Sun Quan had less than 10 people in the north of Xiaoyaojin, and 800 people could not resist Zhang Liao's 800 men. Now the number of opponents is obviously more than [-]. The surrounding Jiangdong soldiers all looked dull and hesitant. They thought from the bottom of their hearts that they could not fight Cao Bing.

"My lord, the morale of Cao's army is high, and Zhang Liao is very brave. We have to ask the front army for help, otherwise these people will be hard to escape." Lu Meng reminded quickly.

Sun Quan nodded, "Ziming quickly sent someone to deliver an order for Gong Yi (Jiang Qin) and Gong Miao (He Qi) to return to the army to meet them."

"only."

The Cao army led by Zhang Liao was like a rainbow, and the Jiangdong army in the north of Tianjin could not resist the retreat. The musicians in the army even forgot to cheer.

At the critical moment, veteran Han Dang beheaded the two advocates. The advocates continued to beat the drums and trumpets in panic, and took the lead in shooting down several cavalry with bows and arrows.

Zhang Liao had experienced [-] vs [-] chasing troops, so now [-] are fearless against [-] people. They are not afraid of the cold arrows in the formation, but become more courageous as they fight, and they overwhelm the Jiangdong side in terms of momentum.

Seeing Zhang Liao's bravery, Han Dang said to Zhou Tai with firm eyes, "I'll hold Zhang Liao back, you Ping, you escort the lord to go first."

"Yigong must be careful." Zhou Tai instructed.

"I can save it, you Ping go quickly." Xingdang urged.

Zhou Tai immediately escorted Sun Quan to go first, but when he reached the river, he found that Li Dian's men were demolishing the bridge.

"Thief, dare you."

(End of this chapter)