Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

In July, Guan Yu built a pontoon bridge on the upper reaches of the Ruxu River and began preparations for crossing the river.

Sun Quan's camp located at Ruxukou could only watch and let the generals of the Jiangdong Army go out to fight the enemy. Let alone whether they had the guts, even if they had the guts, they didn't have any extra troops.

Therefore, the process of building the pontoon bridge was extremely smooth. In just seven or eight days, they built several pontoon bridges for [-] troops to cross the river.

Then Liu Bei and Shen Chen also arrived at the front line of Wankou, dispatched food and grass for Guan Yu, and personally supervised the battle.

By August, after more than a month of preparation, Guan Yujun had built more than a dozen cloud towers, and countless other types of nest carts, rush carts, wooden curtains, etc., and even built more than 20 catapults.

The craftsmen, civilian husbands, and auxiliary soldiers in the army, plus 8 soldiers, will have [-] to [-] people, working at full capacity to build camps and siege equipment, and the outside of the north camp at Ruxukou is in full swing.

On August 20, Guan Yu officially launched the first onslaught. Under the cover of wooden curtains, more than [-] catapults arrived outside the northern camp and began to throw stones inside.

At the same time, the mighty fleet on the river also started to move. The sails of the Jiangxia navy covered the sky and the sun. After approaching Ruxukou, they used the parapet and wooden boards on the ship as cover, and used bed crossbows, bows and arrows to attack Ruxukou. The Jiangdong Army fired at each other.

Ma Chao and other troops attacked from the north, while Guan Yu's navy attacked from the Ruxushui in the west and the Yangtze River in the south. The 3 troops dealt a crushing blow to the [-] horses in the Ruxukou area.

Under the attack of catapults and bows and crossbows, the Jiangdong army suffered unspeakably. Many high oars, docks, water towers, and earth hills in the periphery were broken by catapults, and the walls of the village were also in danger.

In this case, the Jiangdong army can only be said to have the power to parry, but not to fight back.In the most difficult time, if the Jiangdong army wanted to defend the outer wall of the village, they had to appear on the wall with a shield and a crossbow.

However, the catapult is not a vegetarian. Under the bombardment day and night, some wooden fence walls collapsed, the Wubao was damaged, and the Jiangdong Army suffered heavy losses.

If the generals of the Jiangdong Army are also good and bad, with Zhou Tai, Lu Meng, Sun Jiao, Sun Huan, Cheng Pu, Song Qian, Quan Zong, and Zhu Cai killed, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and Jiang Qin captured, now only He Qi , Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, and Lu Fan are fairly reliable.

But it is also hard support, extremely hard.Because under the onslaught of Liu Bei's army, the morale, which was not high at first, has fallen to the bottom, and there have even been several small-scale defections, which caused the army to be even more restless.

"boom!"

After a tower in the northwest corner was smashed by a catapult, Pan Zhang came down from the wall in disgrace. The tower was smashed next to him, almost buried by the collapsed wooden frame.

The dust brought by the rolling boulder filled the sky, making Pan Zhang barely able to see his surroundings. Fortunately, Sima Zhong, a general beside him, helped him to the rear.

"When will this day end?"

"Yes, a fellow of mine was stoned to death before, and there is no whole body left. I'm afraid if this continues."

"I would rather the enemy break through the camp and surrender."

"I heard that Uncle Liu Huang treated the captives kindly, and he was kind to the people. Last year, Jiangdong captured so many people, and I didn't hear that he killed them. He was just farming in Jiangxia, and some people sent letters home."

"Shh, stop talking."

Several Jiangdong soldiers nearby were chatting, when they suddenly saw Pan Zhang scrubbing his eyes behind a wall of the village, they fell silent and hurried away.

Ma Zhong was furious, and was about to call them back to punish them for disturbing the morale of the army, but Pan Zhang stopped him and said, "Forget it, even we are in danger now, let alone the soldiers."

"General, there is no way to go on like this."

Ma Zhong said: "The enemy throws stone carts and bows and arrows into the camp every day outside the stronghold. The morale of the soldiers is declining. If we can't come up with a countermeasure, I'm afraid we won't last long."

Pan Zhang thought for a while and said, "I'll go to Nanying to discuss with General He and the others."

As he spoke, he shook his head and shook his head.

Although the catapult didn't hit him just now, the shock was still not small, and his head is still buzzing.

"Report!"

At this time, soldiers came to report: "General, the northeast corner of our camp has been breached."

Pan Zhang was shocked and said, "Did they call in?"

"not yet."

"Quick, take me there."

"Yes."

The soldiers took him to the direction of the gap in the northeast corner.

Over there, Pan Zhang's general Sima Yang Can led his soldiers to ambush in the wall of Wubao behind the camp.

Now the outer fence wall has been broken, and only a circle of rammed earth walls inside is still barely supported. What has collapsed now is the rammed earth wall in the northeast corner.

There are no defensive facilities behind the wall. There are some docks, inner walls, and high-rise buildings, and the soldiers are hiding behind them and waiting sternly.

Anyway, they didn't dare to approach the fence wall and rammed earth wall in front of them. The bloody corpses on the ground and the collapsed wall told the Jiangdong soldiers one thing - whoever went outside to defend would be a dead end.

"How's it going?"

When Pan Zhang came over, he saw that the sky was dusty and gray outside, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Yang Can said, "I don't know, there is no movement outside."

"Send a dead man to have a look?"

Ma Zhong said.

"I'll go."

Pan Zhang still had the courage to rush out from the rear dock with his back bent, and ran to the back of the gap in the rammed earth wall outside.

Then he hid behind the wall, stuck out his head and glanced out of the wall.

Just this one glance made him feel the fear that went deep into his bones.

I saw that the sky was full of dust outside, and through the dust and mist, I could vaguely see the vast plain outside the rammed earth wall.

Rows of big Han soldiers wearing red military uniforms and coats of armor lined up in several square formations, holding shields and spears, and walked slowly towards the gap with neat steps.

In the dust and mist, their figures are like ghosts and ghosts, and the queue is endless, like a torrent sweeping everything on the earth, making people shudder!

"Enemy attack!"

Pan Zhang uttered a miserable scream, then turned his head and ran back to the rear dock.

Since the enemy has chosen to launch a strong attack from the gap, a bloody battle is inevitable...

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At noon and early in the day, in Zheqi City, Sun Quan was walking up and down the city wall anxiously.

Last month, Zhang Liao wrote back saying that the King of Wei was rectifying his troops, and he had already sent the Protectorate General Cao Chun to bring some troops over to help them, and let them persist for a month.

As a result, one and a half months have passed, and the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, Zhang Liao's attitude has become more and more perfunctory, and Cao Jun has hardly heard from him.

This made Sun Quan anxious like ants on a hot pot.

Because the situation on the front line is already very bad, every day there are battle reports sent from the north bank, how many people were killed and injured today, and which camp will be broken tomorrow, bad news is almost coming one after another.

What made Sun Quan even more impatient was the southern line. In order to calm down Shanyue, Sun Quan set up several captaincy departments, of which the southern captaincy department was in Changshan County, Kuaiji County.

Now he no longer has the ability to deploy soldiers and horses in the mountains in the southeast hills, but he still has some spies and scouts in the south.

According to the report from the Southern Captain's scouts in Changshan County, Liu Beijun's spies have already appeared in the Dingyang and Xin'an areas. Although the shadow of a large-scale army has not yet been seen, this shows that the enemy is not far away.

And that's not all.

The Western Duwei Department in Xinshi County was also breached by the Shanyue people, and now his influence in Yishan (Huangshan) has been completely eliminated, which made Sun Quan suspect that the Shanyue people had colluded with Liu Beijun.

A series of news made Sun Quan feel overwhelmed, but what worried him most was the situation on the southern front.

Because Changshan County is the later Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, and Dingyang County and Xin'an County are the later Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

Later generations of Zhejiang people should all know that it is only [-] kilometers from Quzhou to Hangzhou. Even if you walk [-] kilometers a day, you will arrive in ten days.

Such a short distance, coupled with the rebellious Shanyue people, and the [-] defenders in the Qiantang district on the southern line, really made Sun Quan feel sad, worried that Qiantang would be broken, and Jiangdong's rear would not be guaranteed.

So in the past few days he kept urging the messenger to go to Hefei to ask for help, but unfortunately all the letters fell into the sea, and Zhang Liao just perfunctory the messenger, saying that the king of Wei is preparing, please wait patiently, the reinforcements will arrive soon Yunyun.

"Ugh!"

Seeing Guan Yu's army attacking Ruxukou in full swing on the river in the distance, Sun Quan couldn't help but slapped the city wall hard, and sighed, "I shouldn't place all my hopes on Cao Pi!"

Beside Zhuge Jin, Kan Ze, Gu Yong and others had their hands in their sleeves, and their faces were all frowning. No one dared to offend Sun Quan at this moment.

Still Yan Jian said: "Don't be discouraged, Marquis Wu. It is said that Qingzhou soldiers launched a rebellion in the state of Wei after the death of King Wu of Wei. Just wait patiently."

"and many more."

Sun Quanchang sighed and said, "When will I have to wait?"

"Report!"

Just at this time.

A messenger rushed up from the city tower and reported to Sun Quan: "Marquis Wu, Zhang Liao has replied."

"Quick, take a look."

Sun Quan hurriedly ignored the messenger and ran over, and went up to receive the letter by himself.

He couldn't wait to unfold it, and then his heart was lifted, his face was overjoyed and he said: "Good news, Cao Chun has arrived in Hefei, and he will be able to help us soon. Zhang Liao said that the king of Wei is still on his way. I hope we will stick to it for another month. .”

"If Cao Chun can come, he should be able to stick to it for a month, but I don't know how many troops Cao Chun brought this time."

Zhuge Jin stroked his beard and thought.

Sun Quan said: "Since we are the former army, we must always have 3 or [-] people. As long as we can relieve our defensive pressure, we can definitely wait until King Wei's reinforcements arrive!"

After all, he turned his hopeful eyes to the north. It was extremely unlikely that he could win this war by relying on his own strength.

But if Cao Pi can arrive in time, the winning rate will be greatly increased.

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"Ah!"

Cao Pi sneezed at Weiwang Mansion in Yecheng.

He wiped his nose, naturally he didn't know that someone was thinking about him at this time.

"The widow sent a general to protect him, with 8000 tiger and leopard cavalry, plus [-] infantry, a total of [-] people went to Hefei. They pretended to be the former army. They should be able to scare Liu Bei."

After Cao Pi sneezed, he said to Sima Yi and others beside him.

Sima Yi smiled and said, "The king of Wei also sent tiger and leopard riders over there. As long as the general guard can show up in front of Liu Bei's army with the tiger and leopard riders, Liu Bei will naturally be worried about our arrival."

"Ah."

Cao Pi nodded: "This can be regarded as buying some time for Sun Quan. I heard that the enemy in Nanyang also made changes?"

Chen Qun said: "It is impossible for Liu Bei not to threaten us in Henan, but now that the south is exhausted, it is not easy to send out a large army to attack Jiangdong. The army in Nanyang is probably just to deter us and not dare to attack."

"So best."

Cao Pi said: "Let General Wei be careful, don't rush to fight the Nanyang enemy."

"Yes."

The entourage at the side wrote down this order and prepared to send it to Yingchuan.

There are very few generals that Cao Pi can rely on now.

Protector General Cao Chun, historically, he died in Jian'an 15 years after he contracted the plague.

But now in the 15th year of Jian'an, he followed Cao Cao to attack the senior cadres in Bingzhou, and he did not return to Qiaojun to get sick and die as in history.

So he escaped a catastrophe, now he is 50 years old, and he is one of the few veterans in Cao Jun.

Then there is Xia Houyuan.

With the deaths of Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Dun, he was the only one of Cao Cao's first four veterans.

Therefore, Cao Pi entrusted him with an important task and awarded him the post of General Wei, replacing Cao Hong's post in history, guarding Henan and guarding against Liu Bei's army in Nanyang.

As for the Guanzhong area, it was in charge of Anxi General Xia Houmao, who was the son of Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun had a close relationship with Cao Cao, and this relationship naturally continued to the next generation.

Since Cao Pi and Xia Houmao grew up together and had a very close relationship, they placed high hopes on him and asked him to guard Guanzhong.

It's a pity that he doesn't know that this guy is a fool, greedy for money and lustful, and has a relatively low-key and cowardly personality.He is good at making money, and it would be embarrassing for him to take the lead.

However, there is no war in Guanzhong right now, and Yizhou is still recuperating. It is not easy for Liu Bei to occupy Xiliang, and he is really unable to send troops to attack Chang'an.

Therefore, Xia Houmao's luck is still good, and he can live his little life in Chang'an safely.

The rest are Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang and others.

At present, they are either stationed around Yecheng or deployed in the north. The territory is too large and there are enemies on all sides. There are too many places to guard, which makes people exhausted and makes it impossible for Cao Pi to rescue Sun Quan.

After giving Xiahouyuan an order to be careful of the enemies in Nanyang, Cao Pi said to Sima Yi: "Now Liu Bei has defeated Wu. Judging from the current situation, Sun Quan may not last long. We need to speed up the progress."

Sima Yi said: "The watch for persuasion has been prepared, and the altar is almost built. Wait for Hua Xin to fetch the jade seal first, then King Wei can go to Chaoge in person to accept the emperor's abdication."

"Ah."

Cao Pi nodded approvingly: "Okay."