"call"

When the knife went down, there was lightning and thunder.

If nothing else happens, this sword will end an era.

The heavy rain came in an instant, and the atmosphere was in place.

The head on top of the golden chainmail rolled away from the body under the separation technique of the long knife, and rolled several times on the ground.

Hao Zhao held his breath and took a look: Isn't it Purple Beard?

Fell into a trap!

It turned out that Sun Quan, taking advantage of Zhou Tai's attack, quickly took off his armor, which clearly symbolized his identity, and infiltrated into the rebel army under the protection of his bodyguards. Some loyal and brave men used this armor to lure Hao Zhao.

Opposite Direction.

In this way, when Hao Zhao found out that he had fallen into the trap, he went to look for Sun Quan, but he was already far away.

Hao Zhao said "Hey" in annoyance, but when he saw that Deng Ai and Liao Hua had joined forces to fight against Zhou Tai, he turned his horse and came to help. Although Zhou Tai was brave, he was still not an enemy of the three generals. He saw that Sun Quan had already left.

In a dangerous situation, he tightened the reins with his left hand, turned back and blocked the swords of the three generals who were slashing or stabbing him with his sword. He flicked his wrist upward to break the attack, and then he also ran away.

Hao Zhao sighed: "When I was under the emperor's uncle's tent, I often heard the second general and the third general say that Jiangdong is a rat. When I saw it today, it is not that there are no fierce generals in Jiangdong."

Liao Hua had admired Guan Yu very early on. He had been excited for several days when he heard that Guan Yu had joined Li Qi's command. Now that I saw Hao Zhao say this, I couldn't help but think: In front of General Guan, he is just a rat. In the eyes of ordinary people like me,

It's better to have two brushes.

At this time, Sun Quan's camp had been completely destroyed by the sudden incoming Wuxi barbarians, and countless tents, food and grass were burned.

Sun Quan was puzzled at that time: What about returning home maliciously as promised?

Deng Ai succeeded in attacking the camp, but did not find Sun Quan, so he headed straight for Ancheng.

Ding Feng and Zhu Ran were in the distance directing the siege, guarding the wells, and rushing the chariots into battle, but the Ancheng gate remained impregnable.

Yu Jin was very good at restraining the army and motivating morale. Even Zu Lang, who wanted to take advantage of Jiangdong's soldiers to retreat, was executed for being slow to the army. Therefore, during the defense, the soldiers were united and their morale was like a rainbow. If

Changing the commander-in-chief of the army may not have the same effect.

Moreover, Yu Jin's troops did not "return home maliciously", and there were nearly 20,000 troops defending the city. Therefore, it was reasonable for Jiangdong's troops to be unable to capture Ancheng for the time being.

The day before, Zhu Ran and others thought that An city could be breached, and it was because Yu Jin deliberately released water to do so.

Give the enemy hope, but don't give them results. It just makes the enemy think that a little more effort will do the trick, and then keeps increasing the stakes for death.

Despite this, Yu Jin also felt some pressure under the repeated attacks by Jiangdong soldiers, and almost all the soldiers had been used - this does not mean that more than 10,000 soldiers were piled on the tower, and the tower could not accommodate them.

There are so many people. In addition to the soldiers who shoot arrows and throw stones on the city tower, there are also those who are preparing to replace the fallen soldiers, those who transport arrows and boulders, those who patrol various city walls, and those who provide logistics support, etc.

After more than 10,000 soldiers were assigned tasks, there were not many left. Some people had to take turns to rest. Otherwise, Jiangdong soldiers would continuously attack the city and their mental power would be highly concentrated for a long time. Who could not collapse?

At three quarters in the afternoon, Gao Xiang came to report that Jiangdong soldiers could be seen outside the east and west city gates with flags waving and drums beating thunderously, which was suspected to be a hidden murderous intention.

Yu Jin said: "This is a plan of suspicious soldiers. It wants us to retreat to the south when we can't defend Ancheng, so we don't need to pay attention to him."

Yu Jin believed that it was far from time to abandon the city and leave. It was just that Jiang Dongbing had overly optimistically estimated the possible results of the battle today and even prepared the suspects and ambushes - of course, this was also part of Yu Jin's plan to defend the city.

Part: Show weakness.

In fact, Ding Feng and Zhu Ran also saw the clues at this time.

It's not that easy to attack with force.

Zhu Ran said: "Ancheng is so well-defended that all the troops in the city must have been deployed. Chengyuan can lead an army around the city to see if there are any weak walls that can be overcome."

In siege warfare in the cold weapon era, attacking the city gate was only a frontal battlefield, which does not mean that other places will not become attack points.

When Cao Cao attacked Wancheng, he was tricked by Jia Xu at the southeast corner of the city wall.

Yu Jin does not have the whimsical ideas of Jia Xu, but his offensive and defensive modes are quite satisfactory. It is not that easy to find a breakthrough easily.

Not long after Ding Feng led his army to leave, soldiers from Jiangdong retreated from the base camp and said: "A strange army attacked Wuhou's base camp, and Wuhou was defeated and retreated."

Zhu Ran was shocked, and his first reaction was similar to that of Sun Quan and Xu Sheng: Where did the unexpected troops come from? Didn't it mean that all the Wuxi barbarians returned home maliciously? It took a lot of time for Pan Rui to recruit 10,000 reinforcements. This is embarrassing.

On the way here, this strange army - by the way, this strange army must be the so-called Wuxi barbarians who "returned home with malicious intent".

It seems that Li Qi did not have much hope for Sun Quan's peace negotiation and made arrangements early.

After Sun Quan repeatedly stabbed his allies in the back, his reputation was already bad. This did not require Li Qi to be smart at all. As long as he was not stupid, he would have taken some precautions.

Zhu Ran asked Jiang Dongbing who reported the news: "Where is Marquis Wu now?"

Jiang Dongbing said: "Wuhou plans to retreat to Pingdu for a long-term plan."

Now that the plan to unilaterally tear up the peace treaty has gone bankrupt, surprise attacks are no longer feasible, and they should retreat to their own areas and make long-term arrangements. But in this way, Pan Rui, Shamo Kebu, and Zhao Yun,

Huang Zhong's troops will have enough time to rush to the Jingnan battlefield.

Zhu Ran raised money to retreat his troops, but sent people to look for Ding Feng.

Yu Jin on the city tower saw Jiangdong's soldiers suddenly starting to retreat when they were in the midst of attacking the city. He counted with his fingers and realized that Deng Ai's surprise troops should have arrived.

So Yu Jin opened the city gate and led his soldiers to fight out of the city.

He guarded the east gate of Jingnan again and again, preventing Jiangdong soldiers from entering Jingnan, which was originally a great achievement. However, as a surrendered general, Yu Jin wanted greater military exploits. Only greater military exploits,

Only then can you establish your prestige as a surrendered general. With military prestige, you can better restrain the army and achieve greater victory.

When Zhu Ran saw that Yu Jin had come to the battle formation in person, he had no choice but to order the rear troops to withdraw first and cut off the rear in person.

Zhu Ran's tribe was originally retreating in an orderly manner, but within a few miles, an army attacked directly in front. The leader was none other than the stuttering Deng Ai who made Jiangdong soldiers frightened.

Prior to this, Gan Ning was defeated in Gong'an City, and Deng Ai led his troops to attack, rewriting the outcome of the Jingnan battlefield. Later, he lured Zhu Ran and captured Lu Su, which had already made him famous.

In Jiang Dongbing's mind, if anyone could change the situation of Jingnan's war again, it would be this one.

Then, the stuttering really came.

Under the two-sided attack of Yu Jin and Deng Ai, Jiangdong's rear army had no commander. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in all directions. It was not until Ding Feng heard the news that he came and killed several deserters before the battle was completed.

The situation has been restored. However, defeat at Anjo is certain.

Yu Jin and Deng Ai's armies met, and before they could exchange a few words, Deng Ai said: "I expect that Sun Quan will retreat to Pingdu and engage in a protracted battle. It is better to take advantage of his defeat and catch up along the way, and we will definitely gain something."

Liao Hua: “…”

Hao Zhao: "..."

Deng Ai's inference is theoretically correct, but it is only theoretical.

He only had the overall situation in his eyes, but ignored the mood of the soldiers.

Opening roads in the mountains and building bridges over water these days are definitely physical jobs, and are several times harder than heavy infantry marching. We finally arrived near Ancheng. Although Deng Ai also reserved time to rest, in order not to be beaten by Jiangdong

The soldiers found that they did not even dare to set up camp. They could only close their eyes and rest in one place, and they had to take turns patrolling the surrounding areas. Where could they get a good rest?

Now they have attacked Sun Quan's base camp, and are running non-stop to attack Zhu Ran's rear army. After two battles, apart from the dead soldiers, how can there be no fatigue or pain?

No matter how strict the Imperial Guards were, they still knew how to balance work and rest. Compared with them, Deng Ai could be said to be even worse.

Yu Jin said: "I have heard for a long time that Shi Zai is a god in his military skills. I relied on Shi Zai's help to resolve the crisis in Jingnan for a long time. When I saw it today, it was indeed well-deserved. However, there is a saying in the art of war. Don't pursue poor enemies, for fear of an ambush. Please go back to the city to rest and reorganize your troops and horses.

, let’s make long-term plans after Generals Zhao and Huang arrive in Ancheng.”

There is something to be said among the forbidden words.

The so-called "use soldiers like gods" means that soldiers are not treated as "human beings".

As for whether Jiang Dongbing set up an ambush, to be honest, I don't know.

Before the ambush, we all made inferences based on experience and understanding of the opponent's generals. It's hard to say who was more accurate.

Deng Ai thought about it and pushed back all the way from Sun Quan's camp to the gates of Ancheng. There were indeed two soldiers he didn't meet: Xu Sheng and Zhu Zhi.

Deng Ai didn't know whether Zhu Zhi would lead his troops alone.

But as the newly appointed governor, Xu Sheng could not lie down and sleep in the back.

Before seeing Xu Sheng, there might indeed be an ambush.

Deng Ai looked back at his morale. Although he had just won two battles, there was no obvious excitement, so he had to give up.

Deng Ai came from Jiangling, and naturally brought Li Qi's verbal praise for Jin.

Yu Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's just a matter of force."

At first, Deng Ai didn't understand its meaning. It wasn't until late in the morning that he understood the reason behind the ban.

Ancheng's food supply only lasted about a month. If Deng Ai had not arrived in time and dealt a fatal blow to Sun Quan's base camp, by the time Ancheng's food was exhausted and the army's morale was low, it would have been hard to say whether the victory or defeat would be possible.

Deng Ai didn't bring much food and grass this time. After all, he was a surprise attack force that opened roads through mountains and built bridges when encountering water. There was a lot of food and grass and baggage, and I'm afraid they are still on the way.

Now that the two armies of Yu and Deng are united, Ancheng's food and grass supplies are even more stretched.

Yu Jin had no choice but to collect grain from the four counties in Jingnan.

There is no need to talk about granaries, they will definitely support the frontline battlefield. However, the four counties in Jingnan have fought two tough battles in succession, and there is not much granary in stock, so they can only recruit or purchase from local wealthy families.

During the few days when Sun Quan retreated to Pingdu, Yu Jin did two things: one was to renovate the city wall and repair the corners that were damaged during the siege; the other was to recruit people from all over and purchase grain and grass.

However, when Yu Jin marched outside, he relied on the governors of various counties to do these things, so the process was a little tortuous, and many local officials were not tough enough, or they simply had various interests involved with local powerful families, and the efficiency was extremely low.
To be continued...