It was Sun Quan and his closest aides and subordinates gathered in the highlands.
At this time, melodious drums suddenly sounded in the city of Hefei. On the top of the city, a famous soldier held red and white military flags and waved left and right.
"Is there any mobilization in the city?" Gu Li asked in confusion.
But Sun Quan was discussing the allocation and distribution of military generals with Zhu Zhi, and he had no time to pay attention to him.
Hefei City was originally a country of Luzi granted by the Zhou royal family. Later, Lu was subordinate to Shu, and Shu was subordinate to Chu. It can be seen that Lu was a small country with very low status, and Hefei City was also a small city. During the Jianwu period of the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu appointed Jian Tan as the Marquis of Hefei and began to build a little. Later, after the war, it was not until the former Yangzhou governor Liu Fu built Hefei alone on his horse, and built cities from the ruins again, making high cities and building wars and defenses.
When Wu Hou led his troops here three years ago, he had already seen it. The city was not very large in scale. It was a fortress that emphasized military functions. It occupies Gaogang and has water and its tributaries around it. Chaohu Lake and many surrounding small bamboos are used as cover.
It is very difficult to completely encircle such a city. It is close to it, the terrain is too complex, and many places cannot stop at all; it is far away, and tens of thousands of people are divided into several places, which cannot echo each other, and it cannot play a role in encirclement.
Therefore, when a large army is in operation, it is most important to deploy a formation. We must consider many factors such as the comparison of enemy-to-me strength, the realization of tactical intentions, and the limitations of terrain. It has high requirements for the commander's command and coordination ability. Although Sun Quan believed that he was good at leading troops, in fact, he often needed the assistance of his generals to dispatch all kinds of troops in a comprehensive manner.
Zhu Zhi usually assumes this responsibility.
During the Zhongping period, Zhu Zhi followed Sun Polu to fight in the north and south, attacked the Yellow Turbans, attacked Dong's bandits, and pacified Jiangnan. He followed all the troops. Although he rarely stood alone, he served as the military sarma, commander, and commander of the military. He was a veteran who was familiar with military affairs.
At this time, Zhu Zhi held the military book and explained the arrangements of the north of the city to Sun Quan: "He Gongmiao is there, he must be responsible for watching the road. In addition, it is best to break through the north of the city gate and set up the camp. If it fails today, he must withdraw his troops as soon as possible and transfer his troops back to the ship to rest..."
Sun Quan asked: "Where is Xu Wenxiang?"
"Xu Wenxiang was originally stationed on the southeast waterside. Because the fleet was large, I had already transferred him to the north to enrich the flanks of He Gongmiao's troops as directed by the general. Now he is passing by the city of Hefei." Zhu Zhi said: "Please look at it, that team."
Sun Quan looked closely and saw dozens of small flags following the Xu-character flag, and a long marching team was circling around Hefei City. Xu Sheng was known as brave and brave, and his subordinates were brave and good at fighting. At this time, the distance between the vertical and horizontal lines between the teams was kept just right, the soldiers were orderly, and the clanging sound of armor seemed to have a vigorous rhythm. Although he only marched simply, he seemed to show his military power to the city and exerted a powerful deterrence.
Sun Quan nodded slightly and exclaimed: "Wen Xiang's military spirit is so strong, good!"
Before he finished speaking, the earth-shaking war drums sounded in Hefei City.
The city gate suddenly opened, and a black-armored general jumped out with his gun and hundreds of iron cavalry followed closely behind.
Xu Sheng is not a mediocre general who does not know the military. The marching route he chose is still a distance from Hefei City. There is also Song Qian's troops with tight arrays as support behind him. He feels that he is not afraid of Cao's army's abnormal movements. Unexpectedly, this group of cavalry came too fast and too fiercely. Hundreds of cavalry gathered into a lightning thunderbolt. In the blink of an eye, they crashed into Xu Sheng's queue!
"Not good!" Jiangdong's civil and military officials who were watching the battle from a high place exclaimed.
The Cao army cavalry rushed forward straight, stabbing the gun, and trampling the horse. The war horse hit the human body, and then the sound of bone rupture was heard. The sword and gun slashed and stabbed, causing terrible casualties, instantly splattering flesh and blood, screaming in succession.
Sun Quan saw Xu Sheng. He was a famous brave general in Jiangdong. He once led 200 officials and soldiers to fight against thousands of Huang Zu and killed more than a thousand people. Therefore, although the incident happened in a hurry, he kept shouting, intending to circle the queue and surround the enemy cavalry.
At this time, Xu Sheng and several entourages were reincarnated back to the rescue, trying to stop the enemy cavalry's attack diagonally and buy time for his infantry. However, as soon as he approached, one of the Cao army's cavalry team came out and rushed straight to the front in the blink of an eye.
The knight wore a black beast-faced pony and black fish-scaled iron armor. A dazzling red feather was inserted into the pony. As the war horse galloped, the red feather seemed to drew a red line in the air, and it was like a flame flying in the air!
This enemy general is definitely not ordinary, so you must not be careless. Xu Sheng immediately said to the left and right: "This must be a warrior of Cao's army! Let's move forward together and kill this person first to shock the enemy's courage!"
The left and right echoed in unison and rushed forward.
However, no one expected that the cavalry would be so brave!
When he was more than ten steps away from Xu Sheng and others, he suddenly put down his spear, took the bow in his hand, and fired two arrows in a row. Two military academies in the front were shot in the throat and one of them was shot in his heart. Without saying a word, he fell off the horse and died.
Seeing that he had changed his bow and arrow, the other generals yelled forward, and wanted to kill him off guard. But when he turned his wrist, the long bow reached his waist, and the iron spear was placed horizontally bounced up like a living snake. The shiny spear tip drew an arc in the air, and two more entourages fell to the ground with blood.
The enemy cavalry made half of the entourage around Xu Sheng. But Xu Sheng did dare to fight. He did not hesitate at all because of the death of his companions. He yelled forward regardless of his own safety, and danced his spear and stabbed hard with the momentum of the war horse.
Such fierce performance surprised the enemy cavalry slightly.
At this time, the two sides were in a close relationship. He had no time to avoid the spear's stabbing, and just turned sideways. The tip of the spear flew past his chest, almost drawing a row of sparks on the iron leaves. The next moment, he waved his spear and hit him down fiercely.
The two generals roared loudly at the same time, and the guns and spears hit each other, making a loud noise.
Xu Sheng felt that his hands were hit by a heavy hammer, and all the pain from the palm of his hand to his wrist to his elbows. He couldn't hold the spear tightly and let it escape. However, the enemy general was not affected at all. He pulled his arms and thrust his gun again!
A ray of blood was raised at the tip of the gun, and Xu Sheng groaned and turned over and fell to the ground. With this gun, his shoulder armor was broken, and the deep laceration on his shoulders was connected to his neck, making him bloody and fuzzy.
Xu Sheng's feet were weak for a moment and he couldn't stand firmly. Several followers were afraid of the enemy's pursuit, so they ran up and pulled his cloak back. This movement was too big. Xu Sheng was strangled by the silk ribbon and almost rolled his eyes, but at least he retreated to the denser queue on his side, which could save his life.
However, his soldiers were killed and injured, and several columns were dispersed, and many people who surrounded him were trampled by war horses and were trampled on them, crawling on the ground and twisting and wailing.
The Cao army cavalry did not withdraw their troops. The cavalry generals who rushed back to the front of the queue shouted orders. They accelerated again, as if a torrent of steel penetrated into Song Qian's troops who were rushing to rescue him.
Xu Sheng had severe throat pain, wrist pain, shoulder pain, dizziness. He forced himself to stand up with his waist and coughed blood while asking, "Who is this... this is?"
As if in response to his question, a big flag behind the enemy general was blown by the wind and suddenly spread out. But he saw six big words written on the flag: "General Zhang Liao, the general of the bandit"!
It turned out that Zhang Liao personally led his troops to attack!
Xu Sheng seemed to have a bucket of ice water poured on his head. He shouted sternly: "Let Song Qian retreat! Is it going to kill his life when he is so messy?"
He said it was right at all. Faced with such a fierce general in the world, he was unable to resist even if he formed a formation and fought, let alone the chaotic formation? With just one sentence, Song Qian's troops had collapsed. Song Qian was trembling with a white beard and tried his best to stop the battle. He was wrapped in the defeated soldiers in a blink of an eye and could no longer find any trace.
In an instant, the cavalry of Cao's army broke the simple fence and horse-resisted by Song Qian and continued to move forward. Zhang Liao was the first to be a sharp sword, and his hands were equipped with more than a dozen warriors in Jiangdong!
Behind Song Qian is the high ground where Sun Quan is!
In the eyes of Sun Quan, who was watching the battle from a high place, the red tail feather floating on the side of Zhang Liao's pony is becoming clearer and clearer!
Sun Quan's forehead was sweating. He had no time to wipe it, and pressed his sword and turned to Zhou Wenwu: "This person is Zhang Liao? Our army gathered at the city, how majestic? He...he actually dared to go out of the city to fight?"
Zhu Zhi's reaction was faster than others. He held Sun Quan's sleeve and shouted in panic: "Zhang Liao is here for us! We all come to cover Wu Hou! Let's retreat immediately!"
This is under the noses of tens of thousands of troops. How can he retreat? Once he retreats, how will the soldiers of Jiangdong view their cowardly lord? Sun Quan is bloody? As soon as Zhu Zhi said this, he immediately became angry.
Chapter completed!