The night was dark, and in Sun Quan's eyes, Hefei City had only a blurry outline. Except for the shaking of torches on the city wall, there was no other movement. The cheers and joy in the city had long been quiet, and there were scattered barking from the woodlands in the distance.
The soldiers surrounding Hefei in the morning have been evacuated one after another. Most of the direct ships were stationed in Chaohu Water Village, and a small number of them stayed on the west side of Xiaoyaojin, continuing to maintain a deterrence to Hefei.
In fact, there is no deterrence. After that battle in the morning, the Jiangdong generals were all shocked, and even after the army attacked the city, they seemed to be in a false sense and could not be energetic. After all, Xu Sheng, Song Qian and other generals suffered a great loss, and Chen Wu even gave up their lives. Since the other generals and schools knew that the extremely fierce star was in Hefei, they were reluctant to drive their subordinates to climb the city to fight hard.
Jiangdong has maintained a system of military service as the general for a long time. The subordinates of the tribe are the foundation of the general, and the status of the general is reflected by the scale of the subordinates of the tribe. For example, in the past, Zhou Lang had more than 4,000 troops, and the four counties in Jingzhou were Fengquan.
This leads to the process of each battle and the process of generals competing with each other. If you can gain the most benefits with the least loss, it is success; if your own troops are tortured and tragic, but you have no gains, it is naturally failure.
In today's situation, Song Qian's troops were the most tragic, almost representing that this long-time general who had followed Sun's family for many years would withdraw from the front line. Xu Sheng at least showed some strength in front of the Marquis of Wu. Although the losses were heavy, there was still a chance to recover in the future.
As for Chen Wu... This Lujiang general has been in charge of Jiangdong for a long time since Wu Hou took over Jiangdong, and is the most trusted general of Wu Hou. Wu Hou has visited his home many times and regarded him as a friend. However, he died too early, and the troops he was led will inevitably be taken back by Wu Hou, and at most he will give the clan some re-clients as pensions. Although his children will be treated well by Wu Hou in the future, they are very different from Chen Wu's day.
Since this happened, the soldiers attacked Hefei City with a thunder and rain. Even if they climbed the city several times, once the Cao army soldiers arrived, the soldiers retreated happily. The siege lasted for a full four hours, but Hefei remained unmoved. Until the evening, the Marquis of Wu had to order the withdrawal of troops.
Most generals and schools showed a look of relief when they left the frontline. They could almost not wait to board the ship and leave, and it would be better not to come back tomorrow. Or it would be possible to change someone else to attack the city tomorrow. At least they could spread the losses evenly, so that they would not be unlucky.
And Sun Quan stood on the high ground, watching the army rolling back.
He stood here all day, his legs and feet were sore, so he held a short tree with his hands and took advantage of the force.
The middle section of the short tree was split. Previously, when the army was not good at siege, Sun Quan angrily waved his sword to chop the tree, and sent his nearby servants to the front line. He claimed that whoever dared to relocate and retreated, he used this sword general to kill him on the spot. Unfortunately, when the entire army was in a bad mood, such a threat had no effect.
The city of Hefei stands tall, and even the walls and horse faces on the top of the city were not damaged much; instead, the bodies of soldiers from Jiangdong were stacked under the city, which was shocking.
According to military tactics, in the field of war, where a corpse is established, one will die if he dies, and fortunately he will die if he lives. The more he looks forward to the battlefield, the easier it is to die. Don’t the generals and schoolmen in Jiangdong understand this truth? No, they all understand that they just can’t change the situation. Although they are timid and rush forward, what if they meet Zhang Liao?
When Sun Quan thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, when his elder brother Sun Bofu was still alive, there was no such problem. Although in order to divide Yuan Shu's political legacy, he actively admitted that the soldiers were owned by the generals, Sun Bofu himself was a powerful general who charged forward. He fought in the east and west, and his achievements were better than others, so the troops he had were far greater than his companions.
With his overwhelming military advantage, he was able to kill Wu Huiming and suppress local forces on the one hand, and expand the reign of the Northern Heroes and attract them for his own use. He was tough on both sides.
Sun Quan could not be like his brother. The shortcomings in force required him to be roughly tolerant towards Jiangdong and Beiren.
He even used the command of the army, the city, and the return of guests to satisfy their interests and enhance their sense of security. The Sun regime transformed from a fierce outsider to an alliance between the old people of Huaisi and Jiangdong people. The Sun itself relied on Sun Quan's outstanding political sensitivity and balanced means to become an indisputable leader.
This situation looks beautiful. When Sun Bofu passed away, Sun's family "has not been the foundation of accumulation of virtue, and the country has no solid foundation." Sun Quan's substantial transfer of benefits to his subordinates naturally accumulated virtue, so the country in Jiangdong became firm.
The problem is that when Sun Quan wanted to expand and realize his kingly and domineering career, these vested interests were not motivated enough! Hefei's strategic position was extremely important to Sun Quan, but it was not the case for his subordinates and generals. In Wancheng, there were tens of thousands of household registrations collected by Zhu Guang. Hefei was just an isolated city between the Jianghuai River and Huai River, with neither many people nor much wealth savings. So what if it was captured?
To solve this problem, unless Sun Quan offered a reward beforehand, he promised that once he obtained Jianghuai, he would give the generals and schools more autonomy and divide more benefits from Jiangdong to supplement their consumption.
But Sun Quan was unwilling. In recent years, he had deeply felt the pain of his subordinates governing the troops and blocking the troops and defending their power, but the center was unable to suppress them. He was already considering what method to use to slightly curb this situation. If possible, he would like to accumulate all the general's troops today. How could he share the benefits to them?
As a result, the generals and schools became increasingly reluctant to contribute, and the Jianghuai war led by Wu Hou actually had no chance of continuing at this time. What will happen after Cao Cao went south after he fought a city of Hefei, which was held by thousands of people.
Thinking of this, Sun Quan felt that there was a fire in his heart. The fire was caused by his unsuppressed ambition, but it was not reflected outside, and it only burned his weak lungs to scatter.
It was getting darker.
Zhu Zhi winked Zhuge Jin repeatedly, while Zhuge Jin turned to look at Han Dang with a plea.
Han Dang looked at his nose and his nose, and his mouth was still motionless.
Three years ago, Wu Hou failed to attack Hefei, and Han Dang was in Fenglong, and Jiushi was defeated by Zang Ba. After returning to Jiangdong, Wu Hou had quite a complaint about Han Dang, so when he came to Jianghuai again, he used Zhu Zhi as the main adviser throughout the whole process, but ignored Han Dang.
Han Dang's son Han Zong was extremely angry about this, and Han Dang himself was also uneasy.
If it weren't for the unfavorable war today, he would have been lazy to go to the front of Wu Hou. Even if he came, he would have been too lazy to say a little more.
Zhuge Jin had no choice but to go out to pay his respects: "This place is too close to Hefei City. Since all the generals retreat, please stay away from the dangerous land and fight again tomorrow."
The title "Supreme" is something that Sun Quan's close ministers like to use. Sun Quan felt that it could reflect his ambitions, but at this time, it sounded a little uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!