The fighting under the city is still going on. The Tiger Army led by Xu Feng is like a wolf entering a flock of sheep. The Jiangdong soldiers cannot resist it at all!
"ah......"
Soldiers continued to fall, and Cai Mao also led the army to kill!
"Grand Governor, why hasn't your lord opened the door to let us in?" Jiang Qin was already a little flustered.
"Are you afraid?" Zhou Yu looked at him coldly.
"General, aren't you afraid? If our army continues like this, we will be completely dead and wounded!"
Zhou Yu laughed and said, "If you don't put scented bait, how can big fish fall out? Don't worry, reinforcements will be here soon."
"Reinforcements? Where can we get reinforcements?"
"kill!"
"Come on!"
Behind Liu Jun, countless Wu troops rushed from eight directions!
"Captain, we are surrounded!" Gan Ning rode his horse to Cai Mao's side and shouted anxiously to Cai Mao.
"Grand Governor, hold on! Reinforcements are arriving!"
"Soldiers, follow us and kill!" Zhou Yu shouted and took the lead in riding out!
Cai Hao looked around, "Where can the enemy get reinforcements?"
Gan Ning swung his knife and killed, shouting, "Captain, now is not the time to talk about this, we have to retreat quickly!"
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Liu Jun, who was chasing Wu Jun just now, suddenly changed his role and became the target of being chased!
"Escape to the water village!"
In front of the defeated army on the right wing of Soochow, more than a hundred riders stopped them, "General Lu Meng, whose subordinates are you?"
"General, we are the subordinates of General Han Dang. The enemy's giant crossbows and giant beasts are too powerful. General, run away quickly."
"Pfft!"
Lu Meng wiped his sword on his robe, "Anyone who escapes again will be killed without mercy! Form a formation immediately and accompany me to meet the enemy!"
Zhuge Jin on the other side also gathered the defeated troops, but went straight to the river!
"Captain, the water stronghold has been captured by Zhuge Jin, and our warships have been captured by the enemy! Zhuge Jin asked us to come back and report the news."
Halfway through the race, the helmsman of the water warship knelt down halfway.
"Retreat toward Moling!"
It was not until dark that Liu's soldiers got rid of their pursuers.
In the woods, Cai Mao sat on the ground panting.
"Commander, our army suffered heavy casualties. Not only the navy stronghold was lost, but the warships were also lost. More than half of Xu Feng's Tiger Army was captured and killed."
"We have an army of 40,000 people, but here we have less than 15,000 left."
After Gan Ning reported the situation, Cai Mao was stunned. Then, he drew out his sword and placed it across his neck!
"Captain!"
"Captain, no!"
Gan Ning, Xu Feng and other generals quickly stepped forward to stop him.
Cai Hao smiled miserably and said, "With such huge losses, how can I have the dignity to go back to see my lord!"
Xu Feng held his hand and comforted him, "Commander, the Wu army also suffered heavy casualties today. Our army won first and then lost. I will not blame you too much for my merits."
Gan Ning nodded and said, "Yes, Governor, your daughter is still the lord's wife. No matter what happens, the lord will not do anything to you."
Cai Mao sighed, "Let's take a rest and wait until we lead the army to Moling."
In front of the gate of Wu County Hou Mansion, Zhou Yu actually knelt here!
Sun Quan hurriedly walked out and stepped forward to pull him away, "Gong Jin, what are you doing?"
But Zhou Yu knocked his head on the ground, "Please punish me, my lord!"
"What crime is Gong Jin guilty of?"
"Today, our army suffered more than 70,000 casualties. Two veteran generals, Han Dang and Huang Gai, were killed in battle. This is all my fault."
During the daytime battle, the two wings were fine, mainly because they were too frightened to advance, and each lost no more than ten thousand.
Mainly Zhou Yu's central army suffered almost all casualties! The armies of Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin who arrived later were also slightly damaged.
"But under your strategy, didn't our army also repulse Liu Jun? Not only did they seize more than two thousand pairs of armor, but also some continuous crossbows, they also captured the enemy warships, and regained Jiangfang, right?
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Zhou Yu burst into tears and said, "Sixty thousand soldiers died, nearly 10,000 were injured, and two old generals died in the battle. I can't blame you. Please punish me, my lord, and give an explanation to all the soldiers in the army!"
Sun Quan sighed, "These are troubled times, how can I abandon you?"
"Get up quickly, wait until after the war, and apologize to the soldiers in person!"
"Thank you so much, my lord."
In the early morning of the eighth day of July, Cai Mao led the defeated army and fled back to Moling in a hurry. No, now, it should be called Jianye.
Liu Cong, who was still sleeping peacefully, was woken up again!
"My lord, Governor Cai and generals Gan and Xu are kneeling outside the palace gate." Xing Daorong waited for Liu Cong to get up and reported the situation to Liu Cong.
"He lost?"
"He said we win first and then lose."
"Where's Pang Tong?"
"We have already gone, my lord, don't be in a hurry."
After a while, Liu Cong rushed to the door of the mansion, and Pang Tong was sitting on the steps. Cai Mao and others were kneeling in front of the door naked with thorns tied to their backs.
"What's going on?"
"My lord." Pang Tong bowed slightly to Liu Cong, "Cai Mao and the others fell into Zhou Yu's ambush plan."
"Before the decisive battle, Zhou Yu asked Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin to lead the troops to return for reinforcements. They divided the 40,000 troops into eight parts and attacked the rear of our army."
"Then what?"
"Our army was attacked from multiple sides and could only flee in panic."
Liu Cong tightened his robe tightly, "What's the loss?"
"The water stronghold was captured, a thousand serial crossbows were lost, and more than 2,600 pieces of armor were lost. Only more than 14,000 of the army returned."
"Lord!" As soon as Pang Tong finished speaking, Cai Mao cried out, "This is all the general's fault. Please punish me, lord!"
Gan Ning and Xu Feng followed and said, "We are also guilty, please punish our lord!"
Liu Cong frowned and didn't speak for a long time. The cold wind in the early morning blew on Cai Hao and others. Several of them were shirtless, but they were sweating like rain!
"Xing Daorong, go and get some people to remove the thorns from their bodies."
"promise."
Liu Cong continued, "Get up. Cai Mao, don't be your commander-in-chief for now. You have to give an explanation to the entire army."
"Don't think too much about anything else. I agree to the decisive battle, but I didn't expect Zhou Yu to have such means. I can't blame you entirely."
"Thank you so much, lord!"
Liu Cong sat down next to Pang Tong, "Since I marched to Jiangdong, I have suffered several defeats, all at the hands of Zhou Yu. Shi Yuan, what should I do now?"
Pang Tong thought for a while and said, "My lord, I think that the only thing we can do now is destroy the barbarians who are causing trouble in Shanyue, and then march the army into Wu County."
"Moling also has part of our navy. Let Zhang Yun, Cai Mao and other generals continue to cruise on the river. At least, stop the Jiangdong navy downstream of Moling."
"Let's do this first. You go and make arrangements. Xing Daorong, help them go down to rest, and let Huang Zu and Huo Jun go to appease the defeated army."
"Order the Jinyi Guards to find out how Wu Jun's losses are. Let's all go, I want to be alone."
"promise."
After the generals retreated, Liu Cong patted his butt, got up and walked towards the backyard.
Standing in the yard, Liu Cong looked up at the crescent moon in the sky and murmured, "Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, what a talented person from Jiangdong."
"Damn it, it's so difficult to defeat just a Jiangdong. No, you can't be discouraged. Even if you defeat a Jiangdong and lose a few times, you will be discouraged. What else can you do to dominate the world?"
"How come there isn't even a famous woman in Jianye? Just follow Zhang Yun's example and call a prostitute over?"
"No, no, no. The solitary Marquis of Chu, besides, what if you get sick?"