Sun Quan led 3,000 troops to E County the day before yesterday, leaving Chaisang with only 2,000 defenders. However, the captain who was guarding the city was not worried about the empty defense at all. The front lines were reporting good news one after another. What big thing could happen?
The captain who was guarding the city was named Juan. He licked the corner of his mouth. Juan looked at the sunset that was about to set on the horizon, but in his heart he was thinking about his old sweetheart in the city. She was a widow whose husband had died six months ago.
Juan led his guards to the city gate. Seeing that there were not many people going in and out of the city gate, he said to the soldiers guarding the city: "After half an hour, close the city gate. I will go back to my house first. If there is something wrong,
Come to Widow Li’s house in the east of the city to find me!”
The chief guarding the gate smiled like a man: "I understand, general. Don't worry."
Juan also nodded with satisfaction. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw a black dot appear on the plain in the distance, which slowly turned into a black line. Then he saw the big flag and the galloping cavalry!
"There are enemy troops, there are enemy troops, close the city gate quickly!" Juan quickly called to the soldiers around him.
"Ah? Come into the city quickly, come into the city quickly!" The surrounding soldiers also saw the cavalry galloping in the distance. Although their reaction was slower, they also shouted at the people to enter the city.
But there were people around who were going in and out of the city gate. They were panicked when they saw the galloping cavalry. Although Chaisang was on the border of Jingzhou and Jiangdong, Zhou Yu was in charge. Jiangdong had always attacked Jiangxia. When would there be
Jingzhou soldiers and horses attack Chaisang?
There was chaos at the city gate. Everyone rushed to the city gate, rushing to enter the city. Looking at this scene, Juan knew that the city gate could not be closed. Looking at the cavalry in the distance, he was less than 500 steps away from the city gate.
(about 400 meters)!
"It's over!" Juan murmured and stayed where he was.
"Wei Yan of Jingzhou is here!" Wei Yan took the lead and chopped off Huan's head, which was stunned on the spot, and killed several soldiers one after another. After a wave of attacks by the knights who followed him, corpses were left at the gate of the city!
There were not many soldiers on the city walls, and they were not in wartime. There were only more than 300 people on each city wall. Looking at this scene, they even forgot to release arrows.
In the army of the cold weapon era, if the commander dies and there is no one to command, the defeat is almost certain.
Wei Yan took a few steps on his horse, raised Huan's head with his sword and shouted: "Your general is dead, surrender and don't kill him!"
"Surrender without killing!"
"Surrender without killing!"
"Surrender without killing!"
On the top of the city, the Jiangdong soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, at a loss.
"Woo!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Suddenly the sound of horns and war drums sounded outside the city. Looking into the distance, Pang Tong galloped towards the city with nearly 10,000 infantry!
On the top of the city, the deputy general leading the army looked at this scene, his eyes changed, and finally he put down the knife in his hand: "Stop it."
The soldiers around him put down their weapons and knelt on the ground.
"General Wei, immediately order the cavalry to control the city gate, then lead the army to collect the surrendered soldiers, and persuade the soldiers on the other three walls to surrender." Pang Tong rode his horse to Wei Yan and said.
"No!" Wei Yan took the order and left.
"Enter the city!" Pang Tongyi waved, and nearly ten thousand troops behind him entered Chaisang!
In the prefect's mansion, Pang Tong led his troops to break in. More than twenty soldiers in the mansion fought to the death, and only a few of them retreated to the backyard, refusing to take another step back.
Pang Tong looked at this scene and asked, "Who is in the courtyard?"
None of them answered. Pang Tong waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward. Finally, several people broke open the courtyard door.
"ah!"
"Spare my life!"
Two maids standing in the courtyard knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
Pang Tong approached and asked, "Who is in the room? Tell me and I will spare your life."
The two maids burst into tears: "It's Mrs. Qiao, and the children of Governor Zhou."
A glimmer of light flashed in Pang Tong's eyes. At this moment, with a creak, the door of the room opened, and a beautiful woman wearing red clothes and with skin as smooth as cream walked out.
"I have seen the general." The woman bowed slowly to Pang Tong and said, "General, there is no need to embarrass them. I, together with Gong Jin's children, are all here."
This Mrs. Qiao is really smart. It shows her identity and reminds him of her value. If it is useful, it means that nothing has happened to Zhou Yu yet. She is really smart. Pang Tong smiled and said: "Don't worry, Madam, you will be fine."
Xiao Qiao nodded calmly: "Where is Gong Jin?"
"In Jiangxia, leading troops to besiege the city." Pang Tong answered.
A trace of relief flashed in Xiao Qiao's eyes, igniting surprise, hope! And... there was also a trace of doubt.
Pang Tong seemed to see her doubts, shook his feather fan and said: "Before the war started, my lord ordered me to lead 10,000 troops and use the warships from Xiakou to cross the river to the north bank. I led the troops to bypass all the Jiangdong scouts on the north bank.
, bypassing the counties on the north bank and Jiangdong's army on the north bank, and even passed through Cao Cao's territory."
Xiao Qiao was shocked and confused: "Then how did you cross the Yangtze River from the north bank and come here?"
Pang Tong and the others could cross the river at Xiakou to go to the north bank, but there were Soochow naval forces at Fankou, and Chaisang was still downstream of Fankou. There were no ships. Xiao Qiao really didn't understand how they reached Chaisang from the north bank.
Pang Tong had a smile on his dark face: "When we arrived at the north bank of Chaisang, I ordered to cut down wood and build ships. I used fifty small boats as the bridge foundation, built a pontoon bridge, crossed the Yangtze River again, and headed straight for Chaisang!"
In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a case of using boats as a base to build pontoons, but they were only used for ceremonial purposes, and only the emperor could use them!
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, also built a pontoon bridge to have banquets with his ministers. The person who really used the pontoon bridge in war was Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. When he conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty, he built a pontoon bridge and quickly crossed the river, destroying the country in one fell swoop!
Before that, Han Xin had also fixed many large tanks on the river, allowing the army to cross the river.
Pang Tong was a genius. When he told Liu Cong this plan, Liu Cong was shocked.
After listening to this, Xiao Qiao was in a daze for a long time, and then sighed: "Gong Jin was not unjustly defeated. Do you dare to ask for your name?"
"Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan." Pang Tong bowed.
"Feng Chu?"
"Exactly, Madam, please stay here and don't move around. I will send people to guard this place so that Madam and your children will not be harmed." Pang Tong said seriously.
Xiao Qiao nodded, and Pang Tong added: "Do you have any tokens between Madam and Gong Jin? I would like to borrow it for use."
Xiao Qiao sighed, took off a jade pendant from his waist, looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and murmured: "Gong Jin..."
"Go, take it." Pang Tong ordered towards the two maids. Men and women were not allowed to be intimate, so Pang Tong gave Xiao Qiao the greatest respect.
After receiving the jade pendant from the maid, Pang Tong put it in his sleeve, bowed to Xiao Qiao, and said, "Madam, don't worry. After the war, the jade will be returned to Zhao intact. I'll take my leave."
"Sir, wait a minute!" Xiao Qiao stopped Pang Tong who was about to leave.
Pang Tong turned around and looked at her doubtfully. Xiao Qiao opened her red lips and said, "The day before yesterday, Marquis Wu led three thousand troops to E County."
"No wonder, no wonder Chaisang's garrison is so small, no wonder Chaisang's garrison is so weak!"
Pang Tong trembled all over, but he also asked curiously: "Why did Madam tell me this?"
Mrs. Qiao sighed and said helplessly: "Jiangdong's defeat has been decided. I only hope that Wu Hou and Gong Jin are fine, and that they can fight against Cao's thieves together with Jing Xiang in the future."
This woman is really smart, and she is still reminding him that Jing Xiang and Jiang Dong can no longer lose each other.
Pang Tong bowed to Xiao Qiao again, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
"Guard here, the supply of grain, rice, cloth and silk cannot be interrupted, and cannot be neglected. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"promise!"
At this moment, Wei Yan also came over and bowed to Pang Tong: "Military advisor, the nearly two thousand soldiers in the city have surrendered except for a few."
"General Wei, I will leave you five thousand men to guard Chaisang for a month, and you will have done a great job. Also, give me all the cavalry."
"Where are the military advisors going?"
Pang Tong told what happened just now, and Wei Yan was excited after hearing it. If he could catch Sun Quan... what the hell would he have done?