Among Li Hu's two thousand troops guarding Shuicheng, there were many Bancheng barbarians who had been with Li Hu for many years. They were excited and their actions in the ensuing battle were brutal. After the enemy broke through the city gate, they attacked the city wall section by section.
They defended the city towers one by one, fought hard, and finally even started fighting in the streets. Some Jiangxia barbarians who settled in Chaohu also participated in the battle with the same hatred. However, without the support of the main force, the Shuicheng defenders could not hold on to this area of more than 2,000 people.
. Under the attack of water and land both inside and outside the city, they were quickly defeated.
On the second day, when the clouds cleared and the sun showed its rays again, the water city of Chaohu County was completely in Sun Ce's hands.
When he ordered the massacre of the barbarians in the city, Zhang Hong arrived in time and stopped him, asking him to continue to appease the barbarians with a gentle policy. Zhang Hong clearly realized that under the initial designation of the water city, it was really difficult to go on a mass killing spree.
The news that Shuicheng was breached shocked both inside and outside Yangzhou. Danyang and Lujiang, which were the closest, were the first to respond.
Danyang's top officials mobilized urgently, and Mi Heng urgently mobilized 10,000 troops from the county government and sent them to Juchao. Deng Ai, who had recently been in Zhichi, shouldered the responsibility of the frontline commander of the counterattack against Shuicheng, and was later appointed by Cao Zhi as the former military supervisor of Chaohu.
Army, leader, and command of all Chaohu wars.
Before that, Deng Ai had been focusing on the mission of rescuing Qiao Xuan's family, but he had never noticed any changes in the direction of Shuicheng. When he received Qiao Xuan's family, he heard that Zu Lang mentioned that Sun Ce and his troops were there.
He immediately realized something was wrong when he intercepted and commandeered the ships in the river from Hefei to Chaohu. It was unnecessary to say that Sun Ce was recruiting ships to help Yuan Shu attack Hefei. Yuan Shu had captured Shouchun, and Chen Yu was like a bereaved dog with two thousand soldiers.
The remaining soldiers were defeated and fled to Hefei. At this time, Yuan Shu had mobilized 40,000 to 50,000 troops from the area under his control to encircle Hefei. Taking Hefei should be a snap. Why would Sun Ce go to the waters between Chaohu and Hefei to recruit ships?
Woolen cloth?
Deng Ai hurriedly sent someone to send Qiao Xuan and his family to Wanling. At the same time, he sent someone to Shuicheng to inquire about the news. However, less than a day after the dispatch, he not only saw the spies he had just sent out, but also met the lucky spy from Shuicheng.
Shuicheng soldiers who escaped with their lives and Li Hu's body they found and carried back downstream of Shuicheng.
Everyone was suddenly immersed in grief, and Deng Ai also felt deeply self-blame for this, but it was useless to regret, as he was about to take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the nest.
Li Hu originally had a thousand soldiers stationed in Juchao, most of whom were Banton barbarian soldiers. When they saw Li Hu's body, the crowd became furious and demanded to go to war, seize Shuicheng, kill Sun Ce, and avenge Li Hu.
Deng Ai knew that the morale of Sun Ce and his army was at its peak at this time. Juchao now only had 4,000 defenders including the troops he brought. If Sun Ce took advantage of his victory and attacked, it would still be a question of whether they could hold Juchao, so he sent troops to counterattack.
It is absolutely impossible to seize it, let alone take revenge.
While Deng Ai reassured the soldiers to be patient, he urgently reported to Wanling and asked for more troops to stay in the nest.
Wanling Miheng and other military and political officials and generals were shocked when they received the news that Shuicheng had been captured by Sun Ce. They also wanted to mobilize troops to recapture it in time. During Cao Zhi's absence, they lost their land, which was a great shame for them. However,
Cao Zhi took away 30,000 soldiers and horses from Wanling. There were still 20,000 permanent troops in Wanling. It was impossible to transfer them all, otherwise Wanling would be empty. After Mi Heng transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses, he went to Moling again.
Liyang and other counties mobilized troops. Liyang Zhoucang led 5,000 troops and rushed to Wanling five days later to accept Mi Heng's dispatch. Qu'a, Jingxian and other Bancheng barbarian generals heard the news of Li Hu's life and death, and their grief and anger were beyond words.
, one after another asked Wanling for orders to avenge Li Hu.
Mi Heng couldn't control the crying barbarian generals for a while, and actually agreed to the decision of Pu Hu in Jing County to lead his troops to increase their number of nests. Just before he was about to turn around, A Yuan Yue and Yang Che, who was already in Wanling, led his troops to join the battle.
At this time, he was stopped by Lu Su who rushed back in time.
The two had a big quarrel in the county council hall because of this; Lu Su thought that Li Hu died in battle and Chaohu government was occupied by Sun Ce. It was indeed sad, but mobilizing these emotionally out-of-control barbarian generals would definitely be detrimental to the future of the war. These things
People are only thinking about revenge, and it is impossible to implement the general's strategic intentions. Going to Chaohu in this way will only increase casualties.
In fact, what Lu Su said made sense, but due to the old grudge between Lu Su and Mi Heng, Mi Heng refused to admit that Lu Su's words were reasonable. The two were at loggerheads, and when Cao Zhi assigned powers, he deliberately asked Mi Heng to
He was the main decision-maker among the three, but the work he mainly presided over was more government affairs, while the powers of Deng Ai and Lu Su were more military. So at this time, Lu Su had an absolute say in the military affairs of the generals, but Mi Heng did not want to lose to him.
When they insisted on their opinions and consulted Wang Ping, Lei Gong and other generals who were directly responsible for military affairs, they were also in a dilemma. They all knew that Lu Su made sense, but if they supported Lu Su, they would hurt the feelings of the barbarian generals who also belonged to Danyang.
, so they all chose not to take a stand. In the end, they could only let Zhou Cang rush to Juchao with the reinforcements, and bring the opinions of the two people's dispute, and asked Deng Ai to make the final vote.
After listening to the opinions of the two men, Deng Ai calmly agreed with Lu Su's point of view. The grief and anger of the barbarian generals was not suitable for participating in the war now. Deng Ai finally agreed with Mi Heng's decision to transfer Pu Hu to Juchao, because Pu Hu's Jing County
Not only is it the closest to Juchao, but it is also located in the middle of Danyang. It is not important to transfer him. However, we do not agree to transfer any of the generals who are bordering other counties. For example, the generals and local officials who guard Qu'a are all from the barbarian army.
, will all come to take revenge. Whoever guards these bordering areas will not be invaded by the eager neighbors.
Sun Ce, who occupied Shuicheng, did not stop taking action. Their plan was not to be satisfied with the status quo. On the second day after Sun Ce occupied Shuicheng, Lu Fan went to Shouchun with a congratulatory form to congratulate Yuan Shu and congratulate him on his success in Chaohu.
Yuan Shu had just completed the deployment of encircling Hefei at this time. Everything had not gone well for him recently, and he was about to take out Chen Yu. Yuan Shu had vowed to crush him to ashes to vent his hatred. He never expected that at this time, that person
He casually rewarded a young man from the Sun family who was a grain beggar, and actually helped him seize Chaohu Lake. Not to mention Chaohu, Danyang, and Lujiang were all on Yuan Shu's menu. But he didn't expect that the person who helped him achieve this first step was actually
It turned out to be the nineteen-year-old Sun Ce. This incident was an unexpected surprise for him, and for Yuan Shu, who had everything going wrong, it was the happiest thing during this period.
At the same time, Yuan Shu also lamented that he had many talented people under his command, but none of them were as good as Sun Ce. He did everything quietly, and even came to congratulate those who had done nothing for him, without mentioning a single word of his credit in the list.
, On the contrary, Yuan Shu talked a lot about his sincere teachings that he could not figure out whether he had said or not. It was said that Sun Ce was able to successfully capture Shuicheng because of Yuan Shu's regular teachings to him.
When Yuan Shu was happy, he looked at his advisers and generals in Shouchun's meeting hall and sighed: "If you have a son like Sun Lang, how can you regret your death?" He also didn't think about the fact that he was only in his thirties.
Can he give birth to a son as old as Sun Ce?
While Yuan Shu was talking nonsense, he was in a good mood and asked Lu Fan: "What is Lang Sun going to do next?"
Lu Fan followed Zhang Hong's advance instructions and said: "Sun Ce is willing to replace the lord Yuan to deal with the traitor Chen Yu of Hefei, and then expand the territory for the lord Yuan, and send troops to Lujiang or Danyang."
This said that Yuan Shu was in trouble. He had already intended to deal with the Danyang upstart Cao family's second son and the Lujiang old frog Lu Kang. He was worried that he had no soldiers to cross the river to help him explore the way. Since Sun Ce took the initiative to ask for orders, he immediately agreed.
Withdrawing Wu Jing, Sun Bi and other large armies besieging Hefei, Sun Ce was given 30,000 troops and ordered to go to Shouchun to meet him within ten days with Chen Yu's head.
Sun Ce took advantage of Yuan Shu's overachieving personality to achieve another success in his desire to expand his troops, and the mastermind behind all this was the wily Zhang Hong. Sun Ce admired Zhang Hong at this time, and after obtaining the three points to besiege Hefei
After tens of thousands of troops, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu advocated immediately capturing Juchao and guarding the gateway to Danyang.
In fact, these two people are eager to conquer Juchao, which is a bit selfish, because the people they love are both brought into Juchao by Deng Ai. The two people have the same idea to pursue the victory, attack Juchao, and snatch back the beauty. If the person is not in Juchao,
, after taking Juchao and advancing all the way to Danyang, we also have a threshold and a stronghold for garrisoning troops.
But Zhang Hong objected. He believed that it was not yet mature for Sun Ce to attack Danyang. Although Cao Zhi was not in Danyang, he had not lost his elite. Danyang was still the most powerful county in Yangzhou. Besides, behind him was his eldest brother Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou. So,
He was more powerful, and even Yuan Shu was defeated by him. He would not sit idly by and ignore Danyang being occupied. With Sun Ce's current strength, Zhang Hong suggested using Lu Jun in his hand to attack Lujiang first.
At this time, Sun Ce could be said to be obeying Zhang Hong's advice. Although his fiancée was also very important, Sun Ce made an important decision at this time. He could resist the impetuousness of his youth, resolutely obeyed Zhang Hong, and chose to march to Lujiang first.
On the third day after capturing Shuicheng, Sun Ce obtained the military talisman for the 30,000-strong army that besieged Hefei. As soon as he obtained the military talisman, he ordered the army to go south, leaving only 5,000 troops and horses to continue the siege of Hefei. The remaining troops rushed to the other side of Chaohu Lake.
The important military town of Ruxuwu. Although it was difficult to hold on to the two thousand men and horses placed by Lu Jun at this time, it was still possible to fight with a last ditch effort and kill the enemy on a large scale due to the complex waterways in Ruxuwu. Not to mention the land.
As soon as Kang heard about the fall of Shuicheng, he sent more troops to Ruxuwu. Unfortunately, he did not have the opportunity to fight Sun Ce. He first received a letter sent by Zhang Hong and a letter from his son Lu Jun.
In the letter, Zhang Hong told Lu Kang that his son Lu Jun was not killed in the Battle of Shuicheng, but was captured by them. Lu Kang wanted to get his son back, so he withdrew his troops from Ruxuwu and gave Chaohu to them completely.
And like Zheng Bao, they recognized their status. Zhang Hong also guaranteed that they only wanted Chaohu and would never cross the Lujiang River and invade an inch of land.