"Nonsense!" Le Jin pointed to Li Dian on the top of the city and shouted: "This Langling City was obviously captured by me, the Western Qin Dynasty! How come it became your Cao Wei's again? Do you, the Cao Wei, want to compete with me in the West?
Can Qin start a war?"
"General Le's words are wrong!" Li Dian, who was on the top of the city, seemed to have guessed that Le Jin would ask such a question. He smiled faintly and said calmly: "Sun Ce is treasonous and murders the emperor! Wei Marquis made a false statement.
The imperial edict ordered the heroes of the world to attack it. In other words, the Marquis of Wei is the leader of the alliance against Sun Wu this time! General Le previously captured Langling City from Sun Ce, and it should have been handed over to the Marquis of Wei for disposal.
What's the problem with the order of the Marquis of Wei to take over Langling City from the general? Please rest assured, General Le, I didn't hurt any of your troops who previously guarded Langling City. I had already sent people back to the Western Qin Dynasty! Now!
Our common enemy should be the traitor Sun Ce, it is best not to harm the harmony between our two families!"
Although Li Dian's words were somewhat unreasonable, Le Jin couldn't find any reason to refute, and was stunned for a long time with his mouth open. In the end, Le Jin could only swallow this breath and shouted bitterly: "Forget it! This matter is over.
Let’s give it up for now! However, our army fought with Sun Ce’s army before, but was outnumbered. Now the enemy is chasing behind us. Please ask General Li to open the city gate and let us go in to avoid the pursuers!”
When Le Jin said this, he took a step back and acknowledged Cao Wei's ownership of Langling. However, Li Dian did not even think about Le Jin's request and refused: "General Le! I have already said it before.
, I must not open the city gate before getting the order from the Marquis of Wei! Please forgive me, General!"
Le Jin was completely angry now. Everyone could tell that Li Dian made it clear that he wanted to sit back and watch the vanguard army be chased by Sun Wu's army! Le Jin's face turned red with anger, he raised the spear in his hand and pointed it from a distance.
Li Dian on the top of the city was about to launch an attack on Langling City. At this time, Lu Xun had already rushed behind Le Jin and shouted hurriedly: "General Le! No! Don't be impulsive!"
After stopping Le Jin, Lu Xun glanced at the well-organized Wei army on top of the city with complicated eyes, and said to Le Jin: "General Le Jin! We are in a situation where we cannot start a war. General, don't be impulsive! Let's go! Let's go back first.
Say it again!" After saying that, he pulled Le Jin back without any explanation. Being pulled by Lu Xun like this, Le Jin couldn't resist. He could only glare at the top of Langling City with hatred, and followed him with him.
The sergeants withdrew from the army.
At this moment, on the top of the city, Li Dian sneered, and slowly lowered his right hand that had been raised high before. Behind him, there were archers standing, all of them already bending their bows and setting arrows, waiting for Li Dian's order.
, countless arrows can be poured out of the city. Li Dian looked at Le Jin and others who had left, a trace of pity flashed across his face. If Le Jin had dared to order an attack on the city just now, Li Dian would have had an excuse to attack Xi.
The Qin army launches an attack! By then, the Western Qin army can be annihilated under the city walls. This is a great achievement!
Naturally, Li Dian's thoughts could not be hidden from Lu Xun. In fact, Lu Xun had already guessed some clues during the previous battle of Runan. Now that he saw the Wei army appearing here, Lu Xun was completely sure.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei must have reached some kind of secret agreement with Sun Ce! Only in this way can we explain why Sun Ce dared to transfer all the main forces from Yangzhou without caring about the threat of Jiangdong Ganning. Come to think of it, it must be Liu Bei! It must be Liu Bei who took action
, blocked Gan Ning's offensive for Sun Ce! But now the Wei army suddenly appeared on the retreat route of the vanguard army. Needless to say, they must want to cooperate with Sun Wu's army and besiege the vanguard army in Yuzhou!
It's just that Cao Cao and Liu Bei were so cunning, but they didn't dare to blatantly help Sun Ce. Instead, they used various excuses to make it impossible for Western Qin to grasp the topic. Returning to the vanguard army's formation, Lu Xun told his speculation
Zhang Liao and Le Jin also had solemn expressions on their faces. They are both wise generals who are good at using their brains. Naturally they understand that this matter is of great importance. If not done well, the entire vanguard army will be wiped out! Le Jin hesitated for a moment and then said
: "How about we bypass Langling City and withdraw directly to Jingzhou? As long as we withdraw to Jingzhou, I don't believe that Sun Ce will still dare to pursue him!"
"No!" Lu Xun shook his head and vetoed Le Jin's proposal, saying: "Cao Cao is a very cunning man, and several of his counselors are also very powerful. This will definitely not be the only move! If I guessed correctly, Cao Cao
They must have arranged a lot of ambushes on the way back to Jingzhou, just waiting for us to take the bait. Moreover, with the current situation of the vanguard army, I am afraid that Sun Ce will catch up before we can retreat to Jingzhou! So we must find another way.
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Zhang Liao also had a gloomy face and agreed with Lu Xun's statement. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and finally said to Lu Xun and Le Jin: "Since we can't go west, then let's go south! Going south to Jiangdong is also a way out! I don't believe it.
Then Sun Ce really trusts Cao Cao so much and dares to let him occupy so many cities!" Langling City is close to Yingchuan, which is also Cao Cao's territory, so it is convenient for Cao Cao to go south to capture Langling. And those in the south of Yuzhou
The territory is the hinterland of Yuzhou. No matter what kind of alliance Cao Cao and Sun Ce have reached, Sun Ce probably would not dare to let Cao Cao be so arrogant in Yuzhou.
Regarding Zhang Liao's statement, Lu Xun hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement. In fact, this is the only way out for the vanguard army now. However, Lu Xun still felt a little uneasy. Sun Ce was just a reckless man, and there was nothing to fear.
, but there is Zhou Yu beside Sun Ce! Will he let the vanguard army escape from the siege set by him like this?
Now that the target has been set, without further delay, the vanguard army naturally set off immediately. However, on the surface, in order to deceive Li Dian in Langling City, the vanguard army still made a plan to bypass Langling and march westward back to Jingzhou.
After confirming that they would not be discovered by Li Dian, the vanguard army immediately turned south and took the new county in the south.
Xin County is a small town belonging to Yiyang County. It is located at the southernmost point of Yiyang County. As long as you pass Yiyang County, it is the junction of Lujiang County, Jingzhou and Jiangdong. Once there, the vanguard army can be said to be safe.
Got it!
It is not that easy to reach Xinxian. It takes at least three days to go south from Langling to Xinxian. On the way, you have to pass through the four cities of Anyang, Xixian, Guangshan and Xiyang, and you have to cross the Huai River.
If the road to the west had not been blocked, Zhang Liao would not have wanted to take this road.
Fortunately, in order to defend Runan, Zhou Yi had previously transferred all the soldiers and horses in Yuzhou back to Runan City, so there was no defense force in other cities in Yuzhou. On the first day of marching south from Langling, the vanguard army
They marched directly to Anyang, captured Anyang in one breath, and had a good night's rest in Anyang City. This was also the first time since the Runan War that the vanguard army had a solid night's sleep.
However, Zhang Liao and others did not dare to rest for too long in Anyang. After all, Sun Ce's army was chasing after them! At dawn the next day, the vanguard army set off from Anyang, continued southward, crossed the Huai River, and captured
The three cities of Xixian, Guangshan and Xiyang. Sure enough, these three cities, like Anyang, do not have many soldiers and horses stationed there. For the Pioneer Army, it is as if they are undefended! It is a pity that the Pioneer Army has limited troops now, so it cannot be defended at all.
Unable to dedicate troops and horses to garrison these three cities, we could only abandon these three cities, rest for a night in Xiyang, and seize the time to start heading towards the last target, New County!
According to the original plan, they captured Xinxian and rested there overnight. They could return to the territory of Western Qin tomorrow. This news made the soldiers of the Pioneer Army very excited. They were hunted down along the way.
I had to run around, but this time I was finally able to escape from the sea of misery! And just when I was about to set off from Xiyang, Zhang Liao's spy who had stayed in Guangshan had already rushed back, saying that he had discovered Sun Wu in Guangshan.
Jun, now a bucket of cold water has been poured on the heads of Zhang Liao and others. It seems that we should speed up!
Starting from Xiyang, we drove for two or three hours at a stretch, and we were still about a hundred miles away from our destination, Xin County. The sun was already blazing, it was noon, it was already early summer, and the weather was sultry.
It turned out that the soldiers were all covered in sweat. Seeing this, Lu Xun suggested to Zhang Liao who was commanding the army to advance: "General Zhang, why not take a rest first!"
As Lu Xun spoke, he kept wiping the sweat on his head. Although he was riding on a war horse, it took much less effort than the soldiers on foot, but in such a big sun, Lu Xun was just a scholar.
And he comes from a noble family, so he has never suffered like this before. After these few days of traveling, his originally fair and fair face has now turned a lot darker.
Zhang Liao turned around and glanced at the soldiers around him, thought about it, and nodded in agreement. The vanguard army also accelerated a lot this morning. He thought that even if Sun Wu's army was chasing them, they should be able to catch up before them.
Let's capture the new county before we get there! And with the current state of the vanguard army officers and soldiers, even if they forcefully rush to the new county, they won't have much physical strength, let alone capture the new county.
After being ordered to rest on the spot, the soldiers all lay down on the ground. They were very tired this morning. If the Western Qin Army had not always been strict in discipline, I would be afraid of this kind of forced march.
This method had already provoked the soldiers to flee.
Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Lu Xun also dismounted and found a place to sit down and rest on the side of the road. Le Jin gulped water while Lu Xun wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuffs and turned to Zhang Liao and asked.
Said: "General Zhang! How are your injuries?"
Zhang Liao smiled, subconsciously reached out and touched the injury on his shoulder, shook his head and said, "It's much better! When I was in Guangshan, I asked a doctor to check it out. It's okay!"