Although it was a direct attack on Shouchun, the vanguard army led by Zhou Cang did not march directly from Runan to Shouchun. Guo Jia, who assisted Zhou Cang, finally did not slack off this time and began to arrange a suitable front for Zhou Cang.
, the first target is Lujiang!
According to the intelligence, while the Luoyang garrison did not advance in Yuzhou before, Sun Ce has also arranged the defense of the entire Yangzhou. Sun Ce not only reduced the entire Sun Wu's military strength, but also recruited a large number of new soldiers in Yangzhou. Now there are nearly 60,000 soldiers in Yangzhou.
The remaining soldiers and horses! Sun Ce mixed the new soldiers among the veterans and handed them over to the generals to lead them. They were stationed in several important towns in Yangzhou and drilled day and night, in order to train the new army as soon as possible and increase the Wu army's combat effectiveness.
Sun Ce first sent General Bu Zhao to lead 8,000 soldiers to garrison Yingshang, and then sent General Chen Wu to lead 8,000 soldiers to garrison Hefei. In addition, General Zhu Huan led 5,000 men to garrison Anfengjin. The three lines of soldiers and horses formed the shape of "pin", which became Shouchun.
In addition, Ding Feng and Dong Xi were also stationed at Lingbi and Liyang respectively to guard against Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Of course, the number of these two troops was not large, each bringing less than 3,000 men.
Of the remaining 20,000 troops, Sun Ce divided another 10,000 troops and gave them to his sworn brother Zhou Yu to garrison Xuyi, while he led the remaining 13,000 troops to garrison Shouchun. The two cities formed a corner.
potential.
In this way, Yangzhou was really heavily defended by Sun Ce. After several days of deliberation, Guo Jia decided to let the vanguard army take Lujiang first. First, there were not many defenders in Lujiang.
There are less than a thousand people, and the vanguard army only has 5,000 soldiers and horses. It is not suitable to attack Hefei and Yingshang. Only Lujiang can be easily conquered. Secondly, the vanguard army went to Lujiang, although it was detoured.
A large circle, but it avoids the Wu army's interception and can also greatly reduce the loss of troops.
The duty of Zhou Cang's vanguard army this time was to break the deadlock on Yangzhou's defense line and pave the way for the army behind Luo Yang. Therefore, the march plan arranged by Guo Jia for Zhou Cang was completely centered around this purpose. The purpose of attacking Lujiang was to
Break Yangzhou's defense line!
Zhou Cang naturally had no objections to the plan made by Guo Jia. He remembered Luo Yang's instructions before setting off and listened to Guo Jia's arrangements. He just charged into the battle!
After the army entered Yangzhou, the vanguard army rushed straight towards Lujiang River. By the time the third person arrived, they had already arrived outside Lujiang City. This Lujiang City is not the Lujiang County located on the edge of the Yangtze River. Lujiang County
Although it is also named Lujiang, the capital of Lujiang County is Wancheng. Unlike Wancheng, Lujiang City is just a small county town.
Looking at Lujiang County in front of him from a distance, Zhou Cang's face was full of excitement, and he wished he could lead his troops into the city now. Just when Zhou Cang was about to give the order, he suddenly felt a cold feeling on the back of his head, and Zhou Cang couldn't help it.
Shivering, he turned around and saw that Guo Jia behind him was sitting crookedly on his horse, looking at him with a smile, his eyes vaguely indicating something. Seeing Guo Jia's smiling face, Zhou Cang was stunned again.
He shuddered and smiled quickly: "Uh! Mr. Guo! Next, what should we do next?" Before, Zhou Cang thought that with Guo Jia by his side, he would be much better than those literati like Xi Zhicai.
But after these days of marching, Zhou Cang realized that even though Guo Jia was always smiling, in general, he was no worse than Old Jia, who had a gloomy face all day long!
Guo Jia chuckled, then took out a gourd from his arms and poured a few sips into his mouth. Of course, drinking was not allowed in the army, so the content of Guo Jia's gourd was naturally not wine, but the wine that Zhang Ji had prepared for him a few years ago.
The potion prepared by Guo Jia was used to nourish Guo Jia's body. Unlike ordinary potions, the taste of this potion was comparable to fine wine, so Guo Jia simply drank this potion as wine every day.
After wiping the stains from the corner of his mouth, Guo Jia squinted his eyes and looked at Lujiang City in front of him, and said with a smile: "General Zhou! There is something not right about this Lujiang City! General, please don't be careless! I think we should send a small team first.
Let the troops go and test it out!"
Regarding Guo Jia's words, Zhou Cang was confused. He didn't understand why Guo Jia said that. According to the intelligence, the defenders of Lujiang City were less than a thousand people. Moreover, the gates of Lujiang City were still open, and people often came in and out of the city.
It was obvious that he had not noticed the arrival of the vanguard army yet. Zhou Cang was confident that he would just lead the army to kill him and take over Lujiang City! But Guo Jia asked him to send a team of troops to test it first. How could that happen?
Didn't it expose the whereabouts and let the other party take precautions?
Zhou Cang didn't find anything wrong, but it didn't mean that Guo Jia didn't find it. Looking at the wide-open city gate, Guo Jia's eyes flashed with a chill. These were not peaceful days. Luo Yang launched an army to attack Sun Wu.
Everyone in the world knows what happened! Which city in Yangzhou is as unsuspecting as the Lujiang City in front of him? Such pretense is clearly to lure the vanguard to attack. Guo Jia is sure that there must be an ambush in this Lujiang City!
But even so, Guo Jia couldn't ask Zhou Cang to retreat just because of this reason. He would definitely fight, but he just had to be more cautious. So Guo Jia asked Zhou Cang to send a team of people to test it out first and see.
What kind of trap did Wu Jun set up?
Zhou Cang had been frightened by Guo Jia's endless damaging moves in the past few days. Although he was very reluctant, he could only follow Guo Jia's instructions and assigned a team of 100 people to attack Lujiang City.
Originally Zhou Cang wanted to lead this team into battle in person, but in the end he was defeated by Guo Jia's half-smiling eyes and did not dare to say anything.
Because it was a team that Zhou hastily ordered, there were less than a hundred people, and the leader was only an ordinary officer. However, the Western Qin Army has always been strict in running the army, and even an ordinary officer was selected through layers of screening.
Talent. After receiving Zhou Cang's order, the officer immediately took the order and led his team directly towards Lujiang City. In the eyes of the officer, this was a rare opportunity.
If he could conquer Lujiang City in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be a great achievement, and he would be able to achieve great success in the future! With this in mind, the officer was even more energetic, but it was a pity that he was a low-level officer and was not equipped with a war horse, so he could only
He led the soldiers on foot to fight towards the city gate.
As soon as they rushed, the people who were still entering and exiting at the gate of Lujiang City seemed to be frightened and fled in all directions. You could still faintly hear shouts and crying coming from the gate. Not only
The people and even the garrison soldiers guarding the city gate seemed to be panicking. They dropped their weapons and ran into the city. They even forgot to close the city gate.
When he saw this situation, the officer couldn't help but be overjoyed. He was afraid that if the city gate was closed, he would not be able to rush into the city in time. In that case, with more than a hundred of them, it would be impossible for them to rush to the city. At this moment,
The city gate was not closed, and it was a great opportunity that God had left for him. The officer accelerated and ran, holding a single sword and shouting to the men behind him: "Brothers! Charge! If you rush into the city, the credit will be ours!"
"Oh! Oh!" Hearing the officers' shouts, the soldiers who followed became more and more excited. The reason why the Western Qin Army fought so bravely was not only because of its extremely strict training, but also its generous rewards for meritorious service.
It is also an important reason. As the officer said, if their team of a hundred people can attack Lujiang City, the contribution after the war will be great! They left their hometowns and fought as soldiers, not just to seek wealth!
Soon, the defending soldiers seemed to have realized that the most important city gate was not closed, so they ran back again and pushed the city gate with all their strength, trying to close it. Unfortunately, it was already too late!
The officer was the first to rush to the city gate, but the two city gates had not yet been completely closed. The officer rushed forward with a single stride, slashing left and right with the single sword in his hand, and immediately chopped down the two defenders.
This prevented the city gate from being closed. Immediately afterwards, the Western Qin soldiers rushed into the city gate arch and began to fight with the defenders who stayed at the city gate!
"Ah! Ah! Rush in! Rush in!" Seeing his subordinates successfully rush into the city gate, Zhou Cang became excited and exclaimed repeatedly. He turned around and shouted to Guo Jia: "Master Guo! It's time.
Is it time? Is it time? Should we take action now?" Guo Jia asked again and again. At the same time, Zhou Cang had already taken his special single sword from the soldier next to him and was ready to go out!
"Wait a minute!" Guo Jia yelled and stuffed the gourd in his hand into his arms. However, he didn't put it properly and the gourd fell from his clothes. However, Guo Jia had no intention to care about the gourd that fell in his lap.
There was no gourd on the ground, but he looked solemnly at the gate of the city where the fight was taking place in the distance. After a while, he immediately shouted to Zhou Cang: "General Zhou! Quickly raise the gold and retreat the troops! Quick!"
"Huh?" Guo Jia shouted, and Zhou Cang was immediately stunned. The situation in front of him was so good, why did he order the troops to retreat? But Guo Jia didn't care so much. Seeing Zhou Cang still there in a daze, Guo Jia became even more excited
He became anxious, changed his usual appearance, and shouted angrily: "Why are you still standing there? Here comes someone! Send me the military order and send me the gold quickly!" In the end, Guo Jia simply didn't wait for Zhou Cang and went straight to the person behind him.
The soldiers shouted.
Although Guo Jia is not the commander-in-chief of the vanguard army, and his military position is not comparable to that of Zhou Cang, the vanguard general, Guo Jia's official position in Western Qin is much higher than that of Zhou Cang, and it is well known to everyone in Western Qin that the lord trusts Guo Jia.
The soldiers were just stunned for a moment, and immediately followed Guo Jia's orders. After a while, a crisp golden sound came from the army, spreading throughout the entire battlefield!
And at the moment when the golden sound just sounded, a howling sound suddenly sounded from the direction of the city, and a flame flew from the top of the city to the sky. Although it was broad daylight at the moment, this flame fell on Guo Guo.