Late at night, the west gate of Hefei City quietly opened.
The Jiangdong Army surrounded three and one, and there were enemy troops outside the other three gates. If you wanted to leave the city, you had to leave from the west gate.
A group of soldiers quietly evacuated from the Ximen one after another, and everyone was extremely quiet, for fear that they would accidentally make too loud noises and attract the enemy from the other three gates.
After leaving the city, all the soldiers marched carefully. Although they could not see their fingers at this time, Zhang Liao still sent the scout out to inquire carefully, for fear that the Jiangdong Army's sentry was hidden nearby, which would expose the movements of the self-army.
During the day, the Jiangdong Army did send additional sentry sergeants to watch the Ximen, but when the Jiangdong Army retreated and set up camp, all of these sentry sergeants returned. After all, the role of sentry sergeants will be greatly reduced at night. Instead of letting them do useless work, it is better to come back and rest. Even those who are as wise as Zhou Yu would never have expected that the Hefei defenders would abandon the city late at night.
After only one night, only two thousand soldiers were left in Hefei City, which was used to restrain the Jiangdong Army.
The next day, Sun Jian's army launched a large-scale attack on the city. According to Zhou Yu's calculations, the morale of the defenders in the city was still strong and the equipment for the defenders was not exhausted. If they wanted to break through the city, it would probably take seven or eight days.
However, what was greatly unexpected to Zhou Yu was that it took only one hour to attack the city, and soldiers climbed to the top of the city.
With the first soldiers to climb to the city, the Jiangdong army that followed rushed up the Hefei city wall like a tide.
Immediately afterwards, Hefei City was destroyed.
With a surprised mood, Zhou Yu rode a horse behind Sun Jian and entered Hefei City.
After entering the city, Zhou Yu was even more surprised that there were very few defenders in Hefei City.
Logically speaking, this is definitely not the case. Cao Cao’s reinforcements had just arrived a few days ago. Can tens of thousands of people still disappear out of thin air?
I called the captured soldiers over and asked and found out that the other defenders in the city had abandoned the city last night.
When he heard this news, Zhou Yu's wisdom was also confused.
Leaving the city and leaving? How is it possible! Needless to say, the importance of Hefei City is needed, I believe any general of Cao's army should understand that it is a barrier to protect the southeast of Xuchang. How can you abandon it if you say it?
After conquering Hefei, the Jiangdong Army only had to go north along the Ying River and march straight into the city of Xuchang.
Even a timid general, he probably wouldn't give up the courage of Hefei City easily. If he dared to do this, he might be beheaded by Cao Cao. Then it would be better to surrender to Jiangdong directly.
What's more, although the battle situation in Hefei is unfavorable, it is still far from the end of the road.
The defenders Zhang Liao, Li Dian and others in Hefei City are all good generals of the world. They will not be able to see the situation in front of them clearly. What is the purpose of abandoning the city so easily?
"My sons, Hefei City has been destroyed. You can slaughter the city for one day to thank me for the hatred of losing my son!" However, before Zhou Yu could think too much, the voice of Sun Jian ordering the slaughter of the city came from his ears.
Zhou Yu felt a stern, how could he do the massacre of the city?
Sun Quan's weight in Sun Jian's heart was really not light. His precociousness was quite favored by Sun Jian. It can be said that among Sun Jian's sons, the one who was most favored by him was not his brave son, Sun Ce, who was quite brave and fatherly, but his smart second son, Sun Quan.
The beloved son was killed by Cao Cao, which made Sun Jian hate him. He had no strength to avenge before, so he could only let Sun Jian suppress this tone in his heart. But now, once he found the outlet of vent, he could no longer suppress it and a burst of breath poured out.
Sun Jian has never been a good person. If he makes a ruthless act, he will be a vicious tiger that can devour people!
"Lord! The city massacre must not be feasible..." Although he knew that Sun Jian might not be able to listen to his words now, out of a sense of responsibility, Zhou Yu still stepped forward to persuade him.
"Dongjin doesn't need to say much!" However, Zhou Yu was interrupted by Sun Jian after he was halfway through the attack. "In the past, the father of Cao's thief was only attacked in Xuzhou and did not die. Cao's thief raised troops to attack Xuzhou, and there were many slaughterings in the prefectures and counties he passed through. Now I want to slaughter Hefei to avenge my son's revenge, so why not?"
Can this be the same? Zhou Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In the past, Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, which was clearly under the banner of avenging his father, and it was unreasonable. But now Sun Jian attacked Cao, but he was in charge of fighting against the thieves in a great way. In this case, how could he still do the act of massacre like a massacre of the city?
What's more, although Cao Cao was not as strong as he is now, he still won a lot compared to Tao Qian. The killing can deepen the fear of the people and the army in Xuzhou. Now, although three armies are attacking Cao together, Cao Cao's power is still extremely huge, and it is not easy to destroy it in one fell swoop. Even if the coalition forces captured Xuchang and Cao Cao led his army to retreat north, he could still live in You, Ji and the three states.
In this case, if Hefei City was slaughtered, it would only arouse the hostility of the Cao army. In order to be quick, isn’t the one who is troubled in the end?
Moreover, from the point of view, Zhou Yu himself does not agree with the act of massacre of the city.
However, how could Sun Jian just acted on his own and lost his son so easily?
In an instant, the aura of killing was everywhere in Hefei City, with sorrow all over the field, and blood flowing...