Sun Quan's face darkened and he suddenly became depressed.
Even when he heard Chen Wu's information, he suddenly had the illusion that there was a pair of eyes behind him, staring at him all the time.
And the owner of those eyes is none other than Yan Liang.
If not, how could Yan Liang seem to have seen through his own thoughts, restraining him with every move he made, leaving him in a passive situation from beginning to end.
The astonished Sun Quan felt a chill creep up from his back, causing him to tremble all over and shudder.
"hateful--"
Sun Quan clenched his fists and hit the case hard again, as if he wanted to vent all his anger on his fists.
However, after the anger, Sun Quan still had to face this cruel reality.
Sun Yu was being attacked fiercely, and Chai Sang's troops could not be mobilized. The troops mobilized from Jiangdong could only be five thousand at most. Otherwise, once those Shanyue in the mountains rebelled again, Jiangdong would not have enough troops to suppress them.
As for the Shouchun front line, only 20,000 troops and horses had been mobilized, and they had to defend such a vast area. Sun Quan did not dare to dispatch another soldier unless it was absolutely necessary.
After weighing all kinds of factors, it seems that there is no other way except to draw troops from the main camp.
However, 10,000 troops have been transferred to Lu Su from the camp. If the troops are transferred again, the advantage over Fankou Yan's army will be greatly weakened.
At that time, it also meant that besides waiting for Lu Su to defeat the enemies in Ai County and lead his army back to join him, Sun Quan would not be able to complete his plan to defeat Yan Liang's main force by himself with only the troops in his hands.
What Sun Quan didn't want to face the most was waiting.
Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, once winter drags on, the shortcomings of insufficient food and grass will become more and more obvious. At that time, it will be twice as difficult to defeat Yan Liang, who has sufficient food and grass and relies on Jingzhou's rear.
And all this is exactly what Yan Liang saw.
In Sun Quan's mind, Yan Liang's face full of ridicule seemed to appear in a trance, mocking his dilemma with a proud sneer.
Hate it to the core!
At this moment, this is Sun Quan's only feeling for Yan Liang.
After weighing and thinking for a long time, Sun Quan finally loosened his clenched fists and let out a long, feeble sigh.
Xu Sheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Sun Quan finally kept his calm and did not make any impulsive actions out of anger.
"Lord, what about Yuzhang..." Xu Sheng asked cautiously.
Sun Quan stood with his hands behind his back and said silently: "Send the order and send another 10,000 troops to Lu Zijing, and order him to join 20,000 troops to regain Ai County as soon as possible."
Ten thousand soldiers and horses!
This number was five thousand more than the number of troops originally planned to be mobilized from Chaisang. Xu Sheng knew that Sun Quan had completely given up on his plan to defeat Fankou quickly, and simply sent more troops to Lu Su to destroy them first.
Let’s talk about the enemy invading Ai County.
Xu Sheng, who understood Sun Quan's intentions, hurriedly held up his hands and said: "My lord is wise. In this way, the Governor of Lu has an army of more than 20,000 people. It is expected that within a few days, the enemy who invaded Ai County will be defeated. Then we can return."
If the army joins our main force, we will be able to defeat the enemy at Fankou in one fell swoop."
Xu Sheng's imaginative thoughts made Sun Quan's mood slightly better, and he nodded slightly, with some confidence finally flashing between his clouded brows.
…
Xi'an County.
Lu Su waited here for three days. What he waited for was the news that Chaisang was attacked and Sun Yu could not divide his troops.
This news really surprised Lu Su, because it meant that without Sun Yu's troops, he would only have 10,000 troops on hand, plus the 5,000 troops transferred from Jiangdong.
It is not easy for a crowd of 15,000 to break through Aixian County, which is defended by 7,000 powerful enemies.
But soon, Lu Su's mood improved. Although he did not wait for Chai Sang's troops, he did wait for 10,000 elite troops from the camp. Four days later, 5,000 troops from Jiangdong also arrived in Xi'an.
So, Lu Su led this army of 25,000 people, marched westward along the Xiushui River, and rushed towards Ai County in a mighty manner.
One day later, the Wu army arrived to the east of Ai County and had set up camp. Lu Su asked the entire army to rest for the night. At dawn the next day, he led his entire army out and prepared to attack Ai County.
The autumn air is crisp and the sky is high and the clouds are clear, which is a good weather for fighting for one's life.
At the east gate of Ai County, Wei Yan was wearing heavy armor, holding a long sword in his hand, and his towering body stood tall like an iron tower.
His eyes were like blades, and he coldly scanned the mighty enemy troops outside the city.
The black soldiers, the sea of flags billowing like waves, the swords and guns like forests, the Wu army of 25,000 people lined up in front. Looking around, the densely packed heads were like black clouds covering the sky and the earth, and it was impossible to see at a glance.
to the end.
"The Wu Dogs have actually come with so many soldiers and horses. It seems that I, Wei Yan, am indeed worthy of your fear. Good, very good -"
The corner of Wei Yan's mouth slanted upward into an arrogant sneer.
Facing this boundless enemy that was almost four times as big as himself, Wei Yan not only showed no trace of fear, but instead felt an ecstatic impulse.
Come on, the more you come, the better. I, Wei Yan, rely on you to become famous all over the world.
Wei Yan tightened his grip on the sword, his cold expression becoming even more arrogant.
Outside the city, Lu Su's expression was not as solemn as that of the other party.
The 25,000 elite navy soldiers under his command did not give Lu Su full confidence. When he saw Yan Jun's army in full swing at the head of Aixian County, his original confidence in winning was quickly weakened.
A lot.
Lu Su knew very well that although his soldiers were elite and invincible on the water and in the world, attacking cities on land was not their specialty.
On the opposite side, Keyan's army in Ai County was an elite land war soldier who had experienced the cruelest baptism of fire against powerful enemies in the Central Plains such as Cao Cao, Yuan Tan, and Liu Bei.
"The enemy is very strong. It seems that this battle will not be easy..." A trace of worry flashed through Lu Su's heart.
However, now that things have happened, Lu Su has no way out.
At that moment, he frowned, and his expression suddenly became stern. He took a deep breath, raised his whip and shouted loudly: "All the troops, attack -"
Dong dong dong~~
More than a dozen big cowhide drums started beating at the same time, and the thunderous sound of the drums rose to the sky.
The flags were waving, and the cavalry carrying orders galloped back and forth, giving Lu Su's attack order.
The siege team of more than ten square formations and 15,000 men of the former army, led by Dong Xi, began to advance towards the east gate of Ai County with heavy steps.
At the front of the military formation, thousands of sword and shield bearers, holding large poles as high as a person, formed a tortoise-shell formation of iron walls, covering dozens of trench bridges and advancing towards the city moat.
Wei Yan at the top of the city stared coldly at the approaching enemy troops, with no trace of emotion on his sharp-cut face.
Five hundred steps... three hundred steps... one hundred steps...
In the blink of an eye, Wu Jun's trench crossing team was within the range of the crossbows.
Wei Yanchang raised his sword forward and shouted in a deep voice: "Crossbowmen, release your arrows and shoot these Wu dogs hard for me!"
When the order was passed, more than a thousand crossbowmen, who had already drawn their strings and aimed, let go in response.
Amidst the ear-piercing buzzing sound, more than a thousand sharp arrows shot out of the air, carrying fierce force and pounced on the enemies below the city like locusts.
When the Wu people below the city heard the sound of the strings ringing, they immediately raised their shields higher and shrank their bodies tighter for fear of being hit by sharp arrows.
Ding Ding Dang Dang~~
The sound of rain hitting the eaves suddenly started, and the arrows, as dense as locusts, rushed towards the large shield held high by the Wu people, and most of them were bounced away.
This large and thick shield effectively provided protection for the Wu people, blocking almost most of the incoming arrows. Only a few arrows passed through the gaps in the shield formation, splashing scattered clouds.
The sound of screams.
The Wu people's advance was not delayed by the rain of arrows. Instead, they accelerated their advance. In just a moment, they arrived in front of the moat despite the rain of arrows.
The turtle-shaped shield formation split the chariot in the middle, and the Wu soldiers hiding in it pushed the trench bridge forward at high speed, intending to use this simple bridge-building equipment to build a wooden bridge on the moat that was several feet wide.
The originally impeccable shield formation also had flaws at this moment.
Wei Yan, who was on the top of the city, had sharp eyes and keenly seized this opportunity in the blink of an eye.
"Change the repeating crossbow——" Wei Yan shouted.
At the sound of orders, the three hundred crossbowmen put down the ordinary crossbows in their hands and quickly replaced them with the Yuanrong repeating crossbows that had been prepared long ago.
With the sound of a thousand birds flapping their wings, three hundred crossbows fired three thousand sharp arrows at the Wu army building the bridge in a matter of seconds.
The arrows penetrated the flaw in the Wu army's shield formation and struck like a violent storm. The screams rose like a tide. In the blink of an eye, six or seven hundred Wu people were struck by arrows and fell to the ground.
How terrifyingly dense, how terrifyingly lethal.
It was the first time in their lives that they had experienced the blow of such a terrifying weapon, and the Wu army, who had been hit by a series of crossbow fire, were all horrified.
Even though Lu Su was watching the battle, seeing the terrifying scene of three sharp arrows being shot out in an instant, a trace of horror flashed across his originally calm face.
Hearing the screams of his soldiers, and seeing Jiangdong's son, like a fragile piece of straw, being easily swept to the ground by the strong wind of arrows from the crossbow, Lu Su's heart was as sharp as a knife.
He was originally wary of Yan Jun's repeated crossbows, so he specially launched a large shield front siege formation, but he also knew that there would inevitably be flaws in erecting trench bridges, and the death and injury of soldiers would inevitably occur.
Lu Su had no choice but to hope that his soldiers would be stronger and not be defeated by Yan Jun's repeated crossbows.
At the first moment when they were wildly fired by Liannu, the thousands of Wu troops were indeed frightened. However, as elite soldiers, they relied on their strong will to suppress their fear and fought to the death against the rain of arrows.
Pushed up the trench bridge.
After all, the flaw only happened in the blink of an eye. After Wu Ren withstood a round of repeated crossbow fire, he endured tenaciously and successfully erected dozens of trench bridges.
The road leading to the city wall is already open and clear.
Lu Su was overjoyed and shouted urgently: "The siege team, attack immediately -"
The second drum sounded loudly, and the former army Dong received the order to attack and immediately gave the order to attack the city.
More than 10,000 Wu army siege troops, carrying ladders and pushing carts, began to shout and rush towards the east gate of Ai County.
Wei Yan, who was on the top of the city, still had no fear on his face. He swung his sword horizontally and snorted coldly, "Come on, Wu dogs, let me, Wei Yan, see what you are capable of!"
