With the support of Huxiao Battalion, the balance of victory completely tilted towards Jiangdong Army.
Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin led the remaining 5,000 soldiers from the north gate to fight out of the city.
The well walls of the Han army collapsed in the fire.
Cloud ladders, vertical ladders, sentry towers, tents, and unfinished siege equipment were all burned by the continuous fire.
Countless Han troops fled westward crazily.
Standing at the top of the dilapidated city, Ji Shu stared at the battlefield with his eyes fixed on the battlefield, unable to move away for a moment.
"Pity!"
If there is a cavalry team to cooperate with the pursuit at this time, the results of the battle will be maximized!
Especially ferocious beasts like the Tiger Roaring Camp can even directly attack Cai Mao's army and destroy the Han army's command center.
It is not impossible to capture or kill Cai Mao, Zhuge Liang and others alive.
Perhaps it was precisely because he knew this that Wenpin resolutely chose to lead his elite soldiers to stay behind.
At this moment, Huxiao Camp was fighting with the elite soldiers under Wenpin's command.
The 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Yan did not cause many casualties to Huxiao Camp and annihilated Li Yan's troops. Huxiao Camp only lost 500 people.
Ten to one casualties.
This powerful strength made Han Zong's eyes shine with brilliance, like a child seeing a coveted toy.
Ji Shu patted Han Zong on the shoulder, making the little guy a little nervous again.
In the past, Han Zong was very bold and confident in front of Ji Shu. It is not difficult to see from the fact that he dared to ask Ji Shu to take the initiative to join the Yulin Army. But since the "Lijiacun Incident", Han Zong has become a little timid in front of Ji Shu.
"Does the wound still hurt?"
Han Zong hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to be tougher or to be honest at this time. Finally, he nodded honestly.
It's no wonder, no matter how good the medicine is, it can only get him out of bed in a few days, which is already very good. This is why Ji Shu only kept Han Zong by his side and did not let him attack with Jiang Qin.
"Isn't this very military-looking?"
Ji Shu's words made Han Zong raise his head in surprise. He thought the teacher was only disappointed with him, but the eyes he looked up at were full of expectations.
"Don't be wrong in the future. The iron-bloodedness of the soldiers cannot be established by indulging their wildness and applying some small favors. To become such an army, what is needed is faith."
Following Ji Shu's hand, Han Zong saw the scene of the Tiger Roar Battalion cutting through the enemy's army, then turning around and starting a second charge.
"Teacher, what is faith?"
Han Zong watched the battlefield excitedly, trying to imprint it into his mind. He longed to build such an army.
"It's easier said than done. It's a group of people who risk their lives just to dream. I'll explain it to you slowly in the future."
"is teacher!"
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Huxiao Camp lost almost 800 people, and finally annihilated more than 3,000 people from Wenpin's headquarters. Wenpin's whereabouts are unknown.
After the war, Jiangdong's army cleaned the battlefield and found Wenpin's body. I'm afraid he escaped from the chaotic battlefield under the cover of his own soldiers.
However, their sacrifice did buy valuable time for Cai Mao's army to evacuate.
This battle was particularly brutal.
The two sides fought from midnight to noon the next day. A total of 20,000 Han troops were killed and 4,000 were captured. General Li Yan was killed and General Wenpin was seriously injured and fell into coma.
The Jiangdong Army lost 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the Huxiao Battalion that came to support lost 1,300 people.
At this point, the Battle of Jiangxia came to an end. Cai Mao led 8,000 remaining soldiers to retreat to Xiakou Port and was no longer able to attack Jiangxia City.
After confirming the safety of Jiangxia City, Zhou Tai and Ji Shu had a brief meeting, replenished dry food and water, and rushed back to the Shiting battlefield with the Tiger Roar Camp without stopping.
Three more days later, another Jiangdong army led by Sun Ce personally finally arrived at Jiangxia City.
At the gate of the dilapidated city, Ji Shu, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and others had been waiting here early.
Wherever he looked, an army of 20,000 people came slowly, with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu riding in front of the group.
The dried blood stains on the top of the city had not yet been cleaned, and the city gate was still a new gate that had just been installed. Sun Ce walked up to the front and looked at the intact people and breathed a sigh of relief.
The three brothers chatted all the way from the city gate until they entered the prefect's mansion.
Only then did Ji Shu know that something unexpected had happened at Shiting.
On the first day when Sun Ce led his army to the Shiting battlefield, the Han army withdrew its troops early, looking cautious.
Sun Ce wished he could wait a little longer and let Ji Shu completely occupy Jiangxia and then turn around to deal with Cai Mao together, so naturally he would not stir up trouble. The two sides entered into a strange tacit understanding.
However, something unexpected happened the next day.
News came from Shouchun that the Pengcheng Fortress only held out for ten days before it was breached by Xu Shu under Liu Bei's command. 30,000 Han troops were approaching Shouchun City.
Yuan Shu's envoy met with Sun Ce and wanted to mobilize 40,000 troops, leaving only 10,000 people to assist Sun Ce's 40,000 troops in resisting Liu Biao. They even promised Sun Ce generous benefits for this purpose, only asking Sun Ce to help him defeat Liu Biao. Protect the western barrier of Shouchun.
Although Sun Ce claimed to have sent 40,000 troops to come to the rescue, in fact only 25,000 troops came. Counting Yuan Shu's 10,000 soldiers and horses who were not sure whether they were useful or not, there were actually only 35,000 men to face Cai Mao's 60,000 troops. Sun Ce lamented in his heart, and now he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
The 40,000-strong army evacuated, occupying most of the coalition forces of Sun Ce and Yuan Shu. How could such a loud noise be hidden from Cai Hao?
Sun Ce was prepared early to guard against Cai Mao's sneak attack, but the Han army seemed to have no intention of taking action.
Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief, but this aroused Zhou Yu's suspicion.
"Liu Biao proclaimed himself the 'King of Han' in Jingzhou, and Liu Bei proclaimed himself the 'King of Han' in Xuzhou. Both of them have a sworn hatred for Yuan Shu, who proclaimed himself emperor by supporting the Han Jade Seal!"
"This is a critical period for the two men to compete for the legitimate status of the Han Dynasty. Now Liu Bei has taken the lead in attacking Pengcheng and is targeting Shouchun. Isn't Cai Mao worried that the Han Jade Seal will fall into Liu Bei's hands?"
"With 40,000 troops retreating, this is the best time to attack. If we handle it properly, even if we let go of the 40,000 troops, we will suffer heavy losses as we cover the retreat. We may even defeat us and chase us all the way to Shouchun City! Cai Hao actually stood still. !”
Zhou Yu's words aroused strong vigilance in everyone, and everyone unanimously decided to launch a tentative attack on the Han army.
On the third day, the coalition forces launched an attack on the Han army under the command of Zhou Yu.
After a day of fierce fighting, the coalition troops retreated hastily, Zhou Yu said with a dark face.
"It's been calculated! This is a feint attack force, definitely no more than 20,000 soldiers and horses!"
Zhou Yu was a little annoyed. If it hadn't been for this accident, it would have taken him another two days to discover the abnormality of the Han army.
The atmosphere in the big tent was heavy, and everyone understood what this meant.
Now there are two ways in front of everyone. The first is to abandon Yuan Shu, immediately withdraw his troops back to Lujiang, and then rush to Jiangxia; the second is to hurry up and fight the Han army in Shiting, eliminate this army, and then go to Jiangxia from the direction of Anlu.
The first method is much longer, and abandoning Yuan Shu is not strategically in the interests of Jiangdong Army.
But does the second method really work? The Han army was unable to retreat even when Yuan Shu withdrew his troops, and was extremely cowed. If Sun Ce wants to fight decisively, I'm afraid he will fight and retreat all the way to delay.
In this case, Zhou Yu proposed a third method.
Fight immediately and send the Tiger Roaring Battalion to select the weak point of the enemy's defense and break through it directly! With 3,000 Tiger Roar Battalion in hand, which is better than 10,000 elite soldiers, Zhou Yu believes that Ji Shu's trump card is enough to stabilize the war situation there.
