When Lu Fan learned that Sun Shao had been killed and all five thousand soldiers and horses had been evacuated, he was furious. At the same time, he was sure that these troops were regular soldiers, but he was not sure whether they were Jing or Wei. Logically speaking, it should be Wei State, because Jing State is too far away from here and crosses Qingzhou, making it difficult to reach here.
Being able to kill Sun Shao with one move shows that the opponent is not weak.
Just in case, Lu Fan ordered Quan Zong to lead 45,000 people in the city and personally lead the attack on Zhang Xiu's village. After approaching the farm, Lu Fan ordered Quan Zhong to lead 20,000 troops to the rear, surrounded the farm, and then launched a fierce attack.
After rushing inside, they saw the flag of the Wei army.
Lu Fan was alarmed, but he didn't expect Wei Jun to penetrate deep into Xuzhou.
Then he ordered the army to attack.
When the soldiers of Wu who were imprisoned inside heard the sound of war horses outside, they knew that their own troops were coming. Several captains hurriedly opened the gate to greet the army from inside, completely forgetting that they were wearing Wei army clothes.
Lu Fan saw Wei troops coming out and ordered the army to kill them.
Only then did the five thousand Wu soldiers realize that they were wearing Wei army clothes.
But the war has broken out and human power cannot save it.
The five thousand prisoners who were not prepared to fight back were so anxious that they picked up weapons and resisted. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. It was not until Quan Zhong came to kill them and recognized several of their own captains that they reported to Lu Fan. , Ming Jin withdraws his troops.
After cleaning the battlefield, only more than 900 prisoners remained from the 5,000 prisoners.
More than two thousand people were killed just now.
Before the war even started, they were tricked by the opponent. Lu Fan was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he didn't know who the opponent's leader was. He only knew that they only had seven or eight thousand people, all of them brave and good at fighting, and they had already headed to Qu County.
There were only two thousand defenders in Qu County, and they could not resist the Wei army.
Lu Fan hurriedly ordered Quan Zhong to be the vanguard and led 5,000 cavalry to quickly support Qu County. He suppressed the middle army himself, followed with food, grass and baggage, and rushed to Qu County at full speed.
When Quan Zhong's men and horses rushed to Qu County, they found that Qu County was intact and had not been attacked at all. They hurried into the city to inquire about the situation. The magistrate of Qu County told Quan Zong that a group of cavalry was approaching with great force, but Instead of attacking the city, he went south. As for where he went, he didn't know.
Quan Zong hurriedly told Lu Fan the news.
"Going south?"
Lu Fan looked in disbelief and hurriedly opened the map of Xuzhou to look at it.
There are two cities closest to the south, one is Guanyun City and the other is Quyang. Comparing the two, Guanyun City should be closer, but he couldn't tell where the enemy would go first.
As a result, the detective horse came to report that the enemy troops had moved south to Guanyun City.
Lu Fan was confused. He had no idea what the enemy army was doing. The distance from Qu County to Guanyun City was at least a hundred miles, and they actually took half a day to get there. Is it necessary to forcefully march like this? ?
But he did not dare to be careless and hurriedly led his troops south quickly.
Little did I know.
The real Zhang Xiu led 5,000 soldiers and horses by boat upstream of the Yi River. What Lu Fan pursued was just a thousand cavalry with one person and five riders. They followed Lu Fan in circles under the leadership of Tu Lichen.
Going west along the Yishui River, it took three days to reach Luoma Lake. Then, disguised as three merchants, E Huan led a thousand men and horses to the north road to Xuzhou, and Armand led a thousand men and horses to Xuzhou from the south road. Zhang Xiu personally led three thousand troops to kill Xuzhou.
At this time, Lu Fan had been circled to Xiapi.
From Guanyun City to Quyang, then to Xiaxiang, and then to Xiapi. They have been on the road for five or six days without even encountering the enemy. Moreover, this cavalry moves very fast, and the Wu army's cavalry can't catch up even if they use all their strength to catch up.
When Lu Fan learned that there were soldiers and horses attacking Xuzhou City in three directions, he was so frightened that his face turned as white as paper.
Only now did he realize that he was being led by the enemy. The enemy chasing behind him was not the main force of the enemy at all. However, at this moment, the Wu army was exhausted and exhausted. It was difficult for him to quickly go north to rescue Xuzhou, and the defenders of Xuzhou could not reach it. A thousand people.
At this time, Tan Ma came to report that the enemy cavalry in Xiapi City had gone north.
Without even thinking about it, you can guess that they are going north to meet in Xuzhou.
"what to do?"
Quan Zang's eyes were anxious, "If the enemy army breaks through Xuzhou, they will definitely attack the Emperor from both sides. If this is true, the sin between you and me will be greater than heaven!"
Lu Fan shouted in a hoarse voice: "Send troops and horses quickly to inform the emperor that Xuzhou is in danger! Report the situation to the Governor of Xuzhou Lu Su and ask him to quickly return his troops to help Xuzhou."
Quan Brown: "What about us?"
Lu Fan stared blankly: "We will fight Xuzhou to the death. Order the army to abandon the city immediately and rush northward. Order the magistrates of all the cities and counties along the way to prepare food and grass."
Therefore, Lu Fan led the army to the north quickly.
Zhang Xiu did not attack Xuzhou City. Now the main force of Soochow is in Peiguo County, and there is also the main force of Soochow led by Lu Su to the north. There is no benefit to him in attacking Xuzhou City at this moment, and he will also lose troops and horses.
His purpose was not to attack the city, but to disrupt Xuzhou.
Let Xuzhou focus all its attention on itself and have no time to take care of other things, ensuring that the naval forces under the leadership of Gan Ning quietly blockade the Yangtze River and cut off Soochow's retreat.
Zhang Liao's troops are about to meet Lu Su head-to-head.
At this time, the navy had not arrived yet, so Zhang Xiu ordered Zhang Liao not to act rashly and to exercise restraint and not to conflict with the Wu army. The Wei army was not destroyed, and the Wu army did not dare to take the initiative to challenge Jingguo. On the contrary, the two sides maintained a short-term friendship.
"How is the war situation in Wei and Wu?"
Near Luliang Mountain, in a temporary military tent, Zhang Xiu looked at the map of Peiguo County and asked.
Armand: "Cao Pi retreated after being defeated and did not dare to fight Sun Ce again. He kept hiding and did not dare to fight. Sun Ce was very anxious. After occupying the entire territory of Peiguo County, he divided his army into three groups and continued to advance westward to compress the Wei army. Living space, currently, the Wei army is running out of food and grass."
Zhang Xiu smiled: "Most of Yanzhou has been hidden, Yuzhou is also in the flames of war, and many of the Wei army's rear areas are about to be under our army's artillery fire. Where is the food and grass?"
Armand: "It seems that Wei Jun can't hold on for long."
Zhang Xiu nodded: "Where is the navy?"
Armand lowered his voice: "Zhuge Military Advisor said that there will be heavy fog on the sea tonight, which is suitable for landing. General Gan Ning and others are preparing to go ashore tonight and quickly attack the north bank of the Yangtze River tomorrow to block the Wu army's retreat."
The only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou were led around in a big circle by him, without combat effectiveness. The two main forces of Soochow were fighting on the front line, and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses also planned to kill Soochow. When the time came, even Sun Ce It's the gods who are powerless to save the world.
In the original battle to destroy Wei, the second most powerful country, Wu, was destroyed first in the end.
