Chapter 570: Enemy Situation in Lujiang
It is said that the beautiful sisters Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao from Jiangdong were destined to be wives by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu because of their beauty. However, when Cao Cao's troops invaded, war broke out in Jiangbei, and the wedding celebration could not be held as scheduled. A group of people in Sun Ce's guard uniforms took out a piece of paper and ordered Qiao Guolao to move his family immediately. Da Qiao and his family hurriedly got on the boat, and no one dared to stop them. Although the boat sailed slowly, it kept going upstream along the Yangtze River. When it turned into the Han River halfway, Qiao Guolao knew that its destination was Xiangyang, the core capital of Qinglong.
When Qiao Guolao was stunned, he never imagined that this was Zhuge Liang's plan. Lu Meng deceived Zhuge Liang's two sisters, Mengxue and Ruoxue, to Jiankang City, and Zhuge Liang deceived the most beautiful Qiao sisters in Jiangdong to Xiangyang.
At this moment, in the guest apartment behind the city lord's mansion in Lujiang City late at night, Zhuge Liang was shaking his feather fan slightly under the light, counting with fingers on his right hand, and his delicate eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. According to the predetermined plan, Hefei City should have been captured by Zhao Yun within three days. But why hasn’t the news come yet?
In three days, Lujiang experienced several tentative attacks, but even if Cao's army had not launched a general attack, Lujiang's defense suffered heavy losses. Of course, Cao's army suffered greater losses. Every time they tried to attack the city, hundreds of corpses were thrown away. Except for the secret passage south to the Yangtze River Wharf, which was relatively safe, the north gate and west gate of Lujiang City had experienced several sudden attacks.
Zhou Gongjin had been defending at the top of the city for three consecutive days, even sleeping on top of the city. Ling Cao's troops had moved from the south of the Yangtze River and set up defenses in the hilly areas south of the Lujiang River. On the one hand, they guarded the escape routes, and on the other hand, they became life-saving ambush soldiers during the escape. On the Yangtze River, there are still dozens of Jiangdong ships floating, strictly controlling the Yangtze River waterway and guarding several large and small docks. Only the Qinglong Army ships can pass. The leader of the navy was Dong Xidong Yuandai, a remnant of Kuaiji Yao. His attention was entirely on the dock and he did not doubt the merchant ship headed west by Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao.
Cao Jun's five routes were interspersed in all directions. They seemed to be using several empty strongholds to set up suspicious troops and constantly changing their siege positions in order to overwhelm the defense. However, according to the judgment of the three major plotters Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Zhuge Liang, because the mountains outside the city gate to the west were surrounded, Cao Jun could not open the battlefield and the offensive was not easy to continue, so it was most likely a feint attack. And dozens of miles outside the east gate is the swamp around Chao Lake. If the siege fails and is chased, they will fall into the swamp and it will be difficult to escape, so it is not a battlefield. Only the side outside the north gate facing Hefei City is almost all farmland, suitable for large troops to attack the city. Therefore, Zhou Yu went directly to Beicheng to take command.
The moat of Lujiang City is not too deep. Although it was urgently dug wide and deep, it was not too difficult to fill it up. The people of Lujiang have spontaneously organized death squads. As long as the city wall collapses, emergency repairs will be carried out immediately. The top of the city was littered with bows, arrows, rocks, boiling oil, firewood and other defensive supplies. Behind each crenellation stood at least two fully armed soldiers, each carrying a crossbow and a shield. There is a spear or fork.
The Lujiang City was well prepared, and the outside of the city was also in full swing. General Cao Ren's troops were the main attack on the north on the first day. They inevitably cut down the few sparse forests in the north of the city and built a bunch of siege ladders. The number of Cao's troops increased significantly the next day. It should be that Cao Hong's troops were approaching from the northwest. They may be preparing for a general attack later, and the time of the general attack may be in the early morning of tomorrow.
Cao's army of five routes, with more than 200,000 troops, consumes an astronomical amount of food and grass every day. An army without enough food has no fighting capacity. Therefore, the advantage of a large force in action is to fight quickly, and Cao Jun will never wait forever.
Yu Jin's troops have been gathering near Chao Lake. According to Zhuge Liang's strategy of taking the initiative, Zhou Yu sent the experienced and prudent generals Han Dang, Han Yigong and Ding Feng and Ding Chengyuan, each with 5,000 cavalry, out of the east gate and crisscrossed the area around Chao Lake, going to Yu Jin respectively every day. Pre-camp challenge. Yu Qing's soldiers were cautious and rigorous, and did not easily disperse their troops to intercept. However, they built a temporary dock on Chao Lake and detained many fishing boats. I don't know what they were planning.
Outside the west gate, there were also two strong attacks, but it was Le Jin Le Wenqian who was known as the "first to reach" general. Guarding the west gate is the veteran Cheng Pu and Cheng Demou, who are a good match for Le Jin. The two of them attacked and defended, attacking bravely and closing steadily, and it was impossible to tell the winner for a while.
Among the five Cao armies, only Xu Huang's regiment was closest to Hefei City, and it seemed to be guarding the grain road between Hefei City and Lujiang City. In fact, the two cities are not too far apart. Xu Huang's rear camp is only a hundred miles away from Nanfeishui. But all these troops obviously did not worry about the safety of Hefei City, and all their attention was attracted to Zhou Yu's movements in Lujiang City.
On the surface, Zhuge Liang was calm and calm, still maintaining his immortal demeanor. In fact, he had been waiting for news about the destruction of Hefei City, so he was sleepless late at night. The small light suddenly flickered, the bedroom door was gently pushed open, and a somewhat tired Lu Su walked in. It turned out that he had not fallen asleep yet.
Lu Su was not polite, sat down opposite Zhuge Liang, and said: "Kong Ming, Zilong should be at Hefei City, right?"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Zijing, they say you were mature when you were young, why are you so restless this time?"
Lu Su raised his beard angrily and said with a wry smile: "What I hate the most is that you are shaking the feather fan and acting like a hypocrite. Don't tell me that you don't have grass in your heart?"
Zhuge Liang also smiled bitterly, shrugged his shoulders and said: "If there is no grass growing in my heart, why can't I sleep?"
Lu Su burst out laughing, and in turn comforted Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, Lord Jiren and Tianxiang, will get divine help from somewhere. Maybe Zhao Yun has already broken into Hefei City at this moment."
Zhuge Liang's bitter smile became even worse. Lu Su even mentioned the divine help, but he didn't know what his mentality was. Perhaps, life is like this. To realize the lord's ideal, strength and luck are equally important.
Before Lu Su finished speaking, there was a sudden noise at the door. Kong Ming and Zijing looked at each other and stood up at the same time. If there is anything that can break the silence in the middle of the night, it is either the destruction of Lujiang City or the destruction of Hefei City.
The voices of Qinglong guards Cheng Yin and Li Kan sounded outside the door at the same time: "I have met Governor Zhou! Let me report." The two people who had already stood up in the room looked at each other, and it turned out to be Zhou Gongjin himself.
The two of them rushed to open the door, and sure enough, Zhou Gongjin's handsome face emerged in the darkness. Zhuge Liang blew the wind and said, "What kind of wind blew Gongjin down the Beicheng Tower?"
Zhou Gongjin didn't look like he was joking at all. He moved his tall figure horizontally. It turned out that there was a young general behind him, but he was wearing a green dragon uniform. Seeing Zhou Yu get out of the way, he immediately handed over his hand and reported: "General Zhao's carrier pigeon arrived in Jiangxia yesterday. He Fei The city is broken.”
Zhuge Liang and Lu Su were both slightly startled. They immediately looked at Zhou Yu and said at the same time: "Gong Jin! Send troops!"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
