In the early morning of early summer, the sun rises over the mountains earlier and earlier.
The thin mist quickly dissipated under the sunshine.
Wen Qin also got up earlier than before. It could even be said that he didn't dare to sleep too much at all.
It was not bright yet, so he hurried to the top of the city.
The Wu army's violent attack on the city yesterday was so unexpected that he couldn't help but be careless.
Watching the first ray of sunlight break through the mist, it shines on the Wu Army camp outside the city.
Wen Qin's heart became heavier and heavier.
The reinforcements coming from Hefei were blocked to the east.
As for the Wu army in the south, based on the size of the camp, there should be at least 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers.
Compared to the nearly ten thousand defenders in the city, we were indeed outnumbered.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
After all, in the Yangzhou area, Hefei should be the first place to garrison, followed by Shouchun.
As for Lu'an, its location is a bit off after all, and its strategic position is far inferior to that of Hefei.
Not to mention Shouchun, the core of Yangzhou.
If Lu'an was not on the front line and a county government, it would not even have these 10,000 people.
But Wen Qin also knew that there was nothing that could be done about it.
Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, already had conflicts with himself.
Except for the necessary defenders, it is impossible for the other party to allow themselves to lead too many troops.
The most important thing is actually that in the early years, the Wei Dynasty lost too many troops in the west.
The late emperor had to mobilize troops from all over the country to fill the gap in the west.
Who would have thought that Sima Yi, that traitor, actually harbored huge ambitions.
Yangzhou faced the Wu Kou, and it seemed that it was not greatly affected by the Battle of Guanzhong.
In fact, all the reserve forces in Qingxu and even Yanzhou have been mobilized.
The vitality that Yangzhou had finally recovered in the past few years after the battle at Shiting was exhausted again.
In addition, in the past few years, the Wei Dynasty was divided into two. In order to maintain the huge military strength of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, Xuchang.
While using up the last of their wealth, they had to increase taxes.
There was also last year's drought, which made Wei even worse.
Even in Runan, which is doing the best in farming, I heard that riots by farmers also occurred last year.
One can imagine the corrupt situation in various parts of Kanto.
Even the Wei Dynasty almost couldn't hold on, so why did the Wu Kou have the energy to invade the north?
Wen Qin was thinking a lot and was worried, but he saw that the Wu army under the city had begun to make movements.
He quickly shuddered, put all his thoughts back, and looked at it intently.
But instead of attacking the city again, Wu Jun sent a battalion and was heading east around the city.
At this time, sending troops and horses to the east has no other choice but to block the reinforcements coming from the east.
Wen Qin figured this out and his spirits suddenly lifted.
It seems that although Wang Yanyun is at odds with him, he still knows that the overall situation is the most important thing, and he must have sent a lot of reinforcements.
Otherwise, Wu Kou would not have sent troops to the east at this juncture of attacking the city.
What only confused him was that Wu Kou was in the south, but there was not much movement.
"It's strange. The thieves were so desperate yesterday, but they didn't attack the city today?"
The general next to him spoke out the thoughts of the Wei army who was waiting in full formation.
Wen Qin said nothing, but looked intently in the direction of Wu Jun.
But he didn't have a telescope, so naturally he couldn't see much.
The only thing that can be concluded seems to be that the number of soldiers sent by Wu Kou to cut down trees has increased.
After a while, Wen Qin's eyes flashed, and he suddenly laughed and slapped his big hand on the city wall:
"I already know the traitor's plan! Wu Kou may have miscalculated this time and will be unable to succeed."
Hearing what the general said, the left and right couldn't help but look at each other.
"General, how do you say this?"
someone asked cautiously.
Wen Qin pointed to the city and said confidently:
"Sun Quan went to Hefei with great fanfare, but secretly sent so many troops here."
"Isn't it because he wants to capture Liu'an in one go and then turn east to attack Hefei?"
"If not, why would Lu'an City be surrounded without leaving any gaps?"
The so-called besieging the army is to make the defenders in the city have the intention to escape and not to have the intention of fighting to the death.
The reason Wu Kou laid siege to Lu'an this time was to prevent the city from sending messengers to Hefei to inform them of the situation.
"This also explains why they tried their best to attack the city yesterday before fully building the siege equipment."
Don't you just want to capture Lu'an City before the reinforcements arrive?
If I hadn't defeated the Ximen Wu bandits from the beginning and sent the message in time.
If Wang Yanyun hadn't led the army to Hefei from the beginning, reinforcements would have been sent nearby in time.
It's hard to say that Wu Kou will succeed half way.
As for the other half, of course Wu Kou underestimated Lu'an City's defense.
"When the Wu invaders arrived in a hurry, they probably had already rolled out all the siege equipment they had built in the past few days during yesterday's battle."
Wen Qin smiled even more happily:
"Who would have expected that all those siege equipment would be destroyed. Naturally, they won't be able to produce more siege equipment today."
How to attack a city without siege equipment?
Do we just rely on those light ladder ants to attack the city?
Maybe the Han army would dare to do this.
But Wu Kou...
It wasn't that Wen Qin looked down on Wu Jun.
But after guarding Liu'an for so many years, Wen Qin had long understood the character of the Wu soldiers who invaded the north every year.
They plundered the people's wealth and rushed to capture the city, but it was rare to conquer the city.
There were not many siege equipment, and reinforcements from Hefei arrived early, so the Wu invaders became timid, which makes sense.
After hearing the general's analysis, everyone suddenly realized and said:
"Best greetings, General!"
Although there are some people who have concerns and always feel that something is not right, at this time, they dare not say anything to undermine morale.
In fact, Wen Qin didn't know that what he said was just his own speculation and could not be regarded as facts at all.
But he said it with such certainty, naturally to appease people's hearts.
"But the thieves want to build siege equipment with peace of mind, but I can't fulfill their wish!"
Wen Qin said loudly:
"Send the order, I will personally lead the army out of the city and go to receive the reinforcements coming from Hefei!"
It seemed impossible to attack the thief through the south gate.
The thief general who led the army seemed to be quite capable, and the camp was fairly neatly arranged.
However, while the thieves are not attacking the city, they can go out from the east, attack the thieves from the front and back, and join the reinforcements as soon as possible.
After hearing the general's words and remembering that the general had defeated the thief at the east gate, everyone immediately responded.
The east gate of Lu'an City slowly opened again.
Wen Qin led the only elite cavalry in the city and rushed out of the city, shouting loudly like he did earlier:
"Thief, if Wen Zhongruo is here, who dares to fight with me!"
The Wu army at the east gate had been broken through by Wen Qin once. Now when they saw this man leading the army out of the city again, the Wu soldiers who had seen Wen Qin's bravery couldn't help but feel timid.
However, thanks to the lesson learned from the last Dongmen Wu general who was beheaded, this time the Wu army erected a fence early.
Even though we didn’t have enough time, we also arranged some horse-repellent antlers and the like at the entrance and exit.
Wen Qin led the jingqi to the outside of the fence, slowed down his horse, and fired a wave of arrow feathers inside.
Then suddenly it turned to the west.
The advantage of cavalry lies in mobility.
The main force of Wu Kou is in the south, east of the city. Wu Kou just wants to block the east gate, and their numbers are not enough to attack the city.
Without enough numbers, it would be impossible for them to defend everywhere.
…
Sure enough, in the days when the main force of the Wu invaders in the south was preparing to attack the city, the reinforcements from Hefei came too quickly, and Wen Qin took the opportunity to join forces with the reinforcements from Hefei from the east.
Wu Jun was caught off guard, but Wei Jun finally broke the Wu invaders' siege on Lu'an City.
Once the east is lost, the Wu army's containment in the north will naturally lose its meaning.
All I can say is, live once and live everywhere.
The only thing that made Wen Qin dissatisfied was that Hefei's reinforcements were only more than 20,000.
"Why are there so few troops?"
Wen Qin questioned the general who led the team.
"General Wen, there are already many." The leader of the army was Wang Guang, Wang Ling's son. However, he said to Wen Qin, "The army I lead, together with General Wen, is enough to resist the invading thieves." .”
What I want is to defeat the enemy and capture the thieves, not to hold the city to stop the thieves.
Wen Qin would not openly express his thoughts, but continued to ask:
"I sent a messenger to report the news. I once said that the main force of the Wu bandits is in Lu'an and not Hefei. Is it possible that the King Commander doesn't want to defeat the bandits?"
Faced with Wen Qin's question, Wang Guang did not show any timidity. Instead, he smiled and said:
"It is precisely because you want to defeat the thief that you made such a decision!"
Wen Qin frowned: "What do you mean by this?"
"General Wen didn't know something. Sun Quan wanted to defraud Lu'an, and he did not hesitate to put himself in danger. He personally led his troops away from the shore and came to the city of Hefei."
Wang Guang explained, "Your Excellency, you are currently at a stalemate with Sun Quan. As soon as Shouchun's rear army arrives, Sun Quan will threaten to give birth to his wings, and I am afraid he will not be able to escape!"
The military strength of Yangzhou, Qingxu, Runan and other places was no less than 150,000 to 60,000 at most.
However, Shiting suffered heavy losses in the First World War, and due to excessive redeployment over the years, only about 100,000 were left.
Whether it is 150,000, 60,000 or 100,000, Yangzhou alone cannot support so many troops.
Therefore, the troops on the eastern front to defend Wu State are not all concentrated in Yangzhou on weekdays, but part of them are distributed throughout Qingxu.
Once there is a war, they will be summoned to Shouchun, and then the troops will be mobilized according to the invasion of the Wu invaders.
But this time, Wang Ling was eager to make contributions and wanted to prove to Cao Shuang, who promoted him, that he was definitely more suitable to be the governor of Yangzhou than Man Chong.
So as soon as he heard that Sun Quan had appeared in Chaohu, he immediately took most of his troops south to Hefei before the army was assembled.
This slightly too hasty approach seems to be a good idea based on the current situation.
After sending reinforcements to Lu'an, Wang Ling's troops in Hefei were not enough to defeat the imperial guards led by Sun Quan.
However, the rear army gathered from Qingxu had already received Wang Ling's order and began to take a circuitous route, preparing to make a detour and ambush the Wu army's flank.
When the time comes, no matter how powerful the armor and weapons of Sun Quan's imperial guards are, they may not be able to stop the combined attack of the two Wei armies.
However, Wang Guang naturally would not elaborate on the specific arrangements with Wen Qin.
But when Wen Qin heard what Sun Quan had done, he suddenly lost his composure:
"What are you talking about? Sun Quan really dares to lead troops ashore?"
It was not his fault for losing his composure, but with the main force of the Wu invaders approaching Lu'an City, Wen Qin was already convinced that the Wu army in Hefei was just a bluff at best.
Especially Sun Quan. Last time he lingered on the boat for more than 20 days without daring to go ashore.
This time, I'm afraid the pretense will last longer.
Unexpectedly, he dared to lead the army ashore, and even reached the city of Hefei.
The most important thing is that Wang Ling, who has seen through Sun Quan's lies, can't really capture Sun Quan and achieve immortal achievements, right?
Thinking of this, Wen Qin suddenly felt mixed emotions in his heart.
Speaking of which, the false and true information about Wu Kou was delivered personally to that old man Wang Ling!
However, Wu bandits gathered under Lu'an City, and Wen Qin had to first find a way to retreat from the enemy in front of him.
As for whether Wang Ling, who is far away in Hefei, will really make great achievements, it is beyond his control.
The following offensive and defensive situation in Lu'an City seemed to have been right by Wen Qin.
Wu Jun has not launched a big attack, but standing at the top of the city, you can already see that wood is gradually piled up in the nearest Wu Jun camp.
Then two days later, the wood was piled outside the camp.
Wu Jun seems to be starting to assemble large siege equipment.
Wen Qin saw these changes in his eyes and was not afraid:
"Come on, thief!"
Although the number of troops is still smaller than that of Wu Kou, Wen Qin already has enough confidence to face Wu Kou's upcoming siege.
Just when Wang Ling was trying to make a trap to capture Sun Quan, Wen Qin was trying to find a way to repel the Wu army under Lu'an City.
Far behind, outside Shouchun City, a group of troops suddenly appeared.
Shouchun City is the state seat of Yangzhou and one of the most important hubs in the Jianghuai area of Wei State.
There are residents and garrisons in the city, as well as business travelers, and countless people come in and out of the city every day.
Every day before dawn, many people are already waiting inside and outside the city gate, waiting for the city gate to open.
Rubbing his eyes and yawning, the gate guard twisted the rope and prepared for today's routine.
This is the rear area. Although there are rumors that thieves are coming to Hefei, no one cares.
After all, the Wu invaders in the south invaded almost every year, but they never crossed Hefei.
The officials and people of Shouchun have become accustomed to this for more than twenty years.
Not to mention that this time, Governor Wang personally led the army south early.
The gates of Shouchun City are still open as usual, which means that everything is business as usual.
The city gate creaked open, and people inside and outside the city gate waiting to enter and exit swarmed up.
"Slow down, slow down!"
The city gate official shouted loudly, "Come in this way, come out that way, come one by one!"
At this time every day, the city gate is the most chaotic and crowded.
The guards at the city gate noticed that there seemed to be a lot of people going in and out today, but they didn't pay too much attention.
After all, there are thieves ahead. Some business travelers want to leave quickly, and some rich people from the countryside want to go to the city with their families to avoid the limelight for a few days. That is normal.
Wu Jun, who came from Lu'an day and night, took advantage of this point and took advantage of the fog that had not completely dissipated to rush towards the city gate...
Zhuge Ke's persistence in repeatedly sending out detailed expeditions to explore the road over the years finally paid off at this moment.
Wu Jun's surprise troops completely avoided the eyes and ears of Wei Jun and took a path that Wei Jun did not expect.
The Wei soldiers at the top of the city still couldn't believe their eyes until this moment.
It wasn't until he rubbed it several times and found that he was not dazzled that he sounded the alarm sternly:
"Enemy attack!"
