Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 498 Turn Passive into Active

Sun Jing made a good judgment.

In the process of defeating Hefei and Lu'an, Wu Sheng and Huang Zhong also paid a heavy price, especially Huang Gai is not an ordinary person, how can it be possible to defeat him without any loss?
So even with the addition of Liu Xun's remaining troops brought by Liu Ye, the Xuzhou reinforcements that rushed to Shu County, although it was claimed to be over ten thousand, the total number was only eight thousand.

And the total number of system soldiers and old soldiers is just over [-].

In the process of breaking through the He Qi tribe that was blocking them, even though he had been prepared, Huang Zhong took the lead in the battle. He fought fiercely in the middle of the night, but he still paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties. The consumption is also very large.

According to what Sun Jing said, it would be fine if Wu Sheng and Huang Zhong took a rest on the spot, but if they were in a hurry to run to the Lord Wang Zheng of Shu County to show the center, it would give them an opportunity to take advantage of it instead!
"What Uncle San said is true."

Sun Ce nodded in agreement, thought for a while and said, "Huang Zhong is so brave, and there are still Qiao Wan and Wei Yan in the city. I want to abandon Wancheng and send Cheng Pu to join us. What does third uncle think?"

"Abandon Wancheng?"

Hearing this, Sun Jing was stunned for a moment, and then hesitated in her heart.

Wancheng is the prefecture of Lujiang County, and it has been managed by Liu Xun for several years. This city alone has gathered half of the wealth and essence of Lujiang. It is a pity that I have to take the initiative to give up now.
"Bo Fu, you should think about it clearly. If you give up Wancheng and transfer back to Chengpu, the hard work of the past few months will be in vain if the soldiers use their lives." The restraint of Wancheng is to lure wolves into the house?"

"If Xuzhou Yellow Turban can be driven back, Wancheng and even Lujiang can be won again!" Sun Ce was decisive, and immediately snorted coldly: "As for the words of restraint, third uncle, Liu Biao is a greedy and courageous old man. I am mediocre and incompetent, I am afraid that I will not come, so there is no need to mention this matter again."

On the other side, the Xuzhou military camp.

According to Wu Sheng's temperament, after winning the victory, he naturally wanted to go to Shu County immediately. However, Guo Jia had already told him not to rush forward after rushing, and he had to rest after being surrounded, so Wu Sheng also chose to set up camp on the spot. , take a break.

Although he defeated He Qi in the first battle, Wu Sheng also knew that there were still Sun Ce's main forces outside Shu County, so he chose to camp not far from Sun Ce's barracks, but in a valley more than ten miles away.

Huang Zhong once had doubts about this: "Let's camp here, aren't we afraid that Sun Ce will come out and attack our army?"

Because of the previous conflict, Wu Sheng's previous admiration for Huang Zhong has long since disappeared, but he also knows the importance, so he just snorted coldly:

"General Huang is worrying too much. As far as I know, the little boy of the Sun family just fought with the general for a long time yesterday, and he has just withdrawn his troops. Even if he wanted to take my camp, he would have too much energy."

He is illiterate, but he likes to quote from the classics like Xu Fang, so he said half-literately: "Take a step back and say, this little boy is really cowardly and wants to come and attack us, hey, the general and Shu Cheng How can the defenders sit idly by?"

"We have 8000 people rushing thousands of miles to help, and it must have greatly boosted the morale of the defenders in the city. On the contrary, the sun thief must be panicked, and this will change. Under such circumstances, if the little boy dares to come and touch our tiger's fur , haha, I can't wish for it, I'm looking forward to it day and night!"

Huang Zhong pondered for a while when he heard the words, his eyebrows stretched, he nodded and said: "What General Wu said is true."

"Humph"

Huang Zhong was right about the matter and not the person, and he felt reasonable and naturally agreed, but Wu Sheng thought that the other party had softened, looked at Huang Zhong with a slightly calm expression, and immediately climbed proudly to a high place, looking at Sun Ce's barracks from a distance.

It’s almost dawn, and although the early autumn is still a bit sweltering, the early morning is completely different from the summer. Even if the red sun is just rising, the whole world still has a unique plain color. , even the air seems to have an indescribably clear and transparent.

From the perspective of Wu Sheng and Huang Zhong at this time, they saw a giant snake composed of camps connected to each other, tightly surrounding a city, and the colorful military flags stretched for more than 20 miles. Of course, due to Sun Ce The troops were divided several times, first Huang Gai attacked Hefei, and then He Qi set up an ambush on Zipeng Mountain. In fact, at least half of these camps are now vacant and silent.The reason why Sun Ce still kept it was nothing more than to increase his momentum and try to deter the city.

Passing through the camp of He Qi's tribe, looking forward, is the majestic and towering city wall of Shu County. Although it is far away, Wu Sheng, who is a fifth-rank soldier, can still see the outline clearly, but he couldn't see it the first time he came. When something came out, he asked Huang Zhong: "General Huang, from what you see, is it different from before?"

In fact, Huang Zhong has never really entered Shu County, and the last time he was just watching from a distance when Wang Xiong met, he was startled when he heard this, then he stared for a long time, thought for a while and said: "General Wu, look at the people in the city. The military flags are still in order, so it can be seen that the people in the city are still hearing about it, and the general will see that the city is still safe for the time being."

As he spoke, he praised sincerely: "Shu County is trapped for nearly a full month, and there is still such a weather, the Lord's military management is far better than my generation!"

"That's natural!" Wu Sheng nodded heavily, and replied proudly: "General Ah is naturally not something I can compare to. '

In fact, even though the two of them have excellent eyesight, what they see is only the distant view after all, and the military flag seems to be more of an appearance. If you want to be close, you can definitely see it clearly. Six are wounded.

Even the city walls below the crenels are full of cracks and damage, and many areas have even collapsed long ago.

Wu Sheng had watched it for a long time, and was about to return to the camp when he heard Huang Zhong who was beside him suddenly let out a soft "Yeah". Looking around, he saw a cavalry troop walking sideways from the opposite enemy camp. Out, a rough estimate of the number, was about six to seven hundred people.

At this time, several soldiers around him also saw it, and someone said: "General, is that little thief Sun Ce sent to test our army?"

Before Wu Sheng answered, Huang Zhong on the side shook his head and said, "Probably not."

Pointing to the people and horses, he analyzed: "Look, everyone, this cavalry marching speed is not fast, stop and go, you must know that soldiers are very fast. If you want to test the truth, you must try to attack. The attack is better than a surprise attack. How can you be so slow?"

"It really doesn't look like they came to fight."

Wu Sheng sized it up a few times, and made the same judgment as Huang Zhong. He rolled his eyes, and immediately said with a mocking smile: "It's not to test the truth, so you're here to demonstrate?"

"Little boy was afraid that we would raid his camp, so he put on a show first, in an attempt to frighten us. Hey, I heard that this guy has been invincible and invincible in the land of Jiangdong since the incident, and he has made a big name. Unexpectedly When I met my celestial army tiger, I showed my timidity before fighting? Hahaha"

A few soldiers chimed in and chimed in: "What kind of bullshit is invincible and invincible? It's just that the Yangzhou Army is too useless!"

"That's right, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are vulnerable to a single blow. Isn't it the same with Liu Bei's soldiers and horses before? What kind of skill is it to show off your power in front of them? In front of our heavenly army, even if you give him a hundred guts, he won't have the guts to do so." Already!"

The more people in this group talked, the more excited they were, and Wu Sheng became more complacent the more they listened. Huang Zhong, who was the only one standing aside, frowned secretly, disapproving.

Ever since he joined the Heavenly Army, he has already discovered that this is a truly proud soldier. It is by no means comparable to the previous Jingzhou Army. And the capital of self-confidence, and to be honest, a proud army is happy when it hears the war, and while it never takes any enemy seriously, it will not be afraid of any powerful enemy. The army is better.

But pride is not a good thing after all, especially when facing a strong enemy like Sun Ce.

not to mention.
Huang Zhong glanced at Wu Sheng and the others. It's not like you haven't fought Sun Jun before. Although the previous Lu'an was finally won, haven't Huang Gai and his men taught you to face the enemy squarely?
Although he had some suggestions, after thinking about it again and again, Huang Zhong held back for the time being.

My family knows my own family affairs, so Wu Sheng won't listen to his words, and I'm afraid the relationship between the two of them, which has just eased a little, will intensify again, so let's talk about it after visiting the lord in the city.

So Huang Zhong just coughed dryly, and said indifferently: "General Wu, no matter what, there is a troop approaching the camp, how should we deal with it?"

Wu Sheng pondered for a while and said, "Brothers are already tired after fighting fierce battles in the middle of the night. Don't pay any attention to them. Order to rest the armed forces except for necessary precautions."

After speaking, he looked at Shu County in the distance again, and said seriously: "The most urgent thing now is not to find Sun Ce to fight, but to get in touch with the general as soon as possible!"

Not long after Wu Sheng's military order was handed down, wildfires burned one after another on the hill where the garrison was located, and black smoke rose straight into the sky.

The black smoke billowed along with the wind, and soon filled the space between the camps of the two armies.

There are more than a dozen third-tier iron cavalry in uniform, taking advantage of the smoke to disperse from the camp. It is difficult to get into the city in such a weather, so they simply charge hard and try to see if they can get in!

"The reinforcements have finally arrived!"

At the head of Shuxian City, a soldier of Tianzhu Battalion almost jumped up excitedly.

The whole month!
Being held in the city by the enemy and unable to get out, has he ever suffered such aggrieved since the Heavenly Army uprising?
High-level officials like Wang Zheng and Guo Jia had a better mentality, because they knew that this battle was unfair. It can be said that the Tianjun fought Sun Cejun with one hand and went all out. It is normal for them to be at a disadvantage for a while.

But for ordinary soldiers, especially veterans of the Heavenly Army, this is not only a kind of suffering, but also a kind of humiliation.

But now, this difficulty is finally over!

Is it time for us to fight back?

While thinking excitedly, the soldier counted carefully against the black smoke in the distance, and immediately called out: "That's right, General Wu is here!"

He ordered the soldiers on the city to shout a few words, so that the whole army and even the whole city would know. At the same time, he rushed down to the top of the city, flew on his horse, and rushed to the county government in person to deliver a letter for Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng was overjoyed when he heard the news, and suddenly got up: "Has Wu Sheng arrived outside the city?"

"Report to the general, it is absolutely true!" The soldiers said firmly: "I am afraid that I may be wrong, so I counted it carefully three times. The number of fires lit outside the city is indeed the secret signal designated by the lord to General Wu." "

"it is good!"

Wang Zheng walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his back, muttering to himself as he walked: "I set out from Hefei the day before yesterday, and defeated the enemy army last night. It was just dawn today, and I arrived at the city. Good job! What a Sheng, you are worthy of being I'm so young!" It was so excited that it was rare for him to swear.

Wang Zheng's performance was pretty good, there was only a "clang" sound, and everyone turned their heads to look, but it was Zhou Hui who fell to the ground.

From Zhou Hui's point of view, Wang Zheng had always been too calm, and he didn't want to be compared to him, so he forced himself to smile as well, but he didn't know that the other party had the confidence brought by the system, but he didn't know it and felt uneasy.

It seemed that they were holding on equally, but in fact they were holding on alone, so after a night, they were exhausted, and suddenly they couldn't collapse in ecstasy, and fell to the ground with the person and the seat.

Seeing Zhou Hui's handsome face flushed red from embarrassment, Wang Zheng found it funny and couldn't help laughing.

Tao Ze, Wei Yan and the others on the side also roared with laughter, and even Qiao Wan, who was as cold as ice, raised the corners of her mouth slightly without everyone noticing.

The hall fell into a sea of ​​joy for a while.

After a while, Zhou Hui got up, rubbed his buttocks, and explained with a dry smile: "I'll know what it means to be ecstatic in the next day."

Immediately the topic changed: "Now that the reinforcements have arrived, Wang Zhoumu, I will immediately send people to prepare the banquet, clear the house and sweep the couch to welcome Master Wang!"

Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and immediately woke up from the excitement just now. He glanced at Zhou Hui lightly, and said suddenly: "Don't worry, county lord, the situation is reversed now, and the initiative is on our side. Wu It doesn't matter when Shengna Road enters Shu County!"

Wang Zheng naturally understood the implication of Zhou Hui's words. Once nearly [-] Xuzhou troops entered Shucheng, the place would be as solid as a rock, and there would be no possibility of it being breached.

But the question is, is it that the purpose of his royal administration to lead the army to Yangzhou is just to break the siege?

What an international joke!
He ignored the stunned Zhou Hui, turned directly to the soldier, and shouted in a deep voice: "Send a messenger to go out of the city to see Wu Sheng, and ask him to guard against danger, and don't rush to fight Sun Ce."

"Since the reinforcements have arrived, why not let them enter the city?" Tao Ze couldn't help asking, "Isn't Wang Zhoumu afraid of Sun Ce's sniping from the side? It's not difficult."

"it's not true."

Wang Zheng waved his hand to deny it, Tiger Eyes first looked at Tao Ze, then toured around Zhou Hui, Wei Yan, Qiao Wan and others, and immediately said word by word: "Masters, I would like to wait a little longer."

As for what they were waiting for, everyone didn't know, and Wang Zheng didn't want to explain.

(End of this chapter)