Chapter 72: A wave of rises again

Baidi City is not big, but its geographical location is important, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling and finally retreated to Baidi City. It can be seen that Liu Bei was still very confident in Baidi City at that time. Liu Bei firmly believed that Jiangdong could not break Baidi City, so he dared to stay in Baidi City.

For Lu Xun, Baidi City must be more. It is precisely because Baidi City has outstanding defensive capabilities that as long as Lu Xun wins Baidi City, there will be a good place to advance, attack, retreat and defend. Even if the battle into Shu is not going well, it can guarantee the retreat of the army.

Baidi City is surrounded by water on three sides, and the three sides of this surrounding water are naturally not conducive to attack. The other side is surrounded by mountains, with rugged roads and large-scale troops difficult to deploy, so it also limits the number of troops invested during the attack.

However, even so, Zhang Ren still did not intend to defend Baidi City. There were dozens of levels from Badong to west, so Zhang Ren had enough space to defend, so Zhang Ren was not too concerned about the gains and losses of this city and one place.

However, what Zhang Ren was most worried about at this time was Adou. Now Adou went to Yiling to attack the Wu army's heavy grain storage area. Once it was successful, the Wu army could not supply food and grass and would inevitably retreat.

However, Adou is the prince of Shu Han. If something happens to happen, it will definitely be more than worth the loss.

After hearing A Dou's plan, Zhang Ren expressed his willingness to lead his troops to carry out this task in person, and asked A Dou Liu Zhang to go in Shu, but A Dou insisted on going in person. Zhang Ren naturally argued that A Dou could not argue with A Dou, so in the end, A Dou led his troops to Yiling.

Zhang Ren stood on the wall of Baidi City, looking at Lu Xun in the distance, and prayed silently that Adou must not have anything to do.

Outside the city.

"The governor, you have already arranged it and you can attack the city at any time!"

Lu Xun nodded, then waved his hand: "Send the order, attack the city immediately!"

With Lu Xun's order, Jiangdong soldiers rushed to Baidi City like a tide. The soldiers carried various siege weapons and rushed to Baidi City.

"Prepare to shoot arrows!" With Zhang Ren's order, the archers immediately rushed to the city wall. The Shu army bent their bows and set them up and aimed at the Wu army in the distance.

"Let me go!" With Zhang Ren's order, countless bows and arrows cut through the sky and rushed towards the Wu army. Then, the Wu army, who rushed in the front row, fell down instantly.

Even so, after several rounds of arrow rain, the Wu army still rushed under the city wall.

"Prepare to roll the wood and stones!" Zhang Ren shouted loudly, and the soldiers immediately lifted the wood and threw themselves into the city.

Zhang Ren had a very rich experience in defending the city. During the period of Liu Zhang, Zhang Ren had been stationed in Jiameng Pass for many years to resist Zhang Lu. Later, he defended Luo City, and Liu Bei had not taken it down for a year. Zhang Ren was used to the big scenes, so now facing the Jiangdong army, Zhang Ren was not panicked at all. Every order was issued in a very reasonable and orderly manner, without revealing any flaws.

Under the city, Lu Xun's brows became tighter and tighter. After a period of observation, Lu Xun found that Zhang Ren had no flaws when he was guarding the city. Lu Xun had already realized that Zhang Ren was a difficult opponent.

This is just a Baidi City, and from Badong to the west, there are dozens of levels waiting for the Wu army. If Zhang Ren occupied the city and guarded it, he would probably not be able to fight the city of Chengdu in just one or two years.

At this time, Lu Xun couldn't help but envy Liu Bei's luck. At that time, with Zhang Song's help, Liu Zhang foolishly invited Liu Bei to Shu to deal with Zhang Lu, but in the end he led the wolf into the house. Later, when Zhuge Liang entered Shu again, he could cooperate with Liu Bei inside and outside, but even so, Liu Bei fought for several years in the entire Battle of Xichuan.

When Zhuge Liang entered Sichuan, he advanced by land and water. Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun walked on the water route and Zhang Fei took the land route. This was similar to his current situation. The difference was that at that time, Liu Bei's troops were far less than him, and the total water route was only 30,000 to 40,000 people.

Today, Lu Xun can naturally go straight to Xichuan like Zhuge Liang back then. With the powerful navy in Jiangdong, the waterway will be much smoother than Zhuge Liang back then.

But when Zhuge Liang entered Shu, Liu Bei had already reached Luocheng, and there was Liu Bei's support in Xichuan, so Zhuge Liang had a place to stay in the most base after entering Shu. But now Lu Xun has no place to stay in Shu by water, so Lu Xun could not go to Shu by water like Zhuge Liang back then, but could only go to Shu by land step by step, just like Zhang Fei back then.

However, Zhang Fei made Yan Yan apologizes, and most of the generals in Shu were Yan Yan's disciples. With Yan Yan's old face, Zhang Fei easily passed the dozens of levels and met with Liu Bei.

Now, Lu Xun does not have another person like Yan Yan to help him.

Three days later.

On the city tower, Zhang Ren's eyes swept towards the Wu army under the city.

It has been three days since the Wu army's offensive became more and more fierce day by day. Just yesterday, the Wu army had already attacked the city tower and fought against the Shu army in a close battle. Later, Zhang Ren took the battle himself and repelled the Wu army.

Although Baidi City is still far from the time when the city is broken, Zhang Ren no longer intends to continue defending Baidi City. There are still dozens of levels to the west of Badong. For the Wu army, Baidi is just the first level. Even if Baidi is lost, Xichuan still has enough strategic depth. Zhang Ren does not need to put all his treasures in Baidi City.

Wu Army Camp.

Lu Xun looked at the sky and it was time to launch today's siege.

Ding Feng came over: "Governor, Lord Zhuge Jin is here!"

"Brother Ziyu is here?" After hearing this news, Lu Xun realized something was wrong. Zhuge Jin should be staying in Yiling at this time, and he should never appear here. And according to Zhuge Jin's cautious personality, it is absolutely impossible to leave Yiling's food and grass and run to the front line.

Unless Yiling is in trouble!

Thinking of this, Lu Xun immediately shouted: "Call Ziyu over!"

Zhuge Jin walked in and saw Lu Xun. He immediately knelt down and said, "Governor, Yiling's food..."

"What's wrong with Yiling's food?" Lu Xun asked hurriedly.

"All the food in Yiling is gone! It's all burned!" Zhuge Jin said.

"What's going on? Let me tell you in detail!"

"Yes!" Zhuge Jin told Lu Xun the detailed story. After Lu Xun heard it, he completely stayed there.

After a while, Lu Xun sighed to the sky: "Let's withdraw our troops!"

"Governor, withdraw the troops?"

"The food is gone, what else can we fight?" Lu Xun said with a little disheartened look.

"Governor, our army is numerous and we still have the power to fight. And as long as we capture the city of Shu, we can collect food and grass from Shu!"

"Do you remember Yuan Shao's defeat in Guandu? If we continue, we may become another Yuan Shao!" Lu Xun said this and sighed slightly: "Liu Bei gave birth to a good son! With this son here, who can compete with him! This troubled world will eventually end..."

That night, Lu Xun's army left Baidi City and retreated to Jiangdong.

Baidi City.

The scout cavalry hurriedly came to Zhang Ren.

"General, you have found out that Lu Xun has indeed withdrawn his troops!"

"Huh..." Zhang Ren breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the prince's side has succeeded! Come and go out to inquire about the prince's news!"

Another day later, Adou returned to Baidi City.

A Dou knew that if Lu Xun got the news that the food and grass were completely destroyed, he would definitely retreat immediately. A Dou was worried that he would meet Lu Xun on the way back to Shu, so he took a long way. It was precisely because A Dou took a long way to go that he would be one day slower than Zhuge Jin.

To count it, this war did not last too long, but during the whole process, Lu Xun was led by Adou. According to Adou's original plan, it was entirely possible to wipe out Lu Xun's army, but he did not expect that Huang Chengyan's big mistake would be made.

After the war statistics, Jiangdong still suffered a great loss. The Jingzhou army, which had surrendered in the previous battle of Jingzhou, lost more than half of the amount. More importantly, the food and grass stored in Jiangdong for many years was also burned by Adou. It would be difficult for Sun Quan to start another war within at least three years.

For Shu Kingdom, the victory of this battle made Shu Kingdom not need to worry about Sun Quan in the east for the time being, and could do his best to capture Yongzhou. This also greatly increased the pressure on Cao Pi.

Cao Pi did not expect that the five-way army designed by Sima Yi did not cause much trouble to Liu Bei.

In Yongzhou, Cheriji attacked Liu Bei at the request of Cao Pi, but unexpectedly, he met Ma Chao as soon as he arrived in Jincheng.

Ma Chao has a nickname among the Qiang people, called General Shenwei Tian. This nickname was created by Ma Chao based on his own strength. Behind these short five words, there is the blood of countless Qiang people. The Qiang people are respectful and afraid of Ma Chao.

After seeing Ma Chao, Cherigi lost his temper immediately. Although Cherigi had an army of 150,000 and Ma Chao brought only 20,000 people besides his troops, with Ma Chao's reputation, Cherigi failed to fight and led the army back.

As soon as the Xianbei King Kebineng's army passed by Shangjun, he heard that Cheriji had retreated. Kebineng felt that he could not support his troops alone and wanted to withdraw his troops, but due to Cao Pi's feelings, Kebineng claimed that he was not suitable for the Central Plains, was seriously ill and needed rest, so he stationed the army in Shangjun and was not moving forward.

When Cao Zhen's 100,000 army faced Liu Bei, he could only be in a passive defensive attitude. Even if Sima Yi was planning, Cao Zhen had a disadvantage in terms of the number of troops. In addition, Liu Bei's generals were brave, so Cao Zhen could only adopt a conscientious attitude and temporarily stabilized the defense line at the Chen Cang line.

If Lu Xun retreated, Sima Yi's ideal five-way army would have destroyed three-way army.

And just as Adou was fighting with Lu Xun, Meng Huo of the Southern Barbarians finally couldn't sit still.

When Sun Quan's army attacked Shu, all the attention of the Shu army would be concentrated in the East. Meng Huo thought this was a good opportunity, so he decided to raise an army to rebel.
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