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Zhang Liao and Shi Ci fought for more than fifty rounds, and there was no victory or defeat. However, at this time, Shi Ci's subordinates had been massacred by Zhang Liao's cavalry, and more than a thousand cavalry surrounded the battlefield of the two of them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Ci might not be able to break through even if he defeated Zhang Liao. Only by fighting out when the cavalry did not dare to shoot arrows can there be a glimmer of hope.

The two horses intersected, Shi Ci made a flaw and turned his head to run towards a weak spot in the south. Several cavalrymen rushed towards him with their spears. Shi Ci stabbed them from the left and right, instantly took several Cao's cavalry under the horse and drove them out of the encirclement.

Zhang Liao smiled coldly, hung up a big knife, took off the giant stone bow, and drew out a wolf-tooth arrow. He tapped the bow and aimed at Shi Ci. When the bow string was loosened, a wolf-tooth arrow shot out like lightning.

Shi Ci had just rushed out of the siege and had no time to prepare. Suddenly, he heard the wind behind him, but he had no time to dodge. He had a severe pain in his back, and the wolf-tooth arrow hit his vest, and he almost fell off his horse.

Shi Ci endured the severe pain and urged the horse to run away. After a moment, a Jiangdong army general led several defeated troops to flee, and they followed Shi Ci to retreat to the south.

When Zhang Liao saw that Shi Ci had fled far away, he stopped chasing him. When he looked for Sun Quan again, Sun Quan had already run away without a trace.

Zhang Liao thought that he let Sun Quan go for nothing, and felt extremely regretful, and couldn't help but throw the bow and arrow to the ground.

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It was Shi Ci who sacrificed his life to save him, which allowed Sun Quan to escape from the disaster. Under the protection of Yu's guard, he fled to the northeast in a panic.

Running for more than ten miles in one breath, a army suddenly appeared in front of him, rushing southward. Sun Quan was stunned. Did he meet Cao Jun again

"It's Jiangdong Army" a guard recognized the other party's flag.

Sun Quan was extremely surprised and urged the horse to meet him.

This army was the 50,000 Jiangdong Army who rushed back to the camp, led by Lu Xun and Zhou Tai. Lu Xun did not wait until the Cao army northward, but encountered the Lu Meng army who came to rescue.

Lu Xun suddenly realized that they were trapped in Cao's army's plan to mobilize troops. Everyone hurriedly led their troops south, but they did not dare to be anxious, for fear of being ambushed halfway.

When they arrived at the camp, it was already dawn and Cao's army successfully attacked the Jiangdong camp, but they happened to receive Sun Quan who fled north.

Lu Xun knelt down in front of Sun Quan and apologized, "I was incompetent in my duties, and Cao's army saw through the plan, which led to the defeat of the Jiangdong army. The Marquis of Wu was in trouble and asked the Marquis of Wu to kill the Marquis of Wu to thank the fallen soldiers."

Sun Quan helped him up and said in tears: "This is not a mistake for Bo. There are no loopholes in the strategy, but Cao's army's plan is superior. In fact, it is my fault."

At this time, Lu Su, Ling Tong and Quan Cong led the remaining troops to arrive, and they only gathered less than 10,000 troops.

Lu Su stepped forward to report: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, Cao's army has retreated to Hefei City, and there is no enemy army in the camp. Please ask Marquis of Wu to go back."

Sun Quan held Lu Su's arm and said with tears in his eyes: "I regret not listening to respectful words, which led to my defeat today. More than half of the 100,000 soldiers lost. What are my faces when I go to see the elders of Jiangdong?"

Everyone advised Sun Quan, saying that when fighting at night, most soldiers would flee, and the casualties might not exceed half. Sun Quan finally calmed down and nodded and said, "The soldiers must have fled south, retreated south first."

The Jiangdong Army packed up its tent and slowly retreated south.

As soon as he went south, he continued to gather the defeated troops. At this time, a guard hurried forward and whispered a few words to Sun Quan. Sun Quan was shocked and hurriedly followed the guard to a forest next to him.

There was a circle of Jiangdong soldiers in the woods, and someone shouted, "Mr. Wu is here."

Everyone dodged away, and Sun Quan hurried forward, and saw Shi Ci lying on the ground, the arrows on his back had been removed, and the blood stained the armor red. His face was as bright as gold paper, and he was unconscious, obviously no longer able to do it.

Sun Quan held Shi Ci's hand and burst into tears and cried, "Yiyi"

Shi Ci slowly woke up and said weakly: "To repay his kindness, I followed Kong Beihai and met Bo Fu again. He followed him to fight south and north. Unfortunately, Bo Fu left early. I survived now. Now I will die on the battlefield. I will die so much that my lord will take care of me sooner or later, so that he can help Jiangdong again."

Speaking of this, Shi Ci sighed, "A real man was born in a chaotic world. He should carry a ruler and a sword to achieve his unparalleled achievements. Now he has failed to achieve his ambitions, so why can he die?"

After saying that, Shi Ci closed her eyes and passed away. Sun Quan was so shocked that his liver and gallbladder were broken. He screamed and fainted immediately.

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Shi Ci was killed, and Sun Quan was extremely sad and ordered the entire army to mourn. The Jiangdong Army retreated south and arrived at Ruxukou two days later. Once he gathered nearly 20,000 remaining troops. At this point, a night attack by Cao's army caused more than 10,000 casualties in Jiangdong, including general Shi Ci.

Zhang Liao was famous in Xiaojin. He defeated 100,000 Jiangdong Army with 40,000 troops, killing Sun Quan to lose his soul. After the Battle of Xiaojin, Zhang Liao's reputation was pursued by Liu Jing several times in Jiangdong, and his reputation was even worse than that of Liu Jing. The children in Jiangdong did not dare to cry at night when they heard this.

Sun Quan had no intention of attacking Hefei again and was preparing to cross the south of the Yangtze River at Ruxukou, but at this moment, Gan Ning led 20,000 Jingzhou naval troops to finally arrive at Ruxukou.

After four days of rapid sailing on the Yangtze River, the Jingzhou Army finally arrived at Ruxukou, and then entered Ruxu River to head north. It can arrive in Hefei in two days. There is a total of six days of navigation, which is greatly improved compared to the average 8 to 10 days of navigation.

If everything is normal, they should have time to participate in the Battle of Hefei. The so-called normal state is that after the Jiangdong Army arrived in Hefei, they would confront Cao's army for a period of time and wait for an opportunity to fight. However, the Jiangdong Army was not normal. On the night of arriving in Hefei, a battle broke out with Cao's army, which did not give the Jingzhou navy a chance to fight.

Several warships of the Jingzhou Army were quietly moored by the wide river estuary. In the distance, you could vaguely see the Jiangdong Army's camp. Gan Ning got off the warship and came down to the Jiangdong Army camp under the escort of Yu's personal soldiers.

After waiting for a while, Sun Quan's guards directly led him into the central army's tent. In the tent, Sun Quan was discussing the withdrawal of troops with Lu Su. Although they still had 70,000 troops and 20,000 Jingzhou naval troops, it would be 90,000 troops, while there were only more than 40,000 Cao troops in Hefei. In terms of force comparison, the Sun and Liu coalition forces were much stronger.

But Sun Quan lost the will to war and the courage to continue attacking Hefei. In a fierce night battle, he became devastated and lost his morale. He did not want to continue fighting anymore, and he only wanted to return to Jianye.

Lu Su's opinion also disagrees with continuing to attack Hefei. It is obvious that they were not prepared enough, and even several siege ladders were burned by the Cao army. They used the siege of Lu Su to rest for a few years, and then consider the Northern Expedition after they were fully prepared.

Seeing that Sun Quan was worried, Lu Su advised: "Mr. Wu doesn't have to feel guilty. Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. I believe that the people of Jiangdong can understand this defeat in Hefei. After all, our strength is far inferior to Cao Cao. It is completely normal to win first and then lose."

"I don't know"

Sun Quan sighed and said, "It's just that the losses of ten thousand troops and the previous 20,000 troops are 50,000. This is far more than the losses of the Western Expedition before the New Year. The failure before the New Year made me bear a huge burden. How could I explain to the elders of Jiangdong this time?"

"Mr. Wu was worried too much. This failure was different from the failure before the New Year. Before the New Year, we fought with the whole country. The lost warship supplies made us unable to bear the consequences for several years. Although the army suffered heavy losses this time, fortunately the loss of materials was not great, and we did not mobilize the whole country. This failure had little impact on the people. It was just a normal defeat. There was no need to explain anything to the elders of Jiangdong, and there was no need to let the people of Jiangdong know about the defeat."

Sun Quan nodded silently, Lu Su made some sense. At this time, a guard in front of the tent reported: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, General Gan Ning, the chief general of the Jingzhou naval army, asked for a meeting."

Of course, Sun Quan knew that the Jingzhou naval army had arrived. He used to hope for the Jingzhou naval army to arrive, but now his idea has changed. He no longer wants the naval army to come. He no longer wants to accept this favor. More importantly, he does not want to throw this face in front of Liu Jing or his subordinates.

Seeing Sun Quan pondering, Lu Su whispered: "Since they have come, Wu Hou will see you."

"Okay, General Gan comes in." Sun Quan ordered the guards helplessly.

Gan Ning waited outside the tent for a while. Although he was a military general, he also had some thoughts and thoughts. If Sun Quan was looking forward to his arrival, Sun Quan would definitely come out in person to show his respect and support. But now Sun Quan is sitting in the big tent to announce his visit, which shows that Sun Quan is already cold towards his arrival, or Sun Quan no longer has the passion to attack Hefei again.

It seems that Ruxukou is the end of this trip. Gan Ning thought to himself.

Gan Ning followed the guards into the tent, and he felt a little dissatisfied. Sun Quan's attitude was a little rude. He was not an envoy, nor a subordinate of Jiangdong. He was on behalf of the provincial governor to help the Jiangdong army. He was the chief general of the Jingzhou naval army. No matter how humble Gan Ning's identity was, Sun Quan should have stood up to greet him, and should not sit there waiting for him to salute him.

Lu Su also felt that his lord was a little rude, so he quickly winked at Sun Quan, stood up and greeted him and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, General Gan."

Of course, Sun Quan would not be so ignorant. He did not stand up to greet Gan Ning because he needed to act a dissatisfied attitude. It was because the Gan Ning army was late and his defeat was caused. To put it bluntly, Sun Quan wanted to put the blame for the defeat in Hefei to the discooperation of the Jingzhou army. In this way, he also explained to the Zhujun and the elders of Jiangdong, and he turned a blind eye to Lu Su.

Gan Ning and Lu Su met the courtesy, and then stepped forward and bowed to Sun Quan, "Jingzhou Gan Ning meets Wu Hou."

Sun Quan waved his hand and said coldly: "General Gan doesn't have to be too polite, please sit down."

Gan Ning sat down and said, "I heard that General Shi Ci was unfortunately killed in battle. Gan Ning was deeply saddened. I would like to represent my family's governor to go to General Shi's to pay tribute to the tomb."

"Thank you for your kindness, General Gan, General Shi's tomb is not far from here, although it is casual."

Sun Quan's tone was very light, and he changed the topic and said: "I sent an envoy to Jiangxia for help, but I wonder if General Gan met him."

"I met halfway."

"Where did you meet me?" Sun Quan asked again.

Gan Ning felt that Sun Quan's tone was a little unfriendly. He was really unhappy and said coldly: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, it is east of Chaisang."

"No wonder"

Sun Quan sighed, "I expect the arrival of reinforcements in Jingzhou every day. I can say that I hope the stars and the moon, but you never can't do it, making me unable to resist the attack of Cao's army from the water and was eventually defeated by Cao's army. This is really regrettable."
Chapter completed!