Because Zhao Xi retreated first when he was defending Jiangxia together, and did not wait to stand on the front line, Liu Hong, the general of Yue cavalry, was very dissatisfied with Zhao Xi, and there was a rift between the two.

Zhao Xi defended the Xiazhi on the south bank of the Yangtze River, built fortifications from the Jiajiang River, set up Fubo crossbows to prevent the Fubo General Ma Yuan's fleet from continuing to advance eastward.

The Xiazhi was built by Wu Zixu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Its original function was to strengthen the river defense of the Wu and Chu border. Wu Zixu's location was very precise. The Xiazhi City was located between mountains and rivers, and the terrain was dangerous. It was the throat of the river, which was extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhao Xi was defending the lower pheasant, and he lies on the shore with strong crossbows. The ships patrol the water surface, combining water and land, blocking the fleet of General Fubo Ma Yuan's ships in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so that it could not advance eastward along the river.

To the north of the river is the high and steep Dabie Mountains, but there are still gaps between the mountains and rivers, and there are land passages by the river to march. Ma Yuan sent General Zhang Yun, the general, to lead the army to advance by land, breaking the land defense line set up by Zhao Xi, breaking out of the narrow area between the mountains and rivers, and occupying Xunyang City.

Zhang Yun conquered Lujiang County and besieged Shu County. At this time, Zhao Xi and Ma Yuan were in full swing and could not pull out their troops to rescue him. So he wrote a letter to Liu Hong, who was stationed in Hefei, asking him to send troops south to rescue Shu County.

Liu Hong tore Zhao Xi's letter to pieces in front of the envoy and said to the envoy: "Go back and ask Zhao Xi, when he led his army to withdraw and left me alone in Shaxian, did he ever think of what would happen today?"

Not only did Liu Hong not send reinforcements, he cursed Zhao Xi and drove the envoy back.

After hearing this, Zhao Xi said, "I abandoned Shaxian and returned to the army to return to the army to the public. If I don't do this, Lujiang will not be able to defend it. He abandoned Shu County and did not rescue it for personal gain. Liu Hong made personal grudges and misunderstood national affairs. This is a great crime. I will write a letter to ask the Grand Sima to make a judgment."

I have to say that Wu Han has problems with his personnel arrangements. The two guards in adjacent war zones have rifts and cannot act in a unified manner. It is a fatal situation at critical moments.

When Zhao Xi's letter arrived in Shouchun, Wu Han had just set out to fight against Deng Feng, but was defeated not long after. Wu Han's deputy general Liu Shang took over Wu Han's authority and led Shouchun's 100,000 troops to govern the war in the south.

However, Liu Shang's prestige in the army cannot be compared with Wu Han and cannot exercise his authority. He neither wants to offend Liu Hong nor Zhao Xi, but just keeps in the middle and misunderstand. Even if this matter is left unresolved.

However, the rescue problem in Shu County has not been resolved.

At this time, the situation in Lujiang had taken a sharp turn. While besieging Shu County, Zhang Yun divided his troops to attack the counties in Lujiang. At this time, Zhou Shengfeng, the prefect of Yuzhang, led his army north to join forces with Zhao Xi, and the two occupied Xiazhi and Chaisang.

Zhao Xi asked Zhou Shengfeng to guard the lower pheasant, and he personally led his army from Songz and Wan advanced all the way to Juchao.

Juchao was less than a hundred miles away from Shu County. Since then, Zhao Xi led his army north to rescue Shu County. After marching, he received news that Shu County had been captured and could no longer be rescued. Zhao Xi immediately withdrew his troops and retreated to Guchao.

Shu County, the capital of Lujiang County, fell, and most of Lujiang County was in the opponent. Zhao Xi could only retain several cities in the southern part and the entire Yuzhang County. The situation was very dangerous. But he would rather lose Lujiang, but he still held the lower pheasant, because if he hadn't stuck the river channel here, Ma Yuan's fleet had already gone down the river, so there would be no need to fight. The fleet would surrender wherever it went, and the entire Yangzhou would not be able to be saved.

At this time, Zhao Xi was alone in a corner of the south and had almost lost contact with the court. He could only stand firm and wait for a turnaround, hoping that the imperial army would win a victory in the Jianghan area, so that he could take advantage of the situation, attack the enemy and reverse the situation.

Liu Hong, the general of Yue cavalry, suffered the bitter fruit he had made at this time. He allowed the enemy to capture Shu County and occupy Lujiang County. When the enemy broke through the Lujiang defense line, the next one was to deal with Jiujiang County where he was. Zhang Yun led his army to the city of Hefei quickly, and the war burned under Liu Hong's nose.

Originally, Liu Hong was stationed in Hefei, and Liu Shang was guarding Shouchun. Two important towns in Huainan responded from afar. Deng Feng was short of troops and had no choice but to use these two cities. At this time, Zhang Yun advanced to Hefei, and Deng Feng immediately sent Deng to lead 8,000 elite troops south to attack Hefei with Zhang Yun.

Deng Feng is going to eat the two cities separately.

Hefei is an important town in Huainan, more than 200 miles southeast of Shouchun.

Shouchun passes Shaobi south and goes down along the Feishui River. It is a low mountainous area composed of the remnants of the Dabie Mountains, namely the Jianghuai Hills. This hilly area extends four or five hundred miles eastward, which is the watershed between the river and the Huai River.

Near the Jiangjunling in the middle of the Jianghuai hills, there is a narrow area of ​​bee waist, that is, the diversion of water and the fertile water. Volume 26 of "Reading History Fangyu Ji" quotes the local chronicle: "The old classics of Feishui (Hefei) are divided into two streams in the north, one branch enters Chaohu Lake in the southeast, and the other branch enters the northwest in the Huai River."

These two rivers were originally not connected, but only merged together when the summer water surged. Later, they were manually digging and dredging, so that the fertilizer and water were connected to the water, Chaohu and Ruxu water, forming another north-south waterway outside the Hangou, which could penetrate the Jianghuai River.

Hefei is located on this narrow passage. It relies on the Jianghuai hills as the key to the road and is the gateway to the southern border of Shouchun. Due to its dangerous terrain and strong city barriers, it once effectively protected the safety of Shouchun area. It is known as "the right hand of Huai is silenced, and the lips and teeth of Jiangnan are stern."

When Wu Han sent Liu Hong to guard Hefei, he had actually made plans to give up Jiangnan to retreat to Shouchun. He wanted to use Hefei as a barrier to Shouchun. Because the Ma reinforcements were so powerful, Wu Han made the worst preparations, but he still had a glimmer of hope of counterattack.

Wu Han originally wanted to lead the army to attack Deng Feng and use Hefei as the gateway to protect Huainan. After he destroyed Deng Feng, he would return to Hefei. If Zhao Xi still insisted, Wu Han would probably still return to Jiangnan.

Wu Han had the ambition to challenge Deng Feng and Ma Yuan, but his first goal was not achieved, and he was taken off the horse by Deng Feng in a one-on-one battle. There is no need to mention the subsequent strategy.

The role played by Hefei at this time was to separate Deng Feng's army from Ma reinforcements so that they could not be connected. Hefei's protective effect on Shouchun still exists.

At this time, Liu Hong in Hefei City had 20,000 elite soldiers, and he urgently recruited tens of thousands of young and strong men to strengthen the city defense and prepare to defend.

Liu Hong climbed the city and looked into the distance. Seeing that there were not many enemy troops in the south, at most, there were only more than 10,000 people. He felt relieved and said, "The enemy has few people, and the foothold is not stable. I am tired from the distance. I will take advantage of the disadvantages and go out of the city to attack him!"

The army sacrificial wine Shi said, "General, the enemy swept Lujiang, and his morale is strong, and he is a new army. Generals should avoid their attacks for a while, defend the city, so as to sharpen their spirits. Wait for a long time, and then go out of the city to attack strangely. You can defeat them in one battle."

Liu Hong said: "You are very confused. The enemy's army has only more than 10,000, and there must be a large army in the future. If you don't attack at this time, do you have to wait for the troops and horses to gather the city?"

The two people's judgments were completely different. One said that they should avoid their edge first and fight after their morale declined. The other said that they would attack him before they could siege and gain a stable foothold.

It is difficult to judge who said what he said and who said what he said was wrong, and it can only be determined by the actual combat effectiveness. There were many similar battle examples in later generations. The general made a prophetic judgment before the war, and it was finally proved to be completely correct, thus making the name of a famous general. In fact, sometimes it was just a lucky person, and he happened to win.

Liu Hong insisted on his own judgment and personally led elite troops out of the city, set off his stance, and wanted to fight Zhang Yun.

Although Zhang Yun had only 10,000 vanguard troops, he was all the elite soldiers of the Yulin who had been through many battles and were the best at fighting in the field. Zhang Yun was worried that it was difficult to attack the city, but when he saw Liu Hong coming out, it was just his wish.

Zhang Yun didn't care about Liu Hong's number of troops and horses, but just followed the steps and arranged the formation, and the two teams set up the battlefield and charged against each other.

When Liu Hongjun was in contact with the Yulin Army, he was at a disadvantage and could not resist the enemy at all. He retreated step by step. Only then did Liu Hong understand what a new army was and his morale was strong.

Fortunately, he saw the opportunity and stopped the losses and retreated in time. The army returned to the city and defended himself. In this battle, Hefei suffered nearly a thousand casualties, but his morale was almost blank.

Two hundred years later, in Hefei, there were also large soldiers facing each other. The difference was that the defenders were 7,000 and the attacking 100,000, and the proportion of offensive and defensive forces was seriously out of order.

At that time, the governor of Cao Wei, Zhang Liao, said: "When he had not joined forces and attacked him against him, he would defeat his strength to calm the hearts of the people and then he could defend himself. What are the opportunities for success or failure? In this battle, why do you guys doubt it?"

Is it the same thing that I told Liu Hong?

However, Zhang Liao only led 800 suicide squads out of the city to challenge. Facing Sun Quan's 100,000 troops, he rushed in and shouted his name while rushing. Zhang Liao rushed to Sun Quan's banner, frightened Sun Quan to "go to climb the high tomb and defend himself with his long spear" and ran to the hillside to defend.

What about the 100,000 troops of the Eastern Wu? "The power is invincible, and no one dares to take responsibility." No one dares to come forward to challenge Zhang Liao. After this battle, "The Wu people are robbed and they still cultivate the defense." The 100,000 troops were tortured by the 800 suicide squads to repair fortifications in vain and darkness, and dare not take the initiative to attack.

In the subsequent battle, if Sun Quan had not been able to fly over Xiaoyaojin in a critical moment, he would have almost died at the city of Hefei. Sun 100,000 failed to Hefei, and Zhang Babai's might as well shock Xiaoyaojin, thus becoming a miracle doctor who could stop the night crying of children in Jiangdong.

Therefore, Liu Hong's tactics cannot be said to be unwise. The key point is that he must be able to get up at critical moments, and he will get diarrhea as soon as he arrives on the battlefield, and no advanced tactics can be used.

Even the war god Liu Xiu of that year had to wear a strong and hold a sharp hand during the Kunyang War, charge forward, and kill dozens of people before he could exert a momentum and complete a shocking counterattack.

The victory or defeat of many battles depends on luck, and on whether you can sacrifice your luck. As the saying goes, you can achieve the blessing of heaven. Most of the people who win in the decisive battle can be sacrificed.

At this time, Liu Hong was convinced and never wanted to go out to seek abuse again. He just wanted to rely on these four walls to waste the army outside the city, because his four walls were quite strong.

A few days later, Deng Zhong's army came to the north, and there were soldiers and horses in the north and south of Hefei City, so it was difficult for Liu Hong to run away.
Chapter completed!