Chapter 87: Cao Wei's Counterattack (2)
More than a hundred miles south of Shouchun are uninhabited areas. Without the lives and living conditions of the people, the land will be abandoned. The water and land transportation are crisscrossing, forming a battlefield that is conducive to naval forces and facilitates cavalry to gallop. The only disadvantage is that supply is to supply. When going south or north, you must rely on your own supply team and cannot be replenished on the spot as usual.
From the Battle of Chibi to the eleven years after the Eastern Wu attacked Jingzhou, Sun Quan sent troops to the two Huai Rivers five times. Every time the Wu Kingdom came with all his might, Cao Cao also led his army to fight. Over time, Emperor Wu of Wei, Cao Cao, decided to change the combat strategy of Jianghuai Rivers.
That is, all the people in the Huai River moved north, and all the counties south of Shouchun were abandoned, leaving only the strong base of Hefei stationed in the people and the army. At that time, most of the ministers did not understand Cao Cao, and were afraid that the people would not want to move, so many people wrote letters to advise.
As expected, when the people heard that they wanted to move themselves to the north, they were afraid of Cao Wei's high-pressure rule, so they moved their families south. This action caused more than 100,000 households in the Wu Kingdom to be added out of thin air, which was a pie falling from the sky.
The pie was not in vain. Without the people, the land gradually became deserted. When Sun Quan once again led his army north, he could not attack the strong city of Hefei, and did not dare to go deep into the Huai River. He retreated but was unwilling to stop. So he returned in a desperate situation every time and was not allowed to perform.
At this time, everyone realized that the decree of moving the people was just a means to cover up the strategic arrangements between Huai. The population in the world is seven or eight out of ten, and do you still care about the population of more than 100,000? It’s a drop in the tank!
Thirty thousand Wu troops were stationed in Jiangbei, and they sent countless spies every day to find out the movements of the Wei army. However, the Wu people retreated seemed to turn off attack to defense, but in fact it was a move to create fighter jets.
The situation of Wei State is not optimistic. At this time, the Wei army that was released from Shouchun was the point of how the Wei people chose. If they divided their troops back to help, Shouchun's defense power would inevitably weaken. Although Ding's army leaving Jiangxia was on the road, with the development of the waters between the Yangtze River and the Huai River, they could be recalled immediately upon arrival.
If the Wei army chose to rise up south, it would be beneficial to the Wu people. Because it was the Wei army's turn to experience the barren areas established by the Huai Dynasty to prevent the Wu Kingdom.
The Huai River is hundreds of miles in a radius. No matter how many spies the Wu people have, they cannot cover such a large area of land. All they can do is arrange scouts and roadside pawns near major water and land transportation routes to monitor every move.
These scouts and spies live and monitor the north in hundreds of miles of deserted areas, and of course they also have their own camps for rest and food.
There were spies outside, and Wu Bing, who stayed in the camp to rest, was very relaxed. He didn't have to fight, he just spyed on some information. He was sent to the place where the army was stationed every day. This work was quite pleasant for the soldiers.
After lunch, several soldiers picked up weapons and waved and practiced in the camp, looking like they were full and they had nothing to do. Immediately, the wind sounded, and the lively people who had just jumped to the ground and turned straight into several corpses...
A Wei general lurking outside the camp waved. More than 20 Wei soldiers jumped into the camp in agile shape, holding long spears and short swords in their hands, surrounding several camp tents. There were still several Wu soldiers in the camp who had been sleeping all night and matted with sleeping soundly on their mats, not at all noticed the danger.
After a while, several pools of blood splattered on the camp. General Wei nodded with satisfaction and led the dozens of Wei soldiers to sneak towards the next Wu camp.
In this battle, Wang Ji sent more than 30 intermediate generals from the army and made their military achievements step by step with their military achievements. These people are all good at fighting and smart guys. They can select soldiers in the army and then sneak into the Huai area to kill the Wu people.
This move will eventually be discovered by the Wu people, but it can delay military information for at least several days. Military information for these few days is the key to this battle!
Wu general Xi Xi led 4,000 Wu troops to station on the front line. A few miles ahead were the unmanned land of the Huai River, and more than fifty miles behind him was Zhu Yi's army. The task of these 4,000 Wu troops was responsible for the transmission of information in front, the supply of materials, and the warning work behind enemy lines.
Several scouts rushed into the camp in a daze. After flying off the horse, they ran into the camp without having time to take a breath and rest. When the Wu army in the camp saw this scene, they were all guarded against it. I am afraid something happened ahead!
"General, the Wei people silently invaded the Huai River, and the military situation was urgent!" several scouts said.
"Where has the Wei army been?" Xi Xi nodded, the Wei people rushed over, and the Wu people dared to fight!
"More than 10,000 vanguards are only twenty miles away from the camp..." The scout said here, and his voice gradually lowered.
"Bastard!" Xi Xi was furious when he heard this, and slapped it on the table and cursed.
"Twenty miles? Why did you come to report it??" Xi Xi said angrily.
"General, it's not that I can't wait to report, but the Wei people are really cunning. They sent a team to assassinate us... A battalion brother, only I waited to rush out..." Several scouts were crying when they said this.
"Hmph! You can't rest, please report to General Zhu quickly. Come and prepare for the battle!" Xi Xi was also a straightforward character. He sent a few scouts to Zhu Yi to get in a hurry, and put on his horse to command the entire army to prepare for the battle.
When they heard that it was the Wei people who really came to kill, the Wu army was ready to be humiliated before the snow. If the Wei people had not used fraud and pretended to break the dike and release the water, how could the more than 100,000 Wu soldiers end up like this?
The Wu army was ready. After the entire camp was in a state of combat readiness, it was a little later, but there was still no trace of the Wei army. Wu general Xi Xi was a little unable to sit still. According to the information, the Wei army vanguard was more than 10,000, and it was only twenty miles away. According to the time, it should have arrived long ago, so why did the Wei people not see each other?
"General! General! No! The Wei people changed their direction, bypassed our camp, and headed towards Hefei!" The scout who sent out to investigate the enemy situation ran back and said furiously.
"What!?" Xi Xi was shocked when she heard this, and suddenly felt like she was being posed by Wei Jun.
The terrain between Huai is no different than other places. It is flat, and there are few dangerous boundaries besides the crisscrossing waterways. Within a radius of dozens of miles, it is only a highland such as mountain bags, which can be said to be without danger. Since any place can be advanced, it is reasonable for the Wei people to change their routes.
Not long after the scouts sent to the main force of the Wu army to inform the enemy, the Wei people had already crossed their camp and seemed to be heading towards Zhu Yi's main force Wu army. The Wei army and the scouts who inform the military were arrived together, which was not a good thing.
If the army was not prepared, more than 20,000 people would be defeated by more than 10,000 Wei troops.
It’s not that bad if you lose, the key is that you shoulder the task of warning. The responsibility for defeat must be on yourself, which is a dereliction of duty...
"Leave five hundred people to pack up the camp and prepare to withdraw the troops. The rest follow me to delay the Wei people's footsteps!" Xi Xi made a quick decision and led 3,500 Wei troops out of the camp and rushed to the direction of the Wei army.
Xi Xi led the Wu army out of the tent for only more than ten miles, and suddenly a soldier exclaimed! It turned out that the camp behind had a raging fire at this time, and thick smoke rose into the sky!
"I've fallen into a trap!" Xi Xi raised his hand and slapped his forehead, only to realize that he had fallen into the plan of the Wei people.
"There must be the suspect soldiers of the Wei people ahead. Follow me to return to the rescue!" Xi Xi roared, took the lead and went back.
When Wu Bing heard that he ordered the front team to be transformed into the back team, the back team turned into the front team, and quickly turned around. Just as the Wu army had just changed, there were gongs ringing around, and three Wei troops appeared in the distance, from far to near. Among them, the Wei soldiers acted quickly, which was the Wei cavalry that scared the Wu people!
"Where is the ignorant Wu Gou?" The Wei general was Tang Bin, who quickly rushed into the Wu army formation with more than 2,000 cavalry.
The Wu people heard the news of the attack in a hurry that the rear had just changed their queue, so how could they have time to change the formation to respond to the enemy again? They were immediately cut into the formation by the Wei cavalry and rushed into scattering.
Seeing that the Wei cavalry was sharp, Xi Xi was ambushed again, and now he opened his eyes and waved his sword to fight Tang Bin. However, Tang Bin did not fight with him at all. He led the cavalry to repeatedly charge in the formation and constantly divided the Wu army. Xi Xi was so angry that he screamed and swung his sword to kill the Wei cavalry, but the results were very little, and the more Wu soldiers around him died, the more they died.
After only a moment of fighting between the two armies, the other two Wei troops also rushed up and cooperated with their own cavalry to surround more than 3,000 Wu troops and siege them one by one!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xi Xi brought her personal soldiers to break through, but unfortunately it was too late... Tang Bin, who had achieved great skills, slapped his horse and speared his gun at this time, and brought several brave generals to attack Xi Xi with a sneer on his face.
Now that things have come to this point, there is no hope of breaking through! Xi Xi knew that there was no hope of breaking through, and vented his anger on the big knife in his hand, fighting against Tang Bin and three or four Wei generals!
"At this point, you can't dismount and surrender quickly!" Tang Bin teased while fighting Xi Xi.
"Bah! How can the general of Wu surrender to the Wei thief!" Xi Xi was hit by a weak man, and saw red blood on many parts of his body, and he still fought endlessly.
"What's the use of verbal talk when death is approaching? If you are willing to surrender, you should protect your fame and wealth." Tang Bin was unmoved, never relaxed, and still felt the emotion of provoking the enemy generals.
"Don't be arrogant in Wei! Take my knife!" Xi Xi was added to the fire by Tang Bin, and his hair was furious, and the big sword slashed towards him!
Tang Bin held the powerful and heavy blow, and kept saying: "Tang let the general go with one horse, and the general is also a defeated general. He cannot escape military law. Why not surrender?"
"Look at me to kill you!" Xi Xi was furious and had three or four consecutive knifes on her body, and she waved her sword to kill Tang Bin without hesitation.
Chapter completed!