Chapter 55: The Lonely City (1)

The reason why military generals fought on horseback was because of the horse's maneuver power and the power of speed increase, they had a very advantage when fighting against the enemies fighting on foot. Hu Lie rode his horse to rush to Ding Feng, hoping to use the advantage of the horse to kill General Wu to severely destroy the morale of the Wu army. Seeing Ding Feng pushing his spear and fighting in his foot, it was exactly what he wanted. Hu Lieang used a big knife to fly away the short sword that was coming towards him, but from the corner of his eyes, he saw Ding Feng's figure quickly stabbing his mount in his hand.

Hu Lie rushed to the war horse and blocked it with a big knife in his hand. Ding Feng's spear seemed to have spirituality. Seeing Hu Lie's quick reaction, he took it back and swept across several Wei soldiers who took the opportunity to surround him. Hu Lie angry and urged the horse to rush towards Ding Feng. He had just swept over several Wei soldiers. Ding Feng saw that Hu Lie was fierce and knew that the horse was in a very different position and could not fight hard, so he dodged to the side.

Although there is a difference in speed and horse stance, this is in the battle formation, and most of them are infantry of the Wei army. Ding Feng ignored Hu Lie behind him with a big gun. Most of the Wei soldiers ran to wherever they were. Before Hu Lie arrived, he would turn to another place and use Wei soldiers as an obstacle, and for a moment he led Hu Lie's nose.

If the Wei soldiers were brave and powerful, they could stop Ding Feng with their large numbers of people. However, Ding Feng was strong in shape, and the big gun in his hand was hard to defeat. He had no fixed target and ran very flexible, so ordinary Wei soldiers could not trap Ding Feng. The shouts of killing were endless, and the Wu army attacked the crowd with few people, and he would have long heard that he would die. The Wei soldiers' formation was broken and they could not exert their number advantage for a while.

Seeing that the Wu general was cunning, Hu Lie sneered and said, "The Wu people took their own death!" He took the bow and arrow and took a look at Ding Feng's head. Ding Feng heard the sound of the bow string behind him and rushed to the side. The arrow could not shoot Ding Feng, but hit the face of Wei Zun who was blocking Ding Feng. The young master shouted and killed him on the spot.

Ding Feng smiled and stabbed several Wei soldiers, but turned around and rushed towards Hu Lie, shouting: "Ding Feng of Eastern Wu is here, and the child dares to show off!"

Hu Lie was so angry that he almost bit his teeth. When he saw Ding Feng rushing over, he said excitedly: "Ding Feng dies quickly!" He waved his sword and came over.

Unlike Wu generals such as Quan Yi, Ding Feng was already a member of the Eastern Wu when the Wu Kingdom was not established. It was because of his humble origin that he was not valued. He was the best player in the Eastern Wu at present when it came to martial arts and strategies. Although Hu Lie was a descendant of a famous family, he was still a little immature on the battlefield and needed to be tempered.

"Ding Feng stopped running! You can fight me for 300 rounds!" Hu Lie saw Ding Feng suddenly changed direction and rushed into a nearby group of Wei soldiers. He was so angry that he had to rush to chase him. At this time, the two commanders in the Wei camp saw that Hu Lie was tricked by Ding Feng, and they both came to help. Hu Lie was overjoyed and looked at the direction and cooperated with the two to attack Ding Feng.

He poked over a Wei army commander with one shot. Ding Feng turned his eyes to see that the second group of his own troops on the water was approaching. He rushed forward and walked a little far away, so he turned around and rushed back.

Seeing this, a Wei army captain brought a sword and rode his horse to intercept it. Ding Feng accelerated to face the captain without avoiding it. Seeing this, the Wei army captain knew that it was time to make a contribution. Seeing this, the big sword was raised high and slashed hard. At this time, Ding Feng also made a move. While running, the big gun suddenly leaned on the ground, and with the power of the support, he actually rose into the air. The Wei army captain had no time to react, and the person and the knife were kicked off the horse and flew out of the distance. Ding Feng took the horse and took the opportunity to collect the big gun and urged the horse to rush to the river to add power.

Hu Lie, who was chasing for a hurry, screamed in anger and led the nearby Wei army to chase him relentlessly. When the Wu army fought with the Wei army saw the main general running back, they also left the Wei army in the battle to retreat to the shore. Why did the Wei soldiers be furious when they were killed by the Wu army? Now the Wu army is backing Lishui and is retreating again. How can we not pick up such a cheap one? We are also chasing them tightly.

Ding Feng and the Wu army retreated to the river and did not stop their pace. Instead, they wade into the water and retreated deeper. The Wei army laughed at the Wu army, do they want to retreat by boat? The Wu ship parked in the water was already full of Wu army. How could they hold these escaped soldiers? At this time, the Wei people had already chased to the shore, and many brave ones also got into the water.

After all, Hu Lie was the commander of the first army. After riding his horse into the water, he saw Ding Feng and others wade halfway through the water, leaning against the ship. The Wu army had already set off his bow and arrows on the ship, and looked at the Wei soldiers on the shore coldly. "No! You've been trapped! Retreat quickly!" Hu Lie shouted and fled first.

Before the Wei army could do anything, a thousand hard crossbows were fired at the Wu ship, and the arrows were like rain. The Wei soldiers were not prepared, and the distance was so close that they were no different from the living target. Before they had time to escape, they fell to the ground by rows of arrows.

Most of the generals riding horses rushed before everyone. Although they rode their horses first, how could they pass by the Wei soldiers behind them? For a time, before many Wei generals could make way, they were shot to death on the shore with their horses. Even Hu Lie was shot to death by the war horses, and he was shot several arrows among the infantry and barely saved his life.

It was the turn of the Wu army to pursue the Wei army when it fled. Ding Feng took the lead and chased the Wei soldiers. Many of the Wei army ran slowly - in fact, they were poor in health and poor in position, and the injured fell on the tail of the team. Before the surrender was shouted out, the heads had already fallen to the ground and the heads were different. In this battle, the Eastern Wu invested only 5,000 troops, but they achieved great victory. After another 5,000 Wu army was transported to the north bank, Ding Feng counted the troops. The wounded Wu army was waiting for the army to come to support, and with the new force, he wanted to seize Wumu City.

At this time, news came from Zhu Yi's central army, but Ding Feng retreated! Ding Feng and his soldiers looked at each other in anger. The victory had just won was the perfect time to advance rapidly, so why should we retreat? After a while, Ding Feng had insight in his heart, so he ordered the army to retreat, and he led more than a hundred people to the palace. When the army retreated to the south bank, Ding Feng stood at the stern of the boat and looked at Wumucheng in the distance and sighed: "I don't know when I will come again."

The order to withdraw the troops was reported by Sun Jing. The rebels in China had weak troops, so the army wanted to return to the country to quell the rebellion. The actual situation was not the case. Sun Jing received a letter from his younger brother Sun Ju from Jianye. The army in Jianye was mostly divided to quell the rebellion. The trusted party brothers Zhu's family were found by the Lord Wu Sun Liang and were directly beheaded. This was undoubtedly Sun Liang's formal declaration of war on the Sun Jing's brothers, fearing that the younger brothers were not Sun Liang's opponents, Sun Jing hurriedly ordered the troops to return to China.

Standing in Sun Jing's position, if he fails, he will die and die. Master Wu, Sun Liang, is young and does not know how to control the government. After a series of actions, someone in the court must have made suggestions. On the way back to China, Sun Jing was anxious and uneasy, for fear that his younger brothers would be impulsive and fall into the trap of the other party.

Countless people drove from Chengdu to the south one after another, and the Han emperor Liu Chan personally gave away Ma Cheng and others. This indicates that the strategic goal of Shu Han temporarily shifted from the Northern Expedition to expanding the south. Compared with the consumption of the Northern Expedition, the southern journey actually consumed a lot. However, once the ancient road to the Yanshu was successfully opened, Shu would gain great economic benefits.

In the late Three Kingdoms, the commercial presence in mainland China was very weak. Liu Chan chose to open a smooth business route first, which was no less than the great achievements of Emperor Wu of Han ordered Zhang Qian to go on a mission to the Western Regions. What he gained was not only economic benefits, but also the reputation of Shu Han would spread all over the world. For ordinary people, this sense of fame and honor could be the best motivation for his life to be his country.

Liu Chan did not understand the advanced technology of South Asian countries in this era, but it was always right to go out and see. It was a win-win situation to communicate with other countries and make profits from each other. Therefore, in Ma Cheng's caravan, there were merchants who were very experienced in trading, some followed Ma Cheng to travel the old world in the Western Regions, and some loyal, brave and strong military soldiers. Many weak scholars who were usually good at writing and writing are willing to follow and prepare to see the scenery outside the region, and maybe they could leave their names in history.

Who doesn't understand the benefits of this trip in Shu? They all ask people everywhere to stuff their children into the caravan. Ma Cheng did not dare to make a decision, so he had to report to Liu Chan. For a moment, the number of people entering and leaving the palace increased sharply, and many old men who had not appeared for a long time also came for the glory of the family, among which the elderly came with illness.

Liu Chan did not distinguish between each other, and the visitors refused to accept them all. Liu Chan agreed and supported everyone's request. However, there were too many people going to the expedition, and the country's finance could not afford it. After all, we cannot spend all the treasury just because of this trip. Who wouldn't understand what Your Majesty meant? So all the big families paid out their own money to sponsor the caravan. The money was naturally handed over to the treasury and distributed uniformly by the state. The invisible Chinese treasury seemed to be much more abundant. The big families were so rich that they naturally didn't care about this little money. When they saw their children also entered the caravan, they left with satisfaction.

Some people are keen on this, and some are also skeptical. The army of Emperor Wu of Han failed to open up this ancient road. The national strength of Shu Han is naturally no longer as strong as that of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Is it sure to open up this road to the poison of the body? There are many families who are waiting and watching, but more families are still very sure of this trip.

No one should have been so confident when they had just experienced the barbarian rebellion, but the rebellion was sought by Chen Yu. His Majesty beheaded all the evil parties and appeased other barbarian leaders. The barbarian leaders happily returned to their respective tribes and quickly implemented Liu Chan's decree. The barbarians who lived in Sichuan began to register and officially became members of Shu Han. The barbarians' attitude and reaction made everyone feel much more at ease.

What's more important is that General Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei, had already gone to Dazhong to farm, which was a signal to stop the Northern Expedition. No matter the bureaucrats and the people only knew that Jiang Wei entered the palace at night, and talked with Liu Chan for a long time before leaving in a hurry. Everyone was not sure what His Majesty said to General Wei, but looking at Jiang Wei's attitude towards Dazhong, it should be hopeless for the Northern Expedition. Years of war have made the people exhausted and miserable. Now that there are signs of a stop, they are all very happy. Most officials in the court do not support the Northern Expedition. Now seeing Jiang Wei "losing power", they only admire and move Liu Chan, and they also support him unconditionally.

There were a lot of people in the Southern Expedition, but after all, it was the purpose of serving missions. Moreover, Zhuge Zhan and Zhang Yi, the important officials in the court, rushed to the Southern Expedition. Compared with the Northern Expedition, the chances of victory were much higher. Both the aristocratic families and ordinary people supported this move very much, and the Southern Expedition was extremely smooth.
Chapter completed!