On the contrary, the longer the battle lasted, the more the Wu army's shortcomings in land warfare were exposed.

At the back, even though the Cheng army had the advantage of strong soldiers and thick armor, they were unable to attack due to frequent harassment by the fine cavalry of the Wei army.

"Your Majesty, let's withdraw!"

Seeing that something was wrong, Sun Shao tried hard to persuade Sun Quan:

"It's only about two hundred miles from Liu'an to Shouchun. Your Majesty used his body as a bait to hold off the thieves here. Time is enough."

"In the past two days, I have observed that the traitor cavalry has been fighting more and more. It is likely that Wang Ling mobilized the cavalry from the rear."

"Your Majesty's plan to lure the enemy has been successful. It is not appropriate to delay it any longer. We should return to the ship and wait for the good news from the Grand Governor..."

Sun Quan refused, so he drew his sword and raised it to the sky, shouting to the soldiers:

"Da Wu's expedition this time is the effort of the whole country. If it fails, Da Wu will never have the chance to go north again."

"I am already in my sixtieth year. As long as this battle can be successful, it doesn't matter if I give up my life. Without me, there is still a prince, so why should Wu worry?"

When the surrounding soldiers heard this, their morale was greatly boosted and they shouted in unison.

Your Majesty is not afraid of death, so why should we be afraid?

Hearing the faint cry of "Wan Sheng" from the Wu army camp in the distance, Wang Ling showed a contemptuous smile on his face:

"Sun Quan didn't know that his death was coming! I'll see if he can still laugh tomorrow?"

The next day, a disheveled Wu general led a few remnant soldiers to the gate of Sun Quan's camp and shouted:

"Your Majesty, urgent military situation!"

After checking his identity, Wu will soon be brought to Sun Quan.

But seeing that his face was covered in dust and tears were streaming down his face, he looked even more miserable.

I heard him cry hoarsely:

"Your Majesty, what's wrong, a large number of Wei thieves' elite cavalry appeared around the grain road, and they robbed and burned all the grain and grass that I escorted here this time!"

"What did you say?!"

Not to mention Sun Quan, even Sun Shao could not help but arrogantly exclaimed:

"How could a thief..."

Before he finished speaking, he reacted immediately.

These days, His Majesty seems to be holding back Wang Ling.

But Wang Ling is not idle either, he is planning to block His Majesty here!

The place where Lou Chuan and His Majesty camped was more than thirty miles away.

It's more than thirty miles, so we can walk faster, but it's only more than half a day's march.

However, the Wu army's shortcomings of not being good at land warfare made these thirty miles a weak point that cannot be ignored.

After all, the Han Dynasty was not taken advantage of. Being able to help His Majesty arm the Forbidden Army in such a short period of time was considered an act of benevolence and righteousness.

And these forbidden troops, with all the guards beside His Majesty at this time, naturally cannot be sent out to escort food and grass.

It seems that the Wei thieves' elite cavalry deliberately made a large circle and ambush between His Majesty and the ship.

Now it seems that when faced with the sudden attack of Wei's elite cavalry, the soldiers escorting the grain and grass from the direction of the building ship had no time to mount an effective resistance.

Although the loss of this batch of food and grass was not enough to cause an immediate food shortage in the army.

But it aroused Sun Shao's worries more and more.

"Your Majesty, in the past two days, I have discovered that the number of thieves' cavalry is increasing. It seems that Wang Ling has mobilized Shouchun's troops."

"We cannot retreat from the enemy in front, and there are thieves and soldiers in the rear. This can be said to be a loss of ground for the front troops. I would like to ask Your Majesty to cherish the dragon's body and be considerate of the soldiers!"

The ones Sun Quan fought were the elite soldiers in his own hands.

But no matter how strong the troops are, they still need to eat.

Losing a batch of food and grass is not a serious injury.

But if I stay here all the time and there is no way to protect the food route in the rear, how is it different from the death place mentioned in the art of war?

The sudden bad news made Sun Quan and Sun Shao unable to even think about how to deal with the Wu general who was in trouble in escorting the supplies.

Especially Sun Quan, when he remembered that he said yesterday that he would die for his country, and today he hurriedly retreated, then...

Sun Quan's face suddenly turned gloomy and clear, extremely ugly.

When Sun Shao saw Sun Quan like this, he didn't know what his majesty was in trouble.

Regardless of his armor, he knelt down directly with his knees on the ground, pulled Sun Quan's robe, and begged:

"Your Majesty used his body as bait to attract the troops of Shouchun traitors. Now that he has achieved his goal, what's the use of staying here any longer?"

"Your Majesty, don't go too far with the show. Otherwise, if the thief reacts, won't it ruin the big thing?"

When Sun Quan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slowly:

"What Gongli said is true. As the saying goes, going too far is not enough, but I didn't think of this!"

Seeing that His Majesty finally agreed to his suggestion, Sun Shao was overjoyed and quickly struck while the iron was hot:

"Your Majesty, if the thief wants to send back the news about robbing my food route, he must have to go through the same circle."

"We have to get back to the ship before Wang Ling gets the news and reacts."

Sun Quan originally wanted to be reserved and didn't want to retreat so quickly - at least he wanted to play two more games and stay for two or three more days.

Otherwise, wouldn't this be a slap in the face?

But Sun Shao knew that the situation was urgent. If he missed this time window and was surrounded by thieves, he would be in danger.

Even if they are not far from the building and the ship, the thieves cannot completely encircle them, but it is not a good idea to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers.

Sun Quan saw Sun Shao holding on to the lapel of his clothes, with a look of pleading on his face.

Although Sun Shao is younger than Sun Quan, his hair and beard are already white.

When all the generals in the tent saw this scene, they all saluted in unison:

"I beg your Majesty to put the dragon body as the priority and retreat to the ship."

Sun Quan was really helpless and could only sigh:

"Gongli, get up first. Everyone, please get up. I will withdraw my troops."

When Sun Shao heard this, he stood up.

It's just that although Sun Shao's reaction was fast enough, Wang Ling's reaction was not slow either.

When he learned that there was something strange happening in the Wu military camp, Wang Ling immediately understood:

"This must be the traitor's food route being robbed, so he is tempted to retreat. Here comes someone!"

"What are your orders, general?"

"Call the troops to assemble immediately and follow me to kill the thieves!"

At the same time, he secretly gritted his teeth:

"The thief is cunning and afraid of death. He has been acting like a fight to the death in the past few days. He didn't expect that he would escape immediately if something went wrong."

On the other side, Sun Shao naturally knew that Wei Jun could not let him go so easily.

He volunteered and said:

"Your Majesty, please go first, I will stay behind!"

At the same time, Shaopei, which was two to three hundred miles away, was dug up by the Wu army, and huge waves were released. The flood rolled up the mud and rocks and swept toward Shouchun City.

Yang Hong, who was standing at the top of the city, looked at the white waves in the distance rushing towards the Shouchun city wall, and his eyes were about to burst:

"The thief is so vicious!"

In this era, most cities, whether large or small, were built with rammed earth.

What I fear most is blisters.

No matter how hard the city wall is, it will become soft once it is soaked in water.

If it takes a little longer, it will collapse on its own.

Among the corvees collected by the government every year, one of the important tasks was to repair the city wall.

It is because of the rain every year that part of the city wall is destroyed.

Therefore, no matter how high or thick the Shouchun city wall is, the most it can do is hold on for a while longer.

"Quick, send out fast horses again and urge the governor to quickly lead his troops back to rescue Shouchun!"
Chapter completed!