And Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang were a little far away. They had long seen clearly that the northern overlord Big Bear standing on the city wall. The three of them lowered their heads by Lu Ning's scolding Sun Ce. They didn't dare to look directly at Lu Ning because Lu Ning said what they were thinking. Of course, they also understood the combat power of Lu Ning's army, which was something that everyone knew in the great alliance of princes.

Sun Ce returned to the formation in shame, and Cheng Pu immediately said to him: "Young lord, the one who stood on the city wall and talked to you was the Big Bear on the northern prairie. In the Battle of Sishui Pass, our army sent troops to rescue him, otherwise the losses would be greater; what he told you were all facts and there was no falsehood; now there is Big Bear supporting Lu Kang in Anhui City, and it is estimated that it would be impossible to capture it. Even if it was barely attacked, it would mean that the entire Huainan would be swept away by the Big Bear Cavalry."

After hearing this, Sun Ce was even more depressed. He was scolded by Big Bear for no reason, and he couldn't even say anything back. "Isn't this Big Bear in the north? What did he come to Jiangnan for?"

Cheng Pu said to Sun Ce: "Young Master, people from my hometown in western Liaoning came to a letter saying that the Xianbei people and the Huns on the northern grasslands have been eliminated by the Big Bear. Now the Big Bear is taking action against Fuyu, Yiluo and other places. As for how he was in Wancheng, I don't know this, but one thing is that Big Bear is in Wancheng, and this expedition will be a waste of success. If you have to force it, it will only be a throwing out your armor and no hope of winning."

After hearing this, Huang Gai nodded repeatedly and said to Sun Ce: "Young Master, since Big Bear is in the city now, we should retreat twenty miles. When Ji Ling's army arrives, he will decide whether to attack the city." After hearing this, Sun Ce had no choice but to retreat and wait for the arrival of Ji Ling's army.

Two days later, Ji Ling led an army of 20,000 to join Sun Ce's vanguard. When Sun Ce reported to Ji Ling that there were big bears in Wancheng, Ji Ling was greatly surprised. Ji Ling said to Sun Ce: "Bofu, wasn't Lu Ning fighting in the north? Why was he in Wancheng? Did you see the wrong person?"

After hearing this, Cheng Pu said to Ji Ling: "General Ji, we have all seen Big Bear when he was in the Great Alliance of Princes. Moreover, he stood on the city wall today and talked to us. How could he read it wrong? It was because Big Bear in Wan City that we dare not attack the city easily, and we don't know what General Yuan meant, because everyone knows that Yuan Benchu ​​was destroyed by Big Bear because he first provoked Big Bear. As well as Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Du and others all provoked Big Bear first, but there was no good result in the end. Now we don't have the general's order and dare not start a war against Big Bear easily, so we wait for the general to decide."

Ji Ling was also hesitant after hearing this. He knew that the big bear would not dare to provoke easily, but the army had all been dispatched. If there was no sign of any sign, he would return in shame. What should his lord Yuan Shu do when he was there? There must be an explanation. Ji Ling looked at Sun Ce and the others and said, "What about your opinion? Should we continue to attack Wancheng or lead the army back."

When Sun Ce heard that you are the commander, I dare to make an idea for you. If you say the right result is yours, you will have to let me recite the guilt for you. "General Ji, we obey the general's command. Do you have any idea? I don't know either."

After hearing what Yuan Shu said to his subordinates, he didn't know what to do. He was so angry that he had nowhere to go, and he always felt unwilling to accept it without hitting him. "How many soldiers are there in the Big Bear in Wancheng?"

After listening to Yuan Shu's question, Yan Xiang thought for a moment and replied: "Lord, there will definitely not be many soldiers from Big Bear in Anhui City. Otherwise, according to Big Bear's previous personality and combat methods, he would not let our army go to the edge of the city. If he had sufficient troops, he would have sent troops to fight our army in the field. He would tolerate others leading the army to his doorstep."

Yuan Shu was happy after hearing this. If Big Bear really had few troops, this would be an opportunity to destroy Big Bear. "Since you said that Big Bear's troops in Wancheng are insufficient, then we might as well destroy Big Bear. If that is the case, who else in the world dares to mess with us again? This is an opportunity to become famous all over the world."

Yuan Shu's words made his civil and military officials shook their heads constantly. It was not a dream to kill Big Bear, wasn't this a dream? Yang Hong shook his head and looked at Yuan Shu before saying, "Lord, it's impossible to destroy Big Bear. Thank you for being able to defeat Wancheng. It's unrealistic and impossible to eliminate Big Bear in one fell swoop. But the lord has to think about it, once Big Bear escapes, the lord will face the attack of Big Bear Iron Cavalry."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Where did Big Bear's cavalry attack me? We are separated from other princes from Big Bear, so he will never fly over."

After hearing this, Yan Xiang said, "Lord, you can't say that. Big Bear can borrow the words. He has a business relationship with Cao Cao, and the relationship between the two families is very good. Moreover, Cao Cao and Lu Bu are fighting, so the cavalry that has the ability to stop Big Bear. If Big Bear really wants to send troops, even if Cao Cao doesn't lend him, he will have the ability to break through. Although the lord has more than 200,000 troops in his hand, can the lord's more than 200,000 army defeat the 150,000 Huns? Big Bear only used 50,000 troops to destroy the 150,000 Huns. Lord, think twice and don't act irritably."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu was also cold on his back and frightened out of cold sweat. Yuan Shu discussed with his officials for a long time, but there was no result. In the end, Yuan Shu was arbitrary: "Then let Ji Ling attack tentatively first. If he resisted tenaciously, it would not be too late to retreat. If he really didn't give up a single fart, then the army would be in vain. This would have a great impact on the morale of the soldiers."

After receiving Yuan Shu's instructions, Ji Ling called all his generals and said to them: "Generals, the lord has come to instruct. The lord said that Big Bear does not have much military force in Wancheng. Let us attack first. If it is better to capture Wancheng, if the battle is not smooth, then we will retreat."

After hearing this, Sun Ce was disdainful and thought to himself that idiots knew that Big Bear was not strong enough, otherwise Big Bear would let you easily attack the city of Wancheng. At the same time, Sun Ce also thought to himself that this would be good, so that we would not fight with Big Bear and offend Big Bear.

In Anhui City, Lu Kang and his officials saw Yuan Shu's army retreating, the stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground and felt relieved. Lu Ning said to Lu Kang: "Master Lu, Ji Ling's army retreated. They saw me standing on the city wall and had a little deterrent effect on them. They are waiting for Yuan Shu's instructions now. It will probably take a few days before they will attack again. Don't be careless."

Ji Ling's army came over, and he invested 10,000 troops in siege at one time. Because Yuan Shu's instructions were very flexible, Ji Ling did not attack all the city gates at one time. He just attacked the northern city gate of Wancheng. Lu Ning stood on the city wall and saw Lu Kang's soldiers seeing the black siege enemies. Some soldiers were frightened and their feet were trembling constantly. Several soldiers even urinated. Lu Ning looked at him and shook his head. Can such soldiers win a battle?

Lu Ning walked over and said to Lu Kang's soldiers: "Don't be afraid. The enemy is human, you are human, we also have a city to rely on, but the enemy has no support. What are you scary? When the enemy enters the range, you obey the generals' command and you will definitely defeat the enemy troops invading Wancheng. War will always open the door to victory for the strong. As long as you kill the enemy bravely, the enemy will be afraid of you and you all cheer up."

When Ji Ling's siege army entered the range of Lu Ning's army, Ling Cao shouted: "Soldiers, shoot me hard with the bows and arrows in your hands."

The soldiers followed Ling Cao's command and fired at the enemy with bows and arrows, but the effect was not very good. After all, these were recruits temporarily, and those soldiers were even worse. They all faced the real massacre for the first time, and their hands were trembling when they shot archery. Soon, Ji Ling's siege soldiers attacked the city wall, and they all held ladders to attack the city wall. Ling Cao immediately asked the soldiers to smash the stones and wooden sticks on the city wall under the city wall. This kind of counterattack without skill, and without aiming, played the role of the new recruits, and the effect was also obvious.

After a period of attack, Lu Kang's soldiers gradually calmed down, their fear gradually disappeared, and the counterattacks defending the city gradually improved. This is the role of actual combat. Any new recruit, as long as he goes through a big battle, will quickly mature from actual combat.

Seeing that Dian Wei had been standing beside Lu Ning, Lu Ning said to him: "Ziman, go and deal with those enemies who are about to hit the city gate. Add more ignition oil to the better effect."

Dian Wei laughed after hearing this. He organized people to knock the turbid oil on the city wall toward the city gate under the city wall, and then asked the soldiers to shoot with rockets. In an instant, the entire city gate was filled with fire. The enemy who was hitting the city gate was also submerged in the fire, and the Clash was also burned. Seeing that Dian Wei had already started to fight back with turbid oil, Ling Cao immediately asked the soldiers to pour turbid oil down the city wall. Then the rockets followed. At this time, many Ji Ling soldiers siege under the city wall. They were all burned to the sky and ran around. They wanted to escape, but they could not escape. After all, there were indeed a lot of soldiers gathered under the city wall now.

Ji Ling, who was standing in the distance, saw that his soldiers could not attack the city wall and were burned to death by the fire. If he continued to attack, it would not have any effect. He would just throw the soldiers' lives in vain, so he had to call the gold to withdraw his troops.

The first day of the attack caused Ji Ling to lose more than a thousand soldiers' lives. Of course, there should be thousands of soldiers who were injured, because hundreds of soldiers guarding the city were injured, and nearly a hundred of them lost their lives. This was caused by the panic of the soldiers at the beginning, and then there were much fewer.

Three days after such an offense and defense, Ji Ling left behind more than a thousand soldiers every day, and the casualties of Lu Kang's soldiers guarding the city were indeed decreasing day by day. Ji Ling's soldiers' siege was getting worse day by day, and Ji Ling, as the main general, didn't care much, which made Lu Ning think carefully. After taking a comprehensive consideration, Lu Ning estimated that Ji Ling's army would retreat within these few days. This is not possible. It can make Yuan Shu come whenever he wants and leave whenever he wants. If you want to leave, you have to leave.

Then Lu Ning called Ling Cao to him and said, "General Ling, I want you to accomplish a big thing. I wonder if the general has the courage to go there?"

When Ling Cao heard this, I could go even if I went up to the mountain of swords and sea of ​​fire. Ling Cao immediately said to Lu Ning: "Master, please make arrangements. I guarantee that I will complete whatever it is."

Lu Ning stood up and patted his arm, and said, "Okay, now you take my command to Wankou Port, where I have four warships, and there are a thousand naval soldiers on the warship. You lead the warships eastward at night and land in an appropriate place to get ashore. You bring five hundred naval soldiers and sneak towards Ji Ling's rear army quietly. Your mission is to burn his food and grass for me. You don't have to worry about other things. I guess Ji Ling would never dream of our dreams that there would be another army that would attack his rear army."

Ling Cao was even more excited after hearing this. This made people lead troops to fight alone, and immediately said, "Don't worry, lord, I will complete the task."

Lu Ning glanced at Ling Cao and said to him: "General Ling, it is not easy to train our naval soldiers. It takes about two years for each qualified soldier, so you must remember to reduce unnecessary casualties and not be in love with fighting. After burning the enemy's food and grass, evacuate immediately. Never be in love with fighting."

After hearing Lu Ning's words, Ling Cao replied loudly: "On the Lord's Order."

After Ling Cao left, Lu Ning smiled and said to Dian Wei: "Ziman, you have to prepare. Tonight you will also take 5,000 soldiers out to move your body. I think if you don't move, your weight will get heavier day by day. This is not a good phenomenon."

Dian Wei smiled and said, "Lord, don't worry about this. This is mainly because you didn't fight. After the battle, my weight will drop immediately."

At about the fourth day of the morning, Ling Cao led 500 naval soldiers to touch Ji Ling's rear army quietly. The general of the rear army was Leju. At this time, they were still sleeping with their heads covering their heads. The soldiers standing guard also fell to sleep. They would not have thought of an enemy attack. They were behind, and there was a large army in front of them, so no matter how hard they fought, they would not be attacked quietly.

After Ling Cao and his soldiers dealt with the guards, they did not alarm the enemy. They poured turbulent oil into Ji Ling's food and grass, and then they troughed a little. In an instant, there were burning fires in the entire camp of Ji Ling's rear army. The fire was shining straight at the sky and could be seen several miles away. Ling Cao strictly followed what Lu Ning said. He did not take the opportunity to attack the enemy in the tent. Although he knew that the attack would achieve very good results at this time, Lu Ning's words were always in his ears, so he successfully retreated safely with the soldiers and achieved zero casualties.

The raging fire not only woke up the sleeping Leju, but even Ji Ling, the Central Army, was awakened by the bursts of explosions from the fire. When his personal soldiers told him that the food and grass of the rear army had a fire, there was still some sleepiness. He immediately got up and changed his clothes, and wanted to lead the army to kill the rear army immediately. But at this time, the rear army was in chaos, and even the Central Army was in chaos. After a long time, the soldiers could not organize the soldiers. The soldiers were shouting and running around.

Of course, Dian Wei's five thousand soldiers had already been ready. He was waiting for this opportunity. Now he saw Ji Ling's rear army's flames soaring into the sky. He immediately took 5 thousand soldiers to kill Ji Ling's middle. At this time, Ji Ling's army had just been organized and was running towards the rear army. Dian Wei led the army to kill behind his butt. Now it was in trouble. The soldiers could not turn around to fight. This turned into a unilateral massacre. Under the leadership of Dian Wei, Dian Wei's brave attack forward bravely and the constant massacre also stimulated the killing of the soldiers. Ji Ling's screams were of no use. His soldiers were all running around, and they were also trying to save their lives.

Sun Ce and his generals were ashamed of Lu Ning's words and did not want to go against Lu Ning's army. They were just to defeat Yuan Shu and temporarily surrendered to Yuan Shu. They would resist Yuan Shu sincerely and desperately. After they resisted symbolically, they ran away one after another. In the end, Ji Ling had no better way and had to escape. He was also afraid of being captured, and he also knew that the consequences of being captured by Lu Ning's army would be unpleasant.

In this way, the victory of the Wancheng Defense Battle ended, Yuan Shu's 30,000 army finally fled back thousands, more than 7,000 people were killed, more than 12,000 were captured, and the others escaped to some unknown place. However, more than 6,000 soldiers under Lu Kang were indeed injured or killed, of which more than 2,000 were seriously injured or killed.
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