Chapter 475 Zhang Liao's determination(1/2)
"The Jiangdong Army is here!"
The defenders in Hefei were shocked by thousands of ships in Ruxushui. Sun Jian, known as the tiger in Jiangdong, personally led a 100,000 army to attack Hefei!
Many strangers living in Hefei City wanted to leave this dangerous city before the war began, but the whole city was already martial law, and Zhang Liao set up defenders at each city gate and was not allowed to enter and exit.
People in a panic.
It would be fine if Sun Quan attacked Hefei, but Sun Jian attacked Hefei this time!
The military abilities of Sun Jian and Sun Quan are very different, and Hefei is in danger of falling.
Zhang Liao, Lu Su, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan rushed to the city to observe Sun Jian's military situation.
Zang Ba counted the number of ships brought by Sun Jian, and then inferred the number of Sun Jian's soldiers: "It is worthy of being a tiger in Jiangdong. It can summon 100,000 soldiers and horses at a time to attack Hefei."
Zhang Liao and Lu Su had a solemn expression. Sun Jian came all over this time, not only Sun Jian's troops, but also Sun Jian's troops, because according to information, there were less than 100,000. Behind it was the Yangzhou Mu Tongque who was supporting him.
Sun Jian's 100,000 troops disembarked and formed camps. The most brave group of soldiers were the vanguards, and the ships set up their formations along the Ruxu Water, covering them.
If the defenders in Hefei city go out to fight, they will be baptized by arrow rains from ships along the coast.
With Sun Jian's caution, the various legions successfully arrived ashore to assemble.
"Sun Jian was a famous general who fought in all directions during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. His ability was close to that of top-level generals and should not be underestimated." Lu Su followed Chu Tian and went through many wars. He observed Sun Jian's military power and found that Sun Jian's camp was roughly divided into four parts. "Sun Jian's troops advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and camped in an orderly manner, but the other three troops were in a mess."
Zhang Liao nodded, and he also saw the weakness of Sun Jian's army.
Although Sun Jian had a large army of 100,000, there were three of them, not Sun Jian's headquarters, and their combat power was uneven.
Zhang Liao observed for a long time and said to Lu Su, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other generals: "Tomorrow morning, I will lead two thousand wolf cavalry to attack one of the battalions, causing chaos in Sun Jian's army and hindering its siege progress."
Lu Su, who had a relatively conservative tactics, was shocked when he heard what Zhang Liao said, and he actually led two thousand cavalry to attack the 100,000 army outside the city: "General Zhang is not allowed to take risks. There is a 100,000 army outside the city, and the main general is Sun Jian, so he is not a person who is easy to deal with. Even the Bingzhou wolf cavalry cannot fight against fifty!"
Zang Ba and Sun Guan also persuaded Zhang Liao almost at the same time: "General Zhang must not take risks. Sun Jian is a tiger from Jiangdong. Even Dong Zhuo is very afraid of him. Even with General Zhang's bravery, you may not be able to defeat him."
"So I want to raid that camp." Zhang Liao pointed to a camp that was not stationed by Sun Jian's troops. "The other three troops are like a different difference from Sun Jian's troops. Attacking them will definitely win."
"Even if that..."
Lu Su hesitated.
At this time, as a military advisor who was biased towards conservatives, Lu Su received an order to stick to Hefei and prevent the enemy from crossing the thunder pool.
If Zhang Liao's tactics can win, it is certainly good. If it fails, it will not only damage Zhang Liao, a powerful general, but also Sun Jian may take advantage of the big victory and his morale will rise and attack Hefei fiercely.
The opponent's leader is Sun Jian, and Lu Su's idea is to engage in a protracted battle with him.
"Observation is the best defense. When Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry defends the city, its role is only slightly better than that of the county and state soldiers. Therefore, I only brought two thousand Wolf Cavalry out of the city to raid. Even if the entire army is wiped out, there are still more than 30,000 troops to defend the city."
"Now the enemy has not yet established a stable foothold, and sending troops to reduce its prosperity to calm the hearts of the people and then defend it. What do you doubt this battle?"
Zhang Liao was appointed as the chief general of Hefei by Chu Tian, and the young Lu Su was only a military advisor, so Zhang Liao had the final decision-making power.
If Zhang Liao finally decides to go out of the city to attack the other party's camp, Lu Su will not be able to object.
"I support General Zhang's approach." Xueyue, who had been silent, chose to stand on Zhang Liao's side. "According to the information I obtained, there are remnants of Yuan Shu and powerful Lujiang in Sun Jian's army. The military discipline of their troops was disintegrated. As long as General Zhang attacked, the opponent would definitely be defeated. Otherwise, once Sun Jian besieged the city, it would be difficult to go out of the city to attack him."
Xueyue knew how terrible Zhang Liao was in Xiaoyaojin.
Chutian sent Zhang Liao to defend Hefei, but it was not necessarily to let Zhang Liao, Lu Su and others defend to the death. As Zhang Liao said, offense is also a way of defense.
So Xueyue chose to support Zhang Liao.
Her position is very important because in terms of qualifications, Xueyue's qualifications are older than everyone present.
Lu Su had never seen two thousand cavalry attacking the opponent's 100,000 army, but seeing that the lord Zhang Liao had a firm attitude, he had to agree.
Zang Ba and Sun Guan looked at each other, and were inspired by Zhang Liao, they were also excited and said to Zhang Liao: "We are willing to follow General Zhang out of the city to raid each other's camp!"
Zhang Liao said: "Okay! General Sun Guan and I are the vanguard, General Zang Ba and his military advisor guard the city, and they are responding at the city gate!"
Zang Ba and Sun Guan are also people who dare to fight for their lives, and they all agreed.
"What a group of desperate guys..."
Although Lu Su said that, he sincerely admired the courage of the three generals.
Even if the enemy is 100,000, I will go!
After the next day, the sky turned white and the enemy was at its weakest defense, Zhang Liao summoned two thousand Bingzhou wolf cavalry who followed him to fight against Yuzhou to reward the army.
The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry knew that before going to war, the Lord would reward the entire army and eat and drink enough. There would often be a big battle the next day, and it might even be a life-threatening battle, and it would be a life-threatening battle.
Shi Qian stayed in the city, changed into the village's clothes, and inquired about information in the city. He noticed that the Bingzhou wolf cavalry gathered in the city and ate meat in big mouthfuls, and seemed to realize something.
"This news must be taken out of the city as soon as possible!"
Shi Qian wanted to bring this news out of the city, but the city had been blocked. Xueyue sent many scouts to ambush near the city wall. If Shi Qian wanted to leave the city, he would definitely alarm these ambush scouts and the defenders guarding the city gate.
Xueyue has been responsible for intelligence work for a long time and is already very skillful.
Even if the enemy's scouts are mixed in the city, it is not so easy to take them out of the city.
If Shi Qian's characteristics were not effective, Shi Qian might have been identified as the scout.
"The other party gathered cavalry, and I'm afraid it wasn't for robbing the camp at night! This news cannot be taken out, so brother and the others might be in danger!"
Although Shi Qian was a thief, he was in a chaotic world and still had basic common sense.
Zhang Liao gathered the Bingzhou wolf cavalry to reward the entire army, obviously he was going to rob the camp.
Shi Qian judged that it was a night attack, but there were some deviations when Zhang Liao chose to launch the attack, which was at dawn at night.
Shi Qian was unable to leave the city and was anxious.
Outside the city, Song Jiang led thousands of troops from his troops to set up camps.
Sun Jian didn't seem to admire Song Jiang's military advisor Wu Yong, so Wu Yong was still following Song Jiang.
"Dong Ping, Hua Rong, the two traitors, after they were about to leave by Sun Jian, they have not come to see their elder brother for several days."
Li Kui carried two axes and complained to Song Jiang.
"Now I am a subordinate of Sun Jian and have been named the captain. I am the same level as Dong Ping and Hua Rong. It is normal for them to not come to see me."
After Song Jiang was recruited, Sun Jian took a fancy to Dong Ping, one of the "Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan" and Hua Rong, known as Li Guang, in order to weaken Song Jiang's influence on Dong Ping and Hua Rong, Sun Jian appointed Dong Ping, and Hua Rong was the captain, and was on par with Song Jiang.
Sun Jian's operations created a gap between the people in Liangshan.
Wu Yong saw it and remained silent for the time being.
Li Kui was still dissatisfied: "I think they were getting benefits, so I completely forgot your kindness to them, brother."
Wu Yong ignored Li Kui and said to Song Jiang: "Sun Jian may order our Liangshan Army to climb Hefei first, so we should act as a show, otherwise we will lose at least half of the damage tomorrow. The city of Hefei is solid, how can we capture it by thousands of us?"
After hearing what Wu Yong said, Song Jiang pondered: "What the military advisor said is so true. Sun Jian treats me too mean."
Just when Wu Yong and Song Jiang mentioned that Sun Jian divided the Liangshan Army, Sun Jian sent someone to sue Song Jiang. The Liangshan Army only needed to dig tunnels and transport food and grass.
Song Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Sun Jian is not mean yet and does not regard them as cannon fodder and is used to siege the city.
Or maybe Sun Jian did not trust the Liangshan Army's combat power, so he had to attack the city himself.
Near the Liangshan Army, there are also Yuan Shu's remnants and Lujiang powerful men.
The generals of Yuan Shu's remnants were Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and Lei Bo.
After Yuan Shu was defeated by Chu Tian, he was defeated by Tang again. These generals led the remnants to Lujiang and entrenched in the mountains and forests of Runan and Lujiang. Later, Sun Jian came to Jiangdong and came forward to conquer them.
Like Song Jiang, Chutian's forces can be said to be the old opponents of Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, and Lei Bo.
Lei Bu couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the Battle of Pengcheng, Chu Tian led the cavalry to launch a blitzkrieg, quickly destroying Yuan Shu's camp and killing Yuan Shu's general Chen Lan.
Now, he has to face the Chutian power again.
Although the great devil Chu Tian was attacking Hebei at this time and only left a small number of generals to guard Hefei, Lei Bo was still scared.
"Chu Zimou is not here, and Yang Wudi is not here, why are you afraid of it?"
Ji Ling holds a three-pointed two-edged sword, majestic.
Although he followed Yuan Shu to fight Chu Tian, he never directly fought with Chu Tian's general, so Ji Ling had a little confidence in his own force.
"General Ji Ling, in Pei State, Yang Wudi played us around in a few thousand cavalrymen. Even his lord was attacked by him many times and almost died. You don't know about this."
"Yang Wudi is not afraid. If I were by my lord at that time, the three-pointed and two-edged sword would definitely cut him down on the horse!"
Ji Ling waved the heavy three-pointed two-edged sword, and there was a faint sound of breaking through the air.
Compared with Ji Ling's confidence, Zhang Xun and Lei Bo became frightened birds and snakes.
Sun Jian summoned his generals, including Dong Ping, the two gun generals Dong Ping, and Xiao Li Guang, Hua Rong was left behind by Sun Jian. Dong Ping and Hua Rong saw that Sun Jian valued him and did not dislike their identity as a water bandit, so he was moved.
It has to be admitted that Sun Jian, as a representative of the Eastern Wu forces, has a unique personality charm.
Sun Jian looked down on Song Jiang and about ten other military generals, but he took a look at the two military generals Dong Ping and Hua Rong at first sight, thinking that they were good materials.
"Father, I will personally lead the team to capture the city tomorrow!"
The young Sun Ce volunteered to make a contribution.
Dong Ping and Hua Rong were moved. Sun Ce was only 16 years old. He was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers and dared to volunteer to attack the strong Hefei city.
To be continued...