binnovel Chapter 183 Jiang Ji Design
Chapter 183 Jiang Ji Design
Chapter 183 Jiang Ji Design
After the Jiangdong navy retreated from Jiangxia, Sun Quan adopted Zhou Yu's suggestion and left Xu Sheng to guard Chaisang. On the way back to the army, he led other generals to suddenly march into Chaohu and stationed at Ruxuwu, leaving [-] navy troops to guard the ships. The soldiers gathered ashore and prepared to attack Hefei.
After Cao Jun's spies discovered the situation, they immediately reported to Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou. Liu Fu and Jiang Ji led generals Mei Gan and Lei Xu to defend Hefei with [-] soldiers.
From Fancheng via Wancheng to Hefei, there are at least 1200 kilometers and 2400 miles in the middle. No matter how fast the tiger and leopard ride, it will take at least half a month to get there, because the horse can’t run all the time. If it can hold on, the horse must be exhausted.
After Sun Quan led his army ashore, he immediately launched an attack on Hefei, building catapults while attacking.
The Jiangdong Army that attacked Hefei this time totaled 5 people and surrounded Hefei on three sides.
Jiangdong's army was indeed not good at attacking cities. An army of [-] attacked Hefei, which was defended by [-] soldiers, but could not attack the city wall.Because although there are few soldiers in Hefei City, the people support Liu Fu very much, and Liu Fu is very far-sighted. He has already heightened and strengthened the city walls of Hefei. There is also a large amount of wood and stone stored in the city, and a large number of them are woven with grass and palm leaves. grass thatch, as well as a huge amount of fish paste and other strategic materials.
Originally, according to the original historical process, Sun Quan's attack on Hefei this time was also unsuccessful, and he failed to break through the siege for more than a hundred days. But now because of the appearance of Zhang Wu, the battle of Hefei has also changed. The first change It is the counterweight catapult that should not have appeared in this era.
In the first five days, the Jiangdong Army's attack did not pose any threat to Hefei City at all, but five days later, the Jiangdong Army built many catapults, all of which were counterweight catapults, and Hefei City was under great pressure.
The Jiangdong army concentrated the catapults on the south wall to attack. After several rounds of projection, the range was calibrated, and then the catapults bombarded the city wall, smashing the city defense facilities on the city wall, and the defenders did not dare to go to the city to defend.
After several days of bombing and continuous rain, the south wall of Hefei City has been broken, and the city defense facilities and heavy defense equipment have been completely lost.
Zhou Yu suggested that the army should attack immediately and take Hefei City before the arrival of reinforcements from the other side.
Sun Quan ordered the army to attack the city with all its strength. Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong and other powerful generals personally led the attack. The Hefei defenders also suffered heavy casualties. The defender Mei Gan died in the battle and Lei Xu was injured. Jiang Ji personally went to the city wall to command the defense. .
Liu Fu covered the city wall with the grass thatch he had stored in advance, and at night he lit fish ointment oil to observe the movements of the Jiangdong army.Jiang Ji was also quite cunning, designed to repel the Jiangdong Army's many attacks.
When the Jiangdong army first arrived, Jiang Ji sent people to Runan to ask for help, but Runan was far away from Hefei, and there were not many soldiers in Runan. Fifty thousand Jiangdong Army.
Liu Fu said: "Zitong, the matter is very urgent. We can't hold it any longer. Is there any good way?"
Jiang Ji didn't expect that the opponent's catapults were so powerful, and Jiangdong's army was attacking so frantically. He was determined to take Hefei.
However, Jiang Ji was also a well-known counselor in the late Three Kingdoms period, and he was also good at leading troops. He was one of the few people who was capable of both literary and military skills.In the original work, not only did he design to scare away Sun Quan's first attack on Hefei, but he was later promoted to be the chief secretary of Cao Cao's prime minister's palace and became Cao Cao's confidant.
During the period of Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty, Jiang Ji served as the General of Dongzhong Lang, replacing Cao Ren to lead the army, and was later promoted to Shangshu. During the period of Emperor Wei Ming, Jiang Ji served as the Central Guard Army, doing the work of generals.
Seeing that the situation was very critical and the reinforcements were delayed, Jiang Ji frowned and thought for a while and said: "There are enough defenses in the city now, but there are too few defenders, and the enemy's catapults can hit far and accurately. It must be the rumored new catapult. But Jiangdong's army is not good at fighting on foot. For this reason, it is better to falsely claim that reinforcements have arrived. Sun Quan will be frightened and retreat."
Liu Fu asked, "How to convince Sun Quan?"
Jiang Jidao: "Sun Quan encircled three people and one was missing. I saw that the Jiangdong Army gathered troops in the south of the city, and the west of the city was near the river, and the Jiangdong Army was not strict in defense. I led two hundred soldiers out of the west gate in the middle of the night, and looked towards Runan. Afterwards, I wrote a secret letter. Three letters, all saying that the reinforcements in Runan have arrived, so people will come to deliver the letter. Sun Quan will strengthen the siege when he sees that I have broken through the siege, and Sun Quan will surely capture the people I send, so Sun Quan can be frightened away!"
Liu Fu had no choice but to give it a try, so he asked again: "It is difficult for Zitong to come in after leaving the city. If Sun Quan still does not retreat after receiving the letter, what should we do?"
Jiang Ji said: "If this is really the case, the envoy will stand firm and wait for reinforcements. Even if there is no reinforcements in Runan, Xun Lingjun of Xudu and the prime minister of Fancheng should both send reinforcements. If it is really impossible to hold on in the end, the envoy will So we retreated to Shouchun and tried to seal the waterway of the Huaihe River to prevent the Jiangdong navy from entering the Huaihe River. Then the reinforcements could cross the river to help, and there is still hope of harvesting compound fertilizer."
Liu Fu followed Jiang Ji's plan and selected [-] soldiers who dared to die. Lei Xu personally led the troops and escorted Jiang Ji out of the city at night when the Jiangdong Army's defense was slack.
Some soldiers hurriedly reported to Sun Quan that a group of people broke out of the city at night and fled towards Runan.
Zhou Yu said: "This must be going to Runan to call for rescue troops. There are not many defenders in the city, and now they are sending troops out of the city. It can be seen that the city will soon be unable to resist. My lord should step up the attack on the city and not give them a chance to breathe."
Sun Quan ordered the generals to attack the city more tightly. Liu Fu lied to the soldiers and people in the city that reinforcements were coming, and Jiang Biejia had already left the city to meet the reinforcements. .
Two days later, Lu Meng reported to Sun Quan that he had captured two envoys from the Cao army with a secret letter. The letter said that Runan had sent reinforcements. The horse infantry had a total of [-] troops. With Zhang Xi as the general, they had already arrived in Yulou, and Liu Fu sent them The master welcomes the reinforcements.
Sun Quan was shocked, how could Cao Jun's reinforcements come so quickly and in so many numbers!If [-] Cao Cao's troops really come, let alone capture Hefei, they may suffer another defeat even if they leave late.
So Sun Quan believed it was true and planned to withdraw his troops.
At this time, the second change brought about by Zhang Wu came into play. What is this change?It’s Zhou Yu!
In the original history, Sun Quan did not bring Zhou Yu with him when he attacked Hefei this time, so he fell into Jiang Ji's trick and was frightened by the [-] reinforcements in the letter, so he set fire to the siege equipment and hurriedly retreated.It was this battle that made Jiang Ji famous in the first battle, and he also got the nickname "Jiang Yiyi", which attracted Cao Cao's attention.
But this time Zhou Yu came.Although Jiang Ji is also a man of resourcefulness, a very famous counselor in the late period of the Three Kingdoms, he once persuaded Cao Cao to move the capital together with Sima Yi, but at this time he is still not counted, let alone Zhou Yu in front of him can suppress him damn.
(End of this chapter)