Chapter 1179 Computing with each other

  In the morning of early summer, the sun rises earlier and earlier on the hills.

  The thin mist quickly dissipated under the sunshine.

  Wen Qin also got up earlier than before. It can even be said that he didn't dare to sleep too much.

  It was not yet dawn, so he hurried to the top of the city.

  Wu Jun attacked the city so violently yesterday, it was too unexpected for him, and he couldn't help being careless.

   Watching the first ray of sunlight break through the mist and shine on the Wu Jun camp outside the city.

  Wen Qin felt more and more heavy in his heart.

  The reinforcements from Hefei were blocked to the east.

  The Wu army in the south, based on the size of the camp, should have at least 60,000 to 70,000 people.

  Compared to the nearly ten thousand defenders in the city, it is indeed outnumbered.

   But there is no other way.

  After all, in the Yangzhou area, Hefei should be the first place to garrison troops, followed by Shouchun.

   As for Lu'an, after all, its location is a bit off, and its strategic position is far inferior to that of Hefei.

   Not to mention Shouchun, who is the core of Yangzhou.

  If Lu'an hadn't been on the front line and was a county town, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be these ten thousand people.

  Wen Qin naturally knew his situation.

  Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, already had conflicts with himself.

   Except for the necessary defenders, it is impossible for the opponent to allow themselves to lead too many troops.

  The most important thing is that in the early years, Wei lost too many troops in the west.

  The first emperor had to mobilize troops from all over the country to fill the gap in the west.

  Who would have thought that the thief Sima Yi actually had huge wolf ambitions.

  Yangzhou is facing Wu Kou, and it seems that it has not been greatly affected by the first battle in Guanzhong.

  In fact, Qingxu and even the reserve forces in Yanzhou have been drawn out.

  Yangzhou Jingshiting's vitality, which had been hard to recover in the past few years after World War I, was once again exhausted.

  In addition, in the past few years, the Wei Dynasty has been divided into two, and Xuchang is in order to maintain the huge forces of Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

  While using the last family property, he had to increase the collection of taxes.

  The drought last year made Da Wei even worse.

  Even Runan, which does the best farming work, heard that last year there were riots by farmers.

   It is conceivable what kind of corruption the Kanto region is in.

  Even the Great Wei could barely hold on, so why did Wu Kou have the energy to commit crimes in the North?

  Wen Qin was full of thoughts and worries, but he saw that the Wu army under the city had begun to move.

  He froze quickly, collected all his thoughts, and fixed his eyes on it.

  But seeing that the Wu army did not attack the city again, but sent a battalion to go east around the city.

   At this time, sending troops to the east has no other way than to block the reinforcements coming from the east.

  Wen Qin figured this out, and his spirits lifted immediately.

  It seems that although Wang Yanyun was at odds with him, he still knew that the overall situation was the most important thing, and sent reinforcements as quickly as possible.

   Otherwise, Wu Kou would not have sent troops to the east at this juncture of attacking the city.

   What puzzled him was that Wu Kou was in the south, but there was not much movement.

   "It's strange, the thieves worked so hard yesterday, but they didn't attack the city today?"

  The general next to him expressed the aspirations of the people who were waiting in full force.

  Wen Qin didn't make a sound, but just stared in the direction of Wu Jun.

   But he doesn't have a telescope, so naturally he can't see much.

  The only thing that can be drawn seems to be that Wu Kou sent more soldiers to log.

   After a while, Wen Qin's eyes flickered, he suddenly laughed, and slapped the city wall with his big hands:

   "I know the thief's plan! Wu Kou may have miscalculated this time, so he has no way to continue."

  Hearing what the general said, he couldn't help looking at each other.

   "General, what do you say?"

   Someone asked cautiously.

  Wen Qin pointed at the city and said confidently:

   "Sun Quan went to Hefei with great fanfare, but secretly sent so many soldiers here."

   "I'm afraid I have a plan to capture Lu'an in one go, and then turn east to attack Hefei?"

   "If not, why would Lu'an City be surrounded without leaving any gaps?"

  The so-called siege must be lacking, it is to let the defenders in the city have the intention of fleeing, and will not give birth to the heart of fighting to the death.

  Wu Kou besieged Lu'an this time, perhaps, to prevent the city from sending messengers to Hefei to inform them of the situation here.

   "This also explains why they went all out to attack the city yesterday before they had fully built the siege equipment."

   Isn’t it just that they want to capture Lu’an City as soon as possible before reinforcements arrive?

  If it wasn't for him breaking Ximen Wu Kou from the very beginning and sending the letter in time.

  If Wang Yanyun hadn't led the army to Hefei from the beginning, he would have been able to send reinforcements nearby in time.

   No way, Wu Kou will be halfway there.

   As for the other half, of course Wu Kou underestimated the defense of Lu'an City.

   "When Wu Kou arrived in a hurry, the battle yesterday may have pushed out all the siege equipment built in the past few days."

  Wen Qin laughed more happily:

   "Who would have expected that almost all the siege equipment was destroyed. Naturally, they couldn't produce more siege equipment today."

   Without siege equipment, how to attack the city?

   Is it possible to rely on those light ladder ants to attack the city?

   Changing to the Han army may dare to do so.

   But Wu Kou...

   It's not that Wen Qin looks down on Wu Jun.

   But guarding Lu'an for so many years, Wen Qin has long understood the virtue of Wu Kou soldiers who commit crimes in the north every year.

   Looting the people's wealth and scrambling to be the first, but it is rare to see a strong city.

   There were not many siege equipment, and Hefei reinforcements arrived early, Wu Kou became timid, which makes sense.

  Hearing the general's analysis, the left and right suddenly realized, and said one after another:

   "Goodbye, General!"

  Although there are some people who have concerns and always feel that something is wrong, but at this time, they dare not say anything that will damage morale.

  Actually, Wen Qin didn't know that what he said were just his own guesses, and the truth is unknown.

  But he said it so affirmatively, naturally to appease people.

   "But the thieves want to build siege tools with peace of mind, but I can't fulfill their wishes!"

  Wen Qin said loudly:

   "Order, I will personally lead the army out of the city to meet the reinforcements from Hefei!"

   It seems impossible to go out from the south gate to attack the thieves.

  The bandit general who led the army seemed to be quite capable, and the camp was well-arranged.

  However, while the thieves are not attacking the city, they can just go out from the east, attack the thieves back and forth, and join the reinforcements as soon as possible.

  Hearing the general's words, and remembering that the general had smashed the thieves at the east gate, everyone immediately responded.

  The east gate of Lu'an City slowly opened again.

  Wen Qin led the only fine cavalry in the city, rushed out of the city, and shouted loudly as in earlier days:

   "Thief, if Wen Zhong is here, who would dare to fight me!"

  The Wu army at the east gate had already been breached by Wen Qin once, and seeing this man lead the army out of the city again at this time, the soldiers of the Wu army who had seen Wen Qin's bravery couldn't help feeling timid.

  However, thanks to the lesson learned from the beheading of the previous Dongmen Wu general, this time the Wu army has erected a fence early.

  Although there is not enough time, horse-repelling antlers are also arranged at the entrance and exit.

  Wen Qin led the Jingqi to the outside of the fence, slowed down, and shot a wave of arrow feathers inside.

   Then suddenly turned and rushed to the west.

  The advantage of cavalry lies in mobility.

  Wu Kou's main force is in the south, on the east side of the city. Wu Kou just wants to block the east gate, and the number of people is not enough to attack the city.

  Without enough numbers, they cannot be defended everywhere.

  …

   Sure enough, during the days when Wu Kou’s main force in the south was fully preparing to attack the city, Hefei reinforcements came too fast, and Wen Qin took the opportunity to join forces with Hefei reinforcements from the east.

  Wu Jun was caught off guard, and in the end, Wei Jun broke Wu Kou's siege of Lu'an City.

  Once the east is lost, Wu Jun's encirclement in the north will naturally lose its meaning.

   It can only be said, live at once, live everywhere.

  The only thing that made Wenqin dissatisfied was that Hefei had only 20,000 reinforcements.

   "Why are there so few troops?"

  Wen Qin questioned the leading general.

"General Wen, there are already quite a few." The one who led the army was Wang Guang, the son of Wang Ling, but he said to Wen Qin, "The army I lead, together with General Wen, is enough to resist the invading thieves." .”

  What I want is to defeat the enemy and capture the thieves, not to occupy the city to stop the thieves.

  Wen Qin would not express his thoughts publicly, but continued to ask:

   "My faction passed on the news and said that the main force of Wu Kou is in Lu'an instead of Hefei. Is it possible that the king's governor does not want to destroy the thief?"

   Facing Wen Qin's questioning, Wang Guang did not show any timidity, but smiled and said:

   "It is precisely because of the need to destroy thieves that an adult made such a decision!"

  Wen Qin frowned: "What do you mean?"

   "General Wen didn't know something. Sun Quan wanted to defraud Lu'an, so he didn't hesitate to risk his life, so he personally led the troops to leave the shore and came to the city of Hefei."

  Wang Guang explained, "Your Excellency is at a stalemate with Sun Quan. When the Shouchun army arrives, Sun Quan will be threatened with wings. I'm afraid it will be impossible to escape!"

  Yangzhou plus Qingxu, Runan and other places have a maximum force of no less than 150,000 to 150,000 to 60,000.

  But Shiting suffered heavy losses in the First World War, and in addition to being over-drawn over the years, there are only a few hundred thousand left.

  Whether it is 150,000 to 60,000, or 100,000, Yangzhou alone cannot support so many troops.

  So the troops on the eastern front to defend against Wu are not all concentrated in Yangzhou on weekdays, but part of them are distributed in various places in Qingxu.

  Once there is a war, it will be called to Shouchun, and then the troops will be transferred depending on the situation of Wu Kou's invasion.

   Only this time, Wang Ling was eager to make contributions, and he wanted to prove to Cao Shuang, who had promoted him, that he was definitely more suitable to be the governor of Yangzhou than Man Chong.

  So as soon as he heard that Sun Quan had appeared in Chaohu, he immediately took most of the troops south to Hefei before the army was assembled.

  This slightly impatient approach, judging from the current situation, is not a bad idea.

  After sending reinforcements to Lu'an, Wang Ling's troops in Hefei were not enough to defeat the imperial guards led by Sun Quan.

  But the rear army gathered from Qingxu had already received Wang Ling's order and began to turn around, preparing to make a detour and ambush the Wu army's flank.

   At that time, Sun Quan's imperial guards, no matter how powerful their armor and weapons are, they may not be able to stop the joint attack of the two Wei armies.

  However, Wang Guang will not go into details with Wen Qin about the specific arrangement.

   It's just that Wen Qin lost his composure when he heard what Sun Quan had done:

   "What did you say? Sun Quan really dared to lead troops ashore?"

   It's not his fault for losing his composure, but when Wu Kou's main force approached the city of Lu'an, Wen Qin was convinced that the Wu army in Hefei was nothing more than a bluff.

  Especially Sun Quan, last time he lingered on the boat for more than 20 days without daring to go ashore.

  This time, I'm afraid I have to pretend for a longer time.

   Unexpectedly, he dared to lead the army ashore, and even reached the city of Hefei.

  The most important thing is, Wang Ling, who has seen through Sun Quan's hypocrisy, won't really be able to capture Sun Quan and make an immortal contribution, right?

  Thinking of this, Wen Qin suddenly felt mixed feelings.

  Speaking of which, Wu Kou's false and true news was delivered to that old man Wang Ling himself!

   It's just that Wu Kou gathered in the city of Lu'an, Wen Qin had to find a way to get rid of the enemy in front of him first.

   As for whether Wang Ling, who is far away in Hefei, will really make great contributions, it is beyond his control.

  The following offensive and defensive situation of Lu'an City, it seems that Wen Qin is really right.

  Wu Jun has not launched a big attack, but standing on the top of the city, you can already see that the nearest Wu Jun camp is gradually piling up wood.

   Then two days later, the logs had already been piled outside the camp.

  Wu Jun seems to be starting to assemble large siege equipment.

  Wen Qin saw these changes clearly and was not afraid:

   "Come on, thief!"

  Although the troops are still smaller than Wu Kou, Wen Qin already has enough confidence to face Wu Kou's upcoming siege.

   Just as Wang Ling was trying to set up a trap to capture Sun Quan, Wen Qin was trying to find a way to repel the Wu army under the city of Lu'an.

   Far in the rear, outside Shouchun City, a group of people quietly appeared.

  Shouchun City is the state capital of Yangzhou, and it is also one of the most important hubs in the Jianghuai area of ​​Wei State.

  Inhabitants and garrisons in the city, as well as business travelers, there are countless people entering and leaving the city every day.

  Every day before dawn, there are already many people waiting inside and outside the city gate, waiting for the opening of the city gate.

  Rubbing his eyes, the yawning city gate guards twisted the ropes, preparing for today's routine.

  This is the rear area. Although it is rumored that there are thieves in Hefei, no one will care.

   After all, Wu Kou in the south invaded almost every year, but he never took a step beyond Hefei.

  The officials and common people in Shouchun have been used to it for more than 20 years.

   Not to mention this time, Wang Dudu personally led the army to the south early.

  Shouchun City still opened its gates as before, which means that everything is as usual.

  The city gate creaked open, and the people inside and outside the city gate who were waiting to enter and exit rushed forward.

   "Slow down, slow down!"

  The city gate officer shouted loudly, "Enter this way, exit that way, come one by one!"

  At this time of day, the city gates are the most chaotic and crowded.

  The guards at the city gate found that there seemed to be a lot of people going in and out today, but they didn't care too much.

   After all, there are thieves coming in front of us. Some business travelers want to leave quickly, and some old and wealthy rural people want to go to the city to avoid the limelight for a few days. That's normal.

   And Wu Jun, who rushed over from Lu'an day and night, was pinching at this point, taking advantage of the fog that had not completely dissipated, and rushed towards the city gate...

  Zhuge Ke's persistence in dispatching secret agents to explore the way over the years has finally paid off at this moment.

  The surprise soldiers of the Wu army completely avoided the eyes and ears of the Wei army, and took a road that the Wei army did not expect.

  The soldiers of the Wei army at the head of the city still couldn't believe their eyes until this moment.

  He rubbed his eyes several times desperately, and when he found that he was not dazzled, he issued a stern alarm:

   "Enemy attack!"

  (end of this chapter)