Farmer of Shu Han

In early summer mornings, the sun rises earlier and earlier over 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.

Before dawn, he hurried to the top of the city.

The Wu army 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's heart became more and more heavy.

The reinforcements coming 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 with the nearly ten thousand defenders in the city, it is indeed outnumbered.

But this is also impossible.

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 government, 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 himself 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 that thief Sima Yi would actually have huge wolf ambitions.

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

In fact, Qingxu and even the reserve forces in Yanzhou have been withdrawn.

The vitality that Yangzhou had recovered after the World War I at Jingshiting in these years was once again exhausted.

In addition, in the past few years, the Great Wei has been divided into two, Xuchang 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.

And last year's drought made Dawei even worse.

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

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

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, took all his thoughts back, and fixed his eyes on it.

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

At this time, there is no other way to send troops to the east except to block the reinforcements coming from the east.

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

It seemed that although Wang Yanyun was at odds with him, he still knew that the overall situation was the most important thing, so he 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 side general spoke out the aspirations of the crowd who were waiting in full force.

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

But he didn't have a telescope, so naturally he couldn'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 flashed, he suddenly laughed, and slapped his big hand on the city wall:

"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, the left and right couldn't help but look 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 the intention 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 have the heart to fight 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 tried their best to attack the city yesterday before they had fully built the siege equipment."

Isn't it just that he wants to capture Lu'an City as soon as possible before the reinforcements arrive?

If he hadn't broken Ximen Wu Kou from the very beginning, and sent 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.

Undoubtedly, Wu Kou will be able to succeed in half.

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

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

Wen Qin laughed even more happily:

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

How can you attack a city without siege equipment?

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

Changing to the Han army might dare to do so.

But Wu Kou...

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

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

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

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

Hearing the general's analysis, the left and right came to a sudden, and said one after another:

"Greetings, 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.

In fact, Wen Qin didn't know that what he said were just his own guesses, and it is impossible to know the truth.

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

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

Wen Qin said loudly:

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

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

The leader of the bandits 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, pinch 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 horsemen 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 now seeing this man leading the army out of the city again, 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 Wu Jun 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 to the west.

The advantage of cavalry lies in mobility.

Wu Kou's main force is on the south side, on the east side of the city. Wu Kou just wants to block the east gate, and his numbers are 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 preparing to attack the city with all its strength, Hefei's reinforcements came too fast, and Wen Qin took the opportunity to join forces with Hefei's 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 that one live, one live everywhere.

The only thing that made Wenqin dissatisfied was that there were only 20,000 reinforcements in Hefei.

"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 destroy 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 Wu Kou's main force is in Lu'an instead of Hefei. Is it possible that the king's governor doesn't want to break the bandits?"

Facing Wen Qin's questioning, Wang Guang didn't show any timidity, but said with a smile:

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

Wen Qin frowned: "What do you mean?"

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

Wang Guang explained, "Your Excellency is now in 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!"

The strength of Yangzhou plus Qingxu and Runan and other places was no less than 150,000 to 160,000 at the time.

However, 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's 150,000 to 100,000 or 100,000, Yangzhou alone cannot support so many troops.

Therefore, on weekdays, not all of the troops defending Wu on the eastern front are concentrated in Yangzhou, but some are distributed in various places in Qingxu.

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

It's just that 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 too 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 assembled 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 combined attack of the two Wei armies.

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

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

"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 already convinced that the Wu army in Hefei was at most 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 it will take a longer time to pretend.

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

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

Thinking of this, Wen Qin suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart.

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 Wang Ling, who is far away in Hefei, whether he will really make a great contribution is beyond his control.

The subsequent offensive and defensive situation of Lu'an City seems to be really right by Wen Qin.

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.

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 in his eyes and was not afraid at all:

"Come on, thief!"

Although the force is still smaller than that of Wu Kou, Wen Qin already has enough confidence to face Wu Kou's upcoming siege.

Just when Wang Ling was trying to make 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.

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

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

The city gate guards, rubbing their eyes and yawning, twisted the ropes, preparing for today's routine.

This is the rear area. Although there are rumors 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 long been used to it for more than 20 years.

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

The gates of Shouchun City are still open 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!"

This time of day is when the city gates are the most chaotic and crowded.

The guards at the city gate noticed 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 in front of us. Some business travelers want to leave quickly, and some rural rich people want to go to the city to avoid the limelight for a few days. That's normal.

And Wu Jun, who rushed over day and night from Lu'an, took advantage of 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.

Wu Jun's surprise soldiers completely avoided Wei Jun's eyes and ears, and took a road that Wei Jun hadn't thought of.

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

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

"Enemy attack!"