"No, the loss of our army's siege equipment is too great, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and it will be late, so it is not suitable to continue the attack!"

Pang Tong stopped Sun Quan, according to Pang Tong, in today's situation, not to mention the serious loss of siege equipment, the fact that the soldiers have no will to fight is enough to dispel any idea of attacking, at this moment, the most important thing is to collect troops and rest, not to continue to attack!

The general of the family who loved to pat Sun Quan's ass, after carefully looking at Sun Quan's face, seemed to have a grasp in his heart, his eyes glared at Pang Tongyi's eyes fiercely, and turned to Sun Quan and said flatteringly: "Second son, as long as you give the last general's army 50,000, the last general will definitely capture the city gate before dark!" Capture Shouchun! ”

"The 50,000-strong army captured the city gate before dark and captured Shouchun, do you know how long it will be until it gets dark?! All right! Pass the order down and withdraw for the time being! ”

Sun Quan couldn't bear to scold this brainless general who couldn't even pat on the back, and reluctantly gave the order to retreat, which also shows that Sun Quan is only young, but his self-control can be described as eye-catching.

The army of Wu retreated like a tide, and when the Wei army's lookout post reported the situation to Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when he saw the burning flames on the city wall, his heart immediately rose again.

Zhang Liao personally commanded his subordinates to extinguish the fire on the city wall, at this time it was already dark, Zhang Liao explained some things about the defense of the city wall, and then returned to the county guard house with Cao Pi and some other generals and other generals surrounded by more than 100 personal soldiers.

On the way back to the county guard's house, the people of Shouchun stood on both sides of the street, and everyone's faces were full of worry. After seeing Zhang Liao and the generals of the Wei army coming, some old people offered their own boiled eggs to Zhang Liao. When Zhang Liao and the others passed in front of them, the people clenched their fists with complicated expressions and shouted: "General! ”

Zhang Liao, or the Wei court they represented, seemed to have a very high status in the minds of the people of Shouchun. It's no wonder that since the reign of Wei in Shouchun, a series of policies to appease the people have been adopted, and Bo Fu has been shaken lightly, compared with the time when it was plagued by the Yellow Turban Yu Party and ruled by Sun Jian, it is a lot better, how can the people not be grateful to the Wei court!

Back at the county guard's mansion, Liu Bei took off his armor robe with a tired look. said to Cao Pi with some emotion: "Second prince, have you seen it, the people have high hopes for us!" ”

Cao Pi rubbed his temples, a trace of complexity flashed, and he didn't take Zhang Liao's words, but said something else: "The combat power of the Wu army is much greater than the last general imagined before!" By the way, General Zhang, do you know what the casualties of our army are? ”

Zhang Liao frowned and thought for a while. He replied: "Our army suffered more than 4,000 casualties in this battle, of which nearly 2,000 were killed, and more than 1,000 did not come to flee in a hurry and died in the fire. In this way, the casualties of our army are probably close to 8,000! ”

Cao Pi's expression remained unchanged, such casualties were similar to what he thought in his heart. What's more, Cao Pi is even more convinced. Compared with himself, the casualties of the Wu army will not be small!

But even so. It is impossible to defend Shouchun City in this way, this point, both Zhang Liao and Cao Pi obviously understand very well, Cao Pi frowned slightly and thought: "The so-called 'long-term defense will be lost, our army must not sit still!'" And if you want to repel the Wu army, except on the battlefield, you can only destroy their grain reserves and let them retreat when they run out of food! ”

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Cao Pi turned his head and asked Zhang Liaodao: "General Zhang, have our army scouts found out where the Wu army's grain and grass are stationed?" ”

Zhang Liao glanced at Cao Pi with appreciation, and replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince probably doesn't know, as early as before, the general had already sent someone to explore the place where Wu Jun's grain and grass were, in order to burn its grain and grass and let it retreat. ”

"Xiquyang!"

Cao Pi muttered, looked at Zhang Liao and said, "But how many defenders are there?" ”

"There were 5,000 foot soldiers a day ago, and the situation at this moment is not clear!"

Zhang Liao's heart moved, an idea flashed through his mind, he looked at Cao Pi and asked, "Could it be that the second prince wants to raid Xiquyang tonight?!" ”

Looking at Zhang Liao, whose face was still full of certainty, Cao Pi said in a deep voice: "In the past, my father once told the last general that the three armies did not move the grain and grass first, in addition, there is another point, that is, the dark night is the best time to raid, plus the Wu army lost in the siege today, and then fell into decline and exhausted, tonight is a good opportunity to raid the Wu army's grain storage place!" ”

When the generals heard this, their eyes lit up, and a general couldn't wait to ask for his life: "Second prince, general, let the last general lead a surprise army to raid Xiquyang!" The other generals immediately asked for help.

Zhang Liao glanced at Cao Pi and found that after he finished speaking, he had the initiative to return to his hands, and he couldn't help but feel a little grateful in his heart, and said with a smile: "The generals are loyal and brave, His Royal Highness the Second Prince and the general are very relieved!" However, we still have to wait for our army scouts to find out the arrangement of the Wu army around us! ”

After Zhang Liao's words fell, he immediately said to a general: "General Zhu, this general ordered you to send a scout team immediately!" ”

"Yes!" After the general Zhu made a promise, he withdrew from the lobby.

Zhang Liao glanced at everyone and raised his voice: "Before the scouts come back, please ask the generals to go back and rest first, and at the same time, be ready to fight at any time!" ”

"Yes!" The generals agreed together and exited the lobby one after another.

When Zhang Liao, Cao Pi and the generals of the Wei army were deliberating, the Wu army, which temporarily retreated to the camp, Sun Quan couldn't help frowning after listening to the report of his subordinates, and a general of the Wu army scolded angrily: "His grandfather's siege only killed more than 5,000 people, but he lost 5,000 in vain in the fire!" ”

All the generals also looked annoyed, their eyes were spewing fire, and they looked like they wanted to beat people!

"Generals don't need to be too upset! Although our army lost more than 10,000 soldiers in this battle, the losses of the Wei army could not be less, and the losses in this fire were not only our army, but also the Wei army, so the generals, don't be too angry! ”

Hearing Sun Quan say this, the mood of the generals of the Wu army couldn't help but improve, and a general said in a low voice with emotion: "Today's casualties have reached more than 10,000 people, if it continues like this, as long as it takes eight days, won't our army be wiped out!" (To be continued......)