Chapter 718: Zhou Yu withdraws

More than a month has passed since the start of the battle, and the battle of Chibi is nearing its end. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Outside Yiling City, Zhou Yu's army was stationed.

Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Yiling, and as far as the eye could see, the undulating land outside the city was full of black and oppressive tents, stretching for miles, noisy, and sewage.

The cold wind blew, and the general's flag blew the hunting sound.

Farther away from the tent, along the edge of the woods, a few improvised lumberyards were erected. Using the timber cut nearby, thousands of craftsmen forcibly recruited from Gangneung Fortress are building various siege equipment day and night.

On the muddy roads, thousands of laborers were also forcibly recruited, dressed in shabby clothes, braving the cold wind, and struggling to collect stones from the deep mountains, and transport them to the battlefield in simple carts.

Outside the barracks, it became a huge temporary ordnance processing base. Before building enough siege equipment, Zhou Yu was not ready to attack Yiling, because there was no chance of victory at all.

From time to time, you can also see scattered troops returning from going out to "eat".

The villages around Yiling have been swept away by the army, and there are no particles left. If the army wanted to scavenge for food, it had to go farther to the villages.

Most of the labor in the barracks was "voluntarily" joined by the people of the nearby villages. If you don't do it, you will have to wait for death if you run out of food at home.

The dark clouds of the grain and grass crisis gradually shrouded over Zhou Yu's army. Since yesterday, rations have been restricted in the army, and the first to be compressed are craftsmen and laborers.

They were forcibly conscripted, without pay, without mention, without even enough to eat.

The lives of the people in troubled times are so unbearable.

Similarly, Cao Jun in Yiling City was also uncomfortable. More than 100,000 troops were stationed in a small city, and even if there was grain and grass storage, they could not withstand such consumption by the army.

The lack of food has become a common crisis for both warring parties.

Now it depends on who can't hold on first, and Zhou Yu is full of confidence in this. In any case, they also take the initiative, and they can always collect some grain and grass every day.

The Yiling defenders are just sitting on empty hills.

Zhou Yu is like a patient hunter, while actively preparing hunting tools and laying traps; While waiting patiently, waiting for the prey to be at its weakest, then give it a fatal blow.

Provided that no other accidents occur.

And the fall of Chaisan is the biggest accident and the biggest variable of the war.

……

After walking for more than ten days, the building ship warship carrying Zhang Zhao and others finally docked at the river port outside Yiling City. With the token given by Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and his entourage successfully met Zhou Yu.

"Governor, something happened to Chaisang!"

Zhang Zhao did not hide it, and directly handed over all the letters written by Sun Quan and Ouyang Shuo to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu opened the letter, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and he let out a long sigh with a look of shame: "It's all my fault, underestimating the Shanhai City fleet and overestimating their plan to dominate them." ”

"Governor, it's the enemy who is too cunning." Zhang Zhao said comfortingly.

"Don't talk about that." Zhou Yu waved his hand, his relationship with Zhang Zhao was not good, and he didn't want to show too much emotion in front of Zhang Zhao, so he said firmly: "I will give an order to immediately withdraw the camp and return to the division." ”

Sun Quan was captured, and Zhou Yu had to return.

As soon as the military order was given, the whole camp immediately became in an uproar. The first to receive the military order was naturally the nearly 20,000 Jiangdong elites directly under Zhou Yu's direct jurisdiction.

This force was arranged by Zhou Yu as a reserve during the attack on Jiangling City, so there was not much battle damage.

Zhou Yu was a stupid person, knowing that if he didn't hold a strong army in his hands, he would not be able to suppress the Inhuman army ten times more than them in any case.

Emperor Chen and the others were also happy to pretend to be confused, so as to harvest the contribution points of the battle.

……

The news that Zhou Yu was going to withdraw reached Di Chen's ears in less than half an hour.

Emperor Chen was startled, personally rushed to the camp tent of the Chinese army, and asked, "Governor, why is this?" ”

Zhou Yu sighed in his heart, a little afraid to face Di Chen's questioning, and said with an ugly face: "Chaisang has fallen, the lord has been captured, I must rush back." ”

"What, Chaisan has fallen?" Di Chen was shocked and speechless.

"See for yourself!"

Zhou Yu handed Sun Quan's letter to Emperor Chen.

"Could this be a trick without clothes?" Di Chen still couldn't believe it.

"With General Zhang Zhao personally testifying, how can there be fraud." Zhou Yu shook his head and introduced Zhang Zhao to Di Chen.

When Emperor Chen saw it, his heart was cold.

"Isn't it possible to win you once after all?"

Di Chen was entangled in his heart, but he still didn't want Zhou Yu to withdraw his troops like this, and said emotionally: "Dudu, the preparations for the siege are nearing the end, and seeing that Yiling is about to be taken, is it a pity to withdraw the army at this time?" ”

"No way, the lord is in the hands of the enemy." Zhou Yu also felt a little regretful.

"Dudu, I dare to guarantee that Wuyi will not dare to really do anything to General Sun. Don't forget, his subordinates are still in Yiling, and they are bogey. Dichen said. Moreover, Yiling is so far away from Chaisang, it takes more than half a month to go back and forth. As long as we fight a time difference, we will definitely be able to capture Yiling first. ”

For a moment, Zhou Yu's heart moved.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yu still reluctantly refused, shook his head and said, "No." I can't gamble with the safety of my lord, that's too risky, and it's not the courtier's doing. ”

If the hostage was someone else, Zhou Yu was afraid that he would gamble. But that was Sun Quan, Zhou Yu didn't dare to bet.

"Governor, I am not the only one who has come to deliver the letter this time, and there are also the generals of Shanhai City. Some of them are afraid that they have already entered Yiling at this time. Zhang Zhao on one side added.

"Confused!" Emperor Chen was in a hurry.

I also want to know how excited Yiling will be when he gets the news of the fall of Chaisang. Even if they had a hint of timidity before, they were afraid that they would defend to the end at this time.

If you really have to be ruthless, it's not true that the army can't find food in the city. Ten days and half a month, there is no problem at all.

In history, there have been lonely cities that have held on for more than a year and are still standing.

Speaking of this, Di Chen knew that it was impossible to keep Zhou Yu, and his face was cloudy.

When Zhou Yu saw it, he sighed: "Withdraw the troops!" ”

Di Chen suddenly raised his head, his eyes were firm, full of fighting spirit, and said, "No, I will never withdraw my troops." ”

"Do you want to disobey?"

"Governor, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You have your choice, and we have our choice. This time, we must take Yiling. "Dichen has a resolute attitude.

"Bold!" Zhang Zhao reprimanded angrily.

"Whatever you want!" Zhou Yu looked tired, waved his hand, and motioned for Emperor Chen to retreat.

Emperor Chen stubbornly left, but in the end he broke up unhappily.

"Governor, how can you condone the Inhumans?" Zhang Zhao's expression was a little excited, he had never seen anyone who dared to disobey military orders so blatantly, and he was bold.

"What if you don't agree? The Inhuman Legion is several times larger than our army, and it is impossible to force it. ”

The right to speak in the army, after all, has to rely on the strength of the army to speak.

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he was speechless, he had also led soldiers, how could he not understand this truth.

Some of the tents became silent.

……

The next day, Zhou Yu took the Jiangdong soldiers on the way home.

Emperor Chen led nearly 200,000 Inhuman legions, preparing to storm Yiling.

The two armies parted ways.

As the army set off, a small episode occurred.

The military generals of Shanhai City, who came with Zhang Zhao, made a request to Zhou Yu, asking Zhou Yu himself to evacuate by the building ship and warship, and the Jiangdong army was handed over to other generals to bring back to Chaisang.

"Don't deceive people too much!" Zhou Yu couldn't say anything, but Zhang Zhao couldn't help it.

This is please, it is clearly seizure and imprisonment.

"The last general is just acting on orders, and I ask the general not to embarrass me." The general of Shanhai City is neither humble nor arrogant, "My lord said that for the safety of General Sun, Governor Zhou Yu will definitely be able to understand." ”

"You!" Zhang Zhao was mad at this naked threat.

"Since it was requested by the lord of the unclothed, then I might as well obey it with respect. Speaking of which, I was just looking to see your giant battleship. Zhou Yu was open-minded and didn't care.

He turned his head to Zhang Zhao and said, "Bother General Zhang to take the troops back!" ”

"No!" Zhang Zhao nodded helplessly.

Ouyang Shuo did this out of helplessness. He would never dare to underestimate Zhou Yu and let Zhou Yu lead the army, who knows what will happen.

Therefore, the best way is to invite Zhou Yu to the battleship.

This is also protecting Zhou Yu in disguise, Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to conclude that there were still no people in the Inhuman Legion in Cao Cao's camp who didn't have Emperor Chen, and he didn't want Zhou Yu to have any accidents halfway.

In order to get Zhou Yu, Ouyang Shuo can be regarded as well-intentioned.

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Yiling City, a mansion somewhere.

Bai Hua and the others received the secret letter sent by Ouyang Shuo, and their hearts were finally relieved a little.

"Wuyi really didn't disappoint us!"

A smile appeared on the face of the phoenix prisoners, they were under great pressure during this time being besieged in Yiling.

"It's just that in this battle, we have been reduced to a supporting role again." The phoenix prisoner is a little stubborn.

When Ouyang Shuo decided to go out with the fleet, the phoenix prisoner had a lot of energy in her heart, and she also wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to prove it.

Where did I think of it, but I lost to the inner ghost.

Although it is said that the rebellion of Caiyun Zhinan and others has nothing to do with the phoenix prisoner, it is still very aggrieved to think about it.

Bai Hua looked at the phoenix prisoner, and said lightly: "I guess, Emperor Chen will definitely not give in obediently." ”

"That guy is so obsessed with defeating Clothless on the campaign map. This time, he finally won half a game against us, and he would not give up easily. The phoenix prisoner also saw Emperor Chen very thoroughly, and his words turned sharply, with a murderous awe: "If we can't even deal with Emperor Chen, then we are not worthy of being allies without clothes." ”

"Yes!" Bai Hua nodded, his expression was indifferent, but the killing intent in his heart was not lower than that of the phoenix, "I have to have a good competition with Emperor Chen, this account in the south of Caiyun must be calculated clearly." ”

The two female women, or the female devil, surprisingly agreed on this matter.

"Then we'll have to plan it well!" The phoenix smiled.

Although the two women have different personalities, their traits of not admitting defeat are the same.