NovelsAlex Chapter 190 Regaining Hefei
Chapter 190 Regaining Hefei
Chapter 190 Regaining Hefei
Sun Quan was also a little scared. Hefei was closer to Jiangdong, and there were naval forces on Chao Lake to respond, making it easier to retreat when the situation went bad.But Shouchun was much further away from Jiangdong. If something really happened, he would definitely not dare to retreat by land. And if he retreated by water on the Huaihe River, he would have to take a long detour, and there was no guarantee that no accident would happen.
It's better to go back and guard Hefei honestly. In case Shouchun is a trap, not only did he not win Shouchun, but he lost Hefei again, it would be a waste of money.
After careful consideration, Sun Quan decided to return to Hefei, but still ordered Ling Tong to lead 3000 people to Shouchun to take a look. If there is an opportunity, he will help Jiang Qin take Shouchun to see the situation. If it is a trap, he will help Jiang Qin withdraw to Shouchun. water.
As a result, not long after Sun Quan set off here, Xia Houyuan led the cavalry and came again!
It turned out that Xia Houyuan did not leave, but stared at Jiangdong Army not far away while repairing.As soon as the Jiangdong Army moved, Xia Houyuan led his cavalry to rush over to harass him for a while.
"Array! Arrange!" Lu Meng shouted loudly, "Don't panic, the spearmen are in front, and the archers are behind to prepare!"
However, after Xia Houyuan rushed over, he did not charge at the Jiangdong Army, but circled around and left again. He only shot a few arrows from a distance, killing more than a dozen unlucky Jiangdong soldiers.
Sun Quan was stunned, what's the matter?scare me?
Lu Su said: "My lord, this is a plan to exhaust the army. They will come and harass us as soon as we line up. As soon as we line up, they will retreat. The purpose is to drag us here. If there is any change in Hefei, we will Hurry back as soon as possible!"
Although Sun Quan had figured out Xia Houyuan's intentions, there was no good way to do it now. The cavalry was too mobile, and they could come and go whenever they wanted.And after the last sneak attack, the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army had already become afraid of the cavalry.
In the city of Hefei, after Sun Quan led his troops away, Huang Gai was on guard every day at the beginning. He went to the city wall to inspect every day, supervised the soldiers to repair the city wall, and prepared supplies for the defense of the city.
A few days later, Huang Gai found that nothing happened, not even the shadow of Cao Jun, so he guessed that the surrounding Cao Jun might have gone to support Shouchun.
On this day, Huang Gai was patrolling the city. Suddenly, soldiers came to report that there were messengers sent by the lord outside the city to convey urgent military information. The lord was attacked by Xiahou Yuan's cavalry near Wabu Lake and suffered heavy losses. Now he is relying on the lake. We are waiting for help. General Huang, please lead your troops to the rescue quickly!
Huang Gai was a little panicked when he heard this, and quickly called the messenger over, and asked about the situation carefully.The soldier then explained the whole process in detail, saying that the matter of Shouchun was Cao Jun's trick to lure the enemy. He also said that Xia Houyuan had more than 2000 tiger and leopard riders. Thousands of people, even Chen Wu was injured, etc., and the situation was explained in detail.
Huang Gai heard him speak in great detail, including the situation of the Jiangdong Army, so he no longer doubted it, and planned to lead troops to rescue Sun Quan.As a veteran who has fought for many years, he is well aware of the power of cavalry on the plains. When the Eighteenth Route princes attacked Dong Zhuo, he had seen the power of Xiliang iron cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command.
Now it is General Xia Houyuan of the Cao Army who is attacking Sun Quan with 1 tiger and leopard cavalry. There are only more than [-] soldiers left around the lord. It is hard to say whether he can deal with [-] elite cavalry.
This messenger was sent by Jiang Ji. After receiving the news from Xia Houyuan, he immediately planned to transfer Huang Gai out of Hefei again.
In Huang Gai's view, although Hefei is important, Sun Quan is more important.If something happened to Sun Quan, then Jiangdong would be over, because Sun Quan has no son yet, Sun Ce's son is also young, and Sun Quan's two younger brothers are not capable people.
In order to stabilize their rule in Jiangdong, Sun Ce and Sun Quan killed many people. There are still many Jiangdong clans who secretly hate Sun Quan. If something happened to Sun Quan, Jiangdong would definitely be in chaos.
Huang Gai was an old man who fought with Sun Jian. Naturally, he valued the Sun family's foundation more than anything else. He was afraid that Sun Quan's more than 1 soldiers would be dragged down by Xia Houyuan's [-] tiger and leopard riders, so he immediately led five Thousands of soldiers went to support Sun Quan, and at the same time ordered the remaining generals to guard the city.
After Xiahou Yuan harassed Sun Quan for a day, he suddenly left under the cover of night and ran south toward Hefei.
That night, Sun Quan's army was on guard all night. As a result, Xia Houyuan did not come again until the sun came up the next day.Sun Quan sent scouts to inquire around, and based on the traces left by the tiger and leopard cavalry troops, he judged that Xiahou Yuan had gone to Hefei.
Lu Su yelled: "Not good! My lord, then Jiang Ji is very likely to trick Gongfu out of the city, and Xia Houyuan must have gone to ambush Gongfu halfway! If Gongfu loses, Hefei is in danger. We should rush to Hefei as soon as possible." .”
Lu Meng also agreed with Lu Su's words very much, so Sun Quan ordered to speed up the march, but he could not run with two legs. He could only hope that Huang Gai would not be tricked out of the city, and he would remain vigilant even if he left the city. When the army returns, everything will be fine.
But Huang Gai's savior was eager to march all the way, but was attacked by Xia Houyuan when he was more than 100 miles out of the city.
Xia Houyuan knew that this battle was the key to recapture Hefei. The previous attack on Sun Quan only killed some Jiangdong soldiers. As long as Sun Quan could not be killed, it was meaningless.And this time when Huang Gai was attacked, as long as Huang Gai could be killed, Hefei would be able to regain it.
Therefore, Xia Houyuan's purpose is very clear, even if he folds in all the less than [-] tiger and leopard riders in his hand, as long as he can kill Huang Gai, it will be worth it.
Although Huang Gai's martial arts were not bad, they were considered second-rate at best, and he was older, so his strength was definitely not as good as before.
Xia Houyuan, on the other hand, was at the first-class level, and now he was in his prime, leading his cavalry to charge directly in front of Huang Gai, and slashed fiercely at Huang Gai with the big knife in his hand.The rest of the cavalry charged desperately, separating Huang Gai from the army.
Huang Gai raised the iron whip in his hand to parry, but in less than ten rounds, Xia Houyuan chopped Huang Gai off his horse with a knife, and then hacked him to the ground with another knife.
Xia Houyuan shouted loudly: "Huang Gai is dead, surrender will save him from death!"
The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army saw that the main general was killed, and the opponent's cavalry was too strong, so they fled one after another, and many of them dropped their weapons and surrendered on their knees.
Xia Houyuan saw that the Jiangdong army was disintegrated, and he didn't even care about chasing and killing the fleeing Jiangdong soldiers, and he didn't even care about surrendering troops. He hurriedly ordered Huang Gai's body to be carried to the dense forest outside Hefei City, and met with Huang Gai. Jiang Ji joined forces to recapture the city of Hefei. At this time, there were less than 500 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under Xia Houyuan's command.
Seeing that Xia Houyuan had completed the most critical step, Jiang Ji immediately ordered more than 200 soldiers under his command to change into the clothes of the Jiangdong Army, and carried Huang Gai's body to pretend to be a defeated army to the outside of Hefei City. , Let the defenders in the city quickly open the city gate.
When the city guard saw Huang Gai's body, he panicked and hurriedly ordered people to open the city gate, but was suddenly attacked by more than 200 Cao troops and defended the city gate tightly.
Not far away, Xia Houyuan led the cavalry to come quickly, hacked the defender to death, and Jiang Ji also led the remaining Cao army to come, and finally took Hefei back.
(End of this chapter)