Chapter 742 Besieged but Not Attacked

Ling Tongyi grasped the city head and finally rushed to the city head. He lay on the ground without saying a word, breathing heavily.

After Ling Tong, more than ten soldiers rushed to the top of the city with all their strength and also lay down. The sprint just now had exhausted all their strength.

Ling Tong took a few deep breaths, and a body walked over, its shadow covering the sun.

Ling Tong's violent heartbeat gradually slowed down, and he said with shame on his face: "Father, I know that I have made a mistake. Please punish me."

"You have been reckless since you were a child!"

Ling Cao lamented: "The most regrettable thing is that these five hundred brothers are all my elite troops in Jiangdong. Just because of your small negligence, they are all ruined now. What crime do you think you deserve?"

Ling Tong knelt on the ground and whispered: "Please punish me, Captain."

Although he is his son, how can he let him go in full view of everyone?

Ling Cao said in a deep voice: "Come on, let Ling Tong be taken away by me and beheaded in public!"

After saying that, Ling Cao turned his head, tears already flowing from his eyes.

The soldiers on the side were naturally shocked when they saw that Ling Cao wanted to behead his son on the spot, but they couldn't really let Ling Cao kill his son, so they all knelt down and begged.

"Tiger poison does not eat its seeds, how could the captain kill Ling Sima?"

"Ling Sima is also trying to save our Jiangdong Army officers and men. Captain Ling should think twice!"

"This move is a treacherous plot by Cao Jun. Colonel Ling, don't be fooled!"

The Jiangdong soldiers on the side rushed forward and knelt beside Ling Cao, admonishing him hard. Naturally, Ling Cao didn't want to really kill his son, so he borrowed the donkey to go down the slope.

Ling Cao shouted angrily: "You evil boy, you can avoid death, but you can't escape living punishment! Come on, give me fifty military sticks!"

Soldiers from both sides immediately walked up, each holding a military stick as thick as a bowl. They looked intimidating.

Bang bang bang!

Every time the stick hit Ling Tong's butt, he groaned, but he gritted his teeth and refused to make a sound.

A military stick as thick as a bowl was struck on a person's buttocks. In fact, less than ten sticks could turn a person into a bloody mess. Fifty military sticks were hit on Ling Tong. The veins on both sides of his face bulged high, and every tooth was damaged. Bit into pieces.

"Thank you Captain Military Law."

After Ling Cao finished beating Ling Tong, he glanced around at the Jiangdong soldiers and said seriously: "Listen up, everyone. From today on, there are no military orders, and you are not allowed to go to war without permission. This is a violation of military law!"

"promise!"

Jiangdong soldiers agreed in unison. They had all witnessed the brutality of Cao's army just now. Not only were they powerful in combat, but they were also so cunning. Who would go out to fight Cao's army?

After this battle, the Jiangdong soldiers in the city were as fearful of Cao Jun as tigers. Naturally, they did not dare to leave the city to fight again, but held on to the city.

Xia Houyuan, on the other hand, did not directly attack the city. He had rich experience in battle formations and naturally knew that siege would be very costly. Moreover, Wu County is the seat of Wu County. The city walls are tall and strong, and there are many defenders in the city. If you want to capture such a strong city, City, at least five times more troops and horses would be mobilized. In other words, Xia Houyuan would have at least 30,000 troops.

As a result, under the witness of Jiangdong's army, more than ten thousand Cao's troops did not attack the city, but dug trenches around Wuxian. One trench after another was dug out, surrounding Wuxian. Xia Houyuan commanded Cao's army to dig three trenches inside and outside. Even if Jiangdong's army wanted to leave the city and attack Cao's army, it would be difficult.

While Xia Houyuan led his troops to besiege Wu County, he also dispatched several troops to intercept the reinforcements sent by other counties to Wu County. After these reinforcements were defeated, Wu County was naturally isolated and helpless.

Xia Houyuan did not have to worry about food and grass in a short period of time. Except for the food brought by the ferry this time, all the food and grass that defeated Jiangdong Army were collected into the military camp. Because this was an expedition, Xiahou Yuan adopted the method of "supporting war with war" and often sent Cao's troops to plunder surrounding villages and towns, so the camp had plenty of food and grass.

Xia Houyuan besieged but refused to attack, but Sun Quan was very calm and defended Wu County without sending any troops.

"Sun Quan hasn't sent a messenger to inform Zhou Yu yet?"

"Yes, uncle."

Xia Houyuan looked at the head of Wu County City from a distance and sneered: "I can't tell. Sun Quan is said to be only twenty years old. He is actually quite capable of not sending a letter to Zhou Yu asking for help under the pressure of our army."

Xia Houshang agreed: "Yes, when the prime minister praised Sun Ce, Shier sincerely could not compete with him. Unexpectedly, Sun Quan is quite like his brother."

After thinking for a while, Xia Houshang suggested: "Uncle, how about our army attack Wu County? Maybe under our army's offensive, there will be casualties in the city, and Sun Quan can't help but ask Zhou Yu for help?"

After Xia Houyuan thought for a while, he shook his head.

"No, our army is on an expedition to Jiangdong, and every one of us will die. Our military strength must not be wasted in attacking the city."

Xiahou Shangwei asked: "Then how can we get Zhou Yu to lead his army to come back for reinforcements?"

The strategic purpose of Xiahou Yuan's army being sent to Jiangdong as a partial force was to force Sun Quan under pressure to allow the main Jiangdong army led by Zhou Yu to return for reinforcements. In this case, there would inevitably be flaws, and Cao Cao would seize this Fighter planes broke through the main force of Jiangdong Army in one fell swoop.

Once Zhou Yu's troops are defeated, the main force of the entire Jiangdong Army will be gone, and the six Jiangdong counties will naturally become a piece of fat meat, which Cao Jun can easily take down.

Xia Houyuan smiled and said: "Isn't it true that Sun Quan is unwilling to let Zhou Yu lead his army to return for reinforcements? Isn't it better for us to let Zhou Yu return for reinforcements?"

"How do we get Zhou Yu to come back for help?"

Xia Houshang guessed: "Could it be that he sent someone to pretend to be a messenger from the Jiangdong Army?"

Now that the army has captured many pieces of Jiangdong Army uniforms, it is not difficult to impersonate Jiangdong Army messengers.

Xia Houyuan shook his head and told him: "Go and tell the Prime Minister that our army has surrounded Wu County. By the way, send some of the Jiangdong Army prisoners captured by our army to the Prime Minister's army."

"promise."

Outside Shu County, in Cao Cao's camp.

"New news came in seconds?"

When Cao Cao heard the news, his face was filled with joy. He reached out and took the document from the courier's hand. He opened it and read it. The more he read, the more delighted he became. After seeing this, the surrounding civil and military generals did not know what happened. thing, but since Cao Cao was in such a good mood, it seemed that something good must have happened.

Cao Cao put down the letter and said with a smile: "Everyone, Miaocai led his army on a cross-sea expedition from Guangling. Now he has conquered the counties of Wu County and led his troops to surround Wu County. Sun Quan and the officials in Jiangdong have become turtles in the urn!"

"What? Sun Quan is already trapped?"