Chapter 756 The Strong Man Breaks His Wrist

There was a cry in Xia Houyuan's military camp. The Prime Minister's army is about to arrive. Isn't it easy to capture Xiaoxiaowu County?

Compared with the cheers among Xia Houyuan's army, the atmosphere in Wu County City suddenly became solid.

Wuxian Palace City, in the meeting hall.

Sun Quan sat on the main seat, his young face frowning and looking heavy.

"Grand Governor, is this news true?"

Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu who was standing on the left.

Zhou Yu nodded and confirmed: "This is a letter jointly signed by Gong Yi and Youtai Gong. It should be authentic. Moreover, I am afraid that Cao Cao's troops have already pointed at Danyang and will reach Wu County in a few days."

"In other words, there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 Cao soldiers gathered in Wu County?"

"Oh my god, what's going to happen?"

"It's over, it's over, this time it's really a disaster."

Many Jiangdong civil and military ministers looked horrified. Today, a letter suddenly arrived from Wanling City, Danyang County. It was jointly signed by Fubo Zhonglang General Jiang Qin and Danyang Prefect Sun Jing.

It is said that one hundred thousand Cao troops came through Yuzhang County. Sun Bi, the governor of Yuzhang County, had surrendered to the enemy, so Yuzhang County fell directly into the hands of Cao Jun. Cao Jun marched eastward with great fanfare and is now attacking Danyang County.

Sun Jing resisted with difficulty and sent this letter to teach Sun Quan to make an early decision.

"Don't worry, everyone, I led an army to fight Cao Jun in Lujiang. The number of Cao Jun was at most between 30,000 and 40,000, and it is absolutely impossible to be as many as 100,000." Zhou Yu said.

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, some people breathed a sigh of relief. After all, 30,000 or 40,000 people are much better than 100,000 people.

Some people are still worried. Cao Cao has 30,000 to 40,000 people, and Xia Houyuan has 15,000 people outside Wu County. The total number is 40,000 to 50,000, while the total strength of the Jiangdong Army is only about 20,000.

What's even more unfortunate is that Danyang County's military strength is weak and it will definitely not be able to withstand Cao Jun's fierce offensive, which means that most of the territory in Jiangdong now falls into the hands of Cao Jun.

It can be said that this time is the biggest crisis in the entire Jiangdong.

"Lord!"

Taishi Ci suddenly stood up, clasped his fists, and said with firm eyes: "Youtai Gong is holding firm in Danyang County. No matter how fast Cao's army is, it will take at least a few more days to reach Wu County. Our army does not have no chance!"

"Our army's current military strength in Wu County exceeds that of Xiahou Yuan, and the people's support is against him. We can defeat Xiahou Yuan in one fell swoop and cut off one of Cao Cao's arms."

"Once Cao Cao's main force arrives in Wu County and joins forces with Xia Houyuan, our army will have no chance even if it wants to fight Xia Houyuan to the death."

"Please give the order, my lord, to personally supervise the troops to storm Xiahou Yuan's camp. The last general is willing to be the vanguard and defeat Xia Houyuan in one fell swoop!"

Taishi Ci said proudly.

When he said this, many Jiangdong Army generals applauded.

Chen Wu stood up and said: "My lord, give the order. Even if I risk my life, I, Chen Wu, will break through Xiahou Yuan's camp gate."

Huang Gai cupped his fists and said, "Huang Lianpo is still young. Please give me an order from my lord. I am also willing to lead the troops into battle."

"My lord, give me an order. Rather than sit back and wait for death, it is better to fight to the death with Xia Houyuan!"

Hearing so many calls for battle, Sun Quan couldn't help but clenched his fist excitedly. After all, he was a young man at heart, and he also had the idea of ​​​​fighting Xia Houyuan to the death in his heart.

but

Sun Quan still looked at Zhou Yu: "Grand Governor, how about our army fighting Xiahou Yuan to the death?"

"My lord, your courage is commendable."

"But my lord, have you ever thought about whether our army can defeat Xiahou Yuan? Even if we can defeat Xiahou Yuan, how many soldiers will we have left? Can we still cope with Cao Cao's army?"

Zhou Yu stood up, looked around at the generals, and said loudly: "You are all fierce generals, and I have no doubt about your courage. However, major military and national affairs cannot be solved with a moment of bravery."

"Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops are coming from the east. If our army fights to the death with Xia Houyuan, the remaining remnants of the army will definitely be no match for Cao Cao's army. Don't you want to be a brave man?"

Zhou Yu poured cold water on the generals, but Sun Quan couldn't help but said: "Then what should our army do? Are we waiting for Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan to join forces? Wouldn't it be harder to fight?"

Zhou Yu walked up to Sun Quan and whispered a few words to him. Sun Quan's expression changed greatly at first, but Zhou Yu still looked calm and said a few words to him. Sun Quan's expression was very complicated, and he finally nodded in agreement. .

"All right."

Sun Quan let out a long sigh, looked around at the generals, and said slowly: "Everyone, our army will withdraw from Wu County today and retreat to Kuaiji County."

"What? Our army wants to retreat without a fight?"

"What does this mean? Waiting for Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan to join forces?"

"this"

"Cough cough cough!"

There was a cough, and Zhang Zhao, the leader of the civil servants, slowly stood up and bowed to Sun Quan.

"I dare to ask my lord, but do you want to give up Wu County?"

"Now our army only has Wu County, Danyang County and Kuaiji County left. Danyang County may not be able to withstand it for long. As a result, our army will not have much territory left. Now the lord wants to give up Wu County. Is this okay? ?”

After listening to Zhang Zhao's words, many Jiangdong officials nodded. They had never seen such a fight.

Zhou Yu replied: "Master Zibu, everyone, what else does our army have to lose now?"

He said with piercing eyes: "Cao's soldiers are outnumbered. If we want to fight hard, our army will definitely not be our opponent. If we want to defend the city, our army doesn't know how long it will be able to defend it."

"The only solution now is to decide the outcome in one battle, and this battle cannot be fought in Wu County, it must be fought in Kuaiji County!"

When Le Yi attacked Qi, he conquered more than 70 cities in Qi, leaving only two cities, while Tian Dan held on for more than a year. But Zhou Yu knew that the Jiangdong Army was not good because the Sun family's foundation in Jiangdong was not stable. The nobles in Jiangdong may not be willing to support Sun Quan, and they might defect to Cao Cao instead.

When Sun Ce quickly conquered Jiangdong, he failed to handle the conflicts with many Jiangdong nobles. If the current Jiangdong nobles rebelled, the Jiangdong Army would definitely not be able to hold on.

"Okay, I have decided to retreat to Kuaiji County!"

Sun Quan made the final decision. Although the generals had objections, they could not refute.

That night, nearly 20,000 Jiangdong troops in the city escorted Sun Quan and withdrew from Wu County and all the way south to Kuaiji County.

"What? Jiangdong Army voluntarily abandoned the city and retreated south?" Xia Houyuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, it seems that Jiangdong's army may also know the news that the prime minister led his army to the east, so he retreated in fright." Xia Houshang said with a matter-of-fact expression.

"uncertain."

Xia Houyuan waved his hand and ordered: "Send more sentries to investigate, and send another detachment to Wu County City to find out the strength of the enemy's army."