The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

The ground began to shake!
Some Jiangdong soldiers who woke up early sat there, stunned for a few breaths, and suddenly started shouting: "Cavalry! It's cavalry!"

Cavalry? Where did the cavalry come from?
The captains and generals of the Wu army turned over in a daze.

Jiangdong has cavalry? That's a nice thought!

……

No! Cavalry!
The entire camp exploded. Xu Xiang and Hu Zong didn't even bother to put on their clothes before running to Sun Quan's tent: "Marquis Wu! The enemy is attacking the camp! The enemy is attacking the camp!"

Sun Quan woke up from his dream.

I slept so soundly last night that even my dreams seemed so wonderful.

Sun Quan was dreaming that he actually got Jingzhou!

……

If Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other former princes knew that Sun Quan only dared to dream of taking over Jingzhou, he would probably be ridiculed to death by them.

But for Sun Quan, with Huainan in the north and Jingzhou in the west, being able to preserve Jiangdong is already the most wonderful thing!
It’s a pity that with the noise outside the tent, even this beautiful dream could not be fulfilled and soon turned into nothing.

"what's up?"

Sun Quan rubbed his brows, still feeling relaxed and at ease, completely unaware of the changes around him.

"Lord Wu! Zhang Liao leads the heavy cavalry into the camp! Lord Wu, please stay out of the way!"

Zhang Liao?

Sun Quan's brain worked slowly, and it took a long time before it turned on and received information from the surroundings.

The sound of horse hooves trampling.

The sound of charge slogans.

And the wailing of Jiangdong soldiers...

Sun Quan suddenly shuddered, drove away the last bit of warmth in the dream, and hurried out of the camp to watch!

At this moment, Zhang Liao rushed into the formation and was completely unstoppable!

Protected by the heavy cavalry's armor, Zhang Liao did not need to dodge or even change direction. He only needed to urge his horse forward and charge forward!

The docile warhorse in the eyes of its master has become the most terrifying and cold-blooded monster in the eyes of its enemy!

The warhorse was also covered in iron armor.

With a weight of over a thousand pounds, any enemy who dares to stand in front of the iron warhorse will die if they touch it, or be injured if they touch it!
Through the ferocious visor of the warhorse, you can clearly see those pairs of scarlet pupils emitting murderous intent!

The eight hundred cavalrymen were like a small but extremely heavy block of iron that fell into a pile of cotton. It kept falling and getting deeper, crushing the cotton to pieces!

"I am Zhang Wenyuan, do you dare to accept the challenge, little Sun Quan?"

"I am Zhang Wenyuan, do you dare to accept the challenge, little Sun Quan?"

While charging, Zhang Liao shouted his own name, hoping that Sun Quan would come out at this time to fight him in the chaos!
Seeing that Zhang Liao seemed to be in an unstoppable position, Sun Quan took the bow and arrow from the side and glared at Zhang Liao.

"Lord Wu, you can't do that!"

"Wu Hou!"

Xu Xiang and Hu Zong tried hard to dissuade him.

"You must not stand up at this time!"

Now the order in the camp has collapsed. If Sun Quan's whereabouts are exposed, there will be no time to mobilize forces to defend!
If Zhang Liao could really find the right direction and rush forward, Sun Quan might really be killed on the spot by Zhang Liao!
Sun Quan stared at Zhang Liao and asked Xu Xiang, "Are we going to let Zhang Liao slaughter us in our camp now?"

"Of course not!"

Xu Xiang responded:

"Zhang Liao was able to be so fierce only because our army was in a hurry and had no large camp to defend it."

"As long as our army can retreat a little and maintain order, and deploy the rest of the army to the battlefield in an orderly manner, we will definitely be able to resist Zhang Liao!"

The current Wu army is completely out of order.

As long as order can be restored, Zhang Liao's 800 men will be nothing but a drop in the ocean in front of an army of 100,000. They are simply not enough!

After hearing this, Sun Quan also gave an order: "Retreat one mile to the rear! The troops that arrive first will be under the command of the two of you. Restore the organization as soon as possible!"

He looked at Zhang Liao unwillingly.

Immediately, Sun Quan drew his bow, put an arrow on it, and aimed at Zhang Liao who was two hundred steps away!
"call out!"

The sound of breaking the sky sounded!
Zhang Liao immediately became alert and blocked the arrow by holding his short spear under his body.

"What a strong archery skill!"

Zhang Liao looked in the direction the arrow came from, and saw a Wu general with a long upper body, short lower body and purple beard looking at him.

Zhang Liao did not recognize that the other person was Sun Quan. He just felt that the other party was a superb archer. If he did not kill him, there would be trouble in the future!
Zhang Liao changed direction and continued to attack Sun Quan!
But this is already the territory of the central army, which is different from the Wu army outside that has not even set up a camp.

Zhang Liao attacked left and right for a while, and although he killed many corpses, it was extremely difficult to move forward.

And the man with purple beard disappeared, so Zhang Liao stopped chasing him.

"withdraw!"

Today's goal has been achieved, there is no need to waste time here!
Moreover, Zhang Liao also noticed that the Wu army began to retreat on a large scale and in an orderly manner, apparently intending to reorganize their forces in the rear.

If we continue to stay here, we will be besieged by the Wu army in the rear, which will not be worth it!

Zhang Liao led 800 soldiers and returned intact.

The soldiers and civilians in Hefei City witnessed Zhang Liao’s heroic feat today, and they cheered loudly, their morale greatly boosted!
Zhang Liao took off his bloodstained armor and said, "The best is yet to come!"

"But today we are really enjoying ourselves! Send my order to open the treasury, take out the meat, and reward the troops!"

"Here!"

...The norm in war is that one family is happy while the other is sad.

From ancient times to the present, this has always been the case as long as there is war.

After Sun Quan retreated to the rear, although he set up a large camp, the sense of security in the hearts of the Jiangdong soldiers did not improve much.

From time to time, soldiers looked outside in horror, as if they were afraid that Zhang Liao would ride on that nightmare-like iron warhorse and trample on them again with his iron hooves.

Sun Quan summoned all the generals to discuss the matter.

Compared with before, the atmosphere in the account was obviously much more solemn.

"In the battle tonight, more than 700 people died, more than 2,000 were injured, and 1,000 are missing..."

When I heard the word "results of the battle", I felt even more sad amidst the solemnity.

Although Sun Quan nominally had an army of 100,000 this time.

But in reality, the actual combat strength is only 40,000 people.

In just one battle, Zhang Liao lost one tenth of his combat power.

In this situation, do the soldiers really have the courage to fight Zhang Liao again?

"nothing!"

Sun Quan knew that he had to say something!
"Although Zhang Liao attacked our army by surprise, as you all saw, Zhang Liao had only a few men after all!"

"Moreover, the most elite troops under Zhang Liao are cavalry. These cavalry are certainly at an advantage when fighting on the plains, but they cannot play a role in defending a city!"

"After all, our army has the advantage in manpower! As long as we stabilize the morale of the army and attack together, we will definitely be able to capture the city!"

"All in all... the advantage is still on my side!"

Sun Quan's words, like his actions, are better than nothing.

But seeing that Sun Quan had not lost confidence, everyone didn't say much and dispersed.

In order to guard against Zhang Liao, the Wu army sent a lot of scouts to the surrounding areas this time.

Now the Wu army camp is still some distance away from Hefei. With these scouts on guard, Zhang Liao will not be able to launch another surprise attack.

Wu army scouts were carefully patrolling around Hefei city.

Although Hefei, standing beside the Feishui River, looks peaceful, it is actually like a monster with bared fangs and claws, as if it will rush up and tear them apart at any time...

"Ok?"

The Jiangdong soldiers happened to catch a glimpse of what seemed to be war horses galloping on the plain.

They don't have the courage to fight Zhang Liao.

But if they were allowed to go head to head with a lone rider, they would be not only courageous, but also very brave!

A group of Wu army scouts rushed forward and found a secret letter from the other party's arms!
The scout was overjoyed and quickly sent the secret letter to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan used fire to open the wax seal and took out the letter inside.

After just one look, Sun Quan stood up!
First there was horror, then there was laughter!
"God help me too!"

Xu Xiang and Hu Zong hurried to Sun Quan's side and asked, "Why is the Lord of Wu laughing?"

Sun Quan waved the secret letter in his hand as if showing off.

"Zhang Liao sent a letter to Wei Yan in Guangling, saying that the imperial court's reinforcements had arrived in Huainan, so he sent Lu Meng to meet them!"

"..."

Xu Xiang and Hu Zong looked at Sun Quan worriedly, wondering if Sun Quan was frightened by Zhang Liao.

Is the arrival of imperial reinforcements something to be happy about?

Sun Quan smiled and said, "Zhang Liao also agreed in the letter that he and Wei Yan would attack our army together in three days!"

"In this way, we will know the specific movements of Wei Yan's army! We can ambush him first!"

"As long as we defeat Wei Yan, Zhang Liao will be horrified! After that, our army will split up in the north and cut off the imperial reinforcements. Then we can trap Zhang Liao and kill him in Hefei!"

Sun Quan has always been worried about Wei Yan who is on his flank.

Now that Wei Yan has come to the door himself, there is naturally nothing to worry about!
If we capture Wei Yan, we will be able to truly gather all our forces and capture Hefei before the imperial reinforcements arrive!

Xu Xiang and Hu Zong looked at the letter carefully, still worried: "Could this be a scam?"

"It's okay! You can find out about this kind of thing by just asking!"

Sun Quan ordered his scouts to go around to the north of Hefei, invade the local villages, and inquire whether any large army had headed north in the past few days.

It was confirmed from the villagers that when Sun Quan's troops were besieging Hefei, Lu Meng really led thousands of soldiers to Shouchun in the north!
"Zhang Liao had few soldiers to begin with, and instead of keeping Lü Meng's soldiers, he sent them to Shouchun. He must have been going there to help the imperial reinforcements cross the Huai River. Otherwise, who would weaken their own forces for no reason?"

In addition to this Han soldier who delivered the letter, Wu army scouts captured another soldier who was delivering a letter to Wei Yan.

"Yes!"

Sun Quan was even more delighted.

"To prevent Wei Yan from not knowing this confidential military information in time, they would definitely send many people to deliver the message."

"One letter could be Zhang Liao's strategy, but two letters are impossible."

Taking into account what happened with Lu Meng, Sun Quan was even more certain that Zhang Liao must have really agreed to attack him together with Wei Yan!
"Song Qian, lead 5,000 elite soldiers to ambush Wei Yan on the road he must take. Make sure to annihilate him in one fell swoop!"

"Here!"

At the same time, Wei Yan was ready to go in Guangling.

"This time, we must annihilate all the invading soldiers of Eastern Wu in Guangling!"

"Here!" (End of chapter)