The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 189 Dilemma
Sun Quan saw that Cao Jun's cavalry broke through several lines of defense of the Jiangdong soldiers in a row. The leading general held a big knife, slashing from left to right, as if entering no one's land. He commanded the cavalry like arms and fingers, getting closer and closer to him .

"Who is Cao Jun leading the general? So brave!" Sun Quan asked.

"Reporting to the lord, it should be Cao Jun's general Xia Houyuan." Chen Wu replied.

"Xia Houyuan? Didn't he accompany Cao Cao on his expedition to Jingzhou? Why did he appear here? Did he fly over with his cavalry?" Sun Quan suddenly felt something was wrong. It seemed that Xia Houyuan had been ambushing here for a long time. Could it be that he was just waiting for him? Own?But how did he know that he would pass by here!

"No, something is going to happen in Hefei!" Sun Quan said worriedly, since the other party had already figured out that he would leave Hefei, and Xia Houyuan's thousand cavalry were not going to support Shouchun but ambushing him here, then the other party must have some kind of conspiracy.

But the current situation is also very critical. Although the opponent only has a thousand cavalry, Sun Quan has 3000 soldiers, but first of all, this is fighting in the wild, and the Jiangdong Army does not have any favorable terrain to occupy.The second is that the Jiangdong army is too scattered. The forward Ling led [-] people to leave first, and now he is rushing back after receiving the news. The rear army Lu Meng is also some distance away from Sun Quan with his food and supplies.

Sun Quan found that the thousands of soldiers around him couldn't stop Xia Houyuan's charge at all. The cavalry was too sharp to fight on the plain!

Seeing that Xia Houyuan was about to charge over, Chen Wu led his troops to push up, but Xia Houyuan led his cavalry to disperse him directly. Chen Wu was also injured, but luckily he was rescued.

Lu Su said: "The matter is urgent, my lord, please form a formation with your back on the water!"

Sun Quan immediately made a decision and ordered Zhou Tai to meet Chen Wu. He led his troops to retreat to the lake and formed an array with their backs to the lake. Lu Meng also led his troops to move closer to Sun Quan.

When Xiahouyuan saw Sun Quan lining up against the water, he knew that he could no longer target Sun Quan, otherwise the cavalry would either rush into the lake or be surrounded by the opponent's infantry because they could not turn around.

The power of the cavalry lies in running non-stop, using the impact of the running horses to disperse the troops gathered by the enemy, so that the enemy cannot form a formation, and then charge and kill continuously.If the enemy flees in rout, it will be a feast for the cavalry to reap.

"Follow me, don't stop!" Xia Houyuan shouted loudly, leading the cavalry to draw an arc in front of Sun Quan's formation, and turned south close to Sun Quan's formation.

Sun Quan was so nervous that he almost jumped into the lake to avoid the sharp edge of the cavalry, but he persisted in the end.At this moment, Sun Quan was less than three hundred steps away from the opponent's cavalry, and he could even see what Xia Houyuan looked like.The Jiangdong army stood in front of Sun Quan with guns and shields, and surrounded them densely to form a thick wall.

Xia Houyuan held a spear that he had snatched from someone unknown. When he turned in front of Sun Quan's formation, he used the momentum of his horse to throw the spear towards Sun Quan. The spear roared towards Sun Quan.

"Be careful, my lord!" Zhou Tai yelled, and only had time to pick it up with the spear in his hand, and the flying spear changed its direction a little, piercing through the two guards beside Sun Quan.

Looking at the two guards who were pierced together by a spear and died, Sun Quan was so frightened that he was sweating all over. This is the power of cavalry. Unfortunately, the south does not produce war horses, so it is impossible to form a cavalry unit!
Seeing that the spear missed Sun Quan, Xia Houyuan no longer wanted to fight, and led his cavalry to charge and kill the scattered Jiangdong soldiers.At this time, there were less than [-] cavalry around Xia Houyuan, and some cavalry were stopped and besieged by the Jiangdong Army, and Xia Houyuan was unable to rescue him because his strength was too small.

It's a pity, if there are five thousand cavalry at this moment, no, three thousand cavalry, Xia Houyuan is confident that he can clean up all the [-] Jiangdong Army infantry.What he didn't know was that Zhang Yun's five thousand cavalry were blocked on the north bank of the Huaihe River and could not cross the river, otherwise they would have joined him long ago.

After charging for a while, Xia Houyuan led the remaining tiger and leopard cavalry to run southward. The horses were already tired, and they couldn't run anymore.Before leaving, several Jiangdong Army soldiers were captured alive, put on horseback or dragged behind the horse and taken away.

After Xia Houyuan left, Jiangdong's army finally gathered together. After inventorying the losses, they found thousands of casualties. Sun Quan summoned the generals to discuss.

"Xia Houyuan's ambush here shows that they knew we were coming. Could it be that Shouchun's incident was a ploy to lure the enemy? If so, then Xia Houyuan's real goal is Hefei. How should we deal with it now?" Sun Quan asked.

At this time Zhou Yu was not there, so Lu Su had no choice but to say: "Master, Cao Cao has ruled Huainan for a long time, and the people's hearts are basically attached to him. Shouchun is far away from Jiangdong. Even if we win it, it will not be easy to hold. Hefei is a small city, and it is also close to Jiangdong. It is easy for us. For defense, it is better to retreat to Hefei and hold on to this throat, and wait for three to five years to subdue the surrounding counties and then Xu Tushouchun."

Lu Su's proposal is relatively conservative and safe. The Jiangdong army has no basis for rule in this area. If they occupy Shouchun and Hefei at the same time, there will be greater pressure on logistics and supply, and it will contain a large number of Jiangdong troops.The rear area of ​​Jiangdong is not yet very stable. Lu Fan, Zhu Zhi, Lu Xun and others are still conquering Shanyue.

If you only control Hefei for the time being, it will be relatively easy. You don't need too many troops, and you can easily transport grain and grass.A few years later, using Hefei as a base to gradually conquer the surrounding Shu County, Lujiang, Fuling and other places is enough to greatly increase Jiangdong's power.

Then wait for the opportunity to plan Shouchun. At that time, the chance of Jiangdong Army's victory will be higher.

However, the so-called "people die for wealth, birds die for food", the big piece of fat meat in Shouchun is really delicious, and Jiang Qin has indeed occupied half of Shouchun. At your fingertips.

Zhou Tai then said: "General Cheng blocked Zhang He's [-] cavalry to the north of the Huaihe River. Xiahouyuan's cavalry must have crossed the river before General Cheng had time to blockade the Huaihe River. This cavalry is not many in number, and it is now It has been exposed, as long as we take precautions, Xia Houyuan's cavalry will not be able to play a role. Hefei has General Huang leading [-] soldiers and horses to guard it. As long as we can't hold on, I don't believe that these hundreds of cavalry can take Hefei."

However, Lu Meng disagreed with Zhou Tai's statement. He said: "My lord, the fact that Xiahouyuan's thousand cavalry came here so quickly shows that Cao Cao had already guessed that our army was going to attack Hefei. If we hadn't taken advantage of Xiahouyuan's arrival, Hefei was captured, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Although Zhang He’s [-] cavalry could not cross the river, Xu Du, Cao Jun from Runan, and even Cao Cao himself are very likely to arrive soon. Zijing is right, Shouchun is too far away from Jiangdong , we are temporarily unable to hold on, so why not retreat to Hefei and wait for the governor to come to support us!"

Lu Meng felt that he had to wait for the governor Zhou Yu to come to be safe. Cao Cao had too many talented people, and Jiang Ji, who was not well-known, could plot his group to death. Now he killed himself in a surprise attack There are thousands of people, maybe Shouchun is a trap!
If it weren't for the governor, Jiang Ji's letter might have scared his lord away. Now that the governor had just left, the lord led his troops out of the city, but was ambushed halfway, Lu Meng was a little scared
(End of this chapter)