The more than 100 ships of the Wei army, brand-new warships, both in terms of their power methods and attack methods, were beyond his Sun Ce's dreams.
Sun Ce looked around and saw that the battle flags with the word "Wu" were constantly being cut down, and he couldn't count the corpses of his own soldiers, which were floating in front of him in pieces.
Sun Ce's huge naval army had already been defeated and scattered at this moment, and one after another, the defeated warships, like rats crossing the street, fled downstream in a hurry, ignoring his royal orders at all.
All kinds of failed pictures made Sun Cejue's heart feel as if he had been smashed with a heavy fist, and the pain was so painful that he was almost out of breath, and his body was about to collapse Pang Tong, who was on the side of the "king", hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Sun Ce took a few deep breaths in a row, only then did he ease up slightly, gritted his teeth and blamed himself: "It's all because this king is too conceited, and he fell into the trap of the pottery thief, this king should listen to your advice, and he shouldn't be in a hurry to press the whole army." ” Under the grief and indignation, Sun Ce lost confidence and began to feel sorry for himself again.
At this moment, Pang Tong's face was also full of frightened expressions.
His panic was not much less than that of Sun Ce.
As a phoenix, he was wise and resourceful, although he expected that the potters might have a conspiracy, but he didn't expect that the potters' conspiracy turned out to be such an incredible strange ship.
The Wei army only had less than a hundred strange ships, and they killed thousands of their Wu ships, and they had no power to resist Pang Tong was the first to calm down, and persuaded him: "King, the matter has come to this, retreat quickly, if the Wei army monster ship catches up, the consequences will be unimaginable." ” On the left and right, the Wu warships were fleeing frantically, and the Wei vehicles and ships in front were approaching, and they would not be close in a moment.
Sun Ce was completely discouraged, and he didn't dare to fight anymore, so he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said silently: "That's it, give the order, the whole army will immediately retreat to Peng Ze and save its strength." ” When the order was passed, Sun Ce's flagship, surrounded by dozens of fighting ships, quickly turned its bow and fled downstream.
As soon as Sun Ce left, the rest of the Wu army was leaderless, how dare they fight again, and they all broke downstream.
On this shore, looking at the defeated Wu army, the pottery merchant breathed a sigh of relief, and an excited smile appeared on his young face. has been arrogantly pressed by Sun Ce on Chaisang for so long, and today's victory finally vented all the anger that had accumulated for a long time.
All around, the cavalry officers and soldiers of the Wei army who watched the battle along the river were all so excited that they burst out, and the cheers shook the sky.
"King, don't say anything, Lao Fan, I've served you" Fan Hao bowed to the potter, although his words were rough, but he was full of admiration and amazement for the potter.
In addition to Fan Xu, the eyes of the soldiers of the Wei army on the left and right looked at the pottery merchants, and they were all full of amazement and admiration, and they were amazed that their king was able to build such a magical warship as a chariot and boat, and defeated the Wu army in a battle with a weak navy.
The potter was in high spirits, laughed wildly, and pointed his sword to the east, "From now on, my Great Wei Water Army is the master of the Yangtze River, and the whole army will go east and capture the Pengze Fortress for this king in one fell swoop."
The order was handed down, and Ma Yuan and Gan Ning, two generals, led 10,000 sailors, pursued the Wu army all the way, and killed Peng Ze.
The potter also personally led 7,000 iron horsemen to kill the Pengze fortress along the south bank.
Pengze City, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the north of Poyang Lake, is opposite to Chaisang City across Poyang Lake, which can be said to be this basin, second only to the fortress of Chaisang.
Once the Wei army captured the city, it would cut off the waterway connection between Yuzhang County and the Yangtze River in the south, which meant that Han Dang's more than 20,000 partial divisions surrounding Haiduan would be cut off from the water retreat and could only retreat to the hinterland of Wu by land.
As soon as Han Dang's army retreated, Nanchang and other Yuzhang counties would surrender without a fight, and the pottery merchants would be able to take the entire Yuzhang County without a single soldier.
After this bloody battle, Sun Ce lost nearly 10,000 sailors, and more than 400 warships were damaged, which was a veritable fiasco.
Sun Ce and his 20,000 defeated soldiers, with no fighting spirit, retreated all the way down the river, while the land and water army of the pottery merchants followed behind, chasing them all the way to the front line of Pengze.
At this time, the defender of Peng Zecheng was the veteran general Ling Cao, and the defenders were less than 1,000 people.
Sun Ce passed Peng Ze and did not dare to enter, so he had to abandon Peng Ze, sent Ling Tong to go ashore to Peng Ze, met his father, and then took Sun Shangxiang, who stayed in the city, and retreated to the east by land.
And Sun Ce, who was defeated, was terrified and fled all the way to the Wankou fortress downstream.
Sun Ce can pass Peng Ze without defending, the potters chase here, but can not chase any further, in order to avoid being cut off by the Wu army, the potters must capture Peng Ze before they can continue to move east.
Therefore, the potter ordered the land and water army to stop the pursuit of Sun Ce, and the whole army went to besiege Pengze City.
At this time, Ling Cao, the guard general, learned the shocking news that Sun Ce's army was defeated and fled to the fortress of Wankou, and knew that Peng Ze could no longer defend it, so he planned to protect Sun Shangxiang and abandon the city and flee east.
Just when he met his son Ling Tong, who was rushing into the city, and planned to go out of the city together, the Wei army came too fast and killed him before he could leave the city.
There were only 1,000 soldiers and horses left under Ling Cao's leadership, and he did not dare to fight with the Wei army at all.
The potter's army of more than 20,000 land and water soon besieged Pengze City.
At the same time, thousands of light cavalry of Meng Tian, who was sent upstream to attack Anhui County, were also transferred back, and more than 20,000 Wei troops surrounded Peng Ze.
West of Pengze City, the Wei Army's King Tent.
In the tent, the fierce atmosphere of victory was surging, and the generals were talking and laughing, drinking and chatting, all of them were full of spirit and enthusiasm.
While talking and laughing, the potters who had inspected the camps walked into the military tent with their heads held high, and the generals who were full of excitement greeted each other happily, and all of them were full of respect for the potters.
The potter sat down and waved his hand at the generals, "Sun Ce has been defeated and has fled to Anhuikou, there are less than two thousand enemy troops in Pengze City, you all talk about it, how can we break through this city" Fan Hao was the first to jump out, shouting excitedly: "Needless to say, Wu Gou's water army was defeated, and he no longer dared to shout with us on the water, Peng Zecheng was guarding Poyang Lake, let's take it down, according to Lao Fan's opinion, of course, it is to besiege the city on all sides and forcibly capture it." ” "Fan Da has a point."
Hou Yi also nodded in agreement, "Peng Zecheng is far less strong than Chaisang, and the defenders are only two thousand, we just need to transfer more heavenly thunder cannons to come, and bombard from all sides, I believe that in a few days, we will be able to blast this city." ” The second general advocated an immediate siege, and the rest of the generals such as Xiang Yu also advocated attacking the city.
The previous victory of the naval army greatly boosted his fighting spirit, and his morale and confidence had reached the peak, how could he put a mere Pengze fortress and two thousand Wu soldiers in his eyes.
The potter didn't rush to make a decision, and looked at Gan Ning with a smile, "Xingba, what do you think?"
Gan Ning coughed dryly a few times, and said calmly: "When the Wu-Chu Alliance was in place, the last general also worked with the Ling father and son, both of whom are good generals who are proficient in the art of war, if our army forcibly attacks Peng Ze, of course it can be captured, but if you want to capture it in a short period of time, you have a little underestimate the Ling father and son." ” Obviously, although Gan Ning defeated the enemy with his vehicles and ships, he still remained calm and did not overdo it.
The potter nodded slightly, looked at Zhang Liang again, and asked with a smile: "Ovary, tell me your opinion." ” "Liang thinks that in fact, it is naturally the best policy to break through Peng Ze quickly, but even if it can't be broken quickly, it will be beneficial to us."
There is a mystery hidden in Zhang Liang's words.
The potter looked moved, nodded to him, and motioned for him to continue.
Zhang Liang said slowly: "Peng Ze is the key to guarding Poyang Lake, once this city is lost, the cities of Yuzhang in the south will inevitably be broken without a fight, so Liang thinks that although Sun Ce is defeated, he may not be so willing to abandon Peng Ze, if he knows that Peng Ze is not lost, he will definitely continue to transfer troops and food, trying to rescue the trapped Wu army." ” A sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, and Zhang Liang continued: "In this way, we can continue to consume the grain and grass of the Wu army, weakening Sun Ce's national strength, which is equivalent to adding insult to injury for Sun Ce, who has lost his troops and lost his generals. ” Subsequently, Zhang Liang pointed to the west, "Now that Sun Ce is defeated, Liu Zhang will be deeply shocked after hearing about it, and it will not be long before he returns to Shuzhong, at that time, Wu Zixu's tens of thousands of land and water troops can come down the river to meet, and the main infantry army of my Hanjin will also be cured of the epidemic and rush together. ” As soon as he spoke, the potter who listened nodded slightly, thinking deeply.
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Sun Ce's Wu national strength was already very weak, if Zhang Liang's strategy was used, the potters could turn Peng Zecheng into a bottomless pit, forcing Sun Ce to constantly consume his remaining grain and grass and military strength, and wait until Wu Zixu and the main infantry army arrived, and then destroy Wu in one fell swoop, it would kill two birds with one stone.
If Sun Ce abandons Peng Ze, it will be equivalent to abandoning the Ling family and his son, which will inevitably chill the hearts of the Wu army's soldiers, and it will be equivalent to giving Yuzhang County away, which is also a huge loss.
From this point of view, the siege of Pengze, whether it is a quick break or a long-term siege, is beneficial and harmless to the potters.
Thinking of this, the potter did not hesitate any longer, and smiled happily: "What the ovary said is good, according to your words, don't rush to attack first, just surround Peng Ze to death." ” The order to besiege the city was issued, and the Wei army, which numbered more than 20,000, soon surrounded Peng Ze.
In order to cut off Peng Ze's contact with the outside world, the pottery merchant ordered Gan Ning to lead the chariot and ship troops, stationed in the water village north of Peng Ze, and blocked the reinforcements of Wu from Anhui.
Sun Ce, who fled to Anhuikou, lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and could not hold more than 20,000 remnants of the army.
Handang, who was besieging Haidu, heard the news of Sun Ce's defeat, and was naturally terrified, so he had to quickly withdraw from the siege of Haidu, and led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to the east of Poyang Lake and to the first line of Xiaoyang.
For Sun Ce, relieving the siege of Pengze is not the most important thing, the most important thing at the moment is to keep Han Dang's 20,000 fresh troops.
Sun Ce originally wanted to abandon Peng Ze, but the persistence of Ling's father and son made him see a glimmer of hope, and he immediately regrouped the morale of the soldiers while sending people to infiltrate Peng Ze City, so that Ling's father and son could defend the city and protect Sun Shangxiang's safety at the same time. isjgy: