Mi Han

Chapter 737 Your father died here facing north

Chapter 737 Your father died here facing north

As soon as Wang Hong finished speaking, panic instantly appeared on the faces of the subordinates in the room.

As meat eaters in Zhouling City, they had lived a comfortable life in the past, and they did not want to go out and take risks if possible.

But what Wang Hong said makes sense.

The city of Zhouling is not very tall. If they were trapped in the city, I think they would not be able to hold out for long.

The best way to defend Zhouling City is to attack the Wu army when they are halfway across the river while they are still ashore.

When they thought of this, the panic on the faces of the officials gradually disappeared.

It is true that a comfortable life can easily numb a person's mind.

But fortunately, the status of the officials in the state tombs was not ordinary.

After the Battle of Gong'an, other counties could not be guaranteed, but most of the officials in several counties near Gong'an were survivors of the Han army after the Battle of Gong'an.

The Han Dynasty and Mi Yang were very kind to them.

The officials of Zhouling were immersed in the glory brought to them by the Battle of Gong'an. This glory brought them and their families considerable development.

For the sake of friendship and honor, the officials in the state tombs might hesitate, but they would never refuse.

They have fought in the most dangerous battles, so what is there to be afraid of today?

A long-lost feeling stirred in the hearts of all the officials in Zhouling.

"I would like to go with you to resist foreign aggression!"

After they understood, all the officials in Zhouling bowed to Wang Hong and said so.

After seeing the performance of his subordinates, Wang Hong's brows slightly raised and he laughed heartily.

They were all subjects of the Han Dynasty.

Is there any Han minister who fears war?

Wang Hong moved quickly.

In just one hour, Wang Hong had gathered thousands of Han troops in the city.

After the Han army had assembled, Wang Hong, wearing armor, led thousands of Han troops towards the port.

Because the entire army knew the urgency of the situation, the thousands of Han troops marched very quickly.

Around dusk, thousands of Han troops, led by Wang Hong, arrived at the port outside Zhouling City.

When thousands of Han troops appeared on the shore, Zhu Huan, who was still fighting against the strong wind and trying to reorganize his formation, suddenly became frightened.

Zhu Huan guessed the purpose of the Han army on the shore almost instantly.

Not only Zhu Huan guessed this, most of the tens of thousands of Wu troops drifting on the Yangtze River also realized this.

Who among those who are good at water warfare does not know that attacking while the enemy is halfway across the river is the most dangerous thing for them?

All of a sudden, among the tens of thousands of Wu soldiers, many people showed looks of panic on their faces.

After Zhu Huan noticed this scene, he knew that he could not allow panic to spread in the army.

Zhu Huan also knew that he could not allow the Han army on the shore to form a battle formation.

Otherwise, the Han army's arrows would rain down like rain, and our soldiers would suffer heavy casualties.

Thinking of this, Zhu Huan hurriedly ordered the Wu army closest to the shore to land as soon as possible.

However, on the one hand, most of the Wu troops were in a panic, and on the other hand, there were constant storms on the Yangtze River, which caused the Eastern Wu warships to sway from side to side, making them difficult to control.

Under the influence of these two factors, only a few Wu troops obeyed Zhu Huan's orders.

Zhu Huan became furious upon seeing this.

He was so brave that he ordered the warship he was on to sail quickly towards the shore.

As Zhu Huan moved, hundreds of personal soldiers around him also followed his lead.

When tens of thousands of Wu soldiers saw Zhu Huan leading the way without avoiding danger, their morale was greatly boosted.

The general will be the courage of the army.

When Zhu Huan led hundreds of his personal soldiers to the shore, tens of thousands of Wu troops on the Yangtze River, under the command of their respective generals, tried hard to control the warships under their feet and sailed towards the shore together.

Zhu Huan, who was the first to land, had no time to observe the situation behind him.

Seeing that the formation of the Han army on the shore had already taken shape, Zhu Huan anxiously drew out the long sword from his waist and led hundreds of guards behind him to charge forward.

Zhu Huan's bravery was beyond Wang Hong's expectations.

Wang Hong has no talent for military strategy after all.

There was no powerful general like Zhu Huan in the Han army at that time.

Therefore, even if Wang Hong tried his best to organize the Han army and wanted to resist Zhu Huan's desperate charge, the effect was minimal.

As the saying goes, there are no tigers in the mountains, but monkeys are kings.

In the absence of all the brave Han generals, Zhu Huan's bravery was displayed to the extreme.

Zhu Huan swung his sword forward, and Han soldiers fell in front of him one after another.

When Zhu Huan's personal guards saw how brave he was, their morale was boosted. They stood guard beside Zhu Huan, making the Han army's formation, which had not yet been formed, more and more chaotic.

No matter how brave Zhu Huan was, with only a few hundred men, he could never completely break up the formation of thousands of Han troops.

But soon after, tens of thousands of Wu troops in the river landed and charged towards the Han army's formation.

The Han army's formation was not in order to begin with, and their numerical advantage was gradually disappearing. In Zhu Huan's eyes, the Han army's defeat was inevitable.

Even though Wang Hong was not familiar with military strategy, he gradually realized this point.

Then a look of self-mockery appeared on Wang Hong's face.

I am really useless!

Attacking when the enemy is halfway across the river is the correct tactic.

The strong wind from the sky was invisibly helping the Han army.

If Wei Yan, or even Zhang Yi or Zhou Tai were here, the Han army would have a high probability of successfully blocking the Wu army.

pity.

Wang Hong looked at Zhu Huan who was constantly charging towards him, and he had no intention of escaping.

Wang Hong knew that according to Mi Yang's plan, Zhouling would definitely be lost.

Otherwise, with the courage of the Wu army, they would never dare to lead the army straight in before taking Zhouling.

But how Zhou Ling was lost was different.

Originally according to Mi Yang's idea, after the Wu army surrounded Zhouling, Wang Hong would pretend that he could not defend Zhouling and had no choice but to abandon the city and flee.

But people are not as good as heaven.

Today, a strong wind suddenly hit the Yangtze River, causing the Wu army's warships to be in chaos. Anyone who saw this would think that this was a perfect opportunity to attack the enemy halfway across the river.

In this situation, Wang Hong, as the chief of the state mausoleum, did not take any action and just waited quietly for the Wu army to arrive, which might arouse the Wu army's suspicion.

After all, luring the enemy deep into one's territory has always been a tactic commonly used by Da Sima.

Only by taking the initiative according to common sense can we dispel the enemy's doubts.

Wang Hong originally thought that he might be able to successfully repel the Wu army today, so that after most of the Wu army got the news, they would increase their forces to besiege Zhouling City.

Only then did he "fail to defend" the state mausoleum, which was perfect both morally and logically.

But he still overestimated himself a little.

However, Wang Hong had already expected this result.

Before Zhu Huan could kill him, Wang Hong said to an official standing beside him:

"Our army is doomed to fail. You lead the remaining soldiers and flee as quickly as possible."

After hearing what Wang Hong said, the subordinate wanted to take Wang Hong away with him.

But Wang Hong was determined and broke free from the officials' dragging.

"Take the remaining soldiers away. No more lives need to be lost. Go!"

Wang Hong shouted urgently.

After hearing Wang Hong's urgent roar, no matter how reluctant the officials were, they had no choice but to obey the order and leave with tears in their eyes.

As the officials blew the horn, the Han army retreated one after another after hearing the sound.

The retreat of the Han army left Zhu Huan with no obstacles to reach Wang Hong.

Zhu Huan did not order the Wu army to pursue the Han troops.

From the previous battle, Zhu Huan also realized that the Han army guarding Zhouling was not elite.

Since they are not elite, why waste energy chasing them? It would be more practical to catch the big fish Wang Hong.

What Zhu Huan had never expected was that Wang Hong had no intention of escaping.

In Zhu Huan's eyes, Wang Hong sat directly on the ground in the chaos of the army, as if waiting for his arrival.

Soon after, Zhu Huan came in front of Wang Hong, and the surrounding Wu army surrounded Wang Hong.

Zhu Huan stood in front of Wang Hong holding a bloodstained long knife and asked in a condescending tone:

"Are you Wang Hong?"

In preparation for this war, Lu Xun collected a lot of intelligence in advance.

Naturally, Zhu Huan could not hide Wang Hong’s identity.

Wang Hong couldn't help but find it funny to see Zhu Huan acting a little arrogant after winning a small battle.

"It is your father. What can I do for you?"

Wang Hong's sarcastic words came out instantly.

After hearing Wang Hong's words, Zhu Huan instantly became furious.

Can it still be so humiliating?

Subconsciously, Zhu Huan wanted to raise the long knife in his hand and chop towards Wang Hong.

But at this critical moment, Zhu Huan remembered Lu Xun's instructions:

"No random killings in Jingzhou!"

In Lu Xun's view, he had to govern Jingzhou well after taking it, and should not massacre people at will and lose the hearts of the people of Jingzhou.

Zhu Huan still had awe for Lu Xun.

So Zhu Huan suppressed his anger and asked:

"Why don't you run away?"

This is the biggest question in Zhu Huan’s mind right now.

Facing Zhu Huan's question, Wang Hong said seriously:

“I am General Tiance, the one personally appointed as the governor of the state mausoleum.

The head of a county has the responsibility to protect the territory and maintain security.

Furthermore, everyone knows that I was good friends with General Tian Ce when I was young.

I am already sorry to the Grand Marshal that I cannot lead the army to repel the enemy invaders in the county.

How could you flee after being defeated and tarnish my reputation as General Tiance?"

After saying this, Wang Hong continued:

"If not for the fact that all of my Tiance's elite troops were in the northern border."

Wang Hong only said half of this sentence before he suddenly stopped.

He seemed to realize that he had "said the wrong thing".

Zhu Huan was delighted with Wang Hong's performance.

He realized that Wang Hong, who was Mi Yang's good friend, might know a lot about the strengths and weaknesses of the Han army, so he said to Wang Hong:

"Would you like to surrender?

My Lord is wise and merciful"

Before Zhu Huan could finish his recruitment, he was interrupted by Wang Hong's laughter.

There was endless mockery in Wang Hong's laughter.

“Sun Quan is smart and kind?

Wu Gou, are you all so shameless?"

Wang Hong's words made Zhu Huan's anger surge again.

But before he could make any threatening move, Wang Hong, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly stood up.

Zhu Huan was startled by Wang Hong's sudden action.

Zhu Huan thought Wang Hong was going to attack him, so he subconsciously took a step back.

Zhu Huan's action made Wang Hong laugh unscrupulously.

"Rat! Rat!"

"Wu dog! How can a Han official surrender?"

Wang Hong's unscrupulous sarcasm completely angered Zhu Huan.

If Zhu Huan could still endure this, he would not be Zhu Huan.

Zhu Huan immediately ordered Wang Hong to be dragged aside and executed.

Facing Wu Jun's dragging, Wang Hong showed no fear at all.

He was facing north, which was the direction of Yiyang.

"My dear friend, you are in the north, and you cannot die facing south."

This was the last sentence Wang Hong left in the world.

After the person to be executed came back to report, Zhu Huan took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off the knife, and said to his eldest son Zhu Yiyan:

"Hurry and report back to the general. Zhou Ling has been captured by me. There is nothing suspicious. Please lead the army to land as soon as possible."

After saying this, thinking back to what Lu Xun had privately entrusted to Zhu Huan, he couldn't help but think secretly in his heart:

I think the general will no longer have any doubts now.

Lure the enemy deep into your territory?

Wang Hong had a bright future, why would he risk his life to lure the enemy!

(End of this chapter)