Chapter 719: Zhou Yu Withdraws His Army

More than a month has passed since the start of the battle, and the Battle of Chibi is drawing to a close.

Outside Yiling City, Zhou Yu's army was stationed.

Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Yiling tightly. As far as the eye could see, the undulating land outside the city was full of dark camps, stretching for several miles, full of noise and sewage.

The cold wind blew, and the general's flag fluttered.

On the edge of the woods further away from the camp, several logging camps were temporarily built. Using the wood felled nearby, thousands of craftsmen were forcibly recruited from Jiangling City to build various siege equipment day and night.

On the muddy road, thousands of laborers were also forcibly recruited. Wearing worn-out clothes and braving the cold wind, they walked with difficulty to collect stones from the deep mountains, and transported them to the battlefield on simple carts.

Outside the barracks, it became a huge temporary ordnance processing base. Before building enough siege equipment, Zhou Yu was not going to attack Yiling, because there was no chance of winning.

From time to time, you can still see scattered troops returning from "fighting food".

The villages around Yiling had been wiped out by the army, and there was nothing left. If the army wanted to plunder food again, it had to go to farther villages.

Most of the labor in the military camp was "voluntarily" joined by the people in the nearby villages. If you don't do labor, you can still have a bite of food. If you don't work, you can only wait to die if you don't have food at home.

The cloud of food and grass crisis gradually shrouded Zhou Yu's army. Starting yesterday, the military has already restricted rations, and the first to be compressed are artisans and laborers.

They were recruited by force, not to mention that they were not paid, and they didn't even have enough to eat.

The life of the people in troubled times is so unbearable.

Similarly, Cao Jun in Yiling City was not feeling well. Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed in a small city. Even if there is food and grass stored, it cannot withstand the consumption of the army.

Running out of food has become a common crisis for both warring parties.

Now it depends on who can't hold on first, and Zhou Yu is very confident about it. In any case, they also took the initiative, and they could always collect some food and grass every day.

The Yiling defenders were sitting on nothing.

Zhou Yu is like a patient hunter, actively preparing hunting tools and laying traps; while waiting patiently, waiting for the prey to be at its weakest, before giving it a fatal blow.

The premise is that no other accidents occur.

The fall of Chaisang was the biggest accident and the biggest variable in the war.

...

After traveling for more than ten days, the building and warship carrying Zhang Zhao and others finally docked at the river port outside Yiling City. With the token given by Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and his party met Zhou Yu smoothly.

"Captain, something happened to Chaisang!"

Zhang Zhao didn't hide it, and directly handed over all the letters written by Sun Quan and Ouyang Shuo to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu opened the letter, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became. After he finished, he let out a long sigh and looked ashamed: "It's all my fault. I underestimated the Shanhai City fleet and overestimated Xiong's plan to dominate them."

"Captain, the enemy is too cunning." Zhang Zhao said comfortingly.

"Let's not talk about it." Zhou Yu waved his hand. He and Zhang Zhao didn't have a good relationship, and he didn't want to show too much emotion in front of Zhang Zhao. He said firmly, "I'll send an order to leave the camp and return to the teacher immediately."

Sun Quan was captured, and Zhou Yu had to go back.

As soon as the military order was issued, the entire camp immediately became agitated. The first to receive the military order was naturally the nearly 20,000 Jiangdong elite under Zhou Yu's direct control.

This army was arranged by Zhou Yu as a reserve team when they attacked Jiangling City, so they did not suffer much damage.

How could Zhou Yu be a fool? He knew that if he didn't have a strong army in his hands, he would never be able to restrain the alien army ten times larger than them.

Di Chen and the others were also happy to pretend to be confused, so as to reap the battle contribution points.

...

The news of Zhou Yu's withdrawal reached Dichen's ears in less than half an hour.

Dichen was startled, and rushed to the camp of the Chinese army himself, and asked, "Captain, why is this?"

Zhou Yu sighed inwardly, a little afraid to face Di Chen's questioning, and said with an ugly face: "Chai Sang fell, the lord was captured, I must rush back."

"What, Chaisang fell?" Di Chen was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"See for yourself!"

Zhou Yu handed Sun Quan's letter to Dichen.

"Could this be deception without clothes?" Di Chen still couldn't believe it.

"With General Zhang Zhao personally testifying, how can there be fraud." Zhou Yu shook his head and introduced Zhang Zhao to Di Chen.

When Di Chen saw this, his heart sank.

"Wuyi, after all, can't win you once?"

Dichen was torn in his heart, but he still didn't want Zhou Yu to withdraw his army like this, and said emotionally, "Captain, the preparations for the siege are almost finished, and Yiling is about to be captured, isn't it a pity to withdraw at this time?"

"No way, the lord is in the hands of the enemy." Zhou Yu also felt a little regretful.

"Captain, I can assure you that Wuyue Wuyi will not dare to do anything to General Sun. Don't forget, his subordinates are still in Yiling, so don't throw them at you," Dichen said. "Furthermore, Yiling is so far away from Chaisang, it takes more than half a month to go back and forth. As long as we make a time difference, we will be able to capture Yiling first."

For a moment, Zhou Yu's heart was moved.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yu reluctantly refused, shook his head and said, "No way. I can't gamble with my lord's safety, it's too risky, and it's not my servant's fault."

If the hostage is someone else, Zhou Yu is probably gambling. But that was Sun Quan, Zhou Yu didn't dare to bet.

"Captain, I am not the only one here to deliver the letter. There are also generals from Shanhai City. Some of them may have entered Yiling at this time." Zhang Zhao on the side added.

"I'm confused!" Di Chen was in a hurry.

One can also imagine how excited Yiling would be when he received the news of Chaisang's fall. Even if they had a hint of backing off before, they might stick to it to the end at this time.

If you really have to be hard-hearted, it's not true that the army can't find food in the city. There is no problem at all for ten days and a half months.

In history, there was an isolated city that stood firm for more than a year and still stood firm.

Speaking of this, Di Chen knew that it would be impossible to keep Zhou Yu, and his face was uncertain.

Seeing Zhou Yu, he let out a long sigh: "Withdraw the troops!"

Di Chen suddenly raised his head, his eyes were firm and filled with fighting spirit, and he said, "No, I will never withdraw my troops."

"Do you want to disobey?"

"Captain, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You have your choice, and we have ours. This time, we must take down Yiling." Di Chen was firm.

"Bold!" Zhang Zhao scolded angrily.

"It's up to you!" Zhou Yu looked tired, and waved his hand, signaling Di Chen to back down.

Dichen left stubbornly, but eventually they broke up after a quarrel.

"Captain, how can you indulge strangers?" Zhang Zhao looked a little excited. He had never seen anyone who dared to defy military orders so blatantly and act recklessly.

"So what if you don't agree? The Alien Legion is several times larger than our army, so we can't force it."

The right to speak in the military ultimately depends on the strength of the troops.

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he was speechless. He also led soldiers, so how could he not understand this truth.

Some of the tents became silent.

...

The next day, Zhou Yu took Jiangdong soldiers on their way home.

Di Chen led an army of nearly 200,000 aliens, preparing to storm Yiling.

The two armies parted ways.

When the army set off, a small episode happened.

The general of Shanhai City who came with Zhang Zhao made a request to Zhou Yu, asking Zhou Yu to evacuate by himself on a building ship and warship, and the Jiangdong army was handed over to other generals to return to Chaisang.

"Don't bully people too much!" Zhou Yu couldn't say anything, but Zhang Zhao couldn't help it.

This is not an invitation, it is clearly a seizure and imprisonment.

"The last general is just following orders, so please don't make things difficult for me, general." The Shanhai City general was neither humble nor overbearing, "My lord has said that for the safety of General Sun, Governor Zhou Yu will definitely be considerate."

"You!" Zhang Zhao was driven mad by this blatant threat.

"Since it was requested by Lord Wuyi, I'd rather be respectful than obedient. Speaking of which, I just want to see your giant battleship." Zhou Yu was open-minded and didn't take it seriously.

He turned to Zhang Zhao and said, "General Zhang, please take the troops back!"

"No!" Zhang Zhao nodded helplessly.

Ouyang Shuo did this out of helplessness. He never dared to underestimate Zhou Yu, let Zhou Yu lead the army, who knows what will happen.

Therefore, the best way is to invite Zhou Yu to the battleship.

Doing so was also protecting Zhou Yu in a disguised form. Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to say if there were any Di Chen in Cao Cao's alien army. He didn't want any accidents to happen to Zhou Yu.

In order to get Zhou Yu, Ouyang Shuo worked really hard.

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Yiling City, a certain mansion.

When Bai Hua and the others received the secret letter from Ouyang Shuo, they finally let go of their concerns.

"Wuyi really did not disappoint us!"

A smile appeared on Feng Prisonhuang's face. During this period of time, they were besieged in Yiling, and they were under tremendous pressure.

"It's just that in this battle, we have become supporting roles again." Feng Prisonhuang was a little stubborn.

When Ouyang Shuo decided to go out with the fleet, Feng Prison Huang felt a surge of energy in her heart, and she also wanted to use this rare opportunity to prove something.

Unexpectedly, he lost to the inner ghost.

Although it is said that the rebellion of Caiyun Zhinan and others has nothing to do with Feng Prisonhuang, it is still very aggrieved to think about it.

Bai Hua looked at Feng Prison Huang, and said calmly, "I guess, Di Chen will definitely not submit obediently."

"That guy was so focused on defeating Wuyi on the battle map that he was almost obsessed. This time he managed to win half a round against us, how could he give up lightly?" Feng Prisonhuang also saw Di Chen clearly, and changed the subject of the conversation , with a murderous look: "If we can't even deal with Dichen, then we are not worthy of being Wuyi's allies."

"That's right!" Bai Hua nodded, her expression indifferent, but the murderous intent in her heart was no less than that of Feng Prison Huang, "I have to have a serious fight with Di Chen, Caiyun Zhinan's account must be settled."

The two heroines, or female devils, surprisingly reached an agreement on this matter.

"Then we have to make a good plan!" Feng Prisonhuang smiled.

Although the two women have different personalities, their unyielding traits are the same.