After Zhou Lang's fire, the forces in the north have been seeking opportunities to go south, but there is a big river across, and the northerners do not understand water warfare and can hardly cross the river. After a long time of stalemate, Cao Cao had no choice but to return to his old nest, and at this time, he left Zhang Liao and others to defend the town to prevent someone from attacking the city.
Sun Quan himself also had ambitions for the land in jiangbei. He knew that there were only seven thousand soldiers in Hefei now, so he decided to use all his soldiers, hit the north bank, and henceforth compete with the north, in his mind, can not just be passively beaten, Cao Cao can beat me, why can't I beat him. Even more, there was a good opportunity at that time, that is, Cao Cao, who could not stay idle, did not get any benefits from Jiangdong, and in order to increase his strength, he set his sights on Hanzhong and went to attack there. Taking advantage of the emptiness in the north, Sun Quan personally led the troops, commanded 100,000 people and horses, and even many generals, and took a boat north.
At that time, Zhang Liao recruited eight hundred people, fed everyone a full meal, and then changed into the best weapon, and when Wu's army landed, he led eight hundred people to charge and kill, this time fighting very bravely, almost killing Sun Quan. For the 100,000-strong army, all eight hundred people, but the lord will be brave, and naturally he will be able to exert great ability. After Desheng returned to the city, Wu's army surrounded Hefei, and all along, morale was low, sun Quan looked at it, knew that it was frightened by others, and was no longer forcing the soldiers to attack, planning to withdraw their troops and go home. When they were withdrawing, Zhang Liao once again led people to pursue them, this time it was still eight hundred people, killing 100,000 people in a hurry to escape, watching Sun Quan reach a broken bridge, he could catch him, did not expect to be blocked by two generals, at a critical moment, Sun Quan jumped over the broken bridge on horseback, after taking the road to escape, jumped into the river, and escaped in a small boat.
The brilliance of this war is very fascinating than many of the stories of its contemporaries. First of all, Zhang Liao did not have the need to lead people into the enemy camp for the first time. From the front, we learned that there are less than 10,000 people defending the city, and the other side has 100,000 people, and the number of people is too obvious. If you meet head-on, then your side is definitely a bitter battle, and it will not even win. Taking advantage of the fact that the other side was lightly hostile, and also taking advantage of the fact that the other side was not yet on its feet, seized the opportunity to launch this surprise attack. The effect is very good, and it is also very obvious, because this big victory makes the opponent's military unstable.
If the first failure of Sun Quan is understandable, then the second mistake is in himself, when it is time to retreat, why not arrange for the rear of the palace. Because of his improper command, he finally gave Zhang Liao a chance, resulting in the soldiers who did not retreat to the south of the river almost died in battle, and he almost let people take prisoners. Speaking of Zhang Liao, this is indeed very brave, in this big battle, the performance is also very good, he chose the right timing, and he is not afraid of ten times the enemy in his heart. This battle is also the most glorious battle in Zhang Liao's life, and it is a classic defensive battle in history.
This big war occurred in Hefei, the geographical location is very important, for the north and the north, the north stationed in Hefei, can go south at any time, while the south stationed in Hefei, can immediately go north, the city is important, both sides know the truth, then the attack on the city is very necessary. Zhang Liao's pressure is also very large, he has almost no advantage, in this case, it is really admirable to be able to achieve a big victory.
Speaking of this, I have to say that Sun Quan, his position was obtained from the hands of his brother, then, the brother is the founder of the foundation, personally go to the battlefield to fight more, Sun Quan is obviously inferior to his brother in this regard. Looking at the history of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao kept attacking the enemy, and Liu Bei was also a master in fighting, only Sun Quan, there were not many opportunities to play in person, and he really played, and the performance was such a failure, and finally achieved Zhang Liao's reputation.