Chapter 307 (2/2)

The same is not calm, there is located in the Yuzhou border of Nantong city.

Nantong city was originally just an ordinary small city, but because of its geographical location, it was valued by LV Meng. There were about 30000 troops stationed in the city, ready to face Cao troops from Yanzhou at any time.

The garrison general of Nantong city was the personal leader of Lvmeng when he was in Jiangdong new army. He was mature and stable, and was deeply trusted by LV Meng. But now the garrison stood pale on the head of Nanton, looking out at the view.

It was an ugly time. Originally, it was dark outside the city, but the scene outside the city was full of lights. You can see that Cao's troops in black armor are densely standing outside the city. Judging from the scale of the torch, there are at least 200000 soldiers. However, there are only 30000 troops in Nanton city. It would be useful to temporarily confront Cao's army who attacked Yanzhou. However, in the face of so many armies, the city of Nanton is not too high. In any case, it can not resist the attack of this large number of enemy troops.

However, the garrison general was also a member of the new Jiangdong army. His loyalty to Soochow can be seen from heaven. Although he is facing extinction, he has never thought of surrender or escape.After a brief absence, the general regained his former fortitude and cheered to the soldiers who were just like themselves and looked pale: ”brothers! Behind you, is your own home! Your own parents, wives and children! And in front of them are your enemies. They are the enemies that Cao Cao sent to attack your homeland! They're going to break into your homes and kill your parents! Rape your wife and daughter! Plunder your hard-earned money and food! As long as it's a man, you'll give me your weapons! Drive these enemies out of our homes

After some encouragement from the garrison general, some ruddy faces were restored to these garrison soldiers, and a lot of strength was put on their hands. Everyone was staring at Cao Jun outside the city in front of him. Although there was a trace of fear in his eyes, there was more hatred. After all, it was in the border cities between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the eastern Wu Dynasty, and they had a little understanding of the living conditions of the people there. Although not very bad, but compared with the rich Dongwu, it is very different. Naturally, they would not like to let them go back to their former meagre life after enjoying the rich life of Soochow.

At this time, at the front of Cao's army outside the city, three generals in exquisite armor were standing there on high horses. In the middle of them was Xia Houdun, the governor of Northern Wei Dynasty, while the generals on his left and right sides were general Zhang Ying and Gao Lan of Jizhou. In addition, Xu Rong and Ma Chao followed closely with 200000 troops, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stationed at Xuchang with 200000 troops. This time, Cao Cao sent out such a luxurious general lineup and 600000 troops, which is enough to prove how much he attached importance to the war.

They saw everything on the head of the city just now. Originally, they wanted to crush the garrison of Nanton psychologically. When they had just arrived outside the city, the morale of the garrison, who was shocked by such a sudden army, fell sharply. They were about to be scared to open the city and surrender. However, it did not occur to me that the garrison general only used a few words to save the morale of the army that was about to collapse and let the garrison regain its fighting spirit again.

”The garrison of this city is very good! He was sent by the Soochow kingdom to guard Nanton City, which was too talented for him? ” Zhang Ying shook his head. It was obvious that the unknown general was not worth it.

Xia Houdun, the governor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but his eyes flashed a cold light and said in a deep voice, ”no! It can't be said that Qu CAI of the eastern Wu Dynasty. From the intelligence point of view, Sun Jian promoted the talented people. As long as they were talented people, they would be promoted by Sun Jian. There are only two reasons why such a general was sent by Sun Jian to guard Nanton city. ”

Zhang Ying and Gao Lan both looked at Xia Houdun and looked forward to his further explanation. Xia Houdun only stopped for a moment and continued: ”the first one is that this Nantong city is so important that Sun Jian has to send excellent generals to guard it. But this possibility has been denied by me! If this Nanton city is really important, Sun Jian should not only send 30000 people to guard the city. Although there are more garrisons for ordinary cities, Nanton city is adjacent to the border of the two countries, and the number of these soldiers does not meet the conjecture that Nanton city is very important. Therefore, there is only the second possibility, that is, there are too many talents in Soochow, and such talents as this guard general can only be used to guard such a small city. ”

”No?” After listening to Xia Houdun's analysis, Zhang Ying and Gao Lan looked at Xia Houdun with wide eyes. According to the behavior of the general they just saw, they can suppress the current tension and panic of the enemy in a very short period of time, and let the soldiers under his command also temporarily relieve this fear. This kind of ability has already possessed the elements of becoming a qualified general. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, although such a talent would not be able to become a general like Zhang Ying and Gao Lan, he could definitely become a general of an independent army. However, in the mouth of XiahouDun, it seems that such talents have overflowed in Soochow and there is no place for them to settle down. They are only used to guard the border cities. How can the two generals believe this.

Although Xia Houdun didn't look at the expressions of the two generals, he seemed to have known the thoughts of the two generals and said faintly, ”that's the fact! According to the spy's secret report, the guard General of Nanton city is only a personal soldier under the hand of Lu Meng, the governor of Runan! ”