Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 411 Approaching Fancheng 2
The warships of the Jiangdong Army came to a stop one after another, and Sun Jian asked people to shout to the top of the city tower, to the effect that he called Huang Zu a shrinking turtle, not a man, and would only hide in the city wall to play prestige and so on.

Although these words were harsh, they were not to the point of making Huang Zu angry.The soldiers on the city wall looked at Huang Zu in the center of the tower from time to time. Although Huang Zu was not calm at this time, he was indifferent. No matter how Jiang Dong abused him, he took it all.

It seems that Huang Zu acquiesced that he was a coward. Anyway, being a coward doesn't need to fight, let alone lose a battle. Huang Zu didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so. And so on, Huang Zu didn't even think about where to go.

On the city tower, Huang Zu's face finally calmed down. He stared at the warships of the Jiangdong Army on the river and listened to the shouts of the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army. You have seen my Huang Zu's methods.

Charging into battle is the work of a reckless man, you Sun Jian will only know this trick, hahaha, attack if you have the guts, see if I don’t beat you down, do you think you are very good at fighting, do you think you are invincible Are you in Jingzhou?All the soldiers under my command are brave, if you have the guts, come here. "

There is actually a reason for Huang Zu to be so arrogant. The Jiangdong Army's abuse has been heard by his subordinates. If he just keeps silent at this time, I am afraid that his subordinates will only underestimate him, and it is more likely will affect morale.

Therefore, at this juncture, he was so arrogant once. While maintaining his reputation, he could also hit Sun Jian and at the same time boost the morale of his subordinates. The episode still couldn't affect the whole situation of the battle, but Huang Zu still let out a bad breath.

Sun Jian had seen Huang Zu's virtue clearly. This guy was a rascal. Sun Jian felt that if he was facing other well-known generals, he might still think that the opponent was stable. Zu really had no guts.

After learning about this situation, Sun Jian was not angry, and he ordered to the messengers around him: "Command the soldiers to beat the drums and shout in batches, and don't attack the city for now, I want to see if this Huang Zu is still a man. "

Sun Jian meant to continue to explore Huang Zu's bottom line, but Huang Zu gave the order at this time: "I will keep an eye on them all. If the enemy troops come into range, I will give them a stern greeting. The Jiangdong Army is no good I'm afraid, I guarantee that they won't even be able to touch the city wall, cheer me up, do you hear me?"

"Promise." Responding to Huang Zu was the shouting of the soldiers of Fancheng. In fact, although the soldiers of Fancheng had been defeated by Jiangdong's army in the past few confrontations, the passionate men in Fancheng didn't feel that they were better than Jiangdong. Some people think that they have not met a good general, and some people think that it is a bad opportunity. Anyway, there are not many people who really admit that they are worse than Jiangdong Army.

Now the Jiangdong army is blocked outside, they can't even get close to the city wall, which greatly satisfies the vanity of the Fancheng sergeants. Once upon a time, the Jiangdong army who beat them and fled with their heads in their arms can only be beaten like this now. The Fancheng soldiers on the city wall were very happy.

This stalemate lasted for more than two hours, and Sun Jian sent people forward to test from time to time, but without exception, they were shot back by the opponent's archers. In the end, he really answered Huang Zu's words, Jiangdong Army is Didn't even touch the city wall.

Seeing that he could not solve the situation in front of him, Sun Jian had no choice but to order a retreat. When he came, the soldiers were full of fighting spirit and morale, but when he went back, the morale was a little low. After all, there were hundreds of soldiers before the first battle. It was a minor injury, but the morale of the soldiers was inevitably low.

After returning to the camp, Sun Jian directly ordered the generals above the school lieutenant to come to the tent to discuss the military situation, and the rest hurried down to rest.

Huang Gai and others felt that Sun Jian would get angry. According to his lord's temper, today's victory was enough to make him angry. After everyone gathered, they said: "I want to send ten teams of soldiers to harass Fancheng day and night. What do you think? ?”

The generals looked up at Sun Jian suspiciously after hearing this, they still didn't understand what Sun Jian meant, they were curious that their lord didn't yell at him.

"Huang Zu didn't have the guts to go out of the city to fight with me. He just relied on the high walls of his own city. He thought he could stop me from approaching the city with a bow and arrow, hehe." Sun Jian sneered: "Probably, Huang Zu hasn't counted the number of people in Fancheng. How many arrows are left, otherwise, how could he come up with such a stupid way."

Huang Gai cupped his hands and asked, "What does my lord mean?"

"I'm spending time with Huang Zu for the time being, so I don't believe that he won't finish shooting the arrows in Fancheng." Sun Jian sneered, "Besides, hehe, we don't have many arrows in our army, so we just rely on Huang Zu to give us the arrows." Send it here, aren't we in the downstream, hehe, as long as the arrows shot out, most of them are ours."

"The last general understands that my lord means to harass Fancheng, and our army will take this opportunity to rest until the enemy's arrows are exhausted." Huang Gai laughed and said, "When the arrows in Fancheng are exhausted, it will be me." When the army counterattacked."

Sun Jian nodded and replied, "That's right, it's not difficult to break through Fancheng, we'll just wait, let's do this, the public will stay here, and the rest of us will go down and prepare. From tonight onwards, don't let Fancheng stop."

After the others left, Sun Jian frowned and said: "Unexpectedly, a small Fancheng stopped us. Although Huang Zu is timid, I have to say that his move is very reliable. It seems that We beat them too hard before."

Huang Gai nodded and replied, "Fan City is just the first step, and there are still stronger walls to go forward. If every city is like this, it will be really difficult to fight."

"I hope Ce'er can give me some surprises. If every city is like this, my food and grass in Jiangdong will not be able to support me." Sun Jian said with a serious face: "Hehe, but Jingzhou should not be in such a difficult situation. At this point, we can't give our opponent too much time, five days, at most five days, we must win Fancheng within five days."

"Five days, my lord, are you in too much of a hurry." Huang Gai quickly replied, "Although Fancheng is not a big city, it is not so easy to capture. Besides, Huang Zu gathered no less than [-] soldiers in the city. Sergeant, this is more than the number of our army, five days is too hasty, I am afraid that our army will suffer heavy losses by then."

Sun Jian shook his head, and then said: "No way, we don't have so many opportunities. If we can't take Fancheng within five days, it will be difficult for us to advance much. If we can't gain much by attacking Jingzhou this time, we'd better go It’s better to go back as soon as possible, alas.”

Huang Gai understood what Sun Jian meant. After all, it was the logistics that hindered his side. If he could not use war support to seize the enemy's food and grass, it would be really difficult for his side to survive. This is a fact, and it is his side that is fatal. weakness.

Soon, the Jiangdong Army adjusted its tactics. After completing the fortifications, more than a dozen warships went to Fancheng to provoke, but without exception, they were shot by Fancheng archers. They were all full of arrows.

Even on the surface of the lake, there were many arrows floating. Sun Jian had ordered people to wait downstream for these arrows. After the first batch of warships retreated, the second batch of warships set off from the Jiangdong Army barracks .

This went on and on again, even at night, Sun Jian's warships did not stop, but Huang Zu did not change his tactics. Although there were very few warships and soldiers who came to provoke each time, he was afraid that it was Sun Jian's. It was a trick to lure the enemy, so he hid in the city and let the soldiers shoot arrows.

Two days later, in a forest near Chaisang, the neighing of war horses and the sound of weapons and armor colliding could be heard from time to time. This was the march of Sun Ce's army. This mountain forest was suitable for camping, so Sun Ce ordered the army to camp there.

In fact, it is dangerous to camp in the mountains like this. If you fail, you will be ambushed by the enemy, and even your entire army will be wiped out. Cheng Pu knows all about these potential dangers, but He didn't remind Sun Ce, but when Sun Ce issued orders, he just watched from the sidelines, as if these things had nothing to do with him.

However, Sun Ce was not such a brainless person. After ordering to camp on the spot, Sun Ce sent teams of scouts to investigate the situation within a radius of [-] miles, and at the same time arranged light and dark sentries at each sentry point.

Then, after completing the fortifications in the camp, Sun Ce had his own soldiers act as temporary guards. In addition, Sun Ce did not forget to let the soldiers treat the horses well.Sun Ce had to order others to do these things himself, after all, it was all about the safety of the 5000 people and the next battle situation.

After doing all this work, it was getting dark. After a hasty dinner, Sun Ce called the generals for a meeting. Sun Ce also received a lot of information about Fancheng, and now he also knows that the main force is blocked in Fancheng. go ahead.

Sun Ce did not dare to forget his father's explanation before departure. However, Sun Ce felt that it was necessary to adapt to his father's account of his tactics. This meeting was changed for this purpose.

In the camp, Sun Ce pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Everyone, the main force of our army is blocked in Fancheng. It has been two days now. If we still cannot break through Fancheng, our army's morale will be hit. This general has decided Launch a surprise attack on Fancheng, if you have any opinions, you can raise them."

Before anyone else could speak, Cheng Pu stood up and objected: "Young master, this matter is not allowed. Before departure, the master has explained that our army can only appear at the most critical moment as a partial division. If the whereabouts of our army are exposed now, Then all our previous efforts will be in vain, and doing so is also against the will of the lord, please take it back, the young lord."

"Hehe, at this time, at that time, now is the time for our army to dispatch." Sun Ce said with a smile: "Our army has a total of 5000 people, including [-] cavalry, [-] elite infantry, and no less than [-] war horses and pack horses." Five hundred horses, if such a strong maneuvering force is not used, it will be a waste, I have already decided on this matter."

Cheng Pu replied with a firm face: "It will be difficult to agree to this matter in the end. The young master's doing so will put our army in crisis, and it will damage the great cause of the master. The general will never agree."

Everyone else in the tent was taken aback by the dispute between the two. The originally good military meeting turned sour now.This meeting, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to go on.

(End of this chapter)