Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 421 Tiger in Distress 2
Two days later, the news of Yiyang's fall reached Liu Biao. Although there was no detailed battle history, Liu Biao could guess how incompetent Cai Mao was to lose Yiyang. Food and grass were also captured by the Huainan army.

However, the Huainan army did not continue to march after taking Yiyang. On the contrary, the battle report from the front said that the general of the Huainan army was now arranging for the peasants to transport food and grass back to Huainan. It seemed that Ji Ling had no intention of continuing to attack Jingzhou.

However, in addition to the captured soldiers, Cai Mao is still in the Huainan army. Liu Biao had to send envoys to negotiate with the Huainan army. You also need the Cai family to support yourself.

Liu Biao had to do it no matter whether it was to show off or buy people's hearts. Moreover, compared to Sun Jian, Liu Biao knew the reason and purpose of Yuan Shu's attack on him. Liu Biao can afford it, but who told his Jingzhou to be rich?

But Sun Jian is different. He and Liu Biao are deadly enemies, and Sun Jian is also determined to attack the territory of Jingzhou, and then occupy the territory of Jingzhou. To put it bluntly, it is a conflict of fundamental interests with Liu Biao. The biggest enemy now is Sun Jian, and he must first get rid of Sun Jian, the number one enemy.

After Huang Zu fled back last time, Liu Biao ordered to defend the city. Even if Sun Jian challenged outside the city every day, Liu Biao refused to come down and send troops.For this reason, Sun Jian could only order a large army to attack, but Xiangyang City is the political center of Jingzhou, and it is almost impossible for Sun Jian to break through Xiangyang City.

No way, Sun Jian had no choice but to resort to siege for the time being. At the same time, he sent Sun Ce to nearby counties to raise food and grass. After all, the Jiangdong Army did not carry much food and grass. If they wanted to besiege Xiangyang for a long time, they would need more food and grass support. .

For more than ten days in a row, Sun Jian still hadn't made much progress. Xiangyang City was too strong. Even though Sun Jian had prepared for it, the siege equipment he built before was still not enough.

One day, Sun Jian was training soldiers and horses in the camp, when a gust of wind blew suddenly, many of the soldiers in the camp were blown away, sand and rocks were blown away, the soldiers in the camp were blinded, and many tents in the camp were blown away.

When Sun Jian was instructing the soldiers to treat the wounded, someone shouted, "No, the handsome flag is about to break."

Sun Jian looked back and saw that the handsome flag behind him was bent. When Sun Jian was about to dismount, the soldier stepped forward to support the handsome flag, but the handsome flag broke.

There was a click, and Sun Jian's eyelids twitched twice, and he felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

The strong wind comes quickly and goes quickly.Han Dang had already commanded the soldiers to clean up the mess. He saw that Sun Jian was still standing next to the broken commander-in-chief flag, so he stepped forward and said, "My lord, the commander-in-chief flag has been blown off. This is an ominous sign. Should our army... ,,,"

"Impossible." Sun Jian said angrily, "How can a man be frightened by these things when he is standing in the world. Xiangyang is about to be broken, and our army cannot retreat."

Sun Jian had made up his mind, and it was useless to be persuaded by others. Soon, all the things in the camp that were blown by the strong wind were cleaned up. Sun Jian ordered to continue training, and at the same time he did not forget to send troops to monitor the situation in Xiangyang.

At this moment, on the city wall of Xiangyang City, Kuai Liang recruited his confidant Lu Gong immediately after inspecting the city guards. Lu Gong can also be regarded as a general under Liu Biao, but his family background is not dazzling enough. Liu Biao's reuse, after knowing that he had no hope of relying on Liu Biao, Lu Gong turned to Kuai Liang and stood on the side of the Kuai family.

"Sun Jian has besieged Xiangyang for a long time, and the siege has not seen any effect for many days. His character must be anxious. In my opinion, it is time to carry out the previous plan." Kuai Liang said to Lu Gong: "How are you preparing? gone?"

"Five hundred elite soldiers, two hundred cavalry, and three hundred infantry, as long as the lord gives an order, the last general will immediately carry out the plan." Lu Gong clasped his hands and replied, "Hmph, Sun Jian thought he had cavalry in his hands so he wouldn't send our army away." Put it in your eyes.

Jiangdong can get war horses from northern Xinjiang, can't our army not?It is a pity that there are too few generals in our army who know how to train cavalry. So far I have only trained [-] cavalry, and the number of truly elite cavalry is only [-]. "

"I'll talk about these things later. After defeating the Jiangdong Army this time, if I can capture a lot of horses, I will apply to the lord to expand the construction of the cavalry. However, the premise is to successfully defeat the Jiangdong Army. You will be ready tonight, understand? "

"The general understands that I have already figured out Sun Jian's tactics. Hmph, as long as I don't fight him head-on, I can be sure that nothing will go wrong."

"This is the best way. Alas, the Jiangdong fierce tiger is invincible in the land of Jingxiang. There is no one in Jingzhou who can resist him. I heard that the eldest son of Sun Jian is also serving in the army now. There is even more news that this son's bravery has already passed." No less than Sun Jian.

If we don't kill them now, when will our Jingzhou be peaceful.Sun Jian, it was you who offended me in Jingzhou first, so don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless. This time, I will take your son first. "

In a county more than 100 miles away, Sun Ce was commanding soldiers to raise food and grass. This time he led the cavalry to conquer several counties one after another. A lot of livestock were sent out to reward the soldiers. Sun Ce did not make things difficult for these well-known aristocratic families, after all, he still needs to rely on them now.

"General Sun is brave and invincible. The people in the city can be spared from the crime of war. It is all thanks to the general's mercy. These are the food and drinks raised by the gentry in the city. I hope the general will accept it." A middle-aged man with the appearance of a squire stepped forward and handed over a bag A detailed list, which records the amount of grain and grass that has been paid by each household.

Sun Ce nodded and took the detailed form and replied, "Thank you very much. With me here, the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army will never disturb the people. Anyway, you all go back, I should leave too."

"Wait a minute, general." The squire immediately said, "I and the elders in the city have already prepared a banquet to reward the general. Apart from the food and grass, the elders in the city also prepared cattle, sheep and livestock to reward the soldiers under the general's command. Please also reward the general.

You see, it's getting late now, and the general can't leave the camp immediately. Besides, the soldiers have worked so hard for so long, and they should take a good rest. The folks in the city are counting on the general to come to the city to get together, so please don't refuse. "

"That's fine, let's wait until I have settled down the sergeants." After finishing speaking, Sun Ce rode his horse and led the soldiers away.

After making sure that there was no one else around, Sun Ce said to the two soldiers around him: "Since I led the army to collect food and grass, I have threatened all the county towns I met before they honestly handed in the food and grass. It was sent, and so many livestock drinks were sent, there must be something wrong with it.

You immediately return to the camp and warn the soldiers in the camp not to drink alcohol, and the grain and grass brought from the city are not allowed to be eaten today. I will lead [-] cavalry into the city to have a look. "

"Promise." After receiving the order, the two soldiers immediately led the people to send the food and grass to the camp, while Sun Ce led the remaining [-] cavalry into the city to have the banquet.

The moment he entered the city, Sun Ce suddenly thought of Gongsun Xu.

"Brother said that there must be monsters when things go wrong, and my father also said that you can sail for ten thousand years with care. Regardless of whether the squire in the city has malicious intentions or not, it is always right for me to be careful. If my carelessness delays father If it is the great cause of my death, wouldn't I be blamed for death.

Forget it, at most, I judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. If I really misunderstood the good intentions of the squires in the city, the big deal is to apologize to them afterwards, and I should be right to listen to the elder brother. "

After thinking about these things clearly, Sun Ce secretly ordered his subordinates to pay attention to the movement at the city gate after entering the city, and then he followed the squire to wander around the city.

In the evening, when Sun Jian was inspecting the soldiers in the camp, suddenly one of his subordinates shouted: "Report, general, the scouts in front have detected that the enemy's city gate has suddenly opened, and the guard in the city, Lu Gong, led 500 troops and rushed out of the city to the direction of Mount Xian." .”

"Huh? Going out of the city at this time, maybe there is something important. No, we must not let them run away. Come and call the troops quickly."

After giving the order, Sun Jian immediately summoned a hundred soldiers around him. It was difficult to gather a large army in a hurry, and Sun Jian didn't want to delay too much. He immediately led a hundred soldiers and killed them. Anyway, the opponent only had 500 people. Put them in your sights.

After rushing out of the camp for ten miles, Sun Jian saw the opponent's flag. At this time, he had nothing to say.

Lu Gong also saw Sun Jian's pursuers at this time, and he didn't intend to run away, but commanded his headquarters to go down and prepare to resist.

It's a pity that Sun Jian defeated them with a single charge, and even Lu Gong was knocked off his helmet by Sun Jian.

"It's dangerous, Sun Jian is truly unstoppable." Duke Lu shouted, "Retreat quickly."

After speaking, Lu Gong fled with more than 100 cavalry around him. The remaining infantry did not have time to escape, but they did not surrender. They continued to fight with Sun Jian's army.

Seeing that the opponent's general was about to run away, Sun Jian ordered after cutting down an enemy soldier: "All cavalry, follow me."

Immediately, thirty cavalrymen followed Sun Jian to pursue Lu Gong, and the rest of the soldiers were all entangled by the opponent's infantry, and it was impossible to get away.

After chasing me for more than 20 miles, the two armies gradually narrowed the distance. Since both sides are cavalry, unless the horses lose their strength when running, it is difficult for Sun Jian to catch up with each other for a while. In a blink of an eye, Sun Jian was taken away. into the mountains.

"Hmph, the mountains are not conducive to galloping war horses, and the opponent is seeking his own death. Quickly, stop them before they enter the jungle."

The cavalry on Sun Jian's side spared no expense on horsepower, but so did the other party, but after a while, the other party stopped suddenly, and only heard a voice: "Sun Jian, this is where you will be buried, hahaha,,, ,,,"

Only then did Sun Jian realize that he had been led into a valley, and suddenly many torches lit up on the surrounding hillsides. It seemed that no less than 1000 people were ambushing here.

"Not good, there is an ambush in the middle, retreat quickly."

Unfortunately, the other party seemed to realize that Sun Jian was about to flee. The enemy troops on the hillside were throwing rolling stones at the valley entrance in an attempt to block Sun Jian's retreat. Now, Sun Jian was in danger.

Tiger dies 1
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