It is said that Sun Qian, Taishi Ci and Sun Shao crossed the Yangtze River together, and when they arrived south of Guangling City, they stopped marching and set up camp to watch the battle from a distance.
After all, before leaving, Liu Yao specifically told Taishi Ci and Sun Shao that the main purpose of this trip was to support them, so they should conserve their strength and not forcefully defeat Sun Ce.
But Taishi Ci was so depressed that he finally managed to lead his troops out to fight, but in the end he could only watch others fight, which made him feel bad.
In Tai Shici's view, Liu Yao's behavior of being greedy for small gains and sacrificing righteousness was something that a sage would despise.
Liu Bei was willing to confront Sun Ce head-on. Although he wanted to capture Guangling, he also wanted to relieve the siege of Qu'a. How could he not repay his kindness?
Taishi Ci's mother taught him since he was a child that people should repay kindness. At that time, Taishi Ci's mother taught him that he should save Kong Rong in Beihai after being taken care of by Kong Rong. Taishi Ci bravely broke through the encirclement alone and found Liu Bei. Without saying a word, Liu Bei raised three thousand troops to rescue Kong Rong who was besieged by Guan Hai.
Therefore, from this point of view, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are indeed better than Liu Yao.
What's more, judging from the previous battles with Yuan Shu, Liu Bei's army was brave, brave, and strategic. Compared with Liu Yao, he was more like a prince.
Taishi Ci's impression of Liu Bei also changed.
But Taishi Ci didn't know that all of this was Zhao Chen's ingenuity.
As for Sun Shao, he was not taken seriously by Liu Yao. His talents were nowhere to be used, and he felt very aggrieved. Anyway, there are no heavy military and political matters to worry about, so this trip can be regarded as a relaxing trip.
Sun Qian naturally understood what the two were thinking. He was entrusted by military advisor Zhao Chen and had been doing his best to maintain the current situation.
That day, Sun Qian received a letter from Zhao Chen.
The letter arrived and said: "Gongyou personally announced that tonight our army will defeat Sun Ce and capture Guangling City. Tomorrow, Sun Ce's army will definitely evacuate south. If Gongyou can convince Taishi Ci and Sun Shao, they will ambush at the Yangtze River landing port and wait for Sun Ce." It would be best if the army attacked them while they were on their way to the ship. If not, it would be fine. Give the two of them enough time to avoid causing any resentment."
After Sun Qian finished reading, he immediately got up and went to Taishi Ci's camp to express the intention of military advisor Zhao Chen.
Taishi Ci was quite surprised when he heard that Sun Ce was the little overlord of Jiangdong, and he was invincible and unrivaled in Jiangdong.
But it seemed that in Zhao Chen's eyes, taking down Sun Ce was as easy as an old man bullying a naughty boy.
Sun Shao said frankly: "Ziyi might as well wait. If Zhao Chen can really defeat Sun Ce, our army will follow his plan and wait again. When Sun Ce is captured alive, Liu will definitely reward him when he returns. If not, it doesn't matter. There is no need to consume our army. One soldier, one soldier.”
Taishi Ci accepted Sun Shao's suggestion and immediately agreed to Sun Qian's proposal.
Jian Yong, who was far away in Fanliang Lake, also received a letter from Zhao Chen, ordering him to lead all the warships south along the Fenghuang River, detour around the Yangtze River, and wait at Dantu, a ferry crossing twenty miles north of Qu'a.
That night, there was indeed a fire on the east side of Guangling City, and then the fire continued to spread to the west, and finally burned across the bank.
When Taishi Ci saw it, he was very happy and thought: "I must meet this Zhao Chen to see who he is, who can defeat Sun Ce's tens of thousands of troops in three days."
At this time, Sun Ce was in dire straits, and was caught off guard by Liu Bei and Chen Dao, who lost nearly 70% of his troops. Later, the camp was stolen by an unknown general, leaving him with nowhere to stay. They had no choice but to gather the remaining soldiers and count the men and horses, and found that there were only more than 5,000 people left, and the most important thing was that their favorite general Huang Gai was missing.
Sun Ce clenched his fists angrily, pointed at the east and cursed: "Old Liu Bei, I, Sun Ce, swear to avenge this!"
Faced with such a tragic situation, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "I, Zhou Yu, a nine-foot tall man, was actually played by a weak scholar, Zhao Chen. It's really abominable! When I return to Guangling City, I must pay him back twice as much!"
The two of them led their own armies and headed towards Guangling City. Passing by Zhuang Bridge, Sun Ce angrily cut off a corner of the bridge plank.
"When I heard that Liu Bei's army was repairing the bridge that day, I shouldn't have left it alone, and I wouldn't have lost the camp today."
The army arrived at the grove east of Guangling City and happened to meet Han Dang who came to the rescue.
The two groups of people met and were very happy.
Han Dang was relieved when he saw that Sun Ce was safe and sound.
But Zhou Yu frowned and asked quickly: "General Han doesn't guard Guangling City, why did he come here?"
Han Dang was unhappy in his heart. I didn't come here to save you. You asked knowingly.
But naturally he would not say that. He replied: "The general saw a fire in the east and saw clearly that it was the lord's camp. He was worried about the lord's safety, so he led his army to come to the rescue. Don't worry, Gong Jin, there is Wu in Guangling City. Prefect, not to mention Liu Bei’s army is also in the east and cannot reach Guangling City at this time.”
Zhou Yu had no choice but to nod.
When Han Dang heard from Sun Ce that Huang Gai had been left behind in Liu Bei's camp to cover the army's retreat, he immediately became furious and shouted to the east: "Liu Bei, let's see how I deal with you!"
"How do you want to deal with my brother?"
Suddenly, a question came from outside the woods, the voice was as loud as a bell.
Everyone didn't know why and looked everywhere.
I saw many rockets falling from the sky. It was autumn, and the dry leaves on the ground burned when they encountered the rockets. The woods instantly burst into flames.
Zhou Yu was shocked. This place is close to Guangling City, and Liu Bei's army is still far away in the Phoenix River. Whose force is ambushing here!
It can be heard that the words of the general are clearly related to Liu Bei.
Could it be another ambush arranged by Zhao Chen?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Before Sun Ce's army could take a breath, it fell into chaos again in an instant.
Guan Yu, who had been lying in wait in the woods for a long time, saw that the time was right and immediately led an army of three thousand to cover him up.
"My son Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, you didn't expect that a certain military advisor has asked someone to wait here for a long time!"
Guan Yu raised his eyes and saw several soldiers surrounding one person. The man was majestic and more than seven feet tall. He was wearing strong armor and holding a spear. His red cape was fluttering in the wind on his back. There is no doubt that this man must be Sun Ce, Sun Bo, the little overlord of Jiangdong. symbol.
Guan Yu immediately raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, urged the black horse under his crotch, and went straight to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce saw the person coming with a pair of red phoenix eyes, a face like red dates, and a bright sword in his hand. He shouted: "What a general, take my shot!"
After saying that, he picked up the Overlord Spear and urged his horse to meet him.
When the two met, there was lightning, flint, sword shadow, and Guan Yu's eighty-two-pound Qinglong Yanyue Sword made Sun Ce's hands and tiger's mouth go numb.
Sun Ce was not afraid to laugh back: "He is indeed a tiger general!"
Guan Yu just laughed secretly, and the yellow-mouthed boy came to tease me too! The sword skills in his hand gradually improved, and he aimed the sword at Sun Ce's chest, going straight for Sun Ce's vitals.
If it weren't for Sun Ce's superb riding skills, he would have been unable to withstand Guan Yu's sword and fell off his horse.
After the previous battle, Sun Ce and others were exhausted, but Guan Yu was at his peak at this time.
The two go up and down, and the judgment is made.
No matter how brave Sun Ce is, he can only be at a disadvantage when facing the God of War Guan Yu.
I saw Guan Yu seize the opportunity, put aside Sun Ce's Overlord Spear with his broadsword, and slashed at Sun Ce's head and neck.
Sun Ce's gun had gone far away, and there was no weapon around him. At this time, he could no longer resist and could only watch the knife fall.
"My life is at stake!"
Hearing a "dang" sound, Guan Yu's broadsword did not fall on Sun Ce, but was carried away by a burly man.
The person who came to the rescue was none other than Han Dang.
"Don't hurt my lord!"
Han Dang on the left took over Guan Yu's moves, and Chen Wu on the right drove his horse to fight. The two of them combined to knock Guan Yu back two steps.
The two fought for more than ten rounds, but they were defeated by Guan Yu and were defeated.
At this time, a strong wind blew up, and the wind was mixed with the raging fire. It blew stronger and stronger, and thick smoke covered the entire forest.
Zhou Yu couldn't see how many people were coming, so he could only advise Sun Ce to organize the people to fight and retreat.
Sun Ce had no choice but to shout immediately: "Withdraw the entire army to Guangling City!"
Han Dang and Chen Wu obeyed the order and protected Sun Ce all the way to the west.
Guan Yu originally wanted to catch up with his horse, but the smoke filled the air and he couldn't see the way for a while, so he had to give up.
Sun Ce's army retreated all the way to about one mile from the east gate of Guangling City.
It was already dawning at this time.
Seeing that Guan Yu did not pursue him, Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief, and went to Guangling City with Zhou Yu and Han Dang to call the gate.
There is a slight mist in the autumn morning.
At sunrise, the sun shines and the fog gradually dissipates.
As soon as Sun Ce and the other two arrived at the east gate, they saw a man and a horse standing at the east gate.
I saw the man in cloth clothes and blue shirt, about 20 years old, without long hair, wearing a mask, with a smile on his face, and greeted Sun Ce and others with his hands clasped in fists.
"Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin are fine!"
