Putting away these troublesome worries, now that Sun Quan knew the problem at hand, he immediately explained to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin,
"Yan Baihu's army has a large number of people, twice as many as ours. According to my observation just now, although the other side is lazy, with the support of Wang Lang and Xu Gong over the years, their equipment is very complete, and almost everyone has it. The weapons are completely different from those of ordinary bandits. Also, don’t underestimate these bandits. Although they don’t know any military formations, their personal combat power is definitely higher than that of our new recruits.”
Just now in the illusion, Sun Quan saw that, yes, there were ruffians on the opposite side, but Sun Quan's side was definitely not a hard-blooded soldier. The so-called students in military training were the most appropriate way to describe Sun Quan's new recruits. Therefore, an hour passed, and Sun Quan did not see any chance of winning. Although, after many repeated simulations, Sun Quan could find the direction leading to victory, but the damage would be too huge.
For some generals, as long as they can win in the end, they are willing to fight. One general will make thousands of bones wither. But in the new era, Sun Quan is still somewhat people-oriented. It's not that he doesn't want to see casualties, but he can't bear to see too many casualties.
After hearing Sun Quan's explanation, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin understood somewhat, but they did not completely eliminate the grudge. People are like this, seeing is believing. They didn't see it with their own eyes, so they just assumed that the other side was just a group of bandits. Especially Jiang Qin, who had just followed Sun Ce and fought many tough battles, and was used to Sun Ce's tough style. Compared with it, the Sun Quan in front of him did lack courage.
In war, there is no 100% winning rate. Dare to fight and fight hard is the key. If you are timid like Sun Quan, you will not be able to win many battles in this era!
"In the general's opinion, what should we do now?" Jiang Qin asked.
"First of all, hurry up and send people back to inform Ling Cao and Dong Xi so that they can prepare for the battle. Hold the line for me first, don't attack rashly, wait for news from our side, and cooperate with our actions. As for us, let's go into the mountains. , go straight to Huanglong, capture Yan Baihu's stronghold, and make him homeless!" Sun Quan made a decision immediately.
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's expressions instantly straightened up, and their feelings towards Sun Quan finally changed. At least, Sun Quan is still willing to fight. This only shows that Sun Quan and Sun Ce have different styles, but it does not mean that Sun Quan has no courage. Moreover, what impressed Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin the most was Sun Quan's decisiveness. A truly timid person would not have such a clear arrangement or such a decisive decision. You said you're going to attack the copycat, are you sure that the copycat will be easy to attack? If Yan Baihu gets the news to come back for reinforcements before you capture the stronghold, wouldn't it be even less advantageous to fight the bandits in the mountains?
Therefore, there will still be problems and risks will still be taken. Sun Quan just made a choice after neutralizing them. Regardless of whether Sun Quan's plan succeeds or not, at least Sun Quan like this is worthy of others to follow him!
Seeing the two people's reactions, Sun Quan felt a headache again.
To be honest, Sun Quan's original plan was to use the skill again in the mountains. If it didn't work, he would return to the army and attack Yan Baihu from both sides. But looking at the current situation, it is estimated that this copycat will not survive unless it is taken down.
At this moment, Sun Quan finally realized clearly that fighting is not a child's play, and soldiers are not as easy to wield their hands and feet. Many times, the "hands and feet" cannot keep up with the speed of the "brain".
One second ago, Sun Quan was still congratulating himself on his magical skill of "Let me think twice." But this second, Sun Quan felt that the limitations of "Let me think twice" are getting bigger and bigger in the days to come.
Sure enough, should we still count on the card game?
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After Yan Baihu's army had left for some time, Sun Quan was sure that there would be no more people behind him, so he led his soldiers into the mountains in a hurry. Following the traces of the bandit army that had just come out, Sun Quan and his party found the direction directly without any fumbling. Although the mountain road was difficult, the team was relatively safe.
Ordinary soldiers don't have much thought about making achievements. Safety and success are what they think about. So when they heard that they didn't have to go head-to-head with Yan Baihu's army, but instead came to raid the opponent's hometown in the mountains, these recruits became more motivated than at the beginning. This was Sun Quan's surprise.
The rare unity of the top and bottom made everything go very smoothly after that. They successfully found the location of the mountain stronghold and successfully broke through the heavily defended mountain gate. Most of the people who stayed in the village were old, weak, women and children. They didn't have much ability to resist, but they were not as helpless as the ordinary people outside. It's not that the Shanyue people were all women and children, and they weren't stupid enough to confront Sun Quan's army head-on. But this group of people ran very fast. The mountain stronghold was not a city, and not every side had walls. When Sun Quan's army broke through the stronghold gate, By that time, most of the people inside had already fled from other directions.
In addition, Sun Quan's manpower was also limited, and in the end, less than three thousand were caught.
This result made Sun Quan very disappointed. Just kidding, Yan Baihu had tens of thousands of soldiers. Even if his soldiers would definitely not be composed entirely of young men, their family members would definitely not be just that. It's also to blame that Sun Quan has no experience, otherwise rounding up a small ten thousand people would not be a problem at all. With these women and children as hostages, why should Yan Baihu's soldiers not surrender?
If this is only one aspect of Sun Quan's disappointment, then what disappoints Sun Quan the most is that Xu Gong also ran away!
Sun Quan had already verified that Xu Gong did not follow Yan Baihu's army in the first third thought before, so he could only stay in this stronghold. Another reason why Sun Quan wanted to come over and attack the stronghold immediately was to kill Xu Gong. However, the stronghold had no walls and many escape routes. Xu Gong escaped and fled into the barren mountains. Where else could Sun Quan go to find someone in the future?
"Damn it!"
Sun Quan secretly spat and smashed the wall. Fortunately, Sun Quan still remembered the business. After occupying the mountain stronghold, Sun Quan immediately ordered,
"Zhou Tai, lock up all the prisoners and send people to continue searching the stronghold to see if any fish have slipped through the net."
"As you command!"
"Jiang Qin, you immediately take half of your troops and go back to where we were ambush. At the same time, send someone to inform Ling Cao and Dong Xi. Once Yan Baihu gets the news, he will urgently withdraw his troops and immediately leave the camp to pursue them. Wait for the deserters to come in quickly. In the mountains and forests, you can ambush all your troops again, cooperate with both sides, and take down Yan Baihu for me!"
"Yes! General!"
After the arrangements were made, Sun Quan personally led a group of people and ran to the stronghold to search. On the one hand, he wanted to prevent any enemies from deliberately hiding and suddenly bursting out and hurting people. On the other hand, he did not give up to see if he could find Xu Gong, or even We cannot rule out the possibility that Xu Gong deliberately disguised himself and mingled with the prisoners. Of course, no matter what happens, Sun Quan will also want to see if there are any treasures in the village. Yan Baihu has been a bandit for so many years, but he has no collection? If Sun Quan doesn't take care of himself here, how can he be worthy of his torment!
Just when Sun Quan had found nothing, Lu Meng came back.
