The rolling Yellow River flows eastward from the foot of the Kunlun Mountains to the sea.
The majestic Yellow River splits the Central Plains into north and south sides, and huge waves are often set off on this long river.
At this moment, the two armies were facing each other on both sides of the Yellow River. On the north bank is Yuan Shao's 400,000-strong army, and on the south bank is the 100,000-strong coalition of Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
It has been 3 months since the war started. The coalition forces have fought consecutively and successfully, with more victories than defeats. They have blocked Yuan Shao's army on the north bank without a trace of temper.
Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yu even beheaded two of Yuan Shao's generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, which shocked the entire army.
In three months, Cao Cao lost 10,000 troops, Liu Bei 5,000, and Yuan Shao even more, losing 50,000 troops. The coalition forces were outnumbered and outnumbered, but they won a great victory. It can be said that their record was remarkable.
But you must know that the Yuan army is 4 times larger than the coalition army! Now the coalition forces have 85,000 men left, but Yuan Shao still has 350,000 men.
There is a sense of frustration just looking at that number.
No matter how you win, you can't win. Just one wrong step and you'll be in the abyss!
Cao Cao needs a decisive victory! Otherwise, in the end, I'm afraid it will just be a wedding dress for others. After all, this is an era where princes are competing for hegemony. Among other things, Dong Zhuo wants to kill Cao Cao and then do it quickly.
This time, Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself emperor at the right time, because there were only three people bordering Dong Zhuo's territory: Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Cao Cao. Zhang Lu was weak. If Hanzhong hadn't been sandwiched between Liu Zhang and Dong Zhuo, the Shuchuan clan would have been destroyed by the two of them. Cao Cao was held back by Yuan Shao, so Liu Biao naturally did not have the courage to fight Dong Zhuo alone.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo's proclaimed emperor was denounced by the princes, but he sat firmly in Chang'an.
It's a pity that Yuan Shu doesn't understand this truth. He thinks that a new era has arrived and he can do whatever he wants. So he took out his jade seal, held a grand ceremony in Shouchun, announced to the world that he had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and named his country "Chen".
This angered Liu Bei and Liu Biao. You should know that both of them claimed to inherit the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty and proclaimed themselves King of Han. Now Yuan Shu actually took the Han Dynasty's imperial seal and proclaimed himself emperor! If they didn't respond, wouldn't the people of the world regard them as Yuan Shu's ministers?
The next day after Liu Bei received the news, he appointed a scholar named Xu Shu as his military advisor and mobilized the remaining 40,000 troops in Xuzhou to march westward to attack Yuan Shu. As expected, Liu Biao responded to Liu Bei and mobilized half of Jingzhou's 60,000 troops to march eastward to attack Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu panicked and quickly ordered his envoys to go to Jiangdong and conferred the title of King of Wu on his former subordinate Sun Ce. He could establish a country on his own and not worship the king. Let Sun Ce send troops to rescue him.
Sun Ce didn't even see Yuan Shu's envoy. After reading Yuan Shu's edict covered with a jade seal, he sneered and threw it to the ground. But he still decided to send troops.
The war is about to break out.
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At this moment, Sun Ce convened his counselors and generals in the hall of the prefect's mansion to start a battle meeting.
Among them were six counselors: Zhou Yu, Ji Shu, Lu Su, Zhuge Jin, Huang Yueying, and Hua Xin; and seven generals: Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, and Xu Sheng.
A huge sand table was placed in the middle of the hall, roughly showing the cities, ports, terrain, and rivers in Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Yangzhou before everyone's eyes. Sun Ce pointed at Shouchun and said.
"To the east of Shouchun is Pengcheng Fortress, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is the only place to pass between Shouchun and Xiaopei. Liu Bei's 40,000 troops have marched to Xiaopei, and Yuan Shu has also stationed 40,000 troops in Pengcheng. As long as Yuan Shu's men are not too stupid, the battle situation will not change much in a short period of time."
"To the west of Shouchun is Shiting. Liu Biao sent Cai Mao to command an army of 60,000. They are confronting Yuan Shu's army of 50,000 here. Yuan Shu wants us to start from the Lujiang River and attack Liu Biao's flank. The two armies will work together to defeat Liu Biao. Army, turn back to deal with Liu Bei."
Seeing the generals nodding thoughtfully, Sun Ce was about to continue, but was interrupted by Zhou Tai.
"Lord, why should we help this idiot Yuan Shu?"
Sun Ce couldn't help laughing, looked at Zhou Yu and Ji Shu, and began to tell everyone the real plan.
"Who said you want to help Yuan Shu? Youping, don't worry, listen to me slowly."
"This time I plan to announce that I will send 40,000 troops to help Yuan Shu resist Liu Biao. In fact, this is not the case. This time we will send an army of 65,000 troops, divided into two groups."
As he spoke, he pointed at Shiting with his baton.
"The first group of 25,000 people was personally commanded by me. Zhou Yu, Hua Xin, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Tai accompanied the army. We went to Shiting, ostensibly to support Yuan Shu, but in fact it was a feint attack, with the purpose of holding Liu Biao back. 60,000 troops."
Then Sun Ce pointed to Jiang Xia and said.
"The second group of 40,000 people will be commanded by Ji Shu. Zhuge Jin, Huang Yueying, Tai Shici, Gan Ning, and Xu Sheng will accompany the army. Your goal is to capture the entire Jiangxia County as quickly as possible, and then turn around to Cai Mao. Anlu behind us formed an encirclement and completely wiped out Liu Biao's army."
"By the time we capture Jiangxia and annihilate Cai Mao, most of the entire Jingzhou army will have been wiped out. Who cares how Yuan Shu and Liu Bei fight? We will attack from Jiangxia and Chaisang and annex the entire Jingzhou in one go!"
"As for the two uncles Cheng Pu and Huang Gai who are proficient in the navy, please rush to Chaisang with Lu Su and join forces with Zhu Zhi to guard against Liu Biao's navy. If Liu Biao's navy is found to be supporting Jiangxia or sending troops to attack Jiangdong, we must repel them. .”
After listening to Sun Ce's words, many generals who didn't know the plan suddenly became very excited. Everyone stood up and clasped their fists and replied: "Take the order!"
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of drums shook the sky and flags were everywhere.
Ji Shu stood on the military platform and looked at the army.
Jiang Qin, Xu Tu, and Hou Cheng stood at the front of the team, with three orderly military formations behind them.
Three months have passed since the establishment of this army until now when it is about to go on an expedition. This miscellaneous army has also changed a lot, at least there is light in the eyes of the soldiers.
Looking at Ji Shu on the stage, many soldiers were filled with gratitude.
After all, they were prisoners who participated in the failed rebellion of aristocratic families and surrendered. The original result was either beheading or being used as cannon fodder on the battlefield. Who would have thought that Ji Shu would give them the same treatment as ordinary soldiers.
Enmity must be avenged and kindness must be repaid. The soldiers actually thought very simply.
Although this miscellaneous army has yet to be baptized by the fire of war, they at least already have the cohesion that an elite army should have.
"From now on, your designation will be 'Habayashi Army'. Remember this name! From now on, you will be proud of this name!"
Ji Shu looked at the soldiers in the audience and announced loudly.
"Habayashi Army?"
"Hey, brother, what does this name mean?"
"I don't know, it sounds pretty good."
The soldiers below began to whisper. Although they just wanted to whisper a few words, it became a bit noisy when 6,000 people were mixed together.
Looking at the soldiers below, Ji Shu was a little silent. Probably none of them knew the weight of the three words "Yulin Army".
I am afraid that apart from Ji Shu and Yueying standing next to him, not even the three commanders Jiang Qin, Xu Tu and Hou Cheng understood.
Ji Shu did not explain to them because they were not worthy enough to understand the weight of these three words now.
To be honest, Ji Shu didn't originally want to choose this name, but Wang Yun's death still touched him a little.
Rather Stick to your guns!
In the end, Wang Yun at least showed the world the character of a strong man, and Ji Shu wanted the army in front of him to inherit this character.
Looking at the new army who was gradually getting quieter below, Ji Shu felt a little emotional.
The expedition was about to begin, and when Ji Shu approached Sun Ce to decide on a name for the new army, Sun Ce also stared at Ji Shu with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
Ji Shu knew what he meant. If he didn't have a successful record in the future, wouldn't this name make the princes laugh?
But Ji Shu has no fear, he has already determined to turn this army into an elite division.
Shouting "Great Wind", this new army of Habayashi set out to fight.
At this time, they still didn't know how proud the army that once shouted "Great Wind" was, and how heavy an oath these two words were.
They don’t know the Great Wind Song yet, let alone the expectations placed in it.
But it doesn't matter, Ji Shu will teach them, whether it's the weight of "Yulin Army", the pride of the word "gale", or the gale song. Ji Shudu is ready to teach them.
After saying hello to Yueying, Ji Shu went to see other troops. Now that Sun Ce has put tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he can't just focus on this side.
The army sets off. This is the first battle of Yulin's new army. It is the first time that Ji Shu leads the army alone, and it is also the first step for Sun Ce to strive for world supremacy.
