The increasingly cold autumn wind blew across the river and over the mountains, waving the military flags and whirring.
In the commander's tent of Jiangdong Army, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Taishi Ci were circulating the letters sent by Ji Shu.
"It's too risky to lead the Yulin Army on a long-distance attack. Why don't you let me issue a military order to Zhou Tai and let him lead the Tiger Roar Camp in a surprise attack?"
Thinking that Ji Shu had already set out when he sent the letter, and should have captured Wulin Port by now, sending an order to him to stop would seem to shake Ji Shu's prestige in the army, but Sun Ce was slightly worried about this plan.
However, Zhou Yu liked this plan very much. He shook his head and said to Sun Ce.
"The Tiger Roaring Camp is the signature of our Jiangdong Army, and countless pairs of eyes are watching it. Even if Zhou Taizhen has a way to get rid of the team's surveillance, and there are so many people missing all of a sudden, can Mr. Liu Biao not impose martial law?"
"It is hard to detect that we have secretly divided some troops here, but we are already under great pressure. Our division of troops is far inferior to Ziyuan who has established an absolute advantage in Jingnan to execute this plan."
Sun Ce was not an indecisive person. Seeing that Zhou Yu had no objection to Ji Shu's plan, he simply agreed.
"Okay! Since Ziyuan has this confidence, let him go ahead and do it. Then we..."
"Report! Wenpin led an army of 20,000 people, and Zhang Yun led an army of 5,000 people. They have gathered in Maicheng. They are now rushing towards our army. The forward Huo Jun leads 3,000 cavalry and has already reached our army ten miles away."
A soldier hurriedly walked into the tent, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists to report the military situation to Sun Ce.
"Look, what I just said."
Zhou Yu chuckled, looked at Sun Ce and Taishi Ci and continued.
"Liu Biao has no intention of letting us go as bait. There are 25,000 people. Do you want to retreat first?"
Sun Ce left 1,500 men to guard Hanjin Port along the way. He himself led 1,500 men as the vanguard to open the way. The main force of 12,000 men had not yet arrived behind him. It would still be dangerous if Huo Jun were to hold him back at this time.
But when Wenpin came, he didn't know that Sun Ce would personally lead the vanguard to clear the way, otherwise Huo Jun's 3,000 cavalry might not be the only ones coming.
Sun Ce grinned lightly.
We are both forwards, how can we escape without fighting hard first?
"Let's go, follow me to explore the reality of Wenpin's army before we withdraw."
After that, the three of them filed out.
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After Huo Jun discovered Jiangdong Army's forward, he did not let the army set up camp because he had no intention of confronting Jiangdong Army.
Although Jiangdong Army has been rumored to be magical, in Huo Jun's view, it is just because the failed generals encouraged such rumors in order to shirk their own culpability.
Huo Jun was deeply ashamed, and he wanted to personally break the Jiangdong Army's invincible curse. The Jiangdong Army's forward only had 1,000 cavalry and 500 infantry, which was a suitable target for him.
In order to prevent Jiangdong's army from setting up an ambush in the grove to the north, Huo Jun cautiously went around to the west and launched an attack from relatively flat terrain. This was also to give full play to the strength of the cavalry.
The Jiangdong Army did not seem to have any intention of engaging in conspiracy. They surrounded a small hill with 500 people and set up defenses, while 1,000 cavalry stood aside and were ready to go.
Huo Jun smiled coldly, Jiang Dongjun was also extremely confident.
"Charge the entire army and defeat the enemy!"
The three of them stood on the hill and watched 3,000 enemy troops rushing towards them.
There is no longbow for shooting, no hand crossbow that is easy to operate and saves time, no short spear to deal with infantry, no shield, lance, etc., just a simple saber.
How inexperienced is this in cavalry combat? Even their charging formation began to slowly get out of shape.
Sun Ce almost couldn't help but cover his face. These were simply a group of infantry on horseback. He said to Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci with great disdain.
"I originally heard from Xingba and Youping that Wenpin's 'Wen Jiajun' are not bad, but it seems that Liu Biao's men don't have much that can be put on the table after all."
"With these soldiers and horses, if I have the Tiger Roar Camp in my hands, I can annihilate them in one round. If they run away now, wouldn't it be embarrassing to Sun Ce if the news spread? Ziyi, go and order a thousand elite soldiers, let's Defeat them together!"
With that said, Sun Ce took the spear from the soldier's hand eagerly.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu quickly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"No! Bo Fu, you are now the lord of Jiangdong. How can you act like before? It is natural for your soldiers to lead the army in battle. As the lord, you only need to watch from here."
Sun Ce laughed, bypassed Zhou Yu and mounted his horse.
The silver armor was shining, and the red shirt was dancing in the wind. Sun Ce fastened his white helmet, pointed his spear at Zhou Yu and said.
"It is the king's right to protect his soldiers!"
"Even Gongjin you can't let me hide behind the soldiers."
"Let's go, Ziyi, follow me and defeat the enemy!"
After saying this, Sun Ce pulled the reins and rode the horse forward.
Zhou Yu sighed feebly and turned to look at Taishi Ci, only to see him holding his fists and saying enthusiastically.
"Don't worry, military advisor, I will not let your lord make any mistakes."
After saying this, Taishi Ci quickly jumped on the horse, slapped the horse's leg and quickly chased after him.
The cavalry of Jiangdong Army started running.
A thousand cavalry men met three times the enemy forcefully.
"Charge forward! Protect the Lord!"
The soldiers who saw Sun Ce originally wanted to charge at the front to protect Sun Ce, but unfortunately their horses were far inferior in comparison.
It didn't take long for Sun Ce to rush to the front and become the arrow of the team, while Taishi Ci followed closely behind him.
Looking at their leader, their king, blood and courage surged into their brains, driving them crazy!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Before the battle, Jiangdong's army launched a wave of attacks using hand crossbows. They targetedly distributed their attacks to several areas, causing the troops in those areas to become sparse.
The already scattered formation of the Han army was like an ax being smashed into a gap.
The cone formation headed by Sun Ce plunged into the gap without hesitation, moving forward and punching through the Han army.
The ax broke into two pieces with a sound.
Huo Jun was so angry that he vomited blood, and 3,000 people were pierced by 1,000 people. He hurriedly shouted instructions and asked the soldiers to reorganize and fight back.
At this time, Jiangdong's army, which had passed through perfectly, had completed its turn and came back to kill.
The beaten Han army had just rearranged their formation, and they didn't have much time to complete their run-up.
It's like an arrow flying out, and an arrow still being prepared on the string.
Naturally, the impact cannot be compared with Jiang Dongjun's.
Cold sweat began to break out on Huo Jun's head. He bit the bullet and ordered the soldiers to charge again.
Jiangdong's army roared in, like a hurricane that penetrated the Han army again.
This time, before the Han army had time to organize its formation, Jiangdong's army came back to kill them.
Facing the collective charging Jiangdong Army, the scattered formations were like small stones blocking the wheel, insignificant.
Naturally, the Han army began to flee in all directions. Even Huo Jun was a little stunned. He had no idea why the two armies were so different.
In the chaos, a spear came towards Huo Jun, and he quickly swung the spear to parry without thinking.
With a bang, the spear flew out, and Huo Jun felt a heavy blow on his neck, and then he passed out.
