On the first day of May, in the morning, it rained lightly again at dawn, and the water vapor was like smoke. The Han army attacked Yuan Shu's army in Yangdi.
Before dawn, the Han army had completed its formation. Liu Bei left Zhang Fei's troops in Pishan to monitor Wu Jingjun south of Ru River. The main force continued to advance eastward, between the headquarters camp of Yuan Shu's army and the Zhennan general Ji Ling's army. At this moment, the sky was dim and bright, and Yuan Shu's army was very frightened when he saw the Bafu army lying between the two camps. In the camp, there is a golden drum on the left side, the archers are all in the archery tower, and the long thorns are densely packed inside the wooden fence to resist the war.
Liu Bei was not in a hurry to attack the camp, but ordered ten thousand people in his army to have breakfast. The breakfast was taken away after being prepared in the middle of the night, and it was still warm when it was taken out. During breakfast, the hot air in the Han army's formation was blown up by the summer wind and drifted eastward, like morning smoke. The yellow flags of Jinyang Bafu are all flying towards the east, and you can see a black flag with a red background that is more than ten feet wide, with Soaring Clouds and Flying Tigers embroidered on it. This is Liu Xuande's main formation.
It was already past Mao hour, the west wind became stronger and stronger, and the Han army's eastward troops began to move. They rotated southward, turning from eastward to Yuan Shu's camp diagonally to the southwest. Liu Bei's main formation, which was originally in the center, quickly moved eastward. With the drums beating loudly, and protected by the cavalry on both wings and the rear, the Bafu infantry began to attack Ji Ling's army on the mountain road.
The archers of the Bafu Army were in front, spread out in dense horizontal rows, and behind them were the heavily armored sergeants holding long swords. They rushed towards Ji Ling's army together. Before they could reach the arrow range, the arrows flew towards Ji Ling's army like rain. At this time, the west wind was very strong, and the arrows from the Bafu army flew down the wind, hitting the wooden fence like raindrops. The archers of Yuan Shu's army who originally threw themselves on the wooden fence were unable to keep up with the enemy due to the headwind. In order to save their lives, they had no choice but to abandon the wooden fence and retreat towards the camp. Even Yuan Shujun's archers who were originally in the high-rise archery tower couldn't withstand the hail of arrows. They were either shot or rolled and crawled to the ground to escape.
Taking advantage of the cheering west wind and thunderous drums, the Han army rained arrows on Ji Lingjun's head. After a while, the soldiers approached the wooden fence and began to set fire to it. Black smoke billowed in and floated towards the panicked Ji Lingjun behind. Seeing it, the Han army was about to attack Ji Ling camp.
Fortunately, Ji Ling had met him the day before yesterday and had prepared a lot of equipment for guarding the camp. Objects such as rolling logs, iron pear, flying rocks, etc. all poured down from the hillside. Although they retreated continuously for a while, they did not fall into decline. Ji Ling sent officers to stabilize the battle line, while loudly announcing: As long as the Chinese army camp launches an attack and the rebel army is surrounded on the left and right, we will definitely win! Only then did the military morale gradually stabilize.
When the Han army appeared, the startled generals in the formation hurriedly gathered outside Yuan Shu's tent to listen to orders, but were surprised to find that the lord did not raise his tent in time. When I asked the military officers on duty, all of them hesitated and hesitated to speak. After repeated questioning, someone pointed to the messy cups that could be seen faintly in the tent and said: "The general was drinking and composing poems with all the celebrities last night. He was very drunk and was still sleeping in the tent." The generals were shocked when they heard this, and the crowd was leaderless. There was a commotion.
Sun Bi, the governor of Yuzhou, was furious when he saw this situation. He rushed into the tent, kicked the eucalyptus and knocked the cup away, and cursed: "What's surprising? Without the general, you won't be able to fight?" He left the tent. Nei brought a hut, stepped on it, and shouted loudly at the chaotic people: "Don't panic, everyone, lead your troops and go out to beat the Liu thief on the back!"
Unexpectedly, no one from the generals responded, they all fell silent for a moment and dispersed outside.
Sun Ben became anxious and shouted to the people who were leaving: "If we don't fight today, are we going to watch the bandit army kill Ji Lingbu and then capture us and make us prisoners here again?" Seeing that no one paid attention. , he suddenly drew the knife in his hand, jumped off the bed, and grabbed a person next to him who was about to escape. That person was Lei Bo, the prefect of Guangling. Lei Bo was originally a bandit from Yanshan Mountain and was known for his bravery in the army.
Lei Bo saw the shining knife pointed at him, completely unprepared and at a loss. Sun Ben said: "What do we want to do when we come with troops? If we don't fight when we encounter the enemy, wouldn't we be cowards?" Lei Bo couldn't answer, so he nodded and catered to him and said: "It's time to fight, it's time to fight!"
Only then did Sun Ben put it down and said to him: "Brother Lei, I have the Han Dao Army under my tent, which is invincible. However, there are too few cavalry to protect us. Your Haoshan Army has always been loved by the general, and you have eight cavalry troops." Qian, come with me to rescue Ji Ling. The bandit army is attacked on both sides, so they will retreat in panic. At this time, when the generals see that the enemy is defeated, they will definitely come out of the camp to compete for credit. If we attack together, what difficulty will we have in defeating the enemy?"
Seeing that Lei Bo seemed to be moved, he encouraged him again: "Don't forget, when the Kwantung armies did not fight, it was my uncle who insisted on going his own way and almost killed Dong Zhuo in Guangcheng. This is how he gained unparalleled fame. Isn't wealth and fame for this? Prepared by mediocre people? How many battles can a man encounter in his life? Don't forget, I still have uncles and brothers on the south bank of Ru River. If we don't fight, how long will it take?"
Lei Bo was encouraged by him and nodded repeatedly, saying, "It's worth dying." The two of them made an appointment to gather their own troops and leave the camp.
Sun Ben first boarded the base and carefully observed the Han army's formation. The Bafu army formed from southwest to northeast, suppressing and monitoring the north side of the camp. The eastern part is diagonally facing the east side of the camp, covering Liu Bei's main formation who is attacking Ji Ling's troops with all his strength from behind.
Sun Ben then ordered his men to secretly open the fence on the east side and leave the camp to attack the east flank of the Han army. The front line of Sun Ben's army consisted of more than 4,000 heavy-armored swordsmen with iron pockets and iron belts covering their faces and necks. They were wearing thick armor and holding long swords, and they moved forward densely. Close behind him was a sergeant holding a sword and holding a bow on his back. These sergeants served as both archers and overseers. If someone is timid and wants to turn around and run away, these knife-wielding men will lift off his armor and stab him to death, or they may rush up and drag the heavy soldier down, tear off his neck and cut off his head to show the public. Sun Ben's cavalry was small, only nearly 2,000, divided on both sides and advancing in coordination with the infantry.
After seeing Sun Ben's army attack, the main camp of our formation was inspired by this, and two more tribes came out one after another, but Lei Bo's tribe was not included. At this moment, he was boarding the archery tower to look at the enemy's situation. He saw the Han army formation with red flags stretching from west to east. Ji Ling camp in the northeast was filled with black smoke. Like a swarm of ants, the Han army sergeants had already invaded the camp.
After looking at it, he felt a little timid. He shook his head repeatedly, stepped back and said to his deputy Chen Lan: "The enemy is worthy of the king's division. It is so strong. There are nearly 70,000 soldiers in this formation, and only nearly 20,000 are out. I Bringing his subordinates down to help Sun Governor in the battle is like a moth flying into a flame. The battle will be defeated, so how can we survive?"
Chen Lan said: "If things get like this today, we will definitely be defeated. Why don't we evacuate early? As long as we can save these eight thousand people, even if the general escapes, there will be nothing we can do. Otherwise, our brothers will die in vain without a burial place." Forget it, if you are going to be beaten as a traitor by the court, what will you do with your wife and children?"
Lei Bo hesitated and said, "But I agreed to Governor Sun after all. What if he comes to settle accounts with me in the future?" Chen Lan secretly laughed and said, "As a moth to the flame, Governor Sun will definitely die. If he is dead, who knows that he has an appointment with you, general?" Ah, the Sun family has not gone out to fight so far, why are you anxious? Even if he is lucky enough to survive and Wang Shi is victorious, it will be too late for him to resist, so how can he settle the score with you?" Lei Bo also laughed, and everyone in the headquarters was shocked. Abandoning the baggage, he rode out of the camp, turned southeast, and headed straight for the Lujiang River.
Let’s talk about Sun Ce. Since Sun Jian's death in battle, the remaining troops have been led by Sun Bi and Wu Jing respectively. As the legitimate son, he is nothing more than an ordinary general in the army. But this was not because he was mediocre. During the two years he fought under Yuan Shu, when he attacked Lujiang and Jiujiang, he always took the lead, killing dozens of enemies with his own hands, thereby defeating the enemy and seizing the city. In the army, he is famous as the Hundred-Man Killer, and is known as "The Reincarnation of Xiang Jue".
However, precisely because of his outstanding achievements, he was also hostile to Yuan Shu, Wu Jing and others, who were afraid that he would turn against the enemy and regain military power, so he was never promoted. Among Wu Jing's troops, Sun Ce was the vanguard, so he collected military ships and built two pontoon bridges by the Ru River. Once the two armies fought, Wu Jing's troops planned to cross the river from these two pontoon bridges to provide assistance. At this time, the flag of Sun Ben's army had appeared on the battlefield. Wu Jing did not dare to delay and immediately sent orders to all armies to lead their troops across the river quickly.
But when the generals gathered their troops and horses to cross the river from the pontoon, they discovered a strange scene. Sun Ce's and Zhou Yu's troops moved the camp in front of the pontoon, with no intention of crossing the river to fight. Instead, they set up checkpoints and antlers in front of the camp. Some officers came forward and asked what it meant and why they didn't start a tug-of-war? Deng Dang, who was guarding the card, said leisurely: The military secrets are confidential and I have no comment.
Seeing that they could not cross the river, the soldiers in each department did not know what was going on, and a commotion soon broke out. Seeing that Deng Dang could not persuade him, and they did not dare to fight Sun Cejun, they had to send people to find the general Wu Jing. Wu Jing was horrified when he heard that Sun Ce's troops were blocking the way. He immediately rode to the bridge and shouted to Deng Dang: "Dalang is already fighting in blood on the battlefield. What do you want to do if you are blocking me here? Call Bo Fu quickly." come out!"
When Sun Ce heard his uncle's voice, Shi Shiran walked out of the camp, rested his antlers, and saluted Wu Jing: "Good morning, uncle."
At such a critical moment, when Wu Jing saw him smiling, his heart suddenly sank and he said angrily: "Bo Fu, what are you planning to do? Do you want to lead me and wait for the entire army to be annihilated?"
Sun Ce looked surprised and said, "Shouldn't everyone understand what I do?" He pointed at the white smoke rising from the camp and said slowly, "There is a fire burning in my tent, and the soldiers are about to have their meal." Miles!"
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"Everyone is here, why are you in a hurry? I have been ordered by the general to invite you all to have a meal together. Fine wine and meat have been prepared. In addition, there are thousands of troops on the other side to cheer for us. I am afraid that we will have to Are you too drunk to return?"
After that, Sun Ce showed off the newly issued seal of the Polu General issued by the imperial court. All the generals were shocked and speechless. Taking this opportunity, a few soldiers suddenly tied Wu Jing with ropes, pulled down the horse and dragged him into the camp. As if he hadn't seen it, Sun Ce took out a glass of sake from behind his back and squinted his eyes to listen to the sound of fighting in the distance.
After a while, he smiled at Zhou Yu, who had arrived late, and said, "Gong Jin, can we have such a good time and beautiful scenery to send you happiness?"
"My Healing Game"
Zhou Yu smiled and ordered someone to bring a seat and a harp and play "Qiantang Spring Tide Song" in public. The sound of music was like waves, and it was clear that silk rain was falling, but it seemed as if there was light shining all over the place. Sun Ce stood there tasting wine like a mountain god, which made everyone awe-inspiring and dared not look at him.
After the song was played, Sun Ce put down his wine cup and sighed: "If a man lives for a hundred years, it will only be in vain if the great army marches northward, clears the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, and annihilates the powerful army. Between the giant deer and under Pengcheng, no hero in the world dares to look up." A true man lives his whole life!"
