It has to be said that the Jiangdong veterans Sun Ce brought to this stud are not very powerful in combat, but they have a heart that regards death as home. In a battlefield where lives are at stake, this is more important than any fighting qualities.
Because of this iron-blooded courage, even though Zhang Liao had made careful arrangements in advance, allowing the infantry to encircle and the cavalry to flank and harvest, he still failed to encircle this group of people.
Sun Ce, who fought out of the crowd, immediately led them to fight in depth to rescue Han Dang and Cheng Pu. The leading deputy hurriedly shouted: "No, my lord, look!"
Following the deputy general's pointing, he turned his head and looked behind him, only to see Lu Lin's army swarming towards them.
This shows one thing, the battlefield in the rear has been calmed down, otherwise they would not concentrate on killing in one direction.
Sun Ce felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that...
The worst thoughts passed by, and Sun Ce's face was earth-colored, and his spirit was like a dry pond. There were too few people alive around him. If even Cheng Puhandang left him, there was no point in escaping or not.
Is it possible that the little overlord who has shouldered so much responsibility and hatred will eventually be reduced to hiding in the countryside incognito? He, Sun Bofu, cannot accept such an ending.
"Brothers, we must fight to the death!" Sun Ce was completely carried away, completely forgetting the purpose of coming today and the choices he should have after falling into the trap.
He only knew that he had been waiting for this day for too long. It would be better to die in the chaos than to live with regrets for countless days and nights in the future.
"Lord! Maybe General Cheng and General Han have broken through from another direction. If my lord leads the brothers to fight in again, the two generals will inevitably turn back, and we old guys will really die here. Come on, my lord, please think again!" The lieutenant admonished Sun Ce while killing the approaching Lu Lin army.
"You take the people to evacuate first, and I will go find them!" Sun Ce recalled Cheng Puhandang's words and lectures. Without them, he would not be where he is today. The most important thing is that this is the last legacy of the Sun family. It cannot be Leave it here.
"If you want to leave, let's go together. If you want to stay, let's stay together. My lord, I won't be afraid of death if I wait for you!"
After the deputy general shouted, other Jiangdong veterans who fought bloody battles also responded: "We are not afraid of death, we are not afraid of death!"
Jiangdong's old soldiers were indeed brave and unafraid of death, but in terms of pure combat power, they were not crushed by Lu Lin's cavalry. They were also pressed to the ground and rubbed. When Sun Ce was infected by their hot-blooded heroic spirit, his ears simultaneously It was also filled with the shrill screams of these old soldiers being slaughtered.
"Lord, make a decision quickly, brothers, we can't hold on anymore!" Sun Ce was hesitating, but if he continued to fight like this, he would soon be surrounded by Lu Lin's army, and the deputy general had to remind Sun Ce again.
Looking at Jiangdong's old soldiers who fell one after another beside him, the ground was already littered with corpses, and the gathering blood even made the gale horse's hooves sink.
Sun Ce glanced sharply at the rushing Lu Lin army. He was not only the nephew of Cheng Pu and Han Dang, but also the leader of this team. After a difficult ideological struggle, he still made up his mind and shouted: "Follow me and retreat!" "
Now, he could only place his hope on the deputy general's beautiful vision. Cheng Pu and Han Dang had broken through from another direction, so he could only think so.
Sun Ce led a small number of troops and rushed towards the entrance of Hulukou. Behind him, Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng led people in hot pursuit.
Sun Ce might be able to run away, but those old soldiers were formed as infantry after all. How could two legs outrun four legs? As they chased them all the way, the team was getting smaller and smaller at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the end, no one knows how many people ran away, but one thing is certain, it will not exceed 500 people, and even the crossbowmen on the mountain were cleared away.
When he finally lost sight of Sergeant Jiangdong, Zhang Liao let out a long sigh. It was shameful that he could even escape.
"It doesn't matter. All the useful generals around Sun Ce are dead and captured, and there are not even a few soldiers and horses left. With these few people, it's almost enough to turn into bandits. It's impossible to make a comeback." Xu Sheng could only Kind words of comfort.
"Nonsense! You can't understand why Sun Ce picked him. If I go, will he run away?"
Liao Shen has to be strong all his life. The failure to capture Sun Ce in this battle is the biggest irony for him. Zhao Yun and Ma Chao acted separately. If they captured all the generals, but they ran away from Sun Ce, this General Wei It’s too boring to be a person.
Xu Sheng was so reprimanded that he lowered his head and said nothing. The group of guards who finally caught up looked at the situation in front of them and knew that Sun Ce had finally been allowed to slip away, so they remained silent.
Maybe the God of Liao was really too angry, or maybe he was thinking about Lin Mo's bad attitude. Instead of venting his anger on Xu Sheng, he cursed at Chen Ling and Xu Kai: "What are you doing? Two hundred people can't surround you." If Sun Ce lives here, where is his usual ruthlessness? Drag him down, and he will have forty military sticks per person!"
"Here!" Chen Ling and Xu Kai were dragged down by the soldiers, and no one dared to intercede.
After a while, Zhang Liao scolded the captain of the eight hundred personal guards again: "What are you doing! Why don't you go and take a look? What if we are really beaten!"
Ah this
"Here." You said it was you who wanted to beat me, and you also said you said you wanted to save me. The captain said, it's really hard to be a human being.
Not long after the captain left, someone escorted Cheng Pu and Han Dang to Zhang Liao, "General, how can we deal with these two people, but take them directly to Xiling City and hand them over to Sikong?"
Zhang Liao glanced disdainfully at Cheng Pu and Han Dang, who looked as if they were dead, and asked coldly: "Are you two willing to surrender?"
Cheng Pu snorted coldly at first. With his hands tied, he raised his chest and looked in the direction of Jiang Xia, where Sun Jian died in battle. There was a kind of complexity in his eyes, and he said with emotion: "My lord, my lord, was very kind to me. I only regret that I am incompetent and unable to help my lord."
Before he finished speaking, a big head was cut off with a hook and sickle, and blood gushed out from the fracture, "Noisy."
Then, he looked at Han Dang.
Han Dang, who had witnessed the death of his brother and sister Pao Ze, stared at Zhang Liao, his eyes full of malice, and opened his mouth. Before he could say anything, Zhang Liao stabbed him back and his head fell to the ground, "What a long time!"
Xu Sheng was a little confused. It seems that Han Dang hasn't spoken yet, right?
Come on, at this time, it's better not to offend Zhang Liao. If he failed to catch Sun Ce, he would probably be demoted if he went back to do this. Thinking about it, he would also be slapped in the face by the young master. Who would be in the mood to speak for Han Dang.
At the Baqiu Ferry, Cao Cao had been suffering in the Chinese military tent all night. He had sent many fast horses and boats to cross the river to Wulin Road and Huarong Road to inform Xu Chu and the others, but until noon, there was no news.
What's even more annoying is that outside Baqiu Water Village, there is always the sound of Lu Lin's navy beating drums to challenge, which makes people's scalp numb and shuddering.
You know, the Jingxiang navy here in Baqiu has just experienced a fierce battle, and now it is impossible to withstand their general attack.
However, when everyone went to the water stronghold with weapons and entered the warships to fight, they found that Lu Lin's navy had only beaten drums to challenge from beginning to end, and did not really launch an attack at all.
After an hour or two, Cao Cao realized that it was not that he was not going to attack, but that he had to attack his heart before attacking the stronghold.
Just imagine, under such a high-pressure situation, a normal person's mental and physical strength will probably collapse because they cannot withstand the continuous pressure.
What Lin Mo was waiting for should be the opportunity for their collapse.
So Cao Cao made a prompt decision and divided the soldiers into three squads. Two squads have already gone to rest. As for whether they can sleep or not, it depends on their own state.
Anyway, Cao Cao himself couldn't sleep.
"My lord, you haven't slept a wink all night. As you guessed, Lu Lin's navy may launch a general attack at any time. How can you command the army without rest? Even Cai Hao and the others have gone to rest." Now. , Han Hao was the only one left behind Cao Cao, he advised with some worry.
Cao Cao paced back and forth in the tent, just shaking his head, not even wanting to speak.
Who can sleep now?
Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were defeated. Only one-third of the navy returned. Baqiu was in danger, and the war was about to break out.
What is even more worrying is that if Xu Chu, Xia Houyuan, and Cao Hong cannot come back, then they will become mere commanders.
As for Cao Ren and Cao Ang, they don't know what's going on at the other end of Xiling City.
But there was no way. No matter Wulin Road, Huarong Road or Xiling City, they were not close to here. Even if Lu Lin's army had sent small boats and fast horse cavalry to cross the river before the encirclement, it would probably be late at night when they came back.
I understand the truth, but Cao Cao really didn't feel sleepy at all. This battle was probably his downfall, and he even smelled the breath of death.
Lin Mo was so good at calculating. If he could predict the burning of the ship last night, he could also predict the ambushes on Wulin Road and Huarong Road, and even on the other side of Xiling City, it was very possible to figure it out.
When I think that I will soon become the polished commander, I feel a little tired.
Suddenly, the beating of drums outside the water village stopped, and the entire Baqiu Ferry seemed to be quiet.
The exhausted Jingzhou navy on the water village stared at the ships with bloodshot eyes, wondering, are they finally leaving?
Even Cao Cao couldn't help but run out of the military tent to see what was going on.
What is going on? Is there a general attack? But if there is a general attack, you should continue to beat the drums and then suddenly launch an attack. Stopping the drums suddenly will only make you suspicious.
Cao Cao didn't understand what happened for a while.
However, Wei Yan and Zhu Huan, who were in the warships docked on both sides of the ferry and were wearing Cao's armor, understood that the two people who were not on the same ship said in unison: "The signal has come, it seems that the northwest wind has started, so do Be prepared!”
The soldiers in the warship did not speak, but nodded silently. Some were holding shields, and some were holding ring-headed knives. But without exception, the other hand had already reached into the small package at the waist and grabbed a handful.
"Do it!"
After a few breaths, Wei Yan was the first to rush out with a big knife. He jumped from the deck and landed on the riverside. Then he rushed towards the water village and kept shouting: "Whoever blocks me" die!"
Hearing this shout, people from the warships docked on the left and right sides kept running out of the cabin, jumping from the deck to the deck, and followed the general to kill towards the water village.
There were fifty warships in total, and these fifty warships were surprisingly the warships that Cai Mao and his gang had slipped out of the side door and mingled with when they failed in their attack on Xiakou Village.
Of course, according to military rules, soldiers will be counted every time they return to camp, so it is best to calculate losses in this way.
However, the situation last night made all the soldiers panic. Not long after returning to camp, Lu Lin's navy came to challenge them again. Who would care about these dozens of small boats.
It was precisely through this flaw that Zhu Huan and Wei Yan had been lurking in the warship without appearing.
According to the prior agreement, as soon as the sound of the war drums stops, it is the signal to launch an attack.
While the navy at Baqiu Ferry was still confused, Zhu Huan and Wei Yan each led five or six hundred men to the water stronghold and quickly attacked up the stairs.
It is worth mentioning that a normal warship cannot accommodate so many people, but in order to gather enough troops for this trip, even the boatmen under the cabin were served by soldiers.
"Enemy attack! An enemy has sneaked in. Hurry, call the troops!" The sergeants on the water village panicked when they saw them rushing up.
After all, they have swords and guns in their hands, and they use bows and arrows for defense. It's okay to shoot warships from a distance, but this kind of close-quarters fighting will suffer big losses.
Cao Jun on the water stronghold hurriedly beat the drums. Different drum beats conveyed different military orders. What was sounded at this time was an urgent enemy situation.
In fact, there was no need for them to beat the drums. Many people had already come over to check the situation. After all, as soon as the drums of the Lu Lin navy stopped, they would instinctively feel that something was going on.
"Quick! Put on armor and go for reinforcements. We can't let them board the water village!" At this point, many people didn't know how these people got in, and some even thought that one of their own people had rebelled.
However, one thing is certain. After they climbed up to the water village, they must have wanted to open the water gate and let Lu Lin's navy in.
Fortunately, those water gates are very heavy and cannot be pulled in a short while.
Reinforcements were coming from all directions, some tough ones, and they rushed forward without even wearing armor.
Zhu Huan and Wei Yan had already boarded the water stronghold and were fighting from the left and right towards the middle. However, there were hundreds of shield soldiers left at the steps of the water stronghold on both sides.
Those who came to rescue would immediately shoot arrows at them from a distance, but all of them were blocked by the shields. Han Hao rushed over in person, holding a spear and shouting at his brothers to go forward and kill the shield soldiers.
Anyway, there aren't many people.
Han Hao took the lead and plunged his spear into the junction between the shield and the earth. He pushed hard and the entire shield was lifted up.
Just when he was about to step forward and start a killing spree, the sergeant whose shield was blown away grabbed a handful of unknown objects and threw them towards Han Hao.
With the help of this northwest wind, the white powder that was blown up spread all over Han Hao's face, and a lot of it got into his eyes. He suddenly felt a burning pain. Han Hao was a strong-willed man, and he couldn't bear this heartache either. , dropped the spear and rolled on the ground holding his eyes.
"General! General! Quick, jump into the river and rinse with water!" The sergeant behind him quickly helped Han Hao to the riverside.
Han Hao didn't doubt that he was there and rushed down. His whole head was soaked in the cold river water. Then he opened his eyes and tried to wash them with the river water.
It was okay if he didn't open it, but once he opened it, the burning pain instantly turned into a burning sensation. Han Hao was shaking all over in pain. After standing up from the water, he roared hysterically: "It's Xihui! It's Xihui!" !my eyes!"
Xihui is lime powder.
Well, if this stuff gets into your eyes and you get blisters, it's really fatal.
(End of chapter)
