The 216th Battle of Liangdong

Since Sun Jian was repelled by Xu Rong in Liang County, he led his troops to withdraw to Nanyang, and then traveled north, until he heard the news that the Yuzhou army had been completely annihilated, Sun Jian stopped. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe friendly forces on the eastern front were wiped out by Dong Zhuo's army in a blink of an eye, leaving only Sun Jian all the way to fight against Dong Zhuojun south of Sili.

Then the general Yuan Shu went south to Nanyang through Wuguan and joined Sun Jian, so Sun Jian ensured that Yuan Shu was the Taishou of Nanyang, and Yuan Shu represented Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou (at this time they had already received the news that Kong Ling died in Dongwuyang). After Yuan Shu was in the rear, Sun Jin's heart increased greatly, and besides, Xu Rong's army was far away in Yingchuan, and with Sun Jian's thoughts, it was impossible for Xu Rong to withdraw and return to the Sili area in a short period of time. This time, he personally led the elite to the north, and killed all the way to Liang County, and after the defenders of Liang County saw Sun Jian, Kaicheng surrendered, so they set up a banquet under the city.

At this time, Lu Bu, the front of Hu Zhen's army, led more than 1,000 cavalry to arrive, and Sun Jian only brought dozens of horsemen to the army due to the haste of surrender, lest it be difficult to resist Lu Bu's cavalry, so Sun Jian talked and laughed freely, and sat outside the city swaggering to order the troops to reorganize the camp generously, without the slightest fear, which made Lu Bu suspicious.

"General Lu, there are only more than 100 people in the other city, and if you kill it at this time, you will be able to capture Sun Jian alive!"

Lu Bu's subordinate Wei Yue said.

Lu Bu looked at Sun Jian, who was sitting on the side of the road, leisurely, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the face full of smiles was extraordinary, and Sun Jian's smile seemed to be very weird and gloomy.

"No, according to Lord Xiangguo, Sun Jian is extremely cunning and very good at using soldiers. I'm afraid that if he is luring our army to rush over, and then suddenly kill the ambush soldiers, then our thousand men will be wiped out! ”

At this time, they had just arrived in Liang County, and they hadn't even arranged a horse to explore, so naturally they didn't know anything about Sun Jian's combat strength at this time, and Lu Bu could only stand still for the time being, waiting for Hu Zhen's brigade.

At this time, Sun Jian's exploration horse found out again: Zhonglang's army of Li Meng, Zhang Ji and others with a total of tens of thousands of horses was also coming to Liang County, Sun Jian suddenly felt up and down in his heart: he only brought more than 20,000 elite people to the north this time, and Liang County had just been included in the palm of his hand, and he was about to encounter tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Dong Zhuo's army, and if there was a decisive battle, it would be extremely unfavorable to him.

After Sun Jian slowly entered the city, he immediately ordered the defenders to close the city gate and put out a bow and crossbow to defend, Lu Bu knew that he had been fooled at this time, but at this time he only had more than a thousand cavalry around him, and it was no problem to impact the enemy's military formation, but it was not possible to attack the city, Lu Bu missed the opportunity, and he felt remorse.

Sun Jian didn't dare to delay any longer, so he withdrew from Liang County with his troops that night, and went straight to Liangdong to join his large army. Lu Bu only had more than 1,000 cavalry, and he couldn't even surround the city, and he didn't have any extra troops to deploy along the way, so he naturally could only let Sun Jian leave in a hurry with his men and horses.

After the troops of Hu Zhen, Li Meng, Zhang Ji and others arrived, Liang County was already empty, and when he heard that Lu Bu had lost a great opportunity to capture Sun Jian because of his indecision, Hu Zhen was furious, and shouted angrily at Lu Bu on the spot:

"Such an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to watch Sun Jian escape, in vain you are still called General Fei by the people of Bingzhou, I really can't see where you are brave!"

Lu Bu had long been disgusted with Hu Zhen for always relying on the old and selling the old, and now he dared to humiliate him again in front of everyone, and his anger also came, and he replied angrily:

"Lord Xiangguo once said that Sun Jian is quite capable of using soldiers, and our army is only more than a thousand horsemen, and he has just arrived in Liang County, I don't know what the details are, how can he easily fight with him? Could it be that Lord Hu has been fighting for so many years, and every time he fights, he will directly lead the army to kill him, regardless of the enemy's reality or reality? ”

"Hmph, you ——!"

The two stared at each other with red faces and thick necks, Hu Zhen had been in the army for many years and had a high status in the Xiliang Army, but now he was repeatedly contradicted by Lu Bu, and he had already hated Lu Bu to the core. But he is not reckless, Lu Bu is a representative of the Bingzhou Army, and he is very favored by the country, no matter what, he can't really push Lu Bu out and behead him.

Li Meng saw that the two of them were like fighting cocks, and neither of them would give in for half a point, so he quietly said to Zhang Ji: "At this time, Sun Jian fled in the wilderness, presumably with very few soldiers and horses, Lord Hu and Lu Bu did not catch up with Lu Bu, but fought here for words, which is really a misfortune for Xiangguo." ”

Although Zhang Ji's personality is not as bold as Fan Chou, he is also a straightforward and straightforward character, after hearing this, he thinks that Li Meng can rarely say something reasonable, but Li Meng did not open his mouth to stop Hu Zhen and Lu Bu, but secretly said it to himself, which made him a little unhappy, so he snorted coldly at Li Meng:

"In that case, why don't you stop the two of them?"

Li Meng pretended to regret and said:

"I think about it, but Lord Hu has always been straight to me, and now that he is angry, why should I touch that moldy head?"

Zhang Ji thought about it and felt that what Li Meng said was also true, among the generals present, Hu Zhen was the only one who could look down on him, and at this time, the military affairs were important, and there should be no more prevarication. So, Zhang Ji stepped forward and arched his hand to Hu Zhen:

"Master Hu, Zhang Ji has something to say."

Hu Zhen sat down angrily, and at this time, even Zhang Ji, who suddenly stood up to grab the conversation, was a little dissatisfied, and said coldly to Zhang Ji:

"If you have something to say, say it."

Zhang Ji then said with a smile:

"Sun Jian escaped from Liang County overnight, which shows that he has very few soldiers and horses, at this time, our army is chasing after him, there is still a chance to capture Sun Jian, it is better to march immediately."

As soon as Hu Zhen wanted to refute Zhang Ji's words, Li Meng objected on the side:

General Zhang's words were too much for Meng Lang, and Sun Jian's retreat to the east must be a rendezvous with his main force. Then Sun Jian's use of troops is unfathomable, how can he be too far away from his main force? ”

When Zhang Ji heard that Li Meng actually stood up against him, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and it was clear that Li Meng came out to persuade Master Hu to enter the army, and at this time he personally stood up to oppose him, this Li Meng is really cunning! Zhang Ji looked at Li Meng with a pair of big red eyes and murderous eyes.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Lu Bu also agreed:

"Sun Jian is cunning, not to be underestimated, Lord Xiangguo told us not to rush in, and we will definitely be ambushed if we go."

Hu Zhen originally planned to refute Zhang Ji, but after Lu Bu agreed with Li Meng's words, he instead had an idea: he had to send troops!

"Most of Sun Jian's soldiers and horses are southern infantry, how can they confront my Xiliang Horse Team? But it's just a matter of quelling a few bandits, so what's there to fear? I have tens of thousands of horsemen here, and I want to set up an ambush to gather and annihilate our army? I want to see if Sun Jian has the ability, so that he can't eat and will have to die! ”

Lu Bu said to Hu Zhen hatefully:

"Lord Hu is so bold and doesn't care about the safety of his subordinates."

Hu Zhen stroked his beard, glanced at Lu Bu contemptuously, and replied without yin or yang:

"Since General Lu is so sympathetic to his subordinates, I will see that General Lu will simply not go to the battlefield, so none of your subordinates will be able to die."

"Master Hu, it doesn't matter if you underestimate me Lu Bu, but I'm not an elite soldier in the state, but you can't afford to look down on me!"

Lu Bu was indignant and said arrogantly:

"Please go to war, take our army as the vanguard!"

Both of them have cannon-like personalities, so they decided to pursue immediately.

After discussing and deciding, Zhang Ji yelled at Li Meng angrily:

"You just made a suggestion, and you dare to tease me like this!"

Li Meng hurriedly smiled:

"This is also to provoke Lord Hu to fight, the military affairs are important, and I hope that General Zhang Haihan will be in the background."

"Humph!"

Zhang Ji didn't pursue anything more, but in his heart, he was even more defensive of Li Meng, who knows if this person will frame himself again one day, or even fall into the ground? In the future, if he is killed, he will not believe the words in Li Meng's mouth.

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Just when Hu Zhen and others led the army to Liangdong, Xu Rong's military horses had already retreated from Dongwuyang, all the way to the border of Liangdong, because Xinyi had already arrived in Liangxian County to investigate, so Xu Rong knew the forces around Liangxian at this time, and did not expect to encounter Sun Jian again in Liangdong, and at this time Sun Jian had returned with the men and horses withdrawn from Liangxian, stationed here is all the main force of Sun Jian's northward journey, a total of more than 24,000 soldiers and horses.

If there was no Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses to help, she would not have killed Li Min and Zhang An so easily, in this case, she should still help Dong Zhuo win a few more games, now, she who committed the evil act of "Heaven and Man Punish Together", as long as she goes back, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo will be immediately relieved of military power and taken into custody. It doesn't matter what others do to her, where does "Xu Rong" care about these at this time? However, since people have helped, they should be rewarded.

Among the current dozen or so rebel armies, only Sun Jian is the most active and the most rapid, and his army is still a rare southern elite, completely different from the rest of the more than ten rebel armies, as long as Sun Jian can be defeated, Dong Zhuo will definitely be in an invincible position, which can be regarded as returning Dong Zhuo's favor.

Xu Rong then ordered the army to quickly move closer to Sun Jian's camp, and at the same time released the wolf smoke that the Xiliang army had notified its allies to help.

After Hu Zhen, Lu Bu and others caught up with Sun Jian, they learned that Sun Jian had joined the large army, and the two sides were temporarily facing each other, and no one was willing to take the initiative to attack.

However, Xu Rong's sudden appearance broke the delicate equilibrium of the situation, because in this way, Dong Zhuojun had completely surrounded Sun Jian's army in Liangdong, so when Xu Rong released wolf smoke, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu and others, who had already heard that Xu Rong had broken the Yuzhou army, were not to be left behind, and immediately responded with fire.

As a result, the battle between Dong Zhuojun and Sun Jianjun in Liangdong began immediately after Xu Rong's headquarters arrived.

Sun Jian fell into a crisis again: although his soldiers and horses were all elite in the south, he did lack experience in facing a large number of horse teams in the north, and most of Dong Zhuo's army were battlefield elites who had been tempered into steel, although Sun Jian's soldiers and horses were not weak, but at this time, they encountered the impact of cavalry troops like a tide from all directions, and soon the formation of soldiers on the front line was disrupted.

Xu Rong personally took Xinyi and others, led the main cavalry to thunder, straight into the enemy formation, Xu Rong's tactics are different from the general battle, she tried to use the mobility of the cavalry, quickly to Sun Jian's elite part of the army to carry out the encirclement and annihilation, often aimed at the generals in the battlefield, so, as soon as the battle began, he shot down several generals under Sun Jian, and several of Sun Jian's rear troops suddenly fell into chaos.

The men and horses who lost their command instantly turned into a swarm of headless flies, crashing everywhere, not caring about the original neatly arranged formation, and then being rushed by Xu Rong's horse team, even if they were battle-hardened warriors, they could only flee in embarrassment at this time, so Sun Jian's rear formation collapsed at an unimaginable speed in a moment.

In the area of Liangdong, Sun Jian's total strength is only more than 20,000 people, and at this time Dong Zhuo's army has Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, Zhang Ji, Li Meng and Xu Rong and other departments, the total has exceeded 40,000 foot cavalry, from the point of view of numbers, Sun Jian is already at an absolute disadvantage, and what makes Sun Jian even more annoyed is: the southern infantry is not good at dealing with cavalry troops, at this time the battlefield is chaotic, the front is entangled by Li Meng, Lu Bu and Hu Zhen's soldiers and horses, and the back is scattered by Xu Rong's strange style of play, and then this consumption, Sun Jian can only wait for death in the formation.

"Father, this battle can't be fought!"

At this time, a handsome and sturdy young man rode a horse and galloped in front of Sun Jian, he was Sun Jian's eldest son Sun Ce, the word Bofu, who was only eighteen years old this year.

Sun Ce has been brave since he was a child, and the battle has been going on for more than an hour, he took his own soldiers to fight on the battlefield, and then rushed back to Sun Jian's own formation:

"The front formation is okay, although it is said that we are at a disadvantage, but it is not so easy for Dong Zhuojun to immediately break our formation. The key is the rear formation, or the Xu Rong's soldiers and horses - it's really surprising to the child, several generals have died in the rear formation, and there is no way to control the situation now, I'm afraid that soon Xu Rong's people will kill our own formation. ”

Sun Ce analyzed Sun Jian one by one, and finally wiped the sweat on his head and said:

"Father, let's leave!"

"Bastard! How could your father and I, as the commanders of the First Army, evacuate before the war is over? Such an act will only chill the hearts of the soldiers, and there will be no prestige at all! ”

Sun Jian was furious, with a look of death.

At this time, news came that shocked Sun Jian: Xu Rong's own formation had been killed in front of him!