Chapter Fifty-Seven: Killing the National Thief
On this night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.
The banner on the city hunted from north to south, and several points of light suddenly lit up in the darkness in the west of the city, and then in just a few breaths, the wind helped the fire, and the slight flames lit up all over the camp in the east of the city, and in the blink of an eye, it became a prairie fire, and the east of the city was chaotic in the sky-high flames, and the neighing of people and horses suddenly sounded that even the defenders in the city could hear it clearly.
In the west of the city, there are the soldiers and horses of Bao Xin, the commander of the cavalry, and Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, who went from Bishan to Luoyang, but were afraid of the troops of Dong Zhuo and Ma Play, and did not dare to storm the imperial capital. That is to say, from the previous battle, the camp in the east of the city was just Sun Jian's suspicious strategy, and at that time there were only a few thousand people besieging Ma Yue, and if Ma Yue found out the weak link at that time, he would be able to break through from the west.
It's a pity that there is no intelligence, no scouts, Ma Yue does not dare to abandon the city rashly.
Attacking the fortified positions once a day is not simply to consume his strength and military spirit, the deeper reason is that Sun Jian's troops are not strong enough. He was consuming, dragging Ma Yue, and pretending to sing songs in the military village every night, but in fact he was just a paper tiger.
But now it's different, this is also the reason why the rebel camp is recuperating, Bao Xin Wang Kuang's department has completely detoured back to the Henan territory, and the current Sanmen camp is the real army of more than 30,000.
At least Ma Yue expected one thing to be right, the rebels stormed the city in the past few days.
After more than ten days of demoralization, Sun Jian's goal has been achieved, so today the whole army of Sanmen Camp is almost in a state of no defense, and it has been strictly defended for more than ten days.
In the eyes of Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and others, the name of Ma Yue also has a great deterrent effect, even Sun Jian, who has the name of the Tiger of Jiangdong, does not dare to underestimate it.
Since the beginning of the army, although Sun Jian has suppressed Ma Yue tactically, he first seized the three cities on the first line of the Yanshi and blocked Ma Yue's scouts to the west of the Yanshi. Later, a small number of troops were used as bait to drag Ma Yue to the west of the Yanshi to buy precious time for the army to assemble. The overall momentum was steadily suppressed by Ma Yue, and Ma Yue's every step was clearly mentioned by the organs.
But Sun Jian hated Ma Yue deeply, this battle of King Qin was no longer simply for the world to return to the hands of scholars, mixed with Sun Jian's personal feelings, and he would never die!
The frontal battle beheaded the vanguard of Yuan Shu, the assembler of King Qin's army, and forced Yuan Shu to lead his troops to withdraw. Although Sun Jian's strategy succeeded, in that battle, Sun Jian's younger brother Sun Jing fought to the death, and Sun Ben, the orphan of the eldest brother Sun Qiang, was seriously injured and was snatched back to Yanshi, and more than half of more than 1,000 Jiangdong cronies were lost.
In Ma Yue's eyes, Sun Jian was a fierce tiger who chose people to eat, and his blow was fatal, and he was already afraid of lying in the mountain stream.
In Sun Jian's eyes, Ma Yue is the wolf king who commands the wolf pack, very spicy, and the thin jackal haunts him, and he will bite him at any time, taking care of the left and the right.
Sun Jian always left the enemy with two ways to die, no matter how he chose, he was prepared with enough backhand, and overwhelmed the heart of resistance with overwhelming momentum.
Ma Yue always chooses the ugliest one from the way of death, and dies and lives.
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Chengnan camp.
Sun Jian, who was sleeping, heard the footsteps of lifting the curtain and the collision of the armor, clenched the short knife under the pillow and sat up suddenly, only to realize that it was his confidant and favorite general, Sima Huanggai.
"Wu Chenghou, it's his subordinate Huang Gai, someone sneaked up on the camp in the west of the city, the fire is growing in the wind, and now it has spread to half of the camp in the west!" As he spoke, he had already put Sun Jian's drape on him, and said quickly: "My subordinates will send a message to Nanyang to guard the Yuan Highway, what should I do now?" ”
"What? A fire in the west of the city? Sun Jian buckled up his armor and walked out, the expression on his face was extremely angry, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Good Ma Junhao, take me to the horse!" ”
Now that he dares to set fire to the west of the city, does he think that there is news of a great drop in the morale of the deserted soldiers in the city, and Sun Wentai doesn't know?
In Sun Jian's opinion, this is Ma Yue's extremely arrogant performance!
Just when Sun Jian walked out of the camp, Yuan Shu, dressed in military uniform, galloped into the camp, and the two of them camped as one, and the tent was only a few hundred steps away, and the galloping horse could be reached. Yuan Shu held the horsewhip before he arrived at the tent, and under the reflection of the torch in the guard's hand, the graceful and luxurious face was twisted and hideous under his eyes, and when he saw Sun Jian, he scolded angrily and vented: "Ma Yue, this bastard, deceived no one in my camp, and dared to make people set fire to our military camp, and Lao Tzu wanted to crush him to ashes." ”
Hanoi County is one of the three major channels for their food supply, and now that the camp is burned, eighty percent of the grain and grass are not guaranteed, can Yuan Shu'an not be angry?
Wielding a horsewhip, Yuan Shu jumped off the horse and said to Sun Jian: "Wentai, your courage is rare to meet an opponent in the world, how do you fight this battle, brother listens to you!" ”
Sun Jian had a palm in his hand, and he couldn't figure out why Ma Yue wanted to set fire to the camp in the west of the city at this time, in order to break through, or to say that the reinforcements of the Wang Division had arrived, and he said at the moment: "Brother Highway, don't worry, there is a strange situation in the scouts recently, and there are reinforcements arriving in Ma Yue?" ”
"What's the matter?" Yuan Shu waved his palm, and said quickly: "I waited for the army to shake the world, where is there anyone who dares to come to the rescue of Ma Yue, I just can't figure out why Ma Yue burned Bao Xin and ate the bear's heart and leopard gall!" Let's cover up and find out! ”
"That's right, the public issued an order to follow the Nanyang Army to delay the fire in the west of the city." Sun Jian got on the horse as he said, ran a few steps and suddenly had an idea, and shouted: "Slow, it is estimated that Ma Yue is about to break through, and the herald ordered someone to tell Liu Dai in the east of the city, strictly defend, send Sanqu to help Liu Tingshi defend, and lead a song sergeant and a certain army to the west of the city." ”
In an instant, the army was exhausted, and only a few scouts were left in the camp south of the city, empty.
"Wentai, let's empty the south of the city like this, what if Ma Yue breaks through from the south of the city?" Yuan Shu was a little uneasy, and asked, "Won't you be out of reach then?" ”
Sun Jian smiled heartily when he heard this: "Brother Highway is too worried, where can he run to the south of the city, Ma Yue will not do such a stupid thing." If he really breaks through from the south of the city, it will not be a good thing for us, fortunately! ”
"Why is that?"
"Our army is on the east and west flanks, if he goes out of the camp from the south of the city and is forced all the way to Taigu Pass along the official road, the checkpoint is difficult to attack, we will outflank him left and right, and leave him a mortal situation?"
Yuan Shu gave up his hand when he heard this, his face was also very happy, and he said with a smile: "Ma Yue is brave and brave, and my Yuan Highway has the help of Wentai, so I am half better than him!" ”
Sun Jian smiled reservedly, the Jiangdong Sun clan is famous all over the world, and it is in this battle!
Nearly ten men and horses were assembled in half an hour, and when the prince of the Yuan clan brandished his long sword, the horses galloped out, the iron armor collided, the sword was dazzling, and a large army marched quickly outside the city, going to the west of the city to support their friendly army. The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and there are still arrows shooting out in the dense forest in the west, and the panic caused by it is difficult to calm down for a while, and no one can find out how many thieves are hidden in the forest in the middle of the night.
Among the crowd, the retreating places were lined up in an orderly manner, and one song after another, under the leadership of the military marquis, slowly marched south, guarding against the arrows in the forest. Sun Jian frowned, rode his horse upstream, galloped around, he was guarding against Ma Yue.
In his impression, that little ghost of the Ma family is extremely bold, and he has a courage comparable to himself, but it is not what Sun Jian is afraid of.
As long as he heard Ma Yue's name, Sun Jian seemed to be dragged into the memory of that battle that he didn't want to think about anymore, hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered and blood flowed, it was a battle that could make the most ruthless soldiers disarm and return to the field, in full swing, whether it was the Yellow Turban thieves or the rebels, they were no longer able to fight, people couldn't even hold the knife but were still killing, it was like a nightmare, teaching the most determined warriors to doubt their faith.
In that case, Sun Jian, who was under the co-ordination of friendly forces, saw the young lieutenant who commanded his cronies to split the Yellow Turban banner and pursue the Yellow Turban General alone.
The strong back of the one with feathered arrows stuck in his body and his armor almost shattered has always been like a brand. Ask yourself, is this siege even more terrible than it was then? In that case, both sides were in the stage of psychological collapse, and the appearance of the young lieutenant who resolutely pursued with tragic scars has always been remembered by Sun Jian.
It was a man who burst out of courage at the sight of a glimmer of hope.
Sun Jian knew that if he didn't kill him, he would never feel at ease. That man will never give up as long as he doesn't die.
The archers in the forest had no chance to shoot again, and the west of the city was quiet, and when the soldier walked into the forest at the risk of being shot, he found only a mess of footprints and empty quivers, and among the scattered footprints, one of the foot soldiers bent down to pick up something, held it in his hand, and ran back quickly.
He was a Jiangdong soldier, kneeling under Sun Jian's horse and arching his hand and saying, "Taishou, the enemy is gone, but his subordinates have discovered this thing." ”
That's a string of soapberries.
The hard soapberry was pinched into powder in Sun Jian's hands, slowly sprinkled on the ground, and scattered with the night wind.
"Highway, not Ma Yue, it's a group of monks." Sun Jian pointed at Yuan Shu and said quickly: "Be careful on the road, Ma Yue should be about to break through, go to the north of the city to cut off his circuit!" ”
Sun Jian: If Ma Yue comes to foreign aid, he will never let go of this opportunity, he will definitely break through!
Just as Sun Jian was riding his horse, there was a loud bang in the east of the city, followed by the chaotic sound of charging and shouting, and the sound of fighting resounded in the night sky!
Yuan Shu was stunned, and Bao Xin Wang Kuang, who gathered the soldiers and horses together, was stunned, and in the short silence of the entire camp, Sun Jian rode his horse with a knife, brandished his horse and shouted to the east: "Ma Yue wants to surround the city from the city, all the soldiers, rush, kill the national thief!" ”