Episode 181: Return to Jingzhou

As soon as Han Fu died, the 30,000 troops in Jizhou, except for a few stubborn and die-hard people, all surrendered to the Taiping Army.

Fortunately, on the evening of the second day after Xiao Lan won the Tiger Prison Pass, Guo Jia and Zhou Cang arrived with an army of 100,000 and finally solved the dilemma.

"Lord, the Tiger Prison is down, then, it's time for the Lord to return to Jingzhou and take the entire territory of Jingzhou." The moment of Guo Jia's arrival also brought a new strategy.

Xiao Lan asked with a smile: "The Tiger Prison Pass is down, Sizhou is a horse and Pingchuan, and the commander can take advantage of the situation to go north and defeat Yuan Shao and other princes from all walks of life, and when the time comes, the Taiping Army will dominate the world, isn't it just around the corner?" ”

"Is the lord in Kaojia?" Guo Jia said with a smile: "The princes of Luoyang gathered, Yuan Shao, Yuan Yi, Liu Dai, Kong Rong, etc. combined, there are more than 200,000 troops, not to be underestimated, and Gongsun Zan and Ma Teng may come to help at any time, and Chang'an also has Dong Zhuo eyeing the army, rashly marching into the army, it is definitely not a good strategy, yes, Jia thinks, the lord should first take Jingzhou, and then take Yizhou, and then seize the world, and complete the great cause." ”

"Hahahaha!" Hearing this, Xiao Lan couldn't help laughing, and praised in his mouth, "Fengxiao really deserves to be a ghost plotting the world, and this handsome is convinced." ”

Guo Jia said to himself: "Before I came, I had received a report from the Jingzhou War, and now the Taiping Army has the upper hand in the war, and the army has approached Xiangyang, Liu Biao is just a person who guards the success, not to be afraid, but Sun Jian is a rare hero among the princes of the world, Jia is sure that he will inevitably raid Nanyang and destroy our army's grain and grass." "Take a ferry to the Black Pavilion to see the New Festival

"Raid Nanyang and burn grain and grass?" Xiao Lan frowned and said, "Feng Xiao means that Sun Jian will not hesitate to risk his life and go deep alone?" ”

"Not bad." Guo Jia responded indifferently: "The lone army is deep, the army will not dare to take the big road, go to Nanyang, there is a line of sloping valley, it is the place he must pass through, the lord can go to ambush, and he will definitely defeat Sun Jian in a battle." ”

"A line of sloping valleys, as soon as I hear it, it is a dangerous place, if Fengxiao expects it to be good, then this place will be the place where the Jiangdong Tigers will die!" Xiao Lan did not delay at all, and immediately ordered the division of the army, Guo Jia, Zhou Cang, and Xu Chu led the army of 100,000 to guard the Tiger Pass, while Xiao Lan took Dian Wei and 10,000 fine horsemen, turned around, and went to Jingzhou. conAd1();

As Guo Jia said, since Huang Zhong defeated Huang Zu and captured Wenpin, the Taiping army invaded Yangzhou, Wei Yan led 100,000 troops, with Xun You as the military division, launched a comprehensive invasion of Jingzhou, and the entire Jingzhou is currently swept by the war. At this time, Liu Biao had just entered Jingzhou, and his control over Jingzhou was pitiful.

The Taiping army fought bravely, and won the hearts of the people, everywhere they went, the people welcomed them, and even opened the city gate privately to welcome the Taiping army into the city, so that although the Jingzhou officials and troops resisted vigorously, they were still defeated and retreated, Jiangxia, Changsha and other counties were successively captured by the Taiping army, and the soldiers were forced to the city of Xiangyang.

At that time, Sun Jian returned from Luoyang because of the harmony of the family, Liu Biao originally received a letter from Yuan Shao, asking him to intercept Sun Jian, but he did not expect that Sun Jian did not wait, but waited for the strong invasion of the Taiping army, and when Sun Jian entered Jingzhou, Jingzhou had already lost most of it.

It's just that with the continuous advancement of the Taiping Army, hundreds of thousands of troops are strong, Rao is Liu Biao and Sun Jian joined forces, and they also felt that it was difficult to support, helpless, Sun resolutely decided to make a dangerous move - a sneak attack on the Taiping Army's grain station: Nanyang!

The first line of the sloping valley is a small road that copies the back road of Nanyang, because it is a sneak attack, the army naturally cannot blatantly march from the main road, otherwise, is it really a spies of the Taiping army who are given in vain?

The army marched, Sun Jian carried an ancient ingot treasure knife on his waist, a flower horse under his crotch, a horse in the lead, and the flying dragon flame crown on his head reflected the light, the brilliance flashed, and it was brilliant, like a heavenly general.

The three generals behind him followed, and Sun Jian was protected by the stars holding the moon, namely Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, all of whom were extraordinary and brave, and the soldiers behind him were also elite warriors.

Although there are not many people under Sun Jian's command now, only 15,000 people, they are all real elites who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they have been out day and night, but in three days, they have entered the first-line valley.

"Lord, this line of sloping valleys and dense forests is dense, and the terrain is dangerous, so you have to guard against it?" Seeing that he had entered a dangerous place, Sun Jian's general Huang Gai frowned slightly, and hurriedly reminded. conAd2();

But Sun Jian didn't care: "Don't worry, the Taiping thief leader Xiao Lan is leading the army to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and Wei Yan is attacking Xiangyang, they can't have imagined that we will attack Nanyang from now on, do you think someone will set up an ambush here?" ”

As a commander who can fight well, Sun Jian has enough military qualifications, vision, decision-making, and combat power, but he would never have thought that the Taiping army would set up an ambush here, attack Xiangyang, seize the Tiger Pass, and there are two armies attacking Jizhou, and the Taiping army's plans are not only in one Jingzhou.

"Let's continue to hurry, before tonight, we must rush to Nanyang, as long as the grain and grass in Nanyang are burned, Wei Yan's army will be self-defeating!" After pondering for a long time, Sun Jian urged the horse to hurry and urged the soldiers beside him.

The so-called three armies did not move the grain and grass first, when the army was fighting, the most taboo grain and grass mistakes, otherwise, the light will shake the heart of the army, and the heavy energy will make the army disperse, before the eighteenth road princes coalition army crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian led the troops to attack Bishui Pass, it was because of the grain and grass seized by Yuan Shu, so that Huaxiong was defeated.

After the military order was issued, everyone did not dare to slack off, so they had to continue to grit their teeth and hurry, and hurried day and night for three consecutive days, not to mention the soldiers, even the war horses, they were tired and panting, and they couldn't stop neighing in a low voice, but thinking that the Xiangyang crisis was unsolved and the Taiping army was in full swing, they had to take the risk to attack in order to have the possibility of making meritorious contributions.

"Faster!" After walking not far, Sun Jian urged again, although he had expected that there would be no ambush, but walking in a dangerous place like the first-line slope valley, he was still a little worried in his heart.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and other generals also raised their spirits, for fear of being ambushed, but the soldiers below couldn't stand it anymore, and from time to time some soldiers complained in a low voice: "Alas....... this still doesn't let people live, they don't give any time to rest, they don't eat much, and their tired legs can't walk anymore, how can we small soldiers, two legs catch up with a four-legged war horse......

A timid scholar next to him hurriedly reminded: "Don't be verbose, be careful to be heard by those generals above, and be dealt with by military law!" ”

But there are still many soldiers who can't stop complaining: "We are rushing day and night, we don't even let our breath breathe, we don't let us speak, and there is no heavenly reason, we are fighting desperately, not for those generals to be able to make meritorious contributions, even for the animals that work.......

"Boom ......" At this time, suddenly, there was a deafening sound on the cliffs on both sides of the valley, and immediately, I saw that large stones fell like raindrops. conAd3();

"Not good, there is an ambush!" The sudden shocking change, Sun Jian and others couldn't help but be shocked.

But seeing that on the cliffs on both sides, many figures quickly appeared, and before the panicked officers and soldiers could react, more rolling stones and logs fell like raindrops.

In the narrow valley, a group of officers and soldiers under Sun Jian's command suddenly became in chaos, pushing and pushing for a while, crowded, there was nowhere to hide, many soldiers were smashed by huge rolling stones and logs on the spot, and what was even more tragic was that those who were smashed were half dead, wailing in their mouths, so that people could feel shocked and inexplicable when they heard it.

"Steady, steady, all the soldiers steady, speed up and rush through the valley, rush!" Sun Jian's eyes widened, and he couldn't stop shouting loudly, he never thought that there would really be an ambush of the Taiping army here, which greatly surprised him, and also put him and his soldiers in unspeakable danger.

Although he reacted in time and kept giving orders to stabilize the soldiers under his command, but suddenly, the Taiping army was well prepared, and the falling rolling stones and logs not only killed and injured many officers and soldiers, but also completely blocked the roads in front and ....... behind. )

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