Chapter 165: Sun Jian's Retirement (Part II)

After Sun Jian and Zhou Yu led the army out of the camp, only 3,000 soldiers and horses were left to guard, led by the veteran Han Dang, and assisted by Sun Jian's second son, Sun Quan.

Before leaving, Zhou Yu made a suggestion to Han Dang, that is, after his group led the army to set off, for the time being, not to let the soldiers who stayed in the camp but had also been awakened by the sound of war drums to rest, but waited for their army to return before making arrangements.

Why did Zhou Yu make this suggestion, this naturally has his reasons. As the saying goes, before you win, you must think about defeat, and with Zhou Yu's character, he will definitely consider all possible consequences. At the time of departure, Zhou Yu regarded the number of enemy troops as equal to his own army, and in such a situation, Zhou Yu was not sure of victory. It would be better if it was victorious, but if it was defeated and all the soldiers in the camp had gone to sleep, if Cao's army took advantage of the victory to kill, these 3,000 people would not even have a chance to escape.

And at that time, Zhou Yu had also considered the possibility of sending troops to rob the camp in the city, so although these 3,000 people did not set off with the army, it was far from the time to rest.

It stands to reason that Han Dang is also a mature and stable veteran, and he is also very attentive to Zhou Yu's entrustment. But Han Dang has a characteristic for this person, he loves soldiers like sons, and he will love almost every soldier.

Loving a soldier like a child is a virtue in many cases, but in the very special times, this advantage may become a disadvantage, and it is a kind of shortcoming that can be fatal.

Han Dang initially complied with Zhou Yu's instructions and did not allow the soldiers to go to sleep and rest, but let them be mentally prepared for precautions. However, these Jiangdong sergeants who have been repeatedly tossed to sleeplessness, where can they endure the attack of fatigue at this time? The sergeants who were sent to fight were okay, they had a clear goal of action, and they were supported by the intent to fight and kill, but they didn't feel sleepy. But these soldiers who were left in the camp had nothing to do at this time, and naturally they all wanted to go back to the tent to sleep.

If the guards in the camp at this time were Sun Ce and Zhou Tai with such a hot temper, they might not dare to complain much, but who called the main guard who stayed at this time would be Han Dang, who was recognized as a good person.

So the sleepy and yawning soldiers went to intercede with Han Dang one after another, hoping that his old man could open up the net so that his brothers could make up for sleep.

Han Dang's heart towards the enemy is extremely hard, and he kills people without blinking. But he is so soft on his own people that he is home. At this time, seeing his soldiers begging him pitifully one after another, Han Dang was shaken.

"There shouldn't be a problem on the lord's side, the number of the two armies is equal, and the combat power is not far apart, even if the lord can't win the other party, he shouldn't be defeated...... As for the possible deployment of troops to rob the camp in Xuchang City, as long as the troops responsible for patrolling the camp are arranged, there will be no mistakes...... These soldiers are also working hard, and it makes sense for them to go to an early rest. ”

So, in the end, Han Dang still didn't follow Zhou Yu's instructions, and after leaving a small team of men and horses to patrol the camp and set up a sentry, he let most of the others go to sleep and rest.

Sun Quan, as Han Dang's deputy general, did not approve of Han Dang's move, but he couldn't persuade the other party at all. Han Dang's qualifications in Sun Jian's army are not ordinary old, even if Sun Quan is Sun Jian's second son, he has to be respectful in the face of Han Dang, even his eldest brother Sun Ce may not dare to be rude to Han Dang.

As a result, the vast majority of the soldiers went back to sleep, and tragedy struck.

When Yu Ban came to Sun Jianjun's camp with his men, in fact, the soldiers patrolling the camp had discovered them early and made an early warning. At this time, if the personnel in the battalion can react quickly, it will not be wiped out quickly.

But the question is, will they be able to react? Don't forget, this is the fourth time they have been under the covers, the fourth time they have fallen asleep.

"What? Someone is coming again? Who the fuck are you getting? "At least half of the soldiers did not believe the warnings of the patrols, while the other half, although they did, they were still slow to respond.

Can this reaction not be sluggish, dare you be woken up three times in a row at night, and see if you can get up quickly when you are woken up for the fourth time?

This is also the most mistaken part of Han Dang, in his opinion, he has already arranged the soldiers to patrol the sentry, even if there is really an enemy attack, he can quickly respond. Unfortunately, Han Dang ignored the fact that the soldiers had been woken up three times before, and the pigeons had been released three times. In such a situation, even if an early warning is given, it will not help.

And so, tragedy was born, and it was a great tragedy.

Yu Ban led 8,000 men and horses to rush into Sun Jian's camp, killing people and setting fires, unscrupulously, and encountered no decent resistance at all.

The three thousand Sun Jianjun, the dead and the wounded, were quickly slaughtered.

Han Dang naturally blamed himself and was ashamed of this. Now Han Dang is bent on death, and he rushed towards the place where Cao's army gathered more densely, and soon got his wish and died on the spot.

Sun Quan, on the other hand, was captured by Yu Ban shortly after Han Dang's death.

Cao Jun won a big victory!

Such an easy victory, of course, greatly exceeded Yu Ban's original expectations. And the fact that there were only 3,000 people in the camp surprised him even more.

But no matter what, Sun Jianjun's camp was completely destroyed by himself. After putting a few fires that were enough to burn the camp clean, Yu Ban returned to Xuchang City with Sun Quan and the hundreds of captured prisoners.

When Sun Jian, Zhou Yu and others led the army back to promise, all they were left with was a piece of wreckage.

"How so?" Sun Jian shouted in disbelief, "How could Yigong be defeated so quickly? ”

Three thousand people is not a small number, even if there is not a single soldier left in Xuchang City, pouring out, these three thousand people refuse to camp and defend to the death, no matter what, they can resist for a while, at least it should be possible to support the return of the army.

Zhou Yu's face was gloomy as water, and of course he could imagine what caused this tragic situation in front of him.

But what's the use of pursuing all of that now? Didn't you see Han Dang's body lying there? Can you still hold a dead man accountable?

Sun Jian looked at Han Dang's body in a daze, and his eyes were full of tears.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao were the first four generals to follow him, and their feelings were extraordinary.

In the past, when Zu Mao was bent on the occasion of begging Dong, he had already grieved himself, but he didn't expect that Han Dang would also be killed by Cao Jun tonight.

"Yigong!" Sun Jian let out a cry of sorrow, his voice full of desolation.

Sun Jian's loss of Han Dang was no less painful than Cao Cao's loss of Cao Ren.

After a few screams of sorrow, Sun Jian raised his head and looked coldly in the direction where Xuchang City stood, his eyes full of flames of hatred. Although Han Dang's death was inseparable from his own negligence, Sun Jian did not care about these at this time, so he naturally poured all his hatred on Cao Jun.