Chapter 962 - Exhaustive Strategies (殇今恫古語計加加)
Sun Ce stood on the edge of the swamp on the south side, watching the black smoke soar into the sky, and finally put his heart back in his stomach.
Ma Chao is worthy of being a master of riding, he has lived in the barracks since he was a child, he has a sensitivity to the deployment of the barracks, knows how to find the location of the baggage camp as quickly as possible, and can also grasp the opportunity to quickly break into the baggage camp, even if they encounter some small troubles, they can overcome it with their riding skills and combat effectiveness.
In contrast, this may not be possible with the white feat. Although they fought head-to-head, Bai Yushi was no worse than those Xiliang cavalry, and even slightly better. However, they do not have experience in this area and may not be able to grasp the opportunity at the slightest opportunity.
This is both talent and experience, Ma Chao is undoubtedly the best person who can combine these two points, and the only person who can compare with him at this point may be Yan Xing. Pound is also good, but Pound's talent is not as good as Ma Chao.
Yuan Tan's baggage camp caught fire, and half of the goal of this battle was achieved, and the remaining half was how to send these more than thirty ox carts to Sun Jian's camp. There are more than 500 catties of food on an ox cart, and there are more than 1,000 catties of meat after a cow is slaughtered.
Yuan Tan's subordinates fought hard for two days, achieved great results and suffered a lot of losses, and after building a camp fence around Sun Jian, they retreated to a distance and set up camp, keeping a distance of three to five hundred steps from Sun Jian's camp fence. Taking advantage of the fire in the camp of the Chinese army and everyone's attention was attracted, Sun Ce drove the ox cart and rushed to Sun Jian's camp.
Guo Wu galloped on his horse and rushed in front of everyone, he wanted to rush to Sun Jian's camp first and inform Sun Jian to be ready to respond.
Knowing that time was pressing, the Ding family's coachmen raised their whips and whipped the oxen pulling the cart hard, and galloped forward as fast as they could.
Sun Ce carried the overlord to kill, and led the white warriors to cover on the side, looking at the big camp not far away, ready to fight at any time.
Soon, the gate of the nearest camp of Yuan Tan's former army opened, and a group of foot soldiers rushed out. Sun Ce greeted, and Xu Sheng and Chen Wu led twenty Bai Yu soldiers to rush out. Before those foot soldiers could figure out what was going on, they were stunned when they saw the cavalry rushing towards them, some wanted to resist, some turned around and wanted to escape, gossiping, not knowing who to listen to. Xu Sheng seized the opportunity, swept his horse in, swung the iron spear, knocked a spear away, and stabbed the spearman to death. The horses crashed into the crowd and knocked the two shield-bearers into the air.
Seeing that these foot soldiers had little experience in dealing with cavalry, Bai Yushi immediately dispersed, and killed the foot soldiers in a loose formation, slashing with spears and bayonets, and killing wantonly.
These soldiers have been either fighting or building barracks for the past two days, and they have not been able to rest properly. Seeing that the task of besieging Sun Jian was completed, they all wanted to have a good rest, but they just closed their eyes, and were awakened by the sound of the gong that called the police.
Some people began to run away, thinking that they would be safe by escaping back to the camp, but they didn't know that this was in the hands of Bai Yushi. They chased and slashed, galloping back and forth, stabbing one foot soldier after another to the ground. They deliberately stood up for power, and their attacks were very ruthless, often piercing with a spear, and the wounded foot soldiers were gushing blood, lying on the ground crying helplessly, and soon lost their breath. The foot soldiers who had not yet left the camp were stunned when they saw this scene, and they were even more reluctant to fight. No matter how the commander reprimanded, no one took the initiative to leave the camp.
While urging the ox cart to hurry, Sun Ce closely watched the situation of each battalion, not daring to be careless. He had carefully chosen one of the weakest links, but the three-mile road was still fraught with danger, and he was sure that he could get in, but he might not be sure that he would return safely. If he was trapped in Sun Jian's camp, it would be difficult for him to jump out of the encirclement, and if he lost his mobility ability, the value of the cavalry would be lost by more than half.
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Xinbi heard the shouts of killing coming from the direction of the front camp, and turned to run towards the Chinese army. Yuan Tan stood on the command platform, leaning over, squinting his eyes and looking carefully. To the southeast, the morning sun was rising, shooting directly into his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly what was going on there, except that there seemed to be a battle going on near the newly erected barracks.
"What's the situation?" Simbi asked as he ran to the podium and panted.
"It looks like someone has burst into the position from there, can't see clearly, the sun is dazzling."
"I know who it is." Simbi gritted his teeth. "The only one who can calculate all kinds of details so accurately is Sun Ce."
"Sun Ce?" Yuan Tan turned his head to look at the baggage camp that had been burned all over the sky. "He's not there?"
"No matter where he is, this fight was carefully planned by him. General, don't worry about the baggage battalion, burn it, burn it. I'll take the guards to ride to the front camp, and you transfer Cheng Yu...... No, transfer Zhu Ling to the south side to encircle, if we can kill Sun Ce, we are done. ”
"Why don't you transfer Cheng Yu's ......" Yuan Tan said to his lips and swallowed back. He knew what Simbi meant. Cheng Yu was on his left, the closest, but Sun Ce came from the south, and after passing through the front camp, it was likely that he would not turn back, but go directly to the north, so that if Cheng Yu moved the camp, it was likely that Sun Ce would fall into Sun Ce's hands and be exploited by him again. Although Zhu Ling, who was adjusting to the north, was a little slower, it was more secure.
"George."
Xin Bi, who had already gotten off the command platform, stopped and looked back at Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan untied the long knife at his waist and threw it down. Simbi subconsciously caught it.
"Those who do not obey the order will be killed."
Only then did Simbi come to his senses and respond excitedly. A guard led the horse, he flew on the horse, rushed to the guard on the side, and raised Yuan Tan's saber high.
"Make the king have an order, kill Sun Ce, reward a thousand gold, and seal the marquis. Violators, behead! ”
The guard battalion was not far from Jiangtai, and when he saw Yuan Tan handing over the saber to Xin Bi, he already knew what Yuan Tan meant, where did he dare to have any opinions at this moment, so he agreed and rushed away with Xin Bi.
Xin Bi rode his horse to the front of the camp, reined in his mount, slowed down, raised Yuan Tan's saber, and shouted to the lieutenant guarding the camp gate: "Guard the camp gate, no one is allowed to enter and leave at will, so that if you make a mistake, kill your whole family." ”
"Changshi rest assured." The lieutenant patted his chest and said loudly: "When people are at the door, there will never be a mistake." ”
The camp gate was wide open, and Xin Bi rushed out of the camp with Yuan Tan's personal guards. He did not go directly to the front camp, but went around to the right along the back side of the front camp, and forward along the right side of the front camp, which could appear behind Sun Ce.
Sun Ce had not been involved in the battle, and he had paid close attention to the situation in all directions, especially the reaction of the Chinese army. When Xin Bi had just rushed out of the Chinese army's camp, he had already noticed the smoke and dust stirred up by the cavalry galloping, and it was estimated that Yuan Tan's personal guards had ridden out of the camp, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and ordered the coachmen to speed up and turn around to meet the attack.