In Chung Valley City, a general wearing chain armor and holding a long sword knelt on one knee, bowed to Han Xuan and said: "The last general, Xu Rong, led the soldiers of the greedy wolf battalion and five thousand elite soldiers under his command to come here, please review the lord!" ”

Han Xuan smiled and helped Xu Rong up and said, "General Xu Rong came in time, please get up quickly." ”

Due to the division of troops, Sun Ce only brought 5,000 men and horses to pursue Han Xuan, Sun Ce led the army to twenty miles outside the camp of Chunggu, and suddenly the drums shook the sky. A group of heavily armored soldiers with spears in their hands walked towards Sun Cejun's army in unison.

This formation is the Xuanxiang array set up by Xu Rong, which is a kind of false formation to confuse the enemy. The queues are widely spaced, most of the flags, and the drums are constantly beating, simulating the sound of military vehicles marching. The footmen were noisy, as if the army was huge in number, using all kinds of methods to deceive the enemy.

Sun Ce saw the military horse coming towards them, and a large flag with the word "Han" was set up in the center, and next to it was a small flag with the word "Xu". Sun Ce's soldiers were horrified, Han Xuanjun had been pursued by them, and he had also divided his troops to flee before, why were there so many Han Xuanjun soldiers here at this time.

And looking at this formation, it seems that Han Xuanjun still has a chariot, although the chariot was gradually eliminated in the Han Dynasty, but this is a plain. The impact of the chariots on the plains with the cavalry can be imagined.

Sun Ce saw that his subordinates were flustered, and his military heart was shaken, and he hurriedly encouraged his morale and said: "Soldiers, don't panic, this is Han Xuan's plan to suspect the soldiers." Han Xuanjun is not more than us, follow me to fight bravely to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions! ”

Sun Ce's soldiers didn't dare to move, Sun Ce glanced at Han Dang, and Han Dang's soldiers shouted: "Our army is lone and deep, and we should put it to death and survive." Han Xuan is right in front of him, and those who strive to be rewarded for their efforts, and those who retreat will not be spared! ”

Han Dang took the lead in riding his horse and raising his gun, and then a large number of soldiers also followed, and Sun Ce supervised the army behind. Sun Cejun rushed into the formation of Han Xuan's army, and they found that Han Xuan's army was scattered, and there were not so many soldiers and horses at all.

There was a general standing on the mountain, dressed in chain mail, wearing a gray battle robe, and the word "Xu" was written on the banner behind him. He pointed his sword at Sun Ce, who was rushing to kill, and said, "I am the general Xu Rong, but the general is Sun Ce?" ”

"What?! He is Xu Rong. Is it the same Xu Rong who defeated his father and Cao Cao in the first place? Sun Ce thought silently in his heart.

Sun Ce shouted at Xu Rong: "Xu Rong, why did you vote under Han Xuan's account? The general is good at using soldiers, but now he is regarded as an abandoned son by Han Xuan, and now the general is trapped here, why not surrender to me, I will appoint the general to the important task of commanding the army. ”

I saw Xu Rong sneering: "Your father and grandson Jianshang were defeated by me, do you have to speak wildly here?" ”

Sun Ce saw that Xu Rong looked down on him, and raised his spear and rode towards Xu Rong, who retreated again and again, allowing the archers to release arrows to resist. Han Dang saw that Sun Ce was being targeted by archers, and hurriedly led the shield soldiers to come.

Sun Ce used his spear to open a few arrows and then hid behind the card soldiers, and Sun Ce led his army to chase after the archers of the Han Xuan army. Sun Ce's cavalry rushed to the dirt mountain, and suddenly more than a dozen pits appeared on the ground, and groups of strong soldiers drilled out of them and cut off the horse's legs with their swords.

Dozens of Sun Ce cavalrymen fell from their horses and were stabbed to death by Han Xuan's sergeants who caught up with several spears. Sun Ce said in his heart that Xu Rong was really cunning, and there must be ambushes ahead, so Sun Ce wanted to join the rear army and kill them together.

"Han Xuanjun is back! Run! Sergeant Sun Ce kept shouting. It turned out that in the rear of Sun Ce's army, Han Xuan commanded Xu Sheng to lead the army to rush over in a goose-shaped formation.

The goose-shaped formation is a battle formation that spreads out horizontally and the left and right wings are arranged forward or backward in echelons. And what Han Xuan asked Xu Sheng to take was a "V" shape forward, just like the ape's arms stretched forward, which was used to outflank Sun Cejun's military formation.

Sun Ce shouted at Sun Jing: "Yigong, this is a goose-shaped formation, and the defense in the rear is relatively weak. Quickly organize an elite army to attack the rear with me, and if you don't hurry, our army will be surrounded by Han Xuan's army. ”

Sun Ce and Han Dang led the army to rush to the rear of the goose-shaped array where Xu Sheng was, Sun Ce was just about to fight to the death to break through, but saw Xu Sheng take the initiative to get out of the way and let them out.

Sun Ce looked back in surprise, and Xu Sheng pointed behind him with a weird smile on the corner of his mouth. Sun Ce found that they had just rushed out, and there was another goose-shaped formation in front of them!

And it is an inverted "V" shape arranged backwards, the purpose of which is to protect the security of the wings and the rear and prevent the enemy from making a detour. Moreover, the two wings of this goose-shaped formation were more mobile cavalry, and although they were stationary at this time, they were protected and supported by the infantry in the center.

In this way, the two goose-shaped formations combined into an "X" shaped formation, and the cavalry of Han Xuanjun in the formation surrounded Sun Ce's army in a roundabout way, and exerted the power of the attacking cavalry, and suddenly killed. Sun Cejun was wrapped in dumplings, leaving a corpse on the ground.

Sun Ce picked off a Han Xuan sergeant with one shot, and felt very aggrieved, why did Han Xuan still have so many soldiers and horses, could it be that he had already fallen for Han Xuan's plan from the beginning of the battle?

Sun Ce was unwilling, the 5,000 men and horses he led were all elite soldiers, and they would definitely be able to kill them. Sun Ce and Han Dang led the army to rush and kill, but saw the cavalry of Han Xuan's army on both wings go around behind them and plug the gap in the goose-shaped array.

They allowed Sun Ce and Han Dang to break through, and it turned out that Xu Rong led the soldiers of the greedy wolf battalion to turn back and rush into the "V" shaped goose formation in several formations.

Several formations were dense battle formations, concentrating forces on the attack, and the thousands of soldiers of Sun Ce's army were surrounded in the center. In front, there were Han Xuan's sergeants in the inverted "V" goose-shaped formation to block it, and in the back, Xu Rong led the army to insert it directly, and they became meat on the chopping board, allowing Han Xuanjun to slaughter.

Sun Ce realized that Han Xuanjun's goal was not to surround him, but to swallow up the thousands of soldiers under him.

Sun Ce wanted to go back to rescue them, but Han Dang dissuaded: "Lord, don't! If you kill it back now, you will be sent to death, and you can't let the soldiers die in vain! For today's plan, the only way to fight out of the siege is to join the two generals Sun Fu and Sun He. ”

Sun Ce looked at the subordinates who were under siege behind him, and ruthlessly retreated with Han Dang with a thousand remnants of troops in the direction of Wuhu.

The main general fled, and Sun Cejun's thousands of soldiers were suddenly disheartened, and they were soon defeated by Han Xuanjun. Looking at the corpses in one place, Han Xuan sighed with emotion: "Sun Ce is quite capable of commanding troops, but unfortunately he can't be used by me. The Lord fled, but less than a thousand of these thousands of soldiers surrendered, and the rest were all killed. I respect them as strong men, and bury their bodies with the fallen soldiers of our army! ”

Sun Ce and Han Dang retreated to the edge of Lishui and met Sun Fu with a disgraced face leading the defeated army towards them. Sun Ce stepped forward and stopped him: "Cousin, why are you here?" Where is Sun He? ”

Sun Fu cried and said to Sun Ce: "Bo Fu, I and Sun He pursued Chen Wu, and on the way we were ambushed by Han Xuan's army, and my 8,000 soldiers and horses were defeated by Chen Wu and tens of thousands of troops such as Lu Dai, Zhong Xuan, and Zhou Tai. Sun He fought to the death in order to cover my breakthrough, and there are only more than 1,000 of my subordinates left......"

Sun Ce opened his mouth wide in surprise, impossible, how could Han Xuan still have tens of thousands of troops, where did so many people come from?

Sun Ce was puzzled, and asked Sun Fudao: "There is no food in Wuhu City, if Han Xuan's army chases after him, what should we do?" ”

Sun Fu said: "Why don't you cross the Lishui and go to Liyang? ”

Sun Ce asked Sun Fu and Han Dang to lead the army to find the ferry, and it was not until the evening that more than a dozen small boats were collected. Sun Ce and Sun Fu led the army to board the ship first, and Han Dang broke back. Suddenly, there were a lot of boats coming up on the water.

When a large flag with the word "Gan" was planted on the first boat, the Mong warship quickly headed towards the small boat of Sun Ce and others, Sun Ce was shocked: "Gan Ning! Why are you here? Where is Dong Xi? ”

Gan Ning carried the Jiaolong Bahai Hook and laughed: "Sun Ce, Dong Xi has already been defeated by me. I have been waiting for you here for a long time with my lord's order! Ha ha! ”

(End of chapter)