Chapter 250: Sun Ce's Northern Expedition
Jingnan was too guarded by the mansion, and after receiving the news of Yuan Shu's defeat, Sun Ce summoned Zhou Yu and Zhang Xian to discuss: "Jiangdong has been decided, and then Han Yi will raise troops to conquer Jingzhou." Not at the end of this year, but at the beginning of next year. I don't know how I'm going to deal with it. ”
Zhou Yu bowed and said: "Brother Bofu, although our army has won the land of Jingnan, it has also gathered 60,000 troops. However, the pawns are not trained, the armor is not even, the soldiers and the people are not attached, and there are many hidden dangers. Just looking at the 10,000 feints that repelled Yuzhang Qiuhui before the moon, there were a lot of losses, which can be imagined. In the future, Han Yi's southern expedition may be difficult for our army to defeat the Korean army's conquest. ”
"There are two plans for today, one is to quickly make peace with Liu Yan, and say it with cold lips and teeth. If Liu Biao is unwilling to surrender to Han Yi, he will definitely unite with our army, and with the strength of the 200,000 army in Jingzhou, he may be able to fight with Han Yi. ”
Sun Ce shook his head again and again and said: "I have a grudge against Liu Biao for killing my father, even if I want to resist the Korean army alone, I will not fight with him." ”
Seeing that Sun Ce was determined, Zhou Yu had to pause and said, "Then our army has to come to the rescue of Zhang Jin in Jiaozhou." Han Yi divided Yuzhang into three counties of Chaisang, Poyang and Luling, and Yu Ban was the Taishou of Luling, with 20,000 troops stationed in Gan County, it is difficult to say whether it is Guiyang or Jiaozhou. There are 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou, and if it can be said that Zhang Jin sent troops to rescue, our army can also fight with the South Korean army. ”
Zhang Xian bowed and said: "Bofu, since this is the case, then I will lobby for Zhangjin in Jiaozhou." ”
Sun Ce hurriedly bowed and said, "The little nephew was able to gain a foothold in Jingnan thanks to the full support of my uncle. Now I have to drag my uncle to Jiaozhou to go to Jiaozhou, and ...... Appreciate. ”
Zhang Xian waved his hand and said: "This is a trivial matter, why should Bo Fu always worry about it." It's just that I have a word, and I hope Bo Zer will think about it. ”
Sun Ce bowed and said, "Please also ask my uncle to speak up." ”
Zhang Xian stroked his beard and said: "Bo Fu has a strong temperament and is unwilling to convince others. However, now that Han Yi is in the general trend, if you can't do anything, it's better not to resist. With the previous friendship between your father and Han Yi, Han Yi will not be embarrassed by you. ”
Sun Celiang was silent for a long time, and finally said: "The little nephew has a proud temperament since he was a child, and he is unwilling to convince people easily. That Han Yi was born as a mere son-in-law, and in just ten years, he has achieved such a great feat, although Henkel and Guangwu are only like that. The little nephew didn't understand the difficulty of starting a business when he was young, but now he knows that Han Yi is not easy. If it really can't be done, the little nephew also knows how to decide. But before the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the little nephew still wants to fight hard to see what his ability is. ”
Zhang Xian nodded and said: "Bo Ce knows it in his heart, the old man doesn't want the lives of Jingnan to be ruined, and he doesn't want your Sun family to have a bad end." ”
Sun Ce bowed his hand and thanked him, and said to Zhou Yu: "It is not a certain style to sit and wait for the Korean army to come to the door, I want to raise troops to attack Liu Biao in the north, if I can break Liu Biao in advance before the Korean army goes south, according to the Han River to block Han Yi, the situation may be better." ”
Zhou Yu nodded and praised: "Brother Bo Ce's anger is heroic, and I am very heartbroken. It's just that our army has fewer enemies and more enemies, can we defeat Liu Biao within the year? ”
Sun Ce said with a smile: "How can there be a battle in the world that must be won, if you don't give it a try, how can you know." Liu Biao is in this troubled era, but he is martial and respectful, and he is by no means a wise person. Even if there are good generals under his command, they can't use them. I may be able to break it by force. ”
At the moment, Sun Ce left 10,000 troops, and asked Sun Jing, Wu Jing, Sun He, and Sun Xiang to stick to the four counties of Jingnan, and since he and Zhou Yu, Sun Ben, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang generals did their best to raise 50,000 troops in Jingnan, and even worse Huang Gai went to the river first to arrange warships, loaded more military weapons, grain and grass, and loaded large ships with war horses, and Ke Rixing Division Northern Expedition.
Jiangzhong made a detailed exploration and flew to Xiangyang Liu Biao. Liu Biao was shocked and hurriedly gathered the civil and military soldiers to discuss. Kuai Liang said: "The lord does not need to worry. Huang Zu can lead 30,000 Jiangxia sailors to the front to block the enemy on the river, and the lord and his father-in-law will lead the people of Jingxiang to help. Sun Ce came across the river and lake, can An use Wuhu? ”
Liu Biao frowned and said: "Sun Ce has few soldiers, but he is brave and unstoppable, I will lead the people of Jingxiang to fight, but I am afraid that Han Yi will take advantage of the fire to rob." I want to order Cai Mao to lead 50,000 troops south to Jiangling to hold on without a fight, how about Huang Zu blocking the enemy's northward advance at Xiakou? ”
Kuai Liang bowed and said: "The current situation in Jingzhou, with Sun Ce in the south and Han Yi in the north, is even inferior to the Jiangdong of Yuan Shu in the past, and it is bound to not last for a long time." If the lord is defeated by Han Yi, he can still be demoted, and he will not be less than the post of the third prince. However, the lord and Sun Ce have a grudge against their father, and if they are defeated by Sun Ce, the lord and his family may not be protected. ”
Liu Biao woke up suddenly, deeply convinced Kuai Liang's words, so he ordered Jiangxia Huangzu to prepare to go first, and then raised an army of 100,000 to go south to Jiangling, preparing to fight Sun Ce.
However, it was said that Zhang Xian went south to Jiaozhou to lobby Jiaozhou to assassinate Zhang Jin, Zhang Jin had always respected the Han family, and hated Han Yi and Liu Biao, so he agreed to Sun Ce's alliance request. It's just that Zhang Jin's rule is not strict, he has no prestige as the monarch, and he advocates the Taiping Tao and treats his generals harshly. At this time, Xingbing suddenly aroused dissatisfaction, Zhang Jin did not deal with it in time, and was rebelled by the general of the army, and Zhang Jin was not in the chaos.
Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie Xingbing put down the rebellion, and was regarded as the new Jiaozhou Thorn History by the counties of Jiaozhou, Shixie with his younger brother Shi Yi served as Hepu Taishou, the second brother Shi Ji served as Jiuzhen Taishou, and his younger brother Shiwu served as Nanhai Taishou. Most of the relatives of the Shi clan held important positions in Jiaozhou, and Shixie dominated Jiaozhou.
Zhang Xian had to lobby Shixie again, not wanting Shixie's temperament to be similar to Liu Biao, he only liked to protect the country and the people, and was not happy to participate in the world's major events, so he politely refused Zhang Xian's invitation to unite. Zhang Xian had no choice but to return to Jingnan to report the news. After working hard all the way, Zhang Xian died of illness as soon as he returned to Changsha.
Sun Ce was very sad when he heard this, and said with hatred: "Although there are only soldiers from the four counties of Jingnan, I dare to resist Han Yiyi." Then he boarded the boat with Zhou Yu, led the troops to the northern expedition to Liu Biao, and looked at Jiangling to kill.
Huang Zu set up the water village in Huarong, and sent troops to and from the river every day to intercept Sun's army. Sun Ce couldn't cross the river, so he had to discuss with Zhou Yu to take the public security first. The public security guard will be Su Fei, the general of Huang Zu's department, and lead 5,000 troops to guard the town. Hearing that Sun Cejun was coming, he hurriedly sent an envoy to Huang Zu to report the urgency.
Sun Ce waved his troops to attack the public security, Huang Zu sent his son Huang Shot, and the general Zhang Shuo led the naval army of 20,000 people to dock in the south of the Yangtze River, and supported the public security with strong bows and crossbows, and the public security city could not be lowered. In the middle of melancholy, suddenly the yellow shooting military ship caught fire.
But it turned out to be Gan Ning, a Jinfan thief from Youzhou, who wanted to vote for Sun Ce. Seeing the battle between Sun and Liu, he prepared twenty fireboats upstream, and set fire to the ships downstream. Zhou Yu took advantage of the situation to lead the naval army to attack, and the yellow shot was defeated, and Zhang Shuo was killed.
Sun Ce was overjoyed, rewarded Gan Ning, and took advantage of the victory to attack the city. From time to time, brave generals Zhou Tai and Dong attacked bravely entered the city and killed hundreds of people. The public security was about to be broken, Su Fei had no choice but to surrender to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce seized the public security.
Huang Zhu was defeated, Huang Zu did not have enough troops to suppress the Jingnan Naval Army, and he was defeated repeatedly with Zhou Yu, so he had to shrink Huarong without fighting. It happened that Liu Biao's former army Cai Mao led 30,000 troops to the south, and Liu Biao sent his nephew Zhang Yun to lead 20,000 sailors to support Huang Zu, and Huang Zu's momentum was revived. Sun Ce was still not allowed to cross the river.
The new general Gan Ning offered a plan to take Yiling by land and smuggle it into Yiling. Sun Ce accepted his plan and ordered Gan Ning to lead 800 water thieves to leave the public security at night, and personally selected 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Yidao. The Yiling guards were unprepared, and were attacked by the Ganning naval army, and hurriedly abandoned the city. Sun Ce's army then crossed the river.
After Sun Jun landed on the shore, he divided his troops into two routes, one was Cheng Pu led 3,000 people to take Linfu and Bianxian directly, and made a strong momentum to stop Liu Biao's rear army. All the way, Sun Ce personally led and took Zhijiang City directly, in order to force Jiangling Cai Mao to wing. Zhijiang has Liu Biao's generals Huo Du and Huo Jun guarded, and Huo Shan guarded, Sun Ce's army could not be attacked, and it happened that Cai Mao personally led an army of 20,000 to rescue. Sun Ce had to turn around to face Cai Mao.
Cai Mao led the army out to meet him and set up a formation in the field. Sun Ce formed a formation and marched out under the door flag. Seeing that Cai Mao's army was in disarray, Sun Ce was fully clothed, and he went out to call for battle in front of the battle with a gun. Cai Mao led four generals out of the horse, for the brothers Cai Zhong, Cai He, Cai Xun and the general Lu Jie.
Cai Mao raised his whip and scolded: "Sun's rat thief, dare to invade the realm of the Han clan!" "It made Cai Zhong fight.
Sun Ce's Pegasus took Cai Zhong directly, and Cai Zhong was captured by Sun Cesheng and turned his horse back to the battle. Cai He and Cai Xun saw that Cai Zhong was captured, and they came with guns. As soon as the two guns reached the heart of the rear, Gan Ning saw it in the array, pulled his bow and arrows, and shot at Cai Xun's face, and Cai Xun fell off the horse.
Cai He was taken aback when he saw Cai Xun fall to the ground. It happened that Sun Ce turned around, saw Cai and Ma arriving, and shouted, the sound was like a huge thunder. Cai He was so frightened that he turned upside down and crashed off his horse, breaking his head and dying. Sun Ce went to the door and left Cai Zhong behind, and he was already held hostage. In an instant, he killed a general, drank a general, and since then, everyone has called Sun Ce "Little Overlord".
Cai Mao lost his third brother in one day, and his heart was full of angina, so he waved his troops to fight Sun Cejun. Sun Cejun had many brave generals, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, Ling Cao, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi each bravely broke through. Sun Ce was even more unstoppable, and he killed the general Lu Jie. Sun Jun was outnumbered, and Cai Mao's soldiers were defeated that day, and the corpses were all over the field, beheading more than 10,000 people. Most of the remaining men surrendered to Sun Ce.
Huo Du and Huo Jun were afraid of Sun Ce's military might, abandoned the Zhijiang River and fled in the direction of Xiangyang, and Sun Ce took the Zhijiang River. Slightly reorganize the troops and horses, and then rush towards Gangneung. Cai Mao's army was defeated in the Battle of Zhijiang, and for a time he feared the enemy like a tiger. Although there were more than 10,000 troops, more than Sun's army, they did not dare to fight with Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was bold and besieged Jiangling with outnumbered soldiers, and even ordered the city to be attacked on three sides, leaving only the north gate to be released. Cai Mao was looking forward to Liu Biao's help in the city, but he didn't want Liu Biao to be confused and intercepted by Cheng Pu's partial army in Yicheng, and he couldn't go south for a while.
That night, Sun Ce ordered Chen Wu and Ling Cao to swim across the moat with a sword, first climb to the top of the city and set it on fire, and shouted that the city was broken. Liu Jun in the city ran around and shouted. Cai Mao saw the fire in the city, and was very frightened, and he didn't know the truth, so he got on the horse and left at the north gate.
Behind him, Sun Ce led the army to come and kill him. Cai Mao was defeated again, and only four or five thousand people were left to flee in the hope of the sun. I also heard that there was Sun Jun blocking the road in Bian County, and he abandoned Dangyang and fled to Yicheng from the path.
Yicheng Liu Biao saw the defeated army, and Cai Mao bluntly said that Sun's army was unstoppable. Kuai Liangli persuaded Liu Biao to behead Cai Mao to boost the army's heart. Liu Biao was reluctant to lead the army to Xiangyang and retreat.
The army was defeated and Gangneung was lost. Most of Jingzhou's money and grain were obtained by Sun Ce, and the momentum was greatly boosted. Huang Zu's army saw that Huarong of the Tun army was useless, so he abandoned Huarong and turned into Hanshui, and most of Sun's army had to cross the river. Sun Ce continued to lead the army north, and ordered Zhou Yu to lead the naval ships into the Han River and capture Jingling.
Liu Biao saw that Sun Cejun was aggressive, and marched all the way north, and the cities fell when they heard the wind, and Jingzhou was in turmoil. Liu Biao was deeply afraid of being defeated, and asked Ji Kuailiang again. Kuai Liang persuaded Liu Biao to lead the Han army of Nanyang to the south, but Liu Biao was always hesitant to make a decision.
Sun Ce's army approached the city of Xiangyang to set up a village, and Liu Biao once again sent his generals Wen Ping, Wang Wei, and his nephew Liu Pan to lead 40,000 troops to battle. However, Sun Ce was brave and invincible, and the generals of Jingzhou were defeated again. Sun's army did not decrease, but increased, and finally led a large army to besiege Xiangyang City and storm it. Liu Biao finally made up his mind to surrender to Han Yi and asked for reinforcements to go south.