Sun Jian attacked Dagu Pass for the second time.

As the three gateways from the south to the southeast of Luoyang, the three Xiongguan passes of Dagu, Yique and Yuyuan are very different in front of the passes. The most dangerous is the Yuyuan Pass, this pass is located in the Songshan Mountain, built between the mountains, the mountain road in front of the pass is extremely narrow, and no matter how many troops can not be launched. The two passes of Yique and Otani are slightly less steep than the Yuyuan Pass, but they are also built between the mountains, but the road in front of the pass is relatively open.

Xu Rong, who was in Dagu Pass, ordered Li Mengqin to lead 5,000 cavalry to be stationed near Dagu Pass, forming a horn with the defenders of Dagu Pass. The 5,000 men under Li Meng's command were mainly cavalry, supplemented by foot soldiers. The cavalry did not play much role when guarding the pass, but when he went out of the pass, he could better exert his mobility ability. As a result, Sun Jian wanted to attack Dagu Pass, and Li Meng continued to harass him from behind; If Sun Jian turned the spearhead and took Li Meng directly, Xu Rong would go out of the customs to fight against the other, so that he would lose one or the other.

Defending the city requires guarding the wilderness, and guarding the pass is the same, Xu Rong knows this well.

Sun Jian rushed to the vicinity of Dagu with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and when he climbed the heights, he knew that this battle was not easy to fight.

Just because it's hard to fight doesn't mean you can't fight, especially for someone like Sun Jian. Even if it costs a little more, as long as the Otani Pass is taken, it will be worth it.

So Sun Jian made a deployment, with Huang Gai and Sun Ben as the vanguard, and ordered him to lead his 3,000 infantry troops in front of the pass; Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Wu Jing and other generals led 6,000 infantry soldiers to camp between Li Meng and Huang Gai, as a buffer, and also as a follow-up attack on the pass; He himself, Zu Mao, Zhu Zhi and other generals led the rest of the cavalry to take Li Meng.

If Sun Jian's deployment is successful, Xu Rong's plan will be completely ruined. The problem is that Xu Rong has already been deployed, and Sun Jian is the latest, how can Xu Rong, who saw the movement of Sun Jian's army at the gate, let Sun Jian complete his battle plan step by step? So the beginning of the war began to fight from the seizure of positions.

Xu Rong went out of the pass to fight against the battle, and almost at the same time, Li Meng led the cavalry to assault.

Sun Jian went to fight Li Meng, Huang Gai and Sun Ben went to fight Xu Rong, and Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other generals did not go to either side, but arranged the camp defense according to the plan.

As a result, the two sides fought fiercely for a day, and Sun Jian was very fierce, and he really blocked Li Meng, and both sides were injured. Li Meng's cavalry was elite, and Sun Jian was brave and capable of fighting, and after several battles, he temporarily fought five or five.

But Huang Gai and Sun Ben were beaten by Xu Rong.

Huang Gai's 'Jiangbiao Huchen', his bravery is not under Xu Rong, Sun Ben is Sun Jian's son, and he is also high-spirited to fight for his father. can be compared with Xu Rong, after all, Xu Rong is more old and spicy, one day down, Huang Gai and Sun Ben were slightly injured, more than half of the people who died in the trilogy, and the rest were also injured.

Sun Jian did not win the forward position in the end, and the two sides called off the troops, and in the first round, Xu Rong won.

After the strike, Sun Jian convened the generals to discuss the matter.

To tell the truth, after a day of fighting, the generals have a bottom on the strength of the Dong army guarding Dagu Pass. Judging from the battle situation, Xu Rong and Li Meng's troops are estimated to be about 10,000 people, only half of their own. The key is that Xu Rong first took advantage of the geographical advantage, and then waited for work, while some of the 20,000 people in Sun Jian's department were temporarily recruited in Liang County, and in order to achieve unexpected results, he traveled a long distance and was very tired.

In terms of results, it is not bad to be able to play like this.

Sun Jian already had the idea of retreating in his heart, because Xu Rong responded too quickly, as if he knew that they were coming, could it be true that Xu Chu said that this was Dong Jun's plan to lure the enemy north?

However, he withdrew from the army, and Sun Jian was unwilling. When it was difficult to decide, a piece of news happened to be sent that Dong Jun sent troops to Mengjin Pass to threaten Hanoi County.

Because the news was passed on by the 'friendly army' on the Hanoi side, Sun Jian didn't think much about it, and said excitedly: "Hu Zhen is now in Yingchuan, and the Dong army wants to attack Hanoi again, a God-given opportunity, don't miss it!" Pass my military order, rest for the night, gather troops and horses, and fight Xu Rong again! ”

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On this night, Xu Chu and Cao Cao were stationed seventy miles away from Sun Jian.

Seventy miles away, hurry, dawn will arrive, the reason why I stopped to rest, in addition to the consideration that this time is 'Dong Jun's plan to lure the enemy', but also because I received a specific battle report from Sun Jian's battle.

Xu Chu likes empathy very much, he compares himself to Sun Jian, when he has just fought with Xu Rong for a day, and the victory or defeat is not yet clear, if he gets the news of Dong Jun's change from Hanoi, what will he choose? Apparently the assault continued.

If this continues, Sun Jian may really be entangled in front of Dagu Pass, and what will follow will be a big defeat.

Xu Chu in this world does not have too deep a friendship with Sun Jian, but it is more likely that Sun Jian will become a strong enemy for him in the future. But no matter what, at this time, the spearhead of the two is the same against Dong, and courting Dong is the overall situation, and it is a very beneficial thing for him, Cao Cao and Sun Jian. So even if Sun Jian may be a great enemy in the future, Xu Chu is not willing to sit back and watch Sun Jian return defeated at this time.

After discussing with Cao Cao, Cao Cao agreed with Xu Chu's point of view.

In the military tent, both civil and military are coming.

Xi Zhong went to Yangzhai, Yao Sheng stayed in Liang County, and there were only two strategists left in the military tent, Guo Jia and Xin Bi. Xin Bi is young, and he doesn't have much research on military strategy, so everyone's eyes fall on Guo Jia, and inevitably on Xu Chu and Cao Cao.

Along the way, Cao Cao humbly asked Guo Jia several times for some questions about the development of the war, of course, the ghost did not disappoint Cao Cao, and the hero saw the same thing, Cao Cao inevitably had a little more regret of 'being a beautiful woman, but he had to vote'. Therefore, at the beginning of the discussion, Cao Cao took the initiative to ask Guo Jia to speak first.

Guo Jia first told everyone what he had analyzed to Xu Chu, Cao Cao and others, 'This is Dong Jun's plan to lure the enemy', and after everyone in the tent generally understood it, he analyzed where Dong Jun was most likely to appear if there was an ambush.

The map was spread out on the ground, pointing to the locations of the two passes of Yique and Otani. The two passes are sixty or seventy miles apart, and the cavalry can rush and arrive in an instant. It was learned from Sun Jian that the Dong general guarding Dagu Pass would be Xu Rong, and the main general of Yique Pass should be Lu Bu.

According to Guo Jia, since Dong Jun was sure that Sun Jian would attack Dagu Pass, if there were ambushes, the best place to go should be to camp outside Yique Pass.

A total of 3,000 soldiers under Lu Bu's command were not enough to rush to the aid of Dagu Pass, so Sun Jian was most likely defenseless in the direction of Yique, so Guo Jia's final conclusion was: Dong Zhuo's ambush should be somewhere east of Yique Pass, and when Sun Jian attacked Dagu Pass again, Xu Rong was defeated and led him to attack the pass.

Xu Chu nodded approvingly and said, "What Feng Xiao said is reasonable, do you have any other opinions?" ”

Xiahoudun didn't seem to be very optimistic about Guo Jia's speculation, and suddenly said: "What Captain Guo said, although it is reasonable, is ultimately a conjecture. In my opinion, no matter what tricks the Dong army has, just wave the army to attack Yique Pass, and the siege of General Sun will be solved! ”

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this: "Yuan Rang, this is not allowed. ”

Xiahou said strangely: "Why not? ”

Cao Cao said: "If the Dong army has heavy troops to reinforce Yique Pass, how can I wait for 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack it?" If it can't be attacked, it will become the situation before the south of Liang County, once it is entangled by the Dong army, not only General Sun is in danger, but we are also in danger. ”

Xiahoudun turned his eyes to look at the map, and stood silently, as if thinking.

"Fortunately," Xu Chu said, "I am still in the dark at this time, even if we are unable to attack Yique Pass, but after General Sun leads the enemy ambush, we can still calmly save him." Speaking of this, Xu Chu looked at Cao Cao, and the two smiled.

Xu Chu and Cao Cao sent troops later than Sun Jian, and they did not rush as anxiously as Sun Jian on the road, because Dong Zhuojun did not know that Xu Chu and Cao Cao had left Liang County with a large army and went north. When Dong Jun knows, maybe Sun Jian's side is already in full swing, but it is too late to deal with it.

And this situation couldn't be better for Xu Chu and Cao Cao. Although Sun Jian can't be left alone, it is still okay to let Sun Jian lose some strength and frustrate his spirit, and in the future, Cao Cao will inevitably have to deal with Yuan Shu in Yingchuan, Sun Jian, as Yuan Shu's ally, is too strong and not good.

The next day, Sun Jian attacked again, after resting for a night, Sun Jian's soldiers were replenished with physical strength, and Sun Jian issued a military order: those who beheaded the enemy's soldiers were rewarded with 2,000 yuan, and those who beheaded the team were rewarded with 4,000 yuan, and so on, beheading an army marquis was rewarded with 20,000 yuan, and under the heavy reward, the three armies all rose up, Li Meng retreated dozens of miles, Xu Rong was repelled by Sun Jian personally led his troops out of the pass, and escaped into the pass to defend it.

Sun Jian didn't know that Xu Rong and Li Meng's acting was very important, so he immediately launched a fierce attack on Dagu Pass, with arrows and stones all over the sky, gunpowder smoke everywhere, and cloud ladders vertical and horizontal.

When the battle reached a fierce place, Sun Jian actually wanted to climb the ladder to climb the pass and fight, and stopped him left and right, and at this time, the Dong army ambushed the army.

Sun Jian was shocked, grabbed the scout who reported the news, and asked, "What did you say?!" There are only Lu Bu's Bingzhou soldiers nearby, where did the Dong army surprise attack us?! ”

In his desperation, he exerted too much force, almost squeezing the scout to death, until he was reminded left and right, and then let go of the man and put him down.

The scout gasped and said, "Will...... General, it's a cow...... The banner of Ushisuke! ”

Sun Jian once worked with Dong Zhuo under Zhang Wen, so many veterans in his army were familiar with the generals under Dong Zhuo.

"Ushisuke?"

Sun Jian's face is like earth, if he is still 'obsessed' at this time, it is not Sun Jian. Holding the handle of the ancient ingot knife inserted on the ground with both hands, Sun Jianfang stood still, and his mind turned sharply: Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's heavy general, since he is here, the soldiers and horses he brings are less than 10,000, and more are in the tens of thousands, how can I resist. Even if they want to retreat, Xu Rong in the Guanzhong, and Li Mengding in the east will take advantage of the situation to attack ......, so they just make a desperate bet, if they can take Dagu Pass, they will have a glimmer of life.

Sun Jian is worthy of the name of the Jiangdong Tiger, such a crisis of survival, he actually has to take the Dagu Pass, after the generals on the left and right listened, on the one hand, their hearts were sad, on the other hand, they also knew that only by capturing the Dagu Pass, they could have the opportunity to save a certain amount of combat power.

"Report!"

Outside the tent came the sound of scouts again.

Sun Jian took a deep breath, and at this moment, he calmed down and said in a deep voice: "But Li Meng is attacking?" ”

"General Yu, it's General Xu's account that Sima is here!"

Xu Chu?

Sun Jian was like a drowning man who grabbed the last straw, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up, please, hurry up!" ”

A man of medium stature and athletic physique came in from outside the tent, bowed to Sun Jian and said, "General Huya's Sima, Jiangxia Chen Gong has seen Sun beg for capture. ”

Sun Jian helped him up, didn't have time to say hello, and asked, "Dare to ask Chen Jun, but Xu Huya sent you over?" ”

Chen Gong replied, "Exactly." ”

Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and asked again: "General Xu has something to say to Sun?" ”

"My general said, General Sun fought hard and should be a model for heroes in the world, but the Dong army is cunning, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and now my general has gone to General Sun with General Cao's soldiers to the south of General Sun's twenty miles away, and I hope that General Sun will stop attacking Dagu Pass and quickly retreat south."

Sun Jian sighed: "I regret not listening to the words of General Xu and Cao, Chen Jun, please hurry back and bring Sun's words: This rescue, Sun Mou feels guilty, and according to the words of the two generals, quickly retreat south!" ”

As soon as Chen Gong left, Sun Jian immediately ordered: the whole army stopped attacking Dagu Pass and retreated south.

The order was forbidden, Sun Jian's troops were no worse than any team in the world, and immediately the soldiers and horses of the various departments retreated south under the leadership of the generals, and Xu Rong, who was on the Dagu Pass, saw Sun Jian's army retreating like a flood, and it was not clear what was happening, but he also closed the door and opened wide, and immediately pursued with his soldiers.

There was Xu Rong in the north and Li Meng in the east, and the two pursued each other, covering all the way, and Sun Jian's army suffered heavy casualties. Although Sun Jian was stunned, he could only personally lead the cavalry to intercept it slightly, which saved some battle damage. Then, after retreating more than 20 miles, he saw Niu Fu's army.

There are 10,000 people.

Sun Jian exclaimed bitterly: "Niu Fu is stationed near Yique Pass with so many soldiers and horses, I don't know!" ”

On Niu Fu's side, at this time, he not only saw Sun Jian's soldiers and horses, but also saw Xu Chu and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses in the south. He thought that he was a good soldier, and forcibly crossed between Sun Jian, Xu Chu, and Cao Cao's two armies, wanting to cut off the connection between the two armies, and wait for Xu Rong and Li Meng to come over, so as to destroy Sun Jian first, and then take Xu and Cao.

After taking a full view of Niu Fu's actions, Xu Chu couldn't help but smile and said: "Niu Fu thinks that he is the only athlete in the world in Liangzhou, but I don't know that there are also people who dare to fight under our command." ”

Cao Cao glanced forward a few times and said, "In front of Niu Fu's horizontal army, Zhongkang, how do you say to break it?" ”

On the occasion of the enemy, Xu Chu has the greatest right to speak, and after several actual battles with Dong Jun, Xu Chu has a certain understanding of Dong Jun's combat methods.

Dong Jun's foot soldiers are good at spears, strong crossbows and other weapons, and it is obviously unrealistic to use the only more than 1,000 light horses in their hands to directly charge into battle. The cavalry of the Dong army, which is good at dividing troops and fighting together, is often a cavalry as the main force, and the rest of the partiality is the auxiliary, echoing from afar.

Xu Chu pondered for a while and said, "Dian Wei, Le Jin listens to the order!" ”