472, chasing all the way
Sun Ce had now been stimulated by the flames in Zhu Wei's military camp.
Sun Ce could naturally clearly see the scene of Huang Zhong setting fire to Zhu Wei's military camp and plunging the thousands of soldiers he sent into the military camp on fire from the gate tower of Danyang City.
Seeing those soldiers who were engulfed in flames, Sun Ce seemed to remember the scene when he was burned by the flames in Liyang City, and at this moment Sun Ce couldn't help but clench his fists, which had become a demonic obstacle in his heart.
Therefore, Sun Ce went down to the city gate tower at the first time, took a good lance that he had found again, straddled his war horse, and led his troops to rush out.
At this moment, Sun Ce's heart was full of murderous intent, he just wanted to kill people and see blood, he wanted to vent, he wanted to vent the fire that burned in his heart, and it didn't take long for Sun Ce to lead his troops to chase the collapse of the army led by Han Dang.
Seeing that Han Dangzheng was helplessly gathering the defeated soldiers who were scattering and fleeing, there was no way to continue to pursue Huang Zhong's army.
Sun Ce's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of fierceness, and then Sun Ce rushed directly on his horse, and assassinated more than 20 deserters in an instant with a lance, so that the routs who were still fleeing in all directions felt a chill in their hearts, and they slowed down their pace.
And Sun Ce seemed to vent some anger, and calmed down a little, and then Sun Ce loudly ordered that if he didn't return to the team within twenty breaths, he would be killed on the spot according to military discipline.
So under the loud shouts of Sun Ce's own soldiers around him, the soldiers led by Han Dang, who had already run into chaos, gradually gathered together again.
But Sun Ce couldn't wait for this, and when he saw that the defeated soldiers in the rout had begun to return to the team again, he asked Han Dang to continue to gather the remnants of the troops here, and by the way, after taking charge of the logistics and supplies that came out of Danyang City and other transportation of soldiers and horses, he led the troops to chase after Huang Zhong.
Now Sun Ce has at least more than 13,000 troops behind him, except for the troops he assigned to Huang Gai to attack Wang Yuyan's army and the 5,000 troops that Han Dang bred, almost all the remaining troops in Danyang City.
At this moment, Sun Ce's heart was also full of killing intent towards Huang Zhong.
He would never let Huang Zhong calmly use a military trap to eliminate his nearly 4,000 troops, and then leave safely with his soldiers and horses, the flames burning in Huang Zhong's military village almost made Sun Ce arouse all the hatred that Liyang had experienced, and then put it on Huang Zhong.
But at this moment, Huang Zhong's army has been gone for a while, and there are not many grain and grass materials in Huang Zhong's army that need to be transported, and Sun Ce led troops out of Danyang City and helped Han Dang collect the rout, which also delayed a lot of time.
In this way, Sun Ce led the army to chase and kill for a while, but he could only find traces of Huang Zhong's army, and failed to see a trace of Huang Zhong's soldiers.
Today, Sun Ce suddenly sent troops to attack Huang Zhong's military village in the morning, but it was already noon, so the sky was sunny, and it could even be said to be a little hot.
And the flames burning in the Huang Zhongjun Village also seemed to be burning a bonfire on the flat ground, releasing a heat wave to the surroundings, and at the same time, it also rose into the sky with thick smoke, so that the changes here could be seen within a radius of several miles.
As the smoke fills, the air smells of burnt smoke and barbecue.
But all the Sun Ce soldiers who smelled this smell only had a feeling of nausea surging in their hearts, because the smell of meat was the body of their compatriots being grilled by the flames.
Sun Ce smelled this smell, and the anger in his heart was even worse, because he had also smelled this smell when he was in Liyang, and he had even smelled it on himself, so he couldn't help but increase his anger and urged the soldiers behind him to speed up the pursuit.
Soon a scout driving a horse came back to report that they had already discovered the traces of Huang Zhong's soldiers, and it was probably more than a mile away from the current pursuit position where Sun Ce was.
However, the direction in which Huang Zhong withdrew was to the north, and the purpose seemed to be the direction of Dantu County.
In this direction, it gradually approached the Yangtze River, and there were not many hills and woodlands around, and there was no terrain to ambush, so it didn't look like it was luring Sun Ce's army into the ambush place.
Although Sun Ce's heart was filled with anger at the moment, he still retained some reason in his mind.
If Huang Zhong's army withdrew in the direction of Jiuhua Mountain, Yellow Mountain, and Tianmu Mountain in the southwest of Danyang City, then Sun Ce would definitely suspect that Wang Yuyan had set up an ambush here, and deliberately let Huang Zhong lead him to the trap.
Then Sun Ce may be a little more careful, because Sun Ce had already discovered through scouts that Wang Yuyan had sent nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses such as Zhang Ying and Chen Heng to the southwest, so Sun Ce guessed that Wang Yuyan might have an ambush in the southwest, and Sun Ce would naturally be particularly careful to use troops in the southwest direction.
In fact, in the southwest and south of Danyang City, there are three mountain systems of Jiuhua Mountain, Yellow Mountain, and Tianmu Mountain, which are spread in parallel in the southwest and southern regions of Danyang City, which are almost the sphere of influence of the original Shanyue Sect Marshal Zulang.
Of course, now Zu Lang has followed Zhu Wei to Yuzhang, but most of the vacancy he left behind was occupied by Jin Qi and Mao Gan, who were left in She County, and they have become the new Shanyue Marshal of Danyang County.
At the same time, there are also more Shanyue thieves who appeared in the area after Zu Lang left, and also refilled the territory left by Zu Lang after he left.
Therefore, this area is still not a chaotic area controlled by the government, and the mountains are not suitable for large army traffic, so in Jiangdong, only Danyang City, Jurong County, Moling County and other areas close to the Yangtze River are the main military roads.
This is also the reason why Zhou Yu blocked Moling County before, making it difficult for Wang Yuyan's army to easily bypass the past.
And now, according to Sun Ce's scouts, Wang Yuyan sent Zhang Ying and Chen Heng to the southwest of Danyang City, in addition to the possibility of blocking Sun Ce's army from withdrawing into the mountains and triggering a long-term encirclement and suppression in the mountains, it is also possible to let them ambush over there, waiting for the opportunity to lead Sun Ce's army over, and then use ambushes to defeat Sun Ce's army.
But since Sun Ce had been alert in advance, of course he would not be easily attracted by Zhu Wei's army to those areas suitable for ambush.
But now the direction in which Huang Zhong led his troops to retreat was the direction of Dantu, which made Sun Ce's vigilance drop a little, although Sun Ce didn't know that Huang Zhong's troops were not weak, why he refused to stop to fight, and chose the tactics of retreating to avoid battle, but there should be no terrain in this direction to set up an ambush.
Sun Ce also considered in his heart that Huang Zhong might also be on orders to do this, because Wang Yuyan was unwilling to waste his troops and fight hard with the soldiers driven by Sun Ce, but just wanted to exhaust the grain and grass on Sun Ce's side and let Sun Ce's army collapse on its own, so that he could win without a fight.
So now Huang Zhong has taken the initiative to retreat, it should also be to avoid a war and consume his troops in vain.
However, no matter what, Sun Ce thought of finding Zhu Wei's army and fighting hard a few times, which could not only weaken the strength of Zhu Wei's army, but also reduce the strength of Sun Ce's side and alleviate Sun Ce's army's demand for food.
So now that Huang Zhong refused to stop and engage in the battle, and the direction he withdrew from didn't seem like there was a possibility of an ambush, Sun Ce naturally refused to give up and continued to chase and kill......