Chapter 5: Sun Jian's First Battle
When Yuan Shao heard the military report, he couldn't help frowning, the defeat in the first battle was a great blow to the morale of the coalition army they had just formed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Yuan Shao listened to the battle report, where would he not know what was going on, didn't he just can't see that Sun Jian has won the first credit, and wants to compete with him! This defeat, if it was because of his wrong arrangement in Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao would review himself at most. But now it is because of Bao Xin's desire to fight for merit, so Yuan Shao can't help but be angry.
"Bao Xin! What a crime to disrespect the orders of the generals, send troops without permission and even be defeated! Yuan Shu, who was drinking, couldn't help but ask in a weird way.
When Bao Xin heard the military report, he was already panicked. He was full of joy and asked his younger brother to get water, thinking that he would be able to catch it, but it turned out to be like this. Not only was his younger brother Bao Zhong killed, but the entire army of 3,000 men and horses was wiped out, and his strength was cut by half at once! Now he is even more questioned because of this, and now he can't even say a word of justification, so he has to bow down and plead guilty.
Fortunately, Yuan Shao is also quite restrained, although after listening to Yuan Shu's words, he has a posture of asking for a knife, but for the sake of him being the prime minister of Jibei, plus he Bao Xin has always been close to him, he reprimanded the matter, and only said a word and waited for the return of the Wentai army, and the matter was over.
It's just that a wine banquet is like this, which is indeed a bit disappointing. After Yuan Shao made a statement to let Bao Xin make meritorious contributions, everyone had no interest in continuing to drink. After all, the blow of losing the first battle is still a bit big for the entire coalition army. Everyone hopes that this Sun Jian can win a few battles, so as to save the current low morale of the coalition army.
That Sun Jian is actually a little strange, he hasn't killed Bishui yet, why are there routs along the way. After gathering a thousand defeated troops, Sun Jian knew that Bao Zhong had actually been defeated under Bishui City! He himself was even more decapitated, and only these people escaped from the 3,000 men.
Although Sun Jian was a little annoyed that Bao Zhong actually grabbed credit from him, he was shocked in his heart. After all, everyone regards Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance and is willing to listen to his orders, how can anyone come to compete with him for no reason? Maybe this is a strange soldier of Yuan Shao, who took himself as the vanguard and confused the enemy, but he sent a surprise soldier all the way to attack Bishui. It's just that in this way, I, Sun Wentai, have become the one who lures the enemy, and even I don't even know that I am here to lure the enemy, which is not good.
However, Bao Zhong and the others were defeated a little miserably, and they learned from the mouth of the rout army that Bao Zhong was rushed out by a general of the other party, and he was killed with a knife in his hand. Although he also believed that Dong Zhuo would send reinforcements over, but no matter how he calculated, he should be faster, but he didn't expect that he was still slow? It seems that he still has to send someone to investigate carefully to see if there are any reinforcements in this water.
The news that came back from the inquiry made Sun Jian frown, he was still a day's way away from Bishui, but the scout came to report that Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of horses had entered Bishui City, and he was playing the "Hua" word general flag, according to Sun Jian's understanding of Dong Zhuojun, I was afraid that this person was Huaxiong.
That Huaxiong can be said to be the first fierce general under Dong Zhuo's account, no, the current first fierce general has been replaced by Lu Bu, and Huaxiong can only rank second. Despite this, he must not be underestimated, his martial arts are very prestigious in the Xiliang area, if it is him, it is not a very strange thing to behead Bao Zhong. It's just that Huaxiong's men and horses only arrived in Bishui today, who killed Bao Zhong the day before yesterday?
Sun Jian hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss together. In the big tent, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Zu Mao and his eldest son Sun Ce were all here, and several people couldn't help frowning when they heard Sun Jian talk about the current situation in Bishui.
"Father, why should a mere Huaxiong be afraid of him, see me come and shoot him to death!"
Sun Jian looked at his eldest son, who was only fifteen years old, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, the other four all laughed, and Cheng Pu said first: "Don't be impatient, that Huaxiong, when I followed the lord to fight Xiliang, I also heard his name, it is said that there is the courage of ten thousand people, and the eldest prince is young, I am afraid that he is not an opponent." ā
"General Cheng's words are wrong, although my Sun Bofu is young, but my kung fu, even General Zu is not an opponent, think of that little Huaxiong, what a way!"
"Bo Fu is a little restless, only one Huaxiong, as a father, naturally he will not take it seriously, but he has 50,000 horses under his command, and we only brought 10,000 people, if we want to attack the city, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult. This Xiliang army is very brave, if it is a strong attack, I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed. ā
"Yes, siege warfare has always been the siege of the side of the city with many dead soldiers, now we only have 10,000 horses, that Huaxiong has 50,000 soldiers, must not be stormed." Huang Gai also chimed in.
"It's just how to attack the city, but I haven't done it yet, everyone, let's discuss it together." Sun Jian smiled bitterly, "Bo Fu, you are a guy who goes to the battlefield for the first time, listen carefully to how everyone fights." The battlefield is not a place of glorious flesh and blood! ā
"Yes." Sun Ce arched his hand.
It's a pity that the six of them discussed for nearly two hours, but there was no good way, and in the end, Cheng Pu spoke: "Let's first set up troops under Bishui City, and then make plans." Then everyone dispersed.
Sun Jian and the others under Bishui City, looking at the dense soldiers on the head of the city, couldn't help but feel numb, so many people and horses, they want to attack the city, but they are afraid that it is not a little difficult, but too difficult. And he only has 10,000 people, so he can't disperse his forces at all, and he will attack the city from all sides, which will only make his entire army annihilated faster. It's just that all the strength is concentrated on this point, but it's also quite difficult, the other party has a lot of people, and if you gather your own strength here, others can naturally do it. It seems that it is quite difficult to take the county seat of Bishui.
Of course, that's right, but since you're here, you can't weaken your momentum. Morale can be boosted but not dropped, although there is nothing he can do now, but he must also let the soldiers know that he has the chance to win. Otherwise, these 10,000 soldiers don't even have the courage to fight, how can they fight.
Sun Jian left Sun Ce behind and set up camp, but he took Cheng Pu's four men and 3,000 men and horses to fight under the city. The pawns at the head of the city saw a person under the city, wearing rotten silver armor, wrapped in a red curtain, a big knife in front of him, a flower-maned horse in his crotch, and the halberd finger was closed and scolded: "Dong thief has no way, and there is a heavenly soldier to cut him down today!" Why don't you come down early! ā
Many Xiliang soldiers actually knew Sun Jian, and Dong Zhuo and his Sun Jian were together in front of Zhang Wen's tent, so they were more familiar. Besides, Dong Zhuo led the whole army back in that battle, under heavy encirclement, so most of the 50,000 Xiliang troops participated in that battle, how could they not know Sun Jian?
A small colonel immediately ran down the city and ran to Hua Xiong to tell him that Sun Jian was fighting outside the city. Hua Xiong naturally also knows Sun Jianwei's reputation, after all, they fought together in Xiliang back then, and they still know a lot about his skills. Therefore, Hua Xiong frowned, and he wanted to go to the city to have a look.
"General, what is there to be afraid of a mere Sun Jian, watch me go and get his dog's head back!" Hua Xiong regarded it as the deputy general Hu Zhen. Speaking of which, Hu Zhen is also quite brave, Hua Xiong knows that although his ability is not as good as his own, he can still be regarded as good, otherwise he would not be able to do the position of deputy general now. Sun Jian himself has never fought with him, but how capable can a Jiangnan man be? In terms of martial arts, we have to be even better in the northwest!
Therefore, Hua Xiong agreed to Hu Zhen's invitation and asked him to lead 5,000 men and horses to meet this Sun Jian for a while. He himself took Li Su and Zhao Cen to the top of the city to give Hu Zhen a look at the enemy's formation. I saw that Hu Zhen led 5,000 men and horses out of the city gate, and Sun Jian was also waiting for him.
"Sun Wentai, the prime minister has come to take you a lot, why do you want to raise troops here! Don't surrender quickly, lest you end up in a different place like that Bao Zhong! ā
"Hmph, Dong thief has no way, chaos in the court, everyone in the world will be punished! You horseman still dare to persuade me to surrender, hmph, if you don't surrender early, I will take your dog's life! ā
"Sun Wentai, don't be afraid to flash your tongue when you say big things! If you have the ability, come and fight me. ā
Sun Jian was about to beat the horse, but he heard Cheng Pu next to him shouting: "Use a knife to kill chickens!" It's enough for me Cheng Pu to fight you! "After that, he stepped forward immediately, and Hu Zhen was naturally not to be outdone. With a big sword, he went straight to Cheng Pu.
Although Sun Jian stopped stepping forward, the whole person was in a state of standby at any time. Not only him, but also Huang Gai and others, for fear that Cheng Pu would not be able to beat him, so he could hurry up and rescue Cheng Pu. Although Sun Jian fought side by side with the Xiliang Army, he also knew about Li Dao, Guo Yan and Hua Xiong for the Xiliang Army, and he really didn't know who this person was in front of him. If he hadn't said that his name was Hu Zhen, he wouldn't have known that there was such a person under Dong Zhuo's account.
However, Cheng Pu did not disappoint everyone, an iron-spine snake spear was in his hand, it was really like a poisonous snake, and it was difficult to parry the nonsense. Three rounds passed, and Hu Zhen couldn't help but be frightened, he didn't expect that this Southern Barbarian was so good at martial arts! With a lifetime of fear in his heart, he naturally didn't dare to fight again, but where would Cheng Pu let go of this good opportunity, stabbed Hu Zhen in the throat with a spear, and took his life!
Sun Jian saw that Hu Zhen was dead, hurriedly raised his knife and waved, shouted to charge, and the three thousand people were stunned to rush the five thousand soldiers and horses, and killed them until they were under the city of Bishui, and then Zhao Cen, who commanded the city to defend the city, was forced back with a rain of arrows. It's just that in this battle, Hu Zhen died, and no less than 2,000 people were killed or injured by 5,000 people and horses, which greatly increased Sun Jian's prestige, and even Hua Xiong couldn't help but glance at that Cheng Pugao.
Also, a person who can kill Hu Zhen in five rounds, I am afraid that his martial arts are still above Guo Yan, which is similar to Li Wei. Although he is more powerful than Li Dao, he is also limited, so he should be careful, such a fierce general is willing to surrender to Sun Jian, but I am afraid that Sun Jian's martial arts are better than him.
Seeing that the siege was hopeless, Sun Jian immediately collected his troops, and asked people to take Hu Zhen's head and go to Yuan Shao to report his merits.
Yuan Shao, who was struggling in the big tent, saw Hu Zhen's head and Sun Jian's documents, and couldn't help laughing and said to everyone: "Sun Wentai is really a Jiangdong Tiger!" This merit must be remembered for him! ā