The 268th Round: Defend the city
Cao Ren was seriously injured, which was really unexpected by Xun Gang, but he really couldn't imagine that who in Yuan Shao's army had such the ability to seriously injure Cao Ren hiding in the city gate?
Whether it is Hebei Sitingzhu or other miscellaneous generals, Xun Gang has never heard of the rumors that they are good at shooting, could it be that this guy fell on the city wall by himself?
"What's the situation?"
The man replied: "Originally, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were about to attack the city, but out of nowhere, another team of men and horses came in, defeated Yuan's army, and wounded General Cao Ren, who killed out of the city; I thought that this matter would be stopped, but I didn't want the enemy army to suddenly kill a strong general, so I rushed to the city at the risk of death, and shot General Cao Ren in the chest with only one arrow! ”
"Do you know where this is?"
"The first one calls himself 'Jiangdong Sun Bofu'!"
Xun Gang spurted out a mouthful of old blood, why did Sun Ce suddenly come here? Could it be that because he didn't die, the plan to attack Xuchang came true?
"How many men are there in the enemy?"
"It's only three thousand!"
Another mouthful of old blood, with only 3,000 soldiers and horses, makes you experienced people helpless?
"That's it, take me quickly!"
Even though Xun Gang was helpless, he could only bite the bullet. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info the soldiers escorted it to the downstairs of the south city, only to see a majestic army below, the leader of the person holding a spear, the foot of the red horse, very powerful.
"It's really Sun Ce......"
Xun Gang looked around, and saw Tai Shici and Jiang Qin, two acquaintances, and the others didn't seem to have any important generals.
"Three generals, three thousand soldiers and horses, dare to go deep into the rear of the Cao army, this courage alone is enough to make people admire!"
Sun Ce below also seemed to notice Xun Gang's appearance, and when he landed, he rushed to the outside of the urn city, and pointed his spear at the sky: "Xun Gang, I led the children of Jiangdong to Xuchang to fight today, do you dare to fight with me?" ”
Xun Gang blinked his eyes and didn't speak.
"You coward, can you be as cowardly as that Cao Ren?"
The soldiers on the side couldn't hear it, and said angrily: "You horseman! used insidious moves to harm General Cao, how can we spare you? ”
"That's it! Taifu, give the order to send troops! ”
"Give these Jiangdong thieves a little color!"
Listening to Sun Ce's words, he looked at the soldiers behind him with righteous indignation. Xun Gang had almost guessed why this guy would risk his life to shoot Cao Ren to a serious injury; In layman's terms, Cao Ren is too obscene, that is, defending the city, just not fighting. And Sun Ce, who was running for a long time, knew this, so he wanted to shoot Cao Ren and replace him with a person who did not have an obvious sense of defending the city.
Knowing Sun Ce's intentions, Xun Gang just smiled slightly: "Sun Bofu, you seriously injured Cao Ren, but you just want to provoke the soldiers of our army and let me fight with you!" In this way, you can attack Xuchang and welcome the emperor; Pity...... I'm still not going to fight you! ”
However, Sun Ce, who heard this, did not feel worried at all, but his face was a little intriguing: "Do you think that you alone can suppress the soldiers in the city?" ”
And Sun Ce is really a prophecy.
The soldiers in Xuchang City were dressed by Cao Ren, and now that Cao Ren is dead, Xun Gang is just a substitute. These soldiers don't know any strategies or strategies at all, they only know their honor and disgrace as soldiers. They feel that they have been insulted, so they must take revenge on the enemy, even if it is the emperor Lao Tzu, he can't stop them!
And Xun Gang obviously doesn't understand this yet.
"Taifu, why are you afraid of him, our army occupies a favorable position, how can we shrink in the city?"
"They insulted me too much, and Taifu saw him rampant?"
"If Taifu is unwilling, I will lead the troops to ask for battle!"
As soon as Xun Gang's previous words came out, the surroundings were in chaos in an instant, and everyone was clamoring to go out of the city to seek war and avenge Cao Ren. Xun Gang didn't expect that his words would touch the bottom line of these soldiers, and he felt anxious in his heart.
"Uncle Zhi, how is it good?"
Xun Gang could only turn to Chen Zhi for help, but Chen Zhi had no choice, after all, his job was to guard, and he commanded hundreds of people at most, and he had no experience in this kind of large army of nearly 1,000 people, and it was a large army that had nothing to do with him.
Just when the soldiers were preparing to scatter out of the city for a decisive battle, Xun Yu suddenly appeared at the head of the city; With a serious face, he walked straight up to a leading soldier and said with a hideous look in his eyes: "You want to avenge Cao Ren?" ”
The soldier hesitated, but replied affirmatively: "Yes!" ”
"Disturb the morale of the army, pull me down and behead me!"
Before the soldier could be shocked, he was pulled down by the commander and beheaded for public display; In an instant, the originally noisy city tower suddenly fell silent.
"If anyone wants to fight, just like this person!"
Xun Yu's killing of chickens and monkeys obviously played a role. What is the most important thing in the army? Not will, not morale, but discipline, military law; Without these things, the army is like a plate of loose sand, and with these things, the army is as stubborn as iron.
And there were many more mistakes made by the soldier before, but the farthest he ran happened to run into Xun Yu, so he died the worst.
But it worked, and no one was clamoring to go out to a duel.
"Humph!"
Xun Yu snorted coldly, but his face was still not good-looking; He walked straight up to Xun Gang and asked, "Thousands of corpses outside the imperial city, but your masterpiece?" ”
When Xun Gang saw him coming to ask for the crime, he hurriedly bowed his head, preferring to die rather than open his mouth.
"Don't you say yes?"
Xun Yu felt extremely angry, and he killed thousands of ordinary people casually, or outside the imperial city, wouldn't it give the emperor a reputation for brutality?
He would never have thought that this teenage boy would have such a vicious heart, in order to catch Liu Bei, he would rather kill by mistake than let go, and kill nearly 1,000 people in Xuchang City, which is a thing that has been stinking for thousands of years!
Isn't he afraid?
Xun Yu forcibly held back the anger in his heart, and shouted in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will ask the Holy Lord, remove your position, and cut your knight!" ”
Xun Yu's anger was definitely not groundless, but it also scared Xun Gang enough; However, he did feel guilty, so he could only move to the side silently, his eyes still staring at the ground.
"Soldiers, from now on, I will be your commander-in-chief, if anyone asks to go to war again, military law will do it!"
"Yes!"
Xun Yu didn't even say a word, and directly snatched the power of the army from Xun Gang; And these soldiers seemed to be frightened by Xun Yu's resolute actions just now, and they obeyed orders one after another.
Xun Gang was only on the tower of this city for half a day, and he was completely hollowed out again.
Xun Gang didn't feel how serious the nature of his murder was, after all, if he didn't kill those people, Liu Bei wouldn't have fled so quickly. Anyway, this is also for the sake of his own strategy, Xun Yu doesn't understand, and Xun Gang has no choice.
But next, Xun Gang will see what Xun Yu is capable of.
Under the city, Sun Ce couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw that the lord of the city was replaced again, and he begged for war in every possible way, but Xun Yu only let him stick to the war, and he also hid far away, so as not to follow in the footsteps of Cao Ren.
Perseverance is the best way, after all, others can't help you at all.
After such a stalemate for three days, Sun Ce saw that he couldn't fight, and he wanted to stimulate the people in the city to fight by plundering the surrounding villages, but Xun Yu still held on, and Sun Ce had no choice but to retreat temporarily.
He originally thought that Xun Yu would take the opportunity to kill him for a while, so he marched slowly, but Xun Yu was not greedy for merit at all, and had no intention of pursuing at all, Sun Ce's sneak attack this time was a complete failure.
And after his withdrawal, the battle situation in Guandu became clear again......