The New Han army rarely suffers defeat, and it did not expect that the military horses on the Jiangdong side had just been dispatched, and they would immediately suffer a defeat. If it weren't for the fact that Zu Mao led the Xinhan army on Qu'a's side to see the opportunity wrong, led an army on the riverside, blocked the attack of Cao's army, and let the defeated Xinhan army board the ship and leave, I am afraid that the hundreds of thousands of Xinhan troops attacking Jiangdu this time would really be annihilated.

After Zu Mao led the army, the whole army of 20,000 people, and finally there was no chance to let them board the boat and leave, the whole army jumped into the river and swam back, and was killed by Cao Jun on the shore with arrows, and suffered heavy casualties, Zu Mao himself was also seriously injured, because he broke the relationship of one arm, he was not flexible enough in the water, and almost died in Jiangdu. If it weren't for his own soldiers desperately rescuing the half-dead Zu Mao, I'm afraid that the New Han Dynasty would really have killed a veteran.

When Sun Ce heard that the New Han army attacking Jiangdu had been defeated, he hurriedly led the army of his headquarters and did not go straight to Hongze Lake according to the original plan, but turned his head to attack Jiangdu first.

At this time, Sun Ce's army had already marched under the Jiangdu city.

The defeat of this battle was not without reason.

The first reason is that no one thought that in the direction of Yuzhou, when Cao's army all shrank and garrisoned some important towns, Yangzhou's military horses did not shrink back to Shouchun to garrison, but instead went out to Jiangdu in the lower reaches of the Huai River for seven or eight hundred miles before sending troops. This happened suddenly, and the secrecy work done by Cao Jun was also done well, Cao Hong led his Cao army to Jiangdu suddenly, which caught the New Han army that was attacking Jiangdu City by surprise. It is not without reason that there is a big defeat because of this.

Secondly, it should be the main reason for the defeat of the New Han Army this time.

The reason for this is that the key is the New Han Army of Liu Xuan's army, whose combat effectiveness is too weak. It cannot be compared with the real New Han Army.

Liu Miao is weak, but. He still has a lot of selfishness in his heart, and he has a fight with Liu Zhang of Yizhou at the beginning. He came all the time. On the surface, it seems that he is friendly with the New Han Army and naval forces in the Jiangdong area, but in fact, he has always wanted to maintain his independence. For so many years, Liu Miao has not publicly expressed his submission to the New Han Dynasty. It was only not long ago that the general trend of the New Han Army had been achieved, and Liu Miao was able to submit to the New Han Dynasty.

However, because the time for him to return to the New Han Dynasty was too short, Liu Yi was also good at that time, and Sun Ce, who was in charge of Jiangdong. He didn't attach too much importance to his military horses, because he didn't really have any big conflict with the New Han Dynasty for so many years, so he was also allowed to reorganize the original military horses into 100,000 military horses and command them himself.

The New Han Dynasty was about to use troops against Cao Cao, and it didn't care to send too many people to the New Han army under Liu Miao to reorganize and train his military horses. It can be said that in addition to changing the official establishment of a new Han army. Liu Xuan's military horses, their combat effectiveness is actually similar to the original, and they have not strengthened at all. The official residence of the New Han Dynasty on the Qu'a side. It only provided a part of the military rations to the military horses of Liu Xuan's department, and did not officially replace the weapons and equipment of his army. Therefore, with Liu Xuan's military horse with low combat effectiveness. Hanging the name of a new Han army does not make it an invincible army.

In particular, the number of military generals under Liu Xuan's account seems to be just vain. That Yu Mi, Fan Neng. Facing Cao Hong, both went out to fight. couldn't go through the three rendezvous, and was killed by Cao Hong on the spot. As a result, Liu Xuanjun's army was shaken, and when they saw Cao Jun killing all over the mountains, everyone was terrified and rushed to flee for their lives.

In this battle, Liu Xuan's military horses directly lost nearly half of the horses, and were covered by Cao Hong's army of more than 100,000 people, and half of the men and horses were able to escape back, all of which were the credit of Zu Mao and the credit of the Qu'a Xinhan army.

Zu Mao was seriously injured, but Dong Sanmei, who was in Luoyang, was so frightened that she was desperate and hurried to Qu'a to visit her father-in-law. Liu Yi also sent a battalion of female soldiers to accompany Dong Sanmei to protect Dong Sanmei's safety all the way.

Let's talk about Sun Ce, who led the army to attack Jiangdu City.

The Cao army in Jiangdu City has reached more than 200,000 horses, which is about the same as that of Xiangcheng. It's just that the Cao army in Jiangdu City has just won a big victory, and it seems that its morale is high, and it is not afraid of the new Han army that came to attack the city.

When Sun Ce had just led his army to the city of Jiangdu, Cao Hong also wanted to take advantage of the victorious army to settle the battle with Sun Ce outside the city again, and he also set up a large army formation, wanting to fight Sun Ce for a showdown.

In fact, this time is also a good time for Cao Cao to break the deadlock. If Cao Hong's Cao army can defeat Sun Ce's main army in Jiangdong, then Cao Hong's army and horses can take advantage of the victory to cross the south bank of the Yangtze River and seize Yuhang, Jianye and other places in Jiangdong. Because of the defeat of Sun Ce's military horses, there seemed to be no military horses in Jiangdong that could resist Cao's army. At that time, Qu'a City may be in danger. In particular, if Cai Mao's 300,000 sailors are also killed from Shouchun, hundreds of thousands of Cao troops are in the Jiangdong region, and I am afraid that they can really open up a situation for Cao Jun.

It's just that the ideal is far from the reality.

When Cao Hong put out his military horse and wanted to fight Sun Ce to the death, Sun Ce was angry, he was already angry, okay, because the failure of the attack on Jiangdong made him have to change the attack plan, and he saw that tens of thousands of people of the New Han Army were killed and wounded by Cao Jun, and the corpses were all over the river.

Not only Sun Ce, but also the generals under him, including the sergeants below, were all holding their stomachs and preparing to take revenge.

Sun Ce Pegasus came out of battle and fought against Cao Hong.

The current Sun Ce is just a young general in his twenties, while Cao Hong, who became famous more than ten years ago, has become a general that Cao Cao relied on early. Although the name of Jiangdong Xiaobawang is also very loud, Cao Hong still doesn't take Sun Ce very seriously.

When he saw Sun Ce fighting, he immediately shot out.

"Sun Ce'er, how dare you challenge General Ben? I don't know if I'm alive or dead! Think of your father Sun Wentai, what kind of hero was he back then? How did you come to you, you actually recognized the thief as your father, so spineless, for your own glory and wealth, selling your mother for glory, what face do you have to face your father under the nine springs? Men should be self-reliant, even if you want to find a backer to take refuge, my prime minister and your father were friends and allies back then, why didn't you vote for our prime minister, but instead voted for Lewi's thief? General Nianben and your father met once back then, and gave you a chance to lead the Jiangdong Army to join our prime minister. A certain Cao Hong and his life guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth. How is it! ”

Cao Hong's words talked about Sun Ce's sore spot.

Sun Ce's affairs with his mother and Liu Yi. Although he acquiesced, he also knew very well in his heart that it was going to rain and his mother was going to get married, which was a helpless thing, especially because he also knew that his mother and Liu Yi would indeed be together because of affection and righteousness. He, as a son, naturally doesn't say much. It's hard to say anything against his mother and Lew. He is also a person who values love and righteousness, and he is also a person who has a sense of care. His mother likes it, so how can he stop it?

However, this kind of thing will not be pleasant to anyone. Especially Sun Ce is a relatively strong person in his own right. Seriously, even if it is the unruly and uninhibited Guo Jia, his mother is with Liu Yi, and he feels awkward in his heart. In order to escape from confronting Liu Yi, he first hid in Huting Lake Xinzhou, and then in Qu'a for so many years. Now, Guo Jia has seen a little. I didn't get hung up on it anymore.

Usually, no one dared to mention these things in front of Sun Ce.

Now Cao Hong told Sun Ce's privacy in front of the two armies. Sun Ce was furious on the spot.

"Oops! Cao Hong, you puppet! How dare you insult my Sun Ce with wild words? Mo Dao Taifu Liu Yi is a thief, who is the real thief. The people of the world know it. Do you want me to die for the thief? Don't! Today, I, Sun Ce, swear to take your life. For the tens of thousands of soldiers who died in vain in the mouth of the river for our army, I ask for your life! Come on! ”

Sun Ce's overlord gun is extremely domineering, and it is even more domineering and ferocious than Ma Chao's marksmanship.

Originally, Sun Ce found the overlord halberd method of the overlord of Western Chu back then, but Sun Ce was a little inferior to the overlord of Western Chu back then, and if he used the halberd, he finally felt that it was not too easy, but after replacing the halberd with a gun, he used it freely. In this way, Sun Ce rebuilt an overlord gun.

Regarding the use of guns or halberds, Sun Ce also discussed with Liu Yi, the nominal master.

Liu Yi's advice to Sun Ce was that he did not have to deliberately imitate the ancients, only what he used smoothly was suitable for him. In addition, Liu Yi also talked to him that in the world, the masters of using halberds were none other than the god of war Lu Bu and Donglai Tai Shici, as well as Dian Wei who used a pair of short halberds, and in addition, Gan Ning was considered half. Lu Bu didn't say anything, but said that Tai Shici, Dian Wei, Gan Ning and other generals were already generals that Sun Ce was familiar with, and they had all fought with Sun Ce. Lewi asked him if he could beat the above generals if he used a halberd?

Sun Ce didn't dare to be arrogant, such as Dian Wei and Gan Ning, barely half of his master, he asked himself, if he grew up and fought with Dian Wei, Gan Ning and the others again, he might be able to fight with them to a draw, but to defeat them, he really didn't dare to say it. As for Lu Bu, it was an incomprehensible existence, and Sun Ce didn't dare to speak wildly.

In fact, in this life, Sun Ce's temperament has also changed, because he no longer has the heart to dominate, so when he uses the overlord halberd method, he still lacks a kind of supreme domineering spirit that is indomitable and looks at the world. It's not that he doesn't have domineering, but he is not as strong as the overlord of Western Chu back then.

With a halberd, it is very particular about a potential, if the potential is insufficient, then the halberd method of the overlord of Western Chu will be practiced to the fullest, and it will only gain its shape and lose its spirit.

Nowadays, it is popular to use guns in horse warfare, and there are many masters with guns, but each is good at winning, and it is difficult to distinguish who is good and who is bad. Liu Yi also used himself as an analogy, bluntly saying that he also prefers to use guns in horse warfare, but in terms of gunmanship, I am afraid that among so many generals in the New Han Dynasty, Liu Yi's own spear skills are the worst. However, who in the world dares to say that they can easily defeat the spear in their hands?

Exercises, moves, weapons, etc., are just the process of using them to defeat the opponent, and defeating the opponent does not necessarily have to use the best moves and the best weapons. A person, even if he is invincible in the world in martial arts, dare to say that he can fight the next world? Even if it is as strong as the overlord of Western Chu back then, didn't he end up with a self-slaughtering Wujiang in the end?

So, it's the people who are the key, not the weapons of their exercises.

Sun Ce had a deep understanding of Liu Yi's words. Usually, more attention is paid to cultivating the mind and reducing the anger in his heart.

But at this time, Sun Ce couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and he couldn't wait to tear Cao Hong, a guy who spoke wildly.

"Hmph, since you are bent on death, then don't blame Cao for not having an acquaintance with your father, let you go to reunite with your father today, kill!"

Cao Hong slashed his knife, patted the horse and fought with Sun Ce.

With a snort, Sun Ce's spear stabbed furiously in the chest.

Cao Hong was fearless and raised his knife to chop.

While!

Knife and gun.

The two generals were shocked and attacked again.

Swords and guns exchanged blows, and the sergeants in the two armies were dazzled and couldn't tell the situation.

"Give me death!"

Sun Ce fiercely returned the gun, and Cao Hong danced the knife.

"If you rely on this bit of courage, today next year will be your Sun Ce's death!" Cao Hong also rose up and fought against Sun Ce at a super level.

Sun Ce and Ma Chao are average, both of them broke through the peak realm of first-class generals at about the same time, and they can enter the ranks of super generals. And Cao Hong, although he has always been a first-class general, but because of his limited qualifications, it is difficult to break through in martial arts. But he has been on the battlefield for more than ten years and has a lot of experience. In the face of fierce opponents, he knows how to use strength.

In his life, Cao Hong also experienced many vicious battles that narrowly escaped death, and rescued Cao Cao in the melee. It can be seen that although Cao Hong's martial arts are not the best, he is very experienced in life-saving kung fu.

At first, Cao Hong still despised Sun Ce a little, but as soon as he handed it over, the force from Sun Ce's spear shook his arms numb, which made him immediately realize that he might have encountered a difficult opponent. Therefore, he immediately changed his style of play, and also focused on strength, and continued to provoke Sun Ce on the one hand, hoping that after Sun Ce's strength was weak, he would give him a chance to kill Sun Ce on the battlefield.

If he is allowed to kill Sun Ce, then the rest of Sun Cejun will not be worried.

However, what Cao Hong didn't expect was that Sun Ce's efforts to cultivate his heart were not in vain.

After nearly twenty years of fighting with Cao Hong, they rendezvous. Sun Ce's impatient heart suddenly calmed down.

Because he felt that Cao Hong's force was not as strong as he imagined.

Especially when he remembered what Liu Yi had told him, the distinction between the martial arts realm in this world, and felt that his strength was obviously stronger than Cao Hong, but why couldn't he always fight quickly?

Thinking about it like this, I carefully observed a few rendezvous battles with Cao Hong, and found that Cao Hong was treacherous like a ghost, and seemed to be fighting to the death with himself, but in fact he had spare strength.

After figuring this out, Sun Ce took it into account, pretending that he was too strong at the beginning, and now he looked a little weak, and after exchanging knives and guns with Cao Hong, the spear swung away, deliberately revealing a flaw. (To be continued.) )