Chapter 272: Big Joe
Sun Ce borrowed 30,000 troops from Yuan Shu, trained for a few days, and then prepared to send troops to attack Anhui County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yuan Shu has not been idle all these years, Anfeng Yangquan in the north of the Lujiang River, and most of Jiujiang have been occupied by Yuan Shu, so in fact, Lujiang is still in the hands of Lu Kang, that is, Anhui County, Juchao and several counties around Shu County.
The reason why Sun Ce decided to attack Anhui County first was mainly based on strategic considerations, Anhui County was on the edge of the Yangtze River, as long as he occupied Anhui County, Su Chen would be able to go down the Yangtze River from Guangling through the naval army to Sun Ce to transport soldiers, horses, grain and grass.
The two boats of the Qingzhou Navy Division and countless small boats are now parked in Guangling, and they only need to go down the river to reach Anhui County within a few days, which is also what Su Chen asked him.
The 30,000 soldiers and horses that Yuan Shu gave him were not elite, but under his training, they gradually became decent, at first these people were not convinced by Sun Ce, thinking that they were soldiers and horses under General Yuan, although they were lent to Sun Ce, but in fact they were not under Sun Ce's command.
But they soon despaired, and after Sun Ce killed more than a dozen generals and even military marquis in a row, these arrogant generals finally recognized Sun Ce, and military discipline was greatly improved.
If only with these 30,000 soldiers and horses, it would be very difficult to take Lu Kang in Shu County, let alone attack Jiangdong, so Sun Ce needed to quickly occupy Anhui County, and then Su Chen could send him elite reinforcements, with an elite like the Qingzhou soldiers, Sun Ce had the confidence to conquer Jiangdong.
Fortunately, the main force in this battle was not the 30,000 loose troops, the real decisive force was the wolf horse, and these 30,000 people were only used by him to maintain order and carry grain and grass.
Sun Ce had already ordered Cao Xuan to lead a small team to Anhui County to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and Cao Xuan soon came back and told him that there were 3,000 defenders in Anhui County, and these 3,000 people were not worth mentioning, and they only needed a charge to capture the city gate.
"Good!" Sun Ce looked at Cao Xing, who was eager to try, and asked, "If you were to bring people to seize the city gate, how many people would you need?" ”
"A hundred is enough!" This number is the result of Cao Xing's careful consideration, there are many people, it is easy to startle the snake, the number of people is small, and it is impossible to hold the city gate, "I can use a hundred people to go south to the city gate, but I can hold out for three hours at most, and after three hours, the general must bring this large army to arrive." ”
"No problem, three hours is more than enough, if you occupy the city gate, I will take credit for you in this battle, go!"
"No!"
Cao Xing reorganized the military horses, and led a hundred people under his command to rush out like the wind. The usual equipment of the wolf rider is one person and three horses, two war horses are mounted in turn, and there is also a horse armor weapon, the armor and weapons of the wolf rider are very heavy, so a horse is required to carry it specially.
When going out to fight, they usually ride the best batch of special war horses, because the special war horses have good physical strength, strong load, and can bear the weight of armor weapons and people for a long time, and the other two horses are high-grade war horses, and their staying power is not as good as that of special war horses.
Thirty miles away, Cao Xing only took half an hour, and when he approached the moat, the soldiers guarding the city tower did not have time to put away the drawbridge, he drove straight in with the army commander, and after killing the soldiers guarding the gate, he left a small team of people to guard the city gate, and the rest of the people directly began to clean the city tower.
It took half an hour to clean the city tower, and Cao Xing left thirty people to guard the city tower, and then thought that it was better to take the initiative to attack and buy time for the army, so he ordered: "Brothers, rush into the county government with me and capture the county order alive!" ”
Cao Xuan took you to be a wolf rider, and fiercely rushed into the county office, at this time the county order was in the county office, without effort, Cao Xuan jumped directly into the lobby, grabbed a tongue, asked who the county order was, and then caught the county order on the horse's back.
This hasty scene directly calmed everyone, and the people on the street ran home one after another, for fear that these murderous sergeants would come to the door.
"Oops!"
There was a girl who panicked when she ran away and fell down the street, just blocking Cao Xing's troops, Cao Xing had to stop urgently: "Phew! ”
"Miss, miss, are you alright?" The girl seemed to be a young lady, and after she fell, the maid next to her hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.
The wolf ride can't do anything to innocent people on weekdays, but this article does not apply when fighting, Cao Xing's personal soldiers around him were just about to stab down with a shot, Cao Xing immediately stopped him: "Stop!" ”
Cao Xing stopped, and the rest of the soldiers also grabbed the reins, and after the young lady was helped up, she saw the county order on horseback, and opened her mouth and shouted: "Uncle Liu, how are you..."
"You know him?" The young lady saw that the familiar elders were being crossed by a group of fierce sergeants, and she was about to call for help, but then she reacted, and she seemed to have forgotten her current situation.
Although the young lady didn't speak, Cao Xuan could still see from her reaction that this woman knew this county magistrate, and it just so happened that he needed such a familiar person, so he ordered: "Take it away!" ”
"Ahh Without saying a word, the soldiers grabbed the young lady and put her on horseback, and the large army continued to set off.
When they arrived at the city gate, sure enough, there were county soldiers attacking the team of wolf riders, Cao Xing waved his hand to meet the battle, and the two sides were quickly killed together.
The wolf rode fiercely, and there were more and more county soldiers, and it could be seen that this county order was more popular with the people, which was rare, Cao Xing raised the county order and shouted: "Your county order is here, quickly put down your weapons, otherwise I will let his head fall to the ground." ”
It's not that Cao Xing's troops are not opponents, it's really that he doesn't want to kill more, and seeing that this county order is so popular with the people, if he kills too many people, it will be troublesome to rule in the future, he has followed Su Chen's southern expedition to the north for so many years, and his eyes are not only fighting, but also learning to consider the overall situation.
Sure enough, with the county order in hand, those county soldiers did not dare to attack for a while, and Sun Ce soon arrived with a large army and took over all the city gates in Anhui County.
Cao Xuan brought the county order of Anhui County to Sun Ce and said, "General, this is the county order!" ”
"Oh? What's your name? Sun Ce asked at the county order.
"Humph!" This county order seemed to be very faceless, and Cao Xuan immediately brought the woman who had just been captured again, and said: "General, this woman knows him and calls him uncle!" ”
"Huh?" Sun Ce saw this woman at first glance, and was immediately attracted by her, this woman is not to mention the beauty of the country, at least she is also a peerless beauty, Cao Xing, a rough man, is so slow, it really makes Sun Ce feel a little abrupt beauty.
"Dare to ask Miss, do you know this Liu County Commander?"
Sun Ce at least looked much better than Cao Xing, and the woman replied honestly: "This Uncle Liu is good friends with his father, he is a good official, and the people love him very much, so you must not hurt him." ”
"Don't worry, we won't kill people casually, dare to ask Ling Zunzun's name?"
"My father's surname is Qiao, and he is called Qiao Gong!"