On the night of July 11 in the fourth year of Jian'an, there was a fire in Echeng, and Liu Xun organized his men to fight the fire. Sun Ce, who was besieging the city, was overjoyed when he saw the fire all over the city, and ordered the army to attack the city with all his might.

Huang Gai persuaded: "Lord, Han Dang's army has been defeated, if we are attacked by the Jingzhou army when we attack the city, how should we deal with it?" ”

"It doesn't matter, the Jingzhou army can't be so fast, and it will arrive tomorrow afternoon at most. We'll take Echeng tonight. ”

Sun Ce waved his hand and said, the firelight reflected his handsome face, the lines of his face were exceptionally distinct, his nose was straight, his face was square, and his eyes were exceptionally bright.

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead a team of men and horses to attack the city."

Cheng Pu pleaded.

Sun Ce stepped on the war horse and laughed: "I understand Uncle Cheng's intentions, but I will still be the master of the siege!" ”

After Sun Ce said that, Le Ma rushed to the front of the army, drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, our opportunity has come, follow me into the city of Echeng, and the reward for those who climb the city tower first is fifty." ”

"Kill, kill, kill!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

Cheng Pu glanced at Huang Gai beside him and said, "The lord is good at everything, but his temper is the same as that of the old lord, and he always likes to charge into battle." ”

Huang Gai nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will protect the lord and will not let the lord get hurt." ”

Half an hour later, the fire in Echeng became bigger and bigger, and Sun Ce led an army of 9,000 to storm Echeng, leaving only Sun Quan to lead an army of 1,000 to garrison the camp. In Echeng, Liu Xun's soldiers were less than 3,000, and under the leadership of Liu Xun, they were defending the city and waiting for rescue. This Liu Xun wanted to abandon the city and flee, but under the persuasion of the strategist Liu Ye, he set fire to the city, deliberately creating a situation in which the city was in chaos and creating opportunities for the Jingzhou army who came to visit.

Sun Ce held a shield and went to the city under the protection of the guards to direct the car to crash into the city gate, more than a dozen ladders built the wall at the same time, and the soldiers shouted and climbed up. Above the city tower, arrows rained down, Liu Xun personally stood on the city tower to command the defense of the city, and Liu Ye wore battle armor to protect Liu Xun.

"Liu Ye, hasn't the Jingzhou army arrived yet? If we don't come again, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it, Sun Ce's attack is too fierce. ”

Liu Xun turned his head and said to Liu Ye.

Liu Ye stepped forward, stabbed the enemy soldiers who climbed the city wall to death with his sword, and then kicked them off the city tower, and said without looking back: "The time has not yet come, we will guard for another half an hour." ”

"Splash oil! Ignition! Liu Xun shouted loudly.

At one time, the fire oil in a dozen wooden barrels fell towards the ladder, and then ignited it, and for a time the fire rose with thick smoke, and the soldiers who climbed on the ladder were all burning, screaming and falling from the ladder.

"Stone."

When the soldiers heard the order, they lifted the stone and threw it downward, and for a time the besieging soldiers were killed and wounded.

Seeing this tragic scene, Huang Gai said to Sun Ce beside him: "Lord, you see that the enemy is not panicked because of the fire in the city, but is defending the city in an orderly manner, should we withdraw our troops first." ”

Sun Ce snorted coldly, stood up, rushed forward with a shield in one hand, and shouted loudly: "The whole army will attack the city with me!" Kill those who flee, kill those who retreat! ”

When the soldiers saw that the main general actually rushed up with a shield and pushed the cart himself, they instantly ignored life and death, and desperately pushed the cart towards the city gate. Zhou Tai hurriedly led the personal guards to follow, holding a shield to protect Sun Ce, most of the arrows of the soldiers defending the city shot towards the rushing car, and Zhou Tai, who was protecting Sun Ce, was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but he still held a shield in one hand to protect Sun Ce, and pushed the car with the other hand. Huang Gai continued to command the soldiers to take a ladder to attack the city.

Liu Ye saw that the city gate was broken, gritted his teeth and said to Liu Xun: "General, hold on for a while, and I will take someone to block the city gate." ”

Liu Xun allocated a team of soldiers to Liu Ye, and Liu Ye took the soldiers to guard the city gate.

The moment the city gate broke, Sun Ce held a long sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and took the lead in rushing to the city gate. At the same time, at the moment when the city gate was broken, Liu Ye ordered the archers to release arrows in the city gate, and all the soldiers who rushed into the city were shot down for a while. Zhou Tai desperately protected Sun Ce, and was hit by another arrow in the abdomen.

Liu Ye shouted, rushed forward with his sword, and shouted in his heart: Senior brother, come quickly!

Just as Sun Ce was fighting in the city gate, Huang Gai outside the city gate suddenly saw a large number of soldiers wearing their own military uniforms running towards the rear of the army in an orderly manner, and those soldiers shouted while running.

"My lord, the big thing is not good, the barracks were attacked and lost."

Huang Gai secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and hurriedly rushed into Chengmen to report to Sun Ce, Sun Ce was fighting fiercely, and when he heard the news, he was shocked: "What about Brother Quan?" ”

"I don't know. Lord, please retreat quickly. Huang Gai suggested.

Sun Ce gritted his teeth and ordered to withdraw from the city gate. Outside the city gate, Cheng Pu only took a group of soldiers to pick up the scattered soldiers and ask them about their situation. Unexpectedly, those soldiers wearing military uniforms suddenly launched an attack on it, and a young general in a red robe was in the middle of Cheng Pu's face with two arrows in one hand, and Cheng Pu roared miserably and covered his face with his hands. Gan Ning rushed forward and killed three soldiers in a row, stabbing Cheng Pu to death with one shot. As soon as Cheng Pu died, the rear army was in turmoil. The Jingzhou army, pretending to be the soldiers of the Eastern Wu, did not wear helmets, wrapped white cloth around their arms, and rushed towards the Eastern Wu army.

As soon as Sun Ce withdrew from the city gate, he saw the scattered soldiers, and he didn't know what was happening for a while. Liu Xun saw the Jingzhou rescue army coming, and ordered the whole army to go out of the city to attack Sun Ce, he had already instructed the soldiers not to kill the soldiers with white cloth wrapped around their shoulders. The siege soldiers in front saw that the army in the rear was scattered, and they didn't know what was happening, and before they could react, they were broken by the counterattacking Liu Xun's army.

Although Sun Ce was unwilling, he saw that the army was scattered, and he had no choice but to retreat, Huang Gai was by his side, and Zhou Tai was ordered to break off. The panicked Dongwu soldiers were flanked again, and for a while they had no will to fight, more than half of them were killed and wounded, and after Zhou Tai's death was broken, he faced the soldiers who were constantly rushing up, waved the long knife in his hand to block, and killed more than a dozen soldiers in a row. When he swung his sword again, a young general in a red robe stabbed at him with a spear.

"Looks like we've caught another fish." Gan Ning sneered and stabbed at Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai waved his knife to block Gan Ning and shouted loudly: "Who are you?" ”

"Jiangxia thief captain Gan Xingba! Come on! ”

Gan Ning's gun was like a little rain, every time he finished a shot, the next shot came, Zhou Tai was wounded by an arrow, and he was forced to defend under Gan Ning's stormy attack, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back. Gan Ning's gun is getting faster and faster, but Zhou Tai's defense is also extremely tight, leaving no gaps.

Ma Hong, who was protected by Huang Yao and Zhang Baijin on the side, saw Gan Ning and the general fighting, so he ordered Huang Yao and Zhang Baijin to go up together to assist Gan Ning. The addition of Zhang Baijin and Huang Yao instantly made Zhou Tai a little overwhelmed, and after a few more moves, he was shot in the abdomen, and suddenly he felt a burst of killing intent coming from the left, and pulled out a long knife to block the knife that came from the left, and at the same time closed his abdomen to dodge Gan Ning's sweeping gun. Ma Hong took the opportunity to go around behind Zhou Tai, picked up the broken sword and stabbed Zhou Tai in the back, and the sword pierced Zhou Tai like a piece of paper.

Zhou Taihu's body was shocked, and before he could cry out in pain, Gan Ning's spear had pierced into his chest. The sword on the back was pulled out, Huang Yao and Zhang Baijin's knives were also slashed at Zhou Tai's face, the helmet was knocked off, and half of his face was cut off, and the sword behind him pierced again, this time accurately piercing Zhou Tai's heart.

"Whose fate is this?" Gan Ning picked up Zhou Tai's helmet and asked Ma Hong.

"Of course it's Captain Gan." Ma Hong pulled out his sword from Zhou Tai's corpse and said.

Outside Sun Ce's camp, Huang Jie only led 300 soldiers to follow Ma Hong's strategy, act as suspicious soldiers to confuse Sun Quan, set fire to Sun Quan's military camp, and sent a team of soldiers to harass Sun Quan's military camp from time to time. Sun Quan was young and had no combat experience, and although he had read some military books, he did not dare to attack rashly, so he ordered to defend the camp to the death.

Huang Shot didn't expect the defenders of Sun Ce's camp to be so bad, he didn't even have the courage to fight, if it was according to Ma Hong's original strategy, if the defenders of the barracks poured out to attack, he let Huang Shot resist a little and retreat. However, Ma Hong didn't know that the guard of the camp was Sun Quan, and he didn't know that Sun Quan didn't even have the courage to attack.

Sun Quan defended the camp, he didn't expect that his brother, who was always victorious and undefeated, would be defeated, and he didn't expect Sun Ce to think that the camp was lost, so he abandoned the camp and retreated.