Chapter One Hundred and Four: Passing the Buck to Each Other
"Knock knock...", the drums beat loudly on the top of the mountain. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The info drum beat is extremely penetrating, like a circle of ripples piercing the entire battlefield below.
Sun Quan stood on a high place, only to find that the two armies fighting below were all Jiangdong Army. The entire battlefield was full of blood, and the corpses of Jiangdong soldiers could be seen everywhere, but there was not a single shadow of Lu Bujun. Will my brother reuse him in the future? Sun Quan was full of thirst for power, and the command errors in these two battles caused the loss of nearly 30,000 Jiangdong troops directly from his hands. I wanted to wait for the fog to clear and command the army to give Lu Bujun a fatal blow, but the reality was so cruel that Sun Quan sat on the ground with blank eyes.
Tai Shi Ci heard the urgency of the drums, looked up at the top of the mountain, and saw that Sun Quan Daxu was shaking left and right on the top of the mountain, the amplitude was very large, Sun Quan on the top of the mountain looked very angry, Tai Shi Ci did not dare to disobey the military order, according to the order transmitted by the flag, shouted: "Array!" ”
Seeing the continuous sound of drums and flags on the top of the mountain, the soldiers under Tai Shici hurriedly abandoned the enemy and began to return to the formation.
Yu Tuo, Lu Fan, and Chen Wu were also startled when they saw the big silk on the top of the mountain, and they thought that Sun Ce was there in person, and after watching carefully, they found that it was the big silk held by Sun Quan, and began to drink their own soldiers who wanted to continue to chase and kill. Not everyone can fight the flag, only the main generals of the three armed forces can hold it, and the general generals are generals and handsome flags.
Under the command of Da Xu, the two sides slowly withdrew backwards and came out a certain distance. The two sides evacuated, looked at each other's flags, only to find that the main general on the opposite side was playing a banner with the word "Taishi", and all the clothes he was wearing were Jiangdong Army uniforms.
Tai Shi Ci newly invested in Sun Ce, and the relationship with the generals under Sun Ce is still very unfamiliar. Chen Wu angrily pointed to the flag of General Tai Shi Ci and asked loudly: "General Tai Shi Ci, you ambush our army and intend to rebel?" ”
Tai Shi Ci has been killed in the middle of the night until now, and he is also short of men and horses, the remnants of the 10,000 Liu Xuan he recruited have suffered heavy casualties, and there are not many left of the 20,000 army under Sun Quan, seeing the other party's angry eyes, he was furious in his heart: "The thief will spew blood, and he will kill you to avenge the soldiers under his command!" ”
Tai Shi Ci carried the halberd, and was about to come out of the crowd and kill Chen Wu in front of the formation, but he was dragged by the soldiers under his command, so he failed to get out of the big array.
Yu Fu and Tai Shi Ci were old acquaintances under Liu Xuan, and seeing that Tai Shi Ci and Chen Wu were going to fight in front of the battle again, they came out to play a round: "Why do the two generals need to make more disputes, our army's rear army heard that the front army was fighting, and it was foggy, and it was not our fault that although it was dereliction of duty in time, it was not our fault." Seeing the general of the captive has his own conclusion. ”
Lu Chao, who was guarding the private regiment in the crowd, was not happy to hear it, and he wanted to carry the black cauldron with his feelings, but now there were no thieves, he squeezed through the crowd, came to the front of the battle and said angrily: "General Taishi's command is full of newly surrendered soldiers, and I don't know each other with my private soldiers, and the military order of the general is that Lu Bu's thief army disguises itself as our army, and when an enemy army is killed, how can I tell the truth from the false?" ”
Several people at the bottom of the mountain blamed each other for dereliction of duty and argued. The two sides originally totaled more than 40,000 and close to 50,000 troops, but at this time, there were less than 20,000 soldiers who could still stand in array, which was a dereliction of duty to lose their heads, and no one dared to bear it. Lu Chao was originally a literati, he couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, in addition to Yu Xuan, Chen Wu and Tai Shici were speechless, and they couldn't wait to raise a knife to cut Lu Chao in front of the battle.
"Let's ask General Zhongmou to judge!" Tai Shici couldn't say that Lu Chao pointed to the top of the mountain, and wanted to ask Sun Quan to come down and comment.
Up to now, Lu Chao didn't give an inch, otherwise the Lu family behind him would be wiped out, and agreed: "Wow! I'll see how Sun Quan shirks responsibility for this command failure. Before leaving, I repeatedly told General Po Lu that I would wait for the scholars to read and write at home, and that it was not suitable for the battlefield, and that General Po Lu had to not believe it, and that he would have to look at the good things that Sun Quan had done, let the 50,000 army kill each other, and see what kind of face he had to quibble. ”
Tai Shi Ci didn't want to listen to Lu Chao's words again, he was afraid that he would not be able to restrain the anger in his heart, so he took the lead and strode towards the top of the mountain.
When I went up to the top of the mountain, I saw Sun Quan sitting on the ground, looking sluggish, and asked aloud, "How is General Zhongmou?" ”
Sun Quan was awakened by the voice, raised his cloudy eyes, saw tears streaming down his face, and said in a low voice after a long time: "It's okay." ”
Tai Shi Ci saw that Sun Quan was full of flow, and comforted him: "General Zhongmou don't be sad, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, so I will wait for the whole army to force Guangling, and capture Lu Bu to relieve the general's hatred." ”
Sun Quan stretched out his hand and pointed to the battlefield below, Tai Shi Ci was so shocked that he couldn't speak, looking down from the top of the mountain, the entire battlefield was in full view, and now he found that the battlefield was even more tragic than what he saw when he was on the battlefield before.
Sun Quan saw that Chen Wu, Lu Chao and others were not sad because of the losses in the war, but they were angry with each other, and accused each other on the side, Sun Quan said hoarsely: "I don't know how to fight in this battle, I don't know the strategy, I don't know it, all the responsibility is my fault, and it has nothing to do with the princes." ”
After Sun Quan finished speaking, he closed his eyes. Tai Shici, Chen Wu and other generals deeply felt Sun Quan's righteousness and awe, and they all took the fault on their shoulders.
"Quickly report the battle report to the Broken General." Yu said.
Yu Quan and Lu Chao were so determined in their hearts that even Sun Quan himself admitted to taking responsibility, Sun Quan himself was the person with the highest status among everyone, he was the main general, and of course the responsibility he took was also the highest, and the punishment he received was relatively not too serious.
Sun Ce's suppression of the Lu family made Lu Chao very uneasy, afraid that Sun Ce's strength would be strong, and he did not dare to act rashly, so he secretly decided to lurk down first to recuperate, wait for the opportunity, and overthrow Sun Ce's rule over Jiangdong in one fell swoop when Sun Ce was in the most danger.
Sun Ce's army set off from Sanmen Pass at dawn and headed for the area of Jiangdu County. Soon after leaving, he received the battle report from the front, and when he opened the battle report, Sun Ce almost stood unsteadily, and before he finished reading it, he threw the battle report to the ground: "Jiang Qin is a thief and colluded with Lu Bu to trap my army!" Take Jiang Qin down! ”
Sun Ce's first reaction was that Jiang Qin colluded with Lu Bu, lied about the military situation, and let his army kill each other.
Zhou Yu rushed to hear the news, bent down and picked up the battle report from the side of the road and read it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and said after closing the bamboo slip: "Lu Bu is as treacherous as a fox, and he will let our army kill each other without spending a single soldier, the loss of soldiers is small, and he has been defeated several times in a row, and his morale has been seriously damaged. ”
"Am I going to quit?" Sun Ce shouted unwillingly.
Zhou Yu said: "It's not enough to retreat, Lu Bubing has few major generals, and he still can't defeat our army in frontal combat, but in this way, I don't want to make this decision because I hurt one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred." ”
"So what now?" Sun Ce asked.
"According to the original plan, we will first control the counties under the rule of Guangling, and fight a protracted war with Lu Bu, Lu Bu is short of food and grass and cannot be consumed for a long time, so we will slowly drag Lu Bu to death." Zhou Yu's voice changed: "The lord can bypass the two cities of Guangling and Sheyang, and the Tun army will occupy the county seat abandoned by Lu Bu in Tangyi and Gaoyou counties near Huai'an, and slowly encircle Lu Bu. ”