Chapter 112: Work hard from Sun Ce
The next day, Liu Qi led the army to Sun Ce's camp outside the city, and shouted: "Sun Ce, dare to come out and fight me?" ”
After a short time, he saw that the camp gate was wide open, and Sun Ce led Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi, Han Dang, Zhou Yu, Sun Ben and other generals to lead tens of thousands of troops out of the camp, and smiled at Liu Qi: "Liu Qi, why don't you cower in the city today?" Since he came to provoke our army, it was naturally better, and he would have just avenged the revenge of the past in Lujiang. The army obeys the command and kills me. ”
Sun Ce shouted, raised the gun in his hand, and saw tens of thousands of troops killed like a tide.
Although the two sides have been holding each other for so many days, and they have experienced more than a dozen battles, the two sides have always tacitly agreed that there has been no large-scale battle, and this time Sun Ce saw that Liu Qi took the initiative to provoke, so he had the idea of testing the strength of Liu Qi's army, so he killed without any scruples. And his thinking is also in line with Zhou Yu's psychology, because since their last defeat in Lujiang, the period has been a bit sluggish, and they need a big battle to boost their morale.
"Hehe, deploy defense, let them see the strength of our Chinese army." Liu Shi smiled faintly and immediately ordered the Chinese army to change their camps, using shields, chariots, and spears to form a solid defensive formation.
At the same time, the archers were already on standby, and they quickly came to the front of the formation, as instructed, and fired a round of bows and arrows at the enemy in the distance, and then quickly retreated, waiting for the next wave of archers to come up and continue to shoot arrows.
After this rain of arrows, although Sun Ce's army also had protective measures, hundreds of people were still wounded by arrows, and dozens of soldiers were unfortunately killed by arrows.
"Kill." The Danyang soldiers under Sun Ce's command were indeed the elite of the world, not only were they not afraid, but they aroused even more fanatical fighting intent, and they rushed up with a roar.
But the Chinese army under Liu Qi did not have the slightest fear, and still stood still, proudly looking at the Danyang soldiers who rushed up.
Sun Ce's army soon came to the front of Liu Qi's army, and then mustered up courage to launch an attack on Liu Qi's army, they held steel knives, slashing hard, in a vain attempt to break through a gap in it, in order to cut this army apart.
However, Liu Qi's Chinese army was not ambiguous, they calmly waved the steel knives in their hands, and cooperated with each other to kill the enemy who dared to invade.
Although Sun Ce's Danyang soldiers were slightly higher than Liu Qi's Chinese army in terms of combat effectiveness, Liu Qi's army had an advantage in numbers, and the cooperation between them was closer than Sun Ce's army, so the two sides were evenly matched for a while, and Sun Ce's army, although its morale was high, could not cause any impact on the formation of Liu Qi's army.
For a moment, all I could hear was the sound of knives and guns penetrating the flesh, and from time to time there was the scream of a soldier on the verge of death. The entire battlefield was like a giant meat grinder, turning many of the warriors on both sides into a pile of minced meat.
"Alas, I have long heard that the elite soldiers under the command of the eldest prince are the elite of the world, and when I see it today, it looks even more courageous than the Xiliang army, and the cooperation between these soldiers is so close and tacit, it is really convincing, but this Sun Ce is also really good, and he can also cultivate an elite army that can be comparable to the elite soldiers under the command of the eldest prince, Danyang soldiers are really sharp in the world, this time the two sides can be described as chess opponents, it can be seen that Sun Ce is also a generation of heroes, no wonder he can quickly pacify the Jiangdong counties, Become a character in the world who can compare with the eldest prince. ”
Jia Xu, who was watching the battle beside Liu Qi, was also impressed in his heart when he saw such a tragic battle scene, and gave high praise to the two most outstanding young leaders in the world.
However, Jia Xu did not forget his mission, in addition to watching the tragic battle between the two sides and feeling the powerful elite soldiers, he was also carefully observing the other party's generals, especially Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, in order to find a way to break the enemy.
And Sun Ce, who saw this bloody battle not far away, couldn't help but be shocked, and exclaimed: "What? Liu Qi'er's army is so heroic, it is completely comparable to my Danyang soldiers, I really didn't expect this guy to cultivate such a powerful army, no wonder he dared to shout with the general. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Sun Ce was tired of holding a spear and was about to rush to the enemy formation in person, but was stopped by Zhou Yu risking his life: "Lord, your injuries have just healed, and you can't risk arrows and stones with your golden body." ”
Sun Ce laughed and said: "Gong Jin rest assured, the last time it was supposed to be a plot by Liu Qi'er, so he would be injured, this time the sky is white, how can he design it again?" What's more, I am the main general, if I dare not go to war because I cherish myself, how should the soldiers of the three armies view me? How can the morale of our army be boosted? Now the decisive battle between the two sides is at a critical moment, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, and our army will only have a chance to win if they fight bravely again. ”
After finishing speaking, Sun Ce no longer ignored Zhou Yu's words, immediately waved his spear, and personally led the army to charge and kill.
Zhou Yu saw that the morale of the three armies was high, and he didn't dare to stop it, so he had to smile bitterly and watch Sun Ce wave his army to kill, and at the same time, he saw that Sun Xi, the captain of his own army, led hundreds of people to follow closely, and he didn't expect to encounter danger, so he was relieved.
Sun Ce took the lead bravely, and immediately boosted the morale of the army, and then saw tens of thousands of troops quickly crushing towards Liu Qi's army like a rolling torrent, which made Liu Qi's Chinese army team in charge of defense suddenly feel the pressure doubled, and the formation began to show a trace of instability.
"Jiangdong Sun Ce is really brave, no wonder his army is always invincible when he fights in Jiangdong, but he really underestimates our army too much than Sun Ce, right?"
Liu Qi smiled faintly, waved the command flag in his hand, and saw that Wei Yan on the left flank immediately led more than 10,000 cavalry to rush over, especially the 2,000 cavalry, which was even more shocking, because although Sun Ce's army was elite, there was no cavalry.
I saw that the two thousand cavalry, like an indestructible spear, quickly came to Sun Ce's army, launched an attack on this army, and tore a gap in the originally perfect formation.
At this moment, a big man brandished a war knife, rode in front of Sun Ce, and then slashed towards Sun Ce's top door.
"Hmph, look for death." Sun Ce sneered, and the spear in his hand met him without hesitation.
Only a huge impact sound was heard, Sun Ce couldn't help but feel numb in his arms, and secretly admired: "This Wei Yan has so much strength, no wonder he is known as one of the top fierce generals under Liu Qi's account, and it looks really not weak." ”
However, Sun Ce did not have a trace of fear for Wei Yan, but a fanatical battle intent rose in his eyes, and he shouted loudly: "Just now you just relied on the impact of the war horse and had a slight advantage, let's go here again and see who wins and who loses between each other?" ”
Sun Ce laughed loudly, drove the horse to rush towards Wei Yan, and swung his spear to stab Wei Yan as swiftly as the wind.
Seeing Wei Yan snort coldly, the battle knife rose horizontally again, blocking Sun Ce's offensive.
This time, the two were evenly matched, and neither of them suffered.
"Again." Sun Ce and Wei Yan were not convinced, and they both shouted loudly almost at the same time, and then each fought together again with their weapons.
At this moment, because Sun Ce only cared about fighting with Wei Yan and did not kill the Chinese army again, coupled with their leaders Liu Shi and Zhang Tong personally charging into battle, the original somewhat unstable formation of the Chinese army was slowly stabilized, and the advantage gained by Sun Ce personally leading the army to fight was lost again.
However, because Wei Yan and Sun Ce were fighting, they had no time to take care of the left flank, but Zhou Yu took advantage of the opportunity, and immediately ordered the Huang Gai army on the right flank to meet and counterattack Liu Qi's left flank, which also made the formation stabilize again and fought with the 8,000 infantry in the rear.
Originally, Zhou Yu thought that Wei Yan's troops were definitely not as elite as Liu Qi's Chinese army, and because he was confident that the main general of the opponent's left flank was fighting with his own lord, he had no time to take care of it, so he thought that he had a chance to defeat it first, and then join Sun Ce to outflank Liu Qi's Chinese army.
But I didn't expect that although Wei Yan was not there, his left wing army was also so brave and good at fighting, although it was indeed slightly worse than the Chinese army, but Huang Gai's right wing was not the purest Danyang army, and its combat effectiveness was relatively weak, so it was still evenly matched, and no one had an obvious advantage.
At the same time, Liu Qi's right-wing army was fighting with the left-wing of Sun Ce's general Cheng Pu under the command of Xu Shu, and it was surprising that the two sides were still undefeated.
The two sides fought for nearly two hours, and seeing that their casualties were not small, and the morale of each other had almost been exhausted, and it would be useless to continue fighting, they withdrew their troops almost at the same time.
Jia Xu, who was standing in the distance, saw Zhou Yu slowly commanding the retreat, the army was orderly, without the slightest yellow disorder, it was simply impeccable, and couldn't help but admire: "This Zhou Yu really deserves to be a generation of famous generals, and it is really admirable to be able to do this." ”
Of course, while Jia Xu admired Zhou Yu, there were also Xu Shu and others, although they were not in the same camp as Zhou Yu, they still admired this person's outstanding military command skills very much, and finally knew the terrible thing about this character, and finally knew why Liu Qi recommended this Zhou Yu so much.
After collecting the troops and returning to the camp, Jia Xu's eyes were full of admiration, and he said to Liu Qi: "My lord, I can't hide it, this Zhou Yu is really a strong opponent, and the lower officials have not found shortcomings in him at all, whether it is the arrangement of troops or the flexibility and change, they are all impeccable. ”
"What Mr. Wenhe said is right, this is also the reason why I am afraid of this person, I wonder if Mr. has experienced this battle, can he have a clever plan to break the enemy?" Although he also knew in his heart that there was little hope for this matter, Liu Qi couldn't help but ask.
I only heard Jia Xu laugh and said: "Although Zhou Yu is perfect, but Sun Ce is not without weaknesses, although this person is brave, but it is easy to be brave and courageous, and he cannot be provoked, as long as we are so, even if Zhou Yu is capable, he dares to guarantee that Sun Ce will be injured again, as long as Sun Ce is injured, morale will inevitably be damaged, and the cautious Zhou Yu will definitely choose to retreat, and we will take the opportunity to capture Yixian, Sun Ce Wanling's door is wide open, and he can only retreat, so that Lingyang can be obtained." ”