The waves of the surging Gan River pass by rollingly, and the wide river separates Yuzhang and Xicheng, which are thirty miles apart. www.biquge.info This distance is almost instantaneous if it is on land, but due to the barrier of the river and the ferry near Yuzhang, which are basically requisitioned by Zhuge Xuan, it has become very difficult for Zhu Haojun, backed by Liu Xuanjun, to further pursue Zhuge Jun. And at such a distance, as soon as something happens in Yuzhang City, it will probably reach the West City where Zhuge Xuan retreated on the same day.

The retreat was largely completed five days earlier. Using the Ganjiang ferry port in the northwest of Yuzhang for transportation, Zhuge Xuan not only withdrew all half of the soldiers to Xicheng as planned, but even took a lot of people who were willing to retreat with Zhuge Xuan.

Yuzhang City suddenly became quiet. With the retreat of Huang Zhong and Li Sheng's team this morning, there were no more Zhuge soldiers in Yuzhang City. It became an empty city again.

This news was soon discovered by Zhu Haojun's reprimand. After they searched around Yuzhang for a while and repeatedly confirmed the correctness of this news, they quickly reported the situation to their "boss" Zhu Hao: "Lord Qiqi, Zhuge Xuan's army has completely withdrawn from Yuzhang City, and its last group of men and horses are currently camping at the ferry port in the west of the city, waiting for tomorrow's river crossing. ”

"Oh? It's already dark. Hearing this, Zhu Hao looked up at the sky that was gradually becoming darker, nodded to Hou Xuan with satisfaction, and said, "Very good, continue to explore again." ”

"Yes." The scouts who had come to report the news bowed half-bowed on their horses, clasped their fists and saluted.

Looking at his departing figure vigorously, the smile on Zhu Hao's face deepened. He looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking, and a look of envy involuntarily appeared on his face.

At present, Zhu Hao's army is composed of two parts: one is the soldiers forcibly pulled by Zhu Hao from several counties in the east of Yuzhang County, this part is about 1,500 people, and the other part is the guard unit that Liu Miao allocated to Zhu Hao, which is also a disguised surveillance man, this part is about 500 people, and it is led by a captain named Sun Shao under Liu Xuan. Because Zhu Hao was only a civilian official, this lieutenant named Sun Shao and his two nephews of the same clan, Sun Yun and Sun Lei, were actually the commanders of the entire army.

"Changxu, what do you think of the current situation? Zhuge Xuan seems to be planning to give up Yuzhang. Do you think we should pursue each other? Zhu Hao asked Sun Shao, the captain who was following him.

Thirty-two-year-old Sun Shao had a handful of short beards on his white face, and when he heard what Zhu Hao said, he couldn't help but stare at him, and his eyes flashed with sharp essence. "Pursuit, of course, pursuit. The other side has only a mere 500, while our army has tens of thousands, and even in front of us, there are only 2,000 troops. The strength is much stronger than the other party, and if you don't chase it, you're afraid that you will be laughed at by the world. ”

"There won't be a trap, will it?" I don't know if it's caution or the timidity of the literati, Zhu Hao is particularly cautious at this moment. As far as his heart is concerned, as long as he arrives at Yuzhang City safely, it is enough, as for the pursuit or something, then it can be avoided. Anyway, Zhuge Xuan retreated.

"Lord Zhu Hao, as far as you are concerned, as long as you enter Yuzhang City, you will be considered meritorious. But for us soldiers, only the destruction of the enemy can be considered victory. Lord Zhu Hao, as a civil official, you want to climb to a higher status, and as a military general, I also want to have a higher title. If you are promoted to a civil official, you only need to do a good job of the political achievements in front of you, but as military attachés, we can only fight with a knife and a gun. There are so many enemies, even with the so-called ambush there are a thousand people. And many of them are recruits like your men. Therefore, I don't want to waste such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and please don't stop me. ”

Sun Shao said to Zhu Hao solemnly. The scorching heat projected from his eyes, Zhu Hao clearly felt his desire for battle merit. Facing that face as hard as a rock, Zhu Hao understood that this person's mind was desperate, and he had no way to convince him. What to do? That was the only way to let him go. Although Sun Shao was transferred to him by Liu Xuan to command, Zhu Hao understood that he really couldn't command these people.

"Well, in that case. Then I wish the general success. I will set up a feast to celebrate the achievement in Yuzhang City to celebrate the general. In desperation, Zhu Hao could only release the unhappiness on his face, and said with a forced smile. Under what circumstances and how to speak, this Zhu Hao naturally understands very well. Although he is very old-fashioned, as an official who came out of the **** Chang'an City, he still understands what he should understand.

"Thank you, sir." Sun Shao bowed his hand on the horse and led his relatives forward in high spirits. He decided to take 500 soldiers and horses from his headquarters and 1,000 soldiers under Zhu Hao to pursue the retreating Zhuge Xuan army. As for Zhu Hao's side, he felt that it was enough to leave five hundred recruits. Anyway, Charong will follow later, and Zhu Hao's safety will be handed over to Charong.

Sun Shao was not at all worried about the problems that might arise in Charong.

Leading the army and advancing, Sun Shao was the first to enter Yuzhang City with his men and horses. However, unlike what the people who welcomed him thought in their hearts, the 1,500 men and horses he led went straight through the east-west avenue of Yuzhang and went straight to the ferry port west of Yuzhang City. He hurried with his men and horses, as if he was worried that the enemy on the opposite side would flee.

"Hurry, hurry! As long as they defeat each other, the brothers will have officials and officials, and they will have money. A thunderous shout rang out at the front of the procession, the cry of the vanguard officer. As a pioneer is Sun Shao's nephew Sun Lei. He was an unkempt eight-foot man with a face as short as a steel needle. Right now, he was staring at the tiny eyes on Dou Da's head, riding the flower horse he had born, and taking the lead in rushing to the front of the team. He has no strategy, but he is very courageous, and he has always been Sun Shao's most reliable subordinate.

It's a vulgar word, but it's very clear. For these soldiers, who have no thoughts, but are only forced to take up arms, it is undoubtedly possible to make them endure for a while by depicting the most direct and beautiful scene.

"Money, as long as there is money. What do you want? Food? Wearing? Or a woman? Sun Lei's words were to tell the soldiers: "As long as you have money, you can get what you want." And if you want to get money, you can only use the weapons in your hands to kill the enemy and achieve battle success. ”

"Oh!" The soldiers who followed the group couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers when they heard this. They understood the straightforward words, and their hearts, which had been dead and silent, were slightly enlivened.

Fighting in the dark, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is a sneak attack, which is the most deadly and terrifying attack on the enemy after quietly approaching the enemy's military camp. However, the soldiers who carry out the sneak attack are required to have a certain degree of military literacy. Regardless of what kind of literacy is required, at least one thing is certain. That is, these soldiers at the moment do not have the ability to carry out night sneak attack missions.

Therefore, Sun Shaoda did not give them orders such as silence, light step, and caution from the beginning. He allowed his nephew to use loud noises to boost the morale of his soldiers. He cared about what the soldiers were making on their way to the battlefield. He just wanted to take these with him, quickly rush to the other party, and "force" them to fight a good battle with him to decide the ownership of a victory.

The road to the ferry port was carved out between a forest and a hill. Although Yuzhang City is built on the opposite bank of Nanchang Mountain, and is blocked by the Ganjiang River, the terrain is also somewhat affected by the residual potential of the mountains, and it is slightly undulating. Later, in order to prevent the flooding of the Ganjiang River, people built embankments and planted trees in the rolling hills, so that the entire Xicheng of Yuzhang became a lush patch, and the road leading to the ferry was meandering in this green. Although the road was originally built entirely by man, it is a long time coming. The whole road is just like a natural forest road, without any traces of artificiality.

There was no moon tonight, and there were few stars in the sky, which made the road to the ferry even more gloomy. Maybe it's closer to the river, and you can vaguely hear the sound of the river waves rolling in the distance, and you can still feel the gusts of water vapor carried by the night breeze coming from the river.

The road is so quiet. Even as so many soldiers gathered in one direction, their hearts throbbed.

Respect the heavens, the earth, the ghosts and gods. The so-called "respect" is also "fear". The fear of the unknown is deeply rooted in everyone's heart. Walking in such a quiet place, except for a few rare boldness, most people are moving forward with trepidation. They can't tell what kind of cold feeling they feel in their hearts, but most of them know that it is definitely not a good thing to feel like this.

Sun Shao's team is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. He himself stayed in the Chinese army because he wanted to control the overall situation. He handed over the front army to his brave nephew Sun Lei, and handed over the rear army to Sun Yun, who could maintain a certain level of calm anytime and anywhere. He is very optimistic about these two juniors of his family. He thinks that Sun Lei can become a general who charges into battle, and Sun Yun can eventually become a commander who commands thousands of troops, and he Sun Yun is a handsome talent, not a general.

Sun Shao rode a horse. The soldiers around him surrounded him tightly. These are all men and horses who directly obey his command, and they are all transferred from Lord Liu Xuan's hands, and they are all teams that have experienced wars, and they have a bit of murderous existence when they walk. They all walked in silence, without words. Compared with the front army with Sun Lei's loud voice and the rear army with a sparrow-like buzz, the Chinese army here seemed extremely quiet. However, no one will underestimate the combat power of this Chinese army, whether it is the new recruits of the front army and the rear army, or the enemy who hides in the shadows and does not know when it will appear.

You can already hear the sound of running water, which means that you are not far from the ferry. At this moment when he was about to engage the enemy, Sun Shao's heart was not calm, and he was even a little scared. Glancing at the silent and unusual woods around him once more, the uneasiness in his heart deepened.

"Guide! Is the guide there? Sun Shao shouted loudly as if he suddenly remembered something.

"My lord, what's the matter?" A lean young man from behind rode up from behind and asked. His name is Luo Ping, a native of Poyang, and he is a branch of the Luo family in Yuzhang. When Liu Miao sent troops to Yuzhang, he followed his father to join Liu Xiang. Because he was able to speak well and was very familiar with the terrain of Yuzhang, he was assigned to Sun Shao as Zhu Haojun's guide, and often gave Sun Shao some useful advice. Right now, Sun Shao had to pursue the other party, so naturally he never forgot to bring him.

"How far is it from the ferry? Well, I mean, how far will we have to go before we can meet the enemy? Sun Shao thought for a moment and asked his own question.

"Two miles away. As long as you cross the embankment planted with camphor trees, you can see the Gan River crossing. Luo Ping replied quickly. Although he is from Poyang, his family's clan is in Yuzhang, so he often travels back and forth between Yuzhang and Poyang, and is quite familiar with the terrain of the entire Yuzhang County.

"Oh? Is that a big place? Sun Shao asked again.

"It is one of the largest wharves in Yuzhang, and it is also the connection point between the Gan River and the Yangtze River." Luo Ping said with a smile: "I remember that before Zhongping, there were ten cargo ships of more than 500 stone docked there every day. And the original Yuzhang Water Camp is not far from the ferry. ”

"Oh? Are you saying that the enemy has ready-made camps to use here? Sun Shao couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this, and he muttered: "If you attack the camp that has been completely prepared, then your own people will definitely not have much chance of winning." After all, the permanent barracks are no less fortified than a city. ”

That's right. But the flood two years ago had already submerged the entire barracks. So we don't have to worry. With a smile on his swarthy face, Luo Ping further explained: "Now it is a tidal flat by the river, and it has become a sink full of silt. Although it does not pose a threat to life, it is very inconvenient to move. ”

"I see." Sun Shao nodded as if relieved, "Don't attack the strong camp, this is the best for us." We don't have a strong siege weapon. ”

"Hmm!" Luo Ping nodded clearly and smiled helplessly.

Turning a bend in the forest avenue, he rushed back from the front army to a marquis, he rode in front of Sun Shao, and reported to him: "My lord, the front army has arrived at the ferry. Spot enemy formations. ”

"How many enemies are there?" Sun Shao quickly asked.

"Five hundred!" Hou replied very succinctly.

"Is it a defense of the village?" Sun Shao asked again.

"Yes, the enemy did not go out of the village, but completely hid his soldiers and horses in the camp, and prepared many bows and arrows to resist the horses, which was completely a defensive position." Hou reprimanded and explained quickly and in detail.

"Hmm! That's normal. Sun Shao pondered for a moment, and then gave an order: "Let Sun Lei's front army launch a strong attack on the enemy camp; Let's all get our team up to speed, I'm going to form a stacking wave attack and give the guy on the other side a taste of what it means to be in a wave of unevenness. ”

The team began to run, and they hurried forward. As they approached the enemy camp at the ferry, they could already hear shouts of slaughter in front of them.

This was a very depressing fight for Sun Lei. After receiving the order from Sun Shao, Sun Lei already had a plan that he thought was a good plan for how to start the battle. According to the intelligence, the guy on the opposite side and his subordinates are generally novices of the same level, and their combat ability is very poor.

Although judging from the arrangement on the opposite side, the generals of the other side are still somewhat level, and they can arrange the troops in their hands more reasonably. But Sun Lei didn't believe that their arrangement would be well executed by his soldiers. The most important difference between a recruit and a veteran is the level of understanding of the task, the veteran can complete some tasks that require a certain amount of skill, while the recruit can only obey the most basic charge and retreat.

"The other party's formation is too complicated. This is their most fatal heel. Sun Lei said. The plan he came up with was also very simple, that is, to contact the other party, contact in close proximity, attack with the other party, and entangle with the other party to support the arrival of the main force behind him.

"A quarter of an hour. If we can break through the outermost fence in a quarter of an hour, we will win. Sun Lei thought to himself, his big eyes opened sharply at this moment, and released a sharp light: "The whole army is assaulting, and it is ...... to advance in a wide array!" ”

Wide array, a kind of straggler phalanx. Spread out all the soldiers in a certain frontal space, with a large gap as the distance between the soldiers, which is the characteristic of a wide array. On the way to Yuzhang, the newly recruited soldiers of Zhu Hao's army also received training in wide arrays and dense formations.

The wide array provides a good defense against dense arrows. In Sun Lei's imagination, the opponent's bow and arrow would definitely be there, but considering that the opponent was also a new soldier, and it was a wide array that was attacking him in the dark, he believed that his loss should not be great. Troops advancing in a wide array should be able to set foot on the opposite side of the camp with relative ease.

"Kill!" Sun Lei roared, brandished the steel axe in his hand, and rushed to the front of the team.

He didn't need such a pioneer, after all, he was a general and not an ordinary soldier. Although he can wait for the arrival of the army behind him as long as he holds on for a moment, if something goes wrong with him in this moment, he is afraid that the entire army will disappear. In this team composed entirely of new recruits, he is the core of the entire team, and there must be no mistakes.

For now, however, he doesn't have any reason to back down. His men were all recruits who were fighting for the first time, and it was impossible not to have fear in their hearts. If he himself did not set an example of defying fear, and use his actions to lead those who were fighting for the first time, then even if the opposing recruits could only shoot sparse and non-lethal arrows, it would be enough to make all the charging men here artificially retreat.

"These recruits will scare themselves so much that they will finally be scared." Sun Lei understands this very well. In order to prevent this kind of scene from happening, he had to charge forward by himself.

The brigade rushed over, and the camp of the Jingzhou army on the opposite side also began to react. Arrows with white arrow feathers shot out from the arrow towers and fences of the camp, sending an arc-shaped trajectory in the air and submerging into Sun Lei's team. The screams began, and several unlucky guys were hit by arrows flying in the air, bringing up strings of red blood beads.

"It's fine." Seeing the scale, strength, and scattering area of the enemy's bow and arrow, Sun Lei breathed a sigh of relief: "Sure enough, it's a novice." "Although the hit of the bow and arrow will be greatly affected in the dark night, but if more than 200 arrows are shot at a time like this, only a dozen hits are sparsely hit, and only a novice can do it.

For the attack of a newbie, the best thing to do is not to panic and everything goes according to the predetermined plan. If something else happens, such as getting hit, it's just a matter of complaining that you're not lucky. After all, the novices hit very poorly, they don't have any accuracy at all.

At that time, the distance between the two sides was about 100 zhang. Just run for a while to get to the enemy's side from here. And running like this should be very easy in Sun Lei's eyes.

However, as the distance between the two sides closes, the opponent's bow and arrow hits slowly increase. Although such a change is also more reasonable, for some reason, Sun Lei's heart is always a little inexplicably uneasy: "Will the enemy's hit accuracy improve a little too fast?" ”

The team was attacked by enemy bows and arrows from 30 zhang, and has now experienced three waves of arrow rain. Among these three waves, except for the first wave of attacks, which was miserable to watch, the remaining two waves of hits were stronger than the other. By the time the whole army was close, the 500 team had already lost nearly 100 men in the run. Eighty percent of them were generated during the last two waves of arrow rain attacks. Although the number of arrows hit increases with the distance, it seems that the enemy's hit is increasing too much at the moment.

"Could it be? Is this a trap? Sun Lei was skeptical.

He was preparing to make everyone careful. Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound broke through the air, and the arrows with incredible speed were like lightning flashing in the clouds, and quickly sank into the advancing formation. This was the fourth wave of attacks launched by the Zhuge army, and it was concentrated on the group of soldiers of Liu Xuan's army who gathered in front of the camp gate. Because they wanted to break through the walled gate, they gradually gathered. I was going to concentrate on the enemy's last attack, but I didn't want to be the target of the opponent. A rain of arrows fell, and the team called Sun Lei lost nearly a hundred people.

"Crossbowmen?" Sun Lei couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the white feather with the power of an arrow beyond ordinary times, and the uneasiness in his heart expanded. He knew his team couldn't beat them right now.

"They lied to me. How can a unit that can be equipped with a crossbow machine be a recruit? The enemy on the opposite side is likely to be the regular army of Jingzhou. He guessed, but shook his head helplessly. How this battle should be fought, he was a little unclear. He looked around:

At present, the enemy's walled gate has not broken through, and he, as the attacking party, has only about 300 troops left. Although they rushed in front of the enemy fence, the enemy crossbows and crossbows that constantly emitted their own power prevented them from further destroying the fence. At the moment, it seemed that they could only dodge and wander here, unable to do further damage to the enemy's camp.

A steady footstep sounded in the woods, and a murderous aura came from behind Sun Leijun's formation. Sun Lei turned around and saw in the hazy night, the group of people carrying torches, and their restless hearts finally calmed down a little. He knew that his clan uncle had arrived with the main force of the team. It was a team of veterans who had been through the battlefield completely, and it was enough to smash everything in front of them. As long as I can increase my strength here and break through the fence in front of me, no matter how elite the crossbowmen in the camp are, it will be impossible for them to resist the progress of their own people.

"There's still hope." Sun Lei said to himself, he roared like a beast, and shouted, "Everyone follow me." Don't be afraid of the guy on the other side, that's all there is to it. Our reinforcements have arrived, and victory will surely be ours for the next battle. For the sake of victory, for the dream in your heart, kill! ”

Sun Lei shouted, and he became crazy. Facing the enemy's arrows, he picked up the steel axe in his hand like an enraged beast and slashed at the fence of the Jingzhou army. He was a very powerful man, and the steel axe in his hand weighed seventy pounds. At this moment, he was like a windmill in his powerful hands, and soon cut down a piece of the wooden fence of the Jingzhou army and broke a hole.

"Kill!" He shouted, and with a few guards beside him, he rushed directly into the gap, and the steel axe in his hand flew, cutting down the archers closest to the fence with a few blows.

Under his leadership, Sun Shao's army broke through the defense line of the Jingzhou army. For Sun Shaojun, everything is going in a good direction, and it seems that victory is just around the corner.