Chapter 20: Allegiance

The change was hasty, and the Jiangdong army was killed by surprise.

However, compared to the one-sided inside the city, the outside of the city is a different scene.

At the beginning, because the Jiangdong army was defenseless, the 500 Yuan troops who surrendered out of the city were recaptured their weapons, and they also killed many Jiangdong troops, but soon, the Jiangdong army stabilized its position and began to counterattack.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, Yuan Shu's Yulinwei could not be compared with Sun Ce's two thousand cavalry.

Sun Ce's two thousand cavalry are all veterans who crawled out of the pile of dead, and they are the elite of the elite, although Yuan Shu's two thousand Yu Lin Wei are also the elite selected from the 200,000 Huainan army, but whether it is equipment, training or combat experience, they cannot be compared with Sun Ce's two thousand iron cavalry, and the morale cannot be compared.

In less than half an hour, the five hundred Lin Wei who went out of the city and surrendered fell into disadvantage.

If it weren't for the Yulin guards at the head of the city who gave Pao Ze enough bow and crossbow support, the five hundred Yulin guards who went out of the city would have already been wiped out by the Jiangdong cavalry outside the city.

But even so, by this time, more than half of the five hundred Lin Wei outside the city had already been killed or wounded, and they couldn't last long.

The remaining more than 200 forest guards rely on the city wall to form a phalanx, stubbornly resisting, the Jiangdong cavalry adopts the classic tactics of cavalry against infantry, which is called the onion stripping tactic in later generations, which is a horizontal cut again and again, peeling off the outer defense of the infantry phalanx layer by layer, until the infantry phalanx completely collapses, and then gathers and annihilates.

When the Jiangdong cavalry was stripped to the ninth time, there was a sudden loud noise on the head of the city.

Then, a large amount of blood-soaked Yuan Jun Yu Lin Wei appeared on the top of the city.

The Jiangdong cavalry outside the city could no longer care about dealing with the stubborn Yulinwei, and they stopped one after another, and they all looked up at the top of the city, and an uneasy atmosphere began to spread in the Jiangdong army. No, impossible, absolutely impossible!

General Tai Shici is brave and unparalleled, who can kill him?

However, the harsh reality soon shattered their illusions.

A young man who was also soaked in bloodstains appeared at the head of the city, and the young man was carrying a bloody human head in his hand, which had already been cut into a bloody blur, and he couldn't see his eyebrows clearly, but the uneasiness in the hearts of the Jiangdong Army soldiers was even stronger, could it really be the head of General Tai Shici?

The young man in the shirt suddenly raised his head, so that his face was facing the outside of the city.

"Tai Shici's head is here, why don't you come down early?!" Yuan Wei held Tai Shi Ci's head high and roared loudly.

The Jiangdong cavalry outside the city suddenly became in a commotion, and the originally high morale plummeted in an instant, which is the Achilles heel of the brave generals leading the army.

The next moment, the gate of Xia Cai City suddenly opened, and a team of Yulin Iron Cavalry roared out.

The remnants of the more than 200 forest guards who were originally cowering under the city wall and resisting stubbornly also took the opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack.

Because the main general Tai Shici died in battle, the morale of the Jiangdong cavalry had already fallen to the bottom, and this time it was attacked by Yuan Jun Yu Linwei at both ends, and the whole army was immediately shaken.

barely supported for more than half an hour, and the Jiangdong Army was defeated.

"Kill them, kill them, kill them!" Yuan Wei stood on the head of the city and jumped to his feet and roared, this time, he finally didn't dare to lead Yulinwei to charge the battle like last time, last time he had no choice, but this time he didn't dare to take any more risks, although it was easier to get the love of the soldiers as a soldier, it was also easy to die.

Maybe it's time to learn some martial arts, don't seek to become a fierce man like Xu Chu and Tai Shici, at least not weaker than Liu Bei and Cao Cao, right? I think that Liu Bei also carried a double-strand sword and fought with Lu Bu before the Tiger Prison Pass, although at that time he was surrounded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two peerless fierce men, but at least it proved that Liu Bei was not without the strength to fight.

But who should I go to to learn the arts? Yuan Shu doesn't seem to have a super-first-class general.

Yuan Wei was thinking nonsense at the head of the city, but outside the city, Yu Linwei won a hearty victory.

It was a battle, and the two thousand Jiangdong iron cavalry that came to Xia Cai with Tai Shi Ci finally fled back less than five hundred horses, and the rest were either killed or captured alive, and the Yuan army also captured hundreds of war horses, as well as a large number of armor and weapons, and more importantly, even the number one general under Sun Ce's account, Tai Shi Ci, was also killed by the Yuan army!

Zhang Niuli led the army to chase for 20 miles before collecting troops and returning to the city.

As soon as he entered the city gate, Zhang Niucalf turned over and dismounted, walked to Yuan Nuo's side with great excitement, and said while dancing: "Childe, Lao Zhang has joined Yu Linwei for several years, and he has never fought such a happy battle. ”

Behind Zhang Niucal, the Yulin guards who had returned from victory also cast extremely fanatical glances at Yuan Nuo.

It's as simple as that, for military warriors, as long as you can take them to win battles and gain military achievements, they will follow you and support you without hesitation, on the contrary, if you can't take them to win battles, then, no matter how noble your background is, even if you are a member of the imperial family, they will abandon you.

For example, Liu Bei is obviously the head of the imperial family, but why can't he grow old in the early stage?

The reason is very simple, because Liu Bei Lao lost the battle, others followed Liu Bei and felt that there was no future.

Cao Cao is different, except for the defeat of the princes of the Eighteen Towns when they fought against Dong Zhuo, and they were almost never defeated later, so there were many capable people who followed Lao Cao, and Lao Cao quickly formed a climate.

Yuan Wei found the young man who had saved him twice from behind Zhang Niucal, and asked with a smile, "Brother Tai, now you should tell me your name, right?" ”

When the young man still wanted to shirk, Zhang Niucal had already said for him: "Son, this guy is called Xu Sheng, Lang evil man, he took his old mother to escape the war and passed through Shouchun a while ago, and when he saw that he was good, he was forced to stay." ”

"Xu Sheng?" Yuan Wei couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, this is also a fierce man.

However, in the early period of the Three Kingdoms, because there were too many fierce people, it was not visible, and in the later period, Xu Sheng was one of the few generals in Eastern Wu who had the ability to stand alone.

was revealed by Zhang Niucalf's identity, Xu Sheng had to step forward and salute Yuan No: "Xu Sheng has seen Gongzi." ”

Yuan Nuo didn't return the salute immediately, just looked at Xu Sheng with a smile, from Xu Sheng's refusal to report his name twice, Yuan Nuo could vaguely guess that this guy was obviously not optimistic about Yuan's future, so he didn't plan to stay more under Yuan's account, didn't this guy finally abandon Yuan's and defect to Sun Quan in history?

However, compared to Tai Shi Ci who has become a loyal lackey of the Jiangdong Sun family, Xu Sheng has not yet defected to the Sun family, and there should be room for redemption, although Yuan Wei lacks enough confidence in his charm, but if possible, Yuan Wei still hopes to recruit a few more decent military generals.

Seeing that Yuan Nuo only smiled and didn't return the salute, Xu Sheng thought that Yuan Nuo thought that he was too polite, so he took a long look and said: "Xu Sheng, meet the son." ”

"Hehe, Wen Xiang doesn't have to be polite." Yuan Yu hurriedly stretched out his hand to hug Xu Sheng, then stared at Xu Sheng's eyes and asked, "Wen Xiang didn't want to be told by his name twice, but he looked down on Yuan in his heart?" ”

Xu Sheng wondered in his heart how Yuan could know his words, but he said quietly on his face: "Childe said that he laughed, how dare he look down on Childe when he was born in the next Shu clan?" ”

Yuan knew that Xu Sheng's words were insincere, but he didn't break it.

At that moment, Yuan Wei changed the topic again and said: "Wen Xiang, Ling Tang is okay?" ”

Xu Sheng's expression darkened when he heard this, and he said, "My mother has seen her back a few days ago. ”

Yuan Wei couldn't help but choke when he heard this, and said: "Wen Xiang, there is a chance to pay tribute to Lingtang for me." Then he asked, "Wen Xiang, I wonder what your plans are in the future?" ”

Xu Sheng was speechless for a while, he really hadn't seriously thought about this question.

When the old mother was still in the hall, Xu Sheng just wanted to escort the old mother to a paradise without war, and serve the old mother to enjoy her life in peace.

Yuan Wei said: "If Wen Xiang has nowhere to go for the time being, why don't you stay first." ”

Xu Sheng looked up at Yuan No, silently, speaking in his heart, Xu Sheng didn't think that Yuan Shu and Yuan No's father and son were worthy of loyalty, but now, Xu Sheng gradually felt that he might have misseen Yuan Nuo before, at least from the recent period, Yuan No's performance is still worth looking forward to.

If you don't say it, it's a tacit acquiescence, even if your heart is still a little shaken.

"Wen Xiang, then it's decided." At that moment, Yuan Wei smiled and stretched out his right hand to Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng hesitated slightly, and finally reached out and shook Yuan Wei hard.

Seeing that Xu Sheng finally promised to be loyal to him, Yuan Wei was suddenly overjoyed.

Nimei's, this is the first fierce man to show his allegiance to him.

At that moment, Yuan asked Zhang Niucal: "Old Zhang, what is Xu Sheng's current position?" ”

Zhang Niucal said: "Xu Sheng has made a contribution to the last counterattack, and the last general has already promoted him to be the captain, this time this kid has won a lot of military exploits, and the last general plans to promote him to be the commander." ”

The establishment of the Han army, one army of five people, with a military commander.

One tithe, ten people, divided into left and right troops, set up a tithe.

A team of 50 people, divided into front and back, left and right, set up a captain.

One hundred people in one tun, divided into left and right teams, and set up a tun chief.

There are 500 people in a song, divided into front and back, left and right, and military marquis.

A 1,000-person, divided into left and right songs, set up Sima.

A battalion of 5,000 people, divided into front, back, left and right, and middle, with a school captain.

"Xu Sheng saved my son twice, how can one tun chief be enough?" Yuan Wei said bluntly, "In this way, let Xu Sheng be the military marquis of the right and left curves, yes, that's it." ”

"The military marquis on the right and left?" Zhang Niu Niu was dumbfounded.

Now on the right, Sima Zhao Tiezhu has been killed, and the two military marquis under the mark were also killed in this battle, Xu Sheng was promoted by Yuan Wei to the military marquis of the right and left, nominally the military marquis, but in fact, he is exercising the duties of the right Sima, Ni Mei's, this Xu Sheng climbed too fast, right?

"What, do you have an opinion?" Yuan said coldly.

"No, of course the Admiral has no opinion." Zhang Niucal hurriedly shook his head, after the counterattack of the Water Gate, as well as the great victory in the Battle of Xia Cai, Yuan Wei's prestige in Yulinwei was finally established, even if he was a fierce general like Zhang Niucal, he did not dare to easily offend Yuan Wei's tiger power.