However, it was said that after Sun Ce arrived at Wanling, the seat of Danyang County, he used the reputation of his uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben to recruit hundreds of people under his command for a while.

At that time, the local tyrant Zulang of Jing County gathered a crowd to rebel, and Sun Ce asked Wu Jing for orders to go to rehabilitation, wanting to take this opportunity to increase his reputation. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly ambushed by Zu Lang and his people on the way, and for a time his troops were routed and fled. After another period of fighting, he struggled with Sun He and Lu Fan to break through the siege.

At this time, Sun Ce was only 20 years old, and his time in commanding troops was still short, and he lacked sufficient combat experience. Considering that his recruits are all untrained recruits, it is not surprising that they will be defeated. However, after this defeat, he has also made some progress.

Subsequently, Sun Ce went to meet Yuan Shu again and told Yuan Shu what had happened. Yuan Shu had the intention of cultivating him, so he returned more than 1,000 people from Sun Jian's old department, and recommended him as the captain of Huaiyi. After that, Sun Ce began to learn the experience of fighting from Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others, and made great progress after only learning for a while.

Once, Yuan Shu planned to appoint Sun Ce as the Taishou of Jiujiang and prepare to use troops against Xuzhou. But then he hesitated again, feeling that Sun Ce was still too young at this time, and he had no record of success, and if he was entrusted with a heavy position, he was afraid that others would not accept it. So, he changed to Chen Ji, a native of Danyang, as the Taishou of Jiujiang.

Previously, Yuan Shu had ordered Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, to transport 30,000 stone of rice as military rations, but Lu Kang did not obey Yuan Shu's orders. So, Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang. After that, Lu Kang was defeated, and Shu County, the seat of Lujiang governance, was conquered by the locals Zhou Yu and Sun Celi in one fell swoop.

Immediately, Yuan Shu had the idea of appointing Sun Ce as the Taishou of Lujiang, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to keep Sun Ce by his side and be a general who was focused on cultivation. So, he was reappointed Liu Xun as the Taishou of Lujiang.

Sun Ce's heart was not clear about Yuan Shu's plans, but Yuan Shu did not attach importance to himself. As a result, he began to feel a little depressed again.

For a period of time before this, Yuan Shu's term of office had exceeded the original one-year limit, so the imperial court changed the appointment of Liu Xuan, the imperial historian, as the assassin of Yangzhou. But by this time, Yuan Shu had occupied Shouchun and asked Liu Xuan to move the place of governance elsewhere. Although Liu Miao felt that Yuan Shu was arrogant and unreasonable, he had no choice but to move the governance office to Qu'a. At that time, Wu Jing and Sun Ben learned that Liu Miao was coming, so they led their troops to meet them.

Later, Liu Miao learned that Sun Ce was attacking Lujiang, and he was worried that Yuan Shu wanted to divide one side and annex himself, so he removed Wu Jing and Sun Ben from their duties. Wu Jing and Sun Ben immediately returned to Shouchun and reported the situation to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu couldn't help but be furious immediately, and immediately appointed Wu Jing as the general of the overseer army, and ordered him and Sun Ben to lead troops into Liyang County and prepare to attack Liu Xuan.

Immediately, after Liu Miao learned the news, he immediately sent his subordinate generals Fan Neng and Yu Mi to Hengjiangjin, and Zhang Ying to be stationed in Danglikou. The two armies confronted each other across the Yangtze River, and there was a stalemate for a while.

In less than three months, I conducted hellish training for more than 10,000 soldiers under my command and carefully screened them. It is divided into three formations in total, one is a cavalry battalion, numbering more than 1,000 people, mainly used to charge into battle, and is commanded by Feng Xian; The other two are infantry battalions, and the elite one is called the "Trap Camp", numbering more than 3,000 people, mainly used to attack cities and plunder land, and I am responsible for commanding them; The remaining infantry is a regular battalion, numbering more than 5,000 people, mainly used to garrison the city, transport supplies and respond from the side, and Chen Gong is responsible for commanding it.

In the first month of the following year, Cao Cao led 10,000 cavalry and attacked Dingtao at night. Feng Xian and I immediately led the army to the rescue, but when they were halfway through, Yuan Shao suddenly sent Wen Chou to lead thousands of elites to attack Changyi. So, I hurriedly dispatched Wei Xu and Song Xian with a thousand soldiers to quickly rush back to help Chen Gong attack Wen Chou.

Feng Xian and I continued to march towards Dingtao. Immediately, when we arrived a few miles east of Dingtao, Cao Cao had not yet conquered the city. When he heard the news, he did not continue the attack, but suddenly retreated with his army.

At this time, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to lead thousands of elites to continue to reinforce Wenchou. At that time, Wei Xu and Chen Wei's troops were fighting with Wen Chou's troops a few miles north of Surabaya, but they were suddenly attacked from behind by Yan Liang's troops, and they were attacked by the enemy for a while, and the situation was extremely critical.

Immediately, when Chen Gong learned the news, he immediately led his troops out of the city, intending to attack Wen Chou's rear formation to alleviate the plight of Wei Xu and Chen Wei. Unexpectedly, when Chen Gong had just led his army north to cross Surabaya, Zhang He led thousands of soldiers and horses to suddenly come from the flank to intercept it. Chen Gong's department was caught off guard, and the formation was chaotic for a while.

I couldn't help but touch my chin and feel a little surprised. Isn't the tactic these guys used this time exactly the same trick I used when I fought the Kwantung princes? It seems that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have been thinking about my way of using troops on weekdays, and they are almost deep in my true heritage.

At the moment, our strength is far inferior to that of the other side, and the overall combat strength of the soldiers is not stronger than that of the other side. Even if I can control the overall situation on the battlefield at any time, I will not be able to issue effective countermeasures in time, so the current situation is still quite passive for us.

Suddenly, I suddenly had a strange feeling, could it be that God saw that I was too beautiful in the past and wanted to frustrate my spirit? This seems a bit superstitious.

In any case, the city of Changyi cannot be lost under any circumstances. But if he rushed back to the rescue like this, Cao Cao would definitely lead the army back to attack Dingtao again. Immediately, I had no choice but to react and redistribute my troops and horses. Qin Yi and Wei Yue led 1,000 cavalry to ambush a few miles south of Dingtao at any time, and Feng Xian and I led the rest of the men and horses back to Changyi to rescue.

Fortunately, after learning the news that Yuan Shao had sent troops to attack Changyi, Xue Lan and Li Feng of Juye hurriedly led thousands of men and horses from their headquarters to the rescue. Although he was intercepted by Gao Lan's troops in the middle of the road, he was fortunate to fight for a while.

After that, Chen Gong, Wei Xu, and Chen Wei fought their way out of the siege and crossed the south bank of Surabaya and retreated to the city of Changyi. Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang He pursued behind, intending to continue the attack on Changyi, but they learned that Feng Xian and I were quickly rushing back to the rescue, so they had to withdraw their troops and retreat.

Subsequently, Gao Ran, Xue Lan and Li Feng fought for a long time, so they also led their troops to retreat. Immediately, Xue Lan and Li Feng learned that the siege of Changyi had been lifted, so they also led their troops back to Juye.

When Cao Cao learned that Feng Xian and I had left, he really came to attack Dingtao again. At that time, Qin Yi and Wei Yue attacked from the side, and Cao Cao failed to break through Dingtao for a while, so he had to withdraw his troops and retreat to Chengshi.

In other words, we tossed back and forth all night, and we did not win a single battle, but we lost more than a thousand troops in our hands. Although this is not a lot of troops, it inevitably seems to be a little weakened.

At this time, Gongsun Zhan, who was far away in Youzhou, learned that Yuan Shao was leading an army to attack us, so he immediately issued an order for Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops and retreat, otherwise he would send troops to attack Jizhou. Therefore, Yuan Shao recommended Zang Hong as the Taishou of Dongjun and ordered him to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to be stationed in Puyang to help Cao Cao recover Yanzhou. After that, Yuan Shao led the army back to Yecheng.

I have to say that Yuan Shao's retreat has relieved us a lot of pressure. But then came the trouble that came when our food supply began to be insufficient. Therefore, in order to carry on this battle, the soldiers had to temporarily tighten their belts to live.

Speaking of which, there has been a famine in the Sanfu area for the past two years. Except for the people of Chang'an, who had previously received food relief, almost all other areas were feeding their hunger with human flesh. The original population of hundreds of thousands of households is now only one or two percent, and the rest have all died. This inevitably makes people feel too miserable.

However, war is so cruel that it is a tragedy from which no one can recover. (To be continued.) )