Chapter 567: Fighting the Tiger Five
Looking at the galloping cavalry, Sun Jian's heart rose to his throat, he faced the cavalry charge head-on for the first time, although there were only two thousand people, but he gave birth to the momentum of thousands of troops and horses, it was by no means the shock that dozens of cavalry charges could bring, nor was it the power that the infantry array could compare with the forward attack. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Two thousand iron horsemen, roaring from the right front, suddenly turned in front of the formation, poured a rain of arrows into the formation, and then drifted away again. Sergeant Yuan was shocked by the momentum of the galloping horses, but he didn't expect that they didn't rush into battle, but they just ran away with a burst of arrows, and the crossbowmen behind them were caught off guard, and many people fell to the ground with arrows. By the time they reacted and let go of the arrows in their hands, the cavalry had run to the point where only one tail remained.
Before they could come to their senses, another cavalry rushed to the front, and then sent another burst of arrows, and then walked away again. The soldiers of the Yuan army were not well prepared, and they did not seize the best opportunity for the two shè attacks, and were in a hurry by the cavalry shè who came and went like the wind. The cavalry increased the shè of the bow and arrow with the speed of the war horse, threw the shè into the air, and then turned and left, their distance was very well controlled, just on the edge of the shè of the strong bow, and they went away with one blow.
Yuan Jun formed a large formation, unable to move, watching the cavalry shouting and galloping past the front of the formation, leaving down bursts of arrows, but he had no choice but to be beaten passively, although the casualties were not large, the blow to morale was very obvious.
Sun Jian watched the Chinese army come and retreat like cháo water, retreat and retreat, but it was just a continuous sāo disturbance, and the cavalry did not attack, but there was no ease in his heart. The cavalry were teasing him, and instead of seeking to kill, they were using the speed of the cavalry to tease him. They had marched all night and were in dire need of rest, but the cavalry watched from afar, and kept attacking, apparently not wanting to give them a chance to breathe. Liu Xiu was only a hundred miles away from here, and if he left his baggage and marched hastily, he would be able to arrive in one day. It was his best chance of escaping, but now he was trapped here.
Behind him, the sound of war drums of Huang Gai's attack on the mountain pass could be faintly heard, and Sun Jian didn't know when Huang Gai would be able to open the mountain pass. If he had been teased by these cavalrymen all the time staying here, and Liu Xiu's main force was getting closer and closer, he was worried that his subordinates would collapse without a fight.
Sun Jian was not reconciled, he immediately sent scouts into the mountain to contact Yuan Shu and asked him to come to support immediately. In their original plan, he wanted to lead Liu Xiu to the mountains and into the trap arranged by Yuan Shu. But now Liu Xiu has blocked his way back first, and if Yuan Shu doesn't come to save him, he will only have a dead end.
In order to rescue more than 10,000 Jing soldiers, the only way to do this was to let Yuan Shu leave the predetermined position to meet him.
Sun Jian knew that this was very dangerous, but the change in the situation of the battle forced him to do so.
The scouts were sent out, and Sun Jian didn't know if Yuan Shu would come, but he had done his best, and he let go of all his baggage. He began to adjust the formation and set up counterattacks, which he had to exchange for rest. Let the soldiers take turns to rest, otherwise there is no need for Liu Xiu's main force, as long as these cavalry are allowed to attack in turn for a day, all the soldiers will be tired because they can't rest.
The drums rose again, the Yuan army's formation was expanded, the two wings of the left wing and the rear army were 100 steps forward, and then the 2,000 people of the Chinese army moved forward, setting up a formation behind the rear army, and lined up the rear position. The drum sounded again, and the formation of the rear army, which had been teased by the cavalry for most of the hour, suddenly dispersed, passed through the formation behind them like cháo water, and returned to the main formation. The replacement soldier took a hundred steps forward and occupied the original position of the rear army.
Yan Pu looked at the positions of the Yuan army that rotated from time to time from a distance, and laughed: "No wonder the general said that Sun Jian is a strong opponent. It's a bit of insight to be able to do this in a hurry. ”
Zhang Fei nodded: "This is also a helpless way." At this time, it is rare for Sun Jian not to mess up. ”
"It's a pity that everything is in the general's plan, just wait for the general to arrive and the general attack begins, no matter how powerful Sun Jian is, he will not escape death." Yan Pu laughed softly, and looked deeper into the depths of Dawei Mountain: "I don't know if Yuan Shu will come to save him." ”
Zhang Fei said disapprovingly: "It doesn't matter if he comes or not, if he doesn't come, he will eat more than 10,000 people and cut off his arm." Wouldn't it be better to eat it even with him, saving him so far from chasing it. ”
Yan Pu looked at him and didn't answer his words. Zhang Fei said it easily, but he didn't know the danger in it. Of course, it is not a problem for Liu Xiu to eat Sun Jian, but it is not easy to eat Yuan Shu together, Yuan Shu still has more than 20,000 troops on hand, and Liu Xiu's current foot riding together is only 30,000. If you want to have enough strength advantage when dealing with Yuan Shu, you must eat Sun Jian first, but if you eat Sun Jian too early, you can't attract Yuan Shu, and the timing is very delicate.
Dragging Sun Jian, consuming his combat power, and being able to swallow him at any time when he needs to, this is the task that Liu Xiu gave to Yan Pu. In order to achieve this task, Liu Xiu not only gave him the personal guard cavalry, but also gave him two Liangzhou battalions: the Hanyang battalion and the Wuwei battalion, with nearly 10,000 cavalry. Yan Pu knew that the burden on his shoulders was very important, and it was directly related to whether he could inflict heavy damage or even eliminate Yuan Shu's strategic goal in Changsha.
Because of the victory on the banks of the Miluo River last time, Yan Pu has become a role model for the military conspiracy group, in order to erect this example, and in order to cultivate a force that can compete with the Liangzhou system as soon as possible, Liu Xiu put his hope on Yan Pu's shoulders.
Yan Pu didn't dare to be careless, he paid close attention to the development of the battle situation, firmly grasped the rhythm, and patiently and resolutely consumed Sun Jian's will and strength.
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Yuan Shu was fifty miles away, he had already received Sun Jian's plan, and he was ready to receive Sun Jian, just when he was waiting for Liu Xiu to pursue him here, he received Sun Jian's call for help.
Sun Jian was blocked at the western foot of Dawei Mountain and could not enter the mountain.
Yuan Shu was in chaos all of a sudden, and this unexpected change was not in his plan. He hurriedly invited Yan Xiang.
Yan Xiang was also very surprised, and he muttered for a moment: "I can't go." ”
Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows: "Can't go?" That's more than 10,000 Jing Rui, and it's Sun Jian. ”
Yan Xiang smiled bitterly: "General, I know that more than 10,000 people are Jing Rui, and I also know that Sun Jian is a rare general, but the general doesn't think it's a trap?" ”
Yuan Shu smacked his lips, and he also felt a little uneasy.
"If Liu Xiu didn't know that Sun Jian would leave here, how could he arrange someone to block the mountain pass here? And Sun Jian is a night walker, how can the cavalry come so quickly? There is only one explanation, that is, he has long known about Sun Jian's plan, so a trap has been arranged here, and Sun Jian is just a bait, what he really wants to kill is the general you. ”
Yuan Shu was silent, he thought for a long time, and shook his head: "Even if this is the case, I can't save the dead, if Sun Jian is allowed to die like this, who else will listen to me in the future?" ”
Yan Xiang also scratched his head. Liu Xiu put his position in this place, and he didn't have such a thought. Everyone knows that this may be a trap, but can you watch Sun Jian and this more than 10,000 Jing Rui not be saved? This is not only a problem of more than 10,000 people, but also a problem of people's hearts. When people's hearts are scattered, the harm is greater.
"It's okay to save it, but we can't just save it." Yan Xiang gritted his teeth, took the map from the hand of the guard, stretched out a white finger and poked it vigorously: "Our soldiers are divided into two ways to give Liu Xiu a surprise." ”
Yuan Shu looked at the map, then at Yan Xiang, was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”
Yan Pu commanded 10,000 cavalry to attack in turn for a day, dragging Sun Jian to exhaustion. The cavalry could rest far away and rest at ease, but the infantry phalanx did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so they could only rest in place, simply eat some dry food and drink some water. They didn't have tents, they didn't have any other baggage, and they were trapped here, and they couldn't dig a pit or build a village, because they didn't have any tools with them, and they couldn't dig with knives.
The cavalry cruised in the distance, like a ghost that could not be shaken off, not in the eyes, but also in the heart. This pervasive pressure made Yuan Jun likely to collapse at any moment. Sun Jian didn't dare to slack off, he kept walking around in the big formation to appease the army. He encouraged the soldiers and said that General Yuan was in the mountains, this was our agreed strategy, just wait for Liu Xiu to appear, General Yuan will kill them from front and back, and then we will be the first merit.
Such a lie played a role, and the soldiers settled down a lot, but Sun Jian's heart began to feel uneasy. He only brought three days of dry food, and the soldiers couldn't get rest, so they couldn't support him for too long, if Yuan Shu didn't come to save him, then the longer he waited, the more disadvantageous it was, so it was better to force a breakthrough as soon as possible. However, the loss of forcibly breaking through will be very large, and the hope of success is also small, so it is not as good as Yuan Shu to deal with it. This mood of suffering from gains and losses made him a little anxious.
Waiting, if there is a definite hope, waiting is anxious at best, but if you don't know if there is hope, it is maddening.
Sun Jian looked at Dawei Mountain more and more frequently, his sighs became denser and denser, and his face became more and more somber.
In the evening, Liu Xiu led 10,000 cavalry to arrive, he fully showed his wealth, Liangzhou riding needless to say, naturally riding Liangzhou war horses, even foot soldiers are riding spare war horses, more than a hundred miles away, the horses arrived by the reins. After dismounting, these soldiers were not tired at all, the foot soldiers set up camp, the cavalry changed guards, just three hundred steps in front of Sun Jian's big array, these people surrounded Liu Xiu to guide the country, and they were full of spirit.
They talked and laughed, but Yuan Jun's morale plummeted, looking at the freshly dressed and angry horses, the Liu Jun soldiers who were full of energy, and looking at the camp that was taking shape behind them, the Yuan Jun soldiers felt inferior from the decline, and they felt quite uncomfortable.
Liu Xiu was dressed in a big coat, riding his majestic red horse, Zhang Fei on the left, Xu Yu on the right, looking at Yuan Jun who was waiting for the battle and Sun Jian on the command car of the Chinese army, he smiled.
"Go and say to Sun Jian, just say that I have heard the name of the Jiangdong Tiger for a long time, and I want to meet him and have a chat."
"Whoa." Bao Chu responded with a fist clench, turned around and walked towards Sun Jian's big array.