Chapter 129: Prelude to the Battle of Bishui Pass

I don't have much future now, but my nephew Zhang Xiu is still young, a body of martial arts, the future should be bright, as long as he is given the opportunity he will definitely make some political achievements, look at Guan Yu, who is the same age as Zhang Xiu, is now a general of the first grade, Zhang Xiu still has a big gap compared with others, so he wants to give him a lot of opportunities to create, give him the opportunity to get ahead, instead of hindering his development steps, blocking his road, Zhang Ji pondered for a long time and said Zhang Xiu: "That's it!" You take them by surprise, you take the lead, and then I respond in case something happens, and we are horns on each other, so that nothing goes wrong! ”

When Zhang Xiu heard that Zhang Ji agreed, he immediately overjoyed and said: "Uncle, the time has come for us to make meritorious contributions, this time we have to completely annihilate Sun Jian's department!" ”

"Go ahead and get ready now, and do it tonight!" Zhang Ji continued.

Zhang Xiu arched his hand and said: "No! Then he took the order and left

However, it is said that Sun Jian's department took the lead in coming to Bishui Pass to challenge, and Sun Jian's account was assisted by Zu Mao, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others, and this Han Dang (?-227) character Yigong, a native of Lingzhi (now Qian'an, Hebei) in western Liaoning. From the beginning of following Sun Jian, he charged into battle every time he fought, taking the lead. Although he was not the commander-in-chief of the campaign, he must have been a pioneer, participated in many important battles, made many military exploits, was familiar with water warfare, was brave and brave, and made a big sword.

However, it is said that Huang Gai's posture is strict and resolute, and the words are public, and he is a native of Lingling Quanling (now Lingling, Hunan). It is said that after Huang Zilian was too guarded by Nanyang of the Later Han Dynasty, he was in the middle of the family, and when he arrived at Huang Gai's childhood, he was already "a young orphan, a fierce baby, and a hard worker" (ibid.), and became a child of a poor family. Although the environment is difficult, Huang Gai did not resign himself to poverty, "but he has ambitions, although he is poor, he is not the same as ordinary people, and he often uses negative salaries to spare time, learns books and lectures" (ibid.), while learning cultural knowledge, while studying military affairs, he has laid the foundation for becoming a generation of famous generals with both wisdom and courage in the future.

At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and people of insight threw themselves into the troubled times to show their skills. Huang Gai was no exception, at the beginning, he served as a local county official, and was recommended as filial piety, and was recruited to the public government to become a local administrative official. How long is this period of experience, there is no relevant record in the historical materials, but judging from the excellent management level and means of Huang Gai as the county commander in Eastern Wu, this period of time also provides an opportunity for him to exercise in the experience of local governance in the future.

Let's talk about that Cheng Pu, the word Demou, a native of Tuyin (now Fengrundong, Hebei). A military general of Eastern Wu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He once followed Sun Jian to defeat the Yellow Turban and Dong Zhuo, and was respectfully called "Cheng Gong".

At the beginning, he was a state and county official, and he had a good appearance and strategy, and was good at coping. From Sun Jian's expedition, he fought against the Yellow Turban Yu Wan and Deng, attacked the city and fought in the field, and his body was created, and he was good at giving, and he was a doctor. Make a spear of eight iron ridges.

Han Dang, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, these three are Sun Jian's confidants, the force is outstanding, at the moment Sun Jian's army marched to less than 50 miles away from Bishui Pass, the sky is almost dusk, Sun Jian looked at the sky is getting late, the army is already tired, the soldiers are also sweating, one by one dragging the tired body, Sun Jian this time as the vanguard of the front attack on Bishui Pass, this head must be taken to do it, one to let everyone see his Sun Jian's strength; The two boosted the morale of the entire coalition army, so the significance of the first battle is self-evident, and it must be a good battle

The first battle is very important, Sun Jian has to pay attention to it, but the army is obviously a little tired by now, and it is getting dark, so this kind of battle is only beneficial to the enemy and not conducive to me, so if the army marches overnight to attack Bishui Pass, he will definitely be defeated, and where will he put Sun Jian's face if he loses the first battle? The morale of the entire coalition army will also suffer, and based on the above considerations, Sun resolutely decided to set up camp on the spot, rest in place for the night, and wait for the next day at dawn to raise his spirits and attack Bishui Pass.

Sun Jian pondered that he must immediately order the three armies to stop advancing, bury the pot and cook on the spot and set up a tent, Sun Jian's general Huang Gai saw this and said to Sun Jian: "I heard that the general who guards the Bishui Pass is Dong Zhuo's henchman Zhang Ji and his nephew Zhang Xiu is also, Zhang Ji is known as the battlefield general, Zhang Xiu is known as the king of guns in the north, and the martial arts are outstanding, the two are the enemies of the lord, I expect that these two people are by no means idle people and are not people who sit back and wait to be killed, so the lord camps tonight to prevent the two from coming to sneak attack!" ”

"It's not unreasonable, so be it" Sun Jian said as he said Huang Gai pulled closer and whispered, Huang Gai nodded while listening, Sun Jian immediately called Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zu Mao to give some orders, and the three of them immediately took the order and left, allocated a certain amount, and several people went to prepare

Sun Jian's army is stationed in a place 50 miles away from Bishui Pass, this news has already been reported to Zhang Xiu, the guard of Bishui Pass, Zhang Xiu can't help but be happy after hearing it: "It's really heaven to help me, it seems that this time I am winning, the enemy must be tired from afar, camp on the spot and want to attack in the future, there is no door, I will act tonight to take him by surprise, I will definitely cut off Sun Jian's head in one fell swoop!" ”

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he found his uncle Zhang Ji and told him his thoughts and plates, Zhang Ji was very approving after hearing this, but he still told Zhang Xiu: "Sun Jian is a Jiangdong Tiger, he is known to be courageous, go to the sneak attack, be careful, he has to be prepared!" Once the sneak attack is not quickly withdrawn, I will break it off as a response to prevent accidents! ”

"Uncle thinks about it! I'm going to get ready! After Zhang Xiu heard this, he immediately went down to prepare

That night, Zhang Xiu hung up on the horse, held the golden gun, and secretly went out of the Bishui Pass with 10,000 horses, and swooped down on Sun Jian's camp, unknowingly, this group of men and horses was like a divine soldier descending from the sky to Sun Jian's camp, Zhang Xiu took the lead to kill Sun Jian's camp but saw that the whole camp was very quiet, only a little torch was lit, and occasionally there was a neighing sound of horses, without any abnormalities and signs, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, so he urged the horse to move forward, and rushed straight to the camp. The army then poured out like a flood to Sun Jian's camp.