Chapter 446: Breaking through Anhui City
Lujiang was originally governed by Shu County, that is, Zhou Yu's hometown, and Sun Ce defeated Lu Kang and took Lujiang down. Before setting out on the expedition, Yuan Shu swore to Sun Ce that as long as he captured Lujiang, he would be named the Taishou of Lujiang. But after Sun Ce's victory, Yuan Shu once again broke his promise and became fat, and named his confidant Liu Xun as the Taishou of Lujiang, and Liu Xun moved the county to Wancheng.
At this time, Liu Xun was just a Taishou under Yuan Shu, far from the scenery in history, although Yuan Shu was trapped in Shouchun by Liu Ze, but he couldn't die for a while, naturally there was no rich "inheritance" for Liu Xun to inherit, and now in Liu Xun's hands, in addition to the normal establishment of 3,000 county soldiers, there are also some of his own private weapons, all of which add up, there are almost 10,000 people. Although the quantity is tens of thousands, the quality is far from good, and the privately funded armed forces are not only poor in weapons and equipment, but also uneven in personnel, and lack of training, so there is no way to talk about how strong combat effectiveness there is.
However, Liu Xun is quite ambitious, seeing that Yuan Shu's destruction is imminent, he ignores Yuan Shu's repeated holy decrees, and ignores Yuan Shu's request for him to send troops to rescue Shouchun, completely preparing to stand on his own. Lujiang Mountain is dangerous and narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Liu Xun is very confident, even if Yuan Shu is defeated, Liu Ze may not be able to take Lujiang County. Of course, Liu Xun still made sufficient preparations and deployed most of his troops on the dangerous pass from Shouchun to Wancheng in case of emergency.
But what Liu Xun never expected was that Liu Ze didn't call, but Sun Ce did.
Sun Ce's attack was extremely sudden, crossing the Yangtze River from Danyang. He led 30,000 horses and horses to surround Wancheng almost overnight. Sun Ce's banner was to crusade against Chen Yuanshu, and those who went out to fight were all elite soldiers in Jiangdong who could conquer and fight. Sun Ce's principle is that he either doesn't make a move, and when he makes a move, he must be steady and ruthless, and never give his opponent any respite.
This is completely a contest of disparity in strength, not to mention that Liu Xun has deployed the troops in the north, even if he really transfers a rabble of more than 10,000 people to Anhui City, he will definitely not be Sun Ce's opponent. Liu Xun saw that the situation was not good, so he simply smeared oil on the soles of his feet. It's time to slip away. He did not choose to go to Shouchun to join Yuan Shu, but went directly to Xuchang to join Cao Cao. First, Yuan Shu is really about to become a dry bone in the grave of people's evaluation of him, and at this time, it is not a brain to rebel and defect to him; Second, Liu Xun has rejected Yuan Shu's Qinwang decree several times, and it would be unlucky to go to Yuan Shu now. Think about it. Since Liu Xun has no choice but to defect to others. Then choose a more reliable one. Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes. In the position of the various forces, Liu Xun fled from Anhui City, but rushed north. Go straight to Xuchang.
After only symbolic resistance, Wancheng was captured by Sun Ce almost bloodlessly. After Sun Ce entered the city, he posted notices to appease the people.
Zhou Yu is a general in Jianwei, commanding the left army, as soon as he entered the city, he found that there was a big mansion in front of him, and the sound of fighting came from inside, Zhou Yu couldn't help but wonder, is there still Liu Xun's alley to make trouble? So he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to come forward and pay a look.
The soldiers soon came back to report that the house in front of them was the house of the Qiao family of the Wancheng clan, and the master of the Qiao family had been the deputy of Jiuqing during the Lingdi Dynasty, and now he was retired at home. When the city was broken, several Danyang soldiers of the Right Army forcibly broke into the house under the pretext that the Qiao family house was secretly hiding Liu Xunyu's party, which was actually an attempt to plunder money, and clashed with the Qiao family's nursing home, killing and injuring many people.
Zhou Yu couldn't help but be furious, after entering the city, Sun Ce repeatedly ordered that soldiers were not allowed to disturb the people, but someone dared to openly disobey military discipline, fail military law, and ruin the reputation of the Jiangdong Army, it was really audacious! Danyang soldiers have always been known for their courage and bravery, but they are also notorious for their arrogance and unscrupulousness.
After the Lujiang River was defeated, Sun Ce was ready to operate well, at least he had to build the Lujiang River as a barrier to defend the east of the Jiangdong and a bridgehead to attack the Central Plains, so it was very important to stabilize the hearts of the people in Lujiang, otherwise Sun Ce would not have posted a notice to the people as soon as he entered the city. Zhou Yu knows very well that a grain of mouse droppings spoils a pot full of porridge, so he can't ignore this matter.
Zhou Yu was about to fight his horse forward, and a Sima beside him persuaded: "General Zhou, this troublemaker is the subordinate of General Cheng, the commander of the right army, do you see if this matter is ......?"
After Zhou Yu returned, Sun Ce took Zhou Yu as the governor of the left army, standing side by side with Cheng Pu. Cheng Pu believed that he was old and despised Zhou Yu very much. Therefore, Zhou Yu's subordinates persuaded him to rest and calm down and not provoke Cheng Pu.
Zhou Yu snorted heavily, and said sharply: "The lord is strict in governing the army, how can I allow these few small nights to corrupt military discipline, I don't care about this matter if I don't bump into it, and since I bumped into it today, how can I stand by and watch." "After that, lead the troops straight into the Qiao family's mansion.
The courtyard was a mess, and several dead bodies fell among the courtyards, all dressed as subordinates, all of whom had been hacked to death, and their deaths were miserable. Several soldiers with knives were looting their belongings, some holding whole horses of silk and satin, some holding handfuls of gold, silver and jewelry, and the old servants and maids in the house were so frightened that they trembled and shrunk into a ball, crying miserably.
Zhou Yu got off the horse, strode into the mansion, and bumped into a soldier leading a woman out, the woman cried and struggled in every way, but she was a delicate woman, how could she be strong over a strong soldier. The soldier had a lewd smile on his face, and his mouth was full of wine, as if he had captured a prey, and he was excited.
Seeing that the soldiers of Jiangdong dared to rob the people's girls so unscrupulously, Zhou Yu was furious, and waved his horsewhip to shine on the soldier's head.
The soldier was used to being arrogant on weekdays, and after being whipped, he was also furious and said: "Damn, who dares to beat Lao Tzu......" As soon as he raised his head, he saw Zhou Yu's angry eyes, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and he woke up most of the time, and said resignedly: "General Zhou ......"
The few soldiers who were looting around were also so frightened that they quickly put down their things and stood there trembling.
Zhou Yu pointed at the soldier with the tip of the whip, his anger did not decrease, and he said sharply: "The lord has repeatedly ordered strict military discipline and not to disturb the people, but you are so bold and reckless, openly disobey orders, and regard military law as child's play." Come! Tie me up, push me outside and behead the public! ”
At this time, the Danyang soldiers who were still very rampant were really embarrassed at this time, and begged for mercy repeatedly, but Zhou Yu's personal soldiers didn't care about this, and went up to tie up the ropes of these Danyang soldiers who committed the crime, and pushed them out.
The woman who was robbed by the soldier fell to the ground at this time, crying, Zhou Yu noticed that her outfit was not the dress of the subordinate girl, she was dressed in a brocade dress, presumably the young lady of the family, stretched out her hand and hugged the woman, and said: "The army is not strict under the Xia, so the girl is frightened." ”
The woman stopped crying, glanced at Zhou Yu, bowed, and said, "Thank you for the general's life-saving grace." ”
Only then did Zhou Yu see that the woman had a pink, smooth and charming face, with soft curved eyebrows that were neater than those drawn with eyebrow pencils, and a pair of shiny eyes with a greasy jade nose and a ruddy cherry mouth, which was alive and well like a beautiful embryo.
Zhou Yu thinks that he has read countless people, but this woman's glimpse can't help but make him stunned, what a peerless face, the eyes are like crying and complaining, faint and sad, making people feel pity, Zhou Yu was drunk in an instant, and couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask the girl how to call her?" ”
No matter what dynasty it is in, it is rude to ask a strange woman's name rashly, and it is estimated that Zhou Yu's brain will only have this question after an instant short circuit. The woman was also a little surprised, but seeing that Zhou Yu was well-groomed, she was not the kind of disciple, thinking that Zhou Yu had come to the rescue, she lowered her head and said shyly: "The concubine's name is Xiao Qiao." ”
"Little Joe?" Zhou Yu was slightly stunned, and thought silently in his heart, at this time, a white-haired old man walked tremblingly in front of Zhou Yu, bowed, and said: "Thank you for the great grace of the general, if it is not for the general's rescue today, the whole mansion will suffer a catastrophe." ”
The person who came was Xiao Qiao's father, Qiao Xuan, who bowed and bowed to Zhou Yu, thanking him a thousand times.
Zhou Yu stretched out his hand and said: "The old man doesn't need to be polite, the one who should apologize is the one who is below, and the subordinates are not effective in restraining the subordinates, disturbing your mansion, how much offense." ”
Just as they were talking, a general quickly broke in from outside the door, shouting as he walked: "Who dares to act so ultra vires his authority, my subordinate Cheng Cheng, he also wants to behead him?" ”
The person who came was dressed in black armor, tall, with a mouthful of faces, and the color of gray was already seen between his temples, but he walked like a fly, his eyes were blazing, and his expression was quite cold and arrogant.
Zhou Yu naturally knew that he was Cheng Pu, the governor of the right army, and it was obvious that Zhou Yu wanted to execute those soldiers who violated discipline and alarmed the people in Cheng Pu's camp, and someone flew to Cheng Pu, and Cheng Pu rushed here. Zhou Yu stepped forward and said with a smile: "It turned out that General Cheng had arrived, and Yu was polite here." ”
Cheng Pu held his head high proudly, and said with a cold smile: "I said who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to move my right army, but I didn't expect it to be General Zhou here!" Then it's no wonder, who is General Zhou, that is the big red man around the lord, isn't killing a small soldier like a piece of cake? ”
Since Zhou Yu was appointed by Sun Ce as the governor of the left army, Cheng Pu has been unconvinced, and Cheng Pu has never taken this disobedience to heart, but directly put this disobedience on his lips and put it into action, only seize the opportunity not to take the opportunity to insult Zhou Yu once. (To be continued......)