Chapter 044 [Dismounted]
"Xiliang Army?"
I wanted to kill the sentry rider in front of me who dared to rush into him with a sword, but the moment he heard the words "Xiliang Army is coming", Sun Ce suddenly stopped.
Then he hurriedly asked: "The Xiliang Army is here, where is it now?" Is Li Li here too? ”
The sentry cavalry did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly reported: "My lord, a large group of Xiliang cavalry appeared five miles away from the camp, and the scouts along the way have been shot by the Xiliang army. They waved the banner of 'Great General Lee', and it is not known whether the Great General personally led the army. At the moment of life and death, the sentry had to report the truth, not realizing that this brainless truth would bring him death.
"Five miles away, I don't know? The Xiliang army will arrive at the camp immediately, and you will wait to report it! If this is really unreasonable, what is the use of me waiting? Sun Ce, who was terrified, muttered to himself, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became, and with a wave of his arm, the long sword hanging in the sentry's ear fell instantly, and a head rolled to the ground.
Hearing movement in the big tent, Zhang Hong, who was sorting out the bamboo slips in the back tent, ran out quickly, but saw Sun Ce holding a "tick" blood-dripping sword in his hand, and under the sword was a headless corpse, and there was a head with open eyes under the threshold.
"Ah, my lord, this is ?????? Why are you angry? Zhang Hong, who was inexplicably surprised, originally wanted to ask Sun Ce why he killed the soldiers, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back raw.
Zhang Hong's voice made Sun Ce, who was immersed in panic, suddenly wake up, and then he rubbed the blood-soaked saber twice on the headless corpse in front of him to wipe the blood stains off the sword. Then he put his sword into the sheath and waved his hand to signal the soldiers outside the tent to carry away the corpse of the sentry horseman.
"It's time to come after all." Slowly turning around and returning to the handsome seat and sitting down, Sun Ce sighed softly. and waved his hand to signal Zhang Hong to sit down.
Hearing this, Zhang Hong turned his head to look at the soldiers who were wiping the blood at the door of the big tent, and said softly: "The lord said that the Xiliang army is coming?" It's unlikely, right? As far as his subordinates knew, the lord had planted nearly a thousand scouts outside the main camp, and they were in the sight of our scouts from the main camp twenty miles away. This time the Xiliang Army arrived suddenly, why didn't our army scouts report in advance? Although he knew in his heart that what Sun Ce said should not be wrong, he still had doubts. I don't believe that the Xiliang army can approach the camp unnoticed.
Sun Ce shook his head in disappointment, raised his hand and pointed to the blood stains on the floor at the door, and said angrily: "Those scouts were all shot by the Xiliang army. Almost none of them were spared, but he came back alive. So?????? I killed him. ”
"Uh, the lord means that this sentry was deliberately released by the Xiliang Army to report the news?" Zhang Hong was surprised.
Sun Ce smiled coldly. "Isn't it? Nearly a thousand scouts died. He was the only one who escaped. Why, what is so good about him? ”
Before the words fell, Sun Ce stretched out his hand and pointed to the outside of the tent, and said with a gloomy face: "Listen, this rumbling sound of horses' hooves is the sound of Xiliang Iron Cavalry besieging the camp." Among all the soldiers and horses in the world, only the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has such a big movement, and there are so many cavalry under the accounts of other princes? ”
In fact, without Sun Ce's reminder, Zhang Hong had already heard a loud noise outside the tent. The rumbling sound was like thunder, so much so that Zhang Hong could clearly feel that the floor under him was shaking. There is a feeling that the earth is shaking.
Suddenly, Zhang Hong sighed with emotion: "Before. The main horse-producing areas such as Bingzhou, Youzhou, Xianbei and Wuhuan were originally the source of the princes' acquisition of war horses. But now, all the states and counties in the north that are rich in war horses are in Li Li's hands. In addition, the Western Regions Trade Road was also firmly controlled by Li Li, so that only the Western Liang Army had the best Western Regions War Horses. In this way, even if the princes of all walks of life wanted to form cavalry, even if they spared a lot of money, it was difficult to buy good war horses.
Because of this, Li Li's family is dominant, and he has the most elite iron cavalry in the world. It is said that up to now, there are 200,000 cavalry under Li Li's command, which is not counting the barbarian war cavalry under his command, if these cavalry are also counted, I am afraid that there are as many as 300,000. What an amazing number, who among the princes of the world can match it! Although Zhang Hong's words were a bit long and the meaning of destroying his prestige, it was quite harsh in Sun Ce's ears, but what Zhang Hong said was the truth. Everyone knows something, even if you don't like it, you can't erase its authenticity.
Seeing that Sun Ce was silent, Zhang Hong asked respectfully, "Who is the general of Xiliang who led the army this time?" It can't be Li Li in person, right? ”
Sun Ce's eyelids twitched a few times when he heard this, his throat was a little dry and itchy, he couldn't help grinning, swallowed saliva and cleared his throat, and said with a slight bow: "According to what the sentry said, the Xiliang army besieging the camp at this moment is under the banner of Li Li, and I think it should be Li Li himself who led the army to come." In fact, Sun Ce knew that Zhang Hong had something to say, and he didn't simply ask him to verify whether Li Li was here, what Zhang Hong really wanted to know was how he made a choice, and whether he was willing to give up the heirloom jade seal in Yuan Shu's hands.
In fact, the moment Sun Ce learned that the Xiliang Army was coming so quickly, he knew that the jade seal of the country had nothing to do with him, and he didn't have to worry about it anymore, and he was completely insulated. Although he was very unwilling, he still wanted to fight for it, and even did not hesitate to fight with the Xiliang Army. But when he calmed down, he no longer had such unrealistic illusions, and completely abandoned this idea.
If Yuan Shu falls into the hands of his Sun Ce at this moment, then he can still fight, and maybe there is a chance to take the heirloom jade seal to fight his way out of the encirclement and return to Jiangdong. It's a pity that Yuan Shu is still on the mountain at this time, still resisting stubbornly, doing the battle of trapped beasts, and there is no sign of giving up resistance at all.
What made Sun Ce most angry was that because he had limited soldiers and horses, he had to guard against Li Li's army from behind, and he had to divide his troops to garrison the counties of Lujiang, and he also had to send troops to attack the Qianshan camp, so that he trapped Yuan Shu in Qianshan for more than 20 days, but he was stunned that he did not conquer the cottage and captured Yuan Shu alive.
It's good now, Li Li is here, and he is here with the Xiliang army, so there is nothing to do with him Sun Ce.
If it was limited to this, Sun Ce would not be panicked, let alone panicked. What he was really worried about at this moment was that Li Li led the army to come this time not only to pass on the jade seal of the country, but perhaps to take the opportunity to get rid of him Sun Ce and the Jiangdong Army stationed in Lujiang was the real purpose of Li Li's trip.
For this reason, Sun Ce was worried, racking his brains to think about countermeasures, but he never had a clue, he was at a loss, and there was nothing to do.
He didn't wait for Zhang Hong to make his words clear, so he waved his hand and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, you can only take one step at a time." I hope that Li Limo will deceive people too much, otherwise Sun would rather fight to the death than compromise to the end! After speaking, Sun Ce brushed his sleeves away and walked straight into the inner room of the back tent.
"Do you want to make compromises?" Seeing Sun Ce's back disappear at the door of the back tent, Zhang Hong shook his head lightly and muttered to himself: "If you can retreat with your whole body, why not compromise and seek perfection?" Don't you hear that it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years! Although the lord is Wen Taowu strategy, he is young and vigorous after all, but he doesn't know that rigidity is easy to break, and rigidity and softness can make things happen! Although it was talking to himself, the volume was not small, because Zhang Hong knew that Sun Ce had excellent hearing, even if he was more than 20 steps apart, he could hear it clearly.
?????? Jiangdong Daying, outside the gate.
With a loud "crunch", the closed door slowly opened. Immediately, Sun Ce, who was dressed in silver armor, walked out of the gate with Zhang Hong and more than a dozen personal soldiers, walked a hundred steps, and came to the horse that stopped at Lerma, "Sun Ce greets the leader of the alliance and respectfully invites the leader of the alliance to enter the camp!" ”
Seeing this, Li Li on horseback said with a smile: "A few days ago, Bo Fu said goodbye without saying goodbye, which made me miss it very much. No, Li came uninvited today, and if you are rude, please be considerate of Bo Fu! Li Li was still as humble and polite as ever, but he was only polite in words, in fact, he sat on the back of the horse and did not move at all, and did not mean to dismount and walk into the camp.
"It was Sun Mou who was rude first, and I also asked the alliance leader to be lenient." As he spoke, seeing Li Li sitting on horseback and looking down at him, Sun Ce's brows couldn't help jumping a few times, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he lowered his head and raised his hand to invite Li Li's army into the camp.
At this time, Zhang Hong noticed that Li Li's face was obviously a little unhappy, and he immediately stepped forward, smiled and carried the reins, and led the horse.
After seeing this scene, Sun Ce sighed secretly, then took a deep breath, walked in front of Zhang Hong, waved his hand to signal him to retreat, and then took the reins from Zhang Hong's hand and personally led the horse to Li Li.
"Since Bo Fu is so gracious, I am disrespectful. Hehehe! ”
Li Li smiled and said politely, and then waved his hand, and Dian Wei led 30,000 tiger camp horsemen to follow Li Li and sail towards Yuanmen. The 20,000 infantry army led by Xu Huang stayed outside the camp and set up camp on the spot, as if blocking Sun Ce's Jiangdong camp at the foot of the hidden mountain.
The Jiangdong camp is not large, but at the moment the camp is empty, except for some soldiers standing around the camp tents, there is no other figure.
"O Bo Fu, this is ??????" Li Li sat on the back of the horse and glanced around, then asked Sun Ce, who was leading the horse forward.
Sun Ce, who was walking in front of the horse, kept his head down from the moment he walked into the gate, as if he didn't want to be recognized. After hearing the sound at this moment, he said without looking back: "The soldiers and horses under the tent of the last general have been sent out to attack the enemy camp in Qianshan, because there are no soldiers and horses in the camp except for more than 1,000 personal soldiers and thousands of wounded soldiers. If the leader of the alliance is worried that the tent will not be enough, it is not necessary; My camp is located at the foot of the buried mountain, there are plenty of trees, and it is not difficult to set up a camp tent, half a day. Sun Ce wanted to say two sentences, which also made Li Li uncomfortable, but he finally gave up. Li Li's army obviously came this time because he was not a good person, and since he had already chosen to compromise and seek perfection, he could no longer engage in a battle of will, so as not to cause extraneous complications.
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