Chapter 25: The Duel between the Two Armies
This time in the world of mountains and seas, Wang Xuan and Zhang Fei were all seriously injured, and with the elite soldiers of Xuanjia and the tens of thousands of troops of Danyang County, they could still beat down the surrounding princes.
But if there are strange beasts from the mountains and seas world running over, they will inevitably have to pay a heavier price without a meat shield like Zhang Fei in front of them.
Therefore, Wang Xuan simply ordered that the Xuanjia elite soldiers also temporarily retreat to a place five miles away from the spatial rift, and only went to cultivate for two hours every morning.
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed, and the short period of peace was finally broken. There is news from a spy that Sun Jian, the fierce tiger in Jiangdong, has been transferred to the Taishou of Lujiang County by the Han Imperial Court, overhauling the army and preparing for war, and it is self-evident what he has in mind.
"Gongjin, what do you think?" Wang Xuan turned his head to look at Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, a "young man", has been taking refuge in him for a while, although he is still a little immature, he can always express some unique opinions.
It just so happened that Lujiang County was Zhou Yu's hometown, so Wang Xuan naturally wanted to ask his opinion.
"Lord, Sun Wentai's heart can be punished!" Zhou Yu said lightly: "Since Sun Jian entered Lujiang County, he began to install henchmen and seize the military power to the death. A group of officials who were 'assisted' by Yuan Shu in the past were all held high by him, but they had no actual power, which was clearly self-reliant! ”
Wang Xuan secretly praised Zhou Yu in his heart, and he was indeed one of the top strategists of this era, and he saw the problem to the point.
Now that Sun Jian killed his top boss Jingzhou Assassin Shi Wang Rong not long after, he broke into a big disaster and had to temporarily take refuge in Yuan Shu, showing as much sincerity as he wanted, looking like the number one dog under Yuan Shu's command.
If Wang Xuan wasn't familiar with the history of later generations, he wouldn't know that Sun Jian would say that he would turn his face and turn his face, and he would tear his face with Yuan Shu so quickly.
In the original time and space, when the princes met to defeat Dong Zhuo next year, Sun Jian had already broken away from Yuan Shu's control and regarded himself as a prince all the way. Later, when Sun Jian and Dong Zhuojun fought, Yuan Shu cut off Sun Jian's grain and grass, causing Sun Jian to lose a general.
At that time, if it weren't for the other princes playing beside him, Sun Jian would have to fight with Yuan Shuhuo.
In this time and space, because of the advent of the world of mountains and seas, Yuan Shu operated Sun Jian as the Taishou of Lujiang County, and wanted to use Sun Jian to deal with Wang Xuan, didn't he know that this gave Sun Jian a chance to get rid of Yuan Shu's control in advance!
"Sun Jian is coming, this is also an opportunity for us! Although the local princes are gradually getting bigger, the imperial court still has great influence, and if it rashly attacks other counties, the imperial court only needs an edict to call on the nearby princes to besiege, and at the same time, it will lose popularity. ”
"Yuan Shu is aware of this, so even if he covets our Danyang County, he didn't do it himself, but sent Sun Jian to take the pot."
"Now as long as Sun Jian comes to the door, he will give us an excuse to take down Lujiang County and swallow this piece of fat in a dignified manner!" Zhou Yu continued.
Wang Xuan and Lu Su looked at each other and smiled, which coincided with what they thought.
Don't look at the fact that he sits on Danyang County, he can get a lot of benefits from the world of mountains and seas, but the danger in the middle is even greater!
The Mountains and Seas World had only descended for two or three months, and the places around the spatial rift for five miles had already been affected by the laws of the Mountains and Seas World, and it was difficult for the Heavenly Dao to protect them.
The scope of this influence is growing exponentially, and it is estimated that in less than half a year, the entire Danyang County will become a place for strange beasts in the mountain and sea world to have fun!
Under such circumstances, Wang Xuan was naturally under great pressure, wanting to take advantage of the situation to defeat Lujiang County and become their rear for a period of time after that.
"Zijing, you deliberately spread the news of me and Zhang Fei's injuries in Lujiang County, so that Sun Jian can come to the door with confidence." Wang Xuan said that he is so happy to help others.
Lu Su and Zhou Yu laughed at the same time, their own lord is preparing to pit people!
For the next period of time, Wang Xuan stayed in the Taishou Mansion and did not go out, and even the generator was moved from the general supervisor to "recharge" at home honestly.
Combined with the rumors they deliberately spread, it was believed in an instant.
Half a month later, Sun Jian took Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Zu Mao, four generals, leading 30,000 troops, under the pretext of going to Jiangdong's hometown to visit relatives, and wanted to borrow from Danyang County.
Whoever believes this excuse is a fool! Do you need to take 30,000 troops with you when you go home to visit your family? This is clearly a false way!
Sun Jian's eating appearance is really ugly, but he doesn't care. Since he killed his Jingzhou Thorn Shi Wang Rong, his reputation has not been good.
In Danyang County, Wang Xuan is also ready.
He took 300 elite soldiers in Xuanjia and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses drawn from various counties under the county to amass troops in Chungu County and confront Sun Jian's army across the Yangtze River.
Danyang County and Lujiang County are separated by the Yangtze River, and if Sun Jian wants to fight over, he must first break through the Yangtze River natural danger.
It stands to reason that Wang Xuan should defend the Yangtze River and block Sun Jian's soldiers and horses on the other side of the Yangtze River.
But this is not the case, Wang Xuan was born in the north, and he has only served as the Taishou of Dangyang County for a few months, and most of the elite veterans in his hands are also from the north.
On the contrary, most of Sun Jian and his soldiers are from Jiangdong, and Sun Jian has the title of "Jiangdong Tiger".
The northern soldiers were not good at water warfare, and they insisted on competing with Sun Jian on the Yangtze River, which was simply looking for death.
The deployment along the Yangtze River is also unreliable, such a long section of the Yangtze River, Sun Jian's army may land everywhere, how can Wang Xuan have so many soldiers and horses to deploy along the river?
So Wang Xuan simply let Sun Jian over, and the battle on the land will be won or lost!
If Sun Jian wants to defeat Wanling, the county seat of Danyang County, he must first pull out Chungu County, otherwise he will be attacked on his back. Therefore, Wang Xuan chose to amass troops in Chungu County and fight against Sun Resolutely.
Nothing happened to him, Sun Jian led the army to cross the Yangtze River smoothly, went straight to Chungu County, and amassed troops outside the county seat.
There is a cloud in the art of war: ten are to encircle, five are to attack, and multiple is to fight.
Although Sun Jian's soldiers and horses were better than Wang Xuan, they were not much, and it was obviously unreliable to forcibly attack the city, and the siege of the city was even more taboo, and it was easy to be broken by Wang Xuan one by one.
Therefore, Sun Jian directly asked people to call a battle outside the city, wanting to provoke Wang Xuan and lead Wang Xuan out of the city for a decisive battle.
Wang Xuan naturally wouldn't fall for the scheme, Sun Jian led the army from afar, plus he had just taken control of Lujiang County, and he had to suffer some losses in logistics and supply, and it should be Sun Jian who wanted a quick victory.
It is precisely because he is aware of this that Wang Xuan looks like he is going to fight a protracted war and closes the city.