The news of Zhang Xun's merger into Cai Mao's command also spread quickly.

Sun Jian was directly dumbfounded, originally he planned to accept Zhang Xun's soldiers and then beat Cai Mao out.

Even Sun Jian thought that Liu Biao was beaten so badly by himself at that time, could he also take the opportunity to occupy a little county in Jingzhou?

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xun surrendered directly.

This time, Sun Jian's plan was disrupted.

After the Jingzhou army and Zhang Xun's army merged, the number of troops that could be mobilized was about 100,000.

And on Sun Jian's side, there are only 100,000 when it is full.

Excluding the soldiers who defended the city, only about 70,000 could be mobilized.

The gap of 30,000 people is not so easy to bridge.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou army is not low, and Liu Biao was defeated so quickly before, entirely because of his poor leadership.

And Cai Mao, although his leadership ability is average, he is still stronger than Liu Biao at this time, after all, Liu Biao is already old.

After Cai Mao and Zhang Xun joined forces, they confronted Sun Jian in the Luling area.

Sun Jian led his troops south, wanting to drive Cai Mao out of Yangzhou.

Zhang Xun was eager to make a contribution, so he took the initiative to ask for battle.

"General, let me go and meet that Sun Jian for a while! When I was under Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and I looked at each other unpleasantly, and now I have a chance to kill him! ”

When Cai Mao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, with General Zhang coming out, I will definitely let that Sun Jian come and go!" ”

Soon, Zhang Xun ordered 1,000 troops and called for battle in front of Sun Jian's camp.

"Sun Jian'er, you are a traitor to seek glory, treacherous, don't come out and die soon!"

In Sun Jian's camp, the soldiers also came in to report: "General, that Zhang Xun led more than 1,000 people to provoke in front of the battle!" ”

"Zhang Xun, it's just a rat!" Sun Ce smiled disdainfully: "Father sit down for a while and watch the child take him!" ”

"Bo Fu be careful!" Sun Jian nodded and instructed.

But Sun Ce didn't take Zhang Xun in his eyes at all, after all, they were all on errands under Yuan Shu, what level Zhang Xun had, he Sun Ce had a number.

Sun Ce also ordered a thousand soldiers and horses and rushed straight out of the camp tent.

Zhang Xun saw that it was Sun Ce, so he smiled disdainfully: "Sun Ce, you yellow-mouthed child, are you here to send him to death?" I won't kill you, hurry back and change to your timid father to come out! ”

Sun Ce looked at the arrogant Zhang Xun and narrowed his eyes: "Zhang Xun, you, the rat who surrendered to Cai Mao, also have the face to shout in front of our army?" ”

Zhang Xun is a surrendered general, but he hates it when others mock him with surrender.

"Why did I surrender? It's not that your Sun father and son betrayed the lord for glory and harmed Your Majesty! If I don't surrender, I'm afraid that the next person to die under the knife of your Sun father and son will be me! ”

Zhang Xun grabbed Sun Jian and backstabbed Yuan Shu.

And Sun Ce also knows that it is useless to talk more at this time, so let's do it with real knives and guns!

"Zhang Xun, suffer death!"

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he raised his gun and rode his horse, and went straight to Zhang Xun.

Zhang Xun didn't put Sun Ce, a young guy, in his eyes, he just smiled disdainfully at Sun Ce who rushed over.

However, this smile also became his last expression.

Sun Ce picked up the long knife in Zhang Xun's hand with one shot, and then shot it backhand, stabbing it in the heart.

Zhang Xun, such an unpopular general, faced Sun Ce, couldn't hold on for a round and was killed directly.

The soldiers he brought with him, when they saw that the main general was dead, how could they dare to stay here longer, and they all ran away one by one.

Sun Ce didn't order anyone to pursue these soldiers, after all, they had just arrived here and still needed to be corrected, so it was not a good time to attack at this time.

……

Jingzhou Army, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Cai Mao's face changed after learning that Zhang Xun was killed in battle.

If he knew that Zhang Xun was a mud leg, he would say that he would not let Zhang Xun fight, wouldn't this affect the morale of the army!

Originally, Cai Mao was thinking, you Zhang Xun and Sun Jian are both generals under Yuan Shu, so it has to be a five-five situation, even if you can't win, it's okay to retreat.

Taking advantage of the fact that they had just arrived, and the people were sleepy and tired, we directly attacked with the whole army and fought a decisive battle with them.

But as a result, this Zhang Xun didn't even see Sun Jian's face, so he let Sun Ce kill him.

This man is a lost man!

Cai Mao sighed in annoyance: "The whole army listens to the order and can't hold out!" ”

When Cai Mao came back to his senses, he realized one thing, he had been confronting Zhang Xun for so long, so he naturally had seen him make a move.

Zhang Xun was killed, he was on the one hand, and Sun Ce was too strong.

And when he went out to Yuan Shu this time, he didn't have many generals who could fight, only one Zhang Yun.

Cai Mao knew that Zhang Yun's training was okay, but it was still a bit empty before the battle.

After all, the name of Jiangdong Tiger Sun Wentai, Cai Mao has still heard of it.

"Alas, it's good that this Zhang Xun is dead, so that his subordinates can be completely used by me, but there are no available generals under him, so I can't stop that Sun Jian!"

Thinking of this, Cai Mao hurriedly wrote a letter to Liu Biao and asked his brother-in-law to send someone to support.

……

When Liu Biao received Cai Mao's letter, he directly slapped some tables heavily.

After Liu Biao's army was defeated and returned to Jiangxia, he has been stationed there, trying to find an opportunity to counterattack Yangzhou.

It's just that I didn't expect Yuan Shu to lose so quickly.

Lujiang and Jiujiang have already been taken by Cao Ang, so naturally he can't use troops against these two counties.

But send troops again...... He was a little afraid, after all, he had just suffered a defeat there, and if he went again...... He didn't have the guts.

Under Liu Biao's hesitation, he lost the opportunity to enter again and again.

Until this time, I received a letter from Cai Mao.

"This Sun Wentai is really hateful! I worked hard to help the imperial court quell the rebellion, but in the end, I lost my soldiers, horses, money, and food in vain, and I got nothing? ”

"No, you can't let Cai Mao lose to Sun Jian! He Sun Jian has generals under him, so don't I have them? ”

Liu Biao complained a few words, and directly mobilized Huang Zhong in Changsha to support Cai Mao.

Cai Mao's attitude towards these generals is actually very ordinary, after all, he was born in a family and has a noble status, and these generals are basically from civilian backgrounds.

"Huang Hansheng, I've seen the general!" Huang Zhong greeted Cai Mao politely, after all, this is his superior.

Cai Mao knew that Huang Zhong was good at shooting and was brave in martial arts, but he was still a little uneasy: "Huang Hansheng, a few days ago, Zhang Xun was killed by Sun Ce, and the morale of our army plummeted. ”

"Now, Ben wants you to revive the morale of our army, do you have any confidence?"

Huang Zhong smiled when he heard this, and said: "General rest assured, with the long knife in my hand and the carved bow under the saddle, I will definitely let the Sun father and son have no return!" ”

Seeing Huang Zhong so confident, Cai Mao nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I hope you don't talk big, tomorrow before the battle, it depends on your performance!" ”

(End of chapter)