The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

After Zhang Liao killed the vanguard of Zhou Tai's Jiangdong Army, he retreated almost completely. All this seems to be nothing remarkable, just an exchange of human lives and the consumption of meat grinding in a series of bloody battles. The number of enemy soldiers killed directly was less than 1,000, and more were wounded and scattered.

However, Zhang Liao, who had rich experience on the battlefield, tested the depth of the enemy's army, and also dealt a blow to the morale of the enemy, so that the Jiangdong Army, which had a numerical advantage of nearly 20 times, lost the belief that it would win.

These gains are far more valuable than directly killing hundreds of enemies and forcing more than a thousand enemies to flee.

"Sun Ce really didn't know the essence of fighting with cavalry in the cold winter and snowy weather, and he didn't know how to deal with cavalry in this weather, these Jiangdong generals had never experienced such a battlefield environment at all!

Their soldiers' shoes slip on the thin ice that has been melted and re-frozen! Han Dang's cavalry did not wrap the horse's hooves with straw! In this way, our army is already invincible, as long as I don't want Sun Ce to catch up with me, he will definitely not be able to catch up! Even if both sides are cavalry, I have a speed advantage over Han Dang! ”

Zhang Liao pretended to withdraw in an orderly manner, while thinking firmly in his heart.

Soon, Zhang Liao successfully rendezvoused with Cao Xing, and then explained a few words to Cao Xing, and then continued to transfer to the rear of the battlefield with the retreating "defeated soldiers" to further distance himself.

The Qinhuai River just has a corner in this area, and there is a hill on the north bank of the river, which is about the Fangshan Scenic Area in Jiangning District, Nanjing City in later generations. It was because of the obstruction of this mountain that the Qinhuai River turned a corner here.

On the south bank of the river, some silt has been formed by the river at the bend for hundreds of years. It is usually muddy, overgrown with tall white grass and reeds, and can exceed the height of short infantrymen, but it cannot block the sight of war horses.

It's winter now, and the mud has long been frozen hard, but it doesn't hinder walking. The white grass and reeds have also withered completely, and there are no leaves, but the yellow-white dead stalks still stand there, densely layered, still enough to block people's sight.

Zhang Liao had already observed the terrain of this battlefield, and had also tested the degree of freezing and hardness of the ice surface of the Qinhuai River a few hours in advance, and he had just tested the Jiangdong Army's readiness and response ability for operations in ice and snow environments, so he became more and more confident in the follow-up battle plan.

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In the Jiangdong army formation on the opposite side, Han Dang, who was in charge of the cavalry troops, originally saw that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were pursuing slowly because of the slippery ice and snow, so he didn't dare to catch up alone and bite Zhang Liao to death.

But seeing that Zhang Liao was actually defeated all the way without courage, and after retreating from Cao Xing's army formation, he still had no intention of stopping, bypassing the white-grass and reeds by the Qinhuai River, and continuing to run eastward, Han Dang finally mustered up his courage.

Zhang Liao is completely defeated! Only after Cao Xing's hundreds of horses are broken, he can't be caught!

Han Dang's command also has nearly 1,500 cavalry, and he may not dare to fight with more than 1,000 northern cavalry with all his might, but after the enemy only has 400 cavalry, of course he must expand the results at this time!

So Han Dang immediately sped up, led Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and killed Cao Xing, and Sun Ce led the main force to continue to chase fiercely.

It's just that the farther the troops behind, the worse the ground is trampled by the friendly troops in front of them when the march charges, and the more slippery the thin ice from the melting snow and then freezing, the infantry behind also runs more slowly.

Although the Jiangdong Army claimed to be more than 20,000 people, the marching army was stretched longer and longer, getting closer and closer to the long snake formation. Sun Ce and Han Dang, however, did not see the potential danger because of the enemy's apparent retreat.

"Turn around and shoot the arrows! Contain the speed of Han Dang's pursuit! Don't fight it! Cao Xing, who was on the other side, saw Han Dang rushing over with his might, and he also strictly implemented the tactics explained by General Zhang just now, and he was meticulous, and he didn't dare to fight at all.

The cavalry of the state has both cavalry and cavalry, and Cao Xing is especially good at cavalry shooting.

Although there were no double-sided stirrups and high-saddle bridges in this era, the cavalry could not fire arrows in a bumpy environment that was too high-speed. But the gap between Cao Xing's subordinates and the Jiangnan cavalry under Han Dang's command in equestrianism and mounted archery is still very obvious.

There are no double-sided stirrups, at most, the output efficiency is a little lower, but it will still definitely not be caught up by Han Dang.

Han Dang was suddenly beaten very angrily, and there was a feeling that there was nowhere to go, and dozens of crooked arrows flew over from the opposite side from time to time, but they couldn't kill and injure a few of their own cavalry, but they could make you only beaten and couldn't fight back, which was very demoralizing.

Han Dang was provoked by this harassment and guerrilla to lose his cool more and more, regardless of whether he was out of touch with the rear army or not, he continued to chase after him. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin also followed suit, and they were impetuous, and they had nowhere to go.

Unconsciously, the Jiangdong Army was chased by kites and fishing for a little half of the incense, and the battlefield was also moved forward, moving five or six miles to the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

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Zhang Liao's two Qu cavalry, in the previous battle with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, also lost one or two hundred cavalry, and when he retreated just now, he left the wounded to Cao Xing's department, and fought and left.

He himself only brought the remaining 600 cavalry with good combat strength, and after retreating around the position of withered white grass and dense reeds by the Qinhuai River, he quietly turned around and hid his troops on the river behind the white grass and withered reeds.

That's right, it's on the river!

The weather at the end of the Han Dynasty was colder than in later generations, and even the Qinhuai River was frozen on the days when it snowed repeatedly in the lunar month.

Before this battle, Zhang Liao, who had the advantage of being at home, relied on his advantage of being able to take the initiative to choose the battlefield and verify the environment of the battlefield in advance, and tested the thickness of the ice.

The biggest trouble is that the ice is slippery, and the horses are easy to fall, rather than the ice will shatter and cause the cavalry to sink. However, the problem of slippage can be solved by wrapping straw in the horse's hooves, and Zhang Liao has long been prepared for this. The enemy is not prepared, that's the enemy's business.

Who made Sun Ce unable to go out of the city a few days in advance to survey the battlefield environment, and failed to explore the Qinhuai River in advance to see if there was even a bottom freeze to walk over directly!

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Cao Xing, as the role of "covering the retreat of friendly troops after the break", delayed Han Dang's pursuit, bought time for Zhang Liao, and attracted the enemy's attention, and Han Dang did not notice Zhang Liao running and running for the first time, but actually turned a corner and left the battlefield.

Han Dang thought that Zhang Liao had fled too fast and had already disappeared!

As the period of half-burnt incense has arrived, the front army of the Jiangdong Army has rushed through this inflection point of the Qinhuai River, and then the weakest waist of the Jiangdong Army is exposed, and it just happened to march to this white-grass reed-covered riverbank.

The soldiers here are all Ding Zhuang of Xinla in Moling City arranged by Sun Ce, and Sun Ce knew that these troops were unreliable and could not withstand the flank impact, so he deliberately placed their flanks on the bank of the river to make their flanks absolutely safe.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves on the ice of the Qinhuai River was loud, and the Zhang Liao cavalry, who was hiding behind this reed, suddenly came out from the most unlikely position and slashed at the left waist of Sun Cezhong's army from the river.

Moreover, Zhang Liao was also very scheming to let the troops raise a few additional flags, and when charging, there were not only "Zhang" flags, but also "Zhao" flags.

In order to pretend that Zhao Yun's reinforcements arrived in advance!

For Zhang Liao, this trick can be regarded as a long and wise eat.

When he was captured by Zhao Yun in Xiapi City last year, Zhao Yun sneaked from Ling County to Xiapi, and along the way played various banners that were conducive to passing through the customs, among which the banner with the word "Xiahou" deceived Zhang Liao, making Zhang Liao mistakenly think that it was really Cao Jun who came to rescue Chen Deng at that time, and it was Xiahou Yuanbu, so he had the courage to step forward and cut the general to save the situation.

As a result, the enemy general under the banner of Xiahou was actually Zhao Yun! At that time, Zhang Liao, whose martial arts had not yet fully recovered, was directly hit by the muzzle of the gun and was subdued by several moves.

This is a big loss in Zhang Liao's life, how can he not review and absorb it? So this time, he tried his best to prepare Zhao Yun's flag in advance!

"General Zhao's reinforcements have arrived! Wu dog, you have been tricked! Those who descend will not be killed! ”

Six hundred horsemen waving various banners came out from behind the reeds, and for a while, the Jiangdong Army was caught off guard because of the limited field of vision, and did not know how many cavalry were ambushed behind.

Thousands of Moling recruits, Ding Zhuang, were directly crushed by Zhang Liao, and they had no idea that the enemy would appear from the most unlikely direction.

And looking at the enemy's posture, it means that there are thousands of troops behind him, and those Moling recruits who have never seen the world will also believe it!

Countless Moling recruits directly gave Zhang Liao a free striker, running around and trampling on each other, and messing up the core and right wing of Sun Ce's army.

He even broke through his own formation, and couldn't stop running to the southwest, trying his best to stay away from Zhang Liao's cavalry.

Sun Cejun's speed was disjointed and his formation was stretched due to the slippery pursuit of the ice and snow before—this has also helped Zhang Liao now.

Sun Cejun's formation is not thick in horizontal depth, there may be dozens of people from left to right, and there are only more than 100 people in the widest place. Zhang Liao picked a weak position to rush and kill, but he directly cut off Sun Ce's army.

Sun Ce himself, at this moment, is actually a little higher than the point of Zhang Liao's volley. As a brave general, Sun Ce is also a relatively leading soldier, and he is always at the forefront of the Chinese army.

So when he heard something wrong behind him, he turned around and watched, only to see that Zhang Liao actually appeared behind him and cut off his Chinese army.

Sun Ce only felt a burst of blood rushing to his brain: "This is impossible!" When pigs fly! How could Zhang Liao appear behind our army! How could he have rushed over the river! Why don't any of you try to see if this river ice can run a horse? Why does his horse run on the ice without slipping! ”

He incompetently and angrily blamed a few words of the generals and strategists around him, but this was to no avail.

Sun Ce took a deep breath and hurriedly ordered the front army to turn back, don't be caught by Cao Xing, and hurry up to encircle Zhang Liao.

It's a pity that the main force of Sun Ce's army has been completely disrupted by this surprise attack of unknown enemy troops, and thousands of soldiers directly broke and fled all over the mountains, and Zhang Liao rushed around with the rout, completely cutting off the possibility of Sun Ce withdrawing the main force to Jurong.

Unless Sun Ce was willing to give up all the rear army and most of the Chinese army, and only fled with the vanguard. But if he did that, he wouldn't be Sun Ce.

The entire battlefield became a pot of porridge, trampling on each other, killing and wounding, several times more than those killed by Zhang Liaojun's direct charge.

Sun Ce tried to reunite his troops, but all efforts were in vain.

was delayed by Zhang Liao, and only half an hour later, in the direction of the lower reaches of the Qinhuai River in the northwest, there were already more horses' hooves - obviously, this time it was really Zhao Yun's main cavalry to reinforce.

Zhao Yun came faster than Sun Ce imagined, it seems that his plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea is not very effective, there is Zhuge Jin on the opposite side, it took the shortest time to see through Sun Ce's breakthrough attempt, and then he sent Zhao Yun to chase after him.

Zhang Liao only delayed for more than an hour, and Sun Cejun's main force could no longer escape.

Zhao Yunbu shouted and rushed to kill, Sun Cejun's rear army was the first to be wiped out, and Huang Gai, who was responsible for leading the rear army, was also injured and captured in the chaos.

Then it was the turn of the Chinese army, and now Xu Sheng and Lu Meng, who are only middle and low-level officers, have also perished, destroying and decaying.

"Don't run away Sun Ce! The one who killed Sun Ce, Feng Tinghou! The one who captures Sun Ce's is a townsman! Zhang Liao intercepted Sun Ce from the flank, while Zhao Yun chased after him and closed the distance.

Sun Ce's eyes were on fire, but Han Dang and Zhou Tai were by his side, and Han Dang anxiously roared loudly: "Lord, run!" At this point, I can only completely abandon all the infantry troops, and I will lead the cavalry to protect the lord and escape! Lord, take off your cloak and golden helmet! ”

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