Chapter 291: Life is a masterpiece, and death is like home
Seeing that there was nothing to be done, Han Dang desperately persuaded Sun Ce to immediately abandon the main force of the infantry army and flee with only the cavalry.
But Sun Ce is arrogant, how can he endure this breath? He brought more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, just to break through the siege and return to the rear of the land with abundant grain and grass to get food, if the main force is destroyed in the end, there is no point in going back.
And in good conscience, in today's bloody battle, his 20,000 troops were really directly killed and injured by Zhang Liaobu, in fact, at most, it was only one percent. The vast majority of the Jiangdong Army's losses came from being caught off guard by a sneak attack, the army's morale collapsed and fled, and trampled on each other.
After all, the Jiangdong Army has been besieged in Moling City for more than five months, and its morale is already low and slack, and everyone doesn't think that the Sun family can turn the tables around.
If you can fight a tailwind battle on the frontal battlefield, the situation will still be stable, and once there is a half-star headwind, the herd effect of the chain collapse is very exaggerated.
Zhao Yunbu, who then chased after him, had more than 4,000 cavalry. Zhao Yun pursued and expanded the results of the battle like chopping melons and vegetables, and the number of enemies killed was far above Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao's greatest contribution was only to disrupt Sun Cejun's entire army and delay time.
Sun Ce never caught the opportunity to fight Zhang Liao head-on from beginning to end, Zhang Liao always harassed him, pretending to retreat for a while, and then coming back to ambush halfway.
Now, Zhang Liao saw that Sun Ce's main force had collapsed and finally dared to intercept him in person, of course Sun Ce had to seize the opportunity to fight to the death with the other party.
Life and death are no longer important, he must come out with this breath, otherwise it will not be Sun Ce.
"Zhang Liao's husband is killed!" Sun Ce saw Zhang Liao with hundreds of horsemen in front of him, and killed him like a mad tiger.
Sun Ce's personal martial arts are still very fierce, enough to squeeze into the world's first-class, a point of steel spear wide open, telescopic like a dragon, stabbed to death several Zhang Liao's personal guards and state cavalry, and there was no enemy under him.
Zhang Liao, for the credit of the marquis, was also rich and dangerous, personally rushed to kill, led the team to surround him, and hundreds of cavalry on both sides collided straight together, flesh and blood flying.
On the battlefield in the distance in the rear, there were still more than 10,000 people in the main force of the Jiangdong Army's infantry, which was being cut and annihilated by Zhao Yun's boiling soup and fertile snow, and forced landing in groups, but Sun Ce lost his composure and didn't care about the rear army at all, he knew that the rear army was no longer saved, so he just bit Zhang Liao and stabbed him wildly to take revenge.
Zhang Liao blocked the frame again and again with a slashing knife, and he was also slightly shocked into a little cold sweat, but he didn't expect Sun Ce, as a hero, a prince all the way, and his martial arts were so strong.
In the whole world, Zhang Liao has never seen other princes other than Lu Bu who can have such personal martial arts.
This kind of life-and-death fight, after all, is not a fighting general, and the two sides can't strictly catch each other, just a few moves, the miscellaneous soldiers and personal guards on both sides are wrapped up layer by layer, helping the main general, and the fight is a mess.
Sun Ce also had Han Dang by his side to help in the battle, and Sun Ce hated Zhang Liao very much, and showed a fighting style like a mad tiger, Zhang Liao soon became in danger.
The two sides fought chaotically, while slashing and killing the surrounding enemy miscellaneous soldiers, and held up seven or eight together, Zhang Liao's horse chopping knife just swung Han Dang's blade, and was stabbed to the abdomen by Sun Ce with a shot, he desperately dodged to the side and twisted, but he was able to avoid the vital point, and was still cut by the steel gun on the waist ribs A long bloody wound.
Under the injury, Zhang Liao's momentum was a little weakened, and he also knew that his martial arts and strength could not stop Sun Ce after all, and there were too few soldiers around him, so he had to retreat with hatred.
Cao Xing, who was in the rear, was originally harassing Gu Dou there with hundreds of light horses, he had good eyes, and when he saw Zhang Liao in distress at this moment, he hurriedly asked people to release arrows at Sun Ce.
Because Sun Ce refused to take off his red golden helmet to survive like his father did back then, his goal was too conspicuous and he was targeted by Cao Xing.
Cao Xuan shot an arrow into Sun Ce's cheek and shot it through the side of his cheek. Because Sun Ce was yelling and fighting at the time, he didn't bite his teeth, and the arrow shot in from his left cheek and his right cheek, directly shooting Sun Ce into a crack man. Otherwise, if he gritted his teeth, it was estimated that this arrow would break two back molars at most, and he would be stuck in the jawbone.
"Ahh Sun Ce snorted miserably, his eyes were red, but he was still able to fight again, but he gave up Zhang Liao, who was slightly injured, and turned his head and rushed towards Cao Xing.
Cao Xuan was also a little greedy for the title of Marquis of Ting, and seeing that Sun Ce had been seriously injured by an arrow, he felt that his melee martial arts might be able to win the opponent, so he continued to release arrows to weaken the opponent.
"Don't fight this thief! This thief has gone mad! Through the fight just now, Zhang Liao already knew Sun Ce's bravery and horror, and tried to remind him, but after being injured, he was quickly entangled by Han Dang and couldn't get out.
On the other side, Cao Sex was too big after all, and within the distance that Sun Ce rushed to him, Cao Sex shot Sun Ce two more arrows, but Sun Ce lowered his head to avoid the vital point. In other places on the body, even if it is pierced by an arrow with a steel armor-piercing cone, it will not penetrate the flesh deeply, and it will not be seriously injured.
These injuries instead inspired Sun Ce's ferocity to fight for his life.
After being rushed to the front by Sun Ce, Cao Xuan hurriedly picked up the melee blade to resist the enemy, just wanted to fight and go, but his martial arts were not proficient, and he was assassinated by Sun Ce between the three combinations.
After killing Cao Xing, Sun Ce also seemed to be venting in one breath, with multiple arrow wounds on his body, excessive blood loss, and a little shaky. Han Dang, who was in the distance, was always concerned about the state of the lord, and when he saw that Sun Ce was not supported, he also struggled to retreat the injured Zhang Liao, and let the cavalry around him surround Zhang Liao, and he himself drew his horse and rushed to Sun Ce's side, protecting Sun Ce and retreating quickly.
Sun Ce had gradually lost consciousness and could no longer command the troops, so he could not stop Han Dang.
After all, Zhang Liaobu was entangled in hand-to-hand combat by Han Dang's cavalry because the number of troops was too small, and he couldn't break through.
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The casualties of his more than 1,000 cavalry in the harassment and sneak attack battle just now for a whole hour were not as good as Sun Ce, who wanted to keep the battle of the trapped beasts at this moment, and the new casualties in just two teas. Zhang Liao's troops were too few after all, and they were on the verge of collapse.
Zhao Yun in the rear saw that Zhang Liao's army was not supported, and he also wanted to kill through the entire Jiangdong army and rush up to capture the thief and capture the king.
Helplessly, among the enemies encountered by Zhao Yun, there were also loyal protectors who would not retreat - the vanguard cavalry general Zhou Tai stopped Zhao Yun to the death and fought without retreating.
The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and Zhao Yun left three not deep gunshot wounds on Zhou Tai's body, but Zhou Tai still shouted and fought endlessly. In the end, Zhao Yun finally caught an obvious flaw, but he saw that the other party was loyal to the lord and did not retreat, and he had the heart to cherish his talents, so he did not hurt the killer, but just waved the gun hard, knocked Zhou Tai off the horse, and tied up the soldiers.
But Zhou Tai's delay also allowed Sun Ce, who was seriously injured and unconscious, to escape, and was escorted back by Han Dang to confess his last words.
It can only be said that Zhou Tai's protector effect is really terrifying, and even Zhao Yun dragged it down.
On the other side, Jiang Qin, who was also a Danyang water thief with Zhou Tai, saw that Zhou Tai's department was cut and crushed by Zhao Yun and was in danger, and he also wanted to come to the rescue, but was dragged by Wei Yan under Zhao Yun.
Wei Yan was only nineteen years old after the New Year, which was the age when the blood and qi had just made meritorious contributions.
In the previous Jingnan Campaign, his two credits were not decisive, not enough to directly cross the gap between middle-level officers and generals, and he could not be promoted to military commander. Liu Bei also encouraged him, so that he could be promoted if he accumulated some more credit.
This time he came to fight Sun Ce with Zhao Yun, and Wei Yan desperately wanted to seize every opportunity to make meritorious contributions. He didn't have any thoughts of cherishing his talents, not to mention that the other party was so much older than him, Wei Yan just wanted to punch and slash and make meritorious contributions.
Jiang Qin's potential is far inferior to Wei Yan, but now Wei Yan has just debuted after all, he is still young, and his martial arts have not yet reached the peak of his life, so he just relies on a bite of courage to work hard. Jiang Qin was suppressed by the opponent's brave offensive, thinking that he was invincible, and he did not dare to fight for his life, and each suffered some minor injuries, so he had to abandon Zhou Tai and flee for his life.
However, Sun Ce's main army, in addition to the cavalry team of more than 1,000 people who fled back, at least half of the other 20,000 infantry were annihilated and forced to land, and countless soldiers scattered and fled.
There are all these deserters who fled in any direction, and it is not excluded that after the war, they will slowly walk back to the rear to join the Sun family and return to the team, but the proportion is absolutely impossible to exceed 30%.
Therefore, after this battle, the main force of the Jiangdong Army will only have two or three thousand people for the time being, and in the medium and long term, it will not exceed five thousand.
At least 15,000 troops were completely annihilated, and the number of prisoners who surrendered in the formation alone amounted to as many as seven or eight thousand.
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Later that day, Guan Yu also rushed to the battlefield with the main force of Liu Beijun's infantry reinforcements in the rear.
If Zhao Yun finally caught up with eating meat, Guan Yu could only catch up with the soup. What was left for Guan Yu was some work to capture and escape the prisoners and clean up the battlefield, and there was no hard battle at all.
Hearing that Sun Ce had fled back to Jurong County, Guan Yu was not anxious, so he asked the infantry troops to continue to stay behind to capture prisoners, clean up and take over the battlefield, and then asked Zhao Yun to hurry up to Jurong County.
As for Zhang Liao, who was injured and suffered heavy losses in his troops, Guan Yu said that he would definitely give him merit and let him go back to recuperate first, and his troops would also hurry back for treatment and recuperation.
"Wen Yuan rest assured, although you didn't get as many kills in this battle as Zilong, but you dragged Sun Ce and bought time for the army to catch up with Sun Ce's main force, which is the first merit, I will record it fairly and report it to the lord."
Guan Yu said this, Zhang Liao did not ask for any more battles, and when he saw that it was good, he took the remnants back to heal his wounds.
He just reported to Guan Yu that Cao Xing shot and injured Sun Ce in the chaotic army, and then was counter-killed.
After Guan Yu heard this, his expression was also solemn: "Even if this is the case, Cao Xing's contribution is not small. In the future, as long as Sun Ce dies of serious injuries, it will be regarded as his first achievement, can he have any children? can allow his son to take over his knighthood. Even if Sun Ce did not die from this injury, I will also play the lord, please give it to his son Guannei Marquis Lu first. ”
After explaining everything, Guan Yu left behind to clear the fleeing rout and clean up the battlefield, and Zhao Yun chased him to Jurong County non-stop.
However, Zhao Yun is a cavalry, and he can't attack the city when he arrives, and he fights continuously and forcibly marches in one day, and the men and horses are also very tired, so Zhao Yun didn't dare to divide his troops to surround him on all sides, but just hastily set up a battalion in the west of Jurong City, and then waited for the main infantry force to catch up, so as to attack the city.
The Jiangdong Army in Jurong City also knew that the enemy army was sharp, and did not dare to trap this isolated city in three directions, which was occupied by the enemy. Therefore, Han Dang escorted Sun Ce back to Jurong, and only stationed for a day, let the city medical officer deal with Sun Ce's injuries, and found a carriage with a lot of light and soft shock absorbers to transport Sun Ce.
Early in the morning of the third day, before dawn, Han Dang took advantage of Guan Yu's main infantry force to rush to Jurong, took all the cavalry in the city, as well as the horses and vehicles that could be found, and withdrew directly in the dark with about two or three thousand people.
After Guan Yu arrived, he prepared to attack the city, and the miscellaneous infantry who were abandoned in Jurong City to delay time were also unwarlike, and surrendered on the 14th day of the lunar month three days later.
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun continued to advance, and arrived at Piling a few days later, and the defenders of Piling only held each other for three or four days, and the local county commander surrendered when he saw that the situation was not good. After that, several counties were all looking at the wind and descending, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun advanced while receiving, and arrived at Wu County before the New Year.
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