Chapter 225: Heads-up before the battle
On the same day, Yuan Xie issued an edict: remove Yuan Bai from his position, and call on all princes to send troops to fight against Yuan Bai!
Wherever the edict of the Son of Heaven went, princes from all walks of life responded, and the homework on the surface still had to be done. Of course, there are also several princes' actions, which are not just on the surface, they have taken real actions, and Yuan Qi and Sun Ce are among the representatives.www.biquge.info
After receiving the edict from the Son of Heaven, Yuan Qi was the first to stand up and ordered Lu Su, the acting governor of the navy, to immediately lead 10,000 sailors, to the south along the coast, to Jiangdong to join Gan Jing, and unite Sun Ce to jointly crusade against Yuan Bai.
After just experiencing the great war in northern Xinjiang, Yuanqi's troops were a little tired, only the navy did not participate in the war, and still maintained good physical strength, and, limited by factors such as grain and grass, Yuan Qi could only mobilize 10,000 sailors, and no matter how many people, he couldn't take it out.
When Lu Su led 10,000 sailors to Jiangdong, Sun Ce led the crowd to put on a grand guard of honor. Wash the dust for Lusu. After all, Lu Su came to the war on behalf of Yuan Qi. At the dust-washing banquet, Lu Su followed Yuan Qi's order and officially handed over the power of the navy to Gan Jing in front of Sun Ce, and he retired to the post of marching staff officer.
With the addition of this 10,000-strong force, Sun Ce's confidence was even stronger, and he immediately issued a message, claiming that he would join the champion Hou, the governor of Youhe and the navy under the command of the hussar general Yuan Qi, Gan Jing, to crusade against Yuan Bai, who was usurping the emperor. Of course. Before the official decisive battle with Yuan Bai, there were still two difficulties in front of Sun Ce and Gan Jing - Yuan Fang and Xue Li.
Yuan Fang is a native of Donglai, the word is right, and he is also a member of the Yuan clan. Originally, Yuan Fang was unapologetic to Yuan Bai, and was later canonized by the imperial court as the history of Yangzhou Assassin for his merits. Who would have thought that Yuan Bai would use Yuan Qi to govern Nanyang, leaving a lot of wealth. Recruit troops, and make great progress in strength. Later, he joined forces with Yuan Biao to plot against Sun Jian, and controlled most of the prefectures and counties in Yangzhou in his own hands, completely emptying Yuan Fang, the assassin of Yangzhou. made Yuanfang a state assassin without military power. Therefore, although Yuan Fang was not angry in his heart, he didn't dare to offend Yuan Bai too much, it was not that he was afraid of Yuan Bai. Instead, he wanted to emulate Gou Jian, try his courage to accumulate strength, and one day overthrow Yuan Bai's rule over Yangzhou.
Most of the Yuan clan members in high positions are a little contemptuous of others, and the same is true for Yuan Fang. He not only looked down on Yuan Bai, but also looked down on Sun Ce. He believed that Sun Ce, like Yuan Bai, was a careerist who took the opportunity to expand his own power, so Yuan Fang's resistance to Sun Ce was also very resolute.
Xue Li, who was originally a county Taishou canonized by Yuan Hong, later abandoned the official due to the turbulence of the times, entangled a group of hot-blooded people, and became a water thief on the river. In order to unite with Xue Li to resist Sun Ce, Yuan Fang granted Xue Li the position of Peng Chengxiang as the assassin of Yangzhou, and asked Xue Li to lead his subordinates to guard the tomb of 5,000 water thieves and resist Sun Ce.
When Sun Ce led an army of 30,000 to Niuzhu, Yuan Fang had already accumulated 100,000 grains in the pavilion and sent his subordinate general Zhang Ying to lead 20,000 troops to resist Sun Ce. On the same day, Sun Ce jumped on the horse with a spear, singled out Zhang Ying in front of the battle, where Zhang Ying was Sun Ce's opponent, only ten rounds of fighting, he was almost picked off the horse by Sun Ce's shot, and Zhang Ying was frightened to retreat back to the formation, Sun Ce drove the army to cover up, defeated Zhang Ying's 20,000 troops, took away all the grain, grass and ordnance in the palace, and collected more than 4,000 strong troops. Suddenly, the news of Jiangdong Sun Lang's edict to the Son of Heaven and revenge for his father spread far and wide.
But said that Zhang Ying was defeated and returned, and when he saw Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang was furious and beheaded Zhang Ying, but was stopped by his subordinates, Xue Li also stood up to exonerate Zhang Ying, Yuan Fang spared Zhang Ying from the death penalty, personally took command, took Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and other generals, united with Xue Li, and led 50,000 troops to fight Sun Ce.
After Sun Ce defeated Zhang Ying, he knew that Yuan Fang would never give up, so he summoned his subordinates, as well as Gan Jing and Lu Su, to discuss how to fight the next battle. Just like Yuan Qi always had to ask Zhuge Liang first when he encountered something, Sun Ce's first object of inquiry must be Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, Zhang Ying is defeated and left, Yuan Fang will never give up, how should our army respond?"
Zhou Yu had already made a bamboo in his chest, and Lang Lang said: "My lord, Yuan Fang's name is Yangzhou Thorn History, in fact, it is just that Yuan Bai took away the foundation and drove away the lost dog from Jiangdong. At present, Yuan Fang's nest is in Buqu County, in order to resist the lord's army, Yuan Fang's army is bound to be exhausted, the nest should be very empty, the lord can attract Yuan Fang's attention on the frontal battlefield, a certain army went day and night to copy Yuan Fang's nest, within ten days, Yuan Fang's army learned that the back road was broken, and the army was bound to be in turmoil. The lord can take the opportunity to break it. ”
After hearing Zhou Yu's plan, a member of Sun Ce's subordinates, a seven-foot-long, yellow-eyed general, stood up and said loudly: "The last general is very familiar with the situation in Buqu County, and he is willing to go with Gongjin!" Sun Ce raised his eyes and saw that the person who spoke was Chen Wu, a native of Lujiang who had been subordinated to him not long ago. Sun Ce knew that he was quite brave, so he immediately nodded and agreed.
That night, under the cover of night, Zhou Yu and Chen Wu led 7,000 dead soldiers to leave Sun Ce's camp overnight and secretly attacked Yuan Fang's old nest Buqu County.
In order to attract Yuan Fang's attention and cover Zhou Yu and Chen Wu's actions, as soon as the sky was bright, Sun Ce put on his horse and came to the camp of Yuan Fang in Shenxian Ling to challenge. Knowing that Sun Ce was coming to challenge, Yuan Fang was furious, and immediately led his subordinates and Xue Li to lead the troops out of the camp to fight.
After leaving the camp, Yuan Fang saw that the Jiangdong army on the opposite side was strong and strong, with bright clothes and armor. Sun Ce was dressed in a chain of iron armor, sitting on a pure black black horse, holding a heavy gun in his hand, and his majesty was unstoppable. Behind Sun Ce, there were three generals standing on horseback in turn, which were Jiangdong veterans Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai. On the left of the three of them are Jiangdong generals of the Mesozoic Era, such as Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and on the right, they are Gan Jing and Lu Su, the naval governors under the command of Yuan Qi.
After the two formations were round, Sun Ce shouted and asked: "Yuan Fang! I am under the edict of the Son of Heaven to go to crusade against the traitor Yuan Bai, as a member of the Yuan clan, why did you stop Yu Mou?"
Yuan Fang pouted and replied, "Sun Lang, don't think that everyone in the world is an idiot. It is true that you are under the edict of the Son of Heaven, but you are a wolf son, and once you succeed in the crusade against Yuan Bai, you will take Yuan Bai's territory as your own, and when the time comes, what is the difference between you and Yuan Bai? I advise you to return to Jiangdong and crusade against the matter of not being a minister, and the imperial court should send a large army to come. ”
I have to say that what Yuan Fang said in the first half of the sentence is very reasonable, in today's troubled times, no matter who takes the rich area of Yangzhou, he will not easily return the Jianghuai land to the imperial court. But in the second half of the sentence, Yuan Fang couldn't see the situation clearly. To this day, Yuan Fang still has the illusion that the imperial court should send a forbidden army by the Son of Heaven to crusade against Yuan Bai and recover the territory that Yuan Bai has ceded. There are by no means a few people like Yuan Fang.
Because of the arrival of Yuan Qi, Yuan Xie had the determination to rectify the dynasty, and Yuan Xie had tens of thousands of male soldiers, which led to people like Yuan Fang mistakenly thinking that Yuan Association had become a generation of Ming monarchs, giving birth to a false impression in their hearts that the Yuan Empire would be in the hands of Yuan Xie. As a result, Yuan Fang and the others firmly believed in the illusions in their hearts even more, and confidently believed that the Son of Heaven should send troops to take them back.
After hearing Yuan Fang's words, Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said loudly: "Yuan Envoy Jun! To this day, you still can't see the situation clearly?
Yuan Fang said angrily: "Sun Ce! Hugh is going to take advantage of your tongue, if you refuse to return to Jiangdong, I can't say it, I will leave you here!"
Sun Ce shouted with a heavy gun in his hand: "Then what else is there to say between you and me, come to war!"
Yuan Fang looked back at the generals behind him and asked, "Who stepped forward to take down Sun Ce?" Before the words fell, Yuan Fang's general shouted: "Go and capture him!" At that moment, Yu Mi slapped his horse and raised his gun, galloped to the front of the formation, and killed Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was not afraid, nor did he greet the generals behind him, urging the war horse to run out of the formation, stabbing Yu Mi's throat and shoulders. Yu Mi didn't expect Sun Ce's marksmanship to be so wonderful, he was shocked, and hurriedly returned the gun to protect a foot in front of him, trying to resist Sun Ce's heavy gun.
Although Sun Ce's heavy spear is not as heavy as the Yuan Qi Mixed Yuan Halberd, it is definitely not light, and the weight of sixty or seventy catties is still there, Yu Mi is just a partial general under Yuan Fang's subordinates, how can he be the opponent of Sun Ce's divine power? As soon as he made contact, Yu Mi's gun was knocked back by Sun Ce's heavy spear, and it was fiercely pumped on Yu Mi's chest, and a mouthful of red blood spurted out along Yu Mi's open mouth.
Taking advantage of Yu Mi's injury and confusion, Sun Ce rose up with great might, shook the heavy gun in his hand, and knocked it heavily on Yu Mi's gun, knocking Yu Mi's spear to the ground, and then when the two horses staggered by, Sun Ce lightly stretched the ape arm on the horse's back, and Yu Mi grabbed it from the horse's back and caught it under his ribs.