Sun Jian now feels that he can breathe much easier.
Wang Rui is not a famous person, he is just an incompetent waste and a straw bag. If it weren't for his family background, Wang Rui would never have been the governor of Jingzhou. He couldn't put down the rebellion of a district star. He helped him put down the rebellion without saying any words of gratitude.
Forget it, they still looked down upon him, thinking he was a vulgar warrior, and said they would impeach him for crossing the border without authorization.
He was worthy of becoming a celebrity like this, and he was simply a treacherous villain. However, such a villain was so powerful that he had no place to vent his anger that he had suppressed all these years. This time, he hacked Wang Rui to death to vent his anger.
To be honest, he was still a little panicked when he just hacked Wang Rui to death, but after he led the army to Xiangyang City, he found that although the whole Jingzhou people were shocked that he hacked Wang Rui to death, they were only shocked and could not do anything to him at all.
The Xiangyang order was even more worried that he would attack Xiangyang City, and even gave himself tens of thousands of shi of grain, just asking him to leave Xiangyang as soon as possible, and it was impossible for the court to punish him, because Dong Zhuo occupied the court and they no longer recognized the court.
In other words, even if he killed the Jingzhou governor, no one could punish him.
At this time, Sun Jian suddenly realized that the rules of the world had changed. From now on, the king will be the one with strong soldiers and strong horses! His family background is no longer as useful as before!
But Cheng Pu worriedly said: "Wentai, Wang Rui has a prominent family background and has great power in the court. If the court investigates him in the future, I'm afraid we won't be able to afford it!"
Cheng Pu, courtesy name Demou, was born in Tuyin, Youbeiping. He served as an official in prefectures and counties in his early years. He was quite handsome, strategic, and good at answering questions. Unfortunately, although Cheng Pu was talented, he came from a poor family and his official career was not good.
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In the first year of Zhongping, the Han Dynasty put down the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Xiliang began to rebel again. Cheng Pu followed Gongsun Zan to Xiliang to fight in order to gain a higher status. Unfortunately, Gongsun Zan's cavalry was quickly deceived by the Xiliang people, and Cheng Pu himself was also killed.
He was seriously injured and had to stay in Xiliang to recuperate. Then he met Sun Jian. The two had a similar spirit, and Cheng Pu became Sun Jian's subordinate. He followed Sun Jian in battles and made many military exploits. Now he has become a school captain.
Sun Jian said: "Now Dong Zhuo is in chaos and the country is in danger. Those who follow Dong Zhuo are all rebellious ministers who are causing harm to the country and the people, and everyone can kill the rebellious ministers and traitors! If I kill the rebellious ministers, who dares to say anything?"
Cheng Pu looked melancholy, my lord, haven't you realized that you are more like a rebellious minister?
Sun Jian continued: "When I rescue the emperor, will the court still hold me accountable for this little mistake?"
Han Dang laughed and said: "Now that the three princes have strong soldiers and horses, if Ming Gong really drives away Dong Zhuo, he can replace him with Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo can be the prime minister of the country, so why can't Ming Gong do the same?"
Han Dang, courtesy name Yigong, was a native of Lingzhi County, Liaoxi County. He was highly skilled in martial arts and had excellent arrow skills. Han Dang also had trouble getting ahead in his hometown, so he went to Luoyang City, hoping to find someone who would appreciate him so he could get ahead. Then he met him.
He met Sun Jian, who was still studying, and was dormant by Sun Jian's martial arts. He recognized Sun Jian as his boss and has been following him ever since!
I have to say here that although the nobles and nobles are scolding Dong Zhuo, among the generals, many people still regard Dong Zhuo as their idol!
At that time, Duan Xi could only be a Taiwei, and he had joined the eunuchs. But now Dong Zhuo can become the prime minister and take charge of the entire Han Dynasty. This is unique among warriors. All warriors in the world have discovered it.
If you want power, you can rely on the soldiers and horses in your hands.
Huang Gai also said: "Ming Gong, instead of helping the Yuan clan to conquer the world, it is better for us to conquer the world ourselves. What right does Yuan Shao have to declare himself a general of chariots and cavalry? Has he ever fought in a war? He did it with an inexplicable edict.
Officials can be enfeoffed, and all the officials of my Han Dynasty can be enfeoffed by themselves at any time! Why don’t we stay in Nanjun and use Nanjun as the foundation to capture the entire Jingzhou!"
Huang Gai, courtesy name Gongfu, was born in Quanling, Lingling. He was originally a descendant of Huang Zilian, the prefect of Nanyang. However, the family separated and Huang Gai's grandfather moved to Lingling. Later, all his fellow villagers died. Huang Gai's life was difficult, but he still had great ambitions.
Although he was poor, he often paid a salary to guard himself, and he also studied reading and the art of war by himself. Later he served as a county official, and was inspected for being filial and honest, and was promoted to the government. When Sun Jian was attacking Quxing, he discovered that Huang Gai was highly skilled in martial arts and had outstanding commanding ability, so he
He was appointed commander of the army.
But Sun Jian said, "I am magnanimous, and I am worthy of heaven and humble of earth. The reason why I killed Wang Rui was because he defected to Dong Zhuo and blocked our Qing emperor. Now if I occupy Jingzhou, everyone in the world will think that I am doing it for Jingzhou."
If Wang Rui was killed in his own territory, wouldn’t I have become the same rebellious minister as Dong Zhuo!”
Sun Jian knew that now was not the time to occupy Jingzhou. He did not have much fame yet. Even if he occupied Jingzhou, not many people would convince him. But if he made contributions in the war against Dong, he would be able to legitimately occupy Jingzhou. It was not him.
I look down on the prefects of Jingzhou because none of them can fight. At first, even one Ou Xing could not pacify the entire Jingzhou. However, he defeated Ou Xing in one battle. Compared with fighting, these prefects from aristocratic families are just rubbish!
It took Sun Jian three days to cross the Han River, and then Sun Jian was the vanguard all the way to Luyang.
But within three days of walking, Cheng Pu discovered an elite cavalry in front of their army!
Cheng Pu was shocked. How could thousands of cavalry appear in Jingzhou?
Jingzhou is located in the south, and there are very few cavalry, let alone thousands of cavalry. Generally, only the northern region can raise such a large number of cavalry.
After he personally led people to capture a cavalry, he learned that it was a subordinate of Zhennan General Liu Xuande, and Liu Bei also led an army of 30,000 to attack them!
When Cheng Pu got the news, he immediately sent out his cavalry to inform Sun Jian. He carefully led his army to advance slowly, and sent his cavalry 30 miles away. He was from Youzhou, so he naturally knew the consequences of encountering thousands of cavalry on the plains.
, if you are not careful, your vanguard will be swallowed up by the enemy!
After Zhao Yun intercepted Sun Jian's army in Chaoyang County in advance, he immediately sent out detective horses to report the news of finding Sun Jian to Liu Bei and others. At the same time, he dispersed his cavalry and kept intercepting the detective horses who shot Cheng Pu to death.
Compared with riding skills, Jiangnan's cavalry is far behind Zhao Yun's Xiliang cavalry. In less than three days of fighting between the two sides, Cheng Pu's Tanma lost hundreds of people, and the remaining Tanma were suppressed and could not go more than 10 miles.
In this area, Cheng Pu's army has become deaf and blind, unable to detect any information!
However, Zhao Yun sent out exploration horses to explore the 50-mile radius of Chaoyang County to understand the surrounding terrain and geography. Zhao Yun found that Chaoyang was surrounded by a rare plain land in Nanyang County, which was suitable for cavalry to gallop and was the best battlefield for cavalry! He thought that if this was used as a
On the battlefield, they can use the power of cavalry to defeat Sun Jian.
At the same time, Sun Jian also received news from the rear that Liu Bei had arrived in Nanyang County!
He was shocked and said: "Why did Liu Bei appear in Nanyang County? Isn't he in Xiliang?"
It's no wonder that Sun Jian was surprised. Xiliang was not only thousands of miles away from Nanyang, but it was still thousands of miles away. He couldn't understand that Liu Bei would appear here like this.
Zhu Zhi worriedly said: "Dong Zhuo must have sent Liu Bei here. General, please don't forget that Yuan Shu still occupied Luyang. Now we are blocking the gun for Yuan Shu. Liu Bei is a famous general in hundreds of battles, and the army in his hands is an elite that has been fighting for several years, and
We still have thousands of cavalry in our hands, but I’m afraid it will be difficult for the army in our hands to defeat Liu Bei!”
Sun Jian's other generals were also worried! Sun Jian's troops were all Jiangnan soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was naturally impossible to compare with the Xiliang soldiers. Not to mention that the real elites here were only the 10,000 soldiers Sun Jian had in his hands. This was what he had trained for several years.
But even these elites may not be the opponents of the Xiliang soldiers. As far as the Han Dynasty is concerned, except for Xu Wei, the time traveler, the Xiliang soldiers are the strongest unit of the Han Dynasty!
Sun Jian thought for a while and said: "We are now fighting against national traitors. As a member of the Han clan, it's okay if Liu Bei doesn't help us. How dare he help the tyrants!"
When Zhu Zhi heard this, he rolled his eyes and saw that there was a Han clan member who was attacking Dong Zhuo. Not counting that idiot Liu Dai, in Liu Bei's eyes we were the real national traitors!
Huang Gai thought for a while and said: "Although Liu Bei has cavalry, Jingzhou is densely covered with water networks. General, we can retreat first, occupy Fancheng, rely on Fancheng to resist Liu Bei's army, and at the same time send people to inform Yuan Shu and let Yuan Shu lead the army to encircle Liu Bei. In this way
We have an army of 70,000 to attack Liu Bei’s army of 30,000. Even though Liu Bei has elites from Xiliang in his hands, the advantage is still on our side!"
But Sun Jian didn't want to retreat like this. He went to the Central Plains to make a name for himself, but now he retreated before fighting Liu Bei. What a big deal!
Sun Jian said firmly: "This is the south, not Xiliang. The power of the cavalry is not as great as everyone imagined. We advance along the Huishui River all the way, so that Liu Bei and his cavalry cannot exert their power! Liu Bei's 30,000 Xiliang soldiers will definitely come to Nanyang.
We are not acclimated to the local conditions, and it is impossible to exert our full combat effectiveness. With the 30,000 troops in our hands, we may not be able to defeat Liu Bei's 30,000 Xiliang soldiers!"
I am a descendant of Sun Tzu, so my commanding ability is definitely better than that of Liu Bei!
At Sun Jian's insistence, Huang Gai and others had no choice but to continue to advance with the army. However, Sun Jian was worried that Cheng Pu's 5,000 vanguard would be defeated by Zhao Yun's cavalry, so he asked Cheng Pu to join the main force, and Sun Jian's 30,000 army became one, allowing Zhao Yun to
Can't find an opportunity to attack.
Of course, Zhao Yun also used cavalry to contain Sun Jian. Sun Jian's army could not march more than 20 miles a day, and it took several days to reach the vicinity of Xinye.
At this time, Liu Bei also led his main force to intercept Sun Jian's army. The two armies faced each other on the outskirts of Xinye!
The two sides spent the whole day repairing each other in tacit understanding.
next day
Sun Jian and Liu Bei both mobilized their entire armies. On the outskirts of Xinye, the two armies met within five miles of each other to confront each other!
Sun Jian took the lead and said: "Please also ask Liu Xuande to come out and answer!"
Liu Bei patted his horse and said: "Sun Jian, the late emperor treated you well and made you the governor of Changsha and the Marquis of Wucheng. You can repay the late emperor by rebelling against the court!"
Sun Jian shouted: "Liu Xuande, don't spit on people with blood. It was just to repay the late emperor that I launched an army to attack Dong Zhuo, a traitor. Dong Zhuo's actions have already made people angry. Liu Bei, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, you don't want to repay the late emperor."
, you rescued His Majesty from Dong Zhuo, and then attacked us righteous people, you are really a descendant of the Liu family in vain!"
Liu Bei said angrily: "You killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, to repay the late emperor?"
Sun Jiandao: "Wang Rui has taken refuge with Dong Zhuo, and everyone will punish such rebellious ministers and traitors!"
Liu Bei said angrily: "I think you, Sun Jian, are the rebellious ministers and traitors. I am still a strong man, and it is not the turn of rebellious ministers like you to act arrogantly!"
Sun Jian said helplessly: "We have different paths and cannot work together. Then we can only see our true skills on the battlefield!"
After speaking, Sun Jian returned to the military formation, and Liu Bei also returned to his army!
"Boom, boom, boom" the attacking drums roared! The armies of both sides kept approaching!
Liu Bei divided Zhao Yun's 5,000 cavalry into two groups and moved around Sun Jian's army on both sides of the army, waiting to completely defeat them when Sun Jian showed his flaws. The central phalanx led by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu continued to approach Sun Jian's army.
After the armies of both sides approached within a hundred steps, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu both stopped the army from advancing.
Instead he shouted: "Archers shoot!"
"Boohoo!" Tens of thousands of bows and arrows shot at Sun Jian's military formation.
Sun Jian also commanded his army and shot at Liu Bei's phalanx!
Soldiers from both sides fell under the rain of bows and arrows. However, Liu Bei's army was equipped with a lot of ceramic armor and more leather armor than Sun Jian's army. After all, cowhide is easy to obtain in Xiliang, and the price of cowhide armor is several times cheaper than in Jingzhou in the south.
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So in this round of bow and arrow shooting, Sun Jian fell down thousands of soldiers, but Liu Bei only fell down 200-300 soldiers!
After the archers on both sides fired three rounds, their bows and arrows were exhausted, so the soldiers continued to move forward!
Sun Jian called his messenger and said: "Let Cheng Pu test the strength of Liu Bei's army!"
The messenger immediately ran to Cheng Pu's camp to deliver the order!
After hearing Sun Jian's order, Cheng Pu shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Kill, kill, kill" Cheng Pu's soldiers shouted with high morale!
Amidst the fierce drumbeats, Cheng Pu's 5,000 soldiers followed him slowly out of the formation and came to the front of the battlefield. The soldiers shouted loudly to release the fear in their hearts! Boost the morale of the army!
After Liu Bei saw the movements of Sun Jian's army, he ordered Zhang to go out to fight!
Zhang Fei waved his spear and said with a smile: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!"
The 5,000 soldiers also shouted with great momentum: "Kill!"
Then Zhang Fei led 5,000 soldiers to charge towards Cheng Pu's square formation. The soldiers around Zhang Fei also quickly followed Zhang Fei. The 5,000 soldiers quickly transformed from a square formation into a cone-shaped military formation, and the sharpest cone head was Zhang Fei.
Me!
In the wild, the soldiers on both sides were shouting and shouting as the two armies continued to approach.
Zhang Fei shouted: "10 steps!" Zhang Fei reminded the soldiers to get ready!
"5 steps!" The soldiers all leveled their spears, ready to kill the enemy!