On the flat ground five miles outside Sishui Pass, a large camp stood alone, with the banner of "Grand Administrator of Changsha" fluttering gently in the breeze.
The setting sun had completely set, the sky was gradually getting darker, and fires began to rise in the camp, and each torch was lit at this time.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Sun Jian touched his ancient ingot knife. The extremely sharp blade reflected the cold light, which made people feel a chill after looking at it for a while.
"Father!"
A boy of about twelve or thirteen years old stepped in, gave Sun Jian a fist, and bowed respectfully.
Sun Jian inserted the ancient ingot sword into the scabbard, waved to the boy, showed a smile, and said softly: "Bo Fu, come here."
The boy is Sun Jian's eldest son, his name is Sun Ce, and his courtesy name is Bo Fu. He is just twelve years old this year. However, although he is young, his body is very well developed. He has been practicing martial arts under Sun Jian's teaching since he was a child, and he has become proficient in bow and horse.
, coupled with his natural supernatural power, he has always been Sun Jian's favorite son. This time when Sun Jian came to join the alliance, he specially brought him here to let him see the grand scene and recognize the appearance of the heroes of the world.
Sun Ce walked to Sun Jian's side, and under the light, his face was completely revealed. Sun Ce's face was like a jade, and his eyes were like shooting stars. He was so thin that no trace of childishness could be seen on his face. Instead, he had a look that should not be seen at this age.
The maturity that emerges.
Sun Jian took hold of Sun Ce's thicker hand, with a loving father's peaceful expression on his face, and asked: "Bo Fu, have you done everything I asked you to do?"
Sun Ce said: "To tell you what Father, the wounded soldiers have been settled, please don't worry about it."
"Well, you are still young. Now that you are in the army, you need to communicate more with the soldiers. When you grow up and lead the troops, you will know that as a general, if you do not cherish your soldiers,
You will definitely be despised by the soldiers. I want you to keep it in your heart. In the future, if you want to be a good general who cares for his subordinates, it is best to be like your uncle Gao."
A trace of doubt appeared on Sun Ce's face, and he immediately asked: "Father, the child is not young anymore, he is already twelve! Besides, I have met Uncle Gao secretly. When we met that day, he came to see my father off. I
I see that he is not much older than me. I thought Uncle Gao was about the same age as my father, but I never knew he would be so young. He should be my elder brother..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Sun Jian let go of Sun Ce's hand and said angrily, "Gao Fei and I are considered brothers. What is he if he's not your uncle? Although he's not a few years older than you, he's both wise and brave, and he's also very stable in dealing with people.
, I learned a lot from him. If you can be half as stable as him when you reach that age, I will be satisfied."
Sun Ce didn't speak anymore because he couldn't understand why his father, whom he admired most, would praise Gao Fei so much. In his opinion, Gao Fei was only a few years older than him. He secretly remembered the name Gao Fei firmly in his mind.
In my heart, I was prepared to compete with Gao Fei when I see him again in the future to see if Gao Fei is really as brave as his father said.
At this time, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao all walked in one after another. Seeing Sun Jian and Sun Ce both there, they paid homage at the same time and said: "See my lord, my lord!"
Sun Jian raised his hand and motioned Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao to sit down together, and immediately said to them: "You came just in time. I was about to send someone to call you."
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao are all of different ages, but they all have the same stature. They all belong to the stout type. Among them, Cheng Pu is the oldest. He has been the oldest since the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
He followed Sun Jian, who was just a pawn at the time. Later he followed Sun Jian to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion. Only ten of the five thousand soldiers and horses survived, and Cheng Pu was one of the ten. Later Sun Jian went to Changsha to be the governor.
, he only took the ten old troops with him. On the way to take office, he had many contacts with Cheng Pu. Only then did he realize that Cheng Pu was a talented person, so he made him the captain of the personal soldiers.
After Sun Jian arrived in Changsha, it didn't take long for a man named Ou Xing in Changsha to rebel. Sun Jian began to recruit troops and got two thousand soldiers. Han Dang and Zu Mao, who were wandering in the rivers and lakes, joined Sun Jian's army. During the campaign against Ou Xing
, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zu Mao killed many enemies, so they were promoted to Army Sima by Sun Jian. Later Ou Xing moved to Lingling, and Huang Gai from Lingling took Xiang Yong to join Sun Jian's army. He made meritorious service in the first battle and killed him.
One of Ou Xing's leaders was also promoted to Army Sima by Sun Jian. Sun Jian and Ou Xing fought hard for half a month, and finally suppressed Ou Xing's rebellion. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao also emerged in this battle, and all
Those promoted to his confidants by Sun Jian were all loyal and brave generals.
After Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao sat down, they asked in unison: "What are your orders, my lord?"
Sun Jian said: "The walls of Sishui Pass are high and thick. Although our army defeated Xu Rong yesterday, since Xu Rong retreated to Sishui Pass and received reinforcements brought by Li Jue and Guo Si, the momentum is booming. Today, although we attacked the pass fiercely,
We once attacked the city, but unfortunately Dong's army defended it very tightly and lost hundreds of soldiers in vain. Our army was small, and although we were leading the way, we could not confront the enemy head-on. Therefore, I decided to retreat thirty miles tonight to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
"
Cheng Pu cupped his hands and said: "My lord, Zhenbei General Gao Fei is leading his troops to support him. His men are all cavalry. It seems that they will arrive soon. Why don't we stay here tonight and wait until General Gao's reinforcements arrive?"
The army will not have to retreat, but it will greatly boost the morale of our army."
"Having said that, we should retreat quickly just to be safe. Otherwise, if Dong Jun robs the camp at night, our army may not be able to resist it. Dong Jun's reinforcements have just arrived today. The reason why they don't go out to fight is probably because
Recharge your batteries and rob the camp at night. Therefore, our army must avoid fighting with Dong Jun's reinforcements. You all give the order, lead all the troops to have dinner and quietly leave the camp, leaving the empty camp to Dong Jun. Our army
Set up another camp thirty miles away."
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao all thought it was reasonable, so they stood up together, cupped their hands and said, "I obey!"
Sun Jian turned to Sun Ce and said, "You are responsible for the transfer of wounded soldiers."
Sun Ce clasped his fists and said, "My boy, I have an order!"
After finishing the instructions, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zu Mao and Sun Ce left the big tent. Only Sun Jian was left in the big tent. He began to put on his armor, put on his helmet, and tied the ancient ingot knife to
He grabbed his waist, strode out of the camp, and began to prepare for evacuation.
At the same time, in Zhongmu County, Gao Fei led Jia Xu, Xun You, Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci, Hua Xiong and 10,000 cavalrymen were galloping westwards. No one dared to stop wherever the mighty cavalry passed. Sili
The people in the area knew that a war was coming, and all the people east of Sishui Pass fled to Yanzhou and Yuzhou, while all the people west of Sishui Pass fled to Sanfu, not wanting to be affected by the war. So Sishui Pass
There are deserted villages within two hundred miles from east to west, and some county towns are also empty. There is no doubt that they have become refugees directly affected by the war.
It was getting dark, Gao Fei was leading the way, the injury on his arm had already healed completely, and he was able to gallop on the battlefield vigorously again, but he also knew in his heart that his chances of going to the battlefield in person in the future might be slim.
"Where are you now?" Gao Fei heard that Dong Zhuo sent 50,000 troops to support Sishui Pass. He seemed very anxious, fearing that Sun Jian's entire army would be annihilated, because once Sun Jian's entire army was annihilated, the allied forces might stagnate.
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"Your Majesty, I just arrived in Zhongmou." Jia Xu replied from the side.
"How much time does it take to get to Xingyang?" Gao Fei continued to ask.
"Four updates tonight at the latest." Jia Xu answered tirelessly, because Gao Fei had asked him every once in a while since he left Chen Liu, and he also understood what Gao Fei was worried about.
"Send the order, speed up!" Gao Fei shouted this order for the eighth time, and the speed he was running at now was already the limit of the entire army's horses. However, he was used to riding a black horse,
Riding on these war horses would make him feel very slow. He couldn't help but recall his own black horse, and regretted that he had charged so hard by himself that the black horse was shot to death by a hail of arrows.
Jia Xu still conveyed Gao Fei's order as usual, followed by a series of continuous sounds.
Less than five miles after the army marched forward, it became completely dark. In the dark night, a fast horse came from the opposite direction. The knight on the horse was holding a torch, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark night.
Gao Fei and everyone else's eyes were attracted by the horses approaching each other. From the dim light of the fire, they could see that the knight was wearing a postman's clothes, carrying a baggage on his back, and holding a bag in his hand.
He was holding a torch high, and a small flag was erected on the saddle behind him. On the small flag, a fiery red word "驿" could be vaguely embroidered.
Post soldiers were responsible for delivering messages in the Han Dynasty. As long as it was the territory of the Han Dynasty, no matter where it was, there were post stations, and the people running between the post stations were post soldiers. The sign of post soldiers was also the most typical, whether it was
In war or in peacetime, as long as there is such a typical place where post soldiers pass by, no one will stop them. In other words, post soldiers are the safest and safest profession in the Han Dynasty, but they are also the most tiring.
I have to run back and forth every day, enduring wind and rain.
However, at this time, the Han Dynasty was already in turmoil, and post soldiers gradually became a high-risk profession. Because the authority of the Han court was no longer there, the letters carried by post soldiers became secrets that might be exchanged between princes. Generally, they would
Being plundered. As the postmen faded away, the scouts sometimes acted as postmen, and some craftsmen also shared the work of the postmen to a certain extent.
Gao Fei couldn't help but sneered at the postman who was gradually approaching in front of him: "I didn't expect that the big man would send a postman at this time to kidnap him and take a look at the letter he carried!"
(Author's note: The third year of Zhongping in the article is 186 AD. According to historical records, Sun Ce was born in 175 years. He was indeed a child in 186 years. In addition, Ma Chao was born in 176 years below, and he will also be regarded as a younger child.