The sun set behind the dense forest. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the forest was silent and mysterious.
Sun Jian led Ling Cao, Second General Chen Wu and three thousand elite Ce Yu soldiers to walk quickly in this forest. Surrounding them was the virgin forest of the Dabie Mountains. The mountain roads were rugged and extremely difficult to pass, but in these Ce Yu soldiers
In front of the soldiers of the Yu army, they seemed to have nothing to worry about. They all walked as fast as flying and as if they were walking on flat ground.
"How far is it from Xiling City?" Sun Jian gasped and asked as he walked.
"Your Majesty, please climb over the mountain in front and walk fifty miles to reach Xiling City." Chen Wu, a fourteen-year-old general from the Ce Yu Army who was very familiar with this area, replied immediately.
Sun Jian nodded and said: "Very good, let's work harder and climb over the mountain in front. Let's take a rest and then work hard to reach the foot of Xiling City. The Chu army would never have thought in their wildest dreams that I would abandon the waterway.
By taking a roundabout route by land, by the time our army reaches Xiling City, the Chu army will be completely frightened. As long as we capture Xiling, the county town of Jiangxia, the defense line deployed by the Chu army along the Yangtze River will be destroyed without any attack."
Because Sun Jian was eager to avenge Sun Ce, as soon as he arrived at Chaisang, he immediately selected 3,000 elite Ce Yu troops. The light army marched to the Dabie Mountains and climbed over the mountains. He wanted to penetrate the hinterland of Jiangxia from behind and kill the Chu army by surprise.
In order to confuse the enemy, Sun Jian asked Jiang Qin, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, He Qi and others from Ce Yu's army to build momentum and send the newly trained naval force up the Shuo River. In addition, he also asked Huang
Gai led his horse infantry into Xunyang City, and responded to Ce Yu's army from a distance. He also sent a group of suspected soldiers, threatening to advance into the Dabie Mountains to attract the attention of the Chu army.
In fact, Sun Jian was well aware of the power of the Jingzhou navy, and his own navy had not yet been fully trained. In addition, he was going upstream to attack the Chu army. Not to mention the difficulties, it was possible that the entire navy would be annihilated. Even so.
No matter how angry he was, he couldn't blind his eyes. When he heard the news of Sun Ce's death, he had doubts. Later, when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he also felt that Sun Ce's death was full of doubts.
But he took aim at the situation at that time. The main force of the Chu army was in the Central Plains. He attacked Chu at this time. He just used Sun Ce's death as an excuse to send troops to occupy Jiangxia, remove this thorn in his side, and lay the foundation for the annexation of Jingzhou in the future. Therefore, he did not
Let's check in detail whether Sun Ce's death is true or false. If it is true, he took Jiangxia to avenge Sun Ce. If it is false, Gao Fei must be up to something...
In the past two days in the Dabie Mountains, Sun Jian became more awake and thought about many things. He still did not think that his son Sun Ce was dead. If he was really dead, why was there no news about Lu Su and Zhou Tai?
Therefore, the only possibility is Gao Fei's plan to use Sun Ce's death to anger himself and let him send troops to attack Chu.
He also thought about why Gao Fei did this. Considering the brotherhood between him and Gao Fei, doing so was undoubtedly shooting himself in the foot. Once he knew that Sun Ce's death was not real, he would definitely resent Gao Fei.
After two days of repeated thinking, Sun Jian finally got an answer, that is, Gao Fei was struggling to be independent in the Central Plains and prayed for his help, but he was worried that the officials of the Wu State were used to a peaceful life, and he could not resist the persuasion of the officials.
He was unwilling to send troops, so he came up with this strategy.
What's more, attacking the Chu State at this time would be beneficial without any harm. It was indeed of great benefit to him. Otherwise, on that day in King Wu's palace, he always had an overall view of the situation and was very good at judging the situation.
Why did military advisor Zhang Hong say nothing?
"It must be like this... It seems that Ziyu is well aware of the criticisms of the officials of Wu State, so he came up with this well-intentioned way to anger me so that I can send troops to attack Chu State. Then, Bo Fu and the others should still be alive and well.
, should be on the way back to Wu State, or still in the Yan Army’s camp..."
The light army traveled far away, taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared. Zhang Hong secretly proposed the strategy of attacking Jiangxia County. After hearing this, Sun Jian immediately agreed and decided to personally lead his elite troops to attack Jiangxia County.
At that time, Sun Jian and others finally climbed over the mountain with great difficulty, and what lay in front of them was a vast plain. At this time, they were exhausted from the rapid march, so Sun Jian asked everyone to stop and rest.
A cold wind blew across the field, and the forest was completely dark. There was no sound of leaves touching, nor the half-bright light of summer nights. Tall branches danced ferociously, and withered dwarf trees were scattered in the forest.
The ground rustled on the edge and grew up
The weeds squirmed and swam like eels in the cold wind. The wild grasses flexed and fluttered, as if they stretched out their long arms and opened their claws to grab people. The clumps of hay moved quickly in the wind, as if a disaster was about to come, and they fled in a hurry.
Running around, there are desolate open spaces in all directions.
Seeing such a scene, Sun Jian felt a sense of sadness in his heart for some reason. He sat under a big tree and wiped the ancient ingot knife with great care. Ever since he followed Gao Fei's advice and occupied Jiangdong,
, several years later, he never used this knife again.
The ancient ingot sword shone with cold light, and in such a dark night, the blade looked particularly dazzling.
Dabie Mountain is located in eastern China, at the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces. It stretches about 380 kilometers from east to west and is about 175 kilometers wide from north to south. It is the watershed of the two major river systems of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. In this era, this area was still a virgin forest, surrounded by mountains
There are not many people living here, so no one knew about the arrival of Sun Jian and others.
It is said that in the prehistoric era, heaven and earth were integrated into one, and billions of living beings were squeezed between the dim sky and earth. Later, a mountain rose up and held up the sky with its backbone. From then on, there was a distinction between heaven and earth.
All living things can also gain light. Because this mountain separates heaven and earth, day and night, making heaven and earth different, it was named Dabie Mountain.
Three days have passed since Sun Jian advanced northward from Xunyang to the Dabie Mountains. During these three days, the soldiers he led were walking rapidly every day. The young men of Ce Yu's army were all strong and had great endurance.
It was very good. I followed Sun Jian all the way down. No one complained about being tired on the way, and no one fell behind.
He put the ancient ingot sword back into its scabbard and looked around at the three thousand young men. He felt that the people Sun Ce personally selected had indeed good foundations, and this group of young men would definitely become the cornerstone of Wu's army in the future.
After resting for almost half an hour, Sun Jian stood up and shouted loudly: "My sons in Jiangdong, if we walk another fifty miles, we will reach our destination. If you suffer any more, please work harder. We must do it at dawn."
Rush to Xiling City to catch the Chu army off guard and avenge your general."
"Revenge! Revenge!" Ling Cao, Chen Wu and others stood up one after another, raised their arms and shouted, and the crowd was excited.
It is precisely because of this resentment and the extremely strong hatred in their hearts that the soldiers of Ce Yu's army arrived here so quickly. In their hearts, Sun Ce's status is irreplaceable and he has become their brother, even
Closer than brothers. Revenge for Sun Ce has become the only goal in their hearts.
When Sun Jian saw this situation, he was extremely pleased. He felt Sun Ce's status in their hearts. In the past, he always thought that his son was not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Wu army, but now he saw it from these three thousand young men.
In the shadow of Sun Ce, he was thinking that once Jiangxia was conquered and Sun Ce returned to the country, he would immediately appoint Sun Ce as the crown prince, and formally ennoble Sun Ce as the Grand Governor, the Military Governor of Wu State, and the Counselor of all government affairs.
"Let's go!" Sun Jian turned around, with two gleams of light in his eyes, looking at the land of Chu in front of him, he shouted loudly.
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Jingzhou, Jiangxia County, Xiling City.
The soldier who had been standing on the city wall all night stretched and saw with hazy eyes the white fish belly exposed in the east. He yawned, turned around and walked down the city tower, preparing for the handover.
After a while, the soldiers of the Chu army on the city wall all came down from the tower, but before the patrol soldiers who took over the shift had time to come up, they saw many soldiers of the Wu army running out of the woods outside the city. They were all dusty and held hands in one hand.
Wearing leather shields and holding swords in one hand, there were hundreds of people carrying bows and arrows on their backs, and they quickly rushed towards the city wall.
At this time, a Chu army soldier showed his head from the city wall. As soon as he climbed onto the city wall, he saw a large number of Wu army soldiers pouring under the city. As soon as he opened his mouth and was about to shout loudly, a sharp arrow hit him directly.
It hit him in the mouth, and with one arrow he fell to the ground and fell backward.
Seeing this, other soldiers of the Chu army hurriedly came to find out what was going on. When they saw the Wu army falling from the sky, they were immediately panicked and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell hanging on the tower.
"Bang...bang...bang..."
As soon as the alarm bell rang, everyone who was sleeping in Xiling City was awakened immediately. The sudden alarm bell was very surprising.
Tian Yu jumped down from the bed. He didn't have time to put on his armor, so he walked out with a long sword in hand and asked loudly: "What happened?"
A soldier guarding the gate rushed to Tian Yu's side in a panic and shouted hurriedly: "Report to the prefect, the Wu army is attacking..."
"Wu Jun? How is it possible? Shouldn't Wu Jun be in Xunyang, hundreds of miles away?" Tian Yu never imagined that he and Hu Xi had just made a plan to attack the enemy in Lu County and E County last night, but they had not yet had time to implement it.
, the Wu army had already reached Xiling City.
"It's absolutely true! Captain Chen has already gone to the city gate. Please come to the city gate quickly to supervise the battle."
Tian Yu walked away without saying a word. As he walked, he shouted to the soldiers: "Go quickly and order all the soldiers and horses in the city to defend strictly. There must be no mistakes. Xiling City must not be lost!"