At the end of dusk, it is not yet the time for people to settle down. In the hot summer, mosquitoes are lingering on the grass and trees, buzzing in the ears, making people uneasy.
In the woods near the hill to the north, among the dark weeds, heads kept popping up to peek at the hill next to them, first one or two, then three or four, and then hundreds or even thousands.
Sun Jian had long observed that this was the commanding heights of the entire Yuan camp. From here, he could not only see his camp in the distance, but also attack the Yuan army that was close at hand.
It is not that there are no hidden sentries of Yuan Jun in the forest. There are sentries and guards everywhere, including near Yuan Jun's camp. So almost as soon as Huang Gai sneaked into the forest, the secret sentry issued a warning. From the watchtower on the hill, three bows and arrows were fired.
The hand also struck the gong at the same time.
"Dong dong dong dong dong!"
The roaring sound of gongs and drums shook the sky, and the entire Yuan Jun camp seemed to be awakened. With a long roar, Yuan Jun, who had been traveling a long distance and was highly nervous, almost collapsed. Camp roars actually occurred in some places, and the sound lasted for several miles.
There was chaos everywhere in the camp.
Huang Gai led two thousand men out of the forest and occupied the small hill to the north in an instant. Sun Jian's main force and Sun Ce's troops formed several square formations, holding countless torches, and looked like a sea under the moonlight.
The mighty sea of fire attacked Yuan Jun.
"Why are you all dying here? Why don't you go to each camp to appease the soldiers?"
Yuan Shu heard the sound of gongs and drums and the chaos and shouts from all the surrounding camps. Then he saw that all the middle and high-ranking officers were gathered here without organizing soldiers in his own camp. He was furious and faced many generals.
He said angrily: "Get out!"
These generals all heard the commotion and came to see the situation. Now seeing Yuan Shu being furious, they all hurriedly returned to their camps in despair. Some immediately calmed down the chaos when the camp roared, while others immediately organized soldiers and prepared to deal with it seriously.
After waiting, some others rectified their troops and horses, and then sat down to watch the situation.
But just when they were still in chaos and the turmoil had not calmed down in a short period of time, Sun Jian and Sun Ce's army had already approached. The generals of the Yuan Army on the periphery immediately organized soldiers to go out for defense, with rustling sounds and constant shouting.
There was an endless stream, and then a large number of Yuan Jun soldiers rushed out of the camp and quickly fought with Sun Jian's army.
But fighting in the dark night was chaotic. Even though there were torches everywhere near the camp, the summer moonlight was like silver water falling on the ground, and the visibility was not bad. However, Yuan Jun was in a state of high tension and exhaustion after all. In addition, Sun Jian and Sun Ce's father and son
Fighting bravely, he quickly dispersed Yuan's army who had come out to meet the enemy, and approached the outskirts of Yuan's army.
"ignition!"
Sun Jian raised the ancient ingot sword in his hand and shouted loudly on his horse.
The soldiers got out of the way, and a large number of carts carrying baggage were pushed out from the rear. They were filled with straw and branches. The soldiers holding torches ignited the straw in the cart. In such a dry weather, it was just right.
Set a big fire.
"push!"
Following the order, the soldiers pushed the already burning cart towards the fence outside Yuan Jun's camp at high speed. After hitting the fence, the soldiers pushing the cart turned around and ran away. The rumbling fire suddenly burst into flames.
The entire fence was ignited. In the summer wind, the fire spread quickly, and the camp near the fence was the first to catch fire.
In ancient times, there was no gasoline or remote ignition device. Vehicles were usually loaded with ignition materials and pushed over. Although rockets have been invented, they cost too much. An arrow requires money, from the arrowhead to the grease, and requires a lot of fuel.
As for the Rockets, they are really burning money, and Sun Jian is not rich enough to do so.
So it was enough to use a train while Yuan Jun was extremely tired and confused. However, the purpose of the fence was to serve as an obstacle, and Yuan Shu was not stupid enough to imitate Bo and form a camp, so the fire only spread to
The tents inside the camp were not damaged outside the camp.
The soaring fire brought some confusion. Yuan Shu reacted quickly and immediately ordered the soldiers to evacuate to the camp behind. At the same time, he sent people to cut off the fences on both sides of the fire to prevent the fire from spreading to other camps.
The generals quickly organized the soldiers, and Yuan Shu personally commanded the troops in front to deal with it calmly. After all, he was a man who could win over so many people. Unless he encountered a master like Cao Cao who was good at conquering and fighting, even Liu Biao could only rely on the turtle.
The shell-like Jingzhou came to resist Yuan Shu, which shows that he still has some abilities.
The soldiers of Yuan's army gradually stabilized from the initial chaos, but the soldiers did not dare to order rash actions. All generals ordered their own troops to stay in their respective camps.
No one knows what's going on outside right now, so there's nothing wrong with being careful.
After about a quarter of an hour of chaos, the Yuan Army camp finally returned to order. Yuan Shu himself led his troops out of the camp gate in front and confronted Sun Jian and Sun Ce's army from a distance. Since the simple camp only had a fence on the front, the left and right sides were separated from each other.
There was no cover in the direction of the river behind, so Yuan Shu could easily lead the army out from the right.
On the right side of Yuan Shufang is the south of the camp. A large group of people came slowly from the direction of Pingyu. Zhao Yun led his eight thousand troops to attack. He and Sun Jian also traveled a long distance, but Ruyang was close to Pingyu after all.
Some of them arrived seven or eight miles outside Shenting as early as yesterday. They not only rested for the night, but also sent people to survey the terrain. At least they rested for a while and were not so tired.
Therefore, compared to the exhausted Yuan Shu's army, Sun Jian and Zhao Yun barely gained ground. As a veteran general in the army, Sun Jian designed a strategy to weaken the enemy. He set fire to the outer camps of Yuan's army tonight. Amidst the fire that reached the sky, the two sides were facing each other faintly.
As time passed, the flames continued to burn, and the generals at the rear were organizing to put out the fire.
In the front line, next to it was blazing flames, dyeing half of the sky red. In the distance, about a mile away, was Sun Jian's formation of a sea of arms. The two sides were at war with each other, as if they would fight at any time. The flames and midsummer made everyone
Yuan Jun's soldiers were unbearably hot, and beads of sweat fell from their foreheads like rain.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The atmosphere seemed to have frozen at this time, murderous intent was permeating the air, and no one on either side was the first to order an attack. I don’t know how long it took, when the distant nighthawk echoed for the third time.
In the forest, when arrows rained down from the hills to the north, Huang Gai was the first to fight with the enemy in the north.
With Sun Jianjun's thunderous golden sound, the tranquility was broken at this moment, the tense atmosphere also evaporated, and the monstrous flames receded like waves of fire.
"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"
Huang Gai, who was harassing him from the flank, finally heard Ming Jin's voice. While he raised his sword to kill an enemy, he immediately called to the soldiers fighting around him to start leaving the battle according to the original plan.
They fought and retreated, and soon retreated into the forest where they came from. The forest was dense, deep and quiet, and no one dared to chase them in. They could only watch.
Fighting with Huang Gai was Yuan Yin's tribe who was camped in the north. They fought bravely, and both sides suffered hundreds of casualties. When they saw the enemy fleeing into the forest, one of Yuan Yin's army commanders said: "General, why don't you start a fire now and burn this forest?"
Light them up and burn them to death."
Sun Jian set the fire on the front fence, and the forest was to the north, about a mile away, about four to five hundred meters away. Because the fence in the middle was demolished, and there was a small hill separating the forest from the camp.
opened, so the fire did not spread to the woodland here.
But when Yuan Yin heard this suggestion, he almost lost his temper and said angrily: "Are you wishing that we were not burned to death by Sun Jian? The north wind is blowing at this time. If the wind comes from the north and ignites the fire, it will inevitably burn it.
That hill is on fire, our camp is at the bottom of the hill, and it will soon burn to our camp."
As Yuan Shu's disciple, Yuan Yin was at least well-educated and more knowledgeable than the lower-class soldiers. If he really followed what the simple-minded Army Sima said, who only knew how to go into battle to kill the enemy, he would light a fire in the forest and follow the daily blowing north wind in summer.
Looking at the wind, I was afraid that the enemy would be burned to death first.
In fact, it is not that Sun Jian has not considered lighting this forest when the north wind blows, but Yuan Shu still arranged the camp very carefully. Only Yuan Yin's men and horses were in the north, and the other camps were separated. Even if the fire was lit, it would not be possible.
At most, Yuan Yinbu was burned.
Therefore, in order to achieve greater results, he chose to burn Yuan Shu's outer fences first, allowing his outer fortifications to be destroyed. While waiting for the decisive battle, Yuan Shu would not be able to continue to build more fortifications in a short period of time.
Come and stick to it.
Yuan Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Sun Jian's army holding a large number of torches retreating.
He didn't want to fight this battle because his soldiers had been running around for several days and were very tired. In addition, the fire and the sudden attack had shocked the army and weakened it a lot, so Yuan Shu needed it even more.
Time to rest.
Sun Jian also knew about his situation, so he planned to attack at night, because Sun Jian knew that if he delayed, his chances of winning would become smaller and smaller.
It was just that Yuan Shu personally led the army out and tens of thousands of troops lined up, but it still made Sun Jian a little afraid. Finally, after hesitating for a long time, he ordered the withdrawal of troops and returned to his camp.
Soon the tents were erected one by one, and it was already time for the men to withdraw. After withdrawing the troops, Sun Jian hurriedly ordered the soldiers to rest and wait for the next battle.
Over there, Zhao Yun also received Sun Jian's signal to withdraw his troops, and at the same time he also withdrew his troops and headed south, about seven or eight miles away from Yuan Shu's camp, where he set up camp and rested on the spot.
The next morning, when the thundering gongs and drums sounded, all the soldiers in Sun Jian's army woke up and got up to prepare for battle.
On the distant horizon, Yuan Shu took the lead in organizing the formation. Rows of soldiers came out from the ruins burned last night, formed a neat square formation, and then launched a charge towards Sun Jian's camp with gongs and drums shaking the sky.
The first to come were a large number of cavalry on war horses. As the hinterland of the Central Plains, Runan, Huaiyang, Jingnan and other places that Yuan Shu occupied did not produce horses, so these more than a thousand cavalry were Yuan Shu's limit.
These cavalrymen shouted and came and went like the wind on the plains of eastern Henan. Almost before Sun Jianjun could react and the archers were not ready, the cavalrymen held torches lit with fish paste and charged forward.
When they arrived at the outer cart area, they threw out the torches in their hands.
Yesterday, Sun Jian used fire to break through the outer barrier of Yuan Shu, which inspired Yuan Shu. Since you burned my fence and wall, I will also burn your outer barrier. If you want to rely on the barrier for defense, no one will give it.
This is an opportunity for the two armies to face off with real swords and guns.
At this time, Sun Jian and his son Sun Ce were having breakfast together. They were talking. Who knew that as soon as they started talking, they heard the shocking sound of gongs and drums outside. Sun Jian, who was holding the soup bowl, was also in a trance for a moment - he did not expect Yuan Shu's army.
After exhausting the enemy last night, he actually dared to take the initiative today.
He had previously thought that Yuan Shu would have to rest for at least two days, and only dare to come out for a formal decisive battle after stabilizing the morale of the army and restoring the physical strength of the soldiers. It seemed that Pingyu was in danger, and Yuan Shu had to deal with himself as soon as possible before going to save Pingyu.
If Yuan Jun was not fully confident yesterday because he was tired, he had a day of rest today and finally felt a little energetic.
Yuan Shu rode on his horse and looked coldly at the fire in Sun Jian's camp in the distance.
Sun Jian didn't dare to fight yesterday because he only had so many people, and his main purpose was to slow down Yuan Shu. There was no need to risk all his family fortune. But if Yuan Shu didn't fight, then he would be in trouble in Pingyu.
His family fortune will be completely destroyed, so we must fight today, and we must defeat Sun Jian in one battle.
"Father, Yuan Shu has attacked."
Sun Ce put down the rice bowl in his hand, stood up from the ground and said, "I will go to my camp to gather the soldiers and prepare for the decisive battle."
"Wait a moment."
Sun Jian took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and turned to Sun Ce and said: "Bo Fu, you must not be reckless in this battle. After returning to the camp to gather the soldiers, serve as a flank and wait for my military order before attacking."
He was afraid that Sun Ce would just meet him directly like last time. Although he won the battle last time, Sun Jian had been marching and fighting for many years. He already knew that he could not go very far by relying on recklessness, so compared to the early days, he only knew one end.
Sun Jian gradually learned to be smart about the strategy of charging into the enemy's arms.
Sun Ce also understood the importance of this battle to his father. He looked serious and said seriously, "I understand, father."
After Sun Ce left, Sun Jian walked out of the tent alone. In the distance, he heard the sound of horses hooves rolling down the ground in the direction of the front camp, and the sounds of screaming and screaming were mixed together one after another. The war drums urging the battle were indistinguishable.
There is no adjustment for the node and the horn for assembly and deployment.
The front of the camp was soaring with fire, and in the blink of an eye there was also a fierce sound of killing in the west.
Sun Jian's heart suddenly tightened. His army was divided into three parts: the front camp, the middle camp, and the back camp. There were large obstacles around the front camp. Yuan Shu lit the carriages, and now it was a sea of fire. On both sides of the sea of fire, east and west
Facing Sun Ce's army, they have not yet engaged the enemy. On the north side, the front army led by Cheng Pu and Huang Gai has already engaged the enemy.
There was no chaos in the camp. The soldiers began to assemble in a well-trained manner under the command of officers at all levels. A messenger from the front camp soon came to inform Sun Jian of the situation. Yuan Shu's front army launched an attack from the right wing, that is, from the north.
In response to the fierce attack, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai used the unlit carriage barrier to block the attack with difficulty.
At this time, Han Dang and Zumao's men in the rear camp were already fully dressed, with armor, weapons and leggings. They came to the central army and found Sun Jian. As soon as they saw Han Dang, they immediately said: "Ming Gong, Yuan Shu's army has entered the army. What should we do now?"
What to do? Is it to use the camp to defend?"
Sun Jian said in a deep voice: "De Mou and Gong Fu have already started fighting with Yuan Shu's former army. Send the order, and all armies should gather their troops and check their equipment! Wait for orders!"
"Wei!" Han Dangzu Mao led the order and went.
Of course, setting up camp does not mean that all the troops huddle together and set up tents to sleep. There are some mountains on the left and right sides of the place Sun Jian chose, as well as some steep slopes and highlands. Many camps are scattered together. Although no fortifications are built, they are used to transport baggage.
The vehicle built some suggested obstacle nets, but at this time they were set on fire by Yuan Shu.
The raging flames were still burning, and some tents in the front camp were burned because of the obstacle net close to the front. However, it was not a big problem. Cheng Pu and Huang Gai led the front army to fight out of the camp early and fought with Yuan Shu's front army.
, the focus of the battle between the two sides was the entanglement near the unburned obstacle network, hilly steep slopes, and small highlands.
After a while, shouts of killing were also heard from the south. Yuan Shu sent people to attack from Sun Jian's left wing. This was Sun Ce's camp. There was a high point on the hillside outside the camp. Sun Ce arranged hundreds of archers on it, and arrows rained down continuously.
Whereabouts, around this place, the two sides started a fierce battle.
At the same time, Yuan Jun's mighty army began to besiege from all directions, and the Chinese army soon encountered the enemy. Han Dangzu Mao led the rear army to rush for reinforcements.
But not long after, the back camp was also attacked. There were many civilians here who were responsible for transporting baggage, and most of them had never been on the battlefield. The news of the camp’s destruction immediately caused the camp to explode. Some people hid in the tents when they saw them, and some people knelt on the ground.
Weeping and screaming, some people were running around like headless chickens, some were following others and running aimlessly, and some were running in circles as if they were looking for something to take advantage of.
Sun Jian led his troops into battle in person, but as soon as he left his center camp, he ran into Zhang Xun's army coming from the right wing. The two sides almost collided together like two torrents, and an explosion broke out on the plain.
In the fierce exchange of bombardments, Yuan Shu's superiority in troops and horses was fully demonstrated at this moment. Sun Jian's army had a large number of enemies on every side, and was in a bitter battle everywhere.
However, compared to Sun Jian's main camp, which was in a bitter battle, Sun Ce's troops outside the camp were much more relaxed. He stood on the hillside and looked around, and saw the enemy scurrying around under the rain of arrows. What he saw was a stick written
The military flag with the word "Liu" on it was Yuan Shu's general Liu Xun, who led eight thousand men to attack Sun Ce, but was helpless by the hillside.
"there!"
Sun Ce was riding on his horse, pointing the spear in his hand in the direction of the big flag, and said to the guards beside him: "Let the archers stop, and the others follow me, let's go over there and kill!"
"only!"
The sound of the guard battalion was as loud as thunder. With an order, the archers on the slope stopped shooting. Almost when the attacking enemy thought that there were no more bows and arrows on the opposite side, they were refreshed and could continue the attack. On the hillside in the distance
, a knight led dozens of cavalry around him, plus two to three thousand soldiers behind him, bravely rushed down the hillside and attacked them.
Horse hooves rolled across the meadow, splashing dust. Sun Ce pierced into Liu Xun's formation like a sharp spear, and then, as if disemboweling him, he thrust straight in the direction of Liu Xun's raised flag.
After all, Sun Ce did not wait for his father's order. In the end, he chose his own judgment and defeated the enemy in front of him.