Sun Ce stepped back from his horse and stabbed diagonally. He and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had been fighting for more than thirty rounds. Unexpectedly, the two opponents were quite powerful. They were at a disadvantage at first, but gradually regained their form and began to fight back fiercely.
Jiang Qin is second, his combat power is not high, probably around 80. But Zhou Tai is really good, quite powerful.
As the saying goes, one Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei, Huang Xu, Sun Tai and two Xiahou, two Zhangs, Xu Pang, Gan Zhou and Wei, Zhang Xiu and Wen Yan, the sharp spears, and Deng Ai and Jiang Wei at the end.
Although such jingles in later generations may not be reliable, for example, Zhang Xiu was ranked among the twenty-four generals of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty despite having no record against the enemy.
Although Yan Liang, Wen Chou died early, he was killed instantly by Guan Yu. However, he defeated Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and drew with Zhao Yun, but his ranking was behind Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Pang De, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Wei Yan and others.
However, Zhou Tai is indeed able to enter this ranking, because he once had the record of killing dozens of people with one person while accompanied by Sun Quan. At the same time, when he was seriously injured in the chaos, he saved him first.
Sun Quan, rescuing Xu Sheng, is comparable to the Soochow version of Dian Wei.
Sun Ce died too early in history. He died at the age of twenty-five. His force value had grown to 94 at most. He had not yet reached the peak period of a military commander in his 30s. It is now 198 AD and he is only twenty-three years old. His force value
It's even lower, around 92.
Therefore, it was not easy to face Zhou Tai, whose force value was also around 92. However, after all, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had been fighting for a long time, and their physical strength was gradually exhausted. At the beginning, they relied on their bravery to fight him to death, but after more than thirty rounds of fighting, their physical strength was reduced.
It has been greatly reduced, and I can only pant and swim around, looking for opportunities to take advantage of.
Ming Jin's voice from behind kept urging, but Sun Ce turned a deaf ear and stabbed him with his spear. Jiang Qin, being the weakest person, did not react and did not immediately raise his weapon to block. Seeing the Overlord Spear poking at his face, at the critical moment Zhou Taihu roared,
The broadsword struck Sun Ce's waist and abdomen from the side.
In desperation, Sun Ce switched from stabbing to hiding. When Kankan was about to stab Jiang Qin, he lowered himself to the horse's back, raised the gun bar with both hands, blocked Zhou Tai's next slash, and then used his iron waist to attack Jiang Qin.
He stood up and pushed hard, pushing Zhou Tai and his horse back several feet.
The young man's waist is indeed made of iron. It can bounce back like an arch bridge. The strength is frightening. The most important thing is that Sun Ce's series of reactions and adaptability are countless faster than ordinary people.
Times, it can be said to be extremely sensitive.
But Zhou Tai also thought that it was just because of lack of physical strength. In his heyday, he would not be afraid of this little overlord at all. But there was nothing he could do about it. He had already fought bloody battles for a long time. When he met Sun Ce, who was already very brave, it was indeed difficult to match him.
The three men fought fiercely together, and the three horses kept staggering back and forth. By the fiftieth round of the fight, Jiang Qin's already exhausted physical strength finally couldn't support it anymore. When he was blocking, Sun Ce shot him off his horse.
Without Jiang Qin's care, Zhou Tai, who was facing the enemy head-on, could not withstand it for long. Soon, Sun Ce found the opportunity and knocked down the sword in his hand, with the tip of the gun pointed at his throat.
"Tie them up!"
Sun Ce pointed the tip of his gun at Zhou Tai's throat, looking calm and calm on the surface, revealing a confident smile.
But in reality, he was not relaxed either. He was dripping with sweat. Even though he was facing two enemies whose physical strength had been exhausted, he did not expect that this man named Zhou Tai was so fierce. He was clearly exhausted, but he still fought bravely.
Kill him and almost make him overturn.
Fortunately, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin didn't have much physical strength. In addition, Sun Ce was young and strong, and his physical strength seemed to be endless. He relied on his abnormal physique to wear them down. Otherwise, if they continued to fight, the results would be different.
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"The major general is mighty, the major general is mighty!"
The soldiers roared wildly.
The bravery of Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son have long become the pillars of faith in the army.
It can be said that it is precisely because of the existence of their father and son that the Yuzhou Army is so fierce and unafraid of death. Even when facing Yuan's army, which is many times more numerous than themselves, they often risk their lives and fight to defeat Yuan's army.
An army depends on its quality, not on its numbers. An army of hundreds of thousands looks intimidating, but once it is defeated, it is often like the earth collapsing, and the army is defeated in an instant like a mountain.
Therefore, whenever there is a war, Sun Ce must take the lead and set an example.
This style of play has advantages and disadvantages.
Taking the lead can make him loved by the soldiers, and the soldiers are willing to follow him to charge into battle.
But once he died in the rebel army, the blow to morale would be far greater than that of any army, because the soldiers could not believe that the brave major general would die. Just like after Xiang Yu was defeated, the army collapsed instantly.
But at least for now, among the princes in the south, except for Lu Bu, no one can pose a close threat to Sun Ce. Therefore, it is easy to fight Yuan Shu and kill the enemy in battle.
After capturing Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, Sun Ce immediately led his troops back to the army. Zhou Yu almost broke the gong on the slope not far away. If he didn't go back, he would be nagging him again.
In fact, the reason why Zhou Yu asked for gold to withdraw his troops was because the scouts he sent came back to report that Yuan Shu had sent reinforcements.
Although the morale of the soldiers was high and they were not afraid of the Yuan army's attack, they had already exhausted a lot of their physical strength and the formation was broken up. It was too late to make temporary adjustments, so the troops had to withdraw immediately.
Soon, Sun Ce's army retreated like the tide.
When Yuan Shu heard the news of the defeat of the front army and immediately sent troops for reinforcements, Sun Ce had already escorted the prisoners away.
The fighting only lasted for less than an hour. Among the 30,000 people in the army, more than 20,000 did not even touch the enemy's face. They turned around and fled because Zhang Xun's central army was defeated by Sun Ce.
This kind of morale and combat effectiveness can't even be counted as a mob. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army was stronger than Yuan Shu's subordinates.
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Starting from the year before last, the magistrates and guards sent by Yuan Shu to Xiang County were all killed by Sun Ce. The city had long been in dilapidated condition. The walls were covered with mottled battle scars. Many places had collapsed, and no one lived in the city.
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On the old streets and at the foot of the city wall, countless Yuan Jun soldiers were lying or sitting lazily. There were many soldiers patrolling inside and outside the city, but there was almost no formation.
Yuan Shu's army numbered 40,000, plus more than 20,000 former troops who had fled back. There were temporary camps of Yuan's army stationed everywhere outside the city, creating a scene of chaos.
In Xiangxian County Government House, Yuan Shu walked up and down the hall, looking anxious and restless, and asked several times if there was a letter from Lu Bu.
"Ming Gong, at this critical moment of life and death, please don't mess up your position."
Seeing Yuan Shu wandering around the hall like a headless fly, the chief registrar Yan Xiang quickly persuaded him.
Yuan Shu said angrily: "What is Lu Bu doing? We agreed to meet at Guyang and attack Runan together. But my men arrived first and were ambushed by Sun Ce. None of his men have shown up yet. Could this thief be there?"
Are you trying to hurt me on purpose?"
"Ming Gong, please calm down."
Han Yin, who facilitated the marriage between Yuan and Lu, was afraid that Yuan Shu would blame him, so he quickly said: "General Lu has even sent his own daughter to Huainan to marry us. How could he break his promise? I'm afraid there will be an accident along the way. Ming Gong will still come again."
etc."
"hateful!"
Yuan Shu walked up to Han Yin, lifted up his desk and smashed it against the wall.
There was a bang and sawdust flew everywhere.
Han Yin was so frightened that he trembled and did not dare to speak.
At this time, Ji Ling walked in with a dusty face and said: "Ming Gong, the scattered soldiers have been gathered up. Zhang Xun and others are kneeling outside the hall. Do you want to be summoned?"
He was sent by Yuan Shu to rush for reinforcements. As soon as they arrived, Sun Ce's army had already retreated. At that time, the wilderness was full of scattered defeats. He had no time to catch up, so he could only help Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others gather the soldiers and retreat to Xiang County.
"snort!"
Yuan Shu gasped, snorted coldly, walked back to the main seat and sat down: "Let them kneel."
"Forehead....."
Ji Ling stepped aside and said nothing.
No one around me dared to persuade him.
Now Yuan Shu is very angry, and no one can persuade him.
In other words, Zhang Xun was Yuan Shu's trusted general, and his status was still higher than Ji Ling. Otherwise, if it had been anyone else, he would have had his head chopped off long ago.
After a while, Yuan Shu's anger finally subsided. He looked at Ji Ling, thought for a while and said: "Fu Yi, you first go out of the city to settle the soldiers, prepare to make fire and make food, and then send a group of people to Guyang. I want to
Ask him what Lu Bu is doing!"
"only!"
Ji Ling took the order and left.
What is Lu Bu doing now?
He is fighting with Cao Cao.
To put it bluntly, Lu Bu is actually not that big-minded and wants to dominate the world.
With his intelligence of 30, it is really difficult to come up with the strategy of dividing the world into two parts and occupying Huainan first and then Yuzhou.
But Lu Bu knew very well that if Cao Cao was not eliminated, his life in Huaibei would definitely not be easy.
Therefore, facing Cao Cao, an old enemy, he must fight to the death with Cao Cao, regardless of his past grudges or the tasks assigned to him by the court.
Now Wei Jian has paved the way for him to join the imperial court. When the imperial court unites the world in the future, he, as one of the first princes to surrender to the imperial court, will definitely take the greatest credit.
And his duty is to restrict the development of other princes such as Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and so on, so as to clear the obstacles for the imperial court to unify the world in the future.
Wei Ji had already told him about this, and Lu Bu knew very well that he was just a tool of the imperial court.
However, although he is a tool man, Lu Bu does not have the desire to dominate the world, nor does he have a smart mind.
He just wants to be content with the status quo, even if he is a tool, it doesn't matter, as long as he can ensure his personal prosperity and wealth, everything is easy.
Therefore, Lu Bu accepted the mission of the court with peace of mind. No matter what the court asked him to do, he would agree to it.
But he never imagined that the mastermind behind everything was Chen Mu, one of his most hated enemies.
If he had known the truth, he would have been furious and killed Wei Jian long ago.
But there are only three insiders, so he will never know the truth.
The sky is gradually getting darker.
A fierce battle was taking place at Zhengting, about thirty miles northwest of Guyang County, later known as Lingbi County.
Lu Bu's army headed south toward Guyang County, preparing to join Yuan's army at Guyang to attack Sun Ce.
However, they did not expect that they were ambushed by Cao Cao's army here. Fortunately, Lu Bu was also a brave man and he immediately organized his troops and formed a formation on the spot to fight Cao Cao to the death.
The terrain here is not an easy place for an ambush. It is very open on all sides. There are no mountains, rivers or forests. There is only a wilderness and some high and low soil slopes. There are quite a few fields and small rivers, but it is not a dangerous place.
So Cao Cao was lying in ambush behind some slopes. When Lu Bu's army was walking south from the official road, he suddenly shot out from the slopes on both sides. Arrows fell like raindrops, catching Lu Bu's army by surprise.
Generally speaking, if you are attacking a certain place, or going to support a certain place, during the march, you will often wait in front to explore the road to see if there are any enemy troops ambushing you.
But Lu Bu was not going to attack a certain place, but to join Yuan Shu's army, so he never thought that the enemy would know about his march.
What's more, it's a long-distance march, with a radius of dozens or hundreds of kilometers. Even if all the scouts are sent out, it's impossible to search them all.
Therefore, Lu Bu never thought that the enemy would ambush him on such a plain.
The fighting lasted from afternoon until dark in the evening.
Both sides lost more than a thousand men and horses each. After Lu Bu repelled Cao Jun's attacks several times and captured a commanding hilltop occupied by Cao Jun, Cao Jun's archers were forced to retreat.
Without this commanding height, it would be difficult for Cao Cao's army to suppress Lu's army from the front, so Cao Cao could only send out most of his troops.
Cao Cao had more troops than Lu Bu and had good tactics, adopting a three-sided flanking posture.
On the two hillsides on the left and right, high oars and archers were used to carry out long-range attacks on Lu Bu's army at the foot of Guandao slope. Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and others led their troops in a frontal attack, trying to defeat Lu Bu's middle army.
However, Lu Bu personally led the attack, while Zhang Yang, Wei Jian and others at the rear arranged for archers to go up to the commanding heights on the slope they occupied in the front to fight back.
When the archers of Cao's army were shot by the archers of Lu Bu's army, Cao's army was naturally unable to maintain its previous suppression, so Lu Bu led his army to charge all the way from the front.
How strong is Lu Bu's fighting ability?
When the troops of Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan came into direct contact with him, he quickly defeated them.
Then Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Li Dian Lejin and others could not take more than ten moves under his hands. The two Xiahou could barely hold on, but facing the ceiling of the late Han Dynasty in terms of force, with thirty moves at most, they were powerless.
Seeing that the army in front was smashed to pieces by more than a thousand elite troops led by Lu Bu, Cao Cao had no choice but to withdraw his troops and let the troops in front withdraw.
In the early days, Lu Bu did inflict great damage and blow to Cao Cao, which was inseparable from Lu Bu's tyranny. But it is undeniable that no matter how brave Lu Bu is, he cannot really defeat ten thousand with one person, so in the face of Cao Cao's organized attack
As for the retreat, he could only watch and could not continue the pursuit.
The main reason is that although this place is not a dangerous place, there are some mounds on both sides of the road. These mounds are only two feet high, and the highest point is only a little over four feet. However, Cao Jun occupied these mounds and had a condescending position.
The advantages.
If he hadn't fought so hard to grab the highest slope in the front, he might not have had a chance to confront Cao's army, and would have been shot into a hornet's nest by the enemy's archers.
No matter what, although Cao Jun had been defeated by him, no one knew whether there was an ambush ahead, so Lu Bu did not dare to continue the attack. Instead, he chose to retreat, found a relatively safe place to camp, and then sent people there.