From the time Sun Ce's army began to settle in Gaoqian Pavilion in the afternoon, the mountains and plains, forests, fields, villages, streams, and mountains were all densely packed with people.
The terrain here is not particularly complex, but there are some places that can be relied upon for defense.
Such as streams, ditches in fields, terrain slopes in villages, etc.
The function of the pavilion in the Han Dynasty can be regarded as a town. The name of the village at that time was Ju. Generally, there were several villages under the pavilion. Chen Mu occupied several villages to the north of Gaoqian Pavilion, and Sun Ce occupied several villages to the south.
There is a plain area in the middle, with grassland, fields and hills. It was originally the farmland and cattle and sheep grazing areas of several nearby villages. At this time, it has become the front line of both sides.
The scouts and scouts on both sides were already in action. Teams of cavalry galloped across the plain. After meeting, they drew their weapons.
Immediately after giving the order, the sound of rolling horse hooves surged, and the two sides were fighting together in an instant.
War between scouts like this is often the prelude to a large-scale war, because both sides need to send out scouts to gather information. When scouts meet, it will naturally be a life-and-death fight.
However, in small-scale fighting, the imperial army's scout horses clearly have the upper hand. This has nothing to do with the quality and morale of the soldiers. Those who can be selected as scouts are often the best among the best, and their courage and force are not far behind.
Mainly because the scouts of the imperial court are equipped with hand crossbows newly developed by the Military Industry Institute under the School of Physics. This hand crossbow is smaller in size and equipped with a repeating crossbow box that can quickly shoot three crossbow arrows.
As soon as the two sides got closer, the imperial scouts began to show no respect for martial arts. At a distance of about ten feet, they suddenly took out their hand crossbows and fired a round of crossbow arrows. They first killed most of the Sun Cejun scouts who were rushing towards them, gaining a numerical advantage, and then fired another round.
Is there any point in charging and being invincible?
Under this situation, the number of Sun Ce's scouts on the periphery dropped sharply, and the scope for their investigation also gradually shrank. At the earliest, they had even arrived near the front camp camp arranged by Chen Mu, but now almost all of them have withdrawn.
They occupied the central area of both sides and wandered around the periphery of their own camp.
Sun Ce's layout in Gaoqian Pavilion is not bad. It is not a chaotic swarm of bees all gathered together. Instead, relying on the terrain of several surrounding villages, the focus of defense is placed at the foot of Shaoshan Mountain on the right, the plain area in the middle, and nearby
around the village.
At the forefront is Jiang Qin's camp stationed in Shangliang camp. Sun Ce's main force is in Xialiang camp to the south of Shangliang camp. On the left and right sides are Cheng Puhan Dangzu Mao Huanggai's camp, and the rear is also located in Xialiang camp.
Zhu Zhi's rear army served as a guard.
With the troops of Jiang Qin and Sun Ce protruding from the front, the four veteran Jiangdong generals protecting the two wings, and Zhu Zhi at the rear of the troops taking on the bottom work, the overall layout tends to be an irregular diamond shape.
On the surface, the layout of the camp is quite satisfactory, and there is nothing surprising about it. However, the best thing is that it is quite satisfactory, and it is difficult to find obvious flaws in it.
This is the camp layout made by Zhou Yu and Lu Su, because they have seen the watchtower on Shao Mountain and know that their layout is under the eyes of others. Therefore, if you want to make a more peculiar layout to lure the enemy to the bait, it is impossible.
It's better to be more moderate.
At this moment, Sun Ce had already checked into Xia Liang Ying Ju. He set off in the morning and arrived at noon. The soldiers were making fire and cooking. Suddenly, a scout came to report: "General, the enemy vanguard has pressed over and is about to arrive at Shang Liang Ying Ju."
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"Um?"
Sun Ce asked: "Can you clearly see who is coming?"
The scout said: "The flag says Wu An."
"Wu Anguo?"
Sun Ce looked around and said with a smile: "It's just a pif, I'll get it!"
Zhou Yu on the side said hurriedly: "Bo Fu should be careful and don't fall into Chen Zigui's scheme. Let Gong Yi stay in the village first and explore the truth first."
Sun Ce wondered: "Gong Jin is overly worried. The scouts have seen the surrounding terrain. It is flat. Except for a mountain in the northeast and a forest at the foot of the mountain, it is basically farmland, villages and grassland. How many people have come?
You can see it at a glance.”
"That's what I said..."
Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that I always feel that Chen Zigui must have a trick."
"Bo Yan, what do you think?"
Sun Ce turned to look at Lu Yi: "Do you think Chen Zigui has a trick?"
Lu Yi thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "I can't see any tricks at the moment, but be careful. Taishan Academy is founded on the way of studying things, and it has developed many powerful instruments over the years. I am afraid that my master
You no longer care about tricks and tricks, and if you attack them head-on with fake things, we don’t know how powerful they are, and we will fall into the trap if we don’t do it right.”
"A fake horse will not be able to run a thousand miles, but it will be able to travel a thousand miles; a fake boat will not be able to use water, and it will stop the river."
Lu Su pondered and said: "Over the years, the Qingzhou Taishan Academy has become really powerful. The stone carts, bed crossbows, and fire arrows are all extraordinary, far beyond the previous weapons. We should really be careful."
Upon hearing this, Sun Ce turned to the scouts and asked, "Did you see any large equipment they carried?"
The scout replied: "No."
"That's okay."
Sun Ce stood up and said: "Since they dare to attack, I will make sure they never come back."
"I'll go with Bo Fu."
Zhou Yu was helpless.
Sun Ce should obviously be in charge of the center, but he has such a personality that once there is a battle, he will charge into battle without any regard for his own life.
But to a certain extent, it is precisely because of this that he is loved and followed by the soldiers.
After all, Sun Ce's troops were mainly recruited from Yuzhou.
When Sun Jian served as the shepherd of Yuzhou, Yuzhou briefly restored peace for a period of time, so after recuperating and recuperating, he had some foundation and was able to recruit troops.
Except for Sun Jian's thousands of soldiers from Jiangdong in Yuzhang, Danyang and other areas, most of the other soldiers were recruited during his time as a shepherd in Yuzhou.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So asking those soldiers to abandon their hometown and follow Sun Ce to conquer Jiangdong is a skill in itself.
The source of this ability lies in Sun Ce's own personal charm.
Who can refuse his general to be the first to lead the charge and fight side by side with the soldiers, regardless of his own safety?
Here Sun Ce was eager to try and led his bodyguard to the front line.
Lu Su started chatting with Lu Yi.
"Bo Yan, based on what you know about your master, will he confront us head-on?"
Lu Su said: "He should know that their numbers are not superior."
Lu Yi thought for a while and said: "Although it is not an advantage, it is definitely not a disadvantage. In return, the troops led by Shijun are the most elite Central Army in the imperial court, and their combat power cannot be underestimated."
"That's true."
Lu Su nodded and said: "You mean, Chen Zigui plans to fight us head-on in this battle?"
Lu Yi shook his head: "Master Jun's ideas are wild and wild. I don't know what choices he will make, but at least I can be sure that he will never fight an uncertain battle."
Lu Su thought deeply: "I have studied some battles commanded by Chen Zigui and found that he loves fire attacks. Do you think he wants to burn us?"
"The crisp autumn air makes it a good season to set fires."
Lu Yi smiled and said, "Brother Zijing, think about it, besides the forest at the foot of the mountain, are there any other good places to light a fire nearby?"
"Forehead......"
Lu Su was at a loss for words. After thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't find any place to set fire to.
As we all know, you and I are the heroes of the world, the two firebrands in Chibi, Yiling.
In addition to the Battle of Guandu, almost all of the three famous battles in the late Han Dynasty were won because of fire attacks.
It can be seen from this that arson is indeed an essential skill for killing people, stealing goods, and traveling at home.
But if you study deeply, you will find that the reason why fire attacks occurred in these three major battles is because of necessary factors.
In the Battle of Guandu, Xu You, the second and fifth son, led the way. After Cao Cao prepared the fish paste, five thousand cavalry passed through Yuan Shao's defense lines as if they were in no man's land, arrived at Wuchao, and set fire to it.
The battle of Chibi, the southeast wind blew, Huang Gai's false surrender, Cao Cao's iron chain ship, without any one of them, the fire in Chibi would not be able to burn.
The Battle of Yiling was much simpler. When Liu Bei attacked Soochow, he took the route along the Yangtze River, which was full of mountains, dense forests, and a very hot climate. In this case, the entire Yiling area became a powder keg.
, it will explode at one point.
And now?
Gaoqianting is located to the north of Fuli Town, Huaibei City in later generations. It is a vast plain area. There are forests, but it is far away. The trees near the village have long been cut down by the people. Where can I find wood for fire?
As for setting fire to the forest in Shaoshan, what does it have to do with them?
Both the imperial camp and Sun Ce camp are located to the west of Shaoshan. The closest ones are Huang Gai and Han Dang in Dongying. They are two miles away from the forest at the foot of Naben Mountain. Is it possible that the fire can fly over?
And even if you go into a village and light a fire, it is difficult to cause a large-scale fire.
The ancients were aware of fire prevention. When there were fewer people and more land, the houses of the common people in the villages were often built at a distance from each other and not close together. In addition, most houses were made of rammed earth and wood, rather than pure wood.
house.
This means that even if a fire breaks out in the village, at most one or two houses will be burned, and it is unlikely that the entire army will be burned down.
Therefore, the three fires of Chibi Yiling in Guandu are almost difficult to copy.
Therefore, after hearing Lu Yi's words, Lu Su could only say angrily: "What Boyan said is indeed reasonable. Even if Chen Zigui wants to attack with fire, it is impossible."
Lu Yi said: "Although I can't figure out Master Shijun's moves, it is always right to attack steadily. Now at least we have the advantage in terms of troops, and General Sun is also brave and brave. Even if Master Master has a strategy, he can just use it as he sees it.
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"Um."
Lu Su nodded: "It's true that we can only try to find ways to deal with them."
The two of them had no idea what tactics Chen Mu would use to deal with Sun Ce, be it fire attack, flood, night attack or some other new weapon?
They have thought about all this.
But at least judging from the current situation, these strategies do not meet the conditions for implementation.
But they would never think of it.
Chen Mu's real trump card against Sun Ce is not on the battlefield, but in the court.
Who would have thought that he would dare to release Sun Jian?
Just like after Ma Chao rebelled, Cao Cao did not kill Ma Teng's family, but sent Ma Teng to lead troops to attack Ma Chao.
I dare not even think about such a thing.
But it is precisely because of this that Chen Mu's unbridled ideas make it difficult for the world to understand.
Just when Lu Su, Lu Yi, Zhou Yu and others were still thinking hard about Chen Mu's strategy.
Sun Ce had already led his personal guards and arrived at the Shangliang camp.
It was in the afternoon, the autumn wind was bleak, the cold north wind was howling, and the woods on the hillsides of Shaoshan Mountain in the east were whistling, blowing down the few leaves on the trees in the mountains and forests, and accumulating thick layers of leaves on the ground.
A layer of fallen leaves.
On the northern horizon, in the endless plains, countless black spots appeared densely, gathering towards Shangliang Camp like a dark cloud, seeming to want to flatten the entire village.
There were not many people living in a village. The officers occupied the houses, and most of the soldiers set up tents on the flat ground near the village.
Since they had just arrived and the camp had not yet been built, Jiang Qin relied on a ditch surrounding the village as a line of defense. This ditch was introduced from the Jigou River, a tributary of the Sui River. The ditch was not wide, only three meters wide.
Four feet, about the same as a small stream.
After Sun Ce came over, he went to the front line to watch. When he saw that Jiang Qin didn't seem to be planning to fight, but wanted to use the outer ditch defense line to resist, he couldn't help but said angrily: "The enemy is already approaching, how can we be afraid and not move forward?"
Jiang Qin quickly explained: "General, it's not that I'm afraid. When we first came here, we sent out many scouts to investigate, but we didn't expect that their hand crossbows were very powerful and killed many of our scouts. Now we have no idea what's going on outside.
I don’t know, if they go out, I’m afraid there will be an ambush behind their front army.”
This explanation was very reasonable and dispelled Sun Ce's anger. He looked from a distance and said: "In that case, let's form a formation outside the camp for the time being. We are still far away from their camp, and there is such a large plain in the middle. Even if there are people coming,
It's impossible to hide even if you don't, let's get into formation first and then talk about it."
Although Jiang Qin felt that it was safer to defend the village, seeing that Sun Ce insisted on going out to fight, he had no choice but to say: "Wei!"
At that moment, Jiang Qin's troops, under orders, left the village one after another, crossed the creek, and formed formations outside.
In fact, it's not that Sun Ce is stupid and must fight outside.
But once the enemy attacks a village, there is a high probability that they will engage in village street fighting. They have just arrived and are not well prepared. Once street fighting begins, it will take a toll on the command ability of low-level officers and the morale of lower-level soldiers.
At this point, Sun Ce knew that he might not be able to defeat the imperial court, so he might as well defend himself from the enemy outside the village.
After about a quarter of an hour, under the urging of the officers, two thousand people from Jiang Qin's army first formed a square formation on the outside. The remaining two thousand people quickly gathered and formed a formation on the left and right wings.
The remaining one thousand people were ambushing archers and crossbowmen, hiding under a nearby low slope. Once a battle started, they would rush up to the low slope two to three feet high and shoot from a high position.
In the distance, Wu'an's army is also mighty, slowly approaching here.
And at the moment when everyone's eyes were focused on the imperial army's forward and Sun Ce's army's forward, they were about to meet.
At this time, near Shaoshan in the east, a small team of a thousand people was slowly approaching Huang Gaihan's headquarters.
Chen Mu sent ten thousand people to Sun Jian.
Most of these ten thousand people were actually used to intercept Sun Ce's troops.
As for the raid on Huang Gai and Han Dang's troops.
With Sun Jian's prestige, a thousand people would be enough!