He knew that although his father was here, it did not mean that he would be captured without mercy.
He ran all the way back to the front army and explained the situation to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was shocked and pale.
He didn't expect that the imperial court would actually send Sun Jian here.
"Chen Zigui's move is really amazing."
After learning about this, Zhou Yu pondered for a long time and couldn't help but admire: "Liu Xuande is also a great person in the world."
Ask yourself, if he were in that position, he would definitely not be so ambitious to let Sun Jian come out, and he is still a senior general leading troops in war.
Sun Ce hurriedly asked: "Gong Jin, what should we do? My father is here, and I dare not confront him on the battlefield."
Zhou Yu's mind was racing. Now he finally knew Chen Mu's trump card, and his expression suddenly changed: "Oh no, I'm afraid Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zu Mao, the four generals, and even General Zhu have surrendered."
"When father comes, they will definitely surrender."
Sun Ce was shocked by Zhou Yu's words. For a moment, the former little overlord of Jiangdong was in chaos. He lost his mind and said, "What should we do? It's over, it's over, it's all over."
Seeing that he was so frightened and uneasy, Zhou Yu knew that it was Sun Jian who had brought him a huge sense of oppression, so he quickly persuaded him: "Bo Fu, don't panic, nothing is absolute. We have indeed miscalculated in this battle, but it does not mean that we are about to die.
"
"Gongjin, what do you think we should do?"
After all, Sun Ce was a courageous man, but when he suddenly saw his father, he was shocked and panicked. After being persuaded by Zhou Yu, he slowly regained his composure.
Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said: "For the present plan, the only way is to retreat to the east of the Yangtze River. First, we will settle in a corner, and then we can make a big plan!"
"Withdrawal?"
"Um."
"I see."
Sun Ce knew very well that the imperial court had sent his father here, and his father really planned to remain loyal to the imperial court.
Then this battle is no longer worth fighting.
Sun Ce himself is not the kind of person who is kind to his father and filial to his son, unlike Lu Bu and Ma Chao.
The reason why he made trouble was that he was sure that the court would not kill his father.
After all, Sun Jian has been loyal to the imperial court all these years.
In the initial crusade against Dong Zhuo, everyone in the world saw his merits and hard work. Basically, he would do whatever Liu Bei asked him to do.
Zhou Yu and Lu Su believed that if Liu Bei killed Sun Jian, he must have known that his popularity would plummet.
With his good reputation and his temperament of being benevolent and righteous, he would definitely not do this.
At best, it's imprisonment.
But no one expected Liu Bei to be so courageous.
Aren't you rebelling?
Your dad happens to be loyal.
Then I'll send your father over to beat you.
This made everyone, including Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, extremely speechless.
Aren't you afraid that my father still hasn't overcome family affection and will come over to join me in the same deeds?
But no matter what, based on Sun Ce's understanding of his father and Sun Jian's upright character, he really would not rebel with him.
So there is nothing we can do now. Faced with this situation, we can only choose to run away.
First, it is impossible to really fight with his father.
He has such a big business and has 50,000 to 60,000 troops under his command, most of which were saved by his father when he was a shepherd in Yuzhou. When the old master came back, the soldiers under his command did not dare to use swords or guns against him.
The second is that he has indeed lost.
Zhou Yu already understood Chen Mu's plan the moment he learned that Sun Jian was back.
He wanted to hold back Sun Ce's main force, and then let Sun Jian lure Cheng Pu, Huang Gaihan and Zu Mao to surrender. The four veterans, as well as Zhu Zhi, would inevitably choose to surrender.
Although the four veteran generals are the oldest, Sun Jian joined them when he went out to Jiangdong to conquer the Yellow Turbans.
But Zhu Zhi is not far behind.
After Sun Jian followed Zhang Wen to conquer Han Sui in Xiliang, he was appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Yuzhang. Zhu Zhi, a Danyang native who was recruited when he was in Yuzhang, was only about three years behind.
Therefore, including Zhu Zhi, these people are the oldest veterans in Sun Jian's era. Compared with listening to him, Sun Ce, or listening to his father, Sun Jian, he must choose the latter.
Now Sun Ce's entire military formation is in the stage of collapse. The left and right wings and the rear army have all been captured by Sun Jian. The main force of the central army and the front army are isolated and helpless, and are surrounded by the main force of the court. They have changed from attacking more and less to attacking more and less.
Even with the great god here, this battle cannot be fought.
An order to retreat was given, and the sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding" sounded. The Jiangdong Army, which had been struggling to hold on, finally relaxed its mind and turned around to run away, as if seeing the dawn of hope.
Before the sky turned completely dark, the entire battlefield was completely plunged into chaos. Countless soldiers in the wilderness dropped their weapons and fled south. Among the rebels, the imperial soldiers and horses were well-trained and shouted to surrender to avoid death.
For a time, countless people abandoned their armor, surrendered, and fled.
In the evening, Chen Mu led the rear army to the battlefield, lit a large number of torches, and the imperial army had taken control of the entire situation.
Including the soldiers under the five generals Cheng Pu, Han, Dangzu, Mao, Huang, Gai, and Zhu Zhi, most of the more than 40,000 Jiangdong Army troops who went north this time surrendered, and only about 10,000 people fled south.
Chen Mu did not chase him personally, and just let Sun Jian lead 10,000 people south to bite Sun Ce's tail.
This battle in Jiangdong was finally settled.
Because Sun Jian went south, Huang Zhong and Tai Shici's naval forces are estimated to have reached the Yangtze River by now.
With the combined efforts of the three of them, Sun Ce had no way to escape.
Just wait for Sun Jian to personally tie up Sun Ce and send him to Big Brother.
Countless soldiers shuttled back and forth in the night. Some of them went to collect the weapons of the rebels, some went to the villages ahead to collect their supplies, and some of them escorted the prisoners to their own camps.
About half a quarter of an hour later, soldiers escorted a young scribe over and reported to Chen Mu: "Prime Minister, this person claims to be a disciple of the Prime Minister."
Chen Mu looked around and saw an extremely handsome young man with red lips and white teeth looking at him with a smile.
The two looked at each other, and Chen Mu also laughed.
"Bo Yan, thank you for your hard work."
The young man's eyes suddenly turned red, as if all his grievances had disappeared at this moment. He cupped his hands in salute and choked with sobs: "I have met Master."
Lu Yi was not captured while escaping, but after Jiangdong's army was defeated, he sat on horseback and stayed where he was waiting. When the imperial soldiers gathered around him, they captured him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Compared with the discipline of other armies, the discipline of the imperial army is strict to the core. There are spies from the Military Intelligence Department within the soldiers, and there are supervisors and supervisors outside the soldiers, as well as the Ministry of Military Affairs.
The three parties jointly supervise and supervise. Once it is discovered that ordinary soldiers are skilled in killing prisoners, refuse to hand them over after they are captured, or burn, kill, loot, and violate military discipline, they will be killed on the spot without mercy to serve as a warning to others.
Therefore, as long as the enemies of the imperial army choose to drop their weapons and kneel down to surrender, it is basically impossible to die.
Lu Yi naturally knew the discipline of the imperial troops, so he waited where he was. Hearing that he was the prime minister's student, the soldiers did not embarrass him and brought him over.
The last time master and apprentice met was more than ten years ago. At that time, Lu Yi's ancestor Lu Kang was transferred to Lujiang. Lu Yi, who was still in Taishan Academy at the time, had to follow his ancestor back to Huainan. Master and apprentice could only write letters
comminicate.
Now the master and apprentice meet each other, but they seem to have become familiar strangers.
Memories from his childhood came to mind. Lu Yi looked at his master's loving face and felt that there didn't seem to be much change in his appearance.
only......
There are a few more wrinkles between the eyebrows, and a few more white hairs on the temples...
.......
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Zhuyi, because Shiqiu was not far from Zhuyi, defeated Sun Ce on the same day, and Liu Bei got the news the next morning.
In the military camp of the imperial army, in the emperor's tent.
Many courtiers accompanying the army gathered together, and around them, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Pang Tong and other low-level assistants were responsible for clerical work.
Dong Zhao, Mao Jie, Wang Lang, Jia Xu and other important ministers gathered around and watched the emperor read the letter.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Liu Bei put down the letter written by Chen Mu and said with joy: "Fourth brother and Wentai have lived up to my expectations. Sun Ce has been defeated and fled back to Jiangdong in embarrassment. Fourth brother has asked Sun Wentai to pursue the chase and cooperate with the navy. Jiangdong can be
Certainly!"
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."
Dong Zhao quickly said: "Sun Ce's defeat will cause Cao Cao and Zhang Yun to be isolated and helpless. Our army will definitely wipe them out."
"more than."
Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, besides this, Jingzhou can also be settled."
"Yes, since Yangzhou is at peace, the navy can move up the river. Our army will follow the trend and go south from Nanyang. Attack from both sides and Liu Biao will be defeated!"
"If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible for everyone in the world to be pacified except Yizhou?"
"Yizhou will not be around for long."
The ministers were talking a lot.
Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and Pang Tong looked at each other and nodded slightly.
This is the chain reaction that the Prime Minister often talks about.
Liu Bei was even more happy when he heard what the ministers said. At this moment, Xun You on the side said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is another piece of good news."
"oh?"
Liu Bei was surprised and said: "What good news."
"Zhang Yun's tribe is going to perish."
Xun You said calmly.
"Why?"
Liu Bei wondered: "Could it be that he wants to surrender to me?"
Xun You smiled and said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that most of Zhang Yun's soldiers were from Zhang Xian's troops, the former governor of Changsha? The Prime Minister initially calculated that Zhang Xian was defeated and Liu Biao would definitely annex his troops, so he placed many commanders among them."
guard."
All the ministers looked at each other, all showing great joy.
Without the Jiangdong Navy, Liu Biao's Jingzhou Navy is indeed a first-rate force in today's world. Even the Qingzhou Navy, which Chen Mu has developed for many years, dare not say that it is a sure winner.
The main reason is not the difference in quality of soldiers and equipment between the two sides, but the fact that the Jingzhou Navy is stationed on the Yangtze River all year round.
Modern navies of later generations attach great importance to sea exploration, let alone ancient times.
The development of Qingzhou Navy relied on the Yellow River and the ocean. Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci were more familiar with the Yellow River Basin and the Bohai and Yellow Sea areas.
The Yangtze River Basin and Jiangdong belong to the East China Sea. The weather and climate, water flow speed, and temperature changes there are all in the dark for the Qingzhou Navy and they are not clear at all.
Therefore, although the Qingzhou Navy has been established for nearly 20 years and has developed rapidly, when competing with the Jingzhou Navy on the Yangtze River, I really can’t say who will win and who will lose.
However, although Jingzhou's navy is powerful, Jingzhou is not an ocean. Most of the area is land, and it has to be occupied by the army.
Therefore, in addition to the navy, the army must also be the most important part in determining the winner of both sides.
Liu Biao's army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Nanyang, and was completely wiped out by Chen Mu in the Battle of Fugou. Even the army commander Wenpin was captured by him.
As a result, Liu Biao's army was almost completely wiped out, and he could only use Zhang Xian's troops to support Cao Cao and Sun Ce.
However, these people themselves do not have high loyalty and are likely to rebel once they are incited.
The internal intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department that Chen Mu once deployed played a role.
At this moment, several people were discussing matters in Zhang Yun's camp.
One of them was a mid-level officer in the army named Fan Hu, who was from Changsha. When Huan Jie lobbied Zhang Xian to join the imperial court and opposed Liu Biao, he had sent him as a liaison officer.
Later, Chen Mu summoned Huan Jie to the Military Intelligence Department and appointed him as the director. He also sent some military intelligence department guards to join Zhang Xian's troops. Fan Hu served as the general liaison officer and was appointed as a subordinate by Huan Jie.
In addition, there were several other followers who secretly recruited people who were dissatisfied with Liu Biao in the army to build a network of the Military Intelligence Department.
Although after Liu Biao annexed Zhang Xian's troops, he purged some people and installed a large number of senior officers among his people in an attempt to control the entire army.
But Huan Jie did not die.
When Changsha fell, Huan Jie went into hiding. Some of his old subordinates, as well as some old subordinates loyal to Zhang Xian, were also there. These people were loyal to Liu Biao on the surface, but in fact they had been in contact with Huan Jie and were secretly waiting for the opportunity.
At this time, several officers from the army gathered together.
Fan Hu looked around and said: "Everyone, we have contacted Master Xun Ji. We can take action tonight. We will raid Zhang Yun's camp and capture Zhang Yun alive. If we cooperate inside and outside, we will definitely win."
"Okay, we finally have the opportunity. When Zhang Shijun was resentful and his ambition was not fulfilled, we were also unwilling to accept it. Now we can finally take action."
"I have been waiting for the Imperial Heavenly Army for three years, and now it is time for the Imperial Court to regain Henan and march to Jingzhou."
"The time has come for the old thief Liu Biao to die."
After hearing the news, everyone suddenly became excited.
Some of them are military intelligence officers sent by Chen Mu, and some are Zhang Xian's old generals. They have waited for too long in the past three years, and now they can finally put things right, and they are all very excited.
Fan Hu said: "Don't get excited, everyone. Although we are going to take action tonight, we still have to be careful. Lao Li, how is your investigation going?"
Since Zhang Xian's soldiers and horses were controlled by Zhang Yun, most of the middle and high-level officers were occupied by Liu Cousin's cronies.
Only Fan Hu and another person, Li Yang, are still serving as Sima in the army and are mid-level officers.
Li Yang was from Zhijiang, Nanjun County, and was from the same hometown as Huo Du, a general under Liu Biao. Huo Du was the brother of Huo Jun, the later famous Shu Han general.
At this time, Huo Du had not yet died of illness. In his early years, he had organized hundreds of troops to fight against bandits in his hometown, and was summoned by Liu Sheng. Now Zhang Yun went north to support Cao Cao and Sun Ce, and Huo Du also served as a mid-level officer among them.
Unlike Li Yang and Fan Hu, who was part of Zhang Xian's old subordinates, Huo Du was a general under Liu Biao, so he controlled the most elite part of the Chinese army and was a member of the core circle of Zhang Yun's subordinates.
Li Yang took advantage of the opportunity of his fellow villagers to contact the Huo brothers. After testing for a long time, he determined that the two were not loyal to Liu Biao, so he contacted them to surrender to the court and jointly formed an anti-Liu Biao alliance.
After hearing Fan Hu's question, Li Yang said: "The Huo brothers happened to be stationed at the Xiying Gate of the Central Camp today. I have discussed with them that tonight, we will raise fire as a signal and jointly attack Zhang Yun's headquarters."
"good!"
Fan Hu said happily: "Zhang Yun is a fool. How can Liu Biao hit an egg against a stone and stop the imperial army? Everyone, after today, we will become officials in the same dynasty and share the wealth!"
"The imperial court now has a twenty-level military merit title system. If we start this round of rebellion and present Zhang Yun before the emperor, I'm afraid the reward we will get is unknown."
"Hey, now that the matter has not been settled, don't think about the reward. When the matter is over, we will surely be rewarded based on our merits."
"That's true. Everyone, let's go back first and prepare to start an incident tonight."
"Okay, let's go!"
After discussing the matter, everyone left one after another.
At this time, Zhang Yun had no idea that Liu Biao had asked him to bring Zhang Xian's troops to attack the imperial court, which was a sinkhole.
Zhang Xian himself was loyal to the imperial court, and after he died of illness, he was awarded a title by the imperial court.
Most of his former subordinates followed him because they were grateful for Zhang Xian's kindness.
Therefore, Zhang Xian was loyal to the court, and they were naturally loyal too.
Incited by Chen Mu's hidden secrets from the Military Intelligence Department, some of the original mid-level and low-level officers joined in.
Zhang Yun himself only had a small number of troops who obeyed Liu Biao and could not compete with him at all.
Soon, the sky became dark.
There was silence around the camp. As night fell, Zhang Yun patrolled the camp.
Of course, 40,000 troops do not live in one camp.
It is divided into three camps in total. Zhang Yun lives in the Zhongjun camp. The front army and the rear army are also controlled by Liu Biao's two other cronies.
The stockade was surrounded by fences and many fortifications were built around it to defend against enemy attacks.
Standing on the wall of the village and looking to the north, Zhang Yun saw that the catapults and crossbows on the distant earth mountain were not attacking today. The outside was empty, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court seemed to have never appeared.
"The camp is extremely quiet today."
Zhang Yun casually said to the guards beside him: "Liu Bei's catapults and bed crossbows have been making noise all day long, but now they are not moving."
"Yes, there are no scouts from the imperial court outside. In the past, there were many scouts roaming outside."
The bodyguard also looked into the distance.
They and Cao's army had two camps, one in the south and one in the east, stretching for dozens of miles.
The imperial court built earthen mountains around them, and used advanced catapults and crossbows to carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on them, so that they could only huddle in the stronghold these days and dare not go out.
As usual today, the artillery bombardment and crossbows should have started early.
But it's quiet outside now.
"Could it be that they don't have enough stones and crossbows?"
Someone said.
Zhang Yun thought for a while and said: "That should be the case, you should be more careful."
After saying that, he got off the wall and prepared to go back to the tent to rest.
However, he didn't know it at this time.
At this time, someone was acting secretly in his front and rear army camps.
It was time to go to bed at night. Apart from arranging patrols, the soldiers had no other activities and basically rested in their tents.
Fan Hu, Li Yang and others quietly left the tent. They were mid-level officers themselves, and no one dared to stop them.
After the group arrived at their respective commanders' tents, they said they wanted to report the matter.
Then he went in.
Then there is no more.
The guards rushed into the tent like wolves and tigers, quickly killed the confidants sent by Liu Biao, and took control of the situation.
Then he led his troops out of the military camp and went straight to Zhang Yun's Chinese military camp.
Huo Du was stationed at the west gate, and the rear army in the south and the front army soldiers in the north, led by Fan Hu, Li Yang and others, gathered at the west gate.
After they arrived, the Huo brothers immediately opened the gate on the west side of the camp and let them in.
Thousands of soldiers quickly poured into the village, shouting slogans.
"Capture Zhang Yun alive!"
"Brothers, don't move in the tent, we have surrendered to the imperial court!"
"Anyone who wants to continue to be loyal to Liu Biao will be killed without mercy!"
Various slogans were shouted loudly.
Originally, most of Zhang Yun's subordinates were Zhang Xian's old subordinates and had no loyalty at all.
The sudden rebellion made them all a little confused. After hearing the slogan, they quickly calmed down and stayed in the tent without leaving.
The patrolling soldiers in the village also quickly dropped their weapons, and some even joined in and directly became rebels.
For a moment, no one answered except Zhang Yun's own close personal bodyguards.
At this time, Zhang Yun was already ready to sleep.
Hearing the noise, he was just wondering when the guards suddenly rushed in, sweating profusely, and shouted: "It's not good, General, someone in the army surrendered to the imperial court and rebelled. Now they are coming to kill you."
"What?"
Zhang Yun was shocked and said: "Quickly, call in the soldiers to suppress it."
The guard was so anxious that he almost cried: "None of the soldiers dare to come out. General, run quickly. If you don't run, it will be too late."
"Run!"
When Zhang Yun heard this, he didn't even have time to put on his armor. He ran out barefoot in white silk pajamas.
There were personal guards holding horses and leading him to escape from the east gate, and first go to Cao Cao.
However, no one expected that at this time, the perimeter of Zhang Yun's camp was already filled with soldiers and horses from the imperial court.
Almost as soon as he ran out, he was captured by General Dian Wei sent by Liu Bei.
In an instant, Sun Ce and Liu Biao's reinforcements collapsed.