Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 277 Blood Debt (Happy New Year)

The battle between Cao and Liu was at Pingting, more than ten miles east of Juju in the south.

Nanjiuju is located south of Wancheng and north of Jiyang. Since ancient times, it has been one of the main roads connecting Nanyang and Nanjun, so wars often occurred.

To the south is Juju and to the west is Feishui. At this time, thousands of small boats are densely packed across the entire river in Feishui.

As a later generation Nanyang Baihe River, this river can be regarded as a large river, with a narrow point of more than 100 meters and a width of 700 meters, or even more than 1000 meters. In history, it was the canal when Cao Cao went south to attack Jingzhou.

And if it can be used as water transport, it can naturally transport troops.Shen Chen defeated the Jiangdong Navy in the Battle of Baqiu five days ago, and after solving his worries, he immediately marched his army northward and entered the Weishui along the Mian River by boat.

In the howling southeast wind, the ships sailed against the wind and sailed against the current, and passed the thorn sun mightily, and when they saw the south from a distance, they gathered together and stopped at the village pier.

At this time, Nanjuju had long since disappeared.

Cao Cao moved the population, and a large number of people either fled into the deep mountains and old forests, or were forced to move away by Cao Cao, so that the area around Wancheng became a barren land, with no one living in the villages, no one taking care of the wheat fields, and it became deserted. .

Shen Chen, Su Fei and others led the generals to disembark, and after a short rest, about [-] people, including Huang Zhong's troops, formed an army formation and began to slowly move towards Pingting in the east.

The team quickly approached Pingting, and when it was about eight miles away from Pingting, the scouts had come back to report, telling them that Liu Bei's army was fighting with Cao Cao's army.

"General Huang, Governor Su, I will go ahead and find a place on the battlefield to observe the situation of the enemy and us. You lead the army and follow."

When Shen Chen learned that the fight had already started, he immediately told Huang Zhong, Su Fei and others.

At this time, Huang Zu was not there. During the battle of Baqiu, Huang Zu vomited blood because he was too excited, and his health was not very good.

He is actually a few years older than Huang Zhong, and even his son is over 40, so he can't stand such a torment, so he is currently recuperating in Jingling with Liu Qi.

After the absence of Huang Zu, Su Fei, as the governor of Jiangxia, became the third figure in the Jiangxia Navy besides Shen Chen and Huang Zu. The soldiers and horses followed behind.

"only!"

Huang Zhong and Su Fei responded immediately.

Under the protection of Zhang Nanqugan and other generals and more than a hundred personal guards, Shen Chen galloped towards the battlefield quickly.

Among these personal guards, apart from Zhang Nanqu Gan and other old subordinates who followed him early on, there were more than a dozen young people, the older one was 24 or [-] years old, and the younger one seemed to have just reached the crown.

They are Shen Chen's personal disciples Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Shan Yi and others. Except for the 16-year-old Zhou Buyi who did not come because he was too young, when the class started in Longzhong Township, the earliest group of disciples Basically all came.

Because they have grown up.

When Zigui was burned, Shen Chen only brought Wu Dang and Shan Yi with him. At that time, they were adults and crowned, so they could practice with him.Some of the other disciples were fifteen or sixteen years old, and some were eighteen or nineteen years old, so naturally they couldn't be brought out.

Now five years have passed, and according to Shen Chen's instructions, these disciples are studying and practicing calligraphy in the countryside every day, exercising, learning fencing and bow and arrow. With certain martial arts skills, they want to follow their master to make contributions.

After the Battle of Baqiu, Shen Chen returned to Xiangyang again. Xiangyang was surrounded by Guan Yu's army. Those disciples heard that Shen Chen was back, so they called their friends and came to join him immediately.

Shen Chen naturally couldn't agree to their request when he was a minor, but now that these people have grown up, they no longer hinder their desire to serve the country with fists.

Among them, Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Shan Yi and more than a dozen people have good martial arts skills, are also very strong, and have read poetry and books, both civil and military, so Shen Chen asked them to follow him as personal guards, intending to train them in the direction of generals .

Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Mian, Li Qiu and more than 20 people have average martial arts skills. When they encounter experienced veterans on the battlefield, it is estimated that it is only a matter of two swords. Clerical and other work, develop in the direction of staff, assistant officials, and clerical work.

The teacher took them to the battlefield to teach them personally. As for their future fortune, it depends on their personal ability and comprehension.If they don't have the ability, even with the title of Shen Chen's disciple, Shen Chen will not let them reach a high position.

After all, if you forcibly promote your students to a position that does not match their abilities, it will not only harm them, but also harm many people.Just like Zhao Kuo was obviously unable to restore the situation, but King Zhao still asked him to command the battle of Changping.

At this time, Shen Chen was galloping on his horses, and hundreds of horses splashed a lot of dust. After a short time, he could already see the battlefield in the east.

I saw a large number of Cao Cao's army and Liu Bei's army fighting together in the distance. The battlefield spanned more than ten miles, and there were even sporadic battles in the western edge.

More than a dozen Liu Bei soldiers were scattered by Cao Jun and fled to the wilderness. There were more than 20 chasing soldiers behind them. Seeing this scene, Shen Chen roared, and hundreds of war horses rushed towards the group of Cao Jun.

"withdraw!"

Seeing a group of cavalry suddenly appearing, one of Cao Jun's marquises, wearing military uniforms completely different from theirs, immediately knew something was wrong and wanted to run away.

But the explosive power of human legs is far inferior to that of horse legs, so they chased after them in an instant, and more than 20 people were chopped into corpses by random knives.

Among them, Shan Yi is the bravest. He participated in the Battle of Zigui, beheaded the enemy with his own hands, and was instructed by Zhang Fei. His martial arts skills are the highest among many of his peers. He rode his horse and killed at least five of the more than 20 Cao soldiers. superior.

After Cao Jun was killed, the dozen or so people in Liu Beijun knelt down on one knee to express their thanks. Shen Chen asked condescendingly, "How is the situation on the battlefield now?"

A senior officer replied: "Cao Cao led the main force to attack General Wen's men. We fought fiercely with another part of Cao's main force. The battlefield was too chaotic, and we don't know the specific situation."

"Do you know where the Huangmen soldiers are?"

Shen Chen asked again.

Before he came, he had already sent someone to communicate with his father Shen Zhen and his uncle Deng Zhao, and he knew their formation.

It's just that now that the war is starting, once the battle starts, even the most skilled generals can't make every soldier act according to his own wishes, so now he doesn't know the current position of the Huangmen soldiers.

"I don't know, at first they were on the west side of our formation."

Shi Chang replied.

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Go on your own."

"Thank you, General."

Shi Chang said gratefully that he actually didn't know Shen Chen.

But Shen Chen helped them kill Cao Jun. At the same time, he was wearing a battle armor and had a hundred personal guards. He was at least a military commander, so calling him a general was like calling him a handsome guy or a beautiful woman when they meet in later generations.

Shen Chen tapped his chin in response, then reined in his horse's head, and rode up to a small hill not far away, standing on a high place to look at the situation on the battlefield.

As a rural pavilion, Pingting is surrounded by villages, fields, forests and some small hills.

It's just that the village was abandoned because of Cao Cao's forced relocation of the population. Although the wheat that could be harvested in May next year is still growing tenaciously, there are countless weeds in the field, which compete with the wheat for nutrients, so that the wheat grains are so thin that they are almost useless. fruit.

Among these villages, fields, forests and other terrains, all kinds of Cao Jun in black military uniforms and Liu Bei Jun in orange military uniforms fought together, and the situation on both sides was extremely serious.

On a plain about three or four miles away to the northeast, the main force of Liu Bei's army was fighting fiercely with the main force of Cao's army. Looking from a high place, Liu Bei's army seemed to have the upper hand. , thus continuously strangling.

It's just that this kind of strangulation also consumes a lot of money. The battlefield gradually became tighter at the beginning, and now it is slowly loosening up. A large number of peripheral soldiers were isolated from the formation and ran to the outer field to continue fighting.

The soldiers Shen Chen rescued just now were scattered by Cao Jun from the fringe formation, so Cao Jun and Liu Beijun are now in the stage of spreading consumption and fighting.

A little further to the northwest, battles were also taking place. Gan Ning's troops joined forces with Zhang Xiu's cavalry to attack Li Tong's troops.

It's a pity that although Gan Ning and Zhang Xiu have more people than Li Tong, they don't belong to each other, and they don't have much friendship. A breakthrough can be found.

"Master, look over there."

Wu Dang pointed in one direction and said: "There are thousands of soldiers on the edge of the battlefield who have not moved, maybe they are our Huangmen soldiers."

Later, when Shen Chen reached the crown, he went back to Huangmenting to teach in the countryside, and many disciples came to join him. Therefore, Wu Dang, Huo Yang, Wu Tao, Shan Yi and others often trained with Huangmen soldiers, and they had long been acquainted and regarded them as their own.

Wu Tao's eyes were better, he squinted his eyes and watched from afar, and said, "Master, that is indeed our team, and their military flag seems to have the word Deng written on it."

Shen Chen looked over, and due to terrain problems, there were many fields, villages and forests blocking his view. Those soldiers were about four miles away from Shen Chen's side. clear.

But the military flag was fluttering, and the color seemed to be the flag of the Huangmen soldiers.

"That should be my uncle."

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Where is Zhang Nan?"

"The end is here."

Zhang Nan came over.

Shen Chen said: "You lead fifty cavalry, go over there, find General Gan Ninggan, let him prepare, our main force behind will come to help immediately, be careful not to accidentally injure your comrades."

"only."

Zhang Nan roared, and took fifty cavalry to the battlefield. He was not going to fight, but to report to Gan Ning to prevent Jiang Xia's navy from coming over, due to the tense and exciting battlefield situation, causing no distinction between the enemy and the enemy. An offensive situation occurs.

Shen Chen said again: "Where is Qu Gan?"

"The end is here."

"Go back to the headquarters immediately and tell Su Fei and General Huang that after sending them to the battlefield, first send someone to contact the two generals Zhang Xiu, Gan Ning, and then help them from the flanks, annihilating those troops first."

"only!"

Qu Gan took several guards to lead the way.

Shen Chen said to the many students on the left and right: "Your Mr. Zhuge asked the Huangmen soldiers to wait on the side because our Huangmen soldiers are heavy armored infantry, and every time we fight for no more than a quarter of an hour, we will be exhausted and paralyzed to the ground. .So he needs to order them to attack at the most critical moment, but the temporary command may be wrong, I will go there in person, and you will follow me."

"only."

Everyone suddenly said yes.

At that moment, Shen Chenle turned his horse's head, descended the hillside, and galloped towards the southeast.

The battlefield was already extremely chaotic at this time. The soldiers of the two armies were intertwined, intertwined, dotted, and fifty or sixty horses roared past on the edge of the battlefield. Almost no one dared to provoke such a small-scale battle.

But after a while, they encountered stubble. Not far away, more than 200 scattered Cao soldiers rushed out of a small forest and blocked the road.

These Cao soldiers were obviously broken by the main force of Liu Bei's army. They suddenly appeared, and they knew that they were not their own just by looking at the opponent's uniform, so they immediately yelled twice, howling like wolves, and rushed towards them.

If it was in the era of stirrups and Takahashi saddles, infantry would not dare to charge cavalry.But the fighting power of the cavalry in this era is far inferior to that of later times, and their number is four times that of Shen Chen's side, not to mention charging the cavalry, even they dare to charge the spear and shield array that has been set up.

Seeing this situation, Shen Chen knew that a fight was necessary, because their left side was a grove, and their right side was a village field. The horses had to walk on the main road, and it was easy to get stuck when running into the soft ground.

Immediately, he also shouted and ordered the soldiers to dismount and fight on foot.

Again.

In the era when there were no stirrups and high bridge saddles, cavalry often chased the enemy by mobility, and then dismounted as infantry. Except for Gongsun Zan's low-level mistake, light cavalry would hardly directly attack the infantry formation.

Although the enemy was four times stronger than himself, Shen Chen was extremely brave, he kept slashing with the gallbladder knife in his hand, hot blood splashed on his face, without even blinking.

And under his leadership, Shan Yi, Wu Dang and other students around him were also extremely ferocious, and all kinds of roars, echoes, weapons blocking, and miserable groans could be heard endlessly. In less than 10 minutes, there were three or four Ten Cao Jun were killed by them like melons and vegetables.

On the other hand, Shen Chen's more than 60 pro-guards, except for two who were besieged to death, most of them were safe and sound. They cooperated closely, and they fought back continuously when there were few people beating many people, killing many soldiers of Cao Jun.

"These guys are amazing."

"withdraw!"

"Run."

Seeing that the idea was difficult, these scattered soldiers hurriedly fled in all directions, and scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.

"go!"

Shen Chen didn't pursue either, the most urgent thing now was to return to Huangmenting's main formation.

After galloping for another seven or eight minutes, after passing a small forest, they saw troops resting scattered in the wilderness not far away.

Huangmen soldiers are heavy armored infantry, wearing heavy armor in ancient times, and they will be physically exhausted within 10 minutes of fighting.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang believed that the task of this army was to rest first, and wait for the critical moment to suddenly attack and strike the enemy by surprise.

So now they are all obediently staying about one mile behind the main force of Liu Bei's army, waiting for the order to come.

Security was set up around the perimeter, and when someone broke in suddenly, hundreds of soldiers rushed over.

"Who?"

Someone shouted and asked.

"I."

Shen Chen took off his helmet.

"Ah Chen, oh no, the general is back!"

Then Qu Junhou, who led the team, was a brother of Shen Chen's clan. Seeing Shen Chen's surprise, he quickly turned his head and shouted: "Lieutenant, the general is back!"

"Dong dong dong dong."

Several fast horses galloped over.

Deng Zhao, Shen Zhen, Shen Tao and others rushed in front of Shen Chen.

"Chen'er, oh no, General!"

"The general is back!"

"Meet the General!"

Everyone was very excited.

The organizational structure of the Huangmen soldiers is mostly relatives of Deng and Shen's two clans, but Shen Chen stipulates that in the army, they must be called by their positions and not relatives, so even Shen Chen's father, Shen Zhen, has to salute Shen Chen.

Shen Chen hurriedly got off his horse, and said in return: "Father, uncle, and brother Cong, it's a war now, so I won't talk about the past with you."

"General, give the order."

Deng Zhao restrained his excited expression, and said seriously: "We have been ready for a long time."

Shen Chen raised his head.

At this time, many Huangmen soldiers in the rear had heard the movement and flocked to them.

In an instant, three thousand soldiers surrounded him.

That moment.

A long-lost sense of integration welled up in my heart.

No matter how good Jiangxia Navy is.

That wasn't his unit either.

And this Huangmen soldier is the powerful army he brought together!
"Command, wear armor!"

Shen Chen got on his horse, raised the gallbladder knife in his hand and roared: "Many folks, comrades, the fire at the Huangmen Pavilion in Xuzhou has never dissipated in my heart, and the enemy is right in front of me. Today's battle will make Cao Cao pay for his blood!" pay!"

"eye for eye!"

"eye for eye!"

"eye for eye!"

The high-pitched shouts soared into the sky, and all the soldiers of the Huangmen were as powerful as a rainbow!

The sound of clanging and clashing armor can be heard endlessly.

(End of this chapter)