Overlord!

Chapter 25 Zhou Yu's Help

Liyang's fortress was well repaired, and the military tents were gradually prepared. At least on the second day, all the soldiers who fought had shelter from the wind and rain.

In terms of logistical supplies, it has become more and more abundant.Not only can the soldiers be full of millet and rice, but the army has also begun to provide meat.

Shao Zhuo, the magistrate of Liyang County, bought more than ten pigs and sent them to the camp. The army slaughtered five hogs every day and provided nearly a thousand catties of meat and pig offal.In this troubled world, the soldiers' mouths actually smell of oil!

Salt, oil, meat, and rice are all available, and the morale of the soldiers is like a rainbow, training and performing martial arts with enthusiasm.

The focus of the training is the arrangement and change of the mandarin duck formation.

In the era of cold weapons, ordinary soldiers can't fight alone at all. They must maintain arrays and formations under the supervision of generals and officers in order to fight stably. Therefore, the focus of warfare is how to disrupt the enemy's formation.

In contrast, the focus of training is naturally how to maintain formation and how to change formation quickly.

Therefore, in Sun Ce's view, the soldiers' emphasis on formation training may not be much weaker than that of later generations.

But the degree of hard work is beyond the imagination of ordinary people in future generations.

Except for the wooden horse and earth horse area where the assault cavalry was trained alone in the camp, the other thousands of apprentices trained for a whole day in the broad school grounds against the bitter cold wind.

From the dawn of the day, when the drums of the soldiers gathered in the army sounded, after eating the court food, until the sunset, the sound of the gong sounded, and the soldiers who had trained for a whole day were able to disarm. meals.

With such a long training time in the middle, there is almost no rest time, which shows how rigorous the training is.

Under such strict training, it took only a few days for the soldiers' morale to change from the previous lax style, and the army gradually began to form a military style of prohibition and vigorous action.

The soldiers also gradually got to know the other eleven comrades in their ranks.

There are a total of 12 people in the mandarin duck formation, including a long man who holds a flag gun in front of the whole team, followed by two captains, each holding a scull shield, a rattan shield, and equipped with a javelin and a ring sword, followed by two long halberd soldiers. Humans, instead of wolves.Then there is the spearman, holding a two-foot spear.Finally, there are two newly trained archers, they are the elite of the whole army.

The elite archers of all dynasties have never been weak long-range shooters. In addition to carrying bows and swords, they either carry big sticks or Mo Dao.

The archers in Sun Ce's army all carry big sticks, which are extremely favored by warriors. Similar to Guduo and iron maces, they are most suitable for blunt strikes to break armor.The enemy general who can rush to the front of the mandarin duck formation with a heavy halberd and spear must be wearing heavy armor. Hitting him with a big stick is more effective than a sword.

In addition to these eleven soldiers, each team also has a cook who is responsible for the team's meals, logistics and many other chores, and does not go to the battlefield during the war.

Under this kind of establishment, Sun Ce's Sima has 100 more people than the Han army.A total of fifty Shishi, 600 people.These fifty even are divided into ten teams, each team has five small formations.

A team of 55 people forms a phalanx, with an interval of 30 steps (55 meters) between the phalanxes. The [-]-man team is also divided into five teams, with an interval of ten steps between each team.Soldiers are one step apart from each other.

Therefore, if a Sima launches a horizontal formation, his formation will stretch for three or four miles, with banners flying and spears like forests, which is extremely spectacular.

For several days, Sun Ce patrolled the training formations of the soldiers in the camp, supervising the rigorous training of the Sima.

It was already the end of the year when the army entered Liyang, and the soldiers had been training for many days, and it was time to say goodbye to the old and usher in the new.

Although it is a troubled time, there is a sense of celebration in the army. When the world is in chaos, joining the army is already one of the best places for ordinary people to go.

What is even more festive is that at the end of the year, the county magistrate of Liyang sent more than [-] sets of military uniforms sewn by the common people.

The new red military uniforms were put on the soldiers, and the soldiers were beaming and preparing to celebrate the festival.

When the soldiers received their new military uniforms, Yang Xiao also brought his personal guards to Sun Ce's tent in a lively manner, and said with a big smile, "General, come out and take a look, there is a surprise."

"Oh? And my surprise?" Sun Ce lifted the curtain with a smile, and looked at the place surrounded by the guards.

Yang Xiao and Xian Yulie immediately waved the bright red brocade in their hands, and the next moment a majestic and broad red flag fluttered in the wind, with unicorn and flame patterns embroidered on it, and a line of large characters embroidered with soap-colored needles and threads in the middle: "Sun of the General Who Killed Bandits"!
Yang Xiao was in high spirits, and said: "The army and people of Liyang County made this banner with the brocade as the general, and it is the banner of the general!"

The big flag is the flag of the general of an army. When the big flag is erected, the army's spirit will be gathered and it will be as stable as Mount Tai;

Such a bright and majestic brocade banner will definitely make all the armed forces see it, and their morale will be like a rainbow!

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Good! Hang it in front of my tent."

The personal guards immediately brought over the thick flagpole that had been prepared, and hung the brocade red flag on it.

The banner was so heavy that ordinary soldiers couldn't even lift it up, but Yang Xiao marched forward and planted the banner in front of the tent with one hand, and the hunting banner was flying in the air.Looking at the scene of the red flag fluttering, all the soldiers in the camp were full of enthusiasm.

Zheng Bao, Liu You, Yuan Xiong and other new recruits leaned over one after another, looking up at the banner, their hearts agitated.It is true that the man is so, fly the flag to Kunlun, beat the drums to shake the wilderness, with 200 million armored soldiers, it is unbearable to be angry!

Jiang Qin was also encouraged by him to follow Sun Ce back to the camp, and with a kind of excitement that was eager to try, he asked Sun Ce: "General, do we just keep training here like this? We have been in Liyang for so long, and we still have to fight. No fight. If we don’t fight hard, how can we beat Jiangdong? Can we wait for the lightning to kill Zhang Ying, Fan Neng, Yu Mi and others?”

Sun Ce turned his head and glanced at him, and said, "Don't worry about Yu Mi and the others. Continue talking from Yu Mi. I have the patience to listen to your name."

Jiang Qinhao's agitated momentum froze, looking at Sun Ce who was sitting high in the commander-in-chief and looking at him, he could only honestly obey the order and said: "There are also Liu Yao's general Chen Heng, Pengcheng Minister Xue Li, and Xiapi Minister Ruo. Rong, Danyang prefect Zhou Shang."

Sun Ce glanced at him and said, "There are so many troops in Danyang County alone, and the defense along the Yangtze River is impenetrable. How can we fight? Do you, Jiang Qin, have the ability to fight there?"

Jiang Qin shrank his neck and said in a low voice: "I... can't beat it. But if the general leads the army, the whole army and I firmly believe that we will be able to conquer the battle and be invincible."

Sun Ce immediately waved his hands and said, "You really dare to believe it. My uncle, cousin and other fierce generals led nearly ten thousand old troops to fight hard for a year, but they were still unable to overcome it. With 1000 more of us, can we attack the Yangtze River?"

Although Sun Ce used to fight thousands of people with long swords, he did not kill thousands of people alone.It is already the limit for a fierce general to kill dozens or hundreds of people.On the battlefield, it is the battle between the two armies that really determines the outcome.

There are only dozens of warships in Liyang, which can transport hundreds of soldiers at a time.Once the warship sets sail, the enemy Jiangdong navy cruising on the river will immediately notice it.

If you are unlucky and a water battle breaks out, hundreds of Huaisi elite soldiers who have never been in contact with water battles will directly sink to the bottom of the river to feed the fish and turtles.

If you're lucky, you successfully land on the shore and start landing, and the enemy army hits them halfway through. In this situation, even if the army gods, soldiers, and overlords come together, they will be powerless.

Even those unrivaled achievements handed down from generation to generation, such as fighting with the last ditch, breaking the boat, etc., are all because the army has successfully launched a battle and has the will to die before it can move forward.

Instead of a group of people crowded on the shore, surrounded by enemy spears and arrows, slaughtering them easily like slaughtering fat pigs.There is only one outcome of this battle, and that is that countless people die by jumping into the river.

Jiang Qin asked unwillingly: "General, we have been waiting here all the time? It will be the beginning of spring after the new year, and we will sacrifice to Emperor Qing, Jumang, and whip the cattle for spring farming. If we can't enter Jiangdong in time, I am afraid it will be delayed It's time for spring plowing."

Beginning of spring is the most important festival in the agricultural society of Zhuxia. The so-called "a year's plan lies in spring", and the Han Dynasty attaches great importance to it from the official to the folk. To welcome the spring in the eastern suburbs, offering sacrifices to the Qing Emperor Jumang, praying for a good harvest.

There are more than 7000 soldiers in Liyang who are planning to garrison fields, so naturally they pay more attention to the festival of Lichun.

Invading Jiangdong is in fact imminent.

Before Sun Ce could reply to Jiang Qin's words, Chen Wu's tall body appeared in front of the commander's tent, and he cupped his hands and said, "General, there is a man outside the camp who claims to be the general's old friend and leads hundreds of people to vote."

Sun Ce got up excitedly: "Jiang Qin, you are really a lucky general. Just as you said you were going to cross the river to fight, the fighter plane came. Order all the soldiers to prepare for the battle and attack Jiangdong, that is today!"

Jiang Qin was so surprised that he couldn't believe it. One moment the general refused to fight across the river, and the next moment he wanted to rectify the three armies, act resolutely, and cross the river immediately?Who is the comer, and it can have such an influence.

The sound of drums and drums in the army center was majestic, and all the soldiers who were training were taken aback for a moment. Immediately, their morale was greatly boosted. The soldiers of the three armies immediately began to gather. The spears gradually became like a forest.

When the officers inspected the soldiers' swords, halberds, spears, bows and crossbows, arrows and arrowheads, and their bags with them, Sun Ce also personally led Sima out of the gate to welcome the visitors.

There were hundreds of people lined up in front of the gate, and all of them were elite soldiers with excellent armor and complete swords and halberds.

These people are completely different from the tyrannical trilogy. They are not only well-trained, but also fierce and murderous. At first glance, they are the elite soldiers of the princes and the powerful troops of the world.

And standing in front of this elite soldier was a young man with a dignified appearance wearing black armor.

Even though they were used to seeing young talents in Sun Ce's camp, everyone was still amazed at the peerless demeanor of this young general in front of them.

Sun Ce laughed and stepped forward, held his hands together and said: "Gong Jinying is a talented man, and I have a close relationship with me, a brother and sister. Gong Jin is here, I can accomplish great things!"

This peerless hero can only be Sun Ce's childhood friend, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, famous generals through the ages.

In contrast to Sun Ce's bold laugh, Zhou Yu was elegant and elegant, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said, "De Bo Fu passed on a letter, and I will immediately send 500 elite soldiers from Danyang, carrying a boat, grain, utensils and staff, to the starry night."

Sun Ce acted resolutely, and immediately led Zhou Yu into the camp with his hands, and went straight to the school platform of the camp. Then he pointed to the majestic phalanx below the school platform, with flags fluttering and spears like a forest, and said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin , Thousands of soldiers in our army are ready to go. We will help you in times of chaos, Jianye Jiangdong, and the honor of the two surnames are all entrusted to you. We will surely live up to your esteemed relatives' expectations."

Zhou Yu looked at the sincere Sun Ce, and was quite moved in his heart. He stared at Sun Ce's face and asked, "Isn't Bofu afraid that there is a fraud in it, which will cause all the elite under Bofu to ruin Danyang?"

While the generals gathered and paid attention, Sun Ce laughed a few times, and raised his voice and said solemnly: "Gong Jin is a hero and hero in the world, and Jiang Zuo's beautiful husband! I have known Gong Jin for many years, and we can trust each other with our lives. Gong Jin Jinlai, I have no doubts!"

A smile gradually appeared on Zhou Yu's solemn face, and he said to Sun Ce: "Bo Fu is magnificent, Jiang Biao heroes will return with mountains and rivers, happy to serve him to death! I am willing to serve first and lead the army into Jiangdong!"

Sun Ce immediately asked, "Where does Gong Jin think we should march into Jiangdong?"

Zhou Yu said decisively: "Niu Zhu, you must break through this camp first, so that you can live against death, and go against the ground of death and life, and the momentum of offense and defense."

The place of death and life, that is, the nine places in "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Terrain", there are nine places where soldiers are used.This is about the terrain, so the sub-terrain.

And the reason why Niuzhu was firmly chosen by Zhou Yu as the target was because of its incomparable terrain.

This is the most important military town on the entire Yangtze River defense line. If you get this important place, the offensive and defensive momentum will be different.Therefore, later generations of Niuzhu have a magnificent and eternal name, Caishiji!
Once the northern army breaks through this place and enters the south of the Yangtze River, it will be the southern army that is eager to attack and seize the key areas.

In order to guard this place, Liu Yao built the strongest fortress, Niuzhu Camp, and sent generals Fan Neng and Yu Mi to lead heavy troops to defend this place.

It can be said that under such circumstances, there is almost no possibility for the northern army to forcibly break through the Yangtze River defense line.A little carelessness will even achieve the peerless reputation of the defender.The 20 elite army in the north suffered a crushing defeat here, and battles in which many casualties were exhausted have actually happened.

Not to mention the 20 army, even Sun Ce has no [-] army.He only has a few more than [-] troops, and more than [-] of them are the new army that has just been reorganized.It is completely impossible to break through the impregnable Yangtze River defense line head-on.

But any strong fortress crumbles from within.No matter how impregnable the defense line was, it couldn't hold back some of them who suddenly rebelled, opened their own defense zone, and actively led the enemy troops into Jiangdong.

And it was the most important part of this line of defense that opened the defense zone to Sun Ce, Danyang prefect Zhou Shang!
When Sun Ce wrote a letter to Zhou Yu, he happened to be crossing the river to visit his father, Zhou Shang, who was the prefect of Danyang in Jiangdong.It was also with the support of his concubine that Zhou Yu was able to lead more than [-] troops to meet him by boat carrying a large amount of food and equipment.

Zhou Shang belonged to Liu Yao's faction and was the new Danyang prefect appointed by Liu Yao after he expelled Wu Jing, the Danyang prefect appointed by Yuan Shu.

But the new prefect was obviously not very optimistic about Liu Yao, but more optimistic about Yuan Shu.

However, this is also the normal state of the current aristocratic families. Even Zhou Yu followed Zhou Shang to Shouchun after helping Sun Ce pacify Danyang County in history, and did not choose to continue to help Sun Ce pacify Wu County and Kuaiji County.

With the help and cover of the Danyang prefect, who is devoted to Yuan Shu, with the water army, Sun Ce can successfully land thousands of soldiers to Jiangdong in one go!
Sun Ce immediately ordered the whole army to move out and capture Niuzhu.

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