Overlord!

Chapter 55
The breach of Ruo Rong's camp meant that Sun Ce had completely defeated Danyang. With the support of Danyang County and Danyang's heroes, the rear of the army was safe and secure.

It took only a few days for Sun Ce to complete the reorganization of the surrendered troops, and he personally raised the army to enter Jurong, ready to fight Liu Yao.

Due to the reorganization of Ruo Rong's troops, Sun Ce's army exceeded [-] people, especially the number of cavalry increased significantly.

Among the [-] horses in the Zerong camp, there are more than [-] war horses.

Xu Kun took away one hundred horses, and Sun Ce still had more than seven hundred horses left, which is still a huge number. If it was in the past, there would be a shortage of knights.

But this time, there was no such problem.

Among the tens of thousands of people Ze Rong brought from the Huaisi area, there were many elite soldiers.These people are professional troops supported by Ruo Rong with gold and silver, specializing in training and fighting.Among them, when the scale of the cavalry was at its peak, there were thousands of people.

Sun Ce selected [-] elite soldiers from among them, supplied them to Cheng Zi, and put him in command.

Even Sun Ce selected more than 30 soldiers who were more than seven feet seven inches tall.

At this time in Jurong County, the number of Xuanjia cavalry is close to 150, while the Qing cavalry has a total of 600!

There are more than [-] iron cavalry in the whole army, which is already a powerful force that can determine the outcome.

Among the disciples, all Ling Cao's troops were replaced with Xuanjia seized from the Ruorong camp.

His unit was previously commanded by Jiang Qin. It was the first unit under Sun Ce to start training the mandarin duck formation, and it was also one of the units with the strictest military discipline. Now all members are dressed in black armor and armed with the most sophisticated equipment. They are the sharpest of the entire army.

It can be said that this army is the trapping camp in Sun Ce's hands. The soldiers are brave and sharp, and they will surely be able to sweep through the clouds and break everything.

Their commander, Ling Cao, was like Xu Kun, a brave general who won the three armies, and his weapon was a huge horse-cutting sword that was one foot long.This is the most lethal weapon of the big man. It is shaped like a long handle with double blades at the front.When the former, people and horses are broken.Therefore, the Tang Dynasty also called Mo Dao the Horse-Chopping Sword.

When Sun Ce's army was flying with banners and Jia Guangyao day marched into Jurong, everyone immediately knew that the decisive battle to determine the ownership of Jiangdong was about to break out.

In this decisive battle, Sun Ce also went all out.This battle is directly facing Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, and his main force!

The name Liu Yao may not be well-known in later generations, but it was definitely a thunderous name in the late Han Dynasty.

When he was 19 years old, his uncle was taken hostage by bandits, so he gathered more than ten people to sneak into the bandit's den, beheaded the leader of the bandits, and successfully rescued his uncle, so he became famous all over the world.

After becoming an adult, he was recognized by the state as a state's most talented person.Together with his elder brother Liu Dai, he is called the Second Dragon.

But unlike Liu Dai who was afraid of Yuan Shao, Liu Yao was brave enough to fight Yuan Shu head-on, and successfully drove out his forces, so he was named Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu General by the imperial court.

General Zhenwu!For Liu Yao, this name is definitely worthy of the name.

His strength may not be weaker than that of Liu Yan, Liu Biao, and Liu Yu, the other clan clansmen of the Han Dynasty today.

And Sun Ce thinks he looks more like Liu Bei!

When Liu Bei fought with Cao Cao, he was basically only afraid of Cao Cao, and he could defeat all the generals in Cao Ying except Cao Cao.

Liu Yao is roughly equivalent to this strength.

If Sun Ce did not come to the battlefield in person, Liu Yao would not be afraid of all the generals under Sun Ce, and would even be able to drive Wu Jing and Sun Ben out of Jiangdong again.

After all, Wu Jing and Sun Ben have only two thousand subordinates, while Liu Yao has tens of thousands of subordinates!
When Sun Ce arrived in Jurong, he immediately summoned all the generals under his command and started the pre-war planning.

The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first, and the first to speak is Lu Fan, the governor's logistics officer.

"General, most of the grain, grass, and equipment of the Niuzhu camp have arrived in Jurong. Now there are more than [-] shi of grain in Jurong City, which is enough to ensure that the soldiers can eat and drink. Liyang County and Danyang County have sent cattle, sheep and pigs in total. Waiting for more than [-] heads is enough to maintain the meat of the soldiers during the decisive battle!"

Sun Ce nodded. In troubled times, being a soldier is definitely one of the few good ways out for common people.

Especially in wartime, the supply of millet, rice and meat is completely open, which can ensure that every soldier can be full of meat and millet and have sufficient strength.

Of course, this is all of Sun Ce's possessions, and it is also the greatest support that Zhou Shang can give Sun Ce.

If this battle cannot be won, all the luggage will be lost in one day.

Regarding the luggage, Lu Fan continued: "Niuzhu camp sent four more sets of horse armor, over a hundred sets of black armor, and more than [-] arrows. This is already the last batch of supplies for Niuzhu camp."

After understanding the material situation, Sun Ce roughly calculated that the armored rate of the entire army was about 15.00%.Of course, this armor refers to the mysterious armor. The entire army of leather armor has a pair of leather armor, and there are even thousands of leather armor in the two ranks of armor.

The more than [-] apprentices and [-] cavalry in Jurong are definitely considered elite troops at the moment.

Sun Ce turned to look at Xu Yi and asked, "Where did Gong Jin lead the army?"

Sun Ce's army marched in two directions, and they must communicate with each other. Xu Yi was the messenger sent by Zhou Yu.

Xu Yi immediately said: "General, Zhou Dudu has sent his army to Qu'a County. As long as the general fights, the army can arrive on the battlefield to support within a day."

Qu'e County is in the western suburbs of Wu County, and fighting within a single county, it will definitely not take a day for the reinforcements to arrive.

It can be said that now our own soldiers are ready for a decisive battle.

Sun Ce straightened his chest, finally looked at Wu Jing and asked, "Wu Zhonglang, how is the situation of Liu Yao's troops?"

Wu Jing was the first troops to advance to Qu'e County. When Sun Ce was rectifying the situation in the rear in Moling, he was the one who led the army to defend Qu'e, set up defense lines, and investigate the enemy's situation.

He immediately got up, turned to Zhongren solemnly, and introduced in detail: "Liu Yao's army is stationed at the foot of Shenting Ridge. Liu Yao personally mentioned tens of thousands of troops here. According to the spies' investigation, there are no fewer than 2 soldiers in his battalion!"

"Shenting Ridge!" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, this place is too vivid.

The fierce battle of "Tai Shici fighting the little overlord" is simply the most romantic chapter of Zhu Xia, and it has been widely circulated in later generations.

And the reason why he is so sought after by later generations is because this is the most typical single-challenge battle between generals in the late Han Dynasty, and it is more detailed and vivid than the battle between Lu Bu and Guo Si.

Sun Ce, the general of the three armies, really rode forward to fight with Tai Shici for a while, and he had an obvious advantage.

Sun Ce stabbed Tai Shici's war horse, both sides fell off the horse, all the soldiers missed, and entered a close hand-to-hand fight.Sun Ce caught the short halberd behind Taishi Ci, but Taishi Ci only got Sun Ce's pocket halberd.

If the fight continued, one would hold a short halberd and the other would hold a helmet, Tai Shici would probably have to be stabbed to death on Shenting Ridge.

But at this time the main force of the two armies arrived, and the two disbanded.

To dissolve means to break away from close entanglement.It can be said that the fight was very anxious and intense.

Sun Ce is actually very sorry for the famous general Tai Shici.

The fierce battle at Shenting Ridge is very famous, and Tai Shici in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is also famous, giving him many opportunities to appear.

But in fact, in Soochow, Tai Shici was not trusted, and he was depressed.From the time he led his troops to surrender until his death, he had almost no merits, and he never returned to battle to command any main force.

That's why he died young, and when he was about to die, he sighed: "When a man is born in this world, he should carry a three-foot long sword to ascend to the emperor's hall. Now that he has not fulfilled his ambition, why is he going to die!"

But there is no way, his status is too special, different from ordinary generals, he actually joined Sun Ce as a prince.It is very similar to Ma Chao's situation, and it is difficult to be used again.

The main reason for all this is that after Liu Yao's defeat, he no longer followed Liu Yao, but fled into the mountains, fled to the south of Danyang, stationed in Jing County, established Tunfu, and called himself Danyang Prefect, greatly attached to Shanyue.

None of his biographies are in the biographies of the officials of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, but belong to the biographies of Liu Yao, Tai Shici, and Shi Yu.

Sun Ce himself called himself the prefect of Kuaiji. How can he reuse this prefect of Danyang?

The easiest and most effective way to change the fate of this famous general is to catch him directly on Shenting Ridge.Although he is unlikely to surrender, even if he is released, with his loyalty, he will not pull out another army to deliberately fight against Sun Ce after Liu Yao's defeat.

After Liu Yao's defeat, there were too many civil servants and military generals who surrendered to Sun Ce. Nearly half of the talents in Jiangdong joined Sun Ce at this time.If Tai Shici can surrender at this time, he will definitely be reused like everyone else.

So Sun Ce cheered up and asked Wu Jing, "Why is Liu Yao stationing troops here?"

Wu Jing explained: "Qu'a is located in the western suburbs of Wu County, and the terrain is relatively flat, while Shentingling is a hill with relatively high terrain, and it stretches from east to west, just blocking the south. Liu Yao's army camped here. It is the horn of each other with Qu'e County, and it can also defend against Zhou Dudu's army. It is the place where it will inevitably garrison."

Hearing this, Sun Ce frowned. If so, the situation would be more worthy of attention than a mere general named Tai Shici.

If Zhou Yu's main force is blocked in the south, it is unknown whether he can defeat Liu Yao.If you can't win, you don't have to think about any famous generals!
Sun Ce got up, holding a long knife in his hand, and said to several generals: "Wu Zhonglang supervised the army to station in Qu'a, and the other generals followed me to the front to inspect the terrain of the battlefield and the situation of Liu Yao's camp."

Cheng Pu, Song Qian, Sun Ben, Han Dang, Jiang Qin and other generals who were in charge of commanding the battle all surrendered, put on their horses and followed Sun Ce to leave the barracks.

However, Sun Ce will bring his guards with him wherever he goes now. In addition to these ten generals, there are dozens of Xuanjia cavalry in the team. It is extremely majestic and majestic.

Investigating the enemy's situation is to go out lightly and catch them by surprise.

Before the main force of the army entered the territory of Qu'a, Sun Ce personally led more than [-] cavalry to investigate the situation on the battlefield, and the enemy was suddenly completely unprepared.

Li Shimin often does this kind of thing, and even often fights with the enemy's patrolling cavalry.

Sun Ce intends to compete with him. The battle of Qu'a must be a complete victory. Naturally, he must lead the cavalry to scout the battlefield before the battle.

The main horses of Sun Ce's army had all been equipped with horseshoes, and more than fifty riders could ride the horses at a gallop, and they arrived in Qu'e County in just over an hour.

This battlefield is indeed one of the most suitable terrains in Jiangdong for the decisive battle of Sun Ce's army. It starts from the Danyang hills in the east, follows the trend, and enters the Wujun Plain. Along the way, hills, depressions, and plains intersect.

The highest peak does not exceed 100 meters. The terrain is dominated by plains, and the water network is dense. There are more than 90 rivers crisscrossing it.

Sun Ce remembered that when Deng Ai and Zhong Hui were young, they liked to talk about terrain. Whenever they saw mountains and rivers, they surveyed the terrain, pointed out the location of the army camp, and the essentials of battle.

So he said to the generals behind him: "We will come here to survey the battlefield in person, and you all will share your opinions and choose where to fight."

Cheng Pu followed Sun Ce, and he was the most respected. He opened his mouth first and said, "Qu'a is in the west of Wu County. The ground is steep with Danyang. It is high in the west and low in the east. It is just suitable for me to wait for it. So the further east we go, the faster we go. The stronger the army, the greater the advantage."

Everyone nodded in approval.If there is no Zhou Yu's army on the South Road to restrain him, Liu Yao's best choice is actually to stay at the junction of Danyang's precipitous and Wujun Plain.

Liu Yao's army lined up on the plain, but Sun Ce's army was blocked on the steep terrain, the formation could not be deployed, and the two wings could not move quickly.

The two sides can only consume flesh and blood, which can best play the advantage of Liu Yao's large army.

But Liu Yao was worried about being flanked by front and back, so he voluntarily gave up here and retreated to the Shentingling area to garrison in the mountains, which was tantamount to giving the advantage to Sun Ce.

Sun He analyzed from the terrain of the battlefield: "Plains are suitable for the main force of Liu Yao's army to form formations, while hilly land is suitable for our army's mandarin duck formation. In rugged and potholed land, the main force of Liu Yao's army is not allowed to move forward. its full strength."

With his horsewhip, Sun He pointed southward to the hills and potholes in the east where the people were, and said: "There are four rivers and a large swale in this area, and the hills are backed by it. It is an excellent place for defense. Only about 200 men are needed to stop Liu Yao's army of [-] people! If one of them is guarded here, Liu Yao's tens of thousands of troops will be unable to defeat him all day long. Give me a thousand soldiers, and I will win a complete victory here. Annihilate the entire enemy army."

Sun Ce observed the terrain Sun He pointed to, and agreed with what he said very much.

The battlefield is chosen here, and only a small number of troops can block Liu Yao's huge army.Then one's own side can deploy more troops to other fronts to strengthen its strength.

Chen Wu suggested: "The big banner can be set up in this area. The enemy army saw that there were only a few hundred people guarding the big banner on the mountain, so they must attack with heavy troops. Our army deployed heavy troops on the two wings, defeated the enemy army, and encircled the place. Even if there are tens of thousands of people crowded in the potholes, they can be captured in one battle."

"Haha, if Liu Yao is all in line with our army's intentions, why not use the general to personally raise troops? I can also wipe out the entire army he killed with only 2000 people." Han Dang said, stroking his beard.

Everyone burst into laughter at once. What they are talking about now is the most ideal situation, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, so we still have to react accordingly.

Sun Ce waved his hand with a smile, and said, "Go on, go ahead and see Liu Yao's camp."

As soon as the group went down the mountain, the guarding Xuanjia cavalry shouted: "General, there are enemy scouts."

Immediately, Chen Wu leapt out with his spear in hand, and shouted boldly, "I'll kill them all for the general."

With saddles and stirrups, Chen Wu, who is equipped with armored riding gear, is naturally confident in killing all the scouting enemy cavalry.

He led two iron cavalry to ride forward, and returned triumphantly after only a moment. He threw down four heads and said with a big smile: "The enemy's more than ten cavalry were killed and four of them scattered in a hurry. My two cavalry also returned Get five of his war horses."

(End of this chapter)