Chapter 958 Zhou Yu dispatched(1/2)
After the two of them fought for 20 or 30 times, Sun Ce had already gained the upper hand, which made him feel very proud.
"What is Xu Huang or what kind of famous Han generals are just like this."
Xu Huang was very anxious, and his mocking made him even more excited: "Who are you? Cao's thief is harming the country and the people, and is unruly. I think you are also a good man, why do you help the evil and become the commander of Cao's thief?"
Sun Ce was very disdainful: "Cao Cao? He is worthy of being my lord?"
Xu Huang asked in surprise: "You are not Cao Cao's subordinate? Then who are you?"
"No, I'm letting go." Sun Ce was shocked to find out that he had lost his words, and his face was filled with anger again: "I want to know? I will tell you when you die."
His overlord spear stepped up his three-point force again, and Xu Huang was in a hurry to resist, and gradually became a little powerless.
Fortunately, the tens of thousands of Han troops outside the city have joined the battle at this moment, and their combat power is obviously stronger than that of the enemy. Although they are so tired after a day of running around, when they encounter fighting, they are all excited and block tens of thousands of enemy troops within three hundred steps outside the city, and they are unable to advance in an instant.
Many of the generals under Sun Ce were young military generals recruited by the Sun family over the years. Veterans such as Cheng Pu and Han Dang did not appear. These young generals had poor martial arts skills and could neither compare with Sun Ce nor could they fight against those veterans in Xu Huang's army who were trained and promoted step by step from grassroots soldiers.
The army of both sides fought for a long time, and many lieutenant generals of the Sun army died at the hands of the Han generals, which made Sun Ce want to rescue him several times. It was precisely because of this that Xu Huang had a chance to breathe, which made the two fight for more than a hundred times, although he was at a disadvantage, he was not defeated.
The city tower had been watching the battle, and he felt a little relieved: "Fortunately, although the enemy general had extraordinary martial arts, his military command was far inferior to Gongming and I. But it was really strange that this group of enemy troops was so well equipped, but it seemed that the soldiers' physical fitness and cooperation with each other was not as good as Cao's army as I had seen before. Even the body and physique were slightly thin. It was a fantasy to ambush our army with these people alone. What was the idea of Cao's attack..."
Sun Ce looked at the city gate, and Han troops continued to emerge, and his eyes unconsciously aimed at the northeast from time to time.
"Gongjin, Gongjin, you have to be faster. Xu Huang's martial arts skills are not as good as mine, but the combat power of the troops he commands is really strong. If you don't succeed, I will not last until dawn..."
More than a hundred miles northeast of Lu'an City, there is a tall city standing, which is Hefei City.
In the south of Hefei City, the peaceful water flowed through it. After more than thirty miles, it merged into Chaohu Lake. There are many rivers in Chaohu Lake connecting the turbulent Yangtze River.
A few hours before Sun Ce and Xu Huang fought, the place was clear and the sun was hanging high.
Outside Hefei City, a group of grain convoys had just passed the water supply, and several veterans were re-calculating the food and grass.
A moment later, several people came to the leading captain of the grain protection team: "Captain, there is no shortage of 650,000 stones of grain and grass, and all the guards and civilians are not bad."
The captain stroked his beard and nodded, "Well, Xu, the two generals, must have arrived in Lu'an City at this moment. They will send troops to Jingzhou and Runan tomorrow. We must hurry up and send these food and grass to Lu'an City before dawn. Tell the soldiers and civilians that if this matter can be completed, each person will be given an additional reward of five hundred yuan."
"Affect the order."
"Okay, go."
The captain stepped onto the war horse and led a long-distance grain convoy, moving forward.
Shortly after walking, the official road ahead was divided into two, one was still a wide road, and the other was a narrow muddy road.
The captain shouted: "Where is the military guide?"
A middle-aged man hurriedly ran over: "Go back to the general, there are several continuous hillsides that are not very tall, but difficult to walk. This path passes through the mountains. The road goes around the hillside, which is safer and more convenient."
The captain frowned: "Which road is near?"
"Go back to the general and walk the small road, about ninety miles to Lu'an. Walk the big road, about one hundred and forty miles. However..."
"No need to pass the order and walk the path."
"Captain, this..." Several guards seemed to be in doubt.
The captain said with a firm expression: "Don't worry, the main force of Cao's army is in Runan. Here, Xu and two generals have led a large army. After walking through it, let alone Cao's army, I'm afraid even some small bandits will not be able to see one. If you walk on the main road, you will definitely not be able to arrive before dawn. You can only succeed by walking on the small road, and you don't have to worry."
After listening to his analysis, everyone felt it was reasonable and calmed down.
The military order was quickly conveyed, and the villagers of the grain convoy waved their whips and drove the donkeys and horses onto the path.
The road became more and more broken, and the carriages and donkeys were getting more and more bumpy. Fortunately, these carriages were strong enough and would not be distracted. However, the convoy quickly entered the mountainous area, with tall trees on both sides blocking most of the sunshine and turning the clear sky like a cloudy day.
Gradually, the sun sets westward and the sky becomes a little darker. Until the sun completely sets, the grain convoy has not left the mountain road.
The captain ordered the torch to light and rushed to the road overnight. The guards and the civilians were prepared. They immediately lit the torch, and the flames shone in the bushes on both sides, with shadows and a bit strange.
"Captain..." An escort walked to the captain and kept looking to both sides, looking a little scared.
"You said, are there any mountain spirit ghosts, poisonous snakes and beasts here..."
The captain looked at this person, but it was a recruit who had just been recruited a few months ago: "Haha, what are you thinking? I have been in the army for six years and have never seen any battles, but I have never seen the mountain spirits and ghosts you mentioned. Not to mention this woods, even in the graves, I walked by in the middle of the night. There is nothing scary. As for poisonous snakes and beasts, hehe, we have so many people and torches, only they are afraid of us, so where is there any reason why we are afraid of them?"
The recruit looked into his head, as if he was a little braver. However, a bush not far away suddenly shaked, causing "Sasha" to make a sound.
"Ah... there is a monster..." He was so scared that he was so scared that he shook his head when he saw the captain.
The captain took a bow and arrow from his body, aimed it at the shaking bushes, and shot it out with an arrow.
"Shuh..." A scream from a beast came, and the bushes shook violently for a while, and then they fell into silence again.
A soldier ran over quickly, then ran back happily with something in his hand: "The captain is good at archery, a deer."
The captain looked a little proud: "I'm lucky tonight. I'll send the orders and walk ten miles further forward and rest on the spot. Everyone eats some dry food and roasts the deer. Although there are not a few kilograms of meat, it's not for many of us to enjoy, but each one can talk to satisfy our cravings."
"Hehe, Captain Weiming. Venison is a rare good thing to taste, great tonic, great tonic."
The soldier threw the deer onto a carriage and continued to move forward.
The guards and the civilians were all excited: "General is mighty!"
"We are so rude tonight, but we have a good time."
"The general is really a sharpshooter..."
The captain couldn't help but look a little bit on his face as he listened to the many praises from everyone.
"I was eliminated from the Shenji Camp because of my inexperienced art. Otherwise, why did I come here to escort the food convoy? Fortunately, I have been practicing archery hard in the past few months and have made great progress. After this battle, I will definitely participate in the Shenji Camp assessment and return to General Ye Xiang's command."
He was full of confidence and many scenes of practicing and fighting in the Shenji Camp appeared in his mind.
"Swoosh..."
The sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air made the captain fascinated: "Well... the scene of practicing archery together in the army appeared in my mind. The sound of sharp arrows flying through and over is really wonderful..."
He was fantasizing, but the soldiers around him woke him up: "General, it's not good, we're in an ambush...ah..."
The soldier was halfway through his throat, and a sharp arrow splattered with blood, making the captain's face full of his face, which made the captain stunned.
"Swoosh swish swish..."
"Help..."
"The enemy attacks...there are enemies attacks..."
“Hu…huh…huh…”
The sound of arrows, the sound of shouting, and the sound of wind blowing flames came one after another, and soon the captain's thoughts were completely pulled back to reality.
"The enemy attacks? There is an ambush? Hurry up... Get ready for the battle!"
He shouted, but before he could take out his weapons, groups of enemy troops surged out from the woods on both sides.
"Kill..."
A burly young general rushed over by horseback: "Jiujiang Zhou Tai is here, the enemy general is watching the sword!"
Zhou Tai held a Park knife in his hand and slashed straight towards the captain.
On the hillside not far away, Zhou Yu and Lu Su were watching the battle in the fire.
Lu Su looked at Zhou Yu with some surprise and admiration: "Gongjin, how could you be sure that this grain convoy would take this small road? Logically speaking, the small road is difficult to walk, and the avenue is spacious, so the possibility of them walking that road is even higher."
Zhou Yu was wearing armor and was heroic. He looked at Lu Su and smiled indifferently: "Haha, Zijing, you only know one thing but not the other. Usually, when the grain fleet faces such a choice, they will naturally choose to walk the road, which is safe, convenient, and not prone to accidents. However, the situation is different at the moment."
"Oh? How is it different?" Lu Su asked afterwards.
"It's very simple. Think about Xu Huang and Qianzhao, who have been sieging cities and land, can be said to be invincible and defeated. They are about to head north to encircle Cao Cao's army, and they will win a great victory. It is just around the corner. Under such a great victory, the Han army has become a proud soldier. Regardless of Xu Huangzhao's passing by, the grain convoy has determined that there is no danger here. Even if there are some risks, I am afraid that these guards will not take it seriously. This is one of them."
"Second, Xu Huang, led the two men to Lu'an City, and now they have arrived in Lu'an City. They will not stay in the city for a long time. I expected that they would divide their troops tomorrow morning to encircle Cao's army and attack Jingzhou as the vanguard. Before the troops moved, the food and grass were about to fight. The grain convoy must arrive in Lu'an before dawn. The road is forty miles more than the small road, and anyone who is in this situation will choose to take the small road."
After hearing this, Lu Su gave Zhou Yu a thumbs up: "Gongjin is resourceful, Su admires him very much."
"Hahaha... Zijing, after dawn, you and Bo Fu will celebrate the celebration of drinking in this Hefei city."
"Forget it, Su Ben is not good at drinking, so he sacrifices his life to accompany the gentleman this time."
Outside Lu'an City, Xu Huang had already gotten rid of Sun Ce. The two of them no longer fought alone, but rushed into the army and started fighting.
Although Sun Ce knew that the key to this battle was Zhou Yu and his side was just a supporter. However, he was arrogant, especially after seeing the famous Xu Huang, he was determined to capture and kill him and defeat the Han army strongly.
However, if he had a long battle, he could not defeat Xu Huang, his army fell into a downward trend and was defeated step by step. He had to withdraw and join the army to fight, so as not to prevent the young generals he had worked hard to train and promote would be killed or injured in this battle.
Xu Huang had already seen clearly that although the combat power of these enemy troops was not weak, the gap was quite large compared to the Han army he led. Moreover, his superiority in troops was not enough to worry about.
He waved the Wutang Xuanhua Axe and rushed back and forth among the enemy, killing countless lives under the axe.
"You are not an opponent of a certain family. You are not a master of Cao Zhe. Why don't you cast your secretly and surrender to the court to seek fame and fame? You can shine your ancestors. Otherwise, if you continue fighting, you are afraid that your life will be lost."
When Sun Ce heard his rampant tone, he was very angry. He was about to retort, but he remembered that he had accidentally said something he had missed before, for fear that in a hurry, he would say something he shouldn't say. When he reached his mouth, he hurriedly swallowed it back.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Xu Huang was expecting it. Although he was very surprised by the appearance of this enemy army, he always felt that such a huge battle with a huge gap in strength was definitely not like Cao Cao's work, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, and thought that he could only retreat to the enemy first.
The pulling trick on the city tower is now clear and waiting for the enemy to be defeated and flee.
"Dadada..." A rapid sound of horse hooves immediately aroused his alertness. Looking in the sound, someone ran towards the northeast.
"Link General... General Xu..."
Qian Zhao quickly heard the voice of the person who came here, and was a general in the grain protection team this time, and his face changed.
"Not good, something happened..."
To be continued...