Chapter 34 Sun Jian's Death
Sun Jian rectified all the troops and horses in Jiangdong, collected food and grass, built warships, etc. Soon, he would go up the river and attack Liu Biao.
Liu Biao made a detailed work in Jiangdong and soon received news that Sun Jian was preparing to attack him. Liu Biao was shocked and hurriedly gathered his civil servants and generals to discuss.
There was a strategist named Kuai Liang. He smiled and said to Liu Biao: "Lord, don't worry. Then Sun Jian raised an army to attack Dong and defeated Hua Xiong. In addition, he was ambushed by the lord, and he lost 20,000 soldiers in front and behind, which greatly damaged his vitality. He was just Jiangdong, and the lord was in Jingzhou. The soldiers, grains, and armor were all too much more than him, so why fear him?"
Liu Biao felt relieved and nodded, "No, Sun Jian is just Jiangdong, I am not afraid of him!"
Half a month later, Sun Jian, along with the generals Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and his eldest son Sun Ce, threw all the troops from Jiangdong to 200 million, went up the river and officially launched an army to attack Liu Biao. Following the war in Jizhou, the war in Jingzhou also broke out.
Liu Biao was already prepared and ordered General Huang Zu to lead 30,000 troops from Jiangxia County to block Sun Jian first, and he personally led Jiangling and Xiangyang's troops to help, and must encircle and annihilate Sun Jian's 25,000 Jiangdong troops.
Huang Zu ambushed the soldiers on the bank of the river, and when hundreds of warships of Sun Jian were about to dock, arrows were fired at once.
"shoot!"
"Swish swish swish swish swish..." Arrows were as dense as rain.
"Ah!" Many Jiangdong soldiers on the ship were caught in the arrow and fell into the ship.
"The entire army should not be moved lightly." Sun Jian did not order the soldiers to force the landing, but ordered the soldiers to hide in the cabin or climb on the deck to avoid arrows. Sun Jian ordered hundreds of warships to lure Huang Zu back and forth to continue shooting arrows.
Huang Zu was only concerned about shooting arrows, but he didn't expect that he could use up all the arrows he carried in just half a day.
"It's broken, I'm trapped!" After suddenly hearing the arrows used up, Huang Zu was shocked and realized that he had fallen into Sun Jian's temptation plan.
Sun Jian laughed and ordered: "Hahahaha, send an order, pull out all the arrows and shoot them with the Jingzhou army."
The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army pulled out arrows inserted into hundreds of warships and got countless arrows.
"shoot!"
"Swish swish swish swish..." Under Sun Jian's order, the crossbowmen of the Jiangdong Army fired arrows at Huang Zu and other Jingzhou soldiers on the shore.
"Ah!" Many soldiers of Jingzhou soldiers were shot into arrows and fell into the river.
Huang Zu had a blue face, and his arrows had been shot all, and he could not fight back at Sun Jian.
"Retreat!" Helplessly, Huang Zu had no choice but to order the army to retreat.
Sun Jian sneered, pointed at Huang Zu and other Jingzhou troops who were retreating on the shore, and said disdainfully: "A group of mobs!"
Hundreds of warships docked, and 25,000 Jiangdong soldiers landed one after another.
Immediately, Sun Jian ordered Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han to divide the troops into three groups, attacked Huang Zu's 30,000 Jingzhou military camp.
Sun Jian was brave, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang were not easy-going. Besides, Sun Ce, who was quite good at being a father, was known as the little overlord of Jiangdong. Huang Zu was no match for him. He was attacked by Sun Jian's army and was defeated and lost more than 10,000 troops.
Huang Zu had to give up Fancheng next to the river and retreat to Dengcheng.
After Sun Jian captured Fancheng, he led his troops to attack Dengcheng.
Huang Zu received 10,000 reinforcements from two generals Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng in Dengcheng. Not only did he recover his strength, but his confidence also recovered, and he fought against Sun Jian again.
Huang Zu cursed at Sun Jian: "Sun Jian, how dare you offend my lord, the relatives of the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou!"
After scolding, Huang Zu ordered Zhang Hu to fight.
"Han Dang, go and kill him." Sun Jian ordered Han Dang to fight.
"Yes, lord." Han Dang came out of the horse and faced Zhang Hu.
When the two fought, Han Dang's force was undoubtedly stronger. Zhang Hu only fought for more than twenty rounds, but he was unable to match his strength and was at a disadvantage.
Seeing that Zhang Hu was defeated, Chen Sheng immediately rode his horse out to help Zhang Hu: "I'll help you!"
Sun Ce said angrily: "Father, Liu Biao's rat generals are so shameless. Do you want to siege them if you can fight?"
Sun Jian asked with a smile: "How about my son?"
Sun Ce replied: "You should take his life!"
After saying that, Sun Ce bent his bow and arrow, and shot Chen Sheng who rushed out with one arrow.
"Swish! Puff, ah..." The arrow hit Chen Sheng's face. Chen Sheng screamed and fell off his horse. After struggling on the ground for a few times, he died of anger.
On the other side, Zhang Hu, who was fighting fiercely with Han Dang, was shocked to see Chen Sheng being shot by Sun Ce with an arrow. He suddenly panicked and revealed his flaws.
"Die!" Han Dang seized this good opportunity and hit Zhang Hu in the head with one knife, killing Zhang Hu down.
Both generals were killed, and Huang Zu and other Jingzhou troops were shocked.
"Kill!" Sun Jian and Sun Ce took advantage of the situation to lead troops to charge.
Huang Zu was defeated again, and this time he lost 20,000 troops, and Deng Cheng was also lost.
Sun Jian seized two cities in a row and captured many Jingzhou soldiers. Not only did he not reduce his strength, but he was stronger than before, and his troops were extremely powerful.
After Huang Zu's defeat, he gathered the defeated troops and returned to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao.
Huang Zu said to Liu Biao: "Lord, Sun Jian is brave and unstoppable, and he will be defeated by the last general."
Liu Biao was shocked and was helpless. He shouted: "What should I do?"
At this time, Cai Mao stood up and asked for a fight, "Lord, Sun Jian is about to come to the city. The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead the troops to fight another battle."
"Okay, okay, if you fight another battle, you will definitely win, otherwise the morale of our Jingzhou army will be completely gone." Liu Biao allowed Cai Mao to fight, but let Cai Mao win.
"Yes, lord." Cai Mao led 15,000 troops out of the city and lined up to fight against the arrival of Sun Jian's army. This was actually a complete gift for the people, so Liu Biao was too panicked and agreed only after being confused.
Seeing that Cai Mao and other 15,000 Jingzhou troops were in front, Sun Jian did not speak nonsense and directly ordered the army to rush over: "Kill, this general Cai Mao is one of the people who ambushed me. The generals captured him alive, and I will kill him with my own hands."
Sun Jian's army entered the flock of sheep like a tiger. In an instant, it dispersed the 15,000 Jingzhou army led by Cai Mao. Cai Mao and Cheng Pu fought fiercely, but in just a few rounds, it was defeated and fled, causing 15,000 Jingzhou army under his command to flee in all directions.
Cai Mao was indeed defeated and led only thousands of remaining troops back to Xiangyang City.
Liu Biao was defeated repeatedly and did not dare to fight again, so he had to defend Xiangyang City to the death.
Sun Jian's troops arrived at Xiangyang City and attacked the city fiercely.
Jiangdong soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and their morale was strong. In Xiangyang City, tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops were defeated in a row due to consecutive battles and their morale was low. Although they were defending the city, the number of casualties was even more than that of Jiangdong soldiers who were sieging the city. If this continues, Xiangyang is very likely to be defeated by Sun Jian.
Liu Biao was very worried.
At this time, his adviser Kuai Liang suddenly thought of a plan and said, "Lord, I thought of a plan that will take Sun Jian's life. Once Sun Jian dies, the Jiangdong soldiers will be defeated without a leader!"
"Oh? Come on, come on." Liu Biao said immediately.
Kuai Liang smiled and said, "The lord can write to Yuan Shao and ask Yuan Shao for help, and secretly tell Sun Jian to know that at that time, the lord will send a general to break through the city with a crossbowman, and then ask him to go straight to the mountain of Xian to ambush. Sun Jian will definitely pursue him. He didn't know that Xian Mountain was circling and twisting. When he went deeper, he would be ambushed and out, and both arrows and stones were fired. No matter how brave Sun Jian was, he would not be able to escape death."
Liu Biao was overjoyed and said, "Okay, good plan, just do it."
Liu Biao sent a powerful general named Lu Gong, and the next day he brought five hundred soldiers of the slash out of the city.
When Sun Jian witnessed Lu Gong and other five hundred Jingzhou troops leaving the city, he indeed ordered five hundred Jiangdong soldiers and got on the horse and chased them all the way to Xianshan.
When Mr. Lu saw Sun Jian coming after him, he ordered 300 soldiers to ambush first, and then he led the remaining 200 soldiers to welcome Sun Jian.
"Where are you going!" Sun Jian and Lu Gong were so proud that they took Lu Gong directly, trying to kill Lu Gong.
Mr. Lu knew that he was defeated by Sun Jian, so he fought with Sun Jian for only one round and then rode his horse to continue to lure Sun Jian into the depths of Xian Mountain.
Sun Jian didn't realize it was a plan, so he chased after him.
When Sun Jian entered the ambush, rocks suddenly flew down the mountain, and hundreds of crossbowmen suddenly came out and shot arrows at Sun Jian.
Although Sun Jian was brave, he was first hit by a stone, then was pierced by thousands of arrows. He immediately stared at his eyes and died of anger.
"Hahaha, Sun Jian is dead. Go back and report to the lord." Mr. Lu laughed and ordered someone to carry Sun Jian's body and return to Xiangyang.
As soon as Sun Jian died, the Jiangdong army was in chaos, and in Xiangyang, tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops were greatly boosted.
"It is today that the army will leave the city and defeat the Jiangdong army." Liu Biao ordered Huang Zu, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, Lu Gong and other generals to attack the Jiangdong army camp.
The Jiangdong Army had no leader and was killed by Liu Biao and Jingzhou Army to retreat step by step. If it weren't for the end of the little overlord Sun Ce, who turned the tide, killed Lu Gong, captured Huang Zu alive, and led the Jiangdong Army to retreat, the Jiangdong Army would have been completely wiped out by Liu Biao Jingzhou Army.
Although Sun Ce replaced his father Sun Ce in charge of the Jiangdong Army with the assistance of Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other generals, the Jiangdong Army had already been defeated. In addition, due to the death of his father Sun Jian, the Jiangdong Army had no morale, and it was impossible to defeat Liu Biao and capture Jingzhou.
Sun Ce had no choice but to think that his father's body was still in Liu Biao's hands, so he sent someone to discuss peace with Liu Biao, and exchanged his captive Huang Zu for his father Sun Jian's body, and returned to Jiangdong...
The peace talks were of course temporary. Liu Biao then thought that he had killed Sun Jian and had a grudge against Sun Ce to kill his father. No matter what, both families could not be good. Soon afterwards, Liu Biao sent troops to attack Jiangdong. In addition, some ambitious geniuses in Jiangdong took advantage of Sun Jian's death to rebel. Sun Ce was worried about internal and external troubles and was finally driven out of Jiangdong. Sun Ce had no choice but to lead Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang to defect to Yuan Shu, but he secretly swore that one day he would avenge his father!
Chapter completed!