Chapter 404: The Battle of Crossing the River
Sun Jian cursed angrily: "Despicable! So despicable! Zhuge Villager is so bullying!" However, despite his anger, Sun Jian's expression was obviously at a loss. Zhuge Liang led his army to raid the three counties and succeeded, which completely made Sun Jian confused.
Sun Ce said: "Don't rest! As long as we can defeat Lu Bu's main force in one fell swoop as Gongjin's plan, it will be only a matter of time before we can regain the three counties!" Sun Jian was determined and nodded and said: "Not bad! Not bad! As long as we can eliminate Lu Bu's main force, we can still turn defeat into victory!" Then he said angrily: "Hmph! Let Zhuge Villageman take advantage of it for the time being!" Zhou Yu clasped his fists and said: "My lord is wise. The subordinates believe that an envoy should be sent to meet Zhuge Liang to express our kindness and stabilize them, so as to prevent them from stabbing us from behind when we fought with Lu Bu...."
Sun Jian frowned and said, "Gongjin's concern is extremely good! Is it useful if he just sends an envoy?" Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said firmly: "It must be useful! Zhuge Liang is not a fool, he must not want Lu Bu to continue to grow up uncontrollably! If he actually cooperates with Lu Bu to destroy us, then Lu Bu's power will span the country and the strongest will be approaching Cao Cao! This is definitely not a good thing for Liu Bei, who is still very weak! Therefore, as long as we are willing to make peace with them, they will never refuse.
!They even hoped that we could repel Lu Bu's army!" Then they looked cold, "But they never expected that we would wipe out the main force of Lu Bu's army in one fell swoop! When our army solved Lu Bu's main force, they could free up their hands to deal with the Zhuge Villageman and ask him to spit out all the things he swallowed!" Speaking of this, perhaps because of his emotions being too excited, the doctor who was serving next to him quickly helped him massage his back, and then gave him a bowl of hot ginger soup, so Zhou Yu finally recovered.
Seeing that Zhou Yu had recovered, Sun Ce couldn't help but feel relieved, turned around and fisted at Sun Jian and said, "Father, what Gongjin said is so true! Just do it!" Sun Jian nodded, and then said in embarrassment: "But who can do it on Jiangxia?" Sun Ce said, "Zi Jing is respectful and polite, and can take on this responsibility." Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Brother Bo Fu said very well. Zi Jing must be such a heavy responsibility!" Lu Su immediately stepped forward and said, "I am willing to take on this important responsibility!" Sun Jian patted Lu Su on the shoulder and said, "I'll give this matter to Zi Jing!"
After seeing the Danyang siege was lifted, Ailang couldn't help but feel relieved and waited for the arrival of the main force led by Ju Yi.
A few days later, the 100,000 army led by Ju Yi finally arrived at the camp. Ju Yi bowed to Ailang: "Report to the lord, the last general led the 100,000 army and hundreds of thousands of food and supplies to arrive, and I will pay the order to the lord!" Ailang smiled and said, "Okay! You have worked hard all the way!" Ju Yi bowed and said, "Thank you lord!" Then he retreated aside to wait for the order.
Ailang walked along the tent, and everyone followed closely behind. Ailang looked at the army and baggage that were entering the camp one after another, and said to Xu Shu: "Old Xu, my idea is that the army will launch an attack immediately after resting for two days! I don't want to waste time anymore!" Xu Shu clasped his fists and said, "My wise! It is indeed not a waste of time! As the saying goes, there are many dreams! But my subordinates think it is more appropriate to wait until all the navy troops will be united before launching an attack!" Ailang's navy has only transferred part of it, and the remaining part of the navy was originally used to stay in Wujun. These navy troops have left Wujun and are on the way here. Ailang nodded and said, "Okay, wait until the army will be together to attack!"
Two days later, the navy troops who were originally staying in Wujun arrived. The army rested for another day, and early the next morning, they began to cross the river. There was a lot of people on the north bank of the river, and 100,000 troops were crossing the river without hiding it. At the same time, 20,000 navy troops set up protective formations at the upstream and downstream of the ferry to protect the army to cross the river.
The first army that crossed the river was the 10,000 vanguards led by Zhao Yungaoshun. When they were still in the river, people were surging on the opposite shore. A large army of Jiangdong appeared on the south bank under the leadership of Sun Ce, and set up a military formation to prepare for combat.
Ailang saw the movements of the Jiangdong Army from afar, and immediately shouted to the messenger: "The navy commands the cover of the crossing army!" The messenger immediately conveyed the order to the flag bearer under his command, and the three flag bearers immediately cast out three red, two black flags. After a while, the fleet arranged upstream and downstream immediately divided a portion of the warships to approach the shore. Then the catapults on the warships shot a large number of stones to the other side, landed in the middle of the Jiangdong Army, and smashed the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army to fly everywhere! Sun Ce hurriedly led the army to retreat, retreating directly beyond the range of the other catapult car before stopping and re-arranged!
The ten thousand vanguards led by Zhao Yun were already docking one after another. The officers and soldiers quickly came down from the wooden rafts and bamboo rafts to shore to form a formation. The shield player was in front of the spearman and the crossbow player was behind. In the midst of busyness, the soldiers of Lu Bu were quickly forming a formation!
At this moment, a sudden burst of war drums came from the Jiangdong Army, and then the army led by Sun Ce rushed up! The army was in a tide, obviously trying to defeat the Lu Bu army in one fell swoop when it was not stable!
There were huge whistling sounds in the air. It turned out that the catapult car on the warship was showing its might again. I saw stones hitting the Jiangdong Army like raindrops. The flesh and blood of the Jiangdong Army were flying everywhere, and the officers and soldiers were constantly hit by the roaring stones and falling to the ground! At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Lu Bu army were also firing arrows, and waves of arrow rain mixed with the flying stone rain kept flying towards the other party. Seeing that the other party was constantly falling, I didn't know whether it was knocked down by the stone or the arrows.
Shooting over! However, the Jiangdong army was very retrenched and charged with their lives. The roar became more and more fierce, and the surging waves became more and more amazing! In a short while, the Jiangdong army suddenly hit the Lu Bu army's front like a wave, as if the waves were slamming the shore! The Jiangdong army waved swords and guns and attacked forward desperately, trying to break through the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop. The officers and soldiers of the Lu Bu army tried their best to stabilize the shield line, while the spearmen tried hard to stab the spear in their hands. The loud bang of ping-ping and the roars and shouts of the soldiers on both sides, mixed with shrill screams!
Seeing that the Jiangdong Army's tide continued to push forward, while the Lu Bu army's defense line was constantly sinking backwards, I was afraid that it would not last long.
At this moment, Zhao Yun suddenly shouted: "Get back immediately!" The officers and soldiers of Lu Bu who were desperately resisting the offensive of the Jiangdong Army immediately ran backwards.
The Jiangdong Army was so angry that it was unwilling to be escaped by its opponents, and they shouted and chased after it. Suddenly, a dense array of arrows flew from the river. It turned out that the main army was approaching the shore. The crossbowmen of the main army took advantage of the opportunity of their own army and the opponents' army to send a dense array of arrows to the Jiangdong Army! The arrow covered the sky and the sun like dark clouds, and it fell into the Jiangdong Army in an instant, which immediately made the Jiangdong soldiers overturn and fell a large area on the ground! The attack momentum of the Jiangdong Army was immediately frustrated!
Zhao Yun shouted sternly: "Brothers, kill with me!" Then he activated the white dragon horse under his crotch, carrying a dragon gall spear, and first entered the Jiangdong army. The spear flew up and down as if it was no one. The officers and soldiers of Lu Bu who were still running back just now turned around and rushed towards the enemy, swung their swords and rushed forward, and rushed fiercely. The Jiangdong army was beaten back by the fierce counterattack of the opponent, but under the leadership of Sun Ce, they gritted their teeth to resist, gradually stabilized their positions, and the war entered a stalemate. The tragic scene of flesh and blood flying on the battlefield, and the officers and soldiers on both sides were mixed together and killed in a difficult way!
Relying on his military strength advantage, Sun Ce gradually gained the initiative of the battlefield. Zhao Yun's army was pushed back by the opponent's fierce offensive. The battle situation seemed to be increasingly unfavorable to Zhao Yun's side! However, it was obviously difficult for Sun Ce to completely defeat Zhao Yun in a short period of time! And at this moment, more and more officers and soldiers of Lu Bu's army were climbing to the south bank, but they did not immediately enter the battlefield, but instead divided into two parts to surround the flanks on both sides of Sun Ce's army! The intention of Lu Bu's army was very obvious, which was to cut off Sun Ce's army's retreat and annihilate them in one fell swoop!
Sun Ce had noticed the movements of other Lu Bu troops. Seeing that they could not defeat Zhao Yun's army immediately, he immediately decided to lead the army out of the battle and ran straight towards Chaisang City not far away. The Lu Bu army, who was trying to encircle, had not had time to intercept Sun Ce's army, and watched Sun Ce's army flee to Chaisang City.
The Lu Bu army did not pursue the troops because the cavalry had not crossed the river yet, and chasing them was just a waste of effort. Under Zhao Yun's order, the troops of each unit quickly retracted and formed a defensive formation.
Sun Ce led his troops back to the city, climbed the city gate tower and saw his father standing on the city gate tower watching the battle. He clasped his fists with shame and said, "Father, I am incompetent and unable to stop the enemy from crossing the river!" Sun Jian looked indifferent and said, "This is all expected. Ce'er doesn't have to worry about it." Sun Ce couldn't help but look at Lu Bu's army who was forming a formation by the river, and couldn't help but sigh: "Lu Bu's army's combat power is indeed extraordinary. If it were another army just now, I would have completely defeated them!" Looking at Sun Jian, "It seems that it is only relying on Gongjin's plan!" Sun Jian frowned and nodded.
Sun Ce was repelled, and Lu Bu's army was no longer hindered, and the army continued to cross the river. The army that had crossed the river did not rush to attack the city, but built a huge water and land camp by the river, and all the water and land army entered the village. Ailang planned to take a break and then launch an attack on Chaisang.
Seeing that the enemy had no intention of attacking immediately, Sun Jian and Sun Ce handed over the defense of the city wall to his subordinates, and the two of them came to Gongjin's mansion. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Zhou Yu shouting angrily: "Bastard slave! I asked you to bring my armor, you can do it as you do! What's the reason for being slow here! Go quickly!" Several personal soldiers did not dare to resist the order and wanted to run down to get Zhou Yu's armor and cloak.
Chapter completed!