Chapter 151: Defeat Qiao Rui
As soon as Sun Tong died, several soldiers around him rushed towards Zhou Tai like crazy, but Zhou Tai didn't show off, and retreated, following himself The soldiers killed each other together.
It was only then that Pan Zhang came forward. Looking at Sun Tong with only half of his face left on the ground, he said bitterly: "This thief is afraid of me."
But Zhou Tai was He agreed with a serious look: "It is indeed as Wen Gui said, this thief dare not face Wen Gui."
Pan Zhang turned his anger into joy and laughed loudly: "Youping bullied me , hahaha.”
After saying that, the two people joined forces, and for a moment, the heavy armored infantry on the opposite side was struck by evil spirits.
The death of Army Sima in battle has already greatly affected morale.
If the heavy armored infantry were not too elite, they would have collapsed by now if it were replaced by other troops.
However, under the leadership of the officers, these heavily armored soldiers formed a group to resist the heavy armored soldiers of the Xuzhou Army, hoping to stand firm and wait for reinforcements.
In normal times, these heavy-armored soldiers might have been able to hold on until backup arrived and make a comeback.
But there are two evil stars on the opposite side, Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai. They specifically choose the enemy's officers who are at the forefront and brave enough to fight.
Two people acting together are almost unstoppable.
Not to mention blocking their steps, not even the generals of One Alliance can be seen.
These heavily armored warriors could no longer support themselves. They watched officers famous for their military fame die one after another at the hands of Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai, but they were unable to make the other party pause.
This is undoubtedly too scary.
So much so that the heavy armored infantry of Yuan Shu's army even felt that Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai had gone beyond the scope of human bravery and were disguised as demons and monsters.
Finally, the heavy armored infantry of Yuan Shu's army collapsed and began to separate from the group and escape.
But the light infantry who had been following the heavy armored infantry of the Xuzhou Army rushed out and divided into two waves. One wave was to rescue the injured heavy armored soldiers, and the other was to chase the heavy armored infantry of the Yuan Shu Army. , pulled the opponent down, pushed him down, and then several people swarmed up and controlled the opponent's hands and feet.
If the opponent surrenders, spare his life. If he refuses to surrender and still resists, then directly use armor-piercing or thin knives to kill the opponent through the gaps in the heavy armor.
Because most of these soldiers are lightly armored or even unarmored, they can easily catch up with a large number of heavy armored infantry.
When the reinforcements on the opposite side saw the miserable situation of the heavy armored infantry, not only did they not speed up to come to the rescue, but they were so frightened that they froze on the spot.
It’s no wonder that Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai have already fought twice. They first dispersed the leather-armored captain at the front of the opponent, and then defeated Yuan Shu’s elite armored Sima troops. It can be said that Yuan Shu's army was completely defeated, which severely damaged the morale of Yuan Shu's army.
What's more, behind Pan Zhang and Zhou Taibu, because the formation spread out, the spear phalanx behind them leaked out.
The lightly-armed auxiliaries dragged the injured soldiers into the gap in the middle of the pike formation to prevent them from being trampled to death if they blocked the formation.
At this time, it is impossible for the pikemen phalanx to avoid these comrades, which will lead to extremely serious consequences.
Fortunately, the light-armored auxiliaries had enough manpower, and Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai were also helping.
In the eyes of both enemy and friendly soldiers, these two men were like monsters. They clearly fought the whole battle, but they were wearing heavy armor and dragging other injured people to avoid the spear phalanx.
Yuan Shujun began to flinch, and Xuzhou Army already had the upper hand.
Qiao Rui brought 10,000 people this time, divided into five schools, with 2,000 people in each school, commanded by the school captain.
Today's battle, due to the terrain, Qiao Rui only brought 8,000 people, and the other school was left in the camp.
At the beginning of the war, Qiao Rui placed Su Dai's headquarters and Chen Zhi's headquarters on the two wings respectively. Lu Ding's headquarters was the most elite Chinese military academy and was placed in the core position, in front of Jinglan.
These schools have had some of their archers taken away, so they are all understaffed, with only about 1,800 people.
But now the front formation of Su Dai and Chen Zhi's troops has tended to collapse, and they have to send up the rear formation in their hands to support the defense line.
At the same time, the two men also cleaned up the defeated troops in the front line, trying to fill up the defense line.
After Su Dai and Chen Zhi collided with Zhao Yunjun, it was obvious that they were no match for each other. So far, they had been attacked by the opponent continuously and pushed back a distance of twenty or thirty meters. They were almost close to It's the same as Jinglan.
But the frontal battlefield was obviously even worse. Not only had the captain of the front line collapsed, but even the armored heavy infantry Sima Department assigned to him by Qiao Rui had been wiped out.
In this way, more than 3,000 people were restrained on both wings of the battlefield, and more than 1,000 people were defeated in the central army, leaving only more than 3,000 people, a small half of whom were archers.
The opponent's archers have also reached the front of the formation and started shooting at the archers at the well.
Because the opponent has already entered the shooting range, and the well cannot be moved easily, the increased shooting range is completely in vain. The only remaining advantage is that it can increase some lethality by being condescending.
But Yuan Shujun’s shooters were also in a dilemma.
If you attack the spearmen phalanx, you will be killed and injured by the opponent's archers.
If they counterattack the opponent's archers, the archers on the well think that their own infantry can't hold on at all.
Xuzhou Army naturally would not give Yuan Shujun time to think.
Yuan Shu's army's rear formation did not dare to move forward, but Xuzhou's army did.
They walked straight towards the well step by step. Anyone who blocked them was slapped, smashed, stabbed or teased, and the formation was quickly disrupted.
Qiao Rui was helpless. Seeing that the rear line was about to be broken through, the soldiers around him hurriedly pulled him down the well, then mounted his horse and ran towards the camp.
As soon as Qiao Rui ran away, the entire Yuan Shu army collapsed completely.
Most of the soldiers abandoned their helmets and ran away towards the camp. However, the archers on the well were even more anxious. They wanted to go down in a swarm, but the crowds were so crowded that the speed was reduced. became slower.
Some anxious people even jumped directly from the well railing, which naturally led to no good results.
The Xuzhou Army released Tai Shici's cavalry in a timely manner, covering them all the way, and working with the light infantry to cut the flesh and blood of the fleeing army piece by piece.
Because Wu Jing was the farthest away, and Sun Ce was second, in order to achieve the effect of simultaneous attack by the three armies, Qiao Rui waited at the same place without attacking first.
This caused the Xuzhou Army to attack and when the news came that the Qiao Rui Army was defeated, some of Sun Ce's troops were already entangled with the defenders.
Sun Ce reacted quickly and immediately sent more than a thousand of Sun Jian's old troops at the bottom of the box, letting his cousin Xu Kun lead the team.
At the same time, Sun Ce pulled Xu Kun and said: "Cousin, if Qiao Rui can be saved, just save him. If he can't, forget it. The first thing is to save yourself. Don't lose our old foundation. If something goes wrong later, , you should come closer to me immediately. As long as we stay in a group with my uncle, the Xuzhou Army will not be able to eat us."
Xu Kun nodded heavily, then said hello, and led Sun Jian's old troops towards Qiao Rui. Rushing over, the first one was the more than 100 cavalrymen led by Cheng Pu, who not only covered the battlefield for Xu Kun, but also gathered intelligence and bought time for Xu Kun to deploy his troops at the critical moment.
But all this was not necessary. When Cheng Pu's cavalry arrived at the dividing point between the west and south of the city, they saw that the opponent had completely collapsed as soon as they turned the corner. The rebels were running everywhere, and the largest group was heading towards the main camp. Running, and a small number of them ran towards him.
Cheng Pu made a decisive U-turn: "Let's go back! Everyone go back!"
The cavalrymen turned around one after another and followed Cheng Pu.
Soon, Cheng Pu met Xu Kun: "Go back, Qiao Rui is already dead, and now it can only be defeated by the rebels. Let's go back to find Bo Fu."
Xu Kun immediately ordered the troops to turn back and find Sun Ce.
Sure enough, shortly after he ordered a U-turn, the rebel soldiers at the Qiao Rui Department also appeared in their field of vision. Behind the rebel soldiers, there were shadows of Xuzhou light infantry and cavalry.
In the north of the city, when Wu Jing got the Xuzhou Army to send troops to the south of the city, his face became ugly.
If it were before, he actually didn't think much of the Xuzhou soldiers. In his opinion, these Danyang soldiers had poor military discipline and were spoiled by Tao Qian. They were okay for disturbing the people, but really bad for fighting.
But on the night when Sun Ce attacked Guangling at night, the performance of the Xuzhou Army was quite astonishing.
After Sun Ce came back, he didn't hide it because he wanted to see other people's jokes. Instead, he told the Xuzhou Army's combat effectiveness in detail.
Yuan Shujun's judgment on the Xuzhou Army changed.
However, not all of them thought that the Xuzhou Army was so capable. After all, the most elite troops must have been sent to attack the city secretly. The existence of Pan Zhang's Iron Armored Sima Department also proves this point.
If you are not an elite, how can you have a full set of armor?
If only the elite could compete with Bo Fu, then this war would still have to be fought.
But now it seems that even if the main force of Xuzhou Army is not as good as the top troops, it is still quite powerful.
Although Qiao Rui is not a great general, he is one of the few good generals in Yuan Shu's army.
With the advantages of military strength and defense, the troops collapsed so quickly. The actual combat power of the two sides is very different. Sun Ce began to pack up his troops, and at the same time set a hook, hoping to deceive and lure him out.
Ke Qianzhao was very cautious and retracted without even looking at the bait.
Sun Ce had no choice but to withdraw from the coverage of the city wall and wait for Wu Jing's troops to join him.
Wu Jing is so experienced, and the North Gate has also made arrangements to only defend but not attack. He has arranged not only two thousand troops, but also two thousand strong men, rolling stones and trees. He does not seek merit, but seeks no faults.
Wu Jing searched for a long time but could not find a flaw. He tried several tentative attacks and wanted to increase the pressure when Sun Ce's message came.
Hearing that Yuan Shu's troops in Qiao Rui were in danger, Wu Jing gathered his troops without saying a word, then threw down the heavy siege equipment such as well rails and rams, and began to move to the west of the city.
After a while, Sun Ce and Wu Jing merged into one place, with a crowd of ten thousand people.
With their size, the Xuzhou Army, which had just fought a fierce battle, would only break their teeth if they wanted to bite them.
"Bo Fu, what should we do now?"
Wu Jing rode up to Sun Ce and asked for his opinion.
Sun Ce whipped the horsewhip in his hand and said, "Go back. The Xuzhou army should have withdrawn their troops."
Wu Jing said with a smile: "If they use the rebels as the vanguard, they can take the opportunity to attack again. Where is Daying?”
“If the other party is so kind, then I would really be disrespectful.”
Sun Ce also laughed. The Xuzhou army was crazy and would continue to attack the camp. These 12,000 of them were unscathed and would appear on the flanks at any time, which would really be a meal.
But if you think about it carefully, not even Qiaorui would be so stupid.
Sure enough, by the time Sun Ce and Wu Jing arrived at the south of the city, the Xuzhou army had already withdrawn its troops and returned to the city with a lot of gains.
Sun Ce waved his hand and asked the cavalry among his men to cover the battlefield, and sent out all his light troops to rescue the wounded.
Unfortunately, there were not many wounded people on the field. Many of them took off their armor and transported them back to the city.
It just made Sun Ce a little confused. The bodies of the Yuan Shujun soldiers near the camp were relatively intact. Yuan Shujun's body further away was also not beheaded.
At this time, Sun Ce did not know that the Xuzhou Army, especially the tribes within Liu Feng's influence, generally valued the military merit of the team more than the head. Moreover, soldiers were strictly ordered not to take heads.
The heads are taken by auxiliary soldiers and light soldiers, but the priority is far behind the order of weapons, armor and other materials.
Therefore, after the Xuzhou Army defeated the Qiaorui Army, they focused on collecting ordnance and supplies instead of heads, which is why Sun Ce and Wu Jing found such a strange scene.
Wu Jingyi pointed out: "It seems that the other party left in a hurry. They should be worried about our return reinforcements."
Sun Ce shook his head: "I don't think so. If the other party is really in a hurry to leave, it is impossible to handle everything so cleanly. It seems that he deliberately did not cut off the head. No, he should put the work of cutting off the head at the end."
“Isn’t it possible?”
Wu Jing was startled. Who didn’t know that the head was a military merit, and it was made of iron. Yuan Shujun could even fight for the ownership of the head.
This Xuzhou Army is really strange.
Now that the Xuzhou Army has withdrawn, Sun Ce and Wu Jing cannot just stand outside.
The entire south of the city was in a mess, with corpses of dead soldiers everywhere, and many siege weapons that had not yet been burned out.
Sun Ce and Wu Jing decided to go back to the camp first.
The two returned to the camp, and Sun Ben sent someone to wait at the door to greet them.
Sun Ce and Wu Jing breathed a sigh of relief when they learned from this person that Qiao Rui was okay.
Although they all felt that Qiao Rui had been placed in the safest position unless he was allowed to guard the camp, Yuan Shu asked that Qiao Rui be allowed to participate in the siege.
Sun Ce, Wu Jing, and Sun Ben all knew that Yuan Shu had always valued Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun, and he just wanted to train them to become generals.
After all, almost all those Yuan Shu can fight are from the Sun family, and the Wu Commandery Captain Zhu Zhi, who has the most estranged relationship with him, is also Sun Jian’s former protégé and former official. He belongs to himself who broke bones and even tendons. people.
Besides, when Sun Bi and Wu Jing were forced to cross the Yangtze River due to Liu Yao's sudden rebellion, they had to stay in Liyang. Sun Ce's mother, aunt, and younger siblings were all in Wu County.
If Zhu Zhi hadn't taken action to protect Sun Ce's family, and then secretly used his connections to send these people to Jiangdu, Sun Ce would have lost his mother.
Therefore, Sun Ce is extremely grateful to Zhu Zhi, and it can also be seen from this which side Zhu Zhi will choose between the Sun family and the Yuan family.
Sun Ce didn't know whether others were worried, but he knew that Yuan Shu must be very worried.
Otherwise, he would not have broken his promise several times, taking away his governor and giving it to others, and letting himself take Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun to fight everywhere.
If Qiao Rui died here, it is conceivable that Yuan Shu would be furious and even doubt the Sun family's intentions.
For now, the Sun family is still inseparable from Yuan Shu. All the official positions and titles of the Sun family are dependent on Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce has also deeply offended the Jiangdong Lu family.
If Yuan Shu's support is lost at this time, even if the Sun family will not fall apart immediately, it will be difficult to establish itself.
Walking into the big tent, Qiao Rui was sitting on the bed in a messy state, with a dull face, obviously she had not recovered from the defeat.
Qiao Rui only felt that all this was too fast. Whether Xuzhou sent troops, attacked, fought fiercely, or suffered a major defeat, it was all too fast.
I didn’t even react, so how could I have already lost?
Thinking about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with my response, but why couldn't I sustain it for even an hour?
"Shengde, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists."
Qiao Rui, whose courtesy name is Shengde.
After Sun Ce saw Qiao Rui safe and sound in person, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked to him, squeezed his shoulder hard: "We will fight again one day, just return the favor, a man will hold his head high in the world "How can you be discouraged by a mere defeat?"
Qiao Rui looked up and saw Sun Ce, who was still so dazzling.
"Bo Fu, but I..."
"Okay, Shengde, we are also responsible for this defeat. We failed to contain the Xuzhou Army, allowing you to face the enemy alone."
Sun Ce put his arm around the opponent's shoulders, patted his chest and said, "I will report to General Zuo at this time. We are all at fault for this small defeat, not just Shengde."
"Bo Fu ..."
Qiao Rui was inexplicably moved. She just felt that Sun Ce was a close relative and friend, and he was very moved to help those in need at this time.
Then everyone began to discuss what to do next.
The situation outside is constantly being counted and sent to the big account.
Naturally, Sun Ce and Wu Jing's troops suffered no damage, but Qiao Rui's troops did suffer heavy casualties.
The entire Iron Armored Sima Department was completely wiped out. Only twenty or thirty people were able to escape, and almost all their equipment was discarded.
The front line suffered heavy casualties, and more than 30% of them were killed by the formation.
The only one that was slightly better was the Chinese Army Camp, but the casualties were as high as 20%.
The strength of Xuzhou Army is indeed far superior to Yuan Shu Army.
Except for Sun Ce, who had a head-on battle with the Xuzhou Army and had the clearest understanding, Sun Bi and Wu Jing couldn't help but put themselves into the Xuzhou Army's position, but found that it was not easy for them to defeat Qiao Rui, and what they had to do was to defeat Qiao Rui. It doesn't happen so quickly.
The biggest possibility is that they have the initiative and advantage, but they are unable to penetrate the opponent in one fell swoop and achieve complete victory, so that Sun Ce's army and Sun Ben's army in the camp are dragged to the rescue.
This conclusion is very scary. Doesn’t it mean that the Sun Army’s combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Xuzhou Army?
But the Xuzhou Army's past performance was very embarrassing. Except for fighting against the Yellow Turban bandits and local county soldiers, it had never had any victories.
Lian Po is not old! The fever is gone and he is a good man again! Keep typing, but don’t dare to say too much. Brothers and sisters, don’t wait for the second chapter, just treat it as a surprise.
(End of this chapter)