Chapter 280: Forcing Sun Xiang to Surrender (Additional update, please vote for me!)
In Zhou Yu’s view, it doesn’t matter even if the news leaks out. As long as Sun Xiang can be eaten and Chengde County is captured, the situation in Jiujiang will collapse. broken.
With Yuan Shu's character, there is a question mark as to whether he can defend Shouchun City, let alone gather troops to relieve Ruyin.
It is one hundred and twenty miles from Hefei to Chengde. At the speed of Zhou Yu's advance, it will take four to five days, and Zhou Yu can accurately control this time because he is at the forefront of the team.
So, after careful analysis and calculation, Zhou Yu sent a letter back, agreeing that at noon five days later, Zhou Yu would enter Chengde City first, and when Sun Xiang arrived at the city gate, he would close the city gate and put him there. Block out the city.
The next day, Zhou Yu controlled the speed and continued towards Chengde.
Although Zhou Yu's marching speed was not fast, Sun Xiang did not think there was a problem.
First of all, Zhou Yu's speed was just not fast enough, but he also walked thirty miles every day. In addition, Zhou Yu's army had many carts, so it was not difficult to understand him.
The news from Zhou Yu was quickly sent to Taishi Ci's headquarters on the east bank of Yanjian River. After Taishi Ci consulted with Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Liu Ye, he decided to agree to Zhou Yu's plan.
At dawn on the third day, Taishi Ci's troops gathered together again, with Zhang Liao as the vanguard, crossed the Yanjian River, and galloped towards Chengde with thousands of troops.
On the morning of the fifth day after leaving Hefei, Zhou Yu's entire army crossed Shishui Zhijin.
Shishui Zhijin is a horizontal river. It merges into Feishui below Chengde and goes northward into Wabu Lake. To the east, it meets the Yanjian River that Taishi Ci and others crossed before, and goes to To the north it merges into Wabu Lake near Death Tiger Pavilion, while to the south it originates from Feishui of Chaohu Lake.
After crossing this river, we are no more than ten miles away from Chengde.
At this time, Zhou Yu was a little nervous, because this river was not a big river.
If Sun Xiang is impatient to wait, he can bypass Zhou Yu's troops and cross the river directly from the side.
Fortunately, Sun Xiang was not in a hurry, and his subordinates were all Sun family members, and he did not want his family members to wade across the river.
Although the weather in September is not cold, the river water is still a bit biting.
As a result, Sun Xiang missed the last opportunity and actually waited blankly behind Zhou Yu's troops. He did not hand over the boat to Sun Xiang until the other party crossed the river and reorganized his army and continued towards Chengde County. Incense department.
However, after all, Sun Xiang's troops only have 4,000 people, and they are all well-trained soldiers, and their movement speed is much more efficient than the miscellaneous troops and civilians under Zhou Yu.
In less than half an hour, the entire army had successfully crossed the river and was chasing Zhou Yu.
It has to be said that Sun Xiang is still qualified as a general. Even if he is marching in the hinterland of the country, he still disperses the only two hundred cavalry in his army as an early warning for the larger army.
If there is a police situation within a five-mile radius, these cavalrymen will immediately notify the main army to prevent the army from being raided.
It is a pity that Tai Shici and the others are also very patient, and the ambush location is actually twenty miles away.
Zhou Yu secretly planted a whistle, and only when he saw Sun Xiang and others crossing the river and chasing Zhou Yu did they rush to the place where Tai Shici and others were ambush to report the news.
Shi Shuizhijin is only more than ten miles away from Chengde County, and Sun Xiang soon saw Chengde County.
At this time, all Zhou Yu's troops had entered the city. After Sun Xiang received the report from the reconnaissance cavalry, he loudly encouraged the troops around him: "Everyone, work harder and rush to Chengde County. We will not leave today and let everyone You are also taking a good rest in the city.”
“Thank you, General!”
“General Xiang must be considerate of me!”
“General Wan Sheng!”
As soon as Sun Family Buqu heard this, he immediately became excited and cheered gratefully to Sun Xiang.
But Sun Xiang laughed and scolded: "You guys are here to praise me, no matter how nice you say it, the officials of Chengde County have the final say whether we can have wine and meat today, and I can't control them. "
Sun Xiang looked up at the sky. The sky was clear and the sun was high. It was a good weather.
So he continued to urge Bu Qu: "Okay, stop joking and hurry up, so that you can rest early after entering the city."
The Sun family Bu Qu followed the order. , and soon arrived outside Chengde County.
“What’s going on ahead?”
Sun Xiang suddenly felt something was wrong. The team in front began to become messy. They did not enter the city, but crowded together noisily, even blocking the main road.
So, Sun Xiang planned to send his own soldiers to visit.
Before he could send out his own soldiers, the officer in front sent someone over.
“Reporting to the general, the Chengde County city gate is closed and there is no one in the city. When we called the door, no one answered, so we can’t enter the city.”
When Sun Xiang heard this, My heart sank: "Where is Captain Zhou?"
The soldier replied: "There is no trace of him, and there is no answer even if he shouts at the end of his throat."
Sun Xiang felt even more wrong. For a moment, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and his heartbeat in his chest was like a sledgehammer beating a drum. , repeat it again.
The sound of his heartbeat became louder and louder, like thunder. Sun Xiang felt that he was shocked by the sound, and even felt a little spinning.
At this moment, Sun Xiang suddenly heard a cry.
“Enemy attack!”
Suddenly, the heart-rending shouts of the vigilance cavalry were heard in the distance, but before he could shout a second time, an arrow was shot from a distance, hitting the cavalry's heart in the back.
As soon as the rider died, the horses stopped.
Sun Xiang saw chaos all around, and everyone's faces were full of fear.
Sun Xiang finally woke up and realized that the rumbling sound was not his own heartbeat, but the earth-shaking sound caused by the advancing cavalry in the distance.
The sound of the hooves of the cavalry was like thundering war drums, and even the whole earth was shaken.
Sun Xiang's face suddenly lost all color, and became as pale as white paper.
"Enemy attack!!!"
Sun Xiang shouted loudly, and at the same time, he stood as straight as possible on his horse so that as many people as possible could see him.
"Come closer to me and form a formation! Halberdiers and spearmen form an formation!"
At this time, the figure of Liu Fengjun's cavalry became increasingly clear on the horizon.
The rolling iron cavalry surged forward like a wave from far to near, which was extremely frightening.
Sun Xiang's army was very elite, and it was quite embarrassing to try to set up the formation in a hurry.
After all, the entire army was just a march, and the team of four thousand people was stretched into a ten-mile stretch. Sun Xiang was located in the middle and front of the army, which made it difficult for the soldiers in the rear to come over and form an array.
At the same time, these soldiers also need to quickly take out their armor from the logistics vehicle and follow orders to reach their positions in the formation.
This has become an almost impossible task.
When Liu Feng's cavalry rushed closer, Sun Xiang's troops had been cut into four small positions, and they were arranged hastily and hastily, but they did not completely herd the sheep.
After all, the Sun Jiajun has rich experience, and a large number of veteran soldiers have formed several positions several miles adjacent to each other under the leadership of mid-level military attachés such as Army Sima.
These positions are backed by Feishui, with Shishui Zhijin on the right, Chengdejian City on the left, and thousands of cavalry rolling in directly in front.
The Sun family's army also fought many fierce battles. When they followed Sun Jian north to Luoyang, they fought bloody battles with the Xiliang army. But at this moment, they also felt despair. Everyone looked pale, and some even lost their weapons. I can't hold it anymore.
The more experienced you are, the more you understand that you are almost in a desperate situation now.
The only way to survive is for Zhou Yu to open the city gate of Chengde County and quickly admit them into the city.
But even so, only Sun Xiang's army in the middle and front near Chengde could be spared.
The rear is hopeless.
Will Zhou Yu open the city gate?
This is obviously impossible.
At this time, Zhou Yu, with the cooperation of Zhu Zheng and other internal agents, was controlling the entire Chengde City. At the same time, he also ambushed a group of hundreds of archers under the wall in the south of the city. They only waited for an order to attack. Wall battle.
Zhou Yu delayed giving the order, and was only waiting for the arrival of Taishi Ci's army.
In addition, Zhou Yu also specially sent more than a hundred cavalrymen out of the west gate of Chengde, crossed Feishui, and went to the west bank of Feishui to prevent Sun Xiang's soldiers from swimming across Feishui to escape. It can be said that there is no leakage.
Similarly, there were only more than 5,000 Taishi Ci's troops who arrived on the battlefield. In addition to the stragglers, Taishi Ci sent another 500 people to the other side of Shi Shuizhijin to outflank Sun Xiang's army's retreat. At the same time, these five There will be two hundred people out of the hundred who will cross the river again, so that no one from Sun Xiangjun can escape.
“Call the entire army to rest, recuperate their power, and prepare for the follow-up battle.”
Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang unanimously ordered to rest and replenish their power.
At the same time, several groups of two to three hundred cavalry were arranged in the front to guard the breaks between Sun Xiang's army.
Once Sun Xiang's troops show signs of getting closer to each other, these cavalry will immediately launch an attack. It is extremely difficult to maneuver in front of the cavalry, and if you fail, it will be in vain.
Besides, the distance between Sun Xiangjun and Sun Xiangjun was not close. The closest distance was five to six hundred meters. In desperation, Sun Xiangjun had no choice but to give up and fight separately.
Sun Xiang had completely understood at this time that Zhou Yu had rebelled!
No, the rebels are probably the entire Chengde and Yinling counties.
Otherwise, how could Liu Beijun's thousands of cavalry quietly cross a depth of 300 miles and arrive at Chengde City?
But Sun Xiang couldn't help it even after chewing his teeth. Now, let alone suppressing the rebellion, even trying to protect himself is probably just wishful thinking.
As expected, Taishi Ci quickly sent cavalry to persuade him to surrender and sent a letter.
Sun Xiang looked at the troops around him. No matter how brave the veteran was, his face was pale.
Reluctantly, he opened the letter and read it.
Tai Shi Ci first praised Sun Jian for his loyalty and dedication to the Han Dynasty, and especially praised Sun Jian's extraordinary performance in challenging Dong.
At that time, even the Yuan Shao brothers, who hated the genocide, were trying to paddle the boat. Cao Cao, the only serious player in the north, was beaten to death in a battle. Not only did he lose his first angel investor, Wei Zi, he also lost his life. He only escaped after Cao Hong gave up his horse and then escorted him on foot.
Only Sun Jian's South Road was victorious in many battles. Although there were occasional setbacks, he defeated Li Jue, Guo Si and Dong Zhuo head-on and successfully restored Luodu.
After saying the good words, the topic changed. Now Yuan Shu has been removed from the titles of General Zuo and Marquis Yangdi by the emperor, and has been designated as a rebellious minister and traitor. Sun Polu is loyal and courageous, and is valued by the emperor. How can he be regarded as a rebellious minister and traitor?
If we don’t surrender early today, not only will our lives be ruined and our troops will be destroyed, but we will also be rebels and rebels after our death.
Sun Polu knew someone under the spring, how could General Sun meet him?
Sun Xiang was silent for a long time after reading the letter.
To be fair, Sun Xiang is still loyal to Yuan Shu.
He followed his uncle Sun Jian out and fought many bloody battles, but not many people really rewarded them.
Among these people, Yuan Shu is actually the most kind and the one who rewards them the most.
Sun Xiang was able to support a tribe of five thousand people, which is inseparable from Yuan Shu's provision of supplies, food and wages.
How could Sun Xiang be able to support so many people with his own family wealth alone.
Therefore, the Sun family also tried its best to treat Yuan Shu.
As we all know, when Yuan Shu first arrived in Jianghuai, he was surrounded by a group of remnants and defeated generals, and was almost knocked out of his soul by Cao Cao.
He could only rely on the Sun family army who arrived at Jianghuai first and captured Yinling first, providing Yuan Shu with a foothold.
Don’t underestimate Yin Ling. In fact, Yin Ling is the seat of Jiujiang County.
Subsequently, the Sun Army besieged Shouchun again. Chen Yu was frightened and fled back to Xiapi to capture Shouchun for Yuan Shu.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Jianghuai and Danyang in Jiangdong were captured by Sun Jiajun for him.
After leaving Sun Jiajun, Yuan Shu might still be trapped in a corner of Jiujiang at this time.
It is a pity that the Sun family and the Yuan family are not the same surname after all. It is no wonder that Yuan Shu would lament that if I have a son like Sun Lang, I will die without regret.
Just when Sun Xiang was anxious and unable to make a decision.
There was a sudden noise of gongs and drums on the wall of Chengde County. A row of crossbowmen walked up to the top of the city, and their cold arrows were aimed at Sun Xiangjun below the city.
Almost all the front of Sun Xiang's army gathered outside the gate of Chengde County.
When they were attacked by Liu Fengjun's cavalry, they had no time to stay away from Chengde and were forced to form a formation at the gate of the city.
It's good now, it's about to become the dead souls of Zhou Yujun's arrows.
Almost everyone at the front of Sun Xiang’s army looked desperate.
Sun Xiang sighed, why fight?
Even if Sun Xiang had the intention to fight to the death, he would just use his subordinates to die in vain.
He probably wouldn't even be able to hurt the opponent's hair.
Sun Xiang did not want to waste the lives of his subordinates. Among these people, there were even old subordinates who had been with him for more than ten years. How could he be so cruel as to watch them die meaninglessly.
“We are willing to surrender.”
Sun Xiang finally lowered his head and agreed to surrender.
If he was really willing to die for Yuan Shu, he would not secretly send his son to Jiangdong to follow Sun Ce.
Besides, he thinks he is worthy of Yuan Shu. You are blind and let Zhou Yu, a traitor, go with you.
Now I am surrounded by the opponent again, facing the water on two sides, the city on one side, and five or six thousand cavalry on the ground. I have also been divided into four parts, the largest of which is still on Zhou Yu's city wall. Within the shooter's range.
How to fight this battle! ?
Sun Xiang felt that he was lucky enough to cause hundreds of casualties to the opponent.
Are my subordinates so worthless?
Sun Xiang ordered the surrender, and there was almost no objection from Buqu.
The people present are all old subordinates of the Sun family, and they are all veterans. Even the most basic soldiers can understand whether they can still fight at this time.
Who would risk his life for Yuan Shu?
Hearing that Sun Xiang was willing to surrender, Taishi Ci was overjoyed and quickly ordered Zhang Liao to come forward and accept the surrender.
Zhang Liao led a hundred and ten soldiers directly into Sun Xiang's main position and accepted the opponent's surrender.
Immediately, Sun Xiang Buqu began to disarm and put weapons, armor and flags in front of the formation.
The Sun family members are all veterans, and their efficiency is unmatched by recruits.
In just a quarter of an hour, the 4,000-strong Sun family tribe had completely disarmed and placed their weapons, armor, and flags where Liu Beijun could see them.
Subsequently, a large number of cavalrymen came forward and began to carry away weapons, armor, and flags. Then they asked the soldiers to sit down on the spot and were not allowed to stand without permission.
Only Sun Xiang and other mid-level and senior officers were taken away from their positions and sent to Tai Shici.
At this point, Sun Xiangjun completely lost the ability to resist, and even if he wanted to regret it, he couldn't.
Sun Xiang was brought to Tai Shici. With a shy expression on his face, he bowed and said: "General Sun Xiang, please pay homage to the general."
"General Sun, please get up quickly."
Tai Shi Ci stepped forward to help him up: "The general's surrender is an act of surrendering to the light, but he rebelled against the ministers and came to the court. Ci knows the courage of the general, but judging from Ci, this is not a shame for the general, but It is an honor. In the future, my lord will report to the imperial court and record the general’s merits.”
“Thank you so much, general.”
Tai Shici's words were really too embarrassing, and it was as if he was betraying Sun Xiang by saying he had surrendered.
Sun Xiang was also very grateful, but he was also very worried about his subordinates, so he asked: "There are four thousand people in the Xiang tribe. I wonder how the general plans to arrange them?"
Tai Shi Ci After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Place it in Chengde City. After this battle is over, Ci will report to my lord and ask him to make a decision."
Sun Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "In that case, thank you so much, General. "
Taishi Ci nodded, and just as he was about to say something, he saw the gate of Chengde City wide open in the distance. Zhou Yu led his personal guards out of the city in person and galloped towards where Taishi Ci and others were.
Liu Beijun also knew that Zhou Yu was a friendly force and did not stop him.
Zhou Yu was not stopped until he reached the main formation where Taishi Ci was.
After more than twenty steps, Zhou Yu dismounted, removed his sword, and walked towards Taishi Ci alone.
Tai Shici did not neglect the opponent, got off his horse and faced him.
"Zhou Yu is in Xia Shu City, meeting General Taishi."
When there were only three or four steps left between the two, Zhou Yu bowed first, got down on one knee, and gave Tai Shi Ci a military salute.
Taishici didn't dare to offend him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up: "Gong Jin is the first hero in this battle, why do you want to surrender like this? My lord and my young master both say that Gong Jin is He is a talented person in the world, and he orders us to treat each other with courtesy. Gong Jin cannot cause me to disobey the Lord's command. How will I explain it in the future?"
What Tai Shici said was quite high-level, and he gave his approval. The credit goes to Zhou Yu, and it also clearly states Liu Bei and Liu Feng's attitude towards Zhou Yu, coupled with the humor at the end, it can be said to be watertight.
After Zhou Yu heard this, he secretly praised Liu Bei for how many talented people he had under his command. At the same time, he also stopped looking down on Tai Shi Ci in his heart.
(End of this chapter)