Chapter 351 The stalemate
Sun Ce frowned and looked at the Taishi flag flying high on the bank of the Qiantang River.
After he led the front of the main force to the battlefield, he immediately took over the command and reorganized a wave of offensive, but still made no achievements. What made Sun Ce even more helpless was that Gao Shun's troops had suffered 35% casualties, but their combat effectiveness had not dropped much.
The main reason is that the equipment of Gao Shun's troops is extremely luxurious. There are 300 sets of armor alone, as well as a large number of tower shields and halberds, coupled with strong bows and crossbows. Although there were more than a thousand casualties , but only more than 300 people were killed. Among the remaining people, except for the more than 400 seriously wounded, the lightly wounded were still able to help transport supplies, help string the bows and crossbows, and take care of the wounded.
Once the most critical moment comes, even hundreds of lightly wounded people can wear armor and fight to the death.
Although the combat power of Jia Kui's troops was not as good as that of Gao Shun's troops, which had been strengthened with ordnance, the victory was because the number of troops was 50% greater. Although there were many casualties, Jia Kui usually trained his troops well, and Liu Bei and his son were kind and powerful. Pay equal attention to both, so we can persist.
Sun Ce's army was unable to attack for a long time, and its own casualties were actually not small. Song Qian's troops, who came out as a new force, had lost 30% of their troops, and they were the most severely damaged among the three first troops.
Huang Gai's and Rui Liang's troops were slightly better, but Huang Gai's troops also suffered nearly 20% casualties. On the contrary, Rui Liang's troops, the weakest in combat power, suffered the smallest losses, only over 10%. The reason Naturally, it is because their fighting will is the weakest among the three.
Although they did not flee in the face of the battle, the casualties obviously spoke volumes. The pressure they put on the Conquering South Army was undoubtedly the least.
Sun Ce regretted a little. He had known earlier that he shouldn't have let Rui Liang go. If Zhu Zhi had been replaced, Sun Jing's troops would have had a good chance of gaining something.
Even if Gao Shun is only hit hard, the situation he faces now will be much easier.
Seeing Taishi Ci's troops continue to come ashore, the strength of the Southern Conquest Army was as high as 16,000. Even after deducting battle losses, there were at least 14,000 troops.
With the combat power of the Confederate Army, it is obviously a foolish dream to defeat the opponent within an hour.
In the current situation, Sun Ce has the upper hand tactically. In any case, he currently has 26,000 troops (excluding more than 3,000 casualties), which is still almost twice as many as the landing force of the Southern Conquest Army.
But strategically, Sun Ce was already at a disadvantage.
In order to be able to severely damage the Southern Conquest Army on the banks of the Qiantang River, he even used up the troops in Guling and Chadu Village.
Although he has not reached the point where he will become an adult without success, once he fails, Sun Ce's army will inevitably fall into a disadvantage, and may even be defeated by the Southern Army in one fell swoop, and the Qiantang defense line will be destroyed in one fell swoop.
If Sun Ce honestly defends the Qiantang defense line, although he may commit suicide slowly, it will not be a problem to defend it for more than half a year.
This involves a geographical issue.
The place where Sun Ce and Liu Feng fought was actually near the estuary of the Qiantang River. It was not far from the sea. The closest place was only a dozen miles away. It also included a large tidal flat, which was reached after high tide. ocean.
The distance is only twenty or thirty miles away, and the Qiantang River suddenly turns downward at an angle of almost 120 degrees at a distance of twenty miles from its mouth, forming a small impact plain with an inward angle.
The main battlefield between the two armies is in this small impact plain in the inner corner, which can be said to be surrounded by water on three sides.
So the width of the entire battlefield is actually only a little more than ten miles, and the closer it gets to the mouth of the sea, the more muddy the land becomes, making it less suitable for combat.
From Sun Ce's point of view, there is the sea on the right, the mouth of the Qiantang River in the north, and the Qiantang River in the west. Only the southeast is land. The seventeenth and eighth miles are Yuji County. county seat.
If Sun Ce defends the Qiantang River defense line unwaveringly, he will definitely not spare the troops in Guling, Chadu Village, Gaoqiantun and Yuji County.
As a result, the failure rate of Liu Feng's landing plan will be at least several times higher.
Not only are they extremely easy to be discovered by Sun Cejun, but they will also face multiple threats from Sun Cejun after landing. The garrison in Yuji County and Gaoqian Tunli can launch a surprise attack on them at any time, forcing them to carry out operations on the tidal flats. The troops were in a dilemma.
This is the fundamental reason why Liu Feng must seduce Sun Ce for a decisive battle.
Now Sun Ce's entire army is focused on the decisive battle. Although Liu Feng's troops crossing the river have suffered great risks, they have also suffered a lot of casualties.
The success rate of the troops bypassing the sea route is not only greatly improved, but also they can easily occupy Yuji County and block Sun Ce's main retreat route. If you are bolder, you can advance to the bend of the Qiantang River, or even It can completely block Sun Cejun's retreat.
Now that Yuji County, Gaoqiantun, and Chadu Village are all empty, Zhao Yun's troops behind them have almost no threat and can easily complete their mission.
As long as we can successfully surround Sun Ce's main force and defeat him in a single battle, the cost of casualties in crossing the river to attract Sun Ce's main force is simply not worth mentioning.
"Send an order to my uncle, tell him to speed up and be sure to arrive at the battlefield at noon."
Sun Ce first issued an order, urging Sun Jing behind to speed up the march, and then said to Zhu Zhi : "Uncle, I intend to divide the army into two groups. I would like to ask you to command the right group. I will transfer Han Dang, Han Yan, and Sun Xiu to your command. I wonder if uncle would be willing to share the labor for me?"
Zhu Zhi's status was quite high during Sun Jian's period. After all, his background was much better than that of Cheng Pu and Han Dang.
In order to get Zhu Zhi's service, Sun Jian even used the precious Xiaolian quota on him without hesitation, and Zhu Zhi did not disappoint Sun Jian and soon became one of Sun Jian's deputies.
During Sun Jian's era, Zhu Zhi became a big boss in Sun Jian's army who could lead an army alone and go out to fight. This was much earlier than Sun Bi and Wu Jing, let alone Xu Kun and Sun Jing. Xiang these people, as for Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, they are beyond comparison.
After Sun Jian entered Luoyang, when Tao Qian was still an ally of Yuan Shu, Qingzhou's million Yellow Turban troops divided into three groups and invaded Hebei, Yanzhou and Xuzhou on a large scale.
After receiving Tao Qian's request for help, Sun Jian sent Zhu Zhi as the captain of the military governor and authorized generals to go to Xuzhou to assist in the battle.
This is real seniority, and the opponent is still the Xiliang Army.
At present, Sun Ce only has two people he can appoint as his deputies, one is Zhu Zhi and the other is Sun Jing.
After comprehensive consideration, Sun Ce decided to let Zhu Zhi lead the new force to the right. After all, Sun Jing had not arrived on the battlefield yet. Secondly, I am afraid that only by pressing it himself can Sun Jing and the Fuchun tribe be defeated. The soldiers went all out.
Sun Ce is a little worried that Sun Jing can't do his best, but Sun Jing is scolding his eldest son Sun Hao.
The reason is simple, Sun Hao wants to betray him.
Sun Jian left his hometown very early, and with his military merit, he also took up the post of Two Thousand Stones early. Although he had many shades for his hometown family, he really didn't have much affection.
Sun Ce has not stayed in his hometown since he was a child. He either followed Sun Jian in Changsha or Yuzhou. He also stayed in Shucheng, Lujiang for several years. He even visited Jiangdu County in Guangling County, Xuzhou, but never returned to his hometown.
So although he and Sun Hao have a very close relationship, there is really no affection at all.
Sun Hao is not a fool. He originally supported Sun Ce in the hope that Sun Ce could gain a foothold in Jiangdong. Now he has even lost Wu County and is still carrying out massacres in Kuaiji. His deeds make Sun Hao heartbroken. trembling.
If Sun Ce can remain strong, then maybe these things will disappear as time goes by. But now Sun Ce was obviously in trouble. Liu Zhengnan from the north was so powerful that he actually took over Wu Commandery in just four months. Although there is still Fuchun County that has not been captured yet, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is because Liu Feng does not want it, not because he cannot get it.
Sun Hao was no longer calm now. While he was on the road, he quietly came to his father Sun Jing's side, trying to persuade Sun Jing to make more preparations.
Sun Jing was stunned for a moment, then became furious.
Sun Jing did not scold Sun Hao because she was loyal to Sun Ce. In fact, Sun Jing's attitude had always been that of a fence-sitting faction.
In the original time and space, Sun Ce organized his troops north of the Qiantang River for half a year. He attacked many times, but was repelled by the Kuaiji army.
At this time, Sun Jing went out to Qiantang and told Sun Ce the secret of the Chadu Ancient Road.
It can be seen that the relationship between Sun Jing and Sun Ce is actually quite subtle.
My nephew arrived in the north of Qiantang River, which is only more than a hundred miles away from Fuchun. He fought fiercely for half a year and never returned to his hometown. But the uncle clearly had a good strategy for victory, but he watched his nephew laboring in the north of the Qiantang River, and the soldiers died in vain, without looking for his nephew.
In addition, as soon as Sun Ce died, Sun Hao immediately wanted to stand on his own, which shows that Sun Jing's lineage was quite ambitious, and at the beginning, he regarded Sun Ce as a platform to make a fortune and was waiting for a price.
The reason why Sun Jing scolded Sun Hao was because she was disappointed with the abilities of her eldest son.
When is this, how can we be half-hearted at this time? It was Fuchun Sun who took the initiative to defect to Sun Ce. If we run away at this time, Sun Jing's lineage will have no reputation at all in the future. To be able to betray such a close main branch at will was tantamount to social suicide in the Eastern Han Dynasty, an era where fame was extremely important.
Sun Hao was so short-sighted in seeing the problem, so how could Sun Jing not become furious.
It is not that Sun Jing has not considered the issue of backup, but it is definitely not now and cannot be now.
In this battle, Sun Jing will not only fight, but also fight with all his strength for Sun Ce.
Only in this way, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, will Sun Jing be qualified to prepare later.
“Stop talking nonsense, you are the vanguard in this battle.”
Looking at Sun Hao who was wilting, Sun Jing still felt soft in her heart and explained to him: "We have only been attached to Bo Fu for more than a month, and we are relatives. Bo Fu has never treated us badly. If we rebel now, we will immediately You are unfaithful, unkind and unjust. By then, how many of the Fuchun soldiers do you think will follow you and me?"
Sun Hao was shocked and then realized that he was I was thinking so superficially that I didn't even notice this.
All he thinks about is that if he betrays the enemy now, he can still save the Fuchun soldiers. In this case, isn't he the savior of the Fuchun soldiers?
Now listening to Sun Jingyi's words, he suddenly realized that perhaps the result his father said was the real reality.
Sun Hao was ashamed and said: "Father, my child..."
"Okay, don't mention it again, this matter is over."
Sun Jing stopped the other party, and then comforted: "You are the first to fight for our troops, do it well, and don't let your father down. . "
Sun Hao's eyes turned red as he listened to his father's earnest instructions, and he responded with a bitter voice: "Here!"
Sun Ce's army numbered nearly 30,000, and the marching ranks were all full. It can pull out thirty to fifty miles. Even if it is a two-column march, it can still pull out a march of more than ten miles.
As the queen, Sun Jing was naturally the last to set out. At this time, she was still more than a mile away from the battlefield.
Soon, Sun Ce's cavalry rushed over and asked them to quickly insert themselves into the right wing of Sun Ce's headquarters, led by Sun Ce himself.
At this time, fierce fighting broke out again on the battlefield ahead.
Sun Ce changed his tactics and no longer launched a full-scale attack. He used Huang Gai, Song Qian and Cheng Pu's troops who had retreated a certain distance due to Taishi Ci's landing to contain Jia Kui's troops with all their strength, and then used fresh troops to Join the battlefield, join Rui Liang's troops, and attack Gao Shun with all their strength first.
It is best to defeat Gao Shun directly. If this is not possible, we hope to force Gao Shun to retreat and compress the overall space of the Conquest South Army.
The Kuaiji army was able to defeat Sun Ce several times because of this and the navy threatening the opponent's retreat.
Although Sun Ce no longer has a naval force to threaten the retreat of the Southern Army, as long as he compresses the opponent's space, the situation will not get worse, because after Taishi Ci landed, he has almost occupied the area with the best terrain. .
If the Southern Conquest Army continues to land and increase troops in the future, the only area that can be chosen is the land near the sea. Although the land here is not a tidal flat, it is obviously too loose, and there will be a small hole every time you step on it. said, it also increases the chance of slipping.
It was impossible for Taishi Ci to watch Gao Shun being besieged, so he immediately ordered Jia Kui to do his best to protect Gao Shun's troops.
At the same time, he boldly sent an elite force of a thousand men, equipped with large shields, halberds and crossbows, to press towards Cheng Pu.
At this time, the battle was taking place in the central area. Three hundred meters to the right of Gao Shun's headquarters was the Qiantang River where it turned.
Cheng Pu rushed in through this passage and threatened Jia Kui's side.
If it were not for the existence of Cheng Pu who was like a nail, which restricted a lot of energy and manpower of Jia Kui's department, Jia Kui's support for Gao Shun would have been able to reach a higher level.
At this time, Taishi Ci wanted to help Jia Kui remove this nail first.
As soon as Taishi Ci's soldiers came out, Cheng Pu immediately felt extremely uncomfortable.
The order he received was to continue to contain Jia Kui, but Tai Shi Ci's surprise troops could arrive at him in less than a quarter of an hour, with their halberds on horseback, and their opponents also had large shields and strong bows and crossbows. Cheng Pu was desperate for his life. They may not be able to win the battle, and the cavalry is precious and cannot be wasted here at will.
As a result, Cheng Pu had to order a retreat.
At present, Gao Shun and Jia Kui are unable to seal the passage along the river, so Cheng Pu can enter and exit at will.
Once Gao Shun and Jia Kui are free, the passage along the river will no longer be possible. At that time, if Cheng Pu wants to retreat, he must pass between the formations of Tai Shi Ci and Jia Kui and bypass the formation. Return west.
Not to mention how much energy is wasted by going in a big circle, the danger contained therein is frighteningly high.
(End of this chapter)