Chapter 353: Overthrowing the Army in One Battle

Chapter 353: Overthrowing the Army in One Battle

Sun Ce lost.

The loss was quite complete.

Looking at the soldiers around Sun Ce who had completely collapsed, running away with their heads in their arms, or kneeling down and begging for surrender, Sun Ce didn't feel much anger.

Because they deserve themselves.

Under the leadership of Sun Ce, these Sun family hardcore men launched two offensives.

Originally, Sun Ce thought he only had one chance, but these Sun family members rewarded him in excess.

But the final result was still a disastrous defeat.

Sun Ce personally led 300 elite cavalry to break out of the formation, but Gan Ning successfully defused it. Dong Xi's troops also blocked Han Dang's cavalry on the flanks.

When the second wave of attacks became intense, Xu Huang led a thousand cavalry of the Southern Conquest Army directly around to the side of Sun Ce's army and directly defeated Sun Ce's right wing.

At the right time, Zhao Yun smashed out the 500 armored soldiers under his command. The final word was that Sun Ce's army was unable to resist the fierce attack of the armored soldiers. He could no longer hold on and began to retreat. As a result, he was out of control and became the whole army. collapse.

At this point, the destruction of Sun Ce's army is a foregone conclusion, and the rest is just a matter of time.

Reports of defeat continue to come from everywhere.

Sun Jing's eldest son Sun Hao was killed by Gan Ning's formation, and his second son Sun Jiao was captured by He Qi. Han Dang fought hard, but was eventually captured alive by Xu Huang and Dong Xi.

Chen Wu, covered in blood, led his guards to cover Sun Ce's retreat.

"General, Wu is willing to protect you to the death to break through!"

At this time, although Sun Ce's army had been surrounded and suffered a major defeat, there were only 10,000 people in the southern army, including less than 1,000 cavalry. .

It is very easy for Sun Ce and his group of hundreds of people to escape.

Just looking at the collapsed battlefield, Sun Ce felt desperate and wanted to die here.

At this moment, Zhu Zhi sent Chuanqi again.

When the rider saw Sun Ce, he immediately rolled off his horse and reported to Sun Ce: "General, Liu Zhengnan's banner has passed Qiantang! Huang Xiaowei, Rui Xiaowei, Song Xiaowei and others are unable to fight, and the formation is in chaos. If there is no more Reinforcements, I'm afraid if they hold on for at least a quarter of an hour, they will be defeated."

Sun Ce's face was bloodless, his whole body felt like falling into an ice cellar, and all his inexhaustible strength seemed to have been drained away. Similar.

If it weren’t for Chen Wu’s quick eyesight and quick hands, Sun Ce would have fallen over on the spot.

Chen Wu was very loyal to Sun Ce. Sun Ce was not only his boss, but also his benefactor.

Although he was in a desperate situation, Chen Wu still had no second thoughts. All he could think about was saving Sun Ce and breaking out of the encirclement.

"General! General!"

Chen Wu supported Sun Ce and called repeatedly.

Sun Ce felt as if his head had exploded. The pain was unbearable. He forced himself to hold on and said to the knight: "Uncle Zhu and others can make their own decision. No matter what, it is Ce's incompetence. I am sorry for you all." Uncle..."

At this point, Sun Ce spat out a mouthful of blood, then his head dropped and he fainted.

Chen Wu and other people around him were all shocked. Although Sun Ce's foundation in Jiangdong was not stable, his personal charm was not low. His behavior was impassioned and he took pleasure in grudges, which was very suitable. The aesthetics of the Han Dynasty and the loyalty of the cronies around him are quite high.

"My lord is fine, it's just a temporary surge of energy and blood. Our top priority is to protect your lord and break out first, and then worry about the future."

After touching Sun Ce's neck and feeling that his pulse and heartbeat were normal, Chen Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he rode towards Zhu Zhichuan and said: "You already know my lord's intention. You can just report it back to General Zhu and ask him to make his own decision. No matter how he decides, my lord will not blame him at all." . "

The legend is also Zhu Zhi's confidant. Hearing this, he nodded solemnly: "In that case, I will report the order of General Sun to the general. General Sun's safety is entrusted to you."

Chen Wu nodded and Chuanqi left.

Afterwards, Chen Wu gathered the reliable soldiers around him. There were more than thirty people around him, and Sun Ce had nearly two hundred cavalry in his headquarters, but only about a hundred of them still had horses.

Chen Wu first observed the battlefield and found that the only way to survive was to risk his escape from the Qiantang River.

This passage is very narrow, and there is a great risk for a few defeated soldiers to break out from here. After all, the Qiantang River is full of naval forces of the Conquering South Army, and there is no Conquering Army on land to block it.

As for the large team of people, that is even more idiotic.

Chen Wu chose this road without hesitation, because no matter how dangerous this road is, it is still a way of life, while other places are a dead end.

Chen Wu asked his soldiers to help Sun Ce onto his horse, then personally led the team and secretly headed towards the Qiantang River.

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When the fourth batch of Southern troops crossed the river, Liu Feng also crossed the river himself.

After crossing the river, the flag of the Conquest South Army was raised in the south of the Yangtze River, which directly raised the morale of the Conquest South Army on the battlefield to its peak.

Originally Huang Gai and others could hold on for a quarter of an hour, but the soldiers of Gao Shun and Jia Kui in front of them were all fierce and brave, and they looked at death as if they were home. They directly tore apart the opponent's formation with just one wave of attacks.

It was already on the verge of collapse. How could it withstand such a heavy blow? The three men immediately avalanched.

Huang Gai and Song Qian were able to rely on their own abilities to gather part of their military strength to defend themselves in the great defeat, but brothers Rui Liang and Rui Xuan even ran away with all the soldiers around them, leaving only Only a few people.

Not all of these soldiers escaped, some were dispersed by the defeated soldiers.

Ke Zhengnan’s army didn’t know this.

Rui Liang and Rui Xuan were not convinced at all and wanted to run away immediately.

But Gao Shun's troops have been besieged by them for almost two and a half hours, and everyone's eyes are red now. How can they let the other party escape.

Gao Shun personally went into battle and led the armored soldiers who had just rested for a moment to stage a beheading assault.

Rui Liang and Rui Xuan were all captured by Gao Shun.

It is ridiculous to say that Rui Liang and Rui Xuan were mediocre in ability, so naturally they had no intention of resisting. Instead, they managed to survive and became Gao Shun's prisoners.

On the contrary, Song Qian was quite capable. After the defeat, he still wanted to gather the defeated troops, but he raised troops to attack Jia Kui fiercely and killed him in one battle.

Huang Gai wanted to rescue Song Qian, but it was too late. He and Yuan Xiong could only cover each other and lean towards Zhu Zhi.

The one Zhu Zhi faced was Taishi Ci. However, the two armies fought equally, and although Zhu Zhi had more troops, he could not do anything to Taishi Ci.

When Zhao Yun appeared behind Sun Ce's army, the morale of the entire Sun Ce army dropped sharply. Although Zhu Zhi tried his best to deal with it, he still inevitably gave Tai Shici the upper hand.

Now Huang Gai's side has completely collapsed, the Rui Liang brothers were captured, Song Qian died in the battle, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Yuan Xiong barely managed to clean up the defeated troops and turned to their own side.

Zhu Zhi's face is quite ugly. Even though he can still hold on, the situation is much better than that of Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others.

But he knew very well that this was just a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps. There is no need to wait for Gao Shun and Jia Kui to draw their hands. Just follow Liu Feng's landing reinforcements and join the battle. Together with Tai Shici, they can defeat them.

Zhu Zhi could only pick up the remaining soldiers of Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Yuan Xiong and introduce them into the formation.

At this time, the total number of defeated troops that Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Yuan Xiong collected together was only 1,340 people. It turned out that this was an army of 15,000 people, which could be said to be completely useless. one.

Subsequently, under the command of Zhu Zhi, they slowly broke away from contact with Taishi Ci's troops and formed an array with their backs to the tidal flats.

The reason why Zhu Zhi was able to break away from the battle line was really not because of how powerful he was, but because Liu Feng didn't want to continue to waste his troops.

Perhaps because of the time traveler relationship, Liu Feng always values ​​human life the most in his military use. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will never sacrifice the lives of his subordinates.

This time Liu Feng asked Gao Shun and other troops to land one after another. It seemed extremely stupid. He gave up his strength advantage and resorted to fueling tactics, even directly destroying Gao Shun's troops.

But these sacrifices are worth it.

When Zhao Yun's army appeared behind Sun Ce's army, I don't know how many tragic battles were avoided in order to conquer the southern army.

With the majestic formation battle, with the current naval expedition to the South plus the ships plundered in Wudi, at most tens of thousands of people could be transported across the river in one go. It would take at least three waves to overtake the opponent in strength.

Before this, Sun Ce's troops still had a great military advantage.

Even if we ignore these things and just face each other in battle, the victory rate of the Conquering South Army is extremely high, if there are no accidents, it is almost close to 100%.

After all, whether it is the combat power of the soldiers, ordnance, morale, training, or the ability of the generals on the battlefield, the Southern Army is undoubtedly ahead of Sun Ce's army in all aspects.

But this lead cannot replace sacrifice.

In the battle between the two armies, even if the Conquest South Army could win, it would have to pay at least tens of thousands of casualties, and the number of those killed in battle was probably more than 4,000.

The most important thing is that such a victory can only be a defeat at best. With the ability of Sun Ce and the Sun family's officer corps, there is a high probability that they can gather the defeated troops and retreat successfully. After all, he has Yuji County behind him. A solid support point.

Even if the Southern Army is followed and pursued, it may not have much effect.

But what about now?

Liu Feng succeeded in the battle at the cost of thousands of casualties!

Although the more than 10,000 people under Zhu Zhi's command still maintain their organizational structure and combat effectiveness, anyone with a discerning eye knows that they are nothing more than a turtle in a urn.

Liu Feng didn't want Zhu Zhi to be in trouble and increase the casualties of the Southern Army, so he ordered Taishi Ci to let the other side leave the battle line, but he would never allow the other side to show any signs of breaking out.

After the battle lines between the two sides were opened, Zhu Zhi had no intention of breaking out.

With his ability, he can naturally see very clearly where the opponent has been forced to retreat by himself. This is obviously to give himself the dignity of surrender.

With the current situation, there is no need for the Zhengnan Army to fight. After a day or two of siege, Zhu Zhijun will collapse from thirst. Maybe it won't take that long, and there will be an endless stream of people surrendering.

Therefore, Zhu Zhi directly summoned all the senior officers, not caring at all about the threat that the Southern Army would take the opportunity to launch an attack.

"Everyone, we are in a desperate situation now. If you have any opinions, please feel free to express your opinions."

There were more than ten people standing in front of Zhu Zhi, including five school captains, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Yuan Xiong, Han Yan, Sun Xiu and others.

At this time, everyone was downcast and their eyes were dull. On the contrary, Sun Xiu was still a little energetic. After all, he had already learned that his father had defected to Liu!

Sun Xiu was a little annoyed. He should have offered the city in Fuchun before, otherwise there would be such an embarrassing situation.

However, he was very energetic, but he kept his head down and did not dare to say anything.

Cheng Pu and Huang Gaike are both old backbones of Sun Jian's generation, and Yuan Xiong and Han Yan are also Sun Ce's trusted generals.

Even Zhu Zhi was a veteran of the two dynasties and was a hero who responded to Sun Ce with his righteousness in Qiantang.

Sun Xiu had a distant branch, and he really didn’t dare to prick it.

What if I say the wrong thing and let these people kill me, is it an injustice or not?

Of course, the school captain present was not dissatisfied with his loyalty to Sun Ce.

One by one, they are all loyal to the Sun family.

But now, as Zhu Zhi said, it is already a desperate situation.

If you don’t surrender, you will die.

It doesn’t matter if you die, but what about your subordinates?

Especially Zhu Zhi, the 4,000 soldiers and horses under his command are all loyal followers of him. More than 1,400 of them are clan soldiers from Guzhang, and the rest are Qiantang and Qiantang who strongly support him. Yuhang is powerful.

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"Ten thousand victories!"

"Ten thousand victories for the Southern Army!"

"Ten thousand victories for General Liu ! ”

Liu Feng's flag was flying. He was wearing a suit of bright light armor and riding a night-shining lion. Under the protection of Xu Chu, he arrived in front of the battle, attracting wild cheers from the conquering army.

Under the command of Liu Feng, the Southern Conquest Army was invincible and victorious in every battle.

Several attacks were carried out at a low cost.

Nowadays, a field battle involving tens of thousands of people can be turned into a battle of annihilation, with so few casualties.

Although there are no detailed statistics yet, after just a brief calculation, it is clear that the casualties this time are only a few thousand at most.

This series of victories with minor casualties but brilliant achievements gradually made Liu Feng's belief in the southern army begin to become mythical.

In a sense, Liu Feng has already added to the combat effectiveness of the Conquering Southern Army. As long as Liu Feng is the commander, the morale, organization and combat effectiveness of the Conquering Southern Army will be greatly improved. promote.

This is the famous general effect.

Being able to do this, regardless of Liu Feng's actual command ability, he can already be regarded as a qualified or even excellent general.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the situations of both sides were changed today, Sun Ce's army would have surrounded the Southern Conquest Army. The performance of the Zhengnan Army will definitely be better than that of Sun Ce's army, and it will definitely be more tenacious and dare to fight than Sun Ce's army.

The Conquering South Army has given birth to its own military soul. Although it is not strong enough, there is a huge difference between having it and not having it.

Gao Shun and Jia Kui's troops also surrounded them.

Although they suffered heavy casualties and were extremely tired, now that they had won a great victory and reinforcements had arrived, the soldiers did not need to rush their commander, and they spontaneously formed formations and marched.

Soldiers are also human beings, especially soldiers in this era. If you talk to them about ideals and responsibilities, it is better to talk about rewards and merits with them.

Although Gao Shun's troops suffered more than 50% casualties, thanks to the morale boosted by the victory, the soldiers did not suffer heavy casualties. Instead, they were exhausted from the long battle, and instead had high morale.

However, if you look carefully, you can still see the exertion of their physical strength. Although some people are trying to stand up straight, their calves are shaking slightly, which shows that their physical strength has already bottomed out.

Tai Shici, Gao Shun, and Jia Kui had already arrived in front of Liu Feng.

Liu Feng dismounted himself and stepped forward to greet his teachers and beloved generals.

(End of this chapter)