Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2351: The whole army was annihilated, Gou Chen killed his general

If the other party is pretending to surrender, it seems like a bit too much.

Put yourself in his shoes. If he was pretending to surrender, he could just surrender with his men. Why would he go to the trouble of leading his men into their ambush?

Isn't this obviously intended to make them suspicious?

Gou Chen had no idea that Zhu Wen, the commander-in-chief, had no absolute control over the 3,000-man battalion.

Although the two of them had some doubts about this matter, the Three Thousand Battalion was the most elite force in Yangzhou and the sharpest knife in Yangzhou. They were unwilling to give up such an opportunity.

Moreover, even if it was really a false surrender, they could accept the loss of all three thousand soldiers!

To put it simply, the Jin army, with a million troops, has enough confidence to lose a mere 3,000 men!
On that day, Chang Yuchun ordered Gou Chen to act according to Zhu Wen's plan, set up an ambush in advance, and wait for the three thousand troops to take the bait.

Before arriving at the ambush site, the military flag suddenly broke into pieces. Deputy General Xu Zhong was extremely panicked and suggested that Zhu Wen take a detour.

However, Zhu Wen refused because speed was of the essence. Reinforcements were like putting out a fire, they could take a detour, but Zhu Yuanzhang might not have so much time to wait for them to take a detour.

As a last resort, Xu Zhong could only settle for the next best option and request to send troops to explore the route first, and then make further plans after confirming it was safe.

Zhu Wen originally planned to find a reason to refuse, but Xu Zhong argued with him.

Zhu Wen could only pretend to be angry and personally led a dozen people out to investigate.

If Zhu Wen went to investigate, it would be strange if he could find any problems!

Zhu Wen had personally investigated the situation, and Xu Zhong apparently thought that Zhu Wen's attitude was a bit perfunctory, so he asked him to conduct a second investigation.

This gave Zhu Wen an opportunity to get angry. Xu Zhong's words clearly showed his lack of trust in him.

After all, Zhu Wen was the main general.

In the military, it is a taboo to have no unified ideology.

It is even more taboo for subordinates to openly doubt their commander, because such things will directly affect the commander's prestige.

If a commander-in-chief does not even have basic prestige, how can the generals under him listen to him? If he cannot even do this, how can he win the battle?
Therefore, the higher the status, the more important prestige is.

The same is true for knowing one's mistakes and correcting them without admitting them. Sometimes, even if one knows that it is wrong, one still has to do it. For some people, sometimes, correcting a mistake may be a bigger mistake than continuing along the wrong path.

Therefore, Zhu Wen's anger was reasonable.

Moreover, his words were very logical and well-founded, leaving Xu Zhong speechless.

At the critical moment, it was another general in the army, Gu Shi, who came out to act as a peacemaker and persuaded the two men.

In history, Gu Shi was one of the twenty-four generals of Huaixi and a staunch supporter of Zhu Yuanzhang. In this life, he was also a veteran general of Zhu Yuanzhang. Since he had spoken, he had to be given face.

At first, Xu Zhong questioned Zhu Wen and asked him to sit down when he was asked to investigate. After all, he also believed that such terrain should not be entered rashly before it was confirmed to be safe.

However, since Zhu Wen had already investigated it personally, although Xu Zhong's second investigation was also for the sake of caution, it was indeed inappropriate for Xu Zhong to openly contradict Zhu Wen in front of all the soldiers.

However, after this incident, no one mentioned the second investigation. In the army, Zhu Wen even had the right to execute anyone who openly contradicted the commander.

However, not conducting a second exploration was destined to be a regret for Xu Zhong throughout his life, even though his life would soon be over.

The troops continued to move forward. Xu Zhong and Gu Shi urged the soldiers to speed up the march as soon as possible. This terrain was not friendly to cavalry. Although it was not the most unfriendly valley, there were two long slopes on both sides and a narrow passage in the middle.

This kind of terrain is definitely not suitable for staying.

But, whatever you think will come true!
When their troops had just passed halfway, large groups of people suddenly appeared on the hillsides on both sides, and rolled down the long slope with logs and stones.

Because it is not a valley terrain, the fall is not from a high place, but from a long slope.

Therefore, it was not like in the TV series, where the soldiers were hit on the head and fell down one by one. The soldiers sliding down the long slope could not hurt the soldiers on the horses, but the force brought by sliding down the long slope, hitting the horses' legs, was enough to break their horses' legs.

The knight on horseback naturally fell to the ground as well.

Those who were unlucky were thrown off their horses and were hit by the rolling thunder stones and logs.

"Zhu Wen, you are an incompetent general!"

"Is this the result of your investigation?" Xu Zhong's teeth were about to burst into tears.

He hated himself for not insisting a little longer! If he explored it again, the result would definitely be completely different.

But Zhu Wen ignored him. This incompetent and roaring guy would not bother with a dying man.

All the soldiers were blocked in this narrow passage for a while. In their panic, they were unable to pass through in a short time.

Gu Shi calmed down. On the one hand, he wanted to separate a part of the troops to launch a counterattack, and on the other hand, he wanted to arrange the troops to pass through here quickly.

The most urgent task is to solve the problem.

But at this moment, Gou Chen, who was lying in ambush on the long slopes on both sides, launched a charge.

Although they were facing an elite cavalry battalion of 3,000, the enemy had 1,000 more troops than them.

However, the enemy was ambushed and the situation was chaotic. Many horses were injured and many knights were forced to switch to infantry.

Furthermore, in this kind of terrain, the enemy's troops were arranged in a long snake formation and could not concentrate their strength at all.

On the other hand, their morale was high at this time. They had the advantage of morale and rushed from high to low. The momentum of the charge was unstoppable.

Therefore, even when facing a battalion of three thousand troops, the enemy's strength was greater than theirs, but Gou Chen still launched a charge bravely.

In this battle, Gou Chen killed the general Xu Zhong in the battle. Gu Shi originally wanted to lead the troops together with Zhu Wen to fight back, but Zhu Wen suddenly stabbed him from behind and took his life on the spot.

Moreover, they cut off his head and gave it as a gift to the Jin army.

Of the three most important generals, one was a traitor and the other two had died in battle. The leaderless 3,000-man battalion was bound to be annihilated in the end.

Even his dying counterattack did not cause much damage to Gou Chen.