Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

The climate in Xunyang is quite dry today. The mountains outside the city are full of flowers, birds are flying in the forest, and the brilliant sunlight is shining on the earth, reflecting a piece of tranquility and peace.

There used to be large fields and villages in Dongcheng, but later the people were all moved to Jiangxia, so the outside of the city gradually became barren.

The original fields turned into wasteland, the village turned into ruins, overgrown with weeds, shaded by trees, except for the roads that were often repaired by the Xunyang defenders, the wilderness was already green and vibrant.

On the road from the northeast of Xunyang County to Huainan Songziwan County and other cities, there is a big tree with branches and leaves covering the sky, dense vines hanging down, lush basil growing, swaying in the wind, and thorns coming from the road. The left and right roads extend out on both sides.

At this time, a ring-headed knife cut off the luxuriant vines, and a halberd swept away the thorns on both sides. The basil and weeds were also cleaned up, and a rammed-earth road was cleared from the originally messy country road. come out.

Riding on horseback, Sun Quan watched the soldiers clearing the road in front of him, and said to Bu Zhi, the chief secretary beside him: "Gu now believes that Liu Bei will only be on guard against Gu for at least a few years and will not attack."

Bu Zhi laughed and said, "Does Marquis Wu feel that Zhao Yun is looking for Yang, and he hasn't cleared the roads to Huangmei Pavilion in the south, Guanting in the east, and Shilian in the north?"

"Ah."

Sun Quan nodded.

Without clearing the road, it would be difficult for the brigade to pass, which proves that Zhao Yun's task in Xunyang is to defend.

Bu Zhi said, "That's not necessarily the case. After all, it is not difficult to clear the roads. Besides, they have Jiangxia Navy. Even if they attack Jiangdong, they should not take the Huainan route. Instead, they should take Jiujiang from the other side of the river and then go down the river."

"That's true."

Sun Quan thought for a while, and Bu Zhi was right.

Zhao Yunjun can only attack Ruxukou if he takes the Huainan route, but Ruxukou already has heavy troops from Jiangdong, and it is estimated that he will encounter Cao Jun before reaching Ruxukou, so the Liu Bei Group will definitely not go to Huainan to fight Jiangdong, but go to Jiujiang up.

So this does not seem to prove that the Liu Bei Group has a defensive policy towards Jiangdong. It is very likely that they still want to annex Jiangdong, but they have to send troops to the west front first due to the pressure of Cao Cao.

Now Sun Quan brazenly sent troops on the eastern front, Sun Jiao, Xu Sheng and Yu Fan fought very smoothly in Jingnan, Lu Meng's army raided Xiakou, and he wanted to surround Xunyang himself.

If Jingnan goes well, Sun Jiao will control Yiling and other places, guard Liu Bei's reinforcements, and then support Xiakou. In this way, as long as he can quickly capture Xunyang, the entire Jingzhou except Nanyang will be destroyed. There is only Xiakou.

At that time, he can go to Nanyang to cooperate with Cao Jun to annihilate Shenchen's tribe. Nanke can first besiege Xiakou and capture the whole territory of Jingzhou except Nanyang.

It has to be said that at least in terms of strategy, Sun Quan's move is correct. It is already difficult for Jiangdong forces to develop in Huainan and Huaibei. Even if they get Huainan, they will not be able to defeat Cao Cao's infantry in Henan.Only by seizing Jingzhou and standing on top of each other, can we go further.

So in a sense, Sun Quan and Liu Bei have no old grudges, and they are allies on the surface, but the territorial issue between them has already resulted in the result of the two sides fighting to the death. In later generations, this is the so-called geopolitics.

Sun Quan's army marched along the road. In addition to the 2 horses around, there were 3 behind. Then the Huangmei Pavilion in the south was close to the direction of Peng Lize, that is, there were still [-] people in Taibai Lake in later generations.

A total of [-] people rushed to find Yang.

The greenery on both sides of the road is towering, and the endless plain is lush and full of weeds and basil, reaching to the waist. Zhou Yu used to ambush Huang Zu in this place.

Sun Quan naturally knew that there were overgrown weeds because there were no people living there for many years, so he could set up an ambush, so he sent people to go deep into it.

After confirming that there was no one to set up an ambush, the army drove straight in and saw the Xunyang City from a distance.

At the end of the road, I saw a majestic and tall city. Xunyang leans against the remaining veins of the Dabie Mountains in the north, the vast plain official road in the west, and leads directly to Qichun. After crossing the Yangtze River is Chaisang.

Therefore, this place can be said to extend in all directions, and it is the hub of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Huainan. Liu Bei valued the crucial and special geographical location here, so he exchanged Guiyang County for half of Lujiang.

Otherwise, with Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang's personalities, they wouldn't be doing such a loss-making business.

At this moment, Sun Quan's army is coming in mighty force to seize the important strategic location of Xunyang first, and then use this as a base point to capture Jiangxia and Zhangling in the northwest, and go along the Yangtze River in the west to obtain Nanjun. , except for Nanyang, Jingzhou will belong to Sun Quan.

After seeing the city in the distance, Sun Quan thought for a moment, and said to Zhou Tai beside him: "Youping, let Duke Demou and Wen Yu lead 1 horses to the left and right to go deep into Penghao, and you and Gu lead 1 horses. People go to find Yang city."

In addition to being a general in the army, Zhou Tai also served as Sun Quan's guard like Dian Wei and Xu Chu. He had saved Sun Quan many times in history. Hearing Sun Quan's words, he wondered: "Wu Hou, our army is about to go to Xunyang. Under the city, why divide the troops? There are no weeds and basil in the periphery of Xunyang, even if you want to ambush, it may not be easy, not to mention that the opposite side will probably not leave the city."

"Ha ha."

Sun Quan laughed and said, "You don't understand. An army of [-] is besieging Xunyang, but the city of Xunyang is as strong as Hefei, and I heard that there is a lot of food and grass in the city. It is not easy to break through in a short time. The only way to lure the enemy out of the city is to fight. Only by breaking out suddenly during the fight and snatching the city gate will it be possible to win it as soon as possible."

Of course Zhou Tai doesn't know what fishing is, but he understands that this tactic is called luring the enemy, so he nodded and said, "Wei, I'll do it now."

As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and turned around to convey the order.

After he left, Bu Zhi said: "It is said that Zhao Yun has always had a calm personality and does not like to charge forward like Zhang Liao. I am afraid that Marquis Wu's plan to lure the enemy may not be easy to achieve."

Hearing him mention Zhang Liao, Sun Quan's face darkened slightly.

The Battle of Hefei was a pain in his heart.

At the beginning, Cao Cao had actually released water in Hefei. In order to lure Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou, he had considered that the worst plan was to give up a large area of ​​Huainan to Sun Quan, so that Sun Quan could win Liu Bei's trust.

As a result, in the Battle of Hefei, Sun Quan suffered a bloody blow himself, which made him a laughing stock among Cao Cao and Liu Bei, which was obviously unexpected.

But fortunately, Sun Quan has a forbearing character, and that humiliating defeat was nothing more than a resignation. Faced with Bu Zhi's question, he said lightly, "That's exactly how I want to lure the enemy. "

"Forehead"

Bu Zhi wondered: "But Zhao Yun"

Sun Quan said: "Back then Zijing told me that even though Hefei suffered a disastrous defeat, there is no need to panic. One is that our army's strength has not been damaged, and the other is that it is easier for Liu Bei to despise us. After that, Liu Bei will send Jiangling's soldiers Have all the horses been transferred to Yizhou? Even Jiangling is empty, which shows Liu Beijun's contempt for Gu."

Bu Zhi stroked his beard and said: "Wu Hou means that Zhao Yun will despise Wu Hou when he sees Wu Hou coming to attack Xunyang, and lead the troops to fight. At this time, Wu Hou took the opportunity to order Zhou Tai and others to entangle Zhao Yun, and then ordered the rear to ambush the troops in one fell swoop. Out?"

"Exactly."

Sun Quan nodded.

This is what he thinks is more feasible.

Since Xiaoyaojin, Sun Quan already knew that Liu Bei had despised him.

The news from Sun Shangxiang, as well as Liu Bei's letters to him in the past few years, some names and actions, all prove this point.

So Sun Quan thought that since the Liu Bei Group despised him so much, why didn't he simply take advantage of Liu Bei's contempt and raid Jingzhou to achieve his goals?
The Battle of Xunyang was his plan to capture Jingzhou.

Jingnan fell, Xiakou was besieged, and Nanjun was in danger. It was impossible for Zhao Yun to remain indifferent. At this time, Sun Quan was alone in danger. If Zhao Yun wanted to save Jingzhou, he would most likely learn from Zhang Wenyuan and come out to fight him.

At that time, it will be in the middle of Sun Quan's scheme.

Anyway, in the eyes of the Liu Bei Group, Sun Quan has always liked to charge into the battle alone. It is prudent to bring 1 people this time, and it will probably not make Zhao Yun suspicious.

It has to be said that Sun Quan's strategy is a very clever method, which uses the enemy's understanding and contempt for him to make the layout.

And he thought Zhao Yun would be fooled.

The reason is that the rear of Jingzhou is extremely empty. At this time, Sun Quan's army is pressing down on Jingzhou and it is in danger. If Zhao Yun does nothing but stay in Xunyang, he may be able to persist for a few more days.

But Xunyang became an isolated city, and other places fell. When the entire Jingzhou is occupied by Sun Quan, not only Zhao Yun will become a lone army, but Shen Chen will also be attacked. No matter what angle you look at, Zhao Yun has to find a way. .

Therefore, in order to make a quick decision, Sun Quan also went all out, using himself as a bait to lure Zhao Yun out of the city.

At the moment, on the gate tower of the east city, Zhao Yun was also looking at the east, remembering the order Shen Chen had given him before, so he signaled to the left and right to go out of the city and fight.

After noon, Sun Quan's army finally arrived outside the city.

Only 1 people.

There are dense forests in the left and right rear, basil and weeds stretch as far as the eye can see, perfectly hiding the unknown number of people.

After the Jiangdong Army arrived outside the city, 1 people lined up and moved forward slowly.

Sun Quan himself was also in the team. He saw many hills and hills outside the east city, one of which was about one or less than two miles away from Xunyang City, so he wanted to climb up the mountain to have a look.

At this time, the east gate of Xunyang City opened, and Zhao Yun rode on horseback, galloping out first, followed by the soldiers behind him.

However, compared to the tens of thousands of horses lined up by Sun Quan, the number of people on Zhao Yun's side was much smaller. There were only 3000 people sparsely arranged in a square array outside the city.

Knowing that Zhao Yun really left the city, Sun Quan was overjoyed and said, "Send an order to Zhou Tai to line up quickly and make sure to entangle Zhao Yun outside the city."

As he spoke, he searched left and right, pointed to the hillside not far away and said, "Follow Gu up to that hillside."

His guards protected him and went up to the nearby hillside.

The 1 soldiers of the former army were marching in a dispersed manner at first, and originally planned to line up at the base of the city, but now that Zhao Yun came out, Zhou Tai immediately called on the middle-level officers to settle down and start to line up.

This battle is different from the last battle of Hefei. In the battle of Hefei, Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao to attack in order to boost morale and stick to the city.

Zhao Yun had to attack. If he didn't attack, Xunyang would become an isolated city and he would not be able to help the rest of Jingzhou, so he could only choose to go out of the city to try.

The difference is that Sun Quan was unprepared last time. He thought that one hundred thousand was against seven thousand. The advantage was mine. The front, middle and rear armies were still in the rear. He only brought a few thousand people to the outside of Hefei, but was defeated by Zhang Liao's 800 people in a surprise attack. .

But this time, Sun Quan was fishing on purpose, taking advantage of Zhao Yun's mentality of needing to go out of the city to fight, deliberately lured him out, and then asked Zhou Tai's 1 people to entangle Zhao Yun's troops at any cost, and wait until the [-] troops ambushing in the rear, as well as the central army and the rear. The army arrived and completely occupied Xunyang.

It's just that because the battle of Changbanpo didn't happen, what he didn't know was that this Zhao Yun was even more heavyweight, a level higher than Zhang Liao's force.

Zhao Yun is 50 years old this year.

When Luo Guanzhong wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he said that Zhao Yun was 76 years old. According to his writing method, Zhao Yun was not only older than Liu Bei, but also two years older than Cao Cao. He was almost 60 years old when he was in Changbanpo. It is obviously impossible to enter and exit seven times.

Therefore, it is speculated that he joined the army as a young man. He was born in 169 AD, eight years younger than Liu Bei. He was about 40 years old when he was in Changbanpo, and he is just [-] this year.Although he is getting old, he still maintains his peak combat power, with a white horse and silver spear, and a dignified cloak.

It was midsummer. After the rain stopped a few days ago, the weather was warming up again. The sun was shining all over the land, and the slight summer breeze was blowing, bringing a little coolness.

After Zhao Yun left the city, Zhou Tai, who was two miles away, had already ordered all the troops to form a formation, which formed a natural contrast with the scattered formations in the battle between Hefei and Zhang Liao.

The subjective factor for Zhang Liao's success in the surprise attack was Sun Quan's own death, but the objective factor was the same as the beheading of the White Wolf Mountain formation. The enemy's formation was not adjusted in time, which led to being rushed in by Zhang Liao and disrupting the enemy's formation.

But at this time, Sun Quan's formation was spread out, and the number of people was far more than the last battle in Hefei. Therefore, even if Zhao Yun had 3000 people, which was more than [-] more than Zhang Liao, the difficulty was much more difficult than that of Zhang Liao last time.

However, even so, Zhao Yun was not afraid. Looking around, there were not many cavalry in Xiling City, only 100 of them. They scouted horses for the scouts of various schools and traveled to Huainan and other places all year round to spy on information. This time, they all brought them out and lined up in the formation. forward.

When they came out, the Zhou Tai army in the distance was actually still in formation. Under normal circumstances, if Zhao Yun's troops went out of the city, they would have basically formed their formation with infantry running for a mile.

However, Zhao Yun was keenly aware of this, and brazenly issued a military order: "Soldiers follow me and rush over."

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The cavalry were arranged in a wild goose formation, and almost after Zhao Yun gave the order, they raised their iron hooves.

The infantry behind them also began to shout, and ran behind the cavalry.

Zhao Yun took the lead.

Due to the speed of the cavalry, he quickly lost touch with the infantry.

However, the effect was also good, just as Zhang Liao led the tiger and leopard cavalry to attack Tadun, whose formation had not yet been fully assembled.

The 1 people in Zhou Tai over there are relatively bloated. The order is passed from Zhou Tai to the officers at all levels, and then from the officers to the soldiers at the bottom. They are divided into three phalanxes, and the speed is obviously not as fast as Zhao Yun's direct raid out of the city. come fast.

However, in just over two minutes, a hundred cavalrymen rushed to the front of Zhou Tai's central army. Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, they broke into a pack of wolves like a tiger, and directly tore a hole in the central army.

Zhou Tai himself was in the rear of the Chinese army, and his lieutenant general Liang Yu was in front.

Liang Yu's reaction was already relatively fast. Seeing Zhao Yun's cavalry rushing towards him, in order to prevent him from breaking through the unorganized center formation, he shouted and brought his personal guards forward to stop him.

However, seeing the Yubai horse in the front approaching, the fish leaped up, and it seemed as if a long rainbow had drawn across the air. In an instant, Zhao Yun had rushed into the formation, and then Liang Yu and his personal guards surrounded him. Surrounding him, all kinds of knives, guns, sticks, axes, hooks and forks attacked him.

There are ways to deal with experienced soldiers like cavalry generals. Shooting people first shoots horses, which is also the same in chaotic battles. If people can't poke them, then kill his horse first.

As long as he fell off the horse, even Xiang Yu would have no place to display all his strength.

"roll!"

Zhao Yun blushed furiously, stared at him, and his voice roared like thunder, as if in front of these soldiers was not a [-]-year-old man, but a terrifying male lion, which frightened the surrounding soldiers back a few steps.

The momentum was so frightening that Zhou Tai and the others who were standing in the middle of the line, waiting for Zhao Yun to throw himself into the trap, didn't react, and the soldiers around them all dispersed.

Zhou Tai's pupils at the back of the center line shrank instantly, and his eyes opened round, looking at this scene in disbelief.

If it wasn't happening now, he must have thought that Liang Yu's soldiers were all undercover agents, and novelists in the Spring and Autumn Period would not dare to write like that.

But it is true.

Zhao Yun just shouted loudly, scaring away the ordinary soldiers who were going to surround him.

While everyone was in a daze, Zhao Yun was already killed in the next second.

puff!

The spear was as fast as lightning, like a silver dragon pierced the sky between heaven and earth, and pierced Liang Yu's throat in an instant.

"Liang Yu!"

Zhou Tai was shocked, he underestimated the strength of this old general, he thought that so many people would kill him in an instant, but he didn't expect that the surrounding soldiers didn't dare to attack at all when he roared.

However, Zhou Tai had no time to feel sorry for his lieutenant, because after Zhao Yun assassinated Liang Yu, his hands were as cold as lightning, and he quickly stabbed the surrounding soldiers.

Those soldiers couldn't react at all, and died in a blink of an eye, clearing a huge gap.

The rear cavalry scouts arrived.

Liang Yu's personal guards were almost completely beheaded quickly.

The next moment Zhao Yun shouted, and brazenly led the cavalry towards the unorganized center formation.

Under normal circumstances, light cavalry rushing into the infantry formation will definitely die.

But there is a prerequisite here, that is, the infantry phalanx that has already been formed, with shields and spears in the front, and bows and crossbows in the back.

But after Zhao Yun left the city, he didn't give Zhou Tai too much time, so he charged directly.

The speed of a horse running at full strength can reach six to eight meters per second. In the Han Dynasty, the distance of 800 miles and [-] meters only took more than two minutes, while humans wearing armor and holding weapons could only run two or three meters per second.

Therefore, if Zhao Yun waits for infantry, it will take at least seven or eight minutes to kill them, which is enough for well-trained soldiers to line up.

However, Zhao Yun only led a hundred cavalry to charge forward, which Zhou Tai did not expect, and the result was that the cavalry rushed in before the soldiers on his side were fully lined up.

Suddenly people turned on their backs.

The horses in front fell down one after another, and even Zhao Yun was almost unsteady. Fortunately, his mount Zhaoyeyu Lion was a BMW, and he jumped up and down in the crowd to stabilize his figure.

When Zhao Yun glanced around again, he was already surrounded by 4000 people in the middle of the Jiangdong Army.

However, Zhao Yun was not afraid at all, the spear in his hand was like a plum blossom, whirling in the air, and quickly killed several Jiangdong soldiers who wanted to bully him.

The surrounding Jiangdong army was in chaos, especially at the front of the central army. A hundred dead soldiers from Zhao Yun's tribe lost many people in an instant due to suicide charge, but it also caused the entire central square formation of Zhou Tai's tribe to scatter.

The cavalry followed Zhao Yun, trying to cut open the center formation, but there were too many crowds all around, and many people were almost coerced and crowded onto them.

If you look down from a high altitude, you will see that the left and right wings of Zhou Tai's troops have almost formed a formation, and the [-] infantry from the direction of Xunyang City are quickly approaching. It is the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who escaped, fought, shouted, and wailed.

People crowded and chaos continued.

Zhao Yun's hundred cavalry only had to deal with the surrounding Jiangdong soldiers every time. Some of the other soldiers ran out, some rushed in, and some were at a loss, which caused this part of the Jiangdong army to be described as a mess.

"Hmph, I don't know whether to live or die."

Sun Quan, who was standing on the hillside looking down from a distance, looked at this scene and snorted coldly.

Although Zhao Yun exchanged 4000 cavalry for his [-] chaotic troops in the center, the troops on the two wings have already assembled and surrounded them. They will be killed soon to completely leave these people behind.

At that time, not only can they keep Zhao Yunbu here, but they can't even keep Xunyang City behind them. As long as the nail of Xunyang is taken down, then Xiling County, Zhangling County, and Jiangxia County will all be on the same level, and they will go straight to Shen Chen's backyard!

"kill!"

Sun Quan issued an order, indicating that the left and right sides should outflank the area. Once the encirclement was closed, the ambushing troops in the rear could move.

Good news, it has stabilized. Starting today, the official double update will begin every day. Next is the battle of destroying Jiangdong. The climax is one after another. Don't miss it, brothers.