Han Xiang

Chapter 287 Cunning Like a Fox Xia Houyuan

Jiangdong found a problem internally, and immediately actively responded to the change, but just after the situation stabilized, another accident occurred on the battlefield.

A new enemy appeared in the rear, that is, Xiahouyuan's troops who attacked Shaopi.

Xiahouyuan's 2000 men were all cavalry. He arrived at Shaopi on time as agreed, and soon found the warship moored in the lake, and immediately started destroying it.

Sun Quan besieged Shouchun for three months, and scouts were dispatched from all the important water and land routes. He thought he was safe, so he left thousands of people in Shaopi to defend, but he was attacked by Xia Houyuan.

Xiahouyuan's cavalry was mighty and majestic, but Shaopi's defenders were too few to disembark and fight with them. They could only use warships as cover, and while shooting with bows and arrows to defend, they sent fast boats to Shouchun for help.

Fighting on land, the Shaopi defenders have little chance of winning; fighting with bows and arrows, Xiahouyuan's people are all good at riding and shooting.

After several rounds of arrow rain, the defenders of Shaopi were directly shot out of Fuzi.

In hand-to-hand combat with bows and arrows, they are no match, but they are also outnumbered.

The Shaopi garrison could not fight and had to flee, but thousands of warships were guarded by thousands of men, and many of them were destined to be unmanned, leaving room for Xia Houyuan to burn ships and wreak havoc.

When Xu Kun led his army to Shaopi, Xia Houyuan had burned more than [-] warships.

Xu Kun also led an army of more than [-] people to help. His ability to command troops was very good. Xia Houyuan had a tentative hand-to-hand fight, and immediately led the army to escape to the east.

The advantage of two thousand light cavalry lies in their mobility. If they fight with Xu Kun, the consequences will be disastrous.

Before setting sail on the Yellow River, Cao Cao gave Xia Houyuan thousands of instructions to let Xia Houyuan understand his position, use light cavalry to contain and divide the enemy, and leave the desperate work to Zhang Liao.

Dirty work, all looking for generals.

Xia Houyuan successfully attracted the general Xu Kun and more than [-] soldiers to Shaopi. Using the maneuvering advantage of the light cavalry, he created a time difference to launch a joint attack with Zhang Liao. With a high probability, he could defeat the remaining enemies and break Shouchun's predicament.

Xu Kun has rich combat experience, he didn't start the pursuit with all his brains, but left 2000 people to protect the warship first, and then chased to Shouchun with the guidance of the scouts.

The battle network in the south is crisscrossed, and Jiangdong's warships are more precious than warhorses. Xu Kun guarded against Xia Houyuan's feint shot, and took advantage of the cavalry advantage to go back and destroy the warships.

Due to the scarcity of war horses in Jiangdong, the main troops were infantry. Xu Kun's two-legged soldiers could not catch up with Xia Houyuan's cavalry at all.

Seeing the end of the sky, Xu Kun strung together today's events, faintly feeling something bad.

Half of the scouts sent by Xu Kun were killed, and the rest were forced to follow along the way, but he still marched firmly towards Shouchun.

Although there are more than 2 soldiers and horses outside Shouchun City at this time, Sun Quan's commanding ability is really worrying.

Xu Kun believed that Jiangdong's soldiers dared to fight, so he was afraid of the young lord's commanding blindly, and Xia Houyuan, who had just fought against each other, was as cunning as a fox, and he was bound to make something big happen.

When Xu Kun's troops marched in a hurry, Xia Houyuan had arrived at the Shouchun battlefield before dark.

Seeing how many of his own men fought tenaciously, Xia Houyuan immediately divided the light cavalry into multiple teams, and launched attacks from the weak points on the left and right wings of Jiangdong.

At dusk, the sky was dark.

The cavalry rushed and rushed, instantly breaking the balance of the battlefield.

The advantage of the new force brought by Lu Mian and Deng Dang also disappeared when the horses collided and neighed.

Panic causes riots, riots change formations.

The dislocation of the formation caused the soldiers to stray, which in turn affected the execution of military orders.

Seeing Xia Houyuan's attack, Zhang Liao and Cao Chun also made preparations for the chaos in the enemy's formation. They seized the opportunity to encourage the soldiers to launch a fierce attack, and once again suppressed the opponent in terms of momentum.

The Jiangdong Legion at this time is like a pizza on the table, which can be broken into several pieces with a light tear.

The formation was cut by the cavalry, and the various ministries were quickly disconnected. The army command system was gradually paralyzed, and Sun Quan fell into crisis again.

It was not until the final counterattack that Cao Chun and Xiahou Dun met at close range.

After Xiahoudun met, he solemnly clasped his fists in thanks: "Zihe, if you hadn't arrived in time, I might have to bury my bones in Shouchun."

Cao Chun replied: "The lord has always remembered Shouchun, but the war in Hebei has been going on for a long time. Let's kill the Jiangdong rats first, and return to the city later to talk about the past slowly."

"Okay, I've been aggrieved for three months, and I'm going to kill you today."

Seeing Xiahou Dun holding the handle of the knife tightly, Cao Chun pointed to him in the distance and reminded him: "Here, the man in the golden armor and gold helmet among the crowd is the Lord Wu Sun Quan. If Yuan Rang can capture this guy, he will definitely help the Lord win the battle." Jiangdong."

"Very good, I want to catch Sun Quan's son with my own hands."

Xiahou Dun said that he raised his sword and patted his horse, and led his soldiers to look directly at Sun Quan and chase after him.

Jiangdong soldiers and horses were attacked from both sides, and the rout was much faster than before outside the east gate. They were completely dispersed in less than half an hour, and the scene became a one-sided chase again.

Before nightfall, the sky turned gray.

Both sides had no time to prepare torches, and both escape and killing were affected by sight, and it was unknown whether they could leave the battlefield alive.

Sun Quan was separated from the brigade in the chaos, but it was obvious that Cao Jun was following him, and the number of guards around Sun Quan became less and less.

In an emergency, Zhou Tai reminded Sun Quan: "My lord, your golden helmet is too eye-catching, take it off and throw it away."

"Oh"

Sun Quan was in disarray at this time, so he hurriedly took off the golden helmet and wanted to throw it away, but Zhou Tai took it with his hands.

"If you don't have a helmet to protect you, if you are injured by a cold arrow in the dark, it will be Zhou Tai's crime. Put on the helmet of the last general, my lord." Zhou Tai took off his helmet and handed it to Sun Quan without explanation.

"Then Youping yourself" Although Sun Quan said he was worried, his body was honest and he wore Zhou Tai's helmet.

"I'm fine." Zhou Tai hugged Sun Quan's golden helmet and thought for a while, then put it on his head suddenly, and explained to Sun Quan: "The team of soldiers and horses in the rear are chasing after you, and they must be coming for the lord. Put on your helmet and distract the pursuers."

"This"

Sun Quan suddenly remembered Zu Mao, and when he was about to stop him, Zhou Tai had already slapped his horse and left.

"Ugh"

Just as Sun Quan sighed, he heard the neighing of a war horse nearby, and it was Zhou Taile, who was wearing a golden helmet, reining the horse.

"My lord, General Xu is in the direction of Shaopi, you just need to go south now, take care."

After Zhou Tai told Sun Quan, he went east without looking back.

Sun Quan watched Zhou Tai's golden helmet go away, he felt a little ashamed in his heart, just now he thought Zhou Tai was timid and repented, but in the end he was still showing himself the way.

Almost misunderstood the loyal man, Sun Quan thought to himself while fleeing to the south: Zhou Youping, you have to survive, don't make the same mistakes as Zu Mao.

After Zhou Tai exchanged the helmets, he led Xiahou Dun's pursuers away, but after running two miles away, he encountered tiger and leopard cavalry, and was killed and surrounded by more than ten cavalry in a short time.

Zhou Tai reckoned that Sun Quan was far away, and was about to find the right position to break through, when he heard Xiahou Dun's taunt: "Son Quan, have you ever thought of today? Don't do anything, I will capture him with my own hands."

(End of this chapter)