Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 386 Confrontation in Luling
The news that Zhang Xun was merged into Cai Mao's command spread quickly.

Sun Jian was dumbfounded. Originally, he planned to take in Zhang Xun's soldiers and then fight Cai Mao out.

Sun Jian even thought that since Liu Biao was beaten so badly by him at that time, could he also take the opportunity to occupy some counties in Jingzhou?

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xun surrendered directly.

This time, Sun Jian's plan was disrupted.

After the Jingzhou Army and Zhang Xun's army join forces, the number of troops that can be mobilized is about [-].

As for Sun Jian, he only had [-] at all costs.

Excluding the soldiers guarding the city, there are only about [-] that can be mobilized.

The gap of 3 people is not so easy to make up.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Army is not low. Liu Biao was defeated so quickly before, entirely because of his poor leadership.

As for Cai Hao, although his leadership ability is average, he is still better than Liu Biao at this moment. After all, Liu Biao is old.

After Cai Mao and Zhang Xun joined forces, they confronted Sun Jian in the Luling area.

Sun Jian led his troops southward, hoping to drive Cai Mao out of Yangzhou.

Zhang Xun was eager to make contributions, so he took the initiative to ask for a fight.

"General, let me go meet Sun Jian for a while! When we were under Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and I looked at each other unhappy. Now give me a chance to kill him!"

When Cai Mao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, with General Zhang taking action, Sun Jian will never come back!"

Soon, Zhang Xun ordered a thousand troops and called for formation in front of Sun Jian's camp.

"Son Jian, my son, you are a betrayer seeking glory and betraying your trust. Why don't you come out and die soon!"

In Sun Jian's camp, soldiers also came in to report: "General, Zhang Xun led more than a thousand people to provoke in front of the formation!"

"Zhang Xun, you're just a rat!" Sun Ce laughed disdainfully: "Father, sit down for a moment and watch the children take him!"

"Bo Fu, be careful!" Sun Jian nodded and warned.

But Sun Ce didn't take Zhang Xun seriously at all. After all, he was working under Yuan Shu. He, Sun Ce, knew Zhang Xun's level.

Sun Ce also ordered a thousand soldiers and horses and rushed out of the camp.

When Zhang Xun saw that the person coming was Sun Ce, he smiled disdainfully: "Sun Ce, are you a yellow-tongued kid here to die? I won't kill you, just go back and replace your cowardly father!"

Sun Ce looked at the arrogant Zhang Xun and narrowed his eyes: "Zhang Xun, you, a rat who surrendered to Cai Hao, have the nerve to shout in front of our army?"

Zhang Xun is a surrendered general, but he hates it when others mock him about surrender.

"Why should I surrender? It's not you, the Sun family, who betrayed His Majesty because of your desire for glory! If I don't surrender, I'm afraid I will be the next one to die under the knife of you, the Sun family!"

Zhang Xun caught Sun Jian and stabbed Yuan Shu in the back and refused to let him go.

And Sun Ce also knew that it would be useless to talk more at this time, so let's do it with real swords and guns!
"Zhang Xun, suffer death!"

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he raised his gun and galloped towards Zhang Xun.

Zhang Xun didn't pay attention to the young guy Sun Ce. Facing Sun Ce who rushed over, he just smiled disdainfully.

However, this smile also became his last expression.

Sun Ce shot the long knife away from Zhang Xun's hand, and then shot him with his backhand, stabbing him to the core.

Zhang Xun, a mediocre general, couldn't hold on for a single round when facing Sun Ce and was killed directly.

The soldiers he brought with him saw that their general was dead. How could they dare to stay here any longer? They all ran away one by one.Sun Ce did not order anyone to pursue these soldiers. After all, they had just arrived here and needed to make corrections. It was not a good time to launch a large-scale attack at this time.

……

Jingzhou Army, inside the Chinese army's tent, Cai Mao's expression changed after learning that Zhang Xun died in battle.

If he knew that Zhang Xun was a weakling, he would not allow Zhang Xun to fight no matter what. Wouldn't this affect the morale of the army?
Originally, Cai Mao was thinking that since Zhang Xun and Sun Jian were both generals under Yuan Shu, it must be a [-]-[-] situation. Even if they couldn't win, it wouldn't be a big deal if they retreated unscathed.

Taking advantage of the fact that they have just arrived and are depleted of men and horses, we will directly attack with the whole army and fight decisively with them.

But in the end, Zhang Xun didn't even see Sun Jian's face, so he let Sun Ce kill him.

This person is really lost!
Cai Hao sighed angrily: "The whole army obeys the order and cannot stand!"

After Cai Hao came to his senses, he realized one thing. He had been confronting Zhang Xun for so long, so he had naturally seen his actions.

Zhang Xun was killed. On the one hand, he was not good at it, but on the other hand, Sun Ce was too strong.

But this time when he went to conquer Yuan Shu, he did not bring many generals who could defeat him, only Zhang Yun.

Cai Hao knew that Zhang Yun was good at training troops, but fighting generals in front of the formation was still a bit weak.

After all, Cai Mao has heard of the name Jiangdong Tiger Sun Wentai.

"Well, it's good that Zhang Xun is dead, so that his subordinates can be completely used by me. But I don't have any generals available, so I can't stop Sun Jian!"

Thinking of this, Cai Mao quickly wrote to Liu Biao and asked his brother-in-law to send someone to support him.

……

When Liu Biao received Cai Mao's letter, he banged some tables heavily.

After Liu Biao was defeated and returned to Jiangxia, he has been stationed there, looking for opportunities to counterattack Yangzhou.

I just didn't expect that Yuan Shu would be defeated so quickly.

Lujiang and Jiujiang have been taken by Cao Ang, so naturally he cannot use troops against these two counties.

But if he sends troops to Yuzhang again... he is a little scared. After all, he just suffered a defeat there. If he goes again... he doesn't have the courage.

Due to Liu Biao's hesitation, he lost the opportunity to advance again and again.

Until now, I received a letter from Cai Mao.

"This Sun Wentai is really hateful! I worked so hard to help the court put down the rebellion, but in the end I lost soldiers, horses, money and food in vain, and got nothing?"

"No, we can't let Cai Mao lose to Sun Jian! He, Sun Jian, has generals under his command, but I don't have any?"

Liu Biao complained a few words and directly mobilized Huang Zhong in Changsha to support Cai Mao.

Cai Mao's attitude towards these generals was actually very ordinary. After all, he came from a noble family and had a noble status, while these generals were basically civilians.

"Huang Hansheng, I've met the general!" Huang Zhong greeted Cai Mao politely. After all, he was his superior.

Cai Mao knew that Huang Zhong was good at shooting and was very brave, but he was still a little uneasy: "Huang Hansheng, Zhang Xun was killed by Sun Ce a few days ago, and the morale of our army has plummeted."

"Now, I want you to revive the morale of our army. Do you have the confidence?"

Huang Zhong smiled when he heard this, cupped his hands and said, "General, don't worry, with the long sword in my hand and the carved bow under the saddle, the Sun family and his son will never come back!"

Seeing Huang Zhong's confidence, Cai Hao nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I hope you won't brag. Tomorrow's battle will depend on your performance!"

(End of this chapter)