Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 49
Now that he had made a decision, Sun Jian also made a decisive decision. He personally led the army forward from the north side of the mountain, leaving some troops to continue to attack from the front intersection, and then sent another army to bypass the south side of the mountain. Is it better to walk on the north side of the hill or the south side of the hill? Anyway, one more attempt may give you more opportunities.

The attack rhythm of Sun Jian's troops staying in the frontal attack slowed down significantly. On the one hand, being unable to attack for a long time had a great blow to their morale; I'm already very tired, and when I relax my focus a little bit, the whole person will almost lose energy immediately.

But the morale of the defenders is getting higher and higher. After all, they also know that their reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as they defend this period of time, the offensive and defensive momentum will be completely reversed soon.

It is said that Sun Jian led the army towards the north hillside. He found that many war horses could not climb at all. When there is enough time, it is completely possible to climb up, but now it can only climb up from a relatively flat place with a long detour.

The spies sent by Sun Jian did not carefully observe the hillsides on both sides. On the one hand, it was because of limited time, and on the other hand, it was also because the terrain on the hillside was complicated, and it was not something that a few spies could detect clearly. , when Sun Jian led the army in person, he also found that it is not impossible to lead the army up the mountain, but the prerequisite is to master a correct way up the mountain.

It's just that time is limited now, he can either find the most correct path as soon as possible, or he can only rely on Mang, but it is not so easy to find the correct path in a short time, but it depends on Mang's troops. I'm exhausted and a little reckless, what should I do?
Just when Sun Jian was at a loss, he saw a woodcutter not far away who was chopping firewood. The woodcutter was covered with white hair, but his figure was strong. He must have been a strong man unmatched by ordinary people when he was young. Sun Jian immediately got off his horse and went forward. , and chatted with the woodcutter, hoping to learn from him some good ways to go up the mountain nearby.

After some conversation, the woodcutter briefly introduced himself, and then told Sun Jian that there is indeed a hidden road that can go up the mountain quickly, but this road is often haunted by tigers, leopards, wolves and other ferocious animals, so although he himself knew this road Also seldom walk.

Sun Jian asked the woodcutter to lead the way, and the woodcutter heard that Sun Jian was the general who suppressed the rebellion, so he walked ahead and led the way. Finally, Sun Jian led the army to the mountain smoothly. At this time, Sun Jian wanted to thank the old woodcutter, but suddenly It was found that the woodcutter had disappeared.

Although Sun Jian felt very strange, he didn't have time to think about it. He let his cavalry rest on the mountainside for a while, and then he personally led the army to charge down the slope.

The downhill slope of this hillside is actually not particularly steep, but the slope is very long. If you want to rush from the current position to the position where the enemy's food is in the valley, you have to run for a considerable distance, but after all, it is downhill, and the speed will be slow. Faster, the overall raid process will be more labor-saving.

Obviously, the grain transportation team in the valley did not expect that Sun Jian would lead his army to attack from the north, so they did not make additional defensive preparations. The army led by Sun Jian also launched an attack from the south smoothly, but Sun Jian's army from the north had already entered, and the effect had actually been achieved.

After the defenders of the grain transportation team discovered that the cavalry led by Sun Jian had rushed down from the northern hillside, it was too late to deploy defensively. They could only withdraw the main defensive troops originally deployed at the narrow intersection. This will undoubtedly give Sun Jian's frontal offensive troops some opportunities, although it is not clear whether the frontal offensive troops can seize this opportunity.

Sun Jian led the not too many cavalry troops behind them into the grain transportation team's camp in the valley. They held a knife in one hand and torches in the other, and ignited as much food and grass as possible while killing each other.

However, at this time, Han Sui's main reinforcement troops had gradually arrived at the intersection on the east side. When these cavalry saw the fire rising in the valley, they knew that something was wrong, so they all whipped their horsewhip hard and hurried back to rescue. .

The guards of the grain transport team also gradually came back to help, and surrounded Sun Jian's troops. Although the cavalry led by Sun Jian had already caused a lot of damage in the grain transport team's camp, after all, their numbers were limited, and there was still time to go. It was far from being able to burn out most or even all of the food and grass in the food transportation team. With the arrival of Han Sui's main reinforcements, Sun Jian's cavalry had begun to show a significant reduction in personnel.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Jian had no choice but to lead his army to charge west. At this time, the narrow defensive intersection on the west side was finally broken through, and Sun Jian's frontal cavalry troops also rushed in. The army and Han Sui's reinforcements fought together.

The southern troops sent by Sun Jian had no choice but to return from the original route. Although they returned in vain, they still had time to join the battlefield. The intersection on the east side was narrower than the intersection on the west side, so Han Sui In fact, it is difficult to reach and overwhelm Sun Jian's troops in a short period of time.

Sun Jian led the army to plunder and burn part of the food and grass of the grain transport team. The whole count almost burned nearly half of Han Sui's army's grain, but at this time Han Sui's reinforcements gradually gained the upper hand in terms of numbers and situation. After all, after long-distance raids and lack of men and horses, the limit has been reached at this time, and if the battle continues, the entire army will definitely be wiped out.

Therefore, Sun Jian had no choice but to retreat while fighting, and let the troops in the rear retreat as soon as possible, while he personally led some elite troops to stop the enemy's pursuit in the front.

On the next morning, Sun Jian counted his troops again, and found that the 500 cavalry he had brought had been lost by more than half, and there were still about 700 cavalry, and the remaining 700 cavalry were still there. Few injured, or even seriously injured and lost the ability to continue fighting.

After this battle, Sun Jian's army paid a heavy price, but they only burned about half of the grain of the grain transport team. They retreated from the mountain roads with complex terrain, otherwise the entire army would have been wiped out.

At this time, Han Sui's army was full of anger, and it was bound to launch a violent counterattack. Then the people who decided the direction of the whole situation became Xiang Yu and the two thousand cavalry troops he led.

(End of this chapter)