Wei Ni

The wind is whimpering, and the flags are flying.

Liufu ships and fighting ships carried troops in Chaohu and Yimengchong to the ruins of the old city of Hefei, and then used small and brisk boats to go up the warning waterway against the Nanfei River. Soldiers from all the Jiangdong ministries came ashore to look at the new city of Hefei.

God is doing his best today.

The warm sun hung high, and the earth covered with a thin layer of snowflakes showed the depth of the sky.

From the open field of vision, you can see the remaining greenery in the swamp zone in the distance to the east, which is like green flowers blooming one after another on the warm skyline. While proudly flaunting the colorful sunshine, it is also silently talking. The world is wide and free and easy.

The Han Dynasty valued red and black with the virtue of fire, and the Wei State that was established in the Han Dynasty respected the virtue of earth with the virtue of yellow (later changed to white). When Sun Quan was the king of Wei and Wu, he also used the virtue of earth with the virtue of yellow to compete with the Wei State for the destiny of heaven, but he was later called The emperor thought he had acquired wood virtue, so all the soldiers in Jiangdong were dressed in wood-blue military uniforms.

In late winter, when the earth is dyed white, soldiers from various tribes in the east of the Yangtze River are walking on the fields. The green color of the wood is like the arrival of spring when all things are blooming, which is very pleasing to the eye.

The soldiers walking at the front with high spirits and high spirits had their shields in front of them. Every time they took a step, they struck the shields with their swords, echoing the neat sound of drums and drums; the phalanx of soldiers followed them. With spears like a forest and morale like a rainbow, they approached Hefei New City step by step under the guidance of hunting banners.

Neat military appearance, strict formation, and high morale
Let Sun Quan, who was watching from behind, sweep away the gloom of Wei's move to the city, and radiate the ambition in his heart.

Although this attack was limited by unknown military intelligence and could not besiege the city, but since Wei Zhangliao died of illness and Cao Xiu Shiting was defeated, hasn't the land of Huainan been allowed to come and go at ease for our Jiangdong athletes? Didn't it make Ni Wei dare not go out of the city to fight?

Now that we are not well prepared, we will use the power of the illustrious army to rebel against the Wei generals and seize their morale.

When he comes back one day, he will definitely drive his troops to defeat Hefei and go down to Shouchun. He will approach Huaihe and look towards the heart of the Central Plains to achieve great success!
"Send the order, the rear army beats the drum!"

When the soldiers from various departments in Jiangdong were already shouting at the Wei army on the city wall just outside the new city of Hefei, Sun Quan, who was hesitant in his ambition, could not help but order with great pride, "Strengthen my bravery in Jiangdong!"

Well, at this time, he was fifteen miles along the Nanfeishui River.

They were guarded layer by layer by soldiers led by Gu Li, and they were still far away from Hefei New City.

Ever since the last battle of Xiaoyaojin, when the invincible Zhang Liao suddenly approached and scolded him, who was trapped on a low hill, to come down with his halberd, he had developed a calm style of commanding and not fighting. He was in danger of putting himself in front of the army.

Wu soldiers' fighting with drums and war drums also ignited Xia Houhui's enthusiasm for making contributions.

He was not at his hiding place in the mountains in the east of Hefei New City at this time.

Instead, they led Baiqi eastward to the swamp area early in the morning, then made a large circle along the swamp and headed south, and lay down more than ten miles north of the ruins of the old city of Hefei.

Yes, his position was already behind the Wu soldiers who were showing off their power.

You can also see the golden drum of Jiangdong and the feather cover of Sun Quan's chariot.

He didn't want to daydream about capturing Sun Quan, he just wanted to see if there was a chance to capture Sun Quan's banner or the chariot's feather cover.

In addition, this kind of behavior that seemed to be greedy for power and dangerous was not that he acted without authorization again, but was approved by Man Chong personally, after he issued a military order and swore an oath in the name of his late father Xia Houyuan.

According to Man Chong's initial deployment, Xiahou Hui led 500 cavalrymen to the Huainan Cavalry Song and was commanded by the cavalry commander Leliang. Only when generals Zhang Ying and Leyang caused the Wu soldiers to panic, they came from the other side. Just charge.

Aiming to dampen the spirit of the thief Wu.

The number of kills is not important, let alone the thought of driving the Wu soldiers to trample on each other.

But when the scouts came to report that the Wu soldiers had come ashore, that Sun Quan's chariot was far behind, and that the Wu soldiers were only on guard along the waterway, Xiahou Hui went back to find Man Chong.

Ask him to approve his idea of ​​seizing the great banner with a hundred horses.

And he claimed that this was not a matter of greed for merit, but a reminder of Cao Pi's third expedition to Wu in the past, when the thief Sun Shao, the governor of Wu Guangling, secretly sent his generals to seize the feather cover of Cao Pi's deputy chariot and returned, making a big noise and humiliating the Wei army's incompetence. , so he tried to see if it was possible to avenge Wei's previous humiliation.

After telling Cao Pi's embarrassing story, he gave Man Chong a concrete and feasible plan.

After leading Baiqi away, he would wait until Leliang led his cavalry into the enemy formation and attracted the attention of the thief Wu, and then he would kill him from behind. Not asking for casualties, they just covered Sun Quan's position with arrows, and asked Sun Quan to abandon the golden drum, large banner and chariot and drive away. Then he quickly went over to grab the large banner or chariot feather cover and left the battlefield.

Then, he swore that he would never act recklessly if he dared to issue a military order, and swore in the name of his late father, Xia Houyuan, that he would not rush into battle as soon as his forehead got hot.

Finally, he did not forget to tell Man Chong that the hundred cavalrymen who followed him were all carefully selected. Most of them were formerly subordinate to the Yueqi School Lieutenant, and a small number were from the Hubaoqi. All of them could shoot a powerful bow on horseback.

Therefore, the success rate of this move is extremely high, and there is no possibility of being surrounded and killed by Wu soldiers.

After thinking about this for a while, Man Chong finally agreed.

After all, he wanted to set up an ambush this time just to defeat the thief Wu Zhirui. On the battlefield, nothing could demoralize the enemy more than killing generals and seizing flags.

Moreover, he also felt that the probability of success if Xia Houhui's plan was followed was quite high.

However, he said this after he agreed.

"Since Zhiquan has the heart to avenge the late emperor, if I don't allow it, I will be serving as a minister in vain. However, Zhiquan needs to know that I enforce the law very strictly, so don't try it yourself. Well, Zhiquan is leading the troops this time, regardless of whether things go well or not. "As long as you lead Baiqi back, I will give you a reward."

ok~
Even the tactic of "if you are obedient, I will give you a piece of candy afterwards" is used to coax children.

At that time, Xia Houhui was speechless after hearing this.

But he quickly agreed and thanked him, and then hurriedly went to prepare.

Therefore, now, he led a hundred riders to hibernate in the dead reeds in the swamp area, looking at the cover of Sun Quan's chariot with a very solemn expression.

Even the fingers holding the bow turned white from exerting too much force.

Although Xia Houhui has been teasing Sun Quan with "one hundred thousand" based on dusty memories, he also knows that Sun Quan is still a promising monarch in the evaluation of his time.

When Sun Quan was only nineteen years old, he was entrusted with his inheritance by Sun Ce.

Faced with internal and external troubles such as Sun Fu's secret liaison with Cao Cao, Sun Hao's desire to seize power, the murder of his third brother Sun Yi and his important minister Sun He, tens of thousands of mountain people in Yuzhang and Kuaiji waiting for opportunities to cause rebellion, and the open rebellion of Lujiang prefect Li Shu. It only took him less than three years to pacify all the dissenters and consolidate the foundation.

Just from this point of view, he is somewhat of a hero.

Then he conquered Jiangxia County, killed Huang Zu to avenge his father Sun Jian, and sailed across the river to explore the enemy's situation, which made Wei Wu and Cao Cao sigh with emotion, "giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou."

In terms of military affairs, first there was the Battle of Chibi to preserve Jiangdong's foundation, and then there was the Battle of Shiting to establish the throne. Although he betrayed his allies in the Battle of Xiangfan in a despicable manner, and when he annexed Jiaozhou, he even resorted to methods to destroy the Shibian family, so that People despised him and denounced him as a rat, but he also brought Jingnan and Jiaozhou into his rule, and expanded the territory that was originally divided into half of Yangzhou to the south of the river, forming a partial and peaceful regime that ruled by dividing the river.

The most important thing is that Sun Quan has not yet suffered a major defeat.

Yes, there was no big defeat.

In the battle where Zhang Liao's power shocked Xiaoyaojin, the blow to Jiangdong's monarchs and ministers was more of a humiliation to morale and the creation of "Zhang Liao stopped crying". In fact, not many Jiangdong soldiers were actually killed on the battlefield.

Of course, as the saying goes, when the sun is at midpoint, there will be waning, and when the moon is waxing, there will be eclipse.

Sun Quan, who had exhausted all his luck in the first half of his life, will also step downhill steadily.

For example, popular scripts such as "Liu Undead, Jiang Yifeng, Zhang Babai, Zang Chuanhuan, and Wen Sleeping" have been unlocked one after another and will continue to do so.

Therefore, Xiahou Hui is also looking forward to Sun Quan, who has not yet reached the "full dozens" achievement, to unlock a title such as "Xiahou Captures the Flag" or "Xiahou Hundreds of Riders" today.

Passing geese leave their voices, and people passing by leave their names, right?
My military career in Huainan, at least I have to leave a story for future generations to talk about!
Anyway, Sun Quan has given titles to Zhang Liao, Jiang Ji, Wenpin and others, so he probably wouldn't be stingy about giving him Xiahou Hui'an one!

Of course, lions and elephants fight rabbits with all their strength.

The teasing was just teasing, Xia Houhui didn't want to fall short because he underestimated the enemy.

While he was silently observing Wu Bing, he finally found the most suitable route to launch an attack and the easiest way to succeed.

He saw that in order to demonstrate his force, Sun Quan had the private soldiers led by his generals line up at the front, while some soldiers without armor stayed behind to cheer loudly.

If nothing unexpected happens, these unarmored soldiers should be prisoners taken during the Jiangdong capture of Shanyue or the rebellion. Miscellaneous soldiers who were forcibly incorporated into the army, neither their fighting power nor their fighting spirit is much higher.

By coincidence, these soldiers were very close to the golden drum.

Perhaps, he only needs two rounds of arrows to cover them, and he can induce panic in them, and then flee in panic, right?

Based on their survival instinct, they should have fled towards the Nanfei River where the boat was located. Wouldn't it be inevitable that they would cause a disturbance to Sun Quan's driving place behind them?
With this idea in mind, Xia Houhui asked all the cavalrymen to find some dead reeds and tie them behind their horses' tails, so as to confuse the audience and make it look like eight hundred or thousands of horsemen were coming to kill them when they rode out.

It's too late, but it's soon.

Just when the soldiers of the Wu army were in front of the new city of Hefei, showing off their force and mocking the incompetence of the Wei army, a louder drum beat came from behind the new city, and countless banners in a line emerged from behind Jiangjun Ridge, one after another breaking away from the horizon. The bonds fly between heaven and earth.

Man Chong's military governor finally played the prelude to the battle. "kill!"

"Kill the thief!"

Generals Zhang Ying and Le Yang, who had been dormant in the mountains on the north side of Hefei New City for a long time, also followed the order and led their troops out, roaring towards the Wu soldiers.

It also caused the cheers in the mouths of Wu Bing, who had originally been full of morale, to stop abruptly, and even the sound of the cowhide drums of Wu Bing's rear army stopped suddenly.

It was like a duck that was quacking happily and suddenly someone grabbed its neck and broke it.

"There's an ambush!"

"Full formation, complete formation!"

Soon, the Jiangdong generals at the front also reacted and shouted at the soldiers.

However, they did not shout "meet the enemy", but invariably moved their private soldiers closer together, always ready to escape from the battlefield.
This scene seems ridiculous, but it is also reasonable.

Jiangdong's special private ownership of tribes and the right to rule after the death of father and son gave them the selfish intention of "dead Taoist friends but not poor Taoists", which made them unwilling to face difficulties.

After all, if they lose the war, they lose, and it won't have much impact on them.

But if the private army is gone, then their foundation will be gone!
In particular, at this time, the sound of drums in Sun Quan's rear army had temporarily stopped, and there was no order for them to fight to the death.

Sun Quan, who was hesitant about his ambition, was confused by unexpected changes.

Because he never expected that the Wei army had already expected that he would come to show off his troops, and even set up an ambush in advance.

However, he is also battle-hardened after all.

He quickly reacted and was about to order people to beat the drums to prepare for the battle, but there was no chance.

At this moment, bursts of muffled thunder echoed across the battlefield!
The cavalry song of the State of Wei swept over like a landslide. As soon as it appeared, it destroyed the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the front of the Wu army. All of them abandoned their helmets and returned to their deaths!
There is no way, the formation formed by Yaobing is not a formation in which the sword and shield are in front, the spear is second, and the strong crossbow is protected against the cavalry.

Without bunkers such as Wugang chariots or wooden cities, how could they think of building a wall with their bodies to resist the rushing cavalry?
Even if they fight to the death, they can't stop the cavalry's charge!
"Your Majesty, leave quickly! It's too late."

Gu Li, who led the tiger soldiers from the chariot to protect Sun Quan, hurriedly spoke out when he saw the Wei cavalry, and quickly asked his men to protect Sun Quan and leave the battlefield first.

Sun Quan did not object to this and directly acquiesced.

A gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone the Lord of Jiangdong.

Having been frightened once in Xiaoyaojin was enough, and he didn't want to experience it a second time.

At the same time, Xia Houhui, who was paying close attention to the battlefield, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene - he never expected that Sun Quan, who was so high-spirited just now, would be so decisive in retreating! He just thought of attacking the unarmored Wu soldiers first and triggering a retreat, but it was useless!

"Soldiers, follow me!"

Immediately, he shouted loudly and took the lead and looked in the direction of Sun Quan's retreat.

"kill!"

"Kill! Kill!"

The hundreds of cavalrymen behind him also responded loudly. When everyone galloped and followed closely, they did not forget to use their strong bows to draw the strings and set the arrows.

The noise they caused alerted Wu Bing again.

And at this moment, the chaotic battlefield was filled with various sounds, and it was impossible to distinguish the sound of horse hooves, so everyone was shocked to see the size of the dust kicked up by their horses.

Even though they knew clearly that the Wei State's cavalry stationed in Huainan only numbered a thousand or so, but no one thought about this at the moment, let alone came to stop and verify the number of cavalry.

Therefore, the front troops of Wu soldiers who were originally being chased by cavalry commander Le Liang, general Zhang Ying and other infantrymen all changed their escape direction. They no longer fled towards Sun Quan, but instinctively looked towards Nan Feishui. Go by the river.

There are many Jiangdong walking boats swimming on the water over there. As long as they run to the waterway, they can board a boat and escape the pursuit.

Wu soldiers are timid when they leave the water.

On the other hand, wherever there are navy boats, Wu Bing can see hope of saving his life.

It's just their actions, not to mention whether the small and light walking boat can carry so many soldiers, just because they didn't escape in the direction of Sun Quan, they made Sun Quan miserable.

Because the miscellaneous soldiers composed of Shanyue prisoners and rebel Li Shu also fled to the river in the same way.

In other words, there were no soldiers behind Sun Quan to form a barrier to delay Xiahou Hui's troops who were galloping in!

"Your Majesty, mount your horse quickly!"

At the critical moment, you have to look to your confidant Gu Li.

He stopped the chariot directly, pulled out the horse and asked Sun Quan to abandon the chariot and escape.

And he also rode on a horse with hundreds of people guarding him, causing the other tiger soldiers to stop the rear and block Xiahou Hui's pursuit.

The nearly 400 or so warriors who dismounted from the car behind them all had expressionless faces and had no complaints about the possibility of death. They lined up horizontally in silence and walked back slowly.

However, Xia Houhui ignored them.

The tiger warriors of the Wu State are like the tiger warriors of the Wei State. They are the emperor's personal soldiers. They are all fully armored and not afraid of death. He who only has a hundred riders does not want to fight head-on.

He had no intention of hunting down Sun Quan.

And the purpose of his attack was that Sun Quan's chariot was thrown over there.

Therefore, he just asked the cavalry behind him to shoot arrows from a distance to drive away the tiger warriors, forcing them to stay away from Sun Quan's chariot. Then he relied on Wu Sun's good horse and quickly ran over to cover the chariot's feathers. Cut it off and bring it back.

As for Wu Bing’s Great Encyclopedia.
That's too late.

Wu Jun's flag-bearing battalion did not throw down the chariot, but escorted Sun Quan and left.

Furthermore, the tiger warriors who were dismounting from the rear also discovered that he only had a hundred riders. If he pursued him relentlessly, he might be surrounded by Wu soldiers.

Although things were going so well that it was unbelievable, he didn't want to lose his life because he got carried away.

Even if the Wu soldiers could not kill him, Man Chong would not spare him.

Accept when you see good things, the most important thing in a person is contentment.

"Go! Go!"

Xia Houhui, who had succeeded, also waved his horsemen away when he rode back.

On the way home, he was still thinking like this: This time he took away Sun Quan's Yubao chariot cover and returned home. I wonder if he could be named "Xiahou Baiqi" ​​by future generations?

Before coming here, Man Chong said that as long as I don't act recklessly, he will give me a reward. I wonder what he meant?

Could it be that he went to Guangling County, Xuzhou to attack the thief Wu Guangwu Lake garrison point as mentioned before?

Well, it's possible.

That’s all, it’s useless to think too much.

When you get back and see Man Chong, you will know that with his character he will not go back on his word.

Moreover, the most important thing this time was that he once again expressed his attitude to Man Chong, proving that he was no longer a person who was obsessed with merit, but a worthy general who obeyed his superiors and did not dare to ignore the general's orders.

Coupled with my status as the founder of Qiao Pei, I believe that Man Chong will no longer be unfavorable to see me in the future!

Don't hesitate to give him a heavy responsibility!

Ha, in the next year the troops from Shu will be sent out, and the troops from Wu will also respond accordingly.

Judging from Sun Quan's embarrassing return, the next year will definitely be a big war, and it's finally time for me to show off my skills! (End of chapter)