Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 116 Surrender (two in one)

Outside Poyang City, thousands of Jingzhou troops were arrayed in the field, facing the Poyang Lake water thief Peng Hu, who numbered more than [-] people.

Under the large banner of 'Huo', Huo Jun, who is more than eight feet tall and wearing Zhongjia, stands on the mound.At the same time, Huo Du, Gan Ning, Gao Xiang, Shi Ren and other generals were wearing armor and standing on the hillside, waiting for Huo Jun's order.

Huo Jun stepped forward, and everyone looked at Huo Jun. He held the long sword on his waist and said: "The Poyang water pirate Peng Hu has been lured out by our army. Although our army only has more than three thousand, our army is brave. , equipped with strong armor and sharp swords. Although the enemy invaders number ten thousand, they are just a mob. Our army faces us with a strict formation, so there is no need to worry about being defeated."

"promise!"

After Liu Bei and Liu Qi went to Xiangyang, the generals in the army had their own tasks.Huo Jun led his troops to control Gan Ning's and Su Fei's armies, totaling [-] men, to attack Peng Hu who was entrenched in Pengli Ze.However, Peng Hu was not a fool. He knew the gap between himself and the Jingzhou army, so he tried not to fight Huo Jun on land.

Of course Huo Jun also knew that it would be difficult to defeat Peng Hu in the waters of Penglize with Gan Ning's weak naval force.Therefore, during this period, Huo Jun deliberately sent his men to pretend that the school was defeated by Peng Hu, in order to arrogant Peng Hu and his men.

Recently, there was news that the army was short of food, and Huo Jun sent an army from Su Fei to other counties to eat and lure Peng Hu into battle.Sure enough, Peng Hu heard that he was blinded by the previous battle results. When he learned that Huo Jun's tent had only more than [-] men, he decisively gathered his men to fight against Huo Jun's army.

Peng Hu's strength was about 1, while the Jingzhou Army's number of challengers was only about 1. The strength gap of 4:[-] made Peng Hu full of confidence.This is what Huo Jun expected. He ordered Su Fei, who was eating, to lead his troops to sneak attack Peng Hu's old camp in Penglize. He also led an army to fight against Peng Hu, trying to determine the outcome in one battle and avoid the chance of a resurgence with Peng Hu.

Following Huo Jun's meticulous arrangements, the generals of Jingzhou returned to the formation.Amidst the sound of the military drums, more than [-] Jingzhou soldiers were divided into three groups, left, middle and right. They spread out their military formations on the hilly fields and marched slowly.As the banner stopped, the sound of military drums suddenly stopped, all the troops stood at attention, the trees were lined with spears, and the bows and crossbows were loaded.

The left army was commanded by Gan Ning, with 1000 and 500 soldiers; the center army was led by Huo Du, with a thousand soldiers, and the right army was commanded by Gao Xiang.800 soldiers.The hundred cavalrymen led by Shiren were hidden behind the left wing of the military formation, making it difficult for them to be seen by the bandits in front.

Looking down from the sky, we can see that Huo Jun's military formation is heavy on the left and light on the right, arranged in a hook formation.Obviously Huo Jun placed his hope of breaking the formation on Gan Ning on the left. After all, when the weak defeats the strong, it is necessary to distinguish the priority and not to spread out in a flat formation, otherwise there will be no way to defeat the strong with the weak.

Just when the Jingzhou army was arrayed in formation, the Poyang water bandits in the distance were also approaching with their troops.The width of their front was similar to that of the Jingzhou Army, but the thickness of his front was much thicker.Peng Hu was also someone who knew a little about military affairs. He knew that although the Jingzhou army was small, it was more elite than his own sergeants.

Therefore, he tried to take advantage of his numerical advantage and fight more frequently in rotation, consuming the strength of the Jingzhou army in the battle. After a long battle, he forced the Jingzhou army to be exhausted, thus achieving the final victory.

As the two armies got closer, the appearance of the Poyang water bandits became more and more eye-catching in the eyes of the Jingzhou army.They did not have uniform military uniforms, they had all kinds of uniforms, and most of them wore coarse cloth. The flags were not neat and tidy. They barely formed a military formation amidst the shouts of the generals. However, every time they marched more than ten steps, the military formation changed. There was confusion and the team had to be reorganized.

However, it is not safe to say that they are all a mob, there are still elite soldiers in the military formation.Compared with the infantrymen in the front row who were holding bamboo spears, they were all quite energetic, holding swords and shields, wearing leather armor, and their demeanor was quite tough as they marched.Obviously Peng Hu dared to lead his troops in rebellion and had tens of thousands of men and women at his command. How could there be no brave men?

After Liu Yao's death, although Sun Ce sent Tai Shici to recruit more than ten thousand soldiers, there were still a large number of soldiers who fled across the mountains and rivers.For example, the school captain Chen Yue, named Feidu, was from Lujiang.He had little physical strength, so he used force to support the army and appointed him as a school captain.When Taishi Ci recruited his old troops, Chen Yue had an old feud with the Sun family, so he led his troops to hide in Poyang Lake and was won over by Peng Hu.

Under the banner, Peng Hu was wearing the official uniform of the prefect and wearing a seal on his waist. He raised his hand full of confidence and said: "Huo Jun relied on his bravery and wisdom to lead his army to suppress us. However, he divided his troops to eat. What Hu knows is now It will fail here.”

After a pause, Peng Hu said: "Tell Feidu that if we defeat Huo Jun now, someone can send him back to his hometown."

"promise!"

"Woooo!"

As the bugle sounded, it also symbolized that the two armies were beginning to come into contact.

"shoot."

With the command flag waving, facing the Poyang water bandits who entered the shooting range, the crossbowmen in the front row either set up their bows and fired arrows, or fired their crossbows.

In an instant, the rapid sound of the crossbow and the sharp roar of arrows piercing the air sounded at the same time.

Cold arrows pierced the air one after another, like dense silver threads flying through the air, and penetrated into the Poyang water thieves in the blink of an eye.The bamboo spearmen, who were in ragged clothes and lacked armor, held shields of different sizes and advanced through the rain of arrows.

Wave after wave of arrows were shot out, and the locust-like rain of arrows pierced the sky. The loose shield formation could not exert its due effect, and fell on the heads of the Poyang water thieves who were preparing to charge.Under the rain of arrows, although some of the arrows were blocked by the shields, most of the arrows still penetrated through the gaps and penetrated their bodies that lacked protection. Blood overflowed and screams could be heard endlessly.

These Poyang water bandits were so frightened by the crossbowmen of the Jingzhou Army that they did not dare to go back. When the supervising team approached from behind and slashed several fleeing people to death with their knives, they continued on despite the rain of arrows amid the urging. charge.

"Kill the enemy!"

After a while, three arrows passed by, and the Poyang water bandits fought with the Jingzhou army.The water bandits shouted at the top of their lungs, as if trying to drive away the fear in their hearts.

The Jingzhou Army's shield formation was crowded with Poyang water bandits. The bamboo spears they held in their hands thrust out from the gaps. What's more, they wielded their hoes and hit the big shield hard. The two armies began a fierce battle.

The elite soldiers of the Jingzhou Army withstood the attack of the Poyang water bandits. They thrust out the spears in their hands from behind the large shields, and the sharp spear points penetrated the thinly clothed bodies and took away their lives.

For a time, corpses were piled up on the ground, and wailings were heard everywhere; blood spread on the ground, and the smell of blood poured into everyone's mouths and noses; the sounds of weapons clashing and soldiers roaring further stimulated the rush of adrenaline.

The wave formed by the Poyang water bandits was like crashing onto a rock. The Jingzhou sergeants used shield walls, spears, and crossbows to fight. Not only did these ragtag Poyang water bandits fail to penetrate the military formation, but they were pushed back by the brave Jingzhou warriors. Poyang The front row of the water bandits was in danger.

Seeing the situation, Peng Hu, who was in the water bandit formation, jumped anxiously and ordered his elite soldiers to come forward and replace the exhausted front row sergeants.

In fact, there is no need for Peng Hu to explain that Chen Yue, Wang Fei and other generals who were fighting against the Jingzhou Army had already made arrangements for the elite sergeants to come forward and fight fiercely with the Jingzhou sergeants.

Chen Yue looked at the crumbling military formation and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Where is Brother Ding Feng?"

"exist!"

Ding Feng, who was only eighteen years old and looked immature, answered with a knife and a shield.

Ding Feng, courtesy name Chengyuan, was from Lujiang.War broke out frequently in Jiangbei. When he was 15 years old, he took his younger brother Ding Feng to join the army to make a living, and it has been three years since then.Because of his fellow villagers, he joined Chen Yue and became his confidant by virtue of his bravery.

Chen Yue pointed to the front line that was broken by the Jingzhou Army diagonally, and shouted: "Chengyuan, your two brothers have always been brave, but now the line is shaken, and lead a hundred people from your headquarters to step forward to consolidate the line."

After receiving the instruction, Ding Feng was eager to give it a try, waved his hand and shouted: "My sons, follow me up."

"promise!"

Ding Feng strode forward, passed through the tunnel between the military formations and came to the broken line, and immediately led his younger brother Ding Feng and hundreds of soldiers into the battle.

The sword and shield met, and Ding Feng rolled himself into the ranks of the Jingzhou army.The left and right hands fight against each other, the shield blocks the knife attack, and they start slashing and killing, almost no one can defeat the enemy.Wherever the blade goes, there will be blood splashing.Not only did it consolidate its own front, but it also had a tendency to enter the Jingzhou army's formation.

"careful!"

From the corner of his eye, Ding Feng saw an enemy soldier stabbing his brother in the back with a spear, and shouted hurriedly.At the same time, Ding Feng abandoned the knife in his hand, took out a piece of gravel from his waist, and threw it hard, hitting the enemy in the eye.

This is a unique skill that Ding Feng has practiced since he was a child by fetching water by the river. Within fifteen steps, he can hurt people with stones and never misses.

"what!"

The spear-wielding enemy was caught off guard and was hit on the brow bone by the stone. Blood flowed out and he fell to the ground, holding his hands and crying out in pain.

The younger brother was saved, but Ding Feng, who abandoned the knife, lost the threat. He was instantly targeted by a group of soldiers and stabbed with spears. Although Ding Feng had good physical skills, he was stabbed in the thigh by the spears. The pain made him want to cry.Fortunately, his younger brother Ding Feng came brandishing a spear, and he and the others deflected the spear, saving Ding Feng who was almost killed.

Under the protection of his younger brother, the injured Ding Feng pulled off the cloth on the corner of his clothes, bandaged the wound on his leg, and gasped: "Jie Xiu, an elite sergeant in Jingzhou, don't bite it, or you will lose your life."

"Okay!" Ding Feng was quite anxious and said, "Brother, please rest assured, Feng Dang will keep it in mind."

"Alas!"

Huo Jun stood on the mound, raised his white whip and commented on the Chinese army: "Chen Yue led the elite soldiers of the water bandits, and his troops are well-deserved for their bravery. Fortunately, Captain Huo was allowed to lead the troops to fight fiercely against the enemy. If we use weak troops to fight against them, the consequences would be disastrous." "

Liu Zhong was dressed in military uniform, raised his hands and asked: "Gan Zhonglang sent someone to ask if it can be attacked?"

Huo Jun nodded slightly and said: "The enemy's elite troops are fighting with our army, and the rest are old and weak. Now I have ordered Gan Zhonglang to lead his troops to attack from the left wing and attack the enemy's right side. I also ordered Shiren to lead a hundred cavalry to surround them. Then, attack the enemy's right flank from three sides."

"Hoist the big banner, raise the blue flag, and raise the triangular red flag..." Huo Jun gave the order.

"promise!"

The golden drums of the Chinese army sounded loudly and the flags were waving.

Gan Ning received the news immediately. He raised his sword and shield and shouted: "Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, your two brothers are holding on to the military formation. A certain man led [-] elite soldiers to attack the enemy's flank."

"promise!"

Gan Ning spat, and led the Jinfan thieves out from the flank of the military formation, making a half-circle towards the right flank of the water bandits.

Wang Fei, who was commanding the left army, seemed to have noticed the abnormal movement of Gan Ning's troops, and urgently ordered his [-] soldiers on the flanks to meet the [-] soldiers who were trying to flank him.

While Gan Ning was marching with his troops, he saw that the enemy army followed suit and sent soldiers to form a battle line.Three hundred versus eight hundred, but he was not afraid. He gave a ferocious smile and led the crowd to greet them.

At the moment when the two armies were fighting, they suddenly felt a vibration on the ground. Baiqi, who had been hidden by Huo Jun for a long time, came out from behind Gan Ning's formation.

Shiren rode out with his bow in hand, followed by more than a hundred horsemen.The cavalrymen made a deafening roar, held their bows in hand, accelerated their horses, and galloped to the flank of the 300 men commanded by Gan Ning.

Then he galloped to the flank of the military formation of eight hundred water bandits. Under the frightened eyes of the water bandits, he quickly sent out the arrows in his hands.The old and weak water bandits who were forming an array were not neatly arranged when they were hit by a wave of arrows. Many of them were hit by arrows on the flanks, and the dense formation could not help but become a little sparse.

At this moment, Shiren saw that the enemy's military formation was weak and weak, so he abandoned his bow and took up his spear, and took the opportunity to charge in with his cavalry.Gan Ning also led his infantry to charge straight into the military formation. Although the momentum was not as good as that of the cavalry, the number of enemies he killed was not much less than that of the cavalry.

This group of eight hundred water bandits were attacked from both sides, and they collapsed due to lack of training.They screamed wildly and ran towards their own formation. Gan Ning led the infantry to cover up the killing and move in.Shiren led the cavalry and continued walking along the enemy's formation. According to Huo Jun's instructions, he needed to break into the enemy's formation from the back.

After a while of galloping, Shiren reached the enemy's back.

Compared to the sergeants in the front, the Poyang water bandits in the rear formation were even more destitute. If the sergeants in the front formation only had a lax military formation, the Poyang water bandits in the rear formation did not even have a military formation.After standing for a long time, some of them sat on the ground chatting and laughing, or chatting and discussing things with their bamboo spears.Seeing Shiren's cavalry, they got up hastily and were at a loss.

"kill!"

Shiren raised his spear forward and said coldly

Facing the cavalry with thunderous momentum and movement like riding on a wall.These water bandits, who lacked military formation training and were said to be more suitable as fishermen, simply could not bear the huge psychological pressure. The water bandits in the front row almost dispersed, allowing the cavalry to charge straight into the military formation. .

More than a hundred cavalrymen were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, slashing and killing them with their swords, like wheat in the autumn harvest, and they were invincible wherever they passed.The water bandits fled in all directions, leading the soldiers on the left and right to flee together.Wherever the troops went, they were invincible, causing chaos in the rear.

Not only that, the right formation of the water bandits was also forcibly broken into by the three hundred brocade sail thieves led by Gan Ning.

With the help of those defeated soldiers, Gan Ning jumped into the water bandits' front and relied on his own bravery to start a close fight with the frustrated water bandits.

Facing the stubbornly resisting water bandits, Gan Ning blocked the knife with his left shield and continued to move forward without stopping. The knife in his hand pierced the bandit's chest, and he pulled down hard. The sharp blade disemboweled him, and the white intestines and Broken organs flowed out from the slashed abdominal cavity.

In a short time, Gan Ning led three hundred Jinfan thieves and gradually broke through the enemy's flank.Coordinated with the sergeants fighting from the front, and more than a hundred cavalry charging from behind.The entire right formation began to waver. The water bandits only felt that they were being attacked from three sides, and more and more water bandits fled.The water bandits in the rear squeezed forward, and the defeated troops on the flanks squeezed inward. The final impact also affected the water bandits' central army.

In Huo Jun's eyes, the water bandits in the right formation were driven by the Jingzhou Army towards the Chinese Army, and the Chinese Army, which was fighting normally, was disturbed.The military formation was attacked, and the normal passageways of the military formation were blocked, making it impossible to move forward at all.

The military formation was in chaos, the flags were disordered, there was a loud noise, and the army collapsed and attacked.Facing the Jingzhou Army who took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, the central sergeants also began to flee.Panic took over their minds, and they went from fighting hard to retreating helplessly, and then turned into a rout.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and the Jingzhou army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing.Wang Fei on the left died, and even Chen Yue and Ding Feng, who were known for their martial arts, were unable to prevent the defeat. They could only gather their confidants, take advantage of the situation, and escape in search of an opportunity.

Among the chaotic troops, Chen Yue raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that Peng Hu's banner was no longer there, and all he could see were the flags of the Jingzhou army.Not far away, the Jingzhou soldiers were chasing the escaping water bandits.

Ding Feng staggered over, leaning on a spear, and said: "Captain, our army has been defeated and the infantry has been scattered. Fengdi and the infantry are resisting the fierce attack of the Jingzhou army. There are Jingzhou soldiers everywhere. What should we do?" "

Chen Yue sighed and said: "We, the sons of Lujiang, are all good men. General Huo is powerful in Jiangdong, so we can serve him. Send people to beg General Huo for surrender, saying that our army is willing to serve for him."

"promise!"

Surrendering to serve the Jingzhou Army, Chen Yue had no burden.He had a grudge against the Sun family. When he was living in Lujiang, Sun Ce attacked Lujiang. After the war, the soldiers massacred the city. His parents, siblings, all died at the hands of the soldiers.

Chen Yue then surrendered to Liu Yao, and Liu Yao died to work for Peng Hu. Later, Peng Hu cooperated with Sun Quan, but Chen Yue was dissatisfied and begged to return to Lujiang. Now that he was defeated, he served for the Jingzhou army, which was Chen Yue's wish.

　One more chapter tonight

　　
　
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