Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 188 Sun Jian is irritable

Every teenager has a dream of being a soldier, and Zhao Yun is no exception.

In Changshan, Gongsun Zan's reputation was much better than that of the emperor.

The image of the emperor as a coward has been burned into people's hearts, and the endless turmoil and suffering throughout the late Han Dynasty were all blamed on this emperor.

What Liu Ming did in the past few months has not spread to such a mountain village because the time is too short. Even if it spread, most people would not believe it. For the farmers here, life is not easy. The Dog Emperor is definitely right.

On the other hand, Gongsun Zan, although he is in Youzhou, is not too far away from here. He has led troops to fight against the Wuhuan, Xianbei and other tribes all year round. He has a good reputation. In the minds of these young people, he has become a great hero who resists foreign aggression.

This is also the main reason why Zhao Yun was unwilling to accept the emperor's call, but was willing to join Gongsun Zan's team to suppress the rebellion.

"I'll go too, I'll go too." Xia Houlan ran over and said, "Brother Yun, take me with you."

Zhao Yun's parents looked at the eunuch in embarrassment and said, "Sir, look..."

The eunuch looked at Zhao Yun who was adjusting his clothes and armor, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

The mentality of a young person is sometimes difficult to understand from an adult's perspective. You don't accept the favors granted by the emperor to high-ranking officials, but you insist on running to fight with the border troops. Isn't this a brain cramp?
But there's nothing you can do about it. If he doesn't listen to you if you're reasonable, you can't beat him if he uses violence.

"This..." The eunuch's face looked like he was constipated. He hesitated for a long time and then said, "It doesn't matter, they are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and they are the same everywhere. I will report back to your majesty, Mr. Yun, take care."

After saying that, he turned around and left Changshan in a hurry, going back to report to Liu Ming.

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Xiangyang, government office.

"Navy army! Where is the navy army? Why haven't you come yet?" Sun Jian roared loudly, and all the civil and military officials in the hall fell silent.

Seeing that more and more large rafts were being put down in the Xiangshui River on the opposite side, they might cross the river to attack Xiangyang at any time. However, Huang Zu and Huang Zhong, who were sent to Jiangxia to mobilize the navy, were nowhere to be found, not even a single basic news.

This made Sun Jian feel more and more uneasy. His intuition from years of marching made him feel that danger was approaching him step by step.

In fact, after he was defeated by Yuan Shu and returned to Yangzhou, he was always in a state of agitation. He disliked everything and got angry at every turn. Often, his attendants would be beheaded or killed with a stick if they offended him for unknown reasons.

Therefore, he is now roaring in public, and no one dares to speak proactively until there is a good solution.

Sun Jian glanced at everyone, huffing and puffing, and felt extremely angry when he looked at the subordinates with their heads hanging down.

I thought to myself countless times and couldn't figure out why I was in this predicament.

How could that stupid emperor suddenly have such a powerful talent for commanding an army?

His defeat in Nanyang can be attributed to the cunning of Emperor Dog, who used the terrain of Bowang Slope to launch a fire attack, and then took advantage of the situation to capture Wancheng. To be honest, Sun Jian was not convinced by the defeat.

But how come Yuan Shu's 20,000 troops were defeated by the imperial court's 2,000 troops?
Sun Jian was puzzled. Even though the cavalry was relatively powerful, the cavalry under the Dog Emperor had only been trained for how many days? It should be said that just a few days after the army was formed, these war horses were all taken from the Huns, and all the Huns prisoners were beheaded in public. The best group of people who were good at riding horses were gone. How could there be such a powerful cavalry?
This was beyond the scope of normal military thinking. Not only could he not understand it, but all the civil and military officials in Xiangyang could not understand it after Huan Jie brought back the news of Yuan Shu's defeat.

Even the hermits in the field and the wandering knights were all surprised by the inexplicable failure of this battle.

Especially those who were born and raised in the south of the Yangtze River saw the incredible power of the cavalry for the first time.

Therefore, the imperial troops first defeated Sun Jian and then Yuan Shu in Nanyang, defeating the many with less, which became the focus of the attention of all knowledgeable people in the world.

Many people with lofty ideals who are interested in military research have deduced these two battles, and even sent people to inquire about the details of the battle, trying to find out which tactics in the two battles conform to the military manual.

The aristocratic families that originally wanted to follow Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were also shaken at this moment, while the aristocratic families that were originally in a wait-and-see state began to secretly prepare how to welcome the emperor's arrival, and some even took the initiative to send people to express their willingness to follow His Majesty and serve the country.

This brought a lot of trouble to Sun Jian.

Originally, in the eyes of many dormant aristocratic families, the court was immoral and the world was in chaos. This was the time when all the heroes were rising together and the aristocratic families were in a state of prosperity. They urgently needed an opportunity to rise.

The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, had many soldiers and generals, and the prince in their hands. They upheld righteousness. Even in Jingzhou, they were impressed by Sun Jian's bravery.

Because the former governor of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanyang were killed by Sun Jian, these aristocratic families felt that Sun Jian could be relied upon, so the Kuai family, Cai family, Huang family, Huan family and other aristocratic families supported him as venture capital.

But now that the defeat was so straightforward, some aristocratic families began to murmur in their hearts and even retreated.

But at this time, Sun Jian adopted Huanjie's strategy and forced all the major families to provide young men to serve as troops, otherwise he would confiscate their homes and destroy them.

As a result, the major aristocratic families in Jingzhou complained against Sun Jian. Although they had to provide some young and strong slaves, their resistance became more and more serious.

They finally realized that when they chose this butcher knife, they had to bear the risk of being massacred.

In the Commander's Mansion in Xiangyang, Sun Jian was incompetent and furious, shouting: "Trash! They are all a bunch of trash!"

I don’t know whether he was scolding everyone in the hall, Yuan Shu for his defeat, or Huang Zu for the delay in coming.

At this time, Meteor Detective Ma hurriedly walked in and said, "General Qi, the raft on the Xiangjiang River has disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Sun Jian's eyes widened, so frightened that Tan Ma couldn't help but shiver, "When did you disappear?"

"It was there last night, but it disappeared this morning." Tan Ma replied tremblingly.

"What else can we do? So many rafts disappeared without a sound, and you couldn't keep an eye on them?" Sun Jian said, taking a step forward, pulling out the ancient ingot knife with a clang, and stabbed the probing horse in the belly. .

Everyone couldn't help but frown and close their eyes. The poor Tan Ma was about to lose his life again. Sun Jian had often killed people like this recently, but they didn't dare to persuade him. If killing could make Sun Jian calm down, they would rather let him kill a few more. .

Unexpectedly, the detective horse jumped back, dodged the sword, and said loudly: "General, calm down, you have not thought about retreating from the enemy recently, but you have killed innocent people indiscriminately, which has made the army unstable. There are many soldiers running away in the army. If we continue like this, we will collapse without the help of the imperial court!" Everyone was surprised to see that an ordinary Tan Ma could dodge Sun Jian's swift sword and make such a high speech.

Even Sun Jian was taken aback. He took back the ancient ingot sword, looked up and down at the Tanma dressed as an ordinary soldier in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you, and what are your intentions of dressing up as a Tanma and sneaking into our army? What did you just say? Who taught you the words?”

"General Qi, the younger one's name is Zhou Shan. He has not been ordered by anyone. He is just an ordinary soldier in the army. Because of his quick movement, he was sent to scout horses."

Tan Ma, who called himself Zhou Shan, said, "Everything I said is true. I saw it with my own eyes."

Sun Jian was shocked, and then he realized that the morale of the entire Xiangyang military was in danger.

He took two steps and saw his haggard face in the bronze mirror next to him, with disheveled hair and unkempt beard. Is this... is this still the same Sun Wentai who once despised the world?
We can't go on like this, otherwise, as this little Tanma said, we will collapse on our own without the court coming to fight!
"Good!" Sun Jian praised, "I will promote you to Scout Du Bo, so you can keep an eye on the movements in the north of Xiangjiang River. Hurry up and send out your troops to look for it. Let's see how many big rafts the Dog Emperor has managed. Where are you going? Be careful of crossing the river."

"Thank you, General!" Zhou Shan saluted, turned around and left happily.

I feel happy in my heart. If I survive the disaster, I will be blessed later. I am talking about myself.

As soon as Zhou Shan left, another scout came to report: "General Qi, we have found officers and soldiers in the lower reaches of the Han River."

Sun Jian was startled and asked: "Is it the raft of the army?"

"No." Tan Ma reported, "It's the cavalry of the government army operating in the lower reaches of the Han River."

"Ah?!" Everyone was shocked.

No wonder that after the battle in Suixian, the movement of this cavalry was never heard again. It turned out that they were attacking and disturbing the lower reaches of the Han River.

"The cavalry are relatively scattered, galloping back and forth along the Han River, as if they are looking for a place to cross the river." Tan Ma reported back.

"If the cavalry crosses the Han River and enters Nanjun, it will cut off the Xiangyang people's retreat south. General, please make a decision quickly." Huan Jie said hurriedly.

Everyone was a little panicked.

After the defeat of Nanyang, the balance of strength between them and the official army was reversed. The official army plus the surrendered troops had exceeded 20,000 people, while he originally had only 5,000 people left in Xiangyang. About 5,000 people came out, a total of 10,000 people.

These 10,000 people are almost all new soldiers. In terms of training level, they are not even up to the level of the official army. Although the opponent has just been adapted from stragglers, they have much richer combat experience than their own.

"If it is attacked from both sides, it will be difficult to defend Xiangyang." Cai Mao said, "It is better to abandon Xiangyang and go south to Jiangling before the official cavalry cuts off the retreat.

"Jiangling is the granary of Jingzhou. It stores a large amount of grain and grass, which can't be eaten in a year. Moreover, Jiangling is close to the river, so it can also use the power of the navy."

"We must not withdraw!" Suddenly a voice with a childish voice sounded. When everyone saw a young man walking out of the back hall, about fourteen or fifteen years old, he was handsome and extraordinary, he was Sun Ce, the eldest son of Sun Jian.

"Bo Fu, you are still young and don't understand strategy. You must not speak nonsense." Sun Jian said with a serious face.

Sun Ce showed no fear and said: "What's so scary about cavalry? Jingzhou is not a northern grassland. The rivers are crisscrossed, which is the natural environment that limits the cavalry. If you plan well and take advantage of the terrain, it is not impossible to trap the cavalry to death."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and Sun Jian couldn't help but straighten his back. With such a son, his father also felt that he was more dignified in front of everyone.

"Bo Fu, continue, how to trap the cavalry?" Zhu Zhi asked hurriedly.

"This...I haven't thought about it yet." Sun Ce scratched his head and said, "The general idea is not to emulate others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. The cavalry has nothing to fear, just come and fight. The Dog Emperor wants to cross the Han River, We'll just cross over and attack."

Everyone was discouraged when they heard this. After all, Sun Ce had a child's heart. It was easy to say it, but it was not easy to implement it.

"Please father give me all the available horses in the army, and then recruit all the horses from the surrounding villages and towns of Xiangyang. I will also form a cavalry." Sun Ce waved his hand and said, "I want to compete with the imperial cavalry. Who can The cavalry is more powerful?"

"It's too late to form cavalry now?" Sun Jian said, dumbfounded. "Before you get the horses together, I'm afraid the imperial cavalry will hit Xiangyang City."

"That's better than waiting to die." Sun Ce became anxious, "Then give all the soldiers who can ride horses in the army to the children, and let the children form their own formations. Even if they don't fight with the court's cavalry, they can quickly find their traces. ”

"Actually, what Bo Fu said is not unreasonable." Zhu Zhi suggested, "Even if there is no cavalry combat, pulling it out can scare them, so that the official cavalry does not dare to act rashly, and you can also monitor the opponent's movements in the Han River. "

"Uncle Zhu, what are you talking about?" Sun Ce was unhappy. "What do you mean by scaring them? I just want to practice while fighting. Just wait for my good news."

Seeing that there was no better way, Sun Jian had no choice but to agree to Sun Ce's words and let him form a temporary cavalry, but this still could not solve the immediate emergency.

"This general orders me to send our family members to Jiangling first, so that we can guard Xiangyang without any worries." Sun Jian then ordered.

"The general is wise." Huan Jie praised him.

I couldn't help but envy these people here. If I could have sent my family out of Nanyang early, I wouldn't have been wiped out.

"Send people to Xiakou quickly to urge Huang Zu to lead the navy to go north." Sun Jian continued, "Be careful to track the enemy cavalry on the way north."

"Hurry up and train the newly recruited soldiers. Ten thousand people will defend the city. Even if all the Dog Emperor's 20,000 horses cross the river and want to attack Xiangyang, he will never come back!" Sun Jian said bitterly.

"Yes! Xiangyang is also a big city in Jingzhou, with high walls and a moat. How can the Dog Emperor rely on a strong attack?" Huang Gai praised, "What's more, they don't have any siege equipment!"

"If you find the Dog Emperor's crossing point, you can destroy the boat in advance." Cheng Pu said, "If you can't destroy it in advance, then the imperial officers and soldiers will have to destroy their raft after they cross the river. They never come back."

When Sun Jian heard this, he became more motivated, "The Han River can help us block the attack, and it can also help us block the enemy's retreat. Don't they want to come over? Come here and don't go back! In Xiangyang, I, the general, are going to fight to the death with the Dog Emperor." !”

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(End of this chapter)