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

Chapter 190 Xu Chu vs. Sun Ce

Liu Ming looked upstream again. The sky was covered with dust, and there were faint flags and flags fluttering inside. It looked majestic. It was Gao Shun's army coming along the south bank of Xiangshui River.

Under Fancheng, thousands of people have boarded the raft and headed for the other side.

The Jingzhou Army camp on the other side had now become an empty camp. The Jingzhou soldiers abandoned the camp and fled back to Xiangyang with Sun Jian.

This situation made Liu Ming's heart surge, and he couldn't help but sigh: "When the Han River goes south, who will control the ups and downs of the vast land?"

Huang Wan, who was standing next to him, looked at the high-spirited emperor and said, "Your Majesty is the common master of the world. Naturally, it is your Majesty who controls the ups and downs of this world."

Liu Ming smiled and said: "Whether you can control the ups and downs depends on whether you can win the hearts and minds of the people. Since ancient times, those who win the hearts and minds of the people have won the world. I implemented the new tax system, implemented the business promotion order, and even Doctor Zhang opened the hospital, all for the sake of the people of the world.

"Since ancient times, the king is like a boat and the people are like water. Water can carry the boat. It can also capsize the boat. As the saying goes, the people are the country, and the country is the people. Remember, remember! Whether you conquer the country or defend the country, you cannot lose the support of the people in the world."

"The people are the country, and the country is the people..." Huang Wan murmured to himself.

He seemed to have figured out a lot of things at once. He had seen the emperor's so-called New Deal before, which was obviously to weaken the power of the aristocratic families. The views of the bigwigs of the aristocratic families were basically the same, that is, his majesty was to strengthen the imperial power.

But now, Huang Wan seems to have thought more clearly. His Majesty is indeed strengthening the imperial court's ruling power, but the methods he adopts are more used to win the hearts and minds of the people and calm the world.

It is not simply to suppress the existence of the aristocratic family, but to extract part of the profits from the aristocratic family and feed it back to the people who farm the fields. The people in your Majesty's heart do not only refer to scholars or aristocratic families, but to the common people of the world, all walks of life. People from all walks of life have occasionally mentioned that all walks of life are equal before, which is an expression of their inner thoughts.

His Majesty's broad-mindedness seemed to make him, a minister, suddenly feel that the situation was bigger. He no longer looked at people and things one by one, but felt that he had a somewhat overall vision.

However, he believed that there was still a long way to go between himself and His Majesty. The question is, when did Your Majesty gain such cultivation?
It seems that in just these few months, His Majesty has changed a lot.

"I would like to cross the river with the soldiers to see such a magnificent war scene." Liu Ming sighed.

"Your Majesty, no!" Huang Wan hurriedly admonished to stop him, "Once you cross the river, there will be no way out, and you will have to fight with your back against the river. Your Majesty, with his body of thousands, cannot venture into danger lightly. When Gao Shun and the others capture Xiangyang, Your Majesty will go over and take charge of the overall situation. It’s not too late.”

Huang Wan did not want Liu Ming to fall into a desperate situation from the bottom of his heart. The emperor finally seemed to be a wise king. If something happened accidentally, the loss would be huge, and it could even be said to be the loss of the entire world.

Liu Ming knew Huang Wan's worries. In fact, crossing the Han River would not do much good. On the contrary, it would only cause chaos. Gao Shun and the others had to focus on protecting his safety.

Gao Shun quickly led his troops to occupy the Jingzhou Army camp on the other side of Fancheng. Seeing that it was an empty camp, he did not stop and continued towards Xiangyang.

Xu Chu, the Huo brothers and other generals from Fancheng quickly crossed the Han River on rafts and quickly followed.

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The city of Xiangyang was now in chaos. Some people wanted to escape from the city, but found that the city gate was closed. They wanted to go back, but found that the soldiers were driving people away from the city and were not allowed to stay on the streets. Some soldiers were still taking advantage of the chaos to seize strong men.

For a time, there was chaos in the city, and there were endless cries.

Sun Jian looked at the noisy city and couldn't help but frown, and shouted loudly: "Everyone in the city will go home alone. It is forbidden to walk on the streets. If there are still people waiting on the streets after half an hour, they will be killed without mercy!"

The military order was quickly passed down. When the people heard that they were going to be beheaded, they stopped clamoring to open the door and leave the city. Instead, they fled to their homes one by one with their heads in their hands.

"Father, it is not a long-term solution to be trapped in an isolated city. It is better to let the children go out of the city to fight the official army and see their strength." Sun Ce was just about to go out of the city to collect horses and build up his cavalry. He did not expect that the official army reached the city so quickly. His dream of cavalry was shattered instantly.

Sun Jian looked at the officers and soldiers who had completed their formation outside the city, feeling very heavy.

Although the officers and soldiers under the city were now uniformly dressed and no longer wore the attire of yellow turban thieves and old farmers, they still carried various weapons, the heights of which were not uniform, and the formations were also piled here and there, seemingly in disorder.

But looking down from the tall city top at this moment, I found that the piles of soldiers were not standing haphazardly, but seemed to be following a certain plan. There was a sense of orderliness.

The more Sun Jian watched, the more frightened he became. It turned out that this was a formation. He was ignorant and had not seen through it before, resulting in heavy losses.

If you use your newly recruited soldiers to fight against an orderly formation, you can guess the victory or defeat without fighting. No wonder the generals have not fought, and the soldiers have not won the melee. This is the reason.

No, according to early intelligence, the main force of the infantry led by the Dog Emperor is the Black Mountain bandits and the Baibo bandits who have just surrendered. It is impossible for these two groups of bandits to have a foundation in formations, and it is impossible for two groups of bandits who do not belong to each other to practice the same formation in advance. Various formations can also cooperate with each other tacitly.

The officers and soldiers don't even have uniforms, so how can they practice formations? And it still formed combat effectiveness in such a short period of time!

impossible! ! This is impossible!
The more Sun Jian thought about it, the more incredible it became.

"Father?!" Sun Ce reminded him when he saw that Sun Jian did not respond, but looked thoughtful, "My son is willing to go out of the city to dampen the morale of the officers and soldiers."

Sun Jian looked at his son, who looked heroic yet childish, shook his head, then pointed to the city and said, "Do you recognize this formation?"

Sun Ce looked down the city, rubbed his eyes again, and suddenly laughed and said: "What kind of formation is this? It's just a ragtag group of people standing randomly."

"If you don't understand the mystery, you are not allowed to fight." Sun Jian said solemnly.

"Formation?" Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi and others were also surprised after hearing this. Looking down carefully, they faintly found that the positions of the officers and soldiers seemed to conform to some mysterious and mysterious rules, but they did not Totally.

"From a general point of view, it seems that the Five Elements Formation is nested within the Three Talents Formation." Cheng Pu frowned and said, "But it can be seen that it is relatively crude, which should be related to lack of training. In fact, the real power is probably the teams composed of twelve people. , Our army has experienced the combat power of this kind of team in front of Bowang Slope before, and the tacit cooperation makes it impossible to guard against it. "

Only then did everyone think that they had defeated Bowangpo before and encountered the army blocking their way when escaping. It was this small group that caught them off guard and they were unable to resist.

Even these battle-hardened generals are easy to follow, let alone other ordinary soldiers.

It is still a nightmare for them. Thinking about it this way, it is really like Cheng Pu said, those teams are indeed amazing in combat power.

"Really that powerful? It looks like a straggler." Sun Ce still didn't believe it.

Under the city, Xu Chu was riding his horse and wielding his sword, and was walking back and forth in front of the city. There were soldiers with loud voices standing in a row, shouting their voices to the city for formation.

"Sun Jian, quickly surrender and surrender, otherwise today will be the day of your death!"

"Sun Jian! Surrender now and your family will survive!"

"Sun Jian! You are a coward, how dare you go out of the city to fight!"

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"I'm so angry!" Sun Ce screamed in anger, "Father, let me go meet the swordsman for a while and bring up his head to strengthen the army!"

"That general's name is Xu Chu. He is proficient in swordsmanship and is even better than Cheng." Cheng Pu said next to him. He had seen Xu Chu's combat prowess, so he reminded Sun Ce not to underestimate the enemy.

Who knew that it was better not to remind him, but when he was reminded, Sun Ce became even more anxious, "Don't try to gain the strength of others and destroy your own prestige. Today, I must meet Xu Chu for a while! Father, please say something!" Sun Jian sighed. Said: "Then you are allowed to go out of the city to fight Xu Chu, but you must fulfill two conditions: being a father, otherwise I will never let you go out of the city!"

"Just ask father for your orders." Sun Ce said with joy on his face.

"One, return to the city quickly if you lose, and don't chase after you if you win!" Sun Jian stretched out a finger and said, and then stretched out another finger and said, "Two, you must not break into the enemy's strange formation."

With Sun Ce's youth and vigour, he could not understand why Sun Jian was so cautious, so he said nonchalantly: "My child, just do as you are told."

"Okay, you order five hundred soldiers to go out of the city to fight Xu Chu." Sun Jian ordered.

"My lord, now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is better to stand firm and not go out to fight." Zhu Zhi hurriedly advised Sun Ce when he saw that Sun Ce was really going out of the city to fight with the officers and soldiers.

Sun Jian waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it's also good to let Bo Fuli practice."

He likes his son Sun Ce very much. He is decisive in doing things and loves martial arts. If he really succeeds in his great career, Sun Ce will be his successor.

Therefore, he also intended to let Sun Ce go out of the city to exercise.

"Let uncle hold the battle for you." Sun Jing said next to her.

Sun Jing is Sun Jian's younger brother and Sun Ce's uncle.

Sun Ce was overjoyed, went down to the city, ordered all his troops, and fought out of the city.

Xu Chu's call for formation was just to deceive others. Although he desperately wanted to fight with a strong martial artist, his mission today was to use his call for formation to delay the enemy and buy time for the rear to transport siege weapons.

Sun Jian was so frightened by them that he fled back to Xiangyang City. Xu Xu felt that he was just showing off in front of the city, and then waited for the siege equipment to be delivered before launching a strong attack.

Unexpectedly, while the soldiers were shouting and cursing, suddenly the gate of Xiangyang City opened wide, and a group of people came out from inside. There were only about five hundred people. What surprised him the most was that the young general who rushed at the front turned out to be Like a child.

He is young, with red lips and white teeth, a maroon horse under his crotch, and an overlord gun in his hand, but he is somewhat heroic.

However, Xu Chu naturally would not take this little baby seriously.

Sun Ce came to the opposite side of Xu Chu with his gun in hand and shouted: "Hey! What are you calling for here, you bastard? If you don't want to live, just cut off your head yourself to prevent me from doing it."

Xu Chu laughed loudly when he heard this, "Whose baby? What a big tone. There are no men in Xiangyang City. How can you let a baby go to fight? Why doesn't Sun Jian dare to go out to fight? Is it because he has castrated himself and doesn't want to be a man? Already? Hahahaha..."

"Bold maniac, don't insult my father, look at the gun!" Sun Ce shouted angrily, raised his gun and stabbed Xu Chu.

Naturally, Xu Chu would not take a little baby seriously, so he raised his knife and knocked it out.

But he found that the spear was very agile and was not knocked away by him at all. Instead, it hit him in the opposite direction against the blade!

Xu Chu knew immediately that this was a master!
I was surprised that Sun Ce could have such good marksmanship at such a young age, but I was only surprised for a moment.

In an instant, he put away his contempt and came to Sun Ce with his sword.

Seeing that Sun Ce missed his attack, he attacked again.

The two soon fought together, and they fought for fifty rounds with no winner.

Everyone in the city was stunned.

Even Sun Jian didn't expect his son's martial arts to be so strong. He showed joy on his face and said loudly: "Bang the drum to cheer!"

More than a dozen large drums on the top of the city beat and rumbled at the same time.

Cheng Pu, who had just warned Sun Ce not to act rashly, now threw away his arms and personally beat the drum on the top of the city to cheer for Sun Ce.

When Gao Shun saw that the morale of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses was high, he waved his command flag gently and said: "Beat the drum!"

Suddenly, the war drums brought by the officers and soldiers also started to sound.

For a time, the sound of drums was loud up and down, inside and outside Xiangyang City, and the rumbling sound was heard even in Fancheng across the Han River.

Liu Ming raised his telescope on the top of the city and looked in the direction of Xiangyang. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and the telescope he designed and manufactured was also a rough version, so he could not see the details of the specific battle clearly.

"How about we just listen to the sound of drums and have a chat with His Majesty?" Huang Wan said with a smile.

The so-called hand talk is an elegant way of talking about playing Go.

Huang Wan was born as a scholar, so under this situation, it was inevitable that he would like to do some arty things.

But he didn't know that Liu Ming was not an art master who was proficient in chess, calligraphy and painting. As far as these four arts were concerned, he was really not as good as the dead Han Ling Emperor.

"The war is right in front of us. How can I still be in the mood to talk about it?" Liu Ming knew his level and was an amateur at everything, so he simply declined.

He didn't want Huang Wan to see that he didn't understand these literary and artistic activities. You must know that Emperor Ling was deeply obsessed with this before, and he almost went crazy.

If you don't know the depth and play chess rashly, although it won't immediately make people guess that you are a fake emperor, it will at least make people suspicious.

"Why don't you, Aiqing, teach me the art of war?" Liu Ming said.

"Your Majesty commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and fought from the north of the Yellow River to the banks of the Han River. He won many battles and was powerful throughout the country. How can a humble minister dare to teach your Majesty the art of war?" Huang Wan said hurriedly and fearfully.

"It doesn't matter! Let's communicate with each other." Liu Ming said and entered the tower.

The two of them were by the window, watching the surging Han River below the city, listening to the rumble of drums in the distance, and sipping the fragrant tea. Huang Wan began to explain his views on the art of war.

Under Xiangyang City, Xu Chu and Sun Ce had fought for a hundred rounds.

Xu Zu was in his prime, becoming more courageous and powerful as he fought more and more, and he had rich combat experience and had been honed many times. Sun Ce, although his marksmanship was excellent, was still young and had not yet reached the peak of a warrior, so he slowly fell into a disadvantage.

But the young man had an unyielding determination to admit defeat. He thought that he had boasted a lot in front of his father, and he would never return to the city in defeat, so he gritted his teeth and fought hard to hold on.

(End of this chapter)