Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 654: The veteran general is injured, and Sun Ce retreats

"My proposal still stands, Old Huang Zhong. Surrender now and I won't kill you."

"Hahaha, you little brat, what else can you do besides talking big? Forget about your mediocre martial arts skills. I'm really afraid that I'll kill you if I'm not careful. After all, you're the Grand Commander's brother-in-law, and you're not allowed to kill people."

"How brave! Look at the gun!"

Pain makes people sober and motivated. This time, Sun Ce was not careless at all and played with full concentration.

Huang Zhong could clearly feel that the injured Sun Ce was stronger than before. The injury on his shoulder did not affect his men's movements at all. He fired a spear as fast as thunder.

The Little Overlord of Jiangdong is not just a title for nothing.

This made Huang Zhong's long-quiet heart start to stir, and the hot blood surged in his chest. It was the highest honor for a warrior to die on the battlefield and return home wrapped in his horse's hide.

He would rather die in a fight than wait until he was old and unable to fight, and then watch young generals die on the battlefield.

Gently stroking the long sword, Huang Zhong silently felt the never-aging will and the old friend's eagerness to fight.

"Kill!!~"

when! ~
Swords and spears clashed again, causing pain in the eardrums of those around them.

Within a hundred meters, the rest kept silent and just fought silently and witnessed this historic moment.

The first battle of Red Cliff!
If Sun Ce wins, the morale of Cao's army will be crushed, and vice versa.

After forty rounds, Sun Ce was still fighting bravely. As he swung his spear vigorously, the bright red blood had already dyed the armor on his chest red.

Huang Zhong was not much better off, with blood gushing out from the wound on his lower abdomen. Although his sword was fierce, it was still slightly inferior to Sun Ce's attack. Because he turned his sword a little slowly, Sun Ce's spear left a cut on his shoulder blade.

Sixty together.

Sun Ce still had a slight advantage, but up to now, he not only did not see any sign of fatigue on Huang Zhong's face, on the contrary, the opponent's sword was even more fierce. At some point in the battle, the situation had turned from one attack and one defense to a counter-attack.

With Huang Zhong's strange swordsmanship and rich experience, Sun Ce's previously injured right shoulder was stabbed again, adding new injuries.

If he hadn't rolled over and dodged without caring about his image, that blow would have cost him his life.

Before I knew it, eighty rounds had passed.

The shouts and cries of the soldiers on the ship became weaker and weaker, the number of people decreased sharply, but the fight continued.

Sun Ce was sweating profusely and running around exhausted.

Zhou Tai and Dong Xi wanted to come forward to help again, but this time Sun Ce did not refuse.

This was no longer the time for personal heroism. If he failed here, Jiangdong would be finished.

He cannot lose, regardless of being mean or not.

At this point, even a blind man could see that Sun Ce had been defeated.

It’s no wonder that their lord is in such a mess, it’s really because that old man is too strong!
There is only one question in everyone's mind.

Are all the generals of Cao Wei really so brave? Then what should their Jiangdong navy do?

After the lily of the valley, Huang Zhong had reached his peak. He only swung his sword at Sun Ce, and ignored Zhou Tai and Dong Xi who came to support him from both sides, and only avoided the vital points at the critical moment.

Huang Zhong had only one thought at this moment.

Kill Sun Ce and Jiangdong will be conquered!
In order to achieve this goal, the old general has already put his life and death aside.

It also let the world see what an immortal veteran is!

The commander of Youlongying and his personal soldiers once again boarded the damaged main ship and tried to recapture Huang Zhong.

However, their commander was unwilling to retreat, so they could only fight hard to help Huang Zhong relieve some of the pressure coming from all directions.

"My lord, stop immediately. A Cao army navy with a Zhao flag at the mouth of the river is coming down the river and will arrive here soon!"

Sun Ce took the opportunity to avoid Huang Zhong's sword, turned around, grabbed the messenger's armor and pulled it in front of him: "Did you see clearly? The other side has boats and craft?" "There are no less than a thousand large and small boats."

It’s not a trick to provoke an invasion, is it really Zhao Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxia Navy, who has arrived?

Even though Zhou Yu was a master of foresight, he could not accurately predict the marching schedule of Cao's army.

So the appearance of Zhao Yun was purely a coincidence.

"How despicable! I never expected this. If I had a little more time, I would have no problem killing Huang Zhong!"

Huang Zhong alone was already giving Sun Ce a headache, so he certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to stay far away and wait for Zhao Yun.

The Jiangxia Navy is a veteran naval force in Jingzhou. Even if its combat strength is not as good as that of the Jiangdong Navy, it is not far behind.

"What was the result?"

"My lord, the enemy lost nearly 200 warships, and so did our army."

Sun Ce scratched his ears as if he didn't hear clearly: "What did you say? Didn't Gongjin tell you to prepare water cloth to put out the fire before coming here?"

"My lord, the wind was too strong and the enemy was too brave. We couldn't deploy the water cloth in time and the warship was already buried in the sea of ​​fire!"

"What about Cao's army? Why did they only lose about 200 warships?"

"The Wei people poured a lot of mud and sand into the cabin, waiting for the fire to burn through the wooden boards outside, and the mud and sand flowed out, putting out the fire."

"Well, what a despicable old Huang Zhong, he used a trick to deceive me. No wonder I felt strange before. With such strong winds and waves on the river, his ship was not affected, but just moved slowly. If I had known this, I should not have boarded with him. Fighting and retreating would have been enough to make him suffer!"

There is no such thing as knowing everything in advance in this world.

Everything is a battle of strategies.

While Huang Zhong was preventing the fire, he had already anticipated that the Jiangdong navy would be arrogant and would not retreat without a fight in the middle of the river.

In fact, everything that happened was expected.

It can only be said that Sun Ce was shallow-minded, so he was tricked, and there was nothing despicable about it. If possible, he would have wished that Huang Zhong was the one jumping up and down and scolding him for being despicable.

"Although Cao's warships were fireproof, many of them were severely damaged and had to be repaired in the dock before they could be put into use again. So, we won a small victory at that time."

"Bah, what a small victory! Get out of here! Order all troops to retreat immediately!"

Having fought a close match with a new army in the field he was best at, how brave Sun Ce had to be to think that he had really won a small victory?
A damaged ship does not mean it has sunk. Even if all of Cao's warships are damaged, so what? As long as they cannot attack the north bank, they can slowly repair their ships and make a comeback at any time.

The sky was beginning to pale, and before they knew it, the two sides had been fighting for a whole night.

The blood dyed the river red.

Woo! ~~~
The deep sound of a trombone rang out over the river.

The Jiangdong navy extinguished their torches and slowly retreated.

The Youlongying ship was filled with something it shouldn't have been filled with. It was fine if they passively responded to the attack, but if they really waited until the enemy was about to retreat, they would not be able to catch up. They could only watch the Jiangdong ship leave and jump on the deck anxiously. There was nothing they could do about it.

Huang Zhong still refused to give in, as if he had made up his mind to die together with Sun Ce. He was still trying his best to kill this side.

"Sun Ce, don't go away! Come on, come on, fight me for another three hundred rounds if you have the guts!"

"You old villain are so arrogant. Let's stop today. The next day we meet will be the day you die." Sun Ce knew very well that he could not continue to fight with Huang Zhong at this time.

Once he was held back, Zhao Yun could really take his life.

He immediately turned around and plunged into the river. A moment later, he appeared on a Jiangdong warship next to him. He threw a torch and set the main ship on fire. The soldiers and generals who had fought with Huang Zhong on the ship followed suit and fled from the sea of ​​fire.

Huang Zhong saw this and knew he could not catch up with him, so he allowed his personal soldiers to help him back to his own ship.

(End of this chapter)