Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Among the deserters, most were soldiers from Yanzhou who were replenished after Sun Jian lost most of his troops at Sishui Pass.

If it were normal times, Sun Jian would naturally do his best to enforce military discipline, hunt down as many deserters as possible, and execute them by military law to serve as a warning to the rest of the soldiers.

However, at this moment Sun Jian no longer had the extra energy to worry about deserters. He could only watch the desertion trend getting worse and worse. Even some of Changsha's direct lineage soldiers began to desert.

After days of continuous forced marches and after abandoning a lot of baggage, the army's supplies have begun to become scarce. Even the meals have been reduced from two meals a day to just one.

In this situation, how can we prevent the soldiers under our command from becoming resentful?

However, Sun Jian, who had the imperial seal, did not dare to stop to reorganize his army, and even went to the county town he passed by to collect food.

After completely breaking off relations with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Sun Jian had to flee the Central Plains as soon as possible and return to Changsha, where he had been operating for some time.

Moreover, during the forced march along the way, the scouts sent by Sun Jian to explore the surrounding areas repeatedly discovered the movements of spies nearby, and not just one, but many spies.

How could this not make Sun Jian nervous? He was afraid that if the marching speed slowed down a little, he would probably be caught up by the unknown pursuers behind him.

Even though he had now reached Jingzhou, Sun Jian still did not dare to relax in the slightest, in an attempt to cross the Yangtze River and reach Changsha as quickly as possible.

'As long as we return to Changsha...'

"Holding the imperial seal, the great cause is in my hands. I am the man of destiny, and those who respond will flock to me."

'At that time, we will first divide the river with Jingzhou and seize the four counties in southern Jingzhou, and then wait for an opportunity to attack Yangzhou. With the prestige of the Sun family among the Jiangdong families and the imperial seal in hand, we will not worry about not being able to dominate Jiangdong...'

Sun Jian could only keep thinking about the blueprint in his mind to relieve his physical fatigue and mental anxiety, while he sat on his warhorse and continued to advance with the army.

As for the slight losses in military force at the moment, in Sun Jian's view, they were just a negligible cost.

When Sun Jian, who had been daydreaming all the way, came to his senses, he suddenly found that he had arrived at Mount Dan.

(PS: This Xianshan is not the current Xianshan Town. The current Xianshan Town is located in Changsha, while Xianshan in the Eastern Han Dynasty was near Xiangyang.)
This made Sun Jian happy, as he realized that arriving at Xian Mountain meant leaving Nanyang County. All he had to do next was cross Nan County to reach Changsha.

This place is not far from Xiangyang, the capital of Jingzhou, and Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou and Sun Jian's nominal superior, is also in the nearby city of Xiangyang.

However, Sun Jian had no intention of going to pay a visit. Instead, he ordered his troops to march faster to avoid being intercepted by Liu Biao, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

Another order to speed up the march...

The soldiers under Sun Jian were undoubtedly filled with resentment regarding this order, and they had heard such orders almost every day since leaving Sili.

In response, the almost numb soldiers did not react at all, but continued to walk forward exhaustedly.

As Sun Jian continued to go deeper into Mount Dan, he estimated that he would soon be able to escape from Mount Dan.

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, countless archers emerged from the dense forests on both sides of Xian Mountain, and a large number of arrows shot towards Sun Jian like raindrops.

Sun Jian suddenly came back to his senses. His rich battlefield experience made him shout repeatedly almost subconsciously.

"Form a formation! Form a formation to resist the enemy. Shield soldiers raise their shields to maintain the formation and slowly retreat..."

This is also the best solution when facing an ambush.

In fact, the reason why ambushes can often help the weak defeat the strong and win great victories is not only because they occupy advantageous terrain first, but more importantly, the sudden attack will cause great psychological pressure on the soldiers of the attacked party.

This kind of psychological pressure is no less than when you are walking in a dark alley at night, and suddenly a woman in red clothes with disheveled hair and whose face cannot be seen clearly rushes towards you.

In this case, even if you are a student with sports expertise and the opponent is actually a young girl playing a prank, how many people's first reaction is to fight back instead of running away? This is the relationship between the interests of the ambush and the ambushed!

The first feeling of the lower-level soldiers is that an unknown number of enemies appear from all directions, which will subconsciously cause serious confusion.

As long as the formation is disrupted, it is almost useless in a cold weapon war.

What's more, what morale do the soldiers under Sun Jian have now?

While Sun Jian was shouting, many soldiers did not calm down quickly and form a formation to resist the enemy. Instead, they started to run away like headless flies.

Sun Jian looked at this scene and was almost furious.

"Idiots! A bunch of idiots!!!"

If we can quickly form a formation to defend against the enemy, there might still be some chance of survival.

But now the formation is in complete chaos, and everyone is fleeing, like lambs to be slaughtered.

"My lord, my lord, retreat quickly!!"

At this moment, Zu Mao and Huang Gai, who were originally escorting baggage in the rear, rushed quickly towards Sun Jian and said.

"It's the soldiers from Jingzhou!"

Now Sun Jian was in the center of Xian Mountain, with dense forests on both sides, making it difficult to distinguish the identities of the attacking soldiers.

However, the baggage train had just entered Mount Xian, and the attack on the baggage train was launched almost at the same time, which allowed Zu Mao and Huang Gai to clearly see the identity characteristics of the ambush soldiers.

However, Sun Jian was so astute in military affairs that he understood, even without Zu Mao and Huang Gai's reminder, that the only person who could mobilize troops to attack the area closest to Xiangyang was Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou.

The formation was in chaos and the baggage was seized by others. Sun Jian, who had always been a hot-tempered man, completely lost the idea of ​​​​fighting and could not help but curse loudly.

"Liu Jingsheng, I, Sun Jian, will avenge this sooner or later!!!"

It would have been better if Sun Jian didn’t shout.

This shout enabled Huang Zu, who was leading his troops to ambush here, to instantly confirm Sun Jian's location.

Immediately, at Huang Zu's command, his trusted aides all drew their bows and arrows and shot a large number of arrows directly in the direction of Sun Jian.

Upon seeing this, Sun Jian's face changed slightly. He no longer cared to curse, and quickly pulled his warhorse back. He used the ancient ingot knife in his hand to deflect the arrows, while decisively abandoning his soldiers.

Then, under the protection of Zu Mao and Huang Gai, they broke out towards the outside of Xian Mountain.

Seeing this, Cheng Pu and Han Dang, who were originally leading the way in front of the army, quickly broke away and then headed towards Sun Jian to protect Sun Jian and break out of the encirclement.

A continuous rain of arrows came towards Sun Jian and his companions, but with the protection of four generals and a group of personal guards, Sun Jian could not be hurt at all.

However, as they were about to leave the Xianshan area, Sun Jian, who was always accustomed to leading the troops, almost subconsciously sped up.

But at this moment, the ground where Sun Jian's horse was standing suddenly became empty, and both Sun Jian and the horse fell directly into a deep pit that had been dug in advance.

Zu Mao, Huang Gai and others, who were four or five steps away from Sun Jian, almost subconsciously jumped high on their horses or quickly went around to the side, thus avoiding the fate of being caught in the trap.

However, before Zu Mao, Huang Gai and others could quickly rein in their horses and rescue Sun Jian from the deep pit.

Another wave of arrows was thrown high in the air, aiming directly at the deep pit where Sun Jian had fallen. (End of this chapter)