Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 283

After welcoming Liu Bei and others into Xiangyang City, Sun Ce and Cheng Pu returned to Leiyang City to garrison, and at the same time continued to inquire about the details of Zhang Liao and Hao Meng's two armies.

In Leiyang City, Sun Ce's temporary residence.

"Snapped!"

Cheng Pu slapped the letter in his hand on the desk, and said angrily, "Thief, how dare you steal Lingling County!"

Sun Ce, who was reading at the side, was taken aback, and quickly got up and came to Chen Pu's side and asked, "Uncle Chen, what's the matter, you are so angry?"

"The letter sent by Huang Gai, Bo Fu, please take a look." Cheng Pu handed the bamboo slips to Sun Ce, and said angrily at the same time: "Huang Gai has already inquired a lot about the mysterious army that suddenly appeared in Lingling County.

This army came from Jiaozhou, with about 3 to [-] people. The main general was surnamed Hao, and the deputy was surnamed Song. They had occupied most of the cities in Lingling County under the pretext of treating typhoid fever and saving common people.

What's even more hateful is that the prefect of Lingling County actually surrendered to the enemy, and Quanling City was gone. "

Sun Ce heard the words and read the information in the bamboo slips, and he was also angry. His father Sun Jian had long regarded Guiyang County and Lingling County as possessions, and sent him and Huang Gai here.

I don't want to, because I was arguing with the prefects of the two counties halfway, and then encountered typhoid fever outbreaks, the princes' meeting and alliance with King Qin were delayed.

Unexpectedly, two waves of people were killed halfway, and under the pretext of saving the common people, they led the army into the two counties and continued to plunder the city.

"Soldiers in Jiaozhou?" Sun Ce was puzzled and asked, "Jiaozhou is a land of barbarians. How could there be such a force and courage? Could it be that the governor of Jiaozhou did it?"

Cheng Pu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Huang Gai only knows that they are from Jiaozhou after investigating until now. Presumably, there should be changes in Jiaozhou, which may affect Jingzhou.

However, we have to investigate clearly here.I have a bad feeling that the army in Guiyang County seems to be in the same group as Lingling County..."

"No way. Doesn't that mean that Jiaozhou has an army of [-] to [-] people entering Jingzhou? What do they want to do? Capture Jingzhou and compete in the Central Plains?"

When Sun Ce thought that Jiaozhou was a barbarian land, he thought it was impossible.

"Report!"

Suddenly an officer and soldier in charge of food and grass came outside the door, and came in a hurry.

"What's the matter?"

"Report to the general, the sergeant who was in charge of transporting food and grass to Bian County three days ago has not returned yet."

"Oops!"

Sun Ce and Cheng Pu spoke in unison.

"Bo Fu, it seems that something happened in Bian County!"

Cheng Pu worried: "I don't know what happened to Zhu Zhi? He should send someone to report something happened. So far, there has been no news, and something happened to the grain and grass. Most likely, he was trapped in the county by the enemy and couldn't get out. coming!"

"Uncle Cheng, we have to rescue Uncle Zhu." Sun Ce calculated in his heart and said, "This time, the grain and grass sent to Bian County were robbed. Counting the time, the grain and grass in Bian County may run out within ten days. At that time, Bian County will collapse without attack, and Uncle Zhu will also be in danger of his life."

"Bo Fu, don't be impatient, let me think of a countermeasure."

Chen Pu walked back and forth in the room in deep thought, and after a while, he had a countermeasure and said:

"First of all, arrange someone to inform the lord that the enemy may have the ambition to capture Jingzhou, so we must treat it with caution.

Second, send troops to Bian County to rescue Zhu Zhi.However, in order to prevent the enemy from laying an ambush on the way, we need to divide the soldiers and horses into three parts, one part defends the city, one part acts as the vanguard to break through, and one part follows up. "

Sun Ce knew what Cheng Pu meant as soon as he heard it, and agreed: "Uncle Cheng, I will bring two thousand elite cavalry to break through the siege, and you will bring [-] soldiers and horses to follow, and the remaining soldiers and horses will be responsible for defending the city. city ​​gate."

That's right, that's probably what Cheng Pu meant.But he didn't intend to let Sun Ce be the pioneer, that would be too risky.

"Bo Fu, I'll be the vanguard, you bring ten thousand soldiers and horses and follow..."

Before Cheng Pu finished speaking, Sun Ce interrupted: "Uncle Cheng, I am no longer a child, I am not a reckless person, please believe me!"

Cheng Pu was taken aback by the confidence on Sun Ce's face, yes, the bully has grown up!
"Okay." Cheng Pu changed his decision, and reminded at the same time: "Remember that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. The overlord of Western Chu in person is a lesson. A man can bend and stretch, and run away if he can't win!"

"Eh..." Sun Ce didn't dare to fully agree, but still nodded: "Bo Fu, remember."

Afterwards, Sun Ce and Cheng Pu began to get busy, ordering generals to reorganize their troops.

At dawn on the second day, Cheng Pu led [-] soldiers and horses forward, followed by Sun Ce with [-] elite cavalry.

Leiyang City was only about two days' march away from Bianxian County. At dusk that day, the two armies began to meet.

"General Cao Xing, I found reinforcements coming from the direction of Leiyang City. It is estimated that there are more than [-] people."

The company commander of the Shenbing Battalion, Wang Dong, came to Cao Xing and whispered.

"finally come!"

Cao Xing and others waited here for many days, waiting for the reinforcements from Leiyang City. He said: "Send someone to inform General Gao and the Xi staff, and we will wait here for the enemy to pass, and then attack from behind to make their heads attack. You can't look after each other."

Cao He and Wang Dong led only nearly a thousand people, not suitable for large-scale battles, but reluctantly followed behind to carry out sneak attacks.

Cheng Pu and Sun Ce were a little surprised that the army marched peacefully for a day. The more they were like this, the more cautious they would be about tomorrow's itinerary.

Not marching at night, and marching to Bian County early in the morning.

It was almost noon, and Sun Ce and Cheng Pu led their troops to the front of a canyon.

"If the enemy army wants to ambush, the canyon ahead is the last chance, so be careful." Cheng Pu told Sun Ce.

As a forward, Sun Ce needs to pass through the canyon first, and he replied: "I will take three thousand fine riders ahead, and break through at full speed when halfway through the canyon.

At that time, Uncle Cheng will also withdraw all the soldiers and horses that entered the canyon.Waiting for me to bring Uncle Zhu and the others to break through again. "

Cheng Pu patted Sun Ce on the shoulder and said solemnly, "Waiting for you to come back!"

Then Sun Ce cautiously entered the canyon with three thousand cavalry, while Cheng Pu did not enter for the time being.

At this time, Gao Shun and Xi Zhicai were ambushing on both sides of the canyon, waiting for Cheng Pu to lead the army into the canyon.

"Here we come!" Gao Shun's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"General Gao can't catch up, wait for the main force of the enemy army to enter before attacking." Xi Zhicai reminded: "These three thousand cavalry are only responsible for scouting the road. Let them pass first, and the enemy army can enter the canyon only after they feel that there is no ambush."

However, when Sun Ce walked through most of the canyon with three thousand fine riders, Cheng Pu began to slowly enter the canyon.

"Finally came in, I thought they had found out." Gao Shun breathed a sigh of relief.

Xi Zhicai is not the same.

However, when only two or three thousand of Cheng Pu's army entered the canyon, Cheng Pu suddenly shouted: "There is an ambush, retreat!"

In fact, he didn't know if there was an ambush.

"No, the enemy has found us." Gao Shun got anxious in his throat and ordered: "Kill, don't let the enemy run away!"

"General Gao..." Xi Zhicai wanted to stop him, but it was too late.

"kill!"

There were shouts of killing from both sides of the canyon.

Five thousand elite soldiers lay in ambush for several days, and finally struck, only killing hundreds of enemy troops who entered the canyon.

Originally, Gao Shun wanted to break out of the canyon and hunt down Cheng Pu's main force.However, it was discovered that Cheng Pu outside the canyon had set up camp to guard against him at some time.

"His grandma, what a waste of work!"

Gao Shun was very angry.

"It seems that the enemy has already expected our army to set up an ambush here. But it's okay, just more than 2000 cavalry passed by. As long as we prevent the main force of the enemy from passing here, the county will be helpless, and the city will soon be destroyed. However, we still need to send someone to tell General Zhang about the situation here."

Xi Zhicai comforts Gao Shun.

They had no choice but to guard the canyon to prevent Cheng Pu from passing.

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(End of this chapter)