three kings

Chapter 82
Hearing Xu Huang's words, Liu Hua's face was full of joy, as long as a loyal talent like Xu Huang meets a monarch who knows people and makes good use of them, then his heart will be firmly tied to this monarch. Die to rest.Therefore, as long as Xu Huang agrees to join Sun Can's army, then with his personality, he will never want to leave in this life.

"General, don't worry. To investigate the intelligence, the officials who have their own intelligence, and the general's talents, how can they be used for nothing." Sun Can refused Xu Huang's request with a smile. He knew that Liu Hua must have sent troops to investigate. Therefore, he politely rejected Xu Huang's kindness.

Xu Huang listened comfortably, so of course he didn't care.

Not long after, Tan Ma came to report: "General Qi reported that Jingzhou soldiers are coming opposite, and the opposing general is Cai Mao. There are [-] soldiers in total, and they are only five miles away from us."

"Aren't Jingzhou soldiers friendly? Who is Cai Mao? What is he doing here?" Sun Can asked three questions in a row.

Liu Hua thought for a while and said, "The current governor of Jingzhou is Wang Rui, a virtuous and talented governor, and Cai Mao is from a Jingzhou family, who has been an important minister of Jingzhou governor for generations. I think this Cai Mao is also a general under Wang Rui's command. , As for why he came here, it is not clear for the time being. However, Cai Mao is narrow-minded and greedy. In short, the visitor is not kind."

Sun Can smiled lightly when he heard the words: "It doesn't matter if he comes with bad intentions, or he doesn't come with kindness. Anyway, we are all polite first and then soldiers. If he comes with good intentions, we will welcome him. If he comes with good intentions, then we will teach them a lesson and let them If you know how powerful you are, you will gain experience." He was never afraid of others' provocations, let alone rejecting others' provocations.

In less than a moment, Cai Mao led [-] troops to the city of Wancheng. As soon as he rode out, a general said loudly: "Who is guarding Wancheng? Open the door quickly. General Cai Maocai of Jingzhou was ordered to take over Wancheng. the city."

"Taking over Wan County? What a big tone, do you have an imperial edict from His Majesty?" Sun Can shouted loudly to the following.

At this time, a conspicuously dressed general walked out from the opponent's army. He said: "I am Cai Mao. I am here to take over Wancheng under the orders of Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. As for the letter of appointment, it is already on the way to Luoyang. I believe that There will be news soon."

Sun Can laughed: "Then please go back, Lord Cai! Your Majesty appointed me Sun Can as the prefect of Wancheng a few days ago. How could the letter of appointment be issued?"

Cai Mao, who was next to him, was furious when he heard this. Wang Rui valued people in employing people. He had misbehavior and had never been reused by Wang Rui.But talents are rare after all.Since the death of the former prefect Qin Jie, Wang Rui couldn't think of a suitable candidate after much deliberation, so he reported to the imperial court to let the imperial court select talents.

After Cai Mao heard the news, he did everything possible to persuade Wang Rui to let him serve as the prefect of Wancheng.

Confused by Cai Mao's false appearance, Wang Rui agreed to Cai Mao's request and let him serve as the prefect of Wancheng.

Unexpectedly, Sun Can was one step faster than Cai Mao. He first took over Wancheng with the emperor's letter of appointment, and asked Cai Mao to fetch water from a bamboo basket—in vain.

How could this make him not angry.

Cai Mao said angrily: "My son, Sun Can, I am the righteous prefect of Wancheng. If you are sensible, quickly get out of the city and hand over the prefect's mark, otherwise... hum, hum... don't blame me, Cai Mao, for being rude, and you are not welcome either." Imagine who owns Jingzhou." His tone was so loud that he could eat the entire Wancheng in one bite.

However, Sun Can hated them the most, such aristocratic family members who only have tone but no strength.

At the moment, without showing any face, he sneered and said: "I don't believe that General Cai's words are just and right, which is comparable to the holy edict in my hand. As for being rude, I want to see who is being rude to whom?" At the moment, he ordered : "Arrange the army and open the door to meet the enemy."

Sun Can's 1000 troops were arranged in order, including [-] Xuanqu Huqi, [-] "trapped camp" [-] sword shield soldiers and more than [-] spearmen.

Sun Can glanced at the opponent's formation, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.He has an intuition that ordinary people don't have, and is good at finding the opponent's flaws in the battle.Even when everyone is deploying troops, he can find out the opponent's weaknesses based on intuition.

However, Cai Mao's formation was indeed vulnerable and full of loopholes, so he took a cursory look and found six or seven places.

Liu Hua laughed even more, and said: "Isn't this a fish scale array on the water? Why is it used on land? It seems that this Cai Mao really only knows how to fight in water, not land. On land, display water warfare , there is no reason to be invincible."

Sun Can glanced at Xu Huang and said, "Gongming, you are in command of this battle, are you sure you can defeat the enemy?"

Xu Huang said proudly: "Of course." Xu Huang is quite confident about his own ability.

Sun Canzai said: "Force them to surrender and reduce the opponent's minimum casualties, while our army's death toll is zero, you can do it with confidence."

Xu Huang pondered over the opponent's formation, then evaluated his own combat strength, and said, "If Xu Huang is given full authority to command these five thousand soldiers, I'm [-]% sure."

"Okay," Sun Can said, "Sun Canjing Hou Jiayin. All the officers and men are ordered to be fully responsible for this battle by Xu Huang. If there is any violation, it will be dealt with according to military law."

Xu Huang was shocked, and immediately understood that Sun Can was testing his strength. He knew that if he could play well in this way, he would definitely be reused in the future.

Xu Huang said: "How did Xu get here at the beginning, he was favored by the general and he took it as a heavy responsibility, so don't blame him for offending him later."

Only Jianghe can rely on each other and exert the strongest strength.Xu Huang knew this. He was grateful for Sun Can's important task, but also a little apprehensive.After all, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief only one day after he joined the military camp, and he was afraid that some people in the military camp would not be convinced.

However, he had just entered the military camp and was not very familiar with everything. He underestimated Sun Can's control over this army and the open-mindedness of several generals.If that wasn't the case, how could Sun Can let Xu Huang, a newcomer, command his army?

Gao Shun said: "Since General Sun gave such an order, there must be his intentions. General Xu's order is the same, and we will obey it."

Zhang Fei and Fan Wu also echoed.In their eyes, Sun Can's order is everything.

Xu Huang secretly sighed: "General Sun is so young, it is really not easy to let these warriors and talents serve him without will or regret. It seems that I have taken the right step."

Before he could think about it, he ordered: "General Fan Wu led a thousand cavalry from the right flank and went around to the enemy's back to attract the enemy's troops, but not to engage them. General Zhang Fei, you lead two thousand swordsmen and 1000 cavalry. Many spearmen moved to the enemy's left flank, and they were only allowed to delay, but not to attack forward. General Gao Shun led the remaining [-] into the camp, and charged from the middle."

"Divide and transform, capture the thief and capture the king. Master, you are right. Gong Ming is indeed a rare general." Sun Can understood Xu Huang's intention and couldn't help admiring.

Liu Hua smiled, as the five sons of Great Wei, how could he be an idler?It is more than enough to deal with a Cai Mao.

The battle started, and Xu Huang ordered the Chinese army to drum three links.

Fan Wu's thousand cavalry galloped out, and according to Xu Huang's order, rushed from the right flank to the enemy's rear.

Cai Mao sneered: "A mere thousand riders is nothing." At that moment, he ordered Cai He to resist.

Zhang Fei's 3000 troops also attacked Cai Maojun's left flank.

Cai Mao was even more disdainful, thinking: "The opponent only has [-] troops in total, but the strength of the two wings is already as high as [-]. The opponent's main formation must be abnormally empty, and I just took the opportunity to break it. Let this rude child see Great at once."

So he ordered Cai Zhong to lead one thousand to resist Zhang Fei's three thousand. He didn't want to defeat the enemy, just hold it back.

Generally speaking, Cai Mao still has some skills, and he is not useless. His style of play can indeed be used to defeat the enemy, but it is limited to ordinary enemies.

He thought that the [-] main force in his center could feed the [-] soldiers of Sun Can's army.However, he didn't know that the [-] camp in the center of the opponent would not be at a disadvantage even if they faced more than [-] soldiers, let alone [-] soldiers.

The two armies collided, and Cai Mao's three thousand main force was hit hard immediately.

Gao Shun is a majestic general in normal times, but once on the battlefield, he becomes a wolf king with independent ability.

And the trapped camp led by Gao Shun is like a group of omnipotent wolves, even though the opponent's strength is four times that of his own, he still has the upper hand firmly, using his sharp teeth and claws to give the opponent a fatal blow hit.

Cai Mao's front was defeated by the trapped camp.

Just when Cai Mao was feeling cold, a mighty figure appeared in front of his eyes.The guards beside Cai Mao were shocked, and hurriedly swung their weapons and stabbed at the person who came.

It was Xu Huang who came.

If you want to end the battle in the shortest time, then you must let the opponent lose the commander in command.He first asked Fan Wu, Zhang Fei, to divide the opponent's strength, and emptied his own central army to make the opponent feel profitable.When the opponent gathers all his troops and attacks the central army, it means that the opponent's central army also falls into emptiness.

And he took advantage of this opportunity to capture Cai Mao alone, ending this meaningless battle.

The result can be imagined, the martial arts of Cai Mao's point of the triangular cat can't stand Xu Huang's three axes.

Only two axes captured Cai Mao and escorted him back to the formation.

This battle was fought very well, fully fulfilling Sun Can's requirement of zero deaths.Although nearly a hundred people were injured, they were not seriously injured.

The opponent's casualties are not very large.

"Gongming, great job. Although this battle was not intense, it was wonderful. It showed me what it means to win every step of the way, and what it means to be a general." Sun Can praised Xu Huang without concealment.

Sometimes a few words of praise can have unexpected effects.

Just like now, Xu Huang felt extremely honored when he heard Sun Can's praise. This sentence of praise means that his talent has been recognized and affirmed.

For a good general who is underappreciated, what reward is more important than this?

(End of this chapter)