Chapter 1794 Night Attack
Sun Cele held his mount, looked at the camp in the distance, and praised it. Unexpectedly, Gongsun Du's subordinates could defeat without being confused, which was an accident. However, for him, this was definitely not good news. Attacking a camp with more than a thousand cavalry guarded by tens of thousands of people was tantamount to hitting a stone with eggs. If you accidentally attacked by the opponent, you would be beaten up and lose all your money.
Sun Ce decided to wait for the infantry to come and talk about it, but he did not retreat easily. Instead, he lined up in front of the camp to yell, and sent someone to send Gongsun Mo's body and battle flag to the camp to show it to the soldiers in the camp to watch. He showed his power and then slowly retreated and returned to the tiger's leap.
Along the way, there were injured people and horses everywhere. The difference in strength was too big. Sun Ce tried his best to defeat Gongsun Mo. The pursuit and killing along the way expanded the results, but it was still quite far from being wiped out. It was estimated that there were at least three thousand defeated soldiers who fled back to the camp, and even more.
Sun Ce ordered people to collect war horses all the way, and as long as they could be taken away, the soldiers who fell to the ground and could not leave were killed by themselves. He could not kill people like Gan Ning, nor could heal the wounded, so he could only do this.
Back to the tiger leap, counted the results, and checked the casualties. Sun Ce was very satisfied. The losses were not big, and only 100 casualties were killed, but the harvest was not small. There were more than 700 war horses that could be used, and some injured could also be slaughtered as meat for the soldiers to improve their food. As for armor and weapons, Sun Ce did not even have the interest in picking them up.
At night, Guo Jia sent someone to send news that it was windy at sea and it was difficult for the tower ship to go against the wind. He decided that Gan Ning would lead the navy to take the sea route. He led the infantry to take the land route by himself and was rushing. He was probably going to arrive at noon tomorrow.
Upon hearing this news, Sun Ce was a little worried that it was too dangerous to march overnight. According to the information of the guards of the Huyue Pass, there were two thousand cavalry led by Gongsun Huan in Dongshan Pass. They were previously prepared to support Gongsun Mo through the Huyue Pass. As a result, Huyue Pass was captured by Gan Ning. Gongsun Huan could not pass, so he retreated back to Dongshan Pass. Whether it was still there, it is hard to say clearly. But even if the cavalry led by Gongsun Huan retreated, there were still thousands of infantrymen in Dongshan Pass. If they received the news, it would be enough for Guo Jia to feel uncomfortable.
Sun Ce thought about it and decided to take Yi from the cavalry to pick up Guo Jia, while Chen Dao led his personal guards to rest in the Hu Yuezhai. If he encountered trouble, he would send someone back to the Hu Yuezhai to notify Chen Dao that he would arrive in less than 40 miles and an hour would not delay major events. If it was okay, the personal guards could rest for a night and recover their physical strength in preparation for another battle. In the daytime battle, the personal guards consumed the most physical strength and needed rest urgently, especially the armored cavalry.
After the discussion was decided, Sun Ce took Yi Zong out of the tiger and leaped over the block, and went to meet Guo Jia with one man and two horses.
Gongsun Huan sat on the horse's back, hiding in the woods, looking at the Jiangdong Army winding in the distance, and sneered.
These Jiangdong troops were too arrogant and marched overnight in unfamiliar terrain. Do we really think that we were defeated and unable to fight back?
Gongsun Huan received an order from Gongsun Du in the morning. He knew that Gongsun Du failed to fight, so he decided to give up the Da clan, avoid Sun Ce's edge, and retreat to Wen County. In order to prevent Sun Ce from pursuing him, Gongsun Du asked him to guard Dongshan Pass for three more days and cut off his rear. Gongsun Huan was very surprised. He fought for two days and left without a decision. This was not Gongsun Du's style. After thinking about it, he felt that this might be Xu You's plan. These people in the Central Plains like to play conspiracies.
Gongsun Huan learned that it was already afternoon when Sun Ce rushed to the tiger's leap from land. Sun Ce was too fast and he didn't have time to intercept it, so he regretted it. After asking the scout carefully, he learned that Sun Ce was only leading cavalry and no infantry. He guessed that there might be infantry passing there later. The reason is very simple. Sun Ce's cavalry was too small and it was impossible to act alone. There must be infantry cooperation. The wind was strong these two days, and the speed of walking from the sea would be very slow, which was not as convenient as marching by land. It was more than 40 miles, which was a journey of one or two days.
He then left Dongshan Pass with two thousand cavalry and three thousand infantrymen and set up an ambush here. If Sun Ce's infantry rushed to Huyue Pass by land, this was a must-pass place. He originally wanted to attack the camp, but he didn't expect that the Jiangdong Army did not set up camp at all and rushed to the road overnight, which made him both excited and angry, and felt humiliated.
Gongsun in western Liaoning was a big clan, but they were just a big clan in Youzhou after all, and they were not in the eyes of the people in Central Plains. What's more, Gongsun Du was a branch of Gongsun in western Liaoning, and he was already quite distant from Gongsun in western Liaoning. Not to mention that the people in Central Plains looked down on them, even the people in Liaodong looked down on them. It is precisely because of this that they care more about the respect of others. Gongsun Du chased Li Min and even dug his ancestral graves in anger. This is because of this.
These southeastern Jiangnan actually despised us so much and marched overnight. If we didn't attack them, how could we calm down?
Gongsun Huan spitted, pulled out the battle knife, and pointed forward suddenly.
The messenger was prepared, raised his horn, puffed his cheeks, and blew hard. The sound of "wow" horn sounded, and the infantry crossbowmen stood up from their hiding place, raised the crossbow in their hands, and shot out a dense rain of arrows. The cavalry kicked the horse and charged, quickly accelerating along the hillside, and rushed towards the Jiangdong infantry in the valley.
In an instant, the rain of arrows fell from the sky, and the fire-induced objects tied to the arrows burned wildly, and the meteors illuminated the positions of the Jiangdong Army.
Gongsun Huan suddenly felt something was wrong. Under the light of the fire, he saw the cold light in the Jiangdong Army marching array, which was distributed in a very regular manner. When the war horses rushed out more than ten steps, he realized that it should be the armor on the Jiangdong Army infantry and the sword in his hand. In an instant, a wave of uneasiness flashed across his heart. Are these southern barbarians reacting quickly, or are they ready to fight long ago, wearing armor and carrying swords while walking?
Usually, infantry will not wear armor when marching. The armor will be placed on the baggage truck to reduce the load and save physical strength. When the two armies are fighting, they may walk out of caution, but the sword is not placed in the sheath, but is held in their hands. This is too cautious.
If it is a fast reaction, then it is too fast.
The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Gongsun Huan had already issued an order to attack, and the cavalry had already started to accelerate along the hillside. Even if he wanted to withdraw the order, it was too late. Gongsun Huan made a fuss. Even if you were prepared, even if you were well-trained and responded quickly, could you still be faster than my cavalry? If you couldn't attack, I would attack hard. Two thousand cavalry would be enough to break through your position and make you pay a heavy price.
Gongsun Huan raised his sword and whistled, and ordered another order to accelerate the charge.
As soon as he finished speaking, a few sharp roars broke through the wind. When Gongsun Huan heard this familiar voice, he was frightened and sweated. He quickly lowered his body, leaned on the horse's back, and raised his shield. A few "swoosh" sounds, several arrows passed over Gongsun Huan's head, and one of them shot Gongsun Huan's helmet, pulling Gongsun Huan's neck tight, almost breathing. The horn behind him stopped abruptly, and the commander groaned and turned over and fell off the horse.
No, there are archers in the Southern Barbarian Army!
"Be careful of the strong crossbow!" Gongsun Huan shouted loudly, and the guards reacted, raised their shields to protect the messengers and the cavalry. Even so, two guards were shot and dropped from the horse.
"Swoosh swish swish!" The sound of arrows breaking through the air was endless. Gongsun Huan was shot so hard that he couldn't lift his head. As the war horses were up and down, they were hurt by an arrow. Fortunately, he had the protection of the armor and finally did not shoot through it. However, the remaining force on the arrow still shocked half of his body and almost fell off the horse's back.
What a strong force, at least the six-stone crossbow. How could there be so many archers in Sun Ce's army shoot so accurately at night? The crossbow's speed is slow, and one or two crossbowmen will definitely not shoot such a dense rain of arrows. If there are fewer, there must be five or six people, and maybe even more.
Gongsun Huan complained, but had no choice but to rush down.
The distance of more than two hundred steps was reached in an instant. The knights in front had already rushed to the front of the Jiangdong Army and were about to jump into the horse. The two war horses rushing in the front suddenly fell. The knights on the horse were caught off guard and flew out with their hands and feet, falling into the Jiangdong Army's formation. Before they could get up, they were killed in the formation.
In the blink of an eye, several more knights lost their horses, and the charge formation was disturbed and some chaos occurred. However, most of the knights successfully rushed down the hillside and rushed to the front of the formation. Gongsun Huan was also among them. He led his personal guards to turn the horse's head, and rushed straight to the central army along the Jiangdong Army's formation. The position of the central army was very obvious, not only in the battle flag, but also a very conspicuous cart, which was the main general.
Is Sun Ce himself here? Gongsun Huan was so excited. If he could kill Sun Ce in one battle, this would be a magical achievement. While thinking, he raised his war horse and shouted loudly: "Run!"
"Here!" The two personal guards responded loudly, jumped into the horse, raised their spears and rushed straight towards the cart.
"Kill!" A sudden shout was heard, and a sudden explosion was like thunder. A tall and heavy figure appeared in Gongsun Huan's vision. The man held two short halberds in his hand, and he swung his left and right, and a knight was knocked to the ground by him. Another knight was knocked away by him. Even his war horse was knocked down, and he landed on the ground and slid to the front of the cart.
Who is this person, his power is so amazing? A chill burst out from Gongsun Huan's back and suddenly remembered something. Xu You and Guo Tu have said that Sun Ce had two warriors, one named Xu Chu and the other named Dian Wei, who both had amazing divine power and were very skilled in martial arts. Isn't this one of them?
Gongsun Huan opened his eyes wide and observed his opponent's weapons. Guo Tu once said that Xu Chu was easy to use swords and Dian Wei was easy to use double halberds. This is the most obvious difference between them. Judging from this characteristic, this person should be Dian Wei.
In a moment, Gongsun Huan's war horse had already rushed to the front. Seeing the iron tower-like figure dancing with two halberds and sweeping down two more knights, Gongsun Huan's scalp was numb. In desperation, he had to raise his shield to protect the door. He lifted the reins of the horse and controlled the war horse to jump up and hit the cart. At the same time, he let go of his legs that clamped the horse's belly and jumped down to the other side of the war horse, and narrowly avoided the iron halberd that Dian Wei slapped.
Chapter completed!