Three Kingdoms: The rebellious son of the Cao family married the queen at the beginning

Chapter 486 Defeating Sun Cewan's Army



Jia Xu and Xi Zhicai, who were staying in Cao Shuo's camp, saw that the other party had launched a general attack, and they also ordered several generals to lead their soldiers to kill them.

The two sides fought until the evening, and because the light was too dark, they each withdrew their troops.

Back in the camp, several generals couldn't hide their excitement, they haven't killed so heartily for a long time.

Xi Zhicai took an account book and said, "My lord, our army suffered a total of more than 400 casualties in this battle, including nine casualties from the Tiger Guards. I estimate that the opponent should have more than 2 casualties."

Cao Shuo nodded, and ordered: "Let the two thousand tiger guards resting in the camp leave the camp, and transport all the corpses of our soldiers back to the camp."

"promise!"

The equipment of these soldiers cannot fall into the hands of the Wu army, especially the equipment of the Tiger Guards.

In the camp of Wu State, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others looked gloomy. Sun Ce never expected that they would lose the battle despite their superior numbers.

Huang Gai, Sun Yi, and Wei Jing were all wounded, and there were no fewer than 20 lieutenants in the battalion.

The 6000 army suffered more than [-] casualties, but the opponent was not defeated as expected, especially the [-] black cavalry behind Cao Shuo. Their soldiers could not hurt the opponent at all.

Lu Su said: "I don't know how many black cavalry under Cao Shuo's men are left. The opponent has 1000 men and beat us like this. If there are 1 of us, then our [-] troops are not enough for the opponent to fight."

Thinking of the thousand black cavalry, he felt a little scared. He didn't expect that there were such cavalry in this world. From soldiers to horses, they were all fully armed, and the horses were almost bigger than their horses.

Zhou Yu said: "Surely there will not be many such soldiers, otherwise, how could Cao Shuo let go of such a good opportunity?"

However, Sun Ce on the side didn't think about this question. He was thinking about today's one-on-one fight. Zhang Liao's martial arts were not inferior to his own, and his weapons were sharper than his own.

He summed up a truth, one must not single out in front of Wei's army.

"Report, Gan Ning's navy has repelled General Sun Ben, and the opponent's army is heading towards Wuhu."

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu in awe, if Gan Ning blocked the Zhongjiang River, wouldn't their navy be besieged here?

Zhou Yu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I will lead an army of [-] sailors to intercept Gan Ning!"

Without further ado, Zhou Yu directly took most of the warships and left the Zhongjiang section of Liyang.

Sun Ce looked at the battalion of dejected soldiers, sighed, and asked, "Zijing, Wanling still has [-] soldiers, should we call them?"

Lu Su said: "If Cao Shuo's black cavalry has only 1000 men, as long as we can restrain the cavalry, then we still have a chance to defeat the opponent."

"The way to deal with cavalry in the north is to use horse-repelling posts and trap horses, but we are now on the offensive side, so we can't use this thing!"

Lu Su said helplessly: "The opponent's armor is extremely hard, and the effect of the bow and arrow is also very small!"

How should this battle be fought?
Seeing that there are only so few people on the other side, they just can't attack.

Huang Gai suggested: "Your Majesty, if we burn the opponent's food and make them retreat, then it will be easier for us to pursue them."

Raid the camp?
Sun Ce hesitated a little.

There must be capable people around Cao Shuo to help him, and the other party can also think of the strategy of sneak attacking the camp.

"Report, Your Majesty, Jing County has been breached by Zhang Xiu's army, and the opponent's [-] army is heading towards Wanling."

"what?"

Sun Ce looked at the soldier in horror, and asked, "How did the other party get to Jing County?"

Could it be that Cao Shuo secretly dispatched an army to sneak across the Yangtze River from the direction of Lujiang County?

Why didn't anyone come to inform the defenders along the Yangtze River?

Lu Su said inwardly that he was not good, and hurriedly said: "My lord, if the opponent goes to take the spring valley and opens the defense on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the army of Lujiang County takes the opportunity to enter Danyang County, our retreat will be cut off."

Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "Notify the battalions to attack Cao Shuo's camp tomorrow morning."

Faced with such a critical situation, he had no choice but to break the boat. It would be better if he could defeat Cao Shuo. If not, he would lead the army southward and enter Wanling, using Lengshui and Zhongjiang as natural dangers to prevent Cao Shuo from going south.

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Sun Ce led the remaining 5 troops and began to attack Cao Shuo's camp.

Cao Shuo summoned several generals and said, "Le Jin, Wang Ling, and Wang Chen, you assist the two army divisions in guarding the camp. Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Zou Dan, and Qi Zhou will lead an army of three thousand tiger guards with me. Enter the camp."

"promise!"

"kill!"

"Whoever captures Sun Ce alive will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"

With Cao Shuo's order, the three thousand tiger guards and the three thousand Xuanjia troops all rushed out of the camp.

When Sun Ce saw Cao Shuo's black cavalry rushing out, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This bastard has hidden so many cavalry in the camp, is he just waiting for him to come to his door?
"Archers, shoot their front line for me, and the pikemen set up their formation!"

After Sun Ce's army was in formation, Cao Shuo's cavalry suddenly took out their bows and arrows when they saw the cavalry was about to enter and shoot, and shot randomly at the pikemen blocking in front.

"Puff puff!"

The shield soldier standing next to the pikeman hurriedly raised his shield to block.

"what……"

Thinking of the screams of his soldiers, Sun Ce couldn't help but frowned. Can the leather shield be shot through?
Do ordinary soldiers of Cao Shuo use such sharp arrows?

"The cavalry charged, and the infantry quickly retreated!"

The two sides fought for nearly two hours, and Sun Ce's soldiers were rapidly decreasing.

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Lu Su hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we should retreat to the south bank of the Zhongjiang River as soon as possible. The opponent's cavalry is too strong, and our soldiers are about to be unable to resist."

Sun Ce sighed, ordered to withdraw from the battlefield, and left Liyang on the warship left by Zhou Yu.

"Zhang Liao, you lead two thousand Xuanjia troops and five thousand infantry to attack Wuhu."

"promise!"

Cao Shuo ordered the remaining soldiers to escort [-] to [-] captives and enter Liyang City.

Sun Ce ran away as soon as he ran. He didn't have a warship, so it was impossible to chase him.

Cao Shuo looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Zhicai, send someone to inform Zhang Xiu to lead the army back to Jing County and wait for the next order."

"promise!"

"In addition, send someone to inform Gan Ning that Zhou Yu's navy will be sent to the west of Zongyang at all costs, and Li Dian in Lujiang County will be informed to lead an army of [-] to cross the Yangtze River at any time to encircle Sun Ce in Danyang County! "

"promise!"

Sun Ce has already entered his siege, as long as he does not abandon Wanling and flee back to Yuzhang County, when his three-way army is in place, even if he cannot be killed, he will have to be stripped of his skin.

The passages to the north and south of Wanling had been blocked by his army. Once Li Dian led the army across the river to block Sun Ce's escape route to the west, he would be trapped to death in Danyang County.


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