On August 13, in the first year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty, on the ground along the majestic Yangtze River in the southeast of the Central Plains, Yuan Shu, the son of the Fourth Third Prince and the governor of Yangzhou, took the lead in sounding the war horn to pacify Yangzhou.

At present, there are almost no forces in Yangzhou that can compete with it. If Chen Wen, the governor of Jiujiang, and Zhou Xin, the governor of Danyang, are evened out, then this whole area will be his world. As for the sudden rise of Sun Ce, his foundation is still shallow, and he will not be able to compete with him.

Yuan Shu doesn't feel much of a threat now, even though Yan Xiang has advised him many times to nip it in the bud after finding out.

Of course, although Yuan Shu was confident, he was not a fool. When making specific arrangements for the expedition, he did not dare to rely on others. He did not really separate three groups of troops to attack in three directions as Zhang Xun and others said.

Instead, only two teams were separated.

Come, the first team is the army that was originally prepared to attack Chen Wen immediately after Zhou Xin was solved. The total number of infantry and cavalry is no less than 30,000. This is also a small part of Yuan Shu's family fortune. It is also the main force of this expedition and the leader.

He is a subordinate of Yuan Shu

The first general, Ji Ling, was not only the most powerful in Yuan Shu's command, but he was also quite talented in leading the army. He was Yuan Shu's right-hand man whom Yuan Shu relied heavily on. In addition, he was accompanied by Chief Shi Yang Hong, general Chen Lan, etc. General Le was the vanguard.

As for the goal, naturally

It was aimed directly at Zhou Xin, who was lingering in Danyang; and the other team was a mixed cavalry and infantry force of only 5,000 people. The target of the conquest was naturally Sun Ce, who now occupied the two lakes (Chao Lake and Poyang Lake), and the leader was Yuan Shu.

Another general under his command is Zhang Xun.

I have to say that Yuan Shu did despise Sun Ce, and he did have reason to despise it, because the main source of Sun Ce's troops was a ragtag group of water thieves, and they were not a group of them.

In a natural concept.

But the subsequent facts proved that the mob had to be divided into someone's hands, not to mention that the team of water thieves itself was already brave and naturally had a brave spirit. If a certain amount of training was added - although

Military discipline definitely still doesn’t have much ground, and there is still enough

Sufficiently sophisticated equipment and sufficient logistical support, but more importantly, the person who is their leader. When all these factors are brought together, the combat effectiveness exploded will not be inferior to that of the regular army of the same number, and may even be better on the scene.

Take the initiative.

And it would be even better if the enemy they faced was still a brave and foolhardy person like Zhang Xun, so the result was obvious. While Yuan Shu was still paying attention to the duel between Ji Ling and Zhou Xin, he

First he received surprising news from Lujiang.

It turned out that after Zhang Xun received Yuan Shu's order, he started to lead the army southward from Shouchun. He was very flamboyant along the way and had no intention of hiding his whereabouts. However, it didn't matter. When they passed through Shu County, Lujiang County, they had already arrived.

There were three consecutive waves of scouts who left without returning, but Zhang Xun arrived in high spirits.

He didn't realize anything yet and let the troops rest here. Perhaps in his opinion, the so-called Three Tigers of Lujiang and the Little Overlords of Jiangdong were just people in name only. Although he seemed serious when he told Yuan Shu, deep down he felt

He was very contemptuous and showed it all outside. Of course, he also paid the price for it.

On the night when Zhang Xun ordered to rest on the spot, the temporary camp set up on the spot caught fire. When the soldiers who had fallen asleep awoke from their sleep, they were almost all in a sea of ​​fire. Zhang Xun at least had some courage.

, he’s not that stupid, he still knows how to catch up

He sent people to gather all his men and prepare to retreat. However, it was too late at this time. The little overlord Sun Ce seemed to fall from the sky and led more than a thousand of his men to rush back and forth. How could Yuan Shu's army, which was already panicked by the fire, be able to

through

After such a torment, Sun Ce solved this battle without any suspense in just two rounds. In the end, nearly a hundred of Yuan Shu's 5,000-strong army died in the sea of ​​fire. Hundreds of them fled in the chaos, and then it was Sun Ce who led the charge.

sometimes or by each other

Two to three hundred people were trampled to death or directly slaughtered. In the end, more than 3,000 people were left as prisoners. In addition to the news of the defeat, what returned to Yuan Shu was the head of General Zhang Xun.

, his widened eyes still seemed to show his unwillingness.

But obviously Yuan Shu had more reasons to be unwilling and angry, but this was not enough. At the same time, another piece of bad news came. In Hefei, Yuan Shu's defense center, the nine-year-old who had been pursued for a long time appeared in Hefei, Yuan Shu's defense center.

It was enough that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, two guys whom Yuan Shu hated with all his heart, showed up openly and dared to directly provoke the Hefei guard.

The guard general of Hefei is Yuan Yin, who is Yuan Shu's nephew. He is somewhat talented, but he is young and vigorous after all. Especially, Zhou Tai and his uncle constantly insult their very important uncle. The uncle has no regard for these two people.

He was still wanted, and after seeing that the two of them didn't seem to have many people with them, Yuan Yin boasted that Hefei was heavily guarded by 10,000 troops and had no fear at all.

The other party opened the city to meet the enemy. After chasing for several miles, his heated mind calmed down a little, and he finally realized that something was wrong. At that time, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin just retreated while cursing, and there was almost no resistance or further provocation, but

When he wanted to lead the army back, he found that he had been led into a trap at the mouth of the valley and was captured without mercy.

Later, Zhou Tai used Yuan Yin to capture the city of Hefei without any bloodshed. However, after capturing the city of Hefei, the first thing Zhou Tai did was to open the granary of Hefei and distribute it to the local people, and then he simply abandoned the city and left.

, of course Yuan Yin was also kidnapped by them, and when the nearby Liu Xun led the army and rushed over, their shadows were nowhere to be seen.

When Yuan Shu heard the report from the messenger soldier, he was so angry that he threw the table over. Not to mention all the civil servants and generals under him, they were all scolded by him.

But what can they do? These nine people are always elusive, and their whereabouts have always been wandering on Yingshui and Huaihe Rivers. It was because of this in the past, so although Yuan Shu was very angry with them, Yuan Shu could not do anything to them.

Although there is water under his hands

There are many troops, and they are powerful, but when dealing with creatures like water thieves, the difference in strength is often just a cloud. They are often best at using the weak to play with the strong, just playing guerrilla, and not confronting you at all.

The navy can only look at the ocean and sigh.

This time, he shot and left without even intending to take over the ruined Hefei City. He disappeared without a trace again, and his nephews were kidnapped, which made Yuan Shu even more angry.

"A bunch of losers!" This is what he said about a group of subordinates. However, Yan Xiang, who always had some good suggestions at this time, was directly sent to Chengde because he was annoyed by him just the day before yesterday. He was followed by a group of civil servants.

The general was just obedient, how could he dare to say another word in front of him.

Yuan Shu took a deep breath and was about to continue speaking when he received another battle report, which was brought personally by the solemn-looking chief bookkeeper Li Feng.

She opened it and took a look. After a while, she saw veins popping out on his forehead, and his temples seemed to bulge out. His whole face turned completely dark, and she saw a line written on it: Danyang was defeated, and Pioneer Le died in Lujiang.

One of the tigers, General Ji Ling, under Tai Shici, retreated in time and stationed himself at Hengjiang...

Yuan Shu was really furious this time. He stood up and roared: "Asshole, the whole army is assembled. I want to pacify Yangzhou within half a month and see the heads of Chen Wen, Zhou Xin and Sun Ce's children!"
Chapter completed!