Chapter 962
Sun Ce stood on the edge of the swamp on the south side, watching the black smoke soaring into the sky, and his heart, which reached his throat, finally returned to his stomach.
Ma Chao is worthy of being a master of cavalry. He has lived in the military camp since he was a child. He is very sensitive to the deployment of the military camp. He knows how to find the location of the logistics camp as fast as possible, and can seize the opportunity and quickly break into the logistics camp. Even if he encounters some minor troubles, he can overcome them with his riding skills and combat ability.
In contrast, Bai Lishi may not be able to do this. Although he fought head-on, Bai Lishi was no worse than the Western Liang cavalry at all, and even slightly better than the ones. However, they did not have this experience and might not be able to seize the critical opportunity.
This is both talent and experience. Ma Chao is undoubtedly the person who can combine these two points best. Perhaps only Yan Xing can compare with him in this regard. Pang De is not bad, but Pang De's talent is not as good as Ma Chao.
Yuan Tan's baggage camp caught fire, and the goal of this battle was achieved half. The remaining half was how to send these more than 30 ox carts to Sun Jian's camp. A ox cart had more than 500 kilograms of food, and a cow had more than 1,000 kilograms of meat after slaughtering. With these foods and cows, Sun Jian could last for at least five or six days and return to the same starting line with Yuan Tan, who was burned with supplies.
Yuan Tan's subordinates fought hard for two days and achieved considerable results and suffered a lot of losses. After building camps around Sun Jian, they retreated to the distance and set up camps three or five hundred steps away from Sun Jian's camp. Taking advantage of the fire of the central army camp and everyone's attention was attracted, Sun Ce drove the ox cart and rushed towards Sun Jian's camp.
Guo Wu rode his horse and rushed in front of everyone. He wanted to rush to Sun Jian's camp first and inform Sun Jian to prepare for the response.
The Ding family's coachmen knew that time was tight, so they raised their whip and whipped the scalpers pulling the cart hard, running forward as fast as possible.
Sun Ce carried the Overlord Killing, led the white warriors to cover up, staring at the camp not far away, ready to fight at any time.
Soon, the closest camp gate of Yuan Tan's front army opened, and a group of infantry rushed out. Sun Ce called out, Xu Sheng and Chen Wu led twenty Bai Lishi out. The infantry had not yet figured out what was going on, but when they saw the cavalry rushing towards him, they were stunned. Some wanted to resist, some turned around and wanted to escape, talking nonsense, and they didn't know who to listen to. Xu Sheng seized the opportunity, drove in, swung the iron spear, knocked a spear, and assassinated the spearman. The war horse crashed into the crowd, knocking the two shield players up.
Seeing that these infantry had no experience in dealing with cavalry, Bai Lishi immediately dispersed and entered the infantry with a loose formation, slashing spears and bayonets, killing them wantonly.
These soldiers either fought or built camps in the past two days, and they had not been able to rest well. Seeing the task of besieging Sun Jian, they all thought of taking a good rest, but just closed their eyes and were awakened by the sound of gongs calling the police. Although they rushed out of the camp, they were listless and weak, and they were not the opponents of these cavalry. In a blink of an eye, they were killed and mostly casualties.
Some people started to escape, thinking that it would be safe to escape back to the camp, but didn't they know that this was exactly what Bai Li Shi wanted. They chased and slashed, ran back and forth, and stabbed one infantry after another to the ground. They intended to establish their authority and made great efforts. They often pierced a spear. The injured infantry fountains blood, lying on the ground and crying helplessly, and soon died of breath. The infantry who had not yet left the camp saw this scene, were stunned and even more unwilling to fight. No matter how the commander scolded the camp, no one took the initiative to leave the camp.
While urging the ox cart to go quickly, Sun Ce closely watched the situation of each battalion and did not dare to be careless at all. He carefully selected the weakest link, but this three-mile road was still full of crisis. He was sure to kill in, but he might not be sure to return safely. If he was trapped in Sun Jian's camp, it would be difficult for him to jump out of the encirclement again. If he lost his mobility, he would lose more than half of the value of the cavalry.
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Xinpi heard the shouts of killing from the front camp and turned around and ran towards the central army. Yuan Tan stood on the command platform, leaning out, squinting his eyes and looking carefully. In the southeast direction, the sun rose and shot straight into his eyes. He could not see clearly what was going on there, and he could only see that there seemed to be fighting near the newly-established camp.
"What's the situation?" Xinpiban asked panting.
"It seems that someone broke into the position from there, couldn't see clearly, and the sun was dazzling."
"I know who it is." Xinpi gritted his teeth. "The only one who can calculate various details so accurately is Sun Ce."
"Sun Ce?" Yuan Tan turned to look at the baggage camp that had been burning with fireworks. "Isn't he there?"
"No matter where he is, this battle was carefully planned by him. General, don't care about the baggage camp, it will burn it if it is burned. I will take the guards to the front camp, and you will transfer Cheng Yu... No, transfer Zhu Ling to the south side to encircle. If we can kill Sun Ce, we will be done. [ Fast update]"
"Why don't you adjust Cheng Yu..." Yuan Tan's words came to his mouth and swallowed them back. He knew what Xinpi meant. Cheng Yu was on his left, closest to him, but Sun Ce came from the south and after passing through the front camp, he might not look back, but go directly north. In this way, if Cheng Yu moved to the camp, he might have hit Sun Ce's thoughts and took advantage of the loopholes. Although Zhu Ling, who was adjusting to the north, was slower, it was safer.
"George."
Xin Pi, who had already got off the podium, stopped and looked back at Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan took off the long sword from his waist and threw it down. Xin Pi subconsciously caught it.
"Those who do not follow the order will be killed."
Xinpi realized it and responded excitedly. A personal guard led the horse over. He flew onto the horse, rushed towards the guards beside him, and raised Yuan Tan's sword high.
"The envoy has an order to kill Sun Ce, reward a thousand gold and grant a title to marquis. Those who violate the order will be killed!"
The personal guard camp was not far from the General Stage. When he saw Yuan Tan handing over the sword to Xin Pi, he already knew what Yuan Tan meant. He didn't dare to have any objections at this moment. He agreed and ran away with Xin Pi.
Xinpi rode his horse to the front of the camp, tied his mount, slowed down, held Yuan Tan's sword high, and shouted loudly to the captain who was guarding the camp gate: "Precaution the camp gate, no one is allowed to enter and exit at will. If you make any mistakes, kill your whole family."
"Don't worry, Chief." The captain patted his chest and said loudly: "When the person is there, there will be no mistakes."
The camp gate was wide open, and Xin Pi led Yuan Tan's personal guards to run out of the camp. Instead of going to the front camp directly, he walked around the back of the front camp to the right, and walked forward along the right side of the front camp, and could appear behind Sun Ce.
Chapter completed!