Chapter 55 In front of Shenting Ridge

Author: Yang's Good Son

Chapter 55 In front of Shenting Ridge

The capture of the Zurong Camp means that Sun Ce has completely wiped out Danyang. With the support of Danyang County Government and Danyang heroes, the rear of the army is safe and worry-free.

It took only a few days for Sun Ce to complete the reorganization of the surrendered troops, and then personally raised the army to enter Jurong, preparing to decide the outcome with Liu Yao.

Due to the reorganization of the troops of the Surong, Sun Ce's army exceeded 6,000, and the number of cavalry increased significantly.

Among the 2,300 horses in the camp, there were more than 800 war horses.

Xu Kun took away one hundred horses, but Sun Ce had more than seven hundred horses left, which was still a huge number. If it were in the past, he would have faced the shortage of knights.

But this time, there was no such problem.

Among the tens of thousands of people brought by Zuo Rong from the Huai Si area, there were many elite soldiers. These people were professional troops supported by Zuo Rong with gold and silver, specializing in training and combat. Among them, when the cavalry was at its peak, there were thousands of people.

Sun Ce selected 400 elite soldiers and supplied them to Cheng Zi, and was in charge of him.

Even Sun Ce selected more than 30 soldiers who were over seven feet and seven inches tall.

At this time in Jurong County, the scale of Xuanjia cavalry was close to 150 people, while the entire Light Cavalry was 600 people!

The entire army has more than 700 cavalry, which is already a powerful force that can control the outcome.

Among the disciples, Ling Cao's troops were all equipped with Xuan armor seized from the Zhuo Rong Camp.

His troops were previously commanded by Jiang Qin, and were the first troops under Sun Ce to start training the Yuanyang Formation. They are also one of the most strict military disciplines. Now all the troops are dressed in black armor and holding the most exquisite equipment. They are the sharp edge of the entire army.

It can be said that this army is the camp of Sun Ce's hands. With a strong and powerful soldier, he will surely sweep across the clouds and destroy everything.

Their commander Ling Cao was like Xu Kun, the bravest general of the three armies. His weapon was a huge horse-slashing sword that was one meter long. This was the most lethal weapon of the Han Dynasty. Its shape was a long handle and had double blades at the front. In the former, both people and horses were broken. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty also called the Mo Dao a horse-slashing sword.

When Sun Ce's army waving flags and the opening of Jiaguang Sun entered Jurong, everyone immediately knew that the decisive battle to decide the ownership of Jiangdong was about to break out.

Sun Ce also tried his best to do this decisive battle. This battle was directly facing the Yangzhou Governor Liu Yao and his main army!

The name Liu Yao may not be famous in later generations, but it was definitely a well-known name at the end of the Han Dynasty.

When he was nineteen years old, his uncle was robbed as a hostage by bandits. He summoned more than ten people to sneak into the bandit's nest, took advantage of the gap to behead the bandit leader, and successfully rescued his cousin, which made him famous all over the world.

After becoming an adult, he was elected as a Maocai of the state in the state. He was called Erlong together with his brother Liu Dai.

But unlike Liu Dai's fear of Yuan Shao, Liu Yao was brave and fought with Yuan Shu head-on, and successfully expelled his power. Therefore, he was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou and General Zhenwu by the court.

General Zhenwu! This title is definitely worthy of Liu Yao’s reputation.

His strength may not be weaker than other Han relatives, Liu Yan, Liu Biao and Liu Yu.

And Sun Ce thinks he is more like Liu Bei!

When Liu Bei fought with Cao Cao, he was basically afraid that Cao Cao would defeat all the generals in Cao Cao's camp except Cao Cao.

Liu Yao is probably equivalent to this kind of strength.

If Sun Ce did not come to the battlefield in person, Liu Yao would not be afraid of all the generals under Sun Ce's troops, and could even expel Wu Jing and Sun Ben from Jiangdong again.

After all, Wu Jing and Sun Ben had only more than 2,000 people, while Liu Yao had tens of thousands of people!

When Sun Ce arrived in Jurong, he immediately summoned all his generals and began the pre-war plan.

As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass take the lead, the first person to speak is Lu Fan, the Governor’s logistics company.

"General, most of the food and equipment of Niuzhu Camp have been sent to Jurong. Now more than 60,000 stones of grain are placed in Jurong City, which is enough to ensure that the soldiers are open to their diet. Liyang County and Danyang County Government have sent more than 500 cattle, sheep, pigs, etc., which is enough to maintain the soldiers' meat during the decisive battle!"

Sun Ce nodded. In troubled times, joining the army is definitely one of the few good ways for the people to go.

Especially in wartime, the supply of millet rice and meat was completely open, which ensured that every soldier could fill his stomach with meat and sufficient strength.

Of course, this is also Sun Ce’s entire family and the greatest funding that Zhou Shang can give to Sun Ce.

If this battle cannot be won, all the baggage will be lost in one go.

Regarding the baggage, Lu Fan continued: "Niuzhu Camp sent four sets of horse armor, hundreds of sets of black armor, and more than 20,000 arrows. This is already the last batch of supplies in Niuzhu Camp."

After understanding the material situation, Sun Ce roughly calculated that the armor rate of the entire army was about 15%. Of course, this armor refers to black armor. The entire army has a pair of leather armor, and even thousands of armors in the two levels.

The more than 6,000 disciples and 700 cavalrymen in Jurong are definitely considered elite troops at present.

Sun Ce turned to look at Xu Yi and asked, "Where has Gongjin led his army to arrive?"

When Sun Ce's army advances side by side, it must be necessary to communicate with each other. Xu Yi is the messenger sent by Zhou Yu to contact him.

Xu Yi immediately said: "General, General Zhou Governor has raised his army to reach Qua County. As long as the general fights, the army can arrive on the battlefield to support within one day."

Qua County is located in the western suburbs of Wujun, and fighting within a county, it is absolutely impossible to reach reinforcements in one day.

It can be said that now all the soldiers on our side are ready to fight and are ready for the decisive battle.

Sun Ce straightened his chest, and finally looked at Wu Jing and asked, "Wu Zhonglang, what is the situation of Liu Yao's troops?"

Wu Jing was the first troops to set sail to Qua County. When Sun Ce was rectifying the rear situation in Moling, he led his army to defend Qua, arrange defense lines, and investigate the enemy situation.

He immediately stood up and turned to the important people solemnly, introducing in detail: "Liu Yao's army was stationed at the foot of Shenting Ridge. Liu Yao personally raised tens of thousands of troops here. According to spies' investigation, there were no less than 20,000 soldiers in his camp!"

"Shenting Ridge!" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows. This place was so vivid.

The fierce battle of "Taishi Ci fighting against the Little Overlord" is simply the most romantic chapter in the Xia Dynasty and has been widely circulated in later generations.

The reason why he was sought after by later generations is that this is the most typical single challenge fight between generals in the late Han Dynasty, and it is more detailed and vivid than the battle between Lu Bu and Guo Si.

Sun Ce, the chief general of the three armies, really Ce immediately stepped forward to fight against Taishi Ci for a while, and his advantage was obvious.

Sun Ce assassinated Taishi Ci's horse, and both sides fell off their horses, and the soldiers all failed and entered a close-knit fight. Sun Ce grabbed the short halberd behind Taishi Ci, and Taishi Ci only got Sun Ce's pocket.

If he continues to fight, he will be stabbed to death on Shenting Ridge alone with a short halberd and a helmet alone.

But at this time the main force of the army of both sides arrived, and the two disbanded.

Dissolution means getting out of close-knit entanglement. It can be said that the fight is very intense and intense.

Sun Ce actually felt very sorry for the famous general Taishi Ci.

The fierce battle in Shentingling is very famous. Taishi Ci is also famous in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and gives many opportunities to play.

But in the Eastern Wu, Taishici was very unbelievable and depressed. From the time he led his troops to surrender to before his death, he had almost no achievements, no war, and he led any main army.

That's why he died early in his prime. When he was about to die, he sighed: "A real man should carry a three-foot long sword in the world to ascend to the emperor's stairs. Now he has not fulfilled his ambition, but he will die!"

But there is no way. His identity is too special. Unlike ordinary surrendered generals, he actually joined Sun Ce as a prince. It is very similar to Ma Chao's situation and it is difficult to be activated again.

The main reason for all this was that after Liu Yao was defeated, he did not follow Liu Yao anymore, but died into the mountains and fled to the south of Danyang, entered Jingxian County, established Tunfu, and called himself the prefect of Danyang, which was attached to Shanyue.

His biographies are not included in the biography of the ministers of the Eastern Wu, but belong to the biographies of Liu Yao, Taishi Ci, and Shi Gu.

Sun Ce himself called himself the prefect of Kuaiji. How should he reuse this prefect of Danyang?

The easiest and most effective way to change the fate of this famous general is to directly capture him on Shenting Ridge. Although he is unlikely to surrender, even if he let him go, with his loyalty, he would not pull out another army to deliberately become enemies with Sun Ce after Liu Yao was defeated.

After Liu Yao was defeated, there were too many civil and military officials who surrendered to Sun Ce. Nearly half of the talents in Jiangdong joined Sun Ce at this time. If Taishi Ci could surrender at this time, he would definitely be valued like others.

So Sun Ce was so excited that he asked Wu Jing: "Why is Liu Yao garrisoning here?"

Wu Jing explained: "Qua is located in the western suburbs of Wu County, with a relatively flat terrain, while Shentingling is a relatively high hill, and it stretches east and west, just blocking the south. Liu Yao's army camped here, which can not only support Qua County, but also defend against the Zhou governor's army. It is a place where it will inevitably garrison."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce frowned. If so, the situation would be more worthy of attention than a general in Taishici.

If Zhou Yu’s main force is blocked in the south, it is unknown whether he can beat Liu Yao. If he can’t win, he doesn’t have to consider any famous general!

Sun Ce stood up, holding a long sword in his hand, and said to several generals: "Wu Zhonglang supervised the army to enter Qu'a, and the other generals and schools followed me to the front to explore the terrain of the battlefield and explore the military situation of Liu Yao's camp."

Cheng Pu, Song Qian, Sun Ben, Han Dang, Jiang Qin and other generals who were in charge of commanding the war all bowed their orders and put on horseback and followed Sun Ce away from the military camp.

However, Sun Ce will now bring his own guard wherever he goes. In addition to these more than ten generals and schools, there are dozens of Xuan-armored cavalry following him, and eight of them even selected the most majestic war horses in the army, with armored cavalry and extremely majestic.

To investigate the enemy situation, we must lightly cavalry and surprise it.

Before the main force of the army entered Qu'a territory, Sun Ce personally led more than 50 cavalry to investigate the situation on the battlefield, but the enemy suddenly had no preparation.

Li Shimin often did this kind of thing, and even often fought with the enemy's patrol cavalry.

Sun Ce was determined to compete with him. The battle between Qu'a must win a great victory. Naturally, he had to lead the Iron Cavalry to reconnaise the battlefield before the war.

The main war horses in Sun Ce's army were already equipped with horseshoes, and more than fifty cavalry could ride horses. They arrived in Qu'a County in just over an hour.

This battlefield is really one of the most suitable terrain for the decisive battle in Jiangdong. It goes east from Danyang Hills, goes down to enter the Wujun Plain, where hills, depressions and plains intertwine along the way.

The highest peak is no more than one hundred meters, the terrain is mainly plains, and the water network is dense, with more than 90 rivers crisscrossing, and it is not convenient to support it.

Sun Ce remembers Deng Ai and Zhong Hui when he was young, he liked to discuss the terrain. Whenever he saw mountains and rivers, he would survey the terrain, point out military camps, and combat principles.

So he said to the generals and officials behind him: "We are here to personally investigate the battlefield advantage. You all have any opinions and where to choose to fight."

Cheng Pu followed Sun Ce and was most respected. He spoke first and said, "Qua is in the western border of Wujun, with a steep land connecting Danyang, high in the west and low in the east, which is just right for us to go down. So the more we go east, the stronger our army is, the greater the advantage."

Everyone nodded in recognition. If it were not for the restraint of Zhou Yu's army on the southern route, Liu Yao's best choice was to guard the junction between the steep Danyang and the Wujun Plain.

Liu Yao's army lined up on the plains, blocking Sun Ce's army on a steep terrain. The formation could not be expanded and the two wings could not be moved quickly.

Both sides can only consume flesh and blood, which can best give full play to the advantages of Liu Yao's large army.

But Liu Yao was worried about being attacked from the front and back, so he voluntarily gave up here and retreated to the Shentingling area to garrison on the mountain, which would be equivalent to giving the advantage to Sun Ce.
To be continued...