Chapter 544: Chen Gongtai concealed his identity, and Sun Wentai withdrew his troops and moved in
This unit led by Sun Jian had the strongest combat effectiveness and persisted until the end. They fought fiercely with Cheng Pu for seven or eight days and were not defeated.
Of course, he didn't have the upper hand either.
The two sides fought evenly, which made Cheng Pu feel a little tired and Sun Jian felt very unhappy.
The main reason is that Sun Jian did not think that Cheng Pu was a general who could be equal to him. Cheng Pu was just a general under his command. How could he be the same as him in terms of ability?
He can't accept it.
So Sun Jian led his guards to attack Cheng Pu's Chinese army many times. He repeatedly attacked and even took the lead in a fierce charge. He achieved some results but also suffered some losses. In the end, he did not break through Cheng Pu's Chinese army. The battle situation between the two sides remained stalemate.
But I have to say that the fighting ability of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, the father and son, is still very strong.
The day before Yuan Shu's return order was conveyed, Sun Jian entangled Cheng Pu. The little overlord Sun Ce led another force to attack Cheng Pu's right wing. After a morning of fierce fighting, Sun Ce successfully broke through the Liang army.
of the right wing.
The army hastily assembled by Liang Guoguo was still not tough enough. Although it had the basic fighting consciousness established by Cheng Pu's big money, it was still not as good as Sun Ce's elite.
If Cheng Pu hadn't immediately dispatched reserve troops to support, Sun Ce would have completely torn Cheng Pu's right wing apart.
Despite this, Sun Jian also judged that Cheng Puli had failed and could no longer support him. He planned to launch a general attack the next day, and asked Sun Jing to open the city gates with him to attack from both inside and outside to completely defeat Cheng Pu.
As a result, the next morning, just as Sun Jian was preparing to send troops to fight, he received an order to return reinforcements from Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu told them that Pingyu County was in crisis. Yuan Shu had been beaten to his doorstep by Liu Bei. Now was not the time to resist the incoming troops. Now was the time to withdraw his troops and return reinforcements.
Withdraw troops and send reinforcements immediately!
Seeing Yuan Shu's order to return reinforcements, Sun Jian collapsed.
He was fighting vigorously in the front, and was about to defeat Cheng Pu and seek revenge for himself. However, Yuan Shu told him that his hometown had been stolen and that he should quickly return for reinforcements, otherwise everyone would be doomed.
To be honest, at this stage, Sun Jian was appointed as the temporary Prime Minister of the Chen State. He had already controlled the important power of the Chen State, and had accumulated a large amount of grain and money through various coercive and non-coercive means. He had the ability to rely on grain and grain support from the rear.
The confidence to fight for more than a month.
The main reason is that Sun Jian came to look for all the powerful families in Chen State who were unwilling to cooperate with Yuan Shu. Only those who gave in could survive. Sun Jian had already killed more than a dozen families who fought to the death and looted a lot of supplies, so he was able to
Keep fighting.
But it's not even a month yet, it's only half a month, Yuan Shu won't be able to do it?
Is Liu Bei too strong or Yuan Shu too weak?
Sun Jian couldn't tell the difference anymore.
But he knew that if he did not return reinforcements, he would be surrounded and killed here. Once Yuan Shu collapsed, he would be alone and would be surrounded and attacked by Liu Bei, and he would definitely die.
Even if he wants to survive, he has to leave here. Even if he doesn't save Yuan Shu, he can't continue fighting here.
In desperation, during the second day of battle, Sun Jian personally led his troops against Cheng Pu, entangled his elite, and sent Sun Ce to lead another cavalry group to attack the encirclement of Yangxia City, and successfully broke out of the encirclement of Yangxia City.
Receiving Sun Jing from the city to fight.
Sun Jing and Sun Ce joined forces, and together they defeated the Chenliu County soldiers arranged by Cheng Pu to surround Yangxia City, and then with the momentum of victory, they launched an attack on Cheng Pu's left flank.
The situation on the battlefield gradually became tilted. Although Cheng Pu went all out and led his elite to counterattack Sun Jian, he still could not reverse the defeat of Chenliujun soldiers and Liang Guobing.
After all, the power of money is limited. Chen Liujunbing and Liang Guobing successfully realized that getting money is not the most important thing, but having life flowers is the most important thing.
So they no longer ignored Cheng Pu's military orders and the temptation of generous rewards, and fled in defeat. They all rushed to the pontoon bridge beside the waves, scrambling to escape, trying to escape to the north bank of the river to survive, but ended up pushing each other.
Under the trampling, many people fell into the water and drowned, and many others were trampled to death, causing great losses.
Cheng Pu was very sad. He knew that he was defeated, but the elites of Liangzhou were worthy of being the elites of Liangzhou. Even if Chenliu Jun soldiers and Liang Guobing retreated, the elites of Liangzhou remained motionless and persisted in forming a formation, and withstood Sun Jian and Sun Ce once.
Another impact.
Sun Jian wanted to completely defeat Cheng Pu here and then retreat safely, but unexpectedly found that Cheng Pu's headquarters could not be defeated or broken through. Even if even the retreat was cut off by Sun Jing, the formation remained stable.
Even this army is slowly approaching the bank of the waves in formation, fighting and retreating, gradually getting rid of the state of being surrounded. It seems that it wants to imitate Xiang Yu's last stand?
Sun Jian gritted his teeth, wishing that meteorites would fall from the sky and kill all Cheng Pu's troops. However, he was not a great mage and did not have that ability, so he gathered all the main forces and prepared to launch a final charge.
At this most critical moment, a navy suddenly appeared on the waves.
There were about twenty ships with crossbowmen on board. They fired arrows towards the south bank, hitting some of Sun Jian's soldiers, as well as many soldiers of Chenliu County and Liang Guo soldiers who fled, causing a chaos.
At the same time, the sound of drums and long trumpets suddenly sounded on the north bank of Langshui, followed by the shouts of a large number of soldiers. Many soldiers appeared on the north bank of Langshui, holding battle flags and waving them continuously.
Reinforcements are coming?
Cheng Pu turned around in surprise and looked towards the north bank of Langshui. All he could see were flags, the sound of drums and horns.
Could it be that they are really reinforcements coming from Luoyang?
Liu Bei knew that he was no match for Sun Jian, so he sent people to help?
Cheng Pu was very surprised and very excited at the same time.
He realized that there was an opportunity to turn the situation around.
"Reinforcements are coming! Brothers! Counterattack! Counterattack!!"
Cheng Pu drew his sword and shouted, and the Liangzhou elite who still maintained their fighting power responded loudly. They retreated instead of advancing, and launched a counterattack towards Sun Jian's troops as if they were dead.
However, Sun Jian's troops were frightened by the large number of soldiers and flags on the north bank of Langshui. They thought Liu Bei's reinforcements had arrived and could not continue fighting. However, they were pushed back by Cheng Pu's troops, showing signs of defeat.
Sun Jian himself was also very shocked.
Could it be that……
Liu Bei still had backup and sent reinforcements?
It’s over! We can’t win this battle! If we don’t leave, the entire army will stay here and be eaten by Liu Bei!
withdraw!
In the flash of lightning, Sun Jian had no time to think so much, and he had no time to observe too carefully. He had never thought about obtaining a complete victory, but just wanted to buy enough time to retreat. Seeing that he would not be able to leave if he didn't leave, Sun Jian immediately called for gold and retreated his troops.
Ordered the entire army to retreat.
Cheng Pu did not think about retreating, but continued to move forward and launched an attack, trying to gain full success.
Now that Liu Bei's reinforcements have arrived, he has nothing to fear. He plans to bite Sun Jian's troops and fight him to the death. However, not long after the battle, the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops can be heard behind him.
What's the meaning?
Just accept it when it's good?
Aren't reinforcements coming?
Cheng Pu was in a daze for a moment, forgetting that he was the commander-in-chief. Who gave the order to Ming Jin to withdraw his troops?
Sun Jian did not consider this issue. He only had one goal now, and that was to transfer in immediately!
This inexplicable battle actually ended with both sides withdrawing their troops and retreating together.
Only when Cheng Pu gathered his troops and returned to the north bank of Langshui did he know what was going on.
There were no reinforcements at all. There were no reinforcements from Luoyang. Liu Bei had no backup plan. What happened today was a plan set by Chen Gong, the subordinate of Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu County.
Chen Gong happened to escort a new batch of military rations to the camp on the north bank this morning. While he was resting, he saw that Cheng Pu's army was defeated by Sun Jian's sharpness. He felt bad and worried that if Cheng Pu was defeated by Sun Jian, he and the entire camp would suffer.
There is also a risk of collapse.
In his haste, he immediately found a ship carrying grain as a warship, and the soldiers escorting it served as archers, and asked them to go down the river and shoot arrows towards the other side to intimidate Sun Jian's men.
Then, he organized a large number of civilians who were transporting food and supplies, issued a large number of flags, and asked people to beat all the war drums, blow all the horns, and wave the military flags in an offensive manner in the camp, trying to use
This frightened Sun Jian's army.
In normal times, Sun Jian would not necessarily be frightened. He would definitely observe carefully to see what the situation was like before making discussions.
But it really happened that today, Sun Jian wanted to retreat and didn't want to take risks. When he saw the situation, he didn't have time to think too much and retreated quickly.
This plan to hide the truth was actually completed right under Sun Jian's nose.
Time? Fate?
Cheng Pu, who seemed to have the upper hand, was of course unable to pursue him, so although he was very grateful to Chen Gong for his help, he was also very worried and felt that Chen Gong should not have issued the order to withdraw his troops.
"I know Sun Jian well. He is very brave and smart. Once he finds out that we are not pursuing him, he will definitely feel that he has been cheated and may come back. How should we fight then?"
Chen Gong was also hesitant, but at this moment the sentinels came to report that Sun Jian's troops had not returned to Yangxia County after retreating, and the county was now empty.
Upon learning this, both Cheng Pu and Chen Gong were stunned.
Sun Jian doesn't want Yangxia City anymore?
Chen Gong seemed to realize something, and quickly suggested that Cheng Pu send someone to check the movements of Sun Jian's troops. After checking, he actually learned that Sun Jian's entire army had retreated, and even the military camp had not returned.
Really frightened?
"Sun Jian has always been shrewd, how could he be frightened by this?"
Cheng Pu felt puzzled.
Chen Gong thought for a while.
"Unless the reason for his retreat is not because of us, but because of others."
"Others? Could it be..."
"The general's side won?"
Chen Gong looked at Cheng Pu and said slowly: "I have always heard that the general is victorious in every battle and is the number one general of the Han Dynasty. If this is true, then the general is well-deserved."
Cheng Pu thought for a while and just sighed.
"The prince is naturally victorious in every battle, I have never doubted it, but I myself have not learned many of the skills of the prince. Obviously in the army, the prince has no secrets from us, but I am the stupidest
That one, if it weren’t for the public help this time, I’m afraid I would have been defeated.”
"Not necessarily."
Chen Gong shook his head and said: "When Chenliu Jun's soldiers and Liang Guobin's soldiers were defeated, I saw that Demou was still fighting bloody battles and was not defeated. Therefore, Sun Jian's headquarters could not win completely. Without Demou's desperate counterattack, my plan would be useless.
It's easy to use and won't scare Sun Jian away."
Cheng Pu pursed his lips and sighed again.
"Sun Jian is my old master. He is good at using troops. He has the reputation of a tiger in the army. He fights bravely and is very tyrannical. I am not very angry at my defeat to him this time. I am just sorry."
"You didn't lose."
Chen Gong shook his head and smiled: "De Mou, it was Sun Jian who retreated, and it was Sun Jian who abandoned the city and left. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is normal to lose first and then win. Is there anything wrong with this?"
Cheng Pu looked at Chen Gong in surprise.
"I didn't lose?"
"The victory or defeat of a war depends on the outcome, not the process. Demou successfully defeated Sun Jian and regained Yangxia County. The army successfully advanced and achieved its original goal. How can it not be called a victory?"
Chen Gong cupped his hands and said, "I would like to congratulate Demou on his great victory."
Cheng Pu blinked, looked at the battlefield, and slowly shook his head.
"I will tell the prince all the truth. It is not up to me to decide whether to win or lose. It is up to the prince to judge. As a subordinate of the prince, how can I knowingly commit a crime?"
Chen Gong looked at Cheng Pu with some surprise and sighed.
"In the past, I always heard that the general was strict in running the army. Today, I saw that it was true. No wonder he could be victorious in every battle if he ran the army so rigorously. It is a big mistake for Yuan Thief to make an enemy of the general."
Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were enemies, which was of course a big mistake. Of course, he himself did not think so, and neither did Sun Jian.
As the only army among the four reinforcements that had withdrawn relatively completely, Sun Jian led this army all the way south to Nanton County, where he replenished supplies, rested for a day, and then continued on his way.
While on the road, he kept sending people to spy on the military situation, and when he was about to arrive near Pingyu County, he got accurate information.
Liu Bei surrounded the city on all sides and violently attacked Pingyu County. The county was crumbling and was almost broken, and there were no other reinforcements around.
Could it be that Zhang Xun and the others have not come back?
How could it be? Of the four reinforcements, was it only his own that came back? What about the other three? They were all defeated?