After Sun Jian and Zhou Yu led their troops out of the camp, only three thousand soldiers and horses were left to guard them, led by the veteran general Han Dang and assisted by Sun Jian's second son Sun Quan.
Before leaving, Zhou Yu made a suggestion to Han Dang, that is, after he and his troops set off, they should not let the soldiers who stayed in the camp but were also awakened by the sound of war drums to rest, but wait until their army returns.
Make arrangements again.
There is certainly a reason why Zhou Yu made this suggestion. As the saying goes, consider defeat before thinking about victory. With Zhou Yu's character, he will definitely consider all possible consequences. When setting out, Zhou Yu took the enemy troops
The numbers are considered equal to those of his own army. In such a situation, Zhou Yu is not sure of victory. It would be great if he wins, but if he loses and all the soldiers in the camp have gone to bed, he will not be able to win.
Cao Cao's army took advantage of the victory and attacked, but these three thousand people did not even have a chance to escape.
Moreover, at that time, Zhou Yu had also considered the possibility of sending troops to rob the camp in the city, so although these three thousand people did not set out with the army, they were far from resting.
Logically speaking, Han Dang can be considered a mature and stable veteran, and he pays great attention to Zhou Yu's instructions. However, Han Dang has a characteristic as a general, he loves his soldiers as his own children, and he will cherish almost every soldier.
Loving your soldiers as your own children is an advantage most of the time. However, in very special circumstances, this advantage may turn into a disadvantage, and it is also a fatal disadvantage.
Han Dang followed Zhou Yu's instructions at first and did not allow the soldiers to go to sleep and rest, but asked them to be alert and take precautions. However, these Jiangdong sergeants who had been repeatedly tortured to the point of sleeplessness could not endure the bursts of fatigue at this time.
Intentional harassment? Those sergeants who were sent out to fight were okay. They had clear action goals, and were supported by fighting and killing intent. They did not feel very sleepy. But these soldiers who were left in the camp had nothing to do at this time.
Naturally, everyone wanted to go back to the tent and take a nap.
If the guarding generals in the camp at this time were Sun Ce or Zhou Tai, who had a hot temper, they might not dare to complain, but who said that the general staying at the camp at this time was Han Dang, who was recognized as a good man.
So the soldiers who were so sleepy that they couldn't stop yawning went to Han Dang one by one to plead for mercy, hoping that the old man would be lenient so that their brothers could catch up on their sleep.
Han Dang was extremely hard-hearted towards his enemies, and would kill people without batting an eyelid. But he was extremely soft-hearted towards his own people. At this time, when he saw his soldiers begging pitifully for him one after another, Han Dang became interested.
Shaken.
"There shouldn't be any problems on my lord's side. The two armies are about the same size and their combat capabilities are not far apart. Even if my lord can't win, he probably won't be defeated... As for the possibility of sending troops to rob the camp in Xuchang City, as long as the troops responsible for patrolling the camp are deployed,
, and nothing will go wrong...these soldiers are also working very hard, so it is reasonable to ask them to rest early."
Therefore, Han Dang finally did not follow Zhou Yu's instructions. After leaving a small team of troops to patrol the camp and watch, he let most of the others go to sleep and rest.
As Han Dang's deputy general, Sun Quan did not agree with Han Dang's move, but he could not persuade him at all. Han Dang's seniority in Sun Jian's army was not ordinary, even if Sun Quan was Sun Jian's second son.
, he must be respectful when facing Han Dang, even his eldest brother Sun Ce may not dare to be rude to Han Dang.
As a result, most of the soldiers continued to go to bed, and the tragedy happened.
When Yu Jin brought his troops to Sun Jian's army camp, the soldiers patrolling the camp actually discovered them early and gave an early warning. At this time, if the personnel in the camp could respond quickly, it would not be so fast.
destroyed.
But the question is, can they react? Don't forget, this is the fourth time they have gotten into bed and fallen asleep for the fourth time.
"What? Someone is coming to attack again? Who the hell are you hiding?" At least half of the soldiers did not believe the patrol's warning, while the other half, although they believed it, their reaction was still slow.
Isn't this a slow reaction? I dare you to be woken up three times in a row at night. See if you can get up quickly when you are woken up for the fourth time?
This was also Han Dang's biggest mistake. In his opinion, he had already deployed soldiers on patrol, so that even if there was an enemy attack, they could respond quickly. Unfortunately, Han Dang ignored the soldiers who had already done so.
The fact that he was woken up three times and let go three times. Under such circumstances, even if he really got an early warning, it would not be of much use.
Then, tragedy was born, and it was a huge tragedy.
Yu Jin led eight thousand men and horses into Sun Jian's camp, killing people and setting fires without restraint, and encountered no decent resistance at all.
Three thousand Sun Jian's troops, dead and injured, were quickly slaughtered.
Han Dang naturally blamed himself for this and was extremely ashamed. Now Han Dang wanted to die and rushed towards the place where Cao's army was densely gathered. He soon got his wish and died on the spot.
Sun Quan was captured by Yu Jin shortly after Han Dang died in battle.
Cao Jun won a great victory!
Such an easy victory certainly exceeded Yu Jin's original expectations. Moreover, the fact that there were only 3,000 people in the camp surprised him even more.
But no matter what, the camp of Sun Jianjun was completely destroyed by himself. After setting off several fires that were enough to burn the camp completely, Yu Jin returned to Xuchang with Sun Quan and hundreds of captured prisoners.
In the city.
When Sun Jian, Zhou Yu and others led their troops back to the promised land, all that was left to them was a piece of wreckage.
"How could this happen?" Sun Jian shouted in disbelief, "How could Lord Yi be defeated so quickly?"
Three thousand people are not too small. Even if not a single soldier is left in Xuchang City and they all rush out, these three thousand people will resist the camp and defend to the death. They can resist for a period of time no matter what, at least until their own army returns to support.
Zhou Yu's face was as gloomy as water. Of course he could imagine what caused the tragic situation in front of him.
But what's the use of pursuing these now? Didn't you see Han Dang's body lying there? Can you still pursue the right and wrong of a dead man?
Sun Jian stared blankly at Han Dang's body, his eyes filled with tears.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao were the first four generals to follow him, and their relationship with him was extraordinary.
In the past, when Zu Mao was defeated in the battle against Dong, he had already made himself extremely sad. Unexpectedly, Han Dang was also killed by Cao's army tonight.
"Yi Gong!" Sun Jian cried out sadly, his voice full of desolation.
Sun Jian's loss of Han Dang was no less painful than Cao Cao's loss of Cao Ren.
After several lamentations, Sun Jian raised his head and looked coldly in the direction where Xuchang City stood, his eyes filled with the flames of hatred. Although Han Dang's death was inseparable from his own negligence, where could Sun Jian be at this time?
Still considering these things, he naturally poured out all his hatred on Cao Jun.