Chapter 1457 First Battle (Page 1/1)

Sun Ce deeply agrees.

Although he won several consecutive victories and had brilliant achievements, Yuan Shao lost his troops and generals, he did not fundamentally reverse the strength comparison between the two sides. Yuan Shao's main energy was not damaged. Huang Wan lost the Luoyang military farm soldiers, and Kuo Yi lost the old subordinates of Han Fu who did not obey Yuan Shao's orders. Although Shen Pei supported Yuan Shao, he was domineering and Yuan Shao could not truly master the power. Yuan Shao's real confidant of the Hebei soldiers had limited losses and still had strong combat power.

The troops he assembled was only about 50,000, which was not more than Yuan Shao. This was the result of his careful calculation. If he hadn't been careful every time, and with a little luck, such as Jiang Qin attacked Shenrong at night, he would not even dare to imagine the current situation. Why did he forcefully break through Shen Pei's central army? Isn't it just that he wanted to fight slowly and reduce casualties? If he hesitated at that time, it would be hard to say what the result would be.

What's more, Yuan Shao still has three hundred armored cavalry and six or seven thousand Hu cavalry in his hands, which are all real threats. If he is accidentally turned over by Yuan Shao, he will be in vain. All the previous results will be lost.

In this case, how can he be serious? He is to crush the opponent with strength, but he does not have such strength. Of course, he cannot rely on his courage and use the tactics of fighting against Tuo Yi and Shen Pei. It is only three things. No matter how slow Yuan Shao reacts, he will not be able to give him the chance to break through and implement beheading. He will definitely defend the central army tightly and wait for him to rush forward and catch him in a straight line.

So far, he can only say that he has a certain chance of winning, but he is not sure of winning. His 50,000 people are not all elites. His father Sun Jian's subordinates are considered to be a battle-hard, and Huang Zhong's 10,000 people can also compete with Yuan Shao, and the 10,000 military troops led by Lu Meng and Jiang Qin are suspected of being just a substitute.

Sun Ce asked Guo Jia to make several more plans, and at the same time communicate closely with the generals, so that everyone can understand their tasks as much as possible. They cannot force them, have a certain room for freedom, and cannot have no bottom line, which will affect the entire tactical deployment. Although the Military Planning Office is effective, it is not as good as the responsible generals in the situation of each department. When necessary, the Military Planning Office must send people to understand the situation.

After two days of preparation, the battle first started at the Holy Lady.

After Lu Dai and Lu Meng arrived at Junyi, Zhen Yan was worried about being attacked, so he sought Yuan Shao's consent and took the initiative to lift Junyi's siege, rushed to the Holy Girl Pond to camp, and covered Yuan Shao's left wing. Junyi was removed. Sun Jian left Zhu Zhi to defend the city, joined forces with Man Chong, Lu Dai and others, and pursued them all the way. Man Chong and Xu Sheng led the navy to travel west along Honggou. Sun Jian led the infantry to the north bank of Honggou and forced to Zhen Yan's formation.

Shengnu Pond is a water pond north of Honggu. It is not very large, with a circumference of only more than 200 steps. Not far north is the Beiji River. It flows into Honggu through a small river called Yuanshui to the south. Yuanshui is about five miles long and not much wide. It is very convenient to build a floating bridge, but it is much wider than a moat. Zhen Yan sets up a formation here and sets up a stone thrower, which can not only stop the warship from advancing, but also attack Sun Jian, killing two birds with one stone.

In order to attack Junyi City, Yuan Shao built a large number of stone throwers. Later, he found that these stone throwers were neither far from the stone throwers in the city nor accurately hit the stone throwers in the city, so he was idle. Zhen Yan brought these stone throwers to Guandu, which is now in handy.

Sun Jian also brought stone throwing machines and loaded them on the warship. However, these warships were limited in size, and each warship could only be equipped with one stone throwing machine. As soon as the battle started, Xu Sheng directed the warship to rush forward, trying to rush to Zhen Yan's back. Less than halfway through, the boat suddenly made a loud noise and hit something. No matter how hard the oars were used, the warship could not move forward. Xu Sheng knew that something was wrong, so he immediately ordered to retreat, but he was still one step slower. More than ten stone throwing machines on the shore fired at the same time. Two pots hit the warship, and the pots cracked and the tung oil inside was sprinkled everywhere.

While Xu Sheng ordered people to cover them with prepared sand and soil, he ordered his guards to raise their shields to cover them. He grabbed the bow of the ship and used a long bamboo pole to explore the water. Only then did he know that there were iron chains at the bottom of the water, and blocked the warship. These iron chains were fixed by wooden piles planted on the shore. The wooden piles were buried in the soil. The iron chains were sinking in the water. There was no abnormality on the surface.

Xu Sheng's ship was stopped, and the warship behind could not move forward, and the navy's plan to break through the flank was frustrated. Xu Sheng was a little anxious and wanted to send someone to force the attack on the boat and cut off the iron chain, but was stopped by Lu Meng. Lu Meng was younger than Xu Sheng, but in terms of his experience with Sun Ce, his qualifications were older than Xu Sheng, and he had the experience of following Chen to guard Danyang. Not long ago, the guard chief staff made Que Yi and Xun Yan suffer a lot, and now he is a little famous. Xu Sheng is closer to him and is willing to listen to his opinions.

Lu Meng said that we also saw merchant ships coming and going on the way, which shows that the iron chains buried by Zhen Yan are targeted at warships with deep drafts. They are relatively deep in the water. It is definitely inconvenient to send people to cut them. Moreover, you don’t know how many iron chains he buried, and after cutting one, there are one more. How many soldiers will you sacrifice? How long will it be cut? It’s better to unload the stone thrower and let most of the soldiers get off the boat, leaving only the oars and rowing boats to reduce the weight of the boat. If the draft is shallow, you might be able to pass.

Xu Sheng felt it was reasonable. He first sent someone to swim to check the situation and found that as Lu Meng said, these iron chains were sunk relatively deep and were designed for warships with deep drafts. Ordinary ships were not affected and there were a large number. There were hundreds of them from east to west, nearly two hundred steps, which was exactly the range of Zhen Yan's stone thrower array. In other words, the process of dismantling the iron chains would be hit by Zhen Yan's stone thrower throughout. Before he could dismantle the iron chains, his warship was almost scrapped.

That night, Xu Sheng unloaded the stone thrower on the shore according to Lu Meng's method and handed it over to Lu Meng for disposal. He also asked the soldiers to swim forward. Only the boat was left with the slaughter and rowed hard while the night was dark. Without the stone thrower and the soldiers, the warship became much lighter. Not only did the draught, it successfully avoided the blocking of the iron chain, but it was also very fast. Although the Jizhou army on the shore fired the stone thrower and crossbow arrows with all its might, it was useless.

Zhen Yi received the report and rushed to the shore to check the situation. In the dark night, he could not see the specific situation on the warship, but only saw the warships breaking through the waves and splashing water. Although the stone throwers fired one after another, the hit rate was very pitiful, and they only hit two or three warships. But compared to these brisk warships, the soldiers who were swimming forward with armor were even more surprised. As a Zhongshan native, he never thought that anyone could swim in armor and swim so fast.

However, Zhen Yi didn't take it seriously. Xu Sheng's subordinates were less than 2,000, and even if they were around him, they would not have much effect. He sent three thousand infantry and cavalry to fight back, and it was necessary to burn Xu Sheng's warship and drive Xu Sheng into the river.

With a command, Wubaizai Huqi took the lead in rushing out of the camp.

Just when Zhen Yi thought Xu Sheng was not worried, Sun Jian on the east bank of Yuanshui suddenly launched an attack. For a moment, the war drums thundered, and the stone throwing machines unloaded from the warship lined up on the east bank of Yuanshui, throwing hundreds of pottery jars into the sky, throwing over Yuanshui, and smashing them into the formation of the Jizhou army. The pottery jars were broken and a pungent smell was everywhere. Zhen Yi was choked and covered his nose. Suddenly thinking of the stone fat mentioned by Xun Yan, he was frightened and sweated.

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