Yangzhou, Danyang.

Since Sun Ce retired from Moling, while training the army, he continued to recruit troops, and in the places he occupied, it was stipulated that the army must not violate the people, which won the hearts of many people, and the soldiers who came to recruit were more than 1,000 people.

At the same time, Sun Ce was also paying attention to the movements of Moling City, and when he knew that Liu Miao had handed over all the troops to Zhang Yan for training, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Therefore, Sun Ce also strengthened the intensity of his training, hoping to deal with Zhang Yan.

On this day, Sun Ce was training soldiers on the school ground, and when he saw Zhou Yu's arrival with a panicked face, he asked, "Gong Jin, what's wrong?" ”

Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "The scout came to report, the thief Zong Shuai Zulang of Jing County, together with the thief Zong Shuai Jiao of She County, joined forces to Danyang, and now they have arrived in Wuhu, I don't know what their intentions are!" ”

"It's just a rabble, don't worry, ignore them for now, just send someone to continue to monitor these thieves' every move." Sun Ce said.

Zhou Yu frowned and said to Sun Ce: "Those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming." Although Zu Lang and Jiao were both thieves, they were connected with Shanyue and crisscrossed the mountains, and there were many Shanyue people in their army. The people of Shanyue are fierce, brave and good at fighting, and it is difficult to deal with, if it is coming to our army, it must be deployed as soon as possible. ”

"Just a few thieves, what a point. Our army is invincible, can't even these thieves be defeated? Gong Jin is too worried, so he will send someone to find out their intentions first, and after finding out clearly, it is not too late to make a decision! Sun Ce said.

Zhou Yu knew Sun Ce's temper, so he didn't say anything more and left the school. Send out scouts. Go ahead and explore.

A day later. The scout returned and said that Zu Lang and Jiao had joined the thieves in Lingyang, Yixian, Wanling and other counties to attack Sun Ce, and wanted to loot some money and grain, and planned to do the winter.

It was October, and the weather was getting colder, but because it was south of the Yangtze River, it had not snowed yet.

Zhou Yu quickly informed Sun Ce of the news. After some planning, Sun Ce decided to take the initiative to attack and annihilate the invading enemy according to Zhou Yu's strategy.

Sun Ce ordered 2,000 elite soldiers and horses, and took the initiative to attack with Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben, but left Zhou Yu in Danyang City, responsible for continuing to train the army, and the rest of the people had to obey Zhou Yu's command, and those who violated the order were beheaded.

Sun Ce led the generals. Arrive at a village called Nanzhe, forty miles south of Danyang City, and prepare to snipe Zu Lang and Jiao Ji's army here.

Thereupon. Sun Ce asked all the villagers in the village to leave and take refuge elsewhere, while he used Nanzhe Village as a stopover point and sent scouts to find out the news of Zu Lang, Jiao Ji and others.

Zu Lang and Jiao have joined forces with 20,000 soldiers to attack, and the army has robbed all the way, and the thief nature has not changed, and it is less than 30 miles away from Nanzhe Village.

When the scout reported to Sun Ce, Cheng Pu said: "Lord, there are quite a lot of thieves led by Zu Lang and Jiao Ji, and our army is less, so it is better to set up an ambush here. ”

When Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben heard it, they all felt that this was a haode strategy, and they echoed it together.

But Sun Ce waved his hand and said: "Although there are many thieves, they are a group of rabble, and although our army is small, it is an elite army." Although the ambush of the thieves can achieve a great victory, I want more than that, and I must make the thieves fear our army, only then will they not dare to openly come and take offense. Therefore, I decided to directly confront Zu Lang and Jiao to let them know how powerful we are! ”

"Head to head?" Cheng Pu said in surprise, "My lord, although they are a thief army, not as elite as our army, but many of them are the people of Shanyue, and their combat effectiveness is not inferior to our army at all. It's better to come from an ambush safely, and I hope the lord will think twice. ”

Sun Ce said: "I have made up my mind, you don't have to say much. You should obey my orders, and when you charge again, try to move forward, as long as you can break through into the thief army, capture Zu Lang and Jiao Ji, and the rest of the thieves will naturally disperse without a leader. ”

Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben all admired Sun Ce's courage, and knew that if they continued to persuade him, it would be ineffective, so they simply stopped saying more, but obeyed Sun Ce's arrangement. As for the outcome of the head-to-head confrontation, their hearts were full of doubts. But after all, the four of them are all battle-hardened generals, so no matter what the environment, they will do their best to fight hard.

Sun Ce gathered the team, took Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben and continued to move south.

Zu Lang and Jiao Ji's army grabbed as they walked, and they followed Chen Deng's strategy and approached Danyang where Sun Ce was located step by step.

When Chen Deng arrived at their territory with Tai Shici, he explained his intentions straight to the point, and hoped that Zu Lang and Jiao would be able to submit to Zhang Yan. Zu Lang and Jiao have naturally not been so willing to submit, and when the words are not speculative, Tai Shici suddenly made a move, using his extraordinary force, captured Zu Lang and Jiao Ji, and promised Zu Lang and Jiao to be too guarded.

Zu Lang and Jiao were afraid of Tai Shici, and it was also for the sake of profit, so they were willing to obey Chen Deng's arrangement, gathered together, and came to attack Sun Ce.

"Newspaper—"

A scout of the thief army came from the front, came directly to Zu Lang's side, pulled a long voice, and said with a panicked face: "Sect Marshal Qiqi, the enemy has been found in front, it is Sun Ce's soldiers and horses, and they are heading towards our army. ”

"Oh? How many people came? Zulang asked.

"About two thousand."

When he heard this number, Zulang Hahadaxiao stood up and shouted, "Only two thousand people, dare to come and stop our army?" Give the order to go down and prepare for battle, I want to give Sun Ce a dismount! ”

The order to prepare for battle was quickly conveyed, and Zu Lang Chen was in the field, no longer moving forward, leaving the crossbowmen scattered on both flanks, his infantry in front, and he leading the cavalry in the middle, and it seemed that the formation was very strong.

Soon, Sun Ce led the army to arrive here, and when he saw that Zu Lang's army was strong, and Zu Lang was in the middle army, instead of being afraid, he sneered.

"My lord, the Zulang army has a strong lineup, the strength is several times that of our army, and the soldiers and horses have already been lined up, once our army approaches, it will definitely rain arrows. If our army launches a frontal attack, I am afraid that we will suffer heavy losses, and I hope that the lord will think twice. Cheng Pu persuaded bitterly.

Sun Ceyi was bold, looking at the soldiers and horses displayed by Zu Lang, he saw that the Chinese army was relatively weak, although there were crossbowmen on both wings, but everyone had a trace of disdain on their faces, and it seemed that they didn't take the people brought by Sun Ce in their eyes at all.

"If you're afraid of death, just leave, I won't force you to stay. If you are not afraid of death, you can rush over with me, although there are many thieves, in my eyes, it is just a plate of loose sand.! Sun Ce said loudly.

Cheng Pu was no longer silent, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben were not talking, and the four of them shook their spirits one after another, since Sun Ce was going to fight head-to-head, then they had to fight hard.

Fortunately, Sun Ce led an elite army, a pawn in a hundred battles, and even in the face of a strong enemy, he would not retreat. This is also one of the reasons why Sun Ce is bold.

If Sun Ce led a group of people who escaped from the battle, he would definitely not dare to risk his life for this big gamble?

But this time, Sun Ce has always been in his chest, and it seems that he has already seen the hope of victory.

Now that it has been decided, the soldiers no longer talk nonsense, and after Sun Ce gave an order, they immediately rushed to the thief army.

Zu Lang saw Sun Ce leading people rushing over, and sneered: "It's just looking for death!" Shoot the arrows! ”

With Zulang's order, the crossbowmen scattered on both wings fired arrows one after another.

For a while, hundreds of arrows were like flying locusts, shooting densely towards Sun Ce's army.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai followed closely with 500 cavalry, while Sun Ben followed behind the cavalry with 1,500 infantrymen, running while shielding the arrows with shields.

In just a moment, the gap between the cavalry and the infantry widened, and Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and others were all attached to their horses, and from time to time they used weapons to cover the arrows they fired, and rushed towards the Chinese army.

A cluster of arrows fell, and the cavalry led by Sun Ce was shot dead to more than two dozen people, some of whom were shot on their horses, and were trampled to death by the fallen horses.

On the infantry side, because Sun Ben commanded well, the soldiers used shields to cover them, so the losses were minimal.

Even so, the archers on both wings were still shooting arrows, but at this moment, the archers were consciously divided into two groups, one for cavalry and one for infantry.

But the cavalry moved very fast, and before the arrows fell, they had already galloped out, but dozens of cavalrymen were still shot by the arrows and fell off their horses.

Sun Ce held the spear, and soon rushed to the Chinese army, with the help of the horse's collision force, directly knocked the thieves in front of him into the air, and with a wave of the spear, he killed several thieves one after another, and wherever the spear went, all those who came to block were stabbed to death.

For a while, no one among the thieves could stop Sun Ce, Sun Ce relied on his personal bravery, fought desperately in the camp of the thieves, and after a while, the blood stained the iron armor he was wearing, and his face was splashed with blood.

Cheng Pu and Han Dang followed Sun Ce, raising knives and spears at the same time, invincible, Huang Gai brandished a double whip and rushed over with the cavalry, and instantly fought fiercely with the thieves.

At the same time, the infantry led by Sun Ben suddenly withdrew from the defense and killed the archers on both wings.

Seeing this, Zu Lang ordered the whole army to encircle, and thousands of thieves swarmed up, like layers of huge waves, encircling Sun Ce and others inside. (To be continued......)