Chapter 108 Sun Ce fell into a trap and was surrounded, but Zhuge Liang foresaw it!

Although Zhuge Liang designed to show weakness to the enemy and lure the enemy into deep territory.

However, he did not let Zhuge Xuan and Liu Yao launch a feint attack to lure the enemy. Instead, he let King Lang of Kuaiji take action.

By borrowing the help of a third party, Sun Ce's troops would not become suspicious and the vigilance of the master behind Sun Ce would also be lowered!
really.

When Wang Lang led his army to challenge Sun Ce, he led his army to fight. After Wang Lang was defeated, Sun Ce still pursued him fiercely and refused to let go.

Sun Ce underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly.

In the original history,

Sun Ce fought against Taishi Ci under Liu Yao's command and was separated from the main force. The two sides fought for hundreds of rounds without a clear winner, demonstrating his bravery as the Little Overlord!
But the problem is!

Sun Ce's approach of going deep into enemy territory and fighting fiercely with enemy generals could easily lead to his death and defeat if he encountered an ambush or a plot by someone with ulterior motives.

Guo Jia once gave a very intuitive evaluation of Sun Ce:

"Ce has just conquered Jiangdong, and those he has executed are all heroes and heroes who can win the hearts and minds of others. However, Ce is careless and unprepared. Even if he has millions of troops, he is no different from walking alone in the Central Plains. If an assassin ambushes him, he can only defeat one person. In my opinion, he will surely die at the hands of an ordinary man."

At that time, Sun Ce had already taken over Jiangdong. When he heard that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were in a stalemate at Guandu, he wanted to lead his army across the river to attack Xuchang in the north.

Cao’s army was shocked!

However, Guo Jia saw from Sun Ce's character that he would definitely die at the hands of an ordinary man, and what Guo Jia said turned out to be true.

This not only demonstrates Guo Jia's natural genius and wisdom, but also fully demonstrates Sun Ce's character of underestimating the enemy, being reckless and lacking vigilance!
Therefore, after Wang Lang's army was defeated, Sun Ce pursued them relentlessly. This was a reflection of his character and did not arouse the suspicion of Zhou Yu and other generals.

But now the situation has changed, Zhou Yu immediately sent generals to restrain Sun Ce and recall Sun Ce.

Sun Ce's army followed the lead of Sun Ce himself, but Zhou Yu was actually a military advisor, and there were also Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other old generals from Sun Jian's army who supervised and restrained Sun Ce and also helped him.

but.

They were still one step late.

After King Lang of Kuaiji was defeated, he decisively retreated towards Yuzhang County.

At this time, Liu Yao led his troops to provide assistance.

Most generals would temporarily step back and wait and see what happens when the situation changes.

But Sun Ce was the little tyrant of Jiangdong. He was brave but lacked strategy. He underestimated the enemy, acted rashly and was not on guard.

Most importantly, Liu Yao had been defeated repeatedly in previous battles against Sun Ce's troops. And when Wang Lang led his army to challenge Sun Ce, he was defeated again.

"What's there to be afraid of when two defeated generals join forces?!"

This is what Sun Ce thought!

Liu Yao came to Wang Lang's aid, which made Sun Ce more courageous in the battle!

The two armies fought against Sun Ce's troops and retreated, but this time it was a feigned defeat, because they wanted to lure the enemy deep into the ambush site.

Wang Lang challenged Sun Ce to a battle and retreated, but he was not feigning defeat, but was truly defeated. However, Liu Yao joined forces with him, so he was not defeated so quickly, so he was just feigning defeat.

Their successive defeats were fueling Sun Ce's arrogance and helping his troops become complacent!
Arrogant soldiers will be defeated!

Just keep showing weakness to the enemy, lure the enemy into deep territory, and lure Sun Ce's troops to the ambush site!

"Is there a trick here?!"

Liu Yao and Wang Lang were defeated in successive battles, and Sun Ce's troops were chasing them closely. In fact, Sun Ce was also somewhat suspicious and worried.

But at this time, news suddenly came!
"Report——"

The messenger rode up and said to Sun Ce:

"General, upon hearing the news of Liu Yao's defeat, Yuzhang Governor Zhuge Xuan immediately led his troops back to attack Yuzhang County's capital Nanchang, and is currently engaged in a fierce battle with Zhu Hao!"

Sun Ce is now nominally a general under Yuan Shu. Although his status has become somewhat nominal after crossing the river and fighting in Jiangdong, he still maintains this title.

After all, Yuan Shu treated Sun Jian and Sun Ce well. Even if Sun Ce wanted to establish himself, he had to come up with a reasonable reason, otherwise he would be branded as a traitor.

This also made Sun Ce's troops recognize Zhuge Xuan as the governor of Yuzhang, and not recognize Zhu Hao as the governor of Yuzhang.

Even in the eyes of Sun Ce's troops, Zhuge Xuan recommended by Liu Biao was actually an ally of Yuan Shu, and they had a strategic alliance.

After hearing the news, Sun Ce no longer had any suspicion and pursued the enemy:
"If Liu Yao and Wang Lang heard that Zhu Hao was attacked in Nanchang, they would be attacked from both sides, and their army would be shaken. Now is the time to kill him while he is weak!

"Using Zhuge Xuan to hold back Zhu Hao's troops, we can defeat Liu Yao and Wang Lang and put down the rebellion in Jiangdong in one fell swoop!"

It is based on this information gap that
Sun Ce was unaware of the meeting between Zhuge Xuan and Liu Yao, and even less aware that the two sides had already had a frank discussion.

They even reached a joint resolution!

I also don't know that Zhuge Liang came up with a plan to show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy into deep territory.

Due to the lack of this information, when Sun Ce learned that Zhuge Xuan was attacking Zhu Hao, he did not give up the opportunity to pursue the victory and kept chasing Liu Yao and Wang Lang's army.

Little by little, Liu Yao and Wang Lang lured the enemy deeper into the territory and led them to the ambush site.

At this time, Zhuge Xuan's troops and Zhu Hao's troops, who had been pretending to fight, immediately turned their guns around and, together with Liu Yao and Wang Lang's troops, surrounded Sun Ce's troops.

“We’ve fallen into a trap!!!”

Sun Ce's army was surrounded, and naturally realized that they had fallen into a trap. But the little tyrant was the little tyrant, and he didn't fear the battle at all!

"But so what?! Even if you all come together, I am confident that I can defeat you!!!"

At this moment, Sun Ce really had the heroic spirit of Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu!

At the beginning, Xiang Yu was able to defeat the Qin army with a smaller force in the Battle of Julu. His little tyrant Sun Ce was also able to defeat Liu Yao's coalition forces with a smaller force in the Battle of Poyang.

"kill!--"

Sun Ce led his army to fight one against four, and a fierce battle broke out in the Yuzhang and Poyang areas.

……

“We’ve fallen into a trap!!!”

In Sun Ce's central army camp, Zhou Yu received military intelligence reports from the front line and immediately realized that this was the enemy's strategy of showing weakness and luring the enemy into deep territory.

Wang Lang suddenly challenged Sun Ce to a battle, perhaps in order to distract Sun Ce's troops from pursuing Liu Yao's victory.

But after Wang Lang was defeated, he did not flee towards Kuaiji County, but went towards Yuzhang County. This had to arouse suspicion!
Later, Liu Yao led his army to provide support and surrounded the army together with Wang Lang's army, but was finally defeated by Sun Ce's army.

Moreover, after being defeated, the armies of Liu Yao and Wang Lang did not collapse, but fought and retreated. This was clearly a strategy to show weakness to the enemy and lure them into deep territory.

"Gongjin, although Bofu underestimates the enemy, he will not fall into the trap easily!" Cheng Pu comforted Zhou Yu.

After hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded slightly to express his approval.

Sun Ce seemed to be brave and underestimated the enemy, lacking in vigilance, but he still had the necessary military qualities.

The enemy army showed weakness and lured the enemy into deep territory. Even if victory was within reach, Sun Ce would decisively give up after becoming suspicious.

If Sun Ce didn't even have this kind of judgment ability, he would never have been able to get to this point!

Sun Ce was called the "Little Overlord"!
But it not only refers to his bravery like Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu, but also means that Sun Ce has the military talent of Xiang Yu!
As a general, looking at the brilliant Chinese generals, Xiang Yu is worthy of being ranked among the top three, and he deserves to be among the top three!
Sun Ce is comparable to Xiang Yu!!!

But right now!
The news of Zhuge Xuan's attack on Zhu Hao reached the rear, and Zhou Yu was shocked when he heard it!

"Oops!!!"

Zhou Yu immediately stood up and said to Cheng Pu and other generals:

"Liu Biao recommended Zhuge Xuan to serve as the governor of Yuzhang, although it was to reach an unspoken truce with Yuan Shu to ease the conflict.

"But whether it was Liu Biao or Zhuge Xuan, they were definitely loyal to the Han Dynasty. How could he take the initiative to attack Zhu Hao, the governor of Yuzhang who was personally appointed by the court?

"This is an act of betrayal and rebellion, and Zhuge Xuan would never do it.

"When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on!

"Then it must be a bluff. They deliberately used the attack to confuse Bo Fu and give him the illusion that Liu Yao's troops were attacked from all sides and that they should pursue the victory.

"Given Bo Fu's temperament, he will definitely pursue the victory!"

...

After hearing this, Cheng Pu and other generals were also shocked and said in a deep voice: "I will lead the army to help Bo Fu immediately!"

"The enemy is going to such great lengths, they must be setting up a trap!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "Move out the entire army and attack Yuzhang!"

No matter what conspiracies and intrigues they had, their troops had the advantage, and they stole ideas from the "Huainan Navy" under Yuan Shu to form the "Jiangdong Navy". This was their advantage.

In addition, Sun Ce's army has won battle after battle in recent times, and their morale is high. Even if Liu Yao sets up a trick, they can still sweep the army and break the deadlock in one fell swoop!

"it is good!!!"

Cheng Pu and other generals immediately summoned the three armies and marched south to Yuzhang.

…Sun Ce’s army camped in Danyang County. Although the county seat of Danyang County was Wanling, Zhou Yu proposed to station troops in She County.

This area of ​​She County is adjacent to the Xin'an River system.

Xin'an River enters the country from Huizhou District, collects tributaries such as Lianjiang River and Changyuan River, meanders southeastward, flows into Qiandao Lake at Jiekou, and then connects with Fuchun River and Qiantang River to flow into the sea.

This is the Qiantang River system belonging to Jiangdong, formerly known as "Zhejiang".

In the southwest of She County, the Xin'an River system connects to the Poyang Lake system and connects to the Changjiang River and other main tributaries.

These are also the future "Huihang Waterway" and "Huirao Waterway", the two major waterways connecting Huizhou to other provinces!
Huizhou was the name of the administrative region from the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the location of She County, Mo County, Danyang County, Yuzhang County, and some of the county towns in these counties!

The six counties of Jiangdong formed a dense water transportation network because of the Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Poyang Lake and other water systems.

The northern cavalry can hardly show their strengths in Jiangdong. On the contrary, it is the navy fleet and Jiangdong is the main battlefield!
This is also why Zhou Yu proposed to station troops in She County!
She County is one of the core locations connecting the Qiantang River system and the Poyang Lake system, where you can attack or defend!

They can move forward and backward freely by stationing troops here.

He could go north to fight along the Yangtze River, and defend Wujun and Qiantang River areas in the east. He could go south to confront Wang Lang, the governor of Kuaiji, and west to Liu Yao and Zhu Hao in Yuzhang.

Now, upon hearing the news that Sun Ce had fallen into a trap and was being shown to be weak and lured into deep territory, and was in danger of being surrounded, the army set out immediately, advancing both by land and sea.

Advance directly to Poyang area of ​​Yuzhang County!
……

Sun Ce was extremely brave and his soldiers fought bravely.

But he was alone and weak, and finally was defeated!

In fact, when Liu Yao and Wang Lang showed weakness to the enemy and lured the enemy into deep territory, the morale of Sun Ce's army was as high as a rainbow and soared to the extreme.

But as they discovered that they had fallen into a trap and were surrounded, the morale of the army was greatly shaken, which had an impact on the soldiers' bodies and minds!
It's like a roller coaster, morale falls from the clouds. The ups and downs of emotions will break down your defenses and make you collapse!

Fortunately, the soldiers under Sun Ce's command were experienced in many battles and were no longer new recruits. Among them were the elite soldiers from Huaishui, Sun Jian's former subordinates.

If this was an army of new soldiers, they would have been defeated directly by these twists and turns, and suffered a crushing defeat!
But the morale of the army did not collapse!
But they were surrounded after all.

Sun Ce was extremely brave and fierce. He led his soldiers in bloody battles. At the beginning, he tried to defeat the larger force with a smaller one and create a military miracle.

But after gradually becoming exhausted, he tried to break out of the siege!
But it still failed!

Liu Yao and Zhuge Xuan joined forces to set up a dragnet. How could they let Sun Ce escape so easily after going through so much trouble?!
In this battle, they must capture the leader first and defeat the Little Tyrant Sun Ce!

Manpower is sometimes limited, and Sun Ce's comrades fell one by one. Their battle formation was broken up and defeated one by one.

Military morale hit rock bottom and combat effectiveness was also hit.

Defeat was foreseeable!

If this continues, Sun Ce's vanguard army will be completely defeated in less than an hour or two.

The main general Sun Ce would either be defeated and captured, or commit suicide like Xiang Yu!

This made Sun Ce secretly resentful. After all, he had underestimated the enemy!
If they had decisively withdrawn their troops when they became suspicious, they would not have fallen into Liu Yao's evil scheme!
...

"Sun Ce is resolute and brave, worthy of being the son of Sun Wentai, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong, and worthy of the praise of the Little Overlord!"

Commanders like Zhuge Xuan naturally did not have to fight in bloody battles, but instead commanded and dispatched troops from the rear.

They watched as their own coalition forces surged towards Sun Ce's troops, like a tide, one after another.

Sun Ce's troops also fell one after another, like harvested wheat, and the land gradually became bare.

Originally Sun Ce had thousands of vanguard troops under his command, but gradually there were only nearly a thousand or a few hundred left!

These seemingly simple numbers actually represent mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. The brutality of the battle cannot be described in words!
Even the air was filled with the lingering smell of blood!

However, the coalition forces were finally about to see victory.

Zhuge Xuan said: "In one or two hours at most, Sun Ce will be defeated and retreat. If we can capture Sun Ce alive, his army behind us will not be a concern. The rebellion in Jiangdong can be quelled!"

There were only a few hundred soldiers and horses around Sun Ce, but precisely because there were only a few hundred of them, they had no way out and were forced to fight with their backs to the river. At this last critical moment, they burst out with endless fighting will, making them even more difficult to deal with.

But no matter how difficult it is, you will see the result in one or two hours at most!

"I have been fighting against Yuan Shu's generals for a long time, with both sides winning and losing, but I never thought I would lose to Sun Ce. But the frustration of defeat that I have suppressed for a long time can finally be avenged with this battle and I can hold my head high!"

Liu Yao was also full of ambition and ambition. If it were not for Zhuge Liang's design, he might not have been able to achieve this.

Thinking of this, Liu Yao subconsciously looked at Zhuge Liang, but found that this "little prodigy" was frowning and looked worried and solemn!

"What is Kong Ming worried about?!" Liu Yao asked in surprise.

After Zhuge Liang's series of plans, the generals in the army no longer dared to underestimate this young man.

Heroes emerge from youth, and the waves behind push the waves ahead!
Zhuge Liang said worriedly: "This battle will last a little longer than I expected. I underestimated Sun Ce's bravery and the fighting spirit of the soldiers when facing a life-and-death crisis."

This battle enabled Zhuge Liang to gain a lot of practical experience and gradually improve his military capabilities.

Liu Yao was relieved upon hearing this:

"Kong Ming is so young, but he has already achieved this. It is commendable!

In ancient times, Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve, Guanjun Hou was made marquis at the age of eighteen, and was made Langjuxu at the age of twenty-two. In the future, Kong Ming will surely become a young talent and a talent who can assist the king, and his name will be passed down through the ages!"

"Although Sun Ce's bravery and his soldiers' tenacious resistance have exceeded our estimated time, it is still acceptable. We can defeat Sun Ce soon." Zhu Hao also said: "Kong Ming does not need to worry!"

Zhuge Liang's worries did not diminish. He said, "This battle will take longer than we expected, so the enemy's reinforcements will have more time to rush to our aid. I'm afraid that if we delay, something bad will happen!"

"This……"

Liu Yao and Zhu Hao looked at each other, then said with hope: "No way?!"

Zhuge Xuan looked at Zhuge Liang and was convinced and approved of his nephew's plan. He said:
"Kong Ming, we have sent out scouts all around us and have never relaxed our efforts. If the enemy comes to reinforce us, we can prepare for it immediately. We can even continue to lure the enemy deep into our territory and encircle and annihilate all of them!"

"Uncle, Sun Ce has a 'Jiangdong Navy' under his command, which is a copy of Yuan Shu's 'Huainan Navy'. These two fleets are as famous as the 'Jingzhou Navy'. And the Navy is exactly what we lack!"

Zhuge Liang said worriedly.

After hearing this, Zhuge Xuan, Liu Yao and Zhu Hao all fell silent!
They seemed to have been entrenched in Yangzhou for a long time, fighting against Yuan Shu's generals, but they had no time to develop a naval force.

Because of this, they have always found it difficult to quell the rebellion in Jiangdong!
In Jiangdong, a place with dense water networks, the lack of naval forces may allow one to establish one's own territory, but one will never be able to control the entire territory!
The navy is so important. It’s not that Liu Yao and others don’t want to develop the navy, but the establishment of the navy is extremely cumbersome and troublesome!
The construction of navy ships, the selection and training of navy soldiers, etc. all require a long time.

Liu Yao always wanted to develop, but Yuan Shu's subordinates would try every means to sabotage him, and thus he fell into a vicious cycle.

Of course, this is also because Liu Yao’s tenure as governor of Yangzhou was not long.

If he is given another three to five years, he is confident that he can develop a "Yangzhou Navy" that is loyal to the court!
As for Zhuge Xuan, it goes without saying that he was driven away by Zhu Hao not long after he took office as the prefect of Yuzhang.

Where is the time to develop a naval fleet? !

At present, they are encircling and annihilating Sun Ce. If they continue to delay, they will face support from the "Jiangdong Navy" under Sun Ce.

By then, anything could happen!
"Order the soldiers under your command to intensify the offensive..."

After thinking about it, Liu Yao gave the order directly: "There is no need to capture Sun Ce alive. It is impossible to do so. Just kill him! Killing Sun Ce will be rewarded the same!"

"promise!!!"

Liu Yao always wanted to capture Sun Ce alive, which made many soldiers restrained and timid.

But now that the order had been issued to capture and kill Sun Ce and share the reward, the soldiers' offensive became more fierce.

Arrows fell like rain!

As time passed, the soldiers around Sun Ce fell one after another, and victory was in sight.

An accident suddenly occurred!

The scouts reported urgently: "Report - the enemy troops are moving out in full force, advancing by land and sea!"

Liu Yao and others looked at each other. The thing they were worried about finally happened!
Zhuge Liang sighed inwardly, but did not complain about himself, and immediately suggested a strategic deployment to fight against the three enemy armies.

but.

Before the coalition forces could make strategic deployments, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu had already led their naval and land forces to attack!
"Hahaha--"

Sun Ce saw the Jiangdong navy ships with sails raised in the distance and the three armies approaching with murderous intent. He knew that reinforcements had arrived and immediately shouted:
"Heaven will not destroy me!!! Brothers, Gongjin and his men are leading their troops to attack us, follow me to fight back against the enemy!!!"

"kill!!!"

There were only a few hundred soldiers, but they burst out with endless fighting spirit, their voices shook ten miles away, and their momentum was like a rainbow!!!
In fact, those who can survive to the end when surrounded by the enemy are all elite soldiers who have fought many battles. Now that these elite soldiers have found their way back to the battlefield, their desire to survive is naturally bursting, their morale is high, and their fighting power is bursting!!!

On this side of the coalition forces.

Liu Yao, Zhuge Xuan and others wanted to speed up the offensive to kill Sun Ce, but Sun Ce was indeed brave and lived up to the title of Little Overlord, and he actually held out until the reinforcements arrived.

Faced with tens of thousands of enemy troops, Liu Yao and other coalition forces did not dare to be careless and immediately fought against them, but due to the lack of naval forces, they fell into a passive position.

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(End of this chapter)