LRAB Chapter 742: Wu Jun Defeats Front and Rear
Chapter 742: Wu Jun Defeats Front and Rear
Chapter 742: Wu Jun was defeated in the front and rear
Xu Sheng is very confident.
He has almost worn out the map of the area near Yidao recently.
No matter how he looked, he could only find one mountain road on the map, which led to Gong'an.
If Chen Dao doesn't take this path, which one can he take?
With confidence in his heart, Xu Sheng led his troops to the southern entrance of Yidao Mountain Road first, and then ordered the entire army to build dangerous barriers in preparation for battle.
This is what Xu Sheng thought.
He left behind tens of thousands of elite soldiers to follow Chen Dao.
As long as Chen Dao led his troops into this mountain road, with the road ahead blocked, Chen Dao's army would be trapped and die in the mountain road unless they grew wings.
By then, neither he nor Liu Lue would need to take the initiative to attack Chen Dao. When Chen Dao's army ran out of food and grass, the fruits of victory would naturally fall into their hands.
Xu Sheng became excited at the thought of this wonderful prospect.
When the great Wu army marched westward, could it be that Zhu Huan was the only one who stood out?
But as time went by, Xu Sheng waited and waited, but Chen Dao's army never showed up.
What’s funny is that in the end, what Xu Sheng waited for was Liu Lue.
Liu Lue's arrival made Xu Sheng feel unbelievable.
"Where is Chen Daoren?
What about the tens of thousands of Han soldiers?"
Xu Sheng angrily asked these two questions to Liu Lue in front of him.
Faced with Xu Sheng's rebuke, Liu Lue felt very aggrieved.
Xu Sheng asked him, but he asked a ghost!
After Liu Lue led his troops into the mountain road, he kept advancing with all his might.
As he had not caught up with Chen Dao's troops, Liu Lue initially thought that Xu Sheng had not led his troops to block the southern entrance of the mountain road as expected, thus allowing Chen Dao to successfully break through the mountain road and escape.
Liu Lue never thought that Chen Dao would not be ahead of him.
It is precisely because of this idea that Liu Lue has been marching day and night in recent days.
After arriving at the southern entrance of the mountain road and seeing his own army, Liu Lue was no less shocked than Xu Sheng.
Liu Lue also wanted to ask: Where is Chen Daoren?
Seeing that Liu Lue looked even more confused than he was, Xu Sheng gave up the idea of continuing to question Liu Lue.
Xu Sheng took out the map again and looked at it carefully.
Just when Xu Sheng was looking at the map, puzzled, a piece of information that shocked Xu Sheng came into his hands.
"General, a large number of enemy troops have appeared behind our army. They are probably Chen Dao's troops!"
When Xu Sheng heard the news, his first feeling was absurdity.
How could Chen Dao lead his troops to his rear when being attacked from both sides?
Could it be possible that Chen Dao could fly?
But after seeing the serious look on the scout's face, Xu Sheng had to accept the fact no matter how hard he tried to believe it.
Xu Sheng knew that it was no longer a priority to find out how the Han army led by Chen Dao got to his rear.
What matters now is
"Hand the order! Hand the order!
Quickly dispatch the police!"
Xu Sheng's urgent roar made the generals in the tent's heads buzz.
And at Xu Sheng's urgent shout, they immediately left the camp to recruit soldiers.
Why is Xu Sheng so anxious?
That's because Xu Sheng knew that after Chen Dao crossed his defense line, he would definitely accelerate his advance towards the Public Security Bureau.
At present, Wu Jun has not yet formed a siege on Gong'an. Once Chen Dao enters Gong'an City,
Even if Lu Xun would spare him, would Sun Quan?
With this in mind, how could Xu Sheng remain calm?
Under Xu Sheng's urgent urging, more than 20,000 Wu troops set out soon and advanced rapidly towards Gong'an.
But what Xu Sheng didn't know was that all his reactions were within Chen Dao's expectations.
There is a necessary road leading to Gong'an from Yidao.
This must-pass road is located under the Wan Mountain.
In order to lead his troops to catch up with Chen Dao as quickly as possible, Xu Sheng personally selected more than 10,000 elite soldiers to go ahead.
But after several days of trekking, coupled with the hot weather during the day, even the more than 10,000 Wu troops, no matter how elite they were, would feel quite tired.
Xu Sheng was not unaware of the exhaustion of the Wu army.
But in the past few days, he has not given the more than 10,000 Wu troops a chance to rest.
Only after arriving at the border of Wanshan did Xu Sheng stop temporarily.
Looking at the steep Wanshan Mountain not far away, Xu Sheng, who had served in the army for many years, gradually narrowed his eyes.
Given the terrain of Mount Wan, it is an excellent place to set up an ambush.
Years of experience made it impossible for Xu Sheng not to realize this.
After a few days of fighting, Xu Sheng also realized that Chen Dao was definitely not as the rumors said, "only good at defense but not good at attack."
Xu Sheng knew that the fighting capacity of the more than 10,000 Wu troops he led had been greatly reduced due to fatigue. In this case, if they were ambushed by the Han army in a dangerous area, their fate would be miserable.
Thinking of this, Xu Sheng hurriedly sent several waves of scouts to enter Wanshan to find out the actual situation.
Xu Sheng waited for a long time, but in the end he didn't see any scout return.
This unusual scene made Xu Sheng's heart alarm bells ring.
There is really an ambush ahead!
Fortunately, I did not fall into the trap, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
While Xu Sheng was secretly rejoicing in his heart, he ordered more than 10,000 Wu troops to rest outside the Wanshan Mountain.
At the same time, Xu Sheng sent orders to the rear, asking the baggage troops to catch up as soon as possible.
Xu Sheng prepared to fight a protracted battle with Chen Dao in Wanshan.
In the dense forest of Wanshan Mountain, Fu Tong neatly laid out the bodies of the invading Wu army scouts on the ground.
He was free and pointed at the corpse on the ground, and taught his son Fu Qian:
"When fighting an enemy, you must kill him with one strike, and if you want to kill him with one strike, the neck is the best place to attack."
Fu Tong is tirelessly imparting his experience to Fu Qian.
Fu Qian, who was standing by, listened to Fu Tong's instruction, nodded continuously, and asked in a puzzled tone:
"Why didn't Lord Chen choose to ambush the enemy at Mount Wan?"
While asking this question, Fu Qian raised his head and looked at his comrades around him.
In Fu Qian's sight, there were only about a thousand Han troops in the Wan Mountain, and Chen Dao was not there either.
It was obvious that Chen Dao took most of the Han army elsewhere.
Fu Qian was previously arranged by Fu Tong to serve under Mi Yang. Later, after Mi Yang returned to Jingzhou, he thought that Fu Tong might miss Fu Qian, so he transferred Fu Qian to Fu Tong's side.
From Fu Qian’s words, we can know that he has learned something under Mi Yang in recent years.
But the experience is still insufficient.
Seeing that Fu Qian had some doubts, Fu Tong explained with a smile:
"Do you think Xu Sheng is reckless and ignorant of military tactics?"
Fu Qian thought about Xu Sheng’s recent arrangements and shook his head slowly.
Xu Sheng’s military strategy is not bad.
If it weren't for the help of Master Yidao, Xu Sheng's tactic of attacking from both sides would have been very likely to succeed.
After Fu Qian shook his head, Fu Tong continued to say to Fu Qian:
"It is precisely because Xu Sheng is not ignorant of the art of war, so even if he is eager to catch up with our army, he will not rush forward after seeing the terrain of the Wanshan Mountain."
“In addition, our army is not very strong, so we don’t have much confidence in using the terrain of the Wanshan Mountain to ambush and annihilate the enemy.
For our army, it is better to take advantage of Xu Sheng's "good military skills" and make him think that there are a large number of ambushes in Wanshan, so that he dare not go deep into Wanshan. "
After listening to Fu Tong's explanation, Fu Qian nodded thoughtfully.
But Fu Qian still had some confusion in his mind.
"But Lord Chen, why don't you stay in Wanshan in person, but instead let my father lead more than a thousand elite soldiers to Wanshan first?"
Facing Fu Qian's question, Fu Tong smiled.
At first he was also puzzled by this, but when he thought of Chen Dao’s explanation to him, a smile appeared on Fu Tong’s face.
"Mr. Chen is very brave."
Fu Tong said these confusing words to Fu Qian.
This sentence made Fu Qian even more confused.
No matter how brave Lord Chen is, can he compare to General Zilong?
Xu Sheng was asking where Chen Dao had gone, and Fu Qian was also asking where Chen Dao had gone, so where was Chen Dao?
I'm afraid Xu Sheng and Fu Qian could never have imagined that Chen Daozheng led his troops out of the mountain path where Xu Sheng originally wanted to ambush the Han army.
After leading the army out of the mountain road, the scout who was ordered to investigate the enemy situation ahead happened to return to Chen Dao.
Listening to the information reported by the scout, Chen Dao silently raised the spear in his hand.
A few days ago, Chen Dao learned from the old man in Yidao that he could lead his troops to go around behind Xu Sheng.
Originally, Chen Dao wanted to set up an ambush in Wanshan.
But this idea was soon dismissed by Chen Dao.
Not despising any enemy has been Chen Dao’s habit for many years.
Moreover, if the ambush failed, it would be easy for Xu Sheng to see the strength of their own troops, which would be detrimental to Wei Yan's plan.
In view of these two points, Chen Dao came up with a better solution.
Chen Dao asked Fu Tong to lead more than a thousand elite soldiers to go around and get to the rear of Xu Sheng through the mountain path provided by the old man from Yidao.
Moreover, Chen Dao deliberately asked Fu Tong to set up a strategy of false attack, hoping to make the scouts of the Wu army think that the large force of the Han army was heading towards Gong'an.
Since Xu Sheng was able to be lured to Yidao by him, it means that Wei Yan's judgment was correct. Xu Sheng's purpose was to stop him and prevent him from leading his troops to support Guan Ping.
For this purpose, when Xu Sheng learned that he was leading a large number of Han troops rapidly towards Gong'an and he was behind him, what would Xu Sheng do?
He must be leading the elite troops ahead, hoping to catch up with me at all costs.
Once Xu Sheng did this, his chance would come.
Because of the warships, the Wu army was carrying a large amount of baggage when they pursued the Han army this time.
If they want to catch up with me by rapid march, the baggage train must be separated from the elite troops in the army.
In this case, wouldn't the baggage train, having lost its elite guards, be the perfect target for him to attack?
In order to achieve this goal, Chen Dao led more than 2,000 Han troops and has been hiding in Yidao Mountain in recent days.
I'm afraid Xu Sheng would never have imagined in his dreams that Chen Dao, whom he had always been thinking about, was actually not far away from him in a straight line.
After Xu Sheng fell into the trap and led his elite troops away, Chen Dao then led his troops out of the mountains and arrived behind the Wu army's baggage train.
After hearing the scout's report that the Wu army's baggage train was moving slowly and was completely unprepared, Chen Dao raised his spear high and ordered the entire army to attack.
As soon as Chen Dao's military order was issued, more than 2,000 Han troops rushed towards the slowly advancing Wu army's baggage train in front of them like tigers out of a cage.
Recently, the Han army has been chased all the way by the Wu army, and they have been holding a grudge in their hearts for a long time.
Now is the best time to express the resentment in your heart.
The person left behind by Xu Sheng to be in charge of the baggage train was his deputy general Liu Lue.
Knowing that the large Han army was advancing towards Gong'an, it was difficult for Liu Lue, who was "in the rear", to remain vigilant.
When Liu Lue, who was at the front of the army, heard that the baggage train was being attacked by the Han army from the rear, he was stunned for a long time.
“Are there Han troops in the rear?
Aren’t the Han troops in the front? "
Liu Lue felt that his brain was really not enough.
But soon, the dazed Liu Lue was awakened by the shouts of the guards beside him.
"General, quickly organize the soldiers to meet the enemy!"
The Wu army's baggage train numbered several thousand.
However, on the one hand, their fighting power was not strong, and on the other hand, they were caught off guard and attacked from the rear. Under the influence of these two fatal factors, thousands of Wu troops' baggage troops had already been in chaos.
Now the royal guards can only hope that Liu Lue, who has always been famous for his bravery, can lead the army to turn the tide.
Under the expectant eyes of his guards, Liu Lue realized the mission he was now shouldering.
Liu Lue is also confident in his own bravery.
Most of Jingzhou's brave generals are now with Mi Yang.
Even though the Han army attacking from the rear was led by Chen Dao himself, Liu Lue was not afraid at all.
Chen Dao was nearly sixty years old, and he was not known for his military prowess in the Han army.
What is there to fear about keeping Lue?
Under the expectant gaze of Yu's personal guards, Liu Lue lifted up the broadsword weighing dozens of kilograms, spurred his horse and quickly came to the rear of his own baggage train.
By the time Liu Lue arrived, the Wu army's baggage train had been thrown into chaos by the Han army's attack.
This inevitably made Liu Lue anxious.
But soon Liu Lue's attention was attracted by an old veteran in the Han army.
Liu Lue had seen Chen Dao's portrait, so he quickly recognized the identity of the veteran.
Chen Dao!
Seeing that it was really Chen Dao who led the troops personally, Liu Lue could not help but be overjoyed.
If he could kill Chen Dao in battle, not only would he be able to reverse the current situation of the Wu army, but he would also become famous in one battle!
Thinking of this, Liu Lue couldn't wait to raise his sword and ride his horse towards Chen Dao.
The closer he got to Chen Dao, the more excited Liu Lue felt when he saw the gray hair on Chen Dao's head.
You are so old, can you still lift the spear in your hand?
Soon Chen Dao answered Liu Lue's questions with the movements of his hands.
Chen Dao noticed that a Wu general was coming towards him to kill him.
But Chen Dao didn't feel panic at all.
On the contrary, Chen Dao felt it was weird.
Facing the Wu general's raised sword, Chen Dao simply raised the spear in his hand and blocked it easily.
This scene shocked Liu Lue.
He knew very well how powerful his sword was, and thought he could kill Chen Dao with one blow, but he didn't expect Chen Dao to be so easily killed.
Before Liu Lue could express his surprise and doubt, Chen Dao's counterattack came in an instant.
A flash of gunlight came towards Liu Lue's face at an extremely fast speed.
Liu Lue saw the flash of gunfire, but he had no time to react.
When the gun light came in front of Liu Lue, a bloody hole appeared in his throat.
A large amount of blood continued to flow out from the blood hole, and Liu Lue's body fell heavily from the horse weakly.
Looking at Liu Lue who was as dead as could be, Chen Dao secretly said with disdain in his heart:
"Compared to Zilong, the speed is too slow!"
The death of Liu Lue also meant the complete defeat of the Wu army's baggage train.
(End of this chapter)