Qu'a (present-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province) on its way to Dantu (between present-day Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces). A large army of about 6,000 men was on a rapid march. The red flags of the army were fluttering, causing dust and sand on the road. However, although this army was pursuing, there were few cavalry, mostly infantry, and the speed of the march was not fast. I saw a general wearing red armor, with a mighty figure and a short beard under his jaw, like a tiger or a leopard, it was Sun Ce.
He steered his horse while shouting:
"March! Speed up the march! Today, we must kill Liu Cao in one battle!"
Beside him, generals Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Ling Cao, and Song Lian were also traveling in a hurry.
Cheng Pu saw Sun Ce's impatient behavior, and could not help but persuade him.
", now our army just met a big battle, already exhausted, and then this kind of immediate march, I'm afraid I can't hold up ah!"
Sun Ce sniffed, not caring:
"Eh, Cheng Pu, as the saying goes, speed is of the essence, now that Liu Cao is defeated, I will follow Zhou Yu's plan and have Huang Gai and Zhou Tai ambush him on his way out! Liu Cao is heading towards Dantu (between present day Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province), and if he's ambushed, he'll be in chaos! If our army can catch up and attack from both sides, we can defeat Liu Cao in one battle!"
Cheng Pu saw this, thought for a while, and then said.
"But our army is tired, if the enemy set up an ambush halfway, I'm afraid it's difficult for our army to cope with it!"
"Heh heh heh..."
Sun Ce said disdainfully:
"Cheng Pu is too high on that Liu Carefree! If he had the guts to set up an ambush, would he still be defeated?"
Cheng Pu said:
"But..."
"No buts!"
Sun Ce waved his spear in his hand and said disdainfully:
"With that defeated army, even if we set up an ambush, I'm sure I can defeat them! All troops continue to speed up! We must catch up with Liu Cao today!"
Once this order was issued, all the generals shouted to advance, and for a while the speed of the whole army increased again.
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On top of the heights on both sides of the Qu'a road, Liu Bei and Liu Xian look down the mountain, and a general makes a report:
"My lord, there is a large number of people coming from the front!"
Liu Bei sniffs and says:
"How many enemy troops are there?"
"How much farther to go? "
The scout said:
"My lord, the enemy army is about 5,000 to 6,000 people, all infantry. However, the speed of marching is very fast, when my subordinate probed just now, there are still five miles to go (one mile, that is 500 meters)!"
Liu Xian heard this and laughed:
"That Sun Ce must have been so anxious to catch up with Liu Cao that he allowed his soldiers to march so forcefully! This is self-seeking death!"
Liu Bei was also delighted and said:
"When our two armies engage in battle, consigliere can only stay on this mountain, I will leave a tun (100 men) to protect consigliere!"
Liu Xian nodded, this is his first time to face the battlefield directly, as a scribe, he has no strength, naturally he can't participate in the battle.
While they were conversing, the earth had already begun to shake, Sun Ce's army had already arrived. Liu Bei's heart and mind converged, holding his breath. When he was bringing Sun Ce's army to the middle of the road, Liu Bei immediately got up and shouted:
"The whole army attack!"
With an explosive shout, Liu Bei's army on both sides of the road rushed out to kill.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
A time shouting and killing sound vibrate drink mountains and forests. Sun Ce's army on the road heard this, a time more than chaos. Sun Ce heard the shouting and killing sound on the mountain, has been horrified. I did not expect the enemy actually dare to ambush? Then he looked aghast and shouted:
"Don't panic, the enemy army is just a remnant of the army, it is not a match for our army! All generals, and with me to meet the battle!"
At that moment, he threw out his spear and killed Liu Bei's army. Without killing many people, Sun Ce already realized that something was wrong. This is not the attire of Liu Cao's army! Where did this enemy come from?
Then he looked around, only to see his own troops and the enemy army connected, instantly killed and wounded a hundred people. Seeing this, Sun Ce was horrified. Liu Cao's army was not that strong!
At this moment, a black shadow had already come out from the forest, and with a dance of a silver snake, a strange spear head had already stabbed towards him. Sun Ce was already brave, and seeing this, he shouted, and his big spear met the spear head. Only to hear a clanging sound, a huge force came towards Sun Ce. Sun Ce was even more shocked. This person's strength, he can be said to have only seen in his life!
And at this time - opposite - Zhang Fei also secretly marveled, this person looks only in his twenties, but can match him, this should be the consigliere said Sun Ce! So he shouted:
"Good block!"
He laughed freely, strangled his horse with his left hand, and swept his right hand's Zhangba Snake Spear towards Sun Ce again.
And from the back of Sun Ce also killed a fierce general, holding a square sky painting halberd mouth shouted: "small child suffer death!" It is Taishi Ci who has already joined Liu Bei.
This is a forced march, physical strength can not keep up, coupled with Zhang Fei's blow, has made unprepared Sun Ce feel numbness in the arms, see Taishi Ci attack again, he hastily raised his spear to block.
Clang!
Another sound of gold, only to hear Sun Ce's horse a hissing, even fell down horizontally. Seeing this, Sun Ce rolled on the ground in a panic. Zhang Fei and Taishi Ci naturally refused to give up this opportunity to kill Sun Ce, the two of them towards Sun Ce stabbed again and again. For a while, Sun Ce was already in danger.
Seeing this, Cheng Pu shouted, "Don't hurt the master!" Before he could walk, he heard an explosive shout from Taishi Ci:
"Tai Shi Ci is here!"
In the sound of the shout, Tai Shi Ci abandoned his halberd and held a sword, a large sword has already been split and spread. Cheng Pu was horrified, and hurriedly resisted. At this time, Han Dang and Song Lian also found Sun Ce's dangerous situation, busy shouting:
"My Lord, we are here to help you!"
As soon as Han Dang stepped on his horse, Zhang Xun rushed to block Han Dang, only Song Lian stepped on his horse and stabbed Zhang Fei with his spear. Seeing this, Zhang Fei dodged the spear with one side of his body. Sun Ce took this opportunity to hastily roll over and seize one of Liu Bei's horses.
Zhang Fei, seeing Sun Ce fleeing, was furious and turned back to shout angrily:
"Despicable villain, how dare you sneak attack me! Die!"
As he roared, his spear slashed down towards Song Lian.
Song Lian subconsciously raised his spear to block.
Clank!
A golden sound rang out as the two weapons met, and a huge force was accustomed to Song Lian's body, who wasn't able to pull out a thousand pounds like Sun Ce, so...
Poof!"
With a vertical spray of blood, Song Lian was seriously injured by this blow. Sun Ce immediately cried out in pain:
"Song Lian!"
Song Lian listened, disregarding his own well-being and shouted:
"My Lord, run!"
Sun Ce's heart was saddened, since he started his army, he had never suffered such a great defeat! Looking around, he saw that his soldiers were being massacred by Liu Bei's army. Seeing this, although his heart was not willing, Sun Ce still shouted.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
After shouting this, he flicked his horse and led his army to retreat backward. Hearing Sun Ce's order, all the generals retreated in a hurry. Only Song Lian, who was already no match for Zhang Fei, was directly stabbed through the chest with a spear!
Liu Bei, under the great victory, was busy calling out sharply:
"Attack!"
Zhang Fei and Taishi Ci are leading the army to chase after them. This time, the consequences of Sun Ce's party's hasty march appeared, under Liu Bei's cavalry pursuit, a large number of Sun Ce's army were either killed or captured. After chasing them all the way to Qu'a, Sun Ce's remaining troops were only 3,000 in number. Sun Ce had no choice but to retreat towards the city of Qu'a and huddle up. Sun Ce lost the battle, not only Song Lian, but also half of his army. Liu Bei's army, on the other hand, captured thousands of prisoners and lost only a few hundred men.