Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 401 Taishi Ci

In Tai Shici's view, the situation in Danyang County is far worse than last year's.

Sun Ce's soldiers and horses are more numerous than last time. In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, this is nothing more than to increase their fear and cowardice, but in the eyes of Tai Shici, this is an obvious signal .

The last time the two sides fought, most of Yuan Shu's main force was focused on attacking Xuzhou. In fact, it was Sun Ce's troops who were fighting fiercely with Liu Yao's army. .

This time it was obviously different, not to mention that the enemy was getting stronger and stronger, even Sun Ce's strategic line had changed.

Tai Shici naturally knew that last year, Sun Ce crossed the river from Liyang, first defeated Liu Yao in Dantu, Wujun, and forced him to flee to Danyang to the west, and then Sun Ce led his army from Qiantang to attack Wujun in three ways, and captured Since his hometown, he has been recruiting troops and accumulating strength.

Governor Liu Yao was also very aware of this point, knowing that there would be a big battle in the coming year, he stationed heavy troops at the border between Danyang and Wujun to guard against death.

As a result, no one expected that after the first day of the new year, Sun Ce indeed immediately raised his army, but the target of the attack was not Danyang, but Kuaiji in the south of Wujun!
It wasn't until General Ji fully occupied and even defeated the other two forces entrenched in Yangzhou, Wang Lang and Yan Baihu, that he began to send troops to Danyang again.

On the one hand, he had completely bypassed Liu Yao's defense line, and on the other hand, he won a county that greatly increased his strength, and also had Yuan Shu behind him to provide food and support for his troops. This time, Sun Ce's offensive was completely different. Last time, every time a city was occupied, they were not in a hurry to continue to attack. Instead, they fought steadily, arranged officials, and took over the civil affairs. It was clear that they wanted to gradually erode.

This kind of situation made Tai Shici feel a strong sense of crisis in his heart. He sent messengers to Danyang. On the one hand, he was seeking reinforcements to keep Wuhu's line of defense. On the other hand, he naturally wanted to remind Liu Yao, this situation of being passively beaten cannot continue.

If you just watched Sun Ce's strength grow day by day, while his family stayed in the Danyang county, one after another, it would take at most half a year. The meeting will be overwhelming and out of control!
Just thinking of Liu Yao, Tai Shici's bright and shining eyes couldn't help but darken.

He chose to leave Beihai at the beginning because Kong Rong was a man of great ambition and talent, so he could not know people and be good at tasks. He did not expect to cross the river thousands of miles to Qu'a to join Liu Yao, a fellow clan minister from his hometown (Liu Yao was from Muping, Donglai). same result.

At this time, Wang Zhengke was living in Yangzhou and Yuan Shu was raising his troops. At that time, the Yangzhou army was the first to push to Dong'e. Sun Ce showed his power and killed three generals under Liu Yao. Liu Yao, who was under pressure for a while, really had trouble sleeping and eating, and couldn't sit still.

According to common sense, Tai Shici's coming to serve at this time can be said to be the right time, and it must be useful!
As a result, Liu Yao did not think highly of Tai Shici because Xu Zijiang, his staff member, said when others recommended Tai Shici: "If I use Ziyi, Xu Zijiang will laugh at me for not knowing how to use people."

Later, Tai Shici was only made a sentinel commander to spy on the military situation!
Maybe it's because of this magical operation that even God can't stand it anymore, in order to prevent Tai Mingzhu from secretly casting, and then by coincidence, when Tai Shici led a cavalry to patrol the surroundings, he ran into Sun Ce in Shenting.

At that time, Sun Ce had thirteen cavalry, all of whom were brave men such as Huang Gai, Han Dang, Song Qian, etc., but Tai Shici was not afraid, and stepped forward to fight with Sun Ce.Sun Ce dismounted from Taishi Ci's horse and grabbed Taishi Ci's halberd at the back of his neck. At the same time, Taishi Ci also grabbed Sun Ce's helmet.It was not until the two armies merged to Shenting that they stopped fighting and disbanded.

After this fight, Taishi Ci Wanfu's reputation for undeserved bravery is really confirmed. Almost everyone thinks that Liu Yao should use him again now, right?
结果
Tai Shici was indeed promoted from a cavalry commander to a cavalry captain, but Liu Yao arranged for him to guard Wuhu in the west of Danyang, instead of facing the east of Wujun's main defense line, but there were mistakes. However, no one would have thought that Sun Ce's real offensive in the first year of Jian'an was precisely to the west of Danyang.

When Chen Pu led his army all the way to attack the city of Kewanling and Liyang, he was so powerful and full of vigor, no one would have thought that he would get a blow in the face of Wuhu city!
Tai Shici, who has both arrows and halberds, personally starred in a wonderful show of iron-locking Hengjiang, which not only stopped Sun Cejun's mighty momentum, but also severely injured the enemy general Chen Pu with an arrow, and almost died.

Of course, the balance of war cannot be completely reversed by one person, so even though he is regarded as a god by the Wuhu generals, Tai Shici has no arrogance at all.

Looking around, he really didn't feel complacent.

Wuhu is an important town in Danyang. Originally, there were two captains who attacked fifteen governors in total. The other captain was completely convinced shortly after Tai Shici's first arrival and was willing to be his deputy. However, he was unlucky on the first day when Sun Ce's army attacked the city. die in battle.

And these days, the faces participating in the military meeting are changing every day!
There were four new faces who came to participate in the military meeting the day before yesterday, there were seven yesterday, and today there are eleven!

The attack on the enemy's barracks last night was certainly a glorious victory, but the price paid by the Wuhu army was also heavy. The old faces who didn't come were obviously killed.Some of the new faces were originally deputy governors, and some were originally just superintendents.Because the Du Bo and deputy Du Bo of the team were killed one after another, they were promoted from the front line to take up their positions.

The casualties of soldiers can be roughly calculated from the loss rate of officers alone.

Thinking of this, Tai Shici's heart became more and more heavy, he asked: "Yesterday night attack, I was only thinking about the number of beheads, but I neglected to ask, what is the loss of our various ministries?"

The Dubs answered one by one, the one with the biggest loss had dozens of casualties; the one with the smallest loss also had sporadic casualties. As of now, among the [-] centurions in Wuhu, the one with the most complete organizational system has more than [-] people , but the one with the heaviest loss was none in ten, and it was almost disintegrated.

According to some statistics, after more than ten days of hard fighting, the [-] defenders lost nearly half.

This made everyone feel even more depressed, not like the expression that a person should have just after defeating the enemy army. Some people couldn't help but suggested: "Captain, why don't I go to the Shicheng behind and take the guards over there?" The army is mobilized?"

"Even if there is no official document from the governor, with the current prestige of the captain, it is expected that the defenders of Shicheng will cooperate!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up and they all echoed.

But seeing Tai Shici shook his head directly and flatly refused: "This is absolutely impossible!"

"It's a big violation of the rules to dispatch other parts in private without the order of the governor." He said seriously: "Besides, Shicheng is the last line of defense in front of Danyang City. The soldiers and horses in the city must not move lightly!"

"But the captain." The man hesitated and said, "You just said that Shicheng is not a strong city. If Wuhu cannot be kept, there is no way to hold it there. What's more, the guard of Shicheng is far from the captain. The situation is critical if it goes wrong!"

"The longer we guard, the more exhausted the enemy on the opposite side will be!" Tai Shici's eyes flashed fiercely: "Hey, if all the soldiers in Wuhu City are dead, if they are all dead, then I can guarantee that his son of Sun Ce will The casualties will only get worse!"

"Mishap? If there is still a breath of mercy, there will never be any so-called mishaps in Wuhu!"

Everyone understood that Tai Shici wanted to use Wuhu to bring Sun Cejun down!

As long as Sun Ce's army is dragged down, it doesn't matter even if the entire army of Wuhu defenders is wiped out, or even Wuhu falls!
After all, after all this fight, even if the enemy wins, it will be an absolute miserable victory!
That would not only be a loss in strength, but their morale and enthusiasm after winning streak would also be gone. When they go to attack Shicheng again, they will face the defenders who are recharging their energy and waiting for work!
If you fight well, maybe you can take the opportunity to counterattack.

It's just that everyone looks at me and I look at you. Liu Yao has been fighting Yuan Shu endlessly since the first day he entered Yangzhou. In the past, but after listening to Tai Shici's words, I couldn't help but feel chills in my heart.

Not because he was afraid of death, but because Tai Shici's tone was too calm when he said these words.

It would be fine if Tai Shici said these words in a stern voice, but he understated the life and death of the whole city like drinking tea and water.
Such an attitude of disregarding life and death, why doesn't it make people feel cold all over?

If it weren't for this Tai Shi Ziyi who has always been able to share joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and his own personal morality is unquestionable, the princes would also know that what he said is for the overall situation, and his loyalty to Liu Yao is definitely not for his own selfishness. I'm afraid some people will have different thoughts.

But even so, everyone was muttering in their hearts, it doesn't matter if the guards here are sacrificed, it doesn't matter if Wuhu City is lost, but if there is no general like Tai Shici...
The stone city in the back may not be able to defend against the weakened Sun Ce army!

Sun Cejun was able to suffer so much under the city of Wuhu. To put it bluntly, wasn't it because of Tai Shici alone?

The scene of people with different expressions was also seen by Tai Shici. He remained calm, just looked at the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "Whether the governor can come back in time or not, Wuhu City will have to defend at least another ten days!"

"In the past ten days, anyone who dares to make false claims to retreat, and anyone who dares to call for reinforcements from the defenders of Shicheng, will be regarded as disturbing the morale of the army, and beheaded!"

Speaking of this, Tai Shici slightly exerted his left hand on the hilt of the sword, and said: "Everyone, don't worry, I will be at the front when there is a war, and if I want to retreat, I will cut off the rear myself!"

"The war will not stop for a day, and I will never leave the city for half a step!"

Speaking of this, he waved his hand, and immediately a soldier handed him a bow and arrow. Taishi Ci relaxed his arms, put the arrow on the string, and with a little force, he saw that the bow was like a full moon.

It's a little far away.
He patrolled the city with tiger eyes, today because of Chen Pu's injury, Sun Ce's army did not launch an attack on the city, even the soldiers stayed in the barracks, and did not come to the city to call for battle as usual.

In fact, the enemy did not dare to send generals to call for battle.

In the past few days, before every siege, someone would come to call for an attack. Tai Shici often ignored it, but took the opportunity to check whose official position among them, and then lightly drew his bow, and the arrows were like lightning, shooting steadily In, never missed.

This miraculous shooting technique not only boosted the morale of the defenders in the city, but also made the enemies speechless in shock.

Although such a one-shot shot would not cause much damage, no matter how accurate it is, Tai Shici's move was naturally not to show off his skills, but to try his best to reverse the gap between the enemy and us. .

Just as Tai Shici was trying to find the target, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him.

Not long afterward, a soldier ran up to the top of the wall in a panic.

"Master, there is a letter from home!"

"Due to the Xuzhou army's attack on Beihai, Huang County is currently suffering from pirate disasters. Recently, many children of the Taishi family have lost their lives, and the old lady has also been disturbed a lot. She is in danger."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a bang, Tai Shici's heart and mind were all shaken, and he accidentally dropped the Zhenyue Bow, which was regarded as a treasure.

"What did you say!"

Tai Shici's expression was ferocious, and with a leap, the tall figure flew over and directly picked up the soldier.

"Have pirates invaded Huang County?"

"Also disturbed my mother?"

"If the book comes to the sun, you can read the grace of hard work, come to the starry night, with full filial piety"

After reading Bi's family book, Tai Shici stood there for a while with his head bowed, without saying a word.

On the top of the city, the generals surrounding the side also didn't know what to say, and fell into a silence that could be heard falling into needles for a while.

In the original history, Yuan Tan also attacked Beihai in the spring of the first year of Jian'an, and won a complete victory in the summer. However, under the same disastrous defeat, because the opponent was not the king of the Yellow Turban bandits, Kong Rong did not. He chose to live and die with the city, but fled to Xudu, was recruited by Emperor Xian as a master craftsman, and was later promoted to Shaofu.

Similarly, because the invaders were the Runan Yuan family of the fourth generation and the third lord, the local family in Beihai did not choose to fight to the end after the fall of Pingshou, and Donglai was not attacked by pirates, so it can be said that order was restored in a short time .

This time, it was very different.

After a while, when Tai Shici raised his head again, there was a burst of exclamation.

But it was this fierce general who was the enemy of thousands of people, and now his eyes were red and tears were pouring down like springs.

This.
Everyone was dumbfounded, it was unbelievable, after these days, they had already cast their eyes on their own captain, and they had never made him laugh and moved in the hail of guns and arrows, and they had never been even a little bit frightened under the siege of the isolated city. Let him lose his composure like this?

"There is no need for the captain to do this." Someone couldn't help saying: "The old lady is lucky and has her own appearance, so she will be fine!" "

"If you are really trapped because of your loving relatives and feel uneasy, you can go back to rescue. The governor is not a heartless person, and he will definitely agree to it!"

"My heart is pierced now, because of my mother, but it's not just this ear." Seeing Tai Shici's face was full of tears, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Pirates invaded my county, and they want to do harm, kindness will not go away, but"

Speaking of this, Taishi's kind words were full of bitterness: "The enemy's soldiers are approaching the city. At this time of life and death, when the governor employs people, if the kindness returns now, isn't it an unfaithful person?"

"The sadness of compassion is that this matter will trap me in loyalty and filial piety, and it is difficult to have both!"

Hearing this, everyone sighed.

That's right, Wuhu's ability is not lost now. It is no exaggeration to say that it is indeed relying on the strength of Tai Shici alone. If he returns to his hometown this time, then
Once Chen Pu recovered from his injuries, or Sun Ce sent another general to attack the city, would they be able to stop them alone?
However, mother and son are close relatives by nature, even if their own lives were at stake, none of the people asked Tai Shici to stay, not even the slightest idea.

At this moment, footsteps sounded again.

Another rider galloped to the top of the city, but before the shadows arrived, the panic shouts had already arrived.

"Captain, our messenger is back!"

"But no reinforcements have been brought!"

"It also brought news that Governor Liu Yao had abandoned Danyang and fled to Yuzhang on the advice of his advisers a few days ago!"

what? !

Hearing this, everyone present paled one by one.

This blow was too great for generals like them who fought bloody battles.

But after Tai Shici was stunned, he suddenly showed a self-deprecating smile, which was full of bitterness.

Liu You
Such an unbearable person, thanks to me, I still have a heart of loyalty, and even had a dilemma just now
How ridiculous!
(End of this chapter)