The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

After receiving Yuan Shu's order, Sun Jian, together with his nephew Sun Bi, his wife's brother Wu Jing, his brother Sun Jing, and his retainers Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, together with the 30,000 Danyang soldiers they had regrouped, sent troops to attack Fancheng.

Although the Danyang soldiers were re-recruited, most of the Danyang soldiers were from Shanyue people. They were brave and good at fighting. With a little training, they could become a combat-effective army. Sun Jian himself was both wise and brave, and was the only general under Yuan Shu who was allowed to have a private tribe. He is not without independent ambitions, but his sons Sun Ce and Sun Quan are both hostages in Nanyang, and they need Yuan Shu to provide food and grass, so they can only obey his orders.

On the march, Sun Jing asked Sun Jian, "Brother, how do you plan to fight this battle?"

"Liu Biao relied only on the troops of the Cai family and the Huang family. When we garrisoned in Jingzhou, we didn't keep them submissive. Those people can only see water battles. When it comes to land battles, within a few days, I will The army can invade Xiangyang." Sun Jian replied.

Sun Jian is indeed proud of himself. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he led troops to suppress the rebellion in Jingzhou and made many military exploits. However, Sun Jian was very cruel to the Jingzhou nobles, levied excessive taxes, and even allowed his soldiers to commit adultery and plunder. The Danyang soldiers were originally based on Shanyue people. Lord, seeing the prosperity of Jingzhou and the beauty of women aroused the animal nature in the bones. Jingzhou during that period was simply a hell on earth. The four major families of Cai, Kuai, Huang, and Pang joined forces to drive Sun Jian's army out of Jingzhou, which led Sun Jian to defect to Yuan Shu. So while the people of Jingzhou hated Sun Jian, Sun Jian also hated the people of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao urgently summoned his subordinates Wen Wu to discuss, "Sun Jian is coming to attack Jingzhou again. Can you tell us how to resist the tiger and wolf army?"

General Cai Mao spoke first. As the leader of the Cai clan, he married his sister to Liu Biao and became the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou army as he should. He spoke out his tactics as if he were pointing the country, "Our army should send troops to Fancheng and Deng County to stop Sun Jian's army and keep them out of the Han River. General Huang Zu is good at military affairs and can lead the battle for this battle." .”

Navy general Zhang Yun also agreed. He was Cai Mao's young friend and always followed Cai Mao's lead.

Adviser Kuai Liang put forward a different opinion, "Sun Jian's army is brave and is beyond the reach of our army. We should send envoys to negotiate peace, so that we, the people of Jingzhou, can avoid the suffering of military disasters."

Liu Biao was inclined to negotiate peace in his heart, so he immediately appointed Kuai Liang to go to Sun Jian to discuss the matter.

Cai Mao disagreed. He also had selfish motives. Kuai Liang, the representative of the Kuai family of the four major families, and the Kuai Yue brothers were both civil servants. Although the Pang family has a talented Pang Tong, he has no intention of becoming an official. Only Huang Zu of the Huang family and himself are military generals. If the Cai family wants to monopolize military power, they must get rid of Huang Zu. He wants to use this trick to kill people with a borrowed sword and get rid of Huang Zu. The power of the family in the military.

Cai Mao secretly detained Kuai Liang and ordered Huang Zu to send troops to Fancheng to meet the enemy with military symbols.

Huang Zu assigned 10,000 troops to his sworn brother Su Fei to garrison in Deng County, while he led 10,000 troops to Fancheng.

The scouts sent by Sun Jian reported the movements of the Jingzhou army, and Sun Jian also divided the army into two. Sun Bi and Wu Jing led 10,000 troops to Deng County, and led 20,000 troops to attack Fancheng. The two armies agreed to meet at the Han River.

Huang Zu and Sun Jian were old friends. The two had once put down the rebellion in the Jingnan area together. He also knew Sun Jian's ability. He planned to hold out until Sun Jian's army ran out of food and would retreat.

Sun Jian knew Huang Zu's thoughts. He was familiar with the art of war and decided to surround the city gates in the south, west and east, leaving only the north gate. He adopted the tactic of besieging but not attacking, and just waited for the outcome of the battle of Deng County.

Su Fei saw that the army coming to attack the city was not led by Sun Jian and was comparable in strength to his own, so he ordered to go out of the city to fight. However, how could the Jingzhou soldiers who had been out of battle for a long time be the opponent of the Danyang soldiers of the Tiger and Wolf Division. In less than half an hour, the Jingzhou army was defeated. They were in disarray and trampled on each other. Thousands of soldiers were surrendered. Su Fei himself was captured by Sun Bi. Wu Jing ordered the entire army to plunder Deng County for three days. Many innocent people suffered disasters and their families were destroyed.

Sun Bi sent the battle situation to Fancheng. Sun Jian knew that the time had come, so he asked his men to tie the letter of Jingzhou's surrender to an arrow and shoot it into the city.

The contents of the letters were mostly words of persuasion to surrender. People in Fancheng were panicked. Huang Zu ordered the collection of letters, but this aroused dissatisfaction among his soldiers. Many of the surrendered soldiers in Deng County were their fathers and brothers. Sun Jian had already won the battle with this psychological attack.

Seeing that the morale of the army has been lost, there is no point in fighting anymore. Huang Zu had no choice but to withdraw his troops from the north gate. After crossing the Han River, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers following him.

Sun Jian captured Fancheng without bloodshed and continued his usual policy of plundering the people in the city and forcing them to build warships for his army to use for crossing the Han River.

Sun Ben successfully reunited with Sun Jian. Sun Jian put his arm around Sun Ben's shoulders and kept praising him, "My nephew is a fierce tiger. He succeeded in one battle. He will be my right-hand man in the future. Ce'er, Quan'er will pay more tribute to you." It’s up to my cousin to ask for advice.”

Sun Bi did not refuse, "I think the Jingzhou army is all like rats. If I don't bother my uncle to fight, my nephew can take Xiangyang City with his troops."

Although Sun Jian liked his nephew's bravery, he would not hand over military power to Sun Ben. Instead, he became suspicious because of Sun Ben's words. He left Sun Ben to guard Fancheng and Wu Jing to guard Deng County. He led his troops across the Han River and attacked Xiangyang.

The news of Huang Zu's defeat reached Cai Mao's ears. He knew that the opportunity had come. He asked Zhang Yun to lead 20,000 troops to support. Huang Zu's life must not be lost. Once Huang Zu died, the checks and balances among Jingzhou's nobles would be unbalanced. This is something you cannot afford.

It was getting dark when Sun Jian's army crossed the Han River. To be on the safe side, he decided to order the army to camp on the spot and attack Xiangyang again early tomorrow morning. The camp of 20,000 troops stretched for several miles, which was so spectacular.

After Huang Zu and Zhang Yun joined forces, they decided to attack at night and turn their achievements into crimes. Zhang Yun himself had no military talent, so he had no choice but to obey Huang Zu's orders. After nightfall, Huang Zu led his army and quietly entered Sun Jian's army's camp.

"Kill! Whoever takes Sun Jian's head will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins." Encouraged by the generous rewards, the Jingzhou army rushed in one by one desperately. In the light of the fire, the two sides fought together.

Sun Jian was worthy of being a famous general. He immediately reacted to the night attack. While organizing his troops to counterattack, he went into battle himself. After a while, dozens of Jingzhou soldiers died under the ancient ingot sword.

The Jingzhou army, which launched a night attack and had superior strength, actually lost. Under the counterattack of the Danyang soldiers, countless Jingzhou soldiers died tragically. Huang Zu fled on horseback, and Sun Jian quickly mounted his horse to catch up. In the dark night, the two horses competed with each other in strength.

When they reached Xian Mountain, there were bamboo forests everywhere, and Huang Zu disappeared. Sun Jian shouted, "Rat, you dare to come and rob the camp, don't you dare to fight with me? Surrender to me quickly and you can save your life."

Sun Jian shouted several times and saw no answer, and was about to leave when suddenly an arrow shot out from the bamboo forest. Sun Jian reacted quickly and blocked it with his knife. Then a second arrow shot with great force. , unexpectedly knocked down Sun Jian's ancient ingot sword. Sun Jian began to sweat coldly, and clapped his horse to leave. Unexpectedly, a third arrow shot out of the forest, hit Sun Jian's back, and penetrated into the chest and heart.

Sun Jian fell off his horse.