The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng was also calm, and continued to direct his troops to fight back.

Covered by the woodland, the specific number of his soldiers and horses, in a short period of time, the other party did not know at all.

3Chapter 17 news finally arrived

Relying on this advantage, Liu Zheng's troops and Sun Jian's troops fought a fierce battle here.

A few hours later, night fell.

The battle that took place near the camp also came to an end at this time.

Coming to an end, it does not mean that the battle between Liu Zheng and Sun Jian is over.

But because the sky was getting dark, the two sides temporarily suspended their troops and retreated to the sides.

Each of them continued to regroup, establish territory, temporarily rest their troops, and may launch a second round of attack at any time.

This is also because there were no hot weapons in ancient battles, and some were just hand-to-hand combat. Coupled with the vast terrain, it was impossible to kill all the enemy troops in a short time.

Under such a protracted battle, a big battle may even last for several hours.

After Liu Zheng dealt with the resettlement of some wounded soldiers, he quickly gathered the able-bodied troops on his side and gathered on a hill.

Gan Ning, Wenpin, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and other generals gathered around Liu Zheng again.

"Brothers, are you all okay?"

When Liu Zheng saw that these generals were still alive, he finally felt a little relieved.

"My lord, we are all fine, but our brothers"

Gan Ning was the first to answer Liu Zheng. Although he said he was fine, Liu Zheng could still see from his body that his gray armor was completely stained with blood, showing a black and red color.There were still a few scars on the exposed skin, which looked like they had been chopped open by a sharp weapon, with blood oozing faintly, but they had already been bandaged.

It can be seen from his attire that although he is still alive, he must have left a lot of scars after the fierce battle.

Not only Gan Ning, but several other people have more or less scars on their bodies. Although these scars are not fatal, if they are delayed, they will definitely affect their combat effectiveness.

"Brothers have worked hard, how many people do you have under your command?"

"I haven't done a detailed calculation, but I took a rough look at the 4000 soldiers under my command. At this time, it is estimated that there are only more than [-] left."

This time, Gan Ning led 1 of his most elite troops from Jiaozhou. Although they lost part of it on the way, plus the 1000 people sent to Zhang Yongyu to escort food and grass, they were attacked by Cheng Pu's men and lost a lot. big.But now after a big battle, more than half of it has been lost.

After listening to Gan Ning's description, Liu Zheng looked at Wenpin again.

Wenpin's 1 men, although they have just been recruited for a short time, they have been trained in Zhuyazhou under Wenpin's leadership for several months, and their combat effectiveness is not much different from that of Sun Jian's troops. .

"My lord, there should be about 5000 brothers under my command."

"How about you two?"

After Wenpin finished speaking, Liu Zheng looked at Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai again.

"The two of us should have about 6000 or [-] people. Many brothers were lost in this battle. The main reason is that the soldiers and horses sent by Sun Jian are quite powerful. They cannot engage in large-scale battles in the jungle, and my subordinates Most of the brothers are sailors, and fighting those people on land will not be of any advantage."

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had 1 sailors under their command. These [-] men were recruited in the shortest time, and they didn't have much training before.Therefore, the combat ability may actually be inferior to the soldiers under Gan Ning Wenpin and others.When this war came out, the casualties were also huge.

When Liu Zheng heard what the three of them said, he thought about it for a while. The combined strength of these men was actually only 5000 left.

He brought a full 3 people out of Jiaozhou, and now more than half of them have been lost.

Naturally, Liu Zheng's face was livid. The 5000 people who lost the follow-up compensation and the issue of pensions for their families would give Liu Zheng a headache.

If they failed to get some benefits in Yangzhou, the loss of troops this time would be no small matter.

"I didn't expect Sun Jian to summon [-] soldiers here in a short period of time. Forty thousand soldiers are indeed capable. I don't know why this guy wants to fight us here. According to our plan, he should It is right to lead the army back to Fuchun."

The reason why Liu Zheng dared to confront Sun Jian here was actually because he knew that Yan Baihu was going to attack Fuchun, and there was Sun Jian's family in Fuchun. It was impossible for Sun Jian to ignore it, if he really did.Wouldn't his men be followed by so many people?

After all, Sun Jian is not Liu Bei, so he can abandon his wife and son.Sun Jian paid more attention to his family than Liu Bei and Cao Cao.

"My lord, could it be that Yan Baihu didn't attack according to our agreement?"

"No, I sent Xu You to Yan Baihu's army to monitor Yan Baihu. If Yan Baihu doesn't attack Fuchun as planned, Xu You will definitely send someone to inform us."

"But now, we have not received any news from Xu You, so there is only one possibility. Sun Jian should not have received the news that Fuchun was attacked."

"Maybe that's the case. No matter what, we can't back down. We will continue to garrison here tonight. Everyone must put up 12 points of energy. Don't let Sun Jian attack the camp at night. If he really robs the camp, our losses will be huge." But it will be bigger."

Liu Zheng gave instructions to the generals, and then began to order the subordinates to bury pots and cook food. Although he didn't think that Sun Jian would have the strength to attack the camp at night after fighting during the day, he still had to do the necessary defense.

Now he is planning to delay time, as long as the time continues to delay until Sun Jian understands that someone is attacking Fuchun, then it will not be Liu Zheng but Sun Jian who will be sad.

Sun Jian, who is in a dilemma, will not continue to stand in a stalemate with Liu Zheng here, nor will he bring people back to Fuchun to support him.

Silent all night.

Liu Zheng was prepared for defense, but did not receive news of Sun Jian coming to attack at night. It may be that Sun Jian suffered heavy losses, and the possibility of attacking the camp at night was unlikely, so they did not proceed. Both sides wanted to rest well.

However, early the next morning, a few messengers rushed over from Sun Jian's side.

These messengers are the clan disciples of the Sun family in Fuchun's hometown. They are all family members with the surname Sun, and their status is relatively high in Sun Jian's barracks, so they entered the barracks without hindrance, and soon came to Sun Jian's big tent. among.

As soon as they entered the door, the faces of these orderlies were anxious.

"My lord, my lord, something is wrong!"

"What are you panicking about? What's the big deal? Could it be that Liu Zheng is calling again?"

"No, it's Fuchun, someone is attacking Fuchun!"

Chapter 348 Returning to Fuchun

Sun Jian, who got up early, was exploring with his lieutenant how to defeat Liu Zheng.

But it never occurred to him that what the messenger brought was something about his hometown, Fuchun County.

"Someone is attacking Fuchun?"

When Sun Jian heard what the messengers said, he didn't believe it immediately. He had some doubts, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but after seeing that these messengers were the clan disciples of his Sun family, Sun Jian's eyes were a little bit wrong. .

These people, who were arranged by him to stay in Fuchun County, appeared here at this time, so he had to think about it.

"what happened?"

Sun Jian immediately put down the matter in his hands, and hastily brought the topic to the matter in Fuchun County.

Those messengers were also unambiguous at this time, and immediately told Sun Jian.

"My lord, just a day ago, a large group of troops came from the direction of Wucheng County and directly surrounded our Fuchun County."

These soldiers may not know who the soldiers and horses from Wucheng County are, but when Sun Jian heard the word Wucheng County, he immediately understood.Because he is Wu Chenghou who was conferred by the imperial court, he now knows that Wu Cheng county has been occupied by Yan Baihu.

As soon as he heard about the people in Wucheng County, he immediately thought of Yan Baihu.

"Yan Baihu!"

Yan Baihu was fighting with Liu Yao some time ago, so he has been recruiting soldiers. Now there are more than 3 soldiers and horses gathered under Yan Baihu's command.If these 3 people attack Fuchun County, this strength is completely sufficient.

It's just that there was no grudge between Sun Jian and Yan Baihu before, and Sun Jian couldn't think of why Yan Baihu would attack him.Even if Yan Baihu wanted to attack, he was going to trouble Liu Yao, why did he come to his Fuchun County.

Sun Jian couldn't figure it out, but it didn't mean he didn't think Yan Baihu wouldn't come to attack Fuchun.

"Quickly tell me what's going on, how many troops did Yan Baihu bring? When did he come?"

Sun Jian couldn't figure it out, so he wanted to know more about the affairs of Yan Baihu and Fuchun County, and immediately asked these messengers, wanting to get a general idea of ​​who the people who besieged Fuchun County were. It's not Yan Baihu and how many soldiers and horses there are. Only after knowing the whole situation can Sun Jian make further preparations.

These messengers didn't dare to be vague and hesitant. After Sun Jian asked, they immediately gave Sun Jian a general description.

Because they left early, in fact, it is not clear how many people Yan Baihu led to attack, and can only be described by a rough number.

When Sun Jian knew that Yan Baihu had brought [-] troops to besiege Fuchun County, Sun Jian had a deep look on his face, and that kind of long-term worry, even if Sun Jian didn't speak, was all over his face superior.

Although he stayed in Fuchun County with 3000 soldiers and horses, in his opinion, there should be no problem with these [-] soldiers and horses guarding Fuchun County.Of course, this was only in the absence of a large number of troops to attack Fuchun County, but now a Yan Baihu suddenly appeared and led [-] soldiers to besiege Fuchun, and it was difficult for only [-] soldiers to stop it.

"Did Yan Baihu's men break through Fuchun County?"

After a long silence, Sun Jian finally raised his head, looked at the messengers, and asked again.

"We don't know either. After we got the news of someone attacking, we immediately rushed to pass the order to the lord. We don't know the current situation in Fuchun. We can only know if we return to help as soon as possible."

The purpose of these messengers was only to pass orders to Sun Jian. As for the current situation in Fuchun, they really didn't know.

After hearing the news, Sun Jian looked even more sad. If he sent troops back to Fuchun at this moment, he would definitely not be able to continue fighting Liu Zheng here, but if he continued to entangle Liu Zheng here, then Fuchun would probably not be able to stop Yan Baihu attack.

"Second brother! What should we do now? Fuchun is our foundation, and we can't afford to lose it. If something happens to Fuchun, staying here to deal with Liu Zheng will not help. Even if we win Liu Zheng, we will lose our own. Base, everything is in vain!"

Before Sun Jian answered and made his own decision, Sun Jing on the side couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately said to Sun Jian beside Sun Jian that he advocated returning to Fuchun to help his hometown.

After all, there are Sun Jing, Sun Jian's mother and a whole family in Fuchun, including their wives and children.

If they ignore it, their family members are likely to be injured in this battle.

Sun Jing opened her mouth to speak, wanting Sun Jian to leave here and return to help Fuchun, but Fan Neng on the other side really quit.

"No, my lord, if you evacuate, it will be difficult for me to compete with Liu Zheng here with my current strength. When Liu Zheng is allowed to escape from here, our previous efforts will be in vain. This is letting the tiger go back to the mountain. In my opinion , we should work together to defeat Liu Zheng, and then take care of Fuchun's affairs, Yan Baihu is nothing to worry about, he is not at the same level as Liu Zheng."

Fan Neng is not Sun Jian's man, he is Liu Yao's subordinate, and Liu Yao's biggest idea is to eliminate Liu Zheng.

After yesterday's scuffle, there were only more than 1 soldiers left.These [-] people want to stop Liu Zheng, and the current manpower is very difficult.

If Sun Jian withdrew, he would not be able to block Liu Zheng alone, and would definitely let Liu Zheng escape from here.

Sun Jian looked at Fan Neng and Sun Jing. The two of them each represented an opinion, which was exactly where he was in a dilemma.

In fact, Sun Jian himself wanted to stay, stay here, and solve Liu Zheng first, after all, he knew Liu Zheng best.

If you don't get rid of Liu Zheng this time and give Liu Zheng a little color, then you won't have such an opportunity next time, let alone the next time, it's still up to you whether he will have the ability to trap Liu Zheng next time matter.

But in the current situation, even if he stays here, he is not completely sure, but to defeat Liu Zheng, after all, according to his estimation, Liu Zheng should have more than ten thousand troops.

It is easy to defeat these people, but it is not so easy to kill them all.

On the other hand, Fuchun was very anxious, and if he delayed a little, he was afraid that his family, wife and children might die because of the city gate.

Sun Jian fell into a deep silence, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Although there are 1 people who are reluctant and don't want to leave, but in the end, the wife and children outweigh the hatred for Liu Zheng.

"Withdraw! Let's go back and rescue Fu Chun!"

Sun Jian spoke his order in an unwilling voice.

Chapter 349 Yan Baihu's Highlight Moment

As soon as Fan Neng heard Sun Jian's words, a look of displeasure appeared on his face.

At this moment, he didn't care so much anymore, and immediately raised his voice a bit.

"Sun Jian, you were invited by our Master State Shepherd to help you. You have to figure out that dealing with Liu Zheng is more important. If you run away, you will be punished by the State Shepherd!"

Since Sun Jian could not be persuaded, Fan Neng could only use Liu Yao's name to suppress Sun Jian, hoping that Sun Jian would be afraid and change his mind.

Not to mention, Fan Neng's words really made Sun Jian's body, which was just about to leave, startled for a moment.

Stopping in place, neither walking nor staying.

Sun Jian also understood that if he left here, he was afraid that Fan Neng would go back and sue Liu Yao, and the relationship between him and Liu Yao might break down from then on.

But in Sun Jian's heart, since he had made up his mind to go back to Fuchun to rescue his wife and children.Naturally, he would not regret it, especially when Fan Neng threatened him with Liu Yao, which made Sun Jian determined to leave.

"Sun Jing, let's go!"

Sun Jian just hesitated here for a moment, then called out to his second brother, and left from here.

Since he was going back to Fuchun for rescue, what was needed was speed. After the decision was made, Sun Jian soon took his remaining [-] people and left from here, rushing towards Fuchun in a hurry.

And the movements in Sun Jian's barracks naturally couldn't escape Liu Zheng's eyes and ears.

Liu Zheng had just woken up and was thinking about how to delay the attack of Sun Jian and others in the big tent. At this moment, Gan Ning hurried outside and walked in.

"My lord! My lord! That bastard Sun Jian moved!"

"Moved? What moved?"

Gan Ning's voice was loud, and before entering the big tent, he caught Liu Zheng's attention.

"My lord, our spies just sent the news that Sun Jian's troops had completely evacuated just now, and they were leaving in the direction of Fuchun, very fast, as if something happened. "

As soon as Gan Ning explained the matter, he immediately asked Liu Zheng to stand up from his seat, with an overjoyed expression on his face.

"It's Yan Baihu! It's Yan Baihu and the others who beat Fuchun. Sun Jian finally knows, and now he's just worried about Fuchun, and he's leading the remaining troops back to help!"