Chapter 739 Encirclement Situation
"The county captain is great!"
"You can rest!"
The five hundred recruits cheered loudly, threw their weapons to the ground, and then sat down on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Ju looked at the group of new soldiers in front of him and couldn't help but shook his head. If they were taken out to fight in the field and encountered elite troops, they would definitely be defeated in one battle. Fortunately, as long as they enter Wu County, it will be a city defense battle. After being trained in the city defense battle, this group of people can barely be dragged out to fight in the field. After fighting a few more field battles, elite soldiers will be trained.
Because of the protection of the city wall, even new recruits can be used, but taking the new recruits out to fight in the field is tantamount to death.
For example, during the Tang Xuanzong period, after the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the rebels stormed Tongguan, the barrier to the east of Chang'an. At that time, the famous general Ge Shuhan was stationed at Tongguan. He had 100,000 new soldiers under his command, and he blocked the elite rebels east of Tongguan.
But Tang Xuanzong didn't know what he was thinking. Suddenly his mind became hot and he ordered his brother Shuhan to go out to fight. Ge Shuhan hurriedly went to Shuxuanzong and said that the new soldiers could still be used to defend the city. If they were sent out to fight in the field, they would be destined to die.
However, if the king wants his minister to die, he must die. Tang Xuanzong persisted, but Ge Shuhan had no choice but to lead his troops into battle. However, he was ambushed and defeated by the rebels. Ge Shuhan died on the spot, and his reputation was ruined.
Zhu Ju also sat down, but unlike these new soldiers, he kept his weapon in his hand and looked around from time to time, very alert.
Suddenly, Zhu Ju stood up.
"Everyone, get up, quickly!"
"The enemy is approaching, get up quickly and form a formation!"
The five hundred county soldiers were startled and stood up one after another, but they were like headless flies and were temporarily confused. Zhu Ju couldn't help being furious. He rushed forward with a knife and kicked a Jiangdong soldier away without saying a word.
"What are you doing? Have you forgotten the formations I taught you?"
"Array, array!"
Under Zhu Ju's supervision, the five hundred recruits finally managed to form a circular formation. The enemy's footsteps became louder and louder, and they continued to approach the new soldiers.
Zhu Ju's face became more and more ugly, because the number of enemy troops was more than two to three thousand, which was several times his own, and they advanced and retreated in a controlled manner, and the enemy soldiers relied closely on each other. , the footsteps are very consistent and not noisy, which is the symbol of an elite soldier.
"Damn it, why did we encounter such a group of enemies?"
Zhu Ju cursed in a low voice and looked up, only to see a general's flag flying in the air surrounded by enemy troops, with two big words written on it.
Xiahou!
Opposite was Cao Jun, three thousand elite soldiers led by Xia Houshang.
Three thousand Cao's troops advanced all the way to a hundred steps in front of Jiangdong's army and slowly stopped.
Xia Houshang sat on his horse and looked out from a distance. When he saw Jiang Dongbing's appearance, he couldn't help but sneer.
"Sirs, the enemy army is just a bunch of new recruits, and there are only a few hundred of them. Do you have the confidence to defeat them in one battle?" Xia Houshang clenched his fists and shouted.
"Destroy the enemy!"
"Destroy these new recruits!"
"Our army will win!"
Cao Cao's three thousand soldiers had experienced hundreds of battles, and they were all elite soldiers. They naturally had an arrogant air about them, and they naturally looked down upon these Jiangdong soldiers.
Xiahou Shangma Shan pointed forward and said sternly: "Attack and defeat the enemy!"
"kill!"
Three thousand Cao Cao's troops were worthy of being an elite division. During the attack, they actually completed a change in formation, transforming from a long snake formation that was conducive to marching to a pointed cone formation, and swarmed towards the Jiangdong soldiers.
"Form up, don't spread out!"
Zhu Ju was sweating profusely. He was afraid that this time it would be a disaster, but if the formation was dispersed, defeat would be inevitable.
Three thousand Cao's troops rolled in with an overwhelming momentum. Although Jiangdong's soldiers laid out their formations, they were all trembling. It was their unlucky fate that they encountered the elite Cao's troops in their first battle.
Finally, Cao Jun's sharp awl came to Jiang Dongbing and thrust it in hard, poof!
"kill!"
The soldiers who can serve as the pointed vanguard must be the best among Cao's troops. They have strong physical strength and are proficient in killing people in battle formations. Dozens of Cao soldiers were seen rushing into the Jiangdong soldiers' formation. They started killing one by one, slashing left and right with the swords in their hands. They killed Jiangdong soldiers with missing arms and legs, causing numerous casualties.
However, Jiangdong's army was not without those who dared to fight. Occasionally, a few brave Jiangdong soldiers bravely went upstream, but they were quickly killed on the spot by the surging Cao army. These men who dared to fight were killed, and the remaining Jiangdong soldiers suddenly lost their courage.
The pointed cone broke through the middle and was like a red-hot knife cutting cheese, instantly dividing Jiangdong's army into two halves. Jiangdong's army, which was divided into two halves, had to fight independently. Cao's army suffered very few casualties, with no more than ten casualties, while more than half of Jiangdong's army had been killed or injured.
Zhu Ju roared angrily, and suddenly slashed out the long sword in his hand. One of Cao's soldiers hurriedly raised his sword to resist, but unexpectedly, Zhu Ju feinted with the sword, and the long sword came back and struck him on the left side of the ribs.
"ah!"
However, no matter how brave Zhu Ju was, he was still just an ordinary man facing thousands of troops. Several Cao soldiers around him noticed Zhu Ju and immediately surrounded him. They surrounded and killed Zhu Ju, and new wounds appeared on Zhu Ju's body.
"ah!"
Zhu Ju screamed, but he was stabbed in the lower abdomen and couldn't help but let out a scream.
Several Cao soldiers around him seized the opportunity and stabbed him several times. Zhu Ju vomited blood and fell to the ground.
"The county captain is dead, run away!"
"I surrender, don't kill me, I surrender!"
When the remaining two hundred Jiangdong soldiers saw Zhu Zhi being killed, their last confidence was destroyed. They either fled directly or knelt down to ask for surrender.
"Colonel, the enemy has requested to surrender. How should we deal with it?" The people on the side asked Xia Houshang for instructions.
Xia Houshang made a gesture of wiping his neck and said coldly: "Kill them all. We move quickly and we don't have time to take these guys with us."
Xia Houshang gave an order and all the Jiangdong soldiers who surrendered were killed. And he took out the map and muttered to himself: "Use the fist."
After Xia Houyuan occupied Lou County, he was not in a hurry to attack Wu County immediately. Instead, he divided his more than 10,000 troops and horses into several groups and dispersed them, like casting a net, on the only way from Wu County to Wu County, and executed them. Kill the enemy troops.
Sun Quan ordered the reinforcements from various counties to gather at Wu County. Each county had only a few hundred troops, and most of them were new soldiers. Naturally, they were defeated by the elite Cao army.
Suddenly, Xiahou Yuan's troops were divided into groups. After intercepting and killing all the reinforcements, he ordered all the troops to gather in Wu County. In a short time, more than 10,000 Cao troops formed an encirclement in Wu County.