Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 344 Beheading!
There are not too many examples of generals being greedy for the credit of entering a city. Even Emperor Yang of Sui was already the Son of Heaven, but when he attacked Goguryeo, he wanted to be the first to gain credit for entering the city, so he added burdens to the generals at the front and ruined everything.
Besides, Liu Qi is a prince who needs to constantly show off himself to consolidate his position...
The reason why Zhou Yu and Huang Gai put on such a show was not to win - to defeat Liu Qi, there would be no need to go through so much trouble!
But Zhou Yu's goal was to "win a great victory", or to achieve success in one battle, which meant that he had to "keep" Liu Qi completely.
Otherwise, even if we win this battle, it will take who knows how long to clean up Jiangxia, which cannot be considered a strategic victory at all!
Although Liu Qi has armor, he is not a very powerful general. He usually commands from the rear, so his chance of escaping is very high.
Therefore, Zhou Yu specially staged a scene to make Liu Qi feel sure of victory and that he was in a safe environment, so he led the charge into the city...
As for the trick of turning the west gate into the east gate, how could Zhou Yu not be prepared ?
Sun Ce was on standby in Beiweng City before, and his feint attack at the west gate was discovered by Zhou Yu as soon as it started!
"Prince, be careful!" When Wen Pin saw that it was Sun Ce, he hurriedly protected Liu Qi.
"Be careful? If being careful is useful , why practice martial arts?" Sun Ce's mouth curled up in disdain, his eyes full of excitement.
This year has made him very depressed. Although Zhou Yu's main goal is to preserve his strength and it is impossible to be defeated, he just fights and retreats. Liu Qi's actual killing of enemies is actually very limited, not much more than during the truce stalemate. But... who is Liu Qi? An unknown person with a good father!
Is it glorious to fight with him back and forth?
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not dare to go back to Nanjing for the New Year. Not only did some foolish men think that the title of Little Overlord and Beautiful Zhou Yu were not worthy of their reputation, but even in Nanjing... there were people who wanted to impeach Sun Ce for his poor performance in battle!
However, as soon as the momentum appeared, it was suppressed by Bai Tu.
Not only because Bai Tu trusted Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, but also because Bai Tu took this opportunity to set a rule...
The front-line troops are evaluated by the Privy Council and supervised by the Bufeng Guard. As for the other departments... as long as the troops arrive at the front line, each department is only responsible for its own area. If they want to make suggestions on strategy and tactics, they can only go to the Privy Council.
It is possible that the generals at the front are not capable or even have a negative attitude, but Bai Tu does not want to see someone who has not been to the front and is not familiar with the military sitting in Jinling City and talking to him about these things.
After all, even if others didn’t know about the “lessons for the future” of the Song and Ming dynasties, how could Bai Tu not know about it?
Both generations placed excessive reliance on the court for military secrets, which resulted in military generals often having to disrupt their own strategic arrangements because of court factors. Even a few impassioned speeches by civil servants who might have never even been to the battlefield would cause them to be accused, otherwise they would be accused of many things... However, the enemy will not talk to you about "court factors"!
Even unlike the "official reputation" of other departments, the judgment of the front line is not based on folk rumors - just like now, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are fighting like this, and people in Wu County are scolding them for being shameful...
None of this can be explained. You can't just write in the civilian gazette that this is a ploy to lure the enemy, right?
Do you really think Liu Qi is blind and deaf?
At this time, the judgment of the Privy Council is needed.
Bai Tu didn't know what the future would be like, but at least for now, Lu Bu's strategic vision was absolutely fine - Lu Bu indeed couldn't think of, or sometimes even couldn't see through, some brilliant ideas, and couldn't see the situation in the world clearly, but when it came to strategic grasp, he had a clear idea in his mind.
After much effort from all parties, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's strategy finally came to fruition!
Wen Pin still wanted to protect Liu Qi and let him retreat, but Liu Qi was decisive. He would not be like the protagonist in an idol drama, yelling "I won't leave" or something like that, thus making things easier for Sun Ce.
but……
How could Wen Pin be a match for Sun Ce when he truly unleashes his full power?
Wen Pin's martial arts is at most similar to that of Sun Ce and Taishi Ci five years ago. It's just that due to the further depreciation of gold and jade, Sun Ce and Taishi Ci were only at the peak of gilded level at that time, while Wen Pin was already a gold and jade general.
But today's Sun Ce is no less powerful than Lu Bu at Hulao Pass, and... he is also Lu Bu who has defeated three heroes!
They are all half a step away from transcendence, and one of them can easily beat three or four ordinary Jin Yu.
Sun Ce spread his golden wings behind him, and then he waved the anchor and attacked Wen Pin.
Not to mention the increasingly powerful force like waves, Wen Pin already had a hard time dealing with just the first few moves!
At the same time, Sun Ce inspired "heroic spirit" and "heroic soul".
The surrounding Jiangdong troops, under the effect of "heroic posture", were full of fighting spirit and united as one, which overcame the morale that had been gradually declining due to their previous concealment of their abilities and frequent retreats.
This is also one of the difficulties of faking a defeat. It is impossible for every grassroots general and every Ji-zao soldier under his command to accompany the main general in the exercise, otherwise the news would have been leaked long ago. In their hearts, they really lost one battle after another.
If the army is not well-trained and experienced, it is very likely that the feigned defeat will turn into a real defeat, not to mention the low morale caused by long-term feigned defeat - fortunately, Sun Ce's "heroic spirit" and Zhou Yu's "Ashura Military Supervision" can temporarily offset these disadvantages.
It can also be seen that Sun Ce was already feeling very uncomfortable before. The "Heroic Spirit" that originally needed the fighting spirit to be stimulated to a certain degree before it could be activated was successfully stimulated when Sun Ce just made a move!
The heroic spirits of the twenty-eight riders were like twenty-eight sharp knives, leading the Jiangdong Army to wipe out the declining momentum and infiltrate the enemy army.
Because we had just entered the city gate, there was no talk of a military formation, so the brave one would win when two meet on a narrow road!
The Jingzhou army, which had been going smoothly before and had not fought a tough battle for a long time, was suddenly thrown into disarray by the charge of the Twenty-Eight Riders and the Jiangdong Army.
Wen Pin blocked for more than ten rounds before being hit by Sun Ce's anchor and retreating with blood vomited. At this time, the twenty-eight riders took advantage of the chaos in the enemy's formation and intercepted Liu Qi himself.
Sun Ce rushed straight towards Liu Qi. The Jingzhou troops along the way were like stalks of straw. Sun Ce killed his way to Liu Qi with unparalleled force.
And after that, there is no boss battle, but...
"Wait! I surrender..." Liu Qi opened his mouth and was about to surrender in panic.
Seeing this, Sun Ce shouted loudly and threw the anchor directly over!
If Liu Qi really surrendered, then according to the rules of the General's Mansion, such a general who had no record of massacring a city, if he was willing to surrender and cooperate with the detention, would be captured and sent back to the rear for trial when conditions permitted...
But how could Sun Ce let Liu Qi go back alive now?
At that time, it would be difficult for Bai Tu to kill him or keep him alive, and it would be even more difficult to execute him directly. Otherwise, who would dare to surrender in the future?
Therefore, Sun Ce threw an anchor before the other party confirmed his surrender, and Liu Qi's voice suddenly stopped...
The two were only thirty or forty steps apart at this time. When the anchor passed by, Liu Qi didn't even have a chance to react. The part of his gilded armor the breastplate shattered, and he was carried away a dozen steps by the anchor and smashed heavily on the ground!
It was clearly piercing Liu Qi, but the anchor was stuck hard into the ground, and the sound of metal hitting the ground was so clear...
