The moon was white and the wind was clear.
Sun Jian, who had been waiting for a long time at the foot of Jiluo Mountain, looked a little tired.
He had not slept well for three consecutive nights.
It was the same for the five thousand soldiers who followed him.
Thinking about it, the people lying in ambush in other places should be no different from here.
However, someone in the army who was familiar with astronomy told him that tonight was the last night of the moon.
The next day, it was cloudy for half a month.
If the Western Liang Army was coming, it could only be tonight.
If he didn't come…
What if the Western Liang Army didn't come?
When Sun Jian thought of this, he felt a little depressed.
It was not that they were frustrated that they could not defeat the Western Liang Army, but that they could not give Cao Cao a head-on attack if the Western Liang Army did not come.
Deep down, he wasn't very sure that the Western Liang Army would attack.
It was indeed a perfect combination.
If they didn't come, it meant that the Xi Liang Army was so weak that they wouldn't dare to come out of seclusion even if they discovered his weakness.
The day before yesterday, he personally went to the wild jujube to lie down and scolded Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu had already promised to transport the grain on this day.
Thinking of this, Sun Jian sneered.
The Xi Liang army was already so weak, but the suanzao dukes were still hesitant and afraid of the enemy.
They really didn't understand military affairs, a bunch of cowards, they were even worse than Cao Cao.
But that was good too.
Once the rations arrived and the morale of the army stabilized, the credit for this Lishui Pass would belong to Sun Jian alone.
If Cao Cao wanted to split the credit, he would find an opportunity to deal with him sooner or later.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, an earth-shaking clamor sounded outside the stronghold.
As expected, he had come!
Sun Jian was instantly in high spirits. He excitedly climbed up the watchtower and saw the "Xu" flag reflected in the fire from afar.
Xu Rong raised his spear and stood on his horse. The 1,000 Western Liang cavalry behind him stopped outside Sun Jian's camp and did not act rashly.
The other 3,000 infantry had already charged into the stronghold, clashing with Sun Jian's army.
Shouts of killing rose from all directions, and the sound of swords and weapons rang out.
Sun Jian stepped down from the Prairie Fire, holding an ancient ingot knife in his hand as he led nearly a hundred personal guards to attack Xu Rong.
Xu Rong raised his spear and fought Sun Jian for thirty rounds.
Not long after, Sun Jian revealed a flaw and was stabbed in the left arm by Xu Rong.
Sun Jian pretended to be shocked and urged his horse to escape.
Xu Rong pulled out his horse and caught up with Sun Jian. He hit Sun Jian's red turban with his spear.
Sun Jian immediately used his spear to stab Xu Rong's warhorse.
Xu Rong fell off his horse, and General Yi Ya immediately rushed up to cover him.
Sun Jian stood on his horse and saw that his soldiers in the camp had already escaped. The show was over, so he led his personal guards and cavalry to escape eastward.
Fifteen minutes had passed, and hundreds of corpses had been left behind in Sun Jian's camp.
After Sun Jian escaped, Sun Jian's camp did not organize any decent resistance.
How smooth.
Xu Rong smiled contemptuously and began to touch the bodies of Sun Jian's dead soldiers.
As Li Ru had said, 80% of the dead and wounded were old and weak. They should be the laborers in the army.
Sun Jian, oh Sun Jian, you really think yourself smart.
"Chase slowly."
Xu Rong mounted his horse and ordered the cavalry behind him to slowly pass through the tent, following Sun Jian's army that was fleeing east.
Sun Jian led the four thousand men and calmly retreated. There was still a mile to go before they reached Huang Gai's rear troops.
However, at this moment, he saw a horse galloping over from Huang Gai's direction.
The person who had come to stop the horse was too late and fell. When he got up and ran in front of Sun Jian's horse, Sun Jian realized that it was Huang Gai.
"Lord, something's wrong!"
"Why is Gongfu panicking?" Sun Jian was confused.
He had also vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but he could not put his finger on it at the moment.
"Gai," Huang Gai said,"I've been looking in the direction of my lord.”
"In the past, when the Western Liang army saw the defeated army, they were like hungry wolves that smelled blood and fought for the heads of the soldiers.
"But now, this Western Liang army is moving slowly like a forest. They have strict military discipline and have always kept a distance from you, my lord.
"This is definitely not their usual style!”
Sun Jian's brows furrowed tightly when he heard this, and then he slapped his thigh in shock.
"Not good!
"We've been tricked!
"Duke De Mou and the others are in danger!
"Quickly organize a team to save them!
"Otherwise, it'll be too late!
After Sun Jian finished speaking, he immediately pulled out his horse and rushed towards the camp.
However, before Sun Jian's cavalry could run far, the stronghold at the foot of Jiluo Mountain was already burning with flames, illuminating the entire sky.
By the time Sun Jian arrived at the camp, the three to four miles wide camp was already on fire.
Waves of heat waves rushed over, and the people could not get close at all.
"It's over, it's over!
"Yi Gong!
"De Mou!
"Da Rong!
"I, Sun Jian, have let you down!"
Sun Jian knelt in front of the blazing fire, unable to control his tears as he wailed.
"Oh right…
"Cao Cao!
"Cao Cao!
"Why didn't Cao Cao come as promised?
"It must be that Cao Cao brat who deliberately harmed me!
"If he hadn't come to tell me that the Western Liang army was going to attack me, why would I have been ambushed?”
"My, my lord." Huang Gai said slowly," We haven't had the time to inform Cao Cao to send troops.”
This…
Sun Jian was stunned.
He lay on the ground and cried endlessly.
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