Shicheng.

Chen Wen fell on the sickbed, his face turned yellow, his breath was rapid, and he had a very heavy guttural sound. Every time he breathed, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, which made people worried that he would not be able to get up if he breathed down.

Chen Deng was staying beside the sickbed and was dozing off the sickbed. He was so tired that he couldn't care about his image. In just a few days, he was exhausted, even more tired than guarding Shucheng for two months.

After crossing the river, he divided his troops with Fan Neng and led a thousand people to Fuling. Chen Wen was fighting with Wu Jing. The troops on both sides were similar, and Chen Wen had a good geographical advantage, but Wu Jing's elite soldiers, especially his personal guard battalion, had strong combat power, which made Chen Wen only have defensive skills and no fight back. After Chen Deng arrived, he wanted to surround Wu Jing's retreat, but Wu Jing discovered it and rushed forward. Danyang soldiers resisted for a while, but when they saw the opponent's fierceness, they were immediately shaken. He couldn't stop even if he wanted to call. Not only that, these defeated soldiers also disrupted Chen Wen's position, and Wu Jing seized the opportunity and broke through Chen Wen's defense line in one fell swoop.

The situation was urgent and there was no soldiers available. All he could do was protect Chen Wen from Fuling. He knew that Sun Ce had warships and would definitely block the river surface, so he walked down the Yangtze River for 56 miles. When he encountered a merchant ship blocked by the war, he recruited the merchant ships and sent them to Jiangnan. After getting ashore, he circled a lot and took the way to Hushu and Moling. With Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, they were easily fed and easily received supplies, recruited some new recruits, and finally recovered some vitality.

With money and soldiers, he then held the responsibility for the war in Fuling, rectified the military discipline, killed more than 100 people in one go, and rewarded more than 300 meritorious soldiers. When he learned that there were cavalry patrols on Jiang'an, he arranged for more than 1,000 people to ambush Ma Chao, kill 17 people, seized thirteen war horses, and temporarily cleared the east of Shicheng.

Now, all he had to do was to break Li Shu's blockade and rescue Zhou Xin. The victory of Ma Chao's ambush was inspired by the ambush. Chen Wen wanted to launch an attack in one go, but he rejected it. Li Shu was led by Sun Ce's personal guard camp, with well-trained training. The county soldiers they led were far inferior to those who were in a hurry. They would only suffer setbacks. The morale that they had accumulated was lost again.

But Chen Wen was very anxious. He had an old disease of asthma and was panting severely in winter. He fought continuously for several days and was exhausted and his condition became even worse. He had reached a point of life-threatening. Chen Deng felt ashamed and stayed by his sickbed and served himself like a child. After a night of struggle, he finally stabilized. He also seized the time to take a nap while waiting for the news of Sun Ce's battle with Zulang.

He only arrived in Shicheng last night. He only knew that Zulang came to help and was fighting Sun Ce. He didn't know what the battle was, and he didn't even know how many troops Zulang had. There were people arranged by Sun Ce outside the Shicheng, and the defenders in Shicheng did not dare to leave the city, nor were they willing to leave the city, so he wanted to see that Sun Ce and Zulang were both injured.

When Chen Deng heard this news, he could only sigh secretly. Zulang was a reinforcement invited by Zhou Xin. The situation was so critical that these people looked down on Zulang. I really don’t know what they thought. If you are in a hurry, you shouldn’t work together to defeat Sun Ce first?

A gentle footstep sound came from outside the door, and Li Yan walked over. Chen Deng opened his eyes and glanced at him. "How is it, have you heard the news?"

Li Yan looked at Chen Wen on the sickbed. Chen Deng understood and stood up by the side of the bed, preparing to go out to talk to Li Yan. When he moved his hand, Chen Wen held it down. Chen Wen's hand was wet and cold, which reminded Chen Deng of snakeskin and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"What... how is it?" Chen Wen opened his eyes with difficulty and slowly turned his head.

Chen Deng had no choice but to signal Li Yan to say here. Li Yan swallowed his saliva and looked at Chen Deng again. Seeing that Chen Deng had no intention of changing his mind, he said: "Zu Lang was defeated by Sun Ce, and it was a great defeat. There were defeated soldiers everywhere outside the city. Sun Ce went to chase Zu Lang."

Chen Wen's eyes rolled. "Yuanlong, we..."

Chen Deng looked at him. "Does the envoy want to recruit Zulang's defeated subordinates?"

Chen Wen gasped hard, stood up, and nodded repeatedly.

Chen Deng shook his head. "Not yet. These people have just been defeated by Sun Ce, and their morale is low. Even if they are recruited, they cannot fight. Besides, Zulang's life and death are uncertain. If he is captured by Sun Ce, then climb the high school and shout, these people may have to go back to join Zulang. We will have a waste of time and consume a lot of food. Why not wait. If Zulang is sure that Zulang is dead in battle or run away, it will not be too late to gather some of the defeated soldiers."

Chen Wen thought about it and felt it was reasonable, so he slowly lay back. He thought about it, and slowly groped in the quilt for a while, and pulled out a leather bag with difficulty. He wanted to lift it up, but he had no strength, so he could only look at Chen Deng with his eyes. Chen Deng knew that this was Chen Wen's seal of the governor of Yangzhou. He immediately understood what Chen Wen meant, and was excited, but he didn't say it.

Chen Wen took a long time to breathe.

"Yuanlong..."

"Empress, please come."

"The world... is in chaos, the court is in Guanzhong, and the leader is far away in Hebei, and they are unable to take care of Yangzhou. Sun Ce is cunning, only you can match him. I... am old and weak, and my life is not long, so I should trust Yangzhou."

Chen Wen stretched out his hand tremblingly, grabbed Chen Deng, put the leather bag in his hand, and slowly covered Chen Deng's fingers.

"effort!"

Chen Dengbi fell in front of the bed. "I am grateful for your mistakes, but I am so proud of you. I am so proud of you. I am so proud of you. I am so proud of you. I am so unfair to be famous. I am afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone."

Chen Wen gasped for a while, then took out something from his arms and put it in Chen Deng's hand. This was Chen Wen's own private seal. "Go to Yuzhang and find Xu Zijiang, he will help you." After a while, he said: "If possible, rescue Zhou Xin. Zhou is a Kuaiji clan, with many in-laws and a grudge against the Sun family. They will also help you."

Chen Deng nodded repeatedly. "Thank you, I will do my best to deal with Sun Ce."

Chen Wen let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and waves of cold sweat emerged from his forehead. Chen Deng helped him lie down and asked the doctor to come. The doctor took his pulse for a while, and stood up and said, "I'm exhausted, I'm afraid I can't hold on for a few days."

Chen Deng couldn't help but shed tears.

There was another sound of footsteps outside the door. Chen Deng turned around and signaled that the person to come was gentle and not disturb Chen Wen. Li Yan greeted him and whispered a few words. When he came back, his face looked even more ugly. He attached himself to Chen Deng's ear and said softly: "Zu Lang surrendered to Sun Ce."

Chen Deng held the leather bag and seal in his hand tightly, and his face became paler. After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief. "Send all the soldiers of the army to climb the city to defend. Li Yan, you can find a way to go to Niuzhuji to meet Zhou Fujun, tell him the news, ask him to prepare and break through at any time."
Chapter completed!