Danyang,

Wanling, in the palace.

Sun Ce pinched the bamboo slips, smiled on his handsome face, and said cheerfully: "Haha, okay, Yuan Shu finally can't hold on."

After saying that, he looked up at Zhou Yu and chuckled, "Gongjin, Yuan Shu fled north. Should our army take advantage of the situation to capture Jiujiang and capture Lujiang?"

Zhou Yu nodded, but his eyebrows showed contemplation.

"What's wrong with Gongjin?" Sun Ce couldn't help asking when he saw Zhou Yu's deep expression.

"Lord, Jiujiang is broken, and you can easily take it. Liu Xun of Lujiang is just a greedy person and is not worth mentioning." Zhou Yu told him, and then said, "But what Yu is worried about is Zhang Xiu in Jingzhou."

"This person has great talent and chaos. In less than two years, he occupied all the seven counties of Jingxiang. His subordinates have been prosperous and Wuchang. I am afraid that he will not sit idly by our plan to Lujiang."

"Gongjin, do you mean that Zhang Xiu will attack Lujiang first?" Sun Ce frowned slightly.

"It's not impossible," Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "but our army in Lujiang is bound to win. If Lujiang is lost, the two places of Jiujiang and Guangling will not be protected."

"If you defend the river without Huai, you will be defeated in the future. What's more, only by capturing Lujiang can you force the defenders of Zhang Xiu and Chaisang to retreat, which will kill two birds with one stone."

"Does Gongjin have a plan to teach me?" Sun Ce said sincerely.

Zhou Yu pondered and said for a long time: "Lujiang is not undesirable. The lord can attack the east and west. Now he sent Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other veterans to Tun and Pengze to make an attempt to attack Chaisang in the spring."

"At the same time, Bo Fuke wrote to Cao Cao, asking him to send a general to take out Cao Cao's flag, lead the side army out of Xuchang, and head straight for Nanyang."

"In this way, Zhang Xiu will be attacked from both sides, so he will have no time to take care of him. In this way, the lord can lead the strong brigade to rush to Lujiang and fight down."

"But Gongjin and Cao Cao were busy with Xuzhou. Even if he sent troops to Nanyang, he would definitely have shot him. How could he not understand the strategy of attacking the east and west under Zhang Xiu's command? "Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Haha, we can naturally see through it. But even so, Zhang Xiu dared not be negligent. He would send troops to support Yecheng and station troops in Chaisang."

"If the calculation is miscalculated, the loss of Nanyang County will be a huge blow to Zhang Xiu. What's more, the battle to capture Lujiang is not the most important soldiers."

"The lord can station all the soldiers in Pengze, and personally lead 5,000 elite troops to design a surprise attack on Lujiang.

If Zhang Xiu still insists on capturing Lujiang, then let the old generals take back Chaisang, so as not to be strangled by Zhang Xiu's throat."

Zhou Yu smiled gently and explained confidently.

"Haha, okay, Gongjin's plan is very good." Sun Ce smiled heartily and said, "Come here, call the generals and discuss matters in the palace."

"No!" The personal guard retreated.

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce and said, "As for Liu Xun, this person is greedy for money and has no plans. Bo Fu can send envoys to send gold and silver goods, and sincerely invite him to capture Shangliao City on his behalf."

"In addition, he expressed his willingness to form an alliance with him and showed his sarcastic attitude. I think with Liu Xun's wisdom, he would be happy to respond. In this way, the lord can take advantage of the opportunity and conquer Lujiang in one fell swoop."

"This plan is feasible. I will send envoys to Liu Xun and Cao Cao later." Sun Ce said with a hearty smile.

......

The three years of Jian'an have not passed.

In the fields, the cold wind whistled, slashing like a blade on the faces of a group of worn-out armored soldiers.

Their faces were blue and purple, which was so cold. In addition, they had not been able to eat for many days, which could be said to be hungry and cold.

And in front of them was a dilapidated temple.

Yuan Shu turned over and dismounted, and walked into the temple with one step and three steps, his eyes shining with extreme hunger.

After entering the temple for searching, he found nothing. He was angry and fell to the temple. Looking at the civil and military officials under his command, he shouted: "Come, come and get my honey water."

"Your Majesty, honey, honey water has long disappeared, now there is only snow water." A eunuch trembled and shouted in pain.

"Waste, all waste. I want honey water, go find honey water for me, go quickly." Yuan Shu shouted heartbrokenly, his expression unable to hide his frustration.

I think he has gone from a famous overlord of the Jianghuai River to a down-and-out emperor in a blink of an eye. From a 100,000 soldiers to a few hundred soldiers now, he hates, he hates it.

A mere Liu Bei, a mat and foot seller, could chase him and run around. As for Cao Cao, he was not even worthy of carrying his shoes to him in the past.

However, now he is so insulting.

Thinking of this, his pupils shrank, and then he sprayed out an old mouthful of blood, spraying far away, his eyes widening, and he died with his eyes open.

Maybe he hated Cao Cao and Liu Bei, or maybe he hated Zhang Xiu, because his beauty was locked in Xiangyang by him, which was extremely hateful.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Everyone knelt down together, crying in tears.

They can't be said to be loyal to the present, but they don't want Yuan Shu to die. After all, the Yuan family is famous, and once they arrive in Qingzhou, they will be prosperous again.

The third year of Jian'an, one month.

Emperor Zhong died of vomiting blood, ending the Zhong regime for just one year.

After some discussions between the civil and military officials under his command, they decided to transport Yuan Shu's body to Jingzhou and join Zhang Xiu.

No matter what, Yuan is also in Jingzhou, so it is a guarantee that he will not endure hunger all day long.

But things went against their wishes. After Liu Xun learned the news, he sent someone to join Yuan Shu's family and his subordinates to Lujiang County, which made everyone's thoughts go unsuccessful.

On the eve of early spring, Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce learned about Yuan Shu's death, but it was not surprising that the upcoming war was about to break out.

First, Sun Ce ordered Huang Gai and Han Dang to be the chief and deputy governor, leading 50,000 troops, claiming to be a 100,000 army to guard Pengze. He personally led the army from Niuzhu Camp north, trying to occupy Jiujiang, and the tiger looked at Lujiang.

The second was Cao Cao, who ordered Xu Huang to be the vanguard and Xiahou Yuan to be the general, leading 15,000 troops, known as a 50,000 army, and sent troops to Ye County to echo Sun Ce.

He was the last person he wanted to see Zhang Xiu become bigger.

At the same time, he personally took charge of Peng State, and had already stationed tens of thousands of troops, ready to encircle Xia Pi and annihilate Lu Bu at any time, so as to lie in the Central Plains and face the rivers of Yuan Shao.

As for Jingzhou, there are many generals in the generals.

In recent days, Zhang Xiu was naturally clear about the mobilization of Cao Cao and others, but some deep news has not been mastered yet, so there is no way. The news transmission in ancient times was too slow.

In addition, there are many levels of enemy-occupied areas, and even if there is a road guide, you cannot run around. Some of the fine works can only cross the mountains and go around, which will delay time and a long time.

Zhang Xiu stood up with a sword, glanced at everyone, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Everyone, Sun Ce, Cao Cao have all moved his troops. Cao Cao, with Xiahou Yuan as the leader, wants to capture Yecheng."

"Sun Ce was the main general of Huang Gai and wanted to take Chaisang. What do you think about this?"

"Lord, although there is no danger to defend in Nanyang, Yecheng has been consolidated in recent years, so how could Cao Cao let Xuzhou go and capture Yecheng?"

"I thought that this was just a strategy for Cao Cao's virtuality and reality, so there was no need to step on him." Huang Zhong said with his fists.

"After that being said, you can be invisible and real, and invisible. If Cao Cao goes against the rules and attacks Yecheng with a large army, he thinks that Yecheng will be in danger." Zhang Xiu frowned and said.
Chapter completed!