Let’s fight against Cao Cao together.”

"It's easy to make friends with Cao Cao, but it's very difficult to capture Lujiang and Yangzhou as soon as possible!" Liu Bei sighed slightly.

Now that Yuan Shu has Sun Ce's reinforcements, it will definitely be more difficult to capture Lujiang.

Zhou Ping carefully calculated that if everything still develops according to history, after Cao Cao moves the emperor to Xu County, he will first attack Yang Feng and then attack Zhang Xiu. Only then will he have time to attack Xuzhou.

Cao Cao sent troops to attack Zhang Xiu in the first month of the second year of Jian'an, but Zhang Xiu surrendered and rebelled again. Cao Cao was defeated and would not be able to send troops to attack Xuzhou again until at least March.

It is now August of the first year of Jian'an, which means that Liu Bei still has half a year at the earliest to attack Lujiang and Yangzhou.

Without Sun Ce's reinforcements, Lujiang should be taken over in half a year.

When Sun Ce arrived, things became difficult. It would be really difficult to capture Lujiang within half a year.

But half of Lujiang has been captured, and it is impossible to give up just like that. I can only think about whether there is any clever plan.

Sun Ce led his troops to camp outside the city. Now he has had enough rest and his soldiers are no longer tired.

Moreover, after Yuan Shu learned that Sun Ce had led troops to Juchao City, under Yan Xiang's persuasion, he sent Zhang Xun to lead 10,000 troops to help Sun Ce and camp together outside Juchao South City.

Sun Ce had previously sent Xu Kun to lead 5,000 troops to attack Xiang'an. In order to defend Xiang'an, Li Jia did not dare to go to war rashly. He only held the city and held on, leaving Xu Kun with no choice but to lead his troops to retreat to Linhu, facing Xiang'an.

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"Brother, that guy Sun Ce has come to call for a fight again, will you let me fight?"

Sun Ce had been calling for battle for several days. Liu Bei wanted to avoid Sun Ce's fierceness and refused to send troops to fight.

In fact, after Sun Ce was defeated by Zhou Ping once, his vigor had already weakened, but he was not afraid of Zhou Ping because of this. If he was, he would not be the little overlord of Jiangdong.

"Sir, what do you mean?" Liu Bei looked at Zhou Ping and asked.

Zhou Ping replied: "Sun Ce has been calling for war for days. If we always avoid fighting, we may lose our morale. Besides, if we want to conquer Lujiang quickly, we will have to fight him sooner or later. In this case, let's go to war."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he was overjoyed and laughed, because Zhou Ping agreed to fight, and his eldest brother would definitely agree to fight.

And if he goes to war, his eldest brother will definitely send him Zhang Fei to fight. This is another good opportunity for him to make contributions and show his prestige.

Liu Bei nodded slightly and inspected the generals. He was very satisfied when he saw that all the generals were waiting with their heads raised and they were full of fighting spirit.

"This time I personally lead the troops to fight..."

"Lord." Zhou Ping hurriedly called out after hearing Liu Bei say that he wanted to lead the troops into battle himself.

"Sir, you will lead five thousand soldiers to defend the city, and I will personally lead twenty-five thousand soldiers to fight. I hope that all the generals will work hard to win in one battle and capture Lujiang."

Liu Bei is preparing for a big battle with Sun Ce. As the coach, he will definitely take part in such a big battle in person.

"General, Zang Ba, please ascend first!"

Zang Ba suddenly came out of the queue, raised his hands and said.

Zhang Fei glared angrily: "Zang Xuangao, don't compete with me to be the first to climb."

"General, Zang Ba led his troops to go out with the general twice, but failed to make any achievements. All the brothers in Ba's army complained, and they all wanted to show off the courage and prestige of our Taishan people. Please allow General Zang Ba to lead his troops to ascend first.

, Zang Ba will live up to the general’s expectations and work hard to kill the enemy in order to achieve complete victory!”

When he was fighting against Yuan Shu in Xuyi, Zang Ba led his troops on an expedition.

At that time, Zang Ba Tun was guarding the Huaihe River and had no battle to fight. Only Sun Guan led 3,000 soldiers to Xiapi to ambush him, but he was killed by Zhang Liao. When he besieged Lucheng, Zhang Liao broke through and escaped, which was considered a humiliation.

Now they are following Liu Bei on the expedition, and they only contributed in the urgent attack on Shu City. But at that time, everyone contributed equally, and they couldn't get much credit, let alone save their face.

So this time, Zang Ba wanted to lead his Taishan soldiers to ascend first and kill the enemy first, so as to show the majesty of these Taishan soldiers, and also let them make more achievements and get more rewards.

Liu Bei was a little hesitant. He knew that Zang Ba was not weak, but in his heart he wanted Zhang Fei and Chen Lai to be the first to get there.

"My lord, since General Zang takes the initiative to be the first to climb, he must have the courage to climb first and the ambition to die, so why not let them be the first to climb, which can not only promote the bravery of the Taishan soldiers, but also the prestige of the lord.

"Zhou Ping said.

It is rare for a general to take the initiative to ascend first, and although Zang Ba's own military strength is average, his soldiers are all Taishan people. They are more convinced of him and will fight with all their strength. When they enter the battle formation, they will definitely kill the enemy with all their strength.

If they are the first to ascend, they will not be weak.

Liu Bei understood better than Zhou Ping at this time that Zang Ba was telling the truth. If he rejected them, he would probably break their hearts. The most important thing is that they are also qualified to be the first to ascend the formation.

Zhang Fei wanted to argue again, but Zhou Ping secretly shook his head at him, and then said nothing with a sullen face.

Liu Bei left Zhou Ping to command 5,000 troops to defend the city, and he led 25,000 troops out of the city. Zang Ba's 5,000 Taishan troops were the first to take the front line, Zhang Fei was on the right, Cao was on the left, and Lu Su was on the rear.
Chapter completed!