Outside Hefei City, Sun Ce’s army camp.

It was raining heavily in the sky, and from time to time it was mixed with strong winds. The soldiers were trembling in the wind and rain, looking very painful.

In the central army tent in the middle of the camp, Sun Ce, the little overlord who swept across Jiangdong and had become a prince.

On his left hand, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, two veterans who have been following since Sun Jian's time, followed Ling Cao and other recently followed generals.

On Sun Ce's right hand, sitting in the chief was a handsome and elegant young general. He was Sun Ce's childhood friend and Zhou Yu, the elegant and wise general who helped him make a comeback.

"Gongjin (Zhou Yu's name), we and Qiao Rui have been confronting each other in Hefei for several days. Our army has tried to attack the city many times, but they are all blocked from retreating due to the continuous heavy rain."

"Our soldiers are in heavy rain all day long, and many people have been infected with the cold. If they continue to waste like this, I am afraid that our army will be defeated by no means of continuing to fight with Qiao Rui. What should I do?" Sun Ce expressed his worries and emotions to Zhou Yu anxiously.

"Lord, since the heavy rains keep us from conquering Hefei, why not just withdraw our troops." Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and suggested to Sun Ce.

"Retreat troops? At this time, all the efforts we made before will be in vain. And I am afraid I can't explain Han Tao either." Sun Ce said with a embarrassed look upon Zhou Yu's suggestion.

"We have tried to attack the city many times, not intentionally shirk responsibility or misunderstanding. Han Tao should also understand these. It is an objective fact that our army can't continue to fight after heavy rain for several days."

"We were loyal to the court before, in order to avoid Han Tao's troops from attacking us and to buy time for development, but it does not mean that we have to obey Han Tao's will."

"Now we are sending troops to encircle Yuan Shu, and we are also consuming our soldiers and food. We can't consume them without knowing that they cannot do anything."

"Retreat the troops temporarily, and wait until the weather clears, and then make a comeback, and it is not impossible to capture Hefei. Han Tao will not blame him too much!" Zhou Yu continued to persuade Sun Ce.

Sun Ce turned to Cheng Pu with some reluctance, Huang Gai and others and asked: "Demou, public rebuttal, what do you think?"

Cheng Pu first responded: "Lord, Gongjin's words make sense. If we continue to confront Qiao Rui here, we will not be able to conquer Hefei, which will only increase the injuries of our soldiers. Evacuate first and wait for the opportunity. This is the best choice."

Seeing Cheng Pu say this, Sun Ce could only nod helplessly: "Since everyone thinks it is meaningless for our army to continue to waste here, then withdraw the troops first."

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At the city wall in Hefei, Qiao Rui and his soldiers patroled and observed the city wall, and saw from afar that Sun Ce's army began to withdraw from the camp.

The deputy general reported to Qiao Rui happily: "General, look, Sun Ce is withdrawing his troops. It seems that the heavy rain has made them really unable to withstand it."

Qiao Rui was very hesitant when he saw this scene. Sun Ce's sudden withdrawal of troops was completely beyond his expectations.

"Don't be too happy too early. Arrange the scouts out of the city to investigate immediately to see if Sun Ce really withdrew his troops, or is he cheating us in a mysterious way?" Qiao Rui pondered for a moment and gave instructions to the deputy general.

The deputy general immediately took the order and went to arrange for the scout to go out of the city to check.

After the scouts investigated, they quickly brought back the news and reported to Qiao Rui: Sun Ce's army had indeed all set up camps and evacuated towards Lujiang.

After hearing this news, Qiao Rui completely relaxed.

"It seems that this heavy rain helped us. Sun Ce's besieging the city for several days has not been effective, and he had to withdraw his troops. He immediately reported this situation to Shouchun to His Majesty, and also learned about the situation of other troops resisting the enemy. He said that we should rectify the troops and immediately turn to Shouchun to support him."

After sighing, Qiao Rui issued an order to his subordinates and immediately arranged for people to go to Shouchun to report military information. He then ordered the soldiers to start rectifying their luggage and prepare for evacuation at any time...

The night is quieter and the rain is getting heavier.

Because Sun Ce's troops had retreated and Qiao Rui also issued an order for the army to return to Shouchun, the guards obviously relaxed, and most of them went to the city tower to hide from the rain, and only a few were patrolling in the rain in the rain in the rain.

The heavy rain also significantly hindered the guard's vision, and no one thought that someone would launch a surprise attack at this time. The inspectors only symbolically "strolled" in the rain, then returned to the eaves of the city tower and began to shelter from the rain.

At this time, thousands of black shadows were moving quickly towards the city wall in heavy rain. They were Sun Ce’s troops who were returning.

It turned out that Zhou Yu's so-called withdrawal of troops was a plan to doubt the army. The purpose was to confuse Qiao Rui and let him relax his vigilance, and then he took advantage of the night and heavy rain to launch a surprise attack on Hefei.

The truth was not revealed in front of generals such as Cheng Pu, just to make the army retreat, and it felt more real and not allow Qiao Rui's scout to discover flaws.

Originally, Zhou Yu did not recommend that Sun Ce lead his troops back to the raid, but Sun Ce was very persistent. Zhou Yu could only obey his arrangements and supervise the army, allowing Sun Ce and Ling Cao and Huang Gai to lead five thousand soldiers to launch the raid in the night rain.

Sun Ce and others touched the city, set up a ladder and began to climb up the city wall.

Although the rain was very heavy and it was very difficult to climb, because no defenders found obstacles on the city wall, after several attempts, several people finally climbed up to the city wall and threw down the rope.

With the help of ropes, Sun Ce, Huang Gai and Ling Cao took the lead in climbing the city, and then dozens of vanguard soldiers also climbed the city.

Seeing his subordinates around him rushing up to the city, Sun Ce had confidence. He pulled out the ancient ingot knife left by his father Sun Jian and roared: "Kill!" He led the way forward.

Ling Cao, Huang Gai followed closely behind and launched a rush.

Qiao Rui's soldiers did not expect that Sun Ce's troops would return and launch a surprise attack in the heavy rain. They were in panic and could not organize effective resistance and resistance. The city gate was quickly opened, and Sun Ce's troops rushed into the rush and launched a crazy massacre.

Sun Ce personally led a team of soldiers to fight into the city, and happened to meet Qiao Rui who was coming to rescue him.

Sun Ce stepped forward with a knife and fought with Qiao Rui. Sun Ce was extremely brave. Qiao Rui himself was not as strong as him. In addition, he was in a panic after being attacked. After a few rounds, he had a flaw and was chopped to the ground by Sun Ce with a knife.

The soldiers behind Sun Ce quickly stepped forward and chopped Qiao Rui into meat sauce with a random knife...

Qiao Rui was killed, Yuan Shu's soldiers were headless and defeated, and soon gave up resistance. Sun Ce successfully seized Hefei...
Chapter completed!