After Sun Ce conquered Xiling, he stayed in the city to rest for a while, discussed his next move with everyone, and reported the progress of the war to Shen Xian and Zhou Yu in a timely manner every day. On the surface, Sun Ce's current attitude is calm and humble to accept other people's opinions, and he does not rush forward because the enemy is in front of him, which is very different from Sun Jian's appearance when he just died, and has won unanimous praise from Sun Jian's former subordinates.

However, Guo Jia is right, Sun Ce's forbearance is only temporary, and he will soon be unable to suppress it, specifically that Sun Ce sent Tai Shici to lead 4,000 sailors up the Yangtze River in the name of "exploring the way". Tai Shi Ci and Sun Ce are worthy of being good brothers who made trouble together, he understood Sun Ce's true intentions very well, and did not explore the road in a low-key manner, but cleared the field directly to Dongting Lake all the way, cut off the waterway to Jiangling, and then sent a letter to Sun Ce, and set up camp on the shore of Dongting Lake to build fortifications, and expanded the territory laid by Sun Ce a lot.

These two people are simply willful in the same vein, and they may be long-lost brothers.

If either Shen Xian or Zhou Yu were here to supervise the field, Tai Shici would not dare to act so arrogantly and tamper with the "military order". It's a pity that Jia Xu's deterrence is still limited, Guo Jia is even less majestic, and Huang Gaihan and Cheng Pu are left, so they can only put the old-timers' scores elsewhere, and they will all be in vain in front of Sun Ce. Sun Ce monkey called the king, and took Tai Shi Ci to shake up, the matter of the war was good to his face, and the two of them behind him liked to do what they wanted, and others who were angry didn't know what to say.

When Cheng Pu heard that Tai Shici directly cut off Dongting Lake and asked for additional reinforcements, he almost fainted without mentioning it in one breath, and while he denounced himself in his heart, he tried to dissuade Sun Ce: "Bofu, we are in Xiling, isn't it faster to fight Jiangling and take the land route from Wulin than the waterway of Dongting Lake?" Why bother. ”

"But Ziyi has already taken the Dongting." Sun Ce waved his hand and said with an innocent face: "Is there still a reason to spit out the territory in your hand?" ”

"But I can't fight this battle." Huang Gai frowned, feeling that Sun Ce was very nonsense, he persuaded bitterly: "The place where Taishi Ziyi camped is surrounded by water on three sides, with Huang Zu in the west and Han Xuan in the south, it is not easy to defend, even if it is occupied in the short term, but once Huang Zu and Han Xuan jointly attack, we can't rescue, we still have to give away the territory, unless the army follows in time, but isn't our goal to seize Nanjun and Jiangxia?" Now that most of Jiangxia has fallen into the palm of his hand, he should send troops to attack Jiangling to help Miss Cai's side, and he can't give up his roots. ”

In order to prevent Sun Ce from continuing to make trouble with his incomprehensible brain, Cheng Pu even made some concessions - the follow-up plan that everyone discussed to implement was to wait for Huang Zu to take action against Xiling before counterattacking, because although everyone hoped that Huang Zu would quickly come to Sun Ce to fight to the death - after all, it was easier to show his feet in a panic and find a breakthrough point to break through Jiangling City - but in fact, Huang Zu was a very rational general.

Liu Biao trusted Huang Zu for a reason, not only because Huang Zu was loyal, but also because Huang Zu had some strategic means and was very able to endure it. Just as Huang Zu was at a disadvantage of escaping back then, he could calmly find an opportunity to turn around and shoot Sun Jian, today's Huang Zu is still very calm, he doesn't seem to be able to see that he is about to be stabbed by Sun Ce in the back, insisting on focusing on defending Cai Yanjun, who fought and retreated from Kuimen, and fought and retreated after confronting him, leading Cai Yanjun all the way from White Emperor City to Yiling like a cat teasing a mouse.

At present, this situation seems to be Cai Yan's upper hand, but in fact, it is not, open the map and take a look, you will know that from the White Emperor City to Yiling, Cai Yan's march on the way to occupy just the section of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, this section of the road on both sides of the road is towering and strange rocks, the water is turbulent, and the boat is difficult to sail, and it is difficult to even climb the mountains and walk to set up camp, let alone fight in this kind of place.

Regardless of whether it is the enemy or oneself, no one wants to do it here, it is simply a loser who fights, and if you win, it will be a lose-lose situation. So Cai Yan gritted his teeth and went deep alone, while Huang Zu pulled the strings and retreated little by little, and the two sides carefully sought a degree between the games, a place that could make themselves invincible after the war.

Sun Ce frowned slightly when he heard this, he didn't speak, I don't know whether he listened to Huang Gai's persuasion or disliked the old man for being too long-winded.

Cheng Pu pondered for a moment and said: "After all, Miss Cai is a girl, and it is the first time to lead the army, it is normal to be inexperienced, you must know that it is taboo to go deep into the enemy camp, I am afraid that she fought too hard before, and now Huang Zu has slightly revealed her defeat and lured one or two, so she took the bait." We don't have a relationship with her, I'm afraid it will hurt the harmony between the two parties, so it's not good to remind this matter directly, or Mr. Wenhe, you write a letter to Miss Cai? ”

Seeing that Jia Xu was noncommittal, Cheng Pu paused and continued, his voice a little lower than just now, and he seemed to be slightly dissatisfied.

"The only thing we can do now is to quickly send someone to contain Huang Zu, so that even if Miss Cai is alone, we can still deal with it and not lose too much. I think Ziyi's kid is very good, let him guard Dongting Lake is buried. ”

Guo Jia was slightly basked, Jia Xu smiled incomprehensibly, and didn't talk much, but Sun Ce was not very happy when Cheng Pu mentioned Cai Yan, and when Cheng Pu finished speaking, Sun Ce's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he said coldly: "General Cheng, what you said is not right, right?" What does it mean to be in harmony between the two sides? Everyone is a family, so don't mention this again. ”

Cheng Pu was stunned, he stared at Sun Ce with a stunned expression, and just as he wanted to say something, Huang Gai quietly pressed his shoulder, and Han Dang also shook his head slightly at Cheng Pu. Seeing that these two people were opposed, Cheng Pu could only temporarily remove the topic if he was unwilling, after all, now is not the time for internal division.

"In short, I don't agree to fight to the side of Dongting Lake, my opinion is that it is best to let Taishi Ziyi withdraw it as soon as possible." Cheng Pu said in a rough voice, hiding the embarrassment of being reprimanded by Sun Ce in front of many people just now. In order to show his firm attitude, he also moved out of Shen Xian: "Liu Yuanjun explained that before we left, the most important thing is to take Jiangxia and Nanjun first, and the rest can be slowly encroached upon." ”

Han Dang nodded, his voice was very soft: "That's the truth." ”

"I also agree," Huang Gai still said: "It is very likely that Taishi Ziyi will be besieged and lose his territory in the short term, since this is the case, it is better not to occupy it." Perhaps we should learn from Huang Zu's approach, retreat strategically, and empty the battlefield. ”

"What do you say, Mr. Wenhe?" Huang Gai smiled slightly, and turned his gaze to Jia Xu: "Mr. Wenhe's miraculous strategy along the way really impressed us, I must also understand that Dongting Lake is difficult to defend, right?" ”

Although Huang Gai brought a high hat to Jia Xu, most of the words that praised him were sincere, after all, along the way, Jia Xu's strategic calculations and tricks were frequent, which impressed many people who despised him before; Guo Jia spent most of his time hiding in the room because of seasickness and did nothing, and he was always drugged by Jia Xu to roll his eyes, without a trace of the image of a master.

Jia Xu nodded, but the words he said made Huang Gai's face change slightly: "Well, thank you General Huang for complimenting, since you trust me so much...... I think it's a good choice to let Ziyi stay in Dongting Lake. ”

Jia Xu gave Guo Jia a look, and then stood motionless under Huang Gai's scrutinizing gaze. Sun Ce didn't expect Jia Xu to support his approach, and he was a little excited for a while. And Guo Jia pursed his lips and reluctantly took over the topic provoked by Jia Xu: "Wen He has three reasons for this. ”

Huang Gai and Cheng Pu didn't care much about Guo Jia, in their eyes, Guo Jia was a sick man who was seasick and vomited all the way, and his body was very weak, and he didn't know why he had to come with him to suffer. But Han Dang asked very seriously: "What does Mr. mean?" Can you elaborate? ”

Han Dang's good attitude made Guo Jia's heart feel a lot more comfortable, he nodded, and explained with a rare serious appearance: "First, it just seems that there is no danger to rely on, but Dongting Lake stretches for thousands of miles, and the lake has a wide field of vision, and once something happens, it is easy to be discovered by the sentry at a high place in time, so the lake itself is a good barrier; Second, Dongting Lake is a good place for military training, and there are thousands of hectares of fertile land by the lake, and there are abundant grain products, so the troops stationed here can have sufficient supplies, which greatly reduces the pressure on the rear; Third, our army is good at water warfare, and most of them are water warfare experts trained by Brother Gongjin himself, and Dongting Lake is a good water warfare battlefield. ”

Huang Gai's eyes flickered slightly, and he and Cheng Pu had an expression of "I don't understand what you say", but they were scolding the current little rabbits in their hearts for being more and more difficult to fool.

In fact, the reason why Huang Gai and Cheng Pu would talk nonsense and fool Sun Ce to encourage him to order Tai Shici to withdraw was because in the eyes of these two, Tai Shici was Shen Xian's person, just like Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

Several veterans who followed Sun Jian to conquer the world always thought that their son was a hero who was not inferior to his father, and he could at least become a prince who dominated one side in the future, and it was not impossible to win the world no matter how hard he tried. Since Dong Zhuo pierced the weak camouflage of the Han Dynasty, anyone who has too much power in his hands will have some thoughts that he shouldn't have, the difference is that some people suppress their thoughts after turning around in their hearts, what to do according to the rules, and some people have put it into action.

The world has been fighting for years, and the emperor sits on the throne like a puppet, watching one force after another control him, and then being destroyed by other forces, and then replaced...... In the numb reincarnation, various forces pulled the emperor to form a delicate and short-lived balance. But the illusory picture will eventually collapse one day, and everyone is waiting, waiting for the opportunity for one person to break this fragile balance.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, but what is a person who is prepared?

At least you have to be a hegemon, right? You can't be attached to other forces, right?

Childe, this is the first one, you don't meet it!

Huang Gai was very grateful to Shen Xian for risking her to sneak into Shouchun and fish Sun Ce out of Yuan Shu's hands, and she was also very grateful to Shen Xian and Zhou Yu for taking Sun Jian's old department out and returning it to Sun Ce, but didn't Shen Xian think about her own interests in the slightest when she did this, just to save Sun Ce?

Definitely not! Just look at her subsequent series of actions. Saving Sun Ce is just a collateral product, I'm afraid Shen Xian's goal is to swallow Jingzhou in Yangzhou again, this girl looks weak, but her appetite is not small at all!

Besides, even if Shen Xian saved Sun Ce, this can't be a reason for Sun Ce to cling to her, right? It's one thing for everyone to cooperate with each other, and it's another thing to merge into a family!

Didn't this break the wings of the goshawk and imprison the tiger in a cage?

But Sun Ce still didn't care at all, he didn't even feel that something was wrong, and he was very obediently made by Shen Xian and Zhou Yu to turn around, and Huang Gai was extremely sad to see that stupid and sweet look.

Yes - Zhou Yu is also on the list of people that Old Man Huang doesn't like.

But Huang Gai and Cheng Pu are indignant in their hearts is one thing, and they will not provoke too much trouble at this time, after all, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Shen Xian are brothers and sisters who are married to Jinlan, don't care how outsiders fight, the relationship between the three of them is currently good, and there is no plan to break up the gang. Besides, if one accidentally really splits the two parties directly, wouldn't the person who benefited become Jingzhou Liu Biao? Liu Biao couldn't close his mouth with a smile!

So there is a secret fight, and you have to endure it when you can endure it, but within the scope of permission, Huang Gai and they will still try to seek better benefits for Sun Ce's future, after all, if the lord is a stupid Bai Tian, then the strategists and generals around him will be a little tired.

#自己选择的主公, kneeling will also hold it to the sky. #

Among them, Jia Xu and Guo Jia could see the thoughts of the eighteen bends of the mountain road at a glance, plus a Zhou Yu, everyone knew it in their hearts, but the reason why they didn't mention it was because they saw through Sun Ce's thoughts.

Sun Ce will indeed become a generation of heroes, but he is really not suitable to be a lord.

Just like just now, no matter how many people around him nagged, Sun Ce said "good, good" and "reasonable" on his face, but he had already made up his mind in his heart, let everyone wear out his mouth, he would cut first and then play willful, and he would go all the way to the dark.

As the lord, it is necessary to be resolute and firm, but it is necessary to be rigid and die and not let go, sometimes it is necessary to properly listen to the opinions of others, and when you advance, you should advance and retreat, so as to focus on the overall situation and choose the most suitable path.

Shen Xian is a little better than Sun Ce in this regard, although she is also very stubborn, for example, she once stubbornly wanted to fight Jingzhou, and she didn't want to give up her thoughts even if Xun You nagged, and her temper seemed to be carved out of the same mold as Sun Ce. However, since Cai Yan and Guo Jia persuaded her, Shen Xian thought about it carefully, and finally "gave up" the idea that seemed unrealistic at that time, and made a roundabout strategy, first in Yangzhou, and then in Jingzhou.

…… Although Shen Xian did not completely compromise, at least she found an individual solution, which can be regarded as a perfect solution to the differences and contradictions between the two sides due to cognition.

And Sun Ce just gritted his teeth and didn't retreat, if it weren't for Shen Xian and Zhou Yu going, maybe Sun Ce could really pull his father's subordinates to crash into the battlefield under Xiangyang City with the momentum of moths to the fire, and bury Sun Jian.

Sun Ce himself also knew his shortcomings, so he said to Shen Xian, "We are the three of you, and you will pay in the future". It's a pity that the thoughts of the three brothers and sisters can be understood by really smart people, and fools are too lazy to think, so the slightly smarter ones are left in a daze.

But Jia Xu and Guo Jia still didn't plan to say anything, anyway, after Cheng Pu's words today, Sun Ce had already begun to doubt, no matter how much he lacked a string in his brain, he would eventually find that his ideas were very different from the ideas of these subordinates, and he would solve it himself when the time came.

The so-called bell still needs to be tied to the bell, this matter can only be dealt with by Shen Xian and Sun Ce after communication, at most Zhou Yu mentioned two sentences, outsiders interfere too much, that is to sow discord.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia supported Tai Shici's behavior, in addition to supporting Tai Shici, they also expressed their position and attitude.

This is not Shen Xian's position, but Sun Ce's position, so what are you going to do?

"So Dongting Lake must not give up."

After listening to Guo Jia's reasoning, Sun Ce looked at Guo Jia a lot, and even Guo Jia's appearance of being not serious with Sun Ce's favorite hanger was not so dazzling. Sun Ce and his brothers bumped Guo Jia's shoulders well: "Fengxiao!" No wonder the third sister values you so much! ”

Guo Jia was knocked on the chest by the hairy Sun Ce, and he nodded with a dark face: "Bo Fu, you are polite, everyone is a family." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Sun Ce smiled and nodded, although he felt that Guo Jia's words seemed to be wrong, but these were not the point, the point was that Tai Shici could finally cultivate troops in Dongting Lake and develop his power, and no matter how hard he worked, Changsha County would be ours!

Jia Xu sighed softly, and said in his heart, Guo Fengxiao, you really seized the opportunity to squeeze Sun Ce and take advantage of Shen Xian by the way! Why do you have to stand on the same side when you two don't like each other so much?

"But Gangneung ......"

Cheng Pu still wanted to struggle, but Guo Jia interrupted him in a faint tone: "Huang Zu will definitely not leave Jiangling and come to Xiling lightly, his current goal is Zhaoji, the set is all set, how can he give up lightly?" As for Han Xuan, there is no need to be afraid, this person is overly thoughtful, afraid of talented subordinates, suppresses many people in many ways, and leads to discord and suspicion of each other in Changsha City, I think you know this better than me. Since Han Xuan is like this, how can he be able to defeat us who are working together? ”

"But Miss Cai's side does need to worry." Han Dang helped Cheng Pu relieve the siege: "I don't know if Mr. Guo has a high opinion?" ”

"You don't know Zhao Ji, the lord said that Zhao Ji is the first strategist under her command, would the first strategist make such a hasty mistake? Don't underestimate women. Guo Jia said lightly: "As a general, Huang Zu is indeed brave and strategic, but unfortunately his strategy is far from that of Zhao Ji, and it is their real purpose to plan and plan, and look at it." ”

"Wait!" Sun Ce suddenly said: "No, no, no! I have to tell Zhao Ji that Huang Zu is mine! I had to do it myself, she couldn't interfere! ”

"Of course she won't, don't worry." Jia Xu said slowly: "When they drive Huang Zu to Xiling City, how about you go into battle in person, Bo Fu?" ”

Sun Ce grinned: "Naturally. ”

A small boat is quietly parked on the Three Gorges waterway, and a girl in a power suit sits on the side of the boat, holding a leather map in her hand, and is studying the mountains and rivers and hydrological trends in front of her.

"Zhaohime, sit down and don't fall into the water!"

Out of the cabin came a "fisherman" wearing a hat and a robe, and the fisherman sat down with a grin, and he pushed the hat up, revealing a somewhat ruffian face.

Ganning.

The girl sitting by the water is naturally Cai Yan.

"Don't worry." Cai Yan smiled at Gan Ning: "You won't fall, besides, you don't know how good water is?" ”

"Don't!" Gan Ning hurriedly took a step back and put on a gesture of refusal: "Sneaking you out is already my limit, I don't want to be put in small shoes by Gongda." ”

Cai Yan laughed.

After Huang Zu, who had been unable to attack for a long time, began to retreat backwards, Cai Yan knew that things were absolutely strange, she and Xun You studied the maps of Nanjun and Ba County, and found that the terrain of the main waterway of the Yangtze River from Kuimen to Jing was unpredictable, some places had turbulent water flows, narrow rivers, and some places had gentle water flows and wide rivers, especially the Qutang Gorge just after leaving the White Emperor City, even experienced boatmen would be worried when they passed Guò, let alone those novices. Moreover, the mountains on both sides of the Three Gorges are lofty and towering into the clouds, and if an ambush falls on a mountain in a narrow and turbulent part of the waterway, regardless of whether it throws stones or shoots arrows, the navy that cannot even make a timely U-turn will be in danger of being wiped out in an instant.

So at first, Cai Yan did not dare to chase Huang Zu's "defeated army" deep into the enemy camp, for fear of being made dumplings in the Three Gorges. However, the two sides have been deadlocked for many days, Sun Ce's side is about to fight Xiling City to take the whole county of Jiangxia, and their side has not even occupied a single Xian of Nanjun, so such a big gap is not very good, right?

In fact, Cai Yan doesn't care about this, she has always paid attention to steady and steady play, and she would rather be slow than have a chance of winning. However, the stalemate is rarely broken, the opportunity is fleeting, and the enemy is clearly setting up a trap for you to drill, do you go or not?

Go, right in the arms of Huang Zu, he may be wiped out in one fell swoop by the ambush soldiers who came out somewhere; If you don't go, you will stop outside the White Emperor City, and if it is difficult to take a step forward, most of Shen Xian's plan will be ruined.

This must not happen! Cai Yan thought about it again, and after referring to the opinions of the old captain Gan Ning and Xun You of the overseer, she decided to carefully advance the whole army in batches, slowly falling behind Huang Zu and going deep into Jingzhou!

Rather than being led by the nose by the enemy, it is better to take the initiative to attack, anyway, the position of the hunter and the prey can be changed at any time, and see if I will calculate, it is not certain who will kill the deer!

Since it has been decided to go deep into Nanjun, it is particularly important to understand the terrain, and there are still certain differences just by looking at the terrain map, but it is better to go to understand it in person. So taking advantage of the gap in Xun You's rectification of the army, he asked Gan Ning to let him row a boat for himself, and the two of them dressed up as fishermen and village girls at will, and drove the boat on the road.

When Xun You came back, he found that the coach was gone...... It was so angry that I vomited blood.

"Almost?" Gan Ning suddenly made a move, inserted an unlucky live fish that happened to swim in the water, the tail of the live fish flicked and flicked, opened his cheeks and tried to breathe, and Gan Ning suddenly felt related: "If I don't leave, I will be tossed very badly by Gongda." ”

"Don't worry, I've left him a book." Cai Yan held the brush and filled in the annotations on the map, and said without raising his head: "It's time to calculate the time." ”

Gan Ning was dumbfounded: "What? ”

Abducted someone's wife (who was actually dragged away) went deep into the war zone to draw a map...... It's sad to think about. Gan Ning seriously thought about whether he should go to Xiling to exchange with Sun Ce, let Sun Ce deal with his father-killing enemy Huang Zu, and he went to Shen Xian to seek refuge for a while.

Not long after Cai Yan's words fell, Gan Ning saw a small fleet coming not far away, and the person standing at the bow of the boat was Xun Yu with an expressionless face.

Gan Ning stuck out his tongue: "Sister Cai, you're busy, I'll go back first." ”

After speaking, Gan Ning didn't wait for Cai Yan to speak, a beautiful turned over and jumped up, jumped directly into the water and disappeared.

Xun You's fleet walked in front of him, and Cai Yan beckoned to him: "Gongda, come on!" ”

Xun You snorted coldly, but still jumped into Cai Yan's boat, he looked left and right and asked strangely, "What about Gan Xingba?" Just the two of you? It's bold enough. ”

"When I saw you coming, I was so scared that I jumped off the ship and ran for my life, right?" Cai Yan smiled slightly, and said in a teasing tone, ignoring the dissatisfied knocking sound from the boat board under him.

Xun You pouted and said, "As for being scared like this?" ”

The disgruntled tapping became more rapid.

"Let's not talk about that." Cai Yan held Xun You's hand and pulled him to look at the map she had laid on the ground, and a smug expression flashed on her face: "I have found a way to break the enemy." ”