"Return Chaisang?" Sun Ce's eyes wrinkled, "Didn't you mainly attack Xiakou, Shiyuan, and not let this king withdraw his troops?" ”

Pang Tong coughed a few times before he said: "Xiakou City has not been able to be attacked for a long time, our army's strength has been exhausted, and the threats of Fang Jin's potters on both sides have been resolved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Sun Ce's eyebrows became deeper and deeper, his face swept a little dissatisfied, and he said proudly: "What if the pottery merchant brings troops to come, his naval army is a weakness after all, right now there is Cheng Zhongde guarding Hanjin, the pottery thief alone with 10,000 cavalry, thousands of naval troops, can not break through at all, this king still has time, before his main force is exhausted, take Xiakou City." ”

"That's what Tong thought before." Pang Tong sighed, "However, the pottery thief is treacherous, bold, and has a scheming person like Zhang Liang under his command, Tong is only afraid that even if it is General Cheng, plus Lu Zijing, he is not his opponent, besides, with General Cheng's temper, he may not listen to Lu Zijing's advice, so he ......"

Pang Tong didn't say any more, but the meaning of his words could not be clearer.

Sun Ce's face showed a little displeasure, and he said in a deep voice: "Even if the pottery thief is tricky, on the river, in a water battle, what tricks can he play, Shi Yuan, you seem to have too little confidence in General Cheng and my Great Wu Army." ”

"Of course not." Pang Tong hurriedly shook his head, "The current situation has changed drastically, even if we can capture Xiakou, the main force of hundreds of thousands of pottery thieves will come, and they will definitely compete with us for Xiakou again, with the national strength of my Great Wu, I am afraid that I will not be able to compete with the pottery thieves to stalemate, Tong just doesn't want us to fall into the quagmire of Xiakou." ”

"What does Yi Shiyuan mean?" Sun Ce was slightly moved.

Pang Tong said: "The current situation is that the stronger the national strength of the pottery thief, and at this time the battle is fought, the competition is already the national strength." As long as we force down the Shanyue people, we can get 300,000 Dingkou and 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, and then move unscrupulously, either to take Shouchun in the north or to attack Jingzhou in the west, so that we can be invincible. ”

Hearing Pang Tongxi's words, Sun Ce's eyes lit up, and a trace of greed appeared.

Shanyue people, 300,000 Dingkou, 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, this is really a huge wealth, if you can get it, not only can make up for the loss of the previous Battle of Chibi, but also increase the existing troops, at least one-third.

"Shanyue is certainly a fortune, but let's wait a little longer, if you don't take Xiakou, this king is always unwilling......" Sun Ce muttered to himself, looking at the situation, he still didn't want to return to the east.

Just as his thoughts were rolling, the pro-army outside hurriedly came to report, saying that Cheng Pu had led the Hanjin army to retreat.

Sun Ce's faces immediately changed, and they were shocked.

"This king Cheng Pu was ordered to guard Hanjin, and without the order of this king, how dare he withdraw his troops and return?" Sun Ce blurted out a shock.

At this time, a trace of haze flashed in Pang Tong's eyes, as if he had guessed a few points.

Sun Ce didn't have time to think about it, jumped up, got on his horse and went straight to the trestle, and Pang Tong followed closely behind.

Rushing all the way to the water's edge, Sun Ce raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw that one after another battleships were docking from the shore, and those Wu pawns who got off the ships were all frightened, and it seemed that they had suffered a big defeat.

"Could it be that General Cheng was defeated by the Tao Thief Water War? How is this possible, how is it possible......" Sun Ce's face was already full of surprise, and he looked incredulous.

It's just that Sun Ce glanced at the ships again and found that there were no traces of fierce battles on the ships, and the soldiers were not wearing red colors, so it didn't look like they had experienced a big battle.

Such a scene made Sun Ce and Pang Tong look at each other, and their eyes were full of suspicion.

Just as he was suspicious, the flagship docked, Cheng Pu got off the boat, walked forward with a heavy and sad expression, bowed down to Sun Ce, and said ashamedly: "Pu is incompetent, he failed to hold Hanjin, please punish the king." ”

Hanjin Fortress has actually fallen!

Sun Ce's body was shocked, even if he had a premonition about it, but when Cheng Pu said it himself, he was still extremely shocked.

"Old General Cheng, get up and speak." Sun Ce suppressed his anger, helped Cheng Pu up, and said in surprise: "It's just that this king is very strange, your soldiers and horses and warships don't seem to have much damage, how can you lose Hanjin Village." ”

Cheng Pu sighed again and again, embarrassed to speak, looking ashamed.

Behind him, Lu Su silently stepped forward and explained how the potters used horse aid as water generals and used a fire raft to cross the river to force them to abandon the village and retreat.

"Ma Yuan, under the command of the pottery thief, there is a talented water general, and he dares to pretend to be the name of General Fubo!?" Sun Ce was deeply shocked again, looking incredulous.

"What about Jiang Qin, where is Jiang Qin?" Pang Tong found the abnormality and was busy asking.

Cheng Pu suddenly looked sad and angry, and said hatefully: "When the last general retreated, General Jiang didn't have time to get on the ship and wanted to leave by the dry road, but he was intercepted and killed by the iron cavalry of the pottery thieves outside the camp, and he was already killed and martyred. ”

Hearing that Jiang Qin was beheaded, Sun Ce's expression changed again, and at that moment, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

The Wu generals on the left and right were all indignant when they heard the bad news that Jiang Qin had been killed by the potters.

For a time, all the generals were indignant, vowing to fight to the death with the pottery merchants, to avenge Jiang Qin, and to be ashamed of the dignity of the Wu army.

All the generals generously called for battle, but this time, Sun Ce was surprisingly calm, looked at Pang Tong, showing a look of admiration, obviously amazed by Pang Tong's prediction ability, and sure enough, he expected that Cheng Pu was not the opponent of the potter.

"Shiyuan, in your opinion, what should this king do now?" Sun Ce ignored the generals' requests for battle, and only looked at Pang Tongren.

Pang Tong sighed, arched his hand and said: "Now Hanjin has been lost, the iron cavalry of the pottery thief can be unimpeded, and directly take Xiakou, all think that it is meaningless to fight again, and now we should quickly retreat to Chaisang, wait and see the situation, if the pottery thief goes to save Jiangling, we will take the opportunity to draw troops to force Shanyue, if the pottery thief wants to invade my Dawu, then we will rely on the Chaisang fortress and give the pottery thief a head-on blow." ”

Sun Ce was silent, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head and sighed, and said with a flick of his hand: "Now that the matter is now, it can only be according to Shiyuan's plan, pass the order, and the whole army will quickly retreat to Chaisang."

……

Two days later, the land and water army of the potters entered Xiakou, and at the same time, Meng Tian's other army also arrived, and the troops of the Ganning Department of Xiakou and the pottery merchants gathered in Xiakou reached 20,000.

Moreover, there are nearly 80,000 infantry troops, who are still on the way from Nanyang to Xiakou.

Sun Ce was obviously not carried away by the anger, and before the arrival of the pottery merchant's army, Sun Ce decisively gave up the siege of Xiakou City in order to avoid being attacked from inside and outside, and retreated all the army down the river to his Chaisang fortress.

At the head of Xiakou City, when the potter saw Gan Ning, he had a feeling of being separated from the world.

Gan Ning in front of him, the whole person was exhausted, and there were wounds all over his body, it was obvious that holding on to Xiakou for a month had almost pushed him to the limit.

Fortunately, Gan Ningning lived in Xiakou, and proved his strength and loyalty as a general, and used his own record to establish his position in the Great Wei generals from now on.

Gan Ning was tired, looking at the wounded soldiers on the left and right, they were also tired, but there was excitement in their eyes.

They finally knew that the king of Great Wei did not give up on them, and when they were desperate, they finally waited for the prince of Wei to lead reinforcements to arrive, and they were naturally excited and moved for the rest of their lives.

"The last general, Gan Ning, fortunately, is not dishonored, Xiakou City is still in the hands of my Great Wei." Gan Ning stepped forward and bowed, his tone impassioned.

The potter hurriedly helped Gan Ning up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "Xingba, you are beautiful, your great achievements, this king has written it down." ”

Gan Ning's haggard face showed a smile of relief, and the two ministers looked at each other and laughed.

After the mood gradually calmed down, Gan Ning asked: "Now the Wu people are afraid of the king Tianwei and have withdrawn to Chaisang, but the Shu army is still besieging Jiangling, Wu Thorn Shi is leading the main force of the water army, fighting fiercely with the enemy in the upper reaches, does the king want to relieve the siege of Jiangling first, or first go down the river to destroy Wu?" ”

The potter turned around and walked to the head of the city, and the eagle eyes looked to the east, and through the vast landscape, he seemed to be able to see that the towering Chaisang City stood in front of him.

"Of course, this king wants to take the opportunity to destroy Wu, but Chaisang is an important town that Sun Ce has been running for many years, and now he is stationed in Chaisang, even if this king gathers a large army and wants to capture Chaisang, it may not be an easy task...... " Kui Shang sighed.

Hearing the pottery merchant's concerns, Gan Ning's eyes rolled a few times, and he arched his hand and said in a low voice: "The last general has a plan, maybe he may order Sun Ce to withdraw all of Chaisang's troops." ”

……

Two days after the siege of Xiakou was lifted, the potters released rumors to the outside world that they would lead their troops and horses to the west of the river to relieve the siege of Jiangling.

The potter said so, and did so, and soon led the land and water soldiers and horses to the west to the Baqiu line, and put on the momentum of going to Jiangling.

At the same time, the main force of the infantry army, which had already advanced to the front line of Xinye, also crossed the Han River to Xiangyang, and then went south to Jiangling through Dangyang Road.

The potter even secretly released a rumor, claiming that this time, he not only wanted to relieve the siege of Jiangling, but also to attack Yizhou and destroy Shu in one go.

Today, the camp of Baqiu.

In the king's tent, all the generals gathered.

"Xinghe's plan, it's really wonderful, Sun Ce's withdrawal is still Wu......" The potter looked at the latest information in his hand, couldn't help but smile, and glanced at Gan Ning appreciatively.

Hearing this news, all the generals in the tent became excited.

Fan Xu laughed even more excitedly: "Sun Ce's puppy escaped back to Chaisang, then we will have no worries, this time with an army of more than 100,000 people, we must destroy the Shu Kingdom, capture Liu Zhang's miscellaneous pieces alive, and chop him into seventeen or eighteen pieces to feed the dogs." ”

Fan Xu's rude words caused the generals to laugh, and their fighting spirit was strong, and they were already discussing how to destroy Shu.

The generals were in a heated discussion, but the potter drank the wine in the cup and sneered: "When did this king say that I am going to destroy Shu." ”