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Zhou Yu leaned on crutches, stood on the seawall, looked at the warships gathered in Qiantang Bay, and a hint of relief appeared on his slightly pale face.

Qiantang City is the second largest city in Huiji County, although the scale is not as large as that of Shanyin, but the prosperity is better than that of Shanfu.

Looking east of Qiantang City, there is Qiantang Bay, and beyond this bay, it is the vast sea.

Because of this, the geographical location of Qiantang is excellent, and the marine fishery is the most developed place in Huiji County, which is prosperous and natural.

Zhou Yu was ordered by Sun Ce to sneak out of Jianye from the small road and go to the two counties in the east to recruit new soldiers, so he set up his temporary military palace in Qiantang City.

After more than ten days of hard work, Zhou Yu relied on his prestige in Wu to reluctantly recruit nearly 4,000 soldiers, and scraped together nearly 100 warships.

If it was left in peacetime, Zhou Yu would not pay attention to this point of warships and soldiers at all, but at this moment when the Wu Kingdom was stormy, this bit of troops became Zhou Yu's lifeline.

"Governor, the king asked us to come to recruit troops, but he didn't ask us to come to recruit ships, now the army of pottery thieves has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Jiangdong, and the navy seems to have no use."

Beside him, the young military general looked at the warships on Qiantang Bay, and there was suspicion between his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but question Zhou Yu.

"You don't understand, these more than 100 warships are not fighting against the pottery thief." Zhou Yu shook his head, and there was a kind of mystery in his tone that made him unpredictable.

"Not to fight the pottery thief?" The young military general was stunned for a moment, and arched his hand: "Forgive the last general for being stupid, these warships are not for fighting the pottery thief, so what are they for?" ”

Zhou Yu's gaze extended to the vast sea, and he sighed meaningfully, "These boats were collected at the last moment as a last resort. ”

"The last moment?" The young general's expression moved slightly, as if he had comprehended something.

"I hope that the king can stick to the construction industry, that moment will never come, and I don't want to go to that point." Zhou Yu's gaze moved to the direction of Jianye in the north, and there were some expectations in his eyes.

He had an agreement with Sun Ce that he would take no more than two months to recruit 7,000 soldiers and horses, and train them into a usable division to go to Jianye for reinforcements.

Sun Ce will also do his best to stick to the construction industry for two months until he leads the army to come.

At this time, the young general's face showed a little worry, "The information I just received the day before yesterday, the failed assassination of the pottery thief by the lord of Sun County, which angered the pottery thief and made the Qinhuai River flood Jianye, and now Jianye has been flooded, I am afraid that the king will not be able to hold on for so long." ”

"No, it won't!"

The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth rose, and he hooked a confident sneer, "The pottery thief flooded Jianye, it is indeed a ruthless move, but the strength of the Jianye city wall is beyond your imagination, as long as the king is determined to stick to it and support it for more than a month, there is absolutely no problem." ”

The voice fell, and a scout came from the west, went straight to Qiantang City, and ran to the east gate.

The scout climbed up to the top of the city panting, and before he had time to salute, he shouted with a frightened face: "Governor of the capital, there is an urgent report from the west, the pottery thief has broken through Jianye a few days ago, General Ling Tong was killed in battle, and the king is leading the defeated army to retreat in the direction of Wu County, please ask the governor to speed the new army to respond." ”

Jianye has fallen!

A thunderbolt fell, Zhou Yu's figure shook, his face changed in shock, and his expression was instantly as pale as paper.

The young general's expression was also shocked, and his eyes burst out with an incredible look, seeing Zhou Yu shaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

After a while, Zhou Yu came to his senses from the shock, grabbed the scout, and roared in a hoarse voice: "Jianye City is impregnable, how can it be broken so quickly?" ”

"How dare a small one lie about the military situation, it's like this......"

The scout was trembling, how Zhang Zhao defected to Wei, opened the city gate to lead a large number of Wei troops into the city, Sun Ce was forced to break through in advance, but was blocked by the Wei army halfway, lost his troops, and fled miserably.

After listening to the scout's explanation, Zhou Yu was completely frozen in place, with a bewildered expression, not daring to accept this fact.

He thought about the possibility of the fall of Jianye City ten thousand times, but he didn't expect that it would be broken by a traitor from the inside.

What Zhou Yu didn't expect was that this traitor was none other than Zhang Zhao!

"Hateful, I didn't expect that Zhang Zhao, an old dog, would rebel, he is my minister of Wu Yuangong, whoever rebelled, it shouldn't be him who rebelled......"

Zhou Yu was extremely angry, scolded Zhang Zhao endlessly, gritted his teeth with hatred, and couldn't wait to tear Zhang Zhao apart with his own hands.

After scolding for a long time, Zhou Yu was weak and weak, and he didn't have the strength to scold anymore, so he sat down with difficulty with the support of the young general.

The young military general sighed lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Dudu, now that the construction has been lost, even if we go to reinforce the king, with these thousands of soldiers and horses, how can we fight against more than 100,000 Wei troops, I am afraid that the Great Wu Kingdom is ......"

The young military general wanted to say that the Great Wu Kingdom was only afraid that "the destruction is a foregone conclusion", but when the words came to his lips, he didn't dare to continue.

"My Great Wu Kingdom will never be destroyed!"

Zhou Yu slammed his fist against the wall, and his tone was categorical, as if he had some strategy in his chest to turn things around.

Immediately afterwards, he forcibly stood up, summoned the young general to his front, and gave him a few commands.

"The last will obey, and the last will go." The young military commander took the order and hurried down the city.

Zhou Yu stood at the head of the city again, looking at the east of Qiantang City, the vast sea, his fists were gradually clenched, his eyebrows were cold, and he muttered in his mouth: "Pottery merchant, as long as I Zhou Yu is here, the Wu Kingdom will never perish, never!" ”

……

A few days later, Wu County, Wu County.

There are three counties in Jiangdong, Danyang Wu County and Huiji, now Jianye has fallen, the entire Danyang County has fallen into the hands of Wei, Sun Ce can only take a few thousand remnants of the defeated generals, all the way to Wu County.

When he led the remnants of the army into Wu County, he ordered to stop fleeing again, and ordered Zhou Yu, who was in Huiji, to quickly send reinforcements to the new army.

He knew that if he fled further east, there would be only one Huiji County left, and he had no way to retreat, although he knew that it would be difficult to stop the Tao Shang soldiers, he could only hope that Wu Fei would build a new line of defense and make a last resistance here.

Stepping into Wu County, Sun Ce could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Standing on top of the city, looking at his remaining army, all of them were dejected and listlessly entered the city, Sun Ce's face was gloomy as iron, and he had no confidence in his heart.

In a trance, he vaguely smelled death.

"Tao thief, I, Sun Ce, was forced to this by you, am I destined to be destroyed by you, I am unwilling, I am unwilling......"

Sun Ce's fists slammed against the female wall again and again, and his heroic face was twisted with anger and unwillingness.

At this moment, the scout came to report, saying that it was in the direction of the east, and a Wu army had arrived and was coming in the direction of Wu County.

"This must be Gong Jin's reinforcements arriving, and he brought my few soldiers and horses here?" Sun Ce's spirits lifted a little.

"Your Majesty, looking at the situation, it seems that the governor of Zhou only sent less than a thousand soldiers and horses." The scout replied.

A thousand soldiers!

Sun Ce's face changed, and his expression suddenly became gloomy again.

Sun Quan also showed a displeased expression, frowned and said: "I heard that Gong Jin has recruited nearly 4,000 new troops in ten days, why only send 1,000 people to reinforce it, what is the use of this little soldier and horse." ”

Sun Ce was also very dissatisfied, but with dissatisfaction, he waited for the support army to arrive.

After a while, a general rushed into the city, claiming that it was Lu Meng, the deputy general sent by Zhou Yu, and came to ask to see Sun Ce.

"Call him up." Sun Ce flicked his hands and said unhappily.

After a while, the young military general Lu Meng rushed to the city, came to Sun Ce, and calmly bowed his hand: "The last general, Lu Meng, meet the king." ”

"Lu Ziming, this king ordered Gongjin to come with a new army to reinforce, why did he only send you here, and only brought a thousand soldiers and horses, and the rest of the soldiers and horses?" Sun Ce asked dissatisfiedly.

Lu Meng hurriedly arched his hand: "Your lord, Zhou Dudu said that Jianye has been lost, even if he leads the whole army to help, with the current strength of our army, it is definitely not the opponent of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the pottery thief, and it is no longer meaningful to hold on to Wu County at this time." ”

As soon as these words came out, Sun Ce's face changed immediately, and he shouted in a deep voice: "What do you mean by Zhou Gongjin, is it because the pottery thief is powerful, this king will not guard Wu County, if he doesn't stick to it, will he continue to withdraw, he thinks that the pottery thief will give up and be resigned, where else can we retreat." ”

At this time, Sun Quan also echoed: "What Brother Wang said is extremely true, at this time, we have no way back, only to stick to Wu County with the determination to die, and there is still a glimmer of life." ”

In the face of the reprimands of the Sun brothers, Lu Meng did not panic, but only arched his hand and said: "I really dare not hide it from the king, the last general also mentioned it to the governor, but the governor said that he had already laid out a policy for the restoration of the country in Qiantang City, and asked the king to stay in Wu County and strive for the last opportunity, and the king led the rest of the army to meet in Qiantang quickly." ”

A strategy for restoring the country!?

Hearing these four words, Sun Ce's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen a ray of light in the darkness.

Sun Quan's blue eyes flashed with a hint of doubt, and asked, "How many military horses did Zhou Gongjin recruit in Huiji?" ”

"The Governor has gathered four thousand recruits and more than a hundred warships." Lu Meng agreed truthfully.

Sun Quan frowned, "With this bit of soldiers and horses, what kind of strategy can Zhou Gongjin lay out to restore the country?" ”

"Well...... this" Lu Meng hesitated, and said helplessly: "The last general can't see the governor's thoughts, thinking that he must have a mysterious plan, which the last general can't think of, and please believe the governor." ”

"Brother Wang, what should we do now?" Sun Quan couldn't make a decision, so he had to look at Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was silent, pacing above the city with his hands in his hands, sometimes looking at the direction of Jianye in the north, and sometimes looking at the direction of Qiantang in the south, with a hesitant expression.

Stick to Wu County, although he can do the last dying struggle, he is really not sure that he can hold on.

After all, even Jianye has fallen, not to mention a mere Wu County.

But if he went to Qiantang, he really couldn't imagine that Zhou Yu could lay out any clever plan to turn things around with only a few thousand soldiers and horses and a hundred warships.

After thinking about it and weighing it for a long time, Sun Ce finally stopped.

When he suddenly looked back, only the remaining resoluteness remained on his face, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, this king will believe in you Gongjin one last time, and the survival of my Great Wu Kingdom will be all entrusted to you." ”