In May, the weather is pleasant, and thousands of warships are like stars on Poyang Lake outside the city. Wu Hou Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of the Central Protector stood side by side on the deck of the main ship, allowing the river wind to rush towards them. Although Sun Ce failed to take Jiujiang County last year due to Liu Bei's intervention, this also allowed him to concentrate more on attacking the south of the Yangtze River. After pacifying Yuzhang and Luling counties, Sun Ce's power extended from the south bank of the Yangtze River all the way to the Ganshui and Minjiang River basins, bordering Jiangxia County in Jingzhou.

Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia County, had a grudge against Sun Ce for killing his father. In the third year of Chuping (192), Sun Jian, the father of Sun Ce, who was then the Taishou of Changsha, was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Jingzhou, which was guarded by Liu Biao. Liu Biao sent Huang Zu to meet him in Xiangyang, but the battle was lost. Sun Jian took the opportunity to cross the Han River to besiege Xiangyang, and was shot dead by Huang Zu's subordinates. Since then, Huang Zu has formed a feud with the Sun family. Therefore, as soon as Sun Ce opened up Jiangxia, he immediately sent troops to attack Huang Zu. After Huang Zu heard the news, he sent troops to meet Deng Long, Chen Qi, and Han Xi.

In February of the fifth year of Jian'an, when all parts of the Central Plains focused on Cao Cai's joint camp, Sun Ce fought with 20,000 soldiers and horses with Huang Zu's 40,000 army outside Chaisang City. Facing an enemy army with nearly twice the strength of his own, Sun Ce personally led his troops to pretend to be invincible and lead Huang Zu into the Zedi near Poyang Lake according to Zhou Yu's plan. After Huang Zu entered the set, Zhou Yu, who had been in ambush for a long time, led Lu Fan, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and other Sun generals, put the fire into the upper hand, the soldiers were under the smoke, the bows and crossbows were fired concurrently, and the arrows were rained, and Huang Zu was killed without leaving a piece of armor. In a panic, Huang Zu abandoned the ship and fled, and was chased by Sun Ce's warrior Feng Ze and cut down under the horse. In this battle, Sun Ce captured seven wives and concubines of Huang Zu, beheaded more than 20,000 people from Huang Zu's tribe such as Han Xi, and drowned more than 10,000 people in Poyang Lake.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Ce's eighteen-year-old younger brother Sun Quan performed well in this battle. Huang Zu's general Han Xi was punished by him. However, compared with his younger brother's impressive achievements, Sun Ce was more concerned about the mountains of wealth captured from Huang Zu's army and the more than 6,000 warships floating on Poyang Lake in front of him.

Although Sun Ce started in Jiangdong. However, due to limited financial resources, Sun Ce has not been able to build a decent naval army. This time the seizure of Huang Zu's 6,000 warships at once undoubtedly made Sun Ce's naval army have a qualitative leap. But seeing Sun Ce at this moment, he raised his hand and pointed to the warships full of the lake, and said to Zhou Yu in high spirits, "Gong Jin, do you think that my Jiangdong Naval Division can compete with the Eastern Laiqi Military Naval Division?" ”

The First Battle of Yanjin made the Qi army and sailors under Cai Ji's account famous all over the world, and the counties in the south of the Yangtze River have always been famous for water battles, so Sun Ce naturally regarded the Qi army sailors as the object of comparison. To be honest, Sun Ce was still very interested in the Qi Marquis who was about the same age as his younger brother Sun Quan. Especially the other party is still a daughter. This made Sun Ce feel both novel and inspired. Just ask a woman to build a foundation in this troubled era. As a dignified seven-foot man, how can he be willing to be mediocre. Of course, Sun Ce also knew that his current strength was far inferior to Cai Ji. Although the area of Jiangdong counties is vast, the population is sparse and the land is barren. Unlike Cai Ji's Qing and Xu prefectures, which have large populations and fertile land. The other party even defeated the invincible Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. On the other hand, he has not been able to defeat Liu Biao until now, and he is really ashamed of his father's spirit in the sky. However, the bigger the gap with Cai Ji, the more Sun Ce's fighting spirit can be aroused. Now Sun Ce has taken Cai Ji as a role model and a goal to chase.

At this moment, faced with Sun Shixue's childish question, Zhou Yu looked around at the warship in front of him. He smiled leisurely. "There are more than 8,000 warships under Bo Fu's account, and the number is not inferior to Cai Anzhen. However, Huang Zu's sailors have been slacking off for many years, so they still need more practice to be able to cross the river. ”

Zhou Yu's fair evaluation made Sun Ce nod convincingly. "Please ask Gong Jin to train the sailor."

Facing the hot gaze of his friend, Zhou Yu's heart was hot, and he hugged his fists and bowed, "Don't worry, Bo Fu, Yu will train the Wu Army Sailor to become the first army in the world." ”

And just when Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were looking forward to the future of Wu's naval division, a brocade-clothed general came from the stern. The man was eight feet tall, with ape arms and a bee's waist, and his bronzed muscles shimmered with wild vigor in the sunlight. As soon as he saw Sun Ce, this brocade-clothed warrior leaned over and bowed, "Gan Ning has seen the lord." ”

"Xingba doesn't need to be polite." Sun Ce picked up Gan Ning with an appreciative gaze, turned around and introduced to Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, this is Gan Ning, General Gan Xingba. After Huang Zu was ambushed, he was dissatisfied with the dictatorship of Jiangxia Liu Qi and specially led 800 sailors to vote. ”

"Next Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin." Zhou Yu politely arched his hand towards Gan Ning, and then asked with great interest, "The general is the famous Jinfan general Gan Xingba in Shu?" ”

Gan Ning couldn't help but feel hot on his cheeks when he heard Zhou Yu ask this. It turned out that Gan Ning was born in a famous family in Shu, and when he was young, he not only had courage, but also read the sons well, and was promoted to the county at the age of eighteen. But Gan Ning has a wild temperament and is a good ranger, and he doesn't want to live according to the rules at all, and he is even more annoyed by the entertainment between officials and eunuchs. Therefore, he often skipped work, gathered a group of light teenagers in groups, carried bows and arrows, put bird feathers on his head, and wore bells. In addition, because Gan Ning's family is wealthy, he is majestic and dazzling when he goes in and out. There is a Chen train to ride on foot, and there is a light boat connecting to the water line. The attendants beside him were all dressed in splendid clothes, and wherever they went, they were brilliant. When the ship was moored, Gan Ning often asked his subordinates to maintain the boat with the splendid embroidery, and when he left, he cut off the splendid embroidery and abandoned it to show that it was rich in luxury. Over time, Gan Ning's reputation became famous, and the local people knew that Gan Ning's group had arrived as soon as they heard the bell, and called Gan Ning "Jinfan Thief".

Calling him a "thief" is naturally not a good thing, but no one can help him if the Gan Ning family is so powerful. What really made him unable to stay in Shu County was an assassination incident. At that time, it was rumored in Yizhou that Liu Yan, the state pastor, was robbing the people's fat and people's ointment, and the young and vigorous Gan Ning was angry, so he really ran to assassinate Liu Yan. Liu Yan was heavily guarded by his side, and Gan Ning naturally failed to succeed in the assassination. So he had to take his 800 athletes to Jingzhou to join Liu Biao. However, Liu Biao didn't like Gan Ning's bohemian character, so he didn't reuse him. After doing nothing for a while, Gan Ning entrusted Huang Zu again. However, Huang Zu also did not value him, but regarded him as a domestic slave. With Gan Ning's fiery temper, where can he stand such anger. Taking advantage of Huang Zu's defeat to Chaisang, as soon as Liu Qi arrived in Jiangxia to take office, he took refuge with Sun Ce with his subordinates. Of course, because of Cai Ji's incursions. Liu Bei's southward journey, and Sun Ce's failure to die in assassination. Gan Ning naturally no longer shot Sun Ce's general Ling Cao as recorded in the original history. Therefore, Ling Cao is still alive. Gan Ning also did not have a grudge against any of the Wu generals.

At this moment, hearing Zhou Yu mention his old past again, he couldn't help but worry that he would be hidden again. So he clenched his fists and said, "Ning was young and ignorant back then, but now he is really ashamed to think about it. ”

But who knew that Zhou Yu looked at Gan Ning and happily excused him, "Why did General Xingba say this." The general asks for the people's life, it is for the sake of justice, why be ashamed. ”

Sun Ce on the side laughed and echoed, "Yes." Ce also killed people lightly when he was young, and Xingba didn't need to pay attention to that dry rot. ”

The words of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu made Gan Ning, who had been discriminated against for a long time, feel like he had met a friend in a foreign country. His heart was so hot that he immediately bowed down to the tunnel. "I'd rather be so important to the two of you, and in the future, I will set my liver and brain to achieve hegemony for the main public!"

"Xingba get up quickly. Strategy also needs the help of loyal and righteous people like Xingba. Sun Ce stepped forward quickly and helped Gan Ning up again.

Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce had subdued Gan Ning. couldn't help but smile comfortably, "General Xingba is good at manipulating the water army. Congratulations to Bo Fu, your water master has another strong general. ”

Zhou Yu's words just fell, but when he saw the herald on the ship, the pawn suddenly ran to report to Sun Ceyu, "Lord Yu, the spies have come to report that Liu Biao has sent General Lu You to lead 30,000 troops south to attack Changsha. ”

Sun Ce exchanged glances with Zhou Yu after hearing this, and then said murderously. Liu Jingsheng finally did it. Gong Jin. How about I immediately order troops to attack Jiangxia? ”

"No." Zhou Yu shook his head and said.

"Why?" Sun Ce asked.

Zhou Yu explained, "Huang Zu is newly defeated. Jiangxia Liu Qi will be wary of Bo Fu. ”

"Could it be that Ce just sat back and watched Liu Biao and Zhang Xian fight?" Sun Ce asked a question similar to Liu Bei's.

"Definitely." Zhou Yu smiled leisurely and shook his head, "Although Jiangxia is difficult to attack. Minamino is easy to take. ”

Nanye is located in the upper reaches of Yuzhang Water, located in a remote area, Sun Ce didn't know what Zhou Yu's intention was, and couldn't help but ask, "What does Gongjin mean?" ”

Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce didn't understand what he meant, so he walked to a cowhide map on the deck, pointed to the location of Lingling and Guiyang counties, and explained, "Zhang Xian is under the jurisdiction of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang. He fought with Liu Biao in Changsha, and he had no time to take care of the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang. If Bo Fu takes Nanye, he can go all the way south to attack Lingling and Guiyang counties. Why not? ”

"I see. Gongjin wanted to make a detour to Nanye to attack Jingzhou. Once Jingzhou is taken, Gongjin's strategy of dividing the world into two can also be completed for most of it. Sun Ce stroked his palms and smiled.

"Dividing the world" is the strategic thinking formulated by Zhou Yu for Sun Ce. Of course, this strategic thinking was also born out of the "Dingzhi Theory" that was popular in the Jingchu region, but Zhou Yu's goal was greater. That is, the four prefectures of Yang, Jing, Yi, and Jiaozhi were divided, with the Yangtze River and Huai River as the boundary, and a confrontation situation was formed with the northern forces. The important premise of realizing the division of the world is to first defeat Liu Biao and take Jingzhou, and then use Jingzhou as a springboard to attack Yizhou. In Sun Ce's view, the battle between Liu Biao and Zhang Xian was undoubtedly an opportunity to enter Jingzhou.

However, Zhou Yu himself is not as optimistic as Sun Ce. Because at the moment, there is another thorny force in Yangzhou that threatens Soochow. But he heard Zhou Yu solemnly remind Sun Ce, "Bo Fu Mo wants to underestimate the enemy." Although Liu Biao is a member of the discussion, there are many soldiers and horses under his command, and it is difficult for us to win quickly. In addition, Jiangbei Liu Bei is also eyeing Eastern Wu, and Bo Fu must be guarded against. ”

"It's Liu Bei again!" Sun Ce was depressed in patience, gritting his teeth.

Liu Bei went south to develop, so that the area south of the Huai River formed a small range of three-legged tripods, both two Liu and one grandson. The three parties have their own ghosts and compete with each other. In contrast, Liu Bei and Liu Biao are both clans, although they have different faces and hearts, and they are wary of each other, but they have not fought so far. On the contrary, Liu Qi of Jiangxia also frequently showed favor to Liu Bei. Sun Ce, on the other hand, responded to his father's enmity and the expansion of his territory, and fought with Erliu. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that when Sun Ce attacked Jingzhou, Liu Bei and Liu Biao would join forces to deal with Eastern Wu.

Therefore, Zhou Yu followed and said to Sun Ce, "If Bo Fu wants to attack Jingzhou, he needs to provoke Er Liu Caicheng first." ”

"How to provoke?" Sun Ce frowned and asked. Sun Ce is brave and resolute, but it is difficult to meet opponents on the battlefield. But on another invisible battlefield, he was a little stretched. After all, intrigue and intrigue are not what Jiangdong Xiaobawang is good at.

"Liu Biaoxiàn has three sons, the eldest son Qi, the second son Cong and Mo Zixiu. Jing Chu knows that Liu Biao loves the second son and does not like the eldest son. Recently, he has matched his eldest son Liu Qi to Jiangxia. It can be seen that Liu Biao is not far from the disaster of the Yuan family. Zhou Yu said this, and showed a meaningful smile to Sun Ce. The story of the Yuan brothers fighting for the throne has now become a negative case that various families take as warnings. At a time when everyone is emphasizing the orderliness of the young and the old, Liu Biao still favors Mrs. Cai, intending to replace the eldest son who has grown up with a young son. In Zhou Yu's view, this is undoubtedly setting himself on fire. But from another point of view, Liu Biao's mistake is an opportunity for Soochow. So Zhou Yu followed and said, "Yu heard that Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, has shown favor to Liu Bei in Lujiang many times after he settled in Jiangxia. Bo Fu can use this as an excuse to send people to spread the news in Xiangyang, saying that Liu Bei wants to help Liu Qi seize the position of the head of the Liu family. In this way, Liu Bei will be involved in the dispute between Liu Biao's inner court. Even if he tried his best to clear up the matter, Liu Biao would not dare to have anything to do with him from then on. ”

"Wonderful! It not only provoked the two sons of the Liu family to fight, but also provoked Liu Biao and Liu Bei to fight each other. It's really a two-pronged solution. Or Gongjin has a lot of ideas. Sun Ce rubbed his hands and looked at the map excitedly, while he began to look for a suitable candidate in his mind and infiltrated Jingzhou to spread rumors.

In this way, the dispute between Liu and Zhang, which lasted for five years in Jian'an, was like a bamboo battle, disturbing the unquiet pool of water south of the Huai River. It has not only fulfilled some people's plans, but also destroyed some people's plans. Some people stood still and waited to see what happened, and some people were eager to try their best. But in terms of scale alone, the Battle of Changsha was nothing more than a small conflict in the summer of the fifth year of Jian'an. Thousands of miles away, on both sides of the Yellow River, a larger and more influential war is gradually kicking off.

At the end of May in the fifth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shang sent Guo Yuan, the Taishou of Hedong County, whom he had appointed, to attack Hedong County together with Gao Gan and Xiongnu Nandanyu. Guo Yuan led the army all the way into Hedong County, and the cities he passed through fell one after another. Only Cao Cao's general Jia Kui held on to Jiangxian County. Guo Yuan attacked it more than once, and when the city was about to fall, the father and elder of the city agreed with Guo Yuan: "If you don't kill Jia Kui, you will surrender." Guo Yuan readily agreed, and Jiangxian County immediately fell. Hedong County thus fell into the hands of Yuan Shang. When the news reached Guanzhong, Ma Teng immediately raised troops accordingly. Cao Cao, who had just taken a breath for a while, once again fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on his belly and back.

I worked late overtime today. I had to post it in the early morning, and I ask for your forgiveness. There is also a change on Saturday, so I want to support it.

Small Theatre Hours:

Zhou Yu chanted mantra: two parts of the world...... The world is divided into two...... provoked Er Liu and helped Bo Fu seize Jingzhou

Zhuge Liang recites mantra: Three points of the world...... Three-point world...... Led Xuande Gong to seize Jingzhou

CC: All dead! The world is in the heart! Jingzhou is lonely!

Liu Biao: When the lonely dead are !!

Xiao Cai: Passing by with soy sauce ~~~ (to be continued)