When Cao Cao's grain request document was sent to Jiangdong, Sun Ce looked at Cao Cao's messenger with a confused expression, although he and Cao Cao were in a cooperative relationship, but they were not good enough to provide Cao Cao with grain and grass for free. Cao Cao asked Sun Ce to provide money and food in the name of contributing to the Son of Heaven, but even if ordinary people knew that Cao Cao was short of food now, if he sent it over, it was still a question whether Liu Xie could get it. And Sun Ce didn't take Emperor Jian'an in his eyes at all.

Since the Jiangdong Army in Xuzhou has not broken through, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have not been able to break through Guangling County, Zhou Yu was worried about Sun Ce's injury, so after handing over the military affairs to Tai Shici, he returned to Jiangdong. happened to meet Cao Cao's messenger who asked for food.

"Please take a break for the envoy, we need to discuss it later!" Zhou Yu said with extraordinary bearing.

The messenger, of course, had no problem, and after confessing his sin, he turned and left.

Sun Ce turned to Zhou Yu and asked, "What do you think of Cao Cao's request for food?" ”

"Cao Mengde is almost exhausted, so he will ask our army for food." Zhou Yu said with a smile.

As soon as Sun Ce heard Zhou Yu's analysis, he immediately said excitedly: "Since Cao Cao is running out of mountains and rivers, then Ben Jiang will not be able to give him grain and grass." Wouldn't it be better to simply send troops from Lujiang to occupy Shouchun, and then negotiate peace with Liu Yu? ”

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were frightened by Sun Ce's idea, it was too bold, if one was not good, Jiangdong would be in danger of destruction.

"No!" Zhou Yu refuted Sun Ce's proposal. "We not only have to provide grain and grass to Cao Cao, but also send troops to help Cao Cao."

"Why is that?" Sun Ce was a little puzzled.

Zhou Yu came to the map and said to Sun Ce: "Bofu, Cao Cao's power has been continuously eroded by Liu Yu, and now only Yuzhou and Yanzhou are left, and Yanzhou is already in danger under Liu Yu's offensive. Once Liu Yu conquered Yanzhou, then Cao Cao would have one Yuzhou left, and he would only be defeated or flee at that time. If Cao Cao fails, then Liu Yu will not have any checks and balances in the Central Plains, and he will most likely go south at that time. The direction of the south is estimated to be Jingzhou, and with the virtue of those people in Jingzhou, they will definitely surrender. Then I, Jiangdong, will fall into Liu Yu's two-sided attack. At that time, Koto was in danger. ”

Sun Ce was stunned by Zhou Yu's words, stared at the map in a daze for a long time, and finally said: "Gong Jin, if I send troops from Jiangdong from Lujiang, and then borrow the road with Cao Cao to go straight to the Yingchuan land occupied by Liu Yuxin, what do you say are the odds of victory?" ”

"Your lord! The lone army is deep, and the backup is not strong, I'm afraid it will be wiped out! Zhang Zhao can't be silent anymore, Sun Ce's ideas are bolder and more adventurous, he is older, and his heart will not be able to stand it.

"Zibu, you don't have to say more!" Sun Ce didn't listen to Zhang Zhao, he just stared at Zhou Yu now, hoping that Zhou Yu could give a good answer.

Zhang Zhao was stimulated by Sun Ce's words, if Zhang Hong hadn't stopped him, he might have gone crazy.

Zhou Yu's head moved for a long time, and finally looked back at the map, constantly analyzing the gains and losses in his mind, and finally shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not!" ”

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong both breathed a sigh of relief, they were worried about Zhou Yu just now and said that it was okay.

"I'm really unwilling!" Sun Ce smacked the table in resentment.

Zhou Yu did smile and said: "Bo Fu, what we need now is to support Cao Cao, so that he and Liu Yu can fight to the death." We'll be able to go west! ”

"You mean attacking Jingzhou?" Sun Ce regained his fighting spirit.

"That's right, let's let Liu Yu and Cao Cao continue to fight in the north, Jingzhou in the west, Liu Biao has been seriously ill in bed recently, Cai Mao and others are vying for power and profit, and the internal situation is unstable, as long as we attack Jingzhou, maybe Liu Biao's gang is stimulated, and it is not necessary to hang up on the spot, we can avenge the old general!" Zhou Yu said.

"Okay, that's it! Send troops to Jingzhou to avenge your father! Sun Ce immediately made a decision, he had wanted to deal with Jingzhou for a long time, and now Liu Biao was seriously ill in bed, didn't he just respond to the sentence that he wanted his life while he was sick.

"What's more, the money and grain we gave Cao Cao can just be retrieved from Jingzhou!" Zhou Yu said with a wicked smile.

"Gong Jin, you are so bad!" Sun Ce patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and smiled.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong felt that they couldn't keep up with Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's train of thought. And Zhou Yu proposed to avenge Sun Jian, but they didn't dare to refute it, so they could only choose to agree.

So Sun Ce gave Cao Cao a large sum of grain and grass very boldly, and also gave Cao Cao a thousand soldiers and horses for free.

After Cao Cao received it, he couldn't believe his ears, could it be that Sun Ce, this kid, had changed his sex. And no one under Cao Cao came up with Sun Ce's intentions.

Cao Cao, in line with the principle that if you don't accept it, it will be a waste, and accepted the soldiers, horses, money and food sent by Sun Ce.

At the same time, on the Jingzhou side, Cai Mao took matters into his own hands and gave Cao Cao a considerable amount of grain and grass, and Cao Cao's grain and grass problem was alleviated, and he could prepare to deal with Liu Yu's possible attack with great strength.

A few days later, Cao Cao finally knew why Sun Ce was so generous.

Sun Ce led a total of 50,000 troops and 200 warships on land and water, and held high the banner of avenging his father and went straight to Jiangxia, connecting several cities.

When the news spread, all the princes of the world were shocked by Sun Ce's actions.

Jiangxia guard general Huang Zu hurriedly asked Xiangyang for help, but no one in Jingzhou thought that Sun Ce would send troops at this time, but he couldn't react for a while.

Sun Ce frantically attacked Jiangxia City, and finally broke through Huang Zu's defenses and killed Huang Zu.

Jiangxia City fell into the hands of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce even got a fierce general, that is, Gan Ning Gan Xingba, who was born as a water thief. And this time the capture of Jiangxia is also related to Gan Ning. Gan Ning didn't receive much attention from Huang Zu here, and he had long been anti-minded, so when Sun Ce attacked Jiangxia, Gan Ning immediately led his troops to open the city gate and rebel.

After Sun Ce stabilized Jiangxia City, he did not move to other cities as before, but did not move his troops and built fortifications.

The civil and military forces of Jingzhou led by Cai Mao couldn't deal with it, and Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, couldn't pretend to be sick, so he immediately got up from the bed, and then took over the power of Jingzhou again. Everyone in Jingzhou now knows that Liu Biao was pretending to be sick before. Cai Mao was even more wary of Liu Biao, and secretly warned herself that she must not fall for this old fox in the future.

With Liu Biao in the center, Jingzhou soon returned to a state of unity.

It's a pity that it's all a bit late. Sun Ce had already digested and absorbed almost all of Jiangxia's territory, and was plotting to attack in other directions.

At this time, Liu Biao regretted it to death, if he hadn't pretended to be sick, where would Sun Ce have succeeded in raiding Jiangxia. What's more, Sun Ce seems to have opened up, which is completely different from his previous style, and it is too difficult for Liu Ce to regain the lost ground.

But even if Liu Biao regrets it, it won't help. What should be faced still has to be faced.