Sun Ce, who was depressed by the fight in the south, had been paying attention to the war in the Central Plains.

Liu Yu's large-scale attack on Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not dare to take it lightly, the two of them seemed to see a great opportunity to go north to the Central Plains and compete in the world.

In addition, Sun Ce was unable to make a breakthrough in the battle in Jingzhou for a long time, and continuing to entangle with Liu Biao could only waste time and troops. So Sun Ce and Zhou Yu secretly returned to Jianye from Changsha, Jingzhou, and handed over all the military affairs of Changsha to Huang Gai.

At the same time, Zhang Zhao and other scholars from the north who fled from Xuzhou also supported Sun Ce's march into the Central Plains.

After discussing with Zhou Yu, Sun Ce decided to lead a strong army north to Xuzhou.

Sun Ce wanted to march to Yuzhou at first, but Zhou Yu stopped him. Zhou Yu analyzed it and found that Yuzhou might become Cao Cao's rear, so Sun Ce is now marching into Yuzhou, so he has invisibly helped Liu Yu. Zhou Yu also had an important factor that could not allow Sun Ce to enter Yuzhou. That is, if Cao Cao fails, then Sun Ce will have to directly face Liu Yu's soldiers, which is very unfavorable to Sun Ce.

Xuzhou is different. First of all, Xuzhou is rich and has a large population, which is a big piece of fat. At the same time, Liu Yu sent Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to attack Xuzhou, and Xuzhou's soldiers and horses were deployed to defend against the invasion in the north, and the defense of the southern counties was very empty, which could be easily taken.

Sun Ce accepted Zhou Yu's suggestion.

The local families in Jiangdong did not dare to slack off on Sun Ce's decision, and sent troops to pay for food. If they weren't willing to help Sun Ce, the knife in Sun Ce's hand wasn't vegetarian.

Sun Ce left Cheng Puzhen to guard the rear of Jiangdong, and he personally took command, and Zhou Yu was the military division of the army, leading 40,000 troops to Xuzhou in the north.

Sure enough, as Zhou Yu expected, Xuzhou inevitably defended Guangling County as if it were a fictitious situation, and after Sun Ce's army landed, he did not encounter any strong obstacles at all.

Sun Ce waved his troops to rampage through Guangling County, constantly capturing the city, and planted the Sun family's banner on the city of Guangling County.

Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu sent a large number of letters asking for help to Picheng, and at the same time sent Qi Rong to lead troops to attack Sun Ce.

Sun Ce's title of Little Overlord was not for nothing, when the two armies were fighting, he directly killed Qi Rong in front of the battle.

Later, Sun Ce brought the power of a great victory to Guangling City, and took Guangling City in two days.

Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu was defeated and captured, and scolded: "Sun Ce thief, your Sun family has been guarding the emperor's grace for generations, this time you actually openly attacked the Han city and slaughtered the officials of the Han court, causing the people to be ruined, you will not die well!" ”

"Bastard thing!" Sun Ce has a fiery temper, where can he stand such insults, and is ready to kill Zhao Yu.

"Bo Fu, please speak." Zhou Yu stopped Sun Ce, because Zhao Yu's prestige in Guangling was very good, and he was an honest official, and killing him was not good for Sun Ce.

Zhou Yu told Sun Ce what he thought in his heart, and urged Sun Ce to bypass Zhao Yu's life.

Sun Ce may not be able to listen to other people's words, but it would be different if Zhou Yu said this. Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu was wholeheartedly good to him, so he listened to Zhou Yu's advice and spared Zhao Yu from the death penalty.

Zhou Yu tried to persuade Zhao Yu to surrender, but Zhao Yu sprayed his face with saliva, which made Sun Ce angry again. Fortunately, Zhou Yu was generous and temporarily detained Zhao Yu.

After Zhao Yu's dead eyes were escorted down, Sun Ce's anger gradually subsided, and he asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, now that Guangling City has been captured, are we going to march into Xiapi next?" ”

"Yes and no!" Zhou Yu said with a smile, his handsome appearance and the smile on the corner of his mouth were enough to kill many big girls and little daughters-in-law in seconds.

In terms of strategy, Sun Ce was still inferior to Zhou Yu, and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

"First of all, our army must take all of Guangling County, and transfer officials from Jiangdong to come here, hold Guangling County firmly in their hands, and finally turn Guangling County into a part of our Jiangdong. In the end, it was formed based on Guangling and conquered Xuzhou. Zhou Yu stretched out a finger.

Sun Ce nodded and said, "Let Zhang Zibu arrange this, after all, he is much better than the two of us in this regard." ”

"The second point is to send someone to contact Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, join forces with them to capture Xuzhou, and then carve up Xuzhou!" Zhou Yu continued.

"I'm afraid it's not easy. If I were in Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's position, I would definitely not agree. Sun Ce couldn't believe that this could succeed.

Zhou Yu shook his head with a smile and continued: "Bo Fu, although I am contacting Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, I actually want to tell Emperor Shenwu Liu Yu that I Jiangdong does not want to be an enemy of him. At the same time, he can rest assured that he will continue to work with Cao Cao. We can contain a part of Cao Cao's forces for him in Yuzhou. No matter how bad it is, our army will control this Guangling County and come to the other side to watch the fire and watch the excitement. ”

Sun Ce thought about it, it seemed that what Zhou Yu said was very reasonable, but he really wanted to attack Picheng now, so that the Central Plains would know how powerful his little overlord Sun Ce was.

Zhou Yu has played with Sun Ce since he was a child, and he knows Sun Ce's thoughts well, and said admonishingly: "Bo Fu, fighting for dominance in the world is not about fighting for that moment. If you want to chase the Central Plains, you must look at the long term. ”

Sun Ce was hit by Zhou Yu's heart, blushed a little, and said, "Gong Jin, how can I be that kind of person who is willful." ”

Zhou Yu looked like you were not afraid to flash your tongue when you said this, and the whole world knew that your Sun Bofu was a high-spirited person.

Sun Ce was helpless and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you all." ”

"Bo Fu, for the sake of the great cause, I can only wronged you." Zhou Yu said with a very unbeaten expression.

Sun Ce: "......"

So Sun Ce sent an envoy to the East China Sea Kingdom, met Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and told the two of them that Sun Ce was going to join forces to attack Xiapi.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun didn't expect Sun Ce to go north to Xuzhou at this time.

Zhao Yun said quietly: "The messenger will go down to rest first." ”

Sun Ce's messenger was taken to rest by the guards.

Zhao Yun and Guan Yu found Guo Tu and told Sun Ce about it.

Guo Tu pondered for a while and said, "It seems that this Jiangdong little overlord is worthy of his reputation." actually sent troops at this time, presumably Guangling County had already been captured by him. ”

"Koto Little Overlord!? What a name. Guan Yu said disdainfully, thinking about finding a chance to meet this Sun Ce.

Zhao Yun asked, "Strategist, how else can we reply?" ”

According to the following opinion, Sun Ce wanted to express goodwill to our army this time. Sun Ce is a prince, and we can't be the master, so it's better to let Your Majesty decide this matter. Guo Tu said.

"That's right." Zhao Yun and Guan Yu felt that what Guo Tu said was very right.

Guo Tu sent this matter to Liu Yu through the "dark department", and they temporarily stayed in the East China Sea Kingdom and infiltrated Langya County, first mastering the entire northern counties of Xuzhou.