The battle between Cao Cao and Liu Yu in the Central Plains deeply stimulated Sun Ce in the south.

To say that Sun Ce has been living a very nourishing life these days. During the crusade against Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, who was entrenched in Lujiang, met true love and married a pair of sisters with Zhou Yu, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao.

Marriage matured, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu became more stable, stabilized the entire Jiangdong, and recruited a lot of talents, such as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, who came to Jiangdong to escape the war, and many civil and military generals.

With their support, Sun Ce continued to expand his territory and became the de facto ruler of the southeastern Han Dynasty.

The families in Jiangdong are all xenophobic, and Sun Ce is an outsider no matter how fornicating he is, so they are not very happy to accept Sun Ce's rule, and they secretly cause trouble for Sun Ce. Sun Ce is a little overlord, in the face of such a situation, his approach is very simple and rude, and the families who oppose Sun Ce on the surface are all slaughtered by him. The bloody example makes the family dare not disobey.

Jiangdong's family was honest, and Sun Ce was able to quickly increase his strength, and the number of troops and grain and grass reserves continued to rise.

Now the chaos in the Central Plains has given Sun Ce an opportunity, an opportunity to expand his territory again. So he summoned Zhou Yu and other henchmen to come to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ben decided to take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to send troops and compete with Cao Cao and Liu Yu in the Central Plains." Sun Ce said his purpose domineeringly.

"The lord is wise, now that Cao Cao and Liu Yu are fighting, there will be an injury. Taking advantage of the situation, our army will certainly be able to expand its territory. Zhang Zhao was happy to hear it, he originally wanted to go back to Xuzhou, so he was the first to support.

Zhang Hong is also a northerner, although he doesn't speak, but looking at his posture, you can know that he also supports Sun Ce to go north.

Huang Gai and other generals have always been the only ones who look forward to the horse, and they have no opinions.

It's just that Zhou Yu smiled and didn't say anything, holding a feather fan, shaking his head slightly, looking unfathomable.

Sun Ce originally wanted to decide to go north, but when he saw Zhou Yu's posture, he hesitated in his heart and asked, "Gong Jin can see something wrong?" ”

Everyone's eyes were on Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu arched his hand and said: "Bo Fu wants to take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, it can be said that it is absolutely profitable. However, several issues were overlooked. If these problems can be solved, it is not impossible to send troops to the Central Plains and compete for world domination. ”

Sun Ce knew Zhou Yu's ability very well, and said very simply: "Gong Jin, don't talk nonsense, you kid. Speak up! ”

Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows and said leisurely: "Cao Cao and Liu Yu are facing each other, and this time they are in a delicate balance. If our army sends troops, it will upset this balance. Our army sent troops to the north, and we had to fight with Cao Cao, but it was Liu Yu who benefited the most. Cao Cao's forces were limited, and Liu Yu was bound to win a big victory. Bo Fu, you really want to help Liu Yu win the world. ”

Sun Ce's eyebrows furrowed, he didn't think about it that much just now.

Zhou Yu continued: "The northern heroes are all cavalry as the main force, among which the most powerful cavalry is the Bingzhou wolf cavalry and the Xiliang iron cavalry under Liu Yu, which are strong in battle. Most of our troops are infantry, and the soldiers are mainly southerners, who are relatively weak and cannot confront large-scale cavalry on the plains. It is really unwise to attack the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings. ”

The generals thought that the cavalry in their hands was pitiful, and the war horses were almost all relatively low-grade horses, and Jiangdong was not a horse-producing place, and the number of war horses was very limited.

"In this way, our army is hopeless to move north." Sun Ce was a little disappointed.

Zhou Yu didn't want Sun Ce to lose confidence, and said: "Our army's advantage lies in water warfare, as for the issue of war horses, our army can buy war horses from Liaodong by sea, and then choose a good location in Jiangdong as a horse breeding farm, and in time, there will be enough war horses." At that time, our army will not be able to confront the north because of the lack of cavalry. ”

After being comforted by Zhou Yu for a few words, Sun Ce's face looked much better, but he was still a little unwilling and said, "That's another story." ”

"Bo Fu, the most threatening to Jiangdong should be Jingzhou! Liu Biao has been obsessed with poetry and wine in recent years, and has lost his previous ambitions. Zhou Yu said what he thought.

Sun Ce stood up and walked straight to the map on the wall to watch, and everyone followed him here.

After watching it for a while, Sun Ce smiled and said, "What Gong Jin said is right. Our army should now march to the west. ”

Sun Ce returned to his seat and ordered: "General Chuanben will order, from now on, the three armies will prepare." Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong stayed in Jiangdong, and the others followed the generals to Jingzhou to avenge their father. ”

"Yes." When it came to avenging Sun Jian, all the generals showed excited eyes.

A few days later, Sun Ce gathered a large number of troops, and the warships were thousands of bows, and they slaughtered towards Jingzhou.

Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu received the enemy's situation, and Huang Zu knew that he was invincible, so he immediately sent an emergency document to Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao of Xiangyang received such a situation and could no longer write books and poems, so he hurriedly ordered Cai Mao to lead the army to the rescue.

Sun Ce took the lead and fought with Huang Zu in Jiangxia. Huang Zu thought that Sun Ce was the strength of the year, but he didn't expect that Sun Ce's martial arts had improved rapidly, and he was defeated in a few rounds, if it wasn't for his subordinates who were strong enough, he might have been killed to the ground.

Huang Zu's troops were defeated and fled back to Jiangxia to hold on to help, and the Jiangdong army, whose morale was greatly boosted, continued to bombard Jiangxia City.

Cai Mao was anxious and rushed to Jiangxia City with soldiers and horses.

It's a pity that Cai Mao came a few steps late, and Jiangxia City had already been captured by Sun Ce. Huang Zu fled with his army when the city was broken, and finally joined up with Cai Mao, who came to support.

Cai Mao did not punish Huang Zu for failing to defend the city, and led a large army to attack Jiangxia City in an attempt to regain the lost territory.

Zhou Yu set up an ambush on Cai Mao's inevitable path and killed and injured most of Cai Mao's army.

Cai Mao had no choice but to withdraw from the army and told Liu Biao the truth.

Liu Biao was so angry that he scolded Cai Mao and Huang Zu for being incompetent. Before Liu Biao could react, the news of Sun Ce's dispatch of troops to Changsha came.

After Cai Mao retreated, Sun Ce left Cheng Pu to guard Jiangxia, and then personally led the army south to Changsha.

Changsha is of great significance to Sun Ce, his father raised troops here, died here, and he also experienced the first defeat in his life here, so this time, Sun Ce definitely wanted to capture Changsha City.

Liu Biao hurriedly ordered the Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan to strengthen the defense, and the troops of the four counties were all concentrated in Changsha County, and Sun Ce could not be allowed to take Changsha.

Liu Biao overestimated the strength of the four counties of Jingnan and underestimated Sun Ce's combat power.

Sun Ce divided the army into two, advancing by land and water, and the soldiers were invincible.

And Sun Ce finally came to Changsha City, which he hadn't seen for many years.

Thinking back to the time when he fled Changsha like a lost dog, and now he has come to this place where he failed, Sun Ce shouted proudly: "Changsha City! My grandson Bofu is back! ”