Danyang, Niu Zhuji.

Chen Deng looked at the eastward flowing river, worried, and couldn't help but sigh.

Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin stood aside, his face gloomy, and his bloodshot eyes showed a thick resentment. He flicked his sleeves, a little impatient. "Why should Yuanlong sigh, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, this time the preparation is sufficient, and there is the Yangtze River natural danger, the Sun father and son will not come, if they come, they will not come back."

Chen Deng smiled bitterly, but did not speak. Zhou Ang was killed, Zhou Yu committed suicide on hunger strike, Zhou Xin lost his two younger brothers in a short period of time, he hated the Sun family father and son to the core, and he only wanted revenge, and there was no reason at all. Is it that easy to get revenge? Sun Ce now not only has a strong foot soldier, but also a sailor, and the last time he used to transport grain from Jingzhou, he used the sailor warship.

Danyang sent elite soldiers, but Danyang did not have a formed sailor, and it was not easy to stop Sun Ce. Once defeated, Danyang County is likely to fall into the hands of Sun Ce. For Yuan Shao, this is definitely a major loss, even more serious than the loss of Jiujiang and Lujiang. If Sun Ce controls Danyang and has elite troops in hand, he can attack Wujun to the east and Yuzhang to the west, and the entire Yangzhou will be completely lost.

Proceeding from the overall situation, he suggested that Zhou Xin abandon this plan, take defense as an attack, take advantage of the mountainous and hilly terrain characteristics of Danyang County, resist step by step, and engage in a tug-of-war with Sun Ce, instead of concentrating his forces on a decisive battle with Sun Ce. It's a pity that Zhou Xin didn't listen to him, and he just lost Lujiang and fled alone, which was not convincing. He could only count on Yangzhou to assassinate Shi Chen Wen. After the loss of Jiujiang, Chen Wen organized some people to fight in the area of Quanjiao and Fuling, and he had not crossed the river, but he was not Wu Jing's opponent, and he was defeated and retreated, and retreating to Jiangnan had become the only choice.

"Fu Jun, does Chen Envoy have any news?"

Zhou Xin's eyebrows were frowning, the already deep wrinkles were even deeper, and even his brows were squeezed together, and the Yin Hall was faintly blue and black. Chen Deng always had an ominous feeling in his eyes.

"I have already sent someone across the river to answer, there will be no problem." Zhou Xin said loudly, subconsciously clenching his fists, looking more like cheering himself up. Chen Deng saw it really and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought about it. "Fujun, I have a reluctant request, and I also ask Fujun to fulfill it."

Zhou Xin looked at him twice and nodded.

"I lost Lujiang, the alliance leader will definitely be unhappy if he knows it, can the prince give me a chance, allocate some people to me, let me go to meet Chen Yuanjun, make some merits, and make meritorious contributions?"

Zhou Xin thought for a moment, agreed, and sent someone to call the captain Fan Neng, so he led two thousand Danyang soldiers to follow Chen Deng to Jiangbei to meet Chen Wen. Chen Wen had no news for a long time, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart. Although Chen Deng lost Lujiang, he still had the ability, at least he escaped alive. With him assisting Chen Wen, he may be able to defeat Wu Jing, stabilize the Jiangbei defense line, and retain the opportunity to counterattack. In the middle of the river, the chance of stopping Sun Ce is also greater.

Chen Deng thanked Zhou Xin and went with Fan Neng. He did not delay for a moment, and crossed the river on the same day and came to Liyang City.

There was chaos in Liyang City, and people were panicked. Wu Jing occupied the northern counties of Jiujiang, and Cheng Pu led his troops from Shu County, which could attack Liyang at any time, but Chen Wen was not in the city, and no one knew what to do. Seeing this, Chen Deng immediately summoned Liu Zhong, the chief of Liyang, and asked him to declare martial law in the whole city, and no one was allowed to stand out casually, and summoned the county people to go to the city to defend and prepare for battle.

Liu Zhong was already in a mess, and when he saw that Chen Deng was talking about the truth, it was quite like the same thing, and he suddenly felt that he had the backbone, and hurriedly went to arrange it. Chen Deng discussed with Fan Neng again, and asked Fan Neng to lead a thousand people to guard Liyang, and he led a thousand people to meet Chen Wen.

Fan Neng showed hesitation, which was different from the order Zhou Xin gave him.

Chen Deng said sharply: "Captain, Sun Ce will arrive soon, if we can't pick up Chen Envoy Jun in time and join forces together, we may be broken by him, and even if we want to return to Danyang at that time, we won't be able to get it." The general is outside, the king's order is not subject to something, and he asks for instructions back and forth, won't he delay the fighter plane and ruin a big thing? You send more scouts, wait and see from the river, and once Sun Ce appears, you will retreat to the city to defend it, and don't fight him. If Sun Ce wants to attack the city, he must build war equipment, which will take at least ten days. Within ten days, Chen Yuanjun and I will be able to repel Wu Jing and return to Liyang, when there will be nearly 10,000 soldiers, what can Sun Ce do to me? ”

Fan Neng saw that Chen Deng's voice was fierce, and he was reasonable, so he reluctantly agreed, and distributed 1,000 people to Chen Deng, and he sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news along the river. After Chen Deng took over a thousand people, he did not rush to set off, but asked Liu Zhong to provide some wine and food, prepare a feast, and personally visit the rich families in the city to coerce and lure. Under the guise of Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, and the identity of the Chen family in Xiapi as a guarantor, he quickly raised a batch of property.

When the soldiers were eating meat, drinking wine, and were elated, Chen Deng put the goods in front of them, announced that they were all used to reward the merits of the war, and the day Chen Wen was taken back to the city was the time to reward the merits, and announced the reward. Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, these Danyang soldiers were originally fighting for money, and when they saw how much money this was, their morale was immediately high.

After being full of wine and food, Chen Deng took these Danyang soldiers who were eager to make a fortune, and hurried to Fuling under the leadership of the two officials of the Assassin's Mansion.

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Sun Ce went down the river, traveled by boat for several days, and arrived at Niuzhuji.

In the Han Dynasty, the mouth of the Yangtze River was in Guangling and Danyang, the wind and waves were urgent, the river was as wide as 100 miles, except for large ships, ordinary boats crossing the river were very dangerous. For pedestrians, the river is mostly crossed at Niuzhu Rock, which is more upstream. Niuzhu Rock is named after the Niuzhu Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and is also known as Quarry Rock in later generations, and is one of the three famous Yangtze River rocks, and the north of the Yangtze River is Hengjiangdu. The river here is narrow, suitable for ferries, and over time, it has become the main road of north-south traffic, and the soldiers must fight for the place.

When Qin Shi Huang toured the south, it was from here that he crossed the river to Danyang. Historically, when Sun Ce crossed the river, he also crossed the south from here, starting his glorious journey of conquering Jiangdong. Now that he had come full circle, he had finally appeared here, but history was no longer the one he was familiar with.

The situation is even more dire than it was in history. Danyang guards Zhou Xin and stands in front of the river, the camp under Niuzhu Mountain is a piece, and the warships on the riverside cruise, shuttling back and forth as if facing the enemy. Hengjiangjin in the north of the river was also garrisoned, and Cheng Pu, who rushed from Lujiang to reinforce him, could not advance. Knowing that Sun Ce had arrived, Cheng Pu personally came to visit and report the relevant situation.

Seeing Cheng Pu, Sun Ce was very happy. "Cheng Gong is alone, it's very hard, you have to pay attention to your body, you can't be too tired."

Cheng Pu stroked his beard, very pleased. As Sun Jian's old department, after many years of hard work, he finally became 2,000 stones, and he was considered a success. "Thanks to General Zhengdong's wrong love, I am grateful, I can be shallow and heavy, and I am sincerely afraid. Major General, Zhou Ang and Zhou Yu died one after another, Zhou Xin has hated us, and has gathered heavy troops here, if you have to fight to the death, you can't escape this battle. ”

Sun Ce nodded. "Is there any news of Chen Deng?"

"I heard that he crossed the river, where he is, it is not clear, it may be in the city, or it may have gone to Fuling and Quanjiao, Chen Wen is fighting with your uncle there, the fight is fierce, your uncle is very annoyed."