Zhen Mi, Guo Zhao and Danyu are the most beautiful and gentle, so Liu Xie chose Zhen Mi to sleep on the first night.

The Han army surrounded Jianye without attacking, and after Zhou Tai was put back into Jianye, Sun Ce never came out to fight again.

The baggage troops of the Han army also arrived one after another, and gradually gathered 600,000 soldiers under Jianye City, including 300,000 brought by Liu Xie from Yizhou, 200,000 brought by Yan Er from Jingzhou, and 100,000 from Zhang Liao's army, while Zhang Liao's other 100,000 troops were stationed in Jiangbei to prevent Wu's army from fleeing across the river.

The Wu army in the city did not come out, the Han army outside the city did not attack, and the two sides did not speak, they held their own hands, and there was a stalemate for three days, during these three days, the Han army did not relax its vigilance, and Liu Xie also fell idle, taking turns to be fortunate with his eight concubines, one each day at noon and one at night.

Liu Xie also relied on himself to be young and strong, otherwise how could he endure it so often.

But on the fourth day, the south gate of Jianye suddenly opened, and the suspension bridge was also lowered. The Han army was puzzled for a while, not knowing what the intentions of the Wu army were, and there was no army coming out inside.

Liu Xie's account was discussed, and some of the generals persuaded them to take the opportunity to attack, and some said that they would wait and see what happened.

Pang Tong said: "Weichen thinks that since he opened the city gate, he has the intention of surrendering, so it is better to send an envoy in and negotiate with Sun Ce." ”

Liu Xie asked, "Why does Shi Yuan think he is like this?" ”

Pang Tong said: "This Sun Ce is both civil and military, conquered the battlefield, subdued a large area of land in the south of the Yangtze River, and became a prince, at this time to open the city gate, obviously intended to surrender, but he couldn't let go of his body, he must want His Majesty to give him benefits, so Weichen felt that he could send an envoy in to negotiate with him at this moment." The conditions are too harsh, you don't have to agree, you can attack the city and destroy him. ”

Huang Yueying said: "No. What Pang Junshi said was true, and the courtiers also thought that Sun Ce intended to surrender, but they could not send envoys to negotiate with him. ”

"Oh?" Liu Xie asked, "What is Huang Junshi's opinion?" ”

Huang Yueying said: "Although Sun Ce is the last prince, but there are other barbarians around, they all need to be subdued in the future, if they are like him, they do not obey the court, set themselves up as kings, surrender if they can't fight, and put forward conditions, then how will the court govern the world in the future?" ”

Liu Xie said: "Huang Junshi, you must know that this Sun Ce is a problem left over from history, not to mention that he is still the prince of the six counties and eighty-one counties in the south of the Yangtze River, if he does not control it well, it will not be conducive to subduing the hearts of the people in Jiangnan." ”

Huang Yueying said: "The courtiers think that since Sun Ce has opened the city gate and waited for us to be afraid of people, then why don't we do this: we don't send people, we don't beat him, just surround him like this, see who can stalemate whom?" ”

Liu Xie said: "Huang Junshi's words are reasonable, so let's do this: the whole army will encircle and build the house without fighting, divide the troops to collect grain in Tuntian, establish the Luoyang Trade Road, and transport Luoyang materials to the people of Jiangnan for business and trade." And since he can open the gates, we can't stop the people from entering the city freely. ”

Pang Tong asked, "Is this good?" ”

Liu Xie said: "What's wrong? Let's have a peaceful encirclement with him, after a long time, the people of Dongwu want, he Jianye will be slowly isolated, and at that time, he Sun Ce will not be able to talk about it! ”

The matter was so settled, Jianye opened the city gate and let go of the bridge, the Han army really turned a blind eye, and let the people in the city enter and exit freely without hindrance, this is to set up a forbidden area around the Han army camp, and idle people are not allowed to approach.

Not only that, the Han army began to settle the fields, collect grain everywhere, purchase materials, and then exchange with Luoyang, Jingzhou, with a long-term consumption posture.

It seems that the Han army will be consumed for a long time, but Liu Xie still has a deadline for this long-term in his heart:

It's the end of May 199 now, and his second system task to unify the world must be completed in 201, so his deadline is at most one year, if Sun Ce is still like this after a year, then I'm sorry, I'm going to have him at that time!

About a month had passed since this peaceful confrontation between the two armies, and suddenly one day, an army came out of the city.

When the Han army saw that there were Wu troops out of the city, they all raised their vigilance, but when this group of Wu soldiers reached the moat, they no longer advanced, but practiced under the city.

The soldier reported to Liu Xie, who smiled and told the defenders to leave him alone and let him practice.

After that, the Wu army had soldiers come out to practice every day, and sometimes they greeted and chatted with the Han army here across the moat, and they were very polite to each other, not at all like the warring parties.

Slowly, the number of people entering and leaving the city became larger and larger, and occasionally some of the Han army would enter the city in civilian clothes to play, and they did not encounter trouble, and they could come back safely at night.

Seeing such a harmonious scene, Liu Xie couldn't help but itch, and several times he first disguised himself and went into the city to play, but was stopped by Pang Tong and Huang Yueying as if they were fighting to the death.

Liu Xie also had to give up, and could only ask those who entered the city about the situation in the city.

In this way, more than three months passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of September.

In the past three months, the Jianye Han army and other local Han armies have carried out a change of defense, and Liu Xie's harem has also rushed from Luoyang to accompany her.

Even Cai Yan Diao Chan and Zou Yuan, the three concubines who rehearsed Changle Weiyang, also went back and forth twice in their busy schedules.

Finally in the middle of September, Sun Ce suddenly sent a messenger from the city to send a war letter, and did not mention the surrender, only said that a hundred days ago and Guan Yu a battle, because Guan Yu was hit by an arrow, thus ending the heads-up, and then heard that Guan Yu was poisoned by arrows, scraping bones and healing It takes 100 days to heal, and today the 100-day deadline has arrived, and he also fought with Guan Yu for another 100 rounds.

The generals discussed, Liu Xie showed the tactics to everyone, and said: "This Sun Bofu is really a martial idiot, just waiting for Yun Chang's injury to continue the last battle." ”

Guan Yu said: "Since he is so willing to face, then I will go to him." ”

Liu Xie asked: "Yun Chang's injury has not been long ago, so it's better not to act too much." ”

Guan Yu said: "It's okay, Weichen accepted his challenge this time, Your Majesty can let the messenger go to restore his life, and tomorrow morning Weichen and him will fight a decisive battle under the city!" ”

Seeing Guan Yu's insistence, Liu Xie stopped persuading and asked the envoy to return to Jianye City with a receipt.

Huang Yueying said: "What does it mean that Sun Ce fell to the ground? We've been playing with him for a hundred days, haven't we? What did he want to do when he fell to the ground? ”

Liu Xie said: "I guess, he won't fight for three months, there are several meanings, he knows that if he fights, he will definitely not be my opponent, and when the Wu army is defeated, he will not have much chance to fight with Yun Chang." Yun Chang, you need to be careful in tomorrow's battle, and Sun Ce's force is also very strong. ”

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair and said: "Sun Ce Xiao'er, I will behead him tomorrow before I come back!" ”