Shamoke's gaze glanced around the route map of the march that Yuan Yao had sketched for himself on the sand table, and then asked, "Childe, can you use any means?"

From the time Sha Moke asked this sentence, Yuan Yao knew that Sha Moke would definitely be able to complete the task he had assigned, and said: "That's right, I don't care what means you use, as long as the final result is chaos in southern Yangzhou and forces the Jiangdong side to send troops to suppress southern Yangzhou, it is enough, and even you can contact the people of Shanyue, I heard that Sun Jian's clean-up of Shanyue has not stopped in recent years, which is also a good help."

Yuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "You and your Wuxi barbarian warriors have grown up in the mountains and forests since childhood, and the road from Changsha to Yuzhang is difficult for other troops to march, but it is not a problem for you at all, do you have the confidence to complete this task I assigned to you?"

Shamoke's face was solemn at this time, and he said to Yuan Yao: "Don't worry, Childe, Shamoke will definitely not live up to Childe's expectations, it is Childe who has let me live my life today, and my Wuxi Barbarian warriors are willing to die for Childe."

Yuan Yao listened to Shamoke's impassioned words, stepped forward and patted Shamoke's shoulder, and said, "I don't need you to die for me, what I need is for you to return safely after completing the task."

"Childe!" Hearing Yuan Yao's words, Shamoke was already so excited that he burst into tears at this time, he had now sensed from Yuan Yao's words that Yuan Yao attached great importance to their Wuximan, and Shamoke could clearly sense that Yuan Yao really regarded Wuximan as his own person, not a foreign race.

In fact, this is also a habit of Yuan Yao from later generations, more than 1,800 years later, the prosperous era is an era of multi-ethnic integration, so Yuan Yao has no prejudice against ethnic minorities, in Yuan Yao's view, all ethnic groups can be co-opted into their own people. Except, of course, those whose hands are already stained with the blood of their comrades.

After Yuan Yao arranged the task for Shamoke, Shamoke did not stay long, and after going back to discuss with Xiangtu, he gathered the three thousand Wuxi barbarian warriors under his command, and then the next morning, Shamoke left Xiangyang after saying goodbye to Yuan Yao and headed in the direction of Changsha County.

After Shamoke left, Pan Feng, Wen Ping, and Liu Ye took 20,000 sailors to the south to explore the way for the 30,000 infantry behind. After another day, Yuan Yaocai, together with Huang Zhong, Yu Shi and others, led 30,000 infantry south. This time, Yuan Yao let Hu Zhao and Xun Yan stay behind, and all the others attacked with the army.

What Hu Zhao and Xun Yan are good at is actually governing one side, and military strategy is not their strength, but fortunately, now Yuan Yao has a Li Ye by his side, which is enough to make up for such shortcomings, and Xiang Lang is also by Yuan Yao's side, ready to sit Yuan Yao's envoy at any time to contact the major families in Jiangxia.

When Yuan Yao sent troops out of the army, in the county of Xiling County, Jiangxia County, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu sat opposite each other at a table, and they also began to discuss how to deal with Yuan Shujun in Jingzhou.

Yuan Yao was able to get the news that Yuan Shu had sent troops from Guangling to Danyang, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were naturally able to receive it, and the news that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu got was far more comprehensive and detailed than what Yuan Yao had gotten.

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu and asked: "Gong Jin, now that Yuan Shu has sent troops south from Guangling and fought several battles with my father in Danyang, the situation can be regarded as a stalemate for Duan Chang, but if Yuan Shu's army continues to stay in Yangzhou, our losses will be great, do you have any way to help my father retreat from the enemy now?"

Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Ce, and then said helplessly: "Bo Fu, the whip is beyond reach, and there are many capable people around the lord, like Zijing, talent is not inferior to me, with these people by the lord's side, Yuan Shu is difficult to become a climate, and what we should deal with now is Yuan Shujun in Jingzhou, I have already received the news, Yuan Shu's only son Yuan Yao has come to Jingzhou, and gathered a large army in Jingzhou, it is estimated that he is thinking about Jiangxia, Yuan Yao, you have also fought with him, and you know that his ability is not bad, Now the most important thing for us is to block the offensive of Yuan Shujun's army on Jiangxia in Jingzhou and hold Jiangxia, which is the greatest support for the lord, otherwise, if Jiangxia is lost, the pressure on the lord will be even greater. “

Sun Ce nodded again and again, or Sun Ce didn't think to refute Zhou Yu's words, the relationship between him and Zhou Yu was enough for Sun Ce to have 120,000 trust in Zhou Yu.

"Gongjin, what do you say you want to do?"

In the face of Sun Ce's inquiry, Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce's eager eyes, smiled, and said: "Bo Fu, you don't have to worry, I got the news that Yuan Shujun's naval army has appeared in Jingling, and the infantry has not moved yet, so this first confrontation is the battlefield of our naval army, you still have to wait."

Sun Ce said with some regret at the moment: "This reason is not faster, Gong Jin, you said that if we can defeat him quickly, we can return to my father's side."

Zhou Yu nodded, which made Sun Ce also start to get excited, but Zhou Yu's mood was not as relaxed as Sun Ce, according to his estimates, this time the Yuan Shu army in Jingzhou might dispatch an army of about forty or fifty thousand, and the Condensation Gang Realm and the Void Soul Realm were even more than their own, and it was not a simple matter to block the offensive or even successfully counterattack in such a situation.

"By the way, Gong Jin, now that Yuan Shujun's sailors are here, how are you going to deal with them?" Sun Ce was excited for a while and then asked such a question.

In the face of Sun Ce's question, Zhou Yu smiled, his face was full of confidence: "Don't worry, Bofu, there are only 20,000 sailors in Yuan Shu's army, all of them are some recruits, and I have 10,000 people in my hands, which is enough."

Sun Ce also smiled when he heard this, he didn't ask Zhou Yu where he got the confidence that he could defeat 20,000 Yuan Shujun sailors with 10,000 Jiangdong sailors, Sun Ce believed that Zhou Yu had such strength.

And when Yuan Yao arrived at Jingling with 30,000 infantry, he got a news that surprised him, that is, before he came, Zhou Yu took the Jiangdong Navy Division to provoke, Pan Feng and Wen Ping couldn't hold back their anger, and insisted on attacking despite Liu Ye's dissuasion, and finally fell into Zhou Yu's ambush circle, and lost several large ships and thousands of sailors under the offensive of the Jiangdong Navy Division.

When Yuan Yao learned this news, Yuan Yao paid more and more attention to the next battle, and the first round of his confrontation with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had already ended in failure, and Yuan Yao didn't want to see the next battle also end in failure.