Zhou Yu ascended to the head of Chaisang City, and Xun Yu followed. Against the backdrop of Zhou Yu, who is more than eight feet tall, he is very inconspicuous with only a medium build, like Zhou Yu's shadow.

The soldiers stood on both sides, bowed their hands, and looked at Zhou Yu with fiery eyes. After waiting silently for more than ten days, Zhou Yu easily took Chaisang City as soon as he made a move, and almost did not encounter any decent resistance. The soldiers in the city were not only few, but also defenseless, and when they rushed to the top of the city, the soldiers defending the city were either lying on the head of the city to watch the scenery or the cats were napping in the corners.

Compared to the battle of Gangneung, this battle is even more understated. Originally, when Sun Ce withdrew, many generals still doubted whether Zhou Yu could complete the task. Now Zhou Yu has proved with his record that he can not only complete the task, but also complete it very beautifully and very easily.

Under the awe-inspiring gaze of the soldiers, Zhou Yu made an inspection, deployed defenses, and stopped at the north gate.

The fire in the camp in the distance has gradually dimmed, but there are torches on both sides, extending from Chaisang City to the river, like two iron arms, locking Liu Xuan's way. It was Wen Ping and Li Tong's men, and they were ordered to cut off Liu Xuan's way and prevent him from having a chance to retreat. There is a big river to the north, not to mention that there is no boat, even if there is a boat, Liu Miao does not dare to cross the river now.

"This battle is thanks to Gongda." Zhou Yu said softly.

Xun You was silent, a faint smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and disappeared before he could bloom. After a while, he said lightly: "I just made a suggestion, and the specific arrangements are all handled by the general, why thank you?" General, Chaisang has just changed hands, and the people in the city are uneasy, so the general should still be careful, and must not be rash, so as not to have an accident. While controlling the city's defenses, he must also restrain his subordinates so as not to ruin his reputation. ”

Zhou Yu nodded and didn't say anything more. He commanded the battle, but the plan was Xun Youti. It's just that Xun You is too low-key, and he often doesn't say a word about the discussion, and many people think that he just relies on the reputation of the Xun family, and complains a lot in private, especially those who know that Xun You has lived with He Yan in Bencao Hall for more than half a year.

"Gongda, when I take the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, you should go and help General Sun. Although Guo Fengxiao is very smart, he is good at taking risks......"

"General, if you take the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, you can't disarm and return to the field, and you will have to take Yizhou in the future. General Sun asked me to stay here, not to let me help you, but to need you to help him. He treats you with all his heart, you don't have to doubt yourself, just keep your duty. ”

Zhou Yu turned his head and glanced at Xun You, his eyes were a little puzzled, and then he laughed self-deprecatingly. Although he has been with Xun You for so long, he really doesn't know what Xun You is thinking. He wanted to make friends with Xun You, but Xun You had no such plans, so he didn't talk about it.

This man...... Ever had a friend?

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Liu Miao looked at Chaisang City, his back was hot, but his chest was cold.

The silent change of hands in Chaisang City shows that there is an internal response in the city, and Zhou Yu has already arranged everything and is waiting for him to leave the city.

He wanted to take advantage of Zhou Yu's unpreparedness to go out of the city and attack the camp, but he didn't expect to fall into Zhou Yu's arms. He didn't know how Zhou Yu's people got into the city, and he didn't know how many people there were. Not only did he lose, but it is not clear how he lost even the defeat.

Attacking the stone city is not down, he can accept it. Siege is never an easy task. But he couldn't defend the city, and it was lost in this way, less than a month before and after, which made him unacceptable. He suddenly had serious doubts about himself. I can't even defeat the generals under Sun Ce, can I still defeat Sun Ce? I can't take Shicheng, and I can't hold Chaisang, can I still take Yangzhou back?

Liu Miao is like a mud puppet, his face is like dead ashes.

Seeing that Liu Miao had not moved for a long time, Xu Shao was anxious and hurriedly came to pull Liu Xuan. "Envoy, the general trend has gone, and it is important to escape. Stay in Qingshan, don't be afraid of no firewood, let's go. ”

"Let's go?" Liu Miao slowly came back to his senses and let out a long sigh. "Where else can I go?"

"The world is so big, where can't I go? The south can enter the mountain, the north can cross the river, take advantage of the night can still walk, wait for the dawn, want to go can not go. ”

Liu Miao looked at the firelight everywhere and sighed. The night was indeed the best cover, but not to cover his attack, but to cover his escape. So far, I can't care about it so much, and now there is still a chance, it's dawn, the army is surrounded, and I can't leave if I want to.

It's just that in this way, there are very few people he can take away, and he is even more embarrassed than when he evacuated Stone City.

Liu Miao didn't dare to make a noise, and together with Xu Shao, he quietly broke away from the army, fled south in embarrassment, and escaped into Lushan.

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Shaobei.

The night wind howled and made people cold.

Sun Ce rubbed his hands vigorously, trying to rub his hands a little hotter and then rub his face, but this was obviously in vain, and his hands were blown hot by the wind before they touched his face. He sighed, rubbed his face vigorously, and cursed to himself.

I can't live in peace on Chinese New Year's Eve, and it's not easy to be a soldier. This is all Yuan Shao's trouble, if he hadn't tossed blindly, he would be either in Gusu or Pingyu now, drinking wine, watching singing and dancing, and there are beautiful women warm the quilt at night, I don't know how comfortable it is, how can it be so hard as now. I didn't sleep in the middle of the night, blowing the northwest wind here, waiting for the bandits to attack the camp.

After two days of reconnaissance, the scout camp found the bandits who were following him, led by Zheng Bao, the leader of Taipingzhai. He joined forces with Zhang Duo, a water thief from Shaopi, and prepared to attack Sun Ce's camp on Chinese New Year's Eve. Sun Ce naturally didn't worry about these unsuccessful things, since they were willing to come to die, he was happy to catch them all, so as not to chase them all over the ravine.

But the taste of this northwest wind is really unpleasant.

Footsteps sounded, and Guo Jia walked up. Sun Ce turned his head and took a look. "What are you doing here, don't you want you to rest in the tent? This little thing, you don't need to be a counselor. ”

"Can't sleep." Guo Jia walked up to Sun Ce and looked around. It was pitch black, and there was no movement. "General, I think we should still show weakness, not strength."

Sun Ce looked at Guo Jia and didn't say anything. They had discussed this issue many times and had not been able to agree on it. Guo Jia put forward plan A and B, one to show strength and the other to show weakness. Guo Jia himself proposed to show weakness and avoid a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in advance, while he tended to show strength to deter Yuan Shao and make Yuan Shao not act rashly. The purpose is the same, but the thinking is different.

"Yuan Shao is powerful, not only the general is afraid of him, but the court is also afraid of him, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zhan, and Jia Xu are also afraid of him, and they don't want him to be further powerful, so the general has the opportunity to respect the king and Yuan. If the general shows strength this time, then the object of everyone's concern will become the general, and even if they don't form an alliance with Yuan Shao, they will guard against the general, or watch from the sidelines, waiting for the general and Yuan Shao to lose both. Yuan Shao was already lacking in confidence, and if he was defeated by the general, he might show weakness to the imperial court and become an inchworm. He has many henchmen in Chang'an, and he responds both inside and outside, and it is impossible for the imperial court not to appease him, and respecting the king and Yuan will become an empty word. In this way, the general will be attacked on all sides, and the situation will be even more difficult. ”