Although Sun Ce said that he wanted to withdraw his troops to Moling City, he could not withdraw immediately. If they withdraw, the two counties of Dantu and Qu'a are very likely to be occupied by Liu Beijun, so some things have to be arranged in advance. In addition, Zhang Zhao took Ling Cao's father and son to Moling City, and also gave them time to repair the city wall.

So Sun Ce, who was originally going to withdraw the next day, stayed by the river for three more days. Since Liu Bei's navy captured five large ships, the strength of the navy has risen greatly. Ding Feng commanded his soldiers to come to Sun Ce's water village every day to call for battle, but since Zhou Yu's defeat, he strictly ordered that no one should be allowed to leave the village.

In the evening of that day, Zhou Yu received a notice from Sun Ce to retreat, so he took advantage of the large and small boats in the night water village to rush out and go straight upstream. After the withdrawal of the navy, Sun Ce's army also began to march towards Moling City.

After the turn of the day, Liu Bei's Daoshui Army reported: "Sun Ce's water village has been empty." Liu Bei immediately ordered someone to be sent inside to check. So Ding Feng sent three small boats, each with a group of men. When they came to the water village, they found that there was indeed no one in the village. And not only is there no one in the water village, but there is no one in the camp on the shore.

Half a day later, Liu Bei got the report, so he asked Jia Xu for details. Jia Xu was silent for a long time when he heard this: "Lord, Sun Ce must have taken the initiative to withdraw because of the successive defeats of the navy army, which caused the morale to plummet." However, this time he had the intention of retreating into advance, and then tempted me to wait to cross the river. ”

"What does Wen He mean, this Sun Ce is scheming?" Liu Bei asked rhetorically after listening.

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "It's not a trick, it's just a conspiracy." Our army always has to cross the river, but we don't know what his plans are over there, so I don't recommend that the lord take the risk himself, let the three generals take people over first, and wait until there is no problem, and you will not be too late in the past. ”

After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Just Yiwen and yes." After saying that, he immediately sent Zhang Fei and Tai Shici to lead an army of 10,000 to cross the Yangtze River first and occupy Sun Ce's camp opposite.

In this way, Zhang Fei and Tai Shici came to the other side of the Yangtze River by boat, and Zhang Fei immediately became energetic as soon as he got off the boat. He rode a black horse and rushed into the village first. When Sun Ce left, he only took away the heavy grain and grass, so there were still many tents left in the village. Zhang Fei walked around the camp and found that there was no danger, so he found Tai Shici and said, "Sun Ce, that kid really retreated. I want to lead the troops to chase, what does Ziyi think? ”

"This ......," Tai Shi Ci hesitated. Or forget it! The order given to us by the three generals is to hold this camp, and if we are ambushed, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Zhang Fei also felt justified after hearing this, and immediately extinguished the idea of sending troops to pursue. However, they still sent a large number of scouts to find out Sun Cejun's movements.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day Liu Bei got a report from the other side: Sun Ce's army retreated to Moling City. The defenders of Qu'a and Dantu counties are limited at the moment, and they can be decided by a battle.

Liu Bei received the report and left, and sent someone to ask Jia Xu to come back. After Jia Xu came, Liu Bei told the situation on the other side, and Jia Xu nodded and said, "It seems that there are also capable people in Sun Ce's army!" He is tempting the lord to attack Moling City again! And this Moling City must have been ambushed, and the heavy troops are just waiting for the lord to throw himself into the net. ”

Liu Bei's eyes narrowed after hearing this, and he said, "Then how will our army act?" Aren't you going to attack Moling City? ”

When Jia Xu heard Liu Bei's inquiry, he pondered for a while and said, "The lord is going to go when he goes, but before he goes, he must take down the two counties of Qu'a and Dantu." Liu Bei nodded yes, and then ordered all the troops to cross the river, and only 5,000 people were left here to guard the camp.

The army crossed the river, and it took a whole day. In the evening, Liu Bei summoned everyone to a meeting in the big tent. Liu Bei opened his mouth and said: "Today, the army is still crossing the river, and the next step is to capture the two counties of Qu'a and Dantu. Find a place for our army to base on the south bank of the great river. Tomorrow, the third brother, you and Ziyi will each lead 5,000 men and horses to seize the two counties. ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Fei and Tai Shici said in unison. Liu Bei looked at Jia Xu again, and Jia Xu had nothing to say. So the plan of attack for the next day was decided.

The next day, the two of them had breakfast early, and then each led 5,000 people to the two counties. Zhang Fei wanted to take Qu'a County, while Tai Shici went to Dantu County.

It is said that Zhang Fei led people all the way to Qu'a County. When I arrived, I saw that the gate of the county seat was closed, and some soldiers in the city looked nervously at themselves and the 5,000 men and horses behind them with weapons.

Zhang Fei urged the horse to come to the city, and the snake spear pointed to the city and shouted: "A certain is Zhang Fei Zhang Yide!" Quickly make the steward come forward and answer! As soon as the soldiers at the head of the city heard that this person was Zhang Fei, they immediately became in chaos. At this time, a trembling voice sounded: "I am the commander of Qu'a County, what is the so-called matter of General Zhang leading the army here?" ”

"Wha! A certain family came here to take the county seat of Qu'a, why did the county order you to prepare to stop me? Zhang Fei laughed.

The county order at the head of the city was crying out, although Sun Ce told him when he withdrew that this Qu'a County could be defended, and if it couldn't be defended, it would be surrendered! Sooner or later, I'm going to call back. But in the face of Zhang Fei, this county order really doesn't dare to say that it is defending the city! He looked at Zhang Fei's vicious appearance, for fear that he would be killed by him if he didn't surrender.

So after struggling for a while, Qu'a County ordered to open the gate of the county seat. In this way, Zhang Sanye occupied Qu'a County. After entering the county seat, Zhang Fei asked the county order to release the list of Anmin, and on the other hand, he hurried back to the camp to report to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei learned that Zhang Fei occupied Qu'a County, he raised a large army and went straight to Qu'a. When he arrived in Qu'a, Liu Bei encouraged the Qu'a county order to dedicate the city to a few words, and learned that this person's surname was Lu and his name was Lu Zheng. It is a collateral child of the Lu family in Jiangnan. So in order to release his kindness to the Jiangnan families, Liu Bei continued to use him as the county commander of this Qu'a.

Zhang Fei's side is going very smoothly, but Tai Shici is in trouble here! It is said that Tai Shici led his troops straight to Dantu County. This Dantu county town is much taller and stronger than the county seat of Qu'a, and the guard here is Chen Wu. This Chen Wu and Tai Shici are also old acquaintances, originally both of them were Liu Xuan's subordinates, but with the defeat of Liu Xuan, Chen Wu was captured by Sun Ce and surrendered to him.

Tai Shi Ci saw that he was guarding the city, and said with a big gun: "Does Chen Wu still know Tai Shi Ci?" ”

Chen Wu stood at the head of the city and looked down, and sure enough, it was Tai Shici himself. So he spoke: "Ziyi hasn't seen you for a long time, and I don't think I will meet you in today's situation." ”

Tai Shi Ci looked at Chen Wu and said: "Today I came with the lord Liu Bei, Sun Ce has already retreated without being defeated, Chen Wu, you don't have to make useless resistance." Let's go down! ”

(End of chapter)