As the days passed, the battle reports on the front line also changed three times a day. Gan Ning used 20,000 sailors against 70,000 Sun Ce's army, which was obviously a bit difficult. After the Jiangdong Navy experienced the defeat in the first battle, Sun Ce obviously changed his style, no longer hid his secrets, and moved out the Jiangdong building ships and new ships, and began to fight steadily and steadily, pressing step by step.

In this way, his real tactics and skills finally bloomed, several times, and even rushed into Gan Ning's naval army camp, if it weren't for Gan Ning's bravery, several times in front of the soldiers, maybe Sun Ce's army would have invaded Jiangxia.

It was not until such a critical period that Guo Jia felt that the time was ripe and began to secretly implement his strategy: he first released the rumors, saying that Cai Mao's reinforcements were coming, and the naval army camp only needed to hold on, with the heart of the naval army; Later, he deliberately sent someone to deliver a letter, pretending to be lost in the river and captured by Sun Ce's army.

Sun Ce read the letter, sneered, and immediately said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, the enemy army is doing the same trick again. ”

Zhou Yu took the letter and saw that it was written that Guo Jiami ordered Tai Shi Ci to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to Rao Luqi to attack Lujiang. At the moment, his brows tightened, and then his face changed, and he shouted to the scout: "It's just a suspicious trick, and you want to deceive my Jiangdong army, come on, drag me out and behead this dead man who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!" ”

The scout was supposed to kneel on the ground, but when he heard Zhou Yu say this, he immediately sat down on the ground in fright. Fortunately, there is still a sense of survival, so I quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, and as soon as I opened my mouth, I said in an authentic Xiangyang accent: "The general spares his life, the small one is a messenger, and I don't know what is in this letter!" ”

However, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu obviously would not take the life of such a pawn in their eyes, until the two guards were about to drag the scout away for execution, the scout's face was suddenly like dirt, and there was a heat between his legs, and they were all scared to pee. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are both beautiful men in the world, especially Sun Ce's brave and fierce people, and they are extremely disgusted with such pickled things, and immediately said angrily: "Why don't you drag him away quickly?!" Leaving such a fearless man is simply defiling my tent! ”

But at this time, Zhou Yu, who had been frowning, stretched out his hand to stop Sun Ce: "Bo Fu is slow," and then said softly to the scout: "I ask you, if you answer, I will spare you to die." Speaking of this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but cover his nose, but still continued: "Then Cai Mao and Tai Shici's two armies, but they have already left Xiangyang?" ”

"Yes, General Taishi led the new army of the Ma family out of the city first, and General Cai Mao also went out of the city after staying in Xiangyang for three days to rectify the military horses. However, the two of them went in different directions, one by water, the other by land...... "When the pawn heard that there was a chance to live, he hurriedly told everything he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

"Okay, you know each other very well, I will keep my word, spare your life." Zhou Yu waved his hand, and after burning incense, he still felt uncomfortable. Looking at Sun Ce's smile, the two of them thought at the same time, and then walked out of the camp in unison.

"Gong Jin, this time Cao Cao has made a move?" Looking at the dark clouds covering the moon in the sky, Sun Ce's mood was also a little depressed. He was a person whose heart was higher than the sky, but he was killed by Ma Chao, who was as famous as him, and he lost his armor. made a comeback this time, thinking that he could compete with Ma Chao on the river, but he didn't expect that Ma Chao would ignore him at all and sit firmly in Chang'an......

Humiliated by this, Sun Ce originally planned to fight all the way to Xiangyang, so that Ma Chao could see how powerful he was. Unexpectedly, Gan Ning, a member of Ma Chao's command, resisted his offensive with only 20,000 sailors. Such a stalemate has been greatly damaged to the self-esteem of his lion cub. At this time, he is no longer arrogant and arrogant.

"It should be," Zhou Yu also sighed, thinking back to the conspiracy in the cellar of the Xiangyang wine shop, he felt like yesterday but like a dream: "However, this guy Cao Cao should be scared by Ma Chao." And Ma Chao was very strict against Cao Cao, Yingchuan, Nanyang, Luoyang, and Wei County were all garrisoned by the Ma family. Therefore, he can only remotely control Xiangyang Cai Mao, so that we can fight a way out here. Otherwise, I think Cao manipulated an army of 300,000, and I am afraid that he would not easily start a war with the Ma family. ”

"In other words, neither the Ma family nor the Cao family is moving, but it has become a situation where they contain each other?"

"Exactly."

"It turns out that Ma Chao has never regarded me as an equal opponent......" Sun Ce looked up at the night sky and muttered to himself: "The only thing that can make him scruple is probably only that Cao Mengde, right?" ”

Hearing the loneliness in Sun Ce's tone, Zhou Yu was stunned, then patted Sun Ce's shoulder, and said with a light smile: "Bo Fu, you shouldn't be inferior, right?" ”

Sun Ce sighed, did not respond to Zhou Yu's joke, but said really melancholy: "My father has passed away for many years, and I think that after breaking away from Yuan Shu and sweeping Jiangdong, I have become a young hero, and I should live up to my father's reputation." can not imagine fighting with Ma Chao, only to know that there is a sky outside the sky. This time, Jiang Xia was in a difficult situation, and it was unprecedented to only play such a stalemate. is so heroic and short of breath, how should he face his father's spiritual position in the future, and how to revitalize the Sun family? ”

"That's the case," Zhou Yu suddenly changed color, flicked his sleeves and turned around: "Then withdraw the army, this last decisive battle, Bo Fu doesn't have to go to the battlefield in person!" ”

"The final showdown?!" As soon as Sun Ce heard this word, a cold star suddenly burst out in Shuangzhong, grabbed Zhou Yu's arm, and asked, "Gong Jin, you said that this is going to be the final battle?!" ”

"That's right." Zhou Yu stopped, still angry: "Where do you think Zijing has gone these days?" What do you think I'm planning every day these days? What do you think the 70,000 children of Jiangdong followed you to Jiangxia with a heart of retribution? ! ”

"It's just for this final showdown?!" Sun Ce woke up as soon as he realized that he no longer looked at the gloomy sky, but cast his eyes on the vast river, as if he saw the fighting on the river in the distance, and the scene of the Jiangdong banner rushing into the enemy's water camp in the wind, and he immediately shot Xiangyang. I saw Ma Chao in Chang'an with a shocked face and a surprise remorse!

"Naturally, it's all for this final showdown." Feeling the rekindling of the raging fighting intent on Sun Ce's body, a warm smile appeared on Zhou Yuruyu's face: "Cai Mao left three days later than Tai Shici, if I expected it to be true, he must have laid an ambush in Xiangyang." It doesn't matter whether Tai Shi Ciqi's attack on Lujiang is true or not, just wait for Cai Mao's army to reach the Ganning camp, and our army will launch an all-out onslaught to open the situation! ”

"Why?" Sun Ce was a little puzzled: "Under Ma Chao's account, Guo Jia's wisdom is unparalleled, it is impossible to even see through Cai Mao's heart......"

"Guo Jia will definitely see through Cai Mao's methods, and he may also get rid of Cai Mao in Shuiying. But at this time when our army is attacking each other, he can't advance or retreat at all, after all, the 30,000 Cai Mao water army will still resist our army with all their strength after the main general is killed. As long as they retreat, the army's morale will be in chaos. Even if Gan Ning has the ability to win the sky, no matter how loyal and brave the Jinfan Naval Army is, it will not be able to recover the defeat......"

"This? ......" Sun Ce seemed to understand, but as a famous general of the princes, his intuition made him feel that there was still a link in the middle of the unraveled, and suddenly a lightning bolt crossed his mind, and he suddenly said: "No! There is also Tai Shi Ci all the way, he will not go to attack Lujiang at all! ”

"Yes, he naturally won't surprise Lujiang." Zhou Yu smiled lightly again, he looked at Sun Ce with satisfaction, a hero is a hero, even if he is short of breath sometimes, but once he hears about the opportunity, he immediately reveals the enterprising nature and wisdom of the hero: "This time, I sent 70,000 troops to Jiangdong, and there is a general Cheng Pu in Lujiang who led 10,000 elite soldiers to defend it, even if Tai Shici makes a surprise attack, he can only trap the city without any achievements." So ......"

"Therefore, that Tai Shi Ci all the way is Gan Ning's real reinforcement!" Sun Ce suddenly realized, but after thinking about this, he felt a mess in his mind: "But since Tai Shici will come to rescue Gan Ning, then our navy can't take care of each other, so isn't it in Guo Jia's arms?" ”

"That's true." Zhou Yu smiled secretly, and this kind of smile only appeared on the face of a beautiful man like him, and there was indescribable wisdom and charm: "However, Bo Fu should not forget that Cai Mao still has ambush soldiers in Xiangyang." He dared to come to Ganning Water Camp, and he must have this layer of reliance in his heart. It's just that he couldn't have imagined that that layer of reliance was just a prelude to the last battle in the troubled times......"