When Zhang Yu was fighting with Yuan Shao, Sun Ce found Yuan Shu.

"Yuan Gong, although Zhang Yu is alive now, he is fighting with Yuan Shao and the Xiongnu, even if he wins, Yuan Shao can't win against the Xiongnu, and he can't support the Jiangdong region at all, after this battle, he will lose his strength regardless of victory or defeat."

"Why don't we take this opportunity to storm Jiangdong and capture Jiangdong when he is the weakest, otherwise if Zhang Yu can't get along in the north, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not abandon the north and bring soldiers and horses to Jiangdong if he is not the opponent of the Xiongnu army."

Sun Ce's analysis made sense, Yuan Shu thought so, he didn't analyze the intelligence carefully, and he didn't do the information very carefully.

Therefore, Yuan Shu almost believed Sun Ce's words, and he was suddenly afraid that Zhang Yu would not be able to carry it in the north, and then returned to Jiangdong with his soldiers and horses, and then he would be in trouble.

So Yuan Shu's eyes rolled a few times, and then said: "Sun Ce, your analysis is reasonable, now we really can't be so passive." ”

"In that case, we will storm and break through Jiangdong as soon as possible. But at this time, the territory will have to be redistributed, after all, I have contributed a lot. ”

Sun Ce sneered in his heart, Zhang Yu ignored the Huns in the north and concentrated on attacking Yuan Shao, which shows that Zhang Yu already had a perfect arrangement.

When the Xiongnu retreated, Zhang Yu would definitely return to Jiangdong, and then it would be time to start liquidation.

Zhang Yu will definitely be liquidated, and when the time comes, Yuan Shu will be happy, and he will be the one who beats.

In addition, let Yuan Shu go crazy and consume Zhang Yu's strength, so that he can buy him more time when the time comes.

Sun Ce pretended to argue with Yuan Shu for a while, and then agreed to Yuan Shu's request.

The two sides began to prepare, and Sun Ce also increased his troops by 20,000, increasing to 80,000, but he transferred tens of thousands of troops from home and secretly exchanged his elite soldiers and horses back.

This Sun Ce doesn't have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to waste.

And Yuan Shu didn't know that he only had the huge Jiangdong in his eyes, thinking that Jiangdong was his.

So, he immediately raised 300,000 troops, recruited 300,000 from his own territory, and then sent some of his family's garrison troops and reserve armies.

In this way, Yuan Shu invested more than 600,000 before and after, but more than 200,000 have been wiped out by Jiangdong's soldiers and horses.

Then, the two sides joined forces and began to storm Jiangdong.

Don't look at Jiangdong, there are only more than 200,000 troops at this time.

But with Gao Shun here, the defense of the heavy infantry was stable, and it was difficult to break through even if Yuan Shu's army attacked wildly.

In a county town, Yuan Shu stormed for six days, but failed to break through, and he lost more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, as well as a large number of arrows and other supplies.

However, their onslaught was also effective, and Gao Shun's soldiers and horses also lost more than 20,000 people, the most important thing was to consume all the materials for defending the city.

Without supplies, although it can be stopped, the loss will definitely be greater.

So Gao Shun chose to break through overnight.

During the breakthrough, he was ambushed by Yuan Shu, but Gao Shun still led people to kill him, and lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the middle.

Gao Shun broke through, Ling Cao had no response, and he also broke through at night.

Ling Cao was also ambushed, but they had been prepared, and although the losses were not small, they were also acceptable.

Gao Shun and Ling Cao continued to retreat, retreating to another city.

There are plenty of supplies in the city, which can keep them going for a long time.

Gao Shun retreated, and Yuan Shu received more than a dozen surrounding cities, and was very happy.

As soon as he understood, these cities were not only populous, but also very wealthy.

This is a land of abundance, which can increase his strength.

At the same time, Sun Ce was only divided into two cities, and he didn't care about the cities, because in the end, he wouldn't be able to get it at all, and Zhang Yu would definitely take it back.

At the same time, Sun Ce put down the command of the front line and wandered around with Zhou Yu in the county seat where he came.

"Bo Fu, this Zhang Yu is really a genius, and the people here are so rich." After walking around, Zhou Yu spoke.

Sun Ce pointed to a teahouse in front of him and said, "Go and sit there." ”

The two were dressed in civilian clothes, surrounded by soldiers pretending to be passers-by to protect them, and the two entered the teahouse and went up to the second floor.

Although it was wartime at this time, the business of the teahouse was very good.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu waited for a quarter of an hour to have a seat, and they booked a tea seat.

Sitting in the corner, the two ordered a pot of tea.

"Along the way, I have always wondered why these people don't look scared at all, what they are doing, what are they doing." Sun Ce opened his mouth and said.

Generally, the people are afraid to go out, but there are still many people on the streets here, but they are not as prosperous as usual.

Zhou Yu is also strange, this Jiangdong is different from others inside and out.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce whispered to analyze what they saw here.

"You know what?" At this time, a big man said to the dozen or so tea guests surrounding him: "I have been to Jiangbei, and several cities over there have been occupied by Liu Bei, but do you know what the result is?" ”

"Liu Bei is really not a good thing, and he has always called himself a gentleman."

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Say it."

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce heard someone talking about Liu Bei, so they also stopped talking and listened to each other quietly.

The big man rolled up his sleeves, took a sip of tea and said: "A few days ago, my boss asked me to go over there to deliver a batch of goods, and I went to the city just when Liu Bei captured it, because I still have to pull a batch of raw materials back from there, plus the ships have been requisitioned, I can only stay there, and I only came back two days ago." ”

Dahan said, and everyone listened quietly.

"Although Liu Bei occupied the city over there, he didn't have a good time there." The big man said.

"How is it upset? Is it that the people are against Liu Bei. ”

"It must be so."

"It's against him."

The big man motioned for them to stop, and then continued: "The people are not cooperating, but the people did not rise up to make Liu Bei rebel, but Liu Bei was not happy there, he wanted to recruit soldiers, and the people couldn't look down on his settling-in fee, and it took a few days to recruit, only a few hundred people, and then more than half of them didn't go." ”

"In addition, didn't Liu Bei rob Lord Zhang of a large amount of supplies? As a result, all of them couldn't be sold, no one dared to ask for it, who dared to ask for it, Lord Zhang's fist was big, and whoever wanted it was unlucky. ”

"Haha, Liu Bei's grandson also has today."

"Unexpectedly, he came to our Jiangdong to recruit soldiers and horses, except for Lord Zhang, it is useless for anyone to recruit soldiers and horses here."

"Can they give five acres of land when they recruit soldiers? Can you keep their families safe? Can you give enough respect to the soldiers? Only Master Zhang can. ”

"This Yuan Shu and Sun Ce will be like this sooner or later, and when Master Zhang comes back, I will settle accounts with them one by one."

"When the time comes, Lord Zhang will definitely recruit again, and when I go back, I will let a few young men in the village start to prepare, if I can become Lord Zhang's soldiers, the whole family will be honored."

(End of chapter)