Cao Shuo planned to send Huo Wu to assassinate Sun Ce.

Outside the city of Qu'a in Jiangdong, the Cao army that suddenly killed had surrounded the city.

At the head of the city, Zhou Yu looked at the besieging Cao Jun, his brows furrowed tightly.

Cheng Pu, who was standing beside him, smiled bitterly and said: "Our army attacked Guangling, but we didn't get the slightest benefit, but the enemy crossed the Yangtze River and surrounded Qu'a. ”

"What can they do with the siege?" Zhou Yu said: "At most, it is just a chess opponent, they retreat to Xuzhou, and we have not built an inch." ”

"The enemy army is just outside the city, how does Gong Jin know that they will retreat to Xuzhou?" Cheng Pu asked.

"It's simple." Zhou Yu said: "Sima Yi led the army across the river to just want Qu'a. As long as we hold on here, it won't be long before they will withdraw. ”

"Gong Jin is not afraid that Cao Zirong will send troops to help? You must know that the banks of the Yangtze River have been occupied by the Cao army, and their grain, grass and military supplies can be transported here in a steady stream. ”

"So what?" Zhou Yu said: "Qu'a is surrounded, and there will be warships from the Jiangdong Navy coming. Although Cao's army won many warships of our army, the number of sailors was not much. Playing water stations with a flock of landlubbers, do we take advantage of them or do they gain advantage? ”

"It turns out that Gong Jin is planning to use the navy to force the enemy army to withdraw and merge." Cheng Pu said: "In this way, both sides really can't take any advantage. ”

"It's just a feud." Zhou Yu said with a solemn face: "According to Cao Zirong's temperament, I'm afraid he won't give up." ”

"The Yuan family is still crusading against the Cao family, and I don't believe that Cao Zirong will focus on Jiangdong." Cheng Pu said.

"Hopefully he won't." Zhou Yu said: "If Cao Zirong is an enemy of Jiangdong wholeheartedly, it will be really a big trouble!" ”

Zhou Yu stubbornly guarded Qu A.

Sima Yi was also very annoyed.

Looking at Qu Acheng, Sima Yi's brows were always tightly furrowed.

"Zhongda, why don't you give it a try?" Lu Bu came up behind him and asked him.

"Zhou Yu has a large number of soldiers and horses, and we do not have an advantage in numbers." Sima Yi said: "Forcibly attacking the city has no possibility of breaking the city at all. ”

"Is it possible to spend it like this?" Lu Bu asked.

"I'm afraid we're going back." Sima Yi said: "I thought that Zhou Yu would withdraw his troops, but I didn't expect him to choose to defend Qu'a. ”

"The Yangtze River has been occupied by our army." Lu Bu said: "Grain and grass will be sent over in a steady stream, and Qu'a is just a lonely city, as long as we are trapped to death, I don't believe he can hold it for too long." ”

"It's true by common sense, but it's not common sense right now." Sima Yi said: "If you were someone else, you might really give up Qu'a and other places and withdraw your troops and leave." But Zhou Yu is different from others, he sees the mistakes of our army. ”

"What's wrong?" Lu Bu asked.

"On the river." Sima Yi said: "Our navy is not the opponent of the Jiangdong navy at all, although the warships are better than them, the combat effectiveness of the navy is far inferior to theirs. Once the Jiangdong naval army arrived, our army could only be trapped in Jiangdong and then surrounded and annihilated by them. ”

"What then?" Lu Bu's brows also furrowed.

He is also very clear about the combat effectiveness of the naval army.

The soldiers who were originally transferred from the land to the warship had no problem at all letting them fight on land.

But it was a bit difficult to let them fight the enemy on a rocking warship

"Withdraw." Sima Yi said: "The orderly withdrawal of troops cannot allow Zhou Yu to seize the opportunity of a counteroffensive. ”

"In this way, the Jiangdong Army is not injured, and sooner or later it will still cause us a lot of trouble." Lu Bu asked, "Is there no better way?" ”

"Yes!" Sima Yi said: "The prince abandoned the Cao family and attacked Jiangdong wholeheartedly. With the strength of our army, it is not impossible to set foot in Jiangdong. The only trouble is that after stepping on them, we are also very badly damaged. After the Yuan family defeats the Cao family, we will also be annexed by Hebei. ”

Lu Bu sighed: "Cheapened that kid from the Sun family!" ”

"Jiang Dongjun has made a lot of trouble for Childe this time, and Childe will not easily forget it." Smiling slightly at Lu Bu, Sima Yi said: "General Lu waits, sooner or later, one day, Gongzi will take us to Jiangdong again." ”

The army led by Sima Yi crossed the Yangtze River and found that it was impossible to capture Qu'a, so he could only choose to withdraw.

Shouchun City.

As soon as the sky was bright, Zuo Ci left with a few entourages and rushed to Jiangdong.

Not long after he left, twenty or thirty rode fast horses and left Shouchun.

The first two were Wang Yan and Jia Pei.

The two rode side by side, and Jia Pei asked Wang Yan: "I really don't understand, Jiangdong is so far away, why do you want to go there." ”

"You and I are both husbands and concubines, so we should share his worries." Wang Yan said: "I heard that Jiangdong Sun Ce's martial arts are extraordinary, I'm afraid that I can't deal with him just by going to some fire dances." ”

"Husband has already made a plan, if Huo Wu can't deal with him, what can you and I do if we go to Jiangdong?" Jape said: "I don't understand, what have you been thinking about all day. ”

"I'm not like you." Wang Yan smiled slightly: "You and Sister Guo are extremely smart, and you can help your husband many times." And I'm stupid, except for swordsmanship, I don't have any other skills."

"Silly girl, what I'm worried about is" Jia Pei sighed: "If you have three long and two short, how do you want me to explain to my husband?" ”

"No, it won't." Wang Yan said very confidently: "My husband's swordsmanship was taught by me personally, could it be that Sister Jia thinks that he is not Sun Ce's opponent?" ”

"How can that be the same?" Jia Pei said: "Husband is fighting on the battlefield, and your swordsmanship has long been refined to an unknown state, but you have never really fought with anyone. ”

"Don't talk about this, you can naturally see it when you get to Jiangdong." Wang Yan replied.

When they left the city, Cao Shuo was still asleep in Yuan Fang's room.

He had woken up, and was looking at the beams with his eyes open.

Lying beside him, Yuan Fang put one arm on his chest: "This sister that my husband brought back from Lujiang, I felt unusual when I saw her for the first time. ”

"How?" Cao Shuo asked, "What's not ordinary?" ”

"Manners are respectful and docile, not like a country woman."

"I didn't say she was a country woman." Cao Shuo said: "Sun Quan trapped her in the army, he must have coveted her. It's just that before I could do anything, I robbed it. ”

"The husband robbed the woman he fancied, I don't know how Sun Quan will hate you." Yuan Fang smiled lightly and said to Cao Shuo.

"So what?" Cao Shuo said: "Whether he hates me or not, I don't care at all." There are many people in the world who hate me, and he can rank the oldest. ”

Smiling slightly, Yuan Fang put her cheek on Cao Shuo's chest: "Husband's words are always like this, which makes people feel arrogant and uninhibited, but they have to believe it." ”

(End of chapter)