The remnant sun is like blood, and the autumn wind is bleak.

The warships of the Jiangdong Army were heading eastward downstream, heading downstream, for fear of being pursued by the Wei Army's naval divisions behind.

On the warship, a soldier named Jiangdong squatted on the deck and hung his head dejectedly, trembling, and his face was full of palpitations.

From Wankou to Weixukou, it took him to escape for hundreds of miles before he threw off the Wei army, which made Zhou Yu and his soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhou Yu stood at the bow of the boat, his face gloomy, looking at the rolling Yangtze River in a daze.

Ahead is the Wet Beard Fortress, and he must help Sun Ce make a choice.

Enter the mouth of the water and enter the water, and you can reach the important town of Hefei after passing through the north of the Chaohu Lake, which is the important town of Huainan second only to Shouchun City.

If the mouth of the water is lost again, Hefei will be isolated in the north of the Yangtze River, and Sun Ce will completely lose the land of Huainan, leaving only the three counties of Jiangdong.

And not far downstream from the mouth of the quarry is the quarrying city, once the Wei army captures the quarry, the soldiers can enter the siege from the land.

The river surface of the quarrying line is gentle, and the city is not strong, which is not suitable for blocking the Wei army, so it can be said that the mouth of the water is the real last barrier of Jianye.

Now what Zhou Yu has to think about is how to defend the fortress.

As his thoughts flickered, the battleship had sailed to the fortress and sailed into the dock wall.

On the wall, Sun Ce led the infantry army to retreat in advance and was standing there, waiting for Zhou Yu to arrive.

The two fought again, full of emotion and regret, but they didn't say a word for a long time.

"If we just held on to the Anhui Pass that day and didn't fight, we wouldn't have to retreat to the wet beard now, and we would have fallen into passivity."

Behind Sun Ce, the young strategist let out a sigh, but his eyes looked at Zhou Yu, faintly complaining that Zhou Yu was self-righteous and had to fight against Su Zhe in a water battle.

It's Xu Shu.

This former strategist of Jingzhou has been giving advice to Sun Ce since he returned to him.

This time, Sun Ce attacked Jingzhou, and in order to ensure the safety of Hefei, he left Xu Shu to assist the veteran Cheng Pu in defending Hefei.

When Xu Shu heard that the army was defeated in Anhuikou, he could no longer sit still, and rushed all the way from Hefei to Misukou.

Sun Ce didn't speak, and seemed to acquiesce to Xu Shu's complaint against Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu frowned secretly, and defended: "The soldiers and horses of the Su thieves are twice as large as our army, and the Anhui Koushui battalion is far less solid than the Wet Whisker Dock, if we don't send out a water battle to meet the attack, let the Su Thief attack the Wet Whisker Dock by land and water, do you think we can hold it?" ”

Xu Shu wanted to speak and stopped, only took a light breath, but did not argue with Zhou Yu again.

After all, the matter has come to this point, and there is no need to argue meaninglessly, and how to deal with the current situation is the most important thing.

"Don't worry about the past." Sun Ce waved his hand and finally spoke, "You all tell me what we should do next." ”

When the words fell, Xu Shu arched his hand and said: "Lord, I think that the lord should quickly abandon Hefei and other Jiangbei cities, withdraw all the soldiers and horses to the south of the Yangtze River, deploy on the front line of quarrying, and concentrate on defending Jianye City." ”

Sun Ce's body shook slightly, and he was silent again.

Zhou Yu immediately objected: "Hefei is an important town in the north of my Jiangbei, and it is the advance base of our advance in Xuzhou, Huainan, if we abandon it like this, we will be locked in a corner of Jiangdong forever, how can we enter the world!" ”

"Haven't Governor Zhou seen the current situation clearly, with our current number of soldiers and horses, it would be good to be able to hold a corner of Jiangdong, where are the extra soldiers and horses to hold Hefei, not to mention what to enter the world!"

The stakes are very high, and Xu Shu didn't give Zhou Yu face, so he retorted sharply.

Zhou Yu was also annoyed, and said sharply: "Your vision is too short-sighted, how can you not think about the future because of the small setbacks in front of you!" ”

"We must first hold on to the present before we have the capital to talk about the future!" Xu Shu did not back down,-for-tat.

"Why can't you hold it!" Zhou Yu pointed to the west, "Liu Bei has led the Yizhou army out of Sichuan and is heading straight for Jingzhou, as long as we can hold the mouth of the Xusu for a month, the Su thief will definitely have to go back to the division to save Jingzhou, and then we will follow up, we will be able to recover the lost territory, regain the territory, and even fight with Liu Bei and divide Jingzhou!" ”

After a pause, Zhou Yu pointed to Jiangbei again, "If we listen to your proposal and abandon Hefei, how can the lord expand his territory to the north, do you want to let the lord fight for Jingzhou with Liu Bei again, and cannibalism fail?" ”

Xu Shu's body was shocked, and he was speechless when asked by Zhou Yu, and there was a trace of surprise between his eyebrows, as if he didn't expect that this Jade Jiao, one of the Nine Wonders, would think of such a far.

When it comes to strategy, he has to admit that Zhou Yu is indeed above him.

The agitation on Xu Shu's face gradually faded, and he sighed helplessly: "What Zhou Dudu is thinking about is indeed the long-term, but the question now is, can we have the ability to defend the mouth of the wet beard?" ”

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu, and his eyes clearly had the same question as Xu Shu.

Zhou Yu said: "We still have nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, and the old general Cheng of Hefei City also has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is still possible to transfer 10,000 horses and horses. ”

Sun Ce's eyes lit up.

He originally felt that his troops were insufficient and he didn't have the confidence to hold the front line of Mixukou and Hefei at the same time, so he was calculated by Zhou Yu, but he found that he still had some family background.

Although these patchwork soldiers and horses are far less elite than the original veterans, if they only defend without fighting, they should be barely enough.

Sun Ce paced on the dock wall, caught in the middle of a trade-off.

Zhou Yu and Xu Shu didn't dare to speak anymore, after all, now is the time to make a decision, which is related to the life and death of Jiangdong, and in this case, only Sun Ce, the lord, can make up his mind.

After pondering for a long time, Sun Ce took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "According to Gong Jin's plan, immediately put together people and horses, and stick to the wet dock." ”

Xu Shu shook his head and sighed secretly.

Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, so he arched his hand and said: "The lord is wise, so let's do it, I will guard the wet dock, and the lord can return to Jianye first, one can transfer troops and horses, and the other can also stabilize the hearts of the people in the rear." ”

"No, you go back to Jianye to assist Zhongmou to sit in town, and I will personally guard the dock!" Sun Ce resolutely rejected Zhou Yu.

Xu Shu was taken aback, and immediately said: "The lord's body is very important, if there is a loss of the beard dock, won't the lord be isolated in Jiangbei!?" ”

Zhou Yu also hurriedly said: "Yuan's straightforward words are reasonable, Bo Fu, let me guard the dock." ”

Sun Ce waved his hand and said resolutely: "Whether or not you can hold the Wet Whisker Dock is related to the life and death of my Jiangdong, and this battle must be fought by me!" Even if I go back to Jianye, I will naturally be fine, if I fall, will it make any difference where I am? ”

Zhou Yu was silent, and Xu Shu was also silent.

Sun Ce was right, if the Whisker Dock was lost, Su Zhe's army would be able to easily capture the quarrying and enter the siege of Jianye.

At that time, there were no soldiers available in the entire Jiangdong, and there was no danger to defend, and the demise of Sun Ce could be said to be a foregone conclusion.

Seeing that the two of them had no objections, Sun Ce took a deep breath and said proudly: "Wait for you to cheer up, don't forget, we still have Liu Bei, the key helper, I can't stop the day when Su Zhe is forced to withdraw his troops!" ”