Xu Shu smiled, bowed to the end, and said resolutely: "I, Xu Shu, am willing to fight to the death with the lord, and live and die together!" ”

Han Dang also laughed, and his old face lit up with relief: "What I am waiting for is the words of the lord, the battle and death field is what the big husband did, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, I Han Dang will accompany you." ”

For a while, the gloom in the lobby was swept away, and it was actually ignited the pride of hunting.

At this moment, the scout outside hurriedly entered and said: "Lord Qiqi, the Su thief has led 30,000 soldiers and horses across Chaohu Lake, and he will arrive in the south of my Hefei City at the latest tomorrow." ”

Thirty thousand?

Hearing this number, Sun Ce and the others glanced at each other, and a trace of surprise flashed between their eyebrows.

"Didn't the Su thief have seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses? Why did you bring only 30,000 people? Han Dang's face was confused.

"Old General Han, according to our detailed report, the Su thief sent Lu Meng to lead 40,000 soldiers and horses to the west of the river and go to Jingzhou." The scout then reported.

Sun Ce's eyes were even more suspicious, and he looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu stroked his short beard, pondered for a moment, and said: "If I guessed correctly, the Su thieves are afraid of the situation in Jingzhou, and the second should be extremely confident, thinking that with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, they can capture Hefei and destroy us." ”

Sun Ce suddenly realized.

He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and scolded: "What a Su thief, you are so arrogant, don't put me Sun Ce in your eyes, you really think that I am made of mud, and I can't be pinched as well as Sun Quan, the scum of the Sun family!" ”

At that moment, Sun Ce ordered to strengthen the guard, build city defenses, and prepare to meet the coming attack of the Wei army.

A day later, Sun Ce and the others came to the Wei army.

However, to Sun Ce's surprise, Su Zhe did not force the city to go down, but went down to the village five miles south of Hefei City, which opened a certain distance from Hefei City.

Judging from the location of the Wei army, Su Zhe did not seem to be arrogant, thinking that he could rely on 30,000 soldiers and horses to break through Hefei City, which was also garrisoned by 30,000 soldiers and horses.

"Su thief, what tricks are you hatching?"

Sun Ce stood at the head of the city, looking at the direction of Wei Ying from a distance, and his eyebrows couldn't help but pass through deep suspicion.

After all, he had suffered too many losses at Su Zhe's hands, and every time Su Zhe made an unusual move, he would be frightened, and he suspected that Su Zhe was using some tricks.

Just when he was suspicious, in the south of the city, a horse galloped forward.

It was a small colonel dressed in Wei army armor, and it seemed that he should be an envoy.

Sun Ce ordered the crossbowmen not to release their arrows, wanting to see what Su Zhe's intentions were when he sent messengers.

Sure enough, when the messenger arrived at the city, he called the door loudly, claiming that he had been ordered by the king of Wei to come to Sun Ce to send a letter of war.

Sun Ce called to open the city gate and let the messenger into the city.

"My King Wei said, Jiangdong he has taken, your Jiangdong little overlord is already a turtle in the urn, sooner or later you can't escape from his palm, if you have heroism, go out of the city and fight to the death with my lord, and happily make a break for yourself."

The messenger's words were aggressive, and the implication was that you Sun Ce was destined to die anyway, and it would be death if you died sooner or later, so why not come and do it.

As he spoke, the messenger took the letter in his hands and offered it with both hands.

The Jiangdong generals such as Han Dang were furious one by one, eager to tear Su Zhe's arrogant messenger to pieces on the spot.

Sun Ce was outstandingly calm, although his face was gloomy, he didn't have a seizure, he just calmly took the challenge letter and opened it slowly and unhurriedly.

Of course, he knew that Su Zhe deliberately wanted to provoke him and induce him to fight, so that he could destroy him in the field in one fell swoop, and quickly break through Hefei without much effort.

Then, Su Zhe could no longer have any worries, and he could concentrate on going to Jingzhou and tidy up Liu Bei wholeheartedly.

"Su thief, you want to provoke me, but I don't get angry, it's not as you want, hum......"

The corners of Sun Ce's mouth raised a touch of sarcasm, secretly cold, and forcibly suppressed his anger.

The next moment, when he read the letter, he could no longer restrain the anger suppressed in his chest, and he was so angry that his eyes exploded.

In that letter, Su Zhe pointed out that he had captured his sister Sun Shangxiang alive.

Su Zhe also claimed in the letter that for the sake of Sun Shangxiang's intercession for him, he decided to spare Sun Ce's death, and the precondition was that Sun Ce surrendered in Kaicheng and tied himself up to come to Wei Ying to ask for surrender.

In the end, Su Zhe resorted to the radical method again, saying that if you Sun Ce refuse to surrender, you will go out of the city to fight and fight to the death, and you will not be a turtle with a shrunken head, so that his sister Sun Shangxiang will look down.

His own sister was captured by Su Zhe, which is already shameful enough, and he still needs his sister to intercede for him, which is extremely humiliating.

Sun Ce knew that Su Zhe was most likely using the Radical Method, but he was still furious, rose up, and scolded: "Okay, you Su Zhe, you dare to humiliate me like this, I want to fight to the death with you, fight to the death-"

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military forces on the left and right were taken aback.

Han Dang hurriedly persuaded: "The lord must be angry, this must be the Su thief's radical method, we must not fall for his plan to lure the enemy." ”

Sun Ce's body was shocked, he was slightly sober, and then sat down again, panting heavily.

At this time, Xu Shu took a deep breath and said, "If the lord wants to fight, then it's better to fight." ”

The crowd changed color.

Even Sun Ce looked surprised and looked at Xu Shu in surprise.

Han Dang hurriedly said: "Xu Yuanzhi, are you confused, the enemy is strong and I am weak, in this case, you still have to persuade the lord to fight, isn't it enough for us to suffer losses before." ”

At this time, Sun Ce also calmed down, remembering the various confrontations with Su Zhe before.

At that time, his strength was so strong, and he took the initiative to fight several times, but in the end he was defeated by Su Zhe.

And now, most of his territory has fallen, leaving only this corner of Hefei, and he has almost fallen into a desperate situation.

In this case, what capital does he have to take the initiative to fight with Su Zhe.

Xu Shu sighed lightly and said slowly: "At this point, we can say that we have fallen into a desperate situation, if the Su thief is willing, he can completely besiege us without attacking, trap us alive in Hefei, we have no way at all." ”

"Therefore, there is no point in choosing to hold on without fighting now, it is just a matter of relieving for a few more days."

"Instead of this, it is better to take the initiative to attack, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and fight against the water, in case we defeat the Su thief, we can take the opportunity to go south to seize the wet dock, or even recover the lost territory in Jiangdong in one go."

"If you don't fight, you are waiting for death, and if you fight, maybe there is still a glimmer of life."

Sun Ce was silent, his spirit was unprecedentedly calm, there was no anger or gloom, just calm.

"This time, the Su thieves only brought more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, which is the same number as ours, which can be said to be the last good opportunity given to us by God."

"If he repels Liu Bei and gathers hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Hefei, then we won't even have a chance to fight against the water."

"Now, it's our last chance."

Xu Shu analyzed again.

Han Dang said: "What you said is also reasonable, but the Su thief dared to invite us to a decisive battle with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he must have no fear, this thief is treacherous, and can call the wind and rain, can we really fight him?" ”

Syllable!

Sun Ce slapped the case suddenly, and said resolutely: "Xu Yuanzhi is right, no matter what tricks the Su thief has, this is already our last chance, even if we know that he has tricks, we have to fight!" ”

Han Dang was silent.

With his decision already made, Sun Ce took a deep breath and said angrily: "Back to the thief, if he wants to fight, I will accompany him to fight!" ”