In Chaisang City, Sun Quan, who was initially frightened, patted Zhou Tai's shoulder very gratefully, "Youping, if it weren't for you today, there would be more and less luck this time." ”

People are not as good as heaven, even if it is a perfect strategy, it will be affected by the time of heaven, or it can be said that Sun Quan's life should not be broken. On the way back to Chaisang with his team after leaving Shuizhai, Sun Quan was ambushed by Tai Shici. The goal of the Han army was clear, that is, to go to Sun Quan, although Sun Quan had loyal guards around him desperately to protect him, but he still couldn't stop Tai Shici who rushed over.

Seeing that he was about to be captured alive, Sun Quan was even about to give up resistance, when he heard a loud shout from afar, "Zhong Mou is lying, Zhou Tai is here." ”

originally thought that there was no way to escape, but he didn't want Zhou Tai to appear at this time. Sun Quan naturally didn't care about Zhou Tai's disobedience to orders at this time. If you don't comply, if Zhou Tai really goes to Chaisang, he will become a prisoner of the Han army, and this prisoner, the hearts of the people who have been gathered under his hands will be scattered. The appearance of Zhou Tai not only saved Sun Quan's life, but also saved Sun Quan's ambitions.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Tai Shi Ci led his troops to retreat. Sun Quan, who had to get rid of the disaster, didn't dare to stay here for long, so he immediately rushed to Chaisang with Zhou Tai non-stop, until the people entered Chaisang City, Sun Quan felt a little relieved.

Sun Quan's strength was not great, but Zhou Tai was staggered by the pat, Sun Quan immediately knew that something was wrong, and immediately ordered people to surround Zhou Tai and return to the mansion. When someone took off Zhou Tai's armor, Sun Quan found that Zhou Tai was injured, but he was seriously injured. I couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly ordered to ask for a doctor.

"Zhongmou doesn't have to be nervous, it's just a little injured." Zhou Taiqiang smiled at Sun Quan.

Sun Quan didn't believe it, no wonder Tai Shi Ci would retreat, he saw that Zhou Tai and Tai Shi Ci were on par before, and thought that Tai Shi Ci was retreating because of the difficulties, but now it seems that it was really Zhou Tai who saved himself with his own life.

"Don't speak, and wait for the doctor's diagnosis to make a decision." Sun Quan said and rushed out of the door and asked, "Why hasn't the doctor come yet?" ”

Although the Jiangdong army also followed the example of the Han army and was equipped with military doctors, the medical skills were far inferior to the doctors in Chaisang City. The people who were ordered by Sun Quan did not go to the military doctor, but went directly to the city, which delayed some time.

Zhou Tai's injury is quite serious, he may not feel it himself, but in Sun Quan's eyes, it is a serious injury. Looking at Zhou Tai, who was being bandaged by the doctor, Sun Quan said movingly: "Youping, how can Sun Quan let you sacrifice your life so much." ”

"Zhongmou's words are serious, Zhou Tai has been entrusted by the lord to protect Zhongmou, if Zhongmou has something, what face does Zhou Tai have to see the lord again." Zhou Tai replied calmly.

Hearing this, Sun Quan chuckled in his heart, but the expression on his face was not revealed at all. Zhou Tai was injured, and according to the doctor's advice, it is best not to make any major moves in the near future. Sun Quan also used this as a reason to temporarily relieve Zhou Tai of his military power and let him recuperate in peace, as for Zhou Tai's soldiers and horses, they were temporarily managed by Sun Quan.

Zhou Tai didn't think much about it and acquiesced in Sun Quan's decision. But when he walked out of Zhou Tai's ward, Sun Quan's face suddenly sank, and he returned to his mansion silently.

Sun Quan was unhappy. He admires Zhou Tai very much, not only for Zhou Tai's martial arts, but also for Zhou Tai's character. For Zhou Tai, it can be said that he hates and loves. loves his character and loyalty, and hates him for being loyal to Sun Ce. Sun Quan has the intention of replacing his brother, the more loyal Zhou Tai is to Sun Ce, the more difficult it is to win over, Sun Quan wants to realize his wish, and Zhou Tai has become a stumbling block hindering Sun Quan.

couldn't take it, couldn't kill it, Sun Quan was a little depressed. But he didn't have to be depressed for long, and there was no time to be depressed, and there was even greater depression waiting for him. Lü Meng, who stayed in the water village, was defeated, did not withstand the onslaught of the Jiangxia naval army, and was defeated all the way to Wuchang before he stabilized his position with the assistance of Ding Feng and Pan Zhang, who rushed to meet Sun Quan one step ahead.

The loss of soldiers and horses is still secondary, the key is that the loss of the warship makes Sun Quan feel distressed, because the Jiangxia Navy used that kind of extremely fast warship, none of the warships of the Jiangdong Navy ran away, either sunk or captured, and now the Jiangdong Navy still has warships, only the sailors who accompanied Sun Ce are left, and Sun Quan has no one left.

Without warships, how can the Jiangdong Navy still dominate on the water. Sun Quan could have ordered the shipwright to build a new ship, but it would take time for the new ship to be built, which meant that if Sun Quan wanted to make a contribution on the battlefield, he could only rely on land in the short term. If you want to advance by land and water, there is another way, which is to ask your brother Sun Ce for help, but Sun Quan is unwilling to ask Sun Ce for help.

I was going to take this opportunity to prove to the world that I was stronger than my brother, but if I asked my brother for help, how could I prove that I was stronger than my brother?

The selfish Sun Quan rejected the advice of the strategist Xue Zong, insisted on his decision, and ordered the Chaisang shipwrights to work overtime to build a new ship, and on the other hand, ordered Lü Meng, Jiang Qin and others to reorganize the soldiers and horses and prepare to conquer Jiangxia again.

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Winning the battle is a good thing, and Liu Xie is naturally happy. Although it cannot be regarded as a key battle to determine the outcome of this war, with this good start, it is a good sign. In comparison, the morale of the Combine is somewhat low. Especially Sun Ce, who was attacking Shouchun, was even more angry when he learned that Sun Quan had defeated the warships of the Jiangdong Navy.

If Zhou Yu was by his side, Sun Ce would still be able to listen to a few words of persuasion, but now that Zhou Yu is leading the combined army and the two armies of the Han Dynasty, how can he have spare time to persuade Sun Ce to calm down. When did the little overlord of Jiangdong suffer such anger, after angrily reprimanding Zhuge Jin, the strategist who advised him to calm down, Sun Ce ordered a strong attack on Shouchun, wanting to give the court back color.

It's just that the white army guarding Shouchun is also not easy to mess with. Zhang Ren, the commander of the Tabai Army, has been strengthening Shouchun's city defense since he was appointed to sit in Shouchun six years ago. Today's Shouchun is not only divided into two cities, but also three lines of defense outside the city. So far, Sun Ce has only broken through the two lines of defense outside Shouchun City, and the city wall of Shouchun has been seen, but he has not had a chance to step forward to touch the model.

Sun Ce, who was furious, personally went into battle and broke through the three lines of defense arranged by Zhang Ren outside the city, and finally saw the head of Shouchun. But when he saw the Shouchun city wall, Sun Ce was also a little vague. Shouchun is no stranger to Sun Ce, thinking that when he was still a general of Yuan Shu, he had come to Shouchun many times. It's just that the Shouchun City in front of him is not much different from the Shouchun City in Sun Ce's impression, and they are almost two completely different cities.

The moat is several zhang wide, the strong city wall is more than ten zhang high, and there are sharp weapons in the army such as catapults and bed crossbows arranged at the head of the city. If you want to attack a city, you must at least have a ladder, but before you can send a ladder, you first need to fill in the moat outside the city. At what cost would it take to fill the moat? It is impossible for the defenders of the city to watch the moat be filled.

There are not many soldiers and horses under Sun Ce, even if it is a second conscription by Sun Quan, the soldiers and horses on hand at this time are only 100,000, and after these days of fierce fighting, although the Han army is also damaged, the losses on Sun Ce's side are even greater, and now there are only seventy or eighty thousand people available.

It is not advisable to conscript again. Don't look at the time when the farmers are slack, but this battle is not able to be resolved quickly, and then the young and strong are drawn from Jiangdong, which will directly affect the autumn harvest. Sun Ce is not like Cao Cao, who is desperate, has the natural danger of the Yangtze River, so his determination to break the kettle with the enemy is naturally correspondingly smaller.

Reality forced Sun Ce to calm down, he didn't have much capital in his hand, and he couldn't afford to squander it, so he could only calculate the spending. When the attack failed, Sun Ce had to ask Zhuge Jin. Zhuge Jin didn't care about Sun Ce's rudeness to him before, and after listening to Sun Ce's concerns, he suggested Sun Ce: "Lord, how about ordering someone to dig another ditch to divert the water from the moat?" ”

"Hmm...... Good way, then there is Lao Ziyu to bother, how about a certain life Zhu Ran obeys your dispatch? Sun Ce felt that this method was feasible, so he nodded in agreement.

Zhuge Jin took the order. Lord, don't forget to send someone to cut off the water source of the moat. Zhuge Jin reminded Sun Ce after receiving the order.

Standing tall, you can see it naturally, and with the help of clairvoyance, Zhang Ren knows every move of the Jiangdong Army outside the city. Seeing that the Jiangdong Army began to dig ditches outside the city, Zhang Ren couldn't help but sneer, and Yang Huai, the deputy general on the side, saw this and said: "General, it is better to send the last general out of the city and obstruct the Jiangdong Army's actions." ”

"You? To send to death? You're going to watch Sun Ce go out of the city to kill his soldiers? He's afraid he's still hoping we'll send someone out of the city. Don't worry about him, the original focus of defense was not on the moat, if you can't be idle, go to the city to practice archery. Zhang Ren glanced at Yang Huai, who was invited to fight, and said to everyone.

The main general was not allowed to fight, and Yang Huai and the others naturally did not dare to fight against Zhang Ren. Let's not talk about Zhang Ren's identity as the commander of the White Army, but his relationship with the current saint is enough to make Yang Huai and others bow down to their orders. What's more, Zhang Ren's own skills are not bad, Liu Xie will not be nepotistic, if Zhang Ren's ability is not enough, he is not qualified to serve as the commander of the White Army.

Zhang Ren has both connections and ability, such a person cannot be provoked. Liu Xie is also relieved to hand over Shouchun to Zhang Ren, just as he is relieved to hand over the party to Zhang Liao, and Yanmen to Xu Huang is the same reason.

Shou Chun's ignorance made Zhuge Jin, who was supervising the digging of ditches outside the city, couldn't help muttering in his heart. This is unreasonable, how can there be any reason to let the enemy do it? Is there any fearlessness or something else? In order to figure out Shouchun's attitude, Zhuge Jin stayed up for two nights in a row, but still didn't come up with a clue.

But think about it, the excavation work has indeed not stopped, with Zhu Ran's strong cooperation, the Jiangdong army rushed to work day and night, and finally dug the ditch on the fifth day, and now only the moat is connected. Although there is no guarantee that the water in the Shouchun moat can be drained, it can also be guaranteed that it will not hinder the siege of the Jiangdong Army.

But Shouchun's reaction finally came at this time. Before, far away from the moat, Shouchun's defenders did not pay attention to the actions of the Jiangdong Army, but when the ditch dug by the Jiangdong Army was getting closer and closer to the moat, the Shouchun defenders also began to act to obstruct the Jiangdong Army. The condescending Shouchun defenders did not go out of the city, just firing arrows at the head of the city was enough to keep the Jiangdong army from approaching.

After five days and nights of hard work, I was about to finish it, but I was just short of this last trembling. If the moat and ditch could not be connected, then the five days of hard work would not have been in vain.

In order to smoothly connect the ditch, Zhuge Jin ordered people to build a caravan, trying to use this car to guard against the arrows of the Shouchun defenders, but when the caravan was pushed closer to the Shouchun moat, the defenders did not use bows and arrows, but instead used a catapult bed crossbow, with a whistling stone ball and a giant arrow, the caravan was smashed into pieces in a few clicks, and the people hiding inside were also killed on the spot.

Sun Ce was very depressed, he had known this, it was better to directly order someone to prepare soil and stone to fill the moat, why bother in vain, wait for a few days, and in the end still have to prepare soil and stone.

"My lord, my subordinates are guilty." Zhuge Jin took the initiative to ask Sun Ce for sin.

Sun Ce didn't punish Zhuge Jin, the idea was agreed to by himself, and if he failed, he would put the fault on his subordinates, and Sun Ce couldn't do it. After comforting Zhuge Jin with a few words of kindness, Sun Ce ordered people to raise guns and prepare horses, preparing to take people to challenge outside the city.

For his bravery, Sun Ce has absolute confidence, think about it, since Sun Ce's debut, he has not met an opponent, among the generals in Jiangdong, except for the Qu'a people who fought with him in Shenting Ridge for more than 100 battles without winning or losing, others can't hold on to dozens of rounds.

Because he did not meet an opponent, this made Sun Ce have absolute confidence in his martial arts, and at the same time, Sun Ce was full of expectations for the Han army that he heard of as a master. Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is not the second, Sun Ce is not a qualified lord, he is more suitable to be a military general. Even at this time, Sun Ce still had the calculation of fighting with others.

If a gentleman doesn't erect a dangerous wall, Sun Ce doesn't have this consciousness at all. He always acted bravely, and Zhou Yu persuaded him more than once for this, but unfortunately he always turned a deaf ear.

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"General, Jiangdong Sun Ce is calling for battle outside the city." Gao Pei hurried to the Shouchun Mansion and reported to Zhang Renyu, who was discussing the military situation with Zhang Song and Peng Yi in the mansion.

"Well, got it, I'll be there later." Zhang Ren replied casually.

Gao Pei thought that Zhang Ren didn't hear clearly, and emphasized again: "General, it is Sun Ce himself who is calling for battle outside the city. ”

"I know, isn't it Sun Ce who personally called the formation. But what he told him to do, what should we be busy with, and he is not my top boss in the White Army, so we have to follow him in everything. Zhang Ren said impatiently.

"General Gao, go back and keep an eye on it, don't let others fight, General Zhang and I will be there later." Zhang Song opened his mouth and said to Gao Pei.

Gao Pei then understood, hugged his fists and responded to the promise, and returned to the city. As soon as he went to the city, Yang Huai leaned over and asked, "How is it?" How did the general arrange it? ”

"Don't go to war, the general will come in person later."

"Oh." Yang Huai responded with some disappointment when he heard this. Seeing this, Gao Pei smiled and said, "Old Yang, you don't want to go out of the city to meet that Sun Ce, right?" Don't be overestimated, you and I may be able to get to a draw with that Sun Ce together, but if you go and fight Sun Ce alone, you won't want me to take care of your younger siblings for you in the future, right? ”

"you! Sling the bull. Yang Huai glared at Gao Pei angrily and said. Gao Pei and Yang Huai are old men who have followed Zhang Ren for many years, long before the White Army was not formed, the two were Zhang Ren's deputies, and they accompanied Zhang Ren to take charge of the begging army, and then stepped on the White Army to become an army, and the two came with Zhang Ren to step on the White Army. Gao and Yang have a good relationship with each other. At present, Zhang Ren is not allowed to fight privately, and the two can only quarrel to relieve their boredom during the time they are waiting for Zhang Ren to come.

Gao Pei and Yang Huai joked and gossiped with each other at the head of the city, and Sun Ceke, who was calling the battle outside the city, couldn't wait any longer. After calling for a long time, Shouchun's reply was to wait a while, and my general would come in a while.

Is it difficult to give a letter to someone who doesn't fight? It's too unkind to make people wait stupidly under the big sun!

There is a heart rate department to return to the camp, but this has been waiting for almost a cup of tea, so I am a little unwilling to go back like this. If Zhang Ren came after waiting for a while, wouldn't he have waited in vain when he went back at this time.

When the weather is hot, people's mood is easy to be impetuous, and Sun Ce's mood at this time is very impetuous, especially after seeing Zhang Ren, who is belated, the mood is even worse.

"Sun Ce, if you don't find a place to cool off on a hot day, come to me to call a ghost array." Zhang Ren blamed Sun Ce as if 'the wicked sue first'.

"Zhang Ren, I have heard for a long time that you are a master disciple of Tong Yuan, and today you dare to go out of the city to have a certain competition. If you can overcome this gun in my hand, I will immediately withdraw from the army, and promise not to come here again for a year. But if you don't dare, then quickly give up Shouchun, and I can also let you live. Sun Ce shouted to Zhang Ren.

"Hey~ Sun Ce, is it because the weather is too hot, making your hot mind dizzy and talking nonsense? This world is the son of my man, not the selfishness of the family, how can this be a gamble. What's more, you don't have to speak wildly, as if this Shouchun is already in your pocket. If you want Shouchun to attack, you will be able to tell you how powerful. It's just that don't be delusional anymore, you are the courage of the horseman, and you mistakenly think that everyone in the world is the same as you, and you only know the courage of the horseman. ”

In terms of eloquence, the three Sun Ce plus one is probably not Zhang Ren's opponent, seeing that Zhang Ren refused to fight, Sun Ce then came up with a radical plan, scolding Zhang Ren for being a gut bandit, and insulting the prestige of Tong Yuan.

But Zhang Ren is a person who will lose his mind if he is excited by a few words, and he is idle anyway, so Zhang Ren simply counted Sun Ce's in the city. From the beginning of Sun Jian's private collection of the jade seal of the country, it has been said that Sun Ce has seized Jiangdong, and he scolded the Sun family for his wolf ambition and anti-thief.

scolded so much that Sun Ce was almost blown up, but fortunately, the siege crossbow at the head of Shouchun City awakened Sun Ce's only remaining sanity in time, so that Zhang Ren was not disappointed. As long as it is about ten steps closer, it is the effective range of the siege crossbow, and even if it can't kill Sun Ce, it can kill Sun Ce's arrogance.

"If I break through this city one day, I will take your Zhang Ren head to comfort the ancestors of the Sun family." Sun Ce announced in a deep voice.

"What day is he? I'm afraid that if you Sun Ce want to enter this Shouchun, you can only do it when you become a prisoner. Zhang Ren responded with a sneer.