There are two flowers, one on each branch.

However, after Sun Ce learned the news that Cao Cao led his troops to attack Guanzhong, Zhou Yu immediately said: "The land of Nanjing, with mountains and rivers all over the place, and convenient waterway transportation, if we start the waterway army to march westward, it will be unimpeded." ”

"Liu Biao is a man with a false name and no great ambitions, he claims to be a famous man in the world and is short-sighted, and his son has a bad character and cannot inherit the ancestral business."

"On the contrary, the land of Jingzhou has many people and abundant products, and it is really the land of abundance, and it is also the land that heroes of the world dream of kingship."

"Today, Liu Biao sent troops to attack Wuguan, it is when the country is empty, and we are planning to seize Jingzhou as soon as possible."

"The land of Jiangxia has plenty of grain and grass, but Huang Zu is old and confused, and his wealth is scarce, and the people under his command are even more deceitful, pursuing personal interests, oppressing and demanding lower-level officials and soldiers, and the officials are resentful."

"Jiangxia boats and war equipment are in disrepair, Huang Zu does not pay attention to farming, military discipline is chaotic, and the people in the territory are full of complaints."

"If the lord raises a waterway army to attack it, Jiangxia can be determined. Jiangxia Ruoke, Ming Gong can take advantage of the victory to occupy Chu Pass to the west, and then break Cao Cao and Yuan Shao with Chen Wenzhao, and the world is not far away! ”

When Sun Ce heard this, he no longer had any doubts, and led the crowd to attack Jiangxia, wanting to kill Huang Zu to avenge his father.

However, it is said that Sun Ce led more than 50,000 people from the land and water armies, and commanded Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Tai Shici, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Sun Huan, Chen Wu, Ling Tong, and Dong Xi to follow the army, and slaughtered Jingzhou.

This time, Sun Ce was determined to take the entire Jingzhou.

The land and water armies rushed forward and came to Xunyang, the entrance of Jiangxia, but there were scouts who detected that there were heavy troops in the city of Xiapheasant.

After Sun Ce got the news, he said to everyone: "Huang Zu has always been cunning, but he is Liu Biao's henchman, we have made enemies with Jingzhou, and we have attacked Jiangxia several times without defeat, all because of Huang Zu." ”

"Jingzhou is empty this time, all the monarchs should fight to the death, and they will definitely kill Huang Zu!"

When the Jiangdong generals heard this, they responded violently, and the morale of the people was high, and they were all murderous, and they couldn't wait to enter the city as soon as possible.

Sun Ce saw that the army's heart was available, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart.

However, it was said that there was news from Xizuo, saying that Sun Ce intended to raise troops to attack Jiangxia, and Huang Zu did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly sent his general Zhang Shuo as the vanguard general to lead the troops to garrison Xiayan County.

The county seat of Xia Pheasant is a city on the side of the Yangtze River, which guards the main waterway from the east and west of the river into Jingzhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the past, Sun Ce attacked Jiangxia several times, but he never conquered the pheasant.

After Sun Ce led the army into the waters of Xiapheasant, he only saw that there were iron cables across the river, and the warships could not pass through at all.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, a lot of arrow towers have been built, and many Jingzhou soldiers are stationed on them, who are waiting with bows and arrows.

Sun Ce ordered the Jiangdong Navy to move forward, but it was blocked under the iron cable, and was shot back by random arrows, and many attempts failed, so Sun Ce had to order the army to temporarily suspend its troops.

After the establishment of the water village was completed, Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The thieves cross the river with iron locks, and occupy the upstream advantage, supplemented by the arrow towers on both sides of the strait, it is not easy to conquer the pheasant. ”

Sun Ce frowned and asked, "Where is Gongjin?" ”

Lu Su said: "When the lord ordered the camp, Gong Jin had already led a group of men and horses to reconnoiter the terrain. ”

Sun Ce rubbed his brows and said, "Wait for Gongjin to come back and ask him if he has any strategy to break the enemy." ”

It didn't take long for Zhou Yu to lead the army back and said: "The pheasant is well defended, and it is difficult to overcome it in eagerness, so I am afraid that I can only attack it with foot soldiers." ”

Huang Zu was able to repeatedly defeat the attacks of the Jiangdong army, which was definitely not easy to match, even if he was a little old and faint now, it was very difficult for Sun Ce to easily capture Jiangxia.

Lu Su said: "If it is a strong attack, not to mention that it will lose troops and generals, if it is delayed here for too long, Liu Biao will recall the Jingzhou army that attacked Wuguan, but what should it be." ”

Jingzhou's strength is not necessarily worse than Jiangdong, or even stronger, Sun Ce led a large army to attack this time, which is to calculate that there are not many soldiers and horses in Jingzhou.

If Liu Biao felt threatened and gathered all the troops back, the Jiangdong Army would probably be extremely difficult if they wanted to conquer Jiangxia again.

Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu was resourceful, so he immediately set his eyes on him, and asked with some expectation: "Is there really no way to easily capture the pheasant?" ”

Zhou Yu was silent when he heard this, and after a long time, someone suddenly rushed in and said to Zhou Yu: "General, the villain has already heard the news, due to the scarcity of money in Jiangxia, the Xia Pheasant Defenders have not paid their salaries for a long time. ”

"This time the lord led the troops to attack, many of the pheasant defenders were reluctant to go out of the city to fight, and the thief general Zhang Shuo repeatedly promised that as long as this battle can make up for the merits, not only can the previous military salary be repaid, but there will also be additional rewards."

"It is precisely because of this that the morale of the Pheasant defenders has stabilized."

Nowadays, Jiangxia has a lot of grain and grass, but there is very little money.

Huang Zu believed that grain and grass were far more important than money in troubled times, so once he had wealth, he would buy grain and grass in large quantities.

As a result, Jiangxia was piled up with grain and grass, but the property was already extremely scarce, and even the soldiers' salaries were difficult to distribute.

Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "In this way, the pheasant can be broken." ”

However, it was said that the pheasant defenders were coerced and lured by Zhang Shuo, so they mustered up their morale and wanted to kill the enemy for meritorious service and receive rewards, and then get the military salary owed to them by the previous government.

However, after waiting for a few days, there was no movement from the Jiangdong Army, and Zhang Shuo and the Pheasant defenders were a little confused.

On the evening of this day, Zhang Shuo was patrolling the city, and suddenly someone came to report: "General, the scout heard the news, and the thieves took advantage of the night to quietly use a small boat to reconnoiter in the river." ”

Zhang Shuo was shocked when he heard this, and said: "The iron cable can stop the big boat, but as long as you are careful, the small boat can easily pass." ”

After speaking, Zhang Shuo said: "How many people are there in the thief army?" ”

The man: "There are only a few dozen people!" ”

Zhang Shuo said: "The leader stepped forward to intercept and kill, and Hugh wanted to let them cross the Hengjiang iron rope and reconnoiter the reality of our army." ”

The man hesitated for a moment and said: "Although there are few thieves, the general in the ship is unstoppable, and the soldiers above are also proficient in water, our army has been killed dozens of people, but there is no way to take down the thieves." ”

Zhang Shuo was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Why don't you send a big ship forward?" ”

The man replied, "There is a chain on it, and the ship cannot pass through it." ”

Zhang Shuo patted his forehead and suddenly remembered that the Hengjiang Iron Cable not only blocked the Jiangdong Navy from going upstream, but also blocked the road for the Jingzhou Navy to go south.

Zhang Shuo asked again: "Who is the leading general on the enemy ship?" ”

The man said with some hesitation: "Many people say that the person on the boat is Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong, but the villain doesn't know whether it is true or not. ”

Zhang Shuo said in disbelief: "What did you say? The enemy general on the ship is Sun Ce! ”

It's nothing more than Zhang Shuo is a little unbelievable, Sun Ce, as the lord of Jiangdong, actually dares to personally lead the army to investigate the enemy's situation, which is very incredible.

Walking back and forth in the house a few times, Zhang Shuo said: "Jiangdong Sun Ce is brave and light, even if it is really someone on the boat, it is not strange. ”

Speaking of this, he secretly thought in his heart: "Now the soldiers' salaries have been in arrears for a long time, and there are many complaints. If Sun Ce can be captured alive in this battle, it will not only be a great achievement for me, but the soldiers can also get their salaries. ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Shuo shouted: "Take me and hang me and capture Sun Ce alive!" ”

However, he said that Zhang Shuoli wanted to be consumed and wanted to lead the army to capture Sun Ce, so as to make a miraculous achievement. However, after all, he is a battlefield general, otherwise he would not have been sent by Huang Zu to guard the pheasant.

Even if he had already decided that the person in the boat was Sun Ce himself, after Zhang Shuo came to Jiangzhong by boat, he still observed it from afar.

Zhang Shuo saw clearly the general on the ship in the distance, and immediately overjoyed, and said: "This person is really Sun Ce, and he will be captured alive today!" ”

"Get off the warship and change to a boat!"

Under the command of Zhang Shuo, the Jingzhou Navy quickly put down the boat, and then went down the river to kill the Hengjiang Iron Cable.

Of course, due to the existence of the Hengjiang Iron Cable, these Jingzhou sailors all came by small boats, and the water above the river was turbulent, and it was very difficult to accurately control the boats.

The small boat where Sun Ce was was rushing left and right on the Yangtze River, and the Jingzhou army couldn't catch up at all.

"The torch is out, the torch is out!"

Zhang Shuo had just taken a small boat to kill him, when he suddenly heard the shouts of Jingzhou sailors.

It turned out that in order to prevent the Jingzhou Navy from easily discovering himself, Sun Ce actually extinguished the torches on the ship.

In the dark night, without the torch lighting, it was not easy to find Sun Ce's boat on the river.

Zhang Shuo was afraid that Sun Ce would escape, so he hurriedly rushed over in a small boat. He fixed his eyes and saw a vague shadow of the ship.

"The thief is there, rush forward!"

Zhang Shuo stood at the bow of the boat, holding a torch and pointing to the phantom in front of him, directing the rest of the boats to surround him.

"Kill!"

Some of the boats ran faster and caught up with the boat Sun Ce was in, and a handover began.

This war came and went as fast as it came.

The navy on the Jingzhou boat collapsed at the touch, and a lot of corpses were faintly thrown down, and they actually ran back, but the Jiangdong boat fled down the river.

Seeing this, Zhang Shuo couldn't help but scold: "Waste, it's all waste, can't it be delayed for a while?" ”

Although there was still a chance to catch up with Sun Ce, Zhang Shuo was worried that Jiangdong reinforcements would come over. In that case, with small boats against ships, the Jingzhou army will definitely be defeated and invincible.

"Get out of the way, Hugh is in the way of the water!"

Zhang Shuo, who was extremely angry and ordered the soldiers to speed up the boat, saw that the small boat that had just escaped actually crashed straight over, and couldn't help but become more and more angry.

"Crunch!"

"Crunch!"

Iron Claw suddenly threw it from the boat, clutching Zhang Shuo's boat on this side.

"Hooking?"

"What are you doing?"

Zhang Shuo, who was a little confused, suddenly saw several people grab the hook and quickly board the boat, and when he saw the clothes and faces of the people who came, he was immediately shocked.

"Arrows, arrows, arrows!"

Zhang Shuo was shocked and hurriedly shouted.

However, it was already a little too late, and I saw Sun Ce, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin quickly jump onto the warship.

"Kill!"

Zhou Tai was the fastest, and after boarding Zhang Shuo's warship, he killed him without hesitation.

Seeing this, Zhang Shuo hurriedly picked up his weapon to block it, and wanted to jump into the river to escape.

"Die!"

Sun Ce bit a steel knife and got on the boat, and after stopping Zhang Shuo, he cut it into two pieces with one knife.

"Knock knock!"

At this moment, the inspiring sound of war drums sounded, but Zhou Yu was seen leading the Jingzhou Navy to kill from the downstream.

Sun Ce cut off Zhang Shuo's head, and said with a smile to the people around him: "Gong Jin is really timely!" ”

After finishing speaking, Sun Ce asked people to light torches, and then raised Zhang Shuo's head and shouted loudly: "Zhang Shuo has been ambushed, when will you wait if you don't surrender at this time?" ”

"Anyone who surrenders can join the Jiangdong Army, and I will make up for the salary owed to you by Huang Zu in the past!"

Originally, the Jingzhou naval army, which saw the Jiangdong warship sailing over and the main general being killed, was a little dazed and at a loss. They suddenly heard Sun Ce's voice, and they suddenly felt a little incredible.

Some people asked uncertainly: "As long as you surrender, you can not only become a Jiangdong naval army, but also get the arrears of military salaries before, is the general's words true?" ”

Sun Ce was secretly happy when he heard this, picked up an arrow and shouted: "I, Sun Ce, speak well, if there is a lie, there is such an arrow!" ”

"Quack!"

As soon as Sun Ce's words fell, he broke the arrow into two parts.

When the Jingzhou Navy heard this, they immediately stopped wondering, and someone shouted: "Huang Zu is in arrears of military salaries, and he is not rewarded for his merits, and he is dedicated to his cronies and villains, why should I die for him?" ”

"General Sun is a young hero, and his strength is extraordinary, so if he doesn't descend at this time, he will wait for when!"

Zhou Yu's warship had not yet sailed over, and these Jingzhou sailors who came out with Zhang Shuo all heard the wind and surrendered.

Then Sun Ce and Zhou Yu joined forces and took Zhang Shuo's head to recruit the Jingzhou Navy everywhere.

As Zhou Yu expected, Huang Zu is now extremely unpopular in the Jingzhou army, and now Zhang Shuo has died in battle, the pheasant group has no leader, and the remaining Jingzhou naval army has surrendered.

Sun Ce effortlessly got 5,000 soldiers and horses again.

After the pheasant was conquered, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su stood side by side on the city wall, looking at the scenery of the Yangtze River.

Lu Su said with some reproach: "The son of the daughter can't sit down, and the lord is the lord of Jiangdong, how can he be so guilty?" ”

"Last night, the lord could have someone pretend to be with you, and he could lead that Zhang Shuo out to die."

Until this time, Lu Su still remembered what Chen Xu said to him when he left Guanzhong.

Sun Ce nodded and said, "What Zijing said is very true, but if I don't move forward as the commander, how can the soldiers serve and die?" The next time I encounter this kind of thing, I will definitely not easily fall into it again. ”

When Zhou Yu and Lu Su heard this, they both shook their heads helplessly.

They know Sun Ce too well, and although they talk like this now, when they get to the battlefield, they often risk arrows and stones and charge ahead.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Sun Ce was able to lay the foundation of Jiangdong Nuoda in just a few years.

(Thanks to RobRucchi, a book friend, for his 10,000 starting coins.) On Valentine's Day, the confession was rejected, plus he was not in good health, and he couldn't sleep at night, his state was really bad, and the update was also very bad. Even so, my brother still gives so much reward, which really makes me feel ashamed, so try to return to normal updates in the future. ）