"Kill! Capture Cao Cao alive. Seeing that he had won this battle and broken the enemy's army, Sun Quan was very excited, and immediately ordered the army to launch a counteroffensive, preparing to break through Guangling in one fell swoop, and then occupy Xuzhou, seize the Son of Heaven, and realize his goal of holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes.

However, I didn't expect the Cao army to stubbornly defend it, and the Wu army launched many charges, all of which were in vain, and seeing that it was getting dark, Sun Quan had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.

"I really didn't expect that the soldiers under the command of this old thief would still have the ability to defend to the death, hmph, cheapen him, let him pick up a life for nothing!" Sun Quan snorted, but his face was full of pride.

At this time, I saw Jia Hua, the commander of his own army, stepped forward and said: "Lord, the battle situation has been counted, the Chu army lost more than 20,000 people in this battle, more than 5,000 large and small warships, and correspondingly, our army also lost more than 16,000 people and more than 2,000 warships. ”

"Since it is the common will of the officers and men in the army, how can I go against their will? In this case, let's withdraw the troops, although it has not been fully achieved, but this battle is also exciting, and it is enough to fight so far. ”

Although Sun Quan said it beautifully on the surface, in fact, it was also because the losses were too serious, and he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Despite this, the victory in this battle did boost morale and make his prestige rise again.

"Haha, although the old thief Cao Cao defended the north bank, but this battle made him lose his prestige, it is estimated that this old thief will have no ambition in the future, we only need to continue to take an offensive against Xuzhou in the future, and one day we will break through Xiapi and welcome back the Son of Heaven."

Sun Quan won, very proud in his heart, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

After returning to the south bank, Sun Quan ordered the meritorious deeds to be rewarded, and Yu was designated as the first meritorious, and Yu was appointed as the Taishou of Danyang, the governor of the Wu Mansion, and the appointment of Dong Cao Peng, who was in charge of management, and became a hot figure for a while.

"Lord, your reward for the lower officials is too generous, how dare the lower officials?" At the celebration banquet, when Sun Quan was the first to toast him, Yu turned back and pretended to retreat.

But seeing Sun Quan's face sank, and then said: "Zhong Xiang, don't say that, I only think your reward is too thin, when our army attacked Cao Thief Water Village, it was attacked by the other party's stone throwing truck, at that time, the army was in turmoil, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and even I thought about retreating, fortunately you made a suggestion to me at that time, if it wasn't for your suggestion, I'm afraid that it would be Cao Cao's old thief who is holding a celebration banquet here now, and also, when the war didn't start yesterday, you made a suggestion to me, to beware of Cao Thief's fraud, However, I was immersed in the illusion of defeating the Cao thief, and did not care, and the result was this defeat, if I had listened to your advice at that time, our army would not have lost so many people, and it is very likely that we will be able to break through Guangling in one fell swoop today, and I will be able to honor you and apologize to you, and I hope that in the future you can wholeheartedly assist me, point out my shortcomings, and let me avoid making similar mistakes. ”

"Hehe, if I hadn't seen through your true face, if I hadn't already belonged to the lord, I'm afraid I would have been confused by your acting." Looking at that face that was very sincere, Yu Chuan secretly sneered in his heart, he already knew that Sun Quan was a person who could be used desperately, even if it was to let him call his father, he would be cold to you if he didn't need it, and he couldn't get rid of the hypocritical nature of the future, so he was naturally immune to this person's performance.

However, Yu Tuo did not show it, but showed a flattered and grateful look, and said to Sun Quan emotionally: "The lord treats me like this, even if he is broken, it is difficult to repay this kindness." ”

Seeing Yu Flip say this, Sun Quan nodded with satisfaction, his plan to win over Yu Flip was successfully realized, as long as there is such a character to be loyal in the future, he will be able to rely on this to stabilize the order of Jiangdong, and at the same time slowly seize Xuzhou, and realize his plan to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, as long as this plan is realized, and then implement the strategy of forming a good alliance with Liu He, his position will be as safe as Mount Tai.

After the banquet, Sun Quan left Yu Flip alone and invited him into the study, and discussed the future strategy with Yu Flip, only to see Yu Flip said: "Now under the auspices of the Duke of Qin, the border between our army and the Shu army and the Han army is stable, this pattern is not easy to break, at present, our army has Lingling, Changsha, Guiyang, the three counties of Jingzhou, plus the place east of Cangwu County in Jiaozhou, as well as the land of Jiangdong, the strength is enough to compete with the Shu army, but in view of the previous Zhou Metropolitan Governor's unauthorized attack on Shu, we should not attack Shu, Fortunately, now Cao Cao has suffered a heavy blow, we need to concentrate our forces in the future, first deal with Cao Cao, as long as we can break through Xuzhou and meet the Son of Heaven, the lord can get the advantage of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, at that time, Liu Chan and the Duke of Qin in the name of the Han clan, and the lord in the name of the Son of Heaven, and they are full of three, 10,000 steps back, even if in the end the Duke of Qin unifies the world, the lord will not lose the position of the prince in the future. ”

"Haha, Zhong Xiang's words are exactly what I want, this is really what God gave you to me." Sun Quan held Yu Xuan's hand and said with a loud laugh.

The next day, Sun Quan ordered that all the officers and men of the army should be divided into 10,000 men to guard the counties on the western border, and the rest should be concentrated in Qu'a, and Huang Gai, the governor of the navy, would be responsible for the training of the whole city.

In fact, in terms of seniority, prestige and talent, Huang Gai was the most suitable candidate, but because Huang Gai was Sun Ce's old minister, and later he was friendly with Zhou Yu, which made Sun Quan dislike it, so he changed it to Ling Cao, and let Huang Gai continue to be responsible for building Moling Stone City.

Now facing the good situation of attacking Xuzhou, Sun Quan is even more looking forward to being able to move the administrative office to Danyang, so he strictly urges Huang Gai to speed up the progress of the project, and the construction must be completed within three months.

Huang Gai, who received the order, was immediately miserable, because he knew that the current people's power had been used enough, and if it was completed within three months according to Sun Quan's words, it would be necessary to levy two-thirds of the people's power in several counties, which meant that not only adult men, but also teenagers, the elderly, and women would have to draw a large part of it.

Thinking of this, Huang Gai wrote a letter to Sun Quan with a very complicated mood, persuading Sun Quan to forgive some time, but the reply he received was that Sun Quan ordered the people of the nearby Xindu County to be included in the scope of requisition, and let Huang Gai assign the levy of civil power, but this task must be completed on time.

"Although Xindu is close to Danyang, even from the nearest Yixian County to Shicheng is about 800 miles, if it is to levy the people's power to arrive, it will take at least a month, and when they arrive, there will be two months left before the deadline, this is still the best situation, but now it is the wheat harvest season, the people are busy to death, who is willing to apply? If I don't force it, I will be a criminal who does not do well, alas, I am in a dilemma now, rather than this, I might as well stop doing it, and save the people a disaster. ”

Huang Gai thought of this, so he resolutely made a decision and handed over his resignation to Sun Quan, and he was going to quit.