Changsha County is the largest of the four counties in Jingnan, and it is said that he has a lot of fate with Sun Ce here, after all, his father Sun Jian was the Taishou of Changsha back then, and spent only fifty days here to crusade against the traitor District Xing, and the name of the Tiger of Jiangdong spread.

Sun Ce, who returned to Changsha, was naturally nostalgic and ashamed, and naturally missed his father and his younger brother who had no interest; The shame was naturally that Xun Gang secretly knocked down his Jiangling at the beginning, so that he had to flee in the desert and go south to capture Changsha and Guiyang counties.

In the past year, Sun Ce Nan broke Shixie and laid down the counties of Cangwu and Nanhai, which reconnected the road of Jingnan with Jiangdong. Otherwise, I am afraid that Jiangdong will have no owner, and the huge territory will fall into turmoil again.

Although it connects the two places, the road is very difficult because the south is a land of mountains and barbarian wilderness. Sun Ce also sent He Qi, Cheng Pu, Zhou Yu and others to crusade against Shanyue, Shanyue is not the name of a region, he is the general name of different rebels in various parts of the Yangtze River, and Yan Baihu was also regarded as a rebel army in Shanyue back then.

In just three months, the Shanyue army was broken by Zhou Yu in Huiji, Danyang and other places, and countless soldiers, horses, grains and grass were captured, all of which were transported to the front line.

At that time, Sun Ce had 20,000 soldiers in Changsha, 20,000 soldiers in Chaisang, and 20,000 soldiers and horses on the Lujiang front, a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses; Although it seems that there is no comparison with Cao Cao at all, don't forget that Zhou Yu's total soldiers and horses at the time of the Battle of Chibi were less than 50,000.

"I know Uncle Liu's sincerity, and I will accept the generous gift below, and I invite you to go to the post house to rest."

Today, as usual, Sun Ce set up a court hall in the Changsha Hall to welcome the envoy from Liu Bei, Ma Zhong, who was then the general of Xiaocai. Ma Zhong received Liu Bei's military order this time, and the diplomacy that came to Sun Ce's office was just to get close to the relationship.

In fact, the two families divided the territory equally in Jingnan, so there were a lot of fights in secret, but now that the news of Cao Cao's southward movement has spread all over the east and west, the two have to temporarily abandon their previous suspicions and discuss the confrontation with Cao Cao.

Ma Zhong saluted slightly with his subordinates and said: "General Sun, my lord once said that the enemy army in the west will be handed over to us to deal with, and the enemy in the east and on the Yangtze River still hopes that the general will have to worry a lot." If the general needs it, he can always look for him. ”

Sun Ce waved his hand casually, and Ma Zhong walked down slowly; As soon as he left, there was an insult in the hall: "Liu Bei has a good idea, knowing that this time Cao Cao attacked us first, and then he was him, but he only took over the enemy in the west!" ”

The person who spoke was the grumpy Zhang Zhao, and as soon as the words fell, Gu Yong's words followed: "How can this Liu Bei not know the truth of cold lips and teeth?" Could it be that after I was defeated by Cao Cao, he could still survive alone? Cao Cao hated him tightly! ”

Lu Ji said: "When Zhuge Liang came a few days ago, I felt that Liu Bei had bad intentions, and he originally wanted us to be cannon fodder!" If you knew this was the case, you shouldn't have formed an alliance with them! ”

"Princess, do you really think that we will definitely lose?"

After the three of them spoke, they saw that the first person on the right hand in front of the hall suddenly came out of the ranks, looking majestic and handsome, wearing silver armor and red helmets, and dancing with a cloak behind his shoulders.

Zhou Yu smiled, not ashamed of this. He faced everyone and said in a loud voice: "Princes! The Yangtze River is the world we are waiting for, and Liu Bei just wants to wait for me and Cao Cao to lose and reap the benefits of the fisherman. Now that Cao Cao's 200,000 soldiers and horses have gone south and have been stationed in Jiangling, will my Jiangdong disciples be afraid of them? Since the south ship and the north horse, it is inevitable to let the Cao thief know how powerful my south ship is! ”

Zhou Yu said, pulled out the sharp blade on his waist, and raised his head to the sky and roared: "Zhou Lang swore with a long sword, this time he will let the Cao thief return!" Liu Bei wanted to see me and other jokes, so I asked him to see who was the big joke! ”

"Well said!"

"Gongjin, we will all listen to your orders!"

The civil officials did not react in the slightest, but the dozen or so generals beat their chests and feet, eager to quickly cross the river and give Shang Cao Cao two fists. This time to boost morale, even Sun Ce who was sitting on the seat nodded with a sigh, and got up and excited: "Gong Jin is the pillar of our army, this battle will be disposed of by Gong Jin with full authority, can the main general be convinced?" ”

"I'll be dispatched by General Zhou!"

Sun Ce said again: "I got the news a while ago, the vanguard officer of the Cao thief, the third son Cao Zhang, failed to attack Jiangling City, and was taken down in a moment; There is already civil strife among the thieves, what are we worried about? Just wait for the Cao thief to go south, and we will fight it in the Yangtze River, and destroy it! ”

After some encouragement, the people of Jiangdong no longer had any cowardice, and they wanted to fight Cao Cao in a bloody battle; Seeing this, Sun Cezhou and the two looked at each other and smiled......

At the post house, Ma Zhong seemed to be pacing a little anxiously, he seemed to be very worried that Sun Ce would break off relations with Liu Bei because of Liu Bei's sincerity; But there was no way, Liu Bei chose to wait and see in the first battle, which was the result of the joint discussion of all the staff in Shudi.

Even though the two armies were cold-lipped, there were still some people who were short-sighted, and even more Meng was asked to refuse to fight this time, and Liu Bei had no choice but to do it.

It won't be long before he gets a corresponding answer.

"Is General Ma here?"

A delicate-looking general slowly walked into the post house, and when he saw Ma Zhong, he gave a military salute and said: "General Ma, under the leadership of the army captain He Qi, I have come to deliver a message for the lord." ”

Ma Zhong hurriedly said: "I've seen Captain He, I don't know what General Sun means?" ”

He Qi said with a smile: "The lord has already discussed with the generals, and the army of Cao Thief Dongfang will be handed over to us to deal with, with the ability of my Jiangdong disciple, I am afraid that I don't need Liu Beijun's help." ”

He Qi's words were very difficult to hear, as if he deliberately blamed Liu Bei for not helping; But Ma Zhong could only hold back this breath and explain weakly: "It's not that my lord doesn't want to help, it's just that Shuzhong ...... Ay! ”

In the end, Ma Zhongzhi was able to flick his sleeves indignantly and turn his face away, letting He Qi blame but not say a word.

In the autumn of the eleventh year of Jian'an, Liu Beijun and Sun Cejun allied in Changsha, but Liu Bei did not send a single soldier. The next day, Sun Ce ordered Zhou Yu to go to Chaisang to supervise the troops, and he himself was in Changsha to give orders and encouragement. The soldiers of the two places were all excited, and they were indignant and wanted to put the thief to death.

When the news reached Jiangling, Cao Cao, who had just settled, just smiled gloomily and said to Xun You: "Gongda, I want to persuade Sun Ce to surrender and grant him a knighthood, but it seems that now the plan has failed!" ”

Cao Cao came to Jiangling and learned of Cao Chong's verdict and was obviously very satisfied, but because of Cao Zhang's recklessness, he could only let Cao Zhang return to Jizhou and let Zhang Liao, who was the governor at the time, take strict care of him.

Xun You said: "Sun Ce only has 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, how can he compete with the lord?" In my opinion, Sun Ce is just stubborn resistance, Liu Bei will not send troops to help, then the lord only needs to send a general to block the entrance of the west line, and lead the army to break Sun Ce in the Yangtze River! ”

"In your opinion, who is better to guard the Western Front?"

Xun You said respectfully: "It must be Xun Gang!" ”