Just when Yu Tuo and Pang Tong were arguing with each other, Sun Ce, who was still stationed in She County, was furious, and he was full of confidence to send Yu Tuo to Nanchang City to persuade Hua Xin to surrender, but there was no news for more than ten days, and finally he had no choice but to listen to Zhou Yu's construction and sent spies to Nanchang City to listen to the news, only to hear that Liu Qi had already sent a messenger to persuade Hua Xin to surrender. Not only that, in order to block the news, the other party actually persuaded Hua Xin to detain Yu Fu.

"This hateful Liu Qi, a cunning thief, if I can't persuade him to surrender, I complain that the envoy sent by the general is not eloquent, but you actually detained my envoy in Nanchang, this is too bad for me Sun Ce, right? Don't say that you Jingzhou and my Sun clan are feuds, even if there is no such relationship, just because you detain my envoy, my Sun Ce will never be reconciled with you. ”

Thinking of this, Sun Ce immediately said to Cheng Pu and Huang Gai: "Demou, Gongfu, this general ordered the two of you to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Nanchang City immediately, this time after capturing the city, I will definitely personally behead Hua Xin, who does not know the current affairs, not only that, but after I take Yuzhang, I must immediately attack Changsha and slaughter the thief Liu Qi with my own hands, so as to vent the hatred in my heart." ”

However, when Zhou Yu heard this, he dissuaded: "Lord, the last general thinks that it is impossible, Liu Qi is a thief and cunning and wise, since he has successfully persuaded Hua Xin to surrender this time, he will definitely immediately send a large army to aid Yuzhang, we have been running for hundreds of miles, and the tired army is simply unable to resist the attack of this thief's army of leisurely and labor, the art of war is cloudy, and if you fight for profit for a hundred miles, you will capture three generals, and if you fight for profit for fifty miles, you will jump on the general." At that time, I am afraid that our army will be defeated by his men. ”

"But Gong Jin, our army finally captured Huiji, and was just about to persuade Hua Xin to surrender, but I didn't expect that the fat in my mouth would be eaten by others, how can I be willing? According to me, if we lead the army to a decisive battle with Liu Qi's army, I don't believe that his weak Jingzhou soldiers can defeat my Danyang elite soldiers. As long as we kill Liu Qi, we can take the opportunity to occupy the Fourth Army of Jingnan, and then take possession of Jiaozhou and threaten Nanjun, so won't the land south of the Yangtze River be all ours? ”

"What's more", Sun Ce gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Qi, this thief has humiliated me so much, if I don't return the color, how can I gain a foothold in Jiangdong?" ”

"But please think about it, the thief Liu Qi has just pacified the four counties of Jingnan, and the morale of his subordinates is strong, even if we defeat him, it will definitely suffer a lot, and Changsha City is deep and has abundant grain and grass, it will be difficult to capture in a short time, once the Jingzhou rescue troops arrive, I am afraid that our army will be in danger."

Zhou Yu's eyes flashed with wisdom, and he said slowly: "What's more, now that Yuan Shu has been defeated in successive battles and has been blocked in Huainan, we can take the opportunity to merge with others according to their places, why should we forcibly fight a decisive battle with Liu Qi in order to fight for a breath and lose the great opportunity to annex Lujiang and Huainan?" Therefore, according to the general's point of view, it is better for us to bluff on the surface and make a posture of attacking Nanchang, but in fact we are deep and high, and we are ready to hold on. At the same time, he led a large army to capture Chaisang, cut off Liu Qi's connection with Jiangxia, and then prepared to capture Lujiang. In this way, the entire Huainan is in the hands of the lord. ”

"But Liu Xun of Lujiang has a lot of troops in his hands, and if we attack strongly, we will definitely lose a lot." Zhang Zhao on the side had a worried face and said slowly.

"Hehe, Zibu don't worry, as for capturing the Lujiang River, the general has already had a clever plan, and he will definitely be able to take Anhui County lightly and occupy the Lujiang River." Zhou Yu still had a calm face and said lightly.

"But even if there is a way to capture Lujiang, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to capture Chaisang, but there are 15,000 troops of Gan Ning deployed here, as long as he holds on for ten days and eight days, and when Liu Qi's army arrives, we won't fall short?" Zhang Zhao shook his head, still puzzled.

"Hehe, this time we need to outwit, we first sent Peng Ze's second son Zhongmou and Zhou Tai to lead 10,000 sailors into the river, seeking a decisive battle with Gan Ning, Gan Ning deceived me with few people, and will definitely attack rashly, we will take advantage of the emptiness of Chaisang, lead the army to capture Chaisang, and then fight with the second son before and after, so that Gan Ning can be captured."

Zhou Yu smiled faintly and said calmly.

"Okay, Gong Jin really has a good plan, let's act according to the plan." Sun Ce patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder, laughed and said, "Gong Jin is worthy of being a talent of Liangping, with your clever plan, why worry about Huainan injustice?" Once our army occupies the land of Huainan, hehe, Liu Qi, Ben will be humiliated by you, and he will definitely pay it back with interest. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Ce said again: "How should Yu Zhongxiang be rescued?" This person is talented, if he loses it to Liu Qi, he is really unwilling. ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Yu Zhongxiang is a talent, how can we give Liu Qi?" Therefore, this time we will definitely send a messenger again to ask Liu Qi for return, but Liu Qi's thief will definitely not give us people lightly, so we will bargain with him, so he will definitely not be prepared for our raid on Chaisang, so begging for Yu Zhongxiang can not only allow us to welcome back talents, but also paralyze Liu Qi. ”

"But we need a very organic messenger, and we need to decisively take Yu Tuo away at a critical moment, otherwise once the news of our troops reaches Nanchang, I am afraid that Yu Tuo and the envoy will be in danger of their lives." Sun Ce thought about it and said solemnly.

Zhou Yu thought about it for a while, and then said, "This matter must be Lu Ziheng." Ziheng is loyal to the general, coupled with his meticulous thinking, there will inevitably be no mistakes. ”

Sun Ce heard that he was very happy, Lu Ziheng was Lu Fan, and he got acquainted with himself when he was still in Yuan Shujun, at that time his great cause was not successful, and he relied on Lu Fan and his brother Sun He to run around, and later at the beginning of his own business, he handed over more than 100 guests around him to his command, and took the risk to pick up his mother Mrs. Wu in Xuzhou, so Sun Ce also regarded Lu Fan as a close relative, and every time he invited him to a banquet, he ate with Mrs. Wu, and did not make the courtesy of the monarch and ministers. Such a faithful and thoughtful person will surely complete the task assigned to him successfully.

Therefore, Sun Ce immediately sent Lu Fan to Nanchang City to ask for Yu Xuan, and gave such and such an order.

When Lu Fan heard this, he rushed to Nanchang City after making a little preparation.

After Sun Ce sent Lü Fan away, he also began to make urgent preparations, first writing to Sun Quan and Zhou Tai in Pengze, ordering them to lead an army of 10,000 out of Pengze and into Xunyang Port, making preparations to attack Chaisang, and ordering them to just beat drums and tree flags, and face the enemy of Chaisang across the river, and not to fight lightly.

In addition, Sun Ce also ordered Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi and other generals to reorganize their troops and horses, and prepare to go to Chaisang at any time.

However, it was said that Liu Qi sent spies to inquire about Sun Ce's movements day and night, but he heard that Sun Ce was assembling a large army, but he did not immediately set off for Nanchang, and he couldn't help but wonder secretly in his heart what the other party's purpose was.

After a few more days, Liu Qi still didn't receive the news of Sun Ce's troops, and he couldn't sit still anymore, so he ordered someone to invite Xu Shu and ask him to help analyze what the other party was doing.

Xu Shu pondered for a long time, and asked slowly, "Can adults know about Sun Ce?" ”

Liu Qi blurted out: "Sun Ce is brave and strong, if it is said that he should have been unable to hold back and send troops to my Nanchang, why did he not move today?" Could it be that Zhou Yu has some conspiracy? ”

"Who is Zhou Yu?" Since Zhou Yu was a fledgling and was not famous at that time, Xu Shu had never heard the other party's name, so he couldn't help frowning and asking.

"Zhou Yu is the first strategist under Sun Ce, his wisdom is probably no less than that of Mr., and this person is good at winning by surprise, which is really not to be underestimated, to be honest, the general is not afraid of Sun Ce, only worried about Zhou Yu, Sun Ce is just a brave husband, there is nothing to worry about, but Zhou Yu is full of tricks, it is really unguardable."

Xu Shu pondered solemnly for a moment, and then said: "Since this Zhou Yu is so valued by the general, he will definitely not be a simple character. If I were Zhou Yu, after hearing that the general detained Yu and blocked the news, he would definitely not rush to send troops and fight hard with the general, after all, now is the time to use force, Sun Ce was named Lujiang Taishou, and Lujiang is the key to capturing Huainan, so now it is best to give up Yuzhang and fight for Lujiang and Huainan, otherwise, if you are reckless and fight hard with my Jingzhou army, you will only lose both sides in the end, even if you win, it will be a miserable victory, and it will be difficult to say that you will even keep Jiangdong at that time, let alone win Huainan? ”

"Sir is saying that although Sun Ce seems to be gathering troops intensively now, he actually doesn't want to do anything to me Yuzhang, but wants to plot against Lujiang?" Liu Qi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered that in history, Sun Ce did lead his troops to attack the Lujiang River in the fourth year of Jian'an, and after capturing the Lujiang River, he also hit Huang Zu's Jiangxia army in the Battle of Guò Shaxian, and then he used the power of the war to recruit Hua Xin to surrender, so he also agreed with Xu Shu's analysis in his heart.

Xu Shu nodded and said: "It looks like this, but the last general guessed that since Zhou Yu wants to attack Lujiang, he must first find a way to surprise the army to win, because Liu Xun of Lujiang is also a soldier with enough food, and it is not so easy for him to capture Anhui County." ”

Liu Qi said: "That's right, he will definitely use the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, transfer Liu Xun's main force away from Anhui County, and then personally lead the army to capture Anhui County, and then send someone to intercept Liu Xun's retreat, so that even if Liu Xun is strong, he will be defeated." ”

"Huh? How could the general guess that Zhou Yu would use this trick? If this is the case, I am afraid that Liu Xun will really be fooled, and Lujiang will definitely fall into his hands, but now the main force of Sun Ce's army is in She County, if you want to sneak attack Liu Xun, it should be in the closest place to Anhui County to win, and the closest place to Anhui County should be in Pengze, Lingyang area, Lingyang water is very urgent, obviously Pengze is a better place, so the last general is expected that Sun Ce's army will definitely rush to Pengze, and Pengze is so close to Chaisang, once Sun Ce occupies Chaisang, he can block the waterway of our army, and can attack Jiangxia at any time. ”

Thinking of this, Xu Shu suddenly said with a pale face: "Not good, the last general guesses that Sun Ce must take the opportunity to occupy Chaisang this time, so as to cut off the contact between our army and Jiangxia on the waterway, and then take the opportunity to attack Lujiang, we will definitely help Chaisang." ”