The next day, Zhou Yu and Tai Shi Ci parted ways, Zhou Yu led Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and 20,000 soldiers to retreat to Caisang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai Lu Su and others will follow Tai Shi Ci a total of 30,000 soldiers north to Huainan Shouchun.

The weather is sunny, the spring is bright, the people of Lujiang City have been migrated to Shouchun by Liu Bei, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields outside Lujiang City, there are no farmers to plant and cultivate, Tai Shici has no time to lead the troops to Tuntian, but this does not affect the prosperity of the vast land south of Honghu Lake and north of the Yangtze River, all kinds of wild grasses, wild rice, forests, fruits and vegetables, competing to grow, overgrown, all kinds of flowers, creeping on the ground, knee-high branches and buds hanging, hanging on the trees, almost overnight opened, purple and red, overwhelming, like a paradise.

Under the city of Lujiang, Zhou Yu said goodbye to Tai Shici: "Say goodbye to the general here, recover Shouchun and unify Yangzhou, and after recapturing Shouchun, the matter of preventing Cao Cao's attack will be handed over to the general!" ”

Tai Shici said: "Gongjin, you can return to Caisang with peace of mind, although I may not be able to take Shouchun City (self-humble words), but at the same time as sending troops to Lujiang, General Zhou Youping also reorganized the soldiers and horses in Luling County, and agreed with me to send troops to Shouchun at the same time." ”

Zhou Yu nodded and muttered: Zhou Tai. Then he said goodbye and led the army back to Caisang.

Sun Qian successfully escaped back to Shouchun, and hurriedly entered the city lord's mansion to report the defeat to Liu Bei, hoping that Liu Bei would take precautions and defend Shouchun. Liu Bei guarded heavily, and one by one he fulfilled his duties, and his cold eyes swept over the people who came to the City Lord's Mansion, and the people did not dare to approach. But Sun Gan has been following Liu Bei for a long time, and the guards all know him, seeing that Sun Gan looked in a hurry, he didn't lock it, and rushed to the city lord's mansion step by step, and the guards didn't stop him.

Liu Bei was lying on the collapse, wrapped tightly in layers of wool, and a guard had already informed Liu Bei that Sun Qian was back, Liu Bei struggled against the wall, panting.

Sun Qian fell to the ground and cried: "My lord, the last general was defeated, and he didn't even delay the advance of the enemy army, which really disappointed the lord's expectations!" ”

"Sun Qian, you're back." Liu Bei replied slowly, the thin and sad words echoed back and forth in the huge city lord's mansion, and the decay of old age and the regret of being unable to do it spread out, like an autumn wind sweeping, and the house suddenly became silent.

Sun Qian looked up at Liu Bei, his red face was wrinkled, and a trace of mottling appeared on his only exposed face, which seemed to be reborn in a cocoon, but Liu Bei's weak spiritual power became more and more difficult to manipulate this body, and every word and cheek seemed to consume his hard-to-regenerate vitality.

At this moment, Sun Qian finally realized that Liu Bei was no longer the Xiaoqiang who cried before and after the defeat but laughed after the defeat of the repeated battles. He was like a terminally ill man in his twilight, struggling to survive on his sickbed for the last of his life, how could he use the troublesome military to hasten his death?

Sun Qian became calm, and it seemed that various abilities had grown up in an instant, and the dragon clan median hybrid had awakened into a high-ranking hybrid with strong combat power at this moment. However, it is of no avail.

Sun Qian exuded the temperament of a generation of famous generals, straightened his chest and back, and said to Liu Bei with resolute eyes: "Lord, you can recuperate with peace of mind, I will command Shouchun's men and horses to resist the enemy army, and ask for help from Jiang Wan's army division in Runan." After a pause, without waiting for Liu Bei to answer, he continued, "Okay, lord, you have a good rest, I'll go down." He saluted Liu Bei and walked out.

Shouchun 30,000 defenders under the command of Sun Gan began to arrange the city defense in an orderly manner, although Shouchun City is surrounded by endless plains, the meandering and gentle river flows slowly on the plain, there is really no handsome mountain peak and rapids of the river can assist in the defense, but Shouchun is worthy of the first big city in Yangzhou, the city wall is tall and solid, the arrow towers on the city wall stand in a forest, standing on the Jianghuai Plain, just like the impregnable castle that stands on the plain in the European Middle Ages.

Of course, what is the point of dying and struggling?

Half a month later, Tai Shici commanded 30,000 Jiangdong troops under Shouchun City, the array was like that, the pennant was flying, the soldiers were like torches, and the momentum formed by the whole army was like several halberds raging on Shouchun City. Sun Qianlin stared at the 30,000 Jiangdong troops under the city on the city wall,

From time to time, a strong wind struck, blowing Sun Qian's newly built armor, and Sun Qian couldn't help but take two steps back.

Tai Shi Ci saw that the enemy army could not come out, so he rode alone to Shouchun City and called for battle:

"The castle guard! I am Donglai Taishi Ziyi, dare to go down to the city and fight with my city! The shouts were majestic and magnificent, low and deep, shocking, enveloping the entire Shouchun City behind the 30,000 Jiangdong Army, the 30,000 Jiangdong Army heard the instant morale was high, full of confidence, shouts, shouts, cheers, and gradually sounded, what "the thieves who defend the city have not opened the city and died!" "Give me back Huainan, give me back Shouchun!" "Kaesong surrenders, Rao Ru will not die!" Although the shouts were chaotic, the momentum shook the sky and the earth shook. The Shouchun guards in the city, who have not received formal training, followed Liu Bei on the expedition and were fortunate to come back, and experienced the battlefield of either the defeat of the enemy army or the defeat of their own side, who have seen the real real sword and gun blood splashed three feet wailing all over the bloody battlefield, Shouchun guards can't help but take a few steps back.

Sun Gan's consciousness has awakened, knowing that the enemy general just wants to lure him out of the city to fight and then annihilate his entire army, now Shouchun City is tall and thick, and the city defense equipment is sufficient, and he still has the ability to drag you for a few months. Sun Qian leaned on the city wall and said, "Farewell to Lujiang City, General Taishi's heroic appearance is even more obvious!" ”

Sun Gan's shout was not loud, only Tai Shici and the soldiers who approached them could hear it clearly, but the soldiers who heard it were in an uproar, and the defenders in the city suddenly became relaxed.

Tai Shi Ci squinted his eyes and saw Sun Qian in the city clearly, isn't he the civil official who was casually released by himself at the touch of a button outside Lujiang City, I didn't expect that there was still a bit of heroism when I saw it today, Tai Shi Ci said:

"Where and where, I want to fight with the general in Lujiang City that day, the general fought bravely to kill the enemy, majestic and mighty, heroic and extraordinary, Ziyi is still fresh in my memory today! Why can't the general be shut up today, and huddle in a self-dug grave! ”

The defenders on Shouchun City heard what the enemy general said, and immediately believed it, and looked at Sun Gan one by one with admiration.

Of course, Sun Qian knew that what Tai Shici said was just a joke, just to let himself lead the army out of the city, so he pouted and smiled, and said: "The general is extremely brave, and I also want to go down to the city to fight with the general, but the general is a guest from afar, and he arrived in a hurry, and now he will lose my host's etiquette by fighting with the general!" It's better for the general to go back and rest for a few days, and then talk about it next day! ”

Sun Qian said as if there was really such a thing!