Pengze, Hukou Daying.

Chen Duan, who had just finished lunch, was lying on the couch to take a nap, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Since joining Jiangdong, he and Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Qin Song have been the four major strategists under Sun Ce, assisting Sun Ce in his expedition to the east and west, invincible, and in just a few years, he has laid a huge Jiangdong and won Sun Ce's trust, which makes Chen Duan, who is only in his early thirties, feel that his life is almost complete.

But since last year, with Zhou Yu, who has a good relationship with Sun Ce, came to defect, all this has changed, and Chen Duan feels that Sun Ce's attention to himself has decreased significantly, which makes him very unhappy with his arrogance in his heart.

The appearance of Zhou Yu has more or less caused some impact on the four major strategists under Sun Ce, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are better at internal affairs, and their influence is relatively small, except for Chen Duan and Qin Song, whose status in the Jiangdong Army can be said to have plummeted.

Zhou Yu is indeed very capable, but Chen Duan is not convinced, especially with the rise of Jinfan, Zhou Yu's strategy has been frustrated repeatedly, and even his friend Qin Song has lost his life because of this, which makes him feel angry at the same time, thinking that Zhou Yu is nothing more than that.

However, just as Chen Duan was about to show his skills and use his ability to snatch back Sun Ce's trust from Zhou Yu, Sun Ce was strangely attacked and killed, which caused Chen Duan's spirit to suffer a big blow.

Now, Zhou Yu is serving as the central protector by Sun Quan's side, holding heavy troops and holding a high position, but what about himself? But instead he became a small mastermind by Huang Gai's side, and he didn't have any real power at all, which was really far from Zhou Yu.

Chen Duan asked himself, he has done his best for Jiangdong all these years, and he has worked hard without credit, but in the end, how did things evolve into the current situation?

However, Chen Duan did not accept his fate, at this moment, the Jinfan army was pressing, which just gave him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform, as long as he could help Huang Gai repel Jinfan, which Zhou Yu had never defeated, he could use this to justify his name, so that Sun Quan clearly realized that he was actually better than that windy/suave little white face.

Jinfan wants to attack Chaisang? With me, how can I let you succeed?

Chen Duan sneered in his heart, he already had a comprehensive plan in his mind, just waiting for Sun Ben to lead the army to Chaisang, he could officially launch a comprehensive counterattack against Jinfan.

Thinking of the scene where Sun Quan enthusiastically took his hand and praised himself frequently after defeating Jinfan, the corners of Chen Duan's mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Kill !!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shout of killing outside the camp without warning, and Chen Duan, who was half-asleep, straightened up reflexively, his face full of consternation: "What's the matter?" ”

"Military ...... Strategist! Big things are not good!! At this moment, a Jiangdong soldier rushed into the tent, pointed outside, and said in fear, "Jin...... The Jinfan Army is coming!! ”

"What!?" The soldier's words were like a thunderbolt suddenly falling from the sky, Chen Duan's face was extremely white with fright, and he trembled his lips and said, "What...... How so!? ”

The soldier asked anxiously, "...... Strategist, what should I do now!? ”

“…… Don't worry! Chen Duan forcibly calmed himself down, got up to stay, and asked with a heavy face, "Do you know how many people are on the other side?" ”

"No...... No less than five thousand!! ”

"Five thousand!?" Chen Duan's pupils shrank, and his expression was full of shock, you must know that there are only more than 1,000 soldiers in their entire camp at present, how can they hold on to such a disparity in proportion?

Chen Duan took a deep breath and said, "Has the other party ever attacked the water village?" ”

The soldier shook his head and said, "Not yet, but the enemy is attacking fiercely, brothers...... I can't hold it anymore! ”

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold !!" Chen Duan scolded loudly with a cold face, "Quick! Hurry up and let General Huang be informed, and let him quickly lead the troops back to the rescue! ”

"No!"

"Wait!" Chen Duan stopped the soldiers who were about to leave, and added, "We must let everyone guard the gate of Shuizhai to the death, before General Huang leads the troops back, even if they all die on the front line, they must not let the enemy army step into Shuizhai!" ”

“…… Promise! ”

The soldier trembled and left, and Chen Duan, who pretended to be calm, seemed to have been drained of all his strength, so his legs were weak and he sat on the ground with his buttocks.

"Miscalculated......" Chen Duan sighed dejectedly, his distracted eyes making him look like a centenarian who was about to fall into the ground.

At this time, where could Chen Duan not guess Jinfan's conspiracy? The other party's troops surrounded Chaisang, what they did was just a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and their purpose was probably the Hukou camp from beginning to end, otherwise, how could they have grasped the timing of their troops so accurately? It was only half an hour after Huang Gai led the troops to leave, and they arrived just now, and there were only 5,000 soldiers in total, which could not be described as 'skillful' except that they had premeditated it.

Chen Duan knew that if he let Huang Gai come back to help at this time, he might let the latter suffer from the tail-following pursuit of the Jinfan army, but now he can't take care of so much, because no matter what, the Hukou camp can't be lost, otherwise he and Huang Gai will definitely become sinners for the ages in the entire Jiangdong.

For Jiangdong, the geographical location of the Hukou camp is obviously 10,000 times more important than Chaisang, after all, Chaisang is lost, there is a gap between Pengze Lake and Poyang Lake, and the danger is only half of Yuzhang, but if the Hukou camp is lost, the Jinfan army can drive straight into the hinterland of Jiangdong, and the heavy troops stationed on the border of the river will also be completely useless, and what kind of consequences will be caused by then, Chen Duan doesn't even dare to imagine.

Therefore, no matter how slim the chance, Chen Duan must do his best to keep the Hukou camp, as for Huang Gai's 5,000 army? Compared with the Hukou camp, their life and death are insignificant at all, and what if Jinfan doesn't catch up and is successfully rescued by them?

In his ears, the shouting of killing continued, Chen Duan's mood was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, he didn't even dare to go out to check the situation outside, for fear that the crumbling gate of the water village would make his heart unbearable.

But there are some things that should happen that will still happen, and they can't be avoided by him by escaping.

Rumble!

"Kill !!"

With a loud sound of landslides and cracks, the shouts of killing suddenly increased, and they were getting closer and closer to their big tent.

Chen Duan's face was like ashes, he knew that the Hukou camp had been broken by Jinfan, and he might soon be killed in his account.

"Military ...... Strategist! The Jinfan army has entered the camp, and it is about to ...... Let's go! If you don't leave, it's too late!! Several blood-stained Jiangdong soldiers stumbled into the big tent and reminded Chen Duan loudly.

Chen Duan shook his head with a miserable smile, suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist, wiped it on his neck like lightning, and shouted loudly to the sky: "I, Chen Duan, am ashamed of the ancestors!! ”

Poof......

"Strategist !!!" (To be continued.) )