Ma Chao and Sun Ce slaughtered for 50 rounds without winning or losing. Ma Chao rose to kill, and the iron horse lance in his hand danced faster and faster, as if the dragon was dancing, and the power was getting bigger and bigger, and it smashed on Sun Ce's spear and kept making loud noises, thrilling; Sun Ce pursed his lips tightly, desperately parrying, less and less time to attack, more and more time to defend, more and more shocked in his heart, but he had no fear.

After another fifty rounds, Sun Ce had already fallen to the upper hand, and he almost only had the power to parry, and there was no way to fight back. And Ma Chao became more and more courageous, dancing the iron horse lance in his hand like a black light flying in the sky, and constantly smashing it towards Sun Ce, as if Mount Tai was on the top, and had the upper hand! Lu Bujun cheered loudly, while Sun Jianjun's side was already silent.

Sun Jian was frightened and worried that Sun Ce would lose, so he hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Just as Sun Ce was struggling to support under Ma Chao's onslaught, the voice of the golden bell rang out. Sun Ce was a little annoyed in his heart, shook a shot, turned around and ran into the city, nearly 10,000 horsemen poured in together, and then the city gate was only closed.

Ma Chao rode his horse to the city gate and scolded loudly, but the city ignored him, Ma Chao disdained it in his heart, turned his horse's head and led the cavalry to respond.

In the hall of the Shangyong City Governance Office, Sun Jian and all the civil and military officers gathered together to discuss matters.

Sun Jian frowned and said, "I didn't expect Ma Chao to be so brave, even Ce'er is not his opponent!" Sun Ce, who was standing on the side, was depressed and didn't make a sound.

Zhou Yu pondered: "It's strange, the other party has the upper hand today, but why didn't they take advantage of the situation to attack the city?" ”

Sun Jian's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "What did Gong Jin see?" ”

Zhou Yu pondered: "Zhuge Liang is proficient in strategy, and it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. There is only one possibility that he did not take the opportunity to attack the city, and that is that he is not sure! Sun Jian showed a puzzled expression, "If you are not sure, why do you want to attack the city?" Zhou Yu suddenly thought of Nanyang and was shocked, "Could it be that their real target is not here, but Nanyang?" ”

Everyone was shocked, and Sun Ce said, "How is this possible? Nanyang is garrisoned by the old general Huang Gai, 100,000 troops, Nanyang City is high and the river is wide, unless Luoyang's two legions of 200,000 horses are dispatched, they can't be beaten at all! The generals agreed, and they also thought it was impossible.

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "What if the Lu Bu army in front of us is not the 500,000 army we imagined?" ”

Everyone was stunned. Sun Jian reacted first, and changed color: "Could it be that Gong Jin thinks that Zhuge Liang has used a trick to hide from us?" ”

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "Now it seems that it is very possible!" Otherwise, what Zhuge Liang has done since he arrived is really inexplicable! I suspect that the War Bear Legion and the Hussar Legion are not in person at all, but are going to attack Nanyang through Wuguan! ”

Sun Jian immediately called the herald and ordered Huang Gai to be summoned quickly to increase vigilance, and at the same time ordered scouts to keep a close eye on the movements of the west and north of Nanyang. The herald took the order and left. Soon after going down, another herald rushed in in a hurry, knelt down and said, "Lord Qi, General Huang Gai urgently reported that he found that Lu Bu's Long Tao Army, Zhan Xiong Army, and Hussar Army suddenly appeared around Nanyang, and General Huang Gai asked for support. ”

The people present were taken aback when they heard this, and then they couldn't help but admire Zhou Yu, and they were all expected by Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu was not happy. Zhou Yu said to Sun Jian: "Lord, at present, there are two plans for the lord to choose, one is that the army immediately turned into a counteroffensive, with 400,000 troops to attack its 300,000 horses, the three legions in front of it, the Blue Wolf Army, the Tiger Wing Army, the Pingnan Army, the Pingnan Army has almost been wiped out before, although it is reorganized, but it is embarrassing to use, so the 300,000 horses in front of it are only equivalent to 2560,000 troops, and our army's 400,000 troops are still somewhat sure of the strong attack, at the same time, Huang Gai must be defended for a month, At the same time, Jiang Qin was ordered to immediately lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to help. ”

"If our army can defeat Lu Bu's army in the west, then the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of our army!"

Sun Jian pondered: "This plan is a bit risky! Glancing at Zhou Yu, "What about the second plan?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "If the lord is unwilling to take the risk, then leave 200,000 soldiers and horses to guard Shangyong, and the rest of the army will immediately gallop north to aid Nanyang, and fight with Lu Bu under Nanyang City." In this way, I expect that the war will be stalemate, and neither side will gain anything. Chao Sun Jian hugged his fist, "How to choose, it is all up to the lord to decide." ”

Everyone's eyes converged on Sun Jian's body.

Sun Jian frowned and thought for a moment, raised his head suddenly, and said resolutely: "Men should be vertical!" How can you be timid! Just act according to Gong Jin's first plan! ”

"The lord is wise!" Everyone said in unison.

Sun Jian immediately passed down the order, and the armies began to prepare for the attack.

When night fell, Zhuge Liang, who was wearing a white scribe's uniform, climbed the highest watchtower in the camp and looked at Shangyong City in the distance. I saw that the lights in Shangyong City were bright, faintly revealing the atmosphere of killing. Zhuge Liang smiled incomprehensibly and muttered, "Sure enough." He turned his head to Zhang Liao and said, "Clerk, it is best to prepare for battle by ordering all armies to be vigilant." If my expectations are correct, the Jiangdong Army will attack early tomorrow morning! ”

Zhang Liao was taken aback, "Could it be that they saw through the military advisor's plan?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Zhou Yu is not an idle person, he can only hide it from him for a while, but it is not easy for him to pull out our 300,000 horses with an army of 400,000!" Zhang Liao sneered: "Let him come, I want him to see the power of my Tiger Wing Legion!" ”

Eyes temporarily turned to Nanyang.

Huang Gai quickly ordered the Sifang City Gate to be closed after learning that Lu Bu's army was pressing the border, and before the city gate was closed, a large number of refugees had already poured into the city from outside the city.

Huang Gai led the guards to the top of the city to inspect the defense and cheer up the soldiers. Although the Jiangdong Army was facing an enemy army three times its size, it was not very afraid, after all, it had the fortified city of Nanyang City to rely on, and there were reinforcements behind it.

In the middle of the night of the same day, Zhang Lang's Long Tao army entered the north of Nanyang City, and soon after, the hussar army led by Huang Zhong and the war bear army led by Zang Ba arrived in the west of Nanyang City and set up camp. The barracks of an army of 300,000 lit up outside the city for thirty miles.

The great battle between the two princes inevitably alarmed the largest prince, Cao Cao. Cao Cao received a report in Xuchang and immediately summoned Xun Yu and Guo Jia to discuss the matter.

Cao Cao said: "Now that the two tigers are fighting, should we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight or take the initiative to attack?" ”

Xun Yu and Guo Jia smiled and said nothing.

Cao Cao looked at the two of them and asked with a smile, "Why didn't the second duke speak?" Guo Jia smiled: "The lord has already made up his mind, why ask us again?" ”