Although in the eyes of many people, Zhou Yu's early glory has long faded, and the bad record of repeated defeats has been criticized, and the news of Zhou Yu's replacement has been coming secretly, but this time Sun Quan still appointed Zhou Yu to lead the three armies.

For Sun Quan, this is also a helpless choice, Jiangdong's talents are withering, and only Cheng Pu Shuoguo is the only veteran who once followed Sun Jian, not to mention that Cheng Pu is also old and unusable, and the rest of Lu Su is peaceful, Lu Meng is straight, and Lu Xun is too bookish, and the only one in Jiangdong who can stand alone is Zhou Yu.

After the fiasco in Xuzhou, Jiangdong not only lost the Xiapi that had just arrived and had not had time to cover the heat, but also suffered heavy losses, and tens of thousands of Jiangdong children died in Xuzhou, which was the most tragic loss in Jiangdong after the Battle of Chibi. The defeat also made the foundation that the three generations of the Jiangdong Sun family had worked so hard to build up consume half, and under the three-legged shape, Dongwu could only use the darkest posture to make a corner of the southeast.

But after all, Sun Quan is also a generation of overlords, since he is unwilling to lie at the feet of others, fortunately, there has been an alliance with Liu Ze in recent years, and the two sides have been at peace, Cao Cao has been busy attacking the northeast and northwest, flawless south, in the context of the Central Plains, Jiangdong ushered in a rare opportunity to recuperate.

Sun Quan has been fighting hard in recent years, accumulating strength, trying to regain his strength, Sun Quan wants to avenge a lot, the revenge of Chibi, the revenge of Xuzhou, and his ambition and appetite have always been not small.

But under the current situation, Sun Quan didn't have the courage to act recklessly, so he could only rely on the Sun-Liu alliance to expand his living space to the north. This time, Liu Ze launched an all-out war against Cao Cao, which was completely in line with Sun Quan's strategic intentions. So he agreed without much thought.

Zhou Yu swore an oath in Guangling, raised an army of 100,000, with Lü Meng and Ling Tong as the vanguard, crossed the Huaishui River in the north, and marched to Xiapi.

According to the results of the consultation with the Jing army, Soochow sent troops this time. Coordinated with Zhang Liao's troops on the Jingjun East Road, Zhang Liao led his troops to attack Huairunan and Xiaopei, and Zhou Yu mainly attacked Xuzhou. Before the war, Zhang Liao had sent an envoy to meet Zhou Yu, proposing that Xuzhou was guarded by Yu Ban Cha, fearing that Zhou Yu's army would not be able to cope with it, and was willing to send a force to fight with the Wu army from the flank.

Zhou Yu refused without thinking about it, crossed the Huaishui in Huaiyin, and approached Xiapi. Now, after several years of hard work, the strength of Soochow has almost recovered to the level of its heyday. Zhou Yu didn't want to look up to people's snorts, especially with the help of Liu Ze's power, Xuzhou was lost from Zhou Yu's hands, and Zhou Yu vowed to take it back with his own hands.

Cao Cao's East China Sea Theater was very large, not only Xuzhou Donghai County, it included almost the entire Qingzhou and Xuzhou Langya County, Donghai County, Pengcheng County and Xiapi County except Pingyuan County. There were about 200,000 defenders in the East China Sea Governor's Department. However, they were scattered and stationed in various places, and the garrison of Xiapi County in Xuzhou alone was less than 50,000.

Zhou Yu saw this. Only then did he concentrate his superior forces and directly take down Pi, and attack the 50,000 defenders of Xiapi with 100,000 troops, Zhou Yu thought that his chances of victory were still quite large, and the key was how to block the reinforcements from Yuban in Qingzhou.

The task of blocking reinforcements fell on Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, and while Zhou Yubing forced Pi, he ordered Xu Sheng and Ding Feng to lead 10,000 horses each to take a detour to capture Lu County and Liangcheng. Blocking the reinforcements of Donghai County and Pengcheng County, as long as Xu Sheng and Ding Feng can block Yu Ban's reinforcements, even if it will drag on for a while, Zhou Yu is confident that he will take Xiapi.

Zhou Yu didn't expect Xu Sheng and Ding Feng alone to be able to stop Yu Ban's army, the key was that they only needed to hold out for the last ten days and a half months. It bought time for Zhou Yu.

Yu Ban is one of the five tiger generals under Cao Cao, Zhou Yu is a little jealous of him, as for the car, Zhou Yu didn't care at all, a straw bag, it is said that he was related to Cao Cao, Cao Cao followed Cao Cao when he was in the army, and he can be regarded as a veteran-level figure. It is said that Cao Cao has a good eye for the wise and appoints people to be virtuous, and it seems that the moisture in the middle is also quite large.

Zhou Yu really did not misunderstand the car, the city of Xiapi City was deep and strong, but the few soldiers did not refuse to defend with strength, waiting for reinforcements, but instead adopted the strategy of resisting the enemy outside the country, in addition to leaving 10,000 troops to Xiapi Taishou, he personally raised 40,000 troops to Suiling to meet Zhou Yu.

Che Guan's arrogant and stupid behavior made Zhou Yu laugh more than once, the battle of Suiling, Zhou Yu with 80,000 troops against Che Zhou's 40,000 Wei soldiers, the battle was almost no suspense, the battle between the two sides began, Eastern Wu outflanked the left and right wings, the Wei army was defeated, Che Zhou also died in the chaos, and the head was won by Ling Tong.

Zhou Yu took the victorious army to smash Xiapi, in Zhou Yu's eyes, Xiapi is already in the bag, after all, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Che Zhou is dead, and the army guarding Xiapi is only about 20%, and the army of Eastern Wu is crushed all the way, how can Xiapi resist.

But Zhou Yu still miscalculated, even though he could easily defeat Che Zhou, but the defenders of Xiapi City were far stronger than he imagined, Xia Pi Taishou was named Gao Tanglong, when Che Zhou wanted to fight, he had advised Che Zhou not to fight lightly, his own strength was weaker than the other party's defense to rely on the fortified city, which was not conducive to field warfare. But Che Xuan did not listen to his advice, and insisted on going out of the city to meet the enemy, and was defeated and died.

When the news reached Xiapi, the troops defending the city were panicked and planned to abandon the city and flee, but Gao Tanglong insisted on defending the city despite public opinion.

Zhou Yu led his troops to the city of Xiapi, but there was no phenomenon of the Wei army opening the city and accepting the surrender, but the four gates were closed and the drawbridge was suspended. Lu Meng was the first to rush to the foot of Xiapi City, but what greeted him was a storm of arrows. Zhou Yu was furious and immediately ordered the whole army to attack the city.

I have to say that the solidity of Xiapi City, when Liu Ze was running Xuzhou, Xiapi City experienced a wide range of reconstruction and expansion, but the scope increased, and the quality of the city was also unmatched by the world. A few years ago, when Cao Cao attacked Xiapi, he used hundreds of trebuchets to bombard for more than a dozen days and nights before he barely blasted a gap.

This gap has long been sealed, and the city of Xiapi has been restored to the appearance of a strong city, although the defenders of Xiapi are only more than 10,000 people, but Zhou Yu has continuously launched a fierce offensive against Xiapi, that is, it is impossible to conquer Xiapi alive or dead. (To be continued......)