Cao Cao fought vigorously in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were not idle, and their Jingzhou campaign was in full swing.

In view of the fact that his own strength was not strong, Zhou Yu swept Jingxiang with Sun Ce's army after Sun Ce's army withdrew from Jiangdong and came to the area of Poyang Lake—at this time, it was the second day after Chen Zhi and Gan Ning met and fought for the first time.

Defeat the enemy's strongest point, and the rest will be solved.

Therefore, the first place that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce attacked was Changsha, and of course they were afraid of Huang Zhong, the first brave general in Jingzhou.

It is said that Changsha can be broken and Huang Zhong captured or killed, and the deterrent effect on the Jingzhou army will be immeasurable.

Although Sun Ce's soldiers are elite, they are not many after all, and if they attack Changsha directly, then reinforcements from Jiangxia, Baling, Lingling, Guiyang and other places will continue to flow.

The army under Sun Ce's command can't stand so many people even if they are brave and good at fighting!

Therefore, Zhou Yu deliberately did it before marching, and spread rumors that Sun Ce's army was going to attack Guiyang and Lingling.

Although the enemies of these two places were nominally owned by Jingzhou, Liu Biao did not rule Jingzhou for a long time, and Liu Biao naturally had to rely on the local clans in order to stabilize the place.

Guiyang and Lingling Mountain are far away from the emperor, and the people only know the majesty of the local family, and they don't know what the government is, so Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan and Lingling Taishou Liu Du have become veritable soil emperors.

In their eyes, the interests of their personal family are far higher than the interests of Jingzhou, so when they heard the rumors that Sun Ce was going to attack their own territory, of course they would rather believe it. The two of them unanimously chose to strictly guard the door and refused to fight.

Meanwhile. Jiang Qin and Chen Wu were sent to lead a small number of sailors to the area of Dongting Lake to disguise themselves as water thieves Cholera Baling.

You must know that the main body of Jingzhou's battle with Yu Ban's Yanzhou army in Hongnong County is the soldiers of Baling County. Therefore, the defense here is very low, after Jiang Qin and Chen Wu made such a fuss, where did the defenders of Baling County dare to send troops?

As for dealing with Jiangxia's defending enemy, Zhou Yu of course adopted the strategy of colluding with Chen Sun to ask Chen Sun to attack Jiangxia, and Huang Zu was of course suffering from this matter.

It's just that Zhou Yu's strategy was inadvertently cracked by Chen Zhi and Gan Ning - at that time, Gan Ning just pretended to defect to Huang Zu not long ago.

With this kind of arrangement, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce began to attack Changsha.

As soon as he arrived in Changsha, Sun Ce asked Huang Zhong to come out to fight.

It's a pity that it was another fierce general in Changsha City-Yang Ling.

Sun Ce was too lazy to fight him. called his general Huang Gai to fight.

Huang Gai himself is a first-class general, naturally has amazing karma, and Yang Ling fought less than ten times, so he roared and picked Yang Ling off his horse, Yang Ling was captured alive by Huang Gai's soldiers.

Changsha Taishou Liu Pan only then knew that Sun Ce was powerful, so he sent his first fierce general Huang Zhong to fight. This Liu Pan is the nephew of Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, naturally knows that once the city is broken, he will definitely die under Sun Ce's knife, and at this moment, seeing Sun Cejun so brave and good at fighting, of course he must go all out. Huang Zhong was dispatched.

Huang Gai had long known Huang Zhong's name, and when he saw Huang Zhong fighting, he was of course extremely cautious, and he knew the principle of preemptive strike, so he launched a surprise attack on Huang Zhong.

Three tricks. Huang Zhong only used three moves.

Huang Gai's tide-like attack was completely lost in Huang Zhong's sword technique like a reckless mountain forest, and he was cut by Huang Zhong so that he couldn't find the north at all. In the blink of an eye, he was covered in hot sweat.

Huang Gai's old partner Cheng Pu saw that Huang Gai's situation was not good, and hurriedly urged Ma to fight. Huang Zhong didn't take this first-class general with martial arts similar to Huang Gai in his eyes at all. As soon as the long knife rolled, Cheng Pu was also brought to the mysterious knife technique.

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai fought against Huang Zhong. After less than ten more rounds, he once again fell to the bottom line.

Masters are rare, Sun Ce's hands are itchy, and he joins the battle with a spear in hand.

Huang Zhong's eyesight was extraordinary, and he could see at a glance that Sun Ce was completely different from the previous two, of course, he didn't dare to slack off, and he put away his previous contempt, and naturally used real kung fu.

Sun Ce, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu fought against Huang Zhong, but still did not gain the upper hand, and finally Han Dang, Zu Mao and others rushed up and besieged Sun Ce, and the result was still the same.

Huang Zhong's sword technique is like a growing tree, which can unconsciously resist all the raging smoke and dust.

Zhou Yu saw that it was not good, and knew that if he still could not win in this situation, it would have a great impact on the morale of the army, so he ordered the army to start attacking, Liu Pan stood on the city, and saw this situation and hurriedly ordered the army in the city to attack and assist Huang Zhong.

After the two sides killed for a while, no one could help anyone, so they both slowly retreated.

After this battle, Huang Zhong's name became louder, Sun Ce saw the bravery of Xu Chu under Cao Cao, and today he saw a higher-level master, and he did not dare to underestimate the heroes of the world, and Sun Ce's generals were also amazed by Huang Zhong's martial arts, which made Sun Ce even more determined to surrender Huang Zhong.

What kind of person is Zhou Yu? immediately saw Sun Ce's intentions, and he asked Sun Ce to rest assured that Huang Zhong's affairs were on him.

Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu was resourceful and readily agreed. After today's battle, Sun Ce knew that Changsha City was definitely not something that could be attacked by force, and the safety of Changsha City was completely on Huang Zhong alone, and only by taking Huang Zhong could he talk about taking Changsha.

At this time, news came from Jiangxia that Chen and Sun were killed by Gan Ning, the general of Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu's new surrender, who robbed the camp at night, and made the thieves into a mess.

Zhou Yu was shocked when he learned the news, he didn't expect Huang Zu to be able to kill Chen Sun and the others, after all, these two people have been rampant in Jiangxia for many years, Huang Zu had no way to deal with them earlier, and Zhou Yu didn't think that Huang Zu would suddenly exert his power and kill the two.

And the name of the Jinfan thief Gan Ning was also firmly remembered by Zhou Yu, and he asked someone to secretly investigate this person.

After Huang Zu swept away the Jiangxia bandits, he ordered Su Fei to be the governor of the navy, led 10,000 horses, and used Chen as the deputy general to force Sun Ce's army.

After some deliberation, Sun Ce ordered Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to the northeast. In order to fight against Huang Zu.

At the same time, Zhou Yu began to deliberately encircle Yang Ling, the general under Liu Pan, the Taishou of Changsha. Take the news from his mouth.

When Yang Ling saw that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu treated each other very well, he surrendered willingly. The situation in Changsha City was reported according to the facts.

After Yang Ling's introduction, Zhou Yu knew that the original strength in Changsha City was also complicated, this Liu Pan is Liu Biao's nephew, Liu Biao after becoming the assassin of Jingzhou, he ordered his beloved nephew to Changsha, the hinterland of Xiangyang City, as a guard, this Liu Pan's political talent is good, but in military terms, it is average, therefore, Liu Biao sent Huang Zhong, who originally served as a lieutenant general under him, to follow Liu Pan to Changsha.

At that time, Liu Biao's excuse for sending Huang Zhong to Changsha was grandiose. It is to sweep away the bandits in Changsha, but in fact, the real purpose is to fight against Changsha's local strength - the Han family.

This Yang Ling was originally the guard general of Changsha, but he was a member of the Han family, and he was also the henchman of Han Xuan, the current head of the Han family.

Therefore, in Changsha, the struggle between the local strength led by the Han family and Liu Pan's Liu Biao forces is in the ascendant.

Zhou Yu was overjoyed by the information that Yang Ling revealed, so Zhou Yu told Yang Ling something and asked him to go back to Changsha City overnight.

After Yang Ling memorized Zhou Yu's words, he pretended to escape from Sun Ce's camp overnight. Fled back to Changsha City in embarrassment, and called the door outside Changsha City in the middle of the night.

The soldiers in the middle of the call did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to inform Liu Pan and Huang Zhong and others, after Liu Pan confirmed Yang Ling's identity. opened the city gate and ordered Yang Ling to enter the city.

After Yang Ling entered the city, Huang Zhong severely pestered Yang Ling, of course he was afraid that Yang Ling would escape from Sun Ce's camp and there was another mystery.

Yang Ling had already been instructed by Zhou Yu, so he naturally had a set of reasons that had been compiled by Zhou Yu, the great wise man of the Three Kingdoms, to deal with Huang Zhong.

Although Huang Zhong is also very intelligent. is a peerless warrior on the battlefield, but when it comes to intrigues. Compared with Zhou Yu, it was stunned, and he saw that Yang Ling's words were not flawed at all. I also believed it.

Yang Ling saw that everyone believed the lies he had made up, so he mysteriously told everyone that he was able to escape tonight, and it was also related to Sun Cejun's transfer of troops, because Sun Cejun was sending troops to prepare to resist Jiangxia's army of Huangzu, and Sun Ce's army no longer had the strength to besiege the city on all sides because of the dispersion of troops.

This news made Liu Pan and the others very happy, and Yang Ling took the opportunity to ask for his life, asking Liu Pan to send himself out of the city to contact Huang Zu's army on his behalf. Of course, Liu Pan agreed. But no one saw Yang Ling look at his master Han Xuan again, Han Xuan and Yang Ling have cooperated for many years, and they know the elegance when they hear the strings, and they know that Yang Ling has something to say to him, so when everyone is about to disperse, he smiled and said that he would invite Yang Ling to drink to celebrate his safe return.

That night, Yang Ling stayed in Han Xuan's tent - after all, the catastrophe did not die, and it was normal for Han Xuan to be frightened by him.

On this night, Yang Ling explained to Han Xuan the fact that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu showed favor to Han Xuan, Zhou Yu of course hoped that Han Xuan could cooperate with Sun Ce's army and take Changsha City in one fell swoop, and after the matter was completed, he would order Han Xuan to be the Taishou of Changsha City.

Han Xuan had never had a chance to bring down Liu Pan, but now that he knew the benefits that Sun Ce had given him, he was of course overjoyed, so he naturally agreed, so he immediately discussed everything with Yang Ling.

The next day, Yang Ling went out of the city to break through the siege, and in the name of contacting Jiangxia's army.

Three days later, Huang Gai and others defeated the Jiangxia army led by Su Fei, and even captured Chen Qi, the general of the Jiangxia army. This Chen was greedy for life and afraid of death, so as soon as he was frightened, he surrendered with a rolling belt.

Zhou Yu asked Chen to follow Yang Ling to Changsha City and lure Liu Pan and Huang Zhong out of the city.

After Chen and Yang Ling received the order, they returned to Changsha City together, and after Chen saw Liu Pan, he told Liu Pan that Su Fei had defeated the Huanggai army sent by Sun Ce to resist the Jiangxia army, and now Sun Ce's army had suffered heavy losses, and there was a phenomenon of flight in the army.

Liu Pan was overjoyed when he heard this, and he had long forgotten the purpose of Chen's coming here, but Huang Zhong was careful and asked what Chen was doing here.

Chen hurriedly presented all the words that Zhou Yu had told him, saying that Su Fei's army had secretly driven somewhere outside Changsha City, and was preparing to join forces with the defenders of Changsha City to annihilate Sun Ce's army in one fell swoop.

Liu Pan and Huang Zhong couldn't ask for this matter, and then agreed with Chen to leave the city at a good time.

It was the evening of the day. Liu Pan and Huang Zhong led their headquarters out of the city at the agreed time, while Han Xuan automatically asked for orders to defend the city in the city.

Although Huang Zhong was a little surprised. I don't understand why Han Xuan, who has never cooperated with Liu Pan, is so active this time, but Liu Pan doesn't have him. just thought that if Changsha City was breached, it would not be good for Han Xuan, so Han Xuan would be so active.

Of course, Huang Zhong was no longer in doubt when Liu Pan explained like this, not to mention that Han Xuan's henchman Yang Ling personally led the way?

That night, Huang Zhong and Liu Pan led 10,000 elite soldiers to the west of Sun Ce's army, and when they arrived at the third watch, they saw a fire in the north of Sun Ce's camp, and the sound of killing shook the wilderness, knowing that this was a signal that Chen had made an appointment with him. Hurriedly take action.

Yang Ling has a ghost in his heart, and he is even more unwilling to stay by Huang Zhong and Liu Pan's side all the time, of course, he is afraid that after the matter is revealed, he will be hacked to death by Huang Zhong, then it is not worth it.

Therefore, before Huang Zhong and Liu Pan could act, Yang Ling led the people of the headquarters to take the lead and rushed in.

And Liu Pan, who was loyal by nature, was afraid that Yang Ling would lose, so of course he followed.

Huang Zhong originally had a little doubt about this matter. But as soon as he saw Yang Ling's attitude, that little suspicion immediately disappeared, and he also led his headquarters into Sun Ce's camp.

Of course, there was still a little temptation on his part.

But after entering the camp. I saw many of Sun Ce's soldiers coming out of the tent with sleepy eyes, obviously completely defenseless, after seeing the scene in front of them. He immediately panicked, and he didn't have time to pick up his weapon. Plain clothes were scattered like birds and beasts, and fled in all directions.

At this time, Yang Ling had already deeply "entered" the center of Sun Ce's camp. No scruples.

At this point, Huang Zhong was completely relieved and wanted to enjoy the pleasure of killing with all his heart.

The soldiers of Sun Ce's army seemed to know him, so when they saw Huang Zhong, they all avoided him.

Huang Zhong easily came to the center of Sun Ce's camp.

Who knew that before entering the center of the camp, many soldiers of Sun Cejun with bright armor poured out of the camp on all sides, all of whom were armed with strong crossbows, and after a burst of shooting, all the soldiers around Huang Zhong became hedgehogs, and there was no more than half of them.

Huang Zhong felt a little bad at this time, and hurriedly used his knife to carelessly block the crossbow arrows flying towards him, and on the other hand, he began to look for a way out.

When he saw a gap in the southeast, he was overjoyed, so he rode his horse and rushed in that direction.

At this time, a group of Sun Cejun soldiers armed with spears joined the battle, and when they saw that Huang Zhong was about to break through, they hurriedly rushed up without fear of death.

Of course, Huang Zhong is not afraid of these people in front of him, with his martial arts, even if he is in a million army, it is natural to come and go.

The reason why Huang Zhong wanted to break through was because he found that something was wrong in front of him, and he was anxious to return to Changsha City, for fear that Changsha City would be lost.

Seeing Sun Ce's soldiers rushing up without knowing whether they were alive or dead, Huang Zhong was really angry, and where the sword flashed, the soldiers of Sun Ce's army fell one after another.

No one could stop Huang Zhong for a moment.

In the blink of an eye, Huang Zhong had already reached that gap, and before he was about to float away, he didn't know that two soldiers had stumbled sideways.

Huang Zhong is skilled in arching horses, of course, this little thing can't help him, he lightly jumped over the horse. But at that moment, he already had a bad idea in his heart.

Because although Huang Zhong was still in mid-air, he thought of another possibility in his heart: what if there was a trap under the landing point of his war horse?

Sure enough, as Huang Zhong expected, the war horse under his crotch suddenly lost its front hooves at the moment when its four hooves landed on the ground.

Huang Zhong and his horse fell into the trap.

When Huang Zhong easily got off the lame warhorse, he heard someone say in a flat voice above his head that he had been waiting for him for a long time.

When Huang Zhong raised his head angrily, he saw a young man in his early twenties, with a face so handsome that he didn't look like all the people in the world, looking at him with a smile.

This person is, of course, Zhou Yu.

No one could have imagined that in the future, Sun Ce's right-hand men, the most outstanding strategists and the most outstanding generals would meet in this situation.

There is nothing more strange than this.

At this time, Liu Pan, who had already killed the northern camp of Sun Ce's army and wanted to support the so-called Su Fei's army, also found out that something was wrong.

Because after arriving here, the army that was originally fighting suddenly rushed towards him.

Liu Pan couldn't hide it, and hurriedly led the army to retreat.

After opening a bloody road, Liu Pan, who was covered in blood and exhausted physically and mentally, came to the outside of Changsha City.

It's a pity that what he saw was not a smiling face that greeted him, but a merciless cold arrow.

Liu Pan was about to ask why under the city, but saw that it was Sun Ce and Han Xuanshi Shiran standing at the head of the city, talking and laughing, like friends for many years, with Yang Ling and Chen Zuo by his side.

No matter how stupid Liu Pan is, he knows what is going on, and in desperation, he can only take the remnants of the army with hatred and flee to Youxian County, where Liu Biao gave him his pension.

However, his whereabouts have already been predicted by Zhou Yu, after all, there is Yang Ling, an inner ghost who knows Liu Pan's details, and how many hairs on Liu Pan's body are clearly calculated by Zhou Yu.

Therefore, Liu Pan escaped not far away, and was ambushed by Cheng Pu's army under Zhou Yu's ambush.

Liu Pan was captured alive.

Changsha City fell into the hands of Sun Ce.

After this battle, Jingzhou was cut into two sections, north and south.

Although Jingzhou still has most of Liu Biao's hands, Sun Ce is unstoppable. As a result, the pattern of Jiangdong was also demarcated, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian each took what they needed.

A second force with the potential to counter Xu Ji appeared.

Xu Ji, who learned the news, couldn't help but feel a little mixed in his heart, this pattern was like the prototype of the three-point world that he saw in his later life, except that Cao Cao occupied the territory that originally belonged to the Sun family, and Sun Jian took Jingxiang, which was originally in Liu Bei's hands.

And there is no doubt that the situation that awaits him in the next expansion of his own power will inevitably and almost inevitably take place.

At this moment, Xu Ji suddenly remembered that he still had a hidden danger, Xun Yu!

Although they have been friends for many years, but in essence, the contradiction between Xu Ji and Xun Yu still exists, the reason why Xun Yu chose to help him at the beginning was mostly based on the feelings of many years of friendship, his so-called Zhongxing Han family has always been just a pretense, Xun Yu can't not know, and now that he has become a general trend, Xun Wenruo will make him a little uneasy. (To be continued......)