Sun Ce personally led the crowd to attack, dozens of ships, and thousands of slightly inferior clippers, sailing across the river, at a glance, there were 50,000 or 60,000 people.

The war in Jiangdong was less than that in the Central Plains, so Sun Ce could easily set up an army of 200,000, and even some of the soldiers and horses of ethnic minorities such as Shanyue, and mobilized 60,000 soldiers and horses at once, known as 150,000.

In previous years, Jiangdong's offensive against Xiakou was with the entire Jingzhou, and at most it would not exceed 30,000 soldiers and horses and 30 ships, but this time, not only more than the above number of troops and warships were dispatched, but even Sun Ce personally took command of the expedition, Liu Biao died, Jingzhou was in chaos, obviously, Sun Ce also saw a good opportunity, and tried to bite this hot cake before Cao Cao and Liu Bei made a move.

Jiangxia is the place where Sun Ce must take, and Xiakou is the gateway of Jiangxia, with Xiakou in hand, Jiangdong soldiers and horses can continue to pour into Jingzhou, and it is not a problem to easily cut off a few pieces of fat in Jingzhou, especially when Liu Biaochu died, Jingzhou was shaken, Liu Qi and Liu Cong The two brothers could not control the situation.

On the only five-story boat on the river, Sun Ce was surrounded by hundreds of generals standing by the sword, which was different from horse warfare and foot warfare, and in water warfare, the sword that weighed slightly easier than the one carried was more favored by the generals.

Sun Ce stood with his hands in his hands, and on his handsome face, two short beards swayed slightly.

It's past noon, and the heat will naturally still be hot, but for the soldiers who have been in a hundred battles. Hot weather. It doesn't affect their enthusiasm for fighting. In order to win Xiakou, Sun Ce definitely did not hesitate to give a high reward, which was enough for an ordinary soldier to make a family not need to worry about their livelihood for twenty years.

What's more, for those Shanyue soldiers who live in poor places and have to choose rebellion in order to survive, they can be free by breaking through Xiakou. In order to stimulate their will to fight, Sun Ce did not hesitate to promise to let go of all the nearly 5,000 Shanyue soldiers who had been captured with great difficulty, of course, the premise was that he must act as a daring soldier and cooperate with the army to capture Xiakou.

"Almost."

Sun Ce glanced at the river, the body had been cleaned up, although the smell was still there, but. At least the passage of the warships was much smoother, and they only had more than two hours. More than two hours later, it was dark again, at that time, regardless of whether Xiakou was captured or not, Sun Ce could only retreat, therefore, after the ship and the ship stopped, all the soldiers tacitly looked in a certain direction, just waiting for the flag to wave, tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers launched a fierce attack.

"Enemy Attack"

On the city tower, Wen Ping's face changed slightly, the number of soldiers and horses of the enemy army was much more than he expected, and now the city tower Jiangxia defenders are only more than 40,000 people, although there is Xia Kou to defend, but it does not mean that it is as stable as Mount Tai.

"General Moon"

Liu Qi's face was a little anxious, although he hadn't started the fight yet, but the Jiangdong soldiers and horses were flying warships like a forest, which really made Liu Qi feel very uneasy, he had only participated in a few battles when he was full, and they were just some small battles, and now that Sun Ce was personally in charge, Liu Qi's uneasiness became more and more intense.

"There are a lot more people than usual, and Sun Ce is in charge himself, it seems that there is a fight." Wen Ping said in a low voice, glanced at Liu Qi, who was a little panicked, and frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"Bring in all the 30,000 soldiers and horses under the city, right? I see that there are a lot of enemy soldiers..."Liu Qi said urgently.

"Not needed at the moment"

Wen Ping shook his head: "At this time, there are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, which can be stopped for the time being, if all 50,000 soldiers and horses are gathered on the city tower at once, it will not be too crowded to increase the crowd, and it will be unjust to become the target of the archers at that time." ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he didn't say anything more, he saw himself very clearly, and he did a lot better than many people who boasted of knowing how to do things, delegating power to things they were not good at, and handing over the right of operational command to Wenpin, which was also a manifestation of promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

"In this way, the command of the battle will be handed over to General Wen." Liu Qi bowed his hand gratefully.

"The eldest prince is polite."

Wen Ping was not arrogant because of this, and said indifferently: "This is the last general's duty, now that the enemy army is attacking in a big way, the last general only hopes that the eldest prince can arrange the rear well, so that the last general and many soldiers have no worries." ”

Liu Qi nodded slightly, when the enemy was coming, all he could do was to arrange the rear for Wenpin, of course, this matter was not so easy, but compared to rushing to kill in the arrow, Liu Qi was still more sure of the dispatch of logistics.

"In this way, then let me and the general Xiecheng guard Xiakou together, and be sure to let Sun Ce return." Liu Qi was quite arrogant at this time.

When Wen Ping heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he began to have some good feelings for Liu Qi, at least, he didn't flinch from the battlefield, which made Wen Ping look at him differently.

After Liu Qi walked down the city tower, on the city tower, there were only Wen Ping and nearly 20,000 soldiers left, all of them ready to go, but there was no panic.

Xiakou is the main battlefield of the battle between Jingzhou and Jiangdong, the perennial wolf smoke is billowing, the defenders stationed in Xiakou have long been accustomed to this kind of fighting years, the entire Jiangxia County, sixty or seventy thousand defenders, basically gathered in Xiakou, this Jiangxia is like a bag, and if Sun Ce wants to follow Jiangxia and enter Jingzhou, as the mouth of the bag, Xiakou must be torn apart, therefore, for so many years, the two families have competed for me, but they have tempered their respective soldiers into a dare to fight division, Jingzhou 200,000 soldiers and horses, In addition to the one stationed in Xiangyang that resists the north all the year round and can be regarded as elite, Jingzhou's 200,000 soldiers and horses are only left in Xiakou, which can be used as an elite, and now with the benefit of the city wall, Sun Cewei on the opposite side is famous, and Wen Ping is also confident that he can block it, of course, this requires the cooperation of many parties, and even a small mistake in the link is enough to affect the outcome of the battle, which is why Wen Ping pleaded with Liu Qi to control the logistics so that he has no worries.

"Wang Wei, Zong Ling, Liu Chang, Wen Pu, Er and other four generals, each leading his subordinates, will defend the city tower in all directions." Wen Ping said coldly.

Wang Wei, Zong Ling, Liu Chang, and Wen Pu are the four capable generals under Wen Ping, although the martial arts are not the strongest, but they are the best at flexible and adaptable, and have rich battlefield experience.

The five-story boat parked on the river, Sun Ce's eyes are very cold, although Liu Biao is dead at the moment, however, his three sons, and the entire family are all fine, when Sun Jian was shot by random arrows, in order to retrieve his body, the Sun family paid a very large price, and now Liu Biao is lucky, the first step to die, although the grievances of his father will fade with Liu Biao's death, however, whether it is out of strategic needs or selfishness, Sun Ce's attack on Jingzhou is also a logical thing, now, There is only Xiakou in front of him, as long as Xiakou is broken, Jiangxia County is in his pocket, and even the entire Jingzhou is no longer out of reach, and what he has to do now is to break through Xiakou and capture Liu Qi alive.

"Where are Dong Xi and Ling Tong?" Sun Ce suddenly said sharply.

Dong Xi and Ling Tong, who were sturdy, stepped out of the ranks, hugged their fists and said, "The last general." ”

"Yu'er and other 5,000 people who dare to die, all of them are in the front, kill Xiakou, can you dare?" Sun Ce asked coldly.

Dong Xi and Ling Tong were angry in their hearts, Sun Ce's words, in their eyes, were not contempt, what was it?

"How dare not"

With two angry shouts, Dong Xi and Ling Tong both pulled out the war knives on their waists, and just waited for Sun Ce's order to kill Xiakou.

"Good"

Sun Ce was full of praise and said, "I personally cheered for you. ”

"Thank you, Lord."

Dong Xi and Ling Tong glanced at each other, and they both saw a strong fighting intent in each other's eyes, just fighting, and they regarded themselves as tiger generals, and they had never been afraid to fight.

The two generals turned away, Sun Ce turned out to be a drumstick, the wind on the river rose, and the battle was about to break out. (To be continued......)