Sun Ce was still a little uncomfortable about not being able to kill Wen Chou, although Zhou Yu comforted him for a long time, but that depressed mood just couldn't pass away. It wasn't until he saw that General Cheng Pu was also wounded and only brought back 80,000 soldiers, that his kind of kind inevitably became much better.

This may be because people are more popular than dead people. When you feel that life is not going well, and you see someone who is not as good as you, maybe all you can do is comfort yourself.

"General Cheng, we know that you have done your best, hard." Sure enough, after seeing Cheng Pu, Sun Ce still comforted him.

"Hey, it's the old minister who is incompetent." Cheng Pu was indeed shaking his head at this moment, he really thought that this was Sun Ce comforting him, but it wasn't until he heard Zhou Yu beside him say that General Han Dang had died in battle, that he understood that his loss was nothing.

After the three of them met, the statistics of this battle naturally came out.

General Han Dang on the left was killed in battle, and the 200,000 Eastern Wu troops under his command were all defeated, either fleeing, captured or killed.

80,000 returned to the city on the right side, and 120,000 prisoners of war were killed and wounded.

The 200,000 people in the city lost more than 30,000 people in a day's hard fighting, which was the lightest loss in comparison. This is also because an army has not yet breached the city, and once they are allowed to attack the city, the losses will be multiplied.

There is no Soochow army outside the city, and the situation has become grim, it is conceivable that the next will not be a siege on one side, but soon it will be an attack on all sides, so that it will be difficult to hold on for long with only the 250,000 people who are added to one.

"Withdraw." After thinking for a long time, Zhou Yu gave such an answer, "While the Celestial Empire has not completely surrounded the city now, we can still concentrate our forces and rush out, otherwise, I am afraid that we will have no chance to leave if we want to." ”

Zhou Yu was really helpless when he said this. If you are facing an ordinary army, with more than 200,000 defenders, you are naturally fearless. It's hateful that the Celestial Empire also needs explosives, an excellent weapon that can attack the city, so how can it be defended with this little man?

Zhou Yu made a suggestion, but Sun Ce did not agree. As the eldest son of the Sun family, he has his own pride. "If you want to withdraw, I will live and die with Runan."

Sun Ce said this, in addition to partly because of his personality, he also had his own considerations. Runan can be said to be the symbol of Yuzhou, although the place of governance Cai Ji was occupied, but as long as he still guards here, it is equivalent to proving that Yuzhou is not completely occupied by the Celestial Empire. In the case, this is still the gateway to Jiangdong, and if it is occupied, then Jiangdong is equivalent to being exposed to the Celestial Empire.

Sun Ce, who didn't want to lead the war to his own family, naturally didn't want to give up now, he still wanted to fight. In his heart, he still thought that he was not defeated, and even thought that if his father could continue to send troops, he would have a chance to hit Zhang Chao hard here.

Sun Ce is His Royal Highness, his identity is self-evident, if he makes any decision, except for Sun Jian, the king of Wu, others will order him. And now that King Wu is not here, it is conceivable that his decision will be difficult to refute.

"Your Highness, don't act rashly." Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce did not agree, and wanted to say something to convince him.

"I have no impulses, as Your Highness, I have the obligation and responsibility to stay here, I can't let the flames of war burn to Jiangdong." At this moment, Sun Ce did say in an extremely firm tone, as if he had made a lot of determination.

"Okay, even if His Highness doesn't leave, the old minister won't leave." Zhou Yu still wanted to persuade, but he didn't expect Cheng Pu on the side to also say this.

In this battle, Cheng Pu was already defeated, although his command did not make any huge mistakes, but he himself still blamed himself deeply, what he was thinking now was that either he would die on the battlefield or return to his hometown with honor, anyway, with the shame of defeat, he would not want to go back without knowing it.

Both of them expressed their attitudes, and Zhou Yu knew that there was no point in what he was saying, so he sighed and said, "Okay, even so, Yu will stay." It's just that I also ask His Highness to write to King Wu and ask for reinforcements, otherwise, with our people, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold this place at all. ”

"It's nature." Sun Ce nodded and agreed, which made Zhou Yu feel a lot more relieved.

Zhang Chao, who was surrounding the city, watched Han Dang die in battle and Cheng Pu's soldiers were defeated and entered the city, so he hurriedly ordered Chun Yuqiong, the deputy commander of the First Legion, who had not moved, to take 100,000 soldiers to guard the south city gate, and at the same time informed Dian Wei and Zhang Liao to guard the west gate and the east city gate respectively, and he was proud that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu wanted to escape.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Dongwu didn't mean to break through, on the contrary, the news came that Dongwu was increasing its troops above the other three city gates, which was clearly to make a desperate resistance.

"Report to the emperor, news came from the front line, saying that there were messengers from Eastern Wu who rushed out of the city gate, and the generals asked for instructions on whether to stop them." Xu Chu, the chief of the guard, knelt on the ground and reported loudly.

"Not necessarily." Zhang Chao waved his hand, those people should be the ones who went to Dongwu to ask for help, that is, he is sitting here waiting for the reinforcements from Dongwu to come.

Zhang Chao led three legions with a total of 1.2 million troops to surround Runan, and surrounded Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and other 200,000 Eastern Wu soldiers in the city. The news spread back to Jinyang in Bingzhou at a very fast speed.

After learning the news, the sixth lady Sun Shangxiang, who had been very sad recently, felt that her eyes were dark, and she fainted.

Originally, among the six imperial concubines, Sun Shangxiang's body was the best, she had practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her foundation was excellent. But since Dongwu suddenly sent troops to occupy Xiapi in Xuzhou and Runan in Yuzhou, there was no happiness on her face.

Especially when she heard that this battle was still won by Eastern Wu, and it was they who wanted to send a naval army to attack Haixi Port first, which caused the big war, she was even more uncomfortable. If it was Zhang Chao who made the first move, it seemed to be better, because with the strength of the Celestial Empire, it was understandable to oppress Eastern Wu. But it turned out that her mother's family caused trouble first, and she really didn't know what to say. Do you want to persuade Zhang Chao to stop? Even if these words are her, what effect can they make.

Not to mention, she is just a concubine, does she have the ability to stop the outbreak of the battlefield? Just to say that the Celestial Empire will not connive at others to bully them in front of them and not fight back.

Therefore, since she knew that the war with Dongwu broke out, Sun Shangxiang became depressed, and now she heard that her brother was trapped by her husband, and for a while she felt that the world was spinning, and at this moment she fainted when she was not in good health.

Sun Shangxiang fainted, but he was anxious about the other imperial concubines in the harem.

Unlike other emperors' harems, Zhang Chao is self-made, and these ladies didn't know that he was the emperor when they first followed him, so to speak, it can be described as a bad wife, which also makes their relationship very good, and now that Sun Shangxiang has a problem, everyone is really anxious.

"Quick, someone will ask Doctor Hua to come over. Also, go and invite Lord Lu here, and this palace wants to ask him how the situation is on the front line? As the queen, Cai Yan came to Sun Shangxiang for the first time, and was anxious when she watched her sister faint to the ground, which issued a decree.

Cai Yan is a dignified queen, and in the absence of Emperor Zhang Chao, no one dares to disobey her words, and someone will do things immediately. Soon after, Hua Tuo appeared in the harem, but Lord Lu Su, who was pointed out, did not appear, so he sent someone to report that Lord Lu was holding an important military meeting and couldn't leave for a while.

The queen's edict and Lu Su did not appear for the first time, which is obviously something big about to happen.

Cai Yan also knew that the matter must be urgent, otherwise Lu Su would not be like this, and she was empathetic, and she was not urging anyone. Fortunately, in less than an hour, Lu Zijing appeared in the harem and asked Cai Yan for peace.

"Lord Lu, but what happened on the front line?" As soon as he saw Lu Su coming, although Cai Yan was anxious, he still suppressed his temperament and asked.

"Back to the queen's words, something happened, and a military report suddenly came from Anyi, Hedong, saying that a large number of enemies had been found there, and as for what force it was, it was not clear now, and Weichen was discussing this matter with Lord Guo Jia just now." Lu Su replied very respectfully.

"What? Is there such a thing? Hearing that it was someone who had committed Hedong, Cai Yan was so shocked that he almost stood up at this moment.

Since Zhang Chao recovered Hedong, there has been no war for many years, and now he suddenly heard that someone wanted to do something wrong there, no wonder Cai Yan was so anxious.

"Yes." As if he knew what Cai Yan was surprised about, Lu Su explained: "After the emperor recovered Sili, the land east of the river belongs to our inland realm, and we are also very surprised that there is an enemy who can appear there, so I discussed with Lord Guo Jia, and he personally brought 20,000 Jinyang city guards plus five camps to the east of the river, thinking that it should be no big problem."

Hearing Guo Jia in person, Cai Yan was much relieved and said: "This is very good, but such a thing must be notified to the emperor." ”

"Yes, Master Guo Jia and I have signed a joint handwritten letter, and we have reported to the emperor urgently in the form of a flying eagle and a quick horse notification." Lu Su bowed his head and said respectfully.

Hearing that the Flying Eagle was used to pass the book, and the manpower was arranged to come out in a fast horse situation, Cai Yan nodded reassuringly, "Okay." By the way, Lord Lu, what's going on with Runan? How is the situation developing now? I heard that His Royal Highness Sun Ce of Dongwu was besieged in the city, is the news true? ”