The main force of Huainan in the north was defeated, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun saw that they could open up the way south through Guangling, and they also secretly observed the waterway and naval situation of Guangling along the way.

At the same time, there is also good news here in Xunyang, originally Yuan Shu really released the Sun Zhou clan, as well as Sun Jian's old department, "gradually", so that Sun Ce could not leave Xunyang immediately.

Especially in the end, Sun Ce's mother, Mrs. Wu, and his younger brothers and sisters are all still detained, which is like a proton, making him shackled.

However, just three months later, after the news of Ji Ling's defeat spread back to Shouchun, Yuan Shu was suddenly eager to get the jade seal!

directly asked Sun Ce to exchange the jade seal for his mother Mrs. Wu, as well as Sun Kuang and Sun Yi's two younger brothers, as well as his six-year-old sister, leaving only his second brother Sun Quan as a proton.

Originally, Sun Ce didn't want to agree, but Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Ce to agree—he seemed to have a different idea.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Zhou Yu combed it again before, and the faces of the strategists around Yuan Shu were crossed in his mind one by one, but he couldn't find the mastermind of this yang plot.

It wasn't until Zhou Yu had an idea that a face appeared in Shouchun, but not under Yuan Shu, in his mind!

Purple-haired and blue-eyed, childish, although his face has not yet been completed, but his eyes are very mature teenager......

"Yuan Shu is now blocked from attacking the south and the north, and he is in a hurry to ask for the jade seal at this time, presumably he is desperate, if we refuse him, we are likely to become the target of his anger, and the 'trapped beast' can do anything." Zhou Yu said.

"But what about Zhongmou?" Sun Ce scratched his head and said.

Sun Quan was fourteen years old at this time, fifteen years old, and he had not yet reached the age of taking the "table word", but because he was precocious and had already raised filial piety, he had already taken the table word.

"Yuan Shu detained Zhongmou just to keep him as a proton, and judging from the current situation, it's not bad for us to stay in Xunyang first." Zhou Yu said.

He had expected that Ji Ling's Northern Expedition to Xuzhou would be mostly fruitless, but he didn't expect it to fail miserably!

And judging from the eagerness to ask for the jade seal, Yuan Shu's mentality is really about to collapse...... As a result, Zhou Yu also had some other ideas.

"No! I promised Bai Gong ......"

"What you promised Bai Gong is half a year! It's only been three months now, and if the situation changes in the future, we can go down the river, go straight to Wancheng, and then take Wancheng to Baigong together, wouldn't it be better? Zhou Yu persuaded.

Wancheng, that is, Liu Xun's temporary seat in Lujiang before, and now after Shucheng was captured, Liu Xun moved the place back to Shucheng - this move made Zhou Yu very disdainful.

Although Shucheng is more prosperous, more populous, and closer to the Central Plains, Anhui is more important in terms of geographical advantages.

Wancheng is just north of the Yangtze River, and you can enter the river from "Wankou" to the south.

Wankou is to Anhui City, just like Guazhou is to Guangling, Chaohu Lake is to Hefei.

In the history without the White Rabbit effect, Sun Quan failed to attack Guangling with an army of 100,000 troops in the north, and attacked Hefei with an army of 100,000 three times, but also failed to return.

Although Guazhou and Chaohu were not mentioned, since they touched Guangling and Hefei, they can be known that these two ports were beaten down by Soochow, and it was easy to beat them.

After that, if Guangling and Hefei in the back can't be beaten, it is impossible to hold the port near the left of the opponent's Xiongcheng alone, so every time it is directly returned to Jiangdong.

And Guazhou opposite is Jingkou, Chaohu opposite is the mouth of the wet beard, counting the west side of the "Anhui mouth", it is from west to east, Yangzhou and Huainan between the three major rushes.

As for the Kyoguchi further east......

At this time, the Oriental Pearl of later generations was still under the water, the delta had not yet been washed out, the river was too open, and it was close to the sea, and it was impossible to start a water war here with the current technology.

Of course, in a strategic sense, Anhui is worse than Hefei and Guangling, once Hefei is captured, Shouchun is in sight, the Central Plains is close at hand, and once Guangling is captured, all the way to the Huai River line of the Xiapi defense line, are all under control.

And Anhui City is located in the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, Tianzhu Mountain area, the waterway from the north of Anhui City and stops, the north and south are cut off, the north can only take the stone pavilion by land, the stone road, all the way Xiongguan Mandao.

Sitting here, although the attack is weak, it is enough to protect itself, and unlike Xunyang, which was made by the Spring Festival, the arable land in Anhui City is sufficient and fertile.

In the history of the absence of the White Rabbit effect, Lü Meng captured Anhui County six years after the Battle of Chibi, and Cao Wei was unable to regain it until the fall of Eastern Wu.

Of course, because the waterway north of Anhui City was cut off, Soochow could not afford to go north from here.

If Liu Xun continues to use Wancheng as a place of governance and focuses on defense, Zhou Yu will not be able to fight the idea of Wancheng, at most touching Wankou, it is meaningless, but now that the main force of Lujiang has moved back to Shucheng, Zhou Yu feels that he can fight and maybe he can take Wancheng.

Sun Ce doesn't look very smart, but the strategic pattern is very accurate, and after looking at the map, he also understands the importance of Anhui City, but he still doesn't worry about Sun Quan.

"Zhongmou has always been very smart, maybe we don't need to worry about it." Zhou Yu explained.

"He's still a kid!" Sun Ce obviously didn't understand Zhou Yu's deep meaning.

"But now we can only accept Yuan Shu's request, otherwise a madman will do anything...... You can think about it, at least Zhongmou is the one who stays in Shouchun, and it is most beneficial to us. Zhou Yu said.

Sun Ce rolled his eyes, obviously not interested in Zhou Yu's statement.

However, according to what Zhou Yu said, he agreed to exchange "hostages".

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu actually proposed that he would send people to Qi (qi Ersheng) Spring City first, and then ask Sun Ce to pass through Chengji, consume the highest manpower, and directly send the jade seal back to Shouchun, and then Yuan Shu will notify Qi Chun to release people!

Qichun is close to Xunyang, and it is nominally a county of Jiangxia County, but because it is close to the Lujiang River, it is now actually controlled by Yuan Shu.

Unlike Xunyang, Qi Chun's guard Lu Mian, like Ji Ling and Qiao Rui, is Yuan Shu's diehard loyalist.

And don't look at the current Xunyang is in Lujiang County, Yangzhou, and Qichun is in Jiangxia County, Jingzhou, but the distance between the two is very close, especially Xunyangdu, which is almost directly within the influence of Qichun, and Sun Ce is only stationed in Xunyangdu, and other cities in the county are not under his control.

It is precisely because of Qi Chunzhen that Yuan Shu is not worried about what Sun Ce can do in Xunyang.

At first, Sun Ce resolutely distrusted Yuan Shu, but later, under the guidance of Zhou Yu, Sun Ce also made a corresponding request - Sun Quan must also be in Qichun to confirm everyone's safety before Sun Ce will hand over the jade seal.

Yuan Shu probably felt that a few hostages could not be lost in Qichun City, so he sent his trusted Chen Lan and Lei Shu to send Sun Quan and others to Qichun City......