There are many troops, and there are many benefits, but there are also many disadvantages.

When Cao Cao announced his march, casual players of course followed Cao Cao, and rarely went to the destination in advance, saving themselves from being cannon fodder.

But when the army was withdrawn, it was different, and the scattered players saw that there was no benefit, so they ran away one by one. With those two days to accompany you to withdraw the army, why don't you go to level up?

So Cao Cao gave an order, and the remaining five or six million scattered players all ran away. Even some of the second- and third-rate forces that came with them also withdrew, and [Helping the World] ran eighty percent, and there were only a few people left to follow Cao Cao.

After all, the army is going to be withdrawn, and the chances of a big victory when retreating are too small. On the contrary, when it is intercepted and pursued, it is easy to have a major rout.

The labor expedition, the torrential rain, and the crushing defeat caused the morale of Cao's army to fall to the bottom. At this time, Liu Bei and Jiang Zhuo would not let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and even the Jingzhou family was ready to move, because Cao Cao wanted to take them all away when he left.

Jingzhou finally fell into his own hands, how could Cao Cao leave these families behind and let them continue to control all aspects of Jingzhou?

The first to act was Gan Ning, and there were many inconveniences in the torrential rain, but the navy was not among them. He led the navy into the Han River first, preparing to intercept the retreating main force of Cao's army north of Xiangyang, and stabbed them when they crossed the river.

This was followed by Yan Liang's Yellow Turban Army, which quickly landed and stormed Jiangxia County five hours after Cao Cao's main army had withdrawn. Jiangxia County is not easy to defend, there are no mountains, the geology is soft and the high city cannot be built, coupled with low morale, Yan Liang easily attacked the city and pulled out the village.

Cao Cao didn't think that he could hold Jiangxia County, he wanted to defend Jiangling and Xiangyang. As long as these two big cities are held, they can maintain nearly half of Jingzhou's population and wealth, and at the same time, they can also keep the excellent port and slowly train the navy.

As for other places, when Cao Cao frees up his hand, the army will go south, and the north of the Yangtze River can easily collect and pay. The only problem is the Yangtze River.

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"After letting Yan Liang take Jiangxia County, the troops will go out of Jiangling. At the same time, let General Huang Lao also go to Jiangling, with Huang Zhong as the commander and Yan Liang as the forward general. ”

Jiang Zhuo really wanted to take Jiangling, so that he would form a semi-encirclement of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei would not be able to enter Yizhou westward. After the [Lingyun Palace] slowly develops, maybe he can also win Yizhou.

It's a pity that for him, the most important thing at the moment is to solve Sun Ce's Xiaoqiang first. Sun Ce, the strongest existence of the king-level BOSS, and the existence of Zhou Yu, the top celebrity, are like a thorn in Jiang Zhuo's flesh, and he can't pull it out.

Don't look at Zhou Yu, it doesn't seem to have played a role until now, but this is because there are too many players in the game, and many of the tricks and tricks need to be kept absolutely secret. But in the game, if you want to stealthily march, a hundred miles raid or something like that, it won't work at all, it's too easy to be discovered.

So in the game, the role of the scheming is much more than just a strategy. At least, with Zhou Yu here, Sun Ce's Red Armor Army can produce 8% more elite soldiers every week.

Sun Ce himself also has a 3% base plus a bonus from a copy of "The Art of War", a total of 11%, and the two of them together can have a 19% elite soldier production rate every week, which is really exaggerated. The reason why the Red Armor Army is invincible is because their elite soldier rate is more than fifty percent.

Sometimes if there is a truce for a few months, their elite soldiers can suddenly increase by tens of thousands, how can this be fought?

Therefore, Jiang Zhuo cheated Sun Ce at every opportunity, and it took so many times to make Sun Ce weak, this opportunity is too rare.

Sun Cejun, north of the Yangtze River, was defending against the attack of Zang Ba's army in a fortified city at this time. Zang Ba's troops are not strong, and the generals who lead the troops are all dissidents.

It stands to reason that Sun Ce could easily find an opportunity to defeat these soldiers and horses, and then cover the army led by Jiang Zhuo to cross the river, and then go to flank Zang Ba. But he didn't do it, he wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

So he put it away, so that the soldiers and horses that Zang Ba divided would always maintain the heat that could conquer the city, and would not withdraw directly, so that Sun Ce lost the reason to continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. After all, now Sun Ce and Jiang Zhuo are still in the same alliance, and if he is so idle and doesn't do things, his reputation will stink when he spreads.

Jiang Zhuo on the south bank was also waiting at this time, and the warships under the command of [Lingyun Palace] were all in Gan Ning, and most of the merchant ships were also requisitioned by him. It stands to reason that there are only some fishing boats left in the [Lingyun Palace] now, and it is impossible to use them to transport soldiers and horses.

But in fact, Zang Ba on the other side still controls a number of warships in his hands. Cao Cao did not have any naval strength, but it was no problem to build some warships as scout ships and keep an eye on the movements of the enemy's naval army.

"How's it going?"

Jiang Zhuo has gathered an army of 200,000 here, of which 80,000 are NPC troops, and the remaining 120,000 are players, which can be regarded as pouring out.

Next to him, Ye Xiaowen handed over the latest battle report, "Sun Ce is still cowering in the city, but it's been two days, and it is estimated that Sun Ce can't help it." ”

Sun Ce really wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but he was always in a state of defending the city, and the material consumption was very large. Rolling wood and lime tung oil all need to go out of the city to collect and buy, Sun Ce did collect and fight, did not send elite soldiers, nor did he go out of the city to attack.

But after all, the Zang Ba army is a strong attack, if you don't even use these materials to defend the city, maybe the city will really be broken.

"How's Sun Cejun's morale?"

There was no heavy rain on the north shore, and Jiang Zhuo considered that Sun Cejun did not have to fight in the rain, and estimated that the morale would not be too bad.

"General. The Red Armor Army was cultivated into arrogant soldiers when Sun Ce entered Jiangdong, and this kind of soldier was easy to fight and win successes, but once he encountered setbacks and stalemates, his morale did not last. ”

Lu Su spoke up at this time, "While the lord asked Zang Ba to eliminate dissidents, it is indeed a good move to use these forces to consume Sun Cejun's materials, morale and physical strength. ”

"Hehe... No need to use it in vain, anyway, it is Cao Cao's troops, I don't feel distressed. The corners of Jiang Zhuo's mouth grinned, this strategy of killing many birds with one stone was proposed by him. Now that I can see the effect, I don't need to say much about the sense of accomplishment.

"It's coming!" Xiao Yuan suddenly shouted, and saw that in the drizzle, a row of black spots gradually appeared on the opposite side. It was the ship that Zang Ba had mobilized.

"Send the order to go down and put the whole army on alert, don't be careless." Jiang Zhuo was not worried about Zang Ba's problems, but he was worried that he still had Cao Cao's henchmen under his command who had not been cleaned. If he came by surprise while he was leading the army and waiting for the ship, then he really died before he left the army.

Fortunately, there were no moths, and it was Zang Ba himself who pressed the formation on the ship!

Until this time, everyone up and down the [Lingyun Palace] knew that Zang Ba was Jiang Zhuo's person! Countless people gasped, and the news spread overwhelmingly.

Sun Ce naturally received the news as soon as possible, but it was too late to react at this time. The army under Zang Ba has already surrounded the city where Sun Ce's army is located, and the generals who were installed by Cao Cao were also directly taken by Zang Ba on the grounds that the battle was unfavorable.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were shocked and angry, they couldn't have imagined that Zang Ba would be in the same league as Jiang Zhuo. Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhuo would dare to attack him at this time.

But Jiang Zhuo was different from him, Cao Cao's defeat was caused by him. At this time, Cao Cao was defeated, and as the victor, he took the initiative to tear up the covenant and no one dared to say anything.

Win or lose, the overall situation has been decided!