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The ancient ingot knife in Sun Ce's hand fell to the floor, making a loud sound.

"It's impossible, it's impossible," Sun Ce muttered.

Halfway through the military meeting, the latest battle report came, Danyang was broken by Fang Zhiwen in two hours, the defender Cheng Pu was beheaded, the city gate was then breached, the cavalry rushed into Danyang City, the morale of the defenders collapsed, most of them surrendered, and a small number of them escaped from the city and were chased and killed.

Then Fang Zhiwen's cavalry went south and took Wuhu and Liyang lightly.

If Fang Zhiwen continues to go south after resting, it is estimated that Wanling will not be able to hold it.

All the ministers present at the meeting sank their faces and were silent, Zhou Yu straightened his waist and looked at Sun Ce and said, "Lord, let your subordinates go to Wanling1."

"The last general is also willing to go to 1 Huang Gai also asked for war.

Sun Ce was shocked, seemed to come back to his senses, reached out and picked up the ancient ingot knife that fell under his knee, and put it back on his lap, the whole process was very slow, and the careful Zhang Hong clearly saw that Sun Ce's hand was trembling slightly.

"Gong Jin, do you think you should send troops to Wanling to confront Fang Zhiwen?" Sun Ce's question was not loud, but it seemed very heavy, and Zhou Yu was a little difficult to answer.

If it is just to do what he likes, then Tun Bing Wanling will definitely be able to win Sun Ce's appreciation if he continues to confront Fang Zhiwen, even if he is denied by Zhang Hong and others in the end, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's positions are still highly consistent, at least they can win Sun Ce's trust.

But from an objective point of view, how could the smart Zhou Yu not know. At this time, it is definitely not a good idea to continue to fight against Fang Zhiwen, Sun Ce is now like a tiger trapped in a quagmire, the more he struggles, the deeper he will fall. The greater the cost of being able to get out in the future, the greater the benefits and the impact on future development.

As Sun Ce's worshipper, you can't push your brother into the quagmire in order to stabilize your position, right?

Zhou Yu was entangled for a while, shook his head in Sun Ce's expectant gaze and said: "If the lord needs it, his subordinates will have nothing to say, and he will immediately lead troops to fight Fang Zhiwen to the end, but as a subordinate." Subordinates also need to think more about the long-term benefits and losses of the lord, rather than just echoing the lord's intentions. ”

"So, what does Gong Jin think so-and-so should do?"

"My lord. Fang Zhiwen's attitude is now obvious, the lord refuses to cross eastward, then it means a war, a war aimed at destroying our army. The lord thinks. Can our army defeat the Youzhou army? ”

Sun Ce glanced at everyone, everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Sun Ce, Sun Ce said sarcastically: "Gongjin, shouldn't you ask this to everyone?" Whether you can defeat the Youzhou army or not, isn't it up to you to have the final say? ”

Zhou Yu laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "Since the lord asks so, then his subordinates will tell the truth that if our army starts a full-scale war with the Youzhou army, it will definitely be defeated." The Youzhou Army occupies an absolute superiority on the water. Now that Zhu Zhi and Gu Yong have rebelled, our army's water power is basically gone. Without any resistance, the Youzhou army can drive straight in, from Changsha to any place in Jiujiang, it can become the landing of the Youzhou army, and our army has no way to fight with the Youzhou army in the field, and can only defend the city, and the Youzhou army does not even need to attack, as long as it is divided and encircled, and our army will collapse without a fight. ”

Sun Ce was speechless for a long time, and said dejectedly: "Gong Jin thinks we should surrender?" ”

"Lord, Fang Zhiwen didn't say the word surrender, why should the lord be willing to be cheap! Fang Zhiwen's sudden southward movement was nothing more than two purposes, first, to obtain Danyang, Yuzhang and Changsha, firstly, to form a strategic posture of besieging and isolating Cao Cao, and secondly, to block the passage for the southern alien forces to covet the Central Plains in the north; Secondly, Fang Zhiwen hoped that the lord could put his combat power into Yingzhou Island, so that Fang Zhiwen could draw more combat power from the direction of Yingzhou to consolidate the situation in the Central Plains. Therefore, what we need is not to surrender, but to bargain with Fang Zhiwen to see how to sell what we have in hand for a good price, so that we can gain greater territory and voice in Yingzhou. ”

"My lord, what Gong Jin said is very true, and when you say surrender, your lord should not mention it again, because this will cause misunderstanding among the officers and men in the army, and it will be unfavorable to the political choice of the lord in the future.1

"Humph! Mr. Zigang, is this self-deception1 Huang Gai asked in a cold voice, but Huang Gai's words did not resonate at all, and the other generals in the army lowered their heads and did not speak, in fact, the military's fighting spirit was not firm, especially after Cheng Pu was easily defeated by Fang Zhiwen, the originally arrogant Jiangdong Army suddenly fell from one extreme to another.

Sun Ce shook his head, trying to shake out the dizziness and drowsiness.

"There is no need to argue about this matter, Mr. Zigang is right, Fang Zhiwen did not ask us to surrender, but to negotiate, if we do not accept the negotiation, he will use the army to make us surrender, the original words, didn't everyone read Mr. Zibu's letter? Zigang and Gong Jin's words are right, as individuals, a certain felt humiliated, because his skills were not as good as others, because the final choice was forced, this humiliation made a certain person to say irresponsible words and make an irrational choice, and also led to the defeat and humiliation of General Cheng Pu, which is a certain fault 1

"Lord, the general will inevitably die in battle, Cheng Demou has long had this consciousness as a general, not to mention failure, this is all for the responsibility and fate of the general, the lord does not need to be like this, the lord has an order, and the last general believes that no one here will retreat1

Huang Gai's words were sonorous and powerful, like the sound of gold and stone, which made everyone a little ashamed, Sun Ce nodded vigorously, and gradually cheered up.

"If a certain person decides to start negotiations with Fang Zhiwen, are you willing to continue to follow a certain eastward crossing and rebuild a home in a foreign land?"

"The subordinates are willing to go to 1

"The last general must follow the lord around1

Everyone expressed their attitudes, and none of them said they wanted to go, but in this case, no one could openly contradict it, Zhou Yu smiled slightly, Sun Ce did it on purpose, he wanted to block everyone's back road first.

Sun Ce smiled reluctantly: "This is the last choice, before that, you have other ways that can get us out of the current predicament." ”

"My lord, maybe we can unite the surrounding princes, maybe someone can't agree with Fang Zhiwen's approach."

Sun Ce looked at Chen Duan, who was speaking, nodded noncommittally and looked at Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu said knowingly: "Liu Bei and Cao Cao, only Liu Bei and Cao Cao have the ability to confront Fang Zhiwen, so the only forces we can choose are these two." First of all, look at Liu Bei, now Liu Bei is most worried about Cao Cao instead of Fang Zhiwen, not to mention that Fang Zhiwen is not trying to occupy Jiangdong, but just supporting a pro-Youzhou force Zhu Zhi, so whether it is from the moral or practical interests, Liu Bei will not blatantly confront Fang Zhiwen, unless he can make peace with Cao Cao sincerely, and unite against Fang Zhiwen, but this is obviously impossible, inbreeding and long-range attack, how stupid it is1

Chen Duan's face froze slightly, and he retorted unwillingly: "What about Cao Cao? Our army can join forces with Cao Cao to act, as long as Cao Cao intensifies his attacks in Mount Tai and the East China Sea, or our army lets Cao Cao go south, it is feasible to jointly resist Fang Zhiwen, right? ”

"At that time, it was the front door and the back door of the tiger into the wolf, even if Cao Cao is really a benevolent and moral gentleman, and he sincerely fought Fang Zhiwen for us, so does Lord Chen think Liu Bei will fall into the well at this time? What about Yuan Shao? Even if everything goes well and Fang Zhiwen retreats, what should Cao Caojun do? Could it be that Cao Cao can also let us go to Yingzhou to make a foreign appearance? ”

"This"

"Report, lord, the latest information from Tongling."

Sun Ce beckoned, and the attendant handed over the still sealed letterbox, Sun Ce hurriedly opened it, hesitated a little and hurriedly unfolded it, and his face became even more ugly at a glance.

"Let's take a look."

Sun Ce handed the letter to Zhang Hong beside him, Zhang Hong took it, just sighed softly and shook his head.

Sun Ce looked at everyone's puzzled gazes, and said slowly: "It's a letter from my uncle, our trade fleet was intercepted by Zhu Zhi's fleet on the river, and now they are all detained in Tongling, Zhu Zhi's fleet is coming upstream, probably to destroy our last bit of naval army." ”

"Lord, Zhu Zhi did not detain Lord Sun, it seems that Fang Zhiwen's attitude is still very clear, he is just pressuring the lord to enter substantive negotiations as soon as possible."

"Mr. Zigang, this is also a threat, if you continue to delay, I'm afraid you won't be able to release people back so easily next time! Also, if the fleet can be detained, then the land, real estate, shop goods, etc. can be confiscated, and now they are just seized."

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu, his fingers clenched the ancient ingot knife on his lap hard, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the situation is already very clear, a certain decision has been made, agree to the eastward crossing in principle, order all armies to guard the city and not move without permission, appoint Gong Jin and Zibu as plenipotentiary envoys, and go to Moling to negotiate with Fang Zhiwen." ”

"The subordinate received the order1

"Strengthen the security in the city to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos."

"No1

As soon as Sun Ce's decision came out, everyone present had a sense of relief, people who were loyal to Sun Ce were relieved by Sun Ce's correct decision, people with selfish intentions were glad that they were saved from losses, and half-hearted people wanted to hurry back to find another way out.

Exhausted Sun Ce returned to the back house listlessly, Sun Quan came in quietly and brought Sun Ce a bowl of ginseng tea, looking at the depressed appearance of the eldest brother, Sun Quan asked with some fear: "Big brother, are we really going to Yingzhou?" Yingzhou is not far away, huh? ”

Sun Ce paused for a moment, took a deep breath, dispelled the depression on his face, looked at his younger brother and said with a smile: "Zhongmou don't have to worry, the eldest brother will protect you, Yingzhou is not very far, I heard that the people on Yingzhou Island are similar to Shanyue." ”

"Oh, so are we going to prepare?"

Sun Ce clenched his fists vigorously and said, "Hehe, no, it's still early!" Wait for my brother to go to Yingzhou Island to lay a ground, don't worry, Yingzhou is not as unbearable as you think. "To be continued ...