Zhou Yu stood silently on the hillside, his sharp eyes looked at the Chaoxian city fortress not far away, as if he wanted to see through the thick city wall, his brows were getting tighter and tighter, and the west-slanting sunlight cast a red light on the city fortress, and the gray walls of the city fortress looked a little weird, like a blood-colored fortress.

"Gong Jin, what's wrong? What did you find? ”

Huang Gai's camp has almost been built, and seeing Zhou Yu standing here all the time, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart, so he ran to ask.

"Nope! But I always think there's something weird in this! It's really weird1

"Why don't we try to attack?"

"That's right! Has General Cheng's contact letter arrived? ”

"No, it should have been two hours ago, could it be that something happened? But what could happen? ”

Zhou Yu's eyes shrank, and the whole thing suddenly came together, Cheng Pu lost contact, Chaoxian City Fortress seemed to be an empty city, and Sun Ce confronted Cao Cao, who couldn't defend in Shucheng City, and Xu Chu, who was wandering outside, at this moment, they were all connected together, as if they were connected by an invisible thread, and Zhou Yu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

"Not good! General Cheng was in danger 1

"What? What happened to Chung Deok? Huang Gai's expression changed drastically, and he asked in shock, his eyes staring at Zhou Yu, who was pale.

"No, it's not dangerous, it's already bad! The inside of the fortress was probably empty, and only a few horses walked around it, so that we were suspicious and did not dare to attack1

"The fortress is empty, but why? What about the Lejin Department in the Fortress? Could it be that with 20,000 horses and horses, he wanted to annihilate Zhongde's 50,000 horsemen? ”

"No, not only Lejin, but also Xu Chu, and Cao Cao 1

"What!? How is this possible, isn't Cao Cao in Shucheng Fortress? Xu Chu"

"That's right. No one saw Xu Chu, just some uncertain news, and also, Cao Cao in Shucheng Fortress just had a flag, and no one saw Cao Cao, even if he saw it, it might be fake, in fact. Cao Cao was here, and they surrounded and annihilated General Cheng with superior forces. ”

"Yes, yes"

"Although General Cheng is a little irritable, he is never sloppy in marching and fighting, and it is impossible to cut off contact with us for a long time, and the only thing that can explain all this is the possibility of being ambushed. And he didn't even be able to send the news, which shows that the enemy's strength has a strong advantage, so he has no way to deliver the news, and now, General Cheng is afraid that he has already "

"No, it won't! No, it won't! Zhongde is brave and unmatched, he will definitely not."

Huang Gai shouted loudly. However, his expression was not as confident as his tone at all, Zhou Yu sighed, turned his head to look at Chaoxian County, and suddenly had a wonderful feeling that this was the last glance, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Gong Jin, let's immediately send troops to meet 1

"Nope1

"Gong Jin! Are you afraid? １

"Yes, I'm afraid, I'm afraid of the innocent tragic death of our soldiers. Knowing that there might be a fire pit ahead, I can't jump with these loyal soldiers, I can't1

Huang Gai stared at Zhou Yu deadly, Zhou Yu looked at Huang Gai without showing weakness, although Zhou Yu was still young, but his momentum was not worse than Huang Gai at all! The old and the young stared at each other like this, and time passed unconsciously. The sun is setting.

"Really not going!?"

"I really can't go, I'm afraid that General Cheng has been wiped out, if we pounce now, we will undoubtedly fall directly into the net that Cao Cao has reopened. Isn't it self-defeating? １

"Then let's capture the Chaoxian fortress and hold on to it?"

"No, as soon as General Cheng was defeated, the reinforcements were basically cut off, we stubbornly defended this lonely city, and it was very unwise to face Cao Jun who was several times larger than himself, now the most important thing is to hurry up and join the lord, and immediately protect the lord south to Shu County, relying on Shu County to fight Cao Cao No, no, Cao Cao will not be so stupid, this time is the weakest time in Xiang'an, there is no general stationed inside, and the soldiers are not good at fighting, the lord is entangled in Shucheng, and the number of our department is small, as long as Xu Chu ambushes halfway to prevent our troops from returning to help, Cao Cao can take Xiang'an, Then attack Linhu and cut off the retreat of our army to the south1

Huang Gai was shocked when he heard this, if this is the case, it is really bad! I didn't expect Cao Cao to dare to take such a risk, but Cao Cao's adventure was successful, and now the battle situation is extremely favorable to Cao Cao, but Sun Ce is in a rather disadvantageous position.

Zhou Yu was speechless, thinking for a long time, now this situation seems to be unsolvable, if he goes east to Xiang'an, most of them will encounter Xu Chu halfway, the number of his troops is not much, if Xu Chu is entangled to death, and Xu Chu is still a cavalry, it is difficult to say whether he can retreat with his whole body, let alone rescue Xiang'an.

If Xiang'an falls, Sun Ce can only retreat to defend Shu County, or go west to Anhui County to hold on, and Cao Cao's troops in Shucheng, as well as troops from Hefei and Liyang, will immediately besiege Shu County and Wan County, Sun Ce is besieged, and the defenders from other places will inevitably be involved to come to the rescue, and the result will be Cao Cao to wait for work and encircle the point to help, and the whole strategy will fall into an extremely passive situation.

The best way now is to retreat in great strides, retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, with the purpose of preserving strength, and then rely on the Yangtze River moat to confront Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu lowered his head and looked at the Chaoxian City Fortress again, saying that he was really the last time he saw this City Fortress!

"Retreat, we immediately bypassed Xiang'an and rushed to Linhu, first held Linhu, and then let Shu County and Wan County, the people of Juchao and the troops cross the river and go south as soon as possible, Xiang'an was lost, and the entire Lujiang River could not be defended1

"How could it be! As long as we stick to Linhu and wait until the lord returns to Linhu, we will be able to form a confrontation with Cao Cao1

"What's the use of that, we are pressed in such a little place on the edge of the Yangtze River, there is no strategic depth at all, we can only defend the city, and Cao Cao is on the periphery, the initiative is in the hands of the enemy, what is the point of fighting this battle in addition to consuming strength?"

"This"

"Publicly, the situation is dangerous at this time. One mistake may plunge our army into a place of no return, and destroy the great cause of the lord, and we must not act rashly.1

"That's alright! I listen to Gong Jin's 1

"Very well, the prince will go to the camp at once, and I will write to the lord to inform him of this, and we must go straight to the lake as hard as we can. Arrive at Linhu before Cao Cao is fortified, and at the same time have the lord immediately return south to Shu County and organize the people to retreat1

"No1

Cao Cao did as Zhou Yu analyzed, and separated Xu Chu to ambush in the south of the nest, wanting to ambush Zhou Yu's troops who were deceived again, and he himself led the men and horses of his headquarters and Lejin's infantry. went straight to Xiang'an, and in the middle of the night that day, captured the empty Xiang'an in one fell swoop.

However, to Cao Cao's regret, the people of Xiang'an seem to have received the news and fled, and Xu Chu did not wait for Zhou Yu, who threw himself into the net, as for Zhou Yu's whereabouts, he does not know for the time being.

After Cao Cao took Xiang'an. Although they wanted to take Linhu in one go, the troops had to repair, and after two fierce battles in a row, they also rushed nearly 100 miles during the period, and even the iron-clad troops could not do it.

After arriving in Xiang'an, Cao Cao received a letter from Xi Zhicai, who was stationed in the Shucheng fortress, and Sun Ce had bypassed the Shucheng fortress and went south to Shu County, which seemed to be. The other party had already discovered Cao Cao's plan from the destruction of Cheng Pu, and Cao Cao felt that he could not delay any longer at this time, so he sent Cao Zhen, who had rested a little, to Linhu again, and ordered him to run to Linhu, wanting to take advantage of Sun Cejun's panic and take Linhu in one fell swoop. Complete the entire strategic deployment.

It's a pity that when Cao Zhen arrived at Linhu, he found that Linhu City was heavily guarded, so he tried it a little. was met with a fierce counterattack, and Cao Zhen had no choice but to retreat and set up camp ten miles away, waiting for Cao Cao's arrival.

After Cao Cao arrived the next day, he found that it was actually Zhou Yu's troops in Linhu City, and he couldn't help but praise Zhou Yu a lot, and Cao Cao also tried to attack once, but Zhou Yu's defense was very stable, and it was impossible to take Linhu for a while.

Looking at Sun Ce again, Sun Ce was shocked when he learned that Cheng Pu's department was completely destroyed, and then Zhang Hong also came back to his senses, and soon guessed Cao Cao's next move, Zhou Yu's letter came later, Zhou Yu's suggestion made Zhang Hong sigh, although Sun Ce was unwilling to accept the fact that he was defeated, but whether he wanted it or not, now he has fallen into an extremely dangerous situation.

"Lord, Gong Jin's suggestion is that Cao Cao captured Xiang'an, and then Linhu, although there are Gong Jin and Gong Fu guarding Linhu, but Linhu City is small, it is not suitable to hold on to it at all, if Linhu is lost, Shu County will become a lonely city, the lord is here, it is Cao Cao's best bait, and the troops who come to the rescue will become Cao Cao's target, lord! The situation is critical, and it is necessary to check it1

"Is this the only way back to Jiangnan?" Sun Ce's face was unwilling, and the knuckles of the fingers holding the knife looked pale and frightening due to excessive force.

"Only in this way, otherwise you can only defend Linhu and Wanxian, but being pressed and beaten by Cao Cao like this, except for the loss of strength in vain, I really can't see any benefit, if Liu Bei is at this time from behind"

"Liu Bei, how dare he?! Isn't he the best reputation? How could such a thing be done? ”

"What if the people below do it privately? Excuses can be found at any time. ”

"So, you can only withdraw?"

"Yes, and we must evacuate as many people as possible as soon as possible, return to Shu County as soon as possible, and then organize the people to evacuate to Wan County, and after the people evacuate, we will retreat to Wan County."

"Can't you rely on Jiang Xia to fight Cao Cao?"

"Is Jiangxia more important or Danyang and Yuzhang important?"

Sun Ce's face was pale, his eyes were red, his expression was very hideous, and he hesitated for a while before finally squeezing out a few words from between his teeth: "Okay, just according to what Mr. Zigang said, retreat 1 to be continued...