Cao Cao has always been full of energy, constantly expanding around, even under Fang Zhiwen's repeated suppression, Cao Cao is also very tenacious to stretch his will again and again, and Liu Bei, who has been dormant for several years, finally began to exert his strength, and gradually began the road of expansion, Sun Ce naturally cannot lag behind, not to mention, backwardness means being beaten, backwardness represents being annexed, this world is a world where if you don't advance, you retreat, and the weak eat the strong.

Recently, Sun Ce spent some price and won Jichun County and Jiangxia County for nothing, which is definitely a big bargain for nothing, but compared to Danyang County, the combined territory of these two white picks is not worth one-third of the population and wealth of Danyang County, so Sun Ce does not plan to spend too much effort in these two counties, and treats these two counties as strategic buffer zones, and Sun Ce's targets are still Danyang County, Wu County and Huiji County.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong saw Fang Zhiwen's intention of strategic contraction from the fact that Liu Bei dared to snatch Jingxiang, Cai Mao and other Jingxiang clans went north, they were closer to the sea, and they knew better that the threat from the other world was definitely not a distant thing, and Fang Zhiwen's contraction was to deal with this threat from the other world, which would definitely not be a fraud.

The result of Fang Zhiwen's strategic contraction caused Jing Xiang to change hands, and the result of Jing Xiang's essence falling into Liu Bei's hands was that Liu Bei, who had been recuperating his strength, had risen sharply, and had the posture of chasing Yuan Shu and Cao Cao.

If this goes on for a long time, it is inevitable that Sun Ce's power will be marginalized, Changsha and Jiangxia will gradually be suppressed and eaten away by Liu Bei, and the final result will be that the entire Jiangdong may fall into Liu Bei's hands, this result must be unsatisfactory to Fang Zhiwen, and Sun Ce is even more unacceptable. Therefore, Jiang Xia fell into the hands of Sun Ce very tacitly, and at the same time, Fang Zhiwen was also giving Sun Ce a hint and encouraging Sun Ce to actively improve his strength.

In this context. Intensify the attack on Danyang County, and after attacking Danyang, it is time to annex Wu County and Huiji one by one!

"My lord, please see, as long as we use the Wuhu Water Village as a cover, every time we take the opportunity to leave the soldiers of the warships in the Wuhu Water Village in the process of escorting the merchant ships back and forth, and then take advantage of their unpreparedness to attack the river along the river at night. Jiang Cheng is the acropolis of Jianye. Jiang Cheng Jianye was in danger. ”

"Mr. Zigang, I'm afraid I can't take Jianye just by relying on the soldiers of the navy, right?"

"Hehe, there is no need to take it, it is for Liu Xuan to choose. Whether to shrink the force to protect Jianye, or abandon Jianye to guard Wanling, if Liu Miao shrinks his troops, our army will take the opportunity to exert force from the land route and take Jingxian to force Wanling. On the contrary, if our army can build Ye, Liu Xuan's supply from the river will be completely cut off, and his stamina will definitely be weak. ”

Sun Ce's clear eyes stared at the map solemnly, contemplating as Zhang Hong's fingers moved.

"If I were Liu Xuan, I would definitely stick to Jianye, and stick to our army with the high wall of Jianye."

"What about sticking? If it had been before, with Cai Mao's help, Xu Gong and Wang Lang's supplies and troops would have even come from the river. Cut off the rear road of our army, but now the situation is changing, Cai Mao will no longer support Liu Miao and our army to fight against internal friction, Fang Zhiwen now needs our strength to be improved as soon as possible, and then compete with Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Instead of letting Jiangdong fall into the hands of these two big tycoons. ”

Sun Ce suddenly looked up at Zhang Hong, who looked very confident, nodded and said, "Mr. Zigang formulated this battle in response to this change?" ”

"Exactly, if you don't take it, you will be blamed. Such a great opportunity we must not pass up easily, and it is worth taking even a little risk. ”

"Nope. Even if the risk is greater, it is worth it, whether it is Jianye or Wanling, just take one, Liu Miao will be a lone army in the city, it is bound to not last long, Danyang, Wu County and Huiji have no danger to defend, Jiangdong's rich land is in my hands, and more importantly, the family of Jiangdong is used to seeing the wind and making the rudder, in this case, most of them will fall to us. ”

Zhang Hong's eyes lit up, and even Zhang Zhao, Qin Song and others, who had been listening without making a sound, were also pleasantly surprised, his lord had grown up, and he could no longer look at him with the eyes of a child, he was already a qualified leader, and he could see more things at a high level, Zhang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and some things that had been entrenched in his heart for a long time quietly dispersed, and the whole person seemed to be a lot more relaxed, and even his waist was more upright.

"What the lord said is very true, since this is the case, we will take this opportunity to sweep through Koto in one fell swoop1

Sun Ce patted the scabbard of the ancient ingot treasure knife on his lap: "It's just the right time!" I hope that you will work together to build a great cause1

"Dare to disobey 1

On November 1 of the fifth year of Guangxi, taking advantage of the strong northwest wind, Zhu Zhi and Sun Ce's fleet set off from Wuhu Shuizhai at night, and in the early morning, taking advantage of the paralysis of the defenders, they raided the Acropolis Jiangcheng north of Jianye.

The fall of Jiang Cheng is equivalent to opening the north gate of Jianye City, and Liu Xuan, who governs Jianye, was shocked!

After dawn, Liu Miao not only did not shrink the defense, but organized troops to try to counterattack Jiangcheng, Liu Xiang's decision is naturally correct, and even in military is a commendable approach, but the correct intention does not mean that the result will be correct, and the gap between the two sides in combat power is too big.

One is a strong general plus a high commander, and there are military divisions to help, and the other is a second-rate general, plus a second-rate military division, Yu Tuo is really not a good military division, but can only be a good general.

In the whole day of the offensive, the Danyang soldiers interpreted their bravery and good fighting, but they failed to recapture an inch of Jiangcheng's city wall, relying on the strong city, occupying various advantages, Sun Ce took offense as defense, and consumed a lot of Liu Xuan's vital strength, this kind of good thing that the enemy sent to you to kill, Sun Ce naturally would not miss it, and even had to reduce some damage output appropriately on the front line, so as not to beat Liu Xuan at once.

In the evening, Liu Xuan, who had been fighting for a day, found that less than half of his 50,000 strong soldiers were now left, which showed how many lives of Danyang's children had been devoured under this small Jiangcheng City!

The blood in his heart fell, and Liu Miao realized that he was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the Jiangcheng city wall in front of him had been dyed dark black, but it was still standing tall in front of him, under the city wall, the piles of corpses looked shocking, and the air exuded a strong smoke and fire, as well as the smell of burnt meat, and the strong smell of blood that people wanted to vomit.

Liu Miao was stunned, he suddenly felt a little dizzy, the scene on the city wall not far away seemed to be a little blurred, the enemy flag on the city wall seemed unusually clear, and even occupied his entire vision, so that he could no longer see anything else, so a trace of fear began to breed in Leng Zhi's heart, and quickly spread to his whole body, until it filled his entire mind!

"Retreat, retreat! You can't play 1 like this anymore

Liu Miao suddenly raised his hand loudly and shouted, the surrounding generals and Yu Fu were all startled, and then they all showed a relieved look, and then looked at the drummer silently, the crisp gong sounded, and the order to retreat was given.

Sun Ce would not miss this opportunity, taking advantage of the enemy's panicked retreat to launch a fierce counterattack, chased the enemy out of Wuli, captured and killed many soldiers of Liu Xiang County who were already exhausted, and finally Liu Xiang fled back to Jianye in a hurry with the remnants of the defeated army.

Sun Ce stood at the head of Jiang Cheng's city, he was very restrained, although the blood in his body was boiling, despite the belligerent self in his heart, but he still resolutely stayed in the command position, and definitely did not rush to the front line to fight, now that the battle is over, Sun Ce stood at the head of the city and held the city wall to look at the mountain of corpses and blood under the city.

A pungent bloody breath rushed straight to his chest, which not only did not make the young Sun Ce feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, it made the blood in his body more turbulent, and with a wave of his hand, the corpses were like a mountain of blood flowing into a river, this is the power of the superior, the game of the superior, although bloody, but full of the pleasure of deciding the fate of others, full of a sense of achievement in changing the world, this game of hegemony, Sun Ce only felt that it was so attractive, and he was so enthusiastic!

"Lord, God has the virtue of a good life, and the soldier is not a blessing! The lord should not be confused by this blood, the road of the king has to be paved with blood, but it has to be so, so the art of war, the murder weapon of the soldier, the saint has to use it as a last resort! Those who abuse the murder weapon will be revolted, and the lord must not be careless1

Zhang Hong's voice was like a morning bell of the evening drum, ringing in the ears of the enthusiastic Sun Ce, and suddenly woke up Sun Ce, who had fallen into a crazy battle spirit, and the corpse mountain and sea of blood in front of him were no longer a bloody stabbing blow, but there was a faint trace of unbearable heaviness, in the twilight, it seemed that he could hear a faint cry from Jianye City in the distance, and Sun Ce's heart moved.

"Mr. Zigang, you can hear the cry1

"Naturally, there are, this city swallowed up tens of thousands of lives in one day, and there may be hundreds of thousands of relatives behind these tens of thousands of soldiers, how can they not grieve 1

"This Mr. Zizuna, embattled is this scene 1

Zhang Hong's eyes shrank, and he looked at Sun Ce with some astonishment, what a man with a heart like stone! However, as a subordinate, should you be happy or afraid to see your lord like this? Zhang Hong couldn't help but feel a little confused, and Sun Ce suddenly became distant and strange in his eyes.

"The lord's subordinates understand, and the subordinates will arrange it, presumably it will not take a few days, and the people in Jianye City will have no heart to fight1

Zhang Hong replied very respectfully, Sun Strategy was slightly stunned, but then a satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded lightly: "Then there is Mr. Lao Zigang, go and rest first." ”

"Congratulations to the lord 1

Zhang Hong bowed and watched the heroic Sun Ce and his party disappear into the city, the look in his eyes was extremely complicated! To be continued...