One night on the bank of the Wujiang River, from the sunset to the starry heron, and then to the morning star, Sun Ce hugged the sleeping Da Qiao and sat in the pavilion all night.

Recalling the scene of Da Qiao worshipping heaven and earth with tears on the edge of the Wujiang River yesterday, Sun Ce only felt that his heart was still aching, as if it was no one else who staged the overlord farewell concubine four hundred years ago, but Da Qiao in the previous life was like himself, ecstasy and tragedy were intertwined in his heart, and he lingered all night.

There was a sound of horses beating at the end of the riverbank, Sun Ce came back to his senses, only to see Zhou Tai riding a horse from afar, and when he was fifty zhang away, he dismounted and galloped away, deliberately lowering his voice but his tone was excited: "Young General, it's done!" ”

Last night, Zhou Tai, Huang Gai and Han Dang each brought dozens of people dressed in reeds, and unknowingly touched the north, south, and west sides of Zhang Ying's camp on the Hengjiang River nearly a hundred miles away. At that time, it was already half a night and two watches, and Zhang Ying's men were sleeping soundly, unaware of the potential threat. Several soldiers in the lower part of Zhou Tai lightly carried out a clay jar filled with half a jar of wine, stuffed hay into it, and the soldiers on the side put in the torches, and the flames suddenly burst up.

Zhou Tai had been waiting for a long time, he strode forward, let out a loud shout, and threw the fiery wine vat into Zhang Ying's military camp through the high fence.

For a time, the camp was on fire on three sides, Zhang Ying woke up from a big dream, and when he was directing the soldiers to extinguish the fire with his bare back, he heard a loud noise, and the camp gate was knocked open head-on by Lu Meng and others, Lu Meng rode a high-headed horse, roared, rushed in like a hungry tiger pounced, and a shot stabbed Zhang Ying in the chest.

The Hengjiang River was broken, and Yu Mi, who was in the mouth of the mouth on the other side, saw that the fire broke out in the direction of the Hengjiang River, and was just about to lead his troops to rescue, but he was intercepted and killed by 2,000 people led by Cheng Pu halfway. Cheng Pu took the lead, like a tiger descending from the mountain, and before Yu Mi could order a retreat, he was thrown off his horse by Cheng Pu's three-plate axe and died in chaos. In this way, Liu Xuan's forces left in Jiangbei were wiped out in an instant by Sun Cebu.

Hearing the victory, Sun Ce was overjoyed, he picked up Da Qiao and asked Zhou Tai in a low voice: "Are you ready?" ”

Zhou Tai smiled and pointed to the carriage that was coming not far away: "Everything is arranged according to the instructions of the young general." ”

Sun Ce followed Zhou Tai's hope, only to see that the person driving the car was the close guard outside his tent, this person was honest and loyal, very reliable, Zhou Tai chose him, it was appropriate. As soon as she got closer, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl jumped out of the car and saluted Sun Ce, "The bride of the Jiang family, I have seen the young general. ”

Zhou Tai saw that Sun Ce seemed confused, and hurriedly explained: "Young General, this is Ah Qin's daughter-in-law, who is specially here to accompany the young lady. ”

"Okay, the young lady will be left to you to take care of, be sure to take her to hide far away, and then send them back when the river crossing is over", after that, Sun Ce gently put Da Qiao into the carriage, reluctantly brushed her little face, and then raised his hand and signaled the carriage to leave.

Although they got married yesterday, the two only complained to each other, and they did not have a skin-to-skin relationship. Da Qiao didn't understand anything, but he did it on purpose. Sun Ce looked at the carriage in the distance, tilted his head and smiled, thinking that if he returned victorious, he could not let go of this girl again. When the carriage disappeared from the end of sight, he turned around and said to Zhou Tai: "Let's go, Atai, it's time for us to go." ”

Early that morning, Zhou Yu received a letter from his father and Sun Ce at the same time, and the stakes were very high. Lu Sucai came back from the dam construction site, he was covered in mud, sitting under the eaves of the porch and taking off his shoes and socks, seeing that Zhou Yu was still a dusty appearance, he was angry: "I said Gongjin, you and I went to the embankment together, why are you not dirty at all?" Are you walking on the fly? ”

Zhou Yu read the letter carefully, and didn't listen to Lu Su's strange words at all. Seeing him so solemn, Lu Su quipped: "Yo, you read it so seriously, is it a letter written to you by Miss Xiao Qiao?" ”

Zhou Yu's gaze did not leave the letterhead, and replied calmly: "Exactly." ”

"She's in good shape, isn't she? Tell me about you, Baba found dozens of counties, how many people she trusted, and then found a girl to acupuncture for her. But she doesn't know that you can't settle this favor at all. Gong Jin, anyone with a discerning eye can see that girl likes you, don't you have a little thought about her? ”

What Xiao Qiao said in the letter made Zhou Yu more and more sure that this Huashan was not only the place where Xiao Qiao was abducted when he was a child, but also inextricably linked with Sun Ce and Sun Jian. ”

Zhou Yu's attitude instantly extinguished the gossip soul that burned in Lu Su's body, he flattened his mouth, and asked again: "Where is that kid Bo Fu now?" If you cross the river, shouldn't you also go and help him? ”

The flowers fell in front of the court, the sun was melting, Zhou Yu finally came back to his senses, and a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was more dazzling than the spring color of Chaohu Lake: "Cleaning up the few disciples at the ferry, Bo Fu should be as easy as a hand." Now, though, it's time for me to go. ”

After the surprise victory last night, the morale of the whole army was high, and they sharpened their swords. Sun Ce changed into a short brown coat, put on a golden helmet and silver armor, and with a wave of the twelve bladed silver spears, he went straight to the fortress on the shore: Niu Zhu.

This place is an important ferry port in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is also an important supply place for Liu Xuan's frontline army. Liu Miao is a member of the Han family, and after the eldest son of Liu Bangshu, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, mourned the king of Hui Liu Fei, he and Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Yan of Yizhou, who were also relatives of the Han family, helped each other, and was known as the "Three Liu". The three of them divided the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and helped each other through grain ships on the Yangtze River. Needless to say, as long as you take Niu Zhu, you can get all the food and grass of the army, and at the same time, it is also a blow to the two generals of Liu Xuan's department, Zhen Rong and Xue Li, who are guarding the south bank.

Before dawn, the water vapor on the surface of the Wujiang River was steaming, and it was vast. Sun Ce and Cheng Pu came to the river, only to see thousands of large vats for winemaking floating on the calm flowing river. The soldiers carried knives and ropes on their waists, put the cylinder head on their heads, used it as a helmet, and then held two wooden planks as oars, and when the order was given, they took all the men into the tank, and thousands of water tanks slowly flowed down the river under the help of the river, and unknowingly merged into the Yangtze River.

Niu Zhu was located one or two miles downstream, and he was on duty overnight, and before he had changed his shift, the soldiers at the Jiangkou lookout post were already in a state of confusion. Even if someone occasionally raised their heavy eyelids and saw that there seemed to be a water tank floating on the edge of the hazy river, they just thought it was waste material and did not pay attention to it.

Contrary to the laziness of the defenders, Sun Ce's lower soldiers in the tank all paddled hard and never relaxed for a moment.

The big river goes to the east, the waves are exhausted, and the thousands of tanks are drifting, which is magnificent. By the time the soldiers on the lookout noticed the abnormality, the water tank on the river had flooded into a "disaster".

When the soldiers guarding the Niuzhu camp saw this spectacle, they smacked their tongues one after another, and they did not wake up like a dream until the general gave the order to "release the arrows". At this time, Sun Ce's "water tank meter" played another key role. I saw that the soldiers saw the arrows released in the barracks, and immediately drilled back into the water tank, and the cover on the top of their heads blocked the mouth of the tank, which was impermeable, no matter how fierce the arrows of the defenders were, they only hit the water tank and bounced into the river, and the people in the tank were unharmed.

When the archers changed their arrows, the soldiers in the tank immediately pressed against the cylinder head, drilled out with lightning speed, and slaughtered the Niuzhu camp with straight-edged ring knives, and the shouting of killing shook the earth for a while.

The besieging army was divided in an orderly manner, and they were armed with ring-headed knives, or slashed at the camp gate, or stabbed the defenders who tried to resist the gate after stabbing through the gaps in the wooden planks of the camp gate, or they held on to the ropes tied to the head of the knife handle, and repeatedly threw stabbing attacks at the defenders on the arrow tower. Where had the Niu Zhu defenders seen such a strange tactic, coupled with the lack of manpower, they were immediately broken by this strange army led by Sun Ce.

Sun Ce gathered the rest of his troops, looked at the mountains of grain and grass piled up in the Niuzhu camp, and smiled very happily. As long as he crossed the Yangtze River, Yuan Shu would be beyond the reach of the whip, Sun Ce was thinking about it, and suddenly felt a darkness on his side, and he raised his eyes to see Zhou Tai, who was nine and a half feet tall, staring at the top of his head, with an extremely focused expression. Sun Ce realized that he had forgotten to take off the cylinder head above his head.

But Zhou Tai did not restrain his gaze, still staring at the top of Sun Ce's head, and muttered, "The young general is not handsome." ”

"I'm not handsome? How can it be? ”

Lu Meng's hands were quick, and he didn't care whether he was trespassing or not, he strode forward and raised his hand to pull out several sections of aquatic plants from between Sun Ce's bundles, and said with a smile: "The head of the young general...... It's like a cloth......"

All the generals couldn't help laughing, but after hearing Lu Meng's words, they couldn't help it anymore, and they all laughed.

"You, don't eat at noon."

Today, Lu Meng made a great contribution and should have been rewarded, but at this time, he annoyed Sun Ce, he regretted not being at the beginning, and suddenly lowered his head, and he was weak to respond, "Yes......"