Jiangdong, Wu County, Dantu County.

Sun Ce and Liu Biao fought for Yuzhang at the end of last year, and because of Zhang Xian's affairs, Liu Biao was forced to withdraw his troops and was occupied by Sun Ce.

But in fact, his losses were not small, although in the process of pursuing Huang Zu, Huang Zu was defeated.

But Liu Biao has a servant, his name is Liu Pan, and he has a general named Huang Zhong, who guards Youxian together, and Liu Pan attacks Yuzhang from Youxian County and cooperates with Huang Zu's action.

The so-called slave is the son of a cousin, and the relationship is a little distant, and it is basically not very important to Liu Biao.

couldn't stand this kid being fierce, and took advantage of Sun Ce's pursuit of Huang Zu to attack his rear.

For this reason, Sun Ce had to retreat and come back, repelled Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, and sent Zhu Zhi to guard Haiyang County, Jianchang County and other places, so that Yuzhang County was included in his hands.

By this time, Sun Ce's territory had four counties in Jiangdong, that is, Danyang County, Wu County, Yuzhang County, and Huiji County in Yangzhou.

The sphere of influence was probably part of Anhui, Jiangsu, and the entire territory of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces.

But in fact, due to the south of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi are very mountainous, all of which are the territory of the indigenous people of Shanyue. The area occupied by Sun Ce was only the lower plain area on the south bank of the Yangtze River, that is, the famous Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai free shipping area, and did not even occupy Jiujiang County and Lujiang County in Huainan.

Therefore, his strength is not particularly strong, at present there are about 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the governance office is in Dantu County, Wu County, which is the Zhenjiang City where he died, the place where the Yangtze River estuary, and you can peek at Guangling in Xuzhou in the north.

At this time, Sun Ce was resting in the county mansion, he held a document in his hand, sat on the seat and smiled at Zhou Yu beside him: "Shen Chen, I heard that it was a famous man in Jingzhou, and he invited me to hunt in Xudu." ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "I have also heard of this person, he is the most famous Confucian scholar in Jingzhou Shilin today. I heard that he proposed the idea of "unity of knowledge and action", which is very interesting, and I think it is very good. He is now "the unity of knowledge and action", Cao Cao killed his family, and went north to find Cao Cao to take revenge. ”

Sun Ce said: "Gong Jin, what do you think? ”

Zhou Yu pondered: "Now that Cao Cao is dealing with Yuan Shao in the north, of course I know what Shen Chen is thinking, I can't just ask Bo Fu to lead the troops to go out and attract the attention of Cao Jun in the south, he is much closer to Nanyang than we are to Xudu." Now that Yuan Shao has not yet gone south, once we send troops, Cao Cao may come to conquer us first. ”

Sun Ce nodded: "Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and in just a few years, he has grown so far. If I can capture Xudu and welcome the Son of Heaven to Jiangdong, I will be able to grasp the righteousness, and the soldiers and horses will welcome each other wholeheartedly wherever they go, and my father's great cause will be completed, but unfortunately now is not the time. ”

"Yes, only after Cao Cao has already fought with Yuan Shao can we make a move. This Shen Chen invited us to go north, just to let us help share the pressure, he attacked Xu Du, this kind of thing can't be agreed. ”jújíá?y.?? m

Zhou Yu smiled.

In history, Sun Ce just wanted to take advantage of the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to attack Xudu and marry Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Sun Ce" records: "In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Gong and Yuan Shao refused to go to Guandu, and they wanted to attack Xu, welcome the Han Emperor, secretly manage the army, and deploy the generals. If it is not issued, it will be killed by the late Wu County Taishou Xu Gongke. ”

Therefore, Sun Ce's strategy at that time was the same as Cao Cao's, he saw the benefits of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", and wanted to take the opportunity to abduct Liu Xie to Jiangdong and seize the righteousness of the Han family.

As a result, he was killed by Xu Gong's Sanmen Ke before he set off.

So why didn't he leave earlier?

Because the time has not come.

In February, the Siege of White Horse broke out, and Cao Cao set out in March to relieve the Siege of White Horse, and then retreated to Guandu.

Yuan Shao, on the other hand, did not set off south until August to confront Cao Cao at Guandu.

Although Sun Ce didn't know that Yuan Shao wouldn't go south until August, as long as he didn't go south, it meant that Cao Cao would have enough time to deal with him if Sun Ce went north.

This time in history is as long as half a year, and with Sun Ce's strength, let alone half a year, it is estimated that he will not be able to hold on for a month or two.

It's not that Sun Ce can't fight, but it's too far from Jiangdong to Xudu, and the supply line is long, so Cao Cao doesn't need to take the initiative to attack him at all, and if he builds a defensive line in the northwest region of Runan, he himself will retreat due to lack of food.

Therefore, Sun Ce had to wait until Yuan Shao had already gone south before he could attack, so as to ensure that one blow would be hit, and he would attack Xu Du for a long time, and there would be no people from Cao's army to stop him.

Now that Shen Chen invited him to attack Cao Cao's rear together, Sun Ce would certainly not go without getting the exact news that Cao Yuan had already started a war.

"Then don't bother."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce threw the letter in his hand on the table and said, "This Shen Chen is said to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, a yellow-mouthed child, and he dares to order me to help him do things?" ”

Zhou Yu thought about it: "That's not true, I thought I still needed to help him a little." ”

"Oh?"

Sun Ce wondered, "What does Bo Fu mean?" ”

Zhou Yu explained: "Shen Chen's letter said that he was attacking Cao Hong in Ye County, Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao have a deep hatred, if Zhang Xiu participates in the war, Cao Hong is likely to be unable to hold it, and then Cao Cao will go south to help, if Zhang Xiu and Shen Chen are wiped out by Cao Cao, the two of them will be destroyed, and Cao Cao's rear army will come to guard against us." ”

"That's right."

Sun Ce frowned.

Zhou Yu made a lot of sense.

Now Cao Cao's arrangement in the south is actually very empty.

Cao Hong is in Ye County, and Li Tong is in Runan, and there are not many troops.

His main arrangements were in the areas of Guandu, Sili, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, where most of Cao Cao's troops and horses were divided.

Therefore, if Cao Cao went south to defend and eliminated Zhang Xiu and Shen Chen, then the troops to defend against Nanyang would not be needed, and he would instead join up with Li Tong, who was full of favorites, to guard against him Sun Ce.

When the time comes, it will be even more difficult to attack Xudu.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce groaned: "Then I will send a small group of soldiers and horses to the north to deal with Shen Chen?" ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and smiled mysteriously: "There is no need to be like this. ”

"That ......"

Sun Ce was puzzled, you said that you had to help Shen Chen, and you didn't send troops, do you plan to provide all the support except help?

Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu Ke secretly managed the troops and horses, deployed the generals, sent many scouts to the north in Jiujiang and other places, and at the same time announced to the outside world that he would go north to capture Guangling, and deliberately let the Cao army in Runan know. ”

Sun Ce pondered carefully and asked tentatively, "Could it be that Cao Cao is suspicious?" ”

"Not bad."

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "The way of the art of war lies in the virtual and the real. Too flamboyant, Cao Cao will definitely be on guard. It was too secretive, and Cao Cao was even more suspicious. At this time, if we are secret, he will always guard against Jiangdong, but Shen Chen's side is already attacking, and he is even more defensive against Shen Chen than us. As soon as Yuan Shao arrived, it was time for us to raise our troops. ”

"Hmm."

Sun Ce felt that it made sense, nodded and said, "Okay, just do it." ”

At that moment, Sun Ce began to secretly mobilize the team according to Zhou Yu's suggestion, and at the same time publicized that he would go north to attack Guangling.

At that time, Guangling Taishou was Chen Deng, and Sun Ce did attack Chen Deng in history, in Kuangqi City in Guangling, but in fact, he did not go, but sent his general Zhou Zhang.

Doing this now is obviously a bit of a clear plank road and a dark Chen Cang.

Soon, Runan's full favor heard about this and immediately sent someone north to inform Xun Yu of Xu Du.

Xun Yu once sent people to Manchu Li Tong to return to Fangye County, but at that time, Runan was also in chaos, Yuan Shao wanted to go south to attack Cao, and his protégés and guests were distributed in Runan counties, supporting troops and refusing to defend.

Cao Cao sent Manzhong to guard Runan, cooperated with Li Tong, and it took a lot of effort to pacify Runan, and now people are still in the area of Langling Ancheng, which is far away.

So when Shen Chen broke through Kunyang, Li Tong and Man Chong had just gotten the news, so Man Chong asked Li Tong to lead his troops north to Xudu.

And where is Shen Chen at this time?

He was heading north.

broke Wuyang, rested in Kunyang for a day, and let Lou Fa lead 2,000 people to supervise the transportation of grain and grass in the rear, occupy the city of Kunyang, guard the gateway of Nanyang, and lead 3,000 people from Huangmen Pavilion and 5,000 people from Ganning, a total of 8,000 people, to Xiangcheng in the north.

At this time, it was already the end of March, and it was about to be the beginning of April.

Cao Cao had just gotten rid of Yan Liang and Wenchou and returned to Guandu to set up defenses, Yuan Shao was preparing for a southward move, and Liu Bei followed Wen Chou to be defeated by Cao Cao in Yanjin and returned to Yuan Shao.

At the same time, Sun Ce was announcing that he was going north to attack Chen Deng, and Man Chong had just sent someone to Xudu to report the news, and Li Tong had just arrived in Liqiang County.

In just five days, Shen Chen first went north to feint to attack Xudu, and then went south to Poye County, Kunyang, and Wuyang, fighting 200 kilometers back and forth, and causing a lot of trouble in the hinterland of Yingchuan.

After the defeat of Xiahou Yuan on the other side of Xu Du, he fled back with difficulty, Xun Yu let him rest and recuperate, and ordered Li Dian to go out of the city to set up defenses.

At that time, Xudu was actually very small, and later generations of Xuchang people may have been to Cao Cheng's Mansion, and the four encircled streets around Cao Cheng's Mansion - West Street - North Street - Computer Room Street were basically the ancient city of Xuchang at that time, with an area of less than two square kilometers.

Now it is Liu Xie's palace residence, Cao Cao's Sikong Mansion, and the later Prime Minister's Mansion is here.

Later, the large city walls, streets, and ancient buildings of the ancient city of Cao Wei in Xuchang City took more than ten years to have a scale, including the moat that was dug later, so the current Xuchang Outer City is basically an undefended city.

If the enemy was allowed to enter the city, the damage and influence would be too great, and Xun Yu believed that the enemy must not be allowed to get close to Xudu, so he increased his defense.

In addition to the palace guards who had to stay in Liu Xie's palace to prevent those with ulterior motives like Dong Cheng from making trouble, basically as many troops as there were in the city, they mobilized as many troops as they could, and gathered the same number of people everywhere, pulling a lot of ministers and family members, and gathering 15,000 men and horses to resist outside the city.

By April 2, Shen Chen had already passed Xiangcheng and marched into Linying.

Because Linying is less than seventy miles away from Xudu, almost thirty kilometers, it can be reached within a day, so when the news reached Xudu, the entire Xudu shook.

This news cannot be hidden.

The enemy's scout outpost had even appeared outside the city of Xudu, so everyone from the Son of Heaven to the common people was shocked.

For a time, Shen Chen's soldiers came to Xu Du and shocked Yingchuan.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.