Zhou Yu has been defeated again and again during this time, and in the end, he really couldn't fight, so he refused to defend the dangerous place, relying on the treacherous terrain to hold on, and no matter how the other party scolded, he couldn't come out.

In short, no matter how Tao Qian and Yuan Shu scolded and scolded, or how they used the agitation method, Zhou Yu's headquarters was immovable.

In the end, when the time came to the height of summer, Tao Qian and Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses were already declining in terms of sharpness and morale.

The two armies were indecisive, Tao Qian in order to quickly have a decisive battle with Zhou Yu's headquarters, asked Yuan Shu to be the governor, Zhang Xun as the front, Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Le Zhuo, Lei Bo and others as other governors, and sent Cao Bao to lead thousands of Danyang soldiers to camp on the flat ground, to the front of the battle to insult and challenge, and then insult the method, and even sent women's clothes to Zhou Yu.

But Zhou Yu calmed down and ignored it.

Zhou Yu's insistence on not fighting undermined Tao Qian's strategic intention of relying on his superiority to seek a quick victory.

The soldiers of Xuzhou gradually lost their fighting spirit and lost their dominant position.

In the scorching summer season, the heat is pressing, and the soldiers are overwhelmed.

The initial vigor of the soldiers disappeared without a trace, and even Tao Qian and Yuan Shu, who were the main generals, were upset because of the scorching heat of midsummer.

Zhou Yu was as tight as a turtle and couldn't take it for a while, so Tao Qian and Yuan Shuyi discussed, and the two sides jointly decided to temporarily move the soldiers and horses to a place with lush woods and sufficient water to escape the heat.

They set up their barracks in the deep mountains and dense forests, near the streams, and stationed their troops to rest and recuperate, preparing to wait until after autumn before launching an attack.

It's a pity that what they don't know is that what Zhou Yu is waiting for is such an opportunity.

He just wanted to take advantage of his youth and his unknown to make Tao Qian and Yuan Shu impetuous, and show flaws when acting.

Eventually, the flaw appeared.

In the middle of summer, all the sergeants live in dense forests, and the barracks are surrounded by combustibles.

In such a situation, once the fire attack is used, the consequences can be imagined.

Therefore, under Zhou Yu's intensive arrangement, the Jiangdong Army drew up a plan to counterattack the combined forces of Tao Qian, Cao Bao, Yuan Shu and others.

Zhou Yu saw that the morale of the coalition forces was depressed and believed that the time was ripe for a strategic counteroffensive.

He wrote to Cao Cao and said: At the beginning of the war, what he was worried about was that Tao Qian united with Liu Bei and divided his troops.

At present, Liu Bei and Sun Jian are facing each other, and the Xuzhou army is camping everywhere in the mountains and forests to avoid the scorching heat.

Defeat Tao Qian's Yuan technique, when there is no hindrance!

Please allow Ming Gong to fight!

Cao Cao, who was ill in Shouchun, immediately approved Zhou Yu's battle plan to shift from defense to counteroffensive.

In the hot summer season, the climate is sultry, and the camps of the Xuzhou army in the mountains and forests are all built by wooden fences, and they are surrounded by woods and thatch, once the fire starts, it will burn into a piece.

After the decisive battle began, Zhou Yu immediately ordered the Jiangdong soldiers to each hold a handful of thatch, raid the Xuzhou camp at night, and set fire to the wind.

Just in an instant, the fire was fierce, and the Xuzhou coalition army was in chaos.

Zhou Yu took advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive, forcing Tao Qian's army to move north.

Wu Jiangban, led an army of 3,000 daring troops, broke through the forward camp of the coalition army, slammed into the rear of the coalition army, and surrounded Lei Bo's troops in Tongshan with Dong's raiding department, cutting off the retreat of his army.

Cao Chun's troops attacked the Danyang soldiers Cao Bao and broke it, and Cao Bao fled in a hurry.

Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, and Ling Cao cooperated with Cao Ren's main force to launch a general attack on the enemy.

The Lejin Division, which guarded the border of Jiujiang, also took the initiative to attack and entered the battle.

The Yangzhou army made good progress, and soon broke through more than 20 Yuan and Tao camps, and cut off the connection between the two sides of Surabaya with the water army.

Yuan Shu's Yang Hong, Zhang Xun and others were killed.

Le Zhuo, Lei Bo, Li Feng and others led the crowd to unload their armor and surrender.

After Yan Xiang was captured alive, he kept scolding Cao Cao and was beheaded by Xu Chu.

Yuan Shu saw that the whole line collapsed and fled to the west, and the remnants of his troops defended themselves in danger around the mountain.

Cao Ren concentrated superior forces, besieged on all sides, and annihilated nearly 10,000 Yuan Shu.

At this point, Yuan Shu was unable to form an army, most of the dead and wounded fled, and the cars, horses and other military supplies were lost.

At this point, Yuan Shu completely lost his qualification to dominate the world and completely became a lost dog.

As for Tao Qian, he was also completely defeated, and the elite he had accumulated in Xuzhou over the years was also lost.

Tao Qian only had dozens of people left around him, panicking like a lost dog, he escaped more than 100 miles in three days, hiding in the mountains and forests, feeding on grass and trees, during which he encountered several pursuers, Tao Qian was almost captured.

After finally escaping from the border of Xiapi, Tao Qian entered the boundary of the East China Sea.

After arriving in the East China Sea, Tao Qian carefully looked at the entourage around him, and there were only less than double ten left.

I thought that when I led my troops from Tancheng and went south to conquer Zhou Yu, I was full of spirit, thinking that I could cut off Cao Jun, a big problem in my heart, in one fell swoop, but I never thought that Cao Jun not only did not eliminate it, but wiped out his own team.

There are already a lot of people in Xuzhou who are not satisfied with his Tao Qian's governance, and the military strength is relatively strong.

But this time the battle in Xia Pi Kingdom can be said to have wiped out Tao Qian's underwear.

Not only Tao Qian, but Yuan Shu's underwear is also gone.

Standing on the edge of the Surabaya River, Tao Qian looked at the rolling river, and couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

He even had the urge to plunge headlong into the flowing Surabaya River.

"Oh my God, why are you doing this to me?"

Tao Qian finally couldn't control the grief and indignation in his heart, and looked up to the sky and cried bitterly.

"God, what did I do wrong, why did you treat me like this?"

The current Tao Qian can be described as painful.

His military strength has been greatly weakened, even if Cao Cao does not call, whether he can continue to sit in Xuzhou is a matter of two words.

After all, in the territory of Xuzhou, there are too many forces that do not obey his management.

And these big families under his command, the heroes and heroes are not fuel-efficient lamps.

He is over sixty years old, and his two sons are not as strong as him, and they are incompetent.

I can't even leave soldiers and horses for my sons now, how can my sons be able to sit in Xuzhou in the future?

It's hard to even let the roots of his Tao family be broken.

Now Tao Qianke is really at a loss of progress.

As soon as he thought of this, Tao Qian's heart couldn't help but feel sad.

Suddenly, he bent his knees and was about to jump into the Surabaya River.

Fortunately, it was these soldiers under him who were quick to move forward, and hurriedly rushed forward to hug Tao Qian and prevent him from jumping into the river.

"Let go of me, you all let go of the old man, the old man doesn't want to live anymore! What is the meaning of the old man's life? Let go of your hands. ”

It's just that these soldiers dare to let go, just let Tao Qian himself shout there, and persuade and appease each other vigorously.

In the end, Tao Qian's mood finally stabilized and he was no longer looking for death.

And it was at this time that the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the rear.

Tao Qian and his soldiers were shocked.

Tao Qian turned his head in horror to look at the place where the voice sounded.

Faintly, it seemed that a group of cavalry was hurrying in his direction.

At this time, there were only more than ten people left around Tao Qian, and all of them were sleepy and lacking, in a state of the end of the crossbow, let alone fighting with the other party, even if they let them escape now, I was afraid that they would not even have the strength to escape.

If this army of soldiers and horses is really Zhou Yu's soldiers and horses, then Tao Qian and the others can only sit and wait to die.

"Could it be that God has lost me?"

Tao Qian turned his head to look at the turbulent Surabaya River, and then said to the soldiers around him.

"Sons, it's the old man who can't stand you."

"The old man originally wanted to lead you to make a career and become famous, but he didn't want to cause you to enter such a desperate situation!"

"Now that the thieves and enemies are coming, if you are willing to surrender, then go and surrender yourself, you can cut off the old man's head, think it is a merit, and it will not be in vain for our lord to obey!"

The soldiers who have accompanied Tao Qian to the present are also brave people in the Danyang army.

Then he saw that one of the leaders of the team gave up his hand and said:

"The king's words are wrong, we are the king's generals, how can we cut off the king's head and surrender to the enemy chieftain to invite merit?"

"This time, we are willing to advance and retreat together with the envoys, share life and death, and fight with these pursuers."

"Even if you end up in a different place, it's better than being captured alive by them and being a prisoner!"

"That's right, Tao Envoy, you give the order, our brothers will fight with them."

"Not bad, it's good to kill one, and it's enough to kill two."

"It's a big deal, Lao Tzu hugged them and jumped into the Surabaya River together."

Seeing that all his subordinates were so loyal and brave, the ruthlessness in Tao Qian's heart suddenly came up.

After all, Tao Qian was also like fire and short-tempered when he was young, but now although he is older and a little gentler, his nature is still there.

"Good! Since the sons and daughters are so determined, the old man will advance and retreat with you, and we will fight with them together. ”

Then, I saw Tao Qian pull out the ring knife on his waist, and the Danyang soldiers looked coldly at the dusty direction, just waiting for the other party to rush over, and then fight to the death with them.

(End of chapter)