According to Long Xiang's instructions, Tang Yu picked a timid work and quietly released it from the south gate of Hefei.

When he returned to the camp in Jiangdong, the general meeting of the day had already ended in the main account.

Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Lu Fan have already set off separately and returned to the three sub-camps in the east, west and north.

Sun Ce was visiting Han Dang at the time, and when he saw that the other party was covering his chest and moaning, but there was no decoction in the camp to relieve it, he was inexplicably a little panicked in his heart.

"Yigong is patient for the time being, and he will send you back to Jiangdong tomorrow to heal."

"When we go back to Jiangdong, we have to allocate ships, isn't our ship transporting the people of Lujiang? My lord, don't let me alone delay the military plane."

"Yigong rest assured, the boat is going to Chaohu Lake to recruit, I have been looking for people overnight, and the grain and grass in the camp are not enough to break the city, so send Yigong back to Jiangdong just to urge food on the same road, don't worry about delaying the military plane."

"That's good... Ahem... Hiss..."

"You don't talk much, I'll come back to see you later."

"Don't come, the lord will soon fall asleep, you rest early, tomorrow you will command the siege, remember to stand farther away..."

"I've saved..."

Sun Ce walked out of the Han Dang barracks, uncomfortable and guilty lingering and couldn't let go, suddenly the guards reported back carefully, he thought Deng Dang had done something, so he walked to the main tent excitedly, but was slapped hard by reality.

Deng Dang's gang was all captured, and the night harassment became meaningless.

Seeing Sun Ce standing in place with a dull look in his eyes, Zhang Zhao stepped forward and reminded in a whisper: "Lord, do you call Gong Jin and them back, half of the follow-up battle plans are related to Deng Dang, and now that they have been captured by Long Xiang, we need to renegotiate countermeasures..."

"That's right—"

Sun Ce raised his hand to Zhang Zhao, turned around and sat on the Hu bed in a few steps.

"Zibu sent orders on my behalf..."

"Yui." Zhang Zhao walked out of the main account in response.

Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Lu Fan returned to the station one after another, and almost as soon as they lay down, they received Sun Ce's order to assemble urgently, so they rushed to the southern camp overnight.

The Jiangdong generals discussed until dawn, but they did not come up with a way to quickly take Hefei.

If it continues to besiege the city for half a year, like Sun Ce's attack on the Lujiang River back then, I believe that it is possible to trap Long Xiang, but the price paid is too great, and it is not acceptable to Jiangdong now.

Because the generals stayed up all night, not only did they not arrange a noisy attack at night, but they did not even plan for the siege the next morning.

Jiang Qin retrieved two ships last night, and Sun Ce sent Han Dang away with a black eye.

Sun Ce was difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and he didn't want to fight before the siege equipment arrived, but it was easy to wear down the morale of the soldiers if he didn't attack, and the most important thing was that after the equipment arrived, he might not be able to take Hefei quickly.

Under this entanglement, Sun Ce could only adopt Zhou Yu's strategy, and every day was like training troops, so that all departments took turns to attack for two hours.

The Lord will not have a mind, and the people below will pretend.

The weaker the offense and defense, the easier it is to defend the city.

On the ninth day of October, Wu Jing, the Taishou of Danyang, sent people to send several boats of food for emergency purposes, and brought a battle report from Peng Ze to block Liu Xun.

As of the eighth day of October, Sun Ben and Sun Fu relied on the city and the water village to force Liu Xun's main force back to Haidusk three times.

Since the division of troops at the end of September, although Sun Ce led the main force to quickly take the Lujiang River, he lost three or four thousand people in Hefei, and there was no hope of breaking the city for a short time.

Compared with the records of the north and south, the generals around Sun Ce didn't feel good in their hearts, but they didn't dare to persuade him to give up gnawing hard bones, and in the end, Zhang Zhao stood up in consideration of the overall situation.

"Lord, our original intention of coming to Hefei was to receive Zheng Bao's money and grain and to incorporate Long Xiang, but obviously the other party has made sufficient preparations and continues to work hard.

Even if the city is finally breached, there is not much food left in the city, so why not give up here for the time being and attack Liu Xun? If he is allowed to wander in the sea dusk, he is afraid that he will collude with Huaziyu (Huaxin), which will not be conducive to the lord's collection of Yuzhang."

"Makes sense."

Sun Ce went down when he saw the steps, and ordered Zhou Yu and the others

The people retreated, while sending people to the mouth of the Lujiang River, asking Ling Cao to bring a warship to Hefei to respond, and also planned to go south to Yuzhang directly from the waterway.

Come on a high note and leave on a low note.

The attack turned from strong to weak, and the battle, which lasted for seven days, finally ended.

Sun Ce took 30,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangdong, just like he came to Hefei for the eleventh day, and began to return as soon as the holiday arrived.

Watching the soldiers line up to board the ship, there were inexplicable smiles on their faces.

Sun Ce's heart sprouted unspeakable bitterness, and he lamented that he had never encountered such an opponent since he sent out his army.

The strength can't be used, and the fight is aggrieved.

Zhang Zhao stood on the deck, and when he saw Sun Ce standing on the shore, he frowned, so he stepped off the boat and whispered to comfort: "Don't worry, my lord, when you completely recover Jiangdong, Hefei will have something in your pocket sooner or later, don't be in a hurry."

"Long Xiang is assisted by Lu Su and Xu Chu's wings, I'm worried that Li Shu won't be able to hold the Lujiang River..."

Sun Ce stroked his short beard with a serious expression.

Zhang Zhao analyzed: "Based on Zhao's shallow view of Long Xiang, this person is from a humble background, has no great ambitions, and does not want to be an enemy of Jiangdong, plus the army is very limited, it is unlikely that he will go south to threaten Lujiang, if the lord is not at ease with Li Taishou, he may wish to leave more soldiers and horses."

Sun Ce shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The people of Lujiang were moved by me tens of thousands, the more soldiers and horses I leave for Li Shu, the more food he needs, or wait until Liu Xun is destroyed..."

"Well, in fact, Hefei is connected to the Yangtze River in the south and Huaishui in the north, and it is not easy to defend the city. Zhang Zhao smiled knowingly.

"What Zibu said is extremely true, Long Xiang is stronger than Liu Xun, but it's a pity that he chose the wrong place, and it can be regarded as fate..."

Sun Ce sighed after speaking, and suddenly thought that Deng Dang was trapped in Hefei, and wondered if he should send someone to ask for it?

Diplomacy and war complement each other, and it is not uncommon to talk while fighting.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce immediately instructed Zhang Zhao: "Deng Dang is trapped in the city and needs us to rescue him, and Lao Zibu will go to Hefei and ask for personal favors from Long Xiang."

"Ahh

Zhang Zhao was noncommittal, and said in his heart, how could I have such a big face?

Sun Ce understood Zhang Zhao's worries, smiled and patted him on the shoulder and quipped: "Zibu must have confidence in himself, the whole army counts you as having a friendship with Long Xiang, don't forget that he also gave you gold and silver..."

"Lord, that's not..."

"Okay, Long Xiang sent you those gold and silver, and I didn't plan to collect it, you go and come back quickly, I will leave you a boat."

"Yui."

Zhang Zhao had to go to Hefei hard, and he couldn't wait to slap his face on the way, saying that he had just stepped onto the deck, and if he didn't come down to be a confidant brother, he wouldn't get such a job.

is different from the last time to show off his might, this time he went to ask for favors and was mostly blinded.

Zhang doesn't like to be teased, but the boss's orders have to be carried out.

Although Sun Ce's army was retreating, Long Xiang did not dare to open the city gate easily, he was worried that it might be Zhou Yu's strategy.

Long Xiang stood on the city tower and looked at Shi Shui, hundreds of warships were neatly parked on the shore, looking like a huge building from a distance, but it was not very clear to the naked eye.

If only the telescope had been swayed...

Telescope? Long Xiang suddenly slapped the city wall excitedly.

The principle of the telescope is simple, and the museum in later generations has a crystal cup unearthed in the Warring States period.