In the face of Xu Kun and other veterans, Sun Ce was certainly unwilling to deal with Zhou Yu immediately, but he could not completely ignore these accountability requests.

In the end, the compromise result was that Sun Ce said that he would investigate and verify again, strengthen intelligence collection, and confirm the authenticity of the information collected by Xu Kun's channels.

As long as the information is true, then take out Zhou Yu's decision-making power.

And Xu Kun and Cheng Pu were also willing to take a step back, they didn't want to fight for the right to lead troops.

They just hoped that Sun Ce himself would personally take charge of the whole army and lead the main force of the Jiangdong Army to a decisive battle with Liu Bei's army in a water battle at the right time, and they must not miss the golden opportunity of Liu Bei's army fighting on two fronts and the emptiness of troops on the eastern front.

Everyone knows very well in their hearts that when Liu Beijun frees up his hands and Cao Cao is entangled by Yuan Shao for a long time, Sun Cejun will face Liu Bei alone, then there will be no way to wait for change, and it will be absolutely impossible to counterattack again.

The two sides reached a tacit understanding in this way.

In good conscience, Xu Kun and Cheng Pu are not jealous and jealous, but Zhou Yu is really in this life, and he has not established enough prestige in the Jiangdong Army.

Talents also need to grow, and Zhou Yu, eight years later in history, can dominate in the Battle of Chibi, which is inseparable from his experience, actual combat and learning in the past eight years.

Now he has not had the opportunity to take charge of the long-term experience on his own, nor has he had time to build trust and win the hearts and minds of the military. A twenty-six-year-old young man who had just lost the battle was questioned by his predecessors, and he should no longer be able to do so.

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After more than ten days, Sun Cejun had constant friction with Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu, but the big battle could not be fought.

Sun Ce always relied on Niu Zhu, Moling, and Dantu to fight against Zhuge Jin in several directions, and did not give the other party the opportunity to seize the decisive battle of the field troops.

On the one hand, high-frequency and low-intensity scout warfare and friction were carried out, and on the other hand, Sun Ce's intelligence collection efforts were also completely open, and various channels were desperately trying to verify whether Liu Beijun and Changsha Zhang Xian were at war and whether the main force was contained.

The final result of the verification naturally proved what Xu Kun and Cheng Pu said - because this was what would really happen, it was nothing more than a slight time difference on Zhuge Jin's side, so there must be noses and eyes in the details.

Moreover, during the ten-day verification period, the more Sun Ce inquired, the more frightened he became, because more and more bad news began to emerge one after another.

First of all, in mid-April, the southern Huiji County suddenly came back with bad news, saying that Wang Lang in Fujian actually learned the news of Liu Sun's war, and pulled the flag to express his resolute support for the Zhengpai Yangzhou Mu Liu Bei, and then asked He Qi to lead troops to prepare for a counterattack on Dongou and Linhai, the two coastal basin counties in the middle of Huiji County.

Although Wang Lang's troops had not really landed, the rumors spread very tightly, and there were indeed erratic Wang Lang's army ships occasionally appearing along the coast of Huiji County, and even as far as the mouth of Zhejiang, which was later known as Hangzhou Bay.

The puppet officials who stayed in Huiji County were shocked every day, and even some of the timid began to spread the word that "Wang Lang's appearance in Linhai and Dongou may be just a feint, and Wang Lang's real purpose may be to directly penetrate into Zhejiang, land in Shanyin County on the south bank of the Jiangkou, and directly recapture Huiji County."

Sun Ce also ordered the patrolling sailors in Huiji to counterattack in time, but the problem was that his sea ships were driving too slowly, and they couldn't catch up with Wang Lang's sea ships at all.

Wang Lang's navy didn't know how to fight at all, it was just haunting around the coast, and Sun Ce's army ran away immediately when he came to surround and intercept him. The long and narrow new keel sea-going ship, equipped with a wide boom sail, is absolutely crushing the sand ship in terms of speed.

And that's just the beginning.

After entering the second half of April, Sun Cejun's sentinel and meticulous work found some more critical situations.

On this day, it was April 22, Danyang Taishou Xu Kun received a report from the scouts under his command, Xu Kun surveyed again and again, confirmed that it was correct, and went straight to the Zhengnan General's Mansion to report to Sun Ce in person.

"My lord! There is an abnormality in the Guan Yu naval army in Chuxian and Guangling! The lord still remembers that more than a month ago, when Gong Jin attacked Guangling for the first time, Chen Deng got the news in advance and blocked the gate of the Hangou Canal by temporary damming, so that Gong Jin could not set fire to the canal.

But just the day before yesterday, Chen Deng organized the people to work and completely dismantled and dredged the dam outside the canal gate, and the ditch has been reopened! I heard that there are warships heading south in the direction of Xiapi and Huaiyin, and there is also the side of Chuxian, Guan Yubu, who was originally hiding in Chushui Water Village, also began to mobilize, and transferred hundreds of warships from Chushui to Hangou at night! ”

When Sun Ce heard this, he didn't react to what the enemy wanted to do for a while, so he didn't immediately express his position, but just asked Xu Kun to be more detailed.

Xu Kun looked at Sun Ce's performance and knew that he hadn't fully understood, so he hurriedly asked someone to bring a map and point to the map.

At that time, there were Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu next to him, and these two people reacted faster than Sun Ce, Xu Kun just brought the map, and Zhou Yu was the first to awaken:

"Xu Fujun, do you want to say that Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu want to transfer the sailor downstream? Do they feel that hiding in Chushui is easy to be targeted by our naval forces in Moling and Dantu? ”

Xu Kun did his homework, of course, he already had a preconceived idea, so he nodded as a matter of course, pointed to the map and said: "That's right, I think Guan Yu must think that Chushui is shallow and narrow, and the water village is not strong, not as strong as the water village in Guangling Hangou, and there are many river berths."

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Originally, the enemy had hoarded all the warships in Chushui, but because the Hangou gate was damaged, they could not use its deep canal channel, so they could only retreat to Chushui. Now that Chen Deng has repaired the sluice gates, warships can be moored for dozens of miles along the canal, and there are berths everywhere. Zhuge Jin gathered all the naval warships to the battlefield further downstream.

What's more, in the past few days, I have found some new news of the enemy! There are many rumors among the people that Wang Langjun's harassment along the coast of Huiji has been noticed by Zhuge Jin, and Wang Lang's sea ship has returned to Guangling to dock and contact Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu, this time it may be that they want to bypass the places where Moling, Dantu and other heavy troops are gathered, go down the river, go to Wu County, Huiji and other places, and attack my back! Although our army still has 50,000 soldiers, most of them are assembled in Danyang, and the rear is relatively empty.

The mouth of the Chushui River is more than 80 miles upstream of the mouth of the Hangou River, when the enemy army was stationed in Chushui, once dispatched, our army still has one night to deal with it, and the Dantu's naval army can block the river to intercept and kill, and when they are transferred, they want to dispatch and sabotage our rear one night, and when our army finds out, the enemy ship has already reached below Hailing, how can it be stopped?

In addition, Chen Deng repaired the sluice gate of the Hangou Canal, and the small boats below their ships could even take the canal into Huai, and then sail south from Haixi County along the coastline, threatening our Wuhui coast.

At that time, the speed of our army's naval army is at a disadvantage, and it will inevitably be exhausted, and if we concentrate our forces to defend Danyang, the enemy will make a detour to attack and harass Wuhui, and if our army guards Wuhui with heavy troops, the enemy will destroy all parts of Danyang along the river in a roundabout way, and in the end I am afraid that it will be broken by the enemy! ”

Sun Ce listened to this analysis, and his expression became completely solemn.

But he still felt that the change was too abrupt: if Zhuge Jin could do this to win a strategic advantage, then why didn't he do it in the first place? Why did it drag on to this day? If you can't explain why, then there is another conspiracy behind it!

Sun Ce's IQ is not very high, but he feels that this issue must be thought through before he can make a decision.

After thinking for a while, he decided to let his subordinates report the answer: "Gong Jin, I think what my cousin said is quite reasonable, but I don't understand why Zhuge Jin didn't do it in the first place?" If he had done this in the first place, would it have done any harm to the enemy? ”

Zhou Yu's mind was still fast after all, and he thought about it for a while, touched his beard and muttered: "Zhuge Jin didn't do this at first, probably because in the first few days, the troops around Guangling were really weak, and Chen Deng had to block the canal to prevent me from sabotaging it. But not long after, Tai Shici went south, and the troops around Guangling were not so insufficient.

Later, he repaired the canal, which may have taken a slower time, and he had to wait and see, so he delayed until today, and before that, Zhuge Jin could not do this if he wanted to.

On the other hand, the transfer of all the naval forces from Chushui to Hangou would have a disadvantage to the enemy, that is, the lack of naval defense in the upper reaches. If our army turns from defense to offense, and the main force of the naval army goes up the river and destroys the coasts of Chuxian, Liyang, and Wuhu, the enemy will not be able to rescue them. Didn't Emperor Xiaowu say it? Kou can go, and I can go.

Now that Zhuge Jin is not worried about this, there may be a possibility...... is the upstream direction, Liu Bei didn't have a big victory over Zhang Xian? So much so that Liu Bei no longer needs to leave too many troops in Jingnan, and has already divided his troops to Wuhu? Even if Guan Yu's troops are transferred, the upstream will not be empty again soon? ”

Zhou Yu's words were said by Xu Kun and Cheng Pu, and this is indeed the most explainable possibility.

Sun Ce was forced by this sense of crisis, and also decided to give it a go: "You must not wait until Liu Bei pulls out his hand!" Zhang Xian's incompetents will definitely not be able to resist for long. I have made up my mind, I can't give Guan Yu and Wang Lang a chance to merge!

As long as Guan Yu dares to take the navy back to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and try to infiltrate Wu County and Shanyin, I will close the door and fight the dogs, pour the water army east of the river, and fight Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin! Otherwise, when Liu Bei and Guan Yu merge, I won't have a chance to fight! ”

Zhou Yu was taken aback by Sun Ce's words and deeds, and instinctively reminded: "Bo Fu, don't be reckless!" Even if we miss today's opportunity and can't fight Liu Bei in the future, we can at least hold on and wait for changes! If there is a mistake in the main force, then you can't even wait for change!

And Zhuge Jin may still have tricks! Just imagine, if he really wholeheartedly joined Wang Lang and harassed me along the coast, why didn't he just go through the ditch, go around the Huai River, and go south from the coast of Haixi? So how can we intercept it?

Zhuge Jin has to go to the Yangtze River and give us a chance to intercept it, maybe he wants us to intercept it! ”

Xu Kun and Cheng Pu on the side agreed with the second half of Zhou Yu's sentence, but they didn't approve of the first half of the sentence, so Xu Kun retorted:

"Hold on to change, what else can we change? Sit and wait for death, which is the best to kill? ”

Zhou Yu: "Before Gongsun Chan died, he said that he would stick to the change, but unfortunately he didn't insist in the end, and chose to contact Zhang Yan and try to fight back!" If Gongsun Chan can live for one more year, he will be able to hold out until Yuan and Cao start a war, and Yuan Shao will not have the energy to deal with him with all his might, so he will not wait until the change!

Although I can't be sure what this change is now, if Liu Bei only needs to deal with our family, then the enemy is strong and I am weak...... Unpredictable.

If the decisive battle of Yuan Cao Henan is divided in the future, and Cao Cao can defeat Yuan Shao, that is the biggest change. At that time, as long as we are still struggling to support, Cao Cao will definitely not watch us fall, he will definitely attack Liu Bei's back and attack along the Huai River!

Like Gongsun Zhan, we are all princes in a remote corner of the world, and for us, we can only hope that the princes who border us will be held back by other princes. ”

It's a pity that Zhou Yu's words didn't have an effect at all.

When Sun Ce heard that Zhou Yu was actually counting on Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao, he felt that this matter was too slim.

"The eldest husband lives between heaven and earth, how can he pin his life and death on others! If I want to rely on Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao, I have any hope of survival, so I might as well fight on my own! Gong Jin, I know that after your defeat, you were a little frustrated, and you also wanted to be stable, but I can't do this.

When Xiang Yu died, he was just thirty years old, and he still refused to cross Jiangdong to wait for Liu Bang to die, how could I expect others to destroy Liu Bei!

Pass my general order to gather all the sailors to Dantu Dazhai and keep an eye on Guan Yu for me! As long as he dares to drive out the sailors gathered in the ditch and want to go downstream, he will bite the whole army for me! I will fight with him on the Yangtze River, and I will fight to the death! ”

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