From small boats, to medium ships, to large cargo ships, they were all requisitioned by Sun Ce, and there was no longer a single idle fishing boat on the river, replaced by murderous soldiers of Wu County.

Sun Ce stood at the bow of the boat, watching the milky white waves parting at his feet and surging eastward.

When he was still an insignificant lieutenant under Yuan Shu, the mountains, rivers, trees, cities and villages on the north bank of the river were all very familiar to him. He once led Yuan Shu's soldiers here to rescue the "Five Thunder Sages", it was the first time he met Lu Lian, and he had a strange feeling at that time, feeling that they would have to fight again sooner or later.

…… Maybe a lot of them.

There was a reef standing in the middle of the river, and the surrounding water immediately became turbulent, and the boat shook slightly, and then again.

"Look at that reef," Sun Ce stretched out his hand and pointed at it virtually, "it's really good." ”

The generals behind him were a little confused, and glanced at each other, Cheng Pu and Sun Jian were very kind, so they asked very bluntly.

"Why should the general praise it if it stands there, and it is so inconvenient for ships to travel back and forth?"

"If the boat on the river is smooth sailing, and it suddenly encounters a reef, it is inconvenient," Sun Ce said with a smile, "It is standing there like that, but it makes the boatman very vigilant and careful to avoid it, how not to boast?" ”

The young general turned and looked at his cronies.

On that beautiful face, the smile disappeared completely, replaced by ferocity and fighting intent, but there was caution intertwined, so the words from Jiang Feng also became word by word.

"If I want to attack Guan Yu, I must first dispose of a reef here to block Lu Lian's reinforcements." His dark eyes slowly swept over the faces of his subordinates, "Although Liyang City is dilapidated, if I build a camp here, I only defend and do not attack, I can still block the Jiangling grain road, and then Lu Lian will definitely leave the soldiers and horses here!" But – who wants to make this reef for me? ”

After realizing the ominous meaning in Sun Ce's words, this group of veterans who followed Sun Jian all the way immediately scrambled to stand up!

"General! I'm going! ”

"Cheng Gong is old, when he is a companion general, how can he be in such a dangerous situation! Why don't I go! ”

"General! Hugh listens to their disputes, I will go! ”

Of all the legacies left to him by his father, these generals were the ones that Sun Ce valued the most.

They are all battle-hardened veterans, brave and good at fighting, and have absolute loyalty to him, so no matter which person is used to make this "reef", Sun Ce does not want to see it.

But he has a very clear understanding of his strengths and weaknesses, and he knows that his advantage is that he has these many warships, and he can quickly go back and forth on both sides of the Yangtze River, and he will be caught off guard by Guan Yu or Lu Lian.

But he was not good at fighting protracted battles with the northern soldiers and horses, especially with the cavalry on the plains.

He had to think of a way to isolate Lu Lian from Guan Yu, just like separating the water from this reef, and then he could do it calmly.

seemed to see what Sun Ce was thinking, and the last one to stand up was an eight-foot-tall northern man.

"Why don't you want me to go?"

"Righteousness?"

Han Dang is extremely powerful, and he is also famous for his bravery among this group of generals, but his focus is not on this, "If the general is not at ease, he will have a few good horses with me." ”

Sun Ce's young face lit up in an instant.

He disembarked from the Hengjiang River and rushed all the way north to Hefei, a journey of more than 200 miles that would take at least five days to reach the city, but if Lu Lian guessed his intentions, the light cavalry would be able to run from Jiangdu to Hefei in just two days!

And on this plain of Hefei, his infantry can't resist Lu Lian's cavalry no matter what!

"The righteous man is good at bowing horses, how can I forget! If you go, you will be able to return safely! Sun Ce patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "I'll give you two thousand soldiers, and you may keep it for fifteen days?" ”

Han Dang thought for a moment, "Is it enough for the general to take only fifteen days?" ”

If he can't break through the city, what should Sun Ce do?

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to withdraw the army, especially the soldiers and horses who were surrounded and intercepted by a cavalry wanted to withdraw the army, which was even more difficult and sinister.

Han Dang's question was not to despise Sun Ce, but to think about it thoroughly, so Sun Ce also thought about it seriously.

Unlike other generals, Lu Lian is a woman.

And she's a very soft-hearted woman.

With such a commander, it was not difficult for him to trip her feet.

When he thought of this, Sun Ce had an idea in his heart.

"If I can hold on for 20 days, even if I can't break through Hefei, I can retreat calmly."

Han Dang's face with two scars, so it was a little terrifying, smiled slightly.

"I will not be dishonored."

Tai Shici arrived on the tenth day after her arrival in Jiangdu.

The infantry didn't run fast, but there weren't many people left behind at this speed, and it was obvious that Tai Shi Ci was also working very hard to lead the troops.

When he hurriedly walked into the county guard's mansion, he saw Lu Lian in a daze at a sand table he had built, and next to him was Zhang Liao, who seemed to be in a daze.

"It's a hard journey, do you want Ziyi to take a break?"

He glanced at Zhang Liao, who seemed to be in a daze immediately, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"No, you have been worried about the battle in Guangling day and night, and you have only arrived today, and you are already very slack," he said, "How is the battle going?" ”

"Hmm......" she hesitated for a moment, "Sun Ce's shameless ......"

…… He pretended not to hear, but Zhang Liao coughed lightly.

"General Sun Bofu, well," she pointed to a certain place in the sand table, "I have built a camp in Liyang, and I want to cut off our army's food route." ”

In a word, Sun Ce found a dangerous place on the road from Guangling to the Huainan front line to block the door, given that this place was not far from the river, and the grain team could also go all the way up the river by cargo ship.

…… But now that Sun Ce has blocked the river again, he doesn't have any big boats, so he organizes some warships to go back and forth on the river, blocking the waterway.

If you want to open up the grain road, you have to pull out the checkpoints here in Liyang - in fact, it's as simple as that.

"Sun Ce is among them?"

"There are many flags in the camp, and among them is a big banner with the word 'Sun'," she said, "and you can't go wrong with it." ”

Tai Shi Ci thought for a while, "The camp is very strong? ”

"Exceptionally sturdy!" She immediately said, "The trench is two zhang wide and two zhang deep, and three roads have been repaired in a row, and antlers have been arranged!" He sent a naval army to harass on the river, and he built such a camp, and we didn't even find out! ”

It sounded like he was trying to kill her.

"If you occupy Liyang, you can block Guangling here, even if the second general returns, it will be difficult to save it! He spent such a thought, he must take Guangling! ”

She analyzed it like this, but she didn't hear Tai Shici's voice for a long time.

…… Tai Shi Ci was busy drinking water.

"Wen Yuan and I both see it that way," she said, "what do you think, Ziyi?" ”

Tai Shi Ci thought for a while, but still didn't say anything.

He had only been with Sun Ce for a long time, and almost all of his attention was spent on fighting.

But who says you can't get to know each other in a fight?

He always felt that with Sun Ce's demeanor when he was fighting, he didn't look like a person who was entangled in one city and one place.

…… But what exactly does he want?

Tai Shi Ci put such thoughts behind him, and thought for a while before speaking.

"Since this camp must be uprooted no matter what," he said, "the Donglai soldiers have finished their training, and now it is time for them to give it a try." ”

Although the camp was strong, most of the soldiers followed Sun Ce north after repairing the camp.

There were only 2,000 soldiers left, of which 1,000 were recruits, 500 were newly surrendered Jiangdong soldiers, and only 500 were veterans of Handang.

But he was not dissatisfied, he spent his days patrolling the camp and reinforcing it.

In July, the sun was scorching.

The weather required constant fire prevention, so he dug a creek and diverted it to fill the trench with water.

He walked around, and thought that if time permitted, he should build a few more towers of arrows, so that the archers could release their arrows from a high position.

Han Dang walked around like this, and finally decided to go back to his tent to drink some water and rest, when the soldier suddenly ran in.

"General! There is an enemy! ”

Lu Lian's soldiers and horses are only ten miles away from here, and they will arrive in a moment.

He climbed the arrow tower, looked closely, and soon found the long, slowly wriggling army on the path of the barren paddy fields.

The figure of the coach was something he spent a little time finding in Daxu.

Although her face was not real, her figure was obviously thinner than the guards around her.

…… A woman, who is not strong, where does her strength come from?

Considering that she once had the name of "Column Missing Sword", Han Dang temporarily sent his doubts.

"General! Do you want to beat the drums? ”

Han Dang thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, let's take a look first." ”

Under such a scorching sun, even the steaming heat from the paddy fields was hot.

She felt sticky, but she had to endure it.

The same is true of all the soldiers, some of the unarmored ones can still secretly lift their clothes, exposing their chests and backs to sweat, and those who are wearing armor can not take off their leather armor, so they can only withstand the double torture of the sun and thick leather armor, and insist on standing in the team with a lot of blood.

"Set up camp," she said, looking back, "and write a war letter and send it over." ”

The clerk in the army ran up, "What does the general want to say?" ”

"He built such a camp, obviously he wants to stick to it," Zhang Liao's brain moved quickly, "Naturally, how can he provoke him, can't Ciyu write?" ”

"How could I write this?" She was taken aback, "I don't know how to provoke people. ”

Zhang Liao touched his chin.

"I have learned a little while I have been with Wen Hou," he said, "and if I write it, I don't have to hand it over to the messenger when I am done, but I can shoot an arrow into the camp." ”

The sun is starting to set in the west, and the heat is still strong, but there is finally a cool breeze from the foot of the mountain in the southwest.

Han Dang ordered the soldiers to divide into three squads and patrol the camp day and night, so that Lu Lian would not have the slightest opportunity, as long as her soldiers came, arrows would rain down immediately.

But it was Lu Lian himself who came over.

The young lady rode a green horse, and ran afar, and when she was nearly two hundred paces from the camp, she rode to a halt.

At such a distance, I want to release arrows, and there is no such marksman in the army, and the soldiers feel very strange to see her coming alone, and they crowd on the arrow tower to probe their brains, and they want to see what tricks she has.

Then she removed the bow from her back.