"Go! It's too late and it's gone! ”

Zhang Liao led people away from Hefei City in a midst of joy. He walked very calmly, and even a few bags of grain were distributed to the people by himself.

"When the Gangto thieves come, you will hide in your house," he advised, "as long as you don't show up, they won't enter the city again." ”

Less than half an hour after Zhang Liao left, Cheng Pu's soldiers and horses arrived first.

Jiangdong's cargo ships carried some horses, not much, but there were indeed some, and some of them were here in Chengpu.

This veteran who is respected as "Cheng Gong" is quite thoughtful, and when the soldiers and horses are about to arrive, he will send cavalry over first, wanting to check the situation, preparing to arrange troops, surround Hefei City, and at the same time intercept the scouts in the city who want to escape or deliver letters.

Therefore, when Sun Ce and his troops were about to return to Hefei, he was very surprised.

Cheng Pu did not besiege the city at all, and his men and horses walked slowly for the last few miles, and stopped on a dirt hill two miles away from the city.

When Sun Ce's Chinese army returned and discovered Cheng Pu's anomaly, Sun Ce immediately called him over.

"Why didn't Cheng Gong listen to the dispatch?"

…… For this reason, Cheng Pu felt very troublesome.

…… Anyone can say it directly, but as an elder who watched Sun Ce grow up, Cheng Pu felt that he shouldn't stimulate his own major general so much.

…… Think about it, "Zhang Liao saw through your plan, not only did he not succeed, but also smashed the Hefei City that you worked so hard to fight and left", can you say it!

"I sent scouts to investigate, Zhang Liao is no longer in the city." He said slowly, "It's useless to surround it again, so I should not make good intentions." ”

The pale and haggard face was suddenly covered with a dark cloud.

"Why is Cheng Gong so convinced?"

Cheng Pu is not so good at speaking tactfully, he has to think about it.

The young general has eaten very little and slept very little these days, and his pressure is too great.

But just as he was thinking about it, Sun Ce couldn't wait, he turned over and got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly, and the beautiful white horse neighed, the horse's hooves raised, and jumped out of the Chinese army!

Where can the surrounding generals still stand, they got on their horses one after another, shouted to their own soldiers, and immediately ran over.

"General!"

"General!"

"Will ——!"

On the dirt road in the barren field, Sun Ce forcibly reined in the horse.

He ran fast and stopped fast, and among the generals who hurriedly followed, some of them were slightly worse in horsemanship, and they were almost thrown off.

The young and ambitious general raised his horsewhip and pointed to Hefei City, but there was no bamboo in his voice at all, and he even trembled a little.

“…… What is that? ”

The generals looked at each other, and gasped.

It was indeed Hefei City, but where can it be called a "city" now!

I haven't seen it for a few days, and the city wall has been cut through seven or eight openings, each of which is more than a foot wide!

Underneath the gaps were filled trenches, and there were even mountains of dirt piled up under two of the gaps!

What is the difference between such a city and flat land! Who can defend the city? I'm afraid that I will be killed by the cavalry back and forth in an instant!

The city was broken a few days ago, and who of the Jiangdong generals didn't remember Sun Ce's posture of taking the lead and charging into battle?

In order to take the city, he even climbed the city wall himself! His silver armor was stained with the blood of his enemies! With a commander like him, the soldiers will be fearless of death, follow him to fight bravely, and capture this fortified city!

With this city connected to Chaohu Lake, supplies from Jiangdong can be sent in a steady stream, and Sun Ce also has the ability to continue fighting in Huainan, but now-Zhang Liao actually said that it would be demolished?!

When Sun Ce's face became more and more pale, a scout suddenly arrived.

"Urgent!"

The generals quietly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, thinking that there was finally some news to divert the general's attention, but Cheng Pu's heart was raised.

Sun Ce turned his head and stared at the dusty cavalryman with blazing eyes, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yesterday, Lu Lian borrowed General Jiao's seal and handwriting, disguised as a civilian man and went to the Chaohu camp......" The cavalry swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously, "General Lu Ziheng didn't know that there was a fraud, and he was captured when he left the camp!" Now the Chaohu camp has returned to the land——! Checkmate! ”

The scene became chaotic for a moment.

Zhou Yu was closest to Sun Ce and immediately stepped forward to support him, and the rest of the generals also helped their commander down from his horse.

Some were shouting for some water, others were shouting for the cart to come over, help the general into the cart, and send him back to the camp.

Many faces appeared in front of Sun Ce, each of them anxious and frightened, distressed and concerned, which was enough to prove that although he was young, he had such prestige among the generals.

But how so? He wanted to raise his hand to wipe his mouth, but someone had already taken the lead and wiped the blood off for him, he thought, how could he be so embarrassed in this battle?

The commander, who had not slept for several days, was so tired that when he passed out, he felt a little more relaxed than he had seen in a long time.

Lu Fan didn't eat for a day.

But the soldier poured him a few sips of water, and he drank it without holding back.

So Lu Hangyu was a little relieved, and it was estimated that he would pour two more bowls of water, and as soon as the water was full, it was estimated that he would eat it.

It's a pity not to eat in this camp.

She couldn't imagine how much food this group of southerners had brought over, not to mention all kinds of dried sausages, that ham was really fat and beautiful, and she wanted to bite two bites when she saw it.

These dry goods can't let the soldiers eat and drink nonsense, but this camp is stationed by the lake, and naturally there are ready-made things to eat, for example, these Jiangdong people are very diligent and thrifty, and they brought a lot of fishing nets over, sprinkled on the lake, and caught a bag of fish.

…… Who let there be too much "bait" in the water these days.

Lu Hangyu is a careful person, after she inspected the camp, she ordered the soldiers to scuttle the remaining few captured boats, and block them at the entrance of the water village as a reef, completely eliminating the possibility that Sun Ce's sailors set fire to the building boat and rushed over to burn her camp.

…… That's right, the camp is good, and now it's hers.

Especially after Zhang Liao came back and told her that Hefei City was demolished by him, this Chaohu camp was the strongest fortification within a radius of 100 miles.

After all the orders were issued, she could finally let the soldiers go about their work, and she went back to the tent to rest and think about her next move.

[Sun Ce probably knows it now,] she said, "He lost both Hefei and Chaohu. 】

Blackblade rarely praised her, and she was still silent.

[But his main force was not injured,] she thought for a while, [I'm not talking about those miscellaneous soldiers, whether it is Jiao Zhi or Lu Fan, the soldiers they lead are not his main force. 】

Sun Ce's main force is the more than 2,000 elite soldiers left to him by his father, who have received the grace of the Sun family, so his combat style is quite fierce and not afraid of death, and considering that Sun Ce himself is definitely not a coward, he can take the lead in peacetime, so the combat effectiveness of these two thousand elite soldiers can be overestimated a little.

[Chaohu Lake is so big, and there are many water thieves in between, Sun Ce can go to find those water thieves and borrow a ready-made water village to house his fleet, maybe he has already done this, so although his grain and grass are damaged, the grain road is fine. 】

[But he still needs a decisive battle.] The Black Blade finally spoke.

[That's right, he stays here, he is in a dilemma, he needs to fight quickly and defeat me as soon as possible.] 】

[But you don't need to,] Black Blade's thoughts have always been very clear and cold, but I don't know if it's her delusion, she feels that Black Blade's thoughts have a subtle emotion, [If you are willing to wait and delay, you may be able to force Sun Ce away without blood. 】

The tone of the black blade became gentle, "Don't you respect every life very much? If you don't fight behind closed doors, your soldiers will no longer have to sacrifice in vain. 】

…… She felt that something was wrong.

[I can wait, I only have three thousand people, and I don't eat much. She said, "But the second general can't wait. 】

Blackblade didn't say anything more, and just then, a messenger arrived.

A concise letter of war: Please go out tomorrow, let's do a real fight.

She took this letter and looked at it, until Zhang Liao, who had just washed her hair and didn't even wipe it, ran in.

"Sun Ce sent a letter?" He asked aloud, "What did he say!" ”

"Well, let's have a decisive battle tomorrow," she paused, "You're not too Shi Ci, what's the hurry." ”

The decisive battle next to Chaohu Lake requires a little homework in advance, there are large areas of wetland, which are not conducive to cavalry charges, Sun Ce has already thought about this.

But when he faced the rising sun, lined up his troops, and prepared to start attacking Lu Lian's position, he was still distracted for a while.

Chaohu Lake is beautiful.

Wave after wave of water swept over the reef and the beach, but if you looked closely, you could still see the footprints you had just walked, not necessarily by pedestrians, but by bears and deer, or by light herons, who quickly hid in the reeds taller than man, and who could have suddenly flown out of the soft, thick woods at the water's edge.

But these animals and plants are not the only ones in this wetland, even if the weather is so hot, there are many flowers blooming among the long grasses, and they are bright and bright.

Sun Ce is not a person who likes to be sad and sad, when he is busy with the war, he never has the leisure to look at the land under his feet, all this is his sooner or later, why should he go to see it?

But now, when he set his eyes on the vast wetlands and lakes, he began to realize in his heart that there were too many unsatisfactory things in this war, and it was still unknown whether this land could be owned by him.

So it gets even cuter.

The golden cymbals sounded in unison, and the war drums were vigorous.

It is true that his former army is not his own headquarters, but they are also good sons and daughters of Wu County. The soldiers tentatively began to shoot arrows as they slowly approached Lu Lian's soldiers, but they were immediately taught a lesson!

Lu Lian's army lined up three rows of crossbowmen, and after a salvo of crossbows, the first row of crossbowmen immediately retreated to the back row, replaced by the second row of crossbowmen who stepped forward, and then the third row! When the third row of crossbow bolts was fired, the first row had already tightened the strings again!

Round after round of crossbow arrows in volleys, they can shoot through those rattan soldiers! Immediately, there was a commotion in the front army!

"Lu Lian took a fancy to our lack of cavalry," Kanji said immediately, "Why don't I lead a hundred horsemen forward-"

In addition to the horses that the generals rode with them, there were only 100 cavalry in Eastern Wu!

But not now, but when?

Sun Ce nodded slowly.

Seeing that the hundred horsemen rushed out from the Chinese army, Lu Lian's flag order immediately changed its appearance!

"Crossbowmen retreat!"

"Crossbowmen retreat!"

"Spearmen come forward!"

"Spearmen come forward!"

"Long card soldiers!"

"Long card soldiers!"

"Cavalry on both wings!"

Cavalry! Cavalry! When Kanji saw the cavalry on both wings, he was overjoyed!

Although he lacks war horses in Jiangdong, this hundred cavalry is already very cherished, but if he can drag Lu Lian's cavalry with one as ten, then he will die in battle, and he has nothing to complain about!