Shen You advanced steadily, using the method of three-sided siege to form a local military advantage. After taking the first mountain in half a day, he continued to work hard, taking advantage of the shaken spirit of the Liaodong army, only escaping life, disrupting the flaws of the position, chasing relentlessly, and capturing another ridge, pushing the front three hundred steps forward, successfully completing the first day's combat goal.

Sun Ce was very satisfied with the news. In the face of such great pressure, Shen You and Pang Tong were able to fight steadily and control casualties very well. Their performance from generals to ordinary soldiers was remarkable, and they could be called elite, and did not embarrass the Jiangdong faction.

Not only Sun Ce was happy, but also the soldiers from Jiangdong around Sun Ce were happy. When Shen You came to the central army, not only Chen Wu and others who were with Sun Ce were greeted with smiles, but even Dong Xi and Zhu Huan came to celebrate. Shen You were also happy and chatted and laughed.

Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief, struck while the iron was hot, and summoned the generals to discuss matters.

The situation is still not optimistic. As the front line advances, the battlefield becomes narrower and narrower, and there is no longer much room for maneuver. Both sides can only fight face to face. Even if the Jiangdong Army is well-trained and well-equipped, the casualties will gradually increase when facing the Liaodong Army, which is defending the formation.

Therefore, the military plan proposed the tactic of advancing on both wings. Specifically, Shen You continued to attack and seize the mountains, while Gan Ning led the navy to clear obstacles, led the tower ships into the harbor, encircled the Liaodong army that was blocked in the front, and then annihilated it.

The reason is not complicated. Just like Shen You besieged the mountains, he strives to form a local advantage in the military strength and minimize casualties on his own. The trouble is that he needs to form an advantage in the local area when the overall force has no advantage. Not only does the entire army need to go to battle and cannot be revolved to rest, but he also takes considerable risks. Once a mistake occurs in a certain link, the entire front may collapse and be taken advantage of by the opponent.

It is a miracle to eat small fish and it is easy to choke if you can't eat them. If the previous battles are all temptations and assess the combat power of both sides, you can still get out of it once the situation is unfavorable. Once the full attack is launched, it will be difficult to get out of it. Either defeat the opponent or be defeated by the opponent.

When the final combat plan was delivered to Sun Ce, Sun Ce felt that the pen in his hand was heavy, and he was even more nervous than he had made up his mind to fight Xu Rong. Despite this, he still waved it, signed his name and made the final decision.

"Everyone, work hard!"

"Here!" the generals replied with a loud bang.

"Bang!" Gongsun Du raised his leg and kicked the desk in front of him away.

The generals looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything. Gongsun An guarded the mountains with heavy troops. Nearly 3,000 people were arranged on the small mountain, but he was taken away by Shen You within half a day, and even Gongsun An's own head was cut off. This result was so unexpected that the position behind him had no time to react and was taken away by Shen You.

In one day, he lost two positions that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and was defeated so embarrassingly, which made Gongsun Du furious and scolded the generals for being stupid and incompetent, especially Gongsun An who was killed. According to the scheduled plan, even if Gongsun An’s position was not as solid as a rock, he would have to be guarded for at least three days, which consumed the morale of Shen You’s army and dragged the entire battle into a war of attrition.

How did Gongsun An lose? No one knows that Gongsun An has been killed and his subordinates have suffered heavy casualties. He only knows that he has been fighting well at the beginning. The two sides fought for a long time before some Jiangdong troops rushed to the front. Later, Gongsun An ordered a counterattack, and Shen You launched a full-scale attack, but suddenly he was defeated, and it was defeated. The surviving soldiers were panicked and had different opinions. Some were contradictory to each other, some said that the Jiangdong army killed the evil gods and walked like flying on the mountains, some said that the Jiangdong army was strong, the arrows could not be shot in, the knife could not be cut, but the weapons in their hands were urged. Some even said that the phoenix fell from the sky as the fire fell from the sky, and hundreds of people were burned to death. Gongsun Du finally couldn't hold back and was furious.

Xu You remained silent. He had been by Gongsun Du's side and heard all the reports. He did not lose his composure like Gongsun Du, but he was more in a heavier mood than Gongsun Du. Sun Ce's tactics were nothing surprising. The ability to achieve such a record came entirely from strength. Equipment is a kind of strength, training is a kind of strength. The ability of the intermediate general's command ability is also a kind of strength to pursue the defeated soldiers. Taking advantage of the situation to seize the second mountain will not be the order of Shen You, but the commander of the commander who fought in the front line and the lieutenant made a decision at the moment, otherwise there would be no time. In these aspects, Sun Ce has obvious advantages.

But he was not sure how big Sun Ce's advantage was and whether Gongsun Du could reversal. So far, he only knew Gongsun Du's losses, Sun Ce's losses, and could not estimate the proportion of the war loss between the two sides. Without knowing this ratio, it was difficult for him to determine whether Gongsun Du could support the opportunity for reversal.

After two days of fighting, Gongsun Du lost nearly 10,000 infantrymen. How much did Sun Ce lose? Three thousand or five thousand, or more? How many of the people who lost were killed, how many were injured, and how many of the injured could fight after treatment? It was unclear, and everything was unclear. Sun Ce was attacking, but Gongsun Du's subordinates were defeated in a daze. No one could tell what the other party's losses were.

While anxious, Xu You felt that this was simply incredible. How did Gongsun Du run rampant in Liaodong?

"Ziyuan, what can you do now?"

Gongsun Du coughed and woke Xu You up from his thoughts. Xu You looked closely and found that the tent was empty, only him and Gongsun Du were left. The case that was kicked over by Gongsun Du was still on the ground, and no one dared to come in to clean up. Gongsun Du's face turned ashen and his breath was heavy, just like an angry bull.

"The meeting is over?"

"Whatever you want to discuss, a group of fools were beaten by Sun Ce." Gongsun Du waved his hand and sighed, wanting to speak but stopping.

Xu You understood the implication that Gongsun Du didn't say. He suffered setbacks for two consecutive days and was severely damaged. Gongsun Du's confidence was shaken. The loss was nearly 20%, which was a significant psychological burden for any general. If these were not fought with Gongsun Du for a long time and won many battles, he was still confident in Gongsun Du, and he might have collapsed. In addition, the tiger's leap block was lost and the food was not transported in. The long battle was not good for Gongsun Du, so it was expected that he wanted to retreat while his strength was still alive.

Xu You quickly weighed the pros and asked, "Shengji wants to withdraw the siege?"

Gongsun Du's face was a little hot, and he was embarrassed to look directly at Xu You with a sarcastic look, lowered his eyelids, and tapped his knees with his fingers. "Ziyuan, the tiger's leap block unexpectedly fell, and the food and reinforcements could not arrive in time. The terrain was narrow, not conducive to the cavalry running, and our army could not display its advantages. These two points were very unfavorable to our army. I thought, it might be better to change the battlefield."

"You are right." Xu You laughed: "I also think it might be better to retreat to Xiangping."

"Is that?" Gongsun Du was very surprised. He thought Xu You would strongly oppose it. He looked at Xu You and guessed Xu You's true intention. He was too familiar with Xu You's character. In Xu You's eyes, Gongsun Du was similar to Man Hu, just a piece of rotten wood. If it were not for the situation, Xu You would never have set foot in Liaodong and advised him on military affairs. Seeing him frustrated at this moment, he might be thinking about how to humiliate him.

Seeing Gongsun Du's expression of restraint, Xu You sighed softly. "Yes, Sun Ce is good at fighting and has been invincible for several years. Even famous generals like Xu Rong were defeated by him. He was originally a member of the Yuan family, a member of the four generations and three officials, and was a member of the world, and was defeated and killed. It is understandable that you are uneasy. Although you have suffered a small challenge, you have not yet reached the point of being uncontrollable. Retreat at this time may not be a way to survive."

Gongsun Du was confused, but he didn't ask too much, so he patiently listened to what Xu You wanted to say.

"I once said that Sun Ce owns five states and has a wealthy household registration. He will not covet the wealth of Liaodong. All he hopes is to get is a war horse. If you are willing to surrender to him and offer the horse from Liaodong, I don't think he will pursue him relentlessly. You also said that Sun Ce just thinks that as a Liaodong native, it is not appropriate to be the prefect of Liaodong, and there is no intention to kill you, right?"

Gongsun Du's face looked a little ugly. Xu You really couldn't change his old habits, so he took this opportunity to mock him. He surrendered to Sun Ce, and the one who wanted to give up was not the prefect of Liaodong, he was the King of Liaodong. The reason why Sun Ce did not mention it was because he didn't know it before, or he did not admit it at all. When he surrendered, he handed over control and was slaughtered, who knew if Sun Ce would re-report the old things.

Xu You pretended not to see Gongsun Du's expression, and then said, "Give up the Da clan and retreat to Xiangping, it is not a bad idea. Not to mention the Da clan, it is OK to retreat to Gao Xian. If it really doesn't work, there will always be a place beyond the reach of Sun Ce when he goes north. I heard that you once married a tribe daughter and the King of Goguryeo, just in time, and I had married a tribe daughter and him. With this friendship, I think it would be no problem for him to take you in. If it really doesn't work, kill him and occupy the nest. If you can't defeat Sun Ce, you can't defeat those barbarians?"

Gongsun Du snorted, interrupting Xu You, but a cold air broke out from his back. He understood what Xu You meant. He retreated to Xiangping, and he gave up not only the Da clan, but also the south of Xiangping was not his. Besides, he conquered Liaodong by force. Now he was defeated by Sun Ce and retreated in shame. Who else took it seriously? Maybe Sun Ce didn't need to recruit him at all, so someone took the initiative to serve.

You can't retreat, no matter how difficult it is, you have to persevere.

Xu You paused for a while, and when Gongsun Du had time to think about it, he saw his eyes firm again, and then said, "Shengji, did I tell you how Sun Ce defeated Benchu ​​and his son?"

Gongsun Du nodded slowly, even more ashamed. Xu You said that Sun Ce's infantry was refined, but his real killer was the cavalry. He had the courage of ten thousand men, was good at grasping fighter jets, and his cavalry tactics were superb, and he was quite as handsome as Xiang Yu. In the battle of Rencheng, he defeated Yuan Tan with cavalry. In the battle of Guandu, he also severely damaged Yuan Shao with cavalry. His only disadvantage was that there was insufficient war horses and the cavalry's advantages could not be used. Now his general Taishi Ci had arrived in western Liaoning, and Gongsun Fan and Gongsun Xu had all become his vassals. In Liaodong, the resources of war horses were all alleviated. Who else could be his opponent?

Gongsun Du thought about it for a long time and had to admit that he was not very careful. When he retreated at this time, even if he could return to Xiangping, he would not have the chance to defeat Sun Ce. He would only retreat again and again until he was killed.

"Ziyuan, in your opinion, what should we do?"

Xu You smiled slightly. "Shengji, I have two plans to withdraw my guards. Which plan do you want to listen to first?"
Chapter completed!