Sun Ce didn't say anything, took a tangerine from the glass plate on the table, peeled it, broke it into pieces, handed it to Sun Quan a few pieces, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

Sun Quan held the orange, motionless, calming his breath, waiting for Sun Ce's decision.

Sun Ce raised his head, and his quiet eyes passed through the clean and transparent glass window, and saw the goddess standing on the railing.

Although standing on the heavily guarded ship, surrounded by murderous soldiers, the goddess could not see any nervousness. Instead, she was a little curious, just like a child who saw the world, everything was strange and wanted to see everything.

No matter how you look at it, she is not like a spy, unless she is really a natural actress and can tell you how to act without teaching.

Sun Ce did not believe this. He felt that this goddess might just be a chess piece used by others and he was not aware of it.

If these are all set up by Fazheng, this situation would be too exquisite and makes people fall into the clouds.

What exactly is Fazheng's killing move? The stone thrower on the Goddess Peak has been exposed. What kind of move does he have?

As the boat sailed, the green mountains on both sides slowly retreated. After entering the canyon, the blue sky and white clouds disappeared, and only the towering mountains on both sides were seen. In the narrow areas, some green or blood-like cliff walls rushed towards the face, almost forcing them to breathe, making people feel scared from the bottom of their hearts.

If someone really throws a stone thrower on the top rack of Linjiang and throws a huge rock weighing hundreds of kilograms, the lethality is indeed great. However, the ship is huge, unless it is smashed directly, it will be just a loud thunder and a small raindrop. Even if the ship is smashed, there will be enough time to escape.

The top area of ​​the mountain is limited, so there are not many stone throwers that can be set up. The fire rate of the stone throwers is not fast, and it is probably just one or two shots that can really work. It is hard to work, and it has no substantive meaning except scaring people.

"Zhongmou, do you really believe in God?" Sun Ce withdrew his gaze, looked at Sun Quan, and looked at the sweat beads on Sun Quan's forehead.

"The emperor... is the god in the eyes of my brother."

Sun Ce laughed silently. "But you don't believe me."

"I don't believe it, I just don't want to."

"There is a strength in a certain situation and a weakness in a certain situation. Not everyone should become a famous general, and there is no need. Among all the brothers, no one can match your talent in government affairs."

Sun Quan raised his head, stared at Sun Ce for a moment, then withdrew his gaze, picked up an orange and put it in his mouth. "Does the emperor also include the emperor?"

Sun Ce thought for a while and nodded. "As for government affairs, I have a slight advantage in the general trend and are not as good as you in specific matters."

Sun Quan grinned. "Thank you, my brother. For so many years, I don't think I'm useless. I'm grateful." He turned to look at the goddess outside the cabin, wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and laughed mockingly, "The wisest way to walk with God is to be like her, be a devout slave, crawl in front of God, beg for God's blessing. But I am unwilling to give up, all of them are born of my parents. Why can the emperor suddenly become enlightened and be invincible in a day and a thousand miles a day. But I am the same as before, and have no inch of progress? If the destiny of heaven has a return, it would be fine. But if it is not for the destiny of heaven, it can only be done without hard work."

Sun Ce's eyebrows raised lightly, and he wanted to speak but stopped. The first time he heard Sun Quan reveal his feelings was really surprised and guilty.

Unexpectedly, Sun Quan's inner demon came because of this.

But there is no way to explain this.

Sun Ce was silent for a long time and did not continue the topic. "Zhongmou, if you follow my original intention, I don't agree with your combat plan. But you have decided, and if I stop you, you will not be willing to do so. Since that's the case, you can go and prepare."

"Thank you Your Majesty." Sun Quan felt relieved and then said: "My brother is crazy and rude, so he would like to forgive his crimes."

Sun Ce waved his hand with a wry smile and signaled Sun Quan to retreat. Sun Quan bowed again, bowed back, called the goddess and got off the boat.

Guo Jia's figure appeared outside the cabin door. He watched Sun Quan get off the boat and transfer to his own boat. Then he withdrew his gaze, lowered his head into the cabin, saluted, and sat down opposite Sun Ce.

"Did you see anything?" Sun Ce asked.

"No, it's just a very pious witch." Guo Jia picked up an orange and peeled it up by himself. "If this is really a game, it's really a lot of trouble. If it doesn't work, the person who set up the game might vomit blood."

"In addition to the stone thrower on the Goddess Peak, what other means are available?"

Guo Jia looked at Sun Ce, turned his head to look outside the cabin, and pointed his hand. "It's possible to rain heavily in the sky, earthquakes and landslides, wildfires burn mountains. Everything depends on whether they have such a method. Your Majesty, this section of the Yangtze River is a place where disasters occur frequently, and it's too easy to cause something. There was nothing wrong with the autumn flood today, but it was an accident. Many people said that Your Majesty is the destiny of heaven, and even God dared not rain or floods."

Sun Ce laughed in silence.

He stayed in Dongting this year. The summer and autumn floods are actually not small, but the local counties are afraid of accidents and affecting the future. They are very careful and the embankment is tightly protected, so there is no flood. The people are ignorant, but they attribute the credit to him.

"So, aren't we very dangerous?"

"The danger is inevitable, just be careful." Guo Jia stuffed the peeled orange into his mouth, and the juice overflowed from the corner of his mouth. "The most suspicious thing now is Liao Li. I'm thinking, can we see him when we arrive in Wu County?"

"It should be seen." Sun Ce said: "So far, he has not revealed any flaws, and we have not been severely damaged. If he is really Cao Cao, Fa Zheng's detailed work will be arranged by him, there is little possibility of giving up halfway."

Guo Jia smiled and asked, "Is this Liao Li in His Majesty's dream?"

Peng Yi sat on a huge rock in the air, holding his cheek with both hands and elbows on his thighs, looking at the Wu army warship slowly advancing on the narrow river surface, and sighed secretly.

If he fired a hundred iron balls on the Goddess Peak opposite the river at this time, he would be more than 70% sure that he would seriously damage Sun Ce's ship. If he was lucky, he might even kill Sun Ce himself directly.

The ten-pound iron ball fell from the air of two or three hundred feet, and no one could withstand a blow.

He was accidentally caught by the Wu army scout and followed the whereabouts all the way to the Goddess Peak. Fortunately, he was quick and found something wrong. He immediately threw down half of the stone thrower, took the prepared boat, and moved to Jiangnan, otherwise life and death would be unpredictable.

The best ambush opportunity slipped away from his hands. How to complete the task entrusted by Fa Zheng has become a headache for him.

This mountain is the place he has found in the past few days. If he can throw this huge hanging rock down, even if he cannot hit Sun Ce's ship, the waves stirred up may overturn the ship.

But the huge rock was too heavy. Even though he had nearly a hundred subordinates and had been busy for two days, he still couldn't shake it. The human power was still too weak and time was too hasty. Sun Ce came too fast and did not give him a chance to tamper with it.

Once Sun Ce passes, it will be meaningless to take action.

Only one last method is left: to create a collapse of the mountain and let the entire mountain slide into the river.

But a huge rock is so hard, what kind of means should we use to collapse the entire mountain?

Peng Yi was unsure. He felt that he had made great progress recently and even felt a complete transformation. At this moment, facing this silent boulder, he felt a heavy sense of powerlessness and indescribable frustration.

Sun Ce arrived in Wu County and met Liao Li.

Although he only saw one glance in the crowd and even did not talk, Sun Ce suddenly concluded that Liao Li had a problem.

He is the detailed work arranged by Cao Cao by Sun Quan.

But Sun Ce said nothing. First, there was no definite evidence, and second, once his actions were revealed and he did it in detail, the spy would lose its meaning, and taking his life would be useless. It would be better to keep it, which might have other uses.

Sun Ce immediately inspected the situation around Wu County, inspected Qutang Gorge by water, and inspected Niumaling and several other dangerous places by land.

The situation in Qutang Gorge is clear at a glance. Not to mention that the Shu army built fortifications on the cliffs on both sides and were ready to fight, even if they opened the door and allowed the Wu Navy to sail freely, large tower ships carrying stone throwers and heavy crossbows could not pass smoothly.

If you have to attack from the water, you can only use small and medium-sized warships to attack. However, without heavy weapons such as stone throwers and heavy crossbows, the Wu army will inevitably pay a heavy price when advancing against the current.

The turbulent water flow is a difficult obstacle for humans to overcome.

While patrolling Niuma Ridge, Sun Ce saw Cao Cao's battle flag and looked at Cao Cao from afar across a mountain.

He didn't know what Cao Cao was feeling at the moment, and he was not in good condition at all. This was not a fair duel, and the situation was very unfavorable to him. He was not sure whether he could win. The team behind him that had not yet been found was a sharp sword hanging above his head. No one knew when it would appear and what form it would appear.

As Guo Jia said, this section of the Yangtze River is a place where disasters occur frequently and should not be kept for a long time.

After following Sun Ce over mountains and ridges for several days, seeing such steep terrain, the military advisors and staff of the Military Affairs Office experienced the difficulties of mountain warfare in person and never dared to talk about war easily. Such a mountain road, not to mention wearing heavy armor and advancing in the rain of arrows from the other party, even if you climb empty-handed for a period, you will be as tired as a dog. It is definitely not as you say, you can work hard and carry forward the spirit of hard fighting.

Because of this, the Military Affairs Office basically had a negative attitude towards Sun Quan's combat plan, believing that his plan was too optimistic and even a little rash. Judging from the terrain of Niuma Ridge, it was extremely unfavorable to the attacking side. The defender was Cao Cao's central army, not a large tribe. If he forced the attack, there would be heavy casualties.

Sun Quan argued with reason and insisted on his own point of view. In order to be able to fight, he even refused the reinforcements of the Central Army and insisted on leading the Changsha County soldiers and selected surrendered soldiers to join the war.

After repeated discussions, Sun Ce made the final decision and formulated a combat plan, with Sun Quan mainly attacking Niumaling, while Lou Guize led his troops to bypass the mountains in the northern part of Wu County, and attacked the Motianling behind Niumaling from the upper reaches of Wuxi.

Motianling is the county border between Wu County and Yufu. Once the Motianling is broken through, Yufu's gate will open and Niumaling will lose its meaning.

At night, Sun Quan's tent was brightly lit, and the cup and plate on the table were in a mess.

Sun Quan drank a lot, but he was still not satisfied. He still kept talking to Chen Mi, Lou Fa, Li Yi and others.

He was very excited to command ten thousand people as he wished and competed for the task of attacking Niumaling first. As long as he could successfully break through Niumaling this time, he could wash away all the stigma and prove his strength.

"You guys, come and have another drink, go back and have a good night's sleep, go out tomorrow to fight and defeat Huang Quan." Sun Quan laughed and raised his glass.

"Here!" Chen Mi and others stood up to respond. Li Yi was particularly excited, and his chest was slapped. "It's not that I boasted that no one could surpass me in terms of familiarity with Niumaling, let alone Huang Quan's son. If the king trusted me, he would let me fight first tomorrow. Within three days, he would definitely take Niumaling and snatch it to Damotianling in front of Lou Gui, and let the old man testify for us."

Sun Quan laughed. Niuma Ridge is located in the northwest of Wu County. However, Motian Ridge is much farther away, and it has to go around the upper reaches of Wuxi for nearly a hundred miles, and it is not convenient to transport or rescue. Lou Gui had to complete pre-war preparations, ranging from ten days to half a month.

However, he did not intend to let Li Yixian fight. Li Yixin surrendered. He did not trust Li Yi very much and did not want him to act alone.

"Kong Yuan, what do you think?"

Liao Li, who had not spoken much, put down the wine glass in his hand and said slowly: "When it comes to familiar with the terrain, of course no one can compare with General Li. However, in terms of familiarity with the combat methods of Dawu, General Li will still need some time. The first victory or defeat is related to morale, so it is better to have General Shen or General Lou serve as the role." ◇◆

When Lou Fa heard this, he felt proud and patted Li Yi on the shoulder hard, laughing. "It's better for the Chief Secretary to make sense. I'll do the first battle."

Li Yi's eyes flashed, his face was a little unfair, but he didn't say much. He knew in his heart that although they were all surrendered generals, there was still a difference between him and Shen Mi, especially Lou Fa. Sun Quan's ability to let him take his personal guard to seize Wu County means that he had already gained Sun Quan's trust. Facts proved that Lou Fa was the most rewarded afterwards, almost twice as much as Shen Mi's tribe.

Sun Quan agreed with the truth and agreed with the flow.

At the banquet, Sun Quan arranged tomorrow's combat plan. Lou Fa was the vanguard, and Chen Mi occupied the north side of Niuma Ridge to restrain the attention of the defenders. He led Li Yi and other troops to plunder the formation for Lou Fa and was ready to reinforce Lou Fa at any time.

After the arrangement was completed, the generals dispersed. Sun Quan was also a little sleepy and turned around to enter the account. As soon as he walked to the door of the inner tent, Liao Li turned back.

Sun Quan opened his drunken eyes and looked at Liao Li in confusion. "Gongyuan, what else to say?"

Liao Li bowed again. "King, before attacking Niumaling tomorrow, I have a word, please think twice."

"explain."

"Although Niuma Ridge is not as good as Motian Ridge, it is also a dangerous place. It is also the first battle of the confrontation between Wu and Shu in person. It is related to morale. The Shu army will not give up easily. The Shu King Cao Cao led his troops to come in person, which is a clear proof. The king must not underestimate the enemy."

Sun Quan squeezed his eyes hard, yawned again, and said, "What kind of trick does Gongyuan have to teach me? You know, I can't afford to lose."

"King, the military strategy says: know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. I plan to go to Yu Fu to explore the truth and reality. Before I come back, it is best for the king not to move lightly."
Chapter completed!