Zhou Yu climbed to the head of Chaisang City, and Xun You followed closely behind. Against the backdrop of Zhou Yu who was more than eight feet tall, he was not conspicuous with only a medium figure, like Zhou Yu's shadow.

The soldiers stood on both sides, bowed and looked at Zhou Yu with fiery eyes. After waiting silently for more than ten days, Zhou Yu easily took down Chaisang City as soon as he made a move, and almost never encountered any decent resistance. Not only were there few soldiers in the city, but they were also unprepared. When they rushed to the top of the city, the soldiers guarding the city either lay on the top of the city to see the scenery or were napping in the corner.

Compared to the Battle of Jiangling, this battle is even more light. Originally, when Sun Ce withdrew, many generals were doubting whether Zhou Yu could complete the task. Now Zhou Yu has proved with his record that he can not only complete the task, but also complete it very beautifully and very relaxed.

Under the awesome gaze of the soldiers, Zhou Yu inspected, deployed defense, and stopped at the north gate.

The firelight in the camp in the distance was gradually dimming, but torches lit up on both sides, extending from Chaisang City to the riverside, as if two iron arms locked Liu Yao's way. It was Wenpin and Li Tong's people. They were ordered to cut off Liu Yao's way and not give him a chance to retreat. There is a big river to the north. Not to mention that there is no ship, even if there is a ship, Liu Yao would not dare to cross the river now.

"This battle is thanks to Gong Da." Zhou Yu said softly.

Xun You quietly said, a faint smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and it disappeared before he could bloom. After a while, he said lightly: "I just made a suggestion. The specific arrangements were handled by the general. Why do you thank you? General, Chaisang has just changed hands, and the people in the city are uneasy. General should be careful and not be careless to avoid accidents. While controlling the city's defense, you must also restrain your subordinates to avoid losing their reputation."

Zhou Yu nodded and said nothing. He was in charge of this battle, but the plan was raised by Xun You. However, Xun You was too low-key and often spoke without saying a word. Many people thought that he was just a corpse and had a lot of complaints in private, especially those who knew that Xun You had lived in Bencao Cottage with He Yan for more than half a year.

"Gongda, when I take down the four counties of Jiangnan, you should go and help General Sun. Although Guo Fengxiao is extremely smart, he is easy to take risks..."

"General, if you take down the four counties in Jiangnan, you can't get rid of your armor and return to your fields. You will still have to take Yizhou in the future. General Sun asked me to stay here, not to ask me to help you, but to help you. He treats you with his confidant heart, and you don't have to doubt yourself, just keep your duty."

Zhou Yu turned his head to look at Xun You, with a little confused look on his face, and then laughed at himself. Although he had been with Xun You for so long, he really didn't know what Xun You was thinking by heart. He wanted to make friends with Xun You, but Xun You didn't have such a plan and would not talk about it until official business.

Has this person...have you ever had friends?

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Liu Yao looked at Chaisang City, with a hot back, but his chest was chilling.

The silent change of hands in Chaisang City shows that there is an insider in the city. Zhou Yu had already arranged everything and was waiting for him to leave the city.

He wanted to take advantage of Zhou Yu's unpreparedness and go out of the city to attack the camp, but he didn't expect that Zhou Yu would fall into the city. He didn't know how Zhou Yu's people entered the city, and he didn't know how many people there were. Not only did he lose, but he didn't even know how he lost.

He can accept it if he can't attack Shicheng. It's never easy to attack the city. But he can't defend the city, and it's lost in this way, less than a month before and after, which made him unacceptable. He suddenly had serious doubts about himself. I can't even defeat the generals under Sun Ce. Can I still defeat Sun Ce? I can't take Shicheng and Chaisang, can I still take Yangzhou back?

Liu Yao looked like a mud-woven puppet, and his face looked as if dead.

Seeing that Liu Yao had not moved for a long time, Xu Shao was anxious and hurriedly came to tear Liu Yao. "Encourt, the situation is over, and escaping is important. Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, leave quickly."

"Let's go?" Liu Yao slowly came to his senses and sighed. "Where else can I go?"

"The world is so big, where can't we go? You can enter the mountains in the south and cross the river in the north. You can still walk while the night is dark. When the sky is dawn, you can't even leave."

Liu Yao looked at the firelight wherever he passed and sighed. The night was indeed the best cover, but it was not to cover his attack, but to cover his escape. Now, there was no need to care about so much. Now there was still a chance. It was dawn and the army surrounded him and could not leave even if he wanted to.

But in this way, there were very few people he could take away, which was even more embarrassing than when he evacuated from the stone city.

Liu Yao did not dare to speak out, and together with Xu Shao, he quietly broke away from the army, fled south in a panic, and fled into Mount Lu.

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Shaobi.

The night wind whistled, making people feel cold all over.

Sun Ce rubbed his hands hard, trying to rub his hands a little hotter and soften his face again, but this was obviously futile. Before his hands could touch his face, they were heated up by the wind. He sighed, rubbed his face hard, and cursed himself a few words.

It is not easy to be at peace on New Year's Eve. It is really not easy to be a soldier. This is all Yuan Shao's trouble. If he hadn't been tormenting, he would have either been in Gusu or Pingyu, drinking wine, watching singing and dancing. There are beautiful women warming their quilts at night. I don't know how comfortable it is, so he would have been as hard as he is now. He didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and was here to drink the northwest wind, waiting for the bandits to attack the camp.

After two days of reconnaissance, the scout camp discovered the bandits following, the leader named Zheng Bao, who was the leader of Taiping Village. He and Zhang Duo, a thief from Shaobi, joined forces to attack Sun Ce's camp while the big shot was on the way. Sun Ce naturally did not worry about these incompetent things. Since they were willing to come and die, he was happy to catch them all in one go so that the valley would not chase them all.

But the northwest wind tastes really bad.

Footsteps sounded, and Guo Jia walked up. Sun Ce turned his head and looked at it. "What are you doing? You are going to have a good rest in the tent. You don't need to be a counselor for this little thing."

"I can't sleep." Guo Jia walked to Sun Ce and looked around. It was pitch black and there was no movement at all. "General, I think we should show weakness, not strength."

Sun Ce looked at Guo Jia and said nothing. They had discussed this issue many times and had never been able to unify their opinions. Guo Jia proposed plans A and B, one to show strength and the other to show weakness. Guo Jia himself proposed to show weakness to avoid a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in advance. He tended to show strength and deter Yuan Shao from acting rashly. The purpose was consistent, but the idea was different.

"Yuan Shao is powerful, not only the general is afraid of him, but the court is also afraid of him. Tao Qian, Gongsun Zan, and Jia Xu are also afraid of him and do not want him to be stronger. Only then will the general have the opportunity to respect the king and reign on Yuan. If the general shows strength this time, the object of worrying will be the general. Even if they don't know how to form an alliance, they will be on guard against the general, or watch on the wall, waiting for the general and Yuan Shao to lose both sides. Yuan Shao is already lacking in confidence. If he is defeated by the general, he may express his weakness to the court and surrender to the court and betray the ruler. He has many followers in Chang'an and responds internally and externally, and the court cannot not appease him. Respecting the king and reigning Yuan will become an empty talk. In this way, the general will be attacked from all sides and the situation will be even more difficult."
Chapter completed!