Overlord!

Chapter 205 Zhou Yu comes to surrender
Sun Ce had just calmed down people here when Jiang Qin suddenly entered the tent in surprise and reported: "General, something happened in Shouchun City. Someone opened the Xuande Gate in the south city and broke out!"

Sun Ce showed joy. This war is suffering for both sides, and each side is facing many crises and various opportunities.

Who wins and who loses depends on who can seize various opportunities and decide the outcome in one battle!

Sun Ce immediately ordered: "Go and investigate the situation immediately. If there is an opportunity, attack the city immediately."

Not long after Jiang Qin left, another general strode into the tent, but this time, as the visitor walked in, everyone felt that the entire tent became brighter!
"Bo Fu, long time no see, are you all right?"

Sun Ce looked up instantly, almost ecstatic: "Gong Jin?"

"Bo Fu, I came here looking for an opportunity at your invitation!"

Seeing the smiling and majestic Zhou Yu in front of him, Sun Ce laughed excitedly, hugged his arms forward, and asked: "Gong Jinzhi, I can accomplish great things! How did you escape?"

Zhou Yu immediately became solemn and said generously and solemnly: "There are rumors in the city that Yuan Shu has fallen ill, so I broke out overnight. The defense in the city is indeed loose. This is Bo Fu's chance to win!"

Sun Ce was moved and asked: "Gong Jin thinks that with all his troops out, Shouchun can be defeated immediately?"

Zhou Yu's attitude was decisive and he said: "Now that Yuan Shu is ill and trapped on his bed, the city is panicked and at a loss. This is exactly the situation in which Huangfu Song defeated Guangzong. As long as the army attacks fiercely, Shouchun will be defeated in less than ten months! Shouchun City is destroyed, and General Bo Fu will There are thousands of miles of land in Huainan. Although Huainan is in ruins now, as long as the weather is good next year and the fertile soil and fertile fields in Huainan, production can be resumed immediately, with grain storage of tens of millions of stones! This is the foundation of the royal industry, and it is not comparable to Jiangdong."

Obviously Zhou Yu's views are similar to Zhang Hong's.Huainan has been developed for a long time, with mature farmland, water conservancy, and even a large amount of cultivated farmland between counties and counties. Even if it is abandoned for a year this year, as long as it waits until next year, production can be resumed immediately, significantly increasing Sun Ce's strength.This is far incomparable to Kuaiji, Wuxing, Yuzhang and other southern counties.

If Wu County is now the absolute core of Sun Ce's strength and the nurturing hinterland, then after Huainan's agriculture recovers next year, its status will be comparable to the second Wu County.It can greatly improve Sun Ce's strength.

It's just that even Zhou Yu thought it would take ten months to break through Shouchun, so it seems that Sun Ce's idea of ​​breaking through the city quickly is no longer possible.

When Zhang Jue died of illness, Huangfu Song led all the elites of the Han Dynasty to attack Guangzong. They fought for more than a month before finally defeating the Yellow Turban.

Now that Yuan Shu is still alive in the city, and the elite troops are not comparable to those of the Yellow Turbans, it may be difficult to capture Shouchun immediately.

Sun Cenai said: "Now Lu Bu is coming with his troops. He has sent out troops from Longkang to form an array. They occupy the river in the south and Boping'a in the north. They stretch for more than ten miles. They are marching with drums to observe the provocation. They are advancing by land and water, and they are rafting. Transport grain and go westward along the river. If we attack the city with all our strength at this time, we may be taken advantage of by Lu Bu."

Zhou Yu was slightly surprised, and then said happily: "There is no such news in the city. It is actually a good opportunity for Bo Fu Jian to make great achievements. Yuan Shu was embarrassed, and his face was tied up. Lu Bu came to help him. Heaven wants both to perish."

Zhou Yu was high-spirited and had the ambition to annihilate the Jianghuai River, which was analyzed by Sun Ce: "Yuan Shu secured Shouchun, his treasury was strong, and the troops he commanded were all elite Jiang and Huaihe troops. They were facing dangers in the future, but they lacked food. That's why , is held by me, and I cannot fight for it, nor can I keep it for long.”

"Lü Bu personally leads the masses, and they should be extremely elite when they come from far away to come to help. If the two bandits join forces, they will become stronger. If they turn to Huaibei to feed Shouchun, the war will be protracted and it will be difficult to stop the troops. Rest."

"Today it is better to divide our troops to guard Shouchun. There are deep ditches and high fortresses. Be careful not to fight. Yuan Shu is seriously ill and his subordinates have no intention of fighting and will never dare to go out of the city to fight to the death. It is enough for Bo Fu to choose a good general to guard this place."

"Then Bo Fu personally leads Xiao Rui, and he seizes the Huaihe River first, and trains the soldiers hard to wait for Lu Bu, and to wait for the work with ease. He will definitely be defeated. After Lu Bu is defeated, Shouchun will come down. In less than ten months, Bo Fu will be able to clear the Jianghuai River!"

When Sun Ce heard this, he was greatly encouraged and said: "Gu Yi wants to defeat Lu Bu first and then attack Shouchun. Now Gong Jin has coincided with each other. Gu Yi knows that this battle will be defeated."

Then Sun Ce said decisively: "Ziyi led the main force of more than ten thousand to besiege Shouchun! The lonely generals will have ten thousand elites, along with the fierce generals and soldiers, and together with Gong Jin, they will defeat Lu Bu and defeat Jianghuai in one battle!"

Seeing that Sun Ce was so heroic, he wanted to defeat Yuan and Lu's allied forces in one battle and swallow up Jianghuai.

The civil and military personnel in the tent were refreshed and their ambitions were strengthened. The morale that had been sluggish was revived. Everyone accepted the order: "I will defeat this strong enemy for the general, and the battle will determine the status of Jianghuai and the country."

This is the last courageous spirit of the Jiangdong Army's Northern Expedition. Everyone mustered their last energy and courage and vowed to complete their achievements in one battle!
Sun Ce personally led Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Xu Huang, Zhu Huan, Quan Cong, Dong Xi, Xu Sheng, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other Jiangdong's most brave and skilled warriors. The general sent [-] elite troops to attack Lu Bu.

In this battle, Sun Ce bet on all the capable generals and soldiers in Jiangdong and the strength of the army in the treasury!
Although he had besieged Shouchun for many days, Sun Ce still had an elite force that had not participated in the battle.

This elite group is Sun Ce's three thousand mysterious cavalry.

During the Jiangbei Expedition, there were a total of 570 qualified war horses in the army, less than [-].

Although thousands of horses died due to the intense heat in Jianghuai, Sun Ce's army had more than 400 horses. This desperate battle was enough for three thousand black armored cavalry to gallop into this final battle!
These three thousand mysterious cavalry were also Sun Ce's greatest confidence in defeating Lu Bu in this battle.

The strategy is established, Sun Ce is the central division of the command, so that Tai Shici and Xu Kun Jiang Dong's descendants will surround the Eastern Capital, while the elite generals rush to the banks of the Huaihe River.

At that time, the army sent out troops in the middle of the day. After the Shouchun calendar, they arrived at the Huaihe River and left with their flags fluttering.The soldiers who defended the city came to the city and saw it. They didn't know the intentions of Jiangdong's army, so they didn't dare to go out.

Compared with Shouchuncheng's timidity and suspicion, the actions of the reinforcement Lu Bu were undoubtedly much more decisive.

Lu Bu led [-] men and [-] cavalry to come from Xuzhou for reinforcements. They arrived at Longkang, a military town in northern Huaibei. After gathering the reinforcements, he immediately sent his troops south, crossed the Huaihe River, advanced by waterway, and went westward up the river, heading towards Shouchun.

Regarding Long Kang's defenders, the entire Jiangdong and even Lu Bu himself had seriously underestimated them.

According to Qiao Rui, the Zhong family only deployed [-] troops in Longkang, as the last important military town in Huaibei to resist Cao Cao.

From Sun Ce down, everyone estimated that Longkang's defenders numbered around [-] people.

The size of Lu Bu's entire army is only about fifteen thousand.

But in fact, Lu Bu's army has more than [-] cavalry!

After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu in the Chen and Pei areas, he did not continue to march south, but stationed troops in Chen to observe the situation.

This caused the Yuan armies from all directions in Huaibei who had been dispersed by him to reunite from all directions and converge on the military town of Longkang.

These scattered soldiers of more than [-] people can return to the battlefield after three or four months of rest. The key is that they are now in Lu Bu's camp and under Lu Bu's control!This caused the size of Lu Bu's army to expand rapidly. Since the Battle of Yanzhou, Lu Bu had such a large army for the first time!
He is very close to 3 people on foot and on horseback.

Of course, not all of his 3 people are elites. There are probably only more than [-] elites in his army, and the rest are just ordinary people. The generals and soldiers do not know each other, and the military appearance is not solemn.

Moreover, most of them were soldiers under Yuan Shu's command, and Lu Bu had no prestige in the army.

Therefore, Lu Bu also has disadvantages and advantages in this battle, and he is probably evenly matched with Sun Ce.

Who wins and who loses also depends on how both sides respond decisively on the battlefield. Each side has a chance of winning!

The two armies marched opposite each other and soon encountered Ma Qiuju in Dangtu County.

During the reign of Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty, Xu Feng, a bandit from Jiujiang, rebelled against this and took control of the city. He attacked counties and counties and harmed Jiujiang.

This is a purely defensive military stronghold.

Sun Ce arrived first, defended the city decisively, and began to build fortifications.

Lu Bu, on the other hand, lined up in Qiudong for more than ten miles, with flags fluttering and morale like a rainbow.

Sun Ce's subordinates Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, Lu Meng, Lu Su, Cheng Pu and other generals raised the hill to look at him.

Lu Su looked solemn and said: "Lü Bu is decisive now! He decisively marched into Huainan and formed an array with his back to the water. The scattered soldiers under his command have no way to retreat and will fight to the death."

Cheng Pu looked at the enemy army stretching for more than ten miles from afar, and his morale was high. He frowned and said, "With Lu Bu's courage, this battle is somewhat similar to Xiang Ji's, who broke the cauldron and sank the boat!"

The decisiveness of Lu Bu's march was beyond the expectation of Jiangdong Wenwu.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the navy gathered in Shouchun. Huainan was so hot that the navy had to go ashore to escape the heat and was unable to control the entire Huaihe River.

However, Jiujiang City was newly attached, and people's hearts were not at ease. The main force of the Jiangdong army was besieging Shouchun with all its strength, and there was no time to deploy the Huaihe defense line.

Lu Bu went down the river from Longkang, advancing both land and water, and the army marched directly downstream to the south of the Huaihe River.

However, Lu Bu was so decisive this time, which surprised Sun Ce. Did he finally listen to Chen Gong's opinion after repeated defeats?
As Cheng Pu said, Lu Bu decisively crossed the river this time, which was quite similar to Xiang Ji.

If he had won a decisive victory in this battle, then Lu Bu's later generations and Xiang Yu's evaluation of bravery would be even more comparable.

Lu Bu and Xiang Yu are both brave fighters who created miracles with their own bravery. It is really hard to say who is the protagonist of the era in this battle!
But Sun Ce believed that he had good luck and strong soldiers, so he would defeat the enemy and conquer Huainan. Therefore, he looked around at the generals and said: "The thieves have not seen the strongest army in the world since they started in Xuzhou! Today it is dangerous and arrogant." , is undisciplined, forcing the city to stand up, and has the heart to underestimate me;"

After saying that, Sun Ce raised his head and glanced at the scorching sun, waved his hands vigorously, and cheered up, saying: "With the scorching heat in Huainan, I can't press my armor to get out. His courage will weaken, and Chen Jiu's soldiers will be hungry. He will retreat on his own. If you pursue him, you will attack him." Defeat me. I have made an appointment with you all, and we will defeat this strong captive today before the sun reaches the middle of the day!"

Is there really no solution to burning the boat?

Sun Ce disagreed. I am afraid that Xiang Yu's achievement of such a reputation as a peerless bravery has a lot to do with Zhang Han and Wang Li's carelessness in underestimating the enemy.The Chu army fought bravely to the death, and the Qin army should refuse to fight despite the danger and not compete with it for a while.Wait until they are tired, take advantage of the victory and attack, and defeat the enemy in one battle!
Sun Ce didn't know what the specific situation was like in the Battle of Julu 400 years ago.

But in the current battle of Jiujiang, Sun Ce's attitude is very resolute. As long as he can create obstacles to prevent Lu Bu from advancing, he will avoid fighting. He will not attack him until he has been in battle for a whole morning under the scorching heat. The whole army is exhausted and morale has dropped. Fall back!

Jiangdong's army hid in the shade of Maqiuju to recharge their batteries.It just depends on how long Lu Bu’s army can be displayed!
In the scorching heat and natural disasters in Huainan, all living beings are equal.Not only did Jiangdong's army suffer, but he, Lu Bu, also had to experience the scorching sun's depletion of combat power when he arrived for the first time!

But Lu Bu, who was arrayed in Qiudong at this time, was not as contemptuous as Sun Ce expected.

On the contrary, Lu Bu gathered together with his generals and advisers, looking solemnly at the Jiangdong military camp with red flags on the mound in the distance.

Lu Bu was no ordinary general. He was not dazzled by the name of the [-] troops under his command.

He was very clear about the reality of the [-] people he commanded.

Not everyone can be like Sun Ce, who can collect the scattered people and disperse the attached people, and all of them can get their death power.

What's more, even if it was Sun Ce, he started from a small battle and continued to win battles all the way. Only then did the morale of the three armies rise, and finally defeated Liu Yao and sat in Jiangdong.

Now Lu Bu came with [-] scattered soldiers. Before he could win the battle and establish his authority, boost morale, and build up an army, he was directly facing a decisive battle with Sun Ce.

I am afraid that many of the defeated generals in Huaibei became frightened and collapsed when they saw the enemy's cavalry galloping.

So Lu Bu pointed to Sun Ce's camp in front of him and said: "I intend to send brave generals and soldiers to challenge, so as to defeat the enemy's army, weaken the enemy's military power, and pacify our soldiers. This will boost the morale of the army and make Yuan Shu's soldiers defeated. You know, our army has elite soldiers and strong generals, especially those above Sun Ce. In this way, the [-] soldiers have no fear, fight bravely, and can defeat the enemy with one blow!"

Chen Gong anxiously admonished: "The general came with the power of a great victory, personally led the three armies, and applied for nine punishments. When the troops came to the Huaihe River, everyone on both sides of the Huaihe River was shocked. At this time, the cauldrons and boats were broken, and the soldiers were already obsessed with fighting to the death. Today, the hearts of the people are very sharp, and God praises me, because of this decisive battle, we will surely win a big victory. In response to the fierce attack of the three armies, we will attack Sun Ce quickly, with an eternal honor, a decisive battle!"

"Why use warriors as a joke? Victory is not enough to determine the situation. If I lose, I will lose my spirit!"

When Lu Bu heard that Chen Gong did not recognize the fighting power of his generals and soldiers, and even said that he might fail in the challenge, he was immediately displeased and said angrily: "How can you know what is going on in the war, gentlemen? Go down and don't say anything more!"

After letting Chen Gong be carried away, Lu Bu immediately sent an envoy to Sun Ce's camp and said to Sun Ce: "I rely on the strength of my army. It is often said that strong warriors want to swallow up the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Although Bu was not brave, he also marched to Huainan. In a short time, his troops The army and the soldiers are fleeing, the city is waiting for the wind, and there is no winner. What is the reason for the fierce warriors? Please choose hundreds of sharp warriors, and challenge them before the battle, and chat for fun!"

Hearing Lv Bu's words, Sun Ce laughed immediately. He was thinking about how to sharpen the enemy, so he immediately agreed to Lv Bu's request, and then shouted: "Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai! Lead four hundred troops to fight for the sake of I break the edge and sharpen the edge!"

(End of this chapter)