Chapter 876: Sun Lang and Zhou Lang, Dilemma
Sun Ce's troops retreated very quickly, and the army hurriedly withdrew from Changsha towards Yuzhang County.
I thought that once we withdrew, the defenders in Changsha would catch up like a tide, but it turned out that the defenders in Changsha did not move at all.
Sun Ce's preparations at the rear were of no use at all.
This made Sun Ce very puzzled. According to his understanding of Taishi Ci and Liu Pan, these two men were experienced generals and their grasp of the battle situation was very accurate. In the current situation, Liu Pan and
It was impossible for Taishi Ci not to send troops to pursue him.
What are their intentions?
Sun Ce felt a little uneasy. While withdrawing his troops, he sent a large number of scouts to Changsha to gather information.
But when the intelligence was sent back by the scouts, Sun Ce was stunned.
The troops in Changsha were divided into two groups, heading straight to the north. The leader was Tai Shici. The leader remained in Changsha, and the leader was Liu Pan.
Although Sun Ce was young, he had a strong awareness of the battle situation, and he understood the opponent's intentions immediately.
The other party didn't want to chase me at all, but went after Zhou Yu.
They are trying to trap Zhou Yu's troops to death!
If it had been anyone else, perhaps they would have given up on Zhou Yu and fled back to Yuzhang County on their own due to the situation.
After all, the current situation in Jingzhou is extremely dangerous for Jiangdong Army. The longer they stay, the greater the variables will be.
But Sun Ce would never give up on Zhou Yu.
If it were another general, he might have given up, but in Sun Ce's heart, Zhou Yu was his life and death brother.
He can't do this!
The situation was critical. Sun Ce made a decisive decision and asked the soldiers of the three armies to immediately turn around and go back to Jingzhou to meet Zhou Yu on the north bank of the Xiangjiang River and advance and retreat with him.
Jiangdong Military Academy Lieutenants and other commanders, headed by Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng, disagreed with Sun Ce's decision, but they could not stop Sun Ce.
They could only watch Sun Ce, who was out of danger, turn around again and fight towards the interior of Jingzhou.
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After Zhou Yu's troops passed Jiangling, they were constantly attacked by Wei Yan and Huang Xu. They suffered repeated setbacks and suffered terribly.
Especially since his military supplies were dwindling, he could only rely on plundering the treasuries and people in various counties along the way as supplies. However, due to the tight pursuit of troops behind him, Zhou Yu could not stay in one place for too long...
Therefore, even if he was able to hijack some of the food and grass on the road, Zhou Yu's food and grass were still very tight. Coupled with the constant harassment of his pursuers, his soldiers scattered a lot along the way, and the number of people in the team became smaller and smaller.
Soon, Zhou Yu's troops arrived at Xiangshan, which was close to the Xiang River. After Zhou Yu crossed the Xiang River, he ordered his men to scuttle the ship, temporarily throwing off the pursuing troops from the two counties behind him.
After getting rid of the pursuers, Jiangdong's army was able to take a breather, and Zhou Yu asked the soldiers to set up camp and have a good night's rest before going on their way.
But what I didn't expect was that the reinforcements led by Sun Ce came here that night and met with Zhou Yu.
When Sun Ce walked into Zhou Yu's handsome tent, Zhou Yu was stunned.
"Bo Fu?!"
"Gong Jin!"
Sun Ce strode forward, looked Zhou Yu up and down for a while, and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad! No injuries, okay, okay."
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce in surprise: "Bo Fu, what's wrong with you coming here? Why don't you go back to Yuzhang!"
Sun Ce laughed and said: "You and I are brothers. If you are trapped in a tight siege, if I leave, won't I treat you as a brother? I came here specifically to meet you. Let's break out of the siege together and advance and retreat together!"
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Sun Ce thought Zhou Yu would be deeply moved after he said these words.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu seemed to realize something. With a blank expression on his face, he turned around and walked slowly towards the table, his steps a little frivolous.
Not long after, Zhou Yu suddenly fell down on his seat and muttered: "The situation is over! The situation is over!"
When Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu muttering something there, he hurriedly asked with concern: "Gong Jin, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yu's face showed a bitter look: "Who are the experts in Jingzhou's army? He could actually count me in beforehand and force me into such a desperate situation... Even your withdrawal of troops to join me was ignored by him.
Did you calculate it in advance? Could it be that Liu Boyu is not in Sili at all, but here?"
But soon, Zhou Yu shook his head vigorously: "No way, no way... It can't be Liu Qi, there must be someone else."
Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu talking to himself absentmindedly, and said anxiously: "Gong Jin, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
When he finished speaking, Zhou Yu suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"
When he finished speaking, Jiang Qin hurried into the commander's tent and said, "Captain, what do you want me to do?"
"Instruct the three armies to break out of camp quickly! Evacuate eastward as quickly as possible!"
"Ah?" Jiang Qin was stunned when he heard this: "Now, now?"
"Yes, now! Break camp!"
"Walking at night?"
"Night travel!"
Sun Ce was a little confused and said hurriedly: "Gong Jin, what's going on?"
Before he could finish his words, he heard faint shouts of killing coming from outside the commander's tent.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Capture Zhou Yu alive! Capture Sun Ce alive!"
"Capture Zhou Yu alive! Capture Sun Ce alive!"
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's expressions both changed.
The two of them rushed out of Dazhai.
At this moment, there were shouts of killing from all directions.
The night was dark, and Zhou Yu and Sun Ce couldn't see how many soldiers and horses were around them, but just by hearing the shouts, they could guess that they were determined.
Not only the north, but also the west and east were shouting for death. It could be said that it was surrounded by enemies on three sides.
"How come there are so many people?" Sun Ce said with a surprised look on his face.
Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and said: "This has been planned by the people of Jingzhou a long time ago. They have never mobilized all their strength to attack us. They just want to lure you to join me and then kill us all in one fell swoop... They are so vicious!"
Sun Ce's light flashed and he said angrily: "Fight them!"
"No, right now the enemy is overt and we are covert. The other side has been prepared for a long time. The situation is not good for us. We absolutely cannot fight head on... Let's retreat eastward first!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that rockets from the north had penetrated into Zhou Yu's camp, igniting part of the tents, as well as some dry branches and weeds on the ground.
At this time of year, the climate in the south was still relatively sultry, and the fire quickly started burning in Zhou Yu's camp.
For a time, Jiangdong's army was in chaos.
At the same time, to the west, groups of unconventional barbarians wearing colorful clothes and braids on their heads entered the camp of the Jiangdong Army. They held short knives and shouted something like "Woo!"
They used weird language like "wow wah wah". However, although they dressed and spoke in weird ways, their skills were not weak at all. They slashed and killed the soldiers of Jiangdong Army with extremely skilled combat methods.
Zhou Yu had already climbed onto his horse. Following the sound, he looked towards the west.
Under the illumination of the fire, Zhou Yu's heart suddenly became cold.
Chapter completed!