Huang Xu understood what Zhuge Liang meant.

With the strength of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's troops, if we want to capture the county and kill them, we can easily do so.

But Zhuge Liang just said a major premise, that is, Sun Ce must be captured alive.

If they were to attack the city by force and the persecution became urgent, if Sun Ce committed suicide with a horizontal sword, wouldn't it be even more difficult to capture him alive?

What we want now is not to immediately turn against Sun Jian, but also to make him use the rat weapon and not dare to act rashly.

…

At this moment, in the county town, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had reached the point where they were running out of ammunition and food.

There were only about 500 soldiers left under his command. The remaining soldiers were the most loyal soldiers to Sun Ce, but their numbers were too small and their morale was too low, so they had no fighting power.

What awaits them is a dead end.

Sun Ce's injury also improved a lot. That night, he heard the faint sound of piano playing in the courtyard of the county office.

Sun Ce couldn't sleep at this moment, so he immediately put on his coat and came out and walked slowly into the courtyard.

What he saw was indeed Zhou Yu playing music on the piano.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were close brothers and knew a lot about him.

Sun Ce also understood Zhou Yu's music better than others.

He sat not far from Zhou Yu and listened to Zhou Yu finish playing this piece of music. He couldn't help but sigh: "Today's music is much calmer and more stable than in the past... The enemy is now facing us."

, the situation is gradually weakening, Gongjin, why are you so calm? What are you thinking about? "

Zhou Yu put down the hand holding the piano, looked at Sun Ce and said with a smile: "Bo Fu, it's almost time...it's time to leave here."

Sun Ce heard this and said, "Leave?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Bo Fu, I have been observing the enemy situation in all directions in the county every day recently, and I discovered something."

"What's the matter?"

"There are heavy troops stationed on the north, south and west sides, but only the west side is weak."

Sun Ce couldn't help but sneered when he heard this and said: "There are three people around but one is missing. This is a trick to get us to jump in!"

"But now that things have come to this, I have to jump again." Zhou Yu stood up and said solemnly: "You are the legitimate son of General Sun, the fighting spirit of Jiangdong. You must not lose anything. This is not the place where you fell. I must

Find a way to keep you out."

Sun Ce said: "What's Gong Jin's clever plan?"

Zhou Yu said: "At the beginning of Xu hour tomorrow, Bo Fu can be ready to break out from the east. What to do then...I will naturally tell you tomorrow."

"Tell me tomorrow?" Sun Ce asked doubtfully, "Can't you tell me now?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "I can't say."

"You still make it so mysterious with me." Sun Ce shook his head and complained, but did not ask any further questions.

In his heart, Zhou Yu would naturally never harm him.

At this time, I heard Zhou Yu say: "Bo Fu, you still remember last year, you and I said that after Jingzhou was pacified and the southeast was conquered, you and I should go to the Qiao family together and marry the Jiangdong Second Bridge back... Do you still remember?

"

Sun Ce laughed and said, "Of course I remember!"

"Do you still want to count?"

"Of course! After this battle, if you and I can escape and ascend to heaven, how about we go to the Qiao family together to pay homage to the Jiangdong Second Bridge and marry him?"

Zhou Yu smiled when he heard this: "It's a deal."

…

On the second day, at the end of Shen Shi, Sun Ce ordered his soldiers to cook all the last bits of grain to satisfy their hunger. After eating, they all went back to rest and recuperate their energy, waiting for the first moment of Xu Shi to break out of the encirclement in one fell swoop.

Sun Ce slept very deeply. When he woke up, it was almost midnight. He stood up and called the guards and ordered someone to bring his armor.

But what the guards brought Sun Ce was just a shabby hemp suit, and when he wore it, he looked like a refugee.

Sun Ce was stunned when he saw this.

He looked up at the guard who brought the clothes and said coldly: "What does this mean? Where is my armor!"

The guard whispered: "While the Major General was asleep, Governor Zhou put on the Major General's armor and led his troops towards the east gate!"

"What?" Sun Ce was stunned when he heard this.

Immediately afterwards, the guard handed Sun Ce a slip and said, "This is a letter from the Commander-in-Chief to the Major General."

Sun Ce took Zhou Yu's letter tremblingly, opened it and read the contents.

Even though Sun Ce had always been fearless, he thought he was an invincible hero, but at this moment, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhou Yu decided to sacrifice himself in exchange for a glimmer of hope for Sun Ce.

If I had listened to Zhou Yu and not led my troops here, would the outcome have been different?

But there is no regret medicine in the world, everything is already too late.

At this time, Sun Ce could no longer act willfully. Zhou Yu had sacrificed himself for him to give himself a chance to escape. Even if he was unwilling before, Sun Ce must follow the path designated by Zhou Yu.

He had to survive and then fight back to Jingzhou to avenge Zhou Yu.

…

In the dead of night, Zhou Yu, wearing Sun Ce's armor, led the five hundred soldiers and rushed towards the east of the county seat.

As expected by Zhou Yu, there was indeed an ambush along the way!

After traveling less than ten miles, they heard loud killing sounds on both sides of the road. No less than three to four thousand Jingzhou troops came out from both sides of the road. They held torches and shouted to capture Sun Ce alive while rushing towards Zhou Yu's location.

Zhou Yu did not hesitate and immediately led his troops to flee south.

Jingzhou soldiers came to stop them on the way, so Zhou Yu used his long spear and led his men to fight hard to open a bloody road.

Among the Jingzhou army, many Jiangdong soldiers who had surrendered long ago were serving as guides for them. After those soldiers saw Zhou Yu wearing Sun Ce's armor, they immediately told the Jingzhou people who were guarding them.

That person is Sun Ce.

Wave after wave of blockade, wave after wave of offensive, Zhou Yu fought bloody battles in the sea of ​​enemy troops for who knows how long, and he doesn't know how many injuries he suffered.

The number of soldiers around him decreased from 500 to 300, 200, 100, dozens, a dozen...

No matter how much the people around him changed, he never wavered in Zhou Yu's own state.

He was hit by several arrows and also suffered stab wounds and was dripping with blood. However, he never stood still and waited for death. He just desperately led his men to change directions and charge in an effort to delay more time.

But no matter how hard he fought, he would eventually reach the point of exhaustion.

In the end, Zhou Yu fell off his horse due to lack of physical strength, and was tied up and captured alive by the Jingzhou army who rushed forward.

At this moment, half of his armor was stained red with blood, his face was pale, and his eyes were dull and somewhat unfocused.

If it had been anyone else who had been injured as badly as he was, he might have fallen to the ground and passed out long ago.

But Zhou Yu, at this moment, relied on his ambition and belief to prevent himself from falling.

He weakly looked at the Jingzhou soldiers who captured him and said: "I am Sun Ce. It is destiny that I was captured alive by you today... Now that the matter has come to this, you can take my head and ask for merit from your general.

Come on, Sun will grant you this wealth."

At this moment, I heard a voice from the front saying: "If they catch you, they will have wealth, but unfortunately you are not Sun Ce."

Zhou Yu raised his head, and in the light of the fire, he saw a young man holding a feather fan coming to him.

"It's you?"

"Zhuge Liang met Governor Zhou...Brother Gongjin, we meet again."

Seeing Zhuge Liang at this moment, Zhou Yu seemed to have thought of something.

"Are all the plans set by you?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head humbly: "About half... My senior brother Pang Tong also gave many suggestions to General Huang."
Chapter completed!