The time for the decisive battle has finally come.

Sun Ce, who was hurriedly returning east, and Gao Chong, who was trying to block the encirclement, set up a battlefield thirty miles east of Qu'a City. This opportunity would not have been possible, but Zhou Tai and Sun Quan's full defense won Sun Ce the most precious time. After leading troops to attack Qu'a several times without success, Gao Chong led the main force to move towards Qu'a Yidong and set up a formation to treat the upcoming battle.

There may be a knot between Gao Chong and Sun Ce that is never untied.

Entangled for a lifetime, never ending.

When a chess matches the opponent, no matter who wins or loses in this battle, Gao Chong and Sun Ce are respectable heroes, and those who accompany them to chess are also heroes who are on the battlefield.

Zhou Yu was worried. The once confident eyebrows showed a pain. No matter how dangerous the chess on the battlefield had made him lose confidence. But now, the increasingly infighting in the world made him feel physically and mentally exhausted. He was always arrogant and disdainful to be a hypocritical and humble gentleman. As for those rumors, they were just a bunch of shameless noises.

"Those who know my heart are Bo Fu!" Zhou Yu has been comforting himself with this sentence these days. Sun Ce and he are the best friends who study together. He knows my temperament and he will not believe those words.

But why did Bo Fu look at me so strangely? He could no longer see the warmth that had flashed in his dark eyes?

Zhou Yu held a reservation about the decision to return to the east.

In his opinion, there will be a big battle between Sun Ce and Gao Chong sooner or later. Instead of returning to the army who is behind, it is better to just stay in the army and use the enemy's food to supply military combat preparations.

This is a plan to take risks. If you are not careful, Sun Ce's 20,000 army will face the same ending as Liu Xun. However, the times will be different. Sun Ce now has the support army of Wancheng Li Shu, and Gao Chong's troops who stayed in Yuzhang were not enough to fight against Sun Ce's army head-on. This is Sun Ce's only strategy to burn his boats and turn defeat into victory.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of most generals in Sun Ce's army, Zhou Yu's opinion is no different from "suicide".

With Liu Xun's previous army's lessons ahead, the generals of Sun Ce's army, who were eager to return home, have lost the courage to fight again.

If there were no bloody battles in Shangliao City, Cheng Pu, Chen Wu and Huang Gai would have agreed with Zhou Yu's idea.

But the extremely tragic siege battle is so terrifying that the army has no fighting spirit and no courage. This is a real problem facing Sun Ce's army.

"Gong Jin, I have to withdraw-!" When Sun Ce spoke these words with difficulty, Zhou Yu knew that the dream that had been entangled in his heart for a long time would never be realized again.

A dream is just a dream after all.

The dream that defeated Gao Chong in one fell swoop.

For Sun Ce, this dream was like a flower in a mirror and a moon in the water. He saw that it was about to reach it, but he couldn't catch it.

With Sun Ce's talent, how can he not see the feasibility of Zhou Yu's opinion? However, as the commander of the army, the issues he considers are not only simple strategy, but also the morale of the army, the ability of the general, logistics support, the enemy's response, etc.

Xiang Yu used the strategy of burning the boat, but it does not mean that future generations can follow. If they are not careful, the ending of the annihilation of the entire army like Liu Xun will be waiting for Sun Ce.

Moreover, according to the express report of his second brother Sun Quan, Zhou Tai had already rushed to Qu'a overnight. As long as he could maintain the front line of contact with Wujun and Kuaiji, it would be best to retreat and retreat and slow down the map.

It is not the last moment, so Sun Ce will not adopt Zhou Yu's opinion.

After three years of struggle and entanglement, two new forces in Jiangdong: Sun Ce and Gao Chong finally encountered a head-on encounter. By chance, the plains east of Qu'acheng became the main battlefield for the two armies to confront each other.

Although the scale of this war is not as large as that of the heroes in the Central Plains, with the foundation and population of Jiangdong, it is unprecedented.

On Sun Ce's side, more than 7,000 elite troops were lost under Shangliao City, and now there are about 20,000 generals, including dozens of generals such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, and Chen Wu.

On Gao Chong's side, Zhu Huan's small defeat did not affect the morale of Gao Chong's army. In addition to Chen Lan, who was guarding the rear of Moling, and the 5,000 troops of Heqia's troops, all the main forces crossing the river reached the battlefield. In addition, the 6,000 troops of the Chen Deng's troops of Guangling Prefect Chen Deng, the total force of Gao Chong's army was about 26,000, which was slightly advantageous.

Judging from the force alone, this battle is a even-match against either side.

But in addition to military strength, there are also strategies, morale, combat effectiveness and sufficient luck.

Yes, luck - without luck, sometimes no matter how much strategy you have, you can only sigh.

For example, if Gao Chong didn’t have the help of luck, how could he start from scratch and occupy such a large area of ​​territory?

But, what if you have luck?

So what if you don’t have luck?

Although his body was a little stiff due to the days of travel, Sun Ce seemed to have a blazing fire in his heart.

Sun Ce, who had long been eager to fight Gao Chong with a dignified battle, was impatient. Since the thrilling battle with Gao Chong at Shenting Ridge, Sun Ce has been waiting for the reconfrontation with Gao Chong for too long.

This is also one of the reasons why he did not adopt Zhou Yu's opinion.

On July 20, 20th, Jian'an, on the bank of a small river thirty miles east of Qu'a City.

The shallow gurgling river water hit the stones and made a pleasant sound. Several herons were drinking water by the river, occasionally raising their heads and scanning the surroundings with vigilance. Next to the river was a bush of dense forests, and the thick green it was covered with in summer costumes covering everything hidden inside.

Hidden in the jungle are the two thousand elite guards carefully selected by Gao Chong. They are led by Lei Xu and the one-armed Mei Qian. The combat power of these soldiers is one of the best in the Guards, which is already the best in the army. Whether it is individual combat or overall offensive and defense, they can block ten.

Now, they were holding their breath, staring nervously at everything outside the jungle.

On their left, Gao Chong's army's flags were spread all over the river. On the slightly higher hills, Gao Chong, with a calm and confident look on his horse and captured the enemy, looking down at the strict and orderly military formation in front. Behind him, Lu Su, Xu Shu, and Liu Ye, who were wearing swords, abandoned the Confucian robe and put on brocade leather armor. His appearance on the horse was no less than that of Gan Ning and Zhu Huan.

"People coach, the enemy is moving-!" The scout who was circulating at the forefront rushed to the central army formation and breathed out this important news.

Gao Chong looked at the jungle on the side as if he was not careful, quickly withdrew his gaze, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Order Zhu Huan's front army to block the enemy's offensive, and at the same time, let Gan Ning lead the army to detour from the other side and cut off the enemy's vanguard's retreat."

"Yes." The scout leaned down and clamped his horse's belly and galloped back.

In today's battle, Gao Chong is bound to win.

Blockage and looseness are relative.

Although there are still some difficulties, such as the new soldiers in Jiangbei who are not familiar with water wars, and the few generals are only Gan Ning, Zhu Huan and others, not as many as Sun Ce's army, fortunately, Sun Ce's army has returned for several days, and the soldiers are exhausted. Most of them have no fighting spirit and just hope to return to their hometown as soon as possible.

The enemy and our enemies are in a state of change, and Gao Chong is full of confidence in this battle.

Even if Sun Ce's army cannot be wiped out completely, it will still be necessary to deal with the necessary heavy damage. Lu Su, who advocates the main focus of retardation, also deeply agrees with the grasp of the timing of this decisive battle.

On the other side of the river.

There were also a pair of bloodshot eyes watching.

That was Sun Ce's eyes.

"Lord, as long as you rush through this time, there will be no obstacles ahead! Please let me take the lead." Cheng Pu's face was old, and the pair of sharp eyes were already turbid.

Sun Ce looked at the enemy's dark battle formation, and a cheerful fighting spirit rose from the bottom of his heart. After three years, Gao Chong has become a terrible opponent.

Such an opponent is what Sun Ce longs for.

Wang Lang, Yan Baihu and others could not arouse Sun Ce's slight interest at all.

"General Cheng, give me the mission of fighting a vanguard!" Zhou Tai rode his horse and came out with an axe, with scars on his exposed back dazzlingly.

Sun Ce nodded. This battle is of great importance. If you win, the morale of the army will be greatly shocked. If you lose, your morale will be declining. For Sun Ce's soldiers who are in trouble, they can only win but not lose in the first battle.

Therefore, Zhou Tai, who has repeatedly defeated his favor, is a more suitable candidate.

Zhou Tai shouted excitedly, waved the battle axe in his hand and rushed across the river, towards Gao Chongjun's pre-war general. Behind him were the five thousand Wujun Jianers under Sun Quan's troops.

The one who faced him was Zhu Huan.

Zhu Huan, who had just lost to Zhou Tai for a while a few days ago, was obviously unwilling to accept his displeasure. Blocking Zhou Tai's attack was a great opportunity for him to avenge his previous shame.

"Losing against the water battle does not mean losing to you on land!" Zhu Huan stared at Zhou Tai's military flag quickly approaching, and his palms holding the bent bow were oozing sweat.

"Brothers, be careful to defend!" Zhu Huan shouted.

"Kill--!" Almost at the same time as Zhu Huan made a sound, Zhou Tai's army had crossed the river that was not deep, and the splashing mud covered half of the sky. The charge of the five thousand people quickly rolled towards Gao Chong's formation like surging waves.

"Shoot the arrow!" Zhu Huan shouted, almost without aiming. His hand, which was holding the bowstring tightly, let out the arrow quickly, and the arrow rushed out, and it didn't get into the throat of a Zhou Tai soldier rushing in front.

A blood arrow spurted out, and the soldier groaned and fell down to the sky. As soon as the body fell to the ground, the subsequent abortions stepped into the mud and mixed into a blood-sticked land.

Countless arrows fell into the charge crowd like raindrops, and the soldiers at the forefront were all shot down, but none of this could stop Zhou Tai's army from advancing.

Even if there are many people who die, Zhou Tai doesn’t care.

As long as he can successfully break through the defense line set up by Gao Chongjun, Zhou Tai can ignore his losses.

Standing on the hill, Gao Chong saw the waves of human waves rolling like waves constantly hitting the human walls set up by Zhu Huan. Facing the crazy Zhou Tai army, Zhu Huan retreated thirty feet slightly from the forefront position after enduring uninterrupted attacks.

This made Gao Chong feel quite satisfied. Zhu Huan was able to quickly get out of the failure, which was good news for Gao Chong, who lacked generals.

"Pampered handsome, look——!" Suddenly, Liu Ye, who was standing behind him, exclaimed.

Gao Chong looked at the sound, but saw a team of more than 300 people flashing out of the enemy army. Under the leadership of a general with a naked chest and a sharp axe on his belly, he tried hard to cut through the formation set up by Zhu Huan's army and came towards his own stopping place.

"It's Zhou Tai!" Gao Chong shouted inwardly.

Why is Zhou Tai?

However, only Zhou Tai is the pioneer character who charges.

Gao Chong slowly raised his horse, and the flashing light of the tip of the thorn illuminated his eyes. Xu Shu, behind him, quickly stepped forward a few steps forward, grabbed Gao Chong's horse reins, and said, "Pussy, keep calm, Xiu Mu will not be willing to give up easily like this."

Sure enough, the battle situation under the hill changed again in a blink of an eye.

Zhou Tai, who broke into the formation, was cut off from the team by Zhu Huan. Although he was still rushing left and right, he could not smoothly defeat the soldiers attacking Zhu Huan around him. It seemed that Zhu Huan had learned the lesson of the last defeat to Zhou Tai. This time he left a reserve force when he was deploying defense.

Now, it is this elite team that traps Zhou Tai.

"Is there any new situation in Ganning?" Seeing that the battle situation was under control, Gao Chong's face slowed down a little, and he put down the lifted horse sir again.

"It will take half an hour to detour from here to the back of Zhou Tai's army. According to the march, General Gan will arrive at the predetermined location in a moment." Xu Shu said.

"Demou, Zilie, you lead your troops to reinforce Youping!" The battle situation was stalemate, which was not good news for Sun Ce.

"Abide by the order!" Cheng Pu roared and rushed out of the formation roared.

"Bo Fu, look——, there is no Gan Ning flag in Gao Chong's army!" Zhou Yu, who had been silent, pointed to Gao Chong's army battle formation across the river and said.

Sun Ce looked at it as he said, but he did not see Gan Ning's flag and changed his color and said, "Gong Jin, where did you think Gan Ning is?"

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and advised: "If I was not mistaken, Gan Ning was on the roundabout way. Bo Fu, if Gan Ning cut off Zhou Tai's retreat, the result would be unpredictable!"

After hearing what Zhou Yu said, Sun Ce raised his sword and shouted: "Public Over, Yi Gong, you two lead your troops to follow Demou, Zilie's left and right Hebei, and found Gan Ning's traces, and resolutely block him. We must never let him cut off Zhou Tai's retreat!"

"Abide by the order!" Huang Gai and Han Dang also took the order. Sun Ce, who vowed to break through the siege, now had no choice but to break through Gao Chong's battle formation.

PS: From April 26th to 30th, the company has something to do. I have to go on a business trip for 5 days, so I have to obey. I can only talk about this update after I come back. There is no way to support my family. Just like in the book, my little Jingjing is about to be born and will be a father. She feels a little happiness and a responsibility. I believe readers with BABY will understand it.
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