Zhang Liao glanced at Wen Chou and smiled and said, "Brother Wen Chou, this battle in Danyang may be our last battle..." Wen Chou laughed loudly and said proudly: "That's no big deal! It's my honor to be able to die on the battlefield with General Zhang Liao!" Zhang Liao smiled and said, "It's also my honor to be able to die on the battlefield with Brother Wen Chou! I just hope that you and I can fight side by side in the next life!" Wen Chou laughed and said, "I mean that too!"

Zhang Liao turned his head to look at the sky, and saw that the sun had risen a lot. He couldn't help but wonder, because in the past few days, Sun Jian's army had already launched a fierce attack, and the city had already become a mess! But why did Sun Jian's army not appear yet? At this point, he couldn't help but look at Sun Jian's camp outside the city. Suddenly, a strange feeling rose in Zhang Liao's heart, and he couldn't help asking Wen Chou: "Brother Wen Chou, look at the enemy's camp, is it too quiet?" Wen Chou immediately looked at the enemy's camp outside the city for a while, nodded and said, "No! This is too quiet! It shouldn't be so quiet at night! What's going on?"

Zhang Liao's heart moved and said happily: "Brother Wen Chou, maybe our victory in Danyang!" Then he ordered his personal soldiers to call the scout and ordered: "Take two scouts to the enemy camp outside the city to investigate immediately!" The scout held his fists and then hurriedly got off the city wall. Not long after, the north city gate opened, and the scout led a few scouts out of the city gate. Why did the scouts go out of the city from the north gate? Didn't they go off the long way? Why didn't they leave the city from the Xicheng Gate below? It turned out that the main battlefield of the fierce battle in the past few days was near the Xicheng Gate, and the battle was full of dangers. In order to reduce the concerns, Zhang Liao had already ordered people to completely block the Xicheng Gate with wood and stones. Therefore, to leave the city now, he could only go to other city gates, and he could not go to the Xicheng Gate for the time being.

Several scouts rushed towards the Sun Jian army camp outside the west gate. Soon after, they rushed to the other side's camp. About half an hour later, a scout ran back and reported with joy: "General, the enemy camp has been gone, and no one has ever seen it!" Zhang Liao laughed loudly, and then ordered Wen Chou to defend the city, and he himself led hundreds of cavalry to investigate the camp of Sun Jian army.

At this time, Sun Jian's army, who had retreated overnight, was already thirty miles away. Facing the dilemma, Sun Jian finally did not dare to risk the loss of Chaisang and chose to give up attacking Danyang, which was about to succeed, and the entire army returned to help Chaisang. Chaisang is not only the capital of Sun Jian's current side, but also stockpiled almost all the money, grain and supplies of Sun Jian's side. If Chaisang loses, the consequences will be unimaginable for Sun Jian.

Sun Jian and Sun Ce led a large army to retreat westward and soon returned to Chaisang. The officials and civilians of Chaisang, who had been worried for many days, were ecstatic when they saw their lords leading their army back and rushed to the streets to welcome their lords. There were crowds in the city of Chaisang, and the streets were filled with bustling noise. This scene seemed to be as if Sun Jian and Sun Ce had won a great victory and returned triumphantly.

In the hall of Sun Jian's General's Mansion, Sun Jian and all his subordinates gathered together, and Zhou Yu, who was seriously ill, was also lying on the soft bed and was carried into the hall. Zhou Yu was not injured this time, but it should be said that he was sick. When they were going north to Jingzhou, they suddenly heard the bad news that Lu Bu's army crossed the river and captured Danyang Wujun and other places in one fell swoop. Zhou Yu, who was arrogant, felt that he had been plotted by Xu Shu and others, and was unable to accept it. He fainted on the spot. Although Zhou Yu was rescued, after this stimulation, his body became very weak. Therefore, when Sun Jian and Sun Ce led their army to emergency rescue of Danyang and other places, Zhou Yu was sent to Chaisang to recuperate. Until today, although Zhou Yu's condition was much better than before, it was still difficult to walk.

Sun Jian asked Zhou Yu and Lu Su, "Can Lu Bujun on the opposite side take any action?"

Zhou Yu sighed and said with a very bad expression: "It seems we have been trapped again! This is just a trick of the opponent's suspicion!" Sun Jian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, but when he thought of Danyang, which was about to be broken, his mood immediately became bad again. He frowned and did not say anything. He wanted to attack Danyang again, but thinking about the delay on the road these days, I was afraid that the main force of Lu Bu's army was not far away, and the opportunity to regain Danyang was finally lost. Sun Jian couldn't help but sigh, and his expression seemed a little depressed.

Seeing Sun Jian like this, Zhou Yu felt extremely guilty and clasped his fists and said, "It was all because of his subordinates' incompetence that the lord failed! Subordinates..." Speaking of this, Zhou Yu coughed violently. Sun Jian and Sun Ce and others were shocked and rushed to Zhou Yu's side. Sun Jian pressed Zhou Yu's shoulders and comforted him, "Don't blame yourself! It is my decision to return to the army to defend Chaisang! I cannot take the risk of Chaisang's loss! Gongjin must take care of himself.

The next battle depends on your wisdom! Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and murmured: "I have been plotted by Jia Xu and Xu Shu many times, so I still have the face to give advice to my lord!" Sun Ce hurriedly said: "Gongjin, don't say that! You and Jia Xu and Xu Shu are just winning or losing! This is like a top chess player playing chess. The number of winners and losses depends on God's will in many cases!" Zhou Yu felt a little better when he heard these words.

He paused and clasped his fists at Sun Jian and said, "Lord, I think in the near future, Lu Bu will definitely lead the army to cross the river and attack me, Chaisang! Our navy will be the key to the victory or defeat of this great battle!..." The navy in Jiangdong was almost wiped out in the previous battle of Red Cliffs. However, the Jiangdong navy had such a deep foundation. Although the losses were heavy, it quickly recovered part of the navy's combat power after the war. At present, there are more than 10,000 naval troops in Jiangdong, but the warships are in short supply, and they are basically warships modified from civilian ships.

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Jian couldn't help but frown and said, "Gongjin, the navy is only a little over 10,000 people, and most of them are new recruits, and there are also scarce warships. How can he be the opponent of the Lu Bu navy?"

Zhou Yu said: "My lord, our advantage is that Lu Bu does not know that our naval forces have recovered a little. This is like during the Battle of Red Cliffs, the Lu Bu navigator was like the Cao navigator. In terms of strength, how could Lu Bu navigator be compared with the Cao navigator? However, just because Cao Cao did not expect that Lu Bu would have a navigator, he was caught off guard by Lu Bu, and completely lost the Battle of Red Cliffs..." Everyone could not help but realize when they heard this. Sun Ce couldn't help but say, "So that's it!" Then he said with admiration: "I originally thought that Gongjin firmly opposed the navigator to fight the enemy desperately, thinking that doing so was just a waste of troops but was useless. It turned out that Gongjin was still preparing for the final counterattack!" When the others heard this, they couldn't help but show admiration.

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Bo Fu is too rewarded!" Then he clasped his fists at Sun Jian and said, "Lord, if the enemy wants to attack Chaisang, he must start the battle to cross the river first. At this time, our navy must not appear, because at this time, it is useless and only increases losses, but will reveal our trump card. Let the enemy cross the river. After the enemy crosses the river, it will form a large water and land camp outside the city of Chaisang to attack Chaisang. The infantry and cavalry must rely on the city to defend firmly. At the same time, the navy led by Huang Gai must prepare more sulfur

When the fire-driven object is ready to attack at any time, just wait for the northwest wind to rise, then raid the enemy's water and land camp in the night, allowing the Cao army's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Red Cliff will be reproduced here!..." Zhou Yu couldn't help but breathe, his expression was very pale. Everyone felt a light when they heard Zhou Yu's arrangement. Originally, everyone was very pessimistic about the subsequent battle, but Zhou Yu's words made them see the dawn of victory. Seeing Zhou Yu's breathing violently, Sun Jian hurriedly said: "Gongjin, take a break!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "The subordinates are not seriously injured, lord don't worry." He paused and continued, "If this battle is done, the main force of the enemy will be destroyed. If Lu Bu can be captured, this situation will be very beneficial to us. If Lu Bu cannot be captured and escaped, there will be no need to worry about Lu Bu's army invading the south again in a short time. Our army should take this opportunity to recover the three counties of Danyang, Wu County and Kuaiji in one fell swoop. At this moment, our army's strength is no longer the same as before, and it will be very difficult to fight against Lu Bu and Liu Bei alone. Therefore, we must unite Cao Cao and take advantage of Cao Cao's power to compete with Lu Bu and Liu Bei. At that time, we should have a chance to sweep the world when we wait for an opportunity." After saying this, Zhou Yu stopped talking and kept breathing.

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, everyone felt that the road ahead had appeared at their feet and was no longer confused. Seeing Zhou Yu's expression in pain, Sun Jian hurriedly called the doctor to rectify Zhou Yu.

At this moment, a personal soldier officer ran in and clasped his fists and said, "Lord, General Jiang Qin has sent someone."

Sun Jian frowned and murmured, "Jiang Qin? Could it be that Jiang Xia was in something?" Then he said to the personal military officer, "Bring people in." The personal military officer Ying Nuo ran down, and soon he saw him leading an officer with a dusty and anxious look in. When the officer saw Sun Jian and Sun Ce, he immediately bowed: "Give me a visit to the lord, and a visit to the major general!"

Sun Jian said: "No need to be polite. What's wrong with Jiang Qin sending you here? Could something happened to Jiang Xia be, right?"

"Report to the lord, Jiangxia, Changsha and Wuling all lost not long ago!" Everyone in the hall suddenly heard this and was immediately in anger. Sun Jian shouted angrily: "How could this happen? I left more than ten thousand defenders in the three places, and Liu Bei had not many troops left in Jingzhou. How could he capture my three counties in an instant?"

The officer said: "Guan Yu led an army of 20,000 across the river to the city of Jiangxia a few days ago. General Jiang Qin ordered the officers and soldiers to climb the city wall to prepare for defense. But that night, the defenders and some residents in the city mutiny and opened the city gate and put Guan Yu's army into the city. Our army was caught off guard and defeated..." Sun Jian frowned and his face was very embarrassed. Zhou Yu's complexion was already a little better at this time, and he frowned: "It seems that the army recruited by prisoners had long been instigated by Zhuge Liang, and the gentry people of Jiangxia. They have been planning for a long time!" Then he asked the officer: "Did Guan Yu send his people to make up our defeated soldiers and flee to Changsha County and Wuling County, and open the city gate and then seize the city in one fell swoop?" The officer clasped his fists with admiration and said: "As the Grand Commander said! That's what happened!"
Chapter completed!