Lu Su had already been determined to defect to Sun Ce. Now that he saw Zhou Yu talk about it on his own initiative, he smiled and said, "Oh? I am ignorant, can Sun Yangzhou accept it?"

Zhou Yu joked: "If you, Lu Zijing, are all ignorant, then there will be no smart people in the world. Others don't know, don't I know yet?"

Lu Su quickly sorted out his clothes and bowed to Zhou Yu, "Then... I've seen Lord Zhou. I hope Lord Zhou will support me in the future! I'll be grateful!"

"You!" Zhou Yu laughed and scolded, then whispered Lu Su, and finally got drunk.

In February of the fifth year of Jian'an, because Lu Su defected, it seemed that he had opened the talent sprinkler. Jiangdong talents came to join. At this point, Sun Ce's command included Sun He, Xu Kun, Xu Yi, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zu Mao, Song Qian, He Qi, Dong Xi, Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Quan Rou, Deng Dang, Lu Meng, Xu Sheng and other generals; Wenwen included Zhang Zhao, Zhao Yu, Zhang Hong, Qin Song, Chen Duan and other advisers.

Because Shanyue was active and rampant, Sun Ce followed the opinions of Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others, divided Yuzhang County into two, divided Luling and Yuzhang counties, and appointed Sun Ben as the prefect of Yuzhang and Sun Fu as the prefect of Luling. Subsequently, Jiangdong was frequently mobilized, and Sun Ce successively appointed Wu Jing as the prefect of Danyang; Zhu Zhi as the prefect of Wu County; Zhou Yu as the prefect of Lujiang and also served as the Central Guard; Lu Fan as the prefect of Jiujiang; Zhao Yu as the prefect of Kuaiji. Sun Ce also followed Yang Fan and moved the Yangzhou capital to Lujiang County and Shu County.

After the forces were unified and integrated, Sun Ce began to sharpen his sword and prepare to attack Jiang Xia.

On that day, five thousand navy troops, led by Ling Cao, went out of Chaisang and took a boat to Yanhe toward Xiazhi.

After Huang Zu learned about it, he quickly asked his son Huang Xi to lead 5,000 troops south to block the attack. At the same time, he quickly rushed to Liu Biao and asked him to send reinforcements.

The Yangtze River was surging endlessly, hundreds of warships covered the river, slowly advancing, majestic. Ling Cao stood at the bow of a fighting ship, enjoying the last tranquility on the eve of this war.

At this time, a black cloud suddenly came up in front of him, covering the sky and sweeping over. Ling Cao looked closely and saw countless warships heading towards them. The ship was extremely tall and several times larger than the fighting ship Ling Cao was riding on. There were crossbows on both sides of the female walls. The crossbows flashing with cold light made Ling Cao feel a little chilled.

This is the highest technological level that symbolizes the Han Dynasty - the tower ship.

Deputy General Chen Wu showed a look of horror and said tremblingly: "General, the enemy dispatches the tower ship, what should our army do!"

Seeing the huge creature slowly coming, it was like a bloated fat man, filling the river.

He thought hard about good plans but failed. In addition, he heard the timid words of the deputy general, which made Ling Cao very upset and turned his head and shouted, "What are you panic? I am still here!"

Ling Cao quickly summoned several ships to use assaults to test the Huang Shooting Army.

"Brothers, as the saying goes, raising troops for a thousand days, using troops for a while, we are deeply grateful to our lord. Now that the enemy is facing a great enemy, how can we be afraid of not fighting or keep moving forward? You are all heroes among the generals. We should strive to move forward and demonstrate our bravery in Jiangdong!"

The sky, which was originally frightened, was suddenly filled with blood.

Facts have proved that the role of role models is endless. After Ling Cao's passionate encouragement, the soldiers who were originally motivated to recover their strength and recreate the style of Jiangdong soldiers.

They believe that the man in front of them who puts life and death aside will be able to lead them to defeat the enemy in front of them, no matter how terrible this enemy is.

Ling Cao turned his head and ordered to the deputy general: "You lead five ships to hit the enemy's tower ships. Remember to attack with fire. When the matter is done, dive quickly and go down the river. I will pick you up here."

The deputy general was called Chen Wu, and his courtesy name was Zilie. He was from Songzi County, Lujiang County. He had just joined the army and was promoted to Ling Cao's deputy general because of his extraordinary courage. After Chen Wu learned of Ling Cao's military order, his face was slightly dark. After he hesitating for a while, he still gritted his teeth and nodded and responded: "General, please rest assured, the general will definitely complete the task."

Ling Cao patted Chen Wu's arm and smiled and said, "Don't be so tragic. If things cannot be done, you should make a decision. Do not lose your life. Keep a useful body. It is not too late to make achievements in the future."

Before leaving, Ling Cao actually said something like a joke, which immediately dispersed the somewhat dull atmosphere.

Chen Wu laughed and said, "Isn't it just a fire boat that hits the enemy's tower ship? What's the difficulty? General, please be optimistic!"

The sir was long and narrow, with a very fast speed, and rushed towards the tower ship where Huang Sho was riding.

Huang She followed his father Huang Zu to manage Jiangxia for many years, and was naturally very adept at the water battle. When he saw Ling Cao's fleet split into five ships and rushed towards his tower ship, he knew what the other party had to do.

After thinking for a while, Huang She also sent several ships to sail out of the fleet, intending to fight head-on with the other party. To discuss water war, the Jingzhou navy was one of the best in the Han Dynasty, and it was necessary to compete for consumption. Jingzhou was the most well-deserved first.

The siege collided, splashed everywhere, and the ships swayed. The soldiers on both sides were unsteady and fell into the river. Chen Wu was unsuccessful in the first battle and was caught by Ling Cao, and was greatly disappointed.

Then, arrows from both sides were fired, and the golden drums were shaking. As soon as the battle began, the sound of killing suddenly broke out. On the surface of the river, corpses were overflowing and scarlet. In this battle, from noon to evening, both sides lost dozens of warships, thousands of soldiers, and the arrows were exhausted.

After learning that Ling Cao's offensive was blocked, Sun Ce was furious and sent Dong Xi, two generals Quan Rou to lead 5,000 soldiers to attack down from the water and land lines.

Grandpa Huang and his son also went south to block the attack by land and Huang shot on land, and Huang Zu led the navy. The soldiers of both sides fought for more than a month and each other won and lost.

After Liu Pan led his army to arrive, the Jiangdong army was even more difficult to move forward.

On this day, in Chaisang City, Sun Ce convened his generals to discuss the advance and retreat of the army.

Ling Cao was covered in smoke on his face and took the lead in accusing him, saying, "Lord, the last general is incompetent. He has been attacking for more than a month and has never been able to break through the Jiangxia army's defense line. It has allowed our Jiangdong army to fight here for two months, and suffered heavy losses. Please ask the lord to sue him."

Sun Ce helped Ling Cao up and laughed: "In the past two months, you, Ling Cao, have fought 17 battles in all sizes, killed more than 5,000 enemies and destroyed hundreds of enemy warships. This is a great achievement. What are you guilty of?"

Ling Cao said ashamedly: "Our army has also suffered heavy losses. It has really hurt one thousand enemies and eight hundred of them!"

Quan Rou came out and said, "Lord, it will be useless to continue to fight. If our army suffers heavy losses, it may give Cao's army an opportunity to take advantage of it. It's better to go back to the army for a while, and then make some trouble."

Huang Gai said anxiously: "Lord, the war is urgent now. Not only is our army exhausted, but Huang Zujun also suffers heavy losses! As long as we take advantage of the victory and pursue it, we can occupy the dangerous land of Jiangxia in one fell swoop. At that time, we can also take the opportunity to capture Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang counties and consolidate Jiangdong."

Ling Cao sighed and advised: "General Huang, our army has been fighting for several months and has lost more than 5,000 troops. If we continue to fight, the soldiers will feel tired of war!"

Huang Gai said in confusion: "Where is no one who can't die in a war? If you are afraid of death, go home to catch fish!"

"You..." Ling Cao was angry, but Huang Gai had a high status. After hesitating for a while, he still didn't start to scold him.

Sun Ce hurriedly said, "General Huang, now the enemy is right in front of you. I know you are anxious. However, the total number of our soldiers is only more than 80,000. This battle will be damaged by 5,000. If we continue to fight, we will not only get hurt, but we will be taken advantage of the situation by Cao's army! Should we protect several counties in Jiangdong, or try to be quick for a while, General Huang, don't you know?"

Quanrou also advised: "Yes, now that the two months of fierce fighting, the soldiers are exhausted physically and mentally, and it is not easy to fight again. If they force an attack, it will only increase casualties!"

Huang Gai glanced at the generals in the tent. Seeing that everyone was unwilling to fight again, he sighed, his face full of bitterness, and shook his head and said, "Oh, lord, don't fight if you don't fight!"

Sun Ce replied: "Elder General, but please rest assured. As long as we rest for a while, our army can still make a comeback!"

Looking at the exhausted soldiers, Sun Ce had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.

When we came, the war drums were beating, the flags were waving, and when we retreated, we were covered in dust. We fought for more than two months, but we had not taken up any inch of the land.

June of the fifth year of Jian'an.
Chapter completed!