Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

Zhe County, in the territory of Chen State, is located on the northeast border of Chen State.

After leaving Zhe County, and going more than 50 miles, you will find Yan County, which belongs to Chen State.

Sun Ce took Zhe County, and Cao Cao took Yan County. Both sides wanted to march on the other side's territory, but they didn't dare to act rashly because they knew that the other side's troops had arrived.

At the same time, Sun Ce dispatched an army, with Huang Gai as the main general, to take Yingchuan County.

As for Cao Cao, he also dispatched a troop, with Xia Houyuan as his general, to take Peiguo.

As for Yuzhou, there are two counties and three kingdoms in total.

Among them, Runan County has the largest area, which can definitely cover half of Yuzhou.

Sun Ce is the prefect of Runan, and the entire Runan County is naturally under his control.

The other counties and three kingdoms were divided into two halves. Chen Guo and Yingchuan County were in the hands of Sun Ce, and Liang Guo and Pei Guo were in the hands of Cao Cao.

Naturally, neither Sun Ce nor Cao Cao was happy with such a result.

Sun Ce wanted to take the whole Yuzhou as his own, and Cao Cao also had the same idea.

However, attacking the opponent's city is not what Sun Ce and Cao Cao want to do, and the casualties will be too great.

This time, the troops invested by both sides were not too much.

Cao Cao invested [-] soldiers and horses, and Yanzhou stayed behind with [-] troops to guard against Hua Yu.

As for Sun Ce, he invested [-] soldiers and horses, and left [-] in Runan County and Yingchuan County to prevent Yuan Shu from suddenly going north to attack.

Although there is a difference of [-] between [-] and [-], if Cao Cao chooses to attack the city, it will undoubtedly be the way to defeat.

Cao Cao would not attack Zhe County, and Sun Ce would not send [-] troops to attack Yan County. The battle between the two sides remained stalemate for a few days.

On the fourth day, Cao Cao wrote a letter of war to Sun Ce. The place of the appointment was between Zhe County and Yan County, which is the border between Liang State and Chen State.

When Sun Ce received Cao Cao's letter of war, he didn't dare to make a decision easily, so he called Zhou Yu over to discuss countermeasures.

At this moment, Zhou Yu has become Sun Ce's most important adviser. Sun Ce made Zhou Yu the governor, ranking above everyone else and second only to him.

After Sun Ce read Cao Cao's battle letter, he said with a smile: "Bo Fu doesn't need to pay attention to Cao Cao, our army only needs to guard the city walls."

"Cao Cao is a man who is proficient in both literary and martial arts. He is a hero in the world."

"His subordinates are even more prosperous in civil and military affairs, and they are indeed a great enemy of our army."

"However, Cao Cao has a fatal flaw, that is, Yanzhou lacks food."

"This time, Cao Cao went south to fight in Yuzhou, and the food road was stretched. Naturally, it is impossible to hold a stalemate with our army for a long time."

"Therefore, Cao Cao has only two options."

"First, get food locally."

"But in this way, it will cause complaints from the people of Liang Guo and Pei Guo. It is undoubtedly fishing in a dry marsh."

"After this battle, even if Cao Cao can really occupy these two places, it will not be conducive to his future rule."

"Second, it is a quick battle with our army."

"However, Cao's army is all elite. If it is a field battle, they are not afraid of our army at all, and their combat effectiveness is definitely superior to our army."

"But if it is an attack on a city, it is naturally different. Cao Cao will not damage the lives of soldiers too much."

"So, before Cao Cao, there is only one way, and that is to fight our army to decide the outcome."

Sun Ce frowned and asked, "What does Gong Jin mean, if our army fights Cao Jun in the field, we will definitely lose?"

Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Ce and sighed slightly: "Then under Cao Cao's command, there are Xiahou brothers, Cao brothers, Xu Chu, Le Jin, Li Dian, Yu Jin, etc. Their strength is by no means comparable to our army."

"Although Bo Fu is brave and invincible, his two fists are no match for four hands."

"Moreover, the Qingzhou Army under Cao Cao's command is famous all over the world for its strong combat effectiveness."

"Although Bofu is good at leading the army and is better at training troops, our army has a short period of time after all, and we are temporarily unable to gain the upper hand against Cao's army in field battles."

"Not to mention, Cao's army is [-], and our army is [-]. They are not superior in numbers."

"Therefore, I thought that as long as our army can stick to Zhe County for one month, Cao's army will retreat."

Sun Ce frowned slightly. With his personality, he couldn't shrink back on the battlefield, which was more uncomfortable than killing him.

"Hmph..." Sun Ce sneered, and said flatly, "Gong Jin is new here, so he doesn't know much about our generals."

"Among the generals of our army, apart from me, Huang Gai and Han Dang have fought with my father for many years, and they are veterans in the battlefield."

"In addition to the two of them, I have recently recruited several generals, all of whom are extraordinary in martial arts."

Zhou Yu sighed slightly, and asked, "Bo Fu refers to Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, He Qi, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Ding Feng and others?"

Sun Ce laughed and said, "That's right, it's them."

"Ever since I decided to leave Yuan Shu, I have been secretly recruiting talents."

"The martial arts of the few of them are all very strong."

"Especially Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, He Qi, Dong Xi and Chen Wu, all of them are not inferior to Huang Gai in martial arts."

"Especially Zhou Tai and Dong Xi, even compared to me, they are not much different."

"Hey, so, if we fight Cao Cao, we may not lose."

As soon as Zhou Yu heard it, he knew that Sun Ce's fault of being brave and ruthless had been committed again, so he immediately changed the subject and asked, "Did Bo Fu forget someone?"

Sun Ce was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked, "Who is Gong Jin referring to?"

Zhou Yu reached out and pointed on the map, and then changed to another place.

Sun Ce could see clearly, Zhou Yu pointed at Xuzhou first, then at Jiangdong, his expression changed, "Liu Bei?"

Zhou Yu nodded, "I'm going to report in detail, saying that Liu Bei has sent troops across the Yangtze River to conquer Jiangdong."

"Yuan Shu heard the news and sent general Zhang Xun with [-] troops to go south to Jiangxia to help Jiangdong."

Sun Ce was taken aback for a moment, a little puzzled: "Liu Bei actually gave up the short distance to attack the long distance, what does this mean?"

Zhou Yu sneered, "This must be Zhuge Liang's scheme."

"This person has a very high strategy, and he is a rare wise man in the world."

"It's just that this trick can fool others, but it can't fool me, Zhou Yu."

Sun Ce was confused by Zhou Yu's words, and immediately asked, "Gong Jin, what is Zhuge Liang's plan?"

Zhou Yu said indifferently: "Zhuge Liang took Jiangdong first, so as to allow enough time for Bofu and Cao Cao to fight to the death."

"If Liu Bei wants to pacify Jiangdong, it will take at least half a year."

"And our army competed with Cao's army for Yuzhou, and it was impossible to tell the winner in a short time."

"Once our army and Cao's army start a full-scale war, the casualties on both sides will inevitably be heavy, and the hatred will accumulate deeper and deeper."

"At that time, when Liu Bei takes Jiangdong and seeks Huainan again, how can Bo Fu and Cao Cao stop fighting?"

"Especially, our army is between Yanzhou and Huainan. Even if Cao Cao agrees to stop fighting, doesn't Bo Fu suspect that Cao Cao will raid Yuzhou when our army dispatches troops to Huainan?"

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce fell into deep thought.

Zhou Yu didn't say anything anymore, waiting for Sun Ce to make a decision.