Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

Sun Ce personally came to Xiapi, but still blocked the news, and handed over the rear to his younger brother Sun Quan for temporary management, with Zhang Zhao as his assistant.

Although it can be kept secret for a while, but the news will leak out after a while, and those Yangzhou aristocratic families may be ready to move.

Sun Ce used force to deal with the Yangzhou family, but because his foundation was not deep, he could only rely on them, so the relationship between the two seemed to be a kind of sickness, as long as an opportunity broke out, it might be hostility.

Therefore, Sun Ce's hands and feet were bound by these potential factors, and he couldn't play as he wanted.

For these, Zhou Yu, as his good friend, naturally knew very well, but he was helpless, Xu Shu acted steadily, and could not find any flaws at all.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Yu said, "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. If Xu Shu uses tricks, Xu Shu will not be easily fooled, but will fall into the trap instead."

"If there is a decisive battle, our army has little chance of winning, at most half, but if these soldiers and horses lose too much, those people in Yangzhou will come out and make trouble again if they know it."

Zhou Yu's meaning is very obvious, there is only one choice now, that is to defend the city and wait for Xu Shu to retreat on his own.

"Tsk." Sun Ce frowned, and said helplessly, "Then we have no choice but to go on like this. If Xu Shu is besieged for several months, our army will not be able to afford it."

Zhou Yu didn't care about this worry, but smiled and said, "Bo Fu, don't worry, Xu Shu will be besieged for more than a month at most, and the whole army will retreat, because Li Huiyi and Cao Cao are still planning a bigger battle. For Pi Xiaocheng, it's just a trivial matter, how could Li Huiyi give up the big and protect the small."

"Yes." After being touched by Zhou Yu, Sun Ce suddenly realized, and said with a little peace of mind, "Okay, if that's the case, then we can't hold out until Xu Shu retreats, and then lead the army to chase him down."

Why did Sun Ce want to chase him down, because as long as the news of defeating Li Jun spreads, even if there is no effect, he can still get a good reputation.

Since Li Huiyi was stationed in the north, all the battles he has fought have won more than lost. If Sun Ce can win a battle and spread the word, it will definitely attract a large number of talents to vote.

Sun Ce agreed with Zhou Yu's strategy, and this method was just as Xu Shu expected, and the armies of both sides settled down peacefully outside Xiapi City.

A few days later, when Xu Shu saw that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's army were not coming out, they began to withdraw troops one after another. Because Xu Shu did not hide, the news was also spread to Sun Ce's ears in the city.

When Xu Shu was transferred from the three waves of the army, Sun Ce couldn't bear it anymore, so he ordered General Chen Wu to lead [-] troops out of the city to test, to see if the strength of Xu Shu's army had been reduced, or was it deliberately designed.

Chen Wu cautiously led his troops out of the city. He thought there would be a tough battle, but when he came to Li Jun's camp, there was nothing inside. He immediately guessed something was wrong, and quickly ordered someone to pass the news back to the city.

Sun Ce learned that he quickly sent someone to find Zhou Yu to deal with this emergency.

As soon as Zhou Yu arrived, Sun Ce couldn't wait to say: "Gong Jin, just now Chen Wu sent news that Xu Shu's camp outside the city is already an empty camp, and the army has already evacuated."

"Huh?" Zhou Yu asked with disbelief, "It shouldn't be. Yu has observed the number of Li Jun's cooking stoves every day, and the number has not decreased."

"Could it be that Xu Shu did it on purpose, just to paralyze us so that the army can withdraw safely, or is he trying to set up an ambush again?"

Seeing that Zhou Yu couldn't make up his mind for a while, Sun Ce said, "Since I don't know, I will understand once I go out of the city."

"Okay." Zhou Yu agreed after hearing this, and the two hurried away, went to the barracks to gather a large army, and headed out of the city.

When they came to Li Jun's camp, seeing that it was really an empty village, Zhou Yu immediately went in to check it out. Seeing the neat footsteps on the ground and the regular and shallow traces of carriage tires, Zhou Yu was convinced that Xu Shu had really left.

Zhou Yu observed for a while, then hurriedly came to Sun Ce and said, "Bo Fu, how long has it been since Xu Shu's army withdrew for the last time, can our army still catch up?"

"Judging from the traces left behind, Li Jun retreated in batches, so there should not be many soldiers and horses after the breakup, and the pursuit may be able to win a small victory."

When Sun Ce heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "According to the report from the scouts, it will probably be less than three hours."

"Three hours, so short." Zhou Yu frowned slightly. Xu Shu's arrangement seemed to be flawless. He calculated the time correctly and left three hours.

If you pack lightly, if Li Jun turns back to fight, it may cause losses to his own side. Zhou Yu hesitated for a while.

Chapter 635 Surrounding

Seeing this, Sun Ce said anxiously: "Gong Jin, do you want to chase after him? After thinking about it, I have to withdraw the troops and return to the city."

Zhou Yu said, "It's too late to chase now, unless we let the army go lightly, but there are risks."

Sun Ce said indifferently, "Gong Jin is worrying too much. Since Xu Shu didn't give our army much time to pursue, it proves that he really wants to retreat. He is just using this time to prevent our army from having the opportunity to pursue."

"Furthermore, on the battlefield, there are risks in everything you do. You and I are stationed in Yangzhou. Isn't it a risky move, but it's not a success yet."

Sun Ce's words made Zhou Yu make up his mind and said, "Bo Fu's words are absolutely true, Yu is timid."

Sun Ce persuaded Zhou Yu, and immediately dispatched General Han Dang to lead [-] elite infantry, abandoning everything that hindered the speed of the pursuit, and carrying only weapons and a small amount of rations to launch the pursuit.

After Han Dang moved, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce led most of the troops to follow, leaving only a thousand soldiers to defend the city. It seemed that they wanted to eat Xu Shu's army.

But Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't know that as soon as they made a move, the scouts ambushed all around and passed the news to Xu Shu's ears.

This time it was Zhao Jin who stayed behind as a bait. At this time, he led the army and was walking slowly. It took only thirty or forty miles in three hours.

At this time, a horse galloped towards him, causing Zhu Jin to stop his horse. "Report! There are thousands of soldiers and horses chasing after our army, and the distance is less than ten miles away."

"Well, the fish is hooked." Zhu Jin was overjoyed at first, and then quickly shouted: "The whole army speeds up, some fish are heavy, discard them as planned, hurry up!"

As soon as the general order came out, those procrastinating Li Jun completely changed their appearance, quickly discarding the prepared materials on their bodies, and their speed increased rapidly.

In less than an hour, Han Dang led his army to arrive. Seeing the discarded Zizhong on the ground, he was overjoyed.

When Han Dang saw those discarded items, he also increased his speed very fast. He didn't wait for the scouts to send back the news, and chased forward without thinking, for fear that Li Jun would escape.

After chasing and catching up, the two sides had already traveled seventy or eighty miles without knowing it, and it was approaching evening. Han Dang's troops were even more than forty miles away from Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's army behind him, which was regarded as a lone army going deep.

At this time, Han Dangzheng led his troops to stop, took a rest temporarily, and prepared to continue the pursuit.

Why is Han Dang not afraid at all, because several times he has vaguely seen the appearance of Li Jun fleeing in a panic in front of him several times, and that appearance is completely defenseless.

As long as he can entangle this group of Li Jun, then Han Dang will be the first credit, and no one will give up this credit that is within reach.

Not much to say, Han Dang gobbled up the only remaining dry food, and led the army to set off in a hurry.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Han Dang finally entangled Li Jun's tail, forcing him to stop fighting.

Both sides are tired divisions. Under equal conditions, it all depends on the bravery of the army itself. Han should be the pursuit side, so the soldiers are naturally full of confidence, and they will not back down when they fight.

And Li Jun is setting up an ambush, so naturally he will not back down. Once the two sides fight, the scene will be extremely brutal.

Just half an hour after the fierce battle between the two sides, there was a sudden sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops, which made Zhao Jin, who was fighting, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Soldiers, retreat quickly, the Yangzhou soldiers have been ambushed, and our army's mission has been completed."

Hearing the order, Li Jun retreated from the battlefield in an orderly manner, while Han Dang's army was at a loss waiting for the military order to see if they were really ambushed.

Han Dang was hesitant, he didn't know whether to continue the pursuit, if he was really ambushed, if he didn't retreat in time, the whole army might be wiped out.

But in case it was just Li Jun's bluff and missed the opportunity to let Li Jun go, then he would not be able to explain to Sun Ce.

With this hesitation, Han Dang missed the best opportunity to retreat. When he finally made up his mind to retreat, he realized that he was surrounded by Li Jun, so he believed in the fact that he was ambushed.

After a short period of panic, Han Dang was also decisive and led the army to break out. However, Xu Shu arranged for a long time, which would allow him to easily break through. Every time he rushed to the encirclement line of Li Jun, he was shot back by random arrows.

Han Dang failed to break through the encirclement several times, and he no longer had illusions in his heart. He led the remaining army to guard a hilltop, waiting for Sun Ce to come to rescue.