Tian Feng persuaded: "Now that Cao Cao is concentrating on fighting Yuan Shu, it is a good opportunity for the lord to go south to Yanzhou, and the opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again." ”Yuan Shao disagreed: "My strength is much stronger than Cao Cao, there will be more opportunities in the future, Cao Cao is now crusading against Yuan Shu in the name of the emperor, if I stab him in the back, I will be laughed at by the world." ”Tian Feng said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal" Yuan Shao waved his hand: "You don't have to persuade again, I have decided to invest my energy in the western part of Liaoning, and I want to sweep away Gongsun Zhan, the enemy of the belly." ”Tian Feng persuaded again: "Liaoxi is just a small place, Gongsun Zhan's strength is not as good as before, and the threat to the lord is not great, there is no need to waste too much energy there."
What's more, Liaoxi is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now Gongsun Zhan has Xu Shu to help, as well as several of Liu Bei's lieutenants to defend together, even if a large number of troops are invested, they may not be able to attack. ”Yuan Shao said: "As long as you get in touch with Gongsun Kang, and Gongsun Kang responds in the east of Liaoxi, Gongsun Chan will die." ”Tian Feng sighed: "The lord is really sacrificing his roots, Cao Cao doesn't fight, and he is always entangled with Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Chan has blocked Liaoxi, and the connection between the Central Plains and Liaodong has actually been cut off, and no matter how many people are sent, it will be useless, and Liaoxi will not be able to pass at all." ”Yuan Shao also ignored Tian Feng and other military divisions, ordered Gao Ran to step up the attack on Liaoxi, and sent additional manpower to contact Gongsun Kang, but ignored the Jianghuai war and let it go.Although Sun Ce did not fight Yuan Shu head-on, he adopted Zhou Yu's strategy and stabbed Yuan Shu in the back, which had turned against many of Yuan Shu's prefectures and counties, occupied the Lujiang area, reduced Yuan Shu's strength, and supported the combined forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei from the side.In the yamen of Lujiang City, Sun Ce was discussing with Zhou Yu, intending to take advantage of Yuan Shu's chaos to further devour his territory.At this time, the fast horse came back and reported the good news again and again: "Lü Meng has broken through Wancheng and is heading towards Jiujiang; Danyang Taishou announced that he would break away from Yuan Shu and join us instead. ”Sun Ce was overjoyed: "South of Jianghuai, all in my hands." ”Zhou Yu said: "Congratulations to the lord for greatly increasing his territory, if Yuan Shu can't take care of the whole thing, it is the time for the lord to show his skills." ”Sun Ce asked: "Now I should capture the best there" Zhou Yu said: "Danyang fell into the hands of the lord, and Jianye, which is located between Lujiang and Danyang, is about to become an isolated city, and it is the time to capture it." ”Sun Ce said: "Okay, immediately send troops to Jianye." ”Zhou Yu said: "Liu Xun led 50,000 horses to garrison Jianye, while the lord only had 20,000 men in Lujiang, so he couldn't attack Jianye at all. ”Sun Ce asked: "Then what should I do" Zhou Yu said: "You can take Jianye slowly, you can't hurry, the lord led the army to cut off the connection between Jianye and Shouchun, and then sent a powerful general to garrison Danyang, cutting off Liu Xun's idea of counterattacking Jianye, so that Jianye will completely become an isolated city, I will send another army to cut off Jianye's water source, Liu Xun will naturally not be able to defend for long." ”Sun Ce was overjoyed and immediately acted according to the plan, cut off Jianye's connection with the outside world, and trapped Jianye.Liu Xun saw that Sun Ce was besieged but not attacked, and that Sun Ce did not have many troops, so he did not take Sun Ce seriously, and sent his subordinates to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to counterattack Danyang.Xu Sheng, who had been stationed in Danyang, took the attack as the defense, and sent the district star to lead the troops to ambush outside the city in advance, and when Liu Xun's troops came to attack the city, Xu Sheng led the people to hold on until night.Seeing that the siege could not be stopped, Yuan Jun retreated to rest and prepare to attack again at dawn.At midnight, Ou Xing led the army out of the ambush point, entered the Yuan army's Dazhai, and burned the barracks.In Danyang City, Xu Sheng saw that Yuan's camp was on fire, so he used all the soldiers and horses in the city to kill and attack Yuan's army with Ou Xing.Yuan's army was caught off guard, and the soldiers scattered and fled for their lives, and returned defeated.At this time, Huang Gai led 3,000 men and horses to the source of Jianye's water source and cut off the water source, and Jianye fell into a panic.Liu Xun sent his subordinates to lead 10,000 horses to rescue the water source, but Huang Gai was guarding the source according to the danger, and the Yuan army could not attack it, and the water source was firmly controlled by Huang Gai.Jianye fell into a water shortage, the people in the city complained, the army was unstable, and there was a great possibility of mutiny.Liu Xun couldn't sit still, instead of sitting and waiting for death, it was better to kill it, so he took all the 40,000 horses in the city and rushed out of the city to find Sun Ce for a decisive battle.When Zhou Yu learned that Liu Xun had come out, he ordered Ling Cao to go out to engage in the battle, and instructed him to only defeat and not win, and led Liu Xun to a hill.Ling Cao led 3,000 men and horses to rush out, fought with Liu Xun for 20 rounds, and fled in defeat.Seeing that Ling Cao was not an opponent, Liu Xun got carried away and ordered the army to chase after him, vowing to kill Ling Cao completely.Chased to a valley, Ling Cao was gone, Liu Xun was puzzled, and ordered the troops to stop advancing, and the rear army, as the front army, turned around and withdrew.It's a pity that it was too late, a cannon sound came from the valley, and a rain of arrows came from all directions, and the Yuan soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and the lineup was in chaos.After a few arrows rained, the valley was full of killings, Zhou Yu led the ambush soldiers to kill, Liu Xun's troops saw the ambush, only to flee for their lives, there was still fighting spirit.Liu Xun was defeated, and under the cover of his subordinates, he fought his way out of the siege and led the remnants to flee to Shouchun.Jianye's army was empty, and after Sun Ce defeated Liu Xun, he occupied the big city without much effort.Subsequently, Lü Meng led his army to capture Jiujiang, and the south of Jianghuai was tightly controlled by Sun Ce.Sun Ce was about to move his army north, but received a letter from Ding Feng, who had encroached on Liu Xuan's territory in the southeast of Jiangdong, and had now captured Poyang and forced Yuzhang.Sun Ce hurriedly found Zhou Yu and asked him what to do now: whether to continue to go north to annex Yuan Shu's territory, or to turn south and attack Yuzhang with Ding Feng Zhou Yu thought about it and said: "The foundation of the lord is in Jiangdong, and now the foundation is not stable, and it is not good to fight in the north.As long as the lord completely destroys Liu Xuan, takes Yuzhang, and unifies Jiangdong, his strength will increase greatly, which is far better than capturing several cities of Yuan Shu.What's more, capturing too much territory of Yuan Shu will attract Cao Cao's eyes, and the lord is not suitable to start a war with Cao Cao at present. ”Sun Ce nodded again and again when he heard this, and according to Zhou Yu's suggestion, he stopped expanding northward, and immediately returned to Chaisang to gather troops to go south to Yuzhang.Ji Ling sat in the city of sorrow, looking forward to Yuan Shu's reinforcements every day, but the messenger just returned empty-handed, and there was no reinforcement, but the bad news came.The Yangzhou naval army fought a decisive battle with Zhou Tai on the river, and was defeated by Zhou Tai, with heavy casualties and many surrenders, and the waters of Yangzhou have been controlled by Zhou Tai.Ji Ling was shocked and lost the water army, Zhou Tai may enter from the river at any time, and Yangzhou will be unprotected at that time.In order to deal with Zhou Tai, Ji Ling had to transfer 20,000 horses to defend the river, and the defenders on the city were reduced again, and the defense was even tighter.Cao Cao led the army to attack at the north gate, although he had not yet been able to capture it, but seeing that the defense of Yuan's army was weakening day by day, the capture of Yangzhou was just around the corner
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