"How could Shouchun City be breached in just a few days?"
Zhou Yu pressed the piano with both hands, jumped up, and stared at the scout in surprise with an unbelievable look.
The scout had to explain the process of the Battle of Shouchun in detail.
Zhou Yu's jade-like face became more and more gloomy. When he heard the scout's explanation, he was already as gloomy as iron, and his eyes were shining with incredible color.
He sat down slowly and murmured in amazement: "I didn't expect that this guy's ability to attack fortresses was so strong. He could say that he had captured a fortified city like Shouchun"
A hint of disgust quietly flashed through Zhou Yu's eyes that were as clear as water and full of wisdom.
After pondering for a long time, Zhou Yu hit the case with his fist, bit his red lips with his jade teeth and shouted: "Quickly report the message to Bo Fu, and then pass on the order. The entire army will break camp tonight and retreat to Hefei."
Although Zhou Yu is arrogant, he is well versed in the art of war. Now that Shouchun has been defeated, Yuan Fang, with tens of thousands of victorious troops, comes with a fierce attack. He knows that it is difficult to resist.
It is impossible to capture Huainan. With the current situation, the only option is to retreat to the important town of Hefei and occupy the city to stop Yuan Fang's army from going south.
As long as Hefei is defended, the large areas of land south of Chaohu, north of the Yangtze River, and south of the Jiujiang and Lujiang rivers can be included in Sun Ce's territory.
Possessing the land north of the Yangtze River, taking advantage of the decisive battle between Yuan Fang and Yuan Shao to attack Shouchun arbitrarily would be a clever move.
That night, 10,000 Jiangdong troops packed their bags in a hurry. At nightfall, Zhou Yu led his troops out of camp and retreated south toward Hefei.
One day later, forty miles northwest of Hefei.
??Above fertilizer and water. More than a hundred Jiangdong warships are traveling along the river, transporting more than ten thousand Jiangdong troops, retreating along the waterway to Hefei.
Zhou Yu stood at the bow of the ship, with the jade tree facing the wind, his hands behind his back, thinking about the changes in the battle situation.
"Yuan Fang's army has just arrived in Chengde at this time. He has no water troops, so he shouldn't dare to chase me. I don't know how the war is going on at Bo Fu in the south. Liu Xun should not be Bo Fu's opponent"
While Zhou Yu was deep in thought, a sentinel ship came upstream and met up with the brigade.
Not long after, the scouts boarded the flagship. Arrive directly in front of Zhou Yu. He cupped his hands and said: "General. My lord has already defeated the Lujiang army in a battle at Ruxukou, and killed Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang. I have specially ordered this villain to report the victory to the general."
Sun Ce, great victory!
Zhou Yu's gloomy face finally showed relief, and he smiled and said: "Okay, Bo Fu is worthy of being Bo Fu. Once Liu Xun dies, the entire Lujiang County will be ours. Although we failed to capture Shouchun this time, we still can't capture Shouchun." It¡¯s also a big gain.¡±
The haze disappeared from the jade-like face, and the self-confidence of being unfazed and well-planned was restored.
"General Zhou, my lord has won a great victory, what should we do now?" Chen Wu, the general standing beside him, asked with his hands raised.
Zhou Yu raised his head and glanced at the sun. It was almost dusk, and said: "Yuan Fang is still one day's journey away from us, and he has no navy, so he can no longer threaten us. He ordered the fleet to dock and set up camp on the spot. Rest for one night before heading to Hefei.¡±
The news of Sun Ce's victory doubled Zhou Yu's confidence, and he decided to retreat more calmly, so as not to show that he was afraid of Yuan Fang and retreated hastily.
The order was passed, and a large number of soldiers were transported to the river bank by boat to build a temporary trestle bridge.
Then, hundreds of warships slowly docked, and thousands of Jiangdong soldiers got off the trestle and went up to the beach to start building camps.
Zhou Yu also stepped onto the river bank and rode his horse to inspect.
Looking at the vast wilderness from afar, Zhou Yu sneered: "This land north of the Yangtze River has fertile land and a large population. If we can capture it now, it will become our base for the fight for supremacy in the north. Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang, although you captured Shouchun, but this land in Huainan will belong to us Jiangdong sooner or later."
As he finished speaking, a soldier suddenly screamed: "There seems to be troops attacking from the northeast!"
Zhou Yu's figure was shaken, and he rushed to find his voice. He saw dust and mist rising into the sky from the northeast, as if a large army of soldiers and horses were rushing towards him.
The ground beneath his feet was trembling, and in the sand and mist, there was a faint thunderous vibration, vaguely, more like the image of a cavalry, appearing and disappearing.
"Why did a troop of soldiers suddenly appear in the northeast?"
When Zhou Yu was getting suspicious, the dust mist was approaching fiercely. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out of the mist like ghosts from the underworld.
On the big red flag, there is a big word "Yuan" written on it.
Cavalry! It's Yuan Fang's cavalry!
Zhou Yu's elegant and calm jade face suddenly changed. He never expected that Yuan Fang would rush towards him with cavalry at this time.
¡°Oops?, I was too arrogant, I didn¡¯t expect this kid to catch up with me on a light horse"
Zhou Yu blamed himself and urgently ordered his Jiangdong soldiers who were setting up camp to immediately form formations and prepare to meet the enemy.
"It's a pity that Yuan Jun's cavalry arrived too suddenly. Before his order was given, the fierce cavalry rushed towards them.
In the iron stream, Yuan Fang sat on his crotch with a red rabbit flowing fire, and dragged Fang Tian diagonally to draw a halberd, showing a murderous look.
Looking at the enemy troops who had not finished setting up the stronghold and were in a panic, a sneer secretly appeared on his lips.
After conquering Shouchun, Yuan Fang led a victorious army of 40,000 people and rushed south to Chengde at starry night in order to deal with Zhou Yu.
When he heard that Zhou Yu had withdrawn his troops by water, he expected that Zhou Yu must want to retreat to Hefei.
Yuan Fang knew that he did not have a naval force and it was impossible to pursue Zhou Yu with a large army. Therefore, he simply ordered the army to be stationed in Chengde and personally led two thousand light cavalry to pursue Zhou Yu by land.
In fact, Yuan Fang had already caught up with Zhou Yu's fleet as early as the afternoon, but instead of alerting the enemy, Yuan Fang followed them secretly.
It wasn¡¯t until Zhou Yu¡¯s fleet docked and the sailors landed that Yuan Fang grasped the flaw and immediately launched an attack.
Although Jiangdong's army numbered 10,000, the forts had not been set up and the formation was not assembled enough. Yuan Fang took advantage of this moment to launch an assault, and he had the perfect opportunity.
"Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, if you want to make a profit, I will make you pay a heavy price!"
The eagle's eyes are like blades, and in its chest, the fire of revenge burns wildly.
Fang Tian pointed his halberd, and Yuan Fang shouted: "Roll up here, let the Jiangdong Army be frightened for our Northern Cavalry¡ª¡ª"
"Kill!" Yan Liang, who was on the left, shouted violently. Wu Dao accelerated and rushed out.
On the right wing, Zhang Liao chased after him.
The two unstoppable cavalry commanders were the first to attack, and the two thousand cavalrymen surged up like a torrent of steel, carrying their anger.
In an instant, the cavalry rushed into the unformed enemy formation.
Wherever the blade passed, countless enemy heads were beheaded in the air, and the majestic war horses chopped off the flesh and blood of the enemies. It was smashed into pieces like tofu.
Yuan Fang urged the red rabbit and horse. It started later but arrived first, crashing into the enemy thicket like a stream of fire, and the 140-pound Fangtian Painted Halberd swept out like a millstone. Defeat the enemy within a few feet. Everything was crushed.
The martial arts in the middle stage of bone forging. This made him use the Fangtian Painted Halberd even more skillfully, almost as if he had an arm.
The powerful lethality of the Lu family's halberd. He also improved a lot. Among the rebellious troops, Yuan Fang was killing with great ease, and no one could stop him.
Two thousand iron cavalry easily routed more than ten thousand enemy troops. The Jiangdong soldiers were so crushed that they howled like ghosts and wolves and collapsed in the face of the wind.
At the river bank, Zhou Yu's face was already so gloomy, his white teeth were biting his red lips deeply, and an angry flame was bursting out from his pair of colored contact lenses.
"I, Zhou Yu, have been invincible in all battles in Jiangdong, but today I was attacked by this kid. It's hateful~~"
Zhou Yu was filled with hidden resentment, but could not change the situation of the battle. Who told him to underestimate the enemy and not go to the waterway, so he insisted on setting up camp on the shore, but he was caught by Yuan Fang.
"General Zhou, what should we do? It seems that the soldiers can't withstand it?" Chen Wu asked in a panic.
Zhou Yu snorted coldly and shouted: "The whole army quickly retreats to the warships and retreats!"
The beach could not be defended, and Zhou Yu and his Jiang Jun army had to retreat into the fertile water to escape being crushed by Yuan Jun's cavalry.
When the order was passed, thousands of Jiang's troops broke up and swarmed onto the trestle like ants, fighting to get onto the warships.
That was the Jiangdong Army who was blocked in the back, but was killed wantonly by Yuan Army, with blood flowing into rivers and corpses strewn everywhere.
Yuan Fang, bleeding like fire, rode his horse to the beach, only to see dozens of enemy ships leaving the shore and sailing into the fat water.
The enemy flagship, flying the "Zhou" flag, had just left the trestle and was slowly moving away.
As soon as the enemy ship entered the water, Yuan Fang's cavalry was helpless.
"Damn it, let this kid Zhou Yu escape." Yan Liang patted his thigh, feeling very regretful.
Yuan Fang opened his distance vision and looked towards the enemy flag. Sure enough, he saw a handsome man with a jade tree facing the wind at the bow of the ship, standing with his hands behind his back, looking around with a proud expression.
Jiangdong Mei Zhou Lang, the man who is like jade must be Zhou Yu.
"Zhou Yu, it's not that easy for you to escape unscathed!"
Yuan Fang immediately hung up Fang Tian's painted halberd and drew the six-stone hard bow that he carried with his horse.
¡°Turn on the doubling ability for me.¡±
With the will in his heart, his two arms quickly morphed and disappeared silently in the blink of an eye.?Has doubled in thickness.
Infinite power surged through his body. Yuan Fang bent his bow and set an arrow, and drew the six-stone bow to full length.
Yan Liang next to him, although he aimed to pass Yuan Fang's side with a six-stone bow, he couldn't help but gasped when he saw it for the second time.
The distance vision pupil has been opened, locking on Zhou Yu who is two hundred steps away.
However, Zhou Yu was on the boat and was moving all the time. The wind and waves in Feishui were not small, and the boat was quite bumpy. In this state, it was extremely difficult to hit Zhou Yu.
Seeing that the enemy ship was getting further and further away, Yuan Fang didn't care to hide his accuracy anymore. With a low shout, the sharp arrow shot out of the air and roared towards Zhou Yu.
At the bow of the ship, Zhou Yu was standing with his hands behind his back, showing no signs of alertness.
Because he simply didn¡¯t believe that anyone could hurt him two hundred steps away.
Just when he was calm, a cold light came from the shore like lightning and hit Zhou Yu's face.
"General, be careful!"
Chen Wu beside him was on alert at all times. When he saw the cold arrow coming, he shouted anxiously and pushed Zhou Yu fiercely.
That sharp arrow grazed Zhou Yu's face and shot it. Although it didn't hit his face, it opened a gash on the left side of his face.
Blood spattered, and Zhou Yu's beautiful jade-like face was instantly disfigured and stained with blood in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Yu screamed in pain and instinctively reached out to cover the left side of his face, only to realize that his face had been scratched by an arrow.
The most beautiful man in Jiangdong, his jade-like face was actually scratched!
In an instant, endless anger surged in Zhou Yu's chest, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Yuan Fang, how dare you hurt my face. If I, Zhou Yu, don't kill you, I will not be a human being~~" (To be continued)