Chapter 608: Surprised by Liu Bei

Gao Shun and Ling Cao approached the river again with the army, which was actually tantamount to taking the troops across the river as hostages.

With Gao Shundu's heavy infantry in defense, it is naturally tough, and it is not so easy for the enemy to break through.

Naturally, Sun Ce and Yuan Shu couldn't ignore the more than 200,000 troops in Guojiangdu, so these more than 200,000 troops would need a lot of supplies.

However, supplies can only be transported through the Yangtze River. This is a big problem, and transporting supplies is not easy at all.

When it was almost dawn, Huang Gai looked at some wooden boards floating on the river and wanted to cry.

"I'm ashamed of my lord for trusting me."

This time, a large amount of food and grass sank into the river to feed the fish, which made it difficult for him to accept.

Moreover, he led an army of 10,000, and only 4,000 people could go ashore. He also swam to the ashore with all his life.

Cheng Pu heard the news early and came to help Huang Gai deal with the aftermath.

"Don't be sad, the Jiangdong capital is here again. It seems that this battle is not easy to fight, and we need to work together." Cheng Pu persuaded.

Huang Gai sighed deeply, and followed Cheng Pu back to the barracks.

At this time, Du Gaoshun and Ling Cao led an army ten miles away from their barracks, they only approached, and did not attack.

After Gao Shun and the others arrived, they began to build a camp there, as if they wanted to defend for a long time.

In fact, it was too dangerous to set up a camp at such a close distance, and it was easy to be attacked by surprise, but Gao Shun and the others still did so.

Sun Ce and Yuan Shu's forces turned into a last stand, and the supplies were cut off.

Could it be that they can fight with their backs like a bully?

Of course they can, and they have all effects, but they must be able to break through the heavy infantry defense.

In fact, this camp is only for monitoring them, and it is impossible for the army to be stationed here directly, but they will build another camp twenty miles behind.

Sun Ce and Yuan Shu are in crisis.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are still on the other side of the river,

They didn't cross the river right away, but they had already received news that something serious had happened.

"Gongjin, did we make a mistake this time?" Sun Ce said while looking at the river.

Zhou Yu didn't answer, he was also thinking about right and wrong.

But the fault is not their decision, but their bad luck.

If something really happened to Zhang Yu, according to their understanding, they should attack.

But as a result, they were caught in a dilemma.

Sun Ce and the others fell into such a situation, mainly because they miscalculated the situation in Jiangdong.

I thought Jiangdong would be in chaos.

Now they can only bite the bullet and continue.

"Bo Fu, someone must go to the other side to control the overall situation. I will find a boat to go there later." Zhou Yu said.

Originally, Sun Ce wanted to go there together, but Zhou Yu refused.

The Yangtze River is a gap that separates them and makes it difficult for them to cross.

Not long after Gao Shun and Ling Cao stabilized the battle, the changes came.

Liu Bei's army unexpectedly attacked several cities of Zhang Yu and the others.

These cities were the capitals that Zhang Yu and the others gained when they invaded Xuzhou. They were on the north bank of the Yangtze River, right at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Gao Shun and Ling Cao ignored Liu Bei, after all Liu Bei didn't have many soldiers.

Several cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary were attacked, and the city guards were unable to guard them. After a few days of resistance, they gave up and withdrew their troops.

The army retreated to the opposite side with ships, and took all the ships away when they left.

Liu Bei occupied several cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but he had no boats to cross the river, so he was unable to attack the most important places in the east of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Jiangdong was unable to spare any extra troops to deal with Liu Bei, so he could only let him occupy the cities in the north.

It's not that those cities are not important, on the contrary, a few cities are very important, and they are the bases for trade with Xuzhou and other places.

There is a large amount of capital stockpiled inside, as well as a complete capital defense system.

It can be said that Liu Bei made a lot of money this time.

Liu Bei occupied several cities, and then his eyes were straightened when he saw the warehouse full of goods.

"Brother, this Zhang Yu is actually so rich. Salt, good wine, and tea are all in one warehouse." Zhang Fei shouted in surprise when he saw it.

The warehouses inside are full. For the convenience of trade, Zhang Yu and the others put the goods in these cities, and then transport them away directly if necessary.

"Huh." Liu Bei exhaled and said, "If I had attacked the salt merchants in Xuzhou back then, I wouldn't be so depressed now."

At this time, Liu Bei knew how rich those salt merchants in Xuzhou were, and there was so much salt here, which meant that they didn't have to worry about running out of stock and kept selling it.

After Lu Bu took Xuzhou, he listened to Chen Gongdu's words and made a huge fortune with these salt merchants. After that, he even took the right to buy and sell salt in his hands.

When Lu Bu got Xuzhou, he immediately had a lot of money to spend, and then recruited troops to expand his strength, and even got a lot of weapons and equipment from Zhang Yu.

Liu Bei regrets it, if he had been more decisive at the beginning, he would not be kicked out and become homeless now.

But it's no use regretting.

"Now that I have these things and I have money, I will immediately recruit troops and try to recruit 100,000 troops." Liu Bei cheered up again.

When he got excited, Liu Bei started to act. He asked Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to go to the surrounding capitals to recruit soldiers and horses, while he led people to count the supplies one by one.

There are a lot of materials here, and there are warehouses for various goods. These are hard currencies now.

Liu Bei thought, since he has money and soldiers, he might be able to take Xuzhou back.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also quickly went to the surrounding capitals to recruit soldiers and horses.

They let the soldiers set up several recruiting locations in the city.

"These cities have a large population, and it only takes three to five days to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Let the brothers be ready." Guan Yu said to several of his subordinates after arriving in a city.

They went to work immediately, and they were very familiar with recruiting soldiers, setting up a table, carrying some money, and then having someone to maintain order and register.

They are very familiar with these, and in several corners of the city, they began to recruit troops.

Although the city was occupied by Liu Bei and the others, Liu Bei did not disturb the people for the sake of his own image, and quickly restored order.

Recruitment starts, and several recruiting spots start running.

"Haha, you still have scruples about us, but you didn't rush forward."

The recruiting point just passed the opening, and no one came to apply for a few points, a small leader in charge of recruiting said.

"My lord, these people will come to recruit as long as they need to eat. In the past, when we recruited soldiers, we were never too busy." A soldier said.

The little boss nodded and said: "That's right, there are hundreds of thousands of people here. If you let go of the tricks, you can recruit tens of thousands of people a day. You can pay attention to me later and recruit some good ones." strong system