Chapter 620: Digging a Pit for Yuan Shu

When Zhang Yu was fighting Yuan Shao, Sun Ce approached Yuan Shu.

"Yuan Gong, although Zhang Yu is alive now, he is fighting Yuan Shao and the Xiongnu. Even if he wins, Yuan Shao will not be able to defeat the Xiongnu, and he will not be able to support the Jiangdong area at all. After this battle, his strength will be greatly damaged regardless of whether he wins or loses. .”

"Why don't we take this opportunity to storm Jiangdong and take Jiangdong when he is weakest, otherwise if Zhang Yu can't survive in the north, it's hard to guarantee that he won't abandon the north and bring troops to Jiangdong if he is not an opponent of the Huns .”

Sun Ce's analysis made sense, and Yuan Shu took it for granted. He hadn't analyzed the information carefully, nor had he done the information very carefully.

Therefore, Yuan Shu almost believed Sun Ce's words. He was suddenly afraid that Zhang Yu would not be able to carry it in the north, and if he returned to Jiangdong with his troops, he would be in trouble.

So Yuan Shu rolled his eyes a few times, and then said: "Sun Ce, your analysis makes sense, we really can't be so passive now."

"Since this is the case, we will attack and break through Jiangdong as soon as possible. But at that time, the territory will have to be redistributed. After all, I have contributed a lot."

Sun Ce sneered in his heart, Zhang Yu ignored the Xiongnu in the north and concentrated on attacking Yuan Shao, which shows that Zhang Yu had already made perfect arrangements.

When the Huns retreat, Zhang Yu will definitely return to Jiangdong, and then it will be time to start liquidation.

Zhang Yu will definitely settle the case, and Yuan Shu will be the one who beat him when the time comes.

In addition, making Yuan Shu crazy and consuming Zhang Yu's strength will buy him more time.

Sun Ce pretended to argue with Yuan Shu for a while, and then agreed to Yuan Shu's request.

The two sides began to make preparations, and Sun Ce also increased his troops by 20,000 to 80,000. However, he transferred tens of thousands of troops from his home and secretly replaced his elite troops.

This Sun Ce doesn't have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to waste.

But Yuan Shu didn't know, he only had the huge Jiangdong in his eyes, and thought that Jiangdong belonged to him.

So, he immediately raised 300,000 troops, recruiting another 300,000 from his own territory, and then sent all the guarding troops and reserve troops at home.

In this way, Yuan Shu invested more than 600,000 yuan before and after, but more than 200,000 yuan have been wiped out by Jiangdong's soldiers.

Then, the two sides united and began to attack Jiangdong.

Regardless of the fact that Jiangdong only has an army of more than 200,000 at this time.

But with Gao Shun around, the defense of the heavy infantry was solid, and even Yuan Shu's army would be hard to break through.

In a county town, Yuan Shu stormed for six days, but failed to break through. He lost more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, as well as a large amount of arrows and other supplies.

However, their mad attack was also effective. Gao Shun's soldiers and horses also lost more than 20,000 people, and the most important thing was that they consumed all the supplies for defending the city.

Without supplies, although it can be blocked, the loss will definitely be greater.

So Gao Shun chose to break through overnight.

He was ambushed by Yuan Shu during the breakout, but Gao Shun led his men to kill him, and lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the process.

Gao Shun broke through the siege, Ling Cao had no support and also broke through at night.

Ling Cao was also ambushed, but they had already prepared for it. Although the loss was not small, it was acceptable.

Gao Shun and Ling Cao continued to retreat, retreating to another city.

There are a lot of supplies in the city, which can allow them to hold on for a long time.

Gao Shun sent Ling Cao back, and Yuan Shu took over a dozen cities around him, very happy.

Because as soon as he understood, these cities not only had a large population, but were also very rich.

This is a rich place, which can increase his strength.

At the same time, Sun Ce was only allocated two cities, and he didn't care about the cities, because in the end they would never get there, and Zhang Yu would definitely take them back.

At the same time, Sun Ce put down his command from the front line and wandered around the county with Zhou Yu.

"Bo Fu, this Zhang Yuguo is really a genius, and the people here are so rich." Zhou Yu said after walking around for a long time.

Sun Ce pointed to a teahouse in front of him and said, "Come and sit there."

The two were dressed in civilian clothes, surrounded by soldiers pretending to be passers-by to protect them, they entered the teahouse and went up to the second floor.

Although it was in wartime at this time, the business of the teahouse was very good.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu waited for a quarter of an hour to be seated, and they reserved a tea seat.

Sitting in a corner, the two ordered a pot of tea.

"I've been wondering why these people don't look scared at all along the way. Why are they doing what they were doing?" Sun Ce said.

Generally, the people are afraid to go out when the soldiers are in chaos, but there are still many people in the streets here, but it is not as prosperous as usual.

Zhou Yu was also surprised that this Jiangdong was different from others inside and out.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce quietly analyzed what they had seen and heard here.

"Do you know?" At this time, a big man said to a dozen tea guests surrounding him: "I have been to Jiangbei, and several cities there were occupied by Liu Bei, but do you know the result?"

"Liu Bei is really not a good guy, and he always pretends to be a gentleman."

"Tell me, what happened?"

"talk."

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce heard someone talking about Liu Bei, so they stopped talking and listened quietly to each other.

The big man stroked his sleeves, took a big sip of tea and said, "A few days ago, my boss asked me to deliver a batch of goods over there. When I went, the city was captured by Liu Bei, because I still wanted to send a batch of goods from there." The raw materials came back, and the boats were confiscated, so I could only stay there and only came back two days ago."

As the big man spoke, everyone listened quietly.

"Although Liu Bei occupied the city over there, it's not easy for him to live there." The big man said.

"Why is it difficult? Is it because the people there are against Liu Bei?"

"It must be so."

"It's against him."

There was a lot of chatter below, the big man signaled them to stop, and then continued: "The people did not cooperate with the capital, but the people did not rise up to rebel against Liu Bei, but it was not easy for Liu Bei to be there, and the people even looked down on him when he wanted to be drafted. With that little settling allowance, it took a few days to recruit, and there were only a few hundred people, and then more than half of them stopped going."

"In addition, didn't Liu Bei rob Mr. Zhang of a large amount of supplies? As a result, they couldn't sell them all. No one dared to ask for them. Who would dare to ask for them? Mr. Zhang's fists are big, and whoever wants them will be unlucky."

"Haha, Liu Bei's grandson also has today."

"He actually came to Jiangdong to recruit soldiers and horses. Except for Mr. Zhang, it is useless for anyone to recruit soldiers and horses here."

"Can they give five acres of land to recruit soldiers? Can they guarantee the safety of their families? Can they give the soldiers enough respect? Only Mr. Zhang can."

"Yuan Shu and Sun Ce will do the same sooner or later. When Mr. Zhang comes back, we will settle accounts with them one by one."

"Master Zhang will definitely conscript again at that time. When I go back, I will let a few boys in the village start preparations. If I can become Lord Zhang's soldier, the whole family will be honored."