Chapter 966: Sun Ce's Worries

Zhang Yu took control of the Poyang Lake area, and the world was shaken.

Cao Cao was helpless and angry.

Undoubtedly, he was also deceived by Zhang Yu.

When Cao Cao attacked the Poyang Lake area in Jiangdong, he urgently summoned several of his staff.

"Zhang Yu's skills are brilliant. He made many major events in Youzhou, attracting everyone's attention, but he won the Poyang Lake area in Jiangdong with a thunderbolt."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "We and Sun Ce don't have time to react. Zhang Yu is too smart. He would rather pay a big price than pursue speed."

Zhang Yu fights head-on with the enemy, no matter how much, the bigger the loss, the bigger the loss, occupying the territory first, so that you don't have time to react.

Cao Cao devoted all his strength to the north, preparing to confront Zhang Yu in Jizhou.

Zhang Yu did come, and fought a tough battle with them, and the loss was not small.

But Zhang Yu's goal has also been achieved.

When several counselors arrived, they all felt that Zhang Yu was playing too cleverly.

"Lu'an City and Shouchun City must never fall into Zhang Yu's hands again. This is where our three parties check and balance. These two cities are in the hands of Sun Ce and can help us prevent the danger of the next party." Cao Cao said.

Guo Jia has sent troops to threaten Lu'an City, which is also in danger.

Cheng Yu said: "My lord, although Sun Ce lost tens of millions of soldiers and horses, and Huang Gai died in battle, Lu'an City is strong, and there will be absolutely no problem in a short period of time. Sun Ce has enough time to react, so we should not intervene too deeply."

If you intervene too deeply, you are afraid that Zhang Yu will suddenly launch an attack in the north, and then you will be in a dilemma.

Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Maybe Zhang Yu just wants to contain us in the south, or maybe he will make trouble in the north."

In this way, Cao Cao is extremely difficult to make decisions.

If they can't figure out Zhang Yu's intentions, their decision-making will be very unsatisfactory, not to mention other things, this time Zhang Yu's sudden attack on Poyang Lake is a clear proof.

At this time Xun Yu said: "My lord, we can attack Zhang Yu's central part and find a way to cut off their connection between the north and the south. At least let him take care of him and dare not attack easily."

Xun Yu's strategy was immediately adopted by Cao Cao,

Cao Cao sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Xuzhou.

To attack Xuzhou, Cao Cao didn't ask to occupy much territory, but he only needed to capture some places and cut off the connection between the north and the south.

Cao Cao sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Xuzhou, and the entire east was in chaos.

The three princes in the east fought fiercely, and Sun Ce also hurriedly mobilized his army to support the east.

Instead, the Yuan family ignored them and secretly developed their strength there.

Zhang Yu was in Jizhou. Five days after the war, Zhang Yu called several generals and said, "It is impossible to achieve greater results in this battle. The north has no chance. Let's withdraw our troops. The army will be away for a day. It's just too big."

The generals had no objection. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Yu lost a lot in this battle. He gained hundreds of thousands of people in two counties. However, the army lost tens of thousands of people and had not occupied an inch of land.

But Zhang Yu has a different opinion from them. It doesn’t matter that they have a large population under their rule, because many refugees cannot be arranged, and who would go to other places to rob people.

Under Zhang Yu's rule, there were no refugees, the people were power, and more people would give more power.

When Zhang Yu withdrew his troops, Cao Cao also withdrew his troops, not daring to fight Zhang Yu to the death.

Zhang Yu's army withdrew to Bohai County.

In Bohai County, Zhang Yu asked several Jun troops to rest here, replenish and train here.

This has become their base, and the troops are deployed directly at the front, so that Youzhou will be safer.

Besides Jiangdong, Guo Jia surrounded Lu'an City and began to attack, supporting the north.

However, this time Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and asked Zhang Yu to withdraw his troops.

Sun Ce hastily mobilized the army to come to support, he did not dare to lose the two cities here.

And Zhao Yun ambushed their vanguard halfway, beheaded more than 10,000 of their troops, and then retreated safely.

When Sun Ce found out, he was furious. At this time, he was in a particularly bad mood.

His important territory was robbed by Zhang Yu, and the generals who lost troops, especially the death of Huang Gai, dealt a heavy blow to the Sun Ce Group.

Huang Gai was an old minister who followed Sun Jian, and he was very capable, but now they died on the battlefield, how could they not be sad.

When Sun Ce's army came to support, Guo Jia retreated, and there was no need to die if he had no chance.

The three major princes ceased fighting again, and the whole of China seemed to be quiet.

Sun Ce sent a large army, but not many, only a few hundred thousand.

Poyang Lake was already lost, and he didn't dare to send a large army over. If Cai Mao attacked the back road, the loss would outweigh the gain.

Sun Ce came in fiercely, Guo Jia retreated to defend the city, but Sun Ce's army was insufficient and they had no ability to attack, so they could only defend.

Sun Ce lost his temper in Shouchun City.

"Bo Fu, the situation is already like this, it cannot be undone, we should go back to Changsha as soon as possible, then someone must take charge of the overall situation." Zhou Yu persuaded.

Sun Ce was in a bad mood, and after being persuaded by Zhou Yu, he calmed down slowly.

"Jingzhou must be resolved, otherwise we will only face you on both sides. What can Gong Jin do?"

Sun Ce concluded that they would be attacked because of the threat of Jingzhou, otherwise they would have more troops in the Poyang Lake area, and at least one of him and Zhou Yu would be there.

If not, they probably wouldn't be lost.

If this continues in the future, they will still face the situation of being attacked on both sides.

After some analysis, Sun Ce wanted to solve this problem, so he had to solve Jingzhou.

Today's Jingzhou is dominated by Cai Mao's family, and Cai Mao controls more and more places, and his strength is also increasing.

Now Cai Hao is still training the army, and has recruited more than 300,000 troops. In addition to the navy, most of the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou are under his control.

Zhou Yu was silent for a while and then said: "If Cai Mao is not eliminated, he will definitely dominate Jingzhou. When he continues to expand, I am afraid that he will start to expand."

If Cai Mao expands, it will be a disaster for Sun Ce.

"It's a pity that Liu Biao and us are also mortal enemies. My father's death means that there is absolutely no possibility of mutual trust between us and Liu Biao." Sun Ce said.

If you want to get rid of Cai Mao, only Liu Biao has the possibility in Jingzhou.

"Liu Bei has been very active recently," Zhou Yu said.

Sun Ce shook his head, and then said, "Liu Bei only has a few hundred soldiers and horses in his hands, plus two generals, what can he accomplish?"

Although Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou for a long time and has attracted a group of people, so what, the whole Jingzhou has no place for him to speak.

"If he takes Liu Biao's power, it can be used." Zhou Yu said.

Sun Ce was puzzled for a while, could Liu Bei have this ability?

"It's all about human effort, Bo Fu, we have to work it out, otherwise it will cause conflicts between Liu Biao and Cai Mao," Zhou Yu said. To read books on this site, please use the latest domain name