Xinxing County

Zhou Yu stood on the north tower of the county town, looking north, silently, with no trace of blood on his handsome face, and an extremely tired look in his eyes. A breeze blew, and a few rays of snow-like silver threads exposed outside the battle helmet were gently swept up...

Zhu Ran and other lieutenant generals stood quietly behind, and no one dared to disturb Zhou Yu without authorization.

"Tait..." With a burst of rapid footsteps, Lu Meng hurried to the city tower. Zhu Ran raised his hand, shook it a few times, and signaled that Lu Meng would not disturb Zhou Yu for the time being.

"Zi Ming, how have the people in the county retreated?" But Zhou Yu had already noticed Lu Meng's arrival, turned around slowly and asked.

"Report to the Governor, most of the people have withdrawn, and the rest are soon..." Lu Meng reported respectfully.

"After the people are all gone, prepare everything immediately!" Zhou Yu nodded and ordered in harmony.

"Yes, Governor!" After receiving the order, Lu Meng immediately strode away.

Lu Meng has always been in a thriving manner. This not only satisfies Zhou Yu, but also has some concerns - he is worried that his actions will be too urgent.

"Governor, the last general is still a little worried... If Zhang Feiheng gets in hand, the situation of our army may be bad!" Zhu Ran couldn't help expressing his concern, "Reward, Zhang Feijun is also pushing the army south!"

"Even if this is the case, I can only take a try!" Zhou Yu said calmly, "For our army, this battle is beyond evasion! If you don't fight, you will die. There may be a glimmer of hope for the war..."

Since joining Wei Yan, Zhang Fei's army has increased to more than 20,000. The number of troops brought by Wei Yan was somewhat beyond Zhou Yu's expectations.

Now, Zhang Fei and Kuai Liang's army have added up to 60,000 people; and Zhou Yu has only less than 15,000 people in his hands, and they are either new recruits or weak county and state soldiers, with weak morale and lack of fighting spirit.

If it weren't for Zhou Yu's prestige, he would have already collapsed. With such strength comparison, if he fights against the enemy head-on, at most ten days and a half months, the entire army will be destroyed.

As a last resort, Zhou Yu could only do extraordinary things... Although the risks were very high, there was no way to get it.

"..." Zhu Ran was silent after hearing this.

"What I am most worried about... is still my lord!" Zhou Yu sighed and said, "This time, I only need me to lure the enemy. You must not let the lord take risks with me!"

"Brother Gongjin, don't worry!" A calm and powerful voice suddenly came from behind, and Sun Yi slowly walked to the city tower and walked towards Zhou Yu.

"See lord!" Zhou Yu, Zhu Ran and others bowed and said.

"Brother Gongjin, please raise it! Yifeng (Zhu Ran), you all get up!" Sun Yi held up Zhou Yu and then said loudly.

"Thank you, lord!" After getting up, Zhou Yu said earnestly, "Lord, let Yu seduce the enemy this time. You and the fourth son should retreat to Ganxian first. Wait until the enemy is defeated.

Yu will take the lord back again!" Within two years, the Sun family destroyed Sun Ce and Sun Quan as the heads of the family. In the current critical situation, if Sun Yi had any more mistakes, he could almost directly declare the demise of the Sun family.

"..." Sun Yi raised his eyes to look north, was silent for a moment, turned to Zhou Yu and said, "Brother Gongjin.

The Jiangdong foundation that you and your elder brother worked hard to build together... If you lose to me, and you will be underground, how should I explain to my father and elder brother?"

After a pause, Sun Yi continued, "I remember when my father was still alive, I told Ji Zuo that we three would learn more about our elder brother - even if we have many difficulties and dangers, we should not fall into ambition. I was young and ignorant.

He was entangled with Brother Gongjin indiscriminately. But today, I have understood everything."

Zhou Yu's expression has not changed. But there is a crystal flash in his eyes. The scene of singing with Sun Ce and sweeping across Jiangdong seemed to be like yesterday's incident, one by one.

"Brother Gongjin, I am willing to follow my example and fight against the powerful enemy with you. I hope you don't refuse!" Sun Yi looked straight at Zhou Yu and said earnestly.

"Okay...!" Zhou Yu completely put aside the shackles in his heart and said with a smile. At this moment, Sun Yi had completely overlapped with the impression of Sun Ce in Zhou Yu's heart, as if Sun Ce was reborn.

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"Governor, Governor!" Lu Meng shouted urgently, and then strode back to the city tower again. "The scout urgently reported that the Jingzhou army was leaving Xichang and was rushing towards Xinxing. Judging from the banner, it seemed to be Cai Mao!"

"Good place!" Zhou Yu's eyes flashed slightly, and his body was covered in fatigue as if he had swept away. He said loudly, "Zi Ming, Yifeng! You can act as planned quickly!"

"Get orders!" Lu Meng and Zhu Ran bowed and hurried down to the city and left.

"Brother Gongjin!" Sun Yi also seemed quite excited.

Zhou Yu nodded to Sun Yi, then raised his head to the sky, and prayed silently: "Brother Bofu, Zhongmou! You are the spirits in heaven, so you must bless Shubi and I to defeat the powerful enemy in one fell swoop and revive Jiangdong again!"

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Four hours later, the sun is approaching dusk, the setting sun is about to set, and the sky and the earth are covered with blood.

The Jingzhou army had more than 20,000 troops rushed to less than 5 miles north of Xinxing City. Cai Maoyou was dissatisfied and kept urging his soldiers to speed up the road. The scouts who were exploring the way had already returned half an hour ago, saying that Sun Yi and Zhou Yu were all in Xinxing City.

There were not many defenders in the city, and soldiers fled from time to time. The scout had personally seen a general beheading the deserter.

When he thought of capturing Sun Yi and Zhou Yu, Cai Mao felt his blood boiling all over his body.

Over the years, Cai Mao suffered countless losses at the hands of the Jiangdong Army and lost all his face. For this reason, he was scolded by Liu Biao and privately ridiculed by others. Cai Mao felt deeply ashamed.

Zhou Yu was the biggest creator of Cai Mao's shame. Last year, Cai Mao was defeated by Zhou Yu with nearly 100,000 troops. Fortunately, Liu Biao took into account his in-laws and did not pursue the investigation, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

I originally thought that there was no hope of revenge in this life, but who would have thought that "the feng shui will turn". The Sun family, who dominated Jiangdong, was beaten by the two Liu coalition forces within more than a year and was left with only a few thousand defeated troops, with only one county in Luling.

Although Cai Mao believed that he was not Zhou Yu's opponent in his military service, he was different from the past. The soldiers were dispersed and their morale was completely gone. The defeat was like a mountain of defeat. If Zhou Yu was able to be able to be a perfect match, it was also "a skillful woman could not cook without rice."

How could Cai Mao, who is not broad-minded, miss such an opportunity to avenge his previous shame?

After judging the situation, Cai Mao ignored Kuai Liang's objections and insisted on leading more than half of the army to go south to chase Sun Yi and Zhou Yu.

Cai Mao was deeply involved in the Jingzhou army and deeply rooted. Although Kuai Liang was the head coach, he was often responsible for government affairs on weekdays and was less involved in military affairs. Therefore, when Cai Mao insisted on leading the army first, Kuai Liang could not stop it.

"Brother, the scout just now has returned. There are soldiers and horses in a hurry to escape in the south of Xinxing City!" Cai Xun rushed over and reported urgently, "I just don't know if Sun Yi and Zhou Yu are there!"

"Oh~!" A cold light flashed in Cai Mao's eyes, and an excitement on his face suddenly appeared.

"Brother, send someone to chase after me!" Cai Xun knew his brother's heart and suggested anxiously.

"Let's wait. You need to be careful of fraud!" Cai Mao raised his hand and said in a deep thought, "I ordered the scout to continue inquiries and see how much the enemy has escaped? Our army first attacked the city. Investigate and investigate and make a decision."

"Tell the order, order the army to speed up and prepare to attack the city!" Cai Mao waved the flag in his hand and shouted sternly, "In an hour, I will enter this city!"

"Dou~Dou~!" The heavy horned horn sounded quickly, long and exciting.

Under the urging of the Sima and the Duke of the Jingzhou army, the soldiers of Jingzhou accelerated their speed towards the city that appeared in front of them.

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Half an hour later. Xinxing County Yamen

The lobby was in a mess, and all kinds of bamboo slips and silk books were thrown all over the ground. It was obvious that the people in the county yamen were running away in a hurry.

Cai Mao walked to the table, flipped it around casually and rolled it up on the table, and suddenly noticed a light-colored silk hidden at the bottom.

In confusion, Cai Mao unfolded the silk book and read it. After a moment, Cai Mao's face turned dark and a sharp light shot out from his eyes.

"Brother. What did this silk say?" Cai Mao's brother Cai Zhong saw that Cai Mao's expression was wrong and stepped forward to ask.

"This Zhang Fei actually dared to accept Sun Yi's surrender privately..." Cai Mao handed the silk book to Cai Zhong. He said hatefully, "I just think Zhang Fei is not a good bird!"

Cai Zhong took it and saw that he actually wrote a letter of surrender, which was signed by General Zhang Fei of Pingnan. In the letter, Zhang Fei was willing to accept Sun Yi's surrender and ordered Sun Yi to be sent hostages and the household registration album of Luling County as soon as possible.

"Zhang Fei is really hateful. Our army went through a lot of hardships to drive the Sun family to the end of the road. He actually wanted to steal the results of the battle!" Cai Zhong said furiously, "Fortunately, my brother chased the land quickly! After defeating Sun Yi and Zhou Yu, we will take advantage of the opportunity to destroy Zhang Fei, and then seize the Danyang counties!"

Cai Mao had a gloomy face and nodded and said, "Please keep this surrender book, and it will be a certificate at that time. Let's see how Zhang Fei quips!"

"Director Cai, this letter may be just a forgery, it was Zhou Yu's conspiracy..." Jiang Xia Governor Su Fei recommended.

"Hmph~!" Cai Mao snorted coldly and interrupted in a deep voice, "The enemy doesn't know that I will read this silk book, so why did it be designed specifically? This is clearly when I ran away in a hurry and didn't take it!"

Seeing Cai Mao was so sure, Su Fei dared not say much——After all, Cai Mao was not someone who could offend him.

"Brother, brother..." Cai Xun shouted in a hurry and walked into the hall. Behind him were more than a dozen Jingzhou soldiers and 3,4 prisoners. "Sun Yi, Zhou Yu and the others are all gone!"

"This is serious?" Cai Mao frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"That's true. There are several enemy soldiers who have not escaped here, and I have captured them!" Cai Xun said excitedly, "What they said is exactly the same as the scouts' exploration!"

"When did Sun Yi and the others escape? How many people are there with you?" Cai Mao nodded and asked.

"Just before our army was about to arrive at the city, about 2,000 people followed them to flee south!" Cai Xun said anxiously, "Sun Yi, Zhou Yu and the others are the last escapees. The rest of the people in the city knew that the war was coming, and they had already fled in all directions!"

"..." Cai Mao thought for a while, walked to the prisoners, and asked sternly, "Sun Yi, why did Zhou Yu drag it until the end to escape? Is there any trick here?"

"The villain doesn't know!" said a prisoner in fear and trepidation.

"Puff~!" Cai Mao pulled out his side sword and cut the man's throat without hesitation, "How dare he lie to me!"

"You say!" Cai Mao held the bloody sword and pointed directly at another prisoner, shouting loudly.

"Little man..." This man was so scared that he was trembling, and he couldn't even say a complete sentence.

"You say!" Cai Mao raised his sword and stabbed the man to death, and continued to ask.

"The villain only knows that since yesterday, the people in the city have begun to flee.

The lord asked someone to block the city gate, but Zhou Duke asked someone to let him go... In the end, all the people fled, and many other brothers in the army fled in and fled! In the end, there were less than 3,000 brothers left in the city.

But why did the lord and Zhou Duke not escape? The villain really doesn't know!" The third prisoner spoke more cleverly and reluctantly answered.

"Yeah!" Cai Mao nodded, lowered his sword, walked to the last person and said. "That man said it right just now, I'll spare his life. Do you have anything to say? You don't need to mention what you have said before.

If you say it well, I will spare your life too!”

Finally, the man saw a glimmer of hope and started thinking anxiously. He wanted to recall something, but after a while, he still couldn't say anything. Cai Mao stabbed him to death with a sword.

"Thank you for your life! Thank you for your life!" said the third prisoner happily.

"Hmph..." Cai Mao smiled coldly, and his sword pierced into the womb of the third prisoner without hesitation. The prisoner could not believe that Cai Mao would have turned his promise until his death.

"It seems that there should be no deception in it!" Cai Mao wiped his sword against the dead captive. He said in a deep voice, "Immediately, the army is being sent to chase Sun Yi and Zhou Yu, and be sure to capture him and others alive!"

"I want Zhou Yu to know, why life is worse than death!" Cai Mao said hatefully.
To be continued...