Zhuge Liang's army of 100,000 headed straight to Jiangdong, and with the 50,000 troops heading to Lujiang to support Zhang Liao, Zhuge Liang used 150,000 troops this time, which was more troops than when Liu Yu went south to Jingzhou. From this, it can be seen that Zhuge Liang was determined to win.

Everyone in the Jingzhou family is looking forward to Zhuge Liang's victory, so that they can get the greatest benefit after the war. Of course, this is their own idea.

Sun Ce's reaction was the biggest when Zhuge Liang had so many soldiers and horses heading to Jiangdong. He did not think Zhuge Liang had such troops. Zhuge Liang led a 150,000 army to attack Jiangdong? Does he have so many troops? Even Emperor Shenwu personally conquered Jingzhou. Although he was known as a million troops, after the investigation was clear, he had only 150,000 troops. In this era, in order to create a certain psychological pressure on the enemy, the specific troops would generally not be announced. Almost all those who led the war would exaggerate their troops, so that they could form a situation with huge differences in strength, which would be a great blow to the enemy's morale.

The Jiangdong army in Chaisang City suddenly fell into panic. Especially the Jiangdong army soldiers in Chaisang, they did not expect that the Liu army in Jingzhou would use a total of 150,000 troops to deal with Jiangdong. After the efforts of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, there are now 40,000 troops. Although the quality of these 10,000 troops is mixed, it is not a big problem to defend Chaisang City. Originally, there were 60,000 troops, but in order to attack Lujiang, Sun Ce gave Taishi Ci more than 20,000 troops.

But the most important thing is that Chaisang has almost no naval army now. Zhuge Liang has so many troops, including a large number of naval army, so how can he fight such a war? The morale of the soldiers has dropped sharply. Many of the soldiers are illiterate. They are not like Sun Ce who have read books and understand some truths since childhood. I heard that so many troops are coming to attack Jiangdong, how can they not panic? If Sun Ce had not always been in charge of the army, there would probably have deserters.

Now Sun Ce has long been closely watching the movements of the soldiers. The problem of morale decline has a great impact on Sun Ce. Before he started fighting, morale was affected, which is not good news for Sun Ce. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu immediately sent people to refute the rumors.

Through Sun Ce's efforts, the morale of the Jiangdong Army was settled. The soldiers all knew that the Liu army in Jingzhou was exaggerating its strength, but in fact, there was not much force. But in fact, Sun Ce didn't know how much force Zhuge Liang had. However, according to the report of the Jiangdong general who blocked Liu's reinforcements, the strength of the reinforcements alone reached more than 40,000. Sun Ce also learned that the general led by Liu's reinforcements was Zhang Xiu, the general of Nanyang, a military general in Xiliang who was not very famous. Sun Ce still had a certain understanding of Zhang Xiu and knew that Zhang Xiu's ability to be proficient in cavalry. Fortunately, the terrain of Jiangdong was not suitable for cavalry attacks, so Sun Ce believed that it would be no problem to stop Zhang Xiu and continue to advance.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce felt that the two-sided attack strategy adopted by Zhuge Liang should have equal military strength, which means that the side where Zhuge Liang personally led the army should have a force of about 40,000 to 50,000. This analysis is very reasonable, and Zhou Yu also has a basis for the analysis of the military strength, money and food in Jingzhou. Zhou Yu concluded that Zhuge Liang had the intention of forcing Jiangdong to fight on the two fronts and dispersing Jiangdong's troops, which would be conducive to the breakthrough of Liu's army. In addition, Jiangdong's elite navy had almost lost all of them in the Battle of Chibi, so it was normal for Zhuge Liang to have such an intention.

After careful consideration, Sun Ce thought that what Zhou Yu said was very reasonable. If Zhuge Liang did not adopt the strategy of attacking both sides, why did he send Zhang Liao to secretly attack Lujiang? After succeeding, he immediately sent a large number of reinforcements. Sun Ce was a little glad that his generals were all capable and could block Zhang Xiu's reinforcements tightly, avoiding Sun Ce from falling into a situation of attacking both sides.

Sun Ce felt that if Zhuge Liang had only 40,000 or 50,000 troops, he still had a chance of winning. The most important point was to let the Jiangdong army on the other side defend it tightly, and not let the reinforcements led by Zhang Xiu rushed to Lujiang.

When Sun Ce thought that Zhuge Liang had only such a few soldiers, he was in a good mood. Now he was not afraid that Zhuge Liang would attack Jiangdong. Sun Ce thought that Lujiang would definitely be taken back. Apart from Taishi Ci, wouldn’t there be Cao’s help? Then Lujiang would be taken back, and then turn the spear head to point at Zhang Xiu’s reinforcements to break Zhuge Liang’s fantasy of attacking both sides.

This conclusion was affirmed by most people under Sun Ce's command. Even Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin felt that his younger brother did not have that much military force, which was definitely a frightening person.

Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and others decided to fight Zhuge Liang in Chaisang territory, and took advantage of their absolute advantage of familiarizing themselves with the terrain to continuously weaken Zhuge Liang and defeat him in one fell swoop.

As long as you win this battle, Jiangdong can gain years of stability. It will not be so easy for the Shenwu court to gather troops to deal with Jiangdong again.

Sun Ce and others in Jiangdong may have forgotten that there is a strategy called "fair and real", "fair and real". Zhuge Liang simply did not follow the routine.

Zhuge Liang did not choose to exaggerate his military strength, but instead spoke out his own virtual and real. This was Zhuge Liang's intention. He had figured out Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's thoughts. His Majesty chose to exaggerate his military strength before, so Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would definitely think that Zhuge Liang was exaggerating his military strength and would be contemptuous of Zhuge Liang. If he despises the enemy, the chance of failure would be high. Why did Zhuge Liang let Zhang Liao attack Lujiang? Because Lujiang is one of the granaries in Jiangdong, and taking it down here is a big blow to Sun Ce, which can attract Sun Ce's attention. At the same time, there was also the intention to disperse Sun Ce's military strength. Of course, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce believed that Liu Jun's strategy of choosing a two-sided attack was also what Zhuge Liang wanted most. Continuously changing between virtual and real, Zhuge Liang played very well.

Sun Ce distrusts Zhuge Liang's military strength and believes that Zhuge Liang is exaggerating his military strength. Zhuge Liang believes that when his army lands and fights with the Jiangdong Army, it will be clear whether Sun Ce can remain calm.

Jingzhou leads to Jiangdong and goes down the river. Zhuge Liang's army took half a day to appear in the sight of the Jiangdong troops.

The reason why there are so fast is that there are not many naval troops in Jiangdong to block Liu's army. Sun Ce keeps the remaining naval troops, which is of great use. Now he is sent to stop Zhuge Liang, which is to give Zhuge Liang military merits.

Zhuge Liang, who had not received the obstruction, naturally quickly arrived at the Yangtze River in Chaisang County.

When a hundred thousand military advisors appeared, a huge and dense warship appeared. Everyone in the Jiangdong Army looked bad. Sun Ce had already set up corresponding defensive troops against Zhuge Liang's attack, with several lines of defense, layered and echoing each other.

Such an arrangement was not expected that Zhuge Liang had so many troops.

Zhuge Liang looked at the riverside not far away and found Jiangdong's defense. He immediately sneered softly.

"Sun Ce, Sun Ce, you still underestimated me!" Zhuge Liang seemed to be mocking Sun Ce's arrogance.

Zhuge Liang turned around and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "The two generals of Guan and Zhang, our military advisor will now appoint you as vanguard generals. After landing, they will lead 10,000 troops to support each other and go straight to Chaisang City!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood up immediately. They liked to be the pioneer generals the most. This was their recognition of them. They bowed and said, "The last general will take the order!"

"Zhang Yun led 20,000 naval troops to guard here, and we must ensure the retreat of our army." Zhuge Liang ordered.

Zhang Yun liked this arrangement very much. Zhuge Liang asked him to stay in the rear, which was safe and had military achievements. It was so fucking pleasure that Zhang Yun was very happy to accept the order.

However, Zhuge Liang knew Zhang Yun's ability, and he knew Zhang Yun's little thoughts. In addition, this time, the navy was not very effective for Zhuge Liang, so Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Yun to lead the navy to stay in the rear.

Zhang Yun's offensive strength is not high, but his defense is still a bit advanced, otherwise he would not have been involved in the top leadership of the Jingzhou Navy. Zhuge Liang was interested in this point.

"General Zhang Yun, this military advisor hopes that you can defend the rear tightly. If the Jiangdong Army comes to attack, you only need to repel it with archers at a long range. Never act rashly and fall into their plan. If something is too powerful to reach, you can open this tip and follow the strategy." Zhuge Liang was still a little worried about Zhang Yun, and even gave Zhang Yun some details and gave Zhang Yun a tip.

Zhang Yun's old face turned a little red. Zhuge Liang had a deep distrust of him. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Zhang Yun with contempt. They felt shame for being comrades-in-arms with Zhang Yun. But Zhang Yun has always believed in safety first. Zhuge Liang's method is absolutely safe, and it doesn't matter to all Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun took Zhuge Liang's gift with a thick face and bowed and smiled: "Thank you, the military advisor!"

After arranging the safety of Zhang Yun and the rear, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "The rest of the people, follow our military advisor as the central army, and advance steadily! Go straight to Chaisang!"

Wen Pin led the remaining military generals and bowed and said, "We obey the order!"

After the arrangement was made, Liu Jun's fleet directly docked.

The general led by the Jiangdong Army troops guarding the riverside was Zhou Tai. He was shocked at first, but later he was angry. Zhou Tai scolded Liu Jun for being shameless and actually used tricks to deceive his lord. Zhou Tai's hands were part of the navy, but now it seems that if this navy attacked the fleet led by Zhuge Liang, it would be something that only a fool would do.

Zhou Tai was never afraid of death, so he led his troops to prepare to resist Liu's army by the river.

Unfortunately, his troops were too few. Before Liu Jun landed, he used a few rounds of feather arrows to break Zhou Tai's fantasy.

It is true that Zhou Tai is not afraid of death, but he will not choose to sacrifice in vain. He could not resist Liu Jun's landing, so Zhou Tai had to choose to retreat and send back the bad news to Sun Ce of Chaisang City.

As soon as they landed, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu each ran out quickly with 10,000 troops. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu hadn't shown their skills for a long time, and the bones on their bodies felt rusted. This time their fighting spirit was very high.

As pioneering generals, Zhuge Liang was really extravagant. The defense line arranged by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu was simply easy for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Once Zhang Fei and Guan Yu encountered the ambush of the Jiangdong Army, they were immediately excited. They both took the initiative to find Jiangdong's troops in order to vent their fighting spirit.

In this way, the unlucky ones were the troops assigned by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who were constantly defeated by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

The defense line in Jiangdong was broken, and the army led by Zhuge Liang kept approaching Chaisang City.

When Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others were shocked when they received such bad news.

Zhou Tai knelt in front of Sun Ce now and told him everything he saw.

"What did you say? Zhuge Liang brought so many 100,000 soldiers this time?" Sun Ce's hands were about to tremble. Zhuge Liang was actually playing.

Zhou Tai swore: "Lord, Mo will use his head to guarantee it! If there is any false statement, please kill Mo General."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Dong Yingjie was silent all over the hall.

Sun Ce did not expect that Zhuge Liang did not exaggerate his troops, but actually told him all the troops, which was completely unavailable to the 40,000 or 50,000 troops he had previously estimated. Sun Ce secretly scolded Zhuge Liang for being too honest. If you have 150,000 troops yourself, you should exaggerate several times as Liu Yu said. This way, people can guess your troops. Unfortunately, it is too late to say anything now.

"Damn it. Zhuge Liang is really cunning." Sun Ce knew that his arrangement had failed.

In the case of a huge gap in force, no matter how many arrangements are, they are futile. Even if the soldiers in Jiangdong are not afraid of death, they cannot withstand so many soldiers and horses attacking.

Zhou Yu secretly hated his incompetence, so why didn't he expect Zhuge Liang to have so many soldiers? If he had sent scouts to inquire about the truth earlier, he would not have been so passive.

However, according to the current situation in Jiangdong, how many scouts need to be sent to investigate clearly. With such an intention, Zhuge Liang would not allow Jiangdong's scouts to come back safely to report.

Just when Sun Ce was regretting, all the bad news came back.

"The Liu army's vanguard general Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each brought 10,000 troops and had already broken through various defense lines and took the initiative to find our army to challenge. Our army continued to retreat, and the Liu army's vanguard and the main general arrived in Chaisang soon?" Sun Ce stood up. Zhuge Liang had two great generals, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who would be the vanguard in the future. There were not many Jiangdong who could stop it.

Zhou Yu was also shocked. Will Liu Jun's marching speed be too fast?

It's completely miscalculated. Zhuge Liang is not the one who plays according to the routine.

"Close the four doors tightly and prepare to defend Chaisang!" Sun Ce gave the order.
Chapter completed!