Sun Ce, who was depressed by the battle in the south, had been paying attention to the war in the Central Plains.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not dare to take Liu Yu's large-scale attack on Cao Cao lightly. They seemed to have seen a great opportunity to go north to the Central Plains and compete in the world.

In addition, Sun Ce was unable to make a breakthrough in the Jingzhou war for a long time, and continuing to struggle with Liu Biao would only waste time and troops. So Sun Ce and Zhou Yu secretly returned to Jianye from Changsha, Jingzhou, and handed over all military affairs in Changsha to Huang Gai.

At the same time, Zhang Zhao and other northern scholars who had fled from Xuzhou also supported Sun Ce in marching into the Central Plains.

After discussing with Zhou Yu, Sun Ce decided to lead his strong troops north to Xuzhou.

Sun Ce wanted to march to Yuzhou at first, but Zhou Yu stopped him. Zhou Yu analyzed it and found that Yuzhou might become Cao Cao's rear area. If Sun Ce marches into Yuzhou now, he will help Liu Yu invisibly. Zhou Yu

There is another important factor that prevents Sun Ce from marching into Yuzhou. That is if Cao Cao fails, then Sun Ce will have to directly face Liu Yu's army, which will be very detrimental to Sun Ce.

But Xuzhou is different. First of all, Xuzhou is rich and has a large population. It is a big piece of fat. At the same time, Liu Yu sent Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to attack Xuzhou. Xuzhou's soldiers and horses were all deployed to defend against the invasion from the north, and the defense of the southern counties.

It's very empty and can be easily picked up.

Sun Ce accepted Zhou Yu's suggestion.

The local aristocratic families in Jiangdong did not dare to neglect Sun Ce's decision, and sent troops, money and food one after another. If they were unwilling to help Sun Ce, the knife in Sun Ce's hand would not be a vegetarian.

Sun Ce left Cheng Pu to guard the rear area in Jiangdong, and took command himself. Zhou Yu served as the accompanying military advisor, leading 40,000 troops and marched north to Xuzhou.

Sure enough, as Zhou Yu expected, Xuzhou's defense in Guangling County was inevitably in vain. After Sun Ce's army landed, they encountered no strong obstruction at all.

Sun Ce sent his troops to rampage through Guangling County, continuously capturing the city, and planted the Sun family's flag on the city of Guangling County.

Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, sent a large number of letters asking for help to Xiapi City, and also sent Quan Rong to lead troops to attack Sun Ce.

Sun Ce did not get the title of Little Overlord for nothing. When the two armies were fighting, he killed Bi Rong directly in front of the battle.

Afterwards, Sun Ce marched to Guangling City with the power of victory and captured Guangling City in two days.

Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, was defeated and captured. He yelled: "Little thief Sun Ce, your Sun family has been protecting the emperor's favor for generations. This time you openly attacked the Han Dynasty, slaughtered the officials of the Han Dynasty, and caused the people to be devastated. You will not die well!"

"You bastard!" Sun Ce had a hot temper and could not bear such insults, so he was ready to kill Zhao Yu.

"Bo Fu, please speak." Zhou Yu stopped Sun Ce because Zhao Yu had a very good reputation in Guangling and was an upright official. It would be detrimental to Sun Ce to kill him.

Zhou Yu told Sun Ce what he was thinking and urged Sun Ce to bypass Zhao Yu.

Sun Ce might not be able to listen to what others said, but it would be different if Zhou Yu said this. Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu was wholeheartedly good to him, so he listened to Zhou Yu's opinion and spared Zhao Yu the death penalty.

Zhou Yu tried to persuade Zhao Yu to surrender, but Zhao Yu spat on his face, which made Sun Ce angry again. Fortunately, Zhou Yu was generous and temporarily detained Zhao Yu.

After the stubborn Zhao Yu was taken away, Sun Ce's anger gradually subsided and he asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, now that Guangling City has been captured, are we going to march to Xiapi next?"

"Yes and no!" Zhou Yu said with a smile. His handsome appearance and the smile on his lips were enough to kill countless older girls and younger wives in an instant.

In terms of strategy, Sun Ce was still inferior to Zhou Yu and asked: "What should we do?"

"First of all, our army must capture all of Guangling County, and transfer officials from Jiangdong to come here to firmly hold Guangling County in our hands, and finally turn Guangling County into a part of our Jiangdong. Finally, we will use Guangling as the basis to conquer Xuzhou.

." Zhou Yu stretched out a finger.

Sun Ce nodded and said, "Let Zhang Zibu arrange this. After all, he is much better than the two of us in this aspect."

"Second point, send someone to contact Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, join forces with them to capture Xuzhou, and then carve up Xuzhou!" Zhou Yu continued.

"I'm afraid this won't be easy. If I were in Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's position, I would definitely not agree." Sun Ce couldn't believe that this could be successful.

Zhou Yu shook his head with a smile and continued: "Bo Fu, although I am contacting Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, I actually want to tell Shenwu Emperor Liu Yu that I, Jiangdong, do not want to be his enemy. At the same time, I can reassure him that he can continue to work with Cao Cao. We

We can contain part of Cao Cao's troops in Yuzhou for him. If this fails, our army will take control of Guangling County and come to the other side to watch the fire and watch the excitement."

Sun Ce thought about it, and it seemed that what Zhou Yu said made sense, but he really wanted to attack Xiapi City now so that the Central Plains would know how powerful his little overlord Sun Ce was.

Zhou Yu had played with Sun Ce since childhood and knew Sun Ce's thoughts very well. He said admonishingly: "Bo Fu, striving for hegemony in the world is not about fighting for a moment. If you want to compete in the Central Plains, you must take a longer view."

Sun Ce was touched by Zhou Yu's words, and he blushed a little, and said: "Gong Jin, how can I be the kind of person who is motivated by emotion?"

Zhou Yu looked like you were not afraid of flashing your tongue when you said this. The whole world knew that you, Sun Bofu, were a man who acted on his own initiative.

Sun Ce was helpless and said, "Okay, I'll just listen to you."

"Bo Fu, for the great cause, I have no choice but to wrong you." Zhou Yu said with a very unbeatable expression.

Sun Ce: "..."

So Sun Ce sent an envoy to Donghai Kingdom, met Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and told them about Sun Ce's intention to join forces to attack Xiapi.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun did not expect that Sun Ce would go north to Xuzhou at this time.

Zhao Yun said calmly: "The envoy will go down to rest first."

Sun Ce's envoy was taken to rest by the guards.

Zhao Yun and Guan Yu found Guo Tu and told them about Sun Ce.

Guo Tu pondered for a while and said: "It seems that this little overlord of Jiangdong is well-deserved. He actually sent troops at this time. Guangling County must have been captured by him."

"Jiangdong Little Overlord!? What a great name." Guan Yu said disdainfully, thinking about finding a chance to meet Sun Ce.

Zhao Yun asked: "Military advisor, how else can we reply?"

"In my opinion, Sun Ce wants to express his goodwill to our army. Sun Ce is a prince, and we can't make the decision. It's better to let His Majesty decide this matter." Guo Tu said.

"That's the truth." Zhao Yun and Guan Yu felt that Guo Tu was right.
Chapter completed!