Chapter 50 Retreat
When Sun Ce learned about the loss of Ju County, he was shocked and immediately led his army to support Taishi Ci. However, before he could gather his troops, Taishi Ci's body had been sent to Pengcheng by Ding Li.
When he saw Taishi Ci's body, Sun Ce felt that his eyes turned dark and almost fell to the ground, and was supported by Zhou Yu and others beside him.
Taishici was not only his general and his good brother. Sun Ce had just started his business, and had only more than a thousand soldiers. He had a big battle with Taishici at Shenting Ridge, and there was no victory or defeat. In the end, he was in a similar mood. Not only did he defect to Sun Ce, but he also helped Sun Ce to bring nearly 10,000 people. At the beginning of Sun Ce's uprising, Taishici was very helpful.
He himself is both brave and powerful, and is also the number one general under Sun Ce. His ability is even greater than that of Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, and he is highly valued by Sun Ce. Now that Tai Shi Ci has died in Yangdu in battle, he has not only lost a brother, but also his right-hand man to Sun Ce. No wonder Sun Ce reacts so much!
After awakening, Sun Ce immediately ordered: "Star all the troops to go to war. I will lead my troops to Yangdu to avenge Ziyi!"
"Bo Fu, don't be reckless!" Zhou Yu should be calmer compared to Sun Ce. Although he was also heartbroken by Taishi Ci's mistakes, he was more heartbroken by Jiangdong's loss of such a general. In terms of personal relationships, he actually did not have a deep relationship with Taishi Ci.
Seeing that Sun Ce was out of control, Zhou Yu quickly stopped Sun Ce and said, "All the generals will not raise troops because of anger. Bo Fu, at this moment, is related to the general trend of the world. Do not act recklessly!"
Sun Ce also knew that this time was not a time to act voluntarily, but people talk about emotions, not machines. His former brothers were stabbed to death by random knives, which was also Zhou Yu persuaded him. If someone else was changed, Sun Ce would probably kick him over.
"Is it possible? Let's forget it like this!" Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu with red eyes and said with great reluctance.
"It can't be counted!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "But Guo Jia, I'm afraid you and I can fight with him at this moment so that Ye Zhao has enough time to deal with Cao Cao. Now Cao Cao has Zhang Ren in the south, Xu Rong in the north, and Ye Zhao is eyeing him in the west. If you and I will attack Guo Jia at all costs, they will be able to win, but the two states of Yan and Yu will also be captured by Ye Zhao."
Lu Su frowned and said, "But now Mutai and Yangdu are all taken away by Guo Jia. You can attack and retreat. If Guo Jia is not eliminated, it will be difficult for our army to support Cao Cao."
Once the troops were divided to help Cao Cao, the land of Xuzhou would be empty. At that time, if Guo Jia crossed the Si River, with Ye Zhao's army's troops, there would be no danger to defend north of the Huai River. Commander Guo Jia's troops would be able to drive straight in. At that time, not only would he not be able to help Cao Cao, but his own retreat would be cut off.
Zhou Yu nodded. Although he concluded that Guo Jia would never go deep into the army alone, in that case, the supply line would continue to lengthen, and the Guanzhong army would be fierce. As long as the supply line was cut off, Guo Jia's troops would be abandoned, but they would not need to go deep into the army alone. They just needed to send small groups of troops to harass him, which would force Sun Ce's army to retreat.
It is unrealistic to recapture the two important places in Moutai and Yangdu as soon as possible. I only heard about the bravery of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong before, but when I was in Qingzhou, I had a lot of fights with Ding Li and Fang Yue.
To be honest, although Ding Li and Fang Yue have good command ability, they are only good. Not to mention Zhou Yu, even Huang Gai, Cheng Pu or Sun Ce's newly acquired general Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, are not worse than the two. They can only be said to be average, but they can't resist the strongest soldiers in Guanzhong. If they fight, as long as they land ashore, the Jiangdong Army will be beaten by others every time without any power to fight back. When the casualties are at the highest, they even reach a terrifying one to eight!
This is not a siege battle, but a landing battle. This is also the reason why Sun Ce and Zhou Yu decisively withdraw their troops after a little discussion. They can still win back a city by water battle, but if the Yellow River is frozen, they will not have the power to fight back at all. Even if Sun Ce and Taishi Ci go into battle personally, the result will be similar.
Now that the opponent has occupied the advantage of the territory, as the attacking side, the pressure is really great. Although the opponent has few people, if he has occupied a favorable terrain, even if he fills in his troops, he may not be able to defeat him.
"For the sake of the present, our army can only retreat to Huainan and then increase its troops from Jiujiang to Cao Cao." Sun Jing sighed. He heard that if he wanted to continue fighting with Ye Zhao, he could only retreat again and retreat to a place with water. The waterways in Huainan were crisscrossing, which was the place where Jiangdong naval army used its weapons. Although Ye Zhao's Guanzhong soldiers were brave and well-equipped, when they came into the water, they were the world of their Jiangdong army.
But he had retreated once before, but now he retreated again, Zhou Yu and Lu Su can no longer say anything. In fact, the problem is very simple. He only uses his strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings. The Jiangdong Army fought on land, let alone Ye Zhao, but when he fought with Lu Bu, he was almost tortured by Lu Bu in blood. Lu Bu seems to be far inferior to Ye Zhao.
At least at present, the Jiangdong Army and Ye Zhao can only fight against the water, and can defeat Ye Zhao on the water, but if it is changed to land, no matter which way of fighting, it will be waiting to be abused by Ye Zhao.
Not only the army, but also the generals, besides Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, others are also good at water and extra infantry battles. It is not a wise decision to stop in Xuzhou to fight with Ye Zhao in land.
But the problem is that if you really want to fight a land war, the places north of the bad water, Xia Pi, Pengcheng, Donghai, and Langya have to be given up. Moreover, this time, Guo Jia was watching from the side. It was impossible for them to move again. Giving up half of Xuzhou is equivalent to giving up the people here. The two states that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had swallowed before were equivalent to completely spitting out at least half of them.
When Zhou Yu heard this, he didn't say anything, but just closed his eyes. This matter could only be decided by Sun Ce.
Lu Su didn't say anything, just waited quietly for Sun Ce's answer. Sun Ce's eyes flashed with struggle. The two states said they would give up. This was a burning boat. Even if it was him, he was a little hesitant at this moment.
After Sun Jing finished speaking, he didn't say anything more. Since Sun Jian's death, although Sun Ce has been very close to Sun Jing, after all, the emperor and Sun Ce's confidants want to take office, Sun Jing has to choose to give in. If it weren't for Zhou Yu and Lu Su today, Sun Jing would never speak easily.
Sun Ce suddenly smiled, laughing a little sadly, "In other words, this time, he went north to the Central Plains, not only did he fail to achieve his wish, but he also gave up his righteousness!"
Zhou Yu was silent when he heard this. This was also the reason why he was unwilling to directly say that he would continue to retreat. Not only did he have to give up the benefits he received, but he could not accept them emotionally.
"Forget it." Sun Ce said a little depressedly: "We passed our military order to move all the people in Huainan and Guangling to Jiangdong. As for Xia Pi... we can move as much as we can. In addition, we will move all the food, supplies and supplies of Pengcheng, Donghai and Langya counties."
"The people of those three counties..." Lu Su said a little unbearable. There are many Qingzhou people who have just moved here in these three counties, and these people are still pointing to these food and grass to live.
"Since I am not my people, what do you have to do with me?" Sun Ce's words were somewhat unfair, but Sun Ce's true thoughts at this moment. At least these people should be used to disgust Ye Zhao. As for moving the people of Huainan and Guangling to Jiangdong, Sun Ce had a premonition. The only places left may have to be given in the end. Since this is the case, it would be better to move all these people to Jiangdong to increase the foundation of Jiangdong.
Chapter completed!