"Gongjin, let's go back to Jiangdong now!" Sun Ce said hurriedly to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was silent. He thought that it was not just as simple as returning to Jiangdong. Jiangdong is like this, it must be done by Liu Yu. The purpose is to force Sun Ce to return to Jiangdong. In this way, Liu Yu will succeed.

"Bo Fu, if we go back to Jiangdong, it is very likely that Guangling County will be unsuccessful. There is such a big chaos in Jiangdong, so there must be enough troops to pacify. With our current military force in Jiangdong, if we don't transfer all the troops here in Xuzhou back, the pacification time may be very long. There are so many dreams in the night, and Liu Yu will not let us calm down the inside." Zhou Yu thought for a while and said.

Sun Ce closed his eyes, he must make a decision now.

Sun Ce tried hard to calm down his mood. Jiangdong was his base. Without Jiangdong, it would be impossible for Sun Ce to compete for hegemony before the current world trend.

"If Guangling is lost, it can be taken back. If Jiangdong is gone, then we will lose our foundation." Sun Ce said this simply.

Zhou Yu understood that the soldiers under Sun Ce were almost from Jiangdong. If Sun Ce was not the lord of Jiangdong, it would be difficult to say the loyalty of the soldiers. Although wise men such as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were Xu Huai people, they had a great affection for Guangling County. Giving up Guangling County would definitely hit Zhang Zhao and the others' enthusiasm. But from the perspective of the lord, what should be abandoned should be abandoned.

Zhou Yu said: "You are the lord, and I will support any decision you make!"

Zhou Yu supported Sun Ce, and Sun Ce immediately summoned all the soldiers in Guangling County and told them about the situation in Jiangdong.

Jiangdong is in danger! Taishi Ci, Zhou Tai and other military generals were immediately angry, hoping that Sun Ce would return to Jiangdong to quell the rebellion. Seeing the surging feelings of the crowd, Sun Ce knew how correct the decision he had just made was.

"Since that's the case, I passed this general order and all the soldiers of Guangling County returned to Jiangdong and took away all the money, grain and equipment in the treasury!" Sun Ce gave the order directly.

Taishici was shocked. Sun Ce wanted to give up Guangling County. After Guangling County was occupied by Sun Ce, Taishici was always in charge. It can be said that Guangling County can now be independent of Xuzhou, and Taishici has great contributions.

Now that Sun Ce is about to give up Guangling County, Taishi Ci couldn't accept it and asked, "Lord, we took a lot of effort to take down Guangling County. It's a pity to give up like this."

Taishici did not dare to refute Sun Ce's opinion, and Sun Ce could understand Taishici's mood. After all, no one could accept that he had spent so much effort to give up. Taishici could not, and Sun Ce could not. Jiangdong was simply the lifeblood of Sun Ce. He abandoned Guangling and preserved Jiangdong. Sun Ce knew how to choose. However, Sun Ce had an extraordinary relationship with Taishici, and Sun Ce couldn't speak too much, and stopped in an instant.

"Jiangdong is the foundation!" Sun Ce was not easy to talk to, so Zhou Yu said for him.

Taishici nodded. Jiangdong is indeed the foundation. Without Jiangdong, it would be useless to keep Guangling County.

Sun Ce even said: "We will give up Guangling for the time being this time, and we will still come back from counterattack in the future!"

Sun Ce said this, obviously he was taking care of his subordinates' mood. Taishi Ci and others could not have any objections to their lords, and they shouted one by one: "The lord is mighty!"

So, the Jiangdong Army in Guangling County began to gather together, and then took away all the money, grain, armor, weapons and other important materials in the Guangling County treasury. Sun Ce was not as cruel as Cao Cao. The people in Guangling County were not violated by the Jiangdong Army. The Jiangdong Army just moved the things in the treasury, which had nothing to do with the people. After all, Sun Ce wanted to fight back, and if he did nothing, it would be impossible to return to Xuzhou in the future. Looking at Cao Cao's treatment in Yanzhou, you will know how correct Sun Ce's idea is.

Sun Ce returned to Jiangdong with countless large ships. He wanted to quickly quell the civil strife in Jiangdong with his thunderous power.

Sun Ce looked back at Guangling County and said softly: "Xuzhou, I, Sun Bofu, will definitely come back!"

A gust of wind blew, and Sun Ce felt a little cold. The poisoning she had not been thoroughly damaged before, so Sun Ce immediately returned to the cabin and tried to recover his health in the shortest time.

When the Jiangdong Army in Guangling County had actions, the spies responsible for monitoring Guangling reported the situation to Jia Xu. Jia Xu asked them to continue monitoring and did not do anything.

After the Jiangdong Army had left, Jia Xu informed Guo Tu, Gao Lan, Feng Ji and others of the news.

When Guo Tu heard that the Jiangdong army had run away, he immediately said, "Sir, don't let the Jiangdong army leave so easily. I have learned that there was a rebellion in Jiangdong in Sun Ce. Now Sun Ce is going to go back to quell the civil strife. We must hold him back."

"Let them go back. The civil strife in Jiangdong was actually caused by me. I have known for a long time that Sun Ce would leave, and I also deliberately asked him to go back to Jiangdong." Jia Xu said something that shocked everyone.

Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Gao Lan and others were stunned. Jia Xu did the civil strife in Jiangdong. Guo Tu remembered that at that time, Jia Xu said that he had a big dish for Sun Ce to taste, but he didn't expect that it would be such a big thing.

Guo Tu finally understood how terrifying Jia Xu in front of him was. Although he didn't know how Jia Xu did it, Guo Tu asked himself that he could not do it with his own ability. But Guo Tu couldn't understand that Sun Ce was in a civil strife now. If he was asked to go back, Jiangdong would soon be quelled and would definitely make a comeback in the future. Guo Tu expressed his inner doubts.

"You don't know anything. Sun Ce is a tough person. Last time he was plotted by General Gao, it is impossible to recover in a short period of time. Now that the civil strife in Jiangdong, letting Sun Ce go back is to make him turbulent and displaced and unable to recover with peace of mind. In this way, Sun Ce will leave a root of the disease. Over time, Sun Ce will be affected. You should understand this." Jia Xu explained.

Guo Tu and Feng Ji both understood that Sun Ce was a brave general who was born in Jiangdong. As long as he was in Jiangdong for one day, Jiangdong would be unprecedentedly united. If he didn't see the rumors that Sun Ce was about to die, Jiangdong would immediately become so chaotic. If Sun Ce was not dead, it would be very troublesome for Liu Yu to pacify Jiangdong. This is why Jia Xu had to do his best to plot against Sun Ce before, just to eliminate Sun Ce. Even if Sun Ce could not die, Jia Xu would have to prevent him from causing trouble to Liu Yu.

"High! It's really high!" Guo Tu and Feng Ji both gave thumbs up.

But Gao Lan was depressed. He had come to seek credit. Now, Jiangdong Army ran away and he didn't get any credit. This time it was in vain.

Jia Xu saw Gao Lan's face change, and knew that Gao Lan was a little disappointed now. This was an opportunity to win over Gao Lan. So he said, "Everyone, Your Majesty ordered me to guard Xuzhou. Now with your help, Xuzhou has been stable and has taken back Guangling County. You have made great contributions. I will definitely report your contributions. Especially General Gao, if you had not delayed Sun Ce, I would not have achieved such great results. General Gao will be the first to make a contribution in Xuzhou."

Gao Lan did not expect that Jia Xu would talk to him like this. He was so moved inside and hurriedly said, "Mr. Jia is too proud! The last general did not make any great efforts. It would be better to avoid the first merit."

Gao Lan is here to help, just make some credit. If he talks about the first contribution, then he will not know what the rest of Xuzhou would think.

Jia Xu is still very real. Gao Lan's role is huge. If Gao Lan hadn't come to help, Jia Xu wouldn't have been able to do so well.

"General Gao, you can't joke about military achievements. Our army has always been rigorous. It's yours that should be yours." Jia Xu said with a serious expression.

Gao Lan's face suddenly turned upright. Yes, Liu Yu's army has always been fair, and it is difficult to get to power without military merit. For example, Huang Xu, the son of General Huang Zhong, has no military merits, which leads to his current official position as the garrison in Hanzhong.

"I will understand!" Gao Lan understood that he had made a contribution this time.

Jia Xu immediately asked Guo Tu and Fengji to send troops to take over Guangling County to stabilize the people's hearts as quickly as possible.

Guo Tu and Feng Ji are both veterans and know what to do.

After handing over the post-war affairs to Guo Tu and Feng Ji, Jia Xu began to collect the incidents in Xuzhou into a war report and sent it to Liu Yu.

The people of Guangling County wished that the Jiangdong Army would be a bastard. In recent years, the people had a bad life under the rule of Jiangdong. In fact, Sun Ce's rule in Xuzhou was still kind and did not oppress the people. If it were not for Liu Yu's previous benevolent politics, the people might not have any complaints about Sun Ce. Sun Ce did not exploit the people, but his subordinates were not like that. Many officials in Jiangdong had already drooled at the wealthy Xuzhou, and Guangling County had fallen into Sun Ce's hands. It would be strange if they could have a good meal.

Sun Ce's subordinates exploited the people of Guangling County not by military soldiers, but by those officials who were civil servants. They did not dare to let Sun Ce know what they did, and everything was done secretly. Even the money and food that Sun Ce decided to reward Guangling County from the treasury was embezzled by these civil servants.

It just corresponds to the saying: Being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth.

Poor Sun Ce thought he had a great support from the people in Guangling County, and thought that he could counterattack back in the future.

In comparison, Liu Yu's policies are a little strict, but that is targeting illegal elements. When a perseverance or good citizen is good under Liu Yu's rule, it is good. First of all, if Liu Yu is very strict with officials, he will be punished strictly. In serious cases, he will be beheaded.

Liu Yu would think about the people in everything, but it does not mean that the people can do whatever they want. There were several troublemakers who deliberately sued officials. After the government found out, they directly cracked all of these people.

But in general, Liu Yu is good to the people. The taxes are not high and there are no other messy systems.

With comparison, the people of course longed to return to Liu Yu. So much so that when Liu Jun accepted Guangling County, the people spontaneously came out to greet him, which inspired Liu Jun soldiers and felt that they were the real king's army.

Guo Tu and Feng Ji also began to arrange effective civil servants to go to Guangling County. Now there is a more sensitive place and must have strong hands to stabilize the situation. Feng Ji volunteered to go to Guangling County to be the prefect. Of course, Jia Xu agreed and sent the matter to Liu Yu.

At this time, Jia Xu could finally free up his hands to deal with Cao Ren's troops outside Xiaopei City.

Sun Ce was actually quite moral. He sent an envoy to inform Cao Cao about his withdrawal from Xuzhou.

When Cao Cao heard this news, he was depressed. Why was Sun Ce the one who was expelled every time? This was the case when attacking Jingzhou, and this was the case when attacking Xuzhou. Cao Cao even doubted whether Sun Ce was doing this on purpose and was responsible for calculating him.

If it weren't for the fact that the wars in Jiangdong were everywhere, everyone would have known that Cao Cao would no longer want to join forces with Sun Ce.

Cao Cao was also very pitiful to Sun Ce. He felt that Sun Ce was so unlucky and would fail every time he wanted to achieve something. Cao Cao felt that Sun Ce might have used up his luck when he captured Jiangdong.

No matter how Cao Cao sighed, the fact now is that Cao Cao has to face Liu Yu's counterattack alone.

Cao Cao believed that this matter could not be borne by himself and thought about how to deal with it.

But before Cao Cao made a decision, Liu Yu began to arrange Cao Cao's troops. Cao Cao got the news that in Xuzhou, 20,000 troops led by Jia Xu, Gao Lan and Guo Tu were headed toward Xiaopei. At the same time, Zhao Yun, the governor of Yanzhou, also personally led 20,000 troops to kill Xiaopei.

Cao Ren's troops are in danger!

Cao Cao finally knew why Sun Ce was defeated. Cao Cao heard about Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe's reputation, but he didn't expect Liu Yu to arrange this character to Xuzhou. Sun Ce didn't know how powerful Jia Xu was, nor did he know that Jia Xu was in Xuzhou, so he was plotted by Jia Xu. Sun Ce was defeated very unfairly.

Sun Ce also knew who was planning to plot against him. It turned out that it was the famous poisonous scholar Jia Wenhe, and he was in trouble. Sun Ce also held a grudge against Jia Xu.

Cao Cao is even more embarrassed now. Cao Ren is still outside Xiaopei City. If Zhao Yun and Jia Xu join each other for a while, then Cao Ren's little force will be over.

Although he knew that Zhao Yun and Jia Xu were forcing him to withdraw his troops, Cao Cao had to make such a choice. He could not resist Liu Yu alone, let alone when he was alone in the situation.

So, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to return to Yuzhou and not to make unnecessary sacrifices.

At this point, Cao Cao and Sun Ce's attack on Liu Yu was disintegrated.
Chapter completed!