The Wu army lost Xiangyang and hurriedly retreated to Nanjun, and the overall morale was a little depressed. No wonder, everyone thought that the matter was almost certain, but in the end it was not successful, but also threw Xiangyang away, which made everyone feel a little depressed.

Zhou Yu quickly walked to Sun Jian, clasped his fists and said, "King of Wu, I just received the news that the 100,000 army led by Cao Zhang did not attack Nanyang as planned, but stopped at the foot of Zhongyang Mountain east of Nanyang."

Sun Jian cursed: "These jackals who were just waiting to share their prey, saw that we lost Xiangyang for a while, and then they stopped moving forward!"

Zhou Tai frowned and said, "The King of Wu is right! Seeing that the opportunity has been lost, Cao Zhang may not attack Nanyang again!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily the case. Although Cao Zhang has adopted a wait-and-see attitude due to the changes in the current situation, as long as Liu Xian comes to attack our Nanjun, Cao Zhang will definitely attack again!

Cao Zhang is not a mediocre person, and he still understands the timing of entering!"

Sun Jian nodded.

He turned around and walked to the upper seat to sit down, couldn't help but sigh, and said, "The battle in Xiangyang that we carefully planned was not successful, but instead lost the generals and the generals. This is really a loss of rice!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu and asked, "Is there any news from Xuzhou?"

Zhou Yu clasped his fists and said, "Just about to report to the King of Wu, I just received news from Xuzhou not long ago that the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei are attacking with all their might, and the battle situation is at stalemate..."

Sun Jian frowned and said in a deep voice: "I think it's really harder for them to take Xuzhou than climbing to the sky!"

Zhou Yu said: "This is not necessarily the case. According to the news I received not long ago, it seems that Liu Bei has instigated an important figure in Xuzhou City. The reason why the war situation is still in a stalemate is probably because the coalition forces are waiting for the opportunity!"

Sun Jian nodded thinking.

At this time, a messenger rushed in and bowed to Sun Jian: "Report to the King of Wu, I just received a message from Peng Ze. The enemy navy has given up the attack and went down the river, as if he was going to retreat to the sea.

Go."

The Pengze mentioned here is one of the largest freshwater lakes in China in this era. It is located near Chaisang and stretches across the country. There was no Poyang Lake in this era, and Pengze was regarded as the predecessor of Poyang Lake.

Sun Jian was very surprised when he heard the report of the messenger and frowned and said, "Liu Xian stationed his troops in Xiangyang and will go south to our Nanjun soon! This is the time when the navy is needed to support him, so why did Wenpin bring his navy instead?

Take it away?"

Zhou Yu thought, "Wenpin, as a general of Liu Xian, dare not do anything arbitrarily? He did this naturally because of Liu Xian's order. Liu Xian would actually transfer Wenpin at this time. Is it just that it is difficult to break through Peng Ze.

?”

Turn your eyes to Xuzhou.

The army of both sides fought for many days, and the coalition forces failed to succeed in many rounds of fierce attacks, and morale inevitably declined.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei then ordered the army to suspend the attack and take a break.

In the evening that day, Cao Cao and Liu Bei discussed matters in the big tent.

Liu Bei frowned and said, "I received a message from Jiangxia not long ago. Sun Wentai was defeated in Xiangyang. Not only did he lose a lot of money, but he also threw Xiangyang away. The situation is a bit unfavorable to us!..."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "The result of this battle is indeed somewhat unexpected."

He then smiled and said, "But there is no need to worry too much. Although Sun Wentai lost to Xiangyang, the main force of the army was not damaged, and there is still a battle to fight!

As the saying goes, if you learn from a mistake, Sun Wentai will definitely be more cautious after this defeat. Although Liu Xian won for a while, it is probably not easy to defeat Sun Jian and seize Nanjun.

In Jingzhou, there are dense water networks, and Liu Xian's navy forces there are far less than those of his opponents. I think the outcome of this battle is 55, and even Sun Wentai has a more advantage!"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What Meng De said is very true."

Cao Cao glanced at Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, now that the battle has been fought for several days, our army has never been able to make a breakthrough, and morale has been declining. Zhang Liao guards the city as solid as a rock. Seeing that our army has failed to attack for many days, he must have been slow at this moment.

Heart.

Although Zhang Liao is a talented general, he cannot defeat human nature. Our opportunity has come."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "No need to delay, launch tonight to strive to capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop!"

Cao Cao said: "What Xuande said is very much. We don't have much time! We must succeed in the battle tonight!"

A red lantern was hung in the coalition camp of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, which was not conspicuous at all at dusk.

However, in the attic in a mansion in the city, a servant who had been watching the Allied Forces camp outside the city noticed the red lantern in the distance.

Immediately ran to the attic and went straight to the study to the Korean Prince Tao reported: "Young Master Qi, come out, and it appears! Red lantern!"

Mr. Tao's eyes lit up and he said, "It's great! Finally it appears!" Then he said to the servant: "You, go and pass my order immediately and ask everyone to secretly gather at the Tao family ancestral hall tonight and prepare for action.

”

The servant replied and left in a hurry.

Mr. Tao looked outside the door with excitement in his eyes and murmured: "Liu Xian, you do your best, and this time I will ask you to suffer the consequences!"

The night gradually became darker, and it was already midnight before I knew it.

Mr. Tao led a group of servants to the Tao family ancestral hall, and saw that a huge ancestral hall was crowded with nearly a thousand people. Many of these people were dressed in civilian clothes, while others were wearing yamen runners' cloaks, all of them

They all looked nervous and excited.

When everyone saw Mr. Tao coming, they bowed to Mr. Tao one after another.

Mr. Tao came to the crowd and said excitedly: "Everyone, it will be a great achievement to expel the thief tonight! I have received the personal promise from His Majesty the Emperor. After Xuzhou is restored, everyone present will be awarded the title and will be rewarded.

!”

Everyone became excited and shouted, "Young Master, just give orders! I can't wait to cut off the heads of those traitors!" Many people agreed.

Mr. Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry! You all will get what you want!"

Then he said seriously: "Tonight, our mission is to raid the Xicheng Gate. The enemy's current attention is on the east and south of the city gates. The Xicheng Gate defenders are very limited. We can definitely fight with our minds but not our minds.

success.

After that, he immediately opened the city gate and welcomed the king's army into the city. In this way, the task was done! Do you understand?"

Everyone said together: "I understand!"
Chapter completed!