When Zhuge Liang saw that the ghost-faced cavalry had withdrawn, he immediately ordered an inventory of the losses and strengthened the peripheral defenses. The injured in the army should be treated, and the dead should be buried.
After this night attack, Zhuge Liang finally saw the power of the Wu army. Three thousand cavalry were able to disrupt a camp of 110,000 people like this, which made him frown.
Sun Ce and others returned to Changsha City. They left 3,000 people and came back with more than 2,000 soldiers. More than 700 soldiers were killed, but they inflicted a heavy blow on the Han army. Another reason was because Zhou Yu spied on the reality of Zhuge Liang's camp and during the attack
, Sun Ce's three thousand cavalry were flexible and versatile, but although the Han army had a large number of people, it became relatively chaotic due to unclear political orders. This allowed Sun Ce to gallop back and forth among the Han army's camps.
As soon as he entered the city, Sun Ce took off the ghost-headed mask he was wearing, jumped off his horse, and shouted to Zhou Yu who came to greet him: "Gong Jin, Zhuge Kongming, what a general!
His lack of fear in the face of danger really impressed me."
After Zhou Yu heard this, he felt a little unhappy. He raised his right hand and unconsciously covered the arrow wound on his left shoulder. This arrow wound was given by Zhuge Liang. In his heart,
Every moment I thought about stabbing Zhuge Liang to death. However, just now,
After Sun Ce said what he said, he knew that he had completely lost the chance to kill Zhuge Liang, because Sun Ce had already taken a fancy to Zhuge Liang's talents. If Zhuge Liang and he were ministers of the same palace, then he would go and fight with Zhuge Liang.
Being an enemy means being disloyal to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce's face was filled with joy, and the joy in his heart made him not notice the subtle changes on Zhou Yu's face at all. He just put his hands on Zhou Yu's shoulders, patted them gently, and said with a hearty smile: "Gong Jin, have a drink with me.
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Zhou Yu didn't want to spoil the fun, but he had to say something, so he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I have something you don't know whether to say or not?"
Sun Ce said: "Speak, you and I, brothers, what else can't we talk about?"
Zhou Yu thought for a moment and then said: "The falling flowers are intentional, but the flowing water is ruthless. If Zhuge Liang really wanted to surrender, I'm afraid he would have surrendered long ago. Why wait until now? Gao Fei has always governed the country with benevolence and righteousness, and never ruined other people's families.
Even the Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Cao Cao who were defeated by him in the past, and even today's Liu
I have never heard of Gao Fei beheading his entire family. On the contrary, he treated the widows or orphans of heroes very well. It is impossible for Zhuge Liang not to know this. He used the reason of his family and his elder brother in the Huaxia Kingdom, which is really a bit
It's too far-fetched, I think this is Zhuge Liang's delaying strategy, so please think again, Your Majesty."
"You mean, I'm just wishful thinking?" Sun Ce showed an unhappy look on his face, and moved his hand from Zhou Yu's shoulder, holding it behind his back, frowning, with a gloomy look on his face.
"I'm afraid...that's it!" Zhou Yu naturally noticed the change in the expression on Sun Ce's face, but he still insisted on telling the truth.
"Humph!" Sun Ce glared at Zhou Yu coldly, then walked away without looking back.
"Grand Governor, why are you doing this? It's not like you don't know His Majesty's temper. Just make His Majesty happy first. It won't be too late to pour cold water on him tomorrow, but..." Ling Cao is the oldest one in Ce Yu's army.
, older than Zhou Yu and Sun Ce. When he saw that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had a falling out over this matter, he hurriedly came to Zhou Yu to persuade him.
"Even if it offends Long Wei, I still have to say that this is a national matter, not a personal matter! Zhuge Liang leads a group of 110,000 people outside. They have come from a long way and are exhausted. If he is given three days to rest, they will definitely come when the time comes.
Attack us!" Zhou Yu frowned and interrupted Ling Cao's words.
Ling Cao stopped talking and just shook his head helplessly. Seeing that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were both angry, he knew that whoever tried to persuade him would be in trouble, so he simply let them go. He walked to Xu Sheng's house
People beside him shouted: "Take the troops back to camp!"
The next day, Zhou Yu went to see Sun Ce, but Sun Ce excused himself because he was ill and ignored him. Reluctantly, Zhou Yu had no choice but to retreat. He came to the city gate, climbed up the city tower, and looked out from the top of the city, but he saw a vague sight in the distance.
I saw the Han army's camp, with cavalry running back and forth outside, but inside the camp there were all bows and crossbows, and it looked very well guarded.
"Ling Cao!" Zhou Yu shouted loudly.
"The general is here, what orders does the Grand Governor have?" Ling Cao shouted.
"Assemble the troops and horses, order 30,000 horse and infantry, and follow me to the expedition!"
"Going out... to go on an expedition?" Ling Cao was surprised.
"Your Majesty has asked me to take full charge of military dispatch and command the entire city's troops. How dare you disobey?" Zhou Yu turned around with a cold light in his eyes.
Ling Cao had never seen Zhou Yu with such an expression before, and said hurriedly: "I don't dare! I will go and order all the soldiers and horses immediately. Commander, please wait a moment."
"Wait..." Zhou Yu shouted hurriedly when he saw Ling Cao turning around and leaving.
Ling Cao turned around and asked, "Any other instructions from the Grand Governor?"
"Send someone to inform your majesty, please come to the top of the city to watch the battle. Today I will fight with Zhuge Liang!" After saying this, Zhou Yu went down from the tower.
Ling Cao was puzzled, but he still followed the instructions and asked Ding Feng to inform Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was shutting himself in the room at this time, and his stomach was full of resentment. Yesterday, Zhou Yu contradicted him and made him unable to get off the stage. However, this was not the main reason for his anger. He was worried, in case Zhou Yu said
Everything is true. Zhuge Liang has no intention of surrendering to him at all, but has been perfunctory with him. Then he will really be embarrassed.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Go away! I told you that no one will be seen. Are you all deaf?" Sun Ce took a teacup and slammed it towards the door. The teacup was smashed to pieces.
"Your Majesty, this is Ding Feng. The Commander-in-Chief has led his army to fight Zhuge Liang. Your Majesty is invited to watch the battle!" Ding Feng said outside the door when he saw Sun Ce being so angry.
Not long after, the door was opened. Sun Ce was fully clothed, holding a blood-drinking gun and an ancient ingot knife at his waist, and strode out.
Ding Feng saw this and followed closely.
"Gong Jin is injured and it is difficult for him to go out to fight. Why don't you stop him?" Sun Ce complained as he walked away.
Ding Feng was speechless. He was originally a subordinate of Pan Zhang and was young, but by chance, he showed his bravery when Sun Ce was hunting. He was chosen by Sun Ce and was directly promoted to the rank of captain.
Within a year, he was promoted to three ranks in a row and became a general at the age of thirteen, which is indeed rare in the world.
Sun Ce didn't hear the answer and didn't care. He strode out of the prefect's mansion, mounted his horse and drove straight to the city gate.
At this time, Zhou Yu led Ling Cao, General Xu Sheng and 30,000 troops out of the city. When Sun Ce arrived at the city gate, Zhou Yu's army had already set up a formation outside the city and was marching toward the Han army camp.
At this time, although the Chinese flag was still hanging above Zhuge Liang's camp, in Zhou Yu's eyes, Zhuge Liang was an out-and-out Han army. No one accepted his surrender and sent a secret letter in advance.
, let people shoot him with arrows, and asked Zhuge Liang to fight.
Sun Ce rode out of the city alone, leaving Ding Feng to guard the city. He quickly came to the Wu army's formation, went to Zhou Yu in person, and asked: "Gong Jin, what are you going to do?"
"Your Majesty, I want to show your Majesty whether Zhuge Liang is more powerful or I am more powerful. Although Zhuge Liang has great talents, he cannot be used by me. Therefore, I can only get rid of him quickly. Once Zhuge Liang surrenders to the Huaxia Kingdom, it must be
A powerful enemy of our army." Zhou Yu said loudly.
Sun Ce was filled with emotion. He felt deeply guilty for Zhou Yu's words yesterday and for his unknown anger towards Zhou Yu. He said: "Gong Jin, last night I..."
"It was my fault last night and I should not have contradicted Your Majesty. Today I am willing to give up my merits and use these 30,000 troops to break the Han army camp and force Zhuge Liang to retreat!" Zhou Yu said confidently.
"That's the best. Gong Jin, you stay here while I go back to the city." Sun Ce also had a plan in mind and said to Zhou Yu immediately.
Zhou Yu said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
Sun Ce nodded and said to Xu Sheng, "Come with me."
So Xu Sheng followed Sun Ce and left.
In the Han army camp, Zhuge Liang received a letter sent by Zhou Yu. He opened it, took a look at it, and said with a smile: "Zhou Gongjin actually asked me to fight in a battle?"
Xu Jing said: "Prime Minister, Zhou Yu is the mainstay of the Wu Kingdom, and he is a brother-in-law with the Emperor Sun Ce of the Wu Kingdom. If we can defeat Zhou Yu, it will create a great psychological contrast for the Wu army, which will be beneficial to our army."
"Yes, sir, what you said makes sense. Fu Tong, Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Liu Yan, Fei Guan, come with me to go out and have a look. The others stay in the military camp!" Zhuge Liang said.
"Prime Minister, where am I?" Samoko asked.
"You...you need to take good care of your injuries. Fighting is not a competition of martial arts. Your shoulder is seriously injured and you must take a good rest."
"This little injury is nothing, I just need to protect the Prime Minister." Samoko said.
"Haha, no need, Zhou Yu can't hurt me."
Shamoko made repeated requests, but Zhuge Liang refused. Finally, he was forcibly taken away to recuperate from his injuries. This was the end of the matter.
Not long after, Zhuge Liang led Fu Tong, Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Liu Yan, Fei Guan and an army of 30,000 people out to confront the Wu army in the distance. Seeing that Zhou Yu was making a fish scale formation, he asked his men to make a skipper formation.
In the formation, the two armies faced each other, and the generals all rode forward. When Zhuge Liang saw Zhou Yu riding alone, he also rode forward.
After a while, the two people met each other. Seeing that Zhou Yu was injured, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Isn't this Sima Yi who used to pretend to be the Chinese army? Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Zhou Gongjin, the governor of the Wu Kingdom. I wonder if that arrow was good.
eat?"
Zhou Yu was not angry at Zhuge Liang's ridicule, so he said: "Zhuge, my son, I fell into a treacherous plot that day because I was careless. Today the two armies are facing each other, and the battle is based on their formations. I only have 30,000 soldiers and horses behind me.
I can capture you alive."
"That's such a big statement, Governor Zhou, let's wait and see."