According to what Li Shu said, Xu Shu believed that if he was Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, he would definitely fall for the trick and send troops to chase and kill.

After receiving Xu Shu's praise, Li Shu showed a happy smile on his face, but he still said modestly: "Lord Xu praised it, all this is nothing to learn from you." ”

Serious matter, Xu Shu did not say much about Li Shu's modesty, said a few words, and began to discuss the details of this plan.

Xu Shu discussed with everyone for several hours, and completely solved the problems of ambush, retreat, and lure, and then let everyone go back to prepare.

That night, Li Jun evacuated from Dazhai in batches, because there were only thousands of people each time, and the movement was not very large, so it was not known by the scouts arranged by Sun Ce to lurk outside Dazhai.

Because Xu Shu also arranged a large number of secret sentinels outside the village, Sun Ce's scouts did not dare to get too close at all, for fear of being discovered and losing their lives.

The next day, Li Jundazhai was the same as before, there was no difference, but the only difference was that no people were sent out of the village to call for war.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce did not put this move in their hearts, thinking that yesterday's battle made Xu Shu give up his intention of sending troops.

In yesterday's battle, Sun Ce's physical strength was extremely exhausted, so when he collected his troops and returned to the city, he asked all departments to reorganize their troops and horses, and did not convene a military discussion.

At this time, there was no war, Sun Ce summoned the generals, ready to summarize yesterday's battle, and Zhao Yun fought against him, which benefited him a lot, and the martial arts that had been stuck in the bottleneck for many years also had a little trace of breakthrough, which made him feel a trace of joy.

Xia Picheng Mansion, Sun Ce and others gathered, sitting on both sides, and from time to time someone stood up to speak.

At this time, Sun Ce said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Li Jun's combat power is not bad, and what we have encountered in Yangzhou is not at the same level at all. ”

"If you can defend Xiapi, you have a lot of credit, and when Xu Shu retreats, you will definitely be rewarded."

Although these people have followed Sun Ce for a long time, they still have to be awarded, as the so-called public and private Ming, the generals are also happy when they hear this.

After making a reward, Sun Ce continued: "Xu Shu's army, if you want to defeat it with one blow, it is impossible to achieve it, this battle may take a long time, Yangzhou is new, you can't afford to delay, do you have a way to solve it?" ”

Sun Ce came to Xiapi in person, but he still blocked the news and handed over the rear to his brother Sun Quan for the time being, and let Zhang Zhao assist.

Although it can be concealed for a while, the news will be leaked for a long time, and those Yangzhou families may be ready to move.

Sun Ce used strong pressure on the Yangzhou family, but because he did not have a deep foundation, he could only rely on them, so the relationship between the two was like a pathology, as long as an opportunity broke out, it might be hostile.

Therefore, Sun Ce's hands and feet are bound by these potential factors, and he can't play as he wants.

For these, Zhou Yu, as his good friend, naturally knows very well in his heart, but he is also helpless, Xu Shu acts steadily, and he can't find a flaw at all.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Yu said: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, if you use a trick, Xu Shu will not be easily fooled, but will fall into the trap." ”

"If it is a head-on decisive battle, our army will not have much chance of winning, at most half, but if these soldiers and horses lose too much, those people in Yangzhou will learn about it, and they are afraid that they will come out again to make trouble."

Zhou Yu's meaning is very obvious, there is only one choice at the moment, that is, to hold the city and wait for Xu Shu to withdraw on his own.

"Tsk." Sun Ce frowned, and said helplessly: "Then there is no way, we can only stalemate like this, in case Xu Shu is besieged for several months, our army will not be able to afford it." ”

Zhou Yu didn't care about this worry, but said with a smile: "Bo Fu, you don't have to worry, Xu Shu will besiege more than a month at most, and the whole army will retreat, because Li Huiyi and Cao Cao are also planning a bigger battle, Xiapi Town, for there, it's just a trivial matter, how can Li Huiyi give up the big and protect the small." ”

"Hmm." Being a little bit by Zhou Yu, Sun Ce suddenly realized, and said with a little peace of mind: "Okay, since this is the case, then hold on, wait for Xu Shu to retreat, and then lead the army to chase and kill." ”

Why did Sun Ce want to chase and kill, because as long as the news of defeating Li Jun came out, even if there was no effect, he could still gain good reputation.

Since Li Huiyi settled in the north, all the wars he has started have been more victorious and less defeated, and if Sun Ce can win a battle and spread the word, he will definitely be able to attract a large number of talents to vote.

Sun Ce agreed with Zhou Yu's strategy, and this method was just as Xu Shu expected, and the armies of the two sides stabilized peacefully outside Xiapi City.

A few days later, Xu Shu saw that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's army did not come out, and began to transfer soldiers and horses one after another, because Xu Shu did not hide, so the news was also transmitted to Sun Ce's ears in the city.

When Xu Shu was transferred out of the three waves of the army, Sun Ce couldn't bear it, so he ordered the general Chen Wu to lead an army of 5,000 out of the city to test to see if the strength of Xu Shu's army was reduced, or whether it was deliberately designed.

Chen Wu cautiously led the army out of the city, thinking that there would be a hard battle, but when he wanted to come to the Li army's camp, there was nothing inside, and he immediately guessed something wrong in his heart, and quickly ordered someone to transmit the news back to the city.

When Sun Ce learned about it, he hurriedly sent someone to find Zhou Yu to deal with this emergency.

As soon as Zhou Yu arrived, Sun Ce couldn't wait to say: "Gong Jin, just now Chen Wu sent news that the Xu Shu camp outside the city is already an empty village, and the army has already evacuated. ”

"Huh?" Zhou Yu asked with a look of disbelief: "No, Li Jun's daily cooking stove, Yu has observed, and the number has not decreased." ”

"Could it be that Xu Shu did it on purpose, just to paralyze us and others, so that the army could withdraw safely, or did he want to set up an ambush again?"

Seeing that Zhou Yu was uncertain for a while, Sun Ce opened his mouth and said: "Since you don't know, you can understand it when you go out of the city." ”

"Okay." When Zhou Yu heard this, he quickly agreed, and the two left quickly, went to the barracks to gather the army, and went out of the city to kill.

When he came to Li Jun's camp and saw that it was really an empty village, Zhou Yu immediately entered to check, and saw the neat footsteps on the ground, and the regular depth of the carriage tire marks, Zhou Yu was already convinced that Xu Shu had really withdrawn.

Zhou Yu observed for a while, and hurriedly came to Sun Ce's side and said, "Bo Fu, how long has it been since Xu Shu's army withdrew for the last time, and can our army still catch up?" ”

"Judging from the traces left behind, the Li army retreated in batches, so there should not be many soldiers and horses after the break, and the pursuit may be able to win a small victory."

When Sun Ce heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "According to the report of the scouts, it will probably take less than three hours. ”

"Three hours, so short." Zhou Yu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, Xu Shu's arrangement seemed to be really impeccable, he calculated the time correctly, and left three hours, if he wanted to chase, he had to travel lightly, otherwise he would not be able to catch up at all.

If he traveled lightly, if Li Jun turned back to fight, it might also cause his own losses, and Zhou Yu hesitated for a while.

(End of chapter)