When these Jingzhou soldiers heard the retreat order, they hurriedly followed Wen Ping and left, for fear that they would be left here too late.

Seeing that Wen Ping immediately decided to lead the army to retreat, Gan Ning did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, for fear that he would be killed.

Gan Ning knew in his heart that Wenpin's soldiers and horses had not suffered much losses, and if he was forced too quickly, he would definitely stop the next battle.

In this case, the city has been occupied anyway, so it is better to let Wen Ping leave, and both parties can be safe.

Gan Ning occupied the city, ordered the soldiers to release the list of the people, began to sort out the county affairs, and built fortifications according to Xu Shu's instructions.

Guangling City was easily captured, and Yuan Shao's surrender was also carried out extremely smoothly, but the progress of Picheng was unfavorable.

Xu Shu led the army to arrive, and on the night when the camp was set up, Zhou Yu sent Zhou Tai to attack the camp, although the loss was not large, it relieved Zhou Yu's morale.

A few days later, Xu Shu led a large army to attack the city, as the previous move, that thought Zhou Yu was also decisive, and even gave up one door, when the Li army attacked the city, the remaining three armies were exhausted, and the Li army was in a diplomatic battle, putting on a stubborn momentum.

Zhou Yu acted so boldly, Xu Shu didn't expect that the siege army was blocked for a while, so he had no choice but to retreat and recuperate.

After two defeats, Li Jun's spirit lost most of his spirit, and Xu Shu had no choice but to take a break and think about how to break the enemy.

The Shenwu cannon broke through the two cities, and there was not much ammunition, so Xu Shu only gave Gan Ning thirty, because he didn't have much left.

And this siege failed, and the only remaining Shenwu cannon was used up, so it was quite difficult to take down Xiapi with backup.

At present, Xu Shu has nearly 80,000 troops, which is more than when he set off, but in terms of combat power, it has not increased much, but only the number of people.

Xu Shu observed Picheng many times, trying to come up with a favorable plan, but Zhou Yu arranged it without loopholes, so he had no way to start.

Xu Shu had no choice but to send someone to call for war on the one hand, wanting to lure Zhou Yu out of the city to fight, and on the other hand, he flew pigeons to pass the book, so that Li Huiyi stepped up to pull out the Shenwu cannonballs.

But even if there is a stock of Shenwu artillery shells, if you want to transport them from Youbeiping, it will take more than a month, so Xu Shu knows that this battle may not be won overnight, and you can only slowly plan it.

Since he couldn't take it in a short time, Xu Shu was not in a hurry, and began to put on a siege appearance in Xiapi, and transferred some large armies to various places in Xuzhou, in order to restore the economy as soon as possible, achieve self-sufficiency, and not add trouble to Li Huiyi.

All this was carried out by Xu Shu in secret, so Zhou Yu had no way of knowing, because he did not dare to send troops out of the city, for fear of being besieged outside the city, and then Xu Shu would make a big fuss about it to force him to rescue.

As a result, the two sides were at a stalemate in Xiapi City, but with the reinforcements sent by Yangzhou, there was a slight change.

The two sides were deadlocked for more than ten days, and on this day, Xu Shu sent people to call for battle, and there were no soldiers and horses in the city, but a soldier and horse from the left side who came out of nowhere.

Seeing that it was playing the Jiangdong Sunzi banner, Zhu Da, who called the formation, knew that this must be to support Zhou Yu, so he immediately waved his troops to cover up and kill him.

Originally, there was no chaos between the two sides, but there was a general among the supporting soldiers and horses, who could be described as a god descending from the earth, and he drove straight into the Li army, and no one could stop him.

Zhu Da, as a leading general, naturally had to step forward to resist, how to think that the general was extremely brave, Zhu Da was stabbed in the arm by a shot before he could hold out for five rounds under his men, and he was so frightened that he quickly led the army to retreat.

But just when Zhu Da retreated, Zhou Yu in the city also led the army to kill, but fortunately, Xu Shu sent a large army to respond in time to avoid the danger of being surrounded and annihilated.

Zhu Da's defeat made it even more difficult for Xu Shu to advance by half a step, so he could only withdraw his troops and recuperate, waiting for the arrival of the Shenwu artillery in the later order.

But Xu Shu did not attack, it did not mean that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce did not attack, this reinforcement was led by Sun Ce himself, and his determination was clear at a glance, that is, to defend Xiapi steadily.

In Xiapi City, as soon as Sun Ce arrived, he immediately summoned his subordinates and others to ascend to the hall to count the accounts and discuss the military.

Sun Ce learned that Zhou Yu had the upper hand and that Xu Shu's troops were making unfavorable progress, so he immediately became overjoyed and prepared to go out of the city to defeat Xu Shu's troops.

Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce was about to leave the city, and hurriedly advised: "Don't worry, the lord is not in a hurry, although Xu Shu is saying that the progress is not good, but the army is still there, so don't attack rashly." ”

"Sticking to Xiapi at the moment is the top priority, if you lose the battle, I am afraid that the current situation will be lost, and then the gains will outweigh the losses."

Sun Ce has been self-reliant, with many victories and few defeats, this is the time to enter the Central Plains, how can he be timid in the first battle.

Sun Ce vetoed Zhou Yu's proposal and insisted on leading the army out of the city to fight, preparing to meet Xu Shu.

The persuasion did not move, Zhou Yu could only give up and let Sun Ce lead the army, but he still followed closely to the left and right, observing the battle situation from time to time.

Sun Ce ordered his fierce generals, led 30,000 elite soldiers, and went out of the city.

When Xu Shu learned that Sun Ce personally led the army to battle, he immediately felt happy in his heart, and hurriedly gathered his generals and went out of the village to fight.

Seeing that Xu Shu should fight, Sun Ce slapped his horse and shouted: "Xu Shu, this is the time to come with soldiers and horses, don't hurry up and surrender!" ”

Xu Shu obediently shouted, led a group of generals to greet him, stopped and shouted at a distance of several hundred meters: "Sun Ce, your lord Yuan Shu has voted for the general, why are you still obsessed and killing in vain?" ”

Sun Ce's days under Yuan Shu were the last thing he wanted to mention, and at this time, Xu Shu said such words, which exposed his angry muscles.

"Xu Shu thief, take a shot!" With a wave of his spear, Sun Ce slapped his horse and rushed forward to Xu Shu, preparing to stab this sharp-toothed man under the horse.

Seeing this, Yan Liang on the side slapped his horse and went up to fight, one with a knife and the other with a gun, both of them have a good reputation, who is more powerful, it is clear at a glance how many tricks they have.

"Boom!"

"Whew!"

……

The two quickly clashed for more than three rounds, and the wrong horses intersected and separated, and they both knew the strength of the other party in their hearts, and from the solemnity on Yan Liang's face, it could be known that he was not Sun Ce's opponent.

But at this time, he was already fighting, and if he showed timidity, it would make the situation even more difficult, and Yan Liang could only continue to fight on his horse.

Zhao Yun, who was watching the battle, knew from the moves of the two that Yan Liang was not Sun Ce's opponent, and immediately asked Xu Shu to fight.

Xu Shu listened to Zhao Yun's words, urgently recalled Yan Liang, and sent Zhao Yun to fight instead.

Sun Ce saw Yan Liang retreating, and was about to insult, when he wanted to see a handsome man coming with a gun, he immediately felt a trace of anger in his heart, thinking that Xu Shu was underestimating him.

Sun Ce waved his hand and rushed towards Zhao Yun and shouted: "Who will come, report the name, and the strategy will not kill the nameless!?" ”

Zhao Yun didn't see the slightest momentum, and shouted and replied: "Sun Ce is rampant, and Changshan Zhao Zilong is here!" ”

Hearing that it was Zhao Yun, Sun Ce's face was contemptuous, the spear in his hand couldn't help but clench, and he faced the battle with a clamp on the horse's belly.

Both of them are masters of guns, and both are famous, and they both lose less and win more, and when they fight, it is dazzling and fearful.

(End of chapter)