Yang Xiu rushed to the camp and reported to Sun Ce. His mission was completed very smoothly, even more smoothly than Sun Ce imagined.

Yang Xiu and Cai Mao's plan was very thorough and fully took into account various situations. They talked to the businessmen who were in a hurry to leave. These businessmen heard that they could dispose of the goods to Sun Ce, although the price was not very high, but they did not suffer a loss, calculated the time, took the money and turned back immediately, and had time to sell it again, so they basically agreed without much hesitation. An extra trip will definitely be a little harder, as long as you can make more money, then what is it?

Among these people, Yang Xiu made a difference, if he wanted to go to Jiangling and Xiangyang to traffick, then he would not give cash, and Sun Ce would issue a document, and they would go to Jiangling and Xiangyang to find the local person in charge with the document, and the person in charge would come forward to allocate the goods, and the price could be more favorable. The businessmen were right in the middle of it and readily agreed. In order to buy time, he also offered to help unload the cargo.

After a day of negotiations, Yang Xiu only used the 10 million cash brought by Cai Mao to complete the transaction of goods with a total value of more than 30 million. Yang Xiu rushed to ask Sun Ce to issue documents, and at the same time arrange where to put these goods, which could not be piled up by the river.

Sun Ce was very satisfied, and he was very happy to use the seal in the document written by Yang Xiu.

"Put all the goods in Cheng Pu's camp, don't be in a hurry, transport it slowly, it's okay to transport it for three or five days, the bigger the momentum, the better."

Yang Xiu was puzzled, and Sun Ce explained the plan. He was worried that Zulang would not come, and he would waste time in vain, and he wanted to create a news with a lot of baggage to lure Zulang to rob him. People die for money, birds die for food, such a big bait is in front of him, if Zu Lang doesn't dare to come, there is no need to worry.

After hearing this, Yang Xiu shook his head. "General, if that's the case, it's not appropriate to be too ostentatious. Since Zu Lang can become a handsome, he must not be reckless. There must be a demon when things go wrong, and the general is less than 10,000 people, and it is obviously a bait to reset so many baggage behind him. Either he won't come, or he will recruit more bandits to come together, and when the time comes, the general will not be able to win the battle, and he will not be able to leave, so what? ”

Sun Ce smiled. He had already understood what Yang Xiu meant—he and Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Chen Duan, and others had all discussed it repeatedly—but Yang Xiu took the initiative to put forward his opinions, so he naturally couldn't pour cold water on him. "What do you mean?"

"Enough is enough, to make Zu Lang feel that these burdens are a lot, but not enough to distribute to too many people, so he can only come alone. In order to dispel his vigilance, the general should properly conceal his forces, so that Zulang feels that he is capable of winning and does not need to rely on the strength of others. ”

Sun Ce agreed. The hero saw the same thing, although Yang Xiu didn't know much information, his thinking was very close to Guo Jia's plan. It seems that although the trajectory of their lives has changed, their IQ has not been affected. Gold is gold, and if he is given a chance, he will shine.

"You can help me take care of the baggage camp for a few days." Without waiting for Yang Xiu to refuse, Sun Ce said again: "I know that I have wronged you, but I really can't find a more suitable person than you." You first grieve for two days, and when I find a suitable candidate, I will replace him immediately. ”

"Okay." Yang Xiu reluctantly agreed.

——

For several days in a row, Yang Xiu sent people to transport the traded goods ashore and put them in Cheng Pu's camp. In order to show caution, Cheng Pu worked tirelessly, repaired three camp trenches, surrounded the baggage camp in the middle, adjacent to his Chinese army camp, and the other four battalions were scattered on all sides, strictly protected, and sent people to patrol around the camp, and drove people away when they saw them, prohibiting approaching.

Sun Ce himself was stationed at the foot of Niuzhu Mountain, either patrolling beside Niuzhu Rock or inspecting Shicheng, and the craftsmen went up the mountain to cut wood, and they were busy building siege equipment under the noses of the defenders.

Seeing such a scene, Zhou Xin was happy and worried, the happy thing was just like his plan, Sun Ce did not go to attack Stone City, but chose Niu Zhuji, giving him a chance to breathe. The worry is that the back road is cut off, if Zu Lang doesn't come, he doesn't need Sun Ce to fight, he will run out of food and collapse, and he won't be able to run away when he wants to. Even if he didn't know how to use soldiers, watching Sun Ce train in front of him every day, he also knew that although the strength of the two sides was about the same, the difference in strength was really not small.

Without contrast, there is no harm. Although he didn't admit it on the surface, he knew one thing in his heart that he was far inferior to Sun Ce in terms of military training. Looking at the expressions of Gan Yan and the others, they also knew that before the fight started, they were already frightened and their morale was very low. If it weren't for the fact that there was Dajiang behind him, and the only exit was controlled by him, I don't know how many people would be deserters.

Danyang soldiers are good at fighting, but military discipline is not very good. As soon as there is a stir, some people will run away, and some people even have the intention of running away when they apply, take the money, run away when they find an opportunity, and turn around and go to another place to apply. Anyway, everyone in the world knows that Danyang produces elite soldiers, and they all like to come to Danyang to recruit soldiers, so they don't have to worry about having no place to eat. Cao Cao suffered this loss, Zhou Xin sent him 4,000 soldiers, crossed the river, and as soon as he arrived in Peiguo Longkang, these Danyang soldiers rebelled, scattered in a hurry, and finally left less than 1,000 people.

Every time he thinks of this, Zhou Xin is proud of himself. If it hadn't been for the retreat to Niuzhuji, where there was no way out, these Danyang soldiers might have run away a long time ago. Standing up against the water, putting it to death and then revitalizing, this is Han Xin's secret to using troops.

On the ninth day, just when the siege equipment built by Sun Ce was nearing the end, the battle was about to break out, and the atmosphere in Niu Zhuji was extremely depressed and about to collapse, Sun Ce suddenly withdrew his troops, except for a battalion led by Li Shu who also controlled the exit of Niu Zhuji, and the others withdrew completely.

After receiving the news, Zhou Xin rushed to the general's platform, looked at it from afar, especially on Niuzhu Mountain, and confirmed that Sun Ce had indeed withdrawn, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered the whole army. The morale of the Danyang soldiers was boosted, and the sound of long live sounded on Niu Zhuji, Zhou Xin smiled, stroked his beard, and said to Gan Yan: "Gan Jun, how is it?" ”

Gan Yan was very embarrassed, so he could only force a few words of flattery.

Zhou Xin is full of confidence. He said to Gan Yan and the others: "Zu Lang has more than 30,000 soldiers, even if half of them come, it is more than three times that of Sun Ce." Sun Ce will be defeated, and within a day or two we will be able to turn the tide of danger, and then we will be ashamed to defeat this thief in one fell swoop. ”

The county lieutenant Yu Yu cautiously reminded: "Fu Jun, will Zu Lang not have many troops?" Sun Ce refused to withdraw from the siege, and the Niuzhu camp did not move, obviously there is still a battle force, should we launch an attack and echo Zu Lang? Even if it is to recapture the Niuzhu camp, it is good. ”

Zhou Xin felt reasonable. "The soldiers have worked hard these days. Reinforcements are coming, and they will be able to get out of trouble in a few days, and tonight they will feast on the soldiers and soldiers, and they will go out to battle tomorrow morning to recapture the Niuzhu camp. He turned to look in the direction of Niuzhu's camp, sighed lightly, and said to himself: "If two thieves fight, one will be injured, and it is best to lose both." In this way, Danyang can be safe, Yangzhou can be safe. ”

Gan Yan understood what he heard on the side, and frowned quietly.