Cao Hong suffered repeated losses in the hands of Huo Jun and Wen Pin, and knew that these two people were not easy to deal with, so he decided to fight steadily and steadily, just to advance steadily with strong troops.

Wen Ping fought with Huo Jun and Cao Jun, and naturally knew that if he wanted to fight for the quality of the soldiers, the Jingzhou soldiers would naturally not be able to resist Cao Jun. So he only shrank in Wancheng, relying on Xiongcheng, and dealing with Cao Jun.

But he said that Liu Pan received his life, and galloped to Jiangxia in the starry night to see Huang Zu. Huang Zu saw that it was Liu Panlai, and he was also happy in his heart. At the critical moment, someone who can fight and fight is much better than sending someone from Xiangyang at random. immediately held a banquet to wash the dust for Liu Pan.

When he arrived at the inner hall in the evening, Huang Zu talked to Liu Pan about the military situation. Speaking of excitement, Huang Zu patted the armrest and said angrily: "The Sun family has repeatedly invaded my Jiangxia, it's really angry old man, could it be that the Huang family is bullying me?" ”

Liu Pan is not the martial artist who knows how to fight and rush, he frowned, and after a turn of thought, he said to Huang Zu: "Huang Gong, Jiangdong is coming violently, and it is difficult to be sharp. It is better to block it first, I will sneak in the dark, and when its sharp spirit is lost, I will go out halfway and attack Sun Jian together with Huang Gong, so that Yangzhou soldiers and horses can be broken. ”

Liu Pan also thought very clearly, he was just joining forces with Huang Zu and competing with Sun Jian, but it was just a hard fight. He is not afraid of hard encounters, but he will fight with Sun Jian like this. You know, Nanyang is also full of smoke.

If you can think of a way to break the Jiangdong soldiers first. When the pressure on Jiangxia is gone, he can lead the army back to Nanyang. So the two of them discussed it carefully in Huang Fuzhong.

Sun Jian's father and son went against the current, and even broke down Xiapheasant, Qichun and other counties, and the momentum was monstrous for a while. But he encountered Huang Zu's main force in Exian County. The two armies each set up a water village by the river, facing each other from afar. Sun Jian had more than 3,000 large and small ships on his side, while Huang Zu had more than 5,000 on his side. On this day, the weather was sunny and the river breeze was light. The two golden drums moved in unison, the flags fluttered, and the shouts of killing pierced through the sky. Huang Zu sat on the boat, and there were captains on both sides. His eyes were like torches, sharp and pressing, and he said in a deep voice: "In this battle, you should chase the rats from Jiangdong, and you should strive to move forward, fight bravely to kill the thief, and I will not hesitate to reward!" If there is a slow army, Hugh blames me for being ruthless! Left and right, with my prison military law! ”

The armor soldier stretched out his arms and steered the boat with all his might, and on both sides of the boat, the rods were all out in unison, and there were spearmen and archers, who were waiting for the enemy to fight.

As the ship drew closer, the pointed ironclad bows crashing into each other, the deck undulating as the sky roared. At the same time, the archers had already chosen their targets and launched their arrows. The slapping rods on both sides, under the operation of their respective sergeants, struck down fiercely against the enemy ships.

Sun Jian personally braved the arrows and stones to command the battle, while Sun Ce personally beat the drum to strengthen morale. Seeing the two commanders like this, the Yangzhou soldiers couldn't help but boost their morale and came with a shout.

The generals Cheng Pu, Yu Tuo, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Ling Cao and others each led large ships and attacked together. Huang Zu sent all the captains to meet him by boat. On both sides, they each set out their boats to rush into small boats, and went up to ambush the armorers, and each came to fight to take the big ship.

All of a sudden, I saw arrows like rain, the blades were added, from time to time there were screams, the soldiers turned over and fell into the water one by one, this piece of river was dyed red all of a sudden, but it attracted many fierce big fish, swimming nearby, seeing someone falling into the water, he bit it, and ate in large pieces.

The Jingzhou soldiers saw that the Yangzhou soldiers were coming viciously, and they were timid, so they wanted to retreat, but they remembered the seventeen slashes in the army, and they couldn't help but muster up the courage to fight to the death with the Jiangdong barbarians.

Huang Zu is in Jingzhou, and he is quite capable, but it is indeed a little difficult for him to come and deal with Sun Jian. In history, the Sun clan came to attack Huang Zu again and again. From Sun Jian's death in battle to Liu Biao's defeat, in the past ten years, Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers attacked Huang Zu a total of five times, and Huang Zu took the initiative to attack twice. Huang Zu was defeated repeatedly. took the initiative to attack twice, once when his son was beaten and fled in a hurry, and once when the general was captured alive. It can be said that the soldiers were lost and the casualties were heavy. However, Huang Zu's defense is very good. Although he was defeated repeatedly, the Sun family also failed to please him. Every time he attacked Huang Zu, although he was defeated by Huang Zu, he also suffered a relatively large loss, so every time Jiangdong could only capture prisoners and then capture some people to go back. But none of them were able to really occupy Jiangxia.

At home Jiangxia, Huang Zu couldn't beat the Sun family, in addition to his personal ability, there was also the problem of the source of soldiers. Because of Liu Biao's wait-and-see policy, Jingzhou has never had much war, and it has passed some peaceful years. The Jingzhou soldiers naturally did not have strong combat effectiveness. And Sun Jian and Sun Ce's father and son, they are all men who fought on the battlefield. And Yangzhou has strong soldiers, Danyang soldiers, Shanyue soldiers, the soldiers in these places are enough to be called the world's elite soldiers. There are strong soldiers and brave generals, and when this battle starts, it is not a smooth sail.

The Sun clan is now united in heart, and the context and martial arts are working together. How can it be compared to Huang Zu. Huang Zu can't even tolerate Gan Ning, just from here, you can know Huang Zu's ability to employ people. After a long time of fighting, although Huang Zu had many ships, he gradually showed up when he looked at this decline. Because many of his ships were either sunk or robbed by Sun Jian.

Although Huang Zu is old, his ability to control the battlefield is still there, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he thought to himself, it is better to go, if he doesn't go, the navy will be lost.

As soon as he made up his mind, Huang Zu waved the order flag, and suddenly on the ships, the flag shook continuously, and the golden voice was loud. So, the Jingzhou sailors shook the oars and planned to evacuate the battlefield.

Seeing this, Sun Jian was willing to put it, so he pointed the order flag forward, and the three armies moved together to chase Huang Zu.

When Huang Zu saw Sun Jian coming to chase, he sneered, abandoned several damaged ships, lit fires, and made them go down the river to stop the pursuers. Seeing this, Sun Jian's eyes flashed, and he said to Sun Ce: "The old thief is cowardly, so he abandoned the boat to stop me." Chase and capture. ”

Sun Ce also talked about this, he said: "The child went to chase Huang Zu, and the father went ashore and took Exian. ”

Sun Jian didn't listen, and said: "Bo Fu led the army to take Exian, and I went to take the head of this old thief to comfort your cousin's spirit in the sky." As soon as Sun Ce heard this, he didn't say anything more, and led a group of men and horses to go ashore to attack Exian.

Sun Jian only had one younger sister, Xu Zhen in the same county, and as a result, Xu Zhen's son Xu Kun died in the last battle. Mrs. Xu washed her face with tears every day, and she didn't even bother to see Sun Jian, the eldest brother, and complained in her heart that her brother didn't take good care of her son. Sun Jian's brothers only have this one young sister, and they have been spoiled since they were children. Now that his nephew is dead, he is really guilty in his heart, which is why he is so active in attacking Huang Zu. Otherwise, why did he bother thanklessly to fight Huang Zu, wouldn't it be better to attack Jingnan directly from Yuzhang.