Changsha County, Sun Ce, who was preparing to attack Luo County, was silent for a long time after receiving Chen Wu's report. In the end, he sent a letter to Huang Gai, asking him to give up Huarong City, retreat to Jingling, and guard Jingling with Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang.

Sun Ce understood that it was no longer possible for him to increase his troops in Jingzhou. If there are more troops, Yangzhou may not be safe. And it's winter now, it's getting colder and colder every day, and it's not time to use soldiers. And after this winter, after the spring of next year, what will be the reaction of Liu Bei in the north?

Sun Ce didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it. He only knew that he had lost the best opportunity to compete for Jingzhou. Of course, he wouldn't let Cao Cao get Jingzhou so easily. There will be no more fighting, but the city will be closed and the strongholds will be held everywhere, and it will be delayed and consumed as much as possible, anyway, Cao Cao will not be allowed to wish.

Perhaps, it was the right choice to cede Jingzhou and continue the alliance with Cao Cao to deal with a strong enemy in the north, but Sun Ce was not willing to make such a decision until that moment came.

Their Sun clan shed too much blood for Jingzhou. Fought with Liu Biao before, the casualties were not counted, and his father was injured. finally won the five counties of Jingzhou, and Cao Cao brazenly betrayed the alliance and launched a surprise attack, which led to the disgraceful death of his father, and now he has lost a general. With such a sea of blood and hatred, how can you just say forget it?

Huang Gai received Sun Ce's summons, and in desperation, he chose to evacuate late at night. Before evacuating, Huang Gai set a fire in Huarong City. While burning everything, it also blocked the pursuers.

After recovering Huarong, Yu Ban and Cao Ren were overjoyed. This means that Huarong and Luo County, one south and one north, have re-clamped the river. Together with Gangneung and Hanshou, it constitutes an impregnable strategic line of defense. From then on, no matter where the Wu army attacked, the Cao army would quickly come to the aid through the river.

Cao Hong and Li Dian of Luo County also swept away the gloom in their hearts. Luo County is no longer isolated, and the soldiers and horses of Huarong and Jiangling will reach Luo County through Dajiang and Yunmengze without hindrance. Sun Ce is no matter how many people there are, there is no way to take Luo County.

Cao Hong and Li Dian didn't know that the Wu army had begun to shrink its forces and fully switched to strategic defense. Sun Ce will not fight Luo County again. He will only strengthen Changsha City, mobilize countless materials, and build Changsha City into a strong fortress. It was used to resist the footsteps of Cao's army moving south.

When the time comes, Sun Ce will have no way to take Luo County, and similarly, Cao Jun will also have no way to take Changsha. Stabilizing Changsha City is equivalent to the Jingnan area behind Changsha City, and there will be no problems.

From this point of view, except for the fact that the war in Jiangxia was not extinguished and Sun Wu lost Wuling County, the Wu army did not lose much. Sun Ce could fully accept this result. But for Cao Jun, this is completely unacceptable. They spent countless money, soldiers, and horses, and even gave up Yan and Yu for this, but only got one Wuling County? If the three armies are willing, if the soldiers are convinced?

Cao Jun once again launched a fierce attack, this time, the Wu army put up a little resistance, and very cooperatively ceded many cities in Jiangxia except for the three cities of Jingling, Anlu, and Xiakou. Even Xiling gave up.

With this contraction of Wu Jun, Cao Jun found that Jiangxia was even more difficult to fight. The Wu army was heavily assembled and stationed in Jingling, Anling and Xiakou. These three cities are as impregnable as an iron triangle. The three jade-belt-like rivers of Hanshui, Zhuanshui, and Dajiang have closely linked these three cities together. Now these three cities are hanging up the war-free card. Cao Jun was really a little helpless.

Cao Ren understood Sun Ce's intentions. It's just delaying time. After this period of time, there will be changes in the north. This is not what Cao Ren wants, but Cao Ren also understands that it is too difficult to quickly break through Jiangxia. After the Battle of Chibi in history, the Sun and Liu families fought for a year in Nanjun, and famous generals such as Zhou Yu and Guan Yu fought against Cao Ren and Xu Huang, and it took a lot of effort to take Jiangling. Now on the other hand, if Cao Ren wants to fight Xiakou, which is guarded by Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others, it is impossible to achieve it overnight and in a short time.

The battle situation was stalemate. Purely by overwhelming people, Cao Ren feels that it can be done. But the consequence is that after repelling the Wu army, his own losses will also be very heavy, so that he will hurt his vitality.

As a general of the Cao family, he naturally can't just focus on Jingzhou. The fundamental purpose of seizing Jingzhou was to form a group with Yizhou, increase strategic depth, and use geographical mountains and rivers to snipe the incoming attacks of the northern Han army layer by layer. If you get Jingzhou, but a dilapidated Jingzhou, and a group of underorganized troops, can you resist Liu Bei? Cao Ren had no confidence.

So even if Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin defeated the Wu army in Qichun, and even the general of the Wu army, Dong Xi, died because of it, Cao Ren did not have much joy in his heart. Because Xiahou Yuan's troops also suffered heavy losses, the elite of Cao's army consumed a lot in this battle. Although no one has yet concluded that the land is lost, both people and land are lost; Lessons learned from the loss of land and the survival of both people and land. But there are still people who understand this simple truth. How can you fight a war without people?

Cao Cao, who was far away in Chengdu and the capital, also sighed after receiving the battle report. Sun Ce gave him a big problem. He was not afraid of Sun Ce fighting with him. As long as the two armies face each other, there will always be flaws exposed. But now Sun Ce has given up the county towns of Jiangxia, defended the three cities, and then planned to die with him, which is what he is unwilling to do.

It has long been said in the art of war, attacking the city is the bottom. Now what he has to face is the three fortified cities of Jiangxia. With a general in charge and a heavy defense, Cao Cao knew that it was basically impossible to take Jiangxia in a short period of time.

Fortunately, he didn't gain nothing, at least he took Wuling County from Sun Ce. The connection between Wuling and Yizhou can be regarded as adding another strategic buffer zone to Yizhou.

Turning his gaze back to Yizhou, Cao Cao personally sat in Yizhou, and he really wanted to have a doppelganger to replace him. He sent countless generals and officials to drive the barbarians of Yizhou out of the mountains. Those who refused to accept were killed in batches, and the rest were compiled into a household register, and distributed to the fields, or let them cultivate, or let them weave, or let them mine.

Yizhou was unprecedentedly developed in Cao Cao's hands. All this is because Cao Cao has a sense of urgency in his heart. Time is running out. If you don't fully exploit every ounce of potential in your own territory, you will lose a cent in future wars.

Even Cao Cao once moved the idea of sending people north to the depths of the desert to contact the Hu people. In the end, he gave up. The Xianbei people were beaten by Liu Bei without a trace, and the Wuhuan people completely became Liu Bei's subordinates. The Huns were beaten by the Han soldiers many years ago...... So, even if the Hu people can be found, what role can they play? Not to mention, Cao Cao has always disliked Hu people in his bones.

The war has been fought so far, and Cao Cao suddenly regretted it. I didn't eat the fatty meat, but the relationship with the Sun family was stiffened. Allies have become enemies, how is this good?

If he could quickly occupy Jingzhou, Cao Cao would not care about Sun Jian and Sun Ce. But the current situation tells Cao Cao that since he can't take Jingzhou, is it time to consider making peace? Otherwise, when Xuande goes south to herd horses, what if they don't unite?