On the Yangtze River in March, the wind blows, and it is still quite cold.

Zhang Yu has already gathered 300,000 troops on the Yangtze River, and more troops are moving to this side.

After everything was ready, Zhang Yu bared his fangs and began to attack.

Zhang Yu's soldiers and horses were in Huangzhou, a place near Jiangxia County.

On the other side of Huangzhou is Wuchang, where Zhang Yu also stationed tens of thousands of troops.

When he arrived here, Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to attack, he wanted to advance by land and water, and act together on both sides of the strait.

Jiangxia County, which Sun Ce had just occupied, was taken from Cai Mao, but now it may not be able to hold it.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have already deployed defenses in Jiangxia County, and the 200,000 army has been arranged.

"Bo Fu, Zhang Yu is fierce, he won't stop if he doesn't take this place, if we don't have support, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it for long." Zhou Yu said.

"Strictly guard, how long can you hold it, you must block Zhang Yu." Sun Ce didn't have many options.

He is now in a hurry to claim the title of emperor, seal the vassals, win the hearts of the people, and try to stop Zhang Yu.

However, Zhang Yu was very enterprising and personally led the army over.

Several of Zhang Yu's generals, plus Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, have arrived, this time it is a decisive battle, launching a battle of unification, Zhang Yu has no reservations.

Zhang Yu's relatives were in charge, and morale was high.

Zhang Yu set off with a large army and headed for Jiangxia County.

300,000 troops, on the other side, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao also arrived with 100,000 troops.

Coupled with the naval army, Zhang Yu dispatched a total of about 500,000 troops this time, and several large armies in the rear approached him.

Zhang Yu went up the river, leaving 50,000 troops in the city to defend.

Sun Ce did not dare to go out of the city to sneak attack, and arranged defenses on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Shiyang, Hanyang, Jiangxiakou, and Chibi, Sun Ce has arranged many soldiers and horses here, and at the same time, the reserve of 100,000 soldiers and horses is also ready.

Zhang Yu did not immediately order the naval army to fight, but went first by land, and the armies on both sides advanced at the same time.

Zhang Yu led tens of thousands of troops to the outside of Shiyang City.

Shiyang is not a big city, because it is close to the Yangtze River, after the rise of water transportation, it is prosperous.

But now the prosperity will be broken, and the war will come again.

Jiang Qin stationed 80,000 troops here, intending to intercept Zhang Yu here.

But Zhang Yu's 300,000 army pushed over directly, and they were not easy to deal with.

Zhang Yu did not besiege the city on all sides, he only surrounded it on two sides.

One side is east and the other side is north.

After the army arrived, Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to attack, so he had to put some pressure on the enemy first.

On the other side, Zhang Liao also arrived on the other side with an army of 100,000.

When Zhang Yu was sure that there was no ambush on both sides of the Yangtze River, he also ordered the ships to fight.

In fact, Sun Ce originally had an ambush, but Zhang Yu fought along both sides of the Yangtze River, so he had no possibility of an ambush.

In Chibi, there is a water village built by Sun Ce, where Sun Ce and Zhou Yu sit.

"Bo Fu, this battle is not easy to fight, Zhang Yu is advancing by water, and our strategy can only be to drag Zhang Yu." Zhou Yu said.

"Well, I'll go to Jiangxiakou in person tomorrow, and I'll leave it to you here." Sun Ce said.

The next day, Sun Ce set out with an army of 30,000.

In other words, when Zhang Yu arrived at Shiyang City, he had already deployed the army, and the siege equipment was also pushed up.

And in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, a huge army appeared.

Zhang Yu's sailor army has finally arrived.

Shi Yang, Zhang Yu began to attack.

Zhang Yu ordered a strong attack.

Jiang Qin defended the city, responded in time, and had a hard time with Zhang Yu.

After several battles, each with its own gains and losses, Zhang Yu failed to break through the city at once.

The stones were whistling, and the two sides attacked each other with catapults, and the fighting was fierce.

The catapult smashed for a long time, and then the infantry killed.

Jiang Qin deliberately let some people go to the city, ambushed the archers around, and then personally led people to assault and kill the soldiers on the city wall, so that Zhang Yu lost hundreds of people in a while.

Zhang Yu counterattacked, and the archers approached the bottom of the city wall and attacked, attacking for an hour, and both sides paid the price of thousands of people.

The price was a little bigger, but Zhang Yu did not hesitate and continued to attack.

And so, the onslaught lasted five whole days.

Jiang Qin was not low, retreated overnight, and retreated to Jiangxiakou with an army of about 50,000 to join Sun Ce.

On the other side of the Yangtze River, Zhang Liao only launched an attack at this time.

The two sides did not attack at the same time, Zhang Yu wanted to let the city over there come over to support and relieve Zhang Liao's pressure, but he didn't expect the other party to come out.

It's not surprising if he doesn't come out, Zhang Yu continues to move forward with his soldiers and horses.

It is close to Jiangxiakou, this is the place where Sun Ce focuses on defense, his army of more than 100,000 is here, plus Jiang Qin's soldiers and horses to join him.

Jiangxiakou, because the Yangtze River bends here, so Jiangxiakou is surrounded by the Yangtze River on both sides.

If you want to attack Jiangxiakou, you can attack in two directions, or attack from the water.

Attacking from the water does not require any siege equipment at all, and it is difficult to attack.

On the riverside, on the other side, and on the Yangtze River, Sun Ce has arranged a lot of defenses.

The most that had been done in the previous city was to slow down their movements, but this was the focus of the attackers.

Zhang Yu led the army to Jiangxiakou, but it was indeed on the opposite bank.

Jiangxiakou, the city is on the south bank, and Zhang Yuren is on the north bank.

However, they didn't have to cross the river, and on the other side, Zhang Liao also killed him.

"Leave 100,000 people here to watch, once there is action on the other side, Fengxiao can break off the opportunity, I will go to take other cities first, and then attack Jiangxiakou."

Zhang Yu left Guo Jia with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and then led the army to defeat the north bank of the Yangtze River, from Sanjiangkou to Chibi.

It was not difficult to defeat these, Zhang Yu took more than ten days, and Sun Ce's soldiers and horses, once the loss reached a certain level, they retreated.

They're just trying to procrastinate, so that's it.

After solving some cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Sun Ce retreated to the south bank and established a large number of defenses between Jiangxiakou and Chibi.

"It's hard to fight."

Zhang Yu has captured several places, and now he has to solve these two places.

At Jiangxiakou, Zhang Liao had already surrounded them with an army, but did not attack.

Zhang Yu personally crossed the river with 200,000 people downstream, and it was very simple for them to cross the river, because all the downstream was controlled by them.

Zhang Yu personally led people to Jiangxiakou.

Sun Ce's banner fluttered in the wind on the city's head.

Zhang Yu appeared under the city.

"Sun Ce, I didn't expect that the little hairy boy back then has grown up now, whether to come down and see him." Zhang Yu shouted.

Back then, the two met when they were children.

Sun Ce really went down to the city.

"Sun Ce, there is no one who can resist my Tang soldiers, why don't you surrender, I can keep your Sun family safe and prosperous." Zhang Yu said.

Surrender was indeed an option, but Sun Ce was not in a desperate situation at all.

"Brother Zhang, we have known each other for many years, and we are still in-laws, I naturally believe your words, but my subordinates and my people will not allow me to surrender like this, if you break through Changsha, you can naturally let us surrender."

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