Shouchun City, the city is high and strong, and it can block a side of soldiers and horses.

But if Zhang Yu and Sun Ce join forces, there are not many soldiers and horses in this Shouchun City, and they can't stop it at all.

It is impossible for Cao Cao to arrange too many soldiers and horses in Shouchun City, his soldiers and horses are not enough.

In this way, let Shouchun City go, if you can stop Zhang Yu from this, this deal is definitely worth it.

Xun Yu secretly sent an envoy.

Zhang Yu didn't know all this, he was still in Youzhou at this time.

Zhang Yu is in Youzhou, and everything has been arranged.

"I'm in Youzhou, Yuan Shao can't rest assured, he will definitely arrange soldiers and horses to be prepared, and I will return to Jiangdong tomorrow to make him more at ease." Zhang Yu said to Xi Zhicai.

The core plan was only known to Xi Zhicai, Gu Yong and the commanders of several legions, and the rest of the people were just carrying out orders.

Zhang Yu still judged that Yuan Shao would lose, and once he lost, Zhang Yu might be the biggest winner.

But there must be a premise, and it must be well prepared.

Everything has been prepared, Zhang Yu explained it, and left Youzhou.

Ten days later, Zhang Yu arrived in Jiangdong, and as soon as he arrived in Jiangdong, he received a message that left him speechless.

This Sun Ce actually attacked them and sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Zhang Yu.

In this sneak attack, they prepared well, they were attacked into the hinterland, and the losses were not small.

Sun Ce sent troops on three routes and attacked all the way, although Zhang Yu and they found out early, but the mobilized troops were not enough, so they could only keep retreating, and after retreating for a day, the troops gathered and began to counterattack.

After the counterattack, Sun Ce retreated.

Zhang Yu lost thousands of soldiers and horses.

"My lord, my subordinates are derelict in their duties, so that Sun Ce has an opportunity." Guo Jia picked up Zhang Yu at the dock and said with a brief report.

Three days had passed since this battle, and Zhang Yu didn't care about the losses, but about why Sun Ce was like this.

"Can you figure out why?" Zhang Yu asked.

"I don't know at the moment, but it is very likely that Sun Ce and Cao Cao reached some agreement." Guo Jia said.

"Hmph." Zhang Yu snorted coldly, he hadn't made a move yet, and someone else came to the door first.

"Cao Cao is not afraid of annoying me and cooperating with Yuan Shao." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu walked ahead, followed by Guo Jia.

Guo Jia said: "Lord, this Cao Cao is also gambling, betting that we don't agree with Yuan Shao and won't really unite together." ”

Zhang Yu walked briskly in front, he wanted to go back as soon as possible to check the information.

"Report."

As soon as he got out of the docks, a herald got up in a hurry.

Zhang Yu walked over, took the information from the soldier who knelt on one knee, and then continued to walk forward.

Walking out of the dock, under the escort of the soldiers, Zhang Yu opened the urgent letter.

"Huh, I understand everything, this Cao Cao can really make a bloody investment." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu handed the information to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia was also shocked when he saw it.

"Cao Cao actually gave Shouchun City to Sun Ce, this Cao Cao is also a bold person."

Guo Jia also understood the beginning and end of the matter.

"Lord, with Sun Ce as an obstacle, many of our plans have been greatly affected." Guo Jia said.

Zhang Yu also understood that he would definitely be affected, so he hurriedly returned to Wangcheng, and then called Zhang Zhao.

The three of them were in the study, and Zhang Yu said first: "There is no problem on the Youzhou side, but if something big happens in Jiangdong, many of our plans will have to be changed." ”

"My lord, this is not necessarily a bad thing, in this way, we may not have any achievements in Jiangdong, maybe we can secretly Chen Cang, and make great achievements in the direction of Youzhou." Guo Jia said.

Zhang Yu lifted his spirits and motioned for Guo Jia to continue.

Guo Jia said: "According to the current intelligence, although Cao Cao is the most likely to fail, Cao Cao is not without a chance of winning, if Cao Cao wins, we increase the strength of Youzhou, and the benefits will be greater at that time." ”

Increasing the strength of the Youzhou side is a very risky act, because on the surface, the probability of Cao Cao losing is too great.

Cao Cao's strength was very different, and Yuan Shao's advantage was too great.

Yuan Shao's advantage is too great, and judging that Yuan Shao may lose at this time is a very bold guess.

Zhang Yu guessed that Yuan Shao would lose because he had the insight of later generations and knew history.

And none of these Zhang Yu said to anyone.

In fact, Zhang Yu was not sure whether Yuan Shao would lose in this time and space, because there were too many variables.

However, Zhang Yu dared to judge that even if Yuan Shao won, his own losses would not be small.

Sun Ce blocked the way of Zhang Yu's attack, and at this time, if Zhang Yu wanted to sneak attack Cao Cao's rear, he would have to face Sun Ce.

"This Cao Cao is amazing, we don't have much choice at once, but Sun Ce has a conflict with us, we can't just forget it."

Zhang Yu was unwilling and was attacked by others first.

Sun Ce offended Zhang Yu, he didn't dare to offend Cao Cao again, and Cao Cao also calculated this, unless Sun Ce and Zhang Yu could reconcile, and then jointly attack Cao Cao.

"If you want to be chaotic, it will be even more chaotic, I will let Cai Mao do things on the other side, and we will declare war on Sun Ce, and at the same time an army will secretly go north." Zhang Yu said.

The three of them began to make a plan.

declared war on Sun Ce, and at the same time sent a team of troops and horses to attack and harass, and asked Cai Mao to send troops to cooperate, creating a more tense atmosphere.

In this way, in a more chaotic situation, it is easy to make mistakes.

Once someone makes a mistake in judgment, Zhang Yu and they have a chance.

After the plan was formulated, Zhang Yu's soldiers left Chao County and let Yu Ban lead his troops to attack in the direction of Dongting Lake.

A few days later, Yu Ban fought a few battles with Sun Ce's soldiers and horses, and the scale was not large, and they won and lost each other.

A few days later, Cai Mao led tens of thousands of troops down the Yangtze River, and Cai Mao's movements were very noisy.

Sun Ce, who was preparing for the imperial examination in Changsha, had to stop the imperial examination and lead his troops to prepare for the battle.

Sun Ce originally wanted to go to Jiangdong after the imperial examination, but Cao Cao gave up Shouchun City, which had a great impact on Sun Ce.

Shouchun City can be a base point to control large areas and make his Dongting Lake safer.

For this reason, Sun Ce did not hesitate to offend Zhang Yu and sent troops to attack Zhang Yu.

Sun Ce got Shouchun City as he wished, and Cao Cao did not embarrass Sun Ce and withdrew his troops directly from Shouchun City.

Sun Ce had no choice but to suspend the imperial examination, and this imperial examination may not be held as scheduled.

In March, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had begun to make contact, and Zhang Yu also had a lot of conflicts with Sun Ce in Jiangdong and other places.

At the same time, Youzhou urgently transferred 100,000 soldiers and horses to Jiangdong.

Such a change is dazzling.

Cao Cao added a blockage to Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu naturally added a blockage to Cao Cao, and Zhang Yu supported Zhang Xiu and Li Dao with a batch of weapons and equipment through Jingzhou.

Yuan Shao received the news, which can be described as very happy.

"Haha, great, Cao Cao actually angered Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu transferred 100,000 soldiers and horses from Youzhou, I'm afraid Zhang Yu is going to fight with Sun Ce and Cao Cao."

Yuan Shao relaxed a lot, and was more sure of attacking Cao Cao, at least the threat from the rear was much smaller.

(End of chapter)