Zhou Dewei and Zhou Dong shook off the Han army and went all the way north, arriving at the south gate of Xiangyang in four days.

Along the way, with the support of Zhou Dong, Zhou Dewei's martial arts have improved a lot, and he is grateful and admired to this uncle who has not met for a long time, and decided to recommend Zhou Dong after meeting Sun Ce.

The city of Xiangyang is vast, and there is the Han River as a barrier, and Fancheng is the horn of each other, not to mention that Yue Fei only led 100,000 horses to attack the city, even if all the 300,000 people of the entire Jingzhou Corps gathered here, I am afraid it will be difficult to surround Xiangyang. Therefore, Zhou Tong's uncle and nephew can easily enter Xiangyang City.

In the battle of the Song and Yuan dynasties in history, the Mongol iron cavalry that swept across the Eurasian continent was in the general Uliangha? Under the command of Ashu, an army of 250,000 swept Xiangyang, attempting to break the city in one fell swoop, and then marched south down the river to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty that was still breathing.

At that time, the defender of Xiangyang in the Southern Song Dynasty was the little-known Lu Wenhuan, with 50,000 defenders in the city. Facing the Yuan army five times his size, he held on for six years, and went through thousands of battles, large and small, until the defenders in the city were killed and wounded, and there were less than 10,000 people left, and Lu Wenhuan, who was exhausted of arrows and food, opened the door and surrendered.

In these six years, Kublai Khan continued to increase troops to Xiangyang, and the Yuan army under Xiangyang reached 400,000 at the most, besieging Xiangyang and attacking day and night, but Xiangyang, with its high walls and thick walls, still stands. Although the Southern Song Dynasty court also repeatedly organized men and horses to reinforce Xiangyang, it was repeatedly defeated and unable to enter the city, so Lu Wenhuan could only fight to the death alone.

In six years, the Song and Yuan dynasties at least filled in the lives of nearly 300,000 people under the city of Xiangyang. was able to defend for six years, except for Lu Wenhuan's defense. It is more dependent on the solidity and natural danger of Xiangyang City.

And Xiangyang was able to become the first city in the world from the Three Kingdoms period. Under the management of Liu Biao and Cao Ren for many years, Xiangyang has been continuously improved. It slowly turned into an impregnable fortress.

If it is according to the normal historical development, more than 20 years later, Guan Yu led his troops from Jiangling to the north, invincible all the way, and went straight to the city of Xiangyang. Flooded the Seventh Army, captured alive and forbidden, beheaded Pang De, shocked Huaxia, and killed Cao Ren almost abandoned the city and fled. Even Cao Cao planned to move the capital to Yecheng to avoid Guan Yu's edge for the time being.

At the critical moment, it was still full of favor to persuade Cao Ren to confront Guan Yu with Xiangfan's solidity. In the end, Lu Meng succeeded in stabbing him in the back, crossed the river in white, attacked Jiangling, and broke Guan Yu's lair. If it weren't for Cao Ren being a good guard, if it weren't for the fortification of Xiangfan City, I was afraid that Guan Yu would drive the president straight in. The troops came to the city of Xuchang, and Liu Bei also sent troops from Hanzhong to echo, so history will definitely be rewritten.

The reason why Sun Ce was able to take Xiangyang lightly last year was because of Zhou Yu's false plan to destroy the enemy; In addition, Liu Biao in order to recapture Wancheng. almost attacked with all his might, saw Sun Ce's defeated army retreating south, and went out of the city to pursue the enemy. There were no defenders in the city, so Sun Ce took Xiangyang in one go. Picked up a big bargain!

Since taking Xiangyang, Sun Ce knew that sooner or later there would be a big battle with the Eastern Han army. Therefore, the people in the city were mobilized to repair the city day and night, improve the fortifications, and make Xiangyang stronger than during Liu Biao's reign.

After receiving the information that Yue Fei led 100,000 people to attack, Sun Ce divided the 50,000 defenders to guard Fancheng and Xiangyang; In fact, these two are a city, but there is a Han River in the middle, which together is called Xiangfan.

Sun Ce, Zhu Sheng, Sha Moke, and Sun Li led 30,000 troops to guard Xiangyang, and ordered Zhang Dingbian and Su Fei to lead 20,000 troops to guard Fancheng; With the steep city and the wide Han River, the city is defended to the death, that is, it does not fight with Yue Fei.

And Yue Fei led 100,000 horses, facing Xiangfan, who was guarded by 50,000 people, and he was also at a loss. The two sides have been in a stalemate for nearly two months, coupled with the continuous autumn rains, the Han army has always had a hard time.

If someone thinks that the dignified Yue Wumu is out of the horse, he can destroy the withered and decayed, and the momentum is like a broken bamboo, which is really the view of the bottom of the well. Siege and field warfare are not the same concept at all, think about the Mongolian iron cavalry that swept the world to attack a Lu Wenhuan with 400,000 people, and still took the lives of more than 100,000 people, which took six years.

And now the main general defending the city has become Sun Ce, the little overlord who swept Jiangdong, plus the number one general under Chen Youliang, Zhang Dingbian, who once beat Chang Yuchun, and Zhu Sheng, whose strategy for Zhu Yuanzhang to sweep the world is not under Liu Bowen. Other partial generals such as Shamoke, Sun Li, and Su Fei are not to mention, and the strength of the attacking and defending sides is only two to one, just think about it, you can know how difficult it is to attack the city!

Called to open the city gate, Zhou Dewei and Zhou Dong rode straight to Sun Ce's mansion.

Hearing that it was Zhou Yu's uncle and cousin who came, Sun Ce was surprised, and immediately took Zhu Sheng and Sun Li out of the mansion to greet him, and saluted Zhou Tong: "I don't know that Uncle Zhou is far away, and I will miss the welcome, please bear with me!" ”

"Huh...... General Sun was polite, the old man was just a reckless. And the general's young hero, the tiger in the six counties of Jingxiang, is full of admiration, how dare he be a general to greet him in person! ”

Zhou Tong was very satisfied with the first impression of Sun Ce, who was heroic, magnificent, and respectful and humble. didn't know that Xiaobawang was actually very proud, and the reason why he was so respectful to him was just because he was Zhou Yu's uncle; If it was someone else, I was afraid that Sun Ce would not be so polite.

Zhou Dewei made his intentions clear, sent Zhou Yu's letter, and said that if it wasn't for Zhou Tong's rescue, he was afraid that he would die under the gilding and boring of "Wenchengdu".

Sun Ce didn't know Yuwen Chengdu, but he knew the Wu brothers, and knew that the martial arts of Wu Tianxi and Wu Yunzhao brothers were not under Zhang Dingbian, and they were better than themselves.

After receiving the news of Wu Tianxi's death in battle, the heartbroken Sun Ce didn't think about tea and dinner for several days. And even if Wu Tianxi was attacked by a sneak attack, but he was killed with one move, it is enough to show that this Wen Chengdu's martial arts are very good. And this Zhou Dong was able to save people from Wen Chengdu's men, could it be that this gray-haired old man is also a martial arts master?

"Thank you Uncle Zhou for coming to the rescue, otherwise Sun Ce's subordinates will lose another general!" After listening to Zhou Dewei's narration, Sun Ce hurriedly thanked Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong stroked his beard and smiled: "General Sun doesn't need to be polite, Gongjin and Dewei are my sons and nephews, and the old man naturally wants to rescue them!" Hearing that Gongjin encountered difficulties in Guiyang, Lao Yu went to Guiyang to help, but unexpectedly bumped into the Han general on the road to chase and kill Dewei, so he came to the rescue. Dulwich said that there was an important letter to be sent to Xiangyang, and the old man thought that Xiangyang was under siege and was afraid that he would not be able to enter the city, so he came with him. ”

"Uncle Lao Zhou has it all the way!"

Sun Ce temporarily carried Zhou Yu's letter into his arms, let Zhou Dong's uncle and nephew into the mansion, and ordered someone to prepare a wine feast to wash the dust for Zhou Dong's uncle and nephew.

After three rounds of drinking, Sun Ce was very interested in Zhou Dong's martial arts, but it was inconvenient to test it directly, so he had to knock on the side and instruct Sun Li: "You can try your martial arts with General Zhou, and let Mr. Zhou give you some advice!" ”

Zhou Dewei saw the lord for the first time, and he was worried that he didn't have a chance to show it, and after listening to Sun Ce's words, he immediately jumped out from behind the table, hugged his fist to Sun Li and said, "Please General Sun advise!" ”

At that moment, Zhou Dewei used a single knife, Sun Li used a bamboo steel whip, and the two generals fought in the middle of the feast.

I saw the cold light flickering, the knives whipped back and forth, and the two generals flashed and moved, each of them used their skills to fight for about thirty rounds, and Sun Li gradually couldn't parry.

Although Sun Li's martial arts are not as good as Sun Ce, they are also better than Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu and others. In Sun Ce's opinion, it is very rare for Dewei to be able to draw with Sun Li this week, but he didn't expect that it was only thirty rounds, and Sun Li gradually couldn't parry. And it seems that Zhou Dewei obviously didn't use all his strength, and has been saving face for Sun Li; If Dewei attacks with all his might this week, I'm afraid that Sun Li won't be able to parry even twenty rounds.

"Good kung fu, what a tiger general!" Sun Ce couldn't help but be overjoyed, and high-fived and praised, "I didn't expect Gong Jin to have such a brother with outstanding martial arts, it is really the luck of our army and the luck of the Sun family!" ”

Seeing that Sun Li couldn't parry, Zhou Tong was afraid that Sun Ce wouldn't be able to hang on his face, so he opened his mouth to remind: "General Sun's whip should be swept away, don't cover it." That's right, that's right...... That's it, the next whip should be picked diagonally, from left to right, and poke the opponent's armpit. You're too slow with this move, and you're still ...... hot."

After receiving Zhou Tong's reminder, Sun Li's spirit was like an empowerment, and his mind suddenly became much clearer. fought back at the moment, and dismantled more than a dozen rounds with Zhou Dewei, but finally gave up the whip and admitted defeat because the gap was too large.

"Concession, concession!"

Zhou Dewei happily accepted the single knife, gave a round of salute, and returned to his seat.

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. Zhou Tong's words and words made Sun Li's expression strengthen a lot, this is everyone's demeanor, Sun Ce has been practicing martial arts for many years, how can he not see it?

Immediately got up and bowed deeply to Zhou Tong: "Oops...... Sun Ce really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, no wonder Uncle Zhou was able to save people from the Han generals, it turned out to be a hidden martial arts master, but the younger generation was disrespectful! I also hope that my uncle will take Sun Ce as an apprentice for the sake of me and Gongjin's brotherhood, and give me some guidance in martial arts? ”

Zhou Tong hurriedly returned the salute: "General Sun's words are serious, you are a young hero, and you are a prince, how dare you be your master?" If General Sun doesn't dislike it, he will give you a few words in your spare time. If what you say is reasonable, the general will listen to it, and if you feel that you are old and untrustworthy, you should take it as a deaf ear! ”

"In that case, then thank you Uncle Zhou, the little nephew must be listening." There is no need to apprentice to Zhou Tong, and he can get guidance, Sun Ce is overjoyed in his heart.

Suddenly, a young girl broke in and bowed to Zhou Tongna: "If the old man is a prince of one side because my brother is a prince, it is inconvenient to accept him as an apprentice." So how about taking the little girl as an apprentice? (To be continued......)