In July in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is stuffy and humid.

The further you go, the more anxious Gao Chong feels.

After a while, I was about to reach the riverside. Mei Gan took the scouts away from the south by the Feishui River. It has been more than two days now, but I haven't brought back any latest news yet.

"I think Mei Gan has no news, not that he did not find out the news, but that he might have found out the important news!" Liu Ye comforted.

Xu Shu nodded and said, "With plum Gan's agility, if there is no news at all, Ziyang's words make sense."

What news made Mei Gan not even have time to repay? Gao Chong frowned, and a thin shallow pattern appeared on the forehead. The fierce battles made him feel a little tired of his youth.

"People coach, General Mei Gan is back!" Ding Feng, who was leading the way in front, rode his horse back and shouted loudly.

Gao Chong hurried forward, but saw plum Gan running over like a beggar, muddy, stumbled over.

"People's handsome guy, Shiyin Mountain is lost!" Mei Gan said in a dim voice.

The words of plum Gan were like a bolt from the blue. Gao Chong felt a tightness in his chest, and a stream of blood surged from his heart, his throat became sweet, and he could no longer stop it. A mouthful of blood squirted out, pouring out the front, and a bright red blood flower suddenly appeared on the plain white robe.

"How many troops did Sun Ce send?" Xu Shu, who had always been calm, also changed his face at this time.

Mei Gan said miserably: "Zulang rebelled and surrendered to the enemy. General Ziyi was hit by Sun Ce's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The enemy took down the pass without any losses!"

Mei Gan's words smashed Gao Chong's last fantasy. In Gao Chong's eyes, Stone Seal Mountain is a key pass that can never be broken, but now it has fallen.

Gao Chong was stunned in place for a long time, speechless. He did not expect that the strongest fortress would be broken through from the inside by the enemy. The dangerous and evil paths of the Stone Seal Mountain, the layers of defense, the power of the Thunder Cart, and the bravery of Taishi Ci. All of this would have lost its effect in the face of the careful planning of the enemy.

"Where is Ziyi now?" Gao Chong asked in a hurry.

Mei Gan said sadly: "Gan inquire everywhere, but I only heard that General Taishi led his troops to be ambushed by Sun Ce in Jing County. The current situation is unknown!"

"Yangtu, come and take a map of the Stone Seal Mountain area!" Liu Ye said quickly.

The dense black lines covered the entire map. Gao Chong knew that the curves represented mountains and streams. He once thought that this curve was a barrier to protect Yuzhang, but now he thought it was ridiculous.

"Pampered, look, Taishici may be trapped in the mountains of Jingshui, Shuxi and Shuiyang River. The mountains are high and dense, and the forests are vast. If there is no support, even if you break through the siege, you will not be able to go out alive." Liu Ye said.

Xu Shu nodded and continued: "Zi Yang said so much. According to Shu, since Sun Ce has carefully arranged such a plan, he will never let Taishi Ci go. I think he will definitely set up heavy troops to strangle Taishi Ci's army that was trying to break through."

Gao Chong frowned and stared at the points and lines on the map with his eyes tightly. His thoughts fluctuated and it was difficult to calm down. Taishici's situation must be extremely difficult now, and reinforcements urgently needed rescue. He had no time to think about it. He had been through many battles and knew what he wanted to do most. After hesitating, Taishici's danger would increase by one point.

"Xingba, you can quickly bring a group of people to land in the Jiuzi area, and then search upstream along the Jingshui River. I think if Taishici can break out, he will definitely be in this direction." When he raised his head again, Gao Chong's eyes showed a sense of will to never give up.

Jiuzi, also known as Wuhu, is located east of Hulin and west of Hengjiangjin. It is the end of the erosion and residual hills extending northward on the south bank of the Shuiyang River. The terrain here is low and flat, mostly in a lake and pond swamp area. It is named Jiuzi because of the storm and grass, and the gathering of doves and birds. There is a long lake near Jiuzi because of "not deep water storage, and the algae grows", which is also named Wuhu.

Gan Ning responded loudly: "Yes!"

Then he hurriedly summoned the soldiers and left. Although he and Taishi Ci had always been dissatisfied with each other's ranking of "Who is the number one general in Gao Chong's army?", at this moment, his anxiety in his heart was no less than that in Gao Chong.

Yunling.

Beauty in the clouds and mountains in the fog.

A thin mist enveloped the Qingyi River. Through the faint sunlight, a battle with huge power disparity can be seen.

The one who met Taishi Ci was Zhou Tai. As the number one warrior in Sun Quan, Zhou Tai has made great progress in martial arts than Shentingling for the past two years of training. He is full of confidence and needs a strong opponent like Taishi Ci to test himself. What's more, if he can kill Taishi Ci in one battle, then among the generals in Jiangdong, no one dares to compete with him for the title of first place.

"Wind-Splitting Axe!" Zhou Tai used his special skills with his arms.

Although Taishi Ci was seriously injured, Zhou Tai still did not dare to be careless at all.

This battle is a critical battle to determine his future status.

The halberd was there, and after Zhou Tai scored the 21st axe in succession, Taishi Ci was still supporting him. Although every fight was very difficult, Taishi Ci knew that as long as he did not fall down, the soldiers behind him would fight to the last breath.

The soldiers fighting on both sides unconsciously stopped moving forward because of the fierce battle between their respective generals. Even Sun Quan, who was supervising the formation behind, couldn't help but widen his eyes and stared at the progress of the battle situation.

Zhou Tai kept laughing wildly and said sarcastically: "Taishi Ci, do you think you are still on Shenting Ridge?"

Under the attack of his own storm, Taishici's offensive was gone. As long as he added another effort, he believed that he could solve his opponent within ten rounds. Zhou Tai had never had confidence in his heart.

"Hmph——" Blood burst out from Taishici's shoulders again.

Zhou Tai was already sure of victory, and Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief. The previous time he was careless in Ancheng, he was ambushed by Gao Chong and broke Lu Meng. After returning to Jiangdong, Sun Quan couldn't raise his head. This time he volunteered to his elder brother to pursue Taishi Ci and did not allow any mistakes. To be on the safe side, Sun Quan carefully selected seven hundred brave men from the army.

Just as he was proud, the battle situation suddenly changed. Taishici, who had been exhausted from dealing with it, shouted, and his saddle soared into the sky and spiraled in the air. The halberd was spinning like a windmill and stabbed Zhou Tai's head.

Zhou Tai burst into tears and exclaimed: "Rushing halberd!".

Zhou Tai, who was attacking step by step from beginning to end, could no longer stop his war horse from advancing. His whole body seemed to be automatically sent to his opponent's halberd.

In desperation, Zhou Tai didn't care about his posture. A lazy donkey rolled from the horse and fell to the ground, and then he narrowly avoided Taishi Ci's killing!

When he stood up again, Zhou Tai's face turned red. When he was waiting for his opponent to be seriously injured, he was forced to fall off the horse and was so embarrassed that he was so embarrassed that Zhou Tai was angry. He shouted loudly, swinging his arms like a two axe and a mermaid dragon going out to sea, and pounced towards Taishi Ci in the vortex.

When Taishi Ci saw Zhou Tai Axe coming, he was about to turn the halberd to resist, but unexpectedly, there was a sudden pain in his back, his body stagnated, and his halberd technique slowed down.

This is just a full blow that has caused the arrow injury!

Just as he was slowing down for a moment, Zhou Tai's sharp axe had already flashed with a cold light. The strong axe swept to his chest. Taishici couldn't bear to stop and had to abandon the war horse and flip back to the ground.

Zhou Tai was in power, sneered, and shouted: "Save your life!"

As soon as he shouted, Zhou Tai felt a flash in front of him, but he saw Tai Shi Ci raising his hand, and a bright bow and arrow was captured in his hand. At the sound of the bowstring, a sharp arrow rushed straight to Zhou Tai's face.

It was too late to block it with an axe. Zhou Tai lowered his head and dodged. As soon as he raised his head, another arrow shot towards his throat. Zhou Tai had to bow and dodge in a mess. When he stood up again, Tai Shi Ci held the third arrow in his hand again. This time, he took Zhou Tai's abdomen in his direction. It was impossible for Zhou Tai to lean over and avoid it again.

Just as Zhou Tai closed his eyes and waited for death, Sun Quan stared at the side with a close eye, and the Sun soldiers beside him were waiting for him. Seeing the two of them falling from the war horses one after another, Sun Quan gave the order and several arrows shot out of the air.

Facing the rain of arrows shooting in the sky, Taishi Ci had all kinds of skills, but could not avoid it.

In an instant, Taishi Ci was hit by four arrows in a row. He was at the end of his strength and could no longer hold on and his body fell down obliquely.

"General!" The remaining two hundred soldiers screamed in shock. Huang Chu, who was watching the battle behind Taishi Ci, leaned over and rushed forward and stood in front of Taishi Ci.

Huang Chu shouted: "Send the general to protrude, I'm here to cut off the rear!"

A soldier shouted: "We are fighting against the enemy!"

Huang Chu waved his knife to block the arrow and shouted angrily: "What I say now is a military order. Who dares not listen?"

After saying that, Huang Chuwu used his knife to face the approaching enemy. At this moment, his brother Huang Yue's words rang in his ears: "Taoshi General and don't let the enemy's cold arrow hurt him!"

"Brother, I have let you down, the general was shot and injured by the enemy - A real man promised a fortune, I have to bear it once, I will never let it down for the second time. Even if I have to fight my life, I will let the general stand out, ah!" Huang Chu shouted and swung his sword into the enemy -.

The scenery of Yinni in Yunling could not block Gan Ning's rushing figure. After saying goodbye to Gao Chong, Gan Ning led a thousand Jinfan soldiers to land in the Jiuzi area, and then searched upstream along the Shuiyang River and Jingshui.

"Yunling is ahead! Get a little faster." Gan Ning shouted.

"General, look!" a sharp-eyed soldier shouted.

Gan Ning followed the gesture and saw five or six bloody soldiers staggering towards the open land of the river valley ahead, holding a man shot by arrows like a hedgehog. Not far behind these five or six people, a group of Sun Ce's soldiers were chasing closely.

"It's Ziyi!" Although Gan Ning didn't see the person clearly, his intuition told him that the person in the middle was Taishi Ci.

"Go and pick it up!" Gan Ning shouted loudly, and before the warship could dock, he jumped off the bow of the ship and walked on the waves. When the soldiers of Jinfan Army behind saw the main general rushing out, they all rushed to jump off first and wade in the waist-deep river.

As soon as he saw the "Gan" brocade flags flying on the warships in the Jingshui River, Zhou Tai knew that there was no hope of intercepting Taishi Ci.

If it weren't for Huang Chu's persuasion, he would have quickly caught up with Taishi Ci. On the way, there were no less than a hundred enemy soldiers who died under his axe. Unexpectedly, this moment of delay caused the entire encirclement and annihilation plan to fail.

"Retreat—!" Zhou Tai ordered unwillingly.

Gan Ning is one of the top generals under Gao Chong. With such an opponent, Zhou Tai knows what the result of a tough battle will be.

"How is Ziyi?" Gan Ning was happy at first when he was able to respond to Taishi Ci. After seeing Taishi Ci, his heart sank again. Taishi Ci's injuries were too severe. He was deeply in a coma with a face as gold paper, and only breathed a sigh of relief.

In the summer of July of the third year of Jian'an, Gao Chongjun returned to Liyang.

Liyang, also known as "Yafu City", is the hometown of Fan Zeng, an important counselor of Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han fight. When Gao Chong, who heard that after the fall of Shiyin Mountain, passed by, he felt the same regret and melancholy as Xiang Yu had lost Fan Zeng.

"A general uses military force either in a strange or dangerous way. Although he can defeat a powerful enemy repeatedly, he can also put his army in trouble. If he is used by the enemy, the consequences will be unbearable!" Lu Su's calm expression and ruthless advice have been lingering in Gao Chong's heart these days.

Looking back at the decision to make the Northern Expedition, there are indeed many hidden worries that have not been noticed. Li Shu of Wancheng has just surrendered and his heart is not firm. If he can select a capable general to go out to the town of Wancheng, I believe that this Wancheng mutiny can be avoided. In the direction of Shiyin Mountain in the east, he relies too much on the dangers of the pass and the power of the thunder chariot, and does not fully consider the role played by people on the battlefield.

Only humans are the souls on the battlefield.

People can start wars, and of course they can also influence the direction of wars.

Although there is no doubt about Taishici's ability, if a person stays in the same place for a long time, he will inevitably become tired. Taishici is like this. Taishici naturally knows the importance of Stone Seal Mountain, but the blood and impulse that has been suppressed in his heart for a long time is always tempting him.

But at this time, Gao Chong gave up on him again and again.

Therefore, when Zulang's unwise tricks were implemented, Taishici, who longed for glory, had lost the ability to distinguish.

Although Taishici has to bear a great responsibility for the loss of Shiyin Mountain, Gao Chong, as the commander of the First Army, also has an unshirkable responsibility.

Perhaps it was because the joy of repelling Sun Ce and Huang Zu made Gao Chong relax his vigilance, or perhaps it was because of the failure of Xu Shu, Liu Ye and other advisers. He had not learned to guess the thoughts of his subordinates and did not know the benefits of appropriate rotation to mobilize the enthusiasm of generals. In this sense, Gao Chong still needs to learn more knowledge.
Chapter completed!