Niuzhu Daying is located in the Yangtze River Basin and is comparable to Xiangyang. It is also controllable and contiguous to the north and south. The only difference is that it does not have the unique terrain of Xiangyang.

This place is a key road to the north of Eastern Wu in later generations. Because Hefei was not in his hands, Zhou Yu specially built Ruxukou Shuizhai at the Chaohu River and fought fiercely with Cao Wei.

The north of Niuzhu is Licheng.

To the south is a stone city, which are all small cities.

During the war in Jiangbei, with the armistice, most of the soldiers of the Eastern Wu were stationed in important towns in Hefei, with veteran general Han Dang as deputy governor, responsible for rectifying the three armies.

As for Liyang, Pan Zhang led three thousand soldiers to guard the Niuzhu camp, and they were supporting each other with Lu Fan from Niuzhu camp, and jointly defended Niuzhu Water Village.

At this time, more than ten miles outside Niuzhu Camp.

In the forest, a soldier seemed to appear suddenly. Looking around, there were about seven or eight thousand people, carrying horses wrapped in hooves, and wearing Jingzhou armor.

"General, Niuzhu Camp is right in front of you, why don't we attack now!" Niu Jin licked his lips and said excitedly.

Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and he was hiding out at night and leading 8,000 people to this place was not easy. How could he attack the village in the blue sky and white sun? What's more, what he wanted to eat was not only Niuzhu Camp.

In Hefei to the north, Han Dang, the defender general, had 10,000 or 20,000 troops. While taking down the Niuzhu camp, he also wanted to eat Han Dang's elite.

For this reason, he specially asked Liu Ye and Zhang Liao to lurk on the periphery, waiting for the opportunity when the Niuzhu camp was lost and Han Dang led his troops to aid.

As long as Han Dang came to help, Zhang Liao could lead the infantry and cavalry to abolish the reinforcements, and Liu Ye could take the opportunity to seize Hefei. As long as Hefei was lost, Jiangbei would have no Sun's foundation and could wait for an opportunity to go south.

"General Niu, don't be anxious," Zhuge Liang, although he was young, could speak in a good manner and said in a deep voice: "I'll order the three armies to rest in the forest and take them tonight to make a meal and attack the village at the third update."

"No!" The generals clasped their fists and responded.

"General Zhao, please arrange your soldiers and lurk with the forest so as not to get the news first." Zhuge Liang turned to look at Zhao Yun and said.

"No!" Zhao Yun's cheeks were handsome and responded.

"By the way, when I came, I made a detailed investigation. Lu Fan guarded Niuzhu and Pan Zhang guarded Liyang. Lu Fan followed Sun Ce to fight the east and west, and was a confidant, and he would definitely fight to the death."

"And this Pan Zhang was a minor general promoted by Sun Quan. He was reckless and brave, but he had strict bans. He had heard that it was quite difficult to suppress bandits within more than a month."

"But he is greedy by nature and is rich, and he is even more arrogant and extravagant in ten days. Liyang is only more than ten miles away from Niuzhu, and the two are mutually supportive. If Pan Zhang leads his troops to attack the enemy behind, it will be difficult."

"I think that after the army captured Niuzhu, we can ask the detective Ma to write a letter to Pan Zhang, promising it as a favorable person, and even let him pretend to come and help him to further urgently impose the Niuzhu camp."

Zhuge Liang looked at the many generals.

Most of them were five big and three reckless men, but Zhao Yun nodded and said in a deep voice: "General, this plan is possible. The Niuzhu defenders may not be less than five thousand. If they attack for a short time, they will be difficult to defeat them if they are surrendered. But if Pan Zhang and he came to a plan with him, it will be difficult to defeat them."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment. This time he only brought eight thousand armored soldiers. If he had to attack hard, he would probably have lost his troops and generals even if he could take down Niuzhu.

"In this way, after nightfall, Gao Shun and Niu Jin, you two lead the army to capture Niuzhu, and Zilong leads hundreds of cavalry to go to Liyang with me." Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.

"General, how can you be the leader of the three armies..." Gao Shun frowned and said in a deep voice. He naturally heard Zhuge Liang's implication. He obviously wanted to convince Pan Zhang.

"Boping doesn't need to worry, I have my own countermeasures. What's more, Zilong follows me and is brave and brave. Even if this plan fails, it should not be difficult to protect me from the city." Zhuge Liang said firmly.

"As for the Niuzhu battlefield, please ask Boping to command one or two."

"But, I..." Gao Shun's sword-brow frowned slightly.

He is just a surrendered general, so how can he be unified in the army alone? Perhaps because he was used to being abused by Lu Bu before, he was a little moved by Zhang Xiu's command.

Although these generals had competition before, they were not fighting openly and secretly, and they would not rely on nepotism to govern military power alone. They were completely capable.

"Boping doesn't need to worry too much. You have strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, and at the same time you are polite to your subordinates. You are very popular with the three armies. I can't rest assured to you in this battle."

Zhuge Liang said with a serious look.

It’s not that Zhuge Liang wanted to delegate power, but mainly because there is not much difference between who will attack this battle. On the contrary, Pan Zhang may affect the direction of the battle, so he must go there in person.

Gao Shunya nodded and responded firmly: "Shundao will do his best to do his mission."

......

Xuchang, in the palace.

At this time, Man Chong held the sword with a serious face and walked quickly. Looking at Xun Yu who was correcting documents on the high platform, Man Chong said in a deep voice: "Lingjun, the Mi family has opened."

"Hmm~? Is it really a cloth business?"

Xun Yu looked up and was quite surprised. When he was verbalized a few days ago, he specially asked Man Chong to investigate.

"It's true that the cloth is sold, and my subordinates have not found any detailed actions." Man Chong said with a confused look on his face.

After saying that, he looked up and said, "But the cloth sold by his Mi family is 100 yuan per piece, and the slightly better quality is only 120 yuan, which is three times lower than the cloth business."

"Now, not only the people are robbing cloth, but also major families and even merchants in the city come to rob cloth after hearing the news. If this continues, the Xuchang cloth industry will probably be closed."

"He really sold it for a hundred yuan?" Xun Yu put down the document, a little shocked, and even he was a little moved by the price.

However, with such a "clear flow" that is destined to have a bad impact, Xun Yu pondered a little, couldn't help but a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said:

"In this way, you immediately go to the warehouse to pay some money, and then take someone to buy all the cloth sold by the Mi family, and buy as much as you want. If he doesn't want to, then increase the extra 20% according to his price."

"Lingjun, why are we buying so many cloths?" Man Chong asked frowned.

"Hmph, didn't Zhang Xiu want to squeeze out the fabric sprinkler share in Xuchang? Then go and buy it for him. He ships a batch to us and we buy it."

"I don't believe how long they can last. At that time, we sell it to the public at a price of 200 yuan per bus. This is a way to be both compassionate and enrich the national treasury."

Xun Yu stroked his beard and chuckled.

"Lingjun's plan is very good," Man Chong said with admiration, and then he was confused: "But Lingjun, as far as I know, there are quite a few cloths prepared by the Mi family, and the publicity is fully open to the public. If you buy them all, it may take a lot of money."

"It's okay, tell the Mi family how much it costs." Xun Yu waved his hand and chuckled, "At worst, I can imitate Dong Zhuo and cast copper coins more widely, and Jingzhou will digest it on his behalf."

"No," Man Chong's mouth curled, but Xun Lingjun thought carefully. When Dong Zhuoguang cast copper coins to make the world pay for it, he did make him rich, but he also made the people suffer.

Now, Jingzhou has to bear this evil consequence.

Of course, it is still unknown whether Jingzhou will give it a burden.

......

At the same time, outside the River God Temple.

The sun is hanging high above the sky, but the hot air is filled with a strong fishy smell. It is the smell of blood, and it is only possible for countless blood.

At this moment, look around.

Outside the River God Temple, there was a mess, with countless corpses lying everywhere, and the blood had already dyed the surrounding land red, soaked into brown-red.

The encirclement was still there, and Zhang Xiu's armor was also dyed blood-red, and there were even a little bit of minced meat. Around him, the iron armor of his personal guards was still standing with his spear and holding a knife.

However, half of the hundreds of guards were still exhausted and were resting in the temple. The remaining guards were also gasping violently, and their arms holding spears were trembling.

Tired, they almost overdraw their physical strength.

No, the iron armor was very heavy, even though their physique could not hold on. Even behind, they had no battle formation to fight, and they all relied on the armor on their bodies to exchange injuries.

Not many people died in battle, but many people were tired and exhausted and shocked. In the sunny days, these steels were already hot, and many people had heatstroke.

Of course, the Eastern Wu soldiers were also not easy to live.

After these rounds of fighting, their fighting spirit had long been defeated. If Sun Ce had not supervised the battle, they would have escaped long ago.

There is no way, this kind of unequal equipment is too disadvantageous. It would be fine if they brought heavy weapons, but ordinary guns and spears cannot break the defense at all, and some big swords and hammers are too small.

At this time, the two sides separated and looked at each other. There were thousands of people around Sun Ce, including two thousand soldiers and horses drawn by Huang Gai.

As for those who died in battle around the River God Temple, it is estimated that there are almost two thousand people. The proportion of war losses is too high, which makes Sun Ce feel bleeding. He counts carefully and at most dozens of people killed on the opposite side.

Zhou Yu took two steps forward and glanced at the soldiers around him. Instead, he smiled and looked at Zhang Xiu and said loudly: "Zhang Xiu, I have to say that the hundreds of personal guards around you are each worth ten, which is really admirable."

"But at this time, how many people can fight around you? If this is your bargaining chip, then you may lose a lot today."

"Ha, can you fight?"

Zhang Xiu sneered, held his gun and pointed his fingers, and shouted violently.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The two or three hundred soldiers burst into shocking roars, among which the Xuanwei Legion, who came from the bench, were all in great fighting spirit.

"Hmph, Zhang Xiu, you are really stubborn. Even if you are hard to break your iron armor, I still have thousands of soldiers and horses. I can still exhaust you to death." Sun Ce said, and he shouted hideously.

Many wounds were cut on his body, which were caused by most of the iron armor of the personal guards. He wanted to break the formation before, but he did kill many of them, but he was also injured.

Zhang Xiu didn't answer, and slowly looked up at the time. He thought that news should be coming from Pengze Water Village. Seeing this, Zhang Xiu laughed happily, and became more and more intense.

"Zhang Xiu, why are you laughing at?" Sun Ce pointed at the distance and shouted loudly.

On the other hand, Zhou Yu looked at Zhang Xiu and laughed happily, and couldn't help but frown. For some reason, he felt a little worried, because he felt that Zhang Xiu's bargaining chips seemed to be not these soldiers.

"Ha, I laughed at you, Sun Ce for being unscheming, Zhou Yu Shaozhi. You two are just trying to dominate the world, which is really ridiculous." Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, laughing even more rampantly.

"Hmph, you still want to be stubborn when you die." Sun Ce was furious and wanted to let Dong Wu Erlang charge again.

But at this moment, a sound of horse hooves sounded from afar, which was particularly harsh on the battlefield after the fierce battle.

Everyone looked at it and looked familiar.

As it was approaching, Zhou Tai glared and shouted: "Li Jue, isn't he under General Zhu's command? Why did he come here?"

Listening to Zhou Tai's words, Zhou Yu's eyes suddenly tightened, as if he had thought of something, and immediately shouted anxiously: "It must be Zhang Xiu who attacked Pengze Water Village."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the generals were stunned.
To be continued...