Yuan Shu was so happy when he heard that there was a jade seal in the country. He couldn't use words to make it easy. He laughed. If you have a jade seal, you would have the world. Then I have the final say. I can use the jade seal to run the world. Do the princes dare not listen to me? "Don't worry, I will make the decision for you. I will give you three thousand soldiers and five hundred war horses. You can go to war immediately to save your mother and family. Once you have won the Qu, you can return quickly. As for the jade seal, it's not that I want you, but you are young and have no strength to protect the jade seal, and you are afraid that others will know that the jade seal will be robbed on you later. For the safety of the jade seal, I will help you keep it for the time being. In addition, you are young and young and difficult to control the soldiers. I can only temporarily appoint you as the lieutenant of the Zhechong School and General Zhenko. This time, you will lead your troops independently and you must do your own things."

After hearing this, Sun Ce immediately handed over the jade seal with both hands. After Yuan Shu got the jade seal, he looked left and right, with an excited look on his face, just like a beautiful woman holding a beautiful woman in his hand, and was dissatisfied with her hands, fearing that others would snatch it away from him.

The next day, Sun Ce did not dare to put it away, and immediately set off with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Lu Fan and nearly 4,000 soldiers. Not a day, Sun Ce and his army arrived in Liyang and met Zhou Yu. After seeing Li Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce: "Brother, since you want to fight for dominance in the world, do you know that there are two Jiangdong?"

After hearing this, Sun Ce looked reckless and shook his head, "Gongjin, what does the second Zhang mean? I really don't know."

Zhou Yu laughed after hearing this, and then said, "Brother, two Zhang are two people, one is from Pengcheng, one is from Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zibu, and the other is from Guangling, Zhang Hong, and Zhang Zigang. Both of them have talents in the world, especially for the internal affairs, they have high intentions. They are escaping war and living here in seclusion. Why not hire them? If the brother can recruit two Zhang, it will be great for the future governance of the local area."

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu, a famous saying in history, have always been a high-ranking official in the Eastern Wu. They were the prime minister. The internal affairs ability was very high. The development of the Eastern Wu was inseparable from Zhang Zhao's governance. The development of the Eastern Wu economy was planned and managed by Zhang Zhao. After Sun Ce's death, he left a will, asking Zhang Zhao about internal affairs and Zhou Yu's famous saying. At the same time, Zhang Zhao was also Sun Quan's master. Under Sun Quan's rule, only Zhang Zhao dared to show his power to Sun Quan, and even dared to blame Sun Quan in person. Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang are also very capable internal affairs personnel. They have a high order for Confucianism and have always served as a high-ranking official in the Eastern Wu and have made great contributions to the development of the Eastern Wu.

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce immediately asked someone to buy gifts and took someone to Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong's house to recruit. But no matter what Sun Ce said, Er Zhang would not apply for the job. Er Zhang always felt that Sun Ce didn't even have a piece of land and only had nearly 4,000 troops under his command, which would be wiped out by other princes at any time. In view of this situation, not to mention that he was a talent like Er Zhang, even ordinary talents would not easily defect to him. Who would be willing to seek refuge with someone without strength, territory, and foundation? Choosing a lord is also about his status, money, and beauty. He also hopes that his lord will be able to be appointed as an official for one day and become an ancestor. Who would have been in vain?

Although Sun Ce was brave and resourceful, he was still an unknown man after all. No matter what Er Zhang said, he would not apply for the job. This made Sun Ce's stubborn temper come forward. Sun Ce was angry and waved his hand and asked the soldiers to forcefully take Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and his family and hired them forcibly, regardless of how Er Zhang shouted. Later, when Er Zhang saw that it was impossible to escape, he could only surrender to Sun Ce's power. Sun Ce appointed Zhang Zhao as the chief secretary and the general of the army, and appointed Zhang Hong as the chief counselor.

After forcibly recruiting Er Zhang, Sun Ce held a military meeting in the big tent and called Er Zhang to attend. No matter how Sun Ce apologized, he would not speak. The two were still having Sun Ce's forced recruitment. Sun Ce had no good way to let them speak. They could only wait for the future to slowly enlighten them and use their personal charm to influence Er Zhang.

At the military meeting, Lu Fan said to Sun Ce: "Lord, if our army wants to successfully capture Moling, we must first defeat Niuzhu and Qu'a, otherwise our army will not be able to move forward."

Cheng Pu was stunned after hearing this, "Aren't you talking nonsense? Who doesn't know this?" "Young master, our army has only less than 4,000 troops, and Liu Yao does have 30,000 or 40,000 troops. If we force an attack, our army will not be able to afford to lose and have no chance of winning."

Zhu Zhi continued: "Young Master, Demou is right. Our army has weak military strength. If you want to succeed in the attack, you must design to let Liu Yao's army enter the net, otherwise it will be difficult to win."

After hearing this, Sun Ce looked up at Zhou Yu and said, "Gongjin, do you have any good ways to allow our army to successfully occupy Niuzhu and Qua. As long as our army occupy these two places, Liu Yao and Jiangdong will basically belong to us. Also, whether the big bear's army at the Ruxuwu Wharf will stop our army from crossing the Yangtze River is also very important. If the big bear army intervenes, then our army will be in trouble."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, Big Bear will not stop our army from crossing the Yangtze River. Big Bear promised me that day. Of course, Big Bear's failure to stop our army's actions now does not mean that Big Bear will not take over the six counties in Jiangdong in the future. This is also the original words of Big Bear. As for the attack on Niuzhu, it is not a big problem. Our army does not need to attack. We will send dozens of elite soldiers to lurk in Niuzhu City in advance. When our army attacks Niuzhu, let them set fire in Niuzhu City, so that Liu Yao's army that resists our army's attack will be in chaos. Our army can take advantage of the chaos to seize Niuzhu. As long as our army captures Niuzhu, we can divide our troops to attack Qu'a, so that Liu Yao's troops cannot be connected to the head and tail, so that his troops will be dispersed, so that our army will have the opportunity to destroy them."

Of course, according to the Romance, the one who set the fire in Niuzhu was Jiang Qin, who wanted to join Sun Ce, Zhou Tai and dozens of water bandits under him. They also used this to make military achievements and defected to Sun Ce. Now that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai and the other two had followed Lu Ning, there would be no more righteous men who set fire.

However, Liu Yao was the governor of Yangzhou. The prefecture was originally in Shouchun, but was later defeated by Yuan Shu and drove across the Yangtze River. Now Liu Yao's government office is located in Moling, controlling two important wharfs, Niuzhu and Qua. Any army who wants to go to Jiangdong must first attack Niuzhu or Qua before it can attack Moling and Wujun. These two places are indeed very important.

When Liu Yao heard that Sun Ce had led his troops to kill him, he also held a meeting with his civil and military officials to study how to resist. His general Zhang Ying said in a row: "Don't worry, lord, I will lead a troops to Niuzhu to garrison. This will be useless if Sun Ce comes with thousands of troops."

Liu Yao also had a famous general Taishi Ci in the ancient Three Kingdoms, but he had never been valued. Now Taishi Ci followed me. Liu Yao's tent was really a bit of garbage general, and he could not find any of his abilities. After hearing Zhang Ying's words, Liu Yao felt that it was impossible for him to resist Sun Ce's attack. Besides, Sun Ce had only less than 4,000 troops, and Zhang Ying led an army of 10,000 to reinforce Niuzhu. In terms of force, it was several times that of Sun Ce. If nothing unexpected happened, it would be no big problem to defend Niuzhu. Thinking of this, Liu Yao nodded and agreed to Zhang Ying's request for battle.

Zhang Ying led an army of 10,000 and 100,000 stones of food and grass to reinforce Niuzhu. Zhang Ying was originally an incompetent person and was useless in discussing articles and martial arts. Seeing Sun Ce leading his troops to fight, he did not stop Sun Ce from his troops, but led his troops to the Niuzhu Huai. Seeing that Zhang Ying led his troops to fight, Huang Gai immediately asked Sun Ce for battle. Sun Ce nodded and slapped his horse and fought with Zhang Ying. Before the two had fought for a few rounds, Zhang Ying found that his army was in chaos. His soldiers shouted at him loudly, saying that enemy soldiers set fire to the Great Village of Niuzhu and created turmoil everywhere in Niuzhu City.

Of course, the arsonist was Sun Ce's troops. Nearly a hundred soldiers led by Zhu Zhi disguised themselves as ordinary people and mixed into the city. When Zhu Zhi saw Zhang Ying leading the army out of the camp to fight, he immediately directed his soldiers to set fire everywhere in the camp.

When Zhang Ying heard that there were enemy soldiers setting fire in his village, they dared to continue fighting with Huang Gai, so he immediately turned his horse and retreated to the back army. Sun Ce was not a fool. He immediately commanded nearly 4,000 soldiers under his command to kill Zhang Ying's army. It was really unstoppable. Zhang Ying's own retreat made the originally very chaotic army even more fueled. The soldiers didn't know what to do, whether to fight or escape. When they saw Sun Ce and his generals, the soldiers came fiercely and dared to resist, and they just wanted to save their lives. Except for those who could escape, the other soldiers under Zhang Ying surrendered in large numbers. Zhang Ying had to leave Niuzhu, a very important place, and led thousands of remaining soldiers to escape to the back mountain.

Sun Ce took down Niuzhu effortlessly, and surrendered nearly 5,000 soldiers, seized more than 100,000 dan of food and grass, and only hundreds of soldiers under his command lost. It can be said that it was a complete victory. At the same time, occupying Niuzhu also established a frontier position for Sun Ce to attack Jiangdong. Especially Moling was exposed to Sun Ce's eyes, and Moling lost one of the two-wing protections.

After Sun Ce captured Niuzhu, he set up a celebration banquet in the village. The generals were carnival. Zhou Yu said in the banquet: "Brother, now that our army has taken Niuzhu, it is estimated that Liu Yao will lead his troops to Shentingling Ridge to block our army's attack. Now, although our army has surrendered more than 5,000 soldiers under Zhang Ying, the total strength is still far less than the army in Liu Yao's hands. In order to reduce the losses of our army and attack Moling as soon as possible, I suggest that our army seize Shenting Ridge as soon as possible, which is a commanding height. Once our army occupy Shenting Ridge, Moling and Qua will be under the gaze of our army; if Shenting Ridge is taken first by Liu Yao, it will definitely cause great trouble for our army's attack."
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