Chapter 156: I'll let you talk nonsense, sit down! The offensive and defensive situation has been reversed! Lay a hidden chess move for Xiajiangdong!
The dignified Little Overlord of Jiangdong was beaten so hard that his golden helmet fell off and his hair was disheveled!

Sun Ce had never been so embarrassed in his life.

At this moment, his arrogance and pride also fell to the ground along with his golden helmet that was knocked off.

Sun Ce did not dare to fight anymore. While Huang Zhong was drawing his sword, he quickly turned his horse and jumped out of the battle group, fleeing towards the warships on the shore.

"Retreat, the entire army retreats to the river——"

Sun Ce ran away with his head down, shouting hoarsely.

The arrogant spirit of the little bully had disappeared at this moment, and there was only one thought left in his mind:
He escaped back to the river and saved his life.

"Sun Ce, where are you going?"

How could Huang Zhong let the great achievement slip away? He spurred his horse and pursued after him with his sword in hand.

When you can't take more than a few steps.

Seeing this, Ling Cao rode his horse to intercept and shouted:
"My lord, go ahead. I'll stop this old soldier!"

This fierce general from Jiangdong came running forward, using all his strength to slash at Huang Zhong with the long sword in his hand.

Huang Zhong had no choice but to slow down his horse and swing out with his sword in one hand.

This casual single-handed block had the force of a mountain pressing down on one's head, easily repelling Ling Cao's full-strength attack.

Ling Cao's blood was boiling, his knuckles were cracked, his body leaned backward, and the weapon in his hand was almost knocked away.

"This old soldier has such strength?"

Ling Cao's face turned pale with horror, and knowing that he was no match for Huang Zhong, he tried to turn his horse and flee.

It's too late.

Huang Zhong's second strike was as fast as lightning, and it slashed across with the force of a violent storm.

Ling Cao had no time to escape and could only hold up his sword and try his best to resist.

Before he could gather enough strength, Huang Zhong's thundering blow had already struck him.

With a scream, a stream of blood shot out.

Ling Cao, along with his sword, was thrown off his horse like a kite with a broken string, and fell heavily five steps away.

"I couldn't even withstand two of his moves?"

"This man's martial arts skills are comparable to Lu Bu's!"

Ling Cao fell to the ground, his fear overshadowing the pain in his body, and he looked at Huang Zhong in disbelief.

The Changsha soldiers on both sides rushed forward, swinging their swords and trying to chop him into meat paste.

"This man sacrificed himself to cover Sun Ce's retreat. He is a loyal and brave man!"

"Tie him up and hand him over to the lord for disposal!"

Huang Zhong admired Ling Cao's loyalty and bravery, and stopped him at the critical moment.

The Changsha soldiers' swords did not chop down, but instead took down Ling Cao who was lying on the ground.

When Huang Zhong turned around to look for Sun Ce again, he saw that Sun Ce had taken advantage of the two gaps in Ling Cao's obstruction to board a warship and start to sail away from the shore.

"Sun Ce, do you think I will let you escape so easily..."

A cold light flashed across Huang Zhong's eyes. He put down his long sword and picked up the bow he carried with him.

He bent his bow, drew his arrow, and aimed at Sun Ce.

at this time.

Sun Ce was standing at the stern, looking towards the shore with lingering fear.

He saw with his own eyes the scene where Ling Cao was knocked off his horse by Huang Zhong and captured alive.

He also saw that tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers were surrounded and killed on the riverside before they could even board the ships to escape.

He failed to intercept Liu Bei and was ambushed by Liu Bei instead. In the battle, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed or injured, and one of his fierce generals, Ling Cao, was killed. He was also beaten so hard that his golden helmet fell to the ground. He fled in embarrassment and his reputation was completely destroyed!
Sun Ce was so ashamed and angry that his fists were clenched until they crackled.

"Liu Bei's ambush appeared here, but what about Gongjin's fire attack? Did something unexpected happen?"

Sun Ce suddenly remembered this and shuddered again.

Just at this moment, the sound of breaking air was heard before our eyes.

Sun Ce suddenly looked up and saw a cold light coming towards him.

A cold arrow came.

Without having time to think, he quickly swung the silver spear in his hand and blocked the incoming arrow at a close distance.

However, the arrow was extremely powerful. Although he deflected the arrow, it still made his palm numb.

Sun Ce was secretly shocked. He looked up and found that it was Huang Zhong who shot the arrow.

"This old man is not only better at martial arts than me, but also has such great archery skills?"

Sun Ce was shocked again, and then became angry and pointed his spear, saying sternly:
"Listen, old man Huang Zhong. Today I will leave your head to you. If we fight again someday, I will take your head!"

While Sun Ce was talking nonsense, Huang Zhong had already drawn his bow and drawn his arrow again.

This time it's not one arrow, but three arrows!
Looking at Sun Ce who was speaking arrogantly and mockingly, Huang Zhong snorted coldly and loosened his fingertips slightly.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Three streams of light broke through the air and headed straight towards Sun Ce.

Sun Ce's face suddenly changed color, and the mockery on his face instantly turned into shock and astonishment.

"Three arrows fired at once?"

He cried out in surprise, and without having time to think, he hastily swung the silver spear in his hand again.

"Clang!"

With two crisp sounds, two sharp arrows were deflected.

The third arrow was too late to be blocked.

"puff!"

The sharp arrow is on the shoulder.

Sun Ce groaned, the silver spear in his hand fell out of his hand, and he staggered back half a step before falling onto the deck.

The Jiangdong soldiers on both sides finally reacted, and hurried forward to support Sun Ce, holding up their shields and blocking the front.

Huang Zhong hung up his hard bow, immediately drew his sword across the shore, and shouted:
"Listen, Sun Ce. My military advisor Xiao has long seen through Huang Gai's false surrender. All your tricks of self-torture, serial tricks, and fire attack tricks are all within my control." "My lord has a god-like assistant like Xiao Jinglue. It is truly a destiny. How can you be my lord's opponent!"

"Go back and think it over. Surrender Jiangdong to my lord. Otherwise, I will shoot you with an arrow today. When my lord's army arrives in Jiangdong someday, I will chop off your head with my own hands!"

Huang Zhong revealed the truth and issued an ultimatum in an extremely domineering manner.

The surviving Jiangdong soldiers on the ship were all shocked to the point of their scalps going numb, and were all terrified by the truth.

Sun Ce, who was wounded in the shoulder, had been struggling to get up by the soldiers, but after hearing Huang Zhong's ultimatum, his legs went weak and he fell down again.

That face was frozen in a moment of shock and horror.

The cruel truth that he dared not think about was cruelly thrown in front of him by Huang Zhong.

Zhou Yu's plan was flawless and unprecedented, including the scheme of self-torture, the scheme of false surrender, the chain of schemes, and the last step of the fire attack.

Xiao Fang saw through it all at a glance!
That's why Huang Zhong was ambushed in Xinjin at this moment, and why he suffered a tragic defeat with many casualties and arrow wounds.

"This doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense!"

"No matter how clever that country bumpkin is, how could he have figured out Gongjin's ingenious plan?"

"Unless he is truly a god with extraordinary vision and the ability to predict the future, there is no way he can see through Gongjin's plan!"

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it—"

A hysterical roar was heard above the river.

...

Eshan Camp.

The bonfire on the shore had gone out, the sky was getting light in the east, and it was about to brighten.

Gan Ning, Xu Sheng and Su Fei led the navy and slowly sailed back to the water camp with the power of a great victory.

All the generals landed and came to report the results of the battle to Liu Bei.

"My lord, our army captured nearly two hundred enemy ships in this battle!"

"My lord, our army has killed 4,000 enemies and captured nearly 5,000 Jiangdong naval forces."

"My lord, the enemy general Zhou Yu has led the remaining troops and fled back to the south bank."

Listening to the battle reports, Liu Bei stroked his beard with a gratified smile on his face.

According to Xiao Fang's calculations, the enemy forces attacking here were at least half of the Jiangdong Army, with nearly 20,000 naval forces.

After this battle, more than 200 warships were captured, and nearly 10,000 enemy soldiers were killed or captured, which meant that the Jiangdong army lost more than half of its troops.

It would be most appropriate to describe the Jiangdong Army as suffering a disastrous defeat.

"Brother, the military advisor has defeated Sun Ce with one trick, so what are we waiting for? Let's fight our way to the other side."

Zhang Fei was rubbing his hands in anticipation, excitedly challenging the opponent.

After all, the navy demonstrated its prowess in this battle, and all the credit went to Gan Ning and his men, while Zhang Fei and his group of landlubbers could only watch from the shore.

Now that the enemy's navy has been severely damaged, Zhang Fei is naturally impatient and wants to rush to the other side and kill a lot of people.

Xiao Fang gently waved his feather fan, smiled without saying anything, and did not explain.

"Although Zhou Yu's navy suffered heavy losses in this battle, don't forget that Sun Ce still has 20,000 navy troops upstream."

"The only uncertainty in this battle is whether Sun Ce will land in Xinjin and be ambushed by General Han Sheng and his men."

"If Sun Ce received the news of the defeat downstream in time and led the 20,000 naval forces to withdraw, and our army attacked the south bank at this time, wouldn't we be attacked from both sides by the enemy?"

"By that time, our original big win turned into a win followed by a loss."

Zhuge Liang explained the reason why Xiao Fang asked Lao Liu to withdraw his troops for the time being.

Zhang Fei suddenly realized what was going on. He rubbed the back of his head and smiled:

"I was so anxious that I forgot about Sun Ce. It seems that it is safest to quit while we are ahead."

Xiao Fang smiled and looked at Lao Liu:

"However, the Jiangdong Army suffered a heavy loss, and its morale has plummeted to the bottom."

"Whether Sun Ce's army was defeated or not, our navy's strength and morale have surpassed the Jiangdong army."

"The offensive and defensive situation has reversed. Sun Ce has no choice but to withdraw from Jiangxia in disgrace and retreat to Chaisang."

Liu Bei nodded slightly, and naturally had no objection to Xiao Fang's judgment.

Just at this moment, a messenger came galloping, dismounted from his horse, and half-knelt in front of Liu Bei.

"My lord, General Huang and General Zhang successfully ambushed the enemy in Xinjin, killing and capturing about 8,000 enemy soldiers!"

"Sun Ce was defeated by General Huang Lao with a single arrow, and has led his remaining troops to retreat along the south bank to Fankou."

"In addition, General Huang also captured the enemy general Ling Cao alive and is currently escorting him back to the camp, awaiting your decision!"

There was a boil.

"Jinglue, you got everything right. Sun Ce really split his troops into two groups and headed for Xinjin!"

"Han Sheng and his men dealt a heavy blow to Sun Ce in this battle. The little tyrant was seriously injured and had no choice but to retreat back to Chaisang!"

Old Liu turned his eyes to Xiao Fang with joy and admiration.

All the generals on both sides were excited and immersed in the joy of defeating Sun Ce.

"Brother, what are we waiting for? Let's kill Ling Cao and then we can charge to the south bank!"

Zhang Fei's fighting spirit was ignited again, and he shouted for fighting and killing excitedly.

Old Liu's eyes became hesitant.

There would be no problem in taking advantage of the situation to attack the south bank and completely expel Sun Ce from Jingzhou.

But he was a man who valued talents and loved scholars. Ling Cao was a fierce general from Jiangdong. How could he kill him like Zhang Fei did?

Xiao Fang's eyes turned slightly, and he waved his feather fan and said:
"Although Ling Cao is a fierce general, he is not a great general. However, his son Ling Tong has the potential to be a famous general, comparable to Xing Ba."

"Now that Cao Cao has pacified Xuzhou, it is a foregone conclusion, and Yuan Shao will soon take over Hebei. After my lord wins this battle, you must march down to Jiangdong without stopping, take control of the Yangtze River, and head north to compete with Yuan and Cao for the Central Plains."

"I have a plan. Perhaps it can not only help you to subdue the Lings, but also lay a hidden chess piece for you to conquer Jiangdong!"

Hearing what Xiao Fang said, Old Liu's eyes suddenly lit up.

(End of this chapter)