Chapter 246

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Sun Jian was still attacking fiercely, and Hefei city was crumbling, as if it would shatter in the next second. "Lord, a letter from the Dark Owls."

Su Fan received the secret letter, and seeing the content, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly.

"It seems this Ji Ling has also discovered Sun Jian's weakness and has already implemented it. But I don't know if it was him or someone else?"

Su Fan threw the secret letter to Xun You and the others to read.

"Haha! Wouldn't Sun Jian be in danger then?"

Wei Yan and the others, seeing the content of this secret letter, all laughed out loud.

The Dark Owls' letter said that Sun Jian's grain transport ships were intercepted on the Yangtze River by the troops of Lujiang Commandery.

Although Sun Jian's grain transport ships finally broke through the blockade, it was a pity that they lost half of the ships, and most of the grain and grass were gone.

Even if the rest were delivered, Sun Jian's tens of thousands of troops would not be able to eat for many days.

"Now it depends on Sun Jian's choice. He will definitely receive the information soon. Will he continue to attack Hefei city, or retreat immediately?"

"If he continues to attack Hefei city, even if he takes Hefei, if Ji Ling is ruthless and puts a fire to the grain and grass inside, then Sun Jian will probably explode."

Su Fan was also very curious about what choice Sun Jian would make. Once he made the wrong choice, not to say falling into the abyss, he would definitely have to hibernate for a period of time to recuperate.

Of course, Su Fan did not think Yuan Shu could kill Sun Jian in one go. After all, Sun Jian still had the capital to retreat. Yuan Shu could not send all his troops to Yangzhou.

Yuzhou was his home field, Runan was his base camp, and Nanyang Commandery was his focus. After all, Nanyang Commandery, a single commandery, was even wealthier than several commanderies of Yangzhou.

Coupled with the fact that Jingzhou was even wealthier than Yangzhou, Nanyang was almost taken, and the gateway to Jingzhou had already been opened.

Conquering Jingzhou was Yuan Shu's main goal.

If it were not for Sun Jian's rebellion, he would probably still be continuing to attack Jingzhou now.

"Gongda, how do you think Sun Jian should choose next?"

"This..."

Hearing the lord's sudden inquiry, Xun You also hesitated immediately, because he could not calculate how Sun Jian would choose at this moment.

He understood Sun Jian's personality a little bit, but in this situation, he really could not put himself in his shoes.

"Lord, no matter how Sun Jian chooses, in fact, what we want is for the Sun and Yuan families to continue fighting."

"So no matter which path Sun Jian chooses, it doesn't matter. If he retreats, I estimate Yuan Gonglu will pursue him in victory."

"If he really takes this Hefei city, in fact, it doesn't matter. Yuan Gonglu cannot ignore it and will inevitably send more troops."

"Yes, no matter how Sun Jian chooses, he has to fight."

Su Fan nodded. Sun Jian had no second path to take. From the moment he rebelled against Yuan Shu, either he would finish off Yuan Shu and swallow Yuan Shu's territory, or he would be suppressed by Yuan Shu and shrink to Changsha Commandery, and then see if he could join forces with Liu Biao to resist Yuan Shu.

Sun Jian's camp.

"Lord, we are short of grain and grass. The grain transport ships sent news that they were intercepted in the water, and we lost most of the grain and grass."

Huang Gai had worry on his face. Now for them, the situation was not good, and it had even reached a crisis point.

"Lord, if this Hefei city cannot be taken, we will be in trouble."

"What are you afraid of! Father, I will go out tomorrow and will definitely lead the army to take Hefei city."

The seventeen-year-old Sun Ce was still very jumpy, or rather, full of vigor. He was confident in his martial power; no one in Hefei city could rival him, and that annoying magic technique group had also gone out, so he was excited.

"Get out of my sight!"

Sun Jian, who was already annoyed, heard Sun Ce's words, and his anger burned again, glaring at him fiercely.

This eldest son of his, brave as he was, was just too reckless. If he hadn't taken action last time, the former would probably have been seriously injured.

A straight tree is easily broken. He hoped his son could become a famous general, not a reckless brute.

"Gongfu, what do you think we should do now?"

Sun Jian, like Liu Bei, had no strategists under his command at the beginning and relied entirely on himself to fight for the world.

It was just that he was luckier than Liu Bei in that he was promoted by the Imperial Court early on to be a commandery governor, a high-ranking local official, so he had the power and wealth to support him in pulling up a team.

Liu Bei could only rely on his two brothers.

There were no strategists to plan for him, to plan for him; everything relied on their group of martial generals to plan.

If Sun Jian had a first-class, or even a second-class strategist by his side, I am afraid he would not have directly attacked Jiujiang Commandery.

Wouldn't it be better to attack Kuaiji or Danyang first, or Lujiang Commandery would also be not bad? Annex these commanderies and then go to attack Jiujiang.

In this way, even if Yuan Shu sent people to support, the route would be too long, and his chances would be greatly increased.

It's a pity Sun Jian did not have any good strategists. He relied entirely on his own will to attack Jiujiang first, wanting to swallow Yangzhou in one go.

Eating a fat man in one bite, he ended up choking himself.

Now he was in a dilemma.

"Lord, why not retreat first? Ji Ling seems to be determined to hold Hefei city. We cannot break in immediately. Once we are short of grain, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Huang Gai was more cautious and did not want to continue taking risks.

"Just retreat like this?"

Sun Jian, upon hearing this, felt conflicted. He was naturally unwilling. If he could take Hefei city, he could almost take Jiujiang. By then, the army would be deployed in Jiujiang to block Yuan Shu, and he could take the opportunity to slowly attack Lujiang and Danyang Commandery.

"Lord, in fact, even if we take Hefei now, it will be difficult in the future. Danyang and Lujiang will continue to harass our army from behind."

"We have to fight on two fronts. At the moment, Danyang and Lujiang do not have many troops, but their troops will become more and more numerous."

"Being attacked from both front and back is a great taboo in military strategy."

"Why not retreat now and then proceed to attack Lujiang or Danyang Commandery? In this way, our grain and grass route will also be safer."

Huang Gai's words made Sun Jian silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I am unwilling to retreat now, and it is not so easy to retreat now."

"Even if we want to retreat, we must hurt Yuan Shu so that he dare not pursue easily. The best way is to take Hefei city, grab the supplies in Hefei, and then retreat."

At this moment, Sun Jian also vaguely felt that his previous plans were a bit miscalculated.

Taking too big a step makes it easy to pull a muscle.

"Lord, if so, we must do it in one go." Huang Gai, upon hearing this, also understood Sun Jian's words, which were indeed very reasonable.

It was not so easy for them to retreat now. Danyang and Lujiang did not have many troops at the moment, but there were still twenty or thirty thousand troops under Ji Ling. It would not be difficult for them to pursue them.