Yang Xiu rushed to the camp and reported to Sun Ce. His mission was completed very smoothly, even smoother than Sun Ce imagined.

Yang Xiu and Cai Mao's plan was well done and took into account various situations. They first talked to those merchants who were in a hurry to leave. These merchants heard that they could handle the goods to Sun Ce. Although the price was not very high, they did not suffer any loss. Calculate the time and immediately turned around after taking the money. They had time to sell it again, so they basically agreed without much hesitation. It would definitely be a little harder to go there. As long as you can make more money, what is that?

Among these people, Yang Xiu was differentiated. If he wanted to go to Jiangling and Xiangyang to traffic, he would not give cash. Sun Ce issued a document. They went to Jiangling with the document. Xiangyang found a local person in charge, and the person in charge came forward to distribute the goods, and the price was even more favorable. The merchants were just right and agreed very readily. In order to gain time, they also took the initiative to help unload the goods.

After a day of negotiation, Yang Xiu completed the transaction of goods worth more than 30 million yuan with just 10 million cash brought by Cai Mao. Yang Xiu came and asked Sun Ce to issue documents and arrange where the goods were placed, so he could not pile them by the river.

Sun Ce was very satisfied and readily used seals on the documents written by Yang Xiu.

"Put all the goods in Chengpu's camp, don't be anxious, transport them slowly, it will be fine for three or five days, the bigger the momentum, the better."

Yang Xiu was puzzled, and Sun Ce explained the plan. He was worried that Zulang would not come and wasted time in vain. He wanted to create a lot of baggage and lure Zulang to come to the robbery. People died for money and birds died for food. Such a big bait was placed in front of him, and if Zulang did not dare to come, it would be no need to worry.

After hearing this, Yang Xiu shook his head. "General, if this is the case, it should not be too ostentatious. Since Zulang can become a general, he must not be a reckless person. If something goes wrong, there will be monsters. There are less than 10,000 generals. Putting so many baggage behind him is obviously a bait. He either doesn't come or recruit more bandits to come together. At that time, the general will not win the battle and retreat, so what can he do?"

Sun Ce smiled. He already understood what Yang Xiu meant-he had discussed it repeatedly with Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Chen Duan and others-but Yang Xiu took the initiative to give his opinions, so he naturally could not pour cold water on him. "What do you mean?"

"Stop at the right time, and make Zulang feel that these baggage is not enough to be distributed to too many people, so he can only come alone. In order to eliminate his vigilance, the general should properly hide his troops so that Zulang feels capable of winning without relying on the power of others."

Sun Ce agreed. The heroes had similar opinions. Although Yang Xiu didn't know much information, his ideas were very similar to Guo Jia's plan. It seems that although their life trajectories have changed, their IQs have not been affected. Gold is gold, and as long as he is given a chance, he will shine.

"Please help me manage the baggage camp for a few days." Before Yang Xiu refused, Sun Ce said again: "I know I'm sorry for you, but I really can't find someone more suitable than you. You'll be sorry for two days first. When I find a suitable candidate, I'll change people immediately."

"Okay." Yang Xiu agreed reluctantly.

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For several days, Yang Xiu sent people to transport the traded goods ashore and placed them in Cheng Pu's camp. In order to show caution, Cheng Pu worked tirelessly and built three trenches, surrounded the baggage camp in the middle, adjacent to his central army camp. The other four battalions were scattered on all sides, strictly protected, and sent people to patrol around the camp. They drove them away when they saw people and prohibited from approaching.

Sun Ce himself was stationed at the foot of Niuzhu Mountain, either patrolling by Niuzhu Rock or Shicheng. The craftsmen went up the mountain to log wood, and built siege equipment under the noses of the defenders, and were very busy.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Xin was happy and worried. It was just as his plan. Sun Ce did not attack Shicheng, but chose Niuzhuji, giving him a chance to breathe. What was worried was that the back line was cut off. If Zulang didn't come, he would lose food and collapse without Sun Ce's attack. He would not be able to escape even if he wanted to run away. Even if he didn't know how to use troops, he saw Sun Ce training troops in front of him every day, and he knew that although the troops on both sides were similar, the gap in strength was really quite large.

Without comparison, there is no harm. Although he did not admit it on the surface, he knew it in his heart that he was far inferior to Sun Ce in terms of training troops. Looking at the expressions of Gan Yan and others, they knew that before the fight started, they were already scared and their morale was very low. If it weren't for the river behind him, the only exit was controlled by him, and I wonder how many people would be deserters.

Danyang soldiers were easy to fight, but their military discipline was not very good. When there was any disturbance, some people would escape, and even some people would have the intention to escape when they applied for the recruitment. They took the money, found an opportunity and ran away, and turned around and went to another place to apply for the recruitment. Anyway, everyone in the world knew that Danyang had elite soldiers and liked to come to Danyang to recruit soldiers, so they would not have to worry about having no place to make a living. Cao Cao suffered this loss. Zhou Xin sent him 4,000 soldiers. After crossing the river, they just arrived at Longkang, Pei State, and these Danyang soldiers rebelled and scattered in a hurry. In the end, less than a thousand people were left.

Whenever he thinks of this, Zhou Xin is proud of himself. If he hadn't retreated to Niuzhuji, where there was no way out, these Danyang soldiers might have run away long ago. They stand on the back of the water and put them to death before they can survive. This is Han Xin's secret to using troops.

On the ninth day, just as the siege equipment built by Sun Ce was about to end, the battle was about to begin, and the atmosphere in Niuzhuji was extremely depressed and was about to collapse, Sun Ce suddenly withdrew his troops. In addition to a battalion led by Li Shu, it also controlled the exit of Niuzhuji, and the others retreated completely.

Upon receiving the news, Zhou Xin rushed to the general's platform, looked into the distance with his railings, and looked back and forth several times on Niuzhu Mountain. He confirmed that Sun Ce had indeed withdrawn. He was ecstatic and immediately sent a command to the entire army. The morale of the Danyang soldiers was boosted, and a sound of long live sounded on Niuzhu Rock. Zhou Xin smiled and stroked his beard and said to Gan Yan: "Jun Gan, how about it?"

Gan Yan was very embarrassed and could only forcefully smile and flatter him.

Zhou Xin was full of confidence. He said to Gan Yan and others: "Zu Lang has more than 30,000 soldiers, even if half of them come, it is more than three times that of Sun Ce. Sun Ce will be defeated. We will be safe within one or two days. At that time, we will defeat this thief in one fell swoop and avenge the previous shame."

County Magistrate Yu Qi carefully reminded: "Mr., will Zulang have not many troops coming? Sun Ce refused to withdraw the siege, and Niuzhu Camp did not move. Obviously, he still has the power to fight. Should we launch an attack and echo Zulang? Even if we take back Niuzhu Camp, it would be good."

Zhou Xin felt it was reasonable. "The soldiers have worked hard these days. As reinforcements arrived, they will be able to get out of trouble soon. Tonight, they will have a large feast for the soldiers, go out tomorrow morning to take back the Niuzhu camp." He turned around and looked at the direction of the Niuzhu camp, sighed lightly, and said to himself: "If two thieves fight, there will be one injury, and it is best to suffer both losses. In this way, Danyang can be safe and Yangzhou can be safe."

Gan Yan could understand from the side and frowned quietly.
Chapter completed!