Chapter 247 Dilemma

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and Sun Jian was still attacking fiercely, and the city of Hefei was crumbling, as if it would be broken in the next second. "My lord, a letter from the dark owl"

When Su Fan received the secret letter, he saw the content on it, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that Ji Ling has also discovered Sun Jian's weakness, and has implemented it, but I just don't know, is it him or someone else?"

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

"Haha! Doesn't that mean that Sun Jian is in danger?"

Wei Yan and the others burst out laughing when they saw the contents of the secret letter.

The dark owl sent a letter saying that Sun Jian's grain transport ship was intercepted by troops from Lujiang County on the Yangtze River.

Although Sun Jian's grain ship finally broke through the blockade, it was a pity that half of the ship was lost, and more than half of the grain and grass were gone.

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

"It depends on Sun Jian's choice now. He will definitely receive the information soon, whether to continue to attack Hefei City, or to withdraw immediately."

"Continue to attack Hefei City. Even if Hefei is captured, if Ji Ling is more ruthless and sets fire to the food and grass inside, then Sun Jian will probably explode."

Su Fan was also very curious about what kind of choice Sun Jian would make. Once he made a wrong choice, not to mention falling into the abyss, he would definitely have to lie dormant for a while to recuperate.

Of course, Su Fan didn't think that Yuan Shu could beat Sun Jian to death at once. After all, Sun Jian still had the capital to withdraw his troops. It was impossible for Yuan Shu to send all the troops to Yangzhou.

Yuzhou is his home field, Runan is his base camp, and Nanyang County is his focus. After all, Nanyang County, a single county, is richer than several counties in Yangzhou.

In addition, Jingzhou is richer than Yangzhou. Nanyang has almost been taken, and Jingzhou's door has been opened.

Raiding Jingzhou is Yuan Shu's main task.

If Sun Jian hadn't rebelled, he might still be attacking Jingzhou now.

"Gongda, what do you think Sun Jian should do next?"

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Hearing the lord's sudden question, Xun You also hesitated for a while, because he couldn't figure out how Sun Jian would choose at the moment.

Although he knew a little bit about Sun Jian's character, he really couldn't relate to the current situation.

"My lord, no matter how Sun Jian chooses, in fact, what we want is to let the Sun and Yuan families continue to fight together."

"So no matter which path Sun Jian chooses, it doesn't matter. If he retreats, I think Yuan Gonglu will take advantage of the victory and pursue him."

"If he really took down the city of Hefei, it's actually nothing. Yuan Gonglu can't ignore it, and he will definitely send more troops to come."

"Yes, no matter how Sun Jian chooses, he will fight hard"

Su Fan nodded. Sun Jian had no other choice. From the moment he rebelled against Yuan Shu, he either killed Yuan Shu and devoured Yuan Shu's territory, or he was suppressed by Yuan Shu and retreated to Changsha County. Can you join forces with Liu Biao to fight against Yuan Shu?

Sun Jian's camp.

"My lord, we are running out of food and grass. The grain transport ship has heard that they were intercepted in the water and lost more than half of our food and grass."

Huang Gai had a bit of worry on his face. For them, the situation is not good now, and it has even reached a critical juncture.

"My lord, if this city of Hefei cannot be captured, we will be in trouble."

"What are you afraid of! Dad, if you go out tomorrow, you will definitely lead an army to capture Hefei City."

Seventeen-year-old Sun Ce is still very jumpy, or in other words, he is full of blood, boasting of his own military power. Hefei City is invincible, and the annoying magic troupe has also turned off, so he is excited.

"Get the hell out of here"

Sun Jian, who was already upset, became angry again when he heard Sun Ce's words, and gave him a hard look.

His eldest son, brave is brave, but he is too reckless. If he hadn't made a move last time, the former might have been severely injured.

Just after Yi Zhe, he hoped that his son would become a famous general, not a reckless man.

"Public Fu, what do you think we should do now?"

Just like Liu Bei, Sun Jian didn't have many advisers under his command at the beginning, and he relied on himself to conquer the world.

It's just that he was luckier than Liu Bei. He was promoted by the court to be a county guard early in the morning, a high-ranking local official, so he had the power and money to support him in pulling up a team.

Liu Bei can only rely on two brothers.

There are no advisers to advise or plan for him, everything depends on their group of generals to plan.

If Sun Jian had a first-rate, even a second-rate, advisor by his side, I am afraid he would not attack Jiujiang County directly.

Wouldn't it be good to attack Kuaiji and Danyang first, or Lujiang County, annex these counties, and then attack Jiujiang.

In this way, even if Yuan Shu would send someone to support him, but the route is too long, his chances will be greatly increased.

It's a pity that Sun Jian didn't have any good advisers. He relied on his own will to attack Jiujiang first and wanted to swallow Yangzhou at once.

He ate a fat man in one bite, and ended up filling himself up.

Now caught in a dilemma.

"My lord, it's better to withdraw first. This Hefei City, Ji Ling thinks it will be defended to the death. We can't attack immediately. Once there is a shortage of food, the consequences will be disastrous."

Huang Gai was more cautious and didn't want to continue taking risks.

"Just retreat"

Hearing this, Sun Jian's face was tangled. Of course he was not reconciled. If he could take Hefei City, he could almost take Jiujiang. Slowly attack Lujiang and Danyang counties.

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

"We want to fight on two fronts. Danyang and Lujiang don't have many troops right now, but they will have more and more troops."

"It's a big taboo for military strategists to be attacked by the enemy"

"It's better to retreat now and start attacking Lujiang or Danyang County, so that our food and grass routes will be safer."

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

"Even if we want to withdraw, we have to beat Yuan Shu so that he doesn't dare to pursue easily. The best way is to take down Hefei City, grab Hefei's supplies, and then evacuate."

At this moment, Sun Jian also faintly felt that his previous plan was somewhat miscalculated.

If you take too many steps, it is easy to tear the eggs.

"My lord, if this is the case, we must go all out." Huang Gai heard the words and knew that Sun Jian's words were indeed very reasonable.

It is not so easy for them to withdraw their troops now. Danyang and Lujiang don't have many soldiers now, but Ji Ling still has 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers, so it is not difficult to pursue them.