On the 21st, Zhang Zhao arrived at the front line and asked to see Liu Cong.
He originally wanted to go to the city to see Zhou Yu, but Liu Cong's army surrounded Yuzhang City. He had no choice but to go to see Liu Cong.
"Foreign minister Zhang Zhao pays homage to the Marquis of Chu."
Liu Cong had a cold face and didn't even say anything when he stood up. He just waved his hand. There was only one reason for him to hold grudges, and that was because the old guy in front of him came up with the idea of deceiving Sun Shangxiang.
Zhang Zhao didn't care about Liu Cong's neglect, and continued, "Chu Hou, my Lord has ordered me to come down to discuss the matter of the two families' withdrawal from the army. My Lord feels deeply ashamed of Mrs. Sun and is willing to surrender to the Lord of Chu."
"Haha." Liu Cong sneered, "We can't fight anymore. Did you remember to negotiate for peace? I received news that Zhang Yun has conquered Moling."
"If you want to negotiate a peace, you can cede Moling and Yuzhang to Gu!"
Yuzhang and Moling were all ceded to him? Then Liu Cong could send troops from Moling to attack Wuxian directly whenever he wanted to attack Soochow?
"This is impossible!" Zhang Zhao immediately retorted.
"Impossible? Then let's fight. Let's see how long Soochow can last?"
Zhang Zhao then took out Wu Guotai's letter and said, "Chu Hou, what can I say? Your family and I are also related by marriage. This is the letter from Mrs. Tai. For the sake of Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Sun, please give Jiangdong a way to survive."
Xing Daorong brought the letter to Liu Cong, but Liu Cong didn't even read it, "You still know that we are in-laws? At the beginning, the wife who designed to deceive the orphan was your bad idea, right?"
"You even gave Lujiang River to Cao Cao, why can't you cede the territory to Gu?"
The Lujiang River is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Before the war, Sun Quan knew that he could not save the Lujiang River, so he moved away the people of the Lujiang River. He left the Lujiang River to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was naturally not polite, so he immediately sent Li Dian to take over the Lujiang River.
"That's just an expedient measure. In the future, we will definitely take back Lujiang River. We will also definitely join forces with the Marquis of Chu to fight against Cao Cao."
"As for deceiving Mrs. Sun, as long as the Marquis of Chu is willing to retreat, I am willing to sacrifice my head to make amends!"
Liu Cong now admired Zhang Zhao's loyalty and courage, "No need, Gu Bu will destroy Jiangdong, and I won't give up! As for your head, Gu will borrow it now!"
"Marquis of Chu, Cao Cao has issued a message to move south, aren't you worried about instability in the rear?"
Liu Cong smiled, picked up the message on the desk and threw it to Zhang Zhao, "Take a good look and see if Cao Mengde went south!"
Zhang Zhao picked it up and looked at it, shook his head and said, "This? This is impossible!"
Liu Cong didn't want to talk to him anymore, "Drag him down and kill him!"
"When the two countries are at war, I won't kill the envoy. Lord Chu, you can't kill me!"
Liu Cong had a sullen face, poked his chest with his finger and said, "Because of your plan, I was shot with two arrows by Zhou Shan!"
"I can be defeated by Jiang Dong, and I can endure Sun Quan's machinations. But I will never tolerate you touching my family!"
"Drag him out and kill him!"
"promise!"
"Chu Hou, I am the envoy..."
Zhang Zhao was dragged out, and no one among Pang Tong and others tried to persuade Liu Cong. It is true that the two countries did not kill the envoys when the two countries were fighting, but this Zhang Zhao almost lost Liu Cong's life.
The death of a master who humiliates a minister, let alone such a big event? If Liu Cong dies, Jingchu will be unstable, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan will pounce on him and take a bite. Who in the civil and military circles of Jingchu would not want to kill him?
"Today, Gu's great revenge will be avenged!"
"Congratulations, lord!"
Pang Tong smiled and stepped forward and said, "My lord, Zhang Zhao's head can be used to make some articles."
"What does Shi Yuan mean?"
Pang Tong said, "Lord, our army has captured Moling, but not Wu County. Send Zhang Zhao's head to the city, and our army will shout outside. Zhou Yu's army will definitely collapse!"
"What a plan!" Liu Cong said with a smile, stroking his hands, "Use a catapult to shoot the heads in! Let the soldiers shout outside the city and say that our army has conquered Moling and Wuxian!"
"Dong dong dong!"
In Yuzhang City, Jiangdong's generals were guarding the city as always, but they saw that Liu Jun had gathered.
"Hurry and report to the Governor, Liu Jun may be attacking the city!" Ding Feng, who was guarding the east of the city, quickly sent someone to report to Zhou Yu.
"Meet the Governor."
Zhou Yu quickly walked up to the top of the city, waved his hand and said to the generals, "No need to be polite, has Liu Jun assembled?"
Ding Feng nodded, pointed outside the city and said, "Captain, Liu's army has gathered. They should be attacking the city."
"That's great, can't you bear it anymore?" Zhou Yu was a little happy.
Liu Jun attacked the city, which showed that they could no longer hold back. However, the siege battle was not good for Liu Jun, but good for Jiangdong.
Jiangdong soldiers can use siege warfare to consume Liu Jun's strength. In this way, even if Yuzhang City cannot be defended, they can continue to retreat to Moling.
"Prepare the catapult!"
"Captain, why do they only launch one catapult?" On the top of the city, Ding Feng and other Jiangdong generals looked at the high base opposite, but there was only one catapult with soldiers operating in front of it.
Zhou Yu didn't say anything. He suddenly had an ominous premonition!
"emission!"
"call!"
"Bang!"
A human head hit the city gate tower and fell in front of the Jiangdong generals.
Ding Feng stepped forward to pick it up, peeled off the bloody hair, and then looked at Zhou Yu with a look of disbelief and shock, "Grand Governor! It's Zhang Zhao!"
"What?" Zhou Yu stepped forward and saw that it was really Zhang Zhao!
"The Jiangdong navy was defeated, Cheng Pu died in battle, and our army captured Moling and Wu County. The enemy troops inside surrender quickly!"
"The Jiangdong navy was defeated, Cheng Pu died in battle, and our army captured Moling and Wu County. The enemy troops inside surrender quickly!"
"The Jiangdong navy was defeated, Cheng Pu died in battle, and our army captured Moling and Wu County. The enemy troops inside surrender quickly!"
…
The assembled Liu army did not attack the city as Zhou Yu and Ding Feng thought. Instead, they waved their swords and shields and shouted towards the city!
"What? This is impossible!"
"Our army is locked across the river. Liu Jun must be deceiving us!"
"How did Zhang Zhao's head get here?"
Not to mention the soldiers, even the generals started talking about it.
Zhou Yu looked at Zhang Zhao's head with a gloomy face, and then laughed loudly, "Liu Xi is a poor man with no skills. He has no choice but to find a random head from somewhere, and he wants to deceive us."
After that, he picked up Zhang Zhao's head from Ding Feng's hand, walked to the battlement, endured the grief in his heart, supported the parapet and threw the head out!
"Commander!"
"Send the message!"
"Liu Xiye is a poor ass and has no skills. Don't use fake heads and rumors to shake the morale of our Jiangdong army!"
The messengers quickly gathered around Zhou Yu and shouted to the outside of the city.
"Liu Xiye is a poor ass with no skills. Don't use fake heads and rumors to shake the morale of our Jiangdong army!"
…
Zhou Yu said again, "I don't even want this fake human head, so I'll give it back to you!"
The messengers followed the instructions word for word.
“I don’t even want this fake head, so I’ll give it back to you!”
Around Zhou Yu, the generals looked at him in disbelief. Someone whispered to the people around him, "That's Zhang Zibu. I once met him in Wu County."
Zhou Yu turned around and stared at the generals fiercely, "That's because you admitted your mistake! I have been with Zhang Zibu for a long time, don't you know better than you?"
"Anyone who talks about this again will be killed without mercy!"