Liu Cong, who was outside the city, admired Zhou Yu's method. He threw Zhang Zhao's head out so decisively and pretended not to know him!
Seeing that Liu Cong was silent, Pang Tong beside him comforted him, "My lord, Zhou Yu is not the only one who knows Zhang Zhao. Over time, the military morale in the city will definitely collapse!"
Liu Cong looked at the city and sneered, "You're right, let's see how long Zhou Yu can last?"
"Go back to camp!"
On the top of the city, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Cong leading the army back to the camp. At this time, if Liu Cong ordered an attack on the city, he was really worried about being breached.
"Chengyuan, go and call Chen Wu, Jiang Qin, and Dong Xi to come to the house to discuss matters." With that said, Zhou Yu walked down the city wall.
"Promise." Ding Feng, who was behind him, raised his hand and agreed.
When Zhou Yu returned to the prefect's mansion, he could not hold back the sadness in his heart and cried bitterly.
Zhang Zhao has been following the Sun family since Sun Ce's time. When Sun Ce was expanding his territory, Zhang Zhao was helping Sun Ce stabilize his rear.
Sun Ce's army was out on an expedition, and it was Zhang Zhao's credit that the logistics and food supplies were sufficient.
When Sun Ce was about to die, he even stayed with Sun Quan. He asked Zhang Zhao if he was not sure about domestic affairs, and asked Zhou Yu if he was not sure about foreign affairs. This shows how important Zhang Zhao is to the Sun family.
After Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, Zhang Zhao also assisted him wholeheartedly and tried his best to appease the restless family after Sun Ce's death. This allowed Sun Quan to secure his position as the lord of Jiangdong.
Even though he and Zhang Zhao often have different political opinions, the two are not only close friends of life and death, but also very rare close friends.
"Zibu, why did you come here? I advised the lord not to do anything to the young lady..."
"With such attention, why do you dare to come as an envoy..."
"Your spirit in heaven, forgive me for throwing your head in the wilderness. I did this all for Jiangdong..."
Zhou Yu was such a wise man that he almost guessed the reason why Liu Cong killed Zhang Zhao when he saw Zhang Zhao's head.
As for why he guessed that Zhang Zhao was the one sent as an envoy, rather than Wuxian being captured. If Liu Cong really captured Wuxian, the message that was shot in would have been Sun Quan's seal.
While Zhou Yu was wailing, servants from the palace came to report, "Inform the Governor, Ding Feng and several other generals are here."
"I know, let them wait in the front hall, I will be there later."
"promise."
After wiping her tears, Zhou Yu stood up and walked to the basin, washed his face, dried it with his sleeves, then opened the door and walked out.
"Grand Governor!"
Zhou Yu sat down and waved, "Everyone, sit down."
"Did Ding Feng tell you what happened in Dongcheng just now?"
Chen Wu and others were ordered to guard the other walls, so they didn't know what happened on the east wall.
Chen Wu cupped his hands and said, "Say it, Grand Governor, Chengyuan already told us on the way here."
After saying that, he quietly looked at Zhou Yu's expression and said, "Grand Governor, is Zhang Zibu really martyred?"
Zhou Yu stared at him and said sternly, "I didn't hide this from you at all. I called you here just to discuss this matter. Chengyuan, you also saw the head just now. Tell me, is that Zhang's head?"
Zhao."
Ding Feng thought about it for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Grand Governor, if the general recognizes Mr. Zhang, there is no doubt that he is Zhang Zhao!"
"What? Is it really Zhang Zhao?"
"Could it be that Wu County has really been breached?"
"Then what's the point of us staying here?"
Several people were instantly shocked by the news.
"Silence!" Zhou Yu scolded sternly, "As a general in charge of the army, how can you lose your bearings like this?"
"What we can be sure of now is that Liu Jun definitely did not conquer Wu County. However, he should indeed have defeated our navy in Jiangdong. The situation at the rear is not optimistic."
Ding Feng immediately asked, "Grand Governor, what should we do now?"
Before Zhou Yu could speak, Chen Wu spoke up and said, "We can only withdraw our troops. The families of the officers and soldiers are all in the rear. If there are losses in the rear, the officers and soldiers will have no intention of fighting."
Dong Xi said angrily, "Why retreat? Go out and fight Liu Jun to the death!"
"During the Yuan Dynasty (characterized by Dong Xi), Jiangdong was in danger. Now is not the time to act on impulse!"
"Zi Lie (zilie Chen Wu), it is because of people like you who look forward and backward that Jiangdong is what it is today!"
"You fart!"
"Then tell me, what else can we do now besides fighting to the death?"
"You are too reckless!"
"What's the use of being submissive?"
"How can we be so impulsive about military and national affairs?"
"I'll just..."
"Bang!" Zhou Yu slapped his hand on the table, "That's enough!"
"You two are both generals in charge of the army. How dare you quarrel and make such noise in front of this capital? You are just like women in the market. If it were not the right time to employ people, I would not engage in military law with you!"
The two of them quickly knelt on the ground and said, "The Commander-in-Chief, I will finally be convicted of my crime."
Zhou Yu waved his hand impatiently, "Get up. After this battle, I will settle the score with you again!"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief."
Zhou Yu frowned and said, "But what the Yuan Dynasty said makes sense. Now we can only fight to the death!"
Ding Feng was shocked when he heard this, "Grand Commander, now that our army's morale is low, how can we continue to act out of impulse?"
Zhou Yu sighed and said, "I don't want to do that either. But there are changes on the rear, so I have no choice but to put it to death and survive."
"If Liu Jun is really allowed to conquer, no, surround Wu County, the army will really have no intention of fighting."
"So what do you mean, Governor?"
Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "Now, Liu Cong's army outside the city is surrounding the city on all sides. Although it has tightly surrounded our army, it has dispersed its strength."
As he spoke, Zhou Yu picked up the tea on the table, poured it on the table, and traced it with his fingers, "The north and south of the city are Wei Yan and Huang Zu's 10,000 people."
"To the east of the city are Huang Zhong and Samoko's 20,000 troops, and to the west of the city are 20,000 troops led by Liu Cong himself."
Ding Feng observed for a while and asked, "Does the Governor want to break out of the encirclement?"
Zhou Yu shook his head, "Breaking through the encirclement is relatively difficult. Liu Cong's Jingchu army, Cao's army, and Liu Bei's barbarians have all fought, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. If our army breaks through, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."
"He placed 20,000 troops in the east of the city. Doesn't he just want to keep us here?"
Chen Wu touched his chin and asked, "What do you mean, Governor?"
Zhou Yu put his finger on the table and said, "Attack Liu Cong's camp directly!"
"Directly attack Liu Cong's camp?"
Looking at the shocked expressions of the generals, Zhou Yu smiled and said, "You don't have to be surprised. If our army breaks through directly, it will definitely not be able to break through for a while, because Liu Jun is always prepared for our army to break through."
"However, attacking Liu Cong's camp is different. He prevented us from breaking through, but Bendu did the opposite and took the initiative to attack his Chinese camp!"
The generals were silent for a while. They were still extremely shocked by Zhou Yu's statement.
"However, we need one person to go out from the east of the city first and lure Liu Jun to focus on the east of the city."
Ding Feng somewhat understood Zhou Yu's intention, "In this way, our main army can deal with Liu Cong with all its strength."
Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Yes, we don't want to capture Liu Cong alive at all. As long as we capture his camp, we can retreat calmly."