Pang Tong thought for a long time, took a sip of tea, and then said to Liu Cong, "My lord, in my opinion, Sun Quan will definitely recall the troops outside. Lu Zijing has already led his troops back to Wu County."
"Then Zhou Yu ran away from us again. I estimate that Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin will no longer care about the Shanyue rebellion."
"Jiangdong has reached a critical moment of life and death. Sun Quan will definitely gather his troops and fight to the death."
Liu Cong nodded, "That makes sense, keep talking."
"According to intelligence, the Shanyue rebellion is mainly at the junction of Moling and Wuxian. If Lu Meng leads the army to retreat, our army will have to face these barbarians directly."
"This requires dividing the troops. Moling also needs to leave 10,000 people for defense."
"I suggest that my lord divide 30,000 troops to attack Kuaiji, leaving Wu County completely alone. In this way, Sun Quan will be defeated even if he doesn't surrender!"
"I am willing to lead 30,000 troops to attack Shanyue for my lord. If Shanyue is not broken, I will come to see you with my head raised."
When he finally spoke, Pang Tong didn't dare to raise his head. He just bowed his head and waited for Liu Cong's reply.
There was a warmth on his arm, and Liu Cong held his arm with his hand, "Haha, Shi Yuan is here, Gu Xin is very relieved, so let's do this, go to Moling first, and when we get to Moling, Gu and Shi Yuan will divide the troops."
"My lord is wise!"
"The wise people are all helped by you people."
"I don't dare."
Outside Wu County, Cai Mao's army has been stationed here for several days.
During this period, Cai Mao did not attack Wu County. But even so, Cai Mao and Chen's troops outside Wu County had already made people in the city panic.
Where is Wuxian? It is the place where Sun Ce started his career. No matter how he expanded his territory, Wuxian has always been the place of governance among Sun's six counties in Jiangdong.
Now, there were 40,000 enemy troops outside Wu County. Was Zhou Yu defeated, or had Liu Cong already captured other places in Jiangdong?
Although Lu Su had returned with 30,000 troops, and together with Huang Gai and Han Dang's 5,000 troops, there were 40,000 troops in the city, but they could not stop the panic in the city at all.
Look, even Lu Su, who was on guard against Cao Jun, is back. Does that mean Jiangdong is really going to be doomed? Is Zhou Yu completely gone?
For so many days in Wu County, there have been all kinds of rumors. Some people said that Liu Cong had led his troops to rush here. Some said that Liu Cong had completely wiped out Zhou Yu, Lu Meng and others. What's more, he had already begun to persuade Sun Quan surrendered!
"Lord! Lord!" Lu Su hurriedly ran in the hall.
On the desk, Sun Quan was dealing with official business. The troops in Wu County had to pay for food, drink and diarrhea every day. Sun Quan really didn't want to fight this battle again.
Of course, he no longer expects to ask for peace. If he had fought outside Xiangyang City, would he have agreed to Liu Cong's request for peace?
"What's the matter with Zijing?" Sun Quan didn't even raise his head.
Lu Su took a warrant and said respectfully to Sun Quan, "My lord, Gong Jin just sent someone to say that he is coming back with nearly 50,000 troops!"
"What?" Sun Quan threw the brush directly on the bamboo slip, "Where is Gong Jin?"
"Gong Jin designed Yuzhang City, but failed to recapture Moling. Worried about the safety of Wu County, he led his army to return for reinforcements. In addition, he also brought back Zhang Zhao's head."
When Zhou Yu attacked out of the city at night, he finally did not forget Zhang Zhao's head.
"Dong dong dong!"
Sun Quan stood up and walked to Lu Su, took the warrant, and read it in detail, "Zhang Zibu is dead! Liu Cong killed him!"
Lu Su sighed and said, "Liu Cong is a strong man and will not tolerate Mr. Zhang who deceived the young lady. However, it is a good thing that Gong Jin can come back with 50,000 troops."
Sun Quan also sighed, "But when he comes back, there is not enough food and grass in the city. How long can I hold on in Wu County?"
The grain and grass have been transported to the front line in Yuzhang, and Wu County really doesn't have much left in stock. Who knew Liu Cong could capture Yuzhang and Moling so quickly?
"Lord, no matter what, it is always good to have tens of thousands more troops. Gong Jin said in the letter that he hopes we can go out to escort him into the city to prevent Cai Mao from attacking halfway across the river."
Cai Mao's 40,000 men were naturally unable to block the city, so they were only stationed in the north of the city.
"Then you should keep in touch with Gong Jin at all times and act as soon as his army arrives. By the way, Zijing, how many people are you planning to take with you?"
"I will take 20,000 people with me. It will be enough."
"Um."
"I excuse myself."
Looking at Lu Su who was retreating, and then at the papers and bamboo slips on the desk, Sun Quan wriggled his lower lip, but finally said nothing.
"Father, brother, please help Zhongmou survive this disaster!"
On the fourth day of July in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu led his army back to Wu County. Cai Mao didn't know whether he was afraid of Zhou Yu or why, but he didn't make any move to attack the enemy halfway across the border.
Zhou Yu's army entered Wu County calmly, and the people of Wu County were finally more peaceful. After all, Zhou Yu led so many troops back, Liu Cong might have been defeated by Zhou Yu.
"My lord, Liu Cong is rapidly advancing troops here. Although Cao Cao is marching westward, Hefei and Shouchun are full of heavy troops. I think we should defeat the Liu army outside the city as soon as possible, and then recapture Moling and Yuzhang!"
As soon as Zhou Yu came back, he went directly to see Sun Quan without rest. He handed over Zhang Zhao's head, and after a few people felt sad for a while, Zhou Yu spoke to Sun Quan.
When Zhou Yu came back, although he also lost troops and generals, Sun Quan felt much more at ease. Ever since he was a child, there was nothing that Zhou Yu couldn't solve in his eyes.
Zhou Yu, like Sun Ce, just sitting there gives people a lot of security and confidence.
Sun Quan leaned there with some relief, waved his hand casually and said, "If Gong Jin has any ideas, you can tell him directly."
Zhou Yu cupped his hands and said, "My lord, there are now 90,000 troops in the city. We can directly go to Liu Jun for a decisive battle. Even with some effort, we have to quickly destroy Liu Jun outside the city."
Sun Quan was confused and asked, "Why? Gong Jin, you just came back, why don't you repair it for a few days first?"
"Tomorrow, those surrounding the city may be Liu Cong's main army, or it may be Cao Jun! My lord, the defense of the Yangtze River must be controlled by us Jiangdong!"
Sun Quan broke into a cold sweat. Yes, Cao Cao had deployed a heavy army in Shouchun. Liu Cong was also leading the army.
If he doesn't defeat Liu Jun outside the city as soon as possible and take back the defense of the Yangtze River, Wu County will really be surrounded, and he will die without a burial place.
There is no need to fight this battle, just surrender. How long can you hold on if they just surround the city?
You know, the people in Wu County have not been relocated. Over time, the hungry and crazy people will be the first to go to the government!
"Gongjin, what do you mean?"
Zhou Yu said sternly, "Send people out of the city to issue a letter of war to Cai Mao. Three days later, our army will fight with him outside the city!"
"This? I'm afraid Cai Mao won't agree? After all, we have many soldiers." Lu Su questioned.
Unless Cai Hao's brain was eaten by a dog, he would never accept it, right?
Zhou Yu said coldly, "If he doesn't accept it, we can only attack his camp. No matter how much it costs, our army must get back the defense of the Yangtze River!"