After Zhou Yu and Sun Quan finished talking, Lu Su volunteered to go to Cai Mao's camp as an envoy.
"Zijing, I am an old acquaintance. Please get up. Now, the two armies are fighting. Didn't Marquis Wu send you out to ask for surrender?"
"Hahaha……"
Lu Su didn't care at all about the ridicule of Cai Mao and the generals. He took out the letter of challenge from his arms and said, "This is the letter of challenge from Zhou Yu, the governor of my family, to you all!"
Cai Hao took the letter of challenge, opened it, read it for a while and then said, "Zhou Gongjin wants to fight me in a decisive battle?"
"Exactly."
"Is he crazy? There are 90,000 troops in the city, twice our number. Why should I fight him in a decisive battle?"
Lu Su spoke up, "My commander-in-chief will naturally not take advantage of others' danger. He will only send out 50,000 troops to fight you in a decisive battle!"
Cai Mao replied disdainfully, "Zijing, do you believe this?"
"Since the governor doesn't agree, I'll take my leave." Just when Lu Su was about to leave, Cai Mao stopped him.
"Zijing stays."
Under Lu Su's confused eyes, Cai Mao said, "I have agreed to the decisive battle. As for the number of troops and horses to be deployed, it is up to Zhou Yu."
Although I didn't know what Cai Mao was thinking, it was considered that he had achieved his goal. Lu Su bowed his hand and left.
"He just agreed?" Lu Su, who returned to Wu County, told Sun Quan and Zhou Yu about the matter. Cai Mao agreed so simply, which made them a little suspicious.
Lu Su nodded and said, "I guess he must have someone to rely on. Governor, why don't we forget about this decisive battle?"
Zhou Yuqie glanced at him and said, "We can forget it, but how long can these 90,000 troops survive in the city?"
"Besides, if we don't take back Jiang's defense, how can we resist Liu Cong's army? Also, how can we guard against Cao's army in the north?"
Lu Su raised his hand to Sun Quan and said, "My lord, you still need to make a decision on this matter."
Sun Quan pressed his temples and was silent for a long time before speaking to Zhou Yu, "With so many troops, why are we afraid of him?"
Zhou Yu nodded, "My lord, I will lead 80,000 troops to go out for a decisive battle. After Liu Cong enters Moling, my lord can call Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin back and leave the mess in Shanyue to him."
"My lord's uncle is here in Kuaiji. Please write a letter to my lord and ask for General Sun's help in the battle."
Sun Quan's uncle, Sun Jing, also known as Youtai, was Sun Jian's younger brother. When Sun Jian first rebelled, Sun Jing gathered five to six hundred people from the village and clan as Sun Jian's basic team.
In the first year of Jian'an (196), Sun Ce, the eldest son of Sun Jian, attacked Kuaiji and sent for Sun Jing. Sun Jing brought her family to meet with Sun Ce in Qiantang. Sun Jing offered advice to help Sun Ce defeat Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, and pacify Kuaiji.
Sun Ce petitioned to appoint Sun Jing as the captain of Fenwu School, intending to entrust him with an important task. However, Sun Jing missed his hometown and did not want to go out to serve as an official. He requested to stay in his hometown as a guard, and Sun Ce agreed to his request.
More than ten years have passed, and Sun Jing's ability is obvious to all. If he were in Kuaiji, Kuaiji would have no worries.
Sun Quan frowned, "Uncle has not been a director for many years, is he still willing to help us?"
Lu Su cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the Sun family has reached the point of life and death. General Sun will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it."
"Then I will write a letter, and Zijing will go there in person to invite your uncle to station in Kuaiji!"
"promise!"
In Moling City, Liu Cong, surrounded by Zhang Yun and others, was inspecting the city.
Standing on the top of the city, Liu Cong sighed, "Well, with dragons and tigers perched on top, Moling is indeed the majestic city in the east of the Yangtze River."
Moling, in later generations, had a more famous name. Nanjing! Sun Quan later moved the government here from Wuxian County and changed its name to Jianye.
Later, it was called the capital city of Jiankang, Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Liu Song, Southern Qi, Nanliang, and Southern Chen Dynasties! Even after the aftermath, Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Tartars and restored the rivers and mountains, and set his capital here.
Zhang Yun behind him smiled and said, "It's a pity that no matter how good the city is, it will all belong to the lord, not just Moling, but the entire Jiangdong!"
"Hahaha." Liu Cong looked up to the sky and laughed, "That's good. I heard that you play music every night in Moling, and the women you sleep with every day don't look the same?"
Zhang Yun looked embarrassed, "My lord, why do you insist on holding on to this little hobby of the general?"
Liu Cong said seriously, "Yu Gong, you are Gu's general, and Yu Si, you are Gu's cousin. How can I just sit back and watch you sink like this?"
"It will be changed in the end, and it will definitely be changed in the future."
Liu Cong waved his hand, "No need, you said you changed it not just once or twice. Is it so difficult for you to look at a woman squarely?"
"Not to mention that Gu has improved the status of women. In the past, what kind of good man didn't have a good wife behind him?"
As he spoke, Liu Cong's tone became lighter, and he patted Zhang Yun's shoulder and said, "Cousin, it's not that I want to hold on to this matter. If you are so uninhibited, you will bring disaster sooner or later."
"Cai Mao still has several daughters. The Cai family is also a wealthy family in Xiangyang. When I return to Xiangyang, I will let my wife go and talk about it. You should quickly get a wife and go back."
"No, my lord, can't you change the last general? Don't let the last general get a wife." After hearing this, Zhang Yun seemed to be going to the execution ground.
"I'm asking you to marry a wife, but I'm not asking you to die. It's settled like this. It's just what I said, it's a military order!"
"Promise." Zhang Yun accepted with an ugly look on his face.
Liu Cong put his hands behind his back and looked at the city wall in the distance. "From today on, Moling will be renamed. From now on, it will be called Jianye!"
"Conquer Jiangdong, make great achievements, have a good name, the lord is wise." Pang Tong cupped his hands and flattered him.
Liu Cong turned around and said with a smile, "Shi Yuan, I have received a letter from Cai Mao. Zhou Yu is going to have a decisive battle with him."
Pang Tong said sternly, "It's time for Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin to withdraw their troops. We must make preparations in advance and we cannot let the barbarians in the mountains cholera the people east of the Yangtze River."
Liu Cong deeply believed that what he wanted to conquer Jiangdong was not only the territory of Jiangdong, but also the hearts and minds of the people.
"My lord, please lead the troops to fight, and I will definitely defeat the barbarians in the mountains!"
Liu Cong smiled and said, "Shi Yuanzhen is Gu's loyal minister. I will give you an army of 30,000, and Huang Zhong, Samoko, and Wei Yan will go to war with you!"
"Thank you so much, my lord."
"Zhang Yun, Zhang Zheng, Huo Jun, Huang Zu and other generals are ready to accompany Gu Jinjin to Jiangdong!"
"promise!"
Pang Tong spoke to Liu Cong again, "My lord, I have recently seen the history of the Sun family's rise. There is another person in Kuaiji who I have to be on guard against."
"Who?"
"Sun Quan's uncle, Sun Jing!"
"I have heard a little bit about this man, but hasn't he been working at home for many years?"
Pang Tong raised his hands and said seriously, "My lord, Sun Jing should not be underestimated. I think our army should also change its deployment. First gather the army to defeat the barbarians, and then directly attack Wu County."
"There is a high probability that Sun Quan will run to Kuaiji. As long as he runs away, Jiangdong will not have anything to worry about."
"Lord, when Sun Quan arrives in Kuaiji, if our army continues to pursue him, he will have no choice but to surrender to us!"
Liu Cong touched his chin, thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Then I will do as you say and always pay attention to the movements of Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin. Our army is ready to go to war at any time!"