As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Sun Quan walked straight into the military tent. What caught Zhou Yu's eyes was Sun Quan who was in a miserable state, wearing armor, with messy hair, and his face covered with dirt.
"Lord, what are you doing?" Zhou Yu forgot to pay homage for a moment.
Sun Quan first walked to the handsome case, sat down, picked up the kettle, opened the lid, drank a lot. Then he said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, something happened."
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan's appearance and didn't speak for a long time. Suddenly he seemed to remember something.
"Zi Heng! Zi Heng! (characterized by Lu Fan)"
"Captain?" Lu Fan hurried in and looked at Zhou Yu with a puzzled expression.
"Has the food arrived?"
"Not yet."
"Last night, Huang Zu raided E County and led his troops to directly attack the mansion where I live. I wanted to break out and go to Chaisang, but I didn't expect a cavalry to attack from the east!" Sun Quan stood up and said.
With a plop, Zhou Yu knelt in front of Sun Quan, raised his hands and said to Sun Quan: "My lord, I have neglected my duty and put my lord in danger. Please punish me."
"Gong Jin, Gong Jin, what are you doing?" Sun Quan stepped forward and pulled Zhou Yu up, and continued, "Gong Jin, when we decided to send troops, you just proposed the strategy. I was the one who made the decision. What does this have to do with you?"
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"You are my Grand Governor of Soochow. Now, in this critical moment, you should think about what to do, you should shoulder your responsibilities, and you should think about how to reverse the situation at hand."
I have to say that Sun Quan in his early years and Sun Quan in his later years are really two extremes. Although Sun Quan in this period was not an enterprising leader like Sun Ce, he was worthy of the title of Ming Zhu.
Sun Quan pulled Zhou Yu and continued to speak: "Last night, I sent out the scouting horses. Let's wait. Gong Jin, you first analyze the current situation."
Feeling Sun Quan's trusting gaze, Zhou Yu no longer cared about anything else and began to think deeply.
After a long time, Zhou Yu finally said: "Lord, what I can confirm is that the cavalry is definitely not Cao's army. There are our naval forces at several ferries in the east of the Yangtze River."
"Cao Cao has just conquered the north and is not fully prepared yet. He will not go south at this time. Moreover, even if he goes south, the first ones to bear the brunt will be Jingzhou, not Jiangdong. It must be the men and horses of Jingzhou."
"The food and grass have not arrived, and they are coming from the east. Chaisang's defense is empty. The enemy must have conquered Chaisang."
After Zhou Yu said these words, the expressions of the generals who followed Sun Quan changed. The loss of Chaisang would be equivalent to the loss of their retreat!
Zhou Yu ignored everyone and continued: "Now we have to do two things. First, block the news and never let the soldiers know, otherwise our army will be in morale chaos!"
"Second, immediately order Cheng Pu to attack Anlu!"
Ordering Cheng Pu to attack Anlu was to ensure that the Jiangdong army could retreat from the north bank.
Although Pang Tong occupied Chaisang, Jiangdong's navy was still there, and Fankou was still under the control of Jiangdong's navy. Zhou Yu could have had his navy come to support him, go to the north bank first, and then cross the river to attack Chaisang.
"Lord, now we have only two choices. Liu Cong doesn't have many troops. If he dares to take the risk of attacking Chaisang by surprise, the defense in Jiangxia City will definitely be empty. If we attack with all our strength, we may be able to break the city."
"Sha Xian and Xia Zhi are still in our hands, and the food and grass there are enough to support our army for more than a month. If we capture Jiangxia, we can make a comeback."
After hearing this, Sun Quan sighed: "Perhaps Sha Xian and Xia Zhi cannot be saved. I took away all the garrison there last night, and now they are all in the camp."
Zhou Yu's expression finally changed. Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, the people Sun Quan sent to inquire about the news came back.
"My lord, Chaisang was lost. Yesterday evening, about 10,000 troops captured Chaisang."
Sun Quan waved his hand and the soldiers who reported the matter retreated. Now that it was over, Zhou Yu was confused.
In the courtyard of Sun Shangxiang in Jiangxia City, Liu Cong looked at the jade pendant in his hand and the letter Pang Tong gave him, and asked the soldiers below: "So, Shi Yuan not only captured Chaisang, but also captured Mrs. Qiao and Zhou Yu's
child?"
"Yes."
"Sun Quan fled west last night?"
"Yes."
"Go and have a rest and call Zi Chu (Liu Ba) and Wen Wei (Fei Yi)." After Liu Cong said to the soldier, he then said to Xu Feng beside him.
"promise."
Sun Shangxiang looked at the jade pendant in Liu Cong's hand, grabbed it, held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and finally looked at Liu Cong with disbelief and said, "What did you do?"
She had just listened to the conversation between Liu Cong and the soldier. Xiao Qiao and she were also close friends, and she had seen Xiao Qiao wearing this jade pendant.
Liu Cong couldn't help laughing when he saw her anxious look.
He was able to win this time not because Zhou Yu was incompetent, but because Zhou Yu didn't know that he had talents like Pang Tong and Liu Ba, and generals like Wei Yan and Huo Jun around him.
The main reason was that his intelligence was too backward. In history, when Cao Cao went south to Chibi, malaria was rampant in the army and morale was low. Only then did Zhou Yu have the opportunity to send Huang Gai to surrender. God helped him and gave him the east wind, so that he could defeat Cao in one fell swoop.
But in the real era of cold weapons, war relies on hard power. Terrain, equipment, morale, combat power, etc. are the main factors that determine the outcome of the battle between the two armies.
The later Three Kingdoms era lasted for several decades because all parties were unable to advance due to the battles of large corps.
Zhou Yu's general strategy (to capture Jingzhou and Xichuan) was right, and his deployment of the advance was also fine. Unfortunately, there were too many factors that he didn't know about, and he never thought that Liu Cong would take such a risk.
It wasn't until he burst into tears from laughing that Liu Cong looked at Sun Shangxiang with a smile and told the whole story.
The more Sun Shangxiang listened, the more anxious she became. She thought it would be good if Liu Cong could not be caught by Zhou Yu, but she didn't expect that now she would be worried about Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.
The two waiters behind him, Nv Yue'er and Ping'er, also looked at Liu Cong in disbelief.
Liu Cong looked at their appearance and felt even more proud. He playfully said to Sun Shangxiang: "Your brother has no food now and is trapped here by me. What do you think I will capture him and reunite you brothers and sisters?"
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As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pinch Sun Shangxiang's face again, but Sun Shangxiang avoided Liu Cong's outstretched hand. With tears in his eyes, he looked at him coldly: "So, you were sure of victory from the beginning?"
"Lord." At this time Liu Ba and Fei Yi came in to pay their respects. In the past few days, Liu Cong finally took Fei Yi under his command.
Liu Cong nodded to the two of them: "Yesterday, Shi Yuan captured Chaisang and captured Zhou Yu's family. Huang Zu counterattacked E County and killed the enemy general Pan Zhang."
The two looked at each other and bowed to Liu Cong again: "Congratulations, my lord."
"In your opinion, should we negotiate peace with Sun Quan now, or annihilate them all at once?" Liu Cong asked again.
Liu Ba didn't even think about it and replied directly: "The enemy troops are already in a desperate situation. We should annihilate them in one go."
Sun Shangxiang stared at Liu Ba fiercely, but Liu Ba ignored him. Sun Shangxiang could only look at Liu Cong anxiously, waiting for his decision.
Fei Yi shook his head and said: "My lord, the initiative is now in our hands. I believe that peace should be negotiated at this time."
"First, although our army is in an advantage, its strength is not as good as that of the enemy. Second, the north is about to move south, and the feud between the southern princes is too deep at this moment to be conducive to fighting against Cao Cao."
Liu Cong was silent for a long time. Sun Shangxiang couldn't help it. He knelt down next to Liu Cong, hugged Liu Cong's legs, looked up at Liu Cong with tears in his eyes, and lightly opened his red lips: "Please, no!"
"Miss!" Yue'er Ping'er had never seen Miss Jiangdong suffer like this.
Liu Cong ignored Sun Shangxiang and looked at the jade pendant and letter in his hand.
Pang Tong sent the jade pendant with the intention of letting Liu Cong accept it as soon as he saw fit. He stated his interests in the letter and did not support a life-and-death fight with Jiang Dong at this time.
"Wen Wei, go to Zhou Yu's camp and tell Sun Quan and Zhou Yu that I want to see them and take this jade pendant." Liu Cong said and handed the jade pendant to Fei Yi.
"No!" Fei Yi took the jade pendant and left as ordered.
"Shan Rong, go and get ready."
"Zichu, write a good news for me and send it to Xiangyang to tell my father."
"promise!"
Wait until everyone has left.
Liu Cong pulled Sun Shangxiang up, held her on his lap, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Don't cry. I feel really bad when I see you crying. As I told you, I will do everything for you. Don't worry."
Bar."
"Promise me to let them go." Sun Shangxiang nervously grabbed Liu Cong's sleeves with both hands, still crying.
Liu Cong said seriously: "I promise you! But I have a condition." After saying that, he put his head close to Sun Shangxiang's ear and blew a breath, and said, "I want your brother to marry you to me!"
Sun Shangxiang's face instantly turned red. Liu Cong laughed at her embarrassed look, then pinched her face and said, "Go and clean up, and follow me to see your brother later."
After saying that, he placed Sun Shangxiang on the stone bench and walked out.