"Fei Yi of Jiangxia has met the Marquis of Wu." Fei Yi arrived at Zhou Yu's camp. Sun Quan first washed himself and then received him immediately.
After taking a bath, Sun Quan felt his fatigue eased a bit and asked, "What does Liu Cong mean?"
"My lord invites Wu Hou and Zhou Lang to have a chat with the city." Fei Yi said with a smile.
"My lord, the governor cannot go, there must be fraud!" All the generals objected one after another.
"Silence!" Zhou Yu scolded, and the generals were silent. Then Zhou Yu said helplessly to Sun Quan: "Lord, we have no choice."
Sun Quan's eyes were full of unwillingness, Fei Yi took out the jade pendant and said: "Captain Zhou, this thing is given to you by my lord."
Zhou Yu took the jade pendant and stared at Fei Yi with cold eyes.
Fei Yi ignored him, but said to Sun Quan: "We will never neglect Mrs. Qiao and the children. Please rest assured, Marquis Wu and the governor."
This is a disguised threat. If you don't recognize it, we can only ignore them.
Back then Lu Su forced Liu Biao in Xiangyang, and today Fei Yi forced Sun Quan in Wu Junyingzhai. It really complies with the saying that the way of heaven is good for reincarnation.
"Tell Liu Cong that I agree to see him." Sun Quan finally relented.
His sister, Zhou Yu's wife and children were all in Liu Cong's hands, and his food supply was cut off. He no longer had the confidence to persevere.
The midday sun irritates all living things on the ground.
Outside Jiangxia City, Liu Cong ordered people to set up a tent here. Inside the tent, two tables faced each other. The tables were filled with fruits, wine and meat, and several basins of ice cubes were placed in the middle and around the tent.
Xu Feng and Liu Cong's five hundred soldiers were guarding him outside the tent, sweating profusely and not caring.
Sun Quan and Zhou Yu originally wanted to bring five hundred people, but Fei Yi conveyed Liu Cong's intention and only allowed them to bring twenty personal guards.
Faced with Fei Yi's smiling and yawning face, the two of them could only continue to compromise and bring Ling Tong and twenty personal guards with him. Ling Tong was the general with the highest strength here.
"Lord, they are here." Fei Yi entered the tent and saw Liu Cong lying on the main seat, leaning against Sun Shangxiang's thigh.
"Call in." Liu Cong swallowed a grape fed by Sun Shangxiang and said.
"promise!"
When Xu Feng retreated, Liu Cong took Sun Shangxiang into his arms.
Sun Shangxiang wanted to push Liu Cong away, but Liu Cong ignored him. He liked the feeling of being in control of everything and the excitement of Sun Shangxiang being embarrassed in front of his brother.
"Beast! Beast!"
"The evil thief is hateful!"
Xu Feng led Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in. When they saw this scene, they were furious and gnashed their teeth! They were about to rush towards Liu Cong. Xu Feng pulled out his knife and guarded Liu Cong.
Zhou Yu touched his waist until he remembered that his sword had been removed when he came in.
"Second brother, brother Gongjin, it's not what you think." Sun Shangxiang ignored Liu Cong's scoundrel behavior, pushed him away, and ran towards Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.
When Sun Ce died, he entrusted Zhou Yu, the only civil and military leader in Jiangdong, to meet Sun Quan with the respect of a monarch and his ministers and support him in ascending to the throne.
After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu, he wrote a letter asking Sun Quan to send a hostage to surrender, but Zhou Yu advised him to stop him.
Mrs. Wu (Sun Quan's mother) also often said to Sun Quan and other descendants: Zhou Yu is only two months behind Sun Ce. I treat him like my own son.
So Sun Shangxiang also called Zhou Yu his brother.
Sun Quan was furious. He pointed at Liu Cong who was sitting upright in front of the case and said to Sun Shangxiang: "Little sister, did he force you?"
Zhou Yu looked at Liu Cong coldly and said: "Liu Cong, son, I thought you were also a hero, but you forced my young lady like this and ruined her chastity. You are simply unworthy of me!"
Liu Cong laughed and said to Sun Shangxiang: "Xiangxiang, please sit with your two brothers first."
Then he said to Zhou Yu and Sun Quan: "Two uncles, please sit down and talk?"
"Second brother, please sit down and listen to what he has to say first." Sun Shangxiang persuaded the two of them while holding Sun Quan's arm, fearing that he would rush over impulsively.
"Huh!" The two snorted coldly and sat opposite Liu Cong.
The two sat down, and Zhou Yu was the first to question Liu Cong: "Liu Cong, what do you intend to do by bringing me and my Lord together here?"
Liu Cong sneered and said: "Captain Zhou, if I remember correctly, you are the one who lost the battle, right? Not to mention being groveling, the Governor is not afraid of angering me. You can't even get out of here today?"
"Liu Cong, you promised me." Sun Shangxiang was sitting next to Sun Quan. Hearing Liu Cong's words, he stood up anxiously and looked at Liu Cong.
Sun Quan grabbed Sun Shangxiang's arm, frowned his purple eyebrows and said, "Don't deceive me, Liu Cong. We still have 50,000 troops. If we force our way eastward, you can't stop me!"
"We just don't want to lose both sides. Let's be practical. What do you want?"
Sun Quan and Liu Cong both knew that now was not the time to expand the war.
Liu Cong slowly spit out two words: "Chaisang!"
"Impossible!" Sun Quan and Zhou Yu said almost at the same time.
Chaisang is a large city in Yuzhang County. Although the seat of Yuzhang County is in Nanchang, Zhou Yu has been running Chaisang for several years. The city is tall and has a large population of fifty or sixty thousand.
Liu Cong sneered: "Impossible? Are you qualified to say this now?"
"I not only want Chaisang, but also the three nearby cities of Jiujiang, Pengze, and Jianchang. If you don't give me, I'll fight."
The city mentioned here is not just a single city, but includes the counties under the city. The combined population of these cities is 120,000 to 30,000.
Liu Cong didn't wait for Sun Quan and Zhou Yu to speak, and continued: "The Jingzhou reinforcements are almost gathered. I only need to hold on for three to five days and you will die without a burial place! How long can you wait?"
"After losing the battle, you want to run away without giving anything? Governor Zhou, do you think I will return Mrs. Qiao and your children to you in vain?"
"No one will die in battle? My soldiers fought hard and I have to give them an explanation. What do you think, Marquis Wu?"
Sun Quan and Zhou Yu stopped talking and thought quietly. Sun Shangxiang waited anxiously.
Zhou Yu moved his lips, but did not speak. He was a human minister, and he could not make the decision for Sun Quan in such matters as ceding territory.
Sun Quan actually had the result in his heart, but he was really unwilling to accept it. Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but said: "Second brother..."
Sun Quan looked at Sun Shangxiang beside him, then looked at Liu Cong and said: "I can cede four cities to you, but you must return Mrs. Qiao, Gong Jin's children, and my sister! And let us go back to Jiangdong immediately!"
"Lord..." Zhou Yu wanted to say something guiltily.
Sun Quan interrupted him and said, "Gong Jin, there is no need to say any more."
Liu Cong showed a successful smile: "Of course, but Wu Hou, don't be in a hurry to go back."
"What do you mean? Do you really want to keep us here?" Sun Quan said coldly.
Liu Cong shook his head and said: "Of course not, Marquis Wu must have sent someone to inform Jiangdong, right? I won't feel at ease until my reinforcements from Jingzhou arrive and they station in the four cities."
"Impossible, how do I know whether you will let us go when your reinforcements arrive?" Sun Quan immediately retorted.
"Marquis Wu, don't be anxious, wait until I finish. Cao Cao's traitor is about to go south. If our Jingzhou is captured, his next target will be Jiangdong. What do Marquis Wu think?" Liu Cong asked, looking at Sun Quan.
"What exactly do you mean?"
"You and I know very well that the north is about to move south, and we cannot both lose. This is why I let you go."
"I hope that after this battle, Jingxiang Jiangdong will give up and make peace. How about we wait until the Cao thieves are defeated before talking about anything else?"
Liu Cong would not give up Xiangyang like in history. In this case, Cao Cao would not even be able to cross the Han River, let alone the Yangtze River.
At that time, Jiang Dong could not face Cao Cao's troops. Liu Cong did not expect Jiang Dong to help, but he also did not want to be stabbed in the back by them.
"How can we stop and make peace?" Sun Quan asked.
Liu Cong stood up, stared at Sun Quan and said: "I hope to form an alliance with Jiangdong and make it an alliance of brothers!"
"If Marquis Wu agrees, we will kill the white horse outside the city tomorrow to make an oath! In addition, I want to marry my sister, and I hope Marquis Wu will make it happen!"
After hearing Liu Cong's last words, Sun Shangxiang blushed to the root of his neck and buried his head deeply.