Sun Jian's beard and hair stood on end, and he was extremely angry.
Why! Why did my son die!
"Cao Cao——!" Sun Jian looked up to the sky and roared, which was the cry of a tiger.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu on the side also looked sad. Sun Ce and Sun Quan had a deep brotherhood, and Zhou Yu and Sun Quan also had a good relationship. At this time, Sun Quan died, and they naturally felt uncomfortable. Others such as Taishi Ci and Zhou
Tai and the others remained silent, letting the Jiangdong tiger alone vent the endless anger and sadness in his chest.
Sun Jian, whose heart was filled with endless pain, was completely crazy at this time. His eyes were red, and his originally resolute face now became extremely distorted and ferocious, looking extremely terrifying.
"Send troops! I will attack Xuchang again!" If Han Dang's death only made Sun Jian unable to keep calm for a short time, then the fact that Sun Quan was killed by Cao Cao made Sun Jian completely lose his mind. The only thing he was thinking about now was,
That is to gather all the troops at present and attack Xuchang again.
After conquering Xuchang, we must massacre all Cao Cao's clan to express the hatred of losing his son!
"Lord... our army is small, so the war will be disadvantageous." At this point, even if he goes against Sun Jian's wishes, Zhou Yu has no choice but to dissuade him. After all, watching the soldiers die in vain is not a qualified person.
What the adviser did.
Zhou Yu was also saddened by Sun Quan's death, but his identity and responsibilities prevented him from being lost in anger like Sun Jian.
Attack Xuchang again? Is it possible? The total number of troops and horses that our own army can mobilize in Wancheng is only 40,000. However, the number of Cao's troops in Xuchang is more than twice that of our own army. If we send out troops arbitrarily, we will not be able to capture the city.
That said, it will lead to huge losses.
Zhou Yu could only sigh silently in his heart at this time. This expedition was really a big loss.
What made Zhou Yu feel most frustrated was that the initial reinforcements sent by Cao Cao outside Xuchang City were only a few thousand people!
With just a few thousand people, his tens of thousands of troops returned in vain. How could Zhou Yu, who had a high self-esteem, not feel depressed?
The number of reinforcements was discovered not long after Sun Jian's army retreated into Wancheng. But even if the true and false numbers were known at that time, what could his own army do to the opponent?
Thousands of people may not be enough to defend the city in the wild, but once they enter the city, they are a defensive force that cannot be ignored. Coupled with Xun Yu's temporary requisition of some civilians, the defenders in Xuchang City can barely make up another 20,000.
.Although our army is still twice as numerous as the opponent, the morale of our army has been lost, and the possibility of conquering the city is infinitely close to zero. In addition, Sun Quan has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and our army has no possibility of attacking the city.
Already.
Sun Jian was very confident in welcoming back Sun Quan at the beginning. In his opinion, although he killed Cao Cao's general Cao Ren at the gate of Xuchang City, which may have angered Cao Cao, Cao Cao's army also killed his general Han Dang.
Tit for tat, the two sides should be settled. What's more, he is already prepared to exchange a large sum of money for food for Sun Quan. With this large amount of compensation, Cao Cao will no longer have any reason to harm Sun Quan.
But all this was just Sun Jian's wishful thinking after all, and Sun Quan was eventually killed by Cao Cao. Not only that, after Sun Quan died, the other party did not even return his body to him.
In other words, as a father, he couldn't even bury his son well if he wanted to.
If he had known this outcome from the beginning, I am afraid that Sun Jian would have desperately attacked Xuchang at all costs, even if more than half of the 40,000 troops were killed or injured.
It would have been extremely difficult to launch a wild attack at that time, but it was still possible to capture Xuchang City. However, now that Cao Cao's army has returned, any attempt to capture Xuchang City is just an empty talk.
"How many soldiers are there? Then move troops from Jiangdong and bring all the troops from Jiangdong! I want to have a showdown with Cao Cao!" Sun Jian roared.
Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly. How many men and horses are needed to capture a city guarded by 100,000 elite soldiers? 200,000? 250,000? I'm afraid that's not enough.
Now even if Jiangdong uses all its strength, it can only gather 120,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses. A showdown with Cao Cao? Yes, I am afraid that after this decisive battle, Cao Cao will be completely reduced as a threat.
"Lord, if we use all the troops from the east of the Yangtze River to attack Xuchang, it will be easy if we capture it, but if we fail to capture it, my lord's foundation will be destroyed!" No matter what, Zhou Yu would not agree and would continue to attack Xuchang.
The best opportunity has been missed. If you force it again, you will only hurt yourself.
Sun Jian was very angry, very angry! Why did Cao Cao kill his own son? Why did Zhou Yu oppose his use of troops! Why was there nothing he could do against his enemy Cao Cao!
However, although Sun Jian was extremely angry, he was not a headstrong person who only knew how to go his own way. Although after learning about Sun Quan's death, he did not listen to the advice of Zhou Yu and others at all, and shouted that he would send troops again at all costs.
Xuchang, but finally changed his mind. Sun Jian may fall into a moment of anger and even lose his mind because of the death of his beloved son, but he is a hero after all and will not be trapped in this impulse forever. After one night, his heart will
Sun Jian, who had vented his grief and anger for a day, although he was still immersed in the grief of losing his son, his mind was much clearer, and he finally gave up the idea of attacking Xuchang.
However, Lu Kang, the envoy who communicated with Cao Cao to no avail, was not so lucky.
My son is dead, why don't you die! This is what Sun Jian thinks about Lu Kang now.
He can consider the overall situation, forcefully suppress the pain of losing his son, and stop fighting with Cao Cao for the time being. But he can't relieve his anger with Cao Cao, so he can't do anything to you, Lu Kang!
Although the word "acting anger" sounds excessive, most people will act to express their anger at others when they are extremely emotional.
Lu Kang, as the envoy responsible for bringing Sun Quan back from Cao's camp, failed in his mission. Naturally, Sun Jian felt unhappy about this.
"Lu Kang neglects his duties and shall be punished!" Sun Jian gave this order with a dark face.
Zhou Yu also had clear objections to the killing of Lu Kang. The Lu family was the largest family in Jiangdong, and Lu Kang was the current head of the Lu family. Killing him would probably cause countless troubles.
However, Sun Jian first defeated Han Dang and then lost Sun Quan. He tried to take revenge and raise troops twice, but was blocked by Zhou Yu. He may have left a grudge in his heart. If Sun Jian hadn't seen that he and Sun Ce were sworn brothers, and he was really thinking about Jiangdong.
For his own sake, I am afraid that I have already embarrassed myself. If I try to persuade Sun Jian not to kill Lu Kang now, the other party may really not look good on me in the future.
Forget it, Lu Kang will die if he dies. The worst thing he can do is spend more time keeping an eye on what's going on with the Lu family in the future.
In this way, the seventy-year-old Lu Kang, the head of the Lu family, was brutally beheaded.
Before he died, Lu Kang silently lamented his miserable fate in his heart, and at the same time hoped that the little bastards in his family could calm down and never make any impulsive behavior because of his death. Otherwise,
If so, the Lu family may really face the fate of destruction...
———————————————————————————————— One morning, in the military camp on the outskirts of Xuchang, Gao Shun was preparing to start morning training
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Zhang He was also watching from the sidelines at this time. After being defeated by Gao Shun in Guandu Battle, he had been paying attention to how Gao Shun's trap was trained. Now that Zhang He has surrendered to Cao Cao, he naturally has plenty of opportunities to observe carefully.
And Gao Shun was not the kind of person who liked to hide his secrets. He agreed without hesitation to Zhang He's request to observe his military training.
In addition to Gao Shun and Zhang He, Dian Wei was also in the military camp. Today Xu Chu was on duty to protect Cao Cao. Dian Wei rarely had some free time. He thought that he and his sworn brother had not communicated with each other for a while, so Dian Wei
Wei also came to the military camp early. Firstly, he had nothing to do to watch Gao Shun's training, and secondly, he was ready to take Gao Shun to drink as soon as his training was over.
Just as Gao Shun was preparing to start training, bursts of noise came from outside the camp.
"What's going on?" Gao Shun couldn't help but frown. Is there anyone else in Xuchang City who is so bold as to make trouble while the general is training troops?
Gao Shun, Zhang He, Dian Wei and others walked outside the camp and found that the sergeant guarding the camp gate was arguing with a middle-aged scribe in green shirt.
The scribe's appearance is somewhat elegant, but his attitude is extremely arrogant, with his nostrils turned upward, as if he doesn't pay attention to other people at all. In his eyes, the mere gatekeepers seem to be as worthless as ants.
The presence.
Who is this guy? Cao Cao's new counselor? Questions kept rising in Gao Shun's mind. Although Cao Cao's literati were not all familiar with each other, they could at least recognize him. However, he had never seen this person before, so he was probably
He had just surrendered to Cao Cao.
It's just that his attitude was very bad, and he actually acted wildly in front of his military camp, which made Gao Shun very unhappy.
No matter what his status is, if he dares to cause trouble in front of his military camp, he must teach him a lesson, otherwise how can he still hang out in front of these young men in the future?
As for how to explain to Cao Cao, Gao Shun is not worried at all. Although Cao Cao is eager for talents, he always judges matters impartially. No matter how talented the other party is, as long as he is really unreasonable and unreasonable, Gao Shun believes that even if he makes trouble in front of Cao Cao, he will not
Will favor the other party.
And don't forget, he is Cao Cao's brother-in-law, even if Cao Cao wants to be partial, he has to favor his own people.
"Xu You, Xu Ziyuan." Seeing that Gao Shun didn't recognize him, Zhang He said in his ear.