"Lu Meng, isn't he the one my lord mentioned last time, an inconspicuous young general from Soochow? Why would he send someone to see my lord late at night?"
Xu Shu was suspicious, and the suspicion became stronger when he saw Yan Liang's strange expression, as if he had expected this.
"Call the messenger in." Yan Liang waved his hand.
Not long after, there were footsteps outside the tent, followed by shouts from pro-army soldiers, who were obviously searching the messenger in case he came to assassinate Yan Liang.
After a while, the messenger walked inside and when he saw Yan Liang, he prostrated himself on the ground.
"The younger one is General Lu Ziming's personal soldier. He came here to pay a visit to the general on the order of my general."
Yan Liang didn't look at him directly, and just asked casually: "Isn't Lu Ziming a general of Zhou Yu's army? The two armies are fighting. What does he want to do when he sends someone to see this general?"
The messenger glanced at Xu Shu and hesitated to speak, as if he had some scruples.
Yan Liang said displeased: "Here are the general's confidants. If you have anything to say, please say it. If you don't say it, get out."
The messenger trembled with fright, hesitated for a moment, and then took out a silk letter from his arms, "My general wishes to surrender to the general. I have specially ordered the young man to come and present the letter of surrender for the general to read."
"As expected..."
A sneer flashed across Yan Liang's blade-like eyes in an instant.
Xu Shu, who was standing next to him, changed his expression. He was obviously a little surprised by Lu Meng's surrender.
At this time, Yan Liang pretended to be shocked, jumped up, and snatched the "letter of surrender" from Lu Meng.
The letter simply said that Lü Meng could not be reused in the Wu army. He had been humiliated by Han Dang and Zhou Yu a few days ago, and he was so resentful that he decided to surrender to Yan Liang.
Every word and every sentence seems to be genuine and there are no flaws.
Yan Liang held the silk book in his hand and said in surprise: "Is this Lu Ziming really willing to submit to this general?"
The messenger who was kneeling on the ground secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "The day before yesterday, Zhou Yu was provoked by the general's huge fleet of ships. He knew he was outmatched, but he acted on his own initiative and insisted on continuing the battle with the general. My general Lu persuaded Zhou Yu to withdraw his troops and return to Wu.
, angered Zhou Yu, and was beaten with a military stick by him in public. My general Lu was so ashamed and angry that he made up his mind to defect to the general. He was sincere, as the sun and the moon can prove."
The messenger's mouth was also eloquent. He explained Lu Meng's sufferings "sincerely".
After Yan Liang heard this, he couldn't help sighing and sighed, and he hurriedly leaned over to help the messenger up with his own hands.
"I didn't expect Zhou Yu to be so intolerant. Lu Ziming abandoned the dark side and surrendered to the general. It was really a wise move. The general will naturally welcome him."
Yan Liang showed great enthusiasm.
The messenger was also overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Thank you for your consideration, General. My General Lu also said that he would take advantage of his position to secretly steal the Wu army's food and grass, and lead his troops to submit to him as a contribution to the general.
Courtesy. General Wanwang will accept it."
When Yan Liang heard this, he was even more overjoyed and said excitedly: "Food and grass are important items for the army. If the Wu army hears that they have lost food and grass, their morale will be shattered. I will take advantage of the situation to attack it. Very good, very good."
In excitement, Yan Liang laughed even more, as if victory was right in front of him.
Although Xu Shu next to him was also quite surprised, there was some hidden worry in his expression.
After laughing wildly, Yan Liang said happily: "Go back and tell Ziming that if he can rob Wu's army of food and fodder and return, he will be the number one contributor to my defeat of Zhou Yu, and I will treat him favorably."
"Young general Lu thanked Yan Jun for his great kindness."
The messenger was overjoyed and immediately expressed his gratitude to Yan Liang.
Yan Liang immediately rewarded the messenger with a sum of gold and silver, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have done a good job in delivering the message. I should have kept you in the camp and treated you well. However, this matter is confidential. I am afraid that someone in the camp will leak it.
Therefore, it is not convenient for you to stay for a long time. You should return to the south bank as soon as possible and convey my intention to Ziming. After the time of return has been determined, I will wait here for his return."
"General Yan has thought it over, so the younger one will leave first." The messenger bowed his hands and left happily with Yan Liang's reward in his arms.
The curtains fell, and calm returned to the military tent.
But Yan Liang's eager expression disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Yuan Zhi, what do you think of Lu Ziming's surrender?" Yan Liang sat down and asked calmly.
Xu Shu stroked his beard and said: "As the messenger said, it is not necessary for Lü Meng to come and surrender, but I think it should not be taken lightly. We should contact Wu Yingzhong to find out whether Lü Meng has really been beaten with a stick.
Only then can we know whether he is pretending to surrender."
After hearing Xu Shu's words, Yan Liang finally understood what "the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear".
In the novel, Huang Gai suffered dozens of military sticks and staged a cruel trick. None of the counselors around Cao Cao saw it. Only Xu Shu, who was "in Cao Cao's camp and his heart was in Han", saw through that it was a cruel trick combined with a false surrender plan.
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Now that Xu Shu had become his adviser and a person in authority, with this change of status, he thought that if Lü Meng had really been beaten with a rod, then his surrender would be true.
Thinking of this, Yan Liang couldn't help laughing.
Xu Shu was stunned by Yan Liang's smile, his eyes flickered with suspicion, and he couldn't figure out what he said wrong or what Yan Liang was laughing at.
The laughter suddenly stopped, and Yan Liang suddenly asked: "Yuan Zhi, let me ask you, even if Lu Meng was really beaten with a stick, how would you know that he wasn't deliberately playing a trick with Zhou Yu?"
Xu Shu's expression was shocked, and his eyebrows suddenly condensed.
After wondering for a long time, Xu Shu said: "It is not impossible. If that is the case, then Lu Meng must have suffered so much in order to fake surrender and sneak into our army, and then cooperate with Zhou Yu inside and outside. If this is really the purpose, he can lead it
All we have to do is come and surrender, so why bother risking being discovered and stealing food and grass to surrender? Isn’t this a superfluous move?”
Xu Shu is indeed Xu Shu. Although he is a person in the game, he quickly became aware of the doubts after Yan Liang's reminder.
"The key is this food and grass. Think about it, Yuan Zhi. If those dozens of ships were heading towards our water camp at full speed without us being prepared, what if those ships were not loaded with food and grass, but
If it’s firewood or other flammable things, what will be the result?”
Yan Liang no longer pretends to be mysterious, but has actually revealed the mystery.
Xu Shu's brows were furrowed, his thoughts were tumbling, he thought for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed.
"My lord, are you doubting that Lu Meng pretended to surrender, but actually wanted to attack with fire?" Xu Shu jumped up in excitement.
Yan Liang smiled lightly and said: "Why are Yuanzhi so excited? When we were about to use iron chains to connect the boats, didn't you also say that although this plan was clever, it could be easily broken by fire, and Mizuro Koto was no ordinary person.
Characters, Yuan Zhi, if you can think of things, how can he not think of them?"
After hearing these words, Xu Shu was shocked again and wondered: "My lord, did you insist on using iron chains to connect the boats, but did you do it on purpose, just to lure Zhou Yu into being fooled?"
Yan Liang smiled and said nothing, which seemed to be his acquiescence in Xu Shu's guess.
The current battle situation between the two armies, based on pure geographical location, is actually quite similar to the original Battle of Chibi.
The two sides were facing each other across the bank, and no one had the momentum to go upstream. Therefore, even if Yan Liang was locked in a boat, he was not afraid of Zhou Yu taking advantage of the momentum to set fire to the river.
In this case, if you want to use the fire attack strategy, you must allow the fire ship to smoothly approach the water camp without being blocked by the patrol ship halfway.
To achieve this, Zhou Yu, just like in the original history, had to use the trick of false surrender to defraud Yan Liang's trust.
It's a pity that Yan Liang has a "historical memory" plug-in. Zhou Yu's various strategies could not escape his insight.
Yan Liang wanted to teach the rampant Wu people a lesson, but it happened that Xu You proposed the strategy of "chaining boats together". Yan Liang was reminded by him, and he had an idea and came up with this strategy to lure the enemy.
However, he did not expect that Zhou Yu actually fell into the trap. It was just like those in history, which were both a flesh-crushing plot and a false surrender plot. The only difference was that those who received the stick changed from Huang Gai to the young Lu Meng.
Xu Shu was an extremely smart man. He figured out everything in a moment. When he suddenly realized it, his expression was even more astonishing.
"I didn't expect that my lord's plan was so far-reaching that even the concubines didn't see it. I'm ashamed, I'm really ashamed." Xu Shu couldn't help but laugh at himself as he sighed in admiration.
A trace of pride flashed across Yan Liang's lips, but he sneered: "Now that Zhou Yu has fallen into the trap, let's sharpen our knives and wait for Lu Meng to come and seek death."
In the military tent, the two officials smiled knowingly.
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On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Wu army camp.
It was late at night, but the candles were still brightly lit in that military tent.
Under the flickering light, Lu Meng was lying on the bamboo bed, with a thick layer of gauze covering his buttocks.
Footsteps sounded, the curtains were lifted, and Zhou Yu and Han Dang filed in.
Seeing the two superiors entering, Lu Meng hurriedly wanted to get up, but when he moved a little, his wound was pulled, and the pain made him grin.
"Ziming, you are injured, just lie down and don't move." Zhou Yu hurriedly stepped forward and pressed Lu Meng down.
Zhou Yu checked Lu Meng's injury and sighed: "Old General Han, your subordinates were too harsh, and this drama was too much."
Han next to him looked ashamed and smiled sheepishly: "The general's subordinates all want to avenge Zong'er and wish they could fight to the death with Yan Liang's dog thief. As soon as Zi Ming said he wanted to withdraw his troops, they were naturally resentful. This
If you start, you will inevitably be a little ruthless."
"It's okay. The harder the beating, the more Yan Liang will believe that my surrender is true." Lu Meng, who was lying on the bed, was very generous.
"It's rare that Ziming is willing to make such a big sacrifice. If this fire can burn that Yan Liang to death, no one in Jingzhou will be our opponent in Soochow. We, Soochow, will conquer Jingzhou and occupy the entire Yangtze River."
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Zhou Yu's words were full of confidence and the pride of hunting, as if the great blueprint was already close before his eyes.
Han Dang, who was standing, and Lu Meng, who was lying down, seemed to be infected by Zhou Yu's arrogance, and couldn't help laughing with joy.
The proud laughter emerged from the military tent and floated in the silent night. (To be continued: Piaotian. Registered members of literature recommend this work.
