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Chapter 521
Looking at Sun Ben's head in the wooden box, Zhou Yu's face became extremely ugly, and the thing he was most worried about happened.Sun Ben was killed by the Jingzhou army, which basically confirmed the rumors of Nanchang's fall. Right now, the entire Yuzhang County, even if not all fell, is not far behind.

"Sun Benyong'er, it's bad for me!" Zhou Yu clenched his fists tightly on his knees.

Although Zhou Yu was only the governor of the left, Sun Quan had given him the command of the front line before sending troops.But now that Sun Ben died in battle and Yuzhang fell, all Zhou Yu's battle plans were nullified, and he hated Sun Ben's incompetence.

Yuzhang and Luling originally had no fewer than 3 troops. This year, Sun Quan added another [-] troops to Yuzhang to prepare for Liu Jing's attack.In other words, there are as many as [-] soldiers and horses available for Sun Ben to dispatch, which is more than the reinforcements led by Zhou Yu.As a result, Sun Ben was defeated and killed in just one month, which can be described as extremely incompetent.

Cheng Pu, Lu Fan, Lu Su and other Jiangdong generals came one after another and entered the military tent. Xi Zhen turned a blind eye and continued: "The two families of Chu and Wu are originally allies. The Han Dynasty was weak and the world was restless, and it was once hoped that the Chu and Wu families could stand together in the same boat and prosper the Han Dynasty together.”

Xi Zhen then changed his words and said, "However, Sun Ben has evil intentions and poisoned Changsha. For the sake of the great cause of society, the general has endured and endured again and again, and only asked Sun (quan) to be able to remove Sun Ben's official position and compensate Changsha for the loss, but it is Sun Caolu refused to meet such a small request, and the general had no choice but to send troops to ask for it personally and give an explanation to the people of Changsha..."

Cheng Pu, Lu Fan, Lu Su and others turned a deaf ear to Xi Zhen's words. Their attention was attracted by the wooden box on Zhou Yu's case, and their faces were full of shock and disbelief.

Xi Zhen finally said: "It is not the general's wish that the two sides meet each other. Now that the culprit, Sun Ben, has been put to death, and the grievances between the Wu and Chu families are over, as long as Sun Chaolu is willing to withdraw his troops and turn the war into jade and silk, the general is also willing to fight with Sun Chaolu. Go back to the old days and continue the alliance."

Zhou Yu's face was livid. Retiring at this time was tantamount to giving up Yuzhang voluntarily. If he didn't retreat, it would be even more difficult to regain Yuzhang from the Jingzhou army with only 2 horses in his hands.

This is also the reason why Zhou Yu hates Sun Ben so much. His death has put Zhou Yu in an embarrassing situation of losing ground.

At this time, Lu Su recovered from the shock, and when he saw Zhou Yu giving him a wink, Lu Su immediately understood and said to Xi Zhen, "It's not what we want to do between the two sides, but it's not us who can make the decision. , you need to report back to the general, and the general will decide. During this period, can your army temporarily stop the troops to show sincerity?"

When Xi Zhen came, Liu Jing and Pang Tong had already explained that they would not fall into the opponent's plan to slow down the army. He replied calmly: "Although the first evil Sun Ben has been put to death, the second evil sun assists Zhou in abusing our army and sneak attacking our army. This is not the time to stop our troops to seek peace. Of course, Sun Fu’s crimes are not to the point of death, and when Luling is conquered, if our army captures him, he will be returned to you.”

Zhou Yu couldn't help but stand up, Liu Jing not only wanted to annex Yuzhang, but also Luling, which was tolerable or not.In fact, Zhou Yu was not surprised by Liu Jing's move to "get Yuwanglu". If it were him, he would have done the same.

"Chu thief dare!"

"The thief Chu deceives people too much...!"

Cheng Pu, Lu Fan, and the others were also furious, and they pulled out their sabers one after another.

In the face of the enemy's sharp-edged threats, Xi Zhen was not afraid, and said with a sneer: "The general wants to shake hands with you to make peace, not because he is afraid of you, but the general is benevolent and does not want to kill more. In more than ten battles, big and small, they are invincible, beheading Sun Ben, Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Jiang Qin... Below ten thousand ranks, the prisoners are also equivalent. If you don't appreciate your steps, you can fight!"

"Yi Gong..." Cheng Pu was shocked when he heard that his friend Han Dang had also died in battle.

Lu Su and Lu Fan looked at each other in amazement.

Zhou Yu had been mentally prepared for a long time. After all, even the main general Sun Ben was killed in the battle. How could the generals be spared? But hearing Xi Zhen say a series of names, he still felt bleeding in his heart. These people are all from Jiangdong Minister of Xiong Gu!
The only thing fortunate is that I didn't hear Taishi Ci's name. He may have continued to fight against the Jingzhou army somewhere in Yuzhang, or even went south to Sun Fu.If this is the case, Luling may be preserved.

Zhou Yu motioned Cheng Pu, Lu Fan and the others to put away the knives, and said to Xi Zhen, "It's important to come down, I already know, I will send someone back to Wu as soon as possible to ask the general, please come back with one step."

"Farewell." Xi Zhen walked away.

As soon as Xi Zhen left, Zhou Yu and others were speechless, and the tent fell into a dead silence.

After a long time, Zhou Yu sighed and said, "This is the end of the matter, and there is nothing we can do. We can only report to the general and let the general decide."

Having said that, Zhou Yu sat at the desk and wrote the book. After writing it, he immediately sealed it up and handed it over to the messenger.

The messenger went down the river and rode, and returned to Wujun in less than ten days.

Sun Quan was having dinner with his family when he received the letter, and he was in a good mood, but after reading the letter, he was so angry that he kicked over the food case, and then pulled out his knife and chopped it, cutting the food case to pieces, his faces were as pale as earth, and he was silent like a cicada. .

After venting for a long time, Sun Quan finally relieved his anger and ordered people to pass on Xu Kun, Zhu Zhi, Zhang Zhao and others to come to discuss countermeasures.

While waiting for the ministers in the back room, Sun Quan read Zhou Yu's letter several times.

Zhou Yu's attitude in the letter is very clear and firm, saying that Liu Jing's annexation of Jiangdong's heart is obvious, Jiangdong has no way out, and persuades Sun Quan to abandon his illusions and deal with the Jingzhou army to the end.

Sun Quan and Zhou Yu saw the same thing, and they must not give up the two prefectures of Yuzhang and Luling.

After losing the two counties, only three counties of Wu County, Kuaiji and Danyang are left in Jiangdong. Facing Liu Jing, who spans Jing, Jiao, and Yangzhou, forming an alliance with him is no different than bringing a wolf into the house. At that time, Jiangdong will surely become Liu Jing's vassal. , until it is completely annexed by the other party.

Sun Quan was forced to the edge of the cliff by Liu Jing.

Xu Kun, Zhu Zhi, Zhang Zhao and others rushed over after hearing the news, and they were all shocked when they learned that Sun Ben had died in battle and Yuzhang had fallen. Salty battle to the death.

Sun Quan was very pleased when he saw this, and after discussing it with the ministers, he immediately issued three orders: First, He Qi of Kuaiji ordered ten thousand soldiers to rush to Luling by land.Second, Sun Yi of Danyang was ordered to lead thousands of troops to the east of Yuzhang.Third, Sun Quan personally ordered ten thousand people and sent out Dantu, thinking that Zhou Yu would be backing up.This time, Sun Quan came out in full force.

(End of this chapter)