The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 326 Lu Kang's Wavering

“If I were the only one here, Zhou Gongjin might take a risk.

But if Lord Xuande was here, Zhou Gongjin would not take the risk. "

"Unless the two of them are really determined to start a war with us, otherwise they will just pretend not to see Lord Xuande and I this time."

Chen Xi talked about the current situation where Sun Ce and Zhou Yu seemed to be doing well on the surface but faced obstacles everywhere inside.

The trajectory of Sun Ce in this life is different from that of Sun Ce in another parallel universe.

Compared with Sun Ce in the parallel universe, Sun Ce in this life had no other base except Jiangxia County and half of Nan County before he took control of Shouchun.

Moreover, there is a big gap between the direct troops controlled by Sun Ce in this life and Sun Ce in another time and space.

The 60,000 troops that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce brought out to attack Jiangdong were all the troops they had except the Jiangxia navy.

Moreover, most of the backbones of these 60,000 troops were basically elite veterans drawn from the Yuzhou Army by Zhou Yu.

Under such circumstances, how could the aristocratic families under Yuan Shu's rule submit to Sun Ce's rule?

The civil and military officials under Yuan Shu would obey Yuan Shu's orders and Sun Ce's commands. Although these people's abilities were somewhat insufficient, they were loyal to Yuan Shu.

Even though he was dissatisfied with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, he was still willing to obey Sun Ce's command under Yuan Shu's orders.

But it was different for the noble families under Yuan Shu. If it was Yuan Shu's order, they were willing to obey. But it was different for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

In the eyes of these high-ranking aristocratic families, Sun Ce was just a lucky boy. Even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were both from aristocratic families.

If you want to make these aristocratic families surrender, you must have the strength, Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin, to convince them, that is, a strong enough army.

"Then why did Zhou Gongjin mobilize the Jiangxia navy to fight us at this time?" Fa Zheng asked with some confusion.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are now in need of achievements and fame. If they lose this time, wouldn't it have a great impact on their control of Shouchun?
"I guess Zhou Yu discovered the abnormality of the Qingzhou fleet." Chen Xi said casually. After all, Gan Ning led the Qingzhou fleet to appear on the Yangtze River more than once or twice. With Zhou Yu's ability and vision, he would always find something.

"You mean Zhou Yu wants to test our navy?" Fa Zheng said with a frown. He did not expect that Zhou Yu could discover the difference between the Qingzhou fleet and the ordinary Han navy just by observing with the naked eye.

"Who knows? Maybe they are planning to fight for the right to speak on the Yangtze River." Chen Xi thought casually.

In the end, Fa Zheng and Gan Ning compromised and agreed to let Liu Bei and Chen Xi stay on the boat and face the Jiangxia navy led by Zhou Yu with them.

After all, if these two people really wanted to stay on the boat, could Gan Ning and Fa Zheng stop them?

One is their lord, and the other is the head of the civil service system under Liu Bei’s rule, and also the big brother of the army’s logistics supply. How can they stop him?

Following Fa Zheng's suggestion, Gan Ning decided to weigh anchor and set sail on the night when the Jiangxia navy met up with Zhou Yu, in order to send the Lu family's demolition transport fleet out of Chaohu Lake first.

The Lu family shipyard is related to whether the future warships of their Qingzhou fleet can take the next step.

"Report, my lord, the Qingzhou fleet anchored in Chaohu Lake has begun to weigh anchor and set sail." A messenger rushed into the welcoming banquet prepared by Sun Ce for Jiang Qin and other Jiangxia naval generals.

Suddenly, the originally lively welcoming banquet became quiet, and all the officers and soldiers under Sun Ce's command looked at Sun Ce, including Zhou Yu.

But Sun Ce insisted on being different from the crowd. He turned his head directly to look at Zhou Yu, and his gaze met Zhou Yu's.

"Gongjin, you analyze what's going on." Sun Ce said what he wanted to say before Zhou Yu spoke, otherwise he might not have the chance to say it later.

After all, Zhou Yu always wanted Sun Ce to use his brain recently, so he only told Sun Ce half of many things and let Sun Ce guess the rest himself.

However, Sun Ce knew the power of his own brain. There were some things he could rely on his intuition to get the answer directly, but there were some things that were counter-intuitive and could not be calculated according to common sense.

Just like what is happening now, can you say that it was the Jiangxia navy that scared away the Jiangzhou fleet?
Anyone with normal thinking ability would not come to such a conclusion.

What's more, the commander of the Qingzhou Fleet is Gan Ning, a recognized admiral. How could he escape without fighting? Unless he was feigning defeat.

"The Qingzhou fleet must have weighed anchor and set sail at this time in order to send the Lu family's fleet out of Chaohu Lake." Zhou Yu said calmly, as if he had expected it.

Everyone looked at Zhou Yu with a calm face and couldn't help but admire him in their hearts. He was worthy of being Zhou Yu, as he always showed his calmness and confidence.

Sun Ce was even more proud, and he wanted to announce to the whole world that the person in front of him was his sworn brother Zhou Yu, also known as "Beautiful Zhou Lang".

But what did they just hear? Zhou Yu said that the Qingzhou fleet weighed anchor and set sail not because they were afraid of the strength of the Jiangxia navy, but to escort the Lu family fleet out of Chaohu?
Everyone remembers that wasn’t the Jiangdong Lu family the main reason why Sun Ce sent troops to Lujiang?
Jiang Qin stepped out and said: "My lord, I, Jiang Qin, request to fight on behalf of the Qingzhou fleet to capture the remnants of the Lu family and relieve your resentment!" Jiang Qin's words were so sincere and heartfelt.

"My lord, I am willing to fight and bring you victory!" Cheng Puling, Zhou Tai and others also stepped forward to ask Sun Ce for a fight.

Sun Ce was a little confused. How did the welcoming banquet suddenly turn into a battle invitation banquet? He didn't seem to say that he wanted to start the war now, right?

Sun Ce couldn't help but look at Zhou Yu, who had a calm face just now, and saw that Zhou Yu was also among those who saluted and asked for battle...

After discovering that Zhou Yu was also among the group that requested to fight, Sun Ce felt even more confused.

Didn't Zhou Yu just say that it was not appropriate to go to war at this time? How come even Zhou Yu suddenly became a war advocate?

"Gongjin, what's going on?" In a hurry, Sun Ce could only send a voice message to Zhou Yu to ask what was going on. You know what, the secret technique of transmitting voice that came from Fenggao is really useful.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yu requests a fight." Zhou Yu did not answer Sun Ce's question through the voice channel, but said it directly.

Sun Ce's mouth twitched, and after his mind became confused, he had no idea what Zhou Yu was doing.

Sun Ce was silent, and the ministers below him were also silent, waiting for Sun Ce's order. Whether it was to fight now, or to postpone the fight, or to just not fight at all, they were all willing to obey Sun Ce's orders.

"Hey, Gongjin, the next battle will be handed over to you as the commander-in-chief." Sun Ce was cunning and pushed the matter to Zhou Yu. After all, he really didn't know what to do next. There were two big fish on the Qingzhou fleet, Liu Bei and Chen Xi, who were on a secret visit. Unfortunately, they couldn't move, otherwise they would be dragged down.

However, if Sun Ce told his generals about this, they would definitely rush forward and try to kill Liu Bei and Chen Xi.

Sun Ce was very happy that the generals under his command could do this for his lord.

However, there are at least three warriors with internal energy leaving their bodies hidden around Liu Bei and Chen Xi. Even if he and Zhou Tai join forces, they cannot stop the three warriors with internal energy leaving their bodies.

With these generals who had only cultivated their Qi into Gang at best, they couldn't even defeat Liu Bei and Chen Xi's personal guards.

The Jiangxia navy, combined with Zhou Yu's command, was the best navy of the Han Dynasty in terms of comprehensive strength.

However, with the various secret techniques mastered by Gan Ning, the Qingzhou fleet would not be too bad.

At least Zhou Yu had no way of keeping all the warships of the Qingzhou fleet, and the Jiangxia navy might even be severely damaged by the Qingzhou fleet's desperate counterattack.

If they hadn't tried their best, the Jiangxia navy might have been beaten up by the Qingzhou fleet.

The reason why they would be beaten up rather than the Jiangxia navy beating up the Qingzhou fleet was simply because Zhou Yu was there to back them up.

Sun Ce knew that with his single-core brain, he had no way of grasping this degree, so he had to leave it to Zhou Yu to solve.

"Yes." Faced with Sun Ce's cunning behavior, Zhou Yu did not react, because he had known it would be like this, so he calmly took the task handed over by Sun Ce.

"Gong Yi, go and prepare the troops now and wait for my order. But you still have to rest when you need to, otherwise the overall progress of the navy will be hindered due to insufficient rest of the soldiers." Zhou Yu gave the order directly to Jiang Qin.

"Yes!" Jiang Qin agreed excitedly. This was a battle to determine the title of the best navy of the Han Dynasty. Only a genius like Zhou Yu would not be overly excited.

"General Cheng, please reorganize my infantry and let them board the ship to fight when necessary." Zhou Yu turned to Cheng Pu and said.

"Yes." Cheng Pu was not as excited as Jiang Qin, but accepted Zhou Yu's order calmly.

Cheng Pu knew that they would most likely not be able to fight the Qingzhou Fleet tonight, because the Jiangxia Navy's sailing speed could not catch up with the Qingzhou Fleet's. If they couldn't even catch up, what was the point of fighting?

[Well, according to what Gongjin said before and after, tonight we should let our soldiers have a good rest so that they can prepare for tomorrow's battle.]

Cheng Pu looked at Jiang Qin and other naval commanders who were extremely excited, and wondered whether he should remind them.

“Okay, everyone go back and prepare. My lord and I will inspect each camp later.

Remember, let the soldiers rest well, otherwise if something goes wrong when the battle starts, I will hold you responsible!" Zhou Yu still looked calm and indifferent, but he brought a lot of pressure to the officers of Sun Wu.

"Yes." A group of Sun Wu officers and soldiers quickly agreed. They dared not delay such an important military matter.

After the generals returned, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu gave a thumbs up and said, "Gongjin, it really is you. If it were me, I wouldn't know how to tell them."

"Bofu, you just don't want to do it, not that you can't do it." Zhou Yu shook his head and did not respond to Sun Ce's praise.

"If I could really do it, I would have done it myself. Why would I need you, Gongjin?" Sun Ce curled his lips. How could he not know what kind of person he is?
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes. Didn’t he know what Sun Ce’s situation was? Everything happened just because he was by his side.

"That guy Zhou Gongjin really didn't catch up with us?" Fa Zheng said with some surprise.

When he decided to send the Lu family fleet out of Chaohu Lake first, he even made several contingency plans for this purpose, but it turned out that his efforts were in vain.

"Zhou Gongjin is not a fool. Of course he knows what our current main goal is." Chen Xi rolled his eyes.

He told Fa Zheng at that time that there was no need to make a contingency plan, but Fa Zheng refused to listen. Now it’s all a waste of effort.

"Tsk, having a plan is always better than having no plan, and isn't this what you are best at?" Fa Zheng glanced at Chen Xi. Chen Xi had made many more plans than him.

The corners of Chen Xi's mouth twitched. He was indeed very skilled in making contingency plans, and was much better than Fa Zheng in this regard.

Because his plan would always become part of another plan, before Chen Xi announced it, no one could realize that it could actually serve as a supplement to another basically unrelated project.

"Okay, Mr. Lu, get ready, it's time for your fleet to enter the Yangtze River." Chen Xi turned and shouted to Lu Kang on the deck.

"Lord Chen, Prime Minister Fa, do you really want to fight with Zhou Gongjin here?" Lu Kang asked Chen Xi and Fa Zheng seriously.

Chen Xi and Fa Zheng looked at each other, and then Fa Zheng asked Lu Kang, "Does the old man have any advice for us?"

Fa Zheng seemed to have no answer to Lu Kang's question, but in fact the answer was already obvious.

Lu Kang was silent for a while before he said, "I don't deserve your advice, but I just want you to be careful of Zhou Gongjin, who is a top wise man who is not inferior to you."

Lu Kang had nothing more to say. The two people in front of him were both the world's top wise men. How could they not see how powerful Zhou Yu was?

Looking at the radiance emanating from the two young men in front of him, Lu Kang secretly sighed, wishing that one day his Lu family would have such an outstanding young man.

[If it were Boyan...] Lu Kang thought of the conditions that Chen Xi had promised to their Lu family.

Although when they received Chen Xi's letter, they all thought it was just something Chen Xi said casually. After all, there was a spiritually gifted awakener who was even comparable to a young genius like Fa Zheng. Who could guarantee that this was not just nonsense?

However, after seeing Chen Xi and Fa Zheng with his own eyes, his initially firm determination began to waver.

Would a person like Chen Xi really play tricks on little people like them?
In particular, it would be great if Lu Xun could become a top wise man like Fa Zheng.

(End of this chapter)