Soldiers come to the world

The fifth watch was about to pass, and it was the deepest sleep of the day. Lu Su was sleeping soundly, when suddenly he was awakened by a shrill scream. Shout: "There are assassins!"

Lu Su thought 'hum! With a sound, he hurriedly got up and opened the small window. It was already dusk, and he saw a dozen men on horseback in black on the opposite bank.

At the same time when Lu Su saw them, the men in black raised their crossbows together, and the sharp crossbow arrows shot at Liu Jing's boat, sweeping past like a storm, and then a dozen people turned their horses and ran eastward.

The fleet was in chaos, and the soldiers jumped into the water and swam across the river one after another, rushing to the opposite bank with swords and spears, but the man in black had already gone away and disappeared.

Lu Su was worried and suspicious again, why did accidents happen in one night?Who are these assassins?Could it be that the sister of Marquis Wu came back again, no!Impossible, they are just bluffing, it is impossible to really attack Liu Jing, besides, Liu Jing has already agreed to her.

While thinking wildly, a soldier's voice came from outside the cabin, "Is Duke Lu awake?"

Lu Su opened the cabin door, only to see one of Liu Jing's personal soldiers standing outside the cabin, "What's the matter?" Lu Su asked.

"My son invited Lu Gong to go."

Lu Su's heart suddenly relaxed. Liu Jing invited him, which at least meant that Liu Jing was still alive. He quickly put on his clothes and followed the soldiers to Liu Jing's boat.

Liu Jing's boat was already surrounded by soldiers, armed with knives, guns and crossbows, closely monitoring the situation in the water. Several soldiers were driving small boats and using long bamboo poles to search the grass on both sides of the river.

When Lu Su entered the cabin, he was stunned. He saw that the cabin was in a mess, all kinds of documents were falling on the ground, and there were traces of sword chopping and blood stains everywhere.

There were several crossbow arrows stuck on the ship's wall, and the window was also smashed. Two soldiers fell in a pool of blood. The deep red pool of blood was extremely dazzling. The military doctor was feeling their pulse and shook his head, expressing that it was hopeless.

Liu Jing was standing in the corner with a long sword in his hand, his face was livid. When he saw Lu Su coming in, he asked coldly, "Vice Governor Lu, is this Jiangdong's way of hospitality?"

Lu Su wiped the sweat from his forehead, and explained in a low voice, "Young Master Jing, this was not done by Marquis Wu's sister."

"I didn't say it was her!"

Liu Jing stared at Lu Su sharply, "The assassin who sneaked onto the boat was a man with extremely high martial arts skills, and the dozen or so people who came to meet him on the shore were also men. Deputy Commander Lu, I want to know who did this? "

Lu Su was tongue-tied and couldn't say a word for a long time. He sighed, "I also want to know who did this?"

"Humph!"

Liu Jing snorted coldly, and said in a very strong tone: "I don't need to pursue Wu Hou's sister's harassment, but I need Jiang Dong to give me an explanation for tonight's assassination, otherwise I will return to Jiangxia, and Jiang Dong will bear all the consequences!"

Lu Su lowered his head. He really couldn't explain it. Jiangdong's internal opinions were not consistent. There were not a few people who advocated killing Liu Jing. It was indeed possible that some people did it in private. For some reason, he thought of Ling Tong first.

Liu Jing glanced at Lu Su, and said coldly: "I now doubt the sincerity of Marquis Wu. If Jiangdong does not want to form an alliance against Cao, but wants to unite with Jiangling and Xiangyang to destroy Jiangxia, then I will not be able to protect myself. If you don’t ask Cao Jun for help, please inform the Marquis of Wu immediately.”

Lu Su sighed in his heart, and nodded silently, "If the young master arranges a boat for me, I will immediately go back to Soochow to report to Marquis Wu, and I will definitely give the young master an explanation."

Liu Jing ordered his soldiers to arrange a boat for Lu Su. Lu Su tidied up a bit and immediately got up to go to Soochow. retreat?

But Lu Su didn't care to think about it, he must not let Liu Jing be forced to surrender to Cao Cao in the end, that would be a catastrophe for Jiangdong.

On the bow, Liu Jing watched Lu Su go away on the boat with his hands behind his back, an elusive smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. Through this incident, he really wanted to see Sun Quan's sincerity.

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Wu Wanggong, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao rushed to Sun Quan's study one after the other. In the study, Sun Quan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his expression very dignified.

After a while, he turned his head to look at Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, and slowly said to them: "I just received the urgent news from Yecheng, and the emperor has issued an edict to formally confer Liu Jing as Jingzhou Shepherd and also confer him as Marquis of Fanxiang."

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao didn't show any shock. They had discussed this result last time. Liu Jing had Cao Hong and Li Dian in his hands, as well as more than [-] prisoners of Cao's army. It was reasonable to finally reach an exchange with Cao Cao.

Sun Quan seemed to know that they would not be surprised, he sneered, "There is another news, I heard that Cao Cao publicly promised to make Liu Jing the king of Xiangyang, and his descendants will always be the shepherds of Jingzhou, on the condition that Liu Jing surrenders to Cao Cao."

This news is indeed shocking. Only direct princes are eligible to be named King of Xiangyang. Although Liu Jing is a son of the clan, he is far away from the core of the royal family. Cao Cao spent such a large amount of money in order to accept him. .

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao looked at each other, both of them were surprised, and Zhou Yu quickly asked, "Marquis Wu, is this news reliable?"

Sun Quan nodded, "It should be reliable, but I heard that Liu Jing did not agree. I wonder if Xun Yu went to Jiangxia to continue persuading Liu Jing?"

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment and said: "Jiangxia is not only an important town in Jingzhou, but also the core area of ​​the entire south. Once Liu Jing surrenders to Cao Cao, not only Jingzhou will be easily destroyed, but Cao's army will get thousands of warships. Jiangdong came, and at the same time Cao Cao sent troops from Jiangbei to exert pressure, the foundation of Jiangdong III will be destroyed, please consider it carefully, Marquis Wu."

Why didn't Sun Quan understand that if he had been pressured by Zhang Zhao and most civil officials before, and his position was a little vacillating, then Cao Cao's entry made him realize the seriousness of the consequences, and he would never let Liu Jing surrender to Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan said to Zhang Zhao: "Since the emperor has issued an edict to recognize Liu Jing as the shepherd of Jingzhou, then we will unite the other two to fight Jiangxia, and we will become unknown teachers. Please Zibu persuade the officials to take care of the overall situation. "

This sentence actually told Zhang Zhao that he rejected Zhang Zhao's plan.

Zhang Zhao himself has no selfish intentions, he just thinks that forming an alliance with Liu Jing is a threat to the tiger, and Liu Jing's wolfish ambition will sooner or later become a serious problem for Jiangdong's confidants, it is better to plan it early, and it is entirely feasible for the Jiangdong Army to join forces with Jiangling and Xiangyang to destroy Jiangxia.

But Zhang Zhao did not expect that Liu Jing would surrender to Cao Cao. Of course he knew that the consequences of Jiang Xia's surrender to Cao Cao would be very serious. Now that the lord has made up his mind, he no longer persisted and nodded silently, "I understand."

At this moment, a guard reported at the door, "Report to Marquis Wu, the deputy governor of Lu has returned, and he said that there is an urgent matter to report!"

In the room, the three of them were puzzled. Lu Su didn't come with Liu Jing. What happened?Sun Quan hurriedly said: "Call him in quickly!"

After a while, Lu Su hurried in, and as soon as he entered the room, he said impatiently: "Marquis Wu, something happened!"

"Zijing, don't worry, speak slowly, what happened?" Zhou Yu comforted him.

Lu Su calmed down his anxiety a little, and saluted Sun Quan: "In the early morning of the day before yesterday, Mr. Jing was assassinated in Liyang County. His subordinates saw with their own eyes that more than a dozen men in black were assassinated. Many of Mr. Jing's guards were killed. He escaped by chance. Live forever."

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment. The news shocked him, and he asked anxiously, "How is Liu Jing doing now?"

Lu Su shook his head and sighed: "He is extremely annoyed now, saying that Marquis Wu is not sincere in forming an alliance, and he wants Marquis Wu to give him an explanation, otherwise he will return to Jingzhou, and Jiangdong will bear all the consequences."

Zhang Zhao next to him said angrily, "How dare he threaten Marquis Wu like that!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, "It is indeed our responsibility to be assassinated in Jiangdong. It is reasonable for him to be angry. We should have sent troops to guard along the way. It is we who have neglected the distinguished guests, so we cannot blame him."

Sun Quan then said to Zhou Yu, "Arrange the boat immediately. I will personally meet Liu Jing and apologize to him!"

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An hour later, Sun Quan led dozens of civil and military officials, escorted by [-] troops, sailed from Xujiang River into Taihu Lake on more than [-] warships, and marched towards Liyang County.

In the cabin, Sun Quan found Lu Su. Although Lu Su was slightly inferior to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao in intelligence, Lu Su was loyal, knowledgeable, and capable in diplomacy, and was highly valued by Sun Quan.

"Zijing, I feel like you haven't finished what you said. Is there anything else you haven't told me?"

In front of Zhang Zhao, Lu Su did have some things to say, but now that he is alone with Sun Quan, he recounted what happened that night in detail, and finally sighed: "Excuse me to be frank, I feel that Liu Jing is very disappointed with Marquis Wu. After all, the relationship has been good for so many years. At the critical moment, there are voices in Jiangdong to unite with Jiangling and Xiangyang to destroy Jiangxia. There are also rumors that he will be placed under house arrest in Soochow. The anger in his heart is terrible It is conceivable that the assassination happened this time, so he lost his composure."

"What did he say in the end?" Sun Quan continued to ask quietly.

Lu Su hesitated and said: "He finally said that out of self-preservation, he will have to ask Cao Jun for help."

Sun Quan's face became extremely serious. Although Lu Su said that Liu Jing lost his composure, Sun Quan knew that it was just Lu Su's cover-up for fear of getting angry. This should be Liu Jing's threat.

Sun Quan paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his back, he finally stopped and asked, "You said that Shang Xiang also threatened Liu Jing that night?"

Lu Su understood what Sun Quan meant, and quickly said, "The assassination has nothing to do with her. Liu Jing himself admitted that the assassin was a man, and there was no woman. Moreover, Liu Jing has agreed to Er Niang's conditions, so there is no need for her to assassinate again."

Sun Quan nodded, went to the door and asked the guard, "Has Cheng Gong followed?"

The guard replied: "The humble officer saw him get on the boat."

Lu Su was taken aback, and thought to himself, "Could it be that Cheng Pu sent someone to attack secretly?" He only thought that Zhang Zhao was suspected, but he didn't know that Cheng Pu also had the intention of killing Liu Jing.

Sun Quan seemed to understand Lu Su's thoughts, and said with a faint smile, "We'll talk about this matter after we go to Liyang. Let him be comforted first, and I'll give him an explanation for this matter."