Soldiers come to the world

Outside the city of Jiangling, more than 1 Jiangling soldiers put down their weapons, took off their armor, and stood in line in civilian clothes. Everyone was downcast, waiting anxiously for the formal incorporation of Cao Jun.

Behind them is a team of tiger and leopard cavalry, guarding the soldiers with murderous intent, while in front of the team, Pang Ji and Wang Jie have been waiting for a long time with dozens of generals.

On the opposite side of the pawns, one hundred thousand Cao's troops had been arranged in several huge square formations, and the banners were spread out, covering the sky and covering the sky. When thousands of cavalry surrounded Cao Cao and appeared in front of the team, one hundred thousand Cao's troops shouted thunderously, "Prime Minister, thousand years old!" !” The voice resounded through the earth like a landslide.

Cao Cao was wearing a golden helmet and gold armor, and he was very conspicuous in the team. He waved his hand slightly, and the team was suddenly silent. Pang Ji and Wang Jie walked forward with dozens of generals and knelt down in front of Cao Cao, "Nanjun don't drive Pang!" Ji and Wang Jie, who joined the army, paid a visit to the prime minister."

Cao Cao got off his horse and helped the two of them up with a smile, "The two envoys have their hearts devoted to the court and help the court solve their problems.

Pang Ji and Wang Jie bowed deeply, "Thank you Prime Minister for your kindness!"

Cao Cao smiled at the dozens of generals again: "The generals are the mainstay of my great man, and they don't want to be loyal to the rebels. I will definitely report to the emperor and give you generals more ranks!"

All the generals were overjoyed and said one after another: "I would like to serve the prime minister!"

Seeing that they were understanding, Cao Cao couldn't help smiling, and his eyes fell on a woman behind them. To be precise, it was a baby in the woman's arms. The baby was only half a year old, and it was Liu Bei's son Liu Chan.

Pang Ji understood what Cao Cao meant, and hurried forward to take the swaddle from the woman, and handed it to Cao Cao, "This is the baby!" he whispered.

Seeing that Liu Chan was fat and cute, and sleeping soundly, Cao Cao couldn't help but smiled triumphantly and said, "Your father owes me a kindness, so don't learn from him!"

The woman was Liu Chan's nurse, she suddenly stepped forward and knelt down and begged: "My master only has this bloodline, begging the prime minister to spare his life!"

Cao Cao handed Liu Chan to her, and said with a smile, "His father and I are brothers, and the son of the emperor's uncle is my son. How could I harm him? I will take care of him in the future."

The nurse hugged Liu Chan tightly in her arms, kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness!"

Cao Cao asked again: "Where are the two wives of the emperor's uncle?"

Pang Ji hurriedly said: "They are all in the city, and they are all safe and sound!"

Cao Cao nodded, and said to his left and right: "You can send their mother and son to Yedu, where they will be supported by the emperor's uncle's salary. Anyone who dares to come and harass me will be killed immediately!"

Although Liu Bei's wife and children were captured, the family members of his subordinates such as Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang had already crossed the river. It must be said that this was a pity. Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to enter the city, and a hundred thousand troops lined up to Jiangling City. go.

But Cao Cao was most concerned about the warships. Instead of entering the city, he came directly to the pier, where countless warships were moored on the river. There are more than a thousand warships, of which more than [-] warships are over a thousand stone."

Cheng Yu laughed and said, "It rained heavily for several days, preventing the warships from sailing south. This is God's will. God wants the Prime Minister to succeed!"

"It is indeed God's will!"

Cao Cao sighed and said: "Nanjun has not had such a heavy rain for several years, but it happened when our army went south. This is the arrangement of heaven."

He asked Xia Houyuan again, "How are the boatmen and sailors doing?"

"Jiangling's soldiers are all sailors. In addition, there are more than [-] boatmen. There are not enough people to control the boats."

Cao Cao immediately turned his head and said to Cao Hong: "Send people to recruit boatmen everywhere. Everyone, old or young, must board the boat. Be sure to recruit [-] boatmen within ten days."

"Humble duty!" Cao Hong hurried away.

At this time, Cao Cao stared at the other side, and asked Xia Houyuan, "How is the situation on the other side?" "

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the army and people on the other side have all withdrawn to Wuling County in a hurry, but more than 200 warships could not be taken away, and they were all captured by our army." After a pause, Xia Houyuan asked for instructions: "But they are carrying the old and weak, and the withdrawal speed is extremely fast. Slow down, do you want to lead the cavalry to catch up?"

Cao Cao shook his head, "Liu Bei is nothing to worry about, Liu Jing is the key to our success or failure, order the soldiers to rest for ten days, and ten days later they will sail eastward."

"Prime Minister, I have an idea." Cheng Yu said cautiously.

"what idea?"

"Weichen thinks it's better to train troops in Jiangling for two months. The river here is very open, which is very suitable for military training. It will not be too late for the soldiers to adapt to the waterway of the Yangtze River before going east. Moreover, I know that there is very little grain in Jiangling. We also need to transport food from Fancheng. .”

After all, Cheng Yu had been guarding Fancheng for more than half a year, and he knew more about southern water warfare than Cao Cao. He took a boat from Jiangling to Jiangxia, not to mention water warfare. I'm afraid the soldiers couldn't even take the long boat ride.

More importantly, Liu Bei had transported most of the food stored in Jiangling, and the current stored food could not support the consumption of the [-] army at all, which Cao Cao obviously did not expect.

After all, Cao Cao has been fighting for many years. Although Cheng Yu said it very implicitly, he immediately came to his senses. His eagerness almost ruined the big thing. He nodded immediately, "If it wasn't for Zhong De's reminder, I would almost make a wrong decision, so I will follow your advice." It is suggested to train troops in Jiangling for two months."

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In Qichun County, Sun Quan's fleet has arrived for three days, but Sun Quan never mentioned the matter of moving the army to Zhukou, nor did he mention the transfer of Cheng Pu. Apart from agreeing to conclude a fire oil trade with Jingzhou, the rest of the army deployment was almost non-existent. Any change, an atmosphere of uneasiness enveloped Jiangdong Army.

At night, Lu Su came out of the county seat with a few entourages on horseback, and ran towards the pier where the warships were docked. As they approached the pier, they were immediately spotted by patrolling soldiers. He ordered loudly: "Stop, or you will shoot an arrow!"

The knight stopped his horse, and Lu Su responded in the dark: "It's me, Deputy Commander Lu."

It turned out to be one of our own people, the soldiers put away their crossbows, and a village chief stepped forward to salute, "I don't know if it was the arrival of the deputy governor of Lu, and the lowly position offended me."

Lu Su nodded, "This is your duty, you don't have to blame yourself."

"Thank you, Deputy Commander Lu, I will bid you farewell!"

After the patrol left, Lu Su quickly came to the river, where a row of small boats were moored, and happened to see a boy fetching water from the river, Lu Su smiled and asked, "Is Mr. Kong Ming there?"

The voice just fell.A tall man came out of the boat, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I just got a jug of good wine today, did Zijing smell it?"

This person was Zhuge Liang. The reason why he came to see Sun Quan was because many officials and generals in Jiangling were unwilling to participate in the fight against Cao Cao, even including Liu Bei.

But Zhuge Liang knew very well that if they did not participate in this coalition against Cao Cao, they would have no say in the distribution of benefits after the war.

Therefore, he strongly advocated participating in the alliance, and persuaded Liu Bei to come to see Sun Quan and discuss with Sun Quan the specific details of Liu Bei's army participating in the fight against Cao.

Zhuge Liang invited Lu Su into the cabin. The cabin was not big, and he couldn't even straighten his waist, but it was well tidied up, with soft and bright lights, soft mats, and dozens of rolls of bamboo slips and books in the corner.

The two sat across the table, the little boy brought a pot of wine and two wine cups, served two plates of side dishes, and poured them each a glass of wine. Lu Su asked with concern: "Kong Ming is still paying attention to Jiangling Are you worried?"

At this time, Zhuge Liang already knew what happened in Jiangling, which made him feel sad. He didn't want to see anyone for two days, except of course, except for personal friends.

Lu Su is one of his good friends. When he was 20 years old, he came to Jiangdong to study and met Lu Su, Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong heroes.

Zhuge Liang sighed, "In this matter, Liu Jing released the water first, Cao Cao made the arrangements later, and Pang Ji and others betrayed the third. It's a pity that I am not in Jiangling, otherwise Cao Cao's plan would not have succeeded."

"However, although Jiangling is lost, the emperor's uncle and the main generals are still there, and they still retain some of their strength. It's a blessing among misfortunes."

Zhuge Liang drank the wine in the glass, shook his head and said: "We won't talk about this matter anymore, it will only cause trouble, let's talk about your affairs! Why is it suddenly quiet these days, the atmosphere is a bit weird!"

"I came to you for this."

Lu Su lowered his voice and said, "Cao Cao secretly sent an envoy to send a letter to Marquis Wu. I only learned the contents of this letter today."

"What's in the letter?" Zhuge Liang also asked curiously.

"Cao Cao promised in the letter that he would not attack Jiangdong within three to five years, and he named Wu Hou as Wu Gong, on the condition that Jiangdong withdraw his troops and return to Soochow."

This also surprised Zhuge Liang. The reason why Jiangdong actively resisted Cao was because he was worried that his lips would die and his teeth would be cold. Once Cao Jun broke through Jingzhou, he would go down the river and attack Jiangdong. Now Cao Cao promised not to attack Jiangdong within three to five years. , so that Jiangdong is not in danger of being attacked. In this way, does Jiangdong still have the heart to resist Cao?

"Does Zhang Zhao know about this?"

"He should know about the delivery of the letter, but he certainly doesn't know the content of the letter, otherwise these civil servants would have been in trouble..."

Speaking of this, Lu Su suddenly thought of Zhuge Liang's elder brother, Zhuge Jin, and couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment on his face, "The content of this letter is only known to me now, and Marquis Wu sent me this afternoon to discuss this matter with me."

"Then what is Wu Hou's attitude?"

"Wu Hou is undecided, I can see that Wu Hou is a little shaken."

Lu Su's eyes showed worry. Now Marquis Wu is a little shaken. If Zhang Zhao leads the civil officials to oppose collectively, the anti-Cao alliance will collapse ten times. How can Jiangxia resist the attack of Cao Cao's 30 troops?

What worries Lu Su even more is that once Cao Jun annexes Jingzhou, the strength of the navy will inevitably increase. At that time, Cao Jun will attack Jiangdong from both directions from the east and north, and Jiangdong will surely perish.

Thinking of this, Lu Su said anxiously and angrily: "How can Marquis Wu be so short-sighted? Cao Cao promised to delay the attack for three years. He obviously wanted to use these three years to calm down Zhang Lu, Ma Teng and Liu Zhang. Without allies, he would Turn around and attack Jiangdong."

"Did Zijing tell Marquis Wu?"

"I told him, but he didn't respond." Lu Su heaved a long sigh.

At this time Zhuge Liang sneered, "Wu Hou is probably thinking about annexing Jingzhou while Cao Cao is attacking Ma Teng or Zhang Lu. His long-cherished wish that he did not fulfill on Liu Jing should be fulfilled on Cao Cao instead."

Lu Su's face changed drastically, that's what Marquis Wu meant, but he didn't tell Zhuge Liang, but he got it right.

Zhuge Liang observed Lu Su's facial expression, and he knew that he had guessed the truth. Sun Quan really had this idea.

Zhuge Liang continued to sneer and said, "If Marquis Wu really thinks this way, I'm afraid he will underestimate Liu Jing too much."