Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 73 Occupation of Lujiang
"Mr. Zhang, what clever plan do you have to persuade Cao Cao to send troops?" After the discussion was over, Sun Quan specially asked Zhang Zhao to ask in detail.Just now, Zhang Zhao just said the reason why he could contact Cao Cao, but he didn't say how to contact him. Sun Quan had been in touch with Zhang Zhao for a long time, and knew that he must have something to say in public, so he stayed and asked him carefully.

"My lord, right now Cao Cao is leading an army of 15 to confront Yuan Shao at Guandu, while Yanzhou is staying behind with [-] horses. If it is said that he is not eyeing Yuzhou, who would believe it? Besides, Liu Bei and Cao Cao have old grievances, and it is only because they fought against Yuan Shao together Form an alliance for the time being. Once Yuan Shao slightly eases the offensive, the two will definitely turn against each other. Therefore, if we promise Cao Cao to attack Yuzhou when the Xuzhou army captures Jiangdong, Cao Cao will definitely agree!" Zhang Zhao said with a confident smile.

"That's not bad, but why did Cao Cao attack Yuzhou instead of Xuzhou?" Sun Quan asked with a frown.He knows that Xuzhou is Liu Bei's foundation, wouldn't it be more rewarding to start here?
"Ah!" Zhang Zhao also sighed sadly, "The old minister is originally from Xuzhou. He heard that his hometown is humane. Xuzhou has been ruled by Liu Bei for four years. At present, the people's hearts are gone, and it is difficult to attack in a hurry. He is also Cao Cao. It was very difficult to attack Xuzhou when we were forced to cede Taishan County. However, Yuzhou has few soldiers and horses, so if Cao Cao attacked it, it would be easy."

"Although that is the case, how can we convince Cao Cao?" Sun Quan was still a little worried.Although he has never met Cao Cao, he also knows that Cao Cao is by no means someone who can help him so easily.

"Well, we have to do what he likes!" Zhang Zhao smiled strangely, then looked at Sun Quan with a puzzled expression, and had to explain patiently: "Cao Cao is a womanizer, if you can give him a beautiful woman, Then Cao Cao will definitely send troops!"

"Huh?" Sun Quan was a little surprised by Zhang Zhao's proposal, and after thinking about it, he sighed: "If we want to marry, there are no beautiful women in my Sun clan, and my younger sister is only nine years old this year, so what can I do?"

"What I said was not Miss, but..." Zhang Zhao hesitated at this point. "But what?" Sun Quan was also very puzzled, what kind of suitable candidate did Zhang Zhao have.

"It's Mrs. Qiao's concubine!" Zhang Zhao gritted his teeth, and then saw that Sun Quan's face was not very good-looking, and quickly explained: "My lord, there is nothing wrong with this matter. Although Mrs. Qiao is beautiful, she is only the concubine of the first lord after all. In addition, Cao Cao has heterosexuality. He has always regarded young girls as incomplete flowers and willows, but he regards other people's wives as wonderful wives. On the day when Shouchun was captured, the fake concubines of Yuan Shuzhong's court, Wu and Liu According to the law, he should be beheaded, but Cao Cao took it for himself, which is evident! If you send Mrs. Qiao and Cao Cao, he will definitely send troops!"

"no!"

Zhang Zhao was still explaining that Sun Quan had stopped drinking, and then, regardless of Zhang Zhao's astonishment, Sun Quan said angrily, "My eldest brother died less than a year ago, and I will use his widow for foreign aid? Even if this can convince Cao Cao Let’s raise troops, but what face will I have when I go to see my elder brother under the Nine Springs in the future? Mr. Zhang, let’s not talk about this matter again!”

"Master?" Zhang Zhao opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.Seeing that his student was so angry, Zhang Zhao knew that he was no longer the boy who followed him respectfully.Immediately pleaded guilty, and left in a somewhat despondent manner.

Although Zhang Zhao left, Sun Quan's life was not much easier.The two armies of Liu Bei and Liu Biao were like two heavy boulders pressing on his heart, making him restless.Seeing that it was already noon, Sun Quan still didn't move at all to the meal in front of him.

"Quan'er, why are you so worried?" Sun Quan heard the sound and looked, but saw that it was his mother Mrs. Wu who was walking, but the attendants saw that Sun Quan was not able to eat, so he had no choice but to tell Mrs. Wu.

"Mother!" Sun Quan saw his old mother before telling the whole story with a long sigh.Mrs. Wu listened carefully. When she heard that Zhang Zhao proposed to use Da Qiao in exchange for Cao Cao's troops, the old lady couldn't help being furious and said, "What kind of strategy is this? Zibu is good at internal affairs, but not military strategy." ! Zhongmou, you must not act like this!"

"Of course my boy won't, it's just that there are two people coming to commit crimes, so what can I do?" Sun Quan frowned.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wu smiled and said: "Could it be that Quan'er forgot what your elder brother said before he died."

"Huh?" Hearing the words, Sun Quan seemed to be walking alone in the dark, when he suddenly saw a bright light. "Ask Zhang Zhao if you are undecided about internal affairs, and ask Zhou Lang if you are undecided about external affairs! Quan'er, now that foreign enemies are attacking, why don't you call Gongjin to come and discuss?" Mrs. Wu patiently enlightened.

"Mother is right!" Sun Quan also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and immediately began to feel in the mood to eat.Mrs. Wu saw that Sun Quan was willing to eat, so she felt relieved and left.

"Hmph!" As soon as his mother left, Sun Quan's originally smiling face suddenly turned dark.My elder brother, brother-in-law and governor of Jiangdong, is really in the limelight. Even in Poyang, his influence is still so obvious.Although I am the Lord of Jiangdong, I feel a little helpless in the face of him.Among the two important ministers who depended on Gu Gu, Zhang Zhao was his own man, so it would be fine, but he might not, and what was even more terrible was that he still held the military power.

"That's all, let's pass this level first!" Sun Quan weighed the weight, but he still couldn't do anything to Zhou Yu for the time being. "One day I will get you!" Sun Quan said bitterly in his heart at the same time.

Not to mention that Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu, who was in Poyang, to go back to Wu County to obey orders, but at this time the city of Lujiang was very lively. "Wen Xiang, Wen Chang, long time no see Zhongye!" Zhao Feng smiled and said to the Yuzhou army horses who came to gather, and the leaders were Xu Sheng, Wei Yan and Wenpin.

"Greetings to General Zhao!" The three of them bowed and saluted at the same time. "Why do you three need to be so polite, please talk in the big tent!" Zhao Feng was not used to being so polite to these guys for a while. Since he was named General Nan Zheng, his colleagues are somewhat afraid to be so casual with him. Yes, this made him a little uncomfortable for a while.

"General Zhao, I will lead the army all the way from Anyang. Passing through the four counties of Lujiang, they all surrendered in Kaesong!" After sitting down, Wei Yan was the first to report.This time Zhao Feng went south to Jiangdong, Liu Bei and Guan Yu assigned him a total of eight generals, namely Zhang Liao, Gao Lan, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Xu Sheng, Li Tong, Guan Ping, and Gan Ning.In addition, there are Lu Su and Lu Jun, two civil servants who are familiar with Jiangdong's affairs, accompanying the army staff.

"We have also wiped out the three counties to the east of Lujiang River. Right now, only Yangquan County, where Lujiang City is located, is surrounded by us." Zhao Feng also nodded, but his heart was a little uncontrollable excited.

This time, Liu Bei handed over 11 troops to him.Although Zhao Feng has never been defeated since he was in the army, he also knew that those books were all because of his opponent being too good.Strictly speaking, in these years, except for the battle against Cao Cao in Xuzhou and Peiguo, which can be regarded as a strong opponent, the rest are mobs.Even if Sun Quan is not as good as Cao Cao this time in the conquest of Jiangdong, the two are not far away from each other, so Zhao Feng is even more careful, for fear that he will be incompetent and kill a hundred thousand troops.

"In the county I was waiting for, there were no more than a few hundred county soldiers left behind. Presumably the chief minister is also the same. It seems that the other party wants to shrink their troops and stick to Yangquan to wait for reinforcements!" Zhao Feng continued, then turned to Lu Su and said: " The general guarding the Lujiang River is Sun Quan's cousin, Sun Fu, who leads an army of [-] guards, does Zijing know what kind of man he is?"

"Sun Fu's name is Guoyi, he is the son of Sun Qiang, Uncle Sun Ce's, and he is quite brave." Lu Su stroked his beard and smiled.

"Quite brave?" Zhao Feng mused after hearing the words.Just as they were preparing to discuss countermeasures, someone came to report at this moment, and Zang Ba Youxin, who stayed behind in Shouchun, recommended someone to vote for.

"I've seen General Zhao, all generals!" A Confucian scholar in Tsing Yi came into the big tent and bowed to Zhao Feng and all the generals. "You don't need to be too polite. Your Excellency is Jiang Gan Jiang Ziyi, a famous scholar from Jiujiang?" Zhao Feng looked at the letter of introduction from Zang Ba in his hand, and said in disbelief.The letter said that Jiang Gan, a famous scholar from Jiujiang, was quite good at eloquence, and he had lived in Jiangdong for a long time, so he was familiar with the local affairs, so he was recommended to come to Zhao Feng for help.

"Exactly!" Jiang Gan said with a smile, but he was a little complacent in his heart, he didn't expect that his reputation was not small, even Zhao Feng and Zhao Botao in Xuzhou knew his name.How did he know that almost no one would know his name after a thousand years.

"I heard that your Excellency lived in Jiangdong for a long time, so you know this Yangquan county guard Sun Fu?" Zhao Feng asked tentatively.He didn't dare to trust this Jiang, but he had to wait and see for now.

"This Sun Fu was sent to death by Sun Quan!" Jiang Gan said surprisingly.Seeing the puzzled faces of the crowd, Jiang Gan stopped playing tricks and told Zhao Feng and the others the truth.It turned out that after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan, who succeeded him, was young, so some members of the Sun family were eager to move, and the most eager one was Sun Quan's cousin, Sun Fu's eldest brother, Sun Ben.Although it was later killed in the bud by Sun Quan, Sun Quan obviously couldn't let these hidden dangers remain in Jiangdong, so he dispatched Sun Ben to Jiaozhou, but let Sun Fu guard Lujiang.Fortunately, Jiang Gan has been visiting friends in Jiangdong for a while, and he likes to inquire about all kinds of gossip news in his life, and the news of such family infighting is not strictly sealed, so he knows all about the inside story.

"It's reasonable to say that the Lujiang River hangs alone in the north of the river. If Sun Quan wants to guard it wholeheartedly, the gain will not be worth the loss. Therefore, he transferred his cousin who is not in the same heart to guard the Lujiang River. It is clear that he wants to kill people with a knife!" Zhao Feng also sighed.At this time, the horses came to report, and they all said that most of the defenders in Lujiang City were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they were full of county soldiers.

"So that's how it is!" The generals were even more stunned, it seemed that what Jiang Gan said was true. "Since this is the case, Sun Fu is already a solitary army. Zijing, I'll let you write down the letter persuading surrender, have the military scribes copy more than a hundred copies, and shoot them into the city." Seeing that it was getting late today, Zhao Feng didn't have time to attack. The city is in danger, so let's try the psychological warfare first.

"Su understand!" That night Lu Su wrote a letter of persuasion all night, and then ordered people to shoot into the city.The effect was obvious, the next morning at dawn, the gates of Lujiang city were opened wide, and first a young man who looked more heroic held his official seal and led a group of civil and military officials out of the city to ask for their surrender.

"Greetings to General Zhao!" Seeing Zhao Feng driving his horse forward, the young man in the lead also walked forward with two people and bowed down in front of the horse. "You don't need to be too polite, your Excellency is Sun Fu, the prefect of Lujiang?" Zhao Feng asked.After a closer look, he was indeed very young.Think about it, Sun Quan is only 18 years old this year, he is Sun Quan's cousin, probably only 17 years old.

Sun Fu smiled wryly when he heard the words, and then said: "I was ordered to guard Lujiang, but I am not the governor of Lujiang. Gu Yong, the governor of Lujiang, is in Shucheng County in the south of the Yangtze River." As soon as he said this, he immediately revealed his identity as an abandoned son undoubtedly.Zhao Feng also understood when he heard the words, he confiscated the official seal of Sun Fu's Polu Colonel, but ordered him to be an official under his General Zhengnan, and he will be settled first.

So far, the Xuzhou army has wiped out Lujiang, Sun Quan's only stronghold in Jiangbei, almost without a single soldier.From Sun Fu's mouth, Zhao Feng learned that Sun Quan merged the southern part of the Lujiang River into Danyang County, and his younger brothers Sun Yi and Gu Yong led [-] elite soldiers to guard it.

(End of this chapter)