Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 93
"Captain!" In Poyang City, the guard Tai Shici went out of the city to welcome Zhou Yu who had just arrived here with his army back.

"Ziyi, what's the current situation in Wu County?" Zhou Yu hurriedly asked without taking off his armor.

"Xuzhou's army has been attacking the city for more than ten days, but it has made little progress. The last general has few soldiers, and he wanted to attack internally and externally, but he was unable to catch up! Now that the army of the governor is returning to help, it will be much better!" Tai Shici also said happily.

"That's good!" Zhou Yu felt relieved when he heard that.Looking up at the sky, it was almost dusk at this time, so he immediately ordered the army to rest in Poyang City overnight, and then return to aid Wu County tomorrow, and it is expected to arrive as early as tomorrow afternoon.

After setting up the army, Zhou Yu thought about it, and brought a few personal guards to a quiet house in the west of Poyang City.Before entering the door, the elegant sound of the piano could already be heard in the house.Zhou Yu involuntarily closed her eyes, slowed down and walked gently towards the closed courtyard door, while gently waving the beat with her right hand.Until the end of the song, Zhou Yu still had a sense of unfinished business, and it took him a while to recover and applaud: "Madam's piano skills have really improved."

There was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, and with the sound of "creaking" the door opened, a hurried figure rushed towards Zhou Yu. "Husband!" Regardless of the presence of others, Xiao Qiao directly stepped forward and threw herself into Zhou Yu's arms, her voice choked with excitement.Although Zhou Yu was a little surprised, he still caressed his wife's hair in his arms and comforted him softly. Then the two entered the courtyard hand in hand. What happened here is not humane.

Not to mention that Zhou Yu and his wife in Poyang City were newly married, but at this time in Wujun City, Liu Bei's mood was not so good. "Everyone, just now I came to report that after defeating Liu Pan, Zhou Yu personally led an army of [-] to aid Wu County, and it has arrived in Poyang this afternoon." That night, Liu Bei announced the news to everyone with a slightly sad mood.

"What? The Jingzhou army has lost again?" The generals were shocked when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at each other. "Don't be afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs!" Zhao Feng now understood the true meaning of this sentence.I expected the Jingxiang navy to defeat the Jiangdong navy, and then attack from both sides to carve up Jiangdong.I don't want the Jingzhou army to make trouble for several months, but they can't even cross the river.If you can't pass it, you can't pass it. Now you can't even play the most basic containment effect, and you have lost cleanly and completely.

"My lord, it is difficult to break through Wu County in a hurry. Zhou Yu came to help again, and our army will inevitably suffer from the enemy. It is better to return to Danyang to consolidate the foundation, and then make plans!" Lu Su thought for a while, and still proposed this relatively safe plan.Liu Bei also hesitated when he heard the words, not only him, Zhao Feng, Lu Su and everyone who experienced the battle with Cao Cao in Yuzhou that day, all remembered that Cao Cao was trapped in the core by his own side and could not move.If Zhou Yu killed Wu Jun, he might end up in such a situation, which would be no fun.Moreover, Liu Bei only used 7 troops to attack Wu County this time. Now Zhou Yu's army + Wu County's defenders have a full 8 people, and the superiority of troops suddenly changed hands.Of course, today's Liu Bei is different from Cao Cao back then, and Xuzhou and Yuzhou can send reinforcements over again, but if this battle is fought to this point, even if Jiangdong is defeated, it will be a miserable victory.

Just when Liu Bei was about to come down and withdraw his troops, a small school came to report that someone had just shot down a letter in the city. Liu Bei received the letter, opened it and looked a little weird. "Xu Gong said that he would be more willing to open the city gate tomorrow night to allow our army to enter the city!" Liu Bei said in surprise after reading it.

Apart from Liu Bei, only Zhao Feng, Lu Su and Pang Tong knew about Xu Gong's affairs, and the rest of the generals didn't know about it. Now Liu Bei briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter, and everyone suddenly realized.After everyone thought about it, they all felt that this matter was a bit weird.There is no other reason, coincidence, too coincidence.Zhou Yu was coming back just tomorrow, and the insiders here were just about to make trouble. Are these two incidents too coincidental?
"My lord, could it be that Sun Quan wants to scheme against us?" Gao Lan was the first to put forward his opinion after pondering for a while, and most of the generals nodded in agreement.Liu Bei was also a little hesitant, and immediately turned to look at Zhao Feng and Lu Su, the two people he trusted the most.Zhao Feng took the letter from Liu Bei with satisfaction, and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help saying "Hey": "My lord, there may be something strange in it."

"Where?" Liu Bei also signaled Zhao Feng to explain in detail.

"Look, my lord, the letter said that Zhou Yu was about to return to aid, and the defenders would inevitably relax their defenses. The people guarding the south gate tomorrow night were his accomplices, so there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. How did the people of Wu County know that Zhou Yu was about to return to aid? We are Surround the city with water!" Zhao Feng asked his own question.In this day and age, there are no text messages on mobile phones, how did the people in Wujun know?
"It's really weird!" Liu Bei nodded after seeing it, and all the generals advised Liu Bei to be on the safe side, and withdraw his troops back to Danyang first.However, at this moment, a hoarse voice said: "My lord, I think this matter is safe, and the capture of Wu County will be tomorrow!" Everyone looked, but it was Pang Tong.

"Why is Shi Yuan so sure?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

"My lord, Zhou Yu's return to aid is true. Let's talk about whether the people of Wu County know about it. But if Sun Quan wants to design a plan to hold us back, and wait for Zhou Yu to attack our army on both sides, there is a better plan. Why do we need to do this? Dangerous? Once our army enters the city, the Jiangdong Army will only have to fight in the streets. Unless he can lure my army into the city with confidence, he can be wiped out in one fell swoop. But if he has such a skill, why is he surrounded by us so far? ? This stupid idea is too dangerous, so Tong asserts that it was definitely not intentionally designed by Sun Quan." Pang Tong spoke with eloquence.

"It makes sense!" Zhao Feng heard Pang Tong's analysis, and felt that his messy mind suddenly cleared up a lot.Liu Bei also nodded in agreement, then frowned and said, "Then how did Xu Gong know that Zhou Yu came back to help?"

"There must be another trick." Pang Tong speculated.Liu Bei didn't take it seriously when he heard the words, but asked: "Then according to Shi Yuan's opinion, what can I do?"

"Right now, let's take a gamble. If Zhou Yu leads an army back to aid, he will have to go through Shenting Ridge. My lord can send a team to station there to stop Zhou Yu's reinforcements, and at the same time see if he can take the opportunity to capture Wu County tomorrow night. If so If not, then retreat to Danyang." Pang Tong laughed.

Dangerous, very dangerous.This was Zhao Feng's first impression of Pang Tong's plan. If he couldn't take down Wu Jun tomorrow night, or couldn't stop Zhou Yu's reinforcements, he would only be besieged.When all the generals heard the words, their faces were a little unhappy, and they all felt that it was too bold to act like this.

Liu Bei's expression also fluctuated, and he said slowly after a while: "I don't know which general is willing to go to Shenting Ridge to stop the enemy?" After saying this, everyone understood that Liu Bei wanted to fight.Everyone looked at me and looked at you, but finally Zhao Feng said: "Master, Feng is willing to go." As he took the lead, the rest of the generals also asked for orders.In the end, Liu Bei asked Zhao Feng, Huang Zhong and Chen Dao to lead 5000 troops to station at Shentingling, where they blocked the Jiangdong Army.At the same time, Liu Bei ordered to build a beacon tower overnight between the two places. If the fire did not start in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, it means that Wu Jun failed to capture, and there is no need to defend it.At the same time, in order to prevent Zhou Yu from defrauding Danyang, Liu Bei also quickly sent someone to tell Zhang Liao, who was guarding Danyang, that unless Liu Bei and others came in person, they should not open the city gate easily.

"Feng understands!" Zhao Feng nodded.Liu Bei also knew that no matter whether he could take Wu County or not, Zhao Feng's blocking was crucial, so he was unambiguous at the moment, and at the same time he dispatched fifty ballistas to him, and also handed him a thousand Beer elite soldiers.At the same time, Zhao Feng also asked Liu Bei to transfer the heavy truck to him. It would be good to use this thing to block the way as there is no time to build a fortress at Shenting Ridge.That night, Zhao Feng led his troops, Huang Zhong and Chen Dao to station at Shenting Ridge.

However, no matter whether it was Zhao Feng, Liu Bei, or even Pang Tong, they didn't think why Xu Gong would prepare to attack at this moment.Just an hour before Xu Gong flew the arrow to send the letter, Sun Quan had just called the officials of Wu County to discuss matters.During the banquet, Sun Quan informed everyone that Zhou Yu was about to return to aid Wujun, and took out a silk letter to circulate to everyone.This letter is very short, just briefly telling Sun Quan and Zhou Yu that he is about to return to aid.But the key point is that the letter is stamped with Zhou Yu's seal of governor.This shows that this letter was not forged by Sun Quan to appease people.

"My lord, can Governor Zhou really come back to help Wu Jun?" Zhang Zhao asked in disbelief, but he didn't know whether it was because he couldn't believe that Zhou Yu had defeated the Jingzhou Army, or because he couldn't believe this letter.Sun Quan knew what he meant, and said with a slight smile, "Everyone, this letter was designed by a friend of mine to send Gongjin, and it is absolutely reliable. Now we only need to persist for a day or two, and then we can join Gongjin and defeat Xuzhou." army!"

"That's great!" Everyone in the hall was very happy when they heard it.Although the Xuzhou army did not attack the city on a large scale these days, the catapults and ballistas have not stopped, which puts too much psychological pressure on these civil servants.Sun Quan announced the news earlier because he wanted to take the opportunity to calm down the people who were a little anxious.He didn't want Xu Gong to hear that Zhou Yu was about to come back for help, and he knew that the opportunity would never come again, so he made a desperate preparation, so he took the risk to tell the story.After the defenders learned of the arrival of the reinforcements, they were excited for a while, but they were negligent, and he succeeded in one fell swoop.

However, Sun Quan didn't care about this matter at the moment, he was in a good mood, and after finishing the discussion, he wandered around the Marquis Wu's residence a little bored.After thinking about it, I decided to tell my mother first, so that the old man could rest assured.After bidding farewell to his mother, Sun Quan did not return to the residence immediately, but came to a small courtyard to the west.

After two knocks on the door, "Who is it?" A clear voice came from the courtyard. "It's me, sister-in-law, Zhongmou." Sun Quan replied.Not long after, a maid came to open the door for him, Sun Quan strolled into the small courtyard, and a young woman in a blue dress hurried out to greet him.

"Uncle Unknown is here, but what's the matter?" The young woman welcomed Sun Quan into the hall and asked after both of them sat down.

"Nothing else, I just came here to thank my sister-in-law. Thanks to the pigeons raised by my sister-in-law who delivered Gongjin's letter as soon as possible, the hearts of the people in Wu County can be at peace." Sun Quan said somewhat absent-mindedly.

The young woman was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, and then smiled and said: "Uncle, you are serious. This pigeon was just raised and played with my sister in my spare time. It was only later that I discovered that this bird could recognize the way and send messages, so I domesticated a few. Now my sister I live far away in Poyang with Gongjin, and I brought a few pigeons with me when I went, but I don’t want to be able to pass on military information to my uncle and Gongjin today!” This young woman is naturally Sun Ce’s widow, Xiao Qiao’s sister, Da Qiao.

When Sun Quan mentioned Xiao Qiao, a strange look flashed in his eyes, but Da Qiao didn't notice anything.The two chatted for a while, and Sun Quan was busy with affairs as Marquis of Wu and couldn't stay for a long time, so he immediately got up to leave, and Da Qiao hurriedly got up to see him off. "Sister-in-law, why do you need to be so polite, please stop!" Sun Quan hurriedly dissuaded, and then stretched out his left hand to grab Da Qiao's right hand, which was about to salute and bid farewell, and held it tightly.

(End of this chapter)