The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 404 The Powerful Lu Su

Dongfang Sheng called Zhuge Liang over to discuss the next plan. The two of them made a total calculation, and even with Zhuge Liang's intelligence, there was nothing they could do about the current situation.

However, Zhuge Liang discussed with Dongfang Sheng and came up with a result, which was to break out of Liu Bei's siege and return to Jiangdong.

As for why they want to go back to Jiangdong, which has just been defeated and is not stable, instead of Yizhou, which has always been the base camp, both Dongfang Sheng and Zhuge Liang have the same idea: there must be ambushes and traps in Yizhou, and they probably think they will go back. , Set a trap and wait for yourself to drill.

Although Jiangdong has just been defeated, the Sun family's power is not stable. The most important thing is that Lu Su, a local gentry, has impressive strength, and once Jiangdong can't hold it, Dongfang Sheng can go directly to Xuzhou.

The four places of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Bohai County, and Youzhou have been opened up by Dongfang Sheng with great efforts to open up the double carriageway. With the advantage of convenient transportation, basically no one can get a bargain.

Dongfang Sheng felt that even Cao Cao could only contain part of the troops in the four places, so after thinking about the retreat, Dongfang Sheng pulled out his camp and went straight to Jiangdong the next day.

Liu Bei is still a soy sauce party with no sense of existence. I don't know if it is because of internal problems or Liu Bei's negligence. Anyway, Dongfang Sheng basically encountered no resistance and entered Jiangdong directly.

Returning to Jiangdong, Dongfang Sheng also felt a bit of sadness, which was felt from the refugees in ragged clothes.

When the two countries are at war, no matter how benevolent they are, the innocent will be hurt, and the common people will always be the majority of these innocent people.

Jiangdong had just been conquered by Dongfang Sheng, but unfortunately, Sun Quan made a comeback. Naturally, Lu Su would not give up the power he had just gained, so a big battle was inevitable.

When Sun Quan came back, he heard that Lu Su had taken over the power of Jiangdong, and he smiled and said to Zhou Yu, "Recovering Jiangdong is just around the corner!"

It's a pity that Lu Su slapped Sun Quan's face firmly from behind. Even Zhou Yu didn't expect that Lu Su, who is usually low-key and quiet, would have such a talent.

Whether it was the formation of troops or the confrontation between the two armies, Lu Su made Zhou Yu feel a lot of pressure.

It has been a week since Sun Quan returned to Jiangdong, but until now he has been stuck by Lu Su in Danyang County, the border between Xuzhou and Jiangdong.

This feeling of frustration made Sun Quan vomit blood, and Zhou Yu was even more emaciated.

Dongfang Sheng was not in a hurry to find Lu Su, but first found Cai Mao through the scout camp. Cai Mao had been restrained by Dong Xi before, and Dongfang Sheng didn't meet Cai Mao because he was in a hurry to go back, but only passed the news through the scout camp.

This time the situation is critical, Dongfang Sheng naturally wants to gather all the forces that can be gathered together, so as to increase the chance of winning.

Fortunately, Dongfang Sheng did not let the scout battalion withdraw from Jiangdong before, otherwise Cai Mao would not have been found.

With Cai Mao's joining, Dongfang Sheng's strength has been supplemented. At the same time, Cai Mao also brought news that Sun Quan was trapped in Danyang County by Lu Su and could not move forward.

Upon hearing the news, Dongfang Sheng immediately decided to go to Danyang County to support Lu Su.

If Sun Quan could be captured or killed alive, Dongfang Sheng felt that this time Sun Quan's conspiracy would be self-defeating.

Of course, this is just Dongfang Sheng's idea, and I don't know if Sun Quan has a back move. If he wants to run away, Dongfang Sheng's current strength may not be able to stop him.

But this time, Dongfang Sheng was not in a hurry, but slowed down, so that the generals and soldiers went to Danyang County in a more relaxed mood.

Along the way, what Dongfang Sheng did the most was to bring his soldiers to solve some life problems for the local people. For example: there was an annoying hornet's nest in a certain village, and Dongfang Sheng directly burned it with fire.

Or if there are wolves or bandits near the village, Dongfang Sheng will stop and wipe out the wolves and bandits before leaving.

Sometimes Dongfang Sheng even helps local farmers harvest crops, and of course helps some local merchants bring some goods along the way.

In this way, the reputation of Dongfang Sheng's army of benevolence and righteousness spread in Jiangdong, and some people or merchants who had been helped would even chase after Dongfang Sheng's army to give food to the soldiers and generals.

The slogan Dongfang Sheng put forward was 'military and civilian family', and he really let the soldiers under his command do this, not disturbing the people, and only helping the people when they need it.

Many generals who didn't understand Dongfang Sheng's intentions at first also understood after seeing the bacon and other food sent by those gray-haired old men.

Since ancient times, those who won the hearts of the people won the world, even if they were as strong as Tyranny, they died because they lost the hearts of the people.

Ordinary people are the easiest to satisfy, as long as their wives and children are on the kang, that's enough.

And some rulers didn't even leave the people a way to survive, not to mention making their wives and children hot on the kang. In this way, they would die anyway, and it would be better to rebel.

This is what Chen Sheng and Wu Guang incited those people to say during the uprising. If you don’t rebel, you will die, and if you rebel, you will die. But rebellion may open a way, so everyone will choose this multiple-choice question.

Dongfang Sheng's style directly set off a frenzy of support for the army in the Jiangdong area, and he did not suppress those rich people and noble families. Together with the gentry, they support Dongfang Sheng.

In such an environment, Dongfang Sheng went to the vicinity of Danyang County smoothly, and all the soldiers were full of food along the way. The Jiangdong area was relatively wealthy, and the people gave too much.

As soon as Lu Su heard that Dongfang Sheng had arrived outside the camp, he immediately brought his little military advisor Lu Xun to meet Dongfang Sheng.

Lu Su was amazed when he saw the radiant faces of Dongfang Sheng and the others, because he also got the news that Liu Bei had turned against Liu Bei when Dongfang Sheng returned to Jingzhou, and there were Cao Cao's men guarding the border of Yizhou to ambush.

It stands to reason that Dongfang Sheng, who escaped from such an environment, should be in a mess, but Dongfang Sheng's appearance overturned Lu Su's inner thoughts.

"Ziyi made a great contribution this time!" Dongfang Sheng patted Lu Su's shoulder with a smile and said, "In the future, there will be rewards when things pass."

Lu Su hurriedly retreated to the side and said, "Ziyi dare not take credit for it. This time, he was able to trap Sun Quan in Danyang entirely because of Boyan's scheme. I just contributed money and effort."

Dongfang Sheng nodded to Lu Xun who was beside Lu Su, and then continued to say to Lu Su: "Haha, if there is no Ziyi, the situation in Jiangdong will definitely not be like this, rewards must be rewarded!"

Of course, Dongfang Sheng would not obliterate Lu Su's contribution. If he wanted to trap Sun Quan without enough soldiers and horses to support him, no matter how good his strategy was, it would be useless.

(End of this chapter)