On the other side of Chaisang, after Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others received the imperial edict from Liu Yu, their worries were finally relieved.

Liu Yu did not take Zhang Fei in custody, nor did he take Zhang Fei's life. He was dismissed from office and was rewarded with 100 military sticks. To be honest, this is the grace given by Liu Yu. Although Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu were punished, they did not take that little salary seriously.

Guan Yu was the happiest person. He had been worried about whether Zhang Fei would be executed by Liu Yu. Guan Yu even thought about whether to rescue Zhang Fei like he had done before. But Zhuge Liang asked him to be calm. Zhuge Liang believed that Liu Yu would not punish Zhang Fei too seriously, and there was no problem in saving his life.

Zhuge Liang gave others the impression that he had made perfect plans. Since he said so surely, Guan Yu believed him.

Zhuge Liang himself did not have much confidence in his heart. Zhuge Liang dared not think about His Majesty's thoughts. In the past, all the princes in the world thought that they had figured out His Majesty's thoughts, but in the end, they were all plotted by His Majesty and could not die again. Zhuge Liang dared to be so sure in front of Guan Yu because Zhuge Liang was worried that Guan Yu would be impulsive and act like that in Xiangyang. As the head coach, Zhuge Liang had to hold Guan Yu steady.

Fortunately, the final result was really as Zhuge Liang guessed.

Everyone is already happy with such a result.

Isn’t it just a little salary? Let’s pay it.

Of course, no one has forgotten the fact that Liu Yu gave Zhang Fei a hundred military sticks. With Zhang Fei's strong body and the high mountain and far away emperor, it is an unknown how much a hundred military sticks can hit Zhang Fei.

Even Guan Yu thought so.

The news that Zhang Fei was beaten to the point of being unable to get out of bed for two days reached Chaisang, and he deeply slapped everyone in the face. They didn't expect that their Majesty would think of this and sent the imperial guards to carry out a hundred military sticks!

The only good news is that Zhang Fei is not seriously injured, but the pain is unbearable, which is what everyone feels relieved.

Zhang Fei's affairs have temporarily ended. When he no longer becomes a soldier in the city gate, it depends on Liu Yu's meaning. Everyone has understood Liu Yu's determination.

The other side.

The reinforcements of Liu Jun led by Zhang Xiu were always blocked in the road to Lujiang, and the Jiangdong defenders, sandwiched between Lujiang and Zhang Xiu, fought to the death.

But these are about to pass soon.

As Zhang Fei led tens of thousands of troops to Lujiang, defeated the two main forces of Cao's army, led by Xiahou Yuan and Taishi Ci, and saved Lujiang, making it an important stronghold for Liu's army. Once such a thing happened, not only Sun Ce, who had already evacuated to Poyang County, was stunned, but Cao Cao hurriedly sent troops to rescue Xiahou Yuan. The Jiangdong defenders sandwiched between Zhang Xiu and Lujiang became very dangerous.

The most common tactic between offense and defense is to attack on both sides, and the success rate is often extremely high. Now the Jiangdong defenders sandwiched in the middle are in a state of being attacked on both sides. It can be estimated that Zhang Liao and others in Lujiang City will definitely send troops to open up connections with Zhang Xiu. Even Zhang Liao did not expect it, Zhuge Liang would also think of it. The Jiangdong defenders also thought of it.

The current Jiangdong defenders are like abandoned children, without any support, and can only rely on their own strength to resist the possible attacks that Liu Jun may have.

The general situation in Jiangdong was gone, and the situation of being recaptured by the court could no longer be changed. Under such circumstances, the Jiangdong defenders who were sandwiched in the middle began to think about gains and losses.

Now that we have reached this point, there are only two ways to survive. One is to break through. If you continue to stay here, you will be surrounded sooner or later and eventually be destroyed. The generals all know that in terms of various strength comparisons, they cannot be compared with Liu Jun. As long as they are surrounded, Liu Jun will not have to do anything, and they will consume them to death. Over time, the defenders will use up food and grass. On that day, the hungry Jiangdong Army will not be able to fight against Liu Jun. Breakthrough is a good way. But the generals cannot guarantee that they can break through successfully.

Another way is to surrender. This signal has been generated within the remaining Jiangdong defenders. Moreover, after the soldiers learned that the morale of the soldiers had plummeted after the failure to regain Lujiang, they were dead and had no combat effectiveness every day. The generals all heard that the court was very good for the surrendered troops, not only to maintain their original positions, but to go further if they had the ability. In the past, the army in Jingzhou had not moved except for some very incompetent ones. If they did not want to continue to join the army after surrendering, the court would give you travel expenses and let you go home. Such a good thing is not false. The captured Jiangdong soldiers had a precedent for being released. And a large part of the Jiangdong soldiers who were released that time were among the remaining Jiangdong troops. In other words, surrender could have great benefits.

There is no good fruit to break through, and success cannot be guaranteed. If you surrender, even if you do not preserve your power, at least you will not worry about your life.

However, the remaining Jiangdong Army generals could not reach a consensus. After all, there were still generals loyal to Sun Ce. Of course, these loyal people understood the current situation, and could all die for Sun Ce and continue to resist Liu's army for Jiangdong. The voices of surrender in the army were the ones that these loyal people hated the most. What they needed to resist Liu's army was to work together, so that these loyal people did not dare to use tough means to make those generals who had surrendered their lives wholeheartedly for Sun Ce.

The remaining Jiangdong army was hesitating, and Zhang Liao from Lujiang learned that Zhang Xiu was blocked and made a decisive choice. Before, Zhang Liao was waiting for Zhang Xiu's reinforcements. At that time, due to insufficient troops, Zhang Liao could only defend Lujiang City to death and passively wait for Zhang Xiu's arrival. The situation is different now. With the 30,000 troops brought by Zhang Fei, Lujiang City can take the initiative to pick up Zhang Xiu. By the way, explain that Zhang Fei left the troops who secretly assisted Zhang Yun and also arrived in Lujiang City. The Jiangdong Navy has never appeared, allowing the Liu Army Navy led by Zhang Yun to guard the port safely and ensure the water connection with Chaisang City.

After Zhang Liao took over Zhang Fei's military power, he left 10,000 troops in Lujiang, and then led 20,000 troops to the location where Zhang Xiu was.

On the other side, Zhang Xiu seemed to have a heart-to-heart relationship and launched an attack on the Jiangdong defenders who were blocking him.

This action made the remaining Jiangdong Army generals tremble. What they didn't want to see finally happened. They were attacked on both sides, and they were attacked on both sides!

So the surrendered generals who did not want to die publicly called for their return to the court's arms to avoid indifferent casualties, which caused a large number of soldiers to respond.

The loyal generals of the sect never expected such a thing to happen and immediately scolded the surrendered faction.

The surrendered generals had actually reached a consensus long ago. Before the loyal faction could react, they pulled out the knife and stabbed it into the other party's body to track it. On the spot, the white knife went into the red knife.

Unfortunately, even though they had planned it in advance, their execution ability was still lacking and they were run away by two loyal generals.

Things have become bigger.

The two surviving die-hard generals returned to their camps and led their troops to attack the surrendered factions. Although they were all from Jiangdong, if the surrendered factions wanted to surrender to Liu Yu, they would become enemies of Jiangdong, and even become the vanguard and leader in attacking Jiangdong. The die-hard factions attacked the surrendered factions on a large scale with the idea of ​​killing one and reducing the other.

The Jiangdong general who had the idea of ​​surrender had a relatively mediocre ability, otherwise he would not have thought of surrender all at once, and was undeniably suppressed and beaten by the loyal faction.

Before the enemy could come, the Jiangdong Army itself began to be in chaos.

Neither Zhang Liao nor Zhang Xiu expected that such a great gift would occur in the civil strife of the Jiangdong Army. This time they had a good understanding, or the heroes had similar views, and all stopped attacking, waiting for the Jiangdong Army to kill each other, and only then went to pick peaches at the last moment.

Soon, the chaos within the Jiangdong Army stopped. The surrendered faction, who had the advantage in numbers, won the victory, and the loyal faction was completely in line with their loyalty attributes, and they all went to another world to serve Jiangdong.

Due to the civil strife of the Jiangdong Army, there was no blockade against Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao finally successfully met.

As soon as Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao met, they were chilling and complimenting each other.

Without waiting for them to say a few more nonsense, the surrendered faction of the Jiangdong Army brought Jiangdong soldiers to surrender.

Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu naturally had to ask why they surrendered.

These Jiangdong generals said that they were very noble, such as being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, abandoning the dark and turning to the light, etc., and all of them in the book were told. They also said that the Jiangdong generals who were loyal to Sun Ce were rebellious of the Han Dynasty, and everyone killed them quickly, and by the way, they said that they and others had already eliminated the thieves for the country.

If Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu believe it, there will be ghosts. But if the Jiangdong Army can surrender, they are happy to see it. As for what these generals say about eliminating thieves for the country, it is of course nonsense.

The Liu army has always had a precedent for not killing the surrendered troops. Jiangdong has not yet taken all of them, and these Jiangdong troops are of great use. So Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu quickly reached a consensus and accepted their surrender.

The surrendered Jiangdong Army was naturally happy, and the greatest benefit was that they could survive.

In order to prevent the Jiangdong Army from surrendering, Zhang Liao ordered the Liu army soldiers to confiscate all their weapons to avoid any accidents.

Regarding such a request, the surrendered Jiangdong Army did not hesitate at all, and happily threw away the weapons in their hands. Its decisiveness and speed made Zhang Liao widen his eyes, and at the same time believed in their sincerity in surrender.

The two armies of Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu merged, and the Jiangdong Army that accepted the surrender, the entire Lujiang City now had about 100,000 troops, and the entire Jiangdong was shocked for a moment.

Sun Ce, who was stationed in Poyang, was heartbroken and scolded the surrendered generals who were not sons of man, and were afraid of death to this point, killing the talented people who were loyal to Jiangdong and Sun Ce.

The angry Sun Ce locked all the surrendered generals' families into death row to relieve their anger. At the same time, he was the general who was loyal to him at the last moment, but Sun Ce came to his home to comfort their family.

Zhou Yu did not stop Sun Ce's actions. The current situation is not good for Jiangdong. It is easy for people in Jiangdong who are not optimistic about Sun Ce. Now a general has publicly surrendered to Liu Jun. If Sun Ce does not take serious action, it may make others lucky. As for whether the family of the surrendered person is innocent, Zhou Yu did not care. Before Sun Ce's great cause, anyone's sacrifice is worth it. Of course, including him, Zhou Yu.

The morale of Liu Jun was rising. Now Liu Jun is at its peak in Jiangdong, and they believe that they can win the final victory.

Zhuge Liang was moved by the opportunity, so he ordered Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu from Lujiang City to attack Poyang, and he also led the navy to attack Poyang.

But Zhuge Liang saw a scene on the surface of the river that shocked him. On the surface of the river, countless iron chains as thick as three fingers were crossed, and the two ends of the iron chain were nailed to the cliffs on both sides of the Yangtze River.

"The iron rope crosses the river!" Zhuge Liang's face darkened and he cursed: "Which bastard has come up with such an immoral defense!?"

Such a thick iron rope lies across the Yangtze River, and no ship can pass. Liu Jun cannot attack, and the Jiangdong Army cannot defeat him. This has great benefits for the Jiangdong Army, which is in a defensive state. It is disgusting for Liu Jun.

Zhuge Liang scolded his unethical behavior because the iron ropes crossed the river and the lives of the people were also affected. With Sun Ce doing this, the fishermen who made a living on the Yangtze River would have no way to live, and merchants who relied on water to trade would also go bankrupt.

If Liu's army wants to attack the remaining counties in Jiangdong, it will be the fastest to attack from the river. Otherwise, they will have to go south and bypass Poyang Lake and then attack. However, that section of the road is very difficult, and the Jiangdong army will not allow Liu's army to achieve its goal easily. It is unknown how much time and casualties it has been spent.

Zhuge Liang had thought about rushing over. But behind the iron chain, there were countless Jiangdong ships wandering. Zhuge Liang could see from afar that there were not many troops on the ships, but they were equipped with powerful weapons like powerful crossbows.

It is impossible to rush over hard. The Jiangdong Army's powerful crossbow is an extremely lethal existence.

Zhuge Liang thought about it and finally issued an order to retreat. He needed time to think about how to crack this method.

Zhang Liao on the other side also encountered this problem. When he could not move forward, Zhang Liao also chose to retreat, reported his experience to Zhuge Liang, and asked Zhuge Liang to give him tactical guidance.
Chapter completed!