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Chapter 242 The messenger

Although most of the Wu army had collapsed, this was a battlefield after all. Just a moment ago, there were fierce battles in the entire camp that stretched for miles east and west. The collapsed Wu army soldiers and the Lei clan tribes in Lujiang who were red-eyed were almost as dangerous as the envoys who broke in. What's more, behind Huo Jun, there was an envoy of Wu Hou. If Wang Yan had not been conquering the queue behind the army, perhaps the envoys who were rushing to fight first were killed by his own gangs who were waiting for battle.

Therefore, even though Huo Jun was carried out by Xuande Duke's military order and acted rashly, Lei Yuan was a little unhappy.

But Huo Jun's answer dispelled all his emotions.

"Is Zhou Lang dead?"

What is Zhou Yu's physical condition is probably one of Lei Yuan's clearest memories of this era in his previous life. The so-called "death of young age" was simply tailor-made for Zhou Yu. However, even though Lei Yuan was prepared, the news still surprised him.

After all, that's Zhou Lang. Even if we don't talk about the various reputations of later generations, we only look at the moment. He is also the only commander in Jiangdong with experience in commanding a major battle. He can almost be called the benchmark of Jiangdong's military and political strategy, and he is also the maker and promoter of Jiangdong's military and political strategy in recent years.

His death will cause a situation where all the generals in the Eastern Wu are headless for a considerable period, making the so-called 100,000 troops westward to attack Shu, becoming an armed parade with no practical significance. No matter who Zhou Lang's successor was, as long as he was not a fool, he should know that the force confrontation between the Sun and Liu families must be stopped; no one in Jiangdong can continue such a grand military operation. If he insists on continuing, it will be just a humiliation to himself.

Lei Yuan calmed down and opened the letter to watch.

It was indeed written by Xuan Degong. His handwriting was very large and filled with four pages, but in fact there was not much content.

The first half of the letter briefly introduces the situation of Zhou Yu's death and the movements of the Wu army. It is said that Zhou Yu's condition has deteriorated sharply since the previous day. At first, he was able to lie down and dictate orders to mobilize troops from all over the place. However, he exhausted his energy that night. He barely wrote a suicide note with the help of his servants, and then fell into a coma and never woke up again. The Wu army of Baqiu is now led by Wu Hou's cousin, General Fenwei, Sun Yu, and the help of the Zan Army Captain Lu Su. At present, the entire army has contracted, and it is said that he is waiting for Wu Hou to come from the rear.

After Sun Yu and Lu Su stabilized the situation, they sent envoys to contact Duke Xuande, admitted Zhou Lang's death frankly, and suggested that the troops of both sides stop confrontation and immediately break off contact. Duke Xuande was not a person who was looking forward to the front and waited for the future, so he agreed on the spot. This was why the envoys of Sun and Liu came to the battlefield together, and each of them conquered the actions of their soldiers.

For example, Huo Jun and Ling Tong were paired up to various places in Jingzhou. Last night, the two families sent six groups to the focus of military confrontation in various places. However, neither Huo Jun nor Ling Tong would have thought that they could see such a scene.

Whether they come or not, the battle from Gong'an City to Lexiang is about to end. The main force led by Gan Ning was completely defeated here, and the remaining troops were only the remaining troops; the troops of Lu Meng who stayed on the border of Lexiang would soon fall into a state of being alone, as for Cheng Pu...

Lei Yuan closed the letter and led Huo Jun to a farther distance.

"Zhong Miao, I have already understood the intention of General Zuo. Please rest assured that I will restrain the soldiers and avoid any extra troubles. But there are two more troubles. Zhong Miao, you have to help me..."

Huo Jun smiled bitterly: "What can I do with the troubles in Xu Zhi's eyes?"

This is not a rude. To be honest, although Huo Jun had heard of Lei Yuan's ability to fight before, when he first came into contact with Lei Yuan, he actually didn't think he had any special talents. He himself was the lord of the rich clan of Zhijiang and had no special feelings about Lei Yuan's identity as the leader of the clan.

But as he walked along, he saw the Lujiang Lei clan tribe majestic patrolling the battlefield. Thousands of thousands of Wu soldiers were corpses in the wilderness. Thousands of thousands of Wu prisoners were trembling, kneeling down and begging for mercy, occasionally looking up, showing a look of panic and terrifying look. He felt the bloody tide on the ground, making people dare not even breathe.

What a scale of victory this is? With so many killing numbers and so many prisoners, how large scale of enemies did Lei Xuzhi defeat in this battle?

These things that were seen and heard made Huo Jun deeply shocked, and then made him secretly awe of Lei Yuan. He really didn't think Lei Yuan had any trouble, and he needed to solve it himself.

He thought for a while and said, "Since the two sides have ceased to fight, how can there be any trouble?... Could it be these prisoners? Xuzhi, we are the winners, and we are confident."

In the chaotic times, population is an important resource. Huo Jun believes that Lei Yuan should have wanted to detain these prisoners and not return them to the Eastern Wu. But this is not much trouble, right? The Eastern Wu army was defeated by Lei Yuan. Could it be that Ling Tong's Huangkou child be able to use any means to regain the prisoners? These must be the harvest of General Zuo's Mansion, and may be used to exchange some additional benefits from the Wu Hou in the future.

Lei Yuan shook his head.

"It was not a troublesome thing at first, but it became a little troublesome because of the sudden truce between the two sides." He whispered: "Cheng Pu is dead too."

Huo Jun stared at Lei Yuan suddenly, and the firelight in the distance looked surprised.

"Cheng Pu?" Huo Jun lowered his voice.

Lei Yuan nodded: "It is one of the captures of this battle, and the corpse was placed behind. If I had known that the battle would be truce so quickly, I should have captured it alive."

If Huo Jun was still secretly awe just now, now this kind of awe comes from the heart and cannot be concealed no matter what.

Whether it is in the Eastern Wu army or its qualifications, Cheng Pu is one of the few people at the forefront and is also a senior who is highly respected by warriors. Such figures can be killed by Lei Yuan on the battlefield, which shows how far the overall situation has developed.

Huo Jun understood Lei Yuan's meaning. General Fenwei, who was acting as the governor of the Eastern Wu, agreed to a ceasefire with Xuande Gong, because the Eastern Wu lost commander and then lost confidence in winning. But if Cheng Pu died in the battle, would it arouse the anger of the Wu people? Will it cause the intention of the two sides to cease another twists and turns?

Huo Jun was a little confused about how to deal with this matter, but this did not affect his admiration for Lei Yuan. In his opinion, as a warrior, he was extremely honorable to defeat the army and kill the generals in one battle. As for Cheng Pu's death, it should be his own death, which should be something that Xuande Gong or Kong Ming military advisor was worried about.

Lei Yuan looked at Huo Jun's eyes that were both admiring and awe, and felt a little uncomfortable.

He avoided Huo Jun's sight and turned to look at Ling Tong, the envoy of the Eastern Wu who was trying hard to gather the defeated soldiers. He thought, I wonder if this person would ask about the whereabouts of the generals of the Eastern Wu, should he make a little excuse at that time?

Ling Tong didn't notice Lei Yuan at all. Every scene of the embarrassing situation he saw when he urged his horse to gallop into the queue seemed to be an insult to his eyes. His face turned red with anger and his hands were shaking. The young officer was really ashamed of these incompetent people, but he was responsible for the task and had to join him.
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