Looking at Sun Bi's head in the wooden box, Zhou Yu's face became extremely ugly. What he was most worried about had happened. Sun Bi was killed by the Jingzhou Army, which basically confirmed the rumors of the fall of Nanchang. Now the entire Yuzhang County,
Even if they don't all fall, it's not far off.
"Sun Biyong'er, ruin my big job!" Zhou Yu clenched his fists tightly on his knees.
Although Zhou Yu was only the governor of the left army, Sun Quan had given him the power of frontline command before sending out troops. All the generals in Yuzhang, including Sun Bi and Sun Fu, the two major clan governors, were all under his control. But now that Sun Bi died in battle, Yu Zhang's generals
The fall of Zhang made all of Zhou Yu's battle plans null and void, and he hated Sun Bi's incompetence.
Yuzhang and Luling originally had no less than 20,000 troops. This year, in order to prepare for Liu Jing's attack, Sun Quan successively sent an additional 10,000 troops to Yuzhang. In other words, the number of troops at Sun Ben's disposal was as high as 30,000, which was more than the number of troops led by Zhou Yu.
There were more reinforcements. As a result, Sun Ben was defeated and died in just one month. It can be said that he was extremely incompetent.
Cheng Pu, Lu Fan, Lu Su and other Jiangdong generals arrived one after another and entered the military tent. Xi Zhen turned a blind eye and continued: "The Chu and Wu families were originally allies. Last year, they worked together to kill Liu Biao, which attracted the attention of the world. The general was thinking
The Han Dynasty was weakening and the world was unrest. I once hoped that the Chu and Wu families could stand together through thick and thin and prosper the Han Dynasty together."
Xi Zhen then changed the subject and said: "But Sun Ben had evil intentions and poisoned Changsha. For the sake of the great cause of the country, the general endured it again and again. He only asked Sun (Quan) to punish the captives to remove Sun Ben from his official position and compensate for the losses in Changsha. But that's it."
Sun Tuulu refused to meet such a small request, so the general had no choice but to send troops to demand it himself, giving an explanation to the people of Changsha..."
Cheng Pu, Lu Fan, Lu Su and others turned a deaf ear to Xi Zhen's words. Their attention was attracted by the wooden box on Zhou Yu's eucalyptus, and their faces were full of shock and disbelief.
Xi Zhen finally said: "The two sides are fighting each other, which is not what the general wanted. Now that the culprit Sun Bi has been killed, the grudge between the Wu and Chu families is over. As long as Sun Tou is willing to retreat and turn the conflict into friendship, the general is willing to reunite with Sun Tou."
Let’s get back together and renew our alliance.”
Zhou Yu's face was livid. Withdrawing his troops at this time was tantamount to voluntarily abandoning Yuzhang. But if he did not retreat, with only 20,000 troops in his hand, it would be even harder to recapture Yuzhang from the Jingzhou army than climbing to the sky.
This is also the reason why Zhou Yu hated Sun Bi so much. His death put Zhou Yu into an embarrassing situation where he was unable to advance or retreat.
At this time, Lu Su recovered from the shock. Seeing Zhou Yu's wink, Lu Su immediately understood and said to Xi Zhen: "It is not our wish for the two sides to turn against each other, but it is not our decision to make the decision."
, you need to report back to the general, who will decide. During this period, can your army temporarily stop the troops to show your sincerity?"
When Xi Zhen came, Liu Jing and Pang Tong had already explained how they would fall into the opponent's delaying strategy. He replied calmly: "Although the first evil Sun Ben has been killed, the second evil Sun assisted Zhou and attacked our army.
To seek peace, this is not the time to stop fighting. Of course, Sun Fu's crime will not lead to death. When Luling is captured, if our army captures him, he will be returned to you."
Zhou Yu couldn't help but get angry. Liu Jing not only wanted to annex Yuzhang, but also Luling, which was intolerable. In fact, Zhou Yu was not surprised by Liu Jing's move to "get Yuwanglu".
If it were him, he would do the same.
"How dare you, Chu thief!"
"The Chu thieves go too far...!"
Cheng Pu, Lu Fan and others were also furious. They drew their sabers one after another and shouted at them with angry eyes, as if they would swarm up and cut Xi Zhen into pieces with swords in the next moment.
Faced with the threat of the enemy's sharp sword, Xi Zhen was not afraid and said with a sneer: "The general wants to shake hands with you and make peace, not because he is afraid of you, but because the general is a kind man and does not want to cause more killings. Since my army entered Yuzhang
, fought in more than ten battles, large and small, and were invincible, killing Sun Bi, Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Jiang Qin... more than ten thousand levels below, and the number of prisoners was also equal. If your subordinates don't appreciate it, you can come and fight!"
"Yi Gong..." Cheng Pu heard that his friend Han Dang also died in the battle, and he couldn't help being shocked and angry.
Lu Su and Lu Fan looked at each other with horror.
Zhou Yu had been mentally prepared for a long time. After all, even the general Sun Ben was killed in the battle. How could the generals be spared? But when he heard Xi Zhen say a string of names, he still felt his heart bleed. These people were all from Jiangdong.
O minister of Xiong Zhuan!
The only good thing is that I didn't hear Taishi Ci's name. He may be somewhere in Yuzhang, continuing to fight against the Jingzhou army, or even going south to defect to Sun Fu. It's unknown. If this is true, Luling may be preserved.
Zhou Yu signaled to Cheng Pu, Lu Fan and others to put away their knives and said to Xi Zhen: "I am aware of this. I will send someone back to Wu as soon as possible to ask for instructions from the general. Please come back."
"Eternal God Emperor"
"Farewell." Xi Zhen cupped his hands and left.
As soon as Xi Zhen left, Zhou Yu and others looked at each other in silence, and the tent fell into a dead silence.
After a long time, Zhou Yu sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, and there is nothing we can do. We can only report it to the general, who will make a decision."
Having said that, Zhou Yu lay down in bed and wrote quickly. After he finished writing, he immediately sealed it and handed it over to the messenger, who was ordered to travel under the stars and night to report to Sun Quan.
The messenger traveled down the river and rode a bicycle, and returned to Wu County in less than ten days.
When Sun Quan received the letter, he was having dinner with his family and was in a good mood. However, after reading the contents of the letter, he was so angry that he kicked the eucalyptus over and drew his knife to chop it into pieces.
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After venting his anger for a long time, Sun Quan finally waited for his anger to subside and ordered people to send a message to Xu Kun, Zhu Zhi, Zhang Zhao and others to discuss countermeasures.
While Sun Quan was waiting for the ministers in the back room, he read Zhou Yu's letter several times.
Zhou Yu's attitude in the letter was very clear and firm, saying that Liu Jing's intention to annex Jiangdong was clearly revealed, and that Jiangdong had no way out. He advised Sun Quan to abandon his illusions and fight the Jingzhou army to the end.
Sun Quan and Zhou Yu had the same view, and they must not give up the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling.
After losing two counties, there are only three counties left in Jiangdong: Wu County, Kuaiji, and Danyang. Facing Liu Jing, who spans the three states of Jing, Jiao, and Yang, forming an alliance with him again is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house, and Jiangdong will definitely become Liu Jing's vassal.
, until it is completely annexed by the other party.
Sun Quan was forced to the edge of the cliff by Liu Jing, and had no choice but to fight!
Xu Kun, Zhu Zhi, Zhang Zhao and others came over after hearing the news. When they learned that Sun Ben had died in battle and Yuzhang had fallen, they were all shocked. Although they had different thoughts, at this time of crisis, their views were surprisingly consistent.
Desperate to fight to the death.
Seeing this, Sun Quan was quite pleased. After discussing with his ministers, he immediately issued three orders: First, he ordered He Qi from Kuaiji to lead an army of 10,000 people and rush to Luling by land. Second, he ordered Sun Yi from Danyang to lead an army of 10,000 people.
Thousands of troops marched into the eastern part of Yuzhang. Third, Sun Quan personally sent tens of thousands of troops to garrison Dantu, thinking that Zhou Yu would have backup. Sun Quan could be said to have gone out in full force this time.