Gao Qi nodded and said: "A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with."
"There is no proof for what you say!" Zhou Yu said happily.
"I am willing to establish the writing as proof!" Gao Qi immediately reached out for paper and pen, wrote a piece of paper in a eloquent manner, and then handed it to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu read it with his own eyes and saw that there was nothing wrong with the document, so he warmly entertained Gao Qi.
In the evening, after the banquet was over, Zhou Yu ordered someone to send Gao Qi back to the other side in person, and that was the end of the matter. After that, Zhou Yu galloped on horseback, and went straight to Xiajie County with his personal entourage, and presented him with a piece of paper from Gao Qi.
Forced Zhang Liao to hand over Xiaji County.
Late at night, the lights on Xiajie City were brightly lit. Huya General Zhang Liao was stationed here. Several military reports were received one after another, all of which were news that the Wu army was advancing on Xiajie step by step. For a time, the clouds filled Xiajie City and there was a pause.
The tension of a month sprouted up again.
Zhang Liao stood on the city tower and looked at the Wu soldiers displayed below the city. He saw Zhou Yu riding a white horse wearing silver armor and wearing a silver helmet slowly approaching from the crowd, and asked: "Zhou Da
Commander, why are you sending troops to the Pheasant City? Do you want to destroy the diplomatic relations between our two countries?"
Zhou Yu laughed dryly twice and said: "General Zhang, I am here to take back Xiaphean, but it is you, General Zhang, who occupies our country's Xiaphean City and refuses to return it, which is the real destruction of diplomatic relations!"
Zhang Liao said: "The Governor of Zhou is joking too much. Now Pheasant County is my land of China, how come it has become the place of your Wu Kingdom?"
Zhou Yu immediately took out a piece of paper from his arms, showed it there, and said loudly: "This is the letter written by Yan Hou, the prefect of Jiangxia, your eldest prince. It is clearly written word by word.
General Zhang can tell Chu at a glance!"
After speaking, Zhou Yu handed the letter to Zhou Tai who was beside him. Zhou Tai tied the letter to an arrow and shot it at the doorpost of the city tower in Xiaji County. The arrow was nailed to the doorpost.
Zhang Liao's men hurriedly took off the arrow, then took off the letter on the arrow and gave it to Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao opened the letter and read it, but when he saw that it was indeed written to give up Xiaji County to the State of Wu, he felt angry and furious. He hurriedly rolled the letter into a ball and said angrily: "The eldest prince
It’s really annoying that An dares to do such a rebellious thing!”
In an instant, Zhang Liao threw the paper ball out fiercely, and then looked at Zhou Yu's smug look, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he immediately asked the people around him to find the letter and start again.
After opening it and reading it, I saw that the letter was clearly written in black and white, but there was no title at the beginning, no signature, and no seal stamped by Gao Qi. I immediately burst into laughter.
Zhang Liao suddenly laughed, which made Zhou Yu feel a little suspicious and asked hurriedly: "General Zhang, why are you laughing? Don't you even recognize the autograph letter of your eldest prince?"
"Grand Governor, I'm sorry. This signature does look very similar to that of our eldest prince. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a title, a signature, or the eldest prince's seal. This is obviously a fake letter created by your Wu people. Just based on this, do you want me to withdraw from the army?
?Dreaming!" Zhang Liao laughed and said, "Besides, our country of China has always had a separation of military and political affairs. Even if this letter is true, the eldest prince is just a second-grade prefect, so
The matters under his jurisdiction are nothing more than some civil affairs in Jiangxia. He has no right to mobilize the army at all, let alone interfere in military affairs. What's more, his official position is below mine, so how can he order me. This letter is obviously fake. Governor Zhou, I
On the basis that our two countries are allies, we can turn a blind eye to this matter. I just hope that the Governor will not do such things that damage the diplomatic relations between the two countries in the future."
After hearing this, Zhou Yu suddenly felt like he had been deceived. He rode on horseback, pointed at Zhang Liao and shouted loudly: "Zhang Wenyuan, are you really not going to evacuate this city?"
"Without the emperor's imperial edict, it would be difficult for Zhang Liao to obey!" Zhang Liao also shouted loudly with a straight face.
Zhou Yu immediately said angrily: "The three armies obey the order and attack the city!"
When Zhou Tai heard that Zhou Yu had issued this order, he hurriedly asked: "Grand Governor, do you really want to attack the city?"
"Attack the city!" Zhou Yu said angrily with his eyes widened.
Zhou Tai obeyed the order and immediately pulled out the weapon he was wearing on his waist, swung the sword forward and shouted loudly: "Attack the city!"
Just as the voice was shouted, a fast horse drove quickly in front of Zhou Yu, hurriedly reined in the horse, and shouted in a panic: "Grand Governor, it's not good, the Hu Lie General Huang Zhong of the Huaxia Kingdom led 20 troops
Wan, marching by land and water, have already arrived at Xunyang City. He also said that if the Governor does not withdraw from the pheasant siege, he will replace one city with another..."
"What? Where did old man Huang Zhong come from, and where did the 200,000-strong army come from?" Zhou Yu said in surprise.
"Grand Governor, what should we do now?" Zhou Taiye asked hurriedly.
Zhou Yu looked at Zhang Liao on Xiaji City, and his teeth itched with hatred. Suddenly he saw a familiar face appearing behind Zhang Liao. That face Zhou Yu could never forget for the rest of his life. It was Gao Liao who he had sent away this evening.
Qi. Suddenly, Zhou Yu felt angry filling his chest, and his whole body was shaking with anger. He pointed at Gao Qi on the wall of Xiaji City and said bitterly: "You...I actually fell into your trick..."
"puff!"
Zhou Yu suddenly felt hot blood surging in his chest. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. He was so angry that he fainted. He fell off the horse and fell heavily to the ground.
"Grand Governor..." Seeing this, Zhou Tai shouted hurriedly and reached out to pull Zhou Yu, but it was too late. He had to jump off the horse and help Zhou Yu up from the ground.
All the generals gathered together, and the soldiers were galloping forward after hearing the order. When they arrived at the foot of Xiaji City, Zhang Liao's men fired arrows one after another, killing and wounding many Wu soldiers.
Seeing that Zhou Yu was unconscious, Zhou Tai couldn't possibly command so many troops. He was afraid that the two countries would really start a war, so he immediately ordered: "Ming Jin and withdraw the troops!"
As the order to retreat was given, Wu Jun quickly retreated and headed towards Xunyang City.
Zhang Liao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhou Yu had retreated. Xiaji City was small, with only 5,000 soldiers. If the Wu army really attacked the city, Zhang Liao would have no chance of winning. He wiped his sweat and turned around.
Seeing Gao Qi standing behind him, he was immediately startled and asked hurriedly: "The... eldest prince?"
Gao Qi smiled and said: "General Zhang, I would like to congratulate General Zhang. With just one word, he made Zhou Yu retreat his troops, and he was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted."
Zhang Liaosi thought about it for a while, and then thought of the scouts who came to Zhou Yu in a panic, and understood some of the truth, and asked: "The eldest prince, was this always part of the eldest prince's plan? Did the eldest prince deliberately make Zhou Yu angry?
"
Gao Qi smiled and did not answer. He just said lightly: "General Yan Yan will return soon, and he will ask General Zhang to entertain him. Without General Yan, Zhou Yu will not retreat easily. The matter is over, but Wu Jun will definitely not
I'll give it up now, the general still needs to add more troops to Xiaji City."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Qi turned around and left, saying as he walked: "I have been away from Jiangxia for a long time, and it is time to go back. General, take care, we will one day fight together."
Zhang Liao looked at Gao Qi's retreating back and said secretly in his heart: "In terms of force, the eldest prince is no match for the second prince, but in terms of strategy, the second prince is much inferior to the eldest prince. The Qi Party and the Lin Party have been secretly fighting in the government and the opposition for a long time.
Take root, if the emperor cannot handle the candidate for the position of prince well, I am afraid that the situation between the two parties will soon come..."
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Zhou Tai quickly returned to Xunyang City with Zhou Yu, who had fainted, and tens of thousands of troops. But when Zhou Tai arrived at the city, there was not even a single Huaxia soldier. He couldn't help but sigh: "The Huaxia Army
How can you advance and retreat so quickly?"
After entering the city, after Zhou Tai settled Zhou Yu, he asked Xunyang Ling. It turned out that Xunyang Ling had intercepted a confidential military message from the Huaxia Army, saying that General Huang Zhongzheng secretly led an army of 200,000 to Xunyang.
The magistrate of Yangcheng and Xunyang County was extremely worried and believed it to be true. He immediately sent someone to deliver the news to Zhou Yu.
After Zhou Tai heard Xunyang Ling's explanation, he was extremely angry and beheaded Xunyang Ling for the crime of cholera. He then visited famous doctors in the city to treat Zhou Yu.
"Doctor, how is the governor's illness?" Zhou Tai asked hurriedly when he saw that the doctor he had called had already taken Zhou Yu's pulse.
The doctor said: "The governor was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted. I will prescribe a medicine and you can give it to him. He will be cured in less than half a month. However, the governor must not be irritated again, otherwise
, I’m just afraid that the disease will get worse and the disease will be severe and difficult to treat.”
After Zhou Tai heard this, he was very worried about Zhou Yu. He immediately asked the doctor to go back to get medicine, and then got the medicine for Zhou Yu.
"Kid Gao Qi, you bullied me too much...cough cough cough..." As soon as Zhou Yu opened his eyes, it was early morning the next day. He sat up from the bed and shouted loudly.
Zhou Tai stayed with Zhou Yu all night. When he heard Zhou Yu's cry, he immediately woke up. Seeing Zhou Yu wake up, he said happily: "Captain, it's great that you are awake."
With that said, Zhou Tai brought the bowl of boiled herbs to Zhou Yu and said, "Captain, please use it with caution."
"What is this?" Zhou Yu smelled a strong medicinal smell and asked immediately.
"This is medicine. The doctor prescribed it to the Governor. He told him to drink the medicine on time. Only in this way can the Governor's condition improve." Zhou Tai said.
"You are the only one who is sick. I am not sick at all. If you want to drink, I will not drink. By the way, did Huang Zhong's troops retreat last night?" Zhou Yu suddenly remembered this matter and asked hurriedly.