"Zhou Sima, Captain Zhang, why did the envoy send you all here? In fact, all we need to do is send troops. With me here, the enemy soldiers must not cross the river."
When Lu You saw Zhou Ping and Zhang Fei, he thought Liu Bei had sent them with troops to guard this place with him.
"This is an important place, so please let us guard it with you."
On the way here, Zhou Ping was thinking about how he should deal with Lu You so as not to cause a mutiny. Lu You had commanded the army for many years, and many of the military commanders in the Xuzhou army were brought out by him. If he did not handle it properly, it might lead to a mutiny.
Rebel.
Therefore, he stabilized him with words first, and then dealt with him after he had established his stronghold.
Zhou Ping's words confirmed Lu You's thoughts, thinking that Liu Bei would not touch him, an old Xuzhou general.
After a brief discussion, Zhou Ping ordered his soldiers to build forts and camps.
After setting up the camp and inquiring about what happened in Huailing City, they sent someone to summon Lu You and all the other princes in his army, saying that they had important matters to discuss with them.
Li Jia knew that the situation was not good, and wanted to persuade Lu You to leave, but seeing his fearless look, he knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it would be useless, so he had to keep silent.
Arriving at the Danyang soldiers' tent, Lu You saw Zhou Ping sitting at the top, Zhang Wu standing behind him with a bow and arrows on his back, and Zhang Fei, the captain of the school, standing beside him.
Lu You knew how much Liu Bei valued Zhou Ping, and could understand why Zhou Ping was just a Sima, but Zhang Fei had to obey his orders.
"Zhou Sima, what's important?" Lu You slightly arched his hands to Zhou Ping.
Zhou Ping had a serious face, and the usual smile no longer appeared on his face.
"General Lu, I remember that when I was in Xiapi, I ordered you to guard Huailing City, not the Huaihe River, right?" Zhou Ping stared at Lu You for a moment before asking.
Lu You's heart trembled, knowing that Zhou Ping had bad intentions in asking this.
"The envoy asked me to defend Huailing City, but Yuan Shu came to attack with 50,000 troops and horses, and Huailing is a useless city, so what's the use of defending it?"
"A useless city? If it is really useless, why would your Majesty let you guard it?"
"Then tell me, what's the use?" Lu You asked.
Zhou Ping said seriously: "First, it can contain Yuan Shu's troops, second, it can cut off Yuan Shu's food routes, third, it can block Yuan Shu's retreat, and fourth, it can protect the people of Huai Ling. How can we say it is a useless city!"
Lu You never thought that Huailing City could have so many uses. He thought for a moment and argued: "Even so, how can I withstand the siege of Yuan Shu's 50,000 soldiers and horses with 5,000 soldiers and horses? The enemy is sieging the city, and reinforcements cannot cross the river.
, who will save me?"
"Haha, you are not worthy of Yuan Shu's 50,000 soldiers and horses to besiege you. If that is the case, Shi Jun will also lead troops to rescue you. You have 5,000 people defending the city, and it will not be broken in two or three days, right?"
"Zhou Wen'an, what do you want me to do when you asked me to come here today?"
Only now did Lu You understand that Liu Bei had sent Zhou Ping and Zhang Feixing to investigate.
Zhou Ping smiled slightly: "I don't know what to do, I just want to know why you abandoned the city and left."
"Huh, I told you, Yuan Shu has fifty thousand troops to attack, and Huai Ling is a useless city that is trapped to death. If I don't abandon the city, am I going to be trapped in the city and die?"
"The envoy ordered you to hold on to the city and not go out to fight. He also ordered Guan Yu to send food so that you could hold on to the city. But as a general, you were afraid of death and were too timid to fight. You abandoned the city and fled, killing more than 800 people.
A famous soldier died for this, do you know your guilt?"
Only then did Lu You realize that Li Jia was right and Liu Bei wanted to kill him.
"Humph." Lu You stopped answering and turned around to leave the tent.
But as soon as he walked to the door of the big tent, he found hundreds of soldiers standing outside the tent, all holding weapons in their hands, blocking the door of the big tent.
Lu You knew he couldn't leave, so he turned back, pointed at Zhou Ping and asked loudly: "Zhou Ping, what are you going to do to me?"
The other military princes were also frightened at this time, but only Li Jia was calm and fearless.
"Zhou Sima, I have something to say." Li Jia stood up and said to Zhou Ping.
"explain."
Before Zhou Ping called Lu You and others, he had already sent people to Xuzhou Camp to have a rough understanding of what happened in Huailing and knew that Li Jia was a relatively resourceful person.
"The reason why General Lu abandoned the city and retreated was actually so that our brothers could survive." Li Jia wanted to plead for Lu You to reduce his crime.
"Oh, won't you die if you don't abandon the city and retreat?"
Li Jia was speechless for a moment and reluctantly replied: "That's what the general thinks."
"If you are in the army, you must obey orders. The reason why you are asked to defend the city is to protect the state and the people. If everyone is like you, afraid of death in the face of battle, then who will protect the state and who will protect the people?
?Do you want Cao Cao to massacre the people again in Xuzhou?"
Zhou Ping said sternly.
Li Jia was speechless when asked. He originally wanted to plead for Lu You, but now it seems that General Lu will definitely die.
Lu You sneered at this time: "Haha, Zhou Sima, you want to kill me? You are just a Sima, and I am a general, how can you kill me? If you want to kill me, you must kill me."
Zhou Ping stared straight at Lu You, his eyes full of murderous intent: "It's not that I want to kill you, nor that the emperor wants to kill you. You disobeyed military orders, feared death in the face of battle, abandoned the city and fled. The crime is unforgivable. It is a military law.
kill you."
"Hahaha, okay, if you want to kill, just kill all of us."
Lu You suddenly laughed and pointed at the soldiers in the tent and said.
All the military princes lowered their heads at this time, only Li Jia raised his head.
Zhou Ping knew that Lu You abandoned the city and retreated because of the persuasion of these military princes, but he could only kill Lu You alone, and these military princes could not move.
Killing one person can establish authority, killing a group can force rebellion.
"You are the general, and they all obey your orders. The fault is yours, not theirs." Zhou Ping said and winked at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei suddenly shouted: "Here comes someone."
"exist."
Eight soldiers immediately rushed in from outside the tent and stood behind Lu You.
Zhang Fei's violent shouting and the soldiers who suddenly entered the tent made the military princes tremble with fear and did not dare to raise their heads to look at Zhou Ping and Zhang Fei.
"Push Lu You out and kill him," Zhou Ping ordered.
"promise."
The eight soldiers raised their hands and accepted the promise. The two of them stepped forward to hold Lu You down and led him outside the tent.
Lu You struggled and shouted: "Zhou Ping, you can't kill me. I am the general of Xuzhou. You are just a Sima. You can't kill me..."
There was silence in the tent for a moment, the soldiers did not dare to make a sound or even take a breath.
Soon, two soldiers entered the tent, one of whom was holding a human head still dripping with blood.
The military commanders took a peek and saw that the head was none other than General Lu You, and they couldn't help but feel shocked.
Zhou Ping took a look and waved his hand: "Bury General Lu."
The soldiers agreed and went out.
Zhou Ping inspected the people in the tent and said for a long time: "Everyone, you are all responsible for the death of General Lu, but I will be lenient and will not pursue you. I just hope that you will not be afraid of death in the future. I will come from Youzhou."
At this point, in order to protect the people of Xuzhou, you have to go into battle and face swords and arrows. As Xuzhou people, don’t you feel ashamed?"
"There are so many warriors in Xuzhou, I believe you and I believe that you are all warriors who fight bravely and kill the enemy. Even if you die, you will be honored even if you die in the battle formation to protect the state and the people!"
Zhou Ping asked Zhang Fei to enter the Xuzhou camp and command the Xuzhou troops, with Li Jia assisting him.
These Xuzhou soldiers all know Zhang Fei's bravery, especially since Guan Yu killed Xiao Bao in three rounds, Zhang Fei, who is as brave as Guan Yu, is even more frightening.
This is why Zhou Ping asked Zhang Fei to come here with him. Currently, only Zhang Fei can easily suppress those Xuzhou soldiers.
Zhou Ping also ordered people to go down to the river to retrieve the bodies of the drowned soldiers and bury them.