Sun Ce met Cai Zhong Cai He, and as Zhou Yu expected, Er Cai came to offer because of King Yan's cold reception.

Zhou Yu was kind enough to appease them, accepted the two, and promised to reward the Cai family after defeating the Northern Army.

Cai Zhong, Cai and Daxi immediately retired.

Sun Ce frowned and said, "These two people come from a strange way, I don't feel like I really surrendered." ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "The two of them didn't even bring their families, so it must be a fraud." ”

Sun Ce said: "Why don't you kill him?"

Zhou Yu shook his head, with a hint of excitement in his expression: "I'm about to use these two people to deliver fake news for me." It's ridiculous that Yuan Xi actually made such a defeat!"

Sun Ce frowned and said, "People say that Yuan Xi uses soldiers like a god, how can he show such a flaw." ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "Yuan Xi is too smooth, and he has never suffered setbacks. Now that the four seas are peaceful, he thought that Jiangdong, like Hanzhong and Yizhou, could be easily obtained, so he relaxed his vigilance. This is a God-given opportunity for you and me to defeat Yuan Xi and achieve great achievements!"

Sun Ce was also excited.

Just when the two were discussing the strategy of breaking Yuan, the guards reported that the generals Zhang Yun and Zhang Cong asked to see each other.

Zhang Yun was originally a general of the Jingzhou Navy. After Wei Yan attacked Xiangyang, Zhang Yun turned to Jiangdong for some reason.

Sun Ce didn't look at Zhang Yun at first, but Zhou Yu was quite far-sighted and advised Sun Ce: "Yuan Xi will come to attack Jiangnan sooner or later." At that time, the two armies fought on the Yangtze River, only by relying on the naval army. Zhang Yun is only good at water warfare, we don't need it in Jiangdong, but for Yuan Xi, it is a treasure. If we accept Zhang Yun, it is equivalent to weakening Yuan Xi. ”

Therefore, Sun Ce treated Zhang Yun well and rewarded him a lot, and together with his younger brother Zhang Cong, he was also named the captain.

This time, the Zhang Yun brothers asked to meet, bringing the latest movements of the Northern Army.

"Yuan Xi cast iron chains and connected all the warships?" Zhou Yu frowned and repeated.

Zhang Yun said: "Yes, I saw with my own eyes that Yuan Jun connected the boat with iron cables, and the wind and waves of the Yangtze River almost did not work at all. Yuan's soldiers rode horses on top of the building boat, coming and going like flying, like walking on the ground. ”

Sun Ce exclaimed: "In this way, our army cannot rely on the Yangtze River natural danger, how can we fight against Yuan Xi's hundreds of thousands of troops?"

After Zhou Yu groaned, he laughed: "Destiny is mine! Yuan Xi is really exhausted, and he actually came up with such a stupid trick." ”

Sun Ce asked why.

Zhou Yu said: "Yuan's army is powerful, and if you want to break it, you can only rely on fire attack. But how easy is it to carry out a fire attack on the river? If one ship burns, the rest of the ships will inevitably scatter. Now that Yuan Xi is using iron cables to connect his ships, isn't he killing himself? Now it is spring, the southeast wind is in full swing, and our army has taken advantage of the right time and place, so how can it be unreasonable!"

Sun Ce was overjoyed. Zhang Yun also congratulated, but that Zhang Cong arched his hand and said: "Yuan Xi is very cunning, could it be a trick to lure the enemy?" Lord Gong and General Zhou, be careful and don't fall into Yuan Xi's trap." ”

Sun Ce shook his head and said, "Gongjin's wisdom, how can you reach it!"

Zhou Yu was still quite friendly to Zhang Cong, and said with a smile: "Bo Fu, don't scold Zhang Cong, he is also loyal." If it weren't for Zhang Cong persuading his brother Zhang Yun to defect to Jiangdong, so that Yuan Xi would not have had any available naval generals, he might not have used iron cables to connect the boats. ”

Sun Ce asked, "Gong Jin, how do you use the soldiers?"

Zhou Yu said: "Before using soldiers, you must first use tactics. Bo Fu, you and I still need to play another scene to force the Jiangdong Lu clan to implement my strategic plan. ”

......

A few days later, a major event occurred in Koto.

Lu Jun, the head of the Lu family, spread unfavorable remarks in the army, talked about surrender, and was imprisoned by Sun Ce. The land of the Lu clan was also seized by Sun Ce.

Gu, Zhou, Zhang and other Wu County clans were all shocked and advised one after another. Helplessly, Sun Ce seemed to be iron-hearted, and he didn't give face at all.

Naturally, this information was sent by Cai Zhong and Cai He to Jiangbei by night in a small boat.

......

Bai Xiaowen sat in the big tent and received a letter from Cai Zhong and Cai He, which was passed on to the generals.

Han Meng said excitedly: "The king rewarded the Jingzhou Shi clan, which really made the hearts of the Jiangdong Shi clan float. High, really high!"

The Koto forces can be divided into two parts.

First, Huaisi Group. Represented by Zhou Yu, the rest are Zhang Zhao, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Zhuge Jin, etc., all of whom played a great role in Sun Ce's pacification of Jiangdong.

Second, the Jiangdong clan. After Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong, the Jiangdong clan was suspicious and scrutinizing him. And Sun Ce is rigid and does not like to be appeased by Huairou, and the history books record that he "turned thousands of miles, won the land south of the Yangtze River, punished his fame, and commanded his neighbors".

"Punish his famous heroes" here, in fact, the people killed are all among the Jiangdong clans, and they are unwilling to take refuge in Sun Ce.

Under the high-pressure policy, the relationship between Sun Ce Group and the Jiangdong Shi clan is naturally tense.

If there is no Bai Xiaowen and Sun Ce is left alone, then there will be two possibilities: first, Sun Ce was attacked by the Jiangdong Shi clan and assassinated to death; second, Sun Ce subdued the Jiangdong Shi clan by force, and with the help of Zhou Yu, he divided and co-opted it for his own use.

Suddenly, someone came to report that a secret letter had arrived in Jiangdong.

Bai Xiaowen called someone in.

The self-reported family who sent the letter said that it was a general of the Lu family in Jiangdong, and now he sent the joint letter of Lu Ji and Lu Xun, the "acting head of the family".

Bai Xiaowen asked, "Why is it the acting head of the family?"

The man said: "The head of the family, Lu Jun, was detained by Sun Ce, so he was temporarily replaced by the brother and nephew of the head of the family. ”

Bai Xiaowen opened the letter and watched it, what was written in the letter was that Jiangdong Sun Ce was tyrannical and unreasonable, bullying the township party, and the Lu family was willing to join the strength of the rest of the Jiangdong clan as an internal response;

Bai Xiaowenzai carefully read the letter and said with a smile: "Okay." "Reward the person who came, and then write a handwritten letter, and order the person to bring it back as it is.

All the generals congratulated Bai Xiaowen: "The Jiangdong Shi clan is attached, Sun Ce is unrighteous and helpless, and he is about to be captured by the king." ”

Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "Our army has used iron cables to connect boats, which can cross the river. On the next day, the army will march south, as long as the mouth of the three rivers is captured and Zhou Yu is defeated, the land south of the Yangtze River can be leveled in one go. ”

The generals dispersed, and Li Shuyi asked suspiciously in the team channel:

"I remember that Lu Xun was the governor of Eastern Wu. ”

Bai Xiaowen nodded: "In the era of Sun Quan, there were four famous governors in Eastern Wu, in order of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun. The first three are all former cronies of the Huaisi Group, and only Lu Xun is from the Jiangdong clan. This can also be seen that in different periods of Eastern Wu, the power comparison between the old Huaisi and the Jiangdong clan, and the gradual decline of the Huaisi group. ”

Li Shuyi said: "Then does Lu Xun really want to surrender?"

Bai Xiaowen said: "Now that the contradiction between the Lu family and Sun Ce is at its most intense, of course he wants to surrender." However, this surrender is not real. ”