Although Cai Ji and Jia Xu have their own calculations, things often do not develop according to people's will, not to mention that Jian'an Nian is far from being the stage of Cao Cai's two families. No, when Cai Ji was still fighting with Zhong Xuanming, a letter from Soochow completely disturbed the situation in the world.

"Wen Kou Meicheng escaped into Jiangxia, and he wished to bring 100,000 sailors to meet with the prime minister to hunt in Jing. Hahahaha! Good! What a good one will hunt in thorns! ”

In the Xiangyang shogunate, Cao Cao held Sun Ce's autograph book and looked up to the sky and laughed, and his laughter carried a bit of murderous intent. As for Cao Ying's face below, it was even more ugly than the other. Because anyone can hear that Sun Ce is blatantly provoking Cao Cao.

At this moment, before Cao Cao's laughter dissipated, Xiahou Yuan, who had the most grumpy temper, had already burst into tears, "Sun's child is so arrogant!" ”

"Don't be impatient." Cao Cao raised his hand to stop the murderous Xiahou Yuan. Although he was also choked by Sun Ce's arrogance, but the art of war is cloudy, the lord cannot be angry and raise an army, before he figured out the ins and outs of the matter, Cao Cao did not want to affect his judgment because of unnecessary anger. So after motioning for Xiahou Yuan to sit down, Cao Cao turned back to Yang Xiu, the chief bookkeeper, and asked, "Dezu, who is this Mei Cheng?" ”

Yang Xiu, who was named by Cao Cao, hurriedly replied, "Back to the prime minister, Mei Cheng is the ...... of the old Yuan Highway."

With Yang Xiu's eloquent story, the time went back to more than a month ago, the bandits Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, who had been entrenched in Lujiang for many years, took advantage of Liu Bei's withdrawal from Lujiang, and Cao Sun's two armies invaded the surrounding Danyang County at the stall of Jiujiang confrontation and had no time to look south, and burned and plundered the township all the way. As Yang Xiu said, Chen Lan and Mei Wei were the generals under Yuan Shu's account. Yuan Shu's soldiers were defeated and fled. Chen and Mei sneaked into the mountains and fell into the grass. During this period, Liu Bei also sent troops to recruit and suppress the two thieves. However, the mountains were steep, and Liu Beijun had been encircled and suppressed several times in vain. So much so that after Liu Bei's retreat, the two went down the mountain with great fanfare to occupy the new territory of Anhui County, thus laying the foundation for their invasion of Danyang.

However, the opponents Chen Lan and Mei Cheng met in Danyang this time were not simple. This person's surname is Lu Mingmeng, and the words are clear. In the historical books of later generations, he crossed the river in white clothes to attack Jingzhou, defeated Guan Yu, a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty, and greatly increased the land area of Eastern Wu. Of course, Guan Yu is still alive and well at this time, and Lu Meng is only an unknown general under Sun Ce's account. Therefore, Chen Lan and Mei Cheng did not take Lu Meng in their eyes at first. Until the two sides met in Jing County. The second thief realized that he had met a bad star this time.

In just ten days, Lu Meng drove Chen Lan and Mei Cheng all the way from Danyang back to Lishan. But Lü Meng didn't rest on his laurels. In the face of Tianzhu Mountain, a dangerous peak in Lizhong, which is more than 20 miles high, Lu Meng took the lead and led hundreds of elite soldiers with the help of local guides to touch the heavenly danger and copied the lair of the two thieves in one fell swoop. In the melee, Chen Lan was beheaded, and Mei Cheng led the remnants of his cronies all the way west to join Cao Ren, a Cao general stationed in Jiangxia.

In normal times, Cao Ren would have slashed such thieves who brought disaster to the country and the people. But this time, in the name of suppressing bandits, Lu Meng grabbed grass and rabbits, and occupied three cities in Lujiang in a row. The hot-tempered Cao Renna will suffer such a dumb loss. Without doing anything, he simply took in the scourge of Mei Cheng, and in turn accused Lü Meng of attacking Cao's army and asking him to withdraw from Lujiang.

Lü Meng was also not a fuel-efficient lamp, and on the one hand, he forwarded Cao Ren's threatening letter to Sun Ce, and on the other hand, he relied on the danger of deploying troops to meet the menacing Cao army. And so. A few days later, Sun Ce, known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, sent Cao Cao a domineering reply.

At this moment, after listening to Yang Xiu's introduction, there was an uproar in the lobby again. Because of the combination of the letters sent by Sun Ce. The young overlord of Jiangdong clearly wanted to use Mei Cheng as an excuse to attack Jiangxia, and even wanted to compete with Cao Cao in Jingzhou. You must know that Cao Cao is a lot higher than Sun Wu in terms of strength and resources. So what made Sun Ce so arrogant and conceited that he dared to take the initiative to provoke Cao Cao?

Just as everyone was talking to each other, they saw Deng Xi, a strategist who had recently joined Cao Ying, twisting his long beard and saying disdainfully, "In the past, Fan Ju once advised the King of Qin to get the inch of the king and the ruler of the king. Sun Bofu is just an example of Dong Shi today, and he can make every inch. ”

Deng Xi's analysis caused the civil and military forces present to nod their heads again and again. In the eyes of everyone, only the words "inch by inch" can explain Sun Ce's arrogant actions at the moment. It must be known that in order to divide the Sun-Liu alliance in order to concentrate forces to crusade against Liu Bei. Cao Cao had been taking a soft approach to Sun Ce's forces for the past few months. For this reason, Cao Cao not only suspended the crusade against Eastern Wu militarily, but also named Sun Quan, the younger brother of Sun Ce, as the Marquis of Wucheng in the name of Emperor Han. and said that he wanted to marry Xiahou Yuan's daughter to Jiangdong and marry the Sun family. Although Sun Ce did not agree to Cao Cao's marriage proposal at that time, in the following period of time, Sun Ce not only stopped fighting with Cao's army, but also took advantage of the confrontation between Cao and Liu's armies more than a month ago to sneak attack Liu Beijun's rear road, thus seizing the land mouth from Liu Bei's hands, and the soldiers pointed directly at the public security port controlled by Liu Beijun. But who would have expected that Cao Cao's tenderness and a series of good news would eventually fuel Sun Ce's arrogance, so that he dared to use the Meicheng incident to blackmail Cao Cao in turn. It's really bearable, but it's unbearable!

However, just when the crowd was angry, Liu Ye, who was the prime minister at the time, said a different opinion, "Sun Bofu may be frivolous and arrogant. However, how could many scheming people under his command be so short-sighted? ”

In the face of Liu Ye's questioning, Pei Qian, a strategist from Jingzhou on the side, waved his hand disapprovingly, "Sun Bofu is a stubborn person, how can he accept advice." Don't you hear that Sun's child once formed an alliance for Sun Liu and scolded Zhang Zibu in public? ”

Zhang Zibu is Zhang Zhao, the chief envoy of Eastern Wu. For this famous scholar of the Central Plains who crossed to the south, Sun Ce has always regarded him as the minister of the Sun family. However, although Zhang Zhao has been religiously assisting Sun Ce all the way for many years, he is ultimately a Hanchen who is interested in realizing the unification of the world. Therefore, in the face of Liu Bei, who was under the banner of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Zhang Zhao finally chose Cao Cao, thus opposing the alliance between Sun and Liu. It's a pity that Sun Ce, who has always been obedient to Zhang Zhaoyan, only had a disagreement with him on this matter.

However, even if the contradiction between Sun Ce and Zhang Zhao has become a laughing stock after tea and dinner in the outside world, Liu Ye still thinks that Sun Wu's approach is unreasonable. This foreign trade and war with Sun Ce was also not in line with the strategy set by Cao Ying's strategist group before. According to the design of Xun Yu and Xun Yu's two uncles and nephews, Cao Jun first went south to capture the entire territory of Jingzhou because of the momentum of destroying Yuan. Then he sent troops to Hanzhong and Jingzhou to form a horn momentum, thus forcing Liu Zhang of Yizhou to surrender. In this way, with the population of Jingzhou and the depth of Yizhou, Cao Cao could completely sweep away Cai Ji and Sun Ce, who were separating one side, with the momentum of the Ten Societies.

It's a pity that because Xun Yu was not accustomed to water and soil before, he has returned to Xu Du to recuperate. At present, only Liu Ye and Yang Xiu are the only two strategists in Cao Cao's Xu Du family. So Liu Ye immediately glanced at Yang Xiu secretly, hoping that the other party could come forward to support him. But at this time, Yang Xiu sat opposite in a posture of looking at his nose and nose and his heart in a silent manner.

In desperation, Liu Ye had to cheer up and retort again, "Zhou Gongjin is a talented person, and he is a brother and sister with Uncle Sun. Sun Bofu didn't accept Zhang Zibu's advice, how could he not listen to Zhou Gongjin's words? ”

Compared with Liu Ye, who is fighting alone, the civil and military forces from Jingzhou who are here at the moment can be called the same enemy. It is said that since Liu Cong sacrificed Jingzhou, the ministers under Liu Biao's account have either followed Liu Cong north to Donglai like Cai Mao. or like the Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers, they were recommended by Cao Cao to enter Beijing as officials. Most of the remaining remained in Jingzhou and became Cao Cao's pawns. Therefore, in the eyes of Deng Xi and others, if they want to get ahead in Cao Ying and win the appreciation of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, they must achieve impressive military exploits, and this military exploits cannot be robbed of the credit by Cao Cao's descendants. Fortunately, the civil and military people from Jingzhou really have a skill that Cao Ying lacks. That's the Sailor. As the so-called southern ship and northern horse, Cao Cao must rely on the Jingzhou sailors if he wants to fight a water war. And at present, only Vat Wu can use a large-scale dispatch of sailors. This made the civil and military bureaucrats of Jingzhou all invariably unanimous in their devotion to Wu.

At this time, seeing that Deng Xi and Pei Qian couldn't say anything about Liu Ye, Zhang Yun, the captain of Changshui who commanded the Jingzhou Naval Division, suddenly slapped the case and loudly asked Cao Cao to fight, "With the power of the Jingzhou Naval Division, why not be afraid of Ququ Sun Lang and Zhou Lang!" If the prime minister does not give up. The last general is willing to lead the sailors eastward to crusade against Eastern Wu! ”

Cao Cao had always just sat in the high hall and watched coldly, and Liu Ye argued with Deng Xi and others. Until this moment, Zhang Yun took the initiative to ask. There was a twitch in Cao Cao's eyes. In fact, Sun Ce's previous attitude of ignoring Cao Cao had long exhausted Cao Cao's patience. And the provocative war letter in front of him made him even more angry. So no matter how Liu Ye, Deng Xi and the others argued, Cao Cao had already planned to teach Sun Ce a harsh lesson from the beginning, so that the arrogant child could recognize his own catties. But before that, Cao Cao needed to solve a problem that he found quite thorny. So the next moment, he stroked his long beard with his hand and asked in a deep voice, "The northern soldiers are not good at boating, how will Qing transport the troops?" ”

In fact, the Jingzhou Water Division was originally built by Cai Mao. But Cao Cao, out of fear of Cai Mao's distant relationship with Cai Ji, transferred Cai Mao to Donglai after sending Cai Mao to Donglai, and then handed over the sailor to Zhang Yun. Zhang Yunnai is Liu Biao's nephew, although this person has participated in several water battles. But the experience of commanding sailors is far less than Cai Mao. Fortunately, Cao Cao's question did not stump Zhang Yun. He already had a draft in his heart, and he replied with a fist, "Go back to the prime minister." All you need to do is connect the ship end to tail, so that the soldiers and horses can walk on the ground above the ship. ”

Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard what Zhang Yun said, and he stroked his palms and laughed again and again, "Wonderful! Wonderful! With the help of Qing, Lone will fulfill the wish of Sun's child, and he will hunt in Wu! ”

Zhang Yun, Deng Xi and others got the promise of Cao Cao's Eastern Expedition, and they all swore to take Eastern Wu for Cao Cheng. And in the following period of time, Zhang Yun and others really didn't just talk about it. For a while, it was really a lot of sails and shadows outside Xiangyang City, and the sound of killing was bursting, so it was not lively. And this big movement naturally can't hide those pervasive meticulous works.

"Bo Fu, Cao Mengde has gathered 100,000 sailors on the Han River, and he will attack Wu in the east in a few days." Zhou Yu on the shore of Poyang Lake brought Sun Ce the latest movements of Cao Jun.

In the face of the menacing Cao Cao, Sun Ce just nodded at Zhou Yu tacitly as if he had known such an outcome early on, and then set his eyes on the young man standing behind Zhou Yu. The young man looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slender figure, a graceful face, and a calm demeanor that was extremely inconsistent with his age. Sun Ce knew that the young man in front of him, Lang Jun, had just turned twenty, and he had supported the portal with his own strength as early as the age of twelve. But Rao is like this, Sun Ce still knowingly turned his head to Zhou Yu and asked, "Gong Jin, who is this Lang Jun?" ”

"Bo Fu, this is Lu Boyan, a famous man in Wu County mentioned by Yu Xian."

Under Zhou Yu's enthusiastic introduction, the young man Lang Jun bowed his hand to Sun Ce in front of him with long sleeves, "Wu Jun Lu Xun has seen Wu Hou. ”

Lu Xun, Zi Boyan, Wu County, Wu County. His ancestor Lu Jun was the captain of the city gate, and his father Lu Jun was the captain of Jiujiang. The Lu family of Wu County has been a Jiangdong clan for generations. Sun Ce has long been familiar with Lu Xun's background. What really cared about him was Lu Xun's opinion of the Sun family, or more accurately, the attitude of the Lu family towards his Sun Ce. It is important to know that Lu Xun lost his father at the age of ten, and followed his grandfather Lujiang to guard Lu Kang and study in his office. Later, Lu Kang offended Yuan Shu, so he was instigated by Yuan Shu to instigate Sun Ce to capture Lujiang. More than a month later, Lu Kang, who had lost his land, fell ill and died in a foreign land. The once prominent Lu family of Wu County was left with only the twelve-year-old Lu Xun supporting the lintel. It is true that Sun Ce attacked Lujiang involuntarily back then, but in a sense, he was indeed the murderer who almost destroyed the Lu family.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce looked at Lu Xun with interest, and then asked, "Cao Mengde is about to attack Wu, what does Lang Jun think is the chance of winning alone?" ”

Lu Xun straightened up and replied without thinking, "The east wind rises in Jiangdong in summer and autumn, and it is also this day. The northern soldiers are not good at boating, and this place is also good. Wu Hou has high hopes for the Jiangdong clan......"

"The Jiangdong clan has high hopes? When did Ce win the high hopes of the Jiangdong clan? Sun Ce laughed silently and interrupted Lu Xun, who was talking.

Who would have thought that Lu Xun raised his head, looked at Sun Ce's eyes as sharp as a tiger, and continued to analyze himself, "Cao Mengde's killing of the princess and the emperor's party has long been indignant. Wu Hou can allow the Jiangdong clan to govern Jiangdong together, this is the people. ”

Lu Xun's words can be said to have broken the thoughts and positions of the famous families in Jiangdong. Don't look at Sun Ce's killing spree when he pacified Jiangdong, killing many heroes and famous families, and having a lot of grievances. But if the Sun family wants to rule Jiangdong, they must rely on the support of the local famous families. On the other hand, Cao Cao not only has a higher background than Sun Ce, and his status is more noble than Sun Ce, but he also holds the banner of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, so he doesn't need to care about the thoughts of the local family in Jiangdong. And when they thought of the fate of the Hebei Haoqiang Sect under Cao Cao's rule, the so-called famous families in Jiangdong suddenly felt a chill in their necks. In fact, not only the Jiangdong family, but also the families in Jingzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou also had the same idea, so they would support Liu Bei, Cai Ji and other princes to divide one side.

Sun Ce stared at Lu Xun for a long time, then turned his head and laughed loudly at Zhou Yu like a child who had gotten a favorite toy, "Bo Fu, Ce has another piece of merchial!" (To be continued......)