Sun Ce pondered for a moment, raised his head and said, "Then in your opinion, is my army going to continue to go to Wuhu to meet the naval army according to the original plan?" ”

Zhou Yu glanced at the letter on the table, and said: "Duke Wu's letter has already shown that Yuan Yao's envoy has handled the affairs of the labor army with great fanfare, and now the people of Wuhu have already known about it. And if you want to know whether this envoy of the later general is really a messenger sent by Yuan Yao, or someone else who wants to achieve the name of Honggao, this also requires the lord to go to Wuhu to meet in person! ”

Sun Ce nodded and replied: "Since this is the case, then we will march according to the original plan, but from tomorrow, when the army marches, we must speed up, and 50,000 soldiers and horses will definitely arrive in Wuhu within two days!" ”

Zhou Yu bowed his hand and said, "The lord is wise! ”

……

Early the next morning, 50,000 Jiangdong soldiers and horses sped up and went straight to Wuhu, Sun Ce led the army to rest in Liyang for the night, and finally arrived outside Wuhu in the evening of the third day, Sun Ce ordered the generals to set up a large camp outside the city, and then ordered the sergeants to go to the post house to summon Yuan Yao's envoy to meet!

Lu Su had been waiting for a long time in the post house, and when he saw a sergeant coming to summon him, he smiled indifferently, and ordered the guards to push a cart full of fine wine and drive dozens of pigs and sheep straight to the Jiangdong camp to go to the army. After Lu Su came to the Jiangdong army camp, he ordered the guards to take the wine and pigs and sheep to settle with the Jiangdong army generals, and he himself followed the Jiangdong soldiers to Sun Ce's tent.

The sergeant ordered Lu Su to wait here for the time being, he went in first to make a report, and after the sergeant entered the tent, he bowed to the ground and said, "My lord, Yuan Yao's envoy has arrived." ”

Sun Ce had already summoned all the generals to the tent, and all the generals in Jiangdong were waiting for the arrival of Yuan Yao's envoy with their swords in their hands, Sun Ce raised his head and said, "Since the person has already come, bring him in!" ”

"No, my subordinates take orders!"

The sergeant withdrew from the tent and invited Lu Su into the commander's account, Lu Su and Zhou Yu were good friends, and they were very valued by Sun Ce, and even when Sun Ce had just started his army and lacked food, Sun Ce also sent Zhou Yu to borrow grain and grass from Lu Su, and Lu Su could be said to have rescued Sun Ce! Many of the generals of the Jiangdong army knew Lu Su, and when they saw that the envoy of Yuan Yao who entered the account turned out to be Lu Su and Lu Zijing, the Jiangdong generals were in an uproar!

Zhou Yu glanced at Lu Su in disbelief, pressed his sword and got up, and asked urgently, "Zijing, why are you here?" ”

Lu Su bowed his hand and said: "Hehe, don't worry, Gongjin is a messenger sent by the general to the labor army, and he is naturally here to meet Wu Hou!" ”

Zhou Yu heard this answer that he was most unwilling to accept, and reprimanded coldly: "You and I have been friends for many years, and my lord values you so much, why do you want to turn your back on my Jiangdong to serve Yuan Yao?" When did you get under Yuan Yao's tent? ”

Lu Su smiled indifferently again and said: "Gong Jin's words are serious, although it is true that you and I have been friends for many years, but to say that Wu Hou attaches great importance to me, this is a bit exaggerated, right?" I've been in Jiangdong for several years, if Wu Hou really values my talent, why didn't he use me? is shallow in his talents, and he has no chance to be a senior under Wu Hou, so he can only defect to his friend Liu Ye to go to Anhui County to serve as a general! There is no place in Jiangdong, so how can you deviate from it? ”

"This ......, this ......"

Zhou Yu himself also knew that although Sun Ce appreciated Lu Su's talent, it would be an exaggeration to say how much Sun Ce valued Lu Su, otherwise Sun Ce would not have been without using Lu Su.

Sun Ce saw that Zhou Yu was embarrassed, raised his head and said, "Okay, Gongjin, you sit down, since Zijing is here on behalf of the Hou General, then let's talk about the business first, and you will continue to talk about the old later!" ”

"Hey! No, the last general commanded! ”

Seeing that this matter was a foregone conclusion, Zhou Yu could only sigh and sit down again, Sun Ce continued: "Since you claim to be the messenger sent by the later general, I don't know if you have any evidence? ”

Lu Su bowed his hand to Zhou Yu slightly, then bowed to Sun Ce, took out a token and a letter from his arms, and said, "Of course, how can you not bring a voucher when you come under the order of the general!" Here is a token and a letter written by Mr. Ziyang himself, which should be enough to prove his identity! ”

Sun Ce waved his hand and ordered the sergeant to go to the token and the letter, looked down, and saw that the token was indeed the token issued by the Hou General's Mansion, and the letter was indeed a letter written by Liu Ye, and asked again: "How did your lord know that my Jiangdong army was coming to Wuhu, and why did you come here to wait for the labor army?" ”

Lu Su had already thought of a response in the past few days, and replied without thinking: "Back to Wu Hou, after receiving Cao Cao's edict, my lord knew that Cao Cao actually asked the Son of Heaven to crown him as the pastor of Yangzhou, so he had already guessed that Wu Hou would be angry and raise troops!" Now the land of the six counties of Yangzhou, there are four counties in the hands of Wu Hou, and many wealthy families in Yangzhou also support Wu Hou, the position of Yangzhou pastor should belong to Wu Hou, and my lord also thinks so, so my lord has never sought the heart of this position, and please Wu Hou Mingjian! ”

"Oh?"

Sun Ce listened to Lu Su's quibbling there, and laughed a little angrily, and said: "Hehe, since your lord Yuan Yao also thinks that the position of Yangzhou pastor should belong to me, then why did your lord let Cao Cao show him as Yangzhou pastor?" ”

"Uh-huh?!!!"

When Sun Ce said this, he stood up and shouted coldly: "If you dare to lie here, do you think that my Sun Bofu is easy to deceive!! ”

Seeing that Sun Ce was angry, Lu Su hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please also ask Wu Hou to temporarily extinguish the wrath of the thunder, my lord did not let Cao Cao show him as the pastor of Yangzhou, all this is Cao Cao's conspiracy!! ”

"My lord has always regarded Wu Hou as his brother, and my lord thinks that the position of Yangzhou pastor should belong to Wu Hou, where do you dare to invite yourself to be Yangzhou pastor? This is clearly Cao Cao's strategy of killing three soldiers with two peaches, using the position of Yangzhou pastor to let you and I rise up and defeat both soldiers, and please think twice before acting! ”。

Sun Ce snorted coldly and said, "Since you regard me as a brother, why didn't he reject the edict of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Lu Su smiled bitterly in embarrassment, and said, "Wu Hou also knows that my old lord didn't notice it for a while, and he did it...... In such a situation, where would my Lord dare to disobey the Holy Command? Cao Cao pressed with the edict of the Son of Heaven, and my lord had to obey ah! ”