After Zhu Zhi left, Sun Quan first looked at Xu Sheng and said: "General Xu, this time the troops have worked hard for you, this battle is related to the survival of my Jiangdong, and please be careful, when you return triumphantly, I will personally celebrate your achievements!! ”

When Xu Sheng heard this, he bowed his hand and said, "The last general will take the order, and he will live up to the trust of the king!" ”

"Well, you go to General Zhu's camp to report first."

"No!"

After appeasing Xu Sheng, Sun Quan turned his head to look at Lu Fan, and before Sun Quan could speak, Lu Fan took the initiative to bow his hand and said, "Don't worry, you will return to the camp and transfer 5,000 soldiers and horses to General Zhu, and you will not miss my Jiangdong affairs!" ”

Lu Fan has already had some rifts with Zhu Zhi, and the person left behind this time is Lu Fan, Sun Quan has to acquiesce or nod Lu Fan if he wants to do something, such a difficult opportunity to befriend Lu Fan, Sun Quan will naturally not let it go.

Sun Quan smiled slightly, and said: "General Lu can think like this, then it is even better, after the battle is over, these 5,000 soldiers and horses will be allocated back to General Lu's command, and how many soldiers and horses will be lost at that time, General Lu can recruit strong and strong to make up for it, and this candidate will not let the general suffer!" ”

When Lu Fan heard Sun Quan's words, a trace of inexplicability flashed in his eyes, and he also replied with a smile: "In this way, the last general will thank you first!" ”

Sun Quan also knew that his careful thinking would definitely not be able to hide from an old fox like Lu Fan, but what he said was a conspiracy, as long as Lu Fan still wanted to complete the soldiers and horses under his command, he would not refuse Sun Quan's deliberate friendship.

After everyone left, Sun Quan looked at the envoy of Lü Meng and said, "In two hours, my Wanling army will send troops, and the envoy will return to Chungu first and tell General Lü the news." ”

The envoy of Lu Meng hurriedly replied: "No! The subordinates have thanked the prince, and my general will not forget the great kindness of the monarch!! ”

The reason why Sun Quan worked so hard to integrate the soldiers and horses to rescue the Spring Valley camp was not to gain Lu Meng's favor, if he could get the allegiance of the 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Spring Valley camp, then Sun Quan would be able to become the real Marquis of Danyang!

Sun Quan was slightly happy in his heart, and said, "The messenger is slow." ”

After Lu Meng's envoy left, Sun Quan rubbed his somewhat swollen forehead, then stretched out his hand to call Chen Wu to his side, and said: "Zhu Zhi is self-dedicated, he no longer takes me in his eyes, this time he dares to kill people in front of me, and next time he dares to kill me in front of others!" Zilie, you are my most relied on confidant, and the only person I can rely on now is you! ”

When Chen Wu heard Sun Quan's words, he hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "The king humiliates the ministers to death, as long as the last general is still there, he will not let Zhu Zhi be arrogant!" If he dares to do so next time, he will kill him with his own hands!! ”

"Good! With Zilie's help, why should I worry about big things! Sun Quan stepped forward to help Chen Wu up, and then said: "But Zhu Zhi is in control of the army, if he wants to do something rebellious, we will not be able to stop him, and then he can only die!" Now that Zhu Zhi is about to go on the expedition, Lu Fan still has a little respect for me, and this time he has a bad relationship with Zhu Zhi, this time is the best opportunity I have been waiting for! ”

"After Zhu Zhi led the army to leave, you immediately used the money and grain in Wanling City to recruit young and strong generals to train them into an army under the pretext of insufficient troops in Wanling City! The more young people recruited this time, the better, but when you declare it to the public, you can only call the number of three thousand, do you understand what I mean? ”

Sun Quan had reached some tacit understanding with Lu Fan at this time, if Sun Quan wanted to recruit some young people, Lu Fan should not stop him, after all, he had to rely on Sun Quan's power to get back his five thousand soldiers and horses. However, this does not mean that Lu Fan will let Sun Quan's behavior go unchecked, if Sun Quan recruits too many young people, Lu Fan will definitely intervene, these three thousand are already the result of Sun Quan's thinking for a long time, only three thousand young people, Lu Fan can still easily suppress Sun Quan with five thousand elite soldiers.

Only in this way can Lu Fan relax some of the suppression of Sun Quan.

Chen Wu naturally understood Sun Quan's intentions, and bowed down and responded: "Nuo, the last general has received the order, and he will definitely recruit young people to train into an army as soon as possible, and he will not miss the important matter of the monarch!" ”

"Alright, there you go!"

Lü Fan also knew that this battle was related to the survival of Jiangdong, and if the Spring Valley camp was lost, then he would not be able to get benefits, so when selecting soldiers and horses, Lü Fan did not make trouble among them, and the soldiers and horses allocated to Zhu Zhi were all elite in the army. When Zhu Zhi received the soldiers and horses allocated by Lu Fan, he was also very satisfied with this, and specially sent someone to explain his hardships to Lu Fan, but it is also a fact that Zhu Zhi seized Lu Fan's military power, and the relationship between Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan inevitably appeared some cracks.

Zhu Zhi also knew that Yuan Yao's army was not good, and if he wanted to repel Yuan Yao's army in this battle, he would definitely need Xu Sheng's help, after Xu Sheng arrived, Zhu Zhi not only did not put him aside, but allocated him three thousand elites, and took him as a vanguard general!

Xu Sheng saw that Zhu Zhi used himself so much, and he also had some kindness in his heart, but Sun Quan's face was a little ugly after learning about it.

Two hours later, Zhu Zhi led the army to leave on time, the army took a warship down the river, 15,000 troops went straight to the Yangtze River waterway, after Zhu Zhi led the army to leave, Chen Wu opened the treasury in the name of Sun Quan and began to recruit young people, Lu Fan learned that Sun Quan was only going to recruit 3,000 people, so he did not intervene easily, but acquiesced to the matter.

Sun Quan saw that Lu Fan did not stop Chen Wu from recruiting young people, so he was relieved, and some began to look forward to how many soldiers and horses Chen Wu could organize for him this time, Chen Wu was brave and good at fighting and proficient in military strategy, and his combat power was still above Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan, if Chen Wu could organize an elite army this time, then he would be able to do a big thing!

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Xu Sheng led the elite of the 3,000 sailors all the way to the front, and finally arrived at the area of Xuancheng County near the evening, just when the Jiangdong Sailors were marching, suddenly a sentinel ship came to report, there was a dangerous valley ten miles ahead, and an enemy army had occupied the terrain and cut off the waterway of the Changyang River!

Xu Sheng, as a pioneer general, naturally knew Zhu Zhi's plans, Zhu Zhi originally planned to march to Wuhu in the starry night, and then wait for the arrival of Danyang soldiers and horses there, and after the two armies joined forces, they would go to the Spring Valley camp together to rescue!!

But now there is an enemy army cut off the waterway of the Shuiyang River, which immediately broke Zhu Zhi's wishful thinking, Xu Sheng is quite Zhu Zhi's heavy use, naturally to fulfill the duty of the vanguard, after receiving the sentinel ship's report, he sent people to send a letter to Zhu Zhi, while leading the vanguard army to the front of the valley that the sentinel ship said.

After Xu Sheng led the army to the mouth of the valley, his face immediately looked a little bad, only to see that the waterway in front of him had become very narrow, and there were valleys about several zhang high on both sides of the waterway, and the terrain was extremely dangerous!