When Chen Deng heard this, his face could no longer be tightened, and he suddenly changed, but he also knew that the assassination of Sun Ce could never be recognized, and said, "Why did Zhong Degong say this? Sun Ce lives in the Dantu camp, surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how could I assassinate him? I think that Sun Ce's assassination must have been caused by their internal turmoil or Jianghuai Yuan Yao. ”

Cheng Yu also knew that this had happened, and it was impossible to find out who did it, and now Cao Cao had led Xu Du's soldiers and horses north to face Yuan Shao, and Chen Deng was needed to contain Yuan Yao at this time, and at this time, he must not fall out with Chen Deng. Cheng Yu didn't continue to dwell on this matter, and said coldly: "Sun Ce's assassination broke the balance between the land of Jiangdong and the land of Jianghuai, and ruined the prime minister's plan!" Who did this, you should know in your heart, the prime minister ordered me to reprimand you, these words have been waited, you can do it yourself! ”

When Chen Deng heard this, he knew that Cao Cao would definitely not ask about this matter for the time being, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Zhong Degong, this matter is indeed not the work of the lower officials, and I also ask Ming Gong to appeal for the lower officials in front of the prime minister, and the lower officials must have a generous gift to report!" ”

Cheng Yu snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! I'll be going to Dantu tomorrow, so do whatever you want! ”

Chen Deng hurriedly responded: "Don't worry, Gong Zhongde, I will send soldiers and horses to escort you across the river safely!"

Early the next morning, Chen Deng arranged for three clippers and hundreds of sergeants to escort Cheng Yu to Jiangdong, in addition, he also gave Cheng Yu a generous gift, Cheng Yu did not speak after seeing the gifts, Chen Deng asked people to carry the gifts to the ship.

Three clippers all the way down the river, less than a day of effort to reach the vicinity of Dantu, Sun Quan has already received the news that Cheng Yu is coming to Jiangdong, personally led his subordinates to the river to meet Cheng Yu, everyone was polite, Sun Quan welcomed Cheng Yu into Dantu City.

After everyone sat down, Sun Quan said: "Zhong Degong, I don't know why the prime minister asked you to come to Jiangdong?" ”

Cheng Yu did not shy away from it, and said directly: "The purpose of my trip is twofold: one is to mourn Wu Hou, and the other is to mediate the dispute between Wu Hou on behalf of the prime minister. ”

"Then I wonder what Zhong Degong plans to do?"

"The prime minister has an order, with Sun Shao as Wu Hou, to govern the two counties of Wu County and Huiji County in Jiangdong; Sun Quan was the Marquis of Danyang, and ruled over the two counties of Danyang County and Yuzhang County in Jiangdong,......"

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Yangzhou, Yuzhang County, Chaisang City.

Yuan Yao led 10,000 guards day and night, and finally arrived at the area of Chaisang City today, Yuan Yao led the army to cross the river in a small boat that had already been assembled, and Su Fei, the general of Chaisang, had already led several henchmen to wait by the river.

"I'm waiting to meet my lord!!"

"The generals will get up."

Yuan Yao continued to ask, "How is the war in Nanchang now?" ”

Su Fei has always been worried about Yuan Yao's permission for him to attack Yuzhang County at his discretion, and he is naturally very concerned about the battle situation in Nanchang, hearing Yuan Yao's question, he hurriedly replied: "Back to the lord, Li Shu led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses to claim 20,000 and arrived at Nanchang City two days ago, after Li Shu's army arrived in Nanchang, Li Shu personally led the army to challenge and Nanchang defenders, Sun Benqin led a thousand elite soldiers to fight, the two sides fought three battles, Li Shu killed two Liu clan marshals, Sun Ben killed a captain under Sun Ben, Li Shu covered up and killed, Sun Ben led his army back to the city. ”

"Yesterday, Li Shu's army began to officially attack the city, the two sides fought for a day, each with damage and no victory, today the two sides are still fighting, according to the scout's report, if there is no accident, it will be difficult to distinguish the winner of this battle within seven days!"

Yuan Yao nodded, and then asked, "Well, I know!" Are all the key checkpoints around the area blocked? ”

Su Fei replied: "Back to the lord, after receiving the order from the lord, the last general has already sent soldiers and horses to block the key checkpoints in the area of Chaisang, the four gates of the city have also been closed, and the scouts in the army are all over the surrounding twenty miles, and it is impossible for anyone in the area of Chaisang to be able to cross the defense line of our army!" ”

"Well, my army is tired from the rapid march all the way, let's go into the city to rest first."

"No, the last general has orders, please come with me!"

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Su Fei welcomed Yuan Yao into the city, everyone entered the general's mansion and sat down, Su Fei said: "Lord, you personally led the army to Chaisang, but you want to lead the army to attack Yuzhang County first?" If this is the case, the last general will be the vanguard, and he will break through the city for the lord! ”

Yuan Yao nodded and replied: "The battle on the northern front is deadlocked, and it is difficult to decide the winner for the time being, and now we can only attack Yuzhang County and Huiji County first, so as to open up the situation!" The general can rest assured that there will be an opportunity for you to make contributions in this battle, and you will always inquire about the situation of the Nanchang battle, and when the time is right, I will personally lead the army to attack Nanchang, and you will be the vanguard in this battle! ”

Su Fei heard this and bowed: "The last general thanked the lord!! ”

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Yangzhou, Yuzhang County, Humen Daying.

Just when Yuan Yao led the army to Chaisang, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses of the Humen camp were finally about to eat the grain and grass stored in the camp, Jiang Qin knew that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly convened the generals again to come to the meeting, after two days of rest, Zhou Tai's injuries also improved slightly, and he learned that the army was about to run out of food, his heart was very anxious, so he also dragged his injured body to participate in the discussion.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai sat on the left and right, the two of them commanded both sides of the school branch, after everyone arrived, Jiang Qin, as the host, first said: "The grain and grass in the camp have basically been eaten, and now there is only one meal of dry food available, and some things can not be delayed, and now there are only two roads in front of us to go, one is to break through to the death, and the other is to open the camp and surrender; Now, let's talk about what we should do. ”

Zhou Tai's soldiers and horses were ambushed by Yue Fei's troops and horses because they wanted to rescue the Humen battalion, and the 10,000 army was finally left with less than 2,000 remnants of the defeated generals.

As soon as Jiang Qin's words fell, he saw a lieutenant under Zhou Tai get up and said: "Yue Fei and Gan Ning are Jianghuai generals, they dare to attack my Jiangdong land for no reason, this is to deceive me Jiangdong no one!" As Jiangdong soldiers and have the responsibility of protecting the territory, we naturally would rather fight to the death than surrender to the enemy! ”。

In comparison, the casualties of the officers and soldiers under Jiang Qin's command are much less, and the hatred of the generals and colonels for Gan Ning is also much less, and now their own battalion has been surrounded by enemy regiments, and the soldiers are unstable and demoralized.

"The morale of our army is low, the battalion has been surrounded to death, isn't it to find a way to kill yourself if you break through at this time?"