The twentieth day of the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220 AD), Yaoting, the base camp of Soochow.

After receiving the news of Wu Hou's arrival, Lu Xun immediately handed over the defense of the battalion to the deputy general, and he was escorted by several members of the army, and rushed to Yidao City, thirty miles away, to meet Wu Hou Sun Quan.

Along the way, I saw that the inside and outside of Yidao City were already bustling with soldiers; Looking closely, almost all the soldiers were full of battle on their faces.

This really made him wonder.

I remember that I was just repairing a book and asking Jiangling to temporarily send 10,000 reinforcements, but somehow, I actually invited Wu Hou himself?

Wu Hou Wanjin's body, there are no eyes on the battlefield, what if there is any damage?

What's more, what does it mean that Wu Hou brought so many troops with him?

With a stomach full of questions, Lu Xun did not stop and galloped all the way.

Thirty miles of road is more than half an hour away, and in a short time, the eaves arch of the office is already in sight.

Before they got closer, there was already an irrepressible noise in the office.

Lu Xun paused, patted his cheek, forced himself to calm down, and then stepped into the door.

In the lobby of the office, the first thing that caught my eye was more than a dozen generals who had not participated in the previous Jingzhou strategy battle, and the generals were full of red faces, standing still, shouting and talking.

Wu Hou sat on the main seat, looking at the door with a smile, thinking that he was waiting for him.

Seeing this, Lu Xun hurriedly entered the hall to pay respects.

Sun Quan held his hands and said with a smile: "Bo Yan, you have withstood Liu Bei's army of more than 30,000 with more than 10,000 men and horses, and it has been really hard these days. After receiving your battle report, I immediately gathered all the generals and three armies, a total of 60,000 horses, to support you! ”

Lu Xun bowed and said, "The minister thanked the lord first." ”

He still couldn't understand why Wu Hou was here, but since he came, he couldn't drive people away, so after a little hesitation, he said:

"These days, the lord is only sitting in the city of Yidao. As far as the minister knew, Jing Yi's turnover was inconvenient, and Liu Bei's military rations were only enough for two months. The minister dared to assert that within a month, the Shu army would retreat! ”

Sun Quan suddenly laughed, faced the hall, and said, "Do you still want to retreat in peace?" Generals, tell me, is he Liu Xuande underestimating my Jiangdong heroes too much? ”

When the generals heard this, they all showed disgruntle, and they responded one after another:

"No one cares about deceiving me Jiangdong?"

"I have to teach Liu Bei not to come and go!"

"It just so happens that Liu Guanzhang and the three of them are here, and they will be captured and killed in one fell swoop, so Shu is at your fingertips!"

Seeing this, Lu Xun's heart sank, and he wondered: "Could it be that the lord really has the heart of a decisive battle?" That's not right. The Art of War: Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can not be defeated in a hundred battles. Since Liu Beidong came, the two armies have not faced each other head-on, and the combat strength of the Shu army has not yet been understood. Even though they have gathered 70,000 troops at this time, the battle is dangerous, and there are too many unpredictable people, and the victory or defeat is really unpredictable! ”

He sorted out his thoughts a little, and was about to speak to persuade him, when he suddenly heard a bell ring on the left, followed by Gan Ning's hearty laughter:

"Governor Lu, you and General Lu have taken Jingzhou, made a great contribution, a little credit, and let me wait for it to be stained!"

As soon as Gan Ning's words came out, all the generals in the hall shouted fiercely, and they were bound to fight to the death with the Shu army.

Lu Xun hurriedly said: "Lord Qi, Cao Cao is eyeing Dangyang, this is not an opportunity for a decisive battle, think twice!" ”

Sun Quan had already heard these words of advice from Lu Meng, and he was slightly impatient, frowning and saying:

"Cao Cao's fisherman's plan, how can Lone not know? However, in Gu's opinion, our army only needs to defeat Liu Bei as soon as possible before Cao Cao reacts, and Cao Cao's plan will be self-defeating. ”

Lu Xun was upright and dedicated to the public, and he never noticed the change in Sun Quan's mood, and continued to persuade:

Moreover, in addition to Cao Cao's deployment in Nanjun, he also had heavy troops in Jianghuai and Jiangxia. In case our army falls into a bitter battle with the Shu army, I am afraid that Zhang Liao and the people of Wenpin will take advantage of the chaos to move......"

"Enough!"

Before he finished speaking, he only heard a loud "bang", Sun Quan slapped the case heavily, his face was angry, and he got up angrily.

Zhang Liao and Hefei, that is an unbearable past.

As far as the generals under the account are concerned, Zhang Liao's name is directly linked to the mighty Xiaoyaojin, and it is just a matter of admiring the opponent's feats without losing his grace.

But for Sun Quan, the name also means fear and humiliation.

How many times, in his sleep, he would be awakened by the sound of horses' hooves that day.

The thin sound of horses' hooves ruthlessly trampled on their dignity and glory.

Dragons have reverse scales, and those who touch them will die.

At this time, hearing Lu Xun mention the name that he really didn't want to think of, Sun Quan felt a burst of anger in his heart for no reason, he took a deep breath, and said with a straight face:

"On the front line of Jianghuai, Lone has left enough elite soldiers to guard, so you don't have to worry about it!"

Between speaking, he glanced at it, and saw that Lu Xun was going to persuade him again, so he immediately shouted first: "I have made up my mind, and I will fight Liu Bei in three days!" Don't persuade anymore! ”

As soon as the words fell, the two generals, Gan Ning and Han Dang, immediately knelt down in front of Sun Quan and said in a loud voice:

"I am willing to fight to the death for the lord!"

The two of them are the generals in the Wu army, and they have always been highly respected.

With the two of them taking the lead, Zhou Tai, Sun Huan, Xu Sheng, Song Qian, and Xian Yudan followed each other and bowed down, shouting in unison:

"I am willing to fight to the death for the lord!"

"I am willing to fight to the death for the lord!"

"I am willing to fight to the death for the lord!"

Sun Quan glanced at the generals in the hall, all of them were impassioned, their morale was high, and the anger in their hearts was slightly reduced.

Hearing the words of the generals, he couldn't help but be complacent, and his blood was boiling at this moment, which made him have the illusion that the world was in his hands.

Seeing this, Lu Xun knew that the decisive battle was a foregone conclusion. He had doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh softly,

This scene happened to fall in Sun Quan's eyes, he still had a faint smile on his face, but a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes.

******

The next day, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Han army camped.

In the intervals of the truce in the past few days, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, and Jiang Weidan, whenever they were free, followed behind Guan Ping, listened carefully to the tactics of the military formation, and sometimes received personal guidance from Guan Yu.

On this day, it happened to be Zhang Bao's turn to patrol the camp.

Before dawn, he got up early, and according to the method passed on by Guan Ping, he led a few soldiers to inspect various fortifications such as fire prevention and anti-outburst one by one.

Because both the lord and his father were in the army, he did not dare to be careless at all, and checked everything very carefully.

The last part of the camp patrol is to open the camp gate to check and reject horses.

When he was about to return to the camp, he suddenly saw an arrow stuck in a horse-resisting stake in the farthest distance, and a piece of silk silk was tied to the arrow, which was shaking in the morning wind.

Zhang Bao didn't think twice, stepped forward and pulled out the arrow, spread out the silk silk to see.

After a cursory look, he knew that something big was about to happen, and without hesitation, he immediately pulled out his legs and flew as if he had to run towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

The big tent of the Chinese army was brightly lit, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng, Guan Ping, and all gathered in the tent to discuss military strategy.

Jiang Wei was on duty and guarded aside.

Yesterday, the scouts of the Han army inquired about the arrival of Sun Quan's reinforcements, and several leaders of the army discussed this issue at this time.

But seeing that everyone's eyes were red in the tent, they didn't realize that they had been discussing all night.

It was Zhang Fei who was talking at the moment, and he and Fa Zheng were about to quarrel.

In the past few days, the Han army has finally built two catapults, two siege rams, and more than a dozen ladders, and is about to conquer Lu Xun's camp in one go.

But with the arrival of Sun Quan, Lu Xun's strong base camp suddenly had 60,000 more reinforcements behind it, and now it can be said that there is no trouble inside, and there are strong reinforcements outside, which is the trend that must be defended.

In this case, whoever still thinks about storming the Wu army camp must be crazy to lose their minds.

So, in desperation, Fa Zheng officially proposed to withdraw from the army.

Guan Yu is a person who knows the soldiers, and he knows that if Wu Jun makes up his mind to stick to it, according to the current strength of the party, it is completely impossible to break the situation in front of him, so he is silent and silent.

But Zhang Fei had a hot temper, half helpless, half attacked, and even threw his anger on Fa Zheng, who proposed to withdraw from the army.

Just when the two were arguing, the curtain of the camp tent was suddenly opened, Zhang Bao held the letter arrow in his hand, walked in quickly, and in the curious eyes of everyone, he enshrined the silk silk in Liu Bei's hand.

Liu Bei frowned, unfolded the cloth and looked at it, suddenly his eyes widened, Huo Ran got up, and exclaimed:

"Sun Quan asked our army to fight a decisive battle in two days!"

Jiang Wei happened to be standing behind Liu Bei, his eyesight was very good, and he could see it clearly, but he saw that only a short line of words was written on the silk silk:

"I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I'm very worried. Hearing that Xuande Gong came to the east, he was willing to serve wine in front of the battle at the end of the day after tomorrow, did the public dare to meet? ”