In a fit of rage, Sun Ce wanted to give an order on the spot to arrest Yu Ji and die on the spot.

"The lord is angry, don't fall for the thief's divisive plan!" Lu Su spoke out and persuaded each other bitterly.

Sun Ce's anger in his throat was suppressed, and he forced Lu Su's words, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and looked at Lu Su angrily, waiting for his explanation.

Lu Su said: "Rumors spread in Jiangdong before, and Su mentioned it to the lord, this is mostly the Su thief's divisive plan, but now it seems that the Su thief is not giving up, and wants to use General Ling's mouth to carry out the divisive plan again." ”

Sun Ce's expression was grim.

Ling Cao was angry and roared: "I said Lu Zijing, what do you mean, do you suspect that I have turned my back on the lord and come to carry out the divisive plan for the Su thief?" ”

"No, no, of course not."

Lu Su hurriedly denied it, and said with a dry smile: "I didn't mean that, of course General Ling couldn't betray the lord, I just want to say that the scene that General Ling saw in the Wei camp and the words he heard were very likely to be deliberately played by the Su thief, so that you can borrow your mouth to make the lord think that Yu Jizhen sent someone to collude with the Su thief." ”

Ling Cao's expression was shocked, and he had nothing to say for a while.

Sun Ce's anger was suppressed a few points again, and his suspicious eyes stared at Ling Cao, and that look was clearly questioning Ling Cao's loyalty.

Ling Cao felt the meaning of Sun Ce's eyes, and couldn't help but shudder on his back.

He hurriedly got up, knelt in front of Sun Ce, and said: "My father and son are loyal to the lord, the sun and the moon can be seen, the last general will never betray the lord, the last general just told the lord what the last general heard and saw, as for whether it is true, or the thief is deliberately acting, the last general is not sure, please the lord Mingjian." ”

Sun Ce was silent, staring at Ling Cao with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to see through Ling Cao's heart.

On the side, Lu Su said: "What General Ling said is extremely true, in fact, I just want to say that General Ling fell for the trickery of the Su thief and was used by the Su thief, not that General Ling betrayed the lord, and the lord does not need to question General Ling's loyalty." ”

Sun Ce's frowning brow quietly loosened, and the suspicious expression on his face dissipated.

"Hahaha-"

He suddenly smiled, jumped up, helped Ling Cao up, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You really think too much, how loyal your father and son are to my Sun Ce, I have never doubted it, my Sun Ce still has this ability to recognize people." ”

Ling Cao breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and he was busy thanking Sun Ce for his trust.

The tense atmosphere in the big tent eased again.

Sun Ce asked again: "De Ran, you have a good memory, but what are the traces of spiders and worms that can prove that the thief is acting fraudulently?" ”

"Well...... this"

Ling Cao touched his skull with his hand, meditated and thought hard for a long time, trying to find out the flaws that Su Zhe revealed at that time, but he thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't think of anything wrong in it.

Su Zhe's words and deeds, every move seemed to him to be natural, and he couldn't find a loophole at all.

After thinking about it, Ling Cao could only shake his head: "Back to the lord, the last general has thought about the whole process carefully, and he can't think of anything suspicious." ”

Sun Ce was silent, and the suspicion between his eyebrows became strong again.

Seeing this, Lu Su hurriedly said: "That Su thief has always been treacherous, since he is determined to use General Ling, he will definitely try his best to play the trick to be realistic, so that General Ling can't find a flaw, this is not impossible." ”

Sun Ce stood up and paced in the tent, silent for a long time, his eyes flashing with a cloudy and uncertain look.

After a while, Sun Ce said in a deep voice: "Zijing's reminder is reasonable, but Yu Ji is also very suspicious, you must not be on guard, from today onwards, give me a close monitoring of Yu Ji and his disciples, any suspicious place, do not let go!" ”

What else could Lu Su do, naturally he didn't dare to be too protective of Ji, so he could only act according to orders.

……

Three days later, north of the city.

More than 20,000 Jiangdong troops solemnly lined up in the north of the city, swords and halberds like a forest, battle flags rolling, and a big flag with the word "Lu" flew in the sky.

At the head of the city, the Wei soldiers were already in position, clenching the swords and guns in their hands, ready for a battle to the death.

Deng Ai stood proudly with a spear, fearless eyes, and looked down on the majestic Jiangdong Army outside the city with disdain.

Looking at the overwhelming enemy, Deng Ai sneered: "Sun Ce, it seems that you are very eager to recapture Haidun City, you actually sent more than 20,000 horses, very good, I still think you don't have enough people, it's better to come with tens of thousands!" ”

Facing more than four times as many enemies, Deng Ai was not only not afraid at all, but his face was full of excitement and excitement.

It was as if the 20,000 enemy troops were not enemy troops, but the credit that was sent to his door.

Of course he was excited.

The task given to him by Su Zhe was not only to break through Haiyang City, but also to nail the enemy under Haiyang City as long as possible and as much as possible, so as to gain enough advantages for Su Zhe's main force to capture Chaisang.

It is precisely because of this that Deng Ai wished that Sun Ce would transfer all his troops to Haidu.

The more enemies there are, the more interesting the battle will be, and the greater the credit.

Deng Ai was proud of the enemy, and his blood was already burning.

Three hundred paces away in front of the city.

Lu Meng, who was under the banner of the Chinese army, looked at the big banner with the word "Deng" at the head of the city, but there was a faint hatred in his eyes.

"It's this Deng Ai again—" Lu Meng clenched his sword and gritted his teeth secretly.

I think that at the beginning, Xiakou City was the first to be broken by Deng Ai, and Ling Cao was also captured alive by Deng Ai, so he was forced to withdraw his troops from Jingzhou.

Now, it was this Deng Ai again, who had broken through Haidu, captured Jiang Qin alive, and pierced a nail in their flank, so that he had to lead his army to recapture Haidun City.

Deng Ai, like a spell of his Lu Meng, haunted him like a shadow.

Lu Mengyan could not be disgusted.

"Ziming, looking at the enemy's formation, it seems that the army is in order, and I am afraid that this battle will not be easy to fight." Pan Zhang, who was beside him, pointed to the city, and his words were a little jealous.

Lu Meng frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What do you call me!" ”

Pan Zhang was stunned at first, then realized himself, and hurriedly changed his words: "It's Governor Lu, the last general will lose his mouth for a while, and I ask the Governor for forgiveness." ”

Pan Zhang's qualifications are a few years older than Lu Meng, and his relationship with Lu Meng is not bad, so he ignores that Lu Meng's identity has changed now, and he is still calling him his cousin.

If it was left in normal times, Lu Meng would naturally be generous and would not be too careful, but now he was in a bad mood, and Pan Zhang's mistake happened to hit his muzzle.

After taking a deep breath, Lu Meng said proudly: "It's just a Deng Ai, but the governor of Pontus wants to see how much ability he has today." ”

After disdain, Lu Meng drew his sword in his hand and shouted: "Beat the drums, the whole army will attack, recapture Haidun City for me, and capture Deng Ai alive!" ”