"Ran away?" Liu Xie, who was marching to Chenliu, was also a little stunned after receiving the news from Runan. According to Sun Ce's character, he can't do such a thing as retreating without a fight, so how can he withdraw his troops?

"The lord doesn't have to be surprised, according to General Zhang Ren, Sun Ce was hit by a stray arrow during the siege of the city, and he was injured to the point, and now Zhou Yu is in charge of the Jiangdong army." Lu Xun, who came to report the matter, explained to Liu Xie.

"Oh, I see." Liu Xie was relieved that if the commander of the Jiangdong Army was replaced by Zhou Yu, then it would not be strange for the Jiangdong Army to retreat. Zhou Yu is thoughtful, and he will not take risks until he is forced to a dead end or is not absolutely sure. What's more, the main target of the Han army at the moment is Cao Cao rather than the Central Plains, and with Zhou Yu's character, it is unlikely that he will do anything to lose money for Cao Cao.

"Bo Yan, how about fighting with Zhou Yu for a while? Zhou Yu is a good opponent, right? "Liu Xie didn't care much about the retreat of the Jiangdong Army, just retreat, it was nothing more than one less opportunity to strike at the Jiangdong Army. Anyway, sooner or later, Jiangdong will also be attacked, this time let the Jiangdong army run, next time see where he runs.

"Lu Xun is ashamed." Lu Xun replied with some embarrassment when he heard this. This time in Runan, he assisted Zhang Ren to deal with the Jiangdong Army, although he did not suffer a big loss, but he still suffered some small losses, which also made Lu Xun understand the truth that there is a sky outside the sky.

"Huh...... Don't be ashamed, that Zhou Yu can be said to be the most strategic handsome talent in Jiangdong, and it is not surprising that you lost to him. What you lack compared to him is experience. You don't have to worry about this, we want to complete the unification of the world, and there are battles waiting for us to fight, and I have confidence in you, I believe that you can defeat Zhou Yu one day. ”

"Thank you for your trust." Lu Xun thanked him with some excitement. Before coming to see Liu Xie, Lu Xun was still a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, Liu Xie asked Lu Xun to come to Runan, although he only asked Lu Xun to hold Runan, but Lu Xun set himself the goal of defeating Zhou Yu. Now that he has not completed his goal, Lu Xun is worried that he will be looked down upon by the new owner, but he doesn't want Liu Xie to say anything serious, but he also comforts himself not to be discouraged.

As a subordinate, the most afraid of encountering an unreasonable boss is one. Liu Xie treats people with sincerity, although Lu Xun has not been in the imperial court for a long time, he has already given birth to the emotion of the death of a confidant. It's not that Lu Xun is simple-minded, on the contrary, the tragic experience of the family makes Lu Xun precocious, who is hypocritical and who is sincere, Lu Xun often sees it more clearly than his peers.

Liu Xie's words of relief to Lu Xun were indeed sincere, Lu Xun saw it, and naturally secretly rejoiced that he had met a nobleman, and at the same time secretly determined that he would not let him down in the future.

Compare your heart to your heart, when you show your sincerity, you can often get the other party's sincerity. At a young age, Lu Xun was forced to assume the position of head of the family, dealing with adults who could be called father and brother. has already learned to observe words and feelings, but it is precisely because of this that Lu Xun will be moved by Liu Xie's concern.

There are not many good people these days, at least few of Lu Xun have met who are good people. Liu Bei was trying to win over the Jiangdong clan, and the Jiangdong clan who wanted to use his hand against Sun Ce was just using each other. Although he also showed concern for Lu Xun, Lu Xun knew that Liu Bei's concern for himself came more from the Lu family behind him than about himself. As for Sun Ce, that is the sworn enemy of the Lu family, and Lu Xun naturally does not think that Sun Ce is a good person.

What really made Lu Xun feel that he was a good person was when Cao Cao united with Lu Bu and Sun Ce to hack Liu Bei, and Lu Xun and his subordinates were broken up and went to Runan alone. Although Zhou Cang is a thief, he is very good to Lu Xun who was picked up by him, in Zhou Cang's eyes, Lu Xun is a little brother who needs to be taken care of, and there are no other factors. Even if Lu Xun later revealed his identity, Zhou Cang never thought of using Lu Xun to exchange any benefits for himself. It is precisely because Zhou Cang did not exchange Lu Xun for benefits to Cao Cao or Sun Ce that Lu Xun will sincerely give advice to Zhou Cang, hoping that Zhou Cang and others can have a better home.

And the second good guy is Liu Xie. Although I have heard a lot of rumors about Liu Xie, the rumors are rumors after all, and they should not be true. decided to defect to Liu Xie, in fact, Lu Xun didn't have much bottom in his heart, but at that time, Zhou Cang and others were watching, and he had to show absolute confidence to appease people's hearts. But today, Lu Xun feels glad that he didn't vote for the wrong person this time.

"Bo Yan, what's wrong? What are you stunned about? Seeing that Lu Xun didn't speak, Liu Xie couldn't help but ask in wonder.

"Lord, Lu Xun doesn't know if he should say a word?"

"If you have something to say, just say it, and don't come to that set of vain. What words? ”

"Lu Xun suggested that the lord should send troops to Shouchun as soon as possible."

Hearing Lu Xun's suggestion, Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Sima Yi and Fa Zheng before saying to Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, give me a reason, why do you suggest that our army should have a longevity at this time?" ”

"Yes, my lord. Jiangdong's dispatch of troops this time was nothing more than a cold lip and a cold tooth, worried that the imperial court would target Jiangdong after solving Cao Cao. And now that Sun Ce is injured, Zhou Yu is in charge, Zhou Yu is completely different from Sun Ce, he will not go all out to deal with our army. Our army attacked Shouchun at this time, Zhou Yu would not hold on, and once he retreated to Lujiang, then our army would have one more route to attack Xuzhou, and Cao Cao could not take care of each other. ”

"But in that case, our feud with Jiangdong will be even bigger, in case Zhou Yu refuses to withdraw his troops, don't you plan to let our army attack Shouchun at that time?" Sima Yi asked.

"There is no need to attack strongly, even if Zhou Yu insists on Shouchun, our army can also change the real to the virtual, feint to attack Shouchun, but in fact, take Pengcheng directly and cut off Cao Cao's back road."

Now Cao Cao is stationed in Ningling, there are not many defenders in various places, and Pengcheng is the only way for Yanzhou to enter Xuzhou, if he can really take Pengcheng, then Cao Cao wants to go back to Xuzhou, it depends on Liu Xie's disagreement.

"Bo Yan, in your opinion, how many men do you need as suspicious soldiers?" Liu Xie asked.

"Huh?" Lu Xun was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Liu Xie. Seeing this, Liu Xie explained with a smile: "Long before you came here, I discussed with Zhongda and Xiaozhi the next offensive plan after the retreat of Jiangdong, attacking Shouchun is a false move, and what we actually have to deal with is Pengcheng." Although Shouchun is far away from Pengcheng, there are many cavalry in our army, and the forced march is enough to catch Cao Cao off guard. Once Cao Caojun's heart is unstable, at that time, whether it will be braised or fried, it will depend on our mood. ”

“…… It turns out that the lord has already discussed it with the military advisors......" Lu Xun said with some loss.

"Bo Yan, cheer up, it's already remarkable that you can think of this, why should you feel discouraged? Let's get down to business, how many people do you need? Don't expect to step on the White Army, I also need them to join me to complete the siege of Cao Cao. ”

"Hmm...... If it is just a suspicious soldier, it will take almost 5,000 people, and you will have to ask the lord to send a few generals to assist. Lu Xun replied after thinking about it.

"It doesn't matter if you have 5,000 soldiers and horses, but what is the purpose of you asking for a general?" Fa Zheng asked.

"Zhou Yu is not an unwise person, if he can't start a war and let him know that it is powerful, I am afraid that this suspicious plan will make him see through." Lu Xun explained.

"Hmm...... It does make sense, then Zhou Yu is indeed not an ordinary person, I am afraid that it is not much better than Zhongda and filial piety. Since this is the case, then I will personally support the scene for you, if you don't do enough tricks, even if you can deceive Zhou Yu, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide it from Cao Cao. ”

"The lord plans to attack Shouchun first?" Sima Yi asked.

"Well, hit Shouchun first."

"It's okay, if you first beat Zhou Yu and shrink into Shouchun and don't dare to fight, Cao Cao's side won't have any suspicions. It's just that what if Zhou Zhou Yu avoids and quits Shouchun? ”

"Then let's take advantage of the situation to recover the counties controlled by the Jiangdong Army in Jiangbei and see where he can go."

……

Shou Chun

After sending Sun Ce back to Wu County to recuperate from his injuries, Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong Army to retreat to Shouchun. This Shouchun has changed hands several times, and the construction is not ordinarily strong, but Zhou Yu does not feel at ease because he stays in the fortified city. Originally, the Jiangdong Army came to help people work this time, but they didn't want to lose their soldiers, and the losses far exceeded the remuneration they received. And what worries Zhou Yu even more is that the imperial court may not let Jiangdong go.

The imperial court did not go to Hebei to trouble, that is because Hebei and the imperial court occupy the territory between the Yellow River, and the Yuan family's roots in Hebei are deeper than the Sun family's roots in Jiangdong. But Jiangdong is different, when Sun Ce captured Jiangdong, he killed too much, although Sun Ce changed his attitude towards the family a little afterwards, but the hatred could not be eliminated in a short time.

Today's Zhou Yu is not worried about the imperial court attacking, but is more worried about the situation in Jiangdong. Those families who have hatred for the Sun family are like poisonous snakes hiding in the shadows, in the past, Sun Ce was safe and sound, and he could naturally deter these Xiaoxiao, but now Sun Ce is seriously injured, and the military doctor has made it clear that he needs to recuperate for at least half a year without moving the sword soldiers, and without Sun Ce's force deterrence, Zhou Yu is worried that those families will be ready to move in the dark.

"Is the Governor resting?" There was an inquiry from outside the door.

Zhou Yu heard the voice of his personal guard Xu Sheng, and replied in a loud voice: "But Xu Sheng? Come in and talk. ”

Xu Sheng responded, pushed the door in, and said without waiting for Zhou Yu to ask: "Governor Dadu, the scout came to report, saying that the Han army in Runan has a movement to send troops. ”

"Huh? Is there any definite news? When Zhou Yu heard this, he immediately became nervous and hurriedly asked.

"Not yet, the last general has already sent additional manpower to pay close attention to the situation in Runan, and as soon as there is news, Pegasus will report it."

“…… It is not only necessary to pay attention to the movements of the Han army in Runan, but also to figure out the movements of the Han army led by the son today. Remember, compared to Runan, it is more important to figure it out as soon as possible today. Zhou Yu said when he heard this.

"I'll arrange it at the end."

Seeing Xu Sheng leave, Zhou Yu sat in the house for a while, he really didn't want to sleep, so he simply got up and put on his clothes, planning to go to the city for a walk.

The night was silent, most of the people in the city had already slept peacefully, Zhou Yu didn't care if there was anyone resting in the city, he cared about whether the soldiers on duty at the head of the city were lazy. When Zhou Yu arrived at the West Gate, the soldiers guarding the city were quite full of spirits, but they didn't see the generals on duty tonight.

"Who is the general on duty tonight?" Zhou Yu frowned and asked the commander of the city.

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, it's Captain Han Zong."

Han Zong, the eldest son of Han Dang, one of the three veterans of Jiangdong. Zhou Yu has a lot of respect for the three veterans who have made great contributions to the Sun family, but this respect is also high and low. Among them, Cheng Pu was the most respected by Zhou Yu, if he hadn't encouraged Sun Ce to borrow troops to stand on his own, Jiangdong would not have been surnamed Sun. The second is Huang Gai, although this old man is much older than Zhou Yu, but this old man is the most stable, and he can talk to Zhou Yu. The last is Han Dang, although Zhou Yu has no opinion on Han Dang himself, but there is nothing to say about Han Zong's son.

I don't blame Zhou Yu, if I want to blame Han Zong, I can only blame Han Zong himself, he has been doted on by Han Dang since he was a child, so he has a stinky problem. And what makes Zhou Yu look down on the most is that Han Zong is romantic, and he is a famous playboy in Wu County. was idle all day long, messing with flowers and grass, this time Zhou Yu was reluctant to bring him here, but Han Dang personally recommended it, and Zhou Yu reluctantly agreed.

But Han Zong's performance on the battlefield is far less good than his performance in bed, like Zhou Tai, Lu Meng and others must take the lead every time they go to battle, but he Han Zong is the only one who shrinks behind. And what makes Zhou Yu look down on Han Zong even more is that Han Zong will not change his usual demeanor even if he goes to the battlefield. Although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not plan to attack the city and seize the land this time, they could not do things without a limit.

Even during the war, Han Zong had the evil disease of secretly going out of the camp to nearby villages to find fun. If it weren't for Han Dang's face, Han Zong would have asked Sun Ce to cut it down a long time ago, or Zhou Yu came forward to persuade Han Zong and sent Han Zong to Shouchun to defend the city. Now that Sun Ce is injured, Zhou Yu's temper is already a little bad, and now he finds that Han Zong, who should be on duty at the head of the city, is nowhere to be seen, and the evil fire in his heart can no longer be contained.

"You immediately bring someone to find Han Zong and tell him that if he doesn't appear here within half an hour, don't blame me for using his head to warn the three armies." Zhou Yu said viciously to the commander who couldn't explain Han Zong's whereabouts.

When the commander heard this, he couldn't help but secretly complain, he knew best what kind of temper this young master was, now he must be looking for fun in the city, and looking at Zhou Yu's expression, it didn't seem to be a joke.

"The majority of the governors forgive their sins, and the villain will take people to find them." The commander of the army confessed his guilt, and immediately summoned several men to go with him into the city. Zhou Yu frowned and watched a few people go away, and instructed Zhou Shandao on the side: "Zhou Shan, quickly go and ask the two generals Huang Gai and Zhou Tai to lead their troops to come." ”

"Governor, what about here?"

"With me here, there won't be any problems, go quickly."

"The little one, let's go."

……

Huang Gai and Zhou Tai were very puzzled after learning Zhou Yu's order, after all, they did not hear the military situation of the approaching Han army at this time, Zhou Yu suddenly ordered the two of them to lead the troops late at night, could it be that someone in the city intended to rebel? After listening to Zhou Shan's explanation, Huang Gai immediately put on his clothes without saying a word, assembled his team and rushed to the West Gate. It was Zhou Tai, who grinned after hearing that Zhou Yu was going to clean up Han Zong, and said repeatedly: "The metropolitan governor did a good job, Lao Tzu has long seen that Han Xiaobai's face is not pleasing to the eye, and he always wants to find an opportunity to beat him, this time it can be regarded as seizing the opportunity." ”

"General Zhou, don't say it, let's go to Ximen quickly. That Han Zong has always relied on his old man to do nonsense, and my master wants to clean him up this time, I am worried that he will take advantage of the absence of the lord to openly resist. ”

"Dare? Lao Tzu borrowed two guts from him. Zhou Tai was stunned when he heard the bull's eye, and immediately led people out of the station.

By the time Huang Gai and Zhou Tai arrived at the West Gate one after another, the people who went out to look for Han Zong had not returned, and Han Zong himself naturally did not come back. Looking at Zhou Yu, whose face had become iron-blue, Zhou Tai didn't squeak with interest, but Huang Gai, and persuaded Zhou Yu in a low voice: "Gong Jin, Yigong is now the only son under his knees, and he is a little pampered on weekdays, so please bear with me." ”

“…… General Huang is relieved that Zhou Yu has his own measure. Zhou Yu nodded slightly and replied. Zhou Yu understood what Huang Gai meant when he said this, it was nothing more than reminding himself that Han Dang was one of the three veterans in Jiangdong, and he could beat his son but not kill him, so as not to make Han Dang rely on the old and sell the old and make the lord embarrassed.

The reason why Zhou Yu doesn't look down on Han Dang is because this old guy is not like Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, in addition to boasting about his past achievements all day long, he relies on the old and sells the old to teach the juniors. If he really killed Han Zong, this old guy would definitely go to Sun Ce to make a noise. But now that Sun Ce needs to recuperate, he can call Han Dang to make trouble.

However, in the blink of an eye, Zhou Yu had already figured out the pros and cons, and this time he could only spare Han Zong's life for the time being. However, Zhou Yu did not plan to let Han Zong continue to stay in Shouchun.

Seeing that the time limit given by Zhou Yu was approaching, Han Zong was finally carried back by several people. Recently, Han Zong met another good friend in the city, and tonight was lonely, so he found an excuse to run to a private meeting with a new love. had to bring people out to find his commander, and finally learned Han Zong's whereabouts from the insider.

Being dragged out of the warm quilt, Han Zong was very dissatisfied, but after listening to the commander of the army what happened, Han Zong was suddenly frightened and his legs weakened. He had already drunk two more glasses, and if he was so frightened again, he couldn't even walk soon, and the commander of the soldiers saw that the time was about to come, so he had to let people carry Han Zong on the way.

"Han Gongzi is so free." Zhou Yu looked at Han Zong and said coldly.

“…… The last general has seen the Grand Governor, and I don't know what the last general has to call in the middle of the night? Han Zong pretended to be calm and asked.

"Hmph, Han Zong, who is the guard of this West Gate tonight?"

"It's the last general."

"So where did you go?"

"The last general will go to take a nap, and the Metropolitan Governor can rest assured that the last general has arranged a replacement before leaving."

Seeing Han Zong's quibble, Zhou Yu was so angry. As early as when the commander of the soldiers led people to find Han Zong, Zhou Yu ordered someone to follow him secretly, where Han Zong went to rest, Zhou Yu knew it clearly.

"How far is it from here where you are going to take a break?"

"Uh, about a stick of incense?" Han Zong hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively.

"Hmph, a stick of incense? It took me half an hour to send someone to look for you, and even if you were in the wrong place on the way, you were so far away from here, would you have time to come back once you discovered the enemy? ”

“…… Please also ask the Metropolitan Governor to forgive his sins, and he will know his mistakes in the end. When Han Zong heard Zhou Yu say that he ordered someone to find him, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, in line with the principle that a hero does not suffer immediate losses, he simply admitted his mistake directly, so as not to continue to quibble and cause more trouble.