Chapter Seventy-One: Jiangdong Undercurrent

Koto, Chaisang

Time in the princes' conquest unconsciously entered the summer, compared to the melee in the Central Plains, Jiangdong has been very peaceful this year, Sun Quan or Zhou Yu did not join the battlefield of the crusade against the LΓΌ Bu alliance as promised, Jiangdong is sparsely populated, and there are many troops used to suppress Shanyue, and the troops that can be mobilized externally are limited, and another reason is that the route to the north has not been able to negotiate with Liu Bei. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

Sun Quan asked Liu Bei to get out of the way of Jiangxia defense to facilitate the transit of Jiangdong soldiers and horses, but Liu Bei felt that Jiangdong could take the waterway along the Han River to Nanyang and directly take Nanyang to cross.

However, once this road is taken, as long as Jiang Xia is willing, he can cut off the back road of Jiangdong soldiers and horses from the waterway at any time, which is equivalent to handing over the fate of his army to the opponent, this kind of thing, whether it is Sun Quan or Zhou Yu, can not be accepted, so the negotiations between the two sides have reached a stalemate.

And Liu Bei's precautions against Jiangdong were not delayed because of the war in the Central Plains, not only Chen Zhi's Jiangxia soldiers and horses did not move, but also along the river, set up a beacon tower every ten miles, once something abnormal, immediately ignite the beacon fire, and the soldiers and horses living in the surrounding cities will quickly be on guard, so that Zhou Yu has no opportunity to take advantage of it.

The battle reports of the Central Plains would come regularly, and as Zhou Yu's cronies, Lu Meng could feel Zhou Yu's recent sense of urgency.

"Governor, what are you looking at?" At dusk, Lu Meng came to the riverside with dinner and looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously, he had been standing here for a whole day.

"Look at the sky!" Although Zhou Yu's words were flat, Lu Meng could feel that there was an irrepressible excitement in these words.

Look at the sky?

Lu Meng looked up at the sky blankly, there was no cloud, the weather in the past few days was surprisingly good, and he looked at Zhou Yu puzzled.

"Whether you can occupy Jingzhou depends on this time!" Zhou Yu didn't explain, but with a confident smile in his expression, he took the food handed by Lu Meng and ate it in a big gulp.

Lu Meng studied for a long time, but he didn't figure out what happened to this day? What does it have to do with the occupation of Jingzhou?

"Ziming." After taking a sip of water, Zhou Yu turned his head to look at Lu Meng.

"Yes." Lu Meng hurriedly said.

"Has the Jingzhou Army's grain storage place ever been confirmed?" Lu Meng couldn't remember how many times Zhou Yu mentioned this matter, but Lu Meng still replied seriously: "Our fine work has been confirmed, Jingzhou's grain and grass will be sent to Nanyang every day, and the grain team transported to the front line is indeed sent to the front line from Hukou, but Hukou is heavily guarded, and our fine work cannot be mixed in, but the governor is worried that there is fraud in it?" ”

"This kind of thing can't be faked." Zhou Yu glanced at Lu Meng with a smile, shook his head and said: "From the perspective of location, Hukou is indeed the most suitable for Liu Bei's grain, even if the grain and grass are not in Hukou, I am afraid it will not be too far from there." ”

"It's just that even so, if our army wants to cross Jiangxia and hit the mouth of the lake, Liu Bei can't be unguarded." Lu Meng has been with Zhou Yu for so long, and he has learned a lot, so he naturally knows what Zhou Yu means, as long as he captures Liu Bei's granary, the army that goes out will be cut off.

And this time Jingzhou is Liu Bei personally in command, as long as Zhou Yu captures Hukou, then next, whether it is Jiangxia's Chen Zhi or Xiangyang Zhuge Liang, I am afraid that they will not be able to sit back and watch Liu Bei be trapped and die on the front line, as long as these two soldiers and horses move, Sun Quan can take the opportunity to cross the river, directly attack Jiangxia, take this bridgehead, and then enter Jingzhou, but the problem is, not to mention that Hukou is heavily guarded, and there are beacon towers along the river, once the Jiangdong naval army is found, I am afraid that all places will immediately take precautions, if they can't capture Hukou in time, Jiang Xia sent troops to cut off Zhou Yu's retreat, and it was not Liu Bei but Zhou Yu who was trapped and died.

"Then it depends on the sky." Zhou Yu looked at the sky, his eyes flashing with excitement.

Lu Meng didn't know why Zhou Yu was so excited, but he was also very happy in his heart, this was the first time he had seen Zhou Yu smile since the Central Plains princes had been at war for so long.

Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Zhang Fei came in with a somewhat ugly face, but when he saw Zhuge Liang fiddling with something on the map, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and said angrily: "Military division, it's been almost half a year since the war started in the Central Plains, the eldest brother and the second brother are fighting desperately on the front line, but we are here to stand still, didn't you say that you want to attack Shu?" Why haven't you moved troops yet? ”

Over the years, in order to deal with Lu Bu, Zhang Fei has not slackened for a day, honing his martial arts day and night, he only hopes to be able to give Lu Bu a good look on the battlefield, especially if there is more Huang Zhong such a strong man with excellent martial arts, although the explosive power and staying power are not as good as Zhang Fei, but in terms of martial arts, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are ashamed of themselves, Guan Yu has an arrogant personality and is unwilling to ask for advice, but Zhang Fei doesn't care so much, he pesters Huang Zhong to practice martial arts all day long, these years, When he learned that Liu Bei promised Cao Cao to prepare to join forces to attack Lu Bu, Zhang Fei was gearing up and waiting to clean up Lu Bu on the battlefield.

Who knew that when the army was about to go on the march, Zhuge Liang detained him, in Zhuge Liang's opinion, it is obvious that fighting Shu is more important than cleaning up Lu Bu, and the big truth is down, for the sake of the eldest brother's foundation, Zhang Fei suppressed his temper.

But in a blink of an eye, half a year has passed, Tiger Prison Pass, Yique Pass are in full swing, but I haven't seen Zhuge Liang really attack Shuzhong here, the old god is in the back all day to allocate grain and grass, sometimes the interest comes, and Zhang Fei will be escorted in person, which makes Zhang Fei's temper unbearable.

Escorting grain and grass, is that the job of a general? Especially when the battle ahead is unfavorable, Zhang Fei can't wait to fly over to help his eldest brother, but Zhuge Liang still looks so annoying that Zhang Fei sometimes wants to poke more than ten or twenty holes in him with a snake spear.

"The time has not yet come." Zhuge Liang sat on the chair, looked up at Zhang Fei, and said with an unfathomable expression.

"The time has not come!?" Zhang Fei's voice suddenly doubled, shaking Zhuge Liang's eardrums to a buzzing sound.

"Be quiet!" Zhuge Liang shook his head, cleared his mind, and looked at Zhang Feidao helplessly.

"The eldest brother and the second brother are fighting bloodily in front, but I stay in Xiangyang to listen to your nonsense here? What captures Shuzhong, wait any longer, the battle ahead will be over. Zhang Fei said angrily to Zhuge Liang dissatisfiedly, and his loud voice could be heard clearly by the entire Assassin's Mansion.

"General Yide, don't be impatient, don't be impatient!" Zhuge Liang pressed his hand helplessly, looked at Zhang Fei with a wry smile and said, "Yide, have I ever said anything?" ”

"You don't fool me, you often lie to people!" Zhang Fei snorted.

Zhuge Liang's face turned a little dark, is this questioning his character? But at this time, Zhang Fei's temper became violent, and Zhuge Liang knew that if he didn't give him an explanation, today, no, don't think about Ansheng in the next few days.

"Be quiet, I'll tell you the truth." Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said helplessly.

"Okay, you say!" Zhang Fei sat on the chair in front of Zhuge Liang and snorted, if you don't give him a reasonable explanation, you will set off this mess today.

"Yide, you only saw the hot fight in front, but you didn't know that Jingzhou's situation was the most dangerous now." Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Fei and patiently explained: "Jiangdong obviously promised to join the coalition army, but he was reluctant to move troops north to support, Yide knows why?" ”

"It's not that we're worried that we'll cut them off!" Zhang Fei said disdainfully, as a general in command of the army, he can still see this.

"The Jiangdong Navy is the best in the world, and we have arranged a retreat for them, but Zhou Yu is reluctant to agree, this is not just a matter of the back road." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "From the beginning, I'm afraid that Jiangdong didn't have the intention of attacking Lu Bu, but put the target on my Jingzhou, just wait for my Jingzhou to be empty, and then it will be Jiangdong that will be cut off, but our army." ”

"He dares!" Zhang Fei was dumbfounded.

"Why don't you dare?" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, shook his head and smiled: "Zhou Yu has sent ships close to Jiangxia and Jiangling several times to investigate, I am afraid that it is to check the defense of our army, if we send a large army to leave, whether it is to enter Shu or go north to support the lord, I am afraid that Zhou Yu's hind feet will immediately attack Jingxiang." ”

"Uncle to the army Jiangxia, I haven't seen Zhou Yu be able to bargain for anything over the years, Kong Ming, are you thinking too much?" Zhang Fei frowned and said, although it sounds like that, but if you think about it carefully, you think it's unlikely, Zhuge Liang is full of beacons along the river, and any action of Zhou Yu may not escape Zhuge Liang's ears and eyes, in this case, Zhang Fei feels that Zhuge Liang is a little too cautious.

"That's because Zhou Yu is unwilling to lose too many soldiers and horses in Jiangxia." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "If he finds out the place where our army's grain and grass are stored and performs a surprise attack, does Yide think Liang is still alarmist?" ”

In order to support Liu Bei's crusade northward, most of Jingxiang's grain and grass were transferred to Nanyang, if the grain and grass were successfully attacked by Zhou Yu, not only Liu Bei's army, but even Jingxiang's other soldiers and horses may be scattered.

"This ...... Impossible, right? Zhang Fei glared.

"It's not impossible, but it's definitely going to be!" Zhuge Liang cut the railway.

"But there are so many beacon towers set up along the river, even if Zhou Yu calls, we can know in advance, so what are we afraid of?" Zhang Fei looked at Zhuge Liang dissatisfied.

"The beacon can only be used on sunny days, hasn't Wing De noticed any anomalies in the weather in recent days?" Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically.

"So what?" Zhang Fei looked at Zhuge Liang with some puzzlement, and said well, how can you talk about the weather? He was a little dazed by Zhuge Liang's leapfrog thinking.

Zhuge Liang is also quite helpless, sometimes he prefers to talk to smart people, which will save a lot of trouble, looking at Zhang Fei, shaking his head and smiling: "Yide doesn't need to ask more, Liang assures you that there will be a battle in the next few days!" (To be continued.) )