Hanzhong, South Zhengcheng.

Seongnam Barracks.

It was the middle of December, the weather was freezing, the snow was like a mountain, and the white snowflakes had covered the tents one by one, and the soldiers were patrolling in the wind and snow.

This was originally just an ordinary military camp under Zhao Yun's command, but after a division of Praetorian Guard cavalry quietly stationed here, it was heavily guarded.

"The last general greets Your Majesty!"

Lei Ding took Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, and Xue Zhou into the barracks, and the three of them knelt down to Sun Quan, who was the first person in the camp, and saluted to greet them.

When the entire Shu Kingdom thought that Sun Quan was still in the Xishu Palace, Sun Quan had quietly gone north, bringing tens of thousands of cavalry, and bringing super fierce generals such as Lu Bu and Sun Ce.

This time, Sun Quan personally went north, which was to uncover the beginning of the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei.

Now the seven most elite divisions of the Wu army, a total of 80,000 cavalry, have gathered in Hanzhong, waiting for the arrival of the last east wind, they can break Yangping, enter the pass, and take Luoyang City.

"No need to be polite!"

Sun Quanpan sat at the head of the camp tent, wearing a Xuanwu battle armor and a Vermilion Bird cloak, with a solemn expression: "The intention of coming north is clear, have you figured out the troops in Yangping Pass?" ”

"Report to Your Majesty, now the Wei army guard in Yangping Pass is Cao Xiu, the Wei army's Huzhong army and Zhang Lu's Hanzhong army combined, about 40,000 soldiers and horses, but they have recently transferred 5,000 elites from Chencang to strengthen their defenses, and they seem to be a little wary of us!"

Gan Ning took a step forward and said.

"Cao Xiu? Cao family Qianliju? ”

When Sun Quan heard this, he smiled coldly: "I heard that this person has good ability, but he suddenly strengthened the defense of Yangping Pass, does he know my intentions?" ”

This shouldn't be!

He hit a surprise, and if Cao Wei had been prepared, he would have beaten a fart. Directly collect the troops.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks it is impossible, after all, this time the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei, Your Majesty is a whim, and it is unbelievable that even we received the news. How could they possibly guess? Gan Ning shook his head and denied it.

"Why is that?"

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that it may be that General Gan Ning's previous attack has put too much pressure on the Wei army, so Cao Xiu has strengthened his troops and defensive vigilance at this time!"

Zhao Yun stood up and said.

"Xingba, what is this Cao Xiu's ability?" Sun Quan thought for a while, looked at Gan Ning and asked.

"Not bad!"

Gan Ning weighed it in his heart before he said: "We have fought several times, and he is very steady in his use of soldiers. Although young, but we must not be underestimated, if we pour 100,000 troops to storm Yangping Pass, there will be no result within a month, and we will definitely suffer heavy casualties! ”

"Hehe, I know what you're worried about!"

When Sun Quan heard this, he heard the words in Gan Ning's words, and his eyes swept over several people. Knowing what they are thinking now, they just think that they are a little nonsense. He continued: "Don't worry, I won't attack, I won't bear this kind of casualties, I have my own way to break through the barrier, all you have to do is to break through the barrier and drive straight in!" ”

"Your Majesty. I can be steady, what is the way to break the level? Zhao Yun was still worried.

"When my siege weapons come, I'll tell you!" Sun Quan smiled indifferently.

"No!"

Although the generals couldn't figure out Sun Quan's intentions, their trust in Sun Quan made them hold back the doubts in their hearts.

Now Sun Quan is not the Sun Quan who just ascended the throne at the beginning, whether it is the Great Wu Change. or today's Wu Army's westward expedition, which has established an unprovoked prestige for him.

"Gan Ning!" Sun Quan stood up and began to point.

"The last general!"

"You continue to strengthen the suppression of Yangping Pass these days, remember, as long as you press them, you must not let them feel our current abnormality, but there is no need to storm it, waste our son's life in vain, as long as I wait a few more days, I will personally break through the pass!"

Sun Quan knew that the domestic thunder was already on the way, and if it went well, he could reach Hanzhong within three days.

When the time comes, you will be able to break through.

"No!"

Gan Ning nodded, took the order, and quickly left Nanzheng City with his own soldiers and soldiers, and immediately went north to Yangping Pass.

"Xue Zhou!"

Sun Quan looked at this sea thief-turned-admiral.

"The last general!" Xue Zhou walked out.

"This time in the Northern Expedition, Zilong and Xingba both went north with me, and Hanzhong County I will be handed over to you for the time being, the cabinet has already issued a letter to recruit you as the Taishou of Hanzhong, and the Military Aircraft Department has agreed to retain your military rank, but the military power in your hands must be handed over!"

Sun Quan said: "Jiang Qin will take over your position in the navy, you have to hand over well!" ”

"Yes!"

Xue Zhou was not surprised by this order.

Before that, the cabinet had already sent someone to communicate with him, and he withdrew from the military, and there was not much resistance to entering the cabinet.

"Xue Zhou, you are the veteran general who controls the navy, if the navy does not have your support, it will not have the scenery of today's world, so you are unwilling to leave the navy at this time?"

Sun Quan asked in a harmonious voice, "I want to hear the truth!" ”

"Your Majesty, although the last general has been fighting and killing for many years, but he is unwilling to join the army from the bottom of his heart, he was just forced to do so, I have always wanted to see the world peaceful, no more conquests, the people are stable, and now I am old, I am powerless for the battlefield, I can be an official of parents for the people, and I am willing to fight from the bottom of my heart!" Xue Zhou said sincerely.

He is not young now, and he has been a little powerless to march on the water all these years, he has been a pirate for half his life, and he has fought a lifetime of battles, at this time, he has obtained the rank of a general, entered the cabinet, and has great hope for the position of cabinet minister in the future, which is a good choice.

"It's good that you think so!"

Sun Quan nodded with satisfaction: "Hanzhong County is not under the management of the Bashu Governor's Mansion, you are not only the Taishou of Hanzhong, but also the overseer of Hanzhong, and you have the right to supervise the officers and soldiers of Hanzhong!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"I'm optimistic about you!" Sun Quan smiled and said, "Go down!" ”

"No!"

After Xue Zhou left the camp, he immediately returned to the naval barracks above the Han River, gathered the generals, and began to deal with the affairs in hand, and then handed over the military power to the deputy general Jiang Qin.

"Zilong. Sit! ”

After sending the two away, Sun Quan's expression softened, Gan Ning and Xue Zhou could not be compared with Zhao Zilong's status in his heart.

The love between him and Zhao Zilong, that is from the life and death in Shouchun City, when Zhao Zilong went to and returned in the battle of Shouchun City, he remembered it for a lifetime.

"You fought well in this Hanzhong battle. It's just a little too risky at the beginning! Sun Quan said.

"It's all forced out by Zhang He!"

Zhao Yun smiled a little bitterly: "It's a pity that Ju Yi didn't leave him in Jingzhou, this person will inevitably become a big problem for our Dawu in the future!" ”

"No problem!"

Sun Quan said confidently: "Under the general trend, one or two talents can't turn the sky, and the current situation is that Wu is strong and Wei is weak, and it is already the general trend for Wu to dominate the world!" ”

"Your Majesty is really confident in this battle?"

"Yes!" Sun Quan said categorically.

"Then you don't have to go yourself, whether it is Lu Bu, Sun Ce, or I can lead the troops, you will go north in person. It's too dangerous! Zhao Yun said worriedly.

"Cao Mengde, I must take it personally!" Sun Quan said lightly: "You are waiting, no matter where I am, I am safe!" ”

Zhao Yun looked at Sun Quan's face, he knew Sun Quan very well, so he also knew his character, and no one could change what he decided.

"Let's talk about the battle of Wudu!" Sun Quan changed the subject. said: "You seem to have lost a little bit in this battle, let the Wei army take Wudu." It is equivalent to giving Liangzhou away! ”

"Your Majesty, the last general failed to leave Zhang Ren, please punish Your Majesty!"

When Zhao Yun heard this, he was a little ashamed in the face of Sun Quan.

"What is your senior brother's ability?" Sun Quan came to be interested.

"If you fight in the field, he's not as good as me, but if you play in the field. I'm not as good as him! ”

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment before he said: "It's not that Weichen is humble, Weichen thinks that his ability is good, but in terms of comprehensive ability, he may really not be as good as him." In my heart, he is as terrible as Zhang Liao! ”

"Is that true?"

Sun Quan already looked down on Zhang Ren, but from Zhao Yun's mouth, he still seemed to underestimate Zhang Ren.

"The last general doesn't dare to exaggerate, I have fallen behind under the battle with him, if it weren't for the good martial arts of the minister, I'm afraid I would let him stay!"

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "It's a pity, we couldn't keep him in White Emperor City at the beginning, and if we don't let him, we won't let him succeed!" ”

"Forget it!"

When Sun Quan heard this, he was a little excited: "Now that he has become our enemy, it's a little too late to say anything, I'm not afraid of him, I'm just a little worried about you, after all, you are senior brothers, it's okay to fight on the battlefield, or I will send others to deal with him?" ”

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, we are just each our own master, he is on the battlefield, do his best to kill him, there is no need to shy away!" Zhao Yun said categorically.

"You're such a dead eye!"

Sun Quan pursed his lips, looked at the serious Zhao Yun, and his expression became a little playful: "By the way, I also heard about it, you rushed thousands of miles to attack the city of Xiabian, and with thousands of soldiers and horses, you broke through among the thousands of troops and rescued a beautiful girl?" ”

"Your Majesty, the last general is not acting for personal gain, but this person will be of great effect on our future attack on Liangzhou!"

Zhao Yun panicked, forcibly calmed down, and reported.

"Huh!"

Sun Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, smiled, and used a mocking tone: "I rarely see you so flustered, it seems that you are really tempted, but you are too noisy, you are more powerful than me, I was even more sneaky when I robbed my relatives, you actually sent troops to snatch it back, cow!" ”

For this, Sun Quan gave a thumbs up and appreciated it.

"Your Majesty......" Zhao Yun blushed a little.

"Come on, what are you panicking about!"

Sun Quan waved his hand and said: "Who are you Zhao Zilong, I don't know, marching and fighting, you won't transgress the boundary between public and private, but this time the person you want to use just makes you tempted, right?" ”

"There will be no general!"

Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, now that Cao Wei is not peaceful, the world is in chaos, and Great Wu has never unified the country, how can Zhao Yun be home?" ”

"Roll the calves!"

When Sun Quan heard this, he immediately shouted: "Is there a conflict between starting a family and starting a business?" Now among the top generals in Dawu, most of them marry their own sons, and the sons of Huang Zhong can fight side by side on the battlefield with father and son, and even Pan Wushuang's fake seriousness has accepted a few concubines, and plans to give birth to a little Pan Wushuang, you are good, now you are almost in your early thirties, not close to women, and have spent many years in the military camp, people who don't know still think that you Zhao Zilong is as good as Longyang! ”

"Your Majesty, I will ...... at the end"

When Zhao Yun heard this, he was immediately anxious, his face turned red, if it weren't for Sun Quan, he would probably have to break out with peerless force and directly destroy other humanes.

"Tell me, who is this girl?" Sun Quan asked very badly: "If you can make Zhao Zilong's heart move, it must be an ordinary girl!" ”

"Ma Yunluo, Ma Chao's sister!"

Zhao Yun suddenly lowered his head a little, did not dare to look at Sun Quan's eyes, and said in a low voice.

"Jack Ma?"

Sun Quan was a little stunned: "This name is so familiar, Ma Chao's sister, it's not ......"

Sun Quan remembered it, it seems that history is still romance, isn't Zhao Yun's wife Ma Chao's sister?

Forget it, he has been in this world for so many years, and he can't tell the difference between history and romance for a long time, but it's also a good thing that Zhao Yun can have a girl who likes him.

"After the door, yes, do you want me to marry you?"

Sun Quan asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, she is Ma Chao's sister!" Zhao Yun reminded emphatically.

"As long as you Zhao Zilong likes it, it doesn't matter whose sister she is, I will call the shots for you, you can marry it, a hussar general, you still care about this!"

Sun Quan said domineeringly, and then looked at him with some doubts: "But husband and wife are for a lifetime, and what is important is a love agreement, you won't have to deal with her, is it that the little girl doesn't like you?" ”

"Nonsense!"

Zhao Yun's reaction suddenly became a little intense: "She likes ......"

"What's she?"

"Your Majesty, you are so cunning!"

Zhao Yun reacted quickly, became a little depressed, and kept silent.

"Hahaha, you obviously like other people's little girls, and you are still here shouting righteousness with me, pretending to be cold, and now you are exposed!" Sun Quan laughed.

"Your Majesty, the last general will go to gather cavalry training and retire first!"

In the face of this emperor with a bad character, Zhao Yun obviously couldn't resist and fled.

……

Four days later.

Yangpingguan.

The night is getting colder, and the white snowflakes are fluttering down, condensing bit by bit, as if reflecting the night, and draping the heavens and the earth in a layer of silver.

On the top of the Guancheng, Cao Xiu personally came to stand guard, and he led his soldiers to patrol the fortifications of the battlements back and forth, guarding the Wu army outside the Guancheng.

"General, it's so cold this day, why don't you go and rest for a while, and then you will be on duty in the future!" Said a lieutenant general.

"No!"

Cao Xiu shook his head, he stood on top of the city pass, looked at the looming Wu army camp outside the city, felt a little uneasy in his heart, and asked: "In the past few days, Gan Ning's attacks have all been momentum, but there is no actual strong attack, could it be that they are secretly brewing some conspiracy?" ”

"General, now that Yangping Pass has strong troops, they don't have the ability to break through at all, so they can only shake their voices and shout!"

One of the lieutenants said contemptuously.

"Don't underestimate them!" Cao Xiu's eyes were solemn: "Your Majesty personally came to order, let me be careful of Wu Jun, there must be a reason, no matter what, tell the soldiers, be careful and don't relax!" ”

"No!"

The soldiers nodded and took the order. (To be continued.) )