"Huh? What the? Fall back? This, Governor, are we just going to give up the two important county towns of Anwu and Jing County? Lu Dai on the side heard this and said in surprise.

Zhou Yu sighed and said slowly: "Ben Jiang is not willing to give up, but now there is no way, if we are not careful, we will lose all the plates, now that we have lost Chungu, Wanling will face a sneak attack by Liu Qi's army at any time, if you don't concentrate on guarding Wanling, I am afraid that the entire Danyang County will fall into the hands of the enemy, once this is really the case, how can Ben be worthy of the trust of the lord?" ”

Lu Dai couldn't help but pause when he heard this, sighed softly, and silently returned to pack up.

A day later, Zhou Yu ordered Lü Dai to lead the vanguard of 10,000 people to settle in Wanling first, but he led the remaining 10,000 troops to move the people of Anwu and Jing County to Wanling together.

This time, Zhou Yu did even more desperately, destroying the walls of the two county towns, burning all the materials and houses that could not be taken away, and even filling in the wells, leaving a few wells, and all of them were poisoned, which was obviously to clear the wilderness and not leave any benefits for Liu Qi's army who entered the city later.

Later, when Liu Qi's army, who heard the news and occupied Anwu and Jing County, saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile bitterly, they also encountered such a scene once, that is, when Zhou Yu withdrew from Lingyang. At that time, it took Wei Yan half a year to make Lingyang City temporarily regain a little vitality, and that was when the city walls, private houses were not damaged, and the wells were not filled.

"What a vicious Zhou Yu, he actually used such a ruthless poisonous trick for me." Liu Qi couldn't help gritting his teeth and scolded Zhou Yu, and the accompanying Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, Quan Rou, Quan Cong, Liu Shi, Huo Jun, Zhang Tong and others all echoed the voice, only Xu Shu smiled and said nothing, and Jia Xu was silent.

Liu Qi asked with a smile, "Why aren't the two gentlemen angry?" ”

But seeing that Jia Xu still didn't say anything, Xu Shu smiled and said: "Now that each is its own country, Zhou Yu lost his troops and lost his generals, lost his division and lost his land, and retreated to Wanling in desperation. ”

Liu Qi nodded and said: "This Zhou Yu is indeed a masterpiece, but it's a pity that he actually took refuge under the command of Sun Quan and others, so that his personal talents cannot be fully developed, otherwise, I am afraid that his achievements in the future will not be inferior to any of the princes, or even surpass." ”

After finishing speaking, his face couldn't help but be envious.

Xu Shu knew that Liu Qi had the idea of loving talents, but he had no way to solve this problem for his lord, so he couldn't help but feel ashamed, and hurriedly asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, I don't know if you have a trick to capture Wanling and capture Zhou Yu?" ”

But seeing Jia Xu shook his head, he said slowly: "Although we relied on Pang Shiyuan's wisdom before, saw through Zhou Yu's plan, captured the four generals, and occupied the Spring Valley because of this, but if we want to deal with Zhou Yu in Wanling, I'm afraid it's not so easy." Zhou Yu suffered losses because of the unauthorized battle before, and now he doesn't dare to go out of the city casually, and he will inevitably lead the army to hold on, and now Sun Quan because of Zhou Yu's defeat, I don't know whether he is worried about Zhou Yu's surrender to us or worried about the loss of Danyang, but instead sent people to comfort him, the gap between them has gradually been eliminated, and if they want to rely on discord, there is no way in a short time, so we have to deal with him, we can only rely on the absolute superiority of the army, and forcibly attack the city. ”

"But now that the gap between Zhou Yu and Sun Quan is lifted, once we forcibly attack the city, Sun Quan will definitely mobilize forces, and what he will do to help is only the strength of Wanling itself, which can support it for a few months, if you add the continuous supply of troops and grain and grass in Wu County, I am afraid that it will not be a problem to support it for three or two years, although my Jingzhou is rich, if I spend two or three years here, I am afraid it will outweigh the losses." Xu Shu shook his head and sighed slowly.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qi smiled and said: "I was asking Wu Jun to send troops to help, and I was most afraid that Wu Jun would not send troops." ”

"Oh? I wonder what the lord has planned? Xu Shu couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked in surprise, even Jia Xu's eyes flashed a trace of surprise, and he looked at Liu Qi with an expectant face.

Liu Qi and the two top wise men all looked at themselves like this, and they were quite proud in their hearts, and they didn't sell it at the moment, and said with a faint smile: "Hehe, we are going to take the opportunity of besieging Wanling to lay ambushes and annihilate the enemy's reinforcements, as long as the enemy comes, we will annihilate as many as possible, which is called encirclement and reinforcement." ”

"Reinforcements?" Xu Shu's eyes revealed a hint of essence, and he nodded, but it seemed that he had something to say, but Jia Xu was silent and thoughtful.

"If Mr. Yuanzhi has any questions, you might as well say them." Liu Qi smiled and said directly.

But seeing Xu Shu slightly arched his hand, he said suspiciously: "The lord wants to eliminate the enemy's reinforcements, this is a good idea, but if we simply eliminate the reinforcements, and do not attack the place, the role will be very limited, but if we attack Wu County, we are separated from Wu County by a Danyang, besides, once we draw troops to take Wu County, I am afraid that Zhou Yu will immediately lead the army to counterattack, so that the army attacking Wu County will go deep alone, and the second is that it is also dangerous to attack the army of Danyang, so I am afraid that we will lose more than we lose." ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, Jia Xu and Xu Shu deserved to be the top wise men, and they could analyze the benefits and disadvantages in an instant, but when he saw Jia Xu's thoughtful look, he asked, "Mr. Wenhe, what do you think of this matter?" ”

But I heard Jia Xu say softly: "Although the lower official is also as suspicious as Yuan Zhi, but seeing that the lord's face is calm, he must have a countermeasure." ”

Liu Qi suddenly laughed: "What Wen He said is right, as Yuan Zhi said, since Ben Jiang has already set a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements, he naturally has the next step to deal with Wu County, this time Ben will order Yu Ban to lead the army to occupy Wu County through the sea route to occupy Wu County and govern Wu County, take Sun Ce's son Sun Shao, and then support Sun Shao as the lord of Jiangdong, and take the opportunity to announce Sun Quan's crime of poisoning his brother, and divide and disintegrate Sun Quan's forces, so that not only Wu County can be obtained, but even Huiji may be captured in one fell swoop, At that time, only the lonely city of Wanling, which Zhou Yu guarded, was left in the entire Jiangdong. We asked Sun Shao to order Zhou Yu to surrender in the name of the lord of Jiangdong, and then promised Zhou Yu that Sun Shao would be given preferential treatment, and it was expected that Zhou Yu would have to surrender. ”

"Huh? This is indeed a clever plan, but although the idea of raiding Wu County from the sea is good, we may not be able to realize it, because Niuzhu, where General Yu Ban is stationed, is still separated from the sea by Sun Quan's Danyang County, and the north shore is Guangling County in Xuzhou. Xu Shu almost didn't think much about it, and said worriedly.

Liu Qi smiled when he heard this: "Although Chen Deng is loyal to the imperial court, in fact, he controls the entire Guangling County alone, since the pacification of Lu Bu and Chen Deng was named the Guangling Taishou because of Gong, Cao Cao has never sent people to Guangling to send troops, and now Cao Ren is defeated, Cao Cao is busy dealing with Yuan Shao, and Zang Ba of Xuzhou is busy dealing with Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, and Guangling at this time is an opportunity for us to take advantage of." ”

"Could it be that the lord wants to divide his troops to fight Guangling? I'm afraid it's harder, right? Let's not say that we now want to surround Wanling City, but also to set up ambushes everywhere, annihilating the reinforcements of Danyang counties and Wu County, the troops are already stretched, even if the troops are sufficient, I am afraid it is not easy to break through, Chen Yuanlong is a wise man, and he has won the hearts of the people in Guangling. ”

Xu Shu's face showed a gloomy color, and after thinking about it for a while, he turned his heart sideways and said bravely: "I am afraid that if the last general insists on going his own way and wants to divide his troops to capture Jiangling, our army will most likely suffer a defeat." The last general knew that he should not say such an inauspicious remark, and he was afraid that he would be blamed by the lord after saying it, but the last general had something in his heart, like a bone in his throat, but he did not vomit unpleasantly, and hoped that the lord would think twice. ”

Liu Qi's expression remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "Xu Junshi is loyal to his words, how can he be blamed?" However, the military advisor is afraid that he has misunderstood, and the general has never said that he will send troops to Guangling. ”

"What does the lord mean?" Xu Shu couldn't help but be taken aback, and then said in a deep voice.

But seeing Liu Qi nodding lightly, he said: "Xu Junshi is right, I want to use my three-inch tongue to persuade Chen Deng to join me." ”

"What?" Hearing Liu Qi's words, Jia Xu and Xu Shu couldn't help but be surprised, because such a thing is almost impossible, Chen Deng, as the Taishou of Guangling, was entrusted with an important task by Cao Cao, what confidence does the lord Liu Qi have to convince him to surrender to himself?

However, the two knew that Liu Qi never did something they were not sure about, so they knew that Liu Qi must not be speaking wildly this time, so they quietly waited for Liu Qi to explain the reason.

But I heard Liu Qi say slowly: "It's not a secret, Ben Jiang and Chen Yuanlong are cousins, when my father and Chen Deng's grandfather Chen Xiang befriended, a total of one of the eight handsomes in Jiangxia, Xiang Gong admired my father's talent, so he married his own daughter to my father, it was out of the two brothers, so Chen Deng's father Chen Qi is my uncle, Chen Deng is my dear cousin is also." Although Chen Yuanlong is dedicated to the country, he can't abandon his relatives, not to mention that this time he will recruit Chen Deng, it is not all because of family affection, but also because he wants to make it difficult for my Han Dynasty, sweep away the traitors, and redefine the world. ”

"It turns out that Chen Deng still has this relationship with the lord, but the Chen family is a big family in Xuzhou, and the old lady is not only the daughter of Chen Xianggong, but also committed to Lingkao, what a big thing is this? Presumably Cao Cao must have known, right? In this case, how could Cao Cao be unprepared? Xu Shu hesitated for a moment, and then persuaded: "What's more, the old lady has passed away, how much kinship the lord has with Chen Dengshang, it is not yet known, the last general will listen to the lord's will, is to personally persuade this person to surrender, how dangerous is it?" Please also ask the lord to think twice. ”

Liu Qi said angrily: "It is precisely because of my mother's immortal that Cao Cao did not pay special attention to the blood relationship between Ben Jiang and Chen Deng, so he was unprepared, not to mention that my generation is fighting on the battlefield, is there no danger?" It is worth it to exchange an adventure for a thousand years, not to mention that Chen Deng is related to me after all, even if he will not surrender, he will definitely not harm me. So, this time I'm going to give it a try anyway. ”