Yangzhou, Danyang County, Anwu County.

Zhou Yu was thinking hard about what to do with Liu Qi's army in the tent.

Now that Cao Ren is defeated, Chengde is defended by Zhang Liao, and he is unable to attack Hefei in the short term, and in this way, Lujiang's Yu Ban army will definitely use the main force to attack Danyang, plus Wei Yan of Lingyang, Gan Ning of Hulin, Xu Shu of She County, and Quan Rou of Yi County, the total number of troops is at least 70,000, and the total number is close to twice that of his side, Zhou Yu also heard that Huang Zu of Jiangxia is also actively mobilizing troops and horses, if it is a joint attack with Ganning's naval army, it is difficult to resist with Jiangdong's current naval strength, What's more, he also heard that Liu Qi had also led the army from Jingzhou to Danyang, if he waited until the Zhulu army met, I am afraid that even with his own wisdom, it would be very difficult to defend Anwu to the death.

"Although I know that this time is very dangerous, I will definitely do my best to protect Anwu County, Bo Fu, please rest assured, I, Zhou Yu, will definitely not let you down." Zhou Yu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's curtain was suddenly revealed, and then two generals walked in from the outside, Zhou Yu raised his eyes and saw that it was the veteran Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and then had an ominous premonition.

Sure enough, without waiting for Zhou Yu to speak, he heard Cheng Pu's gloomy face and said, "Zhou Dudu, I don't know if you have any news from Shanyin recently?" ”

Zhou Yu's heart suddenly sank, and he knew that these two people came to him today to send reinforcements to Shanyin.

But Zhou Yu still said with a smile: "General Huang, General Cheng, it's not a secret, the general did get the news of Shanyin, saying that Jiang Wantong under Liu Qi led Huang Zhong, Liu Pan, Du Xian and others to attack Zhuji the day before yesterday, and the army of forty or fifty thousand people posed a threat to Shanyin, where the lord was stationed, and the lord had already issued an order to let the general immediately lead the army to Shanyin to help. ”

"Oh?" Cheng Pu and Huang Gai glanced at each other, he didn't expect Zhou Yu to admit it so happily, his face softened slightly, but Cheng Pu still asked tightly: "I don't know if Governor Zhou sent reinforcements to Shanyin?" ”

Zhou Yu slowly shook his head and said, "No." ”

Why is that? Since Governor Zhou had already received the lord's order, why didn't he send troops to help? Cheng Pu's face suddenly sank again, and he asked Zhou Yu.

"Hehe, the two generals are my Jiangdong three old ministers, when they followed General Sun Lao to the east and west, cut Huaxiong, Dong Zhuo, Liu Biao, and then with Bo Fu to fight Jiangdong, it has been ten years, the two generals have been through a hundred battles, brave in battle, should be an example for me Jiangdong, in fact, there is no need to say more, the two generals also know how difficult it is for General Sun and General Bo Fu to start a business, we have gone through so many years of conquest, only to seize the three counties of Jiangdong, and establish the foundation of Jiangdong Sun, Now the Jiangdong foundation created by the two generals is encountering a predicament that has never been present, Liu Qi, the governor of Lujiang, Danyang, and Huiji, is preparing to pacify my Jiangdong in one fell swoop, and the general knows that it is not easy to hold on to this time, so he is conscientious and does not dare to slack off. ”

Seeing that the two veterans all nodded, Zhou Yu said again: "The two generals should know that although the lord's Shanyin is facing a lot of pressure, Liu Qi's main attack direction this time is actually Danyang, as long as Danyang County is occupied, Liu Qi will be able to completely surround us, and completely cut off the connection between us and Cao Cao, leaving us isolated and eventually defeated, so what Ben Jiang has to do now is to concentrate a qiē force to hold Danyang, and never let Liu Qi's army take a step forward, as long as Danyang is held, We will be able to ensure that the foundation of Jiangdong is safe, so please also ask the two generals to believe that everything Ben will do is only to hold the foundation of Jiangdong, and for this goal, Ben will consider and decide to refuse the lord's order to send reinforcements. ”

Huang Gai listened to Zhou Yu's words, nodded and said: "Zhou Dudu is loyal to the country, but he doesn't care about his own safety, he is really a model in the world, and the last general admires it, and the last general unconditionally supports the decision of the Grand Duke." ”

But I heard Cheng Pu shouting loudly: "The public replies to this mistake, for the words of Zhou Dudu, the general does not approve, as a general who supports the army, but does not go to the rescue when the lord encounters a crisis, what is the difference between such an act and rebellion?" Ben will solemnly advise Zhou Dudu here, hoping that Zhou Dudu will quickly send troops to rescue the lord, the lord is magnanimous, and will not be investigated, if Zhou Dudu is still like now, regardless of the danger of the public security, the last general is afraid that the general will be like Dong Zhuo for 10,000 years. ”

Zhou Yu also smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said lightly: "Zhou Gong is afraid of rumors, and when Wang Mang is humble as a corporal, I am clear and clear, and I am turbid, so I don't need to be commented on by future generations." I just need to know that the insistence in my heart is to keep the foundation of Jiangdong, and there is no need to argue a loyal traitor. ”

Cheng Pu was stunned when he heard this, and then sneered: "You don't need to make excuses for your own affairs, Ben will know what you mean, you are only loyal to Sun Bofu now, but not to the lord, yes or no?" What you want to keep is Sun Bofu's foundation, not the lord's foundation, hehe, Zhou Yu'er, it is also thanks to the lord's trust in you that he entrusted you with half of my Jiangdong troops, but you are so disregarding kindness and righteousness, for people like you, I Cheng Pu has nothing to say, farewell, hum, if you don't go to help the lord, I will lead the headquarters to help. ”

Cheng Pu sneered, and then prepared to leave the account.

Zhou Yu shouted when he heard this: "Stop, no one is allowed to leave An Wu for half a step, and those who violate the order will not be spared." ”

Cheng Pu sneered: "This general is an old minister of Jiangdong III, who is loyal to the lord, who dares to touch me?" If you have to cut off dissidents, then I won't sit still, I want the world to see, is it my Cheng Pu loyalty, or your Zhou Yu loyalty? ”

After Cheng Pu finished speaking, he no longer cared about Zhou Yu, and was about to go out of the tent, but he heard Huang Gai say: "Demou, why are you doing this? Now that Liu Qi's army is in Anwu, our army is in danger, if you lead the army to leave, won't our army be even more difficult? Although the lord's Sanyin is also in danger, but losing it does not affect the overall situation, virtue is a wise man, how can he not know the stakes? ”

But Cheng Pu sighed slowly: "Gong Fu, this matter should not be mentioned again, Shanyin is the county seat of the lord, if it is lost like this, I am afraid that the prestige in Jiangdong will be greatly damaged, in this way, the prestige that the lord has built up with great difficulty will be destroyed, which will lead to the instability of the entire Jiangdong situation, besides, isn't there still the governor of Zhou here?" There is no difference between one more Cheng Pu and one less me, hehe, Zhou Dadu is wise and scheming, and he is like a god, so he must be able to keep Danyang. ”

Cheng Pu sneered, stopped talking, and then walked away, ordered the 7,000 men and horses of the headquarters, and led the army to Shanyin day and night.

Only then did Zhou Yu understand why Cheng Pu insisted on opposing his actions, not only because he was eager to show his loyalty to Sun Quan, but also because his talents overshadowed his brilliance.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Cheng Pu is the most intelligent among all the veterans, and it turns out that he is actually equivalent to the role of Sun Jian's military teacher, even Sun Ce at the beginning, when he first started the incident, he also relied on Cheng Pu immensely.

But since he joined Sun Ce's command, Sun Ce has been obedient to himself, and even his favor for Lu Fan has surpassed Cheng Pu, which is really an insult to an old minister like Cheng Pu who is both wise and brave, so Cheng Pu secretly competed with himself in his heart.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but sigh secretly, he originally thought that he was loyal to the country and never considered personal feelings, a wise man like Cheng Pu should be able to understand and support, but he found that he was too wishful thinking, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that Cheng Pu understands it, but if he wants to get his support, it is simply delusional, unless he takes the initiative to retire, give up his position, and leave Jiangdong from now on.

In fact, since he felt Sun Quan's suspicion of himself, Zhou Yu decided to leave Jiangdong in the future, but he knew that this should be after Jiangdong was completely stabilized, and the current situation in Jiangdong was really inseparable from himself, so it was not that he was greedy for power, but that he needed to fulfill the promise he made to Sun Ce and keep a county in Jiangdong.

"Virtue, you must not ......"

Huang Gai saw that Cheng Pu was really leaving, so he hurriedly persuaded him, but he heard Zhou Yu wave his hand and say: "Forget it, General Huang, everyone has their own ambitions, it's useless for us to forcibly intercept it, not to mention that what General Cheng expected is indeed reasonable, let's let him go." ”

"But Demou has taken away thousands of soldiers and horses, which makes our already overstretched troops more and more small, how can we resist Liu Qi's tens of thousands of troops?" Huang Gai couldn't help but shake his head and sighed.

Zhou Yu thought for a while, and then said: "So far, we can't be defeated, we can only outwit, for today's plan, we should take advantage of Liu Qi's army has not yet closed, first break his tens of thousands of water army, as long as the threat on the river is lifted, we can go all out to deal with Liu Qi's army, although the number of our army is small, but the gap with Liu Qi's team is not too large, in this case, we will be completely sure to repel Liu Qi's army." ”

"But the enemy's naval army has more than 30,000, and there are fierce generals like Gan Ning under his command, and our Spring Valley only has 10,000, the difference in strength is too big, how can we defeat?" Huang Gai couldn't help but sigh for a while, and then asked helplessly.

"The enemy is so strong that we can only outwit it, not outwit it." Zhou Yu thought about it and said softly.

"Oh? I wonder how we can outwit it? Does Zhou Dudu have a trick? Huang Gai looked at Zhou Yu, and then asked suspiciously.