In May of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Jianye City was busy, since the battle of the previous year, Cao Ying put the main direction of attack in Hanzhong, Jiangdong has been very calm, this time in order to respond to Liu Bei in Hanzhong, Sun Quan decided to raise troops to attack Xiahoudun who was stationed in the nest, and the generals stationed in various places rushed to obey the order, and Jianye once again entered the tense situation before the war.

Sun Quan looked at the yellowed face in the bronze mirror, the corners of his eyes couldn't help twitching, and the white hair on his sideburns looked particularly conspicuous.

This is already the third root discovered today.

"Unplugged."

Gu Li silently grabbed the white hair, and gently pressed his fingers on Sun Quan's scalp, Sun Quan subconsciously bit his lip, Gu Li's hand moved, and the white hair fell in response. Gu Li habitually hid his gray hair in his sleeve, ready to wait a while before throwing it away. Sun Quan didn't like to see gray hair, especially the white hair on his own head, and Gu Li was well aware of this.

"Ali, show me." Sun Quan stretched out his hand.

Gu Li hesitated for a moment and put the white hair in Sun Quan's generous palm. Sun Quan picked up his white hair, raised it in front of him and looked at it, and smiled a little gloomily: "There are so many gray hairs before forty, am I not old?" ”

Gu Li was silent for a moment: "The Supreme is too tired. ”

During this time, in order to raise the affairs of sending troops, Sun Quan was often busy until the third watch in the middle of the night, and it was common for him to stay awake all night. Xiahoudun had an army of 50,000, and he had to mobilize at least a considerable number of men and horses, and if he wanted to achieve better results, he should have a little more, but he found that in addition to the necessary troops in various places, he could not really mobilize many men and horses.

Nearly 20,000 people in Lu Su and Sun Jiao on the Western Front can't move, they have to guard against Guan Yu, although they are now allies with Guan Yu, but Sun Quan was heartbroken by Liu Bei and Guan Yu's ministers, and he didn't want to be exploited by them anymore, so these 30,000 essence conditions can't be moved no matter what.

The army under Lu Meng and others has all been put in place, with a total of more than 53,000 people, which is equivalent to Xiahoudun, but the Qingxu Sailor is a thorn in Sun Quan's heart. Although the Jiangdong Naval Division was also equipped with a thunderbolt, the range was not as good as that of the Qingxu Naval Division, and it did its best, but it was only quite a fight, which made Lu Meng a little worried, once the army crossed the river, the waterway was cut off by the Qingxu Naval Division, and the heavy grain and grass were cut off, and the army crossing the river would inevitably collapse without a fight. This danger was too great, Lu Meng did not dare to attack Xiahoudun with all his strength, several temptations, but did not gain the upper hand, the two sides were entangled within twenty or thirty miles along the river, Xiahoudun did not take him in his eyes at all, and the purpose of attracting Cao Ying was far away.

As for the Eastern Front, there has been no news yet. More than 5,000 people under Sun Shao did not dare to cross the river to attack, and he, the Taishou of Guangling, had actually been stationed in the capital (now Zhenjiang).

Now there are still three parts of the force that Sun Quan wants to move but does not want to move, and one part is the men and horses under He Qi. He Qi has more than 10,000 Shanyue elite soldiers, Sun Quan doesn't want to move him, on the one hand, because He Qi does not have many sailors under him, and he has to rely on others to fight across the river, on the other hand, He Qi has a great deterrent effect on Shanyue, once he is mobilized in Xindu County, he is afraid that Shanyue will cause trouble again, and the rear will be unstable. Part of it is Lu Xun's men, Lu Xun also has more than 10,000 elite soldiers, Sun Quan uses him as a reserve force, once there is an emergency, Lu Xun needs to urgently ask for help, he can't move casually. The other part is Sun Shao's sailor, Sun Shao now has more than 15,000 people, and all of them are powerful sailors, once he reaches the Yangtze River, he can not only restrain the Qingxu sailor and solve Lü Meng's worries, but also directly threaten Qingxu and open up a battlefield.

But Sun Quan was very angry, he issued an order a year ago, but Sun Shao was not only late, but now he was still stationed at Qiantangkou to rest, and what made Sun Quan's heart beat even more was that he actually wanted to recommend He Qi's son He Da Zhuya to serve as the county lieutenant.

What does he mean, does he want to join forces with He Qi?

Sun Quan's eyelids jumped at the thought of this, and he regretted his decision more and more. It was a mistake to let Sun Shao be the general of Henghai at the beginning, if he wanted to do business, let him do business, let his family be rich, and be a rich man, which can be regarded as an uncle and nephew. Cao Ying made a divisive plan, and detained the pastor of Jiaozhou by himself, but he did not do it thoroughly enough, and finally gave Sun Shao a Henghai general. Who would have thought that such a very joking general of Henghai would actually make Sun Shaofeng prosperous, and in just one year, he formed a sailor division of more than 10,000 people.

I knew this was the case, let him be a cross-sea general, the wicked man will do it to the end, and he won't give anything, just let him be a businessman in the South China Sea.

Sun Quan was annoyed. Now that the tiger is in trouble, things are already a little out of control, Sun Shao has the strength, he can no longer arrange him at will as before, not only can he not arrange him at will, but he also has to take care of Sun Shao's thoughts in turn, he is not in a hurry to come to the war, and he can only endure it when he rests indefinitely in Qian Tangkou. Because he knew that once Sun Shao was provoked, his Aurora Naval Division, which was mainly formed by pirates, would become his nightmare, and the southeast region would never be peaceful, and it would be even more troublesome than before.

Then Sun Quan still has a glimmer of hope, so far, Sun Shao has not shown any ambition, and he has a legitimate reason to stay in Qiantangkou. And once Sun Shao enters the war, he will greatly turn the tide of the war and can alleviate his current problems.

These all depend on Sun Shao's attitude, not on him Sun Quan.

This feeling made Sun Quan feel as if he had just returned to the time when he had just taken over Jiangdong, asking Zhou Yu for foreign affairs and Zhang Zhao for internal affairs, he couldn't make decisions about anything, otherwise not only the ministers would not agree, but even his mother Wu would not agree.

Supreme Supreme, I didn't expect to work hard for more than ten years, and finally returned to the past. Sun Quan felt very frustrated.

However, no matter how many thoughts he had in his heart, the most anxious thing at the moment was to let Sun Shao join the war as soon as possible. If he can't attract Cao Ying's attention as soon as possible, once Liu Bei is defeated and Yizhou is lost, then everything he has will come to naught, not only will the fruits of his struggle for more than ten years be in vain, but the foundation left to him by his father and brother will also be lost.

"Ali, you say, why hasn't Feng Xian arrived in Jianye yet?" Sun Quan asked, twitching the white hair in his hand.

Gu Li shook his head: "I don't know. ”

Sun Quan smiled, Gu Li was too cautious.

"However, the minister thought that the general would definitely come." Gu Li said softly: "If he is not willing to participate in the war, why should he go all the way to Qian Tangkou? ”

Sun Quan's eyelids jumped, and he nodded thoughtfully. If Sun Shao stays in the South China Sea and doesn't come, he really has no choice, and he can't control Sun Shao at all with Buqi. In this way, he came to prepare to participate in the war, so why is he still staying in Qiantang, is it asking for something?

Sun Quan's heart moved, and he immediately sent someone to find Lu Xun. Lu Xun thought for a moment and said, "There is such a possibility. He is now a townsman and a general, but this is the credit of pacifying the Zhuya pirates, and the southern problem he solved later seems to have not been rewarded, right? ”

Sun Quan's eyes rolled: "It's not big to solve the war in Yuenan, is it necessary to give another reward?" ”

Lu Xun smiled: "Supreme, Nan is a part of Jiaozhou, and it should be solved by the Jiaozhou Naval Division, not in the jurisdiction of the Aurora Naval Division." ”

Sun Quan suddenly realized that Sun Shao had not yet established the Aurora Naval Division at that time, he went to pacify the South China Sea as General Fubo, and now in order to prevent him from getting involved in Jiaozhou, he specially asked him to set up the Aurora Naval Division and demarcated him from Jiaozhou. This shaft is really a merchant's material, and he is very shrewd.

"Then send someone to seal the reward." Sun Quan let go of his worries, and a smile appeared on his face: "Who do you think is better?" ”

"Feng Xian is a quick-tempered person, if he sends someone with prestige, I'm afraid that he will think that the Supreme has other intentions, it is better to let a little-known person go, maybe he can accept it better." Lu Xun said with a smile: "My subordinate has a subordinate named Zhou Yi, who is humble and famous, but has some eloquence, so it is better to let him go and see." ”

Sun Quan glanced at Lu Xun, knowing that he was taking the opportunity to recommend his subordinates, and he didn't say anything. At this time, it was the time to use Lu Xun, and it was always unrealistic not to give some benefits, so he agreed, and then ordered someone to write a document, summoned Zhou Yi as Zhonglang, went to Qiantang with the book, and crowned Sun Shao as the Marquis of Fuchun, and his generals had their own rewards, and at the same time urged him to rush to Guangling as soon as possible to assist Sun Shao in marching into Huaiyin.

"Zhou Yi?" As soon as Sun Shao saw Zhou Yi and heard him report his home, he was a little surprised. He had a little impression of the name Zhou Doi, but not because of Zhou Doi himself, but because of his son, Zhou Chu, one of the three evils in history, was Zhou Doi's son. He originally thought that Zhou Chu had a relationship with Zhou Yu, but later found out that Zhou's father was named Zhou Yi, and his reputation in the Three Kingdoms was not great, but he did a very awesome thing, that is, he played deception, dug a pit, and put Cao Xiu, the great Sima of Wei, into it, and Cao Xiu was angry to death. In addition, there is a bit of an impression that Zhou Yi seems to like to use spies, but he is not very clear about the specific examples.

Although he didn't know much about Zhou Yi, he always knew that this was a talent, and his subordinates were lacking such people, since Lu Xun recommended him, of course he couldn't let it go. "What position are you doing now?"

"Originally, he was appointed as an assassin under Lu Du's account, and now he is Lang Zhong of the Che Cavalry General's Mansion."

Sun Shao smiled secretly, Sun Quan was really careless, such a person was only given to Langzhong. In fact, he blamed Sun Quan, Zhou Yi is only less than twenty years old this year, Sun Quan has just met him, and he has not had a chance to understand his talents, in fact, Zhou Yi was released soon after he came to Sun Quan's side, and his career was very smooth later.

"You don't have to go back, be my assassin captain, none of these pirates are the masters of Ansheng, and they must be governed by someone who has a stake." Sun Shao was honest and polite, and made a decision without giving Zhou Yi any chance to refuse: "The Supreme is there, I will explain." ”

Zhou Yi was overjoyed, he was just an official under Lu Xun's assassination captain, and now he has become a lieutenant all of a sudden, although he is still in charge of assassination, but he is very good at doing such things, and I believe that it will not take long to be promoted to captain.

"When will the general leave?"

"If you don't come, I'm going to set off." Sun Shao shook the seal of Fuchun Marquis and smiled, this time he changed from a township marquis to a county marquis. "I stayed in Qiantang to wait for the warship to be repaired, Qiantang's shipyard is small, and the delay is relatively long, so it was delayed for a while."

Zhou Yi didn't say anything, he felt that Sun Shao probably meant it. Qiantang's dockyard is a private shipyard run by the auditors, and whether it is manpower or material resources, of course, it cannot be compared with the government-run shipyard. Sun Quan didn't let Sun Shao renovate in the Houguan Shipyard, but let him come to Qiantang, of course, there is a restriction on Sun Shao, but Sun Shao is not a fuel-efficient lamp, under the pretext that Qiantang Shipyard is small, it dragged on for half a month, and Sun Quan was in a hurry, so he had to increase the knighthood, and Sun Quan lost money.

Sun Shao gathered all the generals and announced Sun Quan's reward, this time he captured Yuenan, he had the greatest credit, promoted from the township marquis to the county marquis, and only Cui Qian defeated the defeated soldiers of Linyi State among the others, and killed Qu Chu, the credit was relatively large, and he was promoted from the school lieutenant to the lieutenant general, and Cui Wu was promoted to the school captain.

Subsequently, Sun Shao ordered the sailors to set sail, and three days later, he arrived in Guangling and met Sun Shao, who was eager to wear it. As soon as Sun Shao saw Sun Shao, he said reproachfully: "Fengxian, why did you come now, I'm in a hurry, without your sailor, I don't dare to cross the river." ”

Sun Shao made a joke very easily: "Brother, you are too conservative in Guangling, you are at ease, people and the jurisdiction are separated by a river, and there is no danger at all." ”

Sun Shao smiled to himself: "Where am I at ease, I am aggrieved." Lu Meng and Xiahou fought viciously, but I could only watch and dare not cross the river, I don't know how uncomfortable it was. Speaking of which, Fengxian, you're to blame. ”

"What does this have to do with me?"

"Some people say that you suggested that Cao Ying load the thunderbolt on the Qingxu Sailor's warship, otherwise, how could the Qingxu Sailor be so interested today? Zang Ba had never taken advantage of water warfare before. Sun Shao said as he looked into Sun Shao's eyes. Sun Shao scoffed, and didn't even bother to argue: "Nonsense." ”

Sun Shao echoed and laughed: "Yes, the Supreme also thinks that these people are really ridiculous, and they actually use such clumsy means to separate your uncle and nephew, which can also be seen that they are short of wisdom." By the way, Fengxian, when are you going to enter the army? ”

"Into what soldiers?" Sun Shao asked in surprise.

"Of course, it was to desecrate the water in the army and attack the Huaiyin area."

Sun Shao frowned: "Do you think my boat can enter the middle water?" ”

Sun Shao's smile was a little stiff. He had already seen it at the dock, although there were few small Mengchong and walking boats in Sun Shao's warships, there were many medium-sized fighting ships. It is indeed a little difficult for the building ship to enter the desecration of the water, but it is not impossible to enter, but there is no problem for the fighting ship to enter the desecration of the water, what does Sun Shao mean by this, he came here from the South China Sea and did not enter the desecration of the water, is he just ready to watch the battle?

"Compared with the Qingxu Sailor, my advantage is in the Lou Boat, if there is no Lou Ship to participate in the battle, then I am not sure enough about the Qingxu Sailor, and I can't guarantee the safety of your back road." Sun Shao saw Sun Shao's suspicion on his face, so he explained: "The Aurora Sailor was not originally prepared to fight in the rivers, and let me enter the Zhongshui to fight against Zang Ba, which is a long sacrifice and a short use, which is a taboo for soldiers." When the time comes, my war will not go well, whose fault is it? ”

Sun Shao looked at Sun Shao's face, and saw that he was not unusual, but he also agreed with him, the Aurora Navy Division with Lou Ship as the main combat power entered Zhongshui and was indeed suspected of giving up the long and using the short, and I don't know if Lu Meng had the idea of weakening Sun Shao's strength when they agreed like this. He could only hide this idea in his heart, and couldn't say it to Sun Shao, so he asked tentatively: "Then what do you decide to do?" ”

Sun Shao walked to the front of the map and drew a line on the Yangtze River with his hand: "Aren't you worried about the Qingxu Water Master?" I'm here to deal with Qingxu Shuishi, in that case, why don't I defeat Zang Ba in the river and relieve your worries? Defeat the Qingxu Naval Division, the river is your battlefield, you can come if you want, you can leave if you want, advance and retreat freely, wouldn't it be better? ”

Sun Shao walked behind Sun Shao and looked at the map hanging on the wall, a little embarrassed. Of course, what Sun Shao said was the truth, as long as the Qingxu Shui Division was defeated, the Xiahou Tun Army, which was mainly based on foot cavalry, could only stop at the river, and the initiative on the battlefield would fall into the hands of Jiangdong. In the past, Jiangdong fought like this, fighting when the situation was favorable, running away when it was unfavorable, and gaining a foothold in an invincible position. Although the river is not as good as the sea, it has no impact on the combat power of the building boat, which is a good place for Sun Shao's Aurora sailor to play. Moreover, with the help of other people, when conducting a water war, Koto can have a great advantage in terms of troops.

But Sun Shao doubted that Sun Quan could agree to this battle plan, and would he let Sun Shao's Aurora Sailor enter the river? In other words, will Sun Shao enter the river with confidence? He doesn't go into the middle water, except for the small amount of water in the middle water, which can't meet the needs of the building boat, is there no element of unease?

With the rapid expansion of Sun Shao's strength, the trust between him and Sun Quan has reached the verge of collapse, at this time both sides will try to avoid causing conflicts, but all kinds of temptations are inevitable, Sun Quan wants Sun Shao to enter Zhongdushui, and Sun Shao for his own safety, he doesn't want to enter Zhongdushui, but he doesn't want to leave a truth, so he first stayed in Qian Tangkou for more than half a month, and now he refuses to carry out the order on the pretext that Zhongdushui is not conducive to playing, which in turn gives Sun Quan a problem.

Can Sun Quan agree? Apparently not. On the other hand, even if Sun Quan can agree, Sun Shao may not dare to go. Once in the depths of the river, he is not so free, and what will he do if Sun Quan wants to forcibly remove his military power? It is impossible to bow down and accept orders, there is only a decisive battle, and the river is not the sea, in the face of the Yangtze River sailors who are several times his size, he may not have enough chances of winning, at least he will be subject to a lot of restrictions.

"Is there any other way?" Sun Shao pondered for a while and then asked.

"Also, it is to directly attack Zang Ba's lair and attract him back to Xuzhou." Sun Shao pointed to Xuzhou at the top of the map, "However, in this way, I am fighting alone, and there will be a big problem with the supply of grain, grass and ordnance." He paused, "I need to bow to the Supreme." ”

"You want to go back to Jianye?" Sun Shao was taken aback, could it be that Sun Shao was going to forcibly take the Aurora Sailor into the river before getting Sun Quan's order?

"Yes, I want to go back to Jianye." Sun Shao smiled very calmly: "I only took the personal guard battalion away, and the others were on standby here." ”

"That's right." Sun Shao secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what about your subordinates?" ”

"With my brother taking care of me, what else do I have to worry about?" Sun Shao stretched out his hand and patted Sun Shao's shoulder, "Don't worry, as long as no one goes to trouble them, they will be very peaceful." If you really dare to make trouble, I can't ask for it, and I'm trying to find two thorns to kill chickens and monkeys. ”

Sun Shao smiled bitterly, Sun Shao seemed to be generous, he only took the guards away, and threw all his subordinates in the capital, but who of his pirate subordinates dared to take over? Anyway, he Sun Shao didn't dare. And Sun Shao's meaning is also very direct, you'd better not mess with them, otherwise he won't be responsible for anything happening.

Sun Shao knew that Sun Shao was threatening him, but he could only pinch his nose and pretend not to hear it, he patted his chest: "You can rest assured that you can go back quickly, in this part of the capital, I still have a little weight, and no one dares to bully your subordinates." ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed: "Bully them? Brother, it's not me who praises this Haikou, except for you, anyone who wants to move their thoughts will regret Mo Di in the end. ”

That is, one is the king of pirates in the East China Sea, and the other is the king of pirates in the South China Sea, who dares to provoke it. Sun Shao nodded again and again, and the connection to the wind banquet was waived, and Sun Shao was directly sent out of the door. Sun Shao pretended to complain twice, returned to the camp and arranged for Yu to stay behind, and rushed to Jianye with the Destroying Battalion. The capital to Jianye is only more than 100 miles, the next day at noon, he got off the boat at the dock of Jianye, leaving Chen Hai to guard the boat, he took Ding Feng, Ao Lei and other 200 guards to the city, while sending people home to report the news, while rushing to the Cheqi General's Mansion to ask for a meeting.

He came so suddenly that when Sun Quan heard the report, he thought that Sun Shao had returned, and he and Lu Meng, Lu Xun and others, who were discussing the war situation, looked at each other and felt very surprised.

Lu Meng coughed: "General Hou is really elusive, he stayed in Qian Tangkou for half a month without moving, this move is like a thunderstorm, and he rushed directly to Jianye in a few days, he is really like a god." ”

Lu Xun glanced at him and didn't say anything. Gu Yong on the side frowned, and he was also a little uncomfortable. Lu Meng's words are a bit taboo, isn't this deliberately picking on the thorn in Sun Quan's heart? After Lu Ji arrived under Sun Shao, he lived very comfortably in the South China Sea, enjoying generous treatment, doing what he wanted to do, eating all kinds of unimaginable delicacies, and going to the beach to bask in the sun when he was tired.

Sun Quan smiled: "Ziming's words are good, if Feng Xian hadn't used soldiers like a god, how could he pacify the East China Sea and the South China Sea within a year?" Ziming, you have to fight this battle with your heart, otherwise, you will be compared to him. ”

Lu Meng raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly: "Congratulations to the Supreme for winning another talent." ”

(To be continued)