Chapter Ninety-Seven: Breaking the Deadlock
Guan Ping and Sun Huan rushed back to Wancheng at the same time, and the news they brought back was not consistent, but after thinking about it, the gap was not big. Guan Ping said to Guan Yu that the lord had the intention to rescue, but the military advisor got in the way, and he did not let the lord send troops to rescue him on the grounds that Sun Quan's troops were stationed in Chaisang and intended to get involved in Yizhou. Sun Huan's news was a little better, saying that Sun Quan and Liu Bei were negotiating a joint army, and once the two sides were in order, they would send troops.
However, it has not yet been negotiated, Liu Bei is still in Jiangling, and Sun Quan is still in Chaisang.
Guan Yu was furious, and his hatred for Zhuge Liang was overwhelming. He has always disliked scholars, Zhuge Liang is one of the few scholars who can make him not disgusted, but now Zhuge Liang deceived him, and at the most critical time, he stabbed him in the back the hardest.
If Guan Yu was more or less skeptical of Sun Shao's words at the beginning, then now he has decided that Zhuge Liang is the most insidious guy, and what Sun Shao said is far from the truth makes him even more angry.
"Go and ask Feng Xian if he has a way to get Sun Quan to leave Chaisang." Guan Yuqiang pressed his anger, and his originally flushed face had turned iron-blue. Guan Feng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went back to the house to find Sun Shao. Sun Shao, as usual, was playing chess with Cao Ren. Cao Ren plays chess like using soldiers, good at using dangerous moves, once he seizes the opportunity to chase and fight, this kind of killing method encounters the weak or even a little higher than him opponents, he may break the strong with weak, but when he encounters the strong, he may succeed with a blow, but he may also lose a lot.
Sun Shao's chess skills are not much different from him, so the victory and defeat are about the same, today seized an opportunity to lead Cao Ren into the ambush circle, killing Cao Ren to lose his armor, the old face is a little unbearable, he pinched the last horse in his hand but there is no place to put it, but he refuses to admit defeat, he is still thinking about it freely, hoping to find Sun Shao's flaws and turn defeat into victory. That look of concentration, where is a little bit of the demeanor of a famous general who once galloped on the battlefield, and it is no different from an old man playing chess on the street. Niu Jin and Cao Tai looked at him behind him and were anxious for him, but their chess skills were even more smelly, and they couldn't help at all.
Sun Shao was very relaxed, he hugged his legs, looked at Cao Ren's unyielding appearance, with a calm smile on his face, and heard Guan Feng's footsteps, he turned his head and glanced at Guan Feng, and saw some clues from her tightly knit brows, but nodded calmly, signaling her to wait in the room first. Guan Feng was anxious, but he didn't dare to disturb Sun Shao's chess game, so he had to wait patiently.
Cao Ren still couldn't get it back in the end, so he had to watch Sun Shao pull the horse out of his hand and kill him. He stared at Sun Shao for a long time and sulked, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Shaft, your chess is as insidious as yours, you hide needles in your cotton, and you specially design traps for the old man's chess moves, right?" β
Sun Shao said with a smile while playing with the chess pieces: "General, you're not kind, are you?" You've won so many games against me, and I'm not allowed to win once? Besides, playing chess is like playing against each other, don't you study your opponent's tactics when you fight? β
Cao Ren nodded, he took a look at Guan Feng who was waiting next to him while collecting the chess pieces, and said in words: "Of course, you have to study the opponent's tactics." However, the old man is just a general, just lead the troops to fight, in the early years under Cao Gong, he rode under Cao Gong, and dealt with the Hu people a lot, he likes to go straight, not so many twists and turns. It's a bit uncomfortable to meet an opponent like you. He paused, pinched the last chess piece in his hand and rubbed it for a while: "You waited outside Fancheng for more than ten days, and finally it only took an hour to break through Fancheng, and now you have been in Wancheng for a few months, isn't it time to have a seizure?" β
Sun Shao raised his eyelids, stared at Cao Ren, and smiled: "The general can't wait?" β
Cao Ren didn't say anything, but his eyes revealed that he had indeed waited too long. Sun Shao's eyes rolled: "General, don't worry, at most, you can get together with Cao Gong." β
Cao Ren was silent for a moment, nodded, and got up to leave.
Guan Feng listened to Sun Shao's last sentence in her ears, and her nervous mood suddenly went to three points, and at the same time she was a little more curious, as soon as Cao Ren went out, she came over: "Husband, do you have a way?" β
The corners of Sun Shao's mouth were crooked, and he didn't answer her, but asked, "Uncle Yue is in a hurry?" β
Guan Feng's expression darkened, nodded, and said the news that Guan Ping and Sun Huan brought back, and finally looked at Sun Shao nervously: "Do you have a way to let the Supreme Leave Chaisang?" β
Sun Shao snorted and laughed: "Do you really think that if he leaves Chaisang, Liu Bei will be able to send troops?" β
Guan Feng wanted to speak and stopped, Guan Ping said so, Guan Yu thought so, are they all wrong?
"Don't worry, even if we don't do anything, they will raise their troops." Sun Shao stood up slowly and fiddled with his clothes: "They won't let Cao Ying eat us, and then force Jiangling again." β
"And they're coming?" Guan Feng showed a happy look.
"Of course it will come." Sun Shao saw Guan Feng's overjoyed look, and added: "However, even if they arrive, they will not come to save us, they will wait for us to defeat before coming." β
A few months ago, Guan Feng definitely didn't believe what Sun Shao said, she would definitely say like Guan Yu that Sun Shao thought too badly about people's hearts, but after these months of waiting, they knew that although what Sun Shao said was cruel, it was the truth.
"So what do we do?" The smile on Guan Feng's face disappeared, and the corners of his mouth drooped again, listless.
"What are you anxious about?" Sun Shao took Guan Feng's hand, walked slowly along the corridor, passed through the long sandwich road, came to the fish pond in the backyard, stood in the thick shade, looked at the small fish swimming freely in the pool, and the smile on his face became more and more incomprehensible.
"Everyone wants to do fishing, but they all forget one thing, Wancheng is not a fish pond, and we are not fish in the pond." Sun Shao said to himself: "Until the end, how can you know who caught whom?" Fishing, not only is it more tempting than bait, but also more than patience, do they have a bigger bait in their hands than I do? Can they compare patience with me? β
"Husband, you ...... Not worried? Guan Feng couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw that Sun Shao didn't have the slightest worried look.
"What am I worried about?" Sun Shao asked rhetorically, he turned his head to look at Guan Feng, and suddenly became joking: "Don't you know that Cao Gong is going to marry me now?" I'm not cornered, so why worry. β
Guan Feng's face stiffened, her lips were a little pale, she bit her lower lip, endured it for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "It's me who is too worried, Cao Gong has always been blue-eyed towards her husband, of course he will not force her husband to death." She said calmly, but her heart was sour, although she had long known that Cao Ying was going to marry Sun Shao, but now that Sun Shao said it, she still felt a little unpleasant, as if she was once her own baby but suddenly wanted to be shared.
"Madame......"
"Don't talk about it." Guan Feng endured the sourness and turned away, not wanting Sun Shao to see the tears in her eyes, but the choked sobs in her tone couldn't hide it: "I already knew that there was such a day, and the husband was such a figure, how could I Guan Feng have it alone." β
Sun Shao was originally joking with her, but when he saw her like this, he couldn't bear to say it, and then he thought of Zhou Yu's matter and had not been embarrassed to tell her, in line with the turtle idea of dragging on day by day, he was ready to return to Jianye to mention it again, but now because of a joke, it really made him a little surprised. He wanted to step forward to comfort Guan Feng, but he felt ashamed. Even if there is no marriage of the Cao family, isn't he ready to accept Zhou Yu as a concubine, he even thinks that he can't let Zhou Yu be too aggrieved and let Zhou Yu be a flat wife, but wouldn't that hurt Guan Feng even more?
It's annoying.
Sun Shao scratched his head a little, he didn't know how to comfort Guan Feng, so he had to stand dry, and the atmosphere became very awkward for a while.
In the end, Guan Feng came to her senses first, her eyes were red, and she smiled unnaturally: "It's the concubine who has lost her temper." β
Sun Shao scratched his chin and smiled bitterly without saying a word. If this kind of splitting thing is changed in the previous life, how can I be a Chen Shimei, and if I am not pointed out by a thousand people, it will be lucky, where will the bitter master apologize first? But at this moment, he couldn't say anything to apologize, so he could only look at him left and right: "What are the plans of Uncle Yue now?" β
"Father said that the lord couldn't go north because he was worried about the Supreme, and he hoped that the husband would find a way to transfer the Supreme away from Chaisang." Speaking of business, Guan Feng raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, and gradually regained his composure, but his eyes were red, and his originally rosy cheeks were bloodless, which made people feel distressed. Sun Shao saw it in his eyes, and his heart seemed to be pinched, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily. After a while, he said: "I can transfer the Supreme from Chaisang, but even if Liu Bei goes north, he may not really come to relieve the siege, and it is better not to be wishful thinking." β
Guan Feng lowered his head and sniffled: "Husband, don't worry, my father will not object to your marriage to Cao Gong." β
Sun Shao frowned, and stopped talking, but only vaguely responded. At this time, it is useless to explain anything to Guan Feng, besides, this matter is a little guilty for him, but in the eyes of others, it may not be his fault, even in Guan Feng's eyes, she will probably think that she has lost her morality, and she will never blame him for being unkind, if he explains too much, it will increase her uneasiness.
"You tell your father-in-law that Sun Quan will leave Chaisang soon, but please don't put all his hopes on Liu Bei, even if he has the intention of breaking the siege, but there are some things that he may not be able to make the whole decision."
Guan Feng nodded, she also knew the role played by Zhuge Liang beside Liu Bei, of course, what she didn't know was that although Zhuge Liang played a certain negative role, it was far less serious than their father and daughter imagined. All this was their preconceived idea after listening to Sun Shao's words.
Guan Yu received Guan Feng's return, and his eyes flashed for a long time without speaking. Sun Shao's words were very confident, but Guan Yu couldn't think of where his confidence came from, Sun Quan would listen to Sun Shao's orders? But in the past few months, the situation has been developing according to Sun Shao's estimate, and Guan Yu, who is as arrogant as Guan Yu, does not dare to despise Sun Shao's opinion. If Liu Bei really can't come to relieve the siege, this Wancheng will still rely on Sun Shao's mediation to break through the predicament, whether he will be successful in the end, or ruined, all hope is on Sun Shao.
"Let's see." Guan Yu finally spit out three words.
β¦β¦ Chaohu, Aurora Navy Battalion, Lou Boat General Su looked at Zhao Sleeve who was standing with a knife and Yu Fan who was drooping his eyelids, and looked very embarrassed. Sun Quan named him the general of Lou Chuan, and he never reported this matter to Sun Shao, but he knew that Sun Shao must know, but Sun Shao never sent anyone to ask, and there seemed to be a wall between them, and this estrangement made him gradually a little breathless. Although no one said anything in front of him, Yu Fu and the others, who were originally very familiar with him, inadvertently did not come to his big tent, which made him feel uneasy due to suspicion.
He was ashamed.
If Sun Shao hadn't given him a shipload of ordnance at the beginning, he would not have become the strongest pirate in the East China Sea, without the assistance of Zhao Sleeve and others in front of him, he would not have the courage to attack the Houguan Shipyard, and of course there would not be this Lou Chuan General today. Although it is said that Sun Shao also used him in this matter, in general, Sun Shao gave him more than he took from him.
But he was blinded by a Lou Boat General and Tangyi Pavilion Marquis, and betrayed Sun Shao. This is a very heavy psychological burden for Su Thick Legs, who has always prided himself on his loyalty. The coldness of Yu Chuan and the others reminded him of his meanness all the time, and the faint complaints of his subordinates also made him feel uncomfortable, and the reason why Heiyu, the most trusted guard, was arranged by him to be a hundred generals was because he didn't dare to face Heiyu's black face every day.
He never expected that Sun Shao would send Zhao Sleeve from Wancheng. Looking at Zhao Sleeve, he wanted to ask about Wancheng's situation very much, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that he didn't seem to be qualified to ask.
"The situation in Wancheng is critical." Zhao Sleeve seemed to see through his thoughts, and smiled faintly: "However, the general is not worried. β
Su Thick Legs responded unnaturally: "Really?" β
"Yes." Zhao Sleeve smiled: "However, General Guan is very worried, in a few months, he has a lot of gray hair. β
"General Guan?" Su shook his legs and hands, and subconsciously raised his head: "He...... What happened to him? β
"General Guan rushed into thousands of miles, broke Xu County, and welcomed the Son of Heaven back to Wancheng, but was intercepted by Xiahoudun on the back road, Cao Ying led the army to arrive, and was trapped in Wancheng for more than three months, seeing that he was about to run out of food, and Liu Bei because of the supreme garrison Chaisang, there is a westward meaning, so he has not dared to go north to rescue." Zhao Sleeve roughly explained the situation in Wancheng, and finally said: "Can Wancheng solve the difficulty, can General Guan turn the crisis into safety, can General Sun turn the danger into a disaster, all Henghai generals." β
Zhao Sleeve bowed and spit out the last few words clearly. This Henghai general is Su Thick's official position when Sun Shao's attribute, Zhao Sleeve did not call him General Lou Chuan at this time, but called him Henghai General, obviously Sun Shao did not recognize Sun Quan's reward for Su Thick Legs, and also regarded Su Thick Legs as a member of his Aurora Sailors. Su Bush Legs listened, his expression froze, and he involuntarily held his breath.
General Guan, General Sun, General Guan, General Sun, these two names kept echoing in Su Bush's mind, his face changed several times, and finally he gritted his teeth, and pulled off the seal of General Lou Chuan from his waist with his big hand, put his hands into Zhao Sleeve's hands, and said earnestly: "Su Yu knows, please Brother Zhao reply to General Sun, Su Yu is waiting for his news in the East China Sea." General Sun said that he was not satisfied, and the East China Sea was uneasy. β
Zhao Sleeve looked at the seal ribbon in his hand and smiled: "The general is really a believer, and the young master didn't mistake you." β
Hearing this, Su Bush's tears almost fell, and the burden in his heart seemed to be swept away, and the whole person became relaxed, and he smiled loudly: "Please Brother Zhao return to Wancheng quickly, and wait for me to discuss with Mr. Zhong Xiang to see how best to echo the general." β
Zhao Sleeve arched his hand, nodded at Yu again, and turned out of the big tent. Su exhaled a long breath of thick legs, and said to Yu Fu in high spirits: "Mr. Yu, what do you say." β
Yu rolled his eyes: "This kind of rebellion, don't get involved with me, I didn't hear anything just now." β
Su Thick Legs was stunned for a moment, and was about to beg, but then he understood again, and he laughed: "Sir, don't worry, this matter is handled by my Su Thick Legs, but I just want to wronged Mr. I will be a hostage for a few days." β
Yu rolled the corners of his mouth, and then said: "If you do this, Jian Ye will be in danger, if the Supreme hears it, he will definitely rush back at night." Hehe, if I catch you, you'll have to shed your skin if you don't die. β
Su Bush didn't think so, and sneered: "What am I afraid of?" I was originally a pirate, so it's a big deal to take my brothers back to the East China Sea to live a free life. It's just that I'm used to this clothes to stretch out my hands, food to open my mouth, good clothes and jade food, and suddenly return to the East China Sea, lack of food and clothing is still a little uncomfortable, before leaving, how can I rob in Wu County and Huiji. Mr. Yu, don't you say? β
Yu was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Su Thick Legs, if you dare to touch my Yu family's property, you see how I clean you up." β
"Sir, you are all my hostage, what else?" Su said with a smile: "Besides, if I rob other people, but not your Yu family, will Sun Quan say that you are an accomplice?" β
Yu opened his mouth and was speechless.
Sue laughed loudly with thick legs, and was extremely happy. Suddenly, he understood what Sun Shao once said: "If you are a sailor, you have to rob it." β
Hurry! Hurry!
Three days later, a six-hundred-mile expedited military report arrived on Chaisang Sun Quan's desk. Sun Quan, who was arguing with Liu Bei, opened it and took a look, and immediately gasped, his face turned pale. He immediately ordered someone to recruit Lu Meng and other generals to the big tent, and then passed the military report to them. Everyone who watched it had a similar expression to Sun Quan, and their faces were shocked.
Lu Meng was even more pale, silent for a moment, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted to the ground.
Gu Yong looked at Lu Meng who fainted on the ground, and then looked at Sun Quan, who was out of order, and felt frightened, he sat silently, but his heart was beating violently, and he was now full of fear for the young man who was far away in Wancheng.
The general of the Lou boat, Su Thick Legs, and the general of the right escort army, Jiang Qin, were suspicious because of the disagreement with the war plan, and then rebelled in the battle with the Qingxu Naval Division, and did not say goodbye, and Jiang Qin, who was fighting alone, was immediately surrounded by the Qingxu Naval Division, and the whole army was annihilated. After Su Thick Legs rebelled out of Chaohu, he held Yu Fu and others hostage, plundered all the way, and was poisoned from Jianye to the East China Sea. Jiang Qin didn't fight, Su ran away with thick legs, Qingxu Shuishi had no opponent, and went all the way east, straight to Jianye City, and Jianye City was in an emergency.
The originally calm Eastern Front rekindled the flames of war, and Sun Quan, who had always felt that the rear was very stable, was caught off guard, as if he had easily climbed to the city wall along the ladder, and when he was about to succeed in ascending the city, he was suddenly pulled out of the ladder.
Although no one said it, everyone could vaguely guess that the sudden backlash of Su's thick legs was probably related to Sun Shao in Wancheng. It is said that such a thing is intolerable, but now Sun Quan is delayed in Chaisang to break the siege, sitting back and watching Sun Shao's life and death, his approach has aroused the dissatisfaction of the Sun clan and Sun Ce's old generals, Sun Jiao, who is sitting in Xiangyang, has sent people to ask Sun Quan to enter the army one after another, Sun Quan ignored it, even Lu Meng felt that it was difficult to speak, and now Sun Shao fought back, single-handedly plotting Su Qiang's rough leg rebellion, and stirring up Sun Quan's rear into chaos, although this is very excessive, but no one can say anything about him, it is Sun Quan's unkindness first, and his injustice is behind, If you want to blame, you can only blame Sun Quan himself.
What's more, Su Thick Leg was originally Sun Shao's old department, and it was Sun Quan who dug his corner, and now he lifted a stone and hit his own foot, who can blame him? Besides, even if you know that it may be Sun Shao's trick, what evidence is there? Since Su Thick Leg did this, how could he come out to testify against Sun Shao?
This dumb man suffered a loss, and Sun Quan was furious, and he jumped like thunder. LΓΌ Meng and Jiang Qin had a very good relationship, and Jiang Qin's accidental death hit him very hard, and he vomited blood in shock and anger, and fell unconscious. He and Jiang Qin are Sun Quan's right and left hands, once there is a big war, usually LΓΌ Meng is the main battle, Jiang Qin is the reserve, and now as soon as Sun Shao makes a move, he will abolish Jiang Qin, and he will be sick LΓΌ Meng, which is equivalent to cutting off Sun Quan's left and right hands at the same time, so that Sun Quan can't fight back if he wants to.
This result was too serious, it came too suddenly, everyone was not prepared at all, and the originally very good situation suddenly became out of control, not only Sun Quan was messed up, but even Sun Shao, Gu Yong, Zhuge Jin and others were helpless. They looked at each other and found it very difficult, and finally Zhang Wen, who was sitting in the most remote place, stood up.
"Supreme, the top priority is to negotiate with Liu Bei and send someone north to Wancheng with him, so that he will not take advantage of the fire to rob."
Sun Quan glared at Zhang Wen angrily, and just wanted to scold, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back. Before Sun Huan reacted, he went to visit the Sun clan in the army and Sun Ce's old department, told them the news of Wancheng, and let Sun Quan's plan to conceal the battle situation in Wancheng go bankrupt, which was due to Zhang Wen. Sun Quan has long wanted to find an opportunity to clean up Zhang Wen, but now is not the time, what Zhang Wen said is very reasonable, once Liu Bei knows that there is a fire in his backyard, although he will not take advantage of the situation, but it is completely possible to take the opportunity to blackmail him. To avoid this situation, you can only trick Liu Bei into going north before he knows the news.
(To be continued)