"Governor!" In Poyang City, the guard Tai Shici went out of the city to greet Zhou Yu, who had just arrived here, with his army back.

"Ziyi, how is the battle situation in Wu County now?" Zhou Yu couldn't take off his armor, and hurriedly asked.

"The Xuzhou army attacked the city for more than ten days, but there was no progress. The last general has few soldiers, and he wanted to attack inside and outside, but he couldn't do it! Now that the Governor's army is back, it's much better! "Tai Shi Ci is also happy and authentic.

"That's it!" Zhou Yu was also relieved when he heard this. Looking up at the sky, it was almost dusk at this time, and immediately ordered the army to rest overnight in Poyang City, and said that he would return to Wu County tomorrow, and it was expected to arrive as early as tomorrow afternoon.

After settling the army, Zhou Yu thought about it, and still took a few guards to a quiet mansion in the west of Poyang City. Before entering the door, I could already hear the faint sound of the piano in the house. Zhou Yu involuntarily closed his eyes, slowed down his pace and walked gently towards the clasped courtyard door, while his right hand was also gently waving the paddle. Until the end of the song, Zhou Yu still felt unfinished, and only after a while came back to his senses and applauded: "Madame's piano skills are really getting more and more sophisticated. ”

A rush of footsteps suddenly sounded, and with the sound of opening the door with a "creak", a hurried figure rushed towards Zhou Yu. "Husband!" Regardless of the presence of others, Xiao Qiao stepped forward directly and threw himself into Zhou Yu's arms, his voice was a little choked with excitement. Although Zhou Yu was a little surprised, he still stroked his wife's hair in his arms and comforted him softly, and then the two entered the courtyard hand in hand.

Not to mention that Zhou Yu and his wife were newly married in Poyang City, at this time under the city of Wu County, Liu Bei was not in such a good mood. "Ladies and gentlemen, after defeating Liu Pan, Zhou Yu personally led an army of 50,000 to aid Wu County, and he has arrived in Poyang this afternoon." That night, Liu Bei announced the news to everyone with a slightly sad mood.

"What? The Jingzhou army was defeated again? When the generals heard this, they were taken aback and couldn't help but look at each other. If you're not afraid of god-like opponents, you're afraid of pig-like teammates! Zhao Feng now understands the true meaning of this sentence. I was expecting the Jingxiang Naval Division to defeat the Jiangdong Naval Division, and then the Jiangdong could be carved up by attacking from both sides. I didn't want the Jingzhou army to make trouble for a few months, but I didn't even cross the river. If you can't pass, you can't pass, and now even the most basic pulling role has not been played, and it is a clean loss.

"My lord, right now, Wu County is difficult to break through in a hurry, and Zhou Yu is coming to help, and our army will inevitably suffer from the enemy. It's better to go back to Danyang first, consolidate the foundation, and then make plans! Lu Su thought about it and proposed this more secure plan. Liu Bei was also a little hesitant when he heard this, not only him, but at this time, Zhao Feng and Lu Su and all the people who had experienced the big battle between Yu Zhou and Cao Ying all remembered that Cao Ying was so besieged by his own side in the core and could not move. In case Zhou Yu kills Wu County, he will not be able to fall into such a field, which is not fun. Moreover, in this attack on Wu County, Liu Bei only used 70,000 horses, and now Zhou Yu's army + Wu County defenders have 80,000 people, and the strength advantage suddenly changed hands. Of course, Liu Bei is different from Cao Ying, and Xuzhou and Yuzhou can still send reinforcements over, but if this battle is fought to this point, even if Jiangdong is defeated, it will be a tragic victory.

Just when Liu Bei was about to come down and withdraw the army, a small colonel came to report that someone had just shot down a letter in the city, Liu Bei took the letter, opened it and looked a little strange. "Xu Gong said that he would prefer to open the city gate tomorrow night and instigate our army to enter the city!" Liu Bei said with some surprise after reading it.

In addition to Liu Bei, only Zhao Feng, Lu Su and Pang Tong knew about Xu Gong's affairs, and the rest of the generals did not know about it. When everyone came back to it, they all felt that this thing was a little weird. The reason is no other, coincidental, too coincidental. Zhou Yu is coming back just tomorrow, and Nei Ying here is just preparing to make trouble, are these two things too coincidental?

"Lord, could it be that this Sun Quan wants to calculate us?" Gao Ran pondered for a long time and was the first to put forward his opinion, and most of the generals nodded in agreement when they heard this. Liu Bei was also a little hesitant, and immediately turned his head to look at Zhao Feng and Lu Su, the two people he trusted the most. Zhao Feng deliberately took the letter from Liu Bei's hand, and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help but say "Huh": "Lord, I'm afraid there is something strange in this." ”

"Where?" When Liu Bei heard this, he also motioned to Zhao Feng to be more detailed.

"Lord, you see, this letter says that Zhou Yu is about to return to help, and the defenders' defense will inevitably be lax, and the person guarding the south gate tomorrow night is his accomplice, so there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. How did this Wu County know that Zhou Yu was about to come to help? We've got a lot of water around the city! Zhao Feng raised his own questions. In this era, there are no mobile phone text messages or anything, how do the people of Wu County know?

"It's weird!" Liu Bei took it and nodded, and when the generals saw this, they all persuaded Liu Bei to be safe, or withdraw the army back to Danyang first. However, at this moment, a hoarse voice sounded: "Lord, I think this matter is foolproof, and the capture of Wu County will be tomorrow!" Everyone looked at it, but it was Pang Tong.

"Why is Shi Yuan so sure?" Liu Bei asked with some surprise.

"Lord, Zhou Yu's return of aid is true, whether the people of Wu County know about it or not, let's talk about it for the time being. But if Sun Quan wants to design to drag us down, and wait for Zhou Yu to come and attack our army on both sides, he can have a better strategy, so why take such a risk? Once our army entered the city, the Jiangdong Army was left with only one way to fight in the streets. Unless he can be sure that he can lure our army into the city, he can annihilate it in one fell swoop. But if he had such ability, why did he have been besieged by us to this day? Such a stupid idea is too dangerous, so it is asserted that this is definitely not deliberately designed by Sun Quan. Pang Tong said eloquently.

"Makes sense!" Zhao Feng listened to Pang Tong's analysis, and felt that his somewhat chaotic mind suddenly became a lot clearer. Liu Bei also nodded in agreement, and then frowned: "Then how did Xu Gong know that Zhou Yu came back to help?" ”

"I guess there's another trick." Pang Tong speculated. Liu Bei didn't care when he heard this, but just asked: "Then what can I do if I think of Shi Yuan?" ”

"For now, you might as well gamble, if Zhou Yu leads the army back to help, he must pass through Shenting Ridge. The lord can send a force to station there to block Zhou Yu's reinforcements, and at the same time see if he can take the opportunity to take Wu County tomorrow night. If not, withdraw to Danyang. Pang Tong smiled.

Dangerous, very dangerous. This is Zhao Feng's first feeling about Pang Tong's plan, if he can't take Wu Jun tomorrow night, or if he can't stop Zhou Yu's reinforcements, then only the end of being besieged will remain. When all the generals heard this, their faces were a little unpleasant, and they all felt that it was too bold to act like this.

Liu Bei's face was also uncertain, and he said slowly after a while: "I don't know which general is willing to go to Shenting Ridge to stop the enemy army?" As soon as he said this, everyone understood that Liu Bei wanted to fight. At that moment, everyone looks at me, I look at you, and finally Zhao Feng said: "Lord, Feng is willing to go." He took the lead, and the rest of the generals also asked for their lives. In the end, Liu Bei asked Zhao Feng, Huang Zhong and Chen Zhi to lead 15,000 men and horses to Shentingling and garrison there, where they could block the Jiangdong army. At the same time, Liu Bei ordered to build a beacon tower overnight in the middle of the two places, if the fire was not seen in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, it means that Wu County could not be captured, there is no need to defend it anymore, withdraw to Danyang. At the same time, in order to prevent Zhou Yu from defrauding Danyang, Liu Bei also hurriedly sent someone to inform Zhang Liao, who was guarding Danyang, that unless Liu Bei and others came in person, they could not easily open the city gate.

"Feng understands!" Zhao Feng nodded. Liu Bei also knew that no matter whether he could take Wu County or not, Zhao Feng's resistance was very important, and he was not ambiguous at the moment, and at the same time allocated fifty ballistas to him, he also handed him a thousand Bai Er elite soldiers. At the same time, Zhao Feng also asked Liu Bei to transfer the baggage car to him, and Shentingling didn't have time to build a fortress for a while, so it was good to use this thing to block the way. That night, Zhao Feng led his men and horses, Huang Zhong and Chen Zhi to Shenting Ridge and stationed there.

However, whether it was Zhao Feng, Liu Bei, or even Pang Tong, they didn't expect why Xu Gong would be ready to attack at this time. Just an hour before Xu Gongfeijian passed the book, Sun Quan had just convened the ministers of Wu County to discuss the matter. During the banquet, Sun Quan told everyone that Zhou Yu was about to return to Wu County, and took out a silk letter to circulate to everyone. The letter was very short, only briefly telling Sun Quan that Zhou Yu was about to return to help. But the key is that the letter is stamped with Zhou Yu's seal as the Metropolitan Governor. This shows that this letter was not forged by Sun Quan to appease people's hearts.

"Lord, can Governor Zhou really come back to Wu County?" Zhang Zhao was a little incredulous, but he didn't know whether he couldn't believe that Zhou Yu had defeated the Jingzhou army, or whether he couldn't believe the letter. Sun Quan knew what he meant, and immediately smiled slightly: "Everyone, this letter was designed by a friend of mine to be sent for Gong Jin, and it is absolutely reliable. Right now, as long as we hold on for a day or two, we can converge with Gongjin to break the Xuzhou army! ”

"That's it!" Everyone in the hall was glad when they heard it. Although the Xuzhou army has not attacked the city on a large scale these days, the trebuchets and ballistas have not stopped, which makes the psychological pressure of these civilian officials too great. Sun Quan announced the news earlier, but also to take the opportunity to stabilize the hearts of those who were a little nervous. I didn't want Xu Gong to hear that Zhou Yu was about to return to help, and he knew that the opportunity would not be lost and he would not come again, so he took the risk to prepare, so he took the risk to tell him. After the defenders learned of the arrival of reinforcements, they were excited for a while, but they couldn't help but be negligent, and actually let him succeed in one fell swoop.

However, Sun Quan didn't care about this matter at the moment, and after he was in a good mood, he was a little bored and wandering around the Wuhou Mansion after finishing the discussion. After thinking about it, I still went to tell my mother first, so that the old man could rest assured. After saying goodbye to his mother, Sun Quan did not return to his house immediately, but came to a small courtyard in the west.

After two knocks on the door, "Who?" "A clear voice came from inside the courtyard." It's me, sister-in-law, Zhongmou. Sun Quan replied. After a while, a maidservant girl came to open the door for him, Sun Quan walked into the small courtyard, and a young woman in a blue dress hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Uncle Unknown, but what's the matter?" The young woman welcomed Sun Quan into the hall, and asked after the two sides sat down.

"There's nothing else to do, it's just to thank my sister-in-law. Thanks to the pigeon raised by the sister-in-law who was able to send Gongjin's letter as soon as possible, the hearts of the people in Wu County were able to settle down. Sun Quan seemed a little absent-minded.

The young woman was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then said with a smile: "Uncle is serious, this pigeon was only raised by me and my sister in our spare time, and later I found out that this bird can recognize the way to deliver letters, so I domesticated a few." Now my sister lives in Poyang with Gongjin, and she brought a few pigeons with her, but she didn't want to be able to pass on military information to her uncle and Gongjin today! "This young woman is naturally Sun Ce's widow, Xiao Qiao's own sister Da Qiao.

When Sun Quan mentioned Xiao Qiao, a trace of different color flashed in her eyes, but Da Qiao didn't notice anything. The two chatted a few words, Sun Quan, as Wu Hou, was busy with affairs and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he got up and said goodbye immediately, and Da Qiao hurriedly got up to send him off. "Sister-in-law, why should you be polite, please stay!" Sun Quan hurriedly dissuaded, and then stretched out his left hand to grab Da Qiao's right hand that was about to salute and say goodbye, and held it heavily.

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