Chapter 960: The Mountains Don't Turn and the Water Turns
Qiao Wuxue listened to Sun Shangxiang's words, and her heart immediately moved, Qiao Wuxue would not participate in Zhou Yu's military affairs, but this did not mean that Qiao Wuxue had not considered it.
In fact, since Zhou Yu came back, after Qiao Wuxue experienced that kind of happy happiness, she was even more afraid of facing life and death parting, afraid that one day Zhou Yu would die on the battlefield, what should she do?
And now that the Sichuan army has unified most of the world, Jiangdong is left, and the possibility of the destruction of the entire Jiangdong army is too great, it can be said that if Zhou Yu does not surrender, he will only die after defeat.
Qiao Wuxue was afraid that moment would come, but she couldn't say it to distract her husband, so she could only hold it in her heart.
Qiao Wuxue respected all of Zhou Yu's decisions, and thought about dying with Zhou Yu, but Qiao Wuxue couldn't ignore the outcome of defeat.
The Sichuan army pressed the border, Qiao Wuxue had never talked about this matter with Zhou Yu, but it was the thing that Qiao Wuxue cared about the most.
Now listening to Sun Shangxiang talk about surrendering, Qiao Wuxue hopes that Zhou Yu can surrender, she doesn't care about military affairs, and she doesn't have the kind of big ambitions of a man, she just hopes to be with Zhou Yu all the time.
But Qiao Wuxue won't say what she thinks, she respects all of Zhou Yu's decisions, she knows Zhou Yu's temperament, surrender, it's basically impossible, but how to decide, Qiao Wuxue still depends on Zhou Yu.
Qiao Wuxue was just worried that Zhou Yu would be angry with Sun Shangxiang.
But contrary to Qiao Wuxue and Sun Shangxiang's expectations, Zhou Yu listened to Sun Shangxiang's words very calmly, and said to Sun Shangxiang with a smile: "It turns out that Xiang'er came to persuade her husband to surrender, and I was worried that Xiang'er would be unhappy if she married in Chang'an, it seems that I really think too much." β
Sun Shangxiang pouted. Sure enough, it was a husband and wife. Zhou Yu and Qiao Wuxue both spoke similarly.
Zhou Yu suddenly sighed: "Xiang'er." Although I, Zhou Yu, have an alliance with my eldest brother Sun Ce, I am a courtier of the Sun family after all, no matter what the situation, a courtier should not think about surrendering, but should think about fighting to the death, thinking about how to win.
So Xiang'er, you shouldn't come to persuade me, but to persuade the lord, and the lord will not surrender. Zhou Yu could never have surrendered. β
In fact, it would have been difficult for Zhou Yu to say this, if Zhou Yu, who had been arrogant before, would not want to surrender at all, even if Sun Quan wanted to surrender, he would have tried his best to stop it.
But after so many things, in order to avenge Sun Ce, he wandered outside for so long, and suffered for so many years, Zhou Yu is no longer the same as before.
And now Hebei is gone. The three-legged tripod is missing one foot, and what is left is the weakest one. The difference in strength between the Jiangdong and Sichuan armies is too great.
That's why Zhou Yu said this.
But this does not mean that Zhou Yu has the intention of surrendering, as long as Sun Quan does not surrender, Zhou Yu will never surrender, and Zhou Yu knows Sun Quan's temperament, although Sun Quan looks weak, but he has great ambitions, even if he fights to the last soldier, he will never surrender.
"It's because my brother doesn't want to surrender that I came to persuade you." Sun Shangxiang said urgently.
"As a minister, how can you persuade the lord to surrender, Xiang'er, you go back."
"But how can Jiangdong defeat the Sichuan army, Brother Gongjin, you will see the futile lives ruined, and then the Sun family will be annihilated, and Wuxue's sister-in-law will also ......"
Sun Shangxiang's words didn't come out, but Zhou Yu and Qiao Wuxue both understood what she was going to say, Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Jiangdong is indeed in danger, but it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.
Not to mention that my Jiangdong Navy can still compete with the Sichuan Army now, even if there is a huge difference in strength, with my Zhou Yu personally leading the army, there is a chance of victory.
The Jiangdong River is blocked, even if the Sichuan army has an army of one million? The navy army can't break through the defense line of the Yangtze River, even if the two million army can't help me Jiangdong? β
In history, Zhou Yu led 50,000 Jiangdong naval troops, and he dared to compete with Cao Cao's 300,000 naval army, and Zhou Yu was not sure that he could win at that time, on the contrary, Zhou Yu before the Battle of Chibi must have been aware of the difference in strength, and the pressure must have been great.
This is all based on a kind of pride, even if the current Zhou Yu is not as proud as Zhou Yu in history, but his courage has not been lost, even if there are so many Sichuan troops, Zhou Yu is also not afraid, regardless of whether he wins the fight or not, he will fight first.
"Brother Gongjin." When Sun Shangxiang heard Zhou Yu say this, she suddenly became anxious, and said loudly: "Do you men all have to be like this?" If you have to fight to the death, even if the Sichuan army can't enter for a while, what can Jiangdong do?
It's just a split and the people suffer, Brother Zhou Yu, have you ever been to see the territory of the Sichuan Army? What about our Koto? After so many wars and civil strife, Jiangdong is already a blank land, and the people are miserable.
Our Jiangdong is still blocking the news, but the blockade can't block the news from coming, didn't Brother Gongjin go to the street to listen to it? How many people are looking forward to the Sichuan army coming?
Brother Gongjin will not surrender to the death, and he will not give in to say that it is good, but Xiang'er seems to be all selfish, you are just a selfish ghost who takes the lives of soldiers and people for the sake of your own name. β
"Xiang'er, don't talk to Gongjin like that." Qiao Wuxue said a word to Sun Shangxiang on the side, Zhou Yu raised his hand to stop, looked at Sun Shangxiang and said, "Xiang'er, I know that you don't want the Sun family and your husband to fight and kill, and I also understand your embarrassment."
But you go and ask your husband-kun, if he is standing in Jiangdong's position now, will he surrender? β
"Huh?" Sun Shangxiang was stunned for a moment.
Zhou Yu said: "From the Battle of Fucheng, the Jiangling Rebellion and other events, it can be seen that if Liu Zhang is the lord of Jiangdong, he will definitely concentrate all his forces to resist now and rest until death, Xiang'er, why did you come to persuade the lord to surrender?" Anyone can surrender, but as a lord, will there be a way out if he surrenders? β
"But Cao Cao is still alive now." Sun Shangxiang knew what Zhou Yu meant, the king would not allow other careerists to live, especially since Sun Quan was the last to surrender, and it was likely that he would die in the end.
In the past, Sun Shangxiang was also worried about this, and after learning about Liu Zhang, Sun Shangxiang knew that Liu Zhang was not as cold-blooded and ruthless as rumored outside, on the contrary, many places were merciful.
But Liu Zhang can be desperate for the sake of the great cause, Sun Shangxiang will never doubt it, consistent with the rumors outside, the previous Sun Shangxiang was worried that Sun Quan would be killed after surrendering.
But since Hebei was captured, Cao Cao's family was alive and was reused, Sun Shangxiang ignited hope, if you want to talk about ambition, Cao Cao is much better than Sun Quan, Cao Cao can live in seclusion with Lingju, and Sun Quan can survive.
"Xiang'er, needless to say, Liu Zhang is a character, the Sichuan army dominates the world, which is beneficial to the Han Dynasty, if the lord is willing to surrender, I, Zhou Yu, will not resist, but after all, Zhou Yu is a courtier, if the lord does not surrender, Zhou Yu will never surrender."
Seeing that Sun Shangxiang was about to say more, Zhou Yu continued: "Xiang'er, I understand your feelings, and I can see that after you married Liu Zhang, you were really thinking about Liu Zhang, and I explain to you and Wuxue here that war is a man's business."
If one day, I and the lord, or anyone from the Sun family and the Zhou family, are killed in battle, or are ordered to be killed by Liu Zhang, you must not hate Liu Zhang, let alone affect the relationship between Xiang'er and Liu Zhang, and the life of Wushuang's sister-in-law in Chang'an, war, life and death, there is no hatred. β
Sun Shangxiang knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he could only withdraw helplessly, and just walked to the door, he almost bumped into someone.
Seeing that the man was spitting and spitting, Zhou Yu immediately said: "There are no outsiders here, just say it." β
"Yes." The person who came immediately said to Zhou Yu: "In prison, Zhang Hong said that he wanted to see the governor of Dadu and told you to go over immediately, otherwise it will be too late and the big thing will be over." β
"Zhang Hong? What's the big deal with him? Zhou Yu frowned, since he learned that Sun Ce was killed by these clans, Zhou Yu can be said to have broken his teeth for these people, and he no longer wants to care about anything else, if he didn't need to escort them back to the lord for disposal this time, Zhou Yu would have executed all these people Ling Chi.
"I don't know." The visitor replied.
"Does the lord know?"
"Zhang Hong said that he couldn't tell the lord."
Zhou Yu frowned, he didn't know what Zhang Hong was going to say to himself, and Zhang Hong and the others were serious offenders, and now they had been handed over to Wucheng's prison, if they didn't say a word to Sun Quan, they would probably not be good.
"The governor of Pontus does not have time to see him, but when I see the lord and set a date for his execution, I will go to see them."
"Yes."
The people who came retreated, Sun Shangxiang also left disappointed, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu refused to surrender, and Sun Shangxiang suddenly panicked for no reason.
Zhou Yu's sentence, if anyone in the Sun family and Zhou family is killed, the female relatives should not be hateful, not only failed to comfort Sun Shangxiang, but was even more worried, Sun Shangxiang was really afraid to see the scene of the Sun family and the Zhou family being slaughtered by the Sichuan army.
And if the Sichuan army really captured Jiangdong in a bloody battle, Sun Quan, as the lord, and Zhou Yu, as the commander, would definitely die.
"I'm going to do my best, no matter what."
Sun Shangxiang was really afraid of that kind of scene, and decided to persuade Sun Quan again, even if he tried his best this time, he had to persuade Sun Quan to surrender, otherwise Fa Zheng and Wei Yan's Sichuan army was ready to launch a full-scale attack, and it would be too late.
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Chaohu Mouth, the former Cao Army Naval Army Camp, Yu Ban, Jia Xu secretly discussed.
"Mr. Wenhe, now that Hebei is completely destroyed, what can we do? If you fight to the death with the Sichuan army with Jiangdong, there is a chance that it will be a death. β
"Nine times out of ten, that's certain death." Jia Xu said.
Since the Yecheng coup d'Γ©tat, Yu Ban and Jia Xu's naval army didn't know what to do, didn't know whether to listen to Cao Pi, or surrender to the Sichuan army.
And the soldiers in the army, a large part of which were formerly Jiangdong's army, were sent directly by Lu Su.
It can be said that the Cao army and the navy, but the Jiangdong navy has the advantage, when Hebei is stable, Yu Ban and Jia Xu can also control the army, but after the Yecheng Change, this is not the case at all, even the grain and grass have to be supplied by Jiangdong.
After the change in Yecheng, Lu Su soon came to the Cao army, because of the constraints of food and grass, Yu Ban and Jia Xu did not know much about the water army, and if they did not surrender to the Sichuan army, the Cao army could only rely on Jiangdong, and gradually Lu Su took back part of the power of the water army. (To be continued......)