Originally, Xiangyang was besieged (one side was also besieged), although it was not in danger, but it was also a dangerous situation with 10,000 against 100,000 troops, and the reinforcements of Eastern Wu should be 100,000 rushing to Xiangyang. In fact, the Wu army also did this, but now because Liu Bei's envoys are coming, and at the same time, the Wu army needs to be repaired for a long time, anyway, Xiangyang is close at hand, although there are only 9,000 soldiers left in the city, but there is no danger, but the Wei army on the opposite side as the attacking side has nothing to do.

Therefore, in a small city fifty-six miles away from Xiangyang, Emperor Sun Ce of Wu ordered a temporary rest, and on the other hand, he ordered Chen Xiu, the commander of the army, to meet Deng Zhi, the envoy from Shu Han.

"Sir, please, Your Majesty has been waiting in the big tent for a long time!" Chen Xiu bowed to greet him while leading Deng Zhi through the layers of protective nets of the Fifth Lieutenant Camp of Wu State.

"Thank you!" As soon as Deng Zhi raised his head, he was stared at fiercely by the guards who came from the side, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, thinking that this Sun Ce was also too big a fuss, I really thought that he was the supreme in the world, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, but these sergeants were superior in terms of armament and morale, and this Wu State was really rich.

This is Deng Zhi's mistake to blame Sun Ce, because the fifth lieutenant's direct boss is Qiao Ren, and this scene was deliberately arranged by him, not to give Deng Zhi anything, but simply to protect Sun Ce's safety. Because Qiao Ren thinks that the emperor should have the emperor's style, the security guards are not to say that they are like Qin Shi Huang, but at least they can't be worse than the emperors of the Han Dynasty, otherwise what are the five captains and five battalions of ten thousand people doing?

"Mr. Deng, huh!? Introduce yourself first, and the last general, Sun Song, the commander of the cavalry, specially greeted Mr. inside. ”

Walking a hundred steps in front of a huge military tent, Deng Zhi was stopped, and then Chen Xiu went up and whispered a few words to a dignified young general, and heard the young general's voice coming.

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the King of Xindu, and the foreign minister was polite." Deng Zhi smiled at Sun Song and smiled, his words were flat, neither looking panicked nor arrogant.

'Sure enough, he is worthy of being the envoy of the Han Emperor' Sun Song secretly praised, then nodded and signaled that Chen Xiu could go on his own, while he himself led Deng Zhi to the tent.

"Foreign Minister Deng Zhi bows to His Majesty, and wishes His Majesty a long and happy future." When Deng Zhi entered the tent, he saw Sun Ce's big horse golden sword sitting on the throne at the top, wearing a black robe and embroidered with two three-legged golden crows that wanted to fly, which looked like an emperor.

And there are only a few ministers on the side of Dongwu around, Qiao Ren, Lu Fan, Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng are just four people to accompany each other, after all, even the soldiers have traveled long distances, and the generals are also bumpy all the way, especially many civil officials have been unbearable, this is also the literati of the Han Dynasty will be a little better in riding and archery swordsmanship, if it is the literati of the Song and Ming dynasties, I am afraid that they will fall apart long ago. Only these people who rode good horses had the spirit to accompany Sun Ce to meet him.

"What is the matter with the gentleman?"

"The foreign minister replied to His Majesty by the will of His Majesty, and at the same time you and I allied to resist Cao, this time the Wei army came to invade in a big way, and my emperor was afraid that His Majesty would send him to the pool, so he specially sent the foreign minister to stay in His Majesty's army to communicate with each other, and contact cheaply!"

"Oh! His Majesty the Emperor Han has a heart, since your envoy is here, let's stay! Song'er arranged a separate military tent for his husband, with a tun of soldiers to protect him. ”

"Whoa!"

After sending Deng Zhi away, Sun Ce's face was gloomy with a smile on his forehead, and he asked the only four people in the tent: "Now that the west is also moving, what should our army do?" ”

"It's better to stick to Xiangyang and wait for Ma Chao to get up in the west, and the Wei army will naturally retreat. In this way, without using the sword and without damaging the soldiers, the enemy can be repelled from the country. Zhang Zhao was the first to speak, and it was still the same sentence, Zhang Zhao is a peaceful element who rarely advocates taking the initiative.

"But it wastes grain and straw!" Lu Meng also took over at this time, and handing over the initiative to others was not the consistent style of Governor Lu Dadu. "Da Sima, what is the ambition of our army? It's not that the world will be leveled, so that His Majesty can reign in Kyushu, and now that Wu Han is fighting against Cao, he should move to Xiangyang to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army in the Plains of Xianghan."

"The Metropolitan Governor is gambling on the fortunes of the country! If you win, it's fine, but if you lose, it will hurt your vitality! ”

"Two, two!" Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more excited the more they talked, Qiao Ren couldn't sit still, and hurriedly stood up and sludged. "The fight is definitely going to be fought, but you can't go head-to-head with the Wei army!"

"What do you think about it?" Hearing Qiao Ren's unrelenting questioning in favor of beating Zhang Zhao, I was afraid that Qiao Ren would not be able to say it, and Zhang Zhao would continue to insist on defending the city.

"This!" Qiao Ren had a bit of the meaning of setting himself on fire, and after thinking for a while, he had to say: "Ren thought that the Wei army had attacked Xiangyang for March, the sharp spirit had passed, and it was quite difficult to receive grain and grass. Da Sima, Da Dudu, please see, Cao Xiu swam the army through the water and stationed the army eight miles outside Xiangyang City, which is very close to the city, and there are no troops behind him or even on the flanks to protect it, and it is completely a battle against the water. ”

When everyone heard the words, they saw that Cao Xiuzha Village was indeed according to what Qiao Ren said, and the Wei army was separated from the village for several miles.

"However, the Wei army built dozens of pontoon bridges on the river to connect the two banks."

"Da Sima, you should know that the Wei army has 100,000 troops, what role can dozens of pontoon bridges play, that is, it takes several days for the Wei army to cross the water, and our army can completely attack with light troops, cross the Han River without attacking Fancheng, but burn the enemy's pontoon bridge."

"Oh!" At this time, Sun Ce, who was sitting on the throne, also became interested and asked: "Ziyan means to cut off his back road, but why don't you attack Fancheng?" Fancheng is the place where the Wei army stores grain, and if our army burns it with a fire like the Wei army when Guandu does, it may not be able to completely annihilate its army. ”

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because Fancheng is the place where the Wei army is stockpiled, Cao Xiu specially sent Sun Li to lead an army of 5,000 to garrison, in the past, Guan Yu's army with a great victory could not capture Fancheng, now how can our army's light soldiers go down quickly. Moreover, Fancheng is close to Runan, and the Wei army's flank army Cao Renbu is only three miles away, if our army can't go down to Fancheng overnight, there will be a disaster for the Wei army to encircle! Qiao Ren said, pointing to the wooden block on the map representing Cao Ren's troops.

"Hmm!" Sun Ce's eyes were slightly closed, obviously calculating, and it took a long time for Sun Ce to open his eyes and say to the four of them: "According to Ziming's words, Ziming, who do you think can take on this heavy responsibility!" ”

After all, the main force of the Wu army is dominated by the Jingzhou army, and many of the generals in Jingzhou are more or less familiar with the terrain, so Sun Ce will ask Lu Meng's opinion.

"The minister thinks that General Zuo Lu Boyan is suitable."

Sun Ce lowered his head and thought about it again, and felt that his son-in-law was very suitable. It is said that because Sun Ce once attacked Lujiang County and killed Lu Kang, the Lu family did not deal with the Sun regime, but in fact, it was not. Lu Kang died in Lujiang, but he died of a real illness, and Sun Ce also gave Lu Kang enough respect.

And the same Wu County clan as early as Sun Jian's time, Sun Lu and the two families have contacts, Sun Jian was too punctual in Changsha, and Lu Kang's nephew was the commander of Yichun County at that time, and was attacked by enemy soldiers, and sent someone to Sun Jian for help. The master bookkeeper advised Sun Jian not to cross the line to solicit. Sun Jian replied: "As a Taishou Jian has no literary virtue, he only takes conquest as his work. The cross-border conquest is to protect the county. If I am convicted of this, I am worthy of the world! So, reorganize the troops, raise troops to help, the enemy heard that Sun Jian was coming, and fled when he heard the news. After this battle, the Han family recorded Sun Jian's military exploits and named him the Marquis of Wucheng, and Lu Kang's nephew was also promoted to the governor of Jiujiang County because of his duties, and the name of this master was Lu Jun, who was Lu Xun's deceased father.

Of course, Lu Kang's death Sun Ce is indeed inseparable, so Sun Ce will marry his daughter to succession, in order to ease the relationship with the Lu family. And marrying Lu Xun instead of Lu Ji, who is more suitable for age, is because Sun Jian and Lu Jun also have a good relationship.

"Well, I thought it would work. Ziyan immediately drafted the order and ordered Lu Xun to supervise Jiang Qin and Zhang Ren to cross the Xiangshui. Sun Ce thought for a while, whether it was military, political, or post-war influence, and finally agreed with Qiao Ren's opinion.

"Whoa! The younger brother will go. ”

"Zi Ming said that the army would set off, and if he didn't enter Xiangyang, he would set up a village in the east of the city to face Cao Xiu's joint camp."

"Whoa!" (To be continued.) )