Lu Su said: "King Jing moved his troops here, could it be that he intended to take Jiangxia?" ”

Liu Ze didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "Yuan Shu is known as the emperor, and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao is a clan, and he does not raise troops to rebel but secretly communicates with Chen Yuan Shu, and his heart can be punished!" Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu is even more connected with Yuan Shu, recruiting rebellion, and sheltering Yuan Shu's nephew Yuan Hei, which is unbearable, a certain is the king of Han Jing, and it is his duty to fight against thieves, and these two-hearted ministers are bound to ask for it! ”

For example, when Yuan Shao confronted Cao Cao, he asked Chen Lin to write a very beautiful inscription, which spread to the world, although Liu Ze did not hire a gunman to write a confession, but he also played a banner, that is, Liu Biao connived and colluded against Chen and plotted against him. In fact, it is true that Liu Biao defended himself and did not raise troops to rebel, if it is said that Liu Biao teamed up with Yuan Shu to rebel, this hat is a little wronged. Since Yuan Shu's troops in Luyang, he had a grudge with Liu Biao, and the two sides had several confrontations, the most famous of which was the Battle of Xianshan, Sun Jian was ordered by Yuan Shu to enter Jingzhou but was shot by Huang Zu. Later, due to Liu Biao's seclusion and self-defense, Yuan Shu has been busy fighting on the eastern front since he became emperor, and he has been flawless in the west, so the western front bordering Jingzhou has always been peaceful.

However, it is a fact that Huang Zu recruited to surrender and rebel, Yuan Shu's nephew Yuan Si was originally the prime minister of Chen Guoguo, and after the defeat of Yuzhou, he was ordered by Yuan Shu to garrison Yiyang, after Shouchun was besieged, Liu Ze sent troops to attack Huaixi counties, Yuan Si was defeated, led the people to Xiyang, and took refuge in Huang Zu. In the troubled times, soldiers and horses are the foundation of life, Yuan Si led thousands of remnants of the army to surrender in the future, and Huang Zu didn't consider whether these pseudo-Chen troops should be accepted. With a wave of the sleeves of his robe, he took these people under his command, but at this time, he was caught by Liu Ze as an excuse. Since Huang Zu is Liu Biao's subordinate, whether Liu Biao knows it or not, these charges of recruiting and betraying Chen have already been confirmed.

What's more, since Liu Ze intends to send troops to Jingzhou, the excuse is naturally not difficult to find, even if this doesn't work, it is very simple to re-charge Liu Biao'an with ten and eight points, if you want to add the crime, why bother? As for Liu Biao and Huang Zufu, they did not admit their guilt. It doesn't matter. The important thing is that Liu Ze is here with his troops, and since he is here, he is going to die.

Lu Su naturally didn't need to argue with Liu Ze whether Liu Biao was guilty or not, and whether he should crusade or not. What he cares about now is: Now Koto is attacking Xiakou. If Liu Ze inserts a bar horizontally at this time, the shape will be very bad, and Lu Su will come here. was ordered by Sun Ce to persuade Liu Ze not to interfere in the Xiakou War, but how to phrase it made Lu Su think about it for a long time.

"His Royal Highness King Jing is worried about state affairs, which makes His Majesty admire. It's just that King Jing must also know that I Jiangdong and Jingzhou have a long-standing grudge, Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu is my lord's father-killing enemy, my lord this time to raise troops and revenge, and does not covet an inch of land in Jingzhou, only wants to slaughter Huang Zu, in order to fulfill the filial piety of the son of man, but also so that King Jing can be fulfilled. ”

Liu Ze said: "A certain and Sun Poyuping Yellow Turban to discuss Dong Zhuo, is to intersect with each other, only sigh that Sun Poyu died young, and the fate of heaven is not thorough, and Luoyang will say goodbye, and there will be no chance to see the true face, which is a hateful thing in life." This time, a certain army rebelled against him, and he also had the intention of avenging Sun Poyu, beheading Huang Zu, in order to sacrifice Sun Poyu's spirit in the sky. ”

Lu Su thanked him and said: "Thank you King Jing for your kindness, if my lord hears it, he will be grateful." But this time, my lord raised troops for revenge, and he didn't want to fake the hands of others, if he could kill the enemy with his own hands, he could comfort the grievances in his heart, and he could also comfort the spirit of the master in the sky. King Jing's good intentions, I have thanked my lord on behalf of my family. ”

Liu Ze smiled and said: "Sun Lang is young and vigorous, he is revenge for his father, and his spirit is commendable, but Huang Zu is a treacherous and treacherous man, and has been running Jiangxia for many years. In my opinion, it is better for you and me to join forces, go down to Xiakou City together, and capture Huang Zufang as the right way. ”

Lu Su hurriedly said: "This is not to help King Jing, my lord has a strategy to break the enemy, if I Jiangdong can't attack Xiakou, it's not too late to ask King Jing to make a move." ”

Liu Ze smiled slightly and said: "Since Zijing is so confident, then according to Zijing's words, my Xuzhou army is here to watch, if Sun Lang obtains Xia Kou, Sun Lang will take it himself, if Sun Lang can't take Xia Kou, then I Xuzhou will take it." ”

"King Jing's words, can they be taken seriously?"

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, I am free to wait for Sun Lang's good news under Xiyang City."

Lu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief, since Liu Ze was willing to promise not to interfere in the battle of Xiakou, then this time he would be worth the trip, and it would be good to return to the camp to hand over to Sun Ce, as for what Liu Ze said that if Jiangdong could not capture Xiakou, it would be taken by Liu Ze, and Lu Su did not make any other statement, one is that Sun Ce is full of confidence this time, and he vows not to give up if he does not capture Xiakou, and secondly, if Jiangdong can't capture Xiakou, Liu Ze will come to capture it again, and it has nothing to do with Jiangdong, so Liu Ze's mention of Lu Su did not take it to heart, and immediately resigned to Liu Ze.

Although Liu Ze tried his best to keep Lu Su after drinking and eating, Lu Su returned to his heart like an arrow, where was he willing to delay, thanked him repeatedly, and insisted on resigning, Liu Ze no longer kept and said goodbye.

After Lu Su left, Jia Xu said with a little worry: "Our army has come from afar, and it is not a waste of effort to sit back and watch Sun Ce capture Xiakou like this. ”

Liu Ze smiled: "I can't imagine that Jia Wenhe, who has always been serious, also has a mess. ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Not the minister's worries, now Jiangdong soldiers and horses are strong, morale is high, Huang Zu may not be able to hold Xiakou, the lord does not move according to the army, is it not in the arms of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, if Jiangdong gets Xiakou, the southeast gateway of Jingzhou, it will be based on Sun Ce, tracing the Han River to the north can go straight to Xiangyang, tracing the Yangtze River west can directly take Jiangling, this Jingzhou dispute, our army will fall behind, and it will be difficult to turn the tables in the future." ”

Liu Ze smiled softly, his face was as usual, and said: "Sun Ce wants to get Xiakou, but he may not be satisfied, Wenhe don't worry, you and I are here to watch the fire." ”

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Lu Su rushed back to Xiakou Wu Junshui Village and reported the results of his trip to Sun Ceyu.

Liu Ze had given up his intention to enter the army immediately, which made Sun Ce feel a lot more at ease, but Liu Ze's sentence that Sun Lang couldn't take Xiakou and would take it from Xuzhou made Sun Ce very annoyed.

Sun Ce said angrily: "Liu Ze is too much of a bully, he thinks that he can't win Xiakou, let him see my Sun Ce's ability today!" Command the armies to attack the city with all their strength tomorrow, and vow to take Xiakou City! ”

Zhou Yu persuaded: "The lord is angry. Since Liu Ze has agreed not to send troops for the time being, the lord should not be in a hurry, how Huang Zu deployed in Xiakou City, whether the Jiangxia naval army is ambushed, these military information still need to be carefully explored, and after our army gets detailed information, it is not too late to march again. ”

Sun Ce shook his head and said: "Huang Zu has been frightened in Xiakou City, our army is 80,000 people, and the strength is far above Huang Zu, this battle is bound to win, although Liu Ze said so, but no one can guarantee that he will keep his promise, our army is fighting quickly, so as not to let Liu Ze have a chance to take advantage of it." ”

So Sun Ce ordered Cheng Pu and Chen Wutong to lead 30,000 troops to attack the east gate of Xiakou to contain Huang Zu's defenders in Xiakou, and personally led 50,000 water troops to enter the Han River waterway from the Yangtze River waterway to Hankou and take Hankou directly.

The time for the general attack was set for the early hours of tomorrow.

The next day, as soon as dawn broke, Cheng Pu Chen Wu led the army troops to attack the east gate of Xiakou City. The garrison in Xiakou City was Huang Zu's Yamen general Zhang Shuo Chen Zhi, who immediately led his army to resist, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle in Dongcheng.

At the same time, Sun Ce personally commanded hundreds of ships of the navy to ride the wind and waves and march westward.

The Yangtze River is spacious, and the Han River flows into the Yangtze River from Xiakou, compared with the Yangtze River, the Han River is far less vast than the Yangtze River, and Wu Jun wants to go around the flank of Xiakou, so he must enter the Han River from the mouth of the Han River. After the Jiangdong army besieged Xiakou, Huang Zu had withdrawn all the sailors originally stationed on the Yangtze River to the Hanshui, and wanted to take advantage of the narrowness of Hankou to deal with the Jiangdong navy.

Sun Ce commanded the navy to drive all the way in, and soon reached the outside of Hankou, seeing that Hankou was extremely narrow, and Huang Zu's navy had already sunk some abandoned ships into the estuary, forming some artificial water barriers, and the largest ship of the Jiangdong navy like Sun Ce's flagship was simply impassable, and even some small and medium-sized ships could only abandon the original formation and adopt a single or double column march to pass.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu set out Sun Ce to clear the water barrier at the mouth of the river and march again.

But Sun Ce was a quick temper, seeing that there were many water barriers in the estuary, if he really wanted to clear them one by one, he couldn't clean them up in three or five or seven days, how could he wait, so he abandoned the flagship, jumped on a medium-sized warship, drew his sword and shouted: "Today is a battle, and those who dare not strive forward will be killed!" ”

Ling Cao, the captain of the thief school, stepped forward and said generously: "Lord, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

Ling Cao is a native of Yuhang, Sun Ce since crossing the river in Huainan, he has followed, he is chivalrous and courageous, often ascends to the first crown in the army, Sun Ce pacified the four counties of Jiangdong, and named him the captain of the thief. This time following Sun Ce to conquer Jiangxia, Ling Cao also took the lead with a ship and attacked Hankou, and when he saw that the fleet was blocked, he immediately took the initiative to ask for help.

At that moment, Sun Ce was overjoyed, so he ordered Ling Cao to lead more than 100 clippers to open the way, and took the lead in attacking the water village of the Yellow Army in Hankou, and he personally led the army of the sailors to follow up.

Ling Cao personally stood on the first ship, drew his sword in his hand, swore an oath to the sky, inspired the army, and commanded the fleet to enter from Hankou and sail towards the Huangzushui military camp. (To be continued......)