"Lord, there is no double heart in what he says, it is all heartfelt words, Yu knows that the wish of the lord and Bo Fu are different, the lord wants to dominate the world, and Bo Fu only wants to serve the Han family. It's just that now, Cao Cao is already unstoppable, and as the governor of our army, I have the responsibility to find a good way out for my brothers in the army! There was silence in the council hall for a quarter of an hour, and Zhou Yu began to admonish Sun Quan again.

At this time, Sun Quan's face was flushed with anger, and he didn't even look at Zhou Yu, just stared at the long sword in front of him, without saying a word, and a trace of murderous aura faintly appeared from Sun Quan's body. Lu Su saw that the two couldn't hold each other, and hurriedly came out to relieve the siege.

"My lord, the governor of the capital, this matter is very important, let's convene the civil and military to discuss and see what the civil and military opinions are?" Lu Su kept observing the eyes of the two, trying to find a step so that both of them could get off the stage.

"What is the opinion of the civil and military? Zijing, can those Wenchen who dare not speak out be able to rely on? You once said to General Ben that everyone in Jiangdong can serve Cao Cao, but General Ben cannot, do you want to put this matter on the table? Sun Quan roared angrily and glared at Lu Su.

Sun Quanzhong's ministers were represented by Zhang Zhao, and they all hoped to be vassals to Cao Cao in exchange for peace. Judging from the current situation, it is to let Sun Quan sit and wait to die! If this kind of thing is discussed, it can only disturb the morale of the army, and it is better to make decisions on your own!

"Zijing, will the civil and military ministers easily give up the second county? It's just delusional, and the Pontus Governor made a suggestion alone, just to avoid the criticism of the ministers! Zhou Yu also glared at Lu Su, his own plan Lu Su couldn't guess it? Or ask knowingly!

"This?" Lu Su was silent, and he also understood what Sun Quan and Zhou Yu meant, no matter what the result of the discussion was. Only Zhou Yu can discuss with Sun Quan! Because only these two people are the ones who can completely start a war against Cao Cao. It's just that the two have different combat strategies.

"Gong Jin. When my brother laid the foundation of Jiangdong, how much did he lose in the area of Chaisang, you should know, now that you want to give up Chaisang, what do you think of the elders of our army? How do you make General Ben face the dead soldiers? Sun Quan yelled at Zhou Yu and threw out a bloody token with the word "Lu" engraved on it.

Sun Ce borrowed troops to recover Jiangdong, and the most tragic battle was fought in Chaisang County. And in order to unify Jiangdong, Sun Ce also slaughtered the clansmen of the Lu clan in Jiangdong to deter the Jiangdong Shi clan, and it was because of this that Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who was on the throne, had a lot of trouble, and sacrificed the lives of many soldiers to consolidate the position of the Sun family.

If Sun Quan hastily withdrew his troops from Chaisang, although it would not cause a big commotion, there would definitely be complaints in the army, especially Huang Gai. Cheng Pu and a group of other veteran generals will definitely complain about Sun Quan. The land that I fought hard to get at the beginning. Now that it's handed over, isn't this Hanqi's own generals and soldiers?

"My lord! Yu also knows what the significance of Chaisang County is to our army, especially Yu also has deep feelings for Chaisang, if I want to give up Chaisang easily, I am also very sad, but now the situation is not conducive to our army, our army wants to turn things around, the chance is almost zero, only by retreating to Jiaozhou, our army will have a chance! Zhou Yu didn't want to retreat to Jiaozhou so much, but this was the only chance for Sun Jun to turn defeat into victory. Even if it's not to dominate the world, it's to follow his soldiers for many years to plan a way out.

This time, Zhou Yu's focus was on analyzing the future of Sun Quan's army, especially the strategy of Sun Jun's army twenty or thirty years later.

Zhou Yu analyzed that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the original consolidation of the Han Dynasty has been blown away. There is no way to recover the Han Dynasty, and the most important reason is the population. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of the Han Dynasty decreased dramatically, and the population of the north has gradually approached the population of the south. To restore the demographic advantage, the North will need at least three generations, that is, sixty years. In such a situation, population will be the decisive factor in determining the fate of future princes within sixty years.

The population of Dahan and Kyushu is declining sharply, but there is one exception, and that is Jiaozhou! Not only has the population of Jiaozhou not decreased, but also because of the influx of displaced people from all over the world, Jiaozhou's population potential is already the first in the Han Dynasty. The most important point is that the people of Jiaozhou are fierce, and all the people can be soldiers, as long as Sun Quan retreats to Jiaozhou, breaks the road to the north, and recuperates for 20 years, when the time comes, the army will go north to fight against Cao Cao, and the victory or defeat is still inseparable!

Compared with Cao Cao, Sun Quan still has an age advantage, twenty years later, Sun Quan is in the prime of life, Cao Cao may have died, and his successor is still too young to compete with Sun Quan.

Sun Quan listened to Zhou Yu's words without saying a word, and the expression on his face did not change at all. Lu Su on the side listened to Zhou Yu's analysis, and secretly admired, Zhou Yu's strategic vision is really unique, after sticking to Jiaozhou, he can also fight Baiyue in the east and conquer the Southern Barbarians in the west, as long as the foreign races are included in the sinicization and attached to Sun Quan, twenty years later, Cao Cao may not be able to sit firmly in the position of the northern overlord, plus Yuan Xi's military strength, Sun Quan counterattacked, and the first battle was fixed, it is not impossible!

"My lord, I think that what the governor said is reasonable, and his analysis is reasonable, and it is indeed for the sake of the overall situation, please think twice!" As a wise man, Lu Su naturally knew Zhou Yu's plan, arched his hand, and advised Sun Quan.

"Lord, the so-called one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and now most of our sergeants and soldiers come from Wu County to attend the meeting, and they are quite homesick. However, most of our soldiers and soldiers are single men, without worry, after retreating to Jiaozhou, you can marry local women, start a family, and settle the army's heart, otherwise over time, I am afraid that our army will have changes. Zhou Yu raised another serious problem, that is, the marriage of soldiers.

In ancient times, the best way to let the soldiers serve with peace of mind was to tie up the family, as long as there was a family, the morale of the soldiers would be high. In insidious terms, it is not for the sake of serving the lord, but also for the sake of their children in the rear, ordinary soldiers rebel, and relatives will be connected!

"Gong Jin, this is threatening General Ben?" Sun Quan is not a stupid person, after listening to Zhou Yu's words, of course he knows the power, and he admits in his heart that Zhou Yu's strategy is very clever, but as the lord, he wants to shock the majesty of his subordinates, and for this, he often can't completely obey his subordinates. Besides. Sun Quan had an even greater ambition in mind.

"My lord! Yu has no two hearts. Please be clear. Since following Bo Fu, my brother has treated me very well, and I, Zhou Yu, am by no means a betrayer! When Zhou Yu heard Sun Quan ask like this, he quickly knelt down, handed over the saber on his body, and raised his hands high above his head.

This is a posture of a courtier asking the monarch for death, and if Sun Quan wants to kill Zhou Yu now, Zhou Yu will not complain.

"The Grand Duke?"

"Gong Jin?" Sun Quan saw Zhou Yu's posture. I was also taken aback. From the bottom of his heart, Sun Quan didn't want Zhou Yu to die, but wanted to establish his prestige, and Zhou Yu's plan also made Sun Quan very angry, retreating without a fight, could it be done by a man?

"Gong Jin, get up, General Ben won't blame you, and you are also outspoken. General Ben felt that Gong Jin's words were also very reasonable, but Gong Jin was too cautious. Since there is such a good strategy. General Ben decided to kill two birds with one stone! First use Shi Yu to repel Cao Cao, and then annex Jiaozhou. Realize Gongjin's plan! Sun Quan stepped forward to help Zhou Yu up, and then told his plan.

Sun Quan was young and vigorous, and when he heard Zhou Yu's good plan, he stimulated his ambition even more, Sun Quan not only wanted to implement Zhou Yu's Jiaozhou policy, but also wanted to hold the two counties of Chaisang and Lujiang, so as to lay a better foundation for his future attack on Cao Cao.

"Lord, military affairs should not be child's play, we should be cautious, this move is too risky, we don't know the heart of the soldier, if he has a change, our army?" Zhou Yu didn't think about Sun Quan's idea, but that method was too risky, and the success rate was not high. If one step is not accurate, it will be in vain, Zhou Yu must use the most stable way to plan for Sun Quan, this is a qualified metropolitan governor! It is necessary to plan for the overall situation, not to be greedy for profit.

"Hahahaha, Gong Jin, if you talk about marching and fighting, this general is not as good as you, but if you talk about controlling people's hearts, I'm afraid Cao Cao is better than me. Shi Kun's family is in my hands, how dare Shi Kun move, and our army has just captured Shi Kun's family, Shi Kun agreed to negotiate peace. Shi Kun is too emotional, and with his family in hand, our army does not have to worry. ”

Sun Quan grabbed Zhou Yu's hand and laughed, it was not his forte, but Sun Quan, the art of the imperial people, decided to be the best, otherwise he would not have been able to control Sun Ce's old department at such a young age, and after losing the second county of Jiangdong, there were still so many followers.

"This?" Zhou Yu listened to Sun Quan's words, and his heart also had a little wavering, with Zhou Yu's resourcefulness, as long as Shi Kun did not fight against Cao Cao, he had absolute certainty to keep Chaisang and then annex Jiaozhou. And this has the advantage that after Shi Kun and Cao Cao fight, they can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, soon, Zhou Yu dispelled this idea. If he was young, he would have done the same when he was young and crazy, but after serving as the governor of Sun Jun, Zhou Yu knew that the responsibility on his shoulders was heavier, and he became much more cautious, and he would never do risky things again.

"Lord, Yu still insists on retreating to Jiaozhou, don't clash head-on with Cao Cao!" Zhou Yu finally insisted on his opinion.

"Can Gong Jin guarantee that Shi Yu has two hearts? If Gong Jin can come up with evidence, and the soldiers have two hearts, this general will obey Gong Jin's wishes, if Gong Jin has no evidence, the general's sword is not unsheathed! Hearing Zhou Yu being so stubborn, Sun Quan became angry again, could it be that the only strength he had confidence in should be denied by Zhou Yu?

Zhou Yu listened to Sun Quan's words and was silent for a while. I really don't have any evidence to prove that Shi Yu has two hearts, to be honest, Zhou Yu also proposed this strategy out of prudence. Although Shi Kun must not be really attached to Sun Quan, whether Shi Kun will change his mind in the short term, Zhou Yu has no bottom in his heart.

"Gong Jin, how is it? There's nothing wrong with General Ben's decision, right? Sun Quan saw the change on Zhou Yu's face and knew that Zhou Yu was actually shaken, and Sun Quan took advantage of the situation to make his decision.

"Lord, I still insist on my own opinion!" In the end, Zhou Yu's reason still defeated greed, and he did not agree with Sun Quan's resistance to Cao Cao, and asked Sun Quan to concentrate his forces and retreat to Jiaozhou.

"Gong Jin, General Ben respects you as the brother's brother-in-law, and the Governor of our army has advised you many times, General Ben has already made a decision, don't say anything more. I want Chaisang Lujiang, and I want Jiaozhou! After speaking, Sun Quan pulled out his long sword and split the desk in front of Zhou Yu in half.

"Gong Jin is the governor of the capital, as long as he plans for the general, as for other things. General Ben has his own decision! Sun Quan didn't look at Zhou Yu. Walked straight back to the main seat.

"No!" Zhou Yu saw that Sun Quan had already made up his mind. I was helpless in my heart, so I only arched my hand, but a thought rose in my heart, a thought that even I couldn't believe.

"Okay, in that case, Gong Jin go down, General Ben is also a little tired, I want to take a rest."

"Yu retires!"

"The Grand Duke?" After coming out of Sun Quan's courtyard. Lu Su followed Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu's final performance surprised Lu Su, and Lu Su faintly felt that Zhou Yu had another plan.

"It seems that Zijing still can't be hidden."

"Zijing, the governor of Pontus is going to do a big thing, I don't know if you support it?" Zhou Yu stopped, glanced at the moonlight in the sky, and then turned his head and looked at Lu Su with a solemn expression.

Lu Su sighed in his heart, did Zhou Yu want to disobey Sun Quan's order?

"Governor, do you want to?"

"The governor of Pontus has decided to personally lead his troops south to Jiaozhou and return to Poyang Lake. I will draw up two battle plans and hand them over to the lord. I will personally lead troops to raid Jiaozhou. Cut off the northbound road. Zhou Yu had already made up his mind in his heart, for the sake of Sun Jun's future, Zhou Yu would not hesitate to disobey the military order.

"Governor, please think twice!" When Lu Su heard this, he was taken aback, if Zhou Yu's caution was right, Zhou Yu would also be regarded as disobeying the military order. If Zhou Yu's suspicion is wrong, Zhou Yu will be doomed. At that time, the responsibility for losing Chai Sang and Lujiang fell on Zhou Yu. Moreover, this is a false military order, and it is a major crime to kill the head.

"If Zijing thinks that the Pontus Governor is wrong, he will go and tell the lord, and if he believes the Pontus Governor, he will be deemed to have not known." Zhou Yu waved his hand and left the Taishou Mansion.

Lu Su stayed where he was for a long time, struggling repeatedly in his heart. To denounce Zhou Yu, Lu Su is definitely unwilling, but deceiving Sun Quan is not done by loyal ministers? What a dilemma.

Suddenly, Lu Su looked up and saw that the originally bright moonlight gradually dimmed, it turned out that there were dark clouds covering the moon, and after a while, the dark clouds left, and the moonlight returned to its brilliance.

"I don't know, I don't know, I didn't hear anything!" Lu Su shook his head and returned to his house. On the second day, he asked Sun Quan for leave because he was unwell.

On the other hand, after receiving Cao Cao's letter, Lü Rui and Shi Kun reached an agreement, and Shi Kun agreed to lead troops to rescue Sun Quan under the pretense of rescuing Sun Quan, and then launch a surprise attack to assist Cao's army in attacking Chaisang. Seeing that the mission was accomplished, Lu Rui also returned to Wumanxi with Cao Pi and others.

"Brother Rui, good news, Chai Sang's spies have come to report, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan seem to be unhappy!" The day after returning to Wumanxi, Lü Rui received an urgent military report from Cao Cao, which was a secret piece of information from Chaisang, and the spies learned that something unpleasant seemed to have happened between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.

"Oh?" Lu Rui took the information and read it carefully. This is information sent by the peripheral personnel of the Cao army. The intelligence said that earlier, Sun Quan had summoned Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu left the Taishou Mansion that night and returned to his station, Poyang Lake. After the spies understood, it seemed that Zhou Yu left the Taishou Mansion very unhappily that night, and it seemed that something big had happened.

"Discord between the lord and the minister?" Lu Rui glanced at the information and sneered in his heart, it seems that the contradiction between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu still broke out, but it broke out at this time, it seems that the heavens do not favor Sun Jun, and it seems that Cao Cao's southern expedition has another chance of winning.

"Zihuan, pass on Shamoke and Brother Chong to come over, we are going to send troops." Since God has given Lu Rui such a good opportunity, of course Lu Rui will not let it go, taking advantage of your illness, I will kill you! The discord between the monarch and the minister is the best opportunity to attack.

"No!" Cao Pi soon found Cao Chong and Shamoke.

"Hehe, brother-in-law, I'm finally going to send troops, I've had itchy hands these days. Where are we going to send troops from? Is it a direct attack on Chaisang? "Shamoke has been playing with the weapons sent by Cao Cao yesterday, I have to say that Cao's weapons are indeed much better than those of Wumanxi, with these weapons, Shamoke believes that his army's combat power has at least a few levels.

"Yes, we're going to send troops, but we're going to send a small number of troops to raid a key location first. The 50,000 army does not need to be dispatched, only 3,000 people plus tigers and leopards can be ridden. ”

"As for the army, it will still be led by an adjutant general, and when our army captures this place, the overall situation will be decided." Lu Rui pointed to a small county town on the map, Luling!

Luling is a small county town south of Poyang Lake, and it is also a small border town between Wu Jun and Jiaozhou Shikun, an important passage for Sun Jun to enter Jiaozhou, and also a way out for Shikun to go north. After years of political experience, Lu Rui will not easily trust others, Sun Quan wants to be contained, and Shi Kun cannot fully believe it.

"Brother Rui, you are quite ruthless, as long as we capture Luling, we can hold Sun Quan's way south, and we can supervise the soldiers, killing two birds with one stone, as long as Luling is in hand, my father's army will go south, and the overall situation of our army will be decided." Cao Chong saw the strategic importance of Luling at a glance, and said with a smile the cleverness of Lu Rui's strategy.

"Brother Rui, can you capture Luling with only a few thousand people? According to intelligence, there are more than 10,000 troops stationed in Luling, and only 3,000 people are afraid? "Cao Pi has already found out the information in Sun Quan's territory, Luling is not so easy to capture, I heard that the Luling guards are Sun Quan's two brothers, quite strategic.

"I don't dare to exaggerate, three thousand people are just to capture the crocodile's mouth, as for Luling, it still has to rely on the army of Wumanxi!" Lu Rui pointed to the map, there is a pass in the north of Luling, the crocodile mouth! (To be continued......)

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