According to the agreement between Sun Quan and Huang Gai, Huang Gai had to report the situation of Wu County to Jianye every day with pigeon letters, which was also a helpless coping strategy after the Han army captured Jingkou, and the connection between Wu County and Jianye was cut off.

At this time, Sun Quan also knew that the main force of the Han army occupied Jingkou, and the main force of the Han army did not come west to build a business, but went directly to the south to kill, which made Sun Quan very worried about the safety of Wu County, and he had to ask about the news of Wu County almost every day.

Huang Gai also sent a pigeon letter to Jianye every day as agreed, confirming Sun Quan's fear, the Han army occupied Piling County, occupied the entire territory of Piling, and the main force of the Han army was advancing southward, but at this time, the content of the pigeon letter changed, the Han army did not attack Wu County, but was digging the canal, for several days, the content of the pigeon letter was almost the same every day, and the Han army did not attack the city for a long time, and was still dredging the canal.

This made Sun Quan's heart very confused, the Han army did not attack the city and plundered the wall, but it was dredging the canal, what was this doing?

Sun Quan paced back and forth in the study, he had forgotten about Jiangdong's defeat in the overall situation, but focused on the gains and losses in the details, he had no idea about how to turn the tables, he only had a trace of luck, maybe the Han army was trapped in Wu County, or suffered defeat in Wu County.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Wu Hou, Captain Luo asks to see!" ”

Sun Quan nodded, "Let him in!" ”

In a moment, a general about thirty years old walked into the room quickly, this person's name is Luo Yan, he is the captain of the internal military academy, that is, the head of the secret agency Eagle Beak, he is the same as the previous leader Wang Ning, he is from Sun Quan's guard, loyal to Sun Quan, and is Sun Quan's most trusted person.

Luo Yan stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Wu Hou!" ”

Sun Quan glanced at him and asked coldly, "Is Zhuge Jin missing?" ”

A few days ago, Zhuge Jin disappeared unexpectedly, the soldiers only found his damaged carriage, the carriage was bloodstained, the horse was shot to death by random arrows, Zhuge Jin and the coachman were nowhere to be found, this incident caused many officials to discuss, Zhuge Jin is generous, very popular, officials have gone to Zhuge Mansion to comfort his wife and children.

This incident made Sun Quan very passive, he suspected that Zhuge Jin had defected to the enemy, but from the scene, Zhuge Jin seemed to have an accident again, Sun Quan had the intention to kill a hundred and put Zhuge Jin's wife and children in prison, but he was afraid of arousing the anger of hundreds of officials and making him in a dilemma.

Luo Yan said in a deep voice: "The lowly office sent people to closely monitor Zhuge Mansion, a few days ago his wife was in pain, but in the past two days, she suddenly quieted down, her grief has been reduced a lot, and she even pretends to be sad a little. ”

"I don't want your guess, who is giving them a message?" Sun Quan said with some annoyance.

Luo Yan reluctantly explained: "In the past few days, no family members have come in and out of their house, but many officials have come to offer condolences, and there are more than a dozen people, including Zhang Junshi. ”

Sun Quan took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and suddenly said viciously: "Since this is the case, if Zhuge Jin has betrayed, immediately send his wife and children to prison for interrogation!" ”

"Obey the order!" Luo Yan knew that it was inappropriate, but he had to agree.

Sun Quan asked again: "What are the officials doing now?" ”

This is also what Sun Quan is concerned about, rumors are spreading in Moling County, people are panicking, at this time, the officials are all planning their own plans, Sun Quan wants to know, how many people are ready to betray him.

"Back to Wuhou, during this time, the officials were very silent, and no one publicly expressed their attitude, but after nightfall, the officials had close contacts in private, and there were many exchanges, and they could not count them one by one."

"Did anyone secretly convene officials for secret talks?"

"Last night, more than a dozen officials went to Zhang Junshi's mansion, all of them were officials from the same faction as him in the past, and they gathered together for about two hours before they dispersed."

and Zhang Zhao's faction, that is, the northern faction, is also the most powerful faction in Jiangdong, including Zhang Zhao, Zhuge Jin, Xue Zong, Cheng Bing, Yan Jian and other high-ranking officials, as well as dozens of ordinary officials, in the current situation, these factions are also reasonable, but Sun Quan wants to know, did Zhang Zhao take the initiative to gather them, or did they spontaneously go to Zhang Zhao?

Thinking of this, Sun Quan instructed: "You go and investigate clearly, who initiated the gathering of the northern faction?" This is important and must be clarified. ”

At this moment, someone outside reported: "Marquis Wu, Governor Lu has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Sun Quan asked Luo Yan to retreat, and then let Lu Meng come to see him, and after a while, Lu Meng hurriedly walked into the study, saluted Sun Quan, and said a little nervously: "Wu Hou, I got the news from my humble position, maybe Wu County has been lost!" ”

Sun Quan was stunned, "Where did you get the news?" ”

"The news came from the army, and the humble post carefully checked it, and it was a defeated soldier from Wu County who fled back and brought back some unfavorable news."

"What's the news?"

"It is said that General Huang secretly attacked the camp of the Han army, was ambushed by the Han army, and fled in defeat, Zhu Heng surrendered to the Han army and dedicated the county town of Wu, and now General Huang's situation is unknown."

Sun Quan was stunned, and slowly sat down, if the news is true, then Wu County is really finished, and the pigeon letters sent every day are also fake news, he just wonders, why did the Han army not attack the city, but dredge the canal for what?

After a while, Sun Quan sighed lowly, "Governor Lu, if the news is true, what should we do?" ”

Lu Meng gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that the grain and grass of the Han army are piled up in Piling County, if we can successfully attack Piling and burn the grain and grass of the Han army, maybe we still have a glimmer of hope." ”

Sun Quan pondered for a moment and said, "How many troops do you need to sneak attack Piling?" ”

"The army is not many, but it is fine, 3,000 people are enough, and Ding Feng is recommended as the main general to lead the army to attack Biling."

At this time, Sun Quan had no choice, as long as someone said that there was still a glimmer of hope, he would not hesitate to seize it, just let him send troops, which made him a little embarrassed, but after only a moment of silence, Sun Quan made a decision, "That's it!" According to the words of the governor of Lüdu, General Ding led his army to attack Piling County. ”

The civil officials in Jiangdong had their own plans, and the Jiangdong generals gradually divided, and the Shaozhuang faction led by Lü Meng still tried their best to defeat the Han army and save Jiangdong.

The veterans led by Chen Wu and Jiang Qin were more pessimistic, believing that the general trend in Jiangdong had gone, although they did not say anything like surrendering to the Han army, but they also had a negative attitude and refused to work hard to defend.

At the most critical moment in Jiangdong, Sun Quan finally realized that he could only rely on Lü Meng and other young Zhuang factions to make a final fight with the Han army.

At night, an army left Jianye and was rapidly marching eastward, and this army of 3,000 men was led by Ding Feng to attack the Jiangdong army of the Han army in Biling County.

In fact, the news that Lü Meng got was only ten days ago, ten days ago, in order to attack Wu County, the Han army hoarded 200,000 stone grain in Piling County, with Piling County as the grain and grass logistics center, but now Wu County has been captured by the main force of the Han army, so Biling County is still not a grain and grass logistics center? Lu Meng himself couldn't make up his mind.

To this end, he made two plans, if Piling County is still the Han army's grain and grass logistics center, then Ding Feng must do everything possible to burn the Han army's grain and grass and force the Han army to retreat due to lack of food, on the contrary, if Piling County is no longer the Han army's grain and grass logistics center, then Ding Feng himself will find the Han army's grain and grass and find a way to burn it.

In short, Ding Feng and the 3,000 army led by him became a strange army arranged by Lü Meng outside, once the main force of the Han army surrounded Jianye, this strange army would fight on the periphery, waiting for an opportunity to attack the dead end of the Han army.

It is precisely this tactical intention that the 3,000 troops led by Ding Feng are very elite, all of them are veterans of five or six years, most of them have participated in the Battle of Hefei, they are well-trained and well-equipped, in addition to a full set of swords and spears and armor, each soldier also carries three buckets of rice and a bag of oil and oil.

Ding Feng was not in a hurry, after walking fifty miles, the sky was gradually bright, Ding Feng saw that there was a forest in front of him, so he ordered the whole army to enter the forest to rest.

The soldiers were also a little tired after a long night's walk, and they rushed into the woods to find a dry place to rest, and Ding Feng also found a large rock to sit down, drinking water while thinking about the orders that Lü Meng had given him.

Ding Feng himself also believes that the Han army's grain and grass logistics center should no longer stay in Biling County, since the Han army has taken Wu County, then the next step must be to kill a horse gun and turn around to attack Jianye, in this case, where will the Han army's grain and grass logistics center be placed?

Ding Feng took out a map and put it on the boulder, carefully looking for the important place of logistics that the Han army might choose, this important place to undertake grain logistics must have several conditions, first of all, convenient transportation, especially to facilitate water transportation, and secondly, it must be relatively close to Jianye, so that it is convenient to support grain to the Han army at any time.

The third is to be safe, easy to station heavy troops, conducive to defense, and will not be attacked by the enemy, but there are almost no places near Jianye that meet these three at the same time, either the transportation is inconvenient, or the safety is unfavorable.

At this time, Ding Feng's gaze froze a little, and he found the place where the grain storage was most likely to become the logistics center of the Han army, that is, the north bank of the Yangtze River, which had the convenience of water transportation on the Yangtze River, and the safety of being far away from the Jiangdong Army, and at the same time was very close to Jianye.

Ding Feng's heart was full of bitterness, if he was Liu Jing, would he still put the extremely important logistics in the unsafe Jiangdong, instead of moving to the safe and convenient Jiangbei? The answer is inevitable, the grain and grass of the Han army will inevitably move north, even he, an ordinary Jiangdong general, can think of this, as the king of a country, Liu Jing can't think of it?

At this time, a soldier hurriedly came and reported to Ding Fengyu: "General Qiyu, we have caught two deserters in the woods. ”

Ding Feng nodded, "Bring them up!" ”