Looking forward in the direction of Zhuge Jun's finger, Meng Shu and Mrs. Zhurong saw a vast mountain in front of them.

It will take more than half a month to get out of the Nanban, and once the mountains are out, the speed of the army will be much faster, and it is not too difficult to rush to Jiangdong in more than a month.

The army led by Zhuge Jun set out from Bashu and advanced all the way to Jiangdong, and the Han court also transferred troops and horses from all over the country, gathering 600,000 troops, and the day of the expedition was getting closer and closer.

On the Yangtze River separated from Jingzhou, Jiangdong is lined up with warships of the Jiangdong Navy, and half of the river is covered with warships of the Jiangdong Army.

And the Jingzhou Navy is still training in the water village.

In the past, the Jiangdong Army fought with the Jingzhou Army, but the Jingzhou Army only defended passively and rarely launched an attack on the Jiangdong Army, let alone the Jingzhou Army landed and fought in Jiangdong.

The Jingzhou Naval Army, compared with the Jiangdong Naval Army, is inferior in equipment and training.

On the river, the Jiangdong warships dotted around, staring at the Jingzhou Military Water Village on the other side of the riverbank.

The imperial army had not yet marched south, and Sun Shangxiang was still in Luoyang City, but Sun Quan did not dare to slack off, and urgently ordered the Jiangdong Navy to deploy defenses along the Yangtze River.

Earlier, after the crusade against Zhou Yu's water village, the Jiangdong Navy was a loss of soldiers, and Sun Quan did not dare to provoke the Han army lightly, and the Jiangdong Navy was stationed on the Yangtze River, and the only task was to monitor the Jingzhou Navy on the other side of the riverbank.

On the warship, Lu Xun, who had suffered a defeat and was now shouldering a heavy responsibility, held the side of the ship with both hands and looked across the riverbank.

His face was gloomy, and his heart was still haunted by the humiliation of being defeated by Zhou Yu's army that day.

In the Jingzhou Water Village on the other side of the Yangtze River, Cai Mao, who was appointed by the imperial court as the governor of the water army, trained the water army all day long, and the combat power of the Jingzhou water army has been much higher than before.

But compared with the Jiangdong Water Army, they are still slightly inferior.

It almost formed a flanking attack on the Jingzhou naval army, but the Jiangdong naval army did not have the slightest intention of taking the initiative to attack.

They had only one task, to intercept the connection between the Jingzhou Navy and Zhou Yu's Water Village, so that the Han army reached the bank of the Yangtze River, although there were warships, but they could not cross the river!

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, there stood a group of soldiers wearing Han army uniforms.

Dozens of Han soldiers lined up in two neat columns, and in front of them stood several Han generals and several people dressed as scribes.

Standing at the forefront is Pang Tong, who came from Xiangyang to the bank of the Yangtze River.

Looking at the Jingzhou Navy on the river, Pang Tong's face was always indifferent.

Standing on his left was none other than Lu Bu, who was leading the army south with Pang Tongtong.

The look on Lu Bu's face was not as indifferent as Pang Tong's, looking at the Jiangdong Naval Army, his face was entangled, and he reminded Pang Tong in a low voice: "Prime Minister, the Jiangdong Naval Army occupies the river so much, it is difficult for our warships to perform, how can we cross the Yangtze River, Prime Minister is not worried?" ”

"It's just a water war!" Smiling slightly, Pang Tong said to Lu Bu: "Your Majesty has not sent troops for a long time, didn't General Lu see any clues?" ”

was asked by Pang Tong like this, Lu Bu looked even more puzzled, looked at him, and did not answer his words.

Pang Tong's words were an understatement, but Lu Bu, who led the army to fight all the year round, knew that the Jingzhou Navy was not on the same level as the Jiangdong Navy in terms of the number of warships and soldiers.

Although Cai Mao is very good at training the navy, in the short term, it is not easy for the Jingzhou navy to catch up with the combat strength of the Jiangdong navy.

Looking at the Jingzhou army on the river, Pang Tong did not wait for Lu Bu's response, but continued: "General Zhuge Jun has already led the army from Bashu, and it should be possible to reach Jiangdong between ten months. Although the number of troops who went out to conquer Bashu was not large, there were barbarians to help, and General Zhuge Jun occupied Bashu and expanded a lot of soldiers and horses, killing the army that went to Jiangdong, not to mention 200,000 people......"

At the beginning, Zhuge Jun went out on the expedition and only led 30,000 soldiers and horses, but now it will grow to 200,000 people, which surprised Lu Bu.

Looking at Pang Tong with a stunned face, Lu Bu's eyes showed a bit of disbelief.

Turning his head to look at Lu Bu, Pang Tong smiled slightly and said to him: "If the general doesn't believe it, you can look at the Jiangdong Navy on the river." However, after more than a month, the Jiangdong Navy will definitely be in chaos! ”

"But......" Pang Tong was very confident that the Jiangdong Navy would be in chaos, but Lu Bu took over and said: "Your Majesty has not sent troops for a long time, even if the Jiangdong Navy is in chaos, our army will not have soldiers and horses to cross the river......"

"The soldiers and horses will come!" Before Lu Bu could finish speaking, Pang Tong interrupted him and said to him: "The general only needs to wait for some time, and the imperial army will definitely advance into Jingzhou in an all-round way!" ”

Pang Tong's words were categorical, and Lu Bu didn't say anything more, but he still had some hesitation in his heart about what he said.

Soon after Pang Tong, Lu Bu and others went to the north bank of the Yangtze River to observe the Jiangdong naval army, soldiers and horses were allocated in various cities in the Central Plains.

These soldiers and horses all marched in the direction of Fancheng.

Fancheng and Luoyang are not very far away, at least compared to Jiangxia, it is much closer, and Liu Wei also chose this place as a gathering place for the Han army.

Along the way, the Han army drove out of the garrison city, and under the leadership of the independent generals, they drove to Fancheng.

Among the various Han armies, the number of soldiers and horses in Luoyang City was the largest.

The commander of the soldiers and horses in Luoyang City was Wei Yan, who had made many meritorious contributions for the Han Dynasty.

Following Wei Yan on the expedition, there were also Gan Ning, Tai Shici and others, and the Han court used almost all its strength to start a decisive battle with the Jiangdong Sun clan.

The news of the Han army's southward movement soon spread to Jiangdong.

It was learned that there were more than 200,000 Han troops coming from the west, but the Han army from the Central Plains was 600,000, and the entire Jiangdong was boiling.

In the conference hall, Sun Quan was sitting, and the two fan-wielding maids who were very close to him could even vaguely see his body trembling slightly.

The Jiangdong staff and generals sitting in the hall also looked frightened, like gourds with sawed mouths, and after entering the hall for a long time, no one proposed to Sun Quan to retreat from the enemy.

Clenching his fists tightly and looking around at the people in the hall, Sun Quan frowned tightly and asked everyone present: "The imperial army has already gone south, and there are millions of soldiers and horses, so don't you have a way to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Wu Hou!" As soon as Sun Quan's words fell, one of them stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to him and said: "There are many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and now His Majesty is crusading against the princes, and Wu Hou is strong against the heavenly soldiers, and it is impossible to say it in the world!" The subordinates thought that Wu Hou should sacrifice Jiangdong in order to make Jiangdong peaceful! ”

The person who got up was none other than Zhang Zhao, who had earlier persuaded Sun Quan to surrender to the imperial court.

Staring at Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan frowned, and his face also showed a touch of unhappiness.

It is precisely because he is unwilling to sacrifice Jiangdong that he has confronted the imperial court until now, if he has the heart to dedicate Jiangdong, he doesn't have to do so many things, he doesn't need to crusade against Zhou Yu's military camp at all, he only needs to hand over Jiangdong and hand over all the soldiers and horses to the imperial court to manage, even if he can't cover the sky with one hand in this life, at least he can keep his lifelong wealth.

But Jiangdong was defeated by Sun Ce who offered the jade seal of the country and borrowed some soldiers and horses from Yuan Shu.

After Sun Ce's death, he seized the military and political power of Jiangdong from his heirs, if Sun Quan sacrificed Jiangdong and only kept his own family safe, he really didn't know how to meet Sun Ce under Jiuquan in the future.

Staring at Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan's face was pale and he didn't speak, but at this time, a guard's voice came from outside the hall: "Qiqi Wu Hou, Miss sent back a letter from Luoyang!" ”

Sun Shangxiang went to Luoyang for many days, but Sun Quan did not wait for her news, but waited for the bad news that the Han army was marching to Jiangdong from two roads.

got the news that the Han army had gone south, but at this time he received a letter sent back by Sun Shangxiang, which was undoubtedly a boost for Sun Quan.

"Submit it quickly!" Thinking in his heart, the letter sent by Sun Shangxiang might be beneficial to repel the imperial army, Sun Quan hurriedly got up and gave an order to the soldiers standing outside the hall.

After receiving Sun Quan's orders, the soldier answered, holding the letter in both hands, and strode into the hall.

Receiving the letter, Sun Quan asked the soldier before opening it, "Where is the person who sent the letter?" ”

"Right outside the door!" Maintaining a fist-hugging and bowing posture, the soldier responded.

"Call him in and talk!" As if remembering something, Sun Quan gave the soldier an order.

The soldier replied again, clenched his fists and took two steps back before turning around and striding towards the outside of the hall.

The soldier retreated, but in an instant, another soldier with a breath of wind and dust entered the hall, bowed to Sun Quan with his fists and said, "Knock on Wu Hou!" ”

"You're the messenger sent back by Miss?" Looking at the soldiers who saluted him, Sun Quan asked, "Does the young lady have any other orders?" You go all the way back, but there are soldiers and horses in the court to stop you? Can this trip be smooth? ”

"Back to Wu Hou!" The soldier who sent back the letter maintained a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, and said to Sun Quan: "Miss has no message, the villain has returned this time, and His Majesty also knows about it today, so the soldiers and horses of the court did not stop it. Along the way, they all rested in the imperial court building, and they were tight! ”

When he said this, Sun Quan only felt that his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he didn't have much expectation for the letter sent back by Sun Shangxiang.

The imperial court allowed the soldiers to send letters back, and arranged for him to live in the pavilion along the way, obviously the news sent back by Sun Shangxiang was not important.

What's more, the soldiers who sent the letter back didn't bring back Sun Shangxiang's message!

From these points, Sun Quan already felt that what the soldiers brought back may not be good news.

Maybe Sun Shangxiang was in the letter, but he also persuaded him to give up Jiangdong and return to the imperial court.

Suddenly, Sun Quan had a feeling of betrayal and separation.

Holding the letter, he did not unfold it, but seemed to suddenly become much older, waved his hand to everyone in the hall and said: "Today's discussion is here, you wait to go back and rest first, and discuss it tomorrow!" ”