On the city wall of Lujiang County Mansion.

Jia Nian and Gu Yong looked ahead, falling into deep thought with each other.

"Shibo led his troops back and didn't see him and Deng Dang together, it seems that Sun Ce has fled."

"Why is my brother so jealous of Sun Ce?"

"Isn't the Sun family enough to be feared?"

"My brother doesn't think so"

"Why?"

"The Sun clan has already declined, but it has been revived again because of the sudden rise of Sun Changsha, don't look at the five thousand soldiers and horses stationed in the Marquis of Hefei and call themselves the elite soldiers of the Sun clan. In fact, since Sun Changsha was killed in battle, his subordinates have long been scattered, leaving only 300 private soldiers. Yuan Zhoumu used these 300 soldiers and horses as the backbone and recruited this Sun army. is named Sun, but in fact, it all belongs to Shouchun. Therefore, even if Sun Ce is killed, the soldiers and horses stationed in the Marquis of Hefei cannot be dispersed, not only that, but the private army is loyal to the Sun family, and there is more than one Sun Ce among the Sun family? Once Sun Ce dies here, it will inevitably provoke the Sun clan to fight back, and the gains will outweigh the losses at that time."

Gu Yong's eyes showed a deep incomprehension, and he asked Jia Nian.

Judging from Sun's current situation, there is no reason to kill at all, and there is no need to find this reason. After all, the current Sun family is just a lost dog, surviving under Yuan Shu's command. Even if it seems that he has soldiers and horses, the real power of those soldiers is Yuan Shu and not Sun. At least from Sun Ce's position, one or two can be understood.

Jia Nian tapped the city wall lightly with his hand and said to Gu Yong.

"If compared with killing Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Brother Wei is more willing to face the soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Hefei and the anger of Yuan Shu who have greatly boosted their morale."

"This?"

Gu Yong hesitated and swallowed the words on his lips.

In all fairness, my cousin is not a person who doesn't care about the overall situation, but in terms of things against Sun Ce, it is a little too much. Once the matter of beheading Sun Ce is publicized, I am afraid that the impact will be unimaginably great. After all, Sun Ce came as a pastor envoy of Shouchun Yuanzhou.

The two countries are at war and still respect the matter of not beheading the envoy, and the dignified Shouchun envoy actually died in Lujiang, how should the people of the world look at it at that time? What's more, Lu Taishou's roots are among the Lu clan of Wu County. If Yuan Shu was angry with the Lu clan of Wu County, what should he do at that time?

"Since you are destined to be your mortal enemy, then why bother?"

"In public and private, only one person between me and that Sun Ce can survive in this world, cousin, do you understand"

Jia Nian asked Gu Yong, with a regret in his tone, if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu died in the ambush, I don't know how much trouble he would have saved. It's a pity that Lu Kang intervened and got them out of danger. As for the consequences of this matter, I scoffed at it.

Wouldn't it be that if you don't ambush Sun Ce, you won't face these troubles yourself? Could it be that if he didn't kill Sun Ce, Yuan Shu would be able to extinguish the heart of not annexing the six counties of Yangzhou? Times have changed, and the world of great controversy has arrived. It's ridiculous that Lu Kang can't understand it, and he still uses the previous rules to act, which is destined to suffer a big loss.

In the past few years, Yuan Shu has already taken over the state pastor, what else can't be done?

"Maybe things didn't go as my brother imagined"

"Really?"

Jia Nian replied to Gu Yong, and happened to see Deng Dang galloping from outside the city on a war horse, so he took the opportunity to choose silence, this topic has lost its meaning in talking about it, although the troubled times have come, but Yangzhou, which is far away from the center of the storm, does not have too much pain. And even those so-called people of insight are just saddened by these things.

After all, those heroes wantonly annexed states and counties under the banner of quelling the rebellion.

For example, Yuan Shu, didn't he also carry the banner of crusading against Shanyue? By the way, it annexed the six counties of Yangzhou.

The sound of footsteps came from behind, and Deng Dang bowed to Jia Nian.

"The last general can't let Sun Ce and the others escape, and ask the lord to surrender his guilt"

"This is Lujiang County, we are guests after all, since it is mainly to let the tiger return to the mountain, what are your crimes?"

"Do you need to pass the book to Chaohu and let people intercept and kill Sun Ce?"

"No, compared to a Sun Ce, Shibo's meaning is obviously more important, and the war is about to break out, and the two sides should put peace first"

"No"

Deng Dang replied to Jia Nian, with an unwilling look in his eyes.

If Lu Kang could have come a moment late, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the pseudo-Chaohu Chief, would have already died in Huangquan at this time, where would there be so many disasters.

"Lu Taishou seems to be quite unhappy with this matter, and threatens to ask me Yuzhang to give him an explanation"

"Confession?"

Jia Nian gradually fell into deep thought, his eyes looking around.

Gu Yong heard the conversation between the two, saluted Jia Nian, and then slowly walked to the side.

Although he is Jia Taishou's cousin, he is not from Yuzhang County after all, and it is obviously a bit unruly to listen to these things.

"Isn't 7,000 soldiers and horses an explanation?"

"There are 7,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Chaohu, which can reduce the pressure on Lujiang by half, and the remaining Shibo can lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the county government and the Lu'an Houguo."

"Does he need anything else to explain?"

Jia Nian asked Deng Dang rhetorically, turned to look at the dozens of soldiers standing in front, his eyes were full of majesty.

In all fairness, in Lu Kang's position, with what his eyes could see, it was normal to be able to react like this. Before the imperial court existed in name only, it was also a smart choice. But now the situation has changed, and if you don't change the way you handle things, you will eventually be swallowed up by the torrent.

The location of Lujiang County is superior, if Shouchun is an important city to resist the Central Plains in the north, it controls the offensive and defensive momentum of Jiangnan and the Central Plains. Then the Lujiang River is the throat of the south of the Yangtze River, as long as it is mastered, it will continue to absorb refugees, and it will be able to roll south under the general trend, forming a condescending trend.

Therefore, Lujiang County cannot afford to lose, but judging from the ability shown by Lu Kang at present, it will inevitably be restrained in the face of the future situation. Can I help him guard it once, can I still help him guard it a hundred times?

As soon as this thought came out, I couldn't help but be stunned in place.

How can the great enemy give birth to his thoughts at the moment? The strategy of annexing the remaining three counties in the south of the Yangtze River is not too late to think about Lujiang.

"Cousin"

"In"

"How about coming with me to see Shibo?"

"Good"

Gu Yong, who was standing in the distance, replied to Jia Nian, then turned around and walked under the city wall.

Looking at Gu Yong's back, Jia Nian followed without thinking.

I hope this Shibo can see the situation clearly, and I hope that this Shibo will not make such a mistake again, otherwise he will have to prepare with both hands. Although this result is not what I want to see, it is all a last resort.

Lujiang can be lost, but Chaohu and Anhui County cannot be lost, because this is a place that must be defended.