In the darkness, Zhou Tai came on horseback, and when he waited for everyone, he rolled the saddle and dismounted, cried and worshiped on the ground, and did not speak. Lu Xun was shocked when he saw that he was covered in blood, and he was already a little sure in his heart, but he was still calm, and asked lightly: "But Jiangxia is lost?" ”

Zhou Tai raised his head and said: "The governor and General Han left the city, the Shu general Wu Ban and others immediately led the army to attack the city, and the Shu lord Liu Bei also personally supervised the battle, the soldiers were strong, although the last general and others tried their best to fight, but the enemy was outnumbered, Jiangxia fell into the hands of thieves." ”

When Lu Xun heard him, he didn't say anything, but only turned his head and glanced at the generals one by one. When Han Dang and the others heard that Jiangxia was lost, they were all Gan Ning going to war, and they knew that Lu Xun's cautious proposal was the best policy, and they recalled that they had been urging for war for days, and they were all ashamed. Lu Xun didn't think like this in his heart, today's events, the movements of Jiangdong's military horses, are all in the calculations of the Shu army, is the other party too clever, or are there any spies in the army?

Everyone only felt that Lu Xun's eyes were sharp, and they didn't dare to look directly, so they all hung their heads and were silent. Lu Xun turned his eyes at Gan Ning's corpse, and sighed silently in his heart, now that the deceased is gone, can An be punished? He could only write to Wu Hou to ask for guilt, and only after a moment did he say slowly: "The army retreats to Huangshi, and then you can set off." The generals responded in unison and took orders, leaving it alone for the time being.

Guan Ping and Lin Yang fought their way out, led the troops to retreat for several miles, and did not see the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu chasing after them, so they gradually gathered their men and horses and slowly came to their own camp. When he arrived at Yuanmen, Guan Xing led the generals of Liaohua to wait outside, and ordered the sergeants to disperse and return to the camp tent to rest, and the generals came to the big tent to talk about their merits.

Entering the big tent of the Chinese army, Guan Ping sat in the center, and the generals lined up on both sides of the ranks. Guan Xing thought about the war, so he came out first and asked, "General, have you ever captured Lu Xun?" ”

Guan Ping sighed and said: "If it is not General Lin's plan, it is not good, but Lu Xun saw through it, and divided the troops to surround it, and the battle was not good, and General Lin and I led the army back." Seeing that all the generals had a look of pity on their faces, he said: "There is such a small defeat in this battle, but the famous Jiangdong general Gan Ning is ambushed, and this alone is a big victory for our army." ”

Guan Xing also said: "At the end of tomorrow, the generals who are willing to use this victorious army to capture Jiangxia will capture Lu Xun alive." ”

"Okay." Guan Ping took out a token and said: "The generals are tired from today's battle, you can retire and rest, and tomorrow morning, the three armies will be full of food and send troops to Jiangxia." Anguo is the front. ”

Guan Xing took the token, promised in unison with the generals, and dispersed. But I heard a sergeant outside the tent say: "General, Your Majesty's imperial camp is urgent." ”

"Oh?" The Guan Ping brothers glanced at each other, each slightly surprised, today's war has not yet been reported to Liu Bei, why is there a military report? Guan Ping didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up and said, "Please angel." As soon as the words fell, a civil official stepped in, and when he saw that Guan Ping and all the generals were there, he said, "Your Majesty's command." ”

Guan Ping hurriedly led everyone to worship on the ground, saying long live. Only then did the envoy say slowly: "Jiangxia has been taken by General Wu Ban today, and His Majesty has summoned the general to lead his troops to move to Tun'an Han tomorrow and enter Huangshi." ”

Guan Ping was even more surprised when he received this edict, and he still said respectfully: "Weichen has the order." Then he got up and said, "Your envoy has worked hard from afar, and please go to the camp to rest." ”

"Not necessarily." The envoy humbly said: "The lower official will go back to resume his life, so he will leave." Guan Ping didn't insist, but ordered someone to send the messenger out, and when he looked back, all the generals had a look of anger on their faces.

When Guan Xing saw the envoy leaving, he immediately said loudly: "I tried my best to fight to the death today, and thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded, but it gave Wu Ban a advantage. "Why didn't Guan Ping think so in his own heart? Just in front of the generals, how can you say it? Immediately lowered his face and shouted: "Hugh is talking nonsense, they both serve the country, why do they divide each other?" ”

Guan Xing wanted to say more, but was gently dragged by Lin Yang, so he couldn't hold back, and he didn't say goodbye to Guan Ping, so he strode out of the camp. Guan Ping shook his head slightly, and said to everyone: "Go down and prepare, and move the troops to Anhan tomorrow." All the generals saluted together, and they all retreated in silence.

Lin Yang got out of the camp, hurriedly caught up with Guan Xing, and said in a low voice: "General, stay." ”

Guan Xingnai stopped and said, "What are you doing in the right way?" If it weren't for us to set up an ambush for Ganning and mobilize Lu Xun's army to rescue him, Jiangxia City's air defense would be weak, how could Wu Ban grab such a great achievement? ”

Lin Yang saw that there was no one left and right, so he said in a low voice: "The general is all over the audience, who is not so thoughtful?" Even General Zhengdong, although he scolded the general in his mouth, he was afraid that he would think the same way in his heart. As he spoke, he sighed lightly and said, "What can you do?" Who would want a general to be outspoken and say when he thinks of it? This is also the way to take trouble. ”

"What's the trouble?" Guan Xing looked at Lin Yang, this person has been using clever tricks in recent days, and he has already looked at him differently, although he feels that he is a little alarmist at this time, he still wants to hear him continue.

Lin Yang stepped forward a little more and said, "Now the lives of the Jingzhou soldiers are worthless in the eyes of Your Majesty, even if you have military exploits, you will not be appreciated by Your Majesty." ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense." Although Guan Xing was dissatisfied with Wu Ban's grabbing of merit, he did not dare to complain to Liu Bei at all, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't look at your achievements in the past two days, I will definitely send you to the eldest brother, and I will not make such disrespectful words in the future." ”

Lin Yang was not afraid, but said with a straight face: "It is not disrespectful to the last general, but for the sake of tens of thousands of soldiers in Jingzhou, since General Zhao Shu was imprisoned in the White Emperor, His Majesty divided all parts of Jingzhou again and again." Those who stayed with the generals were always the vanguard of the expedition to Wu, and the left and right vanguards were set up in the army, and the original intention was to replace the two military horses and move forward, so that one of them could rest. But the general recalled, since the crossing of Xiakou, when has I not been in front of the Jingzhou army? Where is the Wu Ban Office? Today, our army is fighting so hard, the soldiers are dead and wounded, and they are tired, and they take Jiangxia, but they don't let me wait to enter the city to rest, and they want to move troops to Anhan and capture Huangshi, what is the reason? ”

Lin Yang talked so eloquently, Guan Xing should have been angry and stopped, but after thinking about it carefully, it is not unreasonable, since the defeat of Wu, the Jingzhou military horses have lost nearly 10,000, and the Sichuan soldiers have been reduced very little, is this a coincidence, or is it deliberately arranged by His Majesty? Guan Xing sighed and said, "Just say this in front of me, if a third party knows, I will not be spared." After speaking, he glared at Lin Yang fiercely, and then turned to leave.

Lin Yang looked at Guan Xing's expression when he left, knowing that he had been moved by his own words, and with a slight smile on his face, he turned around and went back to his camp. Li Wei, Yu Gui and other generals were all left in Jingzhou because of their close relationship with General Zhao Shu, and because they were the old department of the Guan family, they were promoted to generals and led the troops with the Guan brothers, but how did they know that they had already set their hearts on General Zhao?

As soon as Lin Yang lifted the curtain and entered the account, he heard someone laugh and say, "Congratulations to the general, congratulations to the general." "You don't need to look at it to know that it's Ye Feng, this kid is making fun of himself, I really don't know why General Zhao sent such a frivolous person here to deliver the news, so he is not afraid of bad things? However, this kid is innocent and lively, and he is really likable, so Lin Yang asked with a smile: "Where does my joy come from?" ”

Ye Feng was dressed as an ordinary soldier at this time, and said with a smile: "The general ambushed and killed Dongwu Ganning and Lu Xun with a clever plan today, and the promotion is just around the corner, isn't it a great joy?" ”

Lin Yang shook his head slightly, and said: "Lu Xun is very human, General Zhao's plan was seen through by him, and he did not take his life. ”

"Oh, really?" Ye Feng suddenly sighed and said, "General Zhao is really a god. ”

When Lin Yang heard this, he exclaimed: "Could it be that General Zhao knew in advance that Lu Xun would not be tricked?" ”

"Exactly." Ye Feng replied: "Gao Ping thinks that without Gan Ning, Lu Xun and the others can control the Jiangdong military horses, but it is really wishful thinking. General Zhao once said that Jiangdong pays attention to the birth of the clan, and Lu Xun can be the governor of the capital, one is certainly talented, and the other is also because of the family power, and he is also the son-in-law of the Sun family. Gao Ping is an outsider with shallow qualifications, how can he take on a big responsibility? If you take today's opportunity to gain Lu Xun's trust, it will be easier to succeed in the future. ”

Lin Yang nodded and said, "Although General Zhao is far away in the White Emperor, he knows everything about this matter, which is really admirable. Then he asked, "How did the general learn that Wu Ban had attacked Jiangxia?" ”

Ye Feng smiled "hehe" and said, "It's all up to me." It was I who first disguised myself as Wu Jun to explore the horse and enter the city to earn Han as an army, and then went to Wu Ban's army to report the news. Otherwise, he'd still be sleeping in the back. ”

"I see." Lin Yang couldn't help but look at Ye Feng twice, although he looked relaxed when he said it, but Lin Yang knew that these two simple things were never so easy to do, and he couldn't help but feel a little more good for him in his heart.

Ye Feng asked again: "What is the situation of your persuasion of Guan Xing?" ”

Lin Yang shook his head slightly and said, "This person is very loyal to His Majesty, and it is not easy to persuade. However, he was not very repulsive to my words, and he was quite suspicious in his heart, as for the other generals, I tried to provoke them in private, and they all thought of General Zhao's kindness. ”

"That's very good." Ye Feng nodded and said, "This is the case, I will go back to the White Emperor to return to the general." The general once explained that you must do two things here, one is to persuade General Guan to try to maintain the strength of Jingzhou's military horses; The second communicated with Gao Ping, but this person couldn't believe it very much. ”

Lin Yang nodded and wrote it down, and said, "Please tell the general, the last general will not disgrace his life." Seeing that Ye Feng was leaving, he said, "I'll send you out of the camp." Ye Feng smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the general, I have come and gone several times in this camp, and I dare not work." So saying, he turned and went out of the tent. Lin Yang knew that Ye Feng had a stunt and came and went without a trace, so he didn't worry about him, so he went to take off his armor and collapsed to rest. Early the next morning, he came with Guan Ping's army to Anhan.

In Jianye City, in the palace of King Wu, Sun Quan held the report of defeat from Lu Xun, and his brows were deeply locked. Since the death of Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, there is no longer the strength to forge ahead, and Lu Su has become a serious man and has been holding on to his foundation. But how can he only be the king and the hegemon in these Jiangdong counties? Lu Meng understood his intentions very well, and planned to attack Jingzhou, the original plan was proper, Guan Yu was also trapped in Xiangyang, but Zhao Shu led the army to rescue, and after several battles, he was defeated by Ziming. Now Guan Yu lost his life, and Liu Bei, in order to avenge his revenge, raised troops and horses, in a vain attempt to annex Jiangdong. Zhou, Lu, and Lu all died, and Lu Xun, who had to be recommended by Kan Ze with the lives of his whole family, was defeated in the first battle, not only Jiangxia was lost, but even the general Gan Xingba was also killed. Could it be that there is no Optimus Pillar Stone in Jiangdong anymore?

Sun Quan was thinking about it, and people reported Zhang Zhao, and Kan Ze asked to see him. Sun Quan said coldly: "Please come." When the two of them entered back and forth, and the salute was finished, Sun Quan threw Lu Xun's book in front of Kan Ze and said: "This is the great talent of the public?" In this battle, tens of thousands of soldiers were lost, and Jiangxia City was lost, but unfortunately Xingba was also ......"

Kan Ze had already received Lu Xun's letter, the reason for which was clear, and he leaned over to pick up the book on the ground at the moment, and wanted to open his mouth to distinguish it for Lu Xun. Zhang Zhao spoke first, and said: "Lord, Lu Xun is not far famous, the day of Lord Kan's recommendation in the past, the ministers had many dissuasions, and today it is really not good, and I hope that the lord will quickly punish the soldiers and horses, if Jiangxia is lost, the Shu army will go down the river, and Jiangdong will be in danger." ”

Sun Quan sighed when he heard this, and said: "It's not lonely, now that the military horses in the country are all going to Jiangxia, the Huainan Gongji Division, but they don't dare to move lightly. Although Lord Wei was given the title of solitary, he had to guard against it. ”

Zhang Zhao replied: "Jiangdong is the foundation of the country, not comparable to the Huainan land, the lord can transfer General Ling to solve the urgent need, and then send the envoy into Wei, in words, or can relieve the heart of the Wei lord." ”

"No." Kan Ze didn't wait for Sun Quan to speak, and said: "The Wei lord Cao Pi is more treacherous than his father, and the lord will send him away." In the humble opinion of the ministers, the lord of Wei must think that he is weak, and the army is coming, and Jiangdong is in danger. ”

When Sun Quan heard the war report, he was originally displeased, but he was more and more annoyed by the two of them saying that one on the left was "Jiangdong is in danger" and the other on the right was "Jiangdong is in danger", so he shouted: "The three lonely fathers and sons have been in Jiangdong for decades, how can they be gone?" Liu Bei can personally conquer, can't he go to Jiangxia in person? ”

Zhang and Kan were shocked when they heard this, but they knew that Sun Quan had the intention of pro-conquest, so they hurriedly wanted to stop him, but they heard Sun Quan say: "In the past, Meng De came north several times, but he was alone to resist, so he had to use his life. Now Liu Bei bullied the orphan too much, and the orphan was determined to fight with him. The determination has been decided, and the second secretary does not need to persuade again. ”

Sun Quan turned to look at the map on the wall and said, "If you don't want to send Huainan soldiers and horses, you can send the commander Zhao to envoy Wei to show your goodwill." The affairs of the court will be handled by Zibu and the prince, so let's go down and prepare. "Zhang Zhao and Kan Ze couldn't be disobeyed, so they had to bow and retire, and each went down to prepare.