The thirteenth year of Jian'an, April, the beginning.

As Cao Cao's envoy delivered a fluttering military order, Liu Fu, who had been farming with peace of mind, immediately sent troops, and Lei Xu, Mei Cheng, Chen Lan and others did not dare to stop him.

"Cao Cao ordered troops? There must be something hidden in it! ”

When the news came, Zhou Yu smelled the conspiracy almost instantly.

Then, at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, he quickly found out the reason and the most likely driving force behind it.

Liu Qi!

"There is no one but him...... Even Liu Biao was reluctant to use his sword at this time. ”

Thinking of this, he chuckled very confidently and muttered: "Everyone says that Liu Qi, the eldest prince of Jingzhou, only has filial piety to speak of, and now it seems that ...... The rumors are not credible! ”

"Someone!"

"Whoa!"

After Zhou Yu chuckled and sighed, he immediately restrained the smile on his face, summoned the master of his command, and began to give orders very calmly.

"Assemble a mission as soon as possible, and then... Take my token to Jianghuai and his party, find Lei Xu, Chen Lan, Mei Cheng and others, and tell them...... As long as they are willing to delay Liu Fu for me now, I will ensure that they have a rich and prosperous life in the future. ”

The chief secretary and several other people who were recruited by him, when they heard this, they couldn't help but raise their heads, and they looked like they wanted to say something.

"If They Don't Want to ......"

Zhou Yu seemed to have expected this to be the case, and after interrupting their openings, he said casually: "Come and report me immediately!" ”

"Whoa!"

Hearing this, the chief bookkeeper and the others no longer had the slightest doubt, and even nodded in response.

However, the crowd did not leave there.

Because they all noticed a little.

When Zhou Yu just spoke, he didn't even raise his head, and kept his head down to write.

After the order was given, they were not allowed to go.

His performance like this clearly means that he has other instructions for them.

After a while, Zhou Yu really raised his head, and after wrapping the written cotton paper letter, he handed it out:

"Send another man to deliver this letter to the Lord."

"Whoa." The master stepped forward and took the letter on cotton paper.

"Go ahead."

It was also at this time that Zhou Yu waved his hand and watched everyone leave.

After the people left, the tent became silent.

At last, there was no sound in the tent except the crackling of candles.

"Liu Biaozhi's eldest son, but he also has some ability, but he ......"

In such silence, Zhou Yu rubbed his hands silently, thought for a long time, and then suddenly laughed: "Although this plan is good, he is like Liu Biao, he is a hesitant character...... It's almost impossible for such a character to beat me. ”

After saying these words in a low voice, only confidence remained on his face...... Confidence in victory.

In Zhou Yu's opinion, if Liu Qi cooperated with Liu Fu to send troops at this time, he might have the possibility of defeating him.

After all, there really aren't many soldiers and horses under his command at this moment.

Especially when many places in Huiji and Danyang were in chaos some time ago, there were even fewer soldiers and horses available to him.

If there's a raid at this time......

Zhou Yu asked himself, even if he was too late to react...... The end result is not pleasant to think about.

But......

Judging from the recent news, Liu Qi has been eating, drinking, and having fun in Jingling, and he doesn't have the slightest appearance of sending troops at all.

In this way, he naturally has time to react.

Although, this period of time will certainly not be much.

However, Zhou Yu is very confident, even if it is only a very short time, it is enough for him to deal with the next situation.

Unless, Liu Qi handed over the military power to someone else early and let this other person launch a surprise attack.

But this is clearly unlikely.

After all, Liu Qi has just entered Jiangxia now, and it is the time when he needs troops to stabilize the Quartet.

At this time, hand over the military power?

To whom?

Chen Feng? Wei Yan? Or yellow shot?

Zhou Yu thought it was unlikely.

Because these three people have not been able to enter the core from the beginning.

Whether it is in Xiangyang or Jiangxia, this is an ironclad fact!

Under such circumstances, does Liu Qi still dare to hand over military power to the three of them?

Zhou Yu didn't dare to do a 100% package ticket, but he had a probability of six or seven percent.

And that's enough for him.

Of course, this is not the most critical.

The most important thing is that in addition to the above reasons, there is a more important point......

Recently, except for some necessary caravans and merchant ships, no one else has approached Xiling at all.

"If it ......"

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu suddenly had a not very good feeling in his heart, and for the first time there was an emotion called panic in his eyes.

"Someone!"

Zhou Yu almost shouted out this call, which shows how flustered his mood was at this time.

"Kill !!"

"Kneel down to avoid death!"

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

However, Zhou Yu didn't wait for the arrivals to respond, only heard bursts of shouts and killings.

More critically.

From where he stood, it was almost like a sunny day, and the fire was shining brightly.

"If you miss one move, you will lose the whole game......"

Seeing this, the panic in Zhou Yu's eyes disappeared, and he even sighed extremely calmly.

"Report!"

Moments later, the herald brought the news.

"Needless to say."

Hearing the voice, Zhou Yu waved his hand, and said as if he didn't want to listen to it: "Pass my order...... Remove. ”

This sentence, he said very hard.

But because his tone was still calm, neither the heralds who had just arrived nor the pro-soldiers who had quickly assembled could hear that something was wrong.

In this battle, Zhou Yu was defeated.

However, because he decisively ordered a retreat, the loss was not ugly.

For example, of the more than 14,000 people under his command, nearly 7,000 escaped.

For another example, among the few cities that were taken, only Xiling was lost... Yi County, which is enough to be the front fort, is still firmly in his hands.

Even, there are still 3,000 of his new troops in Qiyue City (the center of Wuhan, east of the Yangtze River).

Therefore, after this battle, who will call the shots in Jiangxia is still unknown for both sides.

Towards the dawn of the morning, the news arrived.

'That's it, it's okay......'

After learning the news, Zhou Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked the biggest doubt in his heart: "Have you heard it?" Last night...... Who sent men to attack me? ”

"Governor Qiyu, the one who sent troops to attack last night...... Jiangxia Juncheng. ”

"Chen Ziji? No wonder! ”

Zhou Yu turned his head suddenly, and after seeing the morale of the generals, he frowned, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that I am not unjustly defeated." ”

"What do you mean by that?" One of the generals was depressed, and when he heard this, he was instantly shocked.

The other generals also looked shocked, as if they couldn't believe that these words came from Zhou Yu's mouth.

"It seems that you don't know who this person is, so maybe... Since he was defeated, there is no need to hide it. ”

Zhou Yu first looked emotional, and then said with a solemn face: "This person is even jealous of Cao Cao, Guo Jia said... The matter of Jingzhou, only Chen Ziji also! ”

"I was also careless, I didn't expect this person to be young, but he was even more powerful than the legend. If I had known this, I would not have ended up like this...... It's all my fault! ”

After saying that, he looked remorseful, as if he had made a big mistake.

Cao Cao is taboo?

Everything in Jingzhou is in this person?

Strategist's sacrificial wine... Guo Jia?

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, and their morale stopped falling in an instant.

"This is not a crime of war!"

"Don't be so ...... the Governor"

"We're all at fault, too."

After this, they even comforted Zhou Yu.