Lujiang County, Xunyang City.

In the county office in the city, Lu Meng, dressed in civilian clothes, was playing against Sima Yi.

Lu Meng had just arrived in Xunyang City not long ago!

Although before, Lü Meng was under Sun Quan's order and gathered most of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses to Xunyang City.

But after all, the mobilization of 100,000 soldiers and horses is not an easy task, and it is also a military event that will take a long time.

Therefore, Lü Meng has been in Xunyang City for a few days, but he has been mostly busy with military affairs in these days, arranging preparations for the expedition of the army.

In addition to arranging the affairs of the 100,000 Jiangdong army, Lü Meng also rearranged the defense of Lujiang County in the past few days.

Lujiang County is located north of the Yangtze River and is the only strategic place in the hands of Jiangdong among the three counties in Huainan.

It is precisely because of the existence of Lujiang County that Sun Quan was able to send troops to the Northern Expedition to Hefei many times before.

But in the same way, Lujiang County is also a strategic barrier for Jiangdong in Jiangbei.

If Lujiang County is lost, then the hinterland of Jiangdong will always be exposed to the prying eyes of the northern iron cavalry.

Although Sun Quan temporarily established an alliance with Cao Cao in order to seize Jingzhou, Lü Meng knew that this alliance was very unstable.

It is very likely that after he takes Jingzhou, the Cao-Sun alliance will be completely broken.

At that time, the Jiangdong army was in Jingzhou, which was a very dangerous thing.

Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of the back road and the safety of the hinterland of Jiangdong, Lü Meng re-strengthened the overall defense of Lujiang County.

Even if Cao Cao suddenly broke the covenant one day and led his army to attack Lujiang County.

With the defense system he arranged, Lujiang County could be enough to hold out until the moment when he led the army back to help.

This tedious and important everything, even if Lu Meng is quite talented, but being able to basically complete it in a few days also consumes a lot of his effort, which makes his body worse and worse.

After basically completing all the preparations, Lu Meng, who was idle today, specially pulled Sima Yi to play chess in the Xunyang County Office.

There were not many entertainment activities in the world, and Go was the favorite entertainment of the scholars and doctors of the world.

Legend has it that Go was created by Dayao in ancient times, and the gameplay of Go has been developed to this day.

Ma Rong's "Go Fu" once praised the way of Go: A glimpse of Go, the law is based on the use of soldiers. The three-foot game is the battle field. Chen Ju soldiers, the two enemies are equal.

Because the gameplay of Go is secretly in line with the arrangement of troops in the art of war, the current world leaders are particularly fond of this sport.

When Sun Ce, the previous lord of Jiangdong, was still in power, he always played chess and discussed military affairs with his confidants and important ministers.

Under the leadership of Sun Ce, among the three major forces in the world, the Jiangdong generals loved this activity the most.

Maybe it was to pass the time of boredom, or it could be to relieve the pain of the body, Lu Meng pulled Sima Yi to play chess with great interest today.

The reason why Lü Meng chose to play against Sima Yi was because during the time spent with Sima Yi, Lü Meng noticed that Sima Yi was also a person who knew soldiers.

Chess players, playing against a soldier can experience the greatest pleasure of this activity.

The second is because Sima Yi is the only person in the army who knows about his condition.

Playing chess will make people pay full attention, and Lu Meng doesn't want to let others see what is wrong with him when his mind is focused on playing chess.

In Lü Meng's dormitory, Lü Meng held black chess and Sima Yi held the white flag.

Looking at the situation on the chessboard at this moment, the white chess pieces representing Sima Yi are being suppressed in the four corners of the chessboard by the black chess pieces representing Lu Meng, and they are about to lose.

But looking at Sima Yi's expression, he didn't seem to be annoyed at all by his imminent defeat.

On the contrary, he had a relaxed and natural look on his face, as if he still had a plan in the face of the situation where defeat was now decided.

During the period of time with Lu Meng, Sima Yi, who knew that he could not resist, also completely calmed down.

Anyway, as long as he didn't make any changes, Lu Meng always treated him with the etiquette of a guest, which made Sima Yi's heart settle down a lot.

And when Lu Meng faced the chessboard, his side was in a good situation, his face was also full of heaviness.

During the time he spent with Sima Yi, he had played against Sima Yi many times.

After many games with Sima Yi, Lu Meng also discovered Sima Yi's chess playing style.

That is, when the situation is unfavorable, he is good at forbearance.

Even in order to make the enemy careless, he will deliberately sell a few flaws.

But once the opponent shows a flaw because of carelessness, he will decisively seize this rare flaw and strike a fatal blow to the enemy.

It is precisely because he understands Sima Yi's chess style that even if he has the upper hand on the surface now, Lu Meng does not dare to be careless at all.

After pondering for a long time, when he realized that Lu Meng was about to make a crucial move, Han Dang's loud words begging to see him sounded outside the dormitory.

"The Grand Governor, there should be something important to report."

Han Dang's tone was full of anxiety, and his tone seriously slowed down Lu Meng's actions.

After hearing Han Dang's request to see, the brows on Lu Meng's face furrowed deeply.

He didn't frown at Han Dang for disturbing him to play chess, but Han Dang's anxious tone made him have a bad premonition in his heart.

Could it be that something happened to Sun Huan?

Han Dang has been in the army for more than 40 years and is a rare veteran, and it is said that ordinary things will not make him so anxious to report.

And since it is Han who is here to report, it must be a military one.

Lu Meng, who was smart, suddenly thought that there might be news from Sun Huan's forward army.

But thinking that Sun Huan had 6,000 elite soldiers in his hands, plus the assistance of Zhou Rui appointed by him, Lu Meng was not too worried in his heart.

Lu Meng ordered the waiter on the side to bring Han Dang in.

Not long after, Han Dang, led by Lu Meng's attendants, came to Lu Meng's side.

The moment Han Dang saw Lu Meng, he hurriedly bowed to Lu Meng, and then was about to open his mouth to report.

But after Han Dang saw that Sima Yi was also on the spot, he subconsciously stopped his move to report it.

Seeing Han Dang's actions, Sima Yi knew in his heart that it was because he was there, and he was about to leave with interest.

But at this time, Lu Meng said, "It's okay, Zhongda doesn't need to leave." ”

"Han Gong said yes."

Lu Meng felt that the military that made Han Dang feel anxious must be a big thing.

Such a thing may soon spread all over the world.

Moreover, Sima Yi has always been under his control, and he is not afraid of Sima Yi's leakage at all.

In this case, there is no need to let Sima Yi leave.

Seeing that Lu Meng didn't mind Sima Yi's presence, Han Dang no longer had any scruples.

Thinking of the news he had just gotten, he couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart anymore, and blurted out,

"Just reported the defeat of the front, saying that just two days ago, when Sun Duwei led 6,000 elite soldiers to the outside of the public security city, the public security guard Mi Yang invited him to attack him halfway.

Sun and Sun Duwei's troops were almost wiped out. ”

"And Captain Sun and Captain Zhou, their whereabouts are unknown for the time being."

When Han Dang finished reporting it, Rao is Lu Meng couldn't hide his surprise when he heard the news.

Because of the surprise in his heart, the chess piece in his hand fell on the chessboard with a "clang" because of the loss of consciousness.

Lu Meng blurted out, "Six thousand troops, why is this so?" ”