"Who?!"

Liu Bei thought he hadn't heard clearly.

At this moment, his ears were a little confused, and his mind was slightly dizzy, and this development of events seemed to be somewhat unexpected to him, and it seemed as if the sky had fallen.

The lord of the allies, he was assassinated and seriously wounded.

What a heavy blow to the news, I am afraid that their coalition forces will immediately have a rift.

"Sun Ce, seriously injured."

Jian Yong lowered his voice again.

Sun Gan came to add at this moment: "Originally, the news should have been hidden, but it can't be concealed, some people are hyping up rumors, and at this moment, Wu Hou has all been killed by the storm, and it can be determined that it is Xu Gong's doorman." ”

"At this time, Xu Gong is fleeing to cross the river, and I am afraid that he will go to the Cao family."

"He and his family were secretly sent to Jingzhou to settle down in these years, as long as he crossed the river, he would immediately be able to get glory and wealth, and the reward promised by Cao Thief must be a lot, otherwise Xu Gong would not have taken such a risk."

"Who is Xu Gong?"

Liu Bei was confused, why did another Xu Gong pop up?!

Guan Yu also got down from the war horse, now he is not in a hurry, but he is curious about how to sort out the situation now, like Liu Bei, the three brothers have never heard of who Xu Gong is, so they naturally want to understand the various situations immediately.

However, no result was reached.

"My lord, what should I do now?"

"Don't panic," Liu Bei raised his right hand steadily, although his heart was spinning, he never felt really defeated, turned around and thought for a moment, and said: "In the past, I didn't have soldiers and horses in hand, and I dared to fight with Cao Cao, but now there are more than 100,000 in Jiangxia, so I naturally have no fear." ”

"At least one or two years of peace can be guaranteed, before conquering Jiangdong, Cao Cao will not immediately fight with us to the death, and we and Jiangdong are still in a fight."

"The current plan is to immediately send someone across the river to visit Wu Hou to see if there can still be governance, to express my heart, no matter who inherits the throne in the future, Zhou Yu, or Sun Quan, Liu Qi Gongzi will form an alliance with him forever and will never betray."

"Yes, it should be!"

"In addition, Gongyou, please send me a letter to Zijing, to show my current heart, the foundation of the Sun family will not be destroyed by assassination, please lobby for me, and strive to ensure that the Sun family and the scholar clan cannot fight among themselves, and the family business should be stabilized as soon as possible."

"And Wu Hou was only seriously injured and did not die immediately, so it is God's favor, and he still has enough time to arrange the future."

"Yide."

Liu Bei called.

"Eh, I'm here."

Zhang Fei came closer, hugged his fists and responded, he had talked a lot before, but now his brain obviously couldn't think so much, and a series of news made him a little confused.

can only follow his brother's orders, and it doesn't matter what happens after that, anyway, it is already life and death.

"Yide, can you ask General Gao Lan to join you, cross the river to block, go after Xu Gong's boat, if it can be done, tie people up, and then send them to Jiangdong."

"If it doesn't work, I will try my best to chase it down, so as to show my revenge and rage."

"Huh! I'll go! ”

Zhang Fei didn't say anything long-winded, and left with a team of guards.

At this time, Liu Bei swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.

After this arrangement, he was a little relieved, as soon as Sun Ce died, the alliance army had not yet fought a big battle, and lost a general first, but even so, Jiangdong was still full of talents.

Moreover, he must be immortal with Cao Cao.

Those with narrow horizons may not see this, and those who are proud and conceited may not see it.

Cao Cao must have seen it, but he was not afraid of Jiangdong's hatred at all.

And taking this as a deterrent, thinking that assassinating Sun Ce would deter Jiangdong, and his idea may be right.

The current Jiangdong should be really messed up.

One person is needed to calm people's hearts.

This person is either Sun Quan or Lu Su.

Or, Zhou Gongjin, who led the army for a teenager and had countless talents since he was a child.

But how to weigh these relationships, but Lu Su has to mediate between them, Liu Bei can't control these things, he can only wait.

Unexpectedly, Yun Chang was thinking about the front line, worried that Cao Cao would interfere with it, but he waited for such news.

What he is mainly designing now is really Jiangdong!

Day.

Zhang Fei said that he moved Gao Lan, took three warships from Jiangxia, crossed the river, blocked on the river, fought with Cao's army, and found the warship pursued by Jiangdong.

Hewei found Xu Gongjun who was preparing to smuggle in, he did not have many soldiers and horses, hundreds of people, and more than a dozen disciples under his command.

In the war, seven or eight of them were killed, and the rest escaped by jumping into the river.

Zhang Fei boarded the ship to fight, so he captured Xu Gong first and took him back to Jiangxia.

Liu Bei immediately came to the trial, and after whipping and inducing a confession, he lied that he wanted to save his life, and induced him to tell the real reason for the assassination, that is, Xu Bowen expected that Yu Ji would die.

Xu Gong saw Sun Ce's arrogance and rudeness, and at the same time understood that although the scholars were attached to Jiangdong, he was even more dissatisfied in his heart, and he and Sun Ce had always had a personal vendetta, so he endured humiliation and burdensome under his command, and let it be suppressed for many years, just to wait for such an opportunity.

And not only Xu Gong is like this, but also many scholars, they and Sun Ce either have insulting grievances, or have a grudge against killing relatives, and these grievances will not be resolved with time.

Because Sun Ce himself didn't intend to resolve these.

So one day in the future, the lottery broke out, and Xu Gong was just one of the righteous people.

Coming out of the camp, Liu Bei immediately understood the whole reason, there was still Xu Bowen's shadow in it, and others were already in Xiliang, but they could still use tricks to get rid of the little overlord in Jiangdong.

His mind is really ruthless.

Liu Bei has never seen such a person, just like Xu Bowen, as long as he has nothing to do every day, he will bury a hidden knife, which may come out anytime and anywhere and stab him in the back.

Where did he get so much energy?!

Fighting with such a person, fortunately, he is not his first enemy, and if the two armies are opposed in the future, they must be defended day and night.

Don't take it lightly.

However, Liu Bei also smelled a little from it.

Something to be thankful for him.

"Yun Chang, don't tell anyone about the question tonight," as soon as Liu Bei came out, he immediately instructed Guan Yu, who was asking his peers, and for a while, the two of them couldn't help but glance at each other, with a slight shock in their eyes.

If you hadn't heard it with your own ears, I'm afraid it would have been incredible.

"Yun Chang understands."

Guan Yu nodded, and hugged his fists in response.

"Okay," Liu Bei patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Send Xu Gong to Jiangdong, they may have been in a hurry, and tell Zijing that I intend to respect Sun Quan as the lord of Jiangdong, and he can only know it, and there is no need to tell Wu Hou." ”

"Eh, understood."

Of course, Guan Yu didn't know what Liu Bei was thinking, but he understood that such a deliberate arrangement must have its meaning.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and turned away, and sighed easily.

He suddenly understood something.

Over the years, almost all of Jiangdong's butcher knives were made by Sun Ce alone, and Sun Quan deliberately made friends with many scholars in Jiangdong, walked to visit, and looked for teachers and friends for many years.

This is enough to show that the relationship between the two brothers is like this, the elder brother suppressed with martial arts and subdued the scholars, so that he could expand his territory so quickly, and he had countless soldiers and horses in hand.

And his younger brother Sun Quan has always been facing each other with a soft attitude, looking for teachers and friends to make friends with people in Jiangdong, and making friends with rhizomes and veins.

Now, it is the time for Sun Quan to ascend to the throne, and once he comes up, he will definitely settle people's hearts very quickly.

Maybe, maybe this time, Cao's might or may not have helped him.

……

Jiangdong, Lu Su received a message from Liu Bei.

Sun Ce was soon informed.

In Jianye City, which was close to the riverside camp, Sun Ce had not yet returned to Chaisang to recuperate, and Lu Su hurriedly walked in and informed him of the news from the other side of the river.

And Lu Su was blunt and told Liu Bei what he said.

Sun Ce lay weakly on the bed, and moved his arm weakly, Lu Su immediately approached and listened carefully.

"That being the case, when Sun Quan is supported, he will be on top in the future, and Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu will be called, and I still need to ask again."

"Zijing works hard, although he is not as good as the queen of the people, but he has won my heart."

"Quan'er, I am not mature, my wings are not full, and there are not many loyal soldiers and horses under my command, I originally planned to gradually entrust some of the military power to him within these years, but unfortunately it was too late."

"The foundation of my Sun clan is all in my father and me, suppressing the Shi clan, Zijing is a businessman who is very rich, and he must be assisted by a good student, and I will entrust my power to you."

"But externally, I only say that it is entrusted to Gongjin and Zhang Zhao, because they are my Jiangdong civil and military officers, and they should not be neglected."

"Gongjin is my brother in life and death, but it happened suddenly, and I didn't have time to ask him what he was thinking, and I don't know how he ...... Quan'er"

"If there are two minds...... I still need to see him. ”

"Ahem."

Speaking of which, Sun Ce felt that his face was scorching, and he was extremely brave, and he couldn't escape this attack himself.

After the beginning of spring, Cao Jun had retired due to the rising water of the Yangtze River, and he also had a little leisure, and he had time to hunt in the hunting grounds in the suburbs and talk about things.

After slackening, he didn't think much about Cao Jun's affairs, and his tense nerves only wanted a little news, but he didn't expect that at this moment, he was assassinated and ambushed.

The door was pierced with an arrow through the mouth, causing this disaster.

I don't know if I can hold out until Zhou Yu comes back.

Zhou Yu is close to Hefei in the north, and Xiaoyaojin is near the town, and it is the season to recruit troops and horses, and the Hefei defenders have always been ready to move, and they may attack when they will, if they rashly recall him, I am afraid that there will be chaos.

The more at this time, the more you can't be too flustered and cause the three counties to fluctuate, and they should not stand still and be ready to prevent Cao Cao from taking advantage of the opportunity.

It is conceivable that the current Cao Cao must be waiting to hear the news of his injury, and then prepare to send troops to attack, once he succeeds, Jiangdong will definitely not be able to completely defend it.

In this way, the Sun-Liu alliance may no longer exist.

"Gong Jin, he ......"

Lu Su's face was quite embarrassed, and he also understood very well that he must not recall Zhou Yu rashly now, so he didn't know how to answer, but as soon as he saw his embarrassed face, Sun Ce also understood that it was not good to act forcibly at this point.

If it is not handled well, it will have an irreparable impact on the situation.

"Then, please come to the old lady, I don't know if it can be cured, but looking at the situation at this time, the body is getting more and more painful, and I am afraid that I don't know when I will die."

"Lord, don't be so disheartened!"

Lu Su hurriedly advised, and immediately raised his hand to persuade at this time, mainly because of these words, his heart was about to break when he heard it, this was a few days ago, he was still a heroic and brave general, Sun Shierlang.

For heroes, the biggest insult is this, not killed by a famous general on the battlefield, but plotted by an unknown villain, and hated it.

How to be willing to go with peace of mind, Lu Su accompanies him day and night, and he understands Sun Ce's temperament the most, after being seriously injured, he is afraid that it is not that he cannot be cured, but that Sun Ce himself is unwilling to be treated.

He only felt speechless about Jiangdong's father now.

"Go."

Sun Ce had tears in his eyes, and closed his eyes with hatred, in his opinion, it was impossible to see so many civil and military henchmen now, they all had important tasks on their bodies, and they couldn't move around freely.

And it is the best choice to tell your most trusted old mother about this.

Jiangdong, as the mother of the ancestors, has great prestige, and she is also the one who raised the two brothers, her status is respected, and she has always had a soft attitude towards the scholars, so she has their respect and does not dare to deceive.

is the only one who has the backing to keep her rights in the future.

……

Three days later, Mrs. Wu was picked up from Chaisang by the starry night.

Hurried into the church.

Standing at the door and looking at Sun Ce lying on the bed, he was stunned for a moment, and he was speechless.

I don't know how long it took to call.

"Ce'er."

"Mother!"

Sun Ce opened his eyes suddenly, felt that the wound was cracked again, and his eyes widened in pain, and then he struggled to get up, but Mrs. Wu immediately stepped forward and held him down.

"Who planted the assassination?!"

Sun Ce sighed deeply, there was hatred in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Bowen." ”

"Che Cavalry General Xu Zhen? Why is he?! ”

Mrs. Wu was surprised, she thought about a lot of people along the way, but in the end she thought that it was the local scholars, because no matter how strong Cao Cao was, he did not spy south after all, and he did not get the support of many scholars.

In order to make meritorious service to Cao Cao, to gain glory and wealth.

If Jiangdong is surrendered, except for the Sun family, the rest of the noble clans can have a high status.

But he couldn't think of it.

It was actually Xu Zhen.

He and the Sun family have no grudge at all, why would he suddenly make a difficulty, design a strategy thousands of miles away, and form such a grudge with my Sun family.

Mrs. Wu has always been aware of political affairs, because the scholars love to come to visit, so they often have inquiries, and she is also smart, otherwise it would be impossible to accompany her husband Sun Jian to lay the foundation and raise these two amazing sons to grow up.

So she knew that Xu Zhen was not in Jingzhou at all now, but had Xiliang, and it stands to reason that she didn't have the energy to take care of Jiangdong's affairs.

"It's him."

Sun Ce said helplessly: "Although Xu Bowen asked me for the position of Marquis of Wu, when I raided Hefei, I was also left by him to ambush and retreat. ”

"He has always had reservations about me, and even if it weren't for the Cao family's interference, he would have personally attacked Jiangdong."

"Right now, in order to get rid of him and prevent Xu Zhen from gaining merit, the Cao family has transferred him to Xiliang, but Xu Gong is the spy he left behind!"

"Xu Gong! I have already returned to my heart! ”

"In the land of Jiangdong, I don't know how many enemies my Sun clan has, my mother must be careful in the future, Quan Er is on the way here at this time, and I will mention him."

"And my mother wants to help me ask someone if they are willing to support Quan'er!"

Sun Ce stared eagerly at Mrs. Wu.

The old lady immediately understood, opened her lips lightly and murmured, "Zhou Yu." ”

"Yes, Zhou Yu is to me what Xu Bowen is to Cao Cao."

"Our relationship is very human, but because of this, at this time, at this moment, I must ask his heart, even if I know that he will never stand on his own, I must ask, and ask him to say it himself."

"Okay."

(End of chapter)