When Shen Chen and his clan went south and passed by the Lujiang River, they were taken care of by Lu Xun from the ancestral Lujiang River to Lu Kang.

In ancient times, the migration of clans was a very big thing, especially for a famous family like the Deng family, dragging the family and bringing the family, and moving the people, which will inevitably attract the attention of the world.

Therefore, every time they pass by, the local county magistrate and the county magistrate have to inquire about the situation, and the clan naturally has to hand over the name post, greet them, and inform them of the reason for the migration.

The Nanyang Deng clan was famous in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was known to the world. So when passing by Lujiang, Lu Kang gave some grain and oil gifts.

In return, Shen Chen asked his uncle Deng Hong to reply with a thank you post, and told Lu Kang in the post that Yuan Shu would inevitably covet Lujiang and hoped that he would be able to deal with it carefully.

Lu Kang knew that when the Deng clan passed through Shouchun, Deng Hong had visited Yuan Shu's mansion, so he suspected that Deng Hong had noticed something in Yuan Shu, so he sent half of the clan back to Wu County according to his instructions.

Historically, the Lu family of Wu County was attached to Lu Kang, including the Lu Xun brothers, because of the early death of their father and grandfather, so they were brought up by Lu Kang since childhood, and they have been following Lu Kang since he was Le'anxiang.

As a result, Yuan Shu later sent Sun Ce to crusade against Lu Kang, and Lu Kang resisted to the death for two years. When the city was broken, more than 100 Lu disciples who followed Lu Kang died due to war and famine.

So to a certain extent, Lu Xun and Lu Ji's Wu County Lu family and their Sun family have a great hatred.

It's just that the Sun clan occupied Jiangdong by force, and if the Lu clan wanted to develop and ensure the prosperity of the family, they had to rely on the enemy, which forced Lu Xun and Lu Ji to go out of Jiangdong.

But now Lu Kang sent half of the Lu family back to Wu County, and the rest of the Lu family children followed him in Lujiang, when the city was broken, only a few Lu families died, and most of the clan population escaped and ran back to Wu County.

In this case, the Lu clan must remember Shen Chen's kindness and Sun's hatred.

When the Sun clan is strong, this kindness and hatred will shrink.

Because the Lu family wants to survive and develop, since it is in the territory of the Sun family, it can only endure it.

and had to work for the Sun family in exchange for a higher political status in Jiangdong and the power to make the family stronger.

But once the Sun clan weakened, this kindness and hatred would immediately magnify.

The Lu family will immediately abandon Sun Quan, and under the pretext that Shen Chen was kind to them back then, and Sun Ce had enmity against them back then, they changed their court and joined Liu Bei's group.

Even if Liu Bei's group does weaken the family, it doesn't matter.

As long as you can continue to walk on your thighs and continue the prosperity of the family, then for the family, it is nothing more than the continued accumulation of several generations.

This Jiangdong is always their family.

Therefore, it is very understandable that the Lu family will return to Liu Bei Group.

First, as the first family to return to obedience, Liu Bei Group should set an example, and probably will not cut them too hard.

The second is to take the lead in returning to obedience, and can also smoothly take a good position in the new dynasty.

Third, and most importantly.

Now Shen Chen is like the middle of the day, like the second person in the south except for Liu Bei.

In the future, after Liu Guanzhang and these old men leave, Liu Bei's successor will inevitably rely on him, and Shen Chen will also become the mainstay of the south at that time.

As a local family in the south, when will you stay without hugging your thighs at this time?

Therefore, before Shen Chen was ready to fight Wu, a small number of powerful people of the family wrote to him, with the intention of surrendering, hoping to hug his thighs in advance and find a good home.

Among them is the Lu family.

Although the letter was not written by Lu Xun himself, it was obviously impossible if there was no meaning from him.

Therefore, finding a good owner in advance is also an investment in the long-term vision of these families.

Wei Yan naturally didn't think so deeply, it was the best thing to be able to get Wu County peacefully, and at that moment, the army entered the city smoothly and took control of Wu County.

After asking Lu to help replenish the dry food, he set off again and went straight to Jianye.

It's just that what Wei Yan didn't know was that he and Pang De were still on their way to Jianye, and Guan Yu's army was about to arrive at Sun Quan's lair.

On September 3, the 25th year of Jian'an, the fleet first Wuhu, Yuhu and Danyang.

After waiting for the follow-up grain and grass to arrive and replenish the supplies, the fleet set off again and headed for Liyang.

Liyang is the He County of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province in later generations, located in the west of the Yangtze River, across the river from Ma'anshan City, there is a famous river in the north of the county, called Wujiang River in the Han Dynasty.

The flotilla arrived at Liyang to wait for the army.

On September 10, the army led by Ma Chao arrived in Liyang.

At this time, Guan Yu had already sent Gan Ning as the vanguard and led 10,000 sailors across Shicheng to Longzangpu.

Longzangpu is the Qinhuai River, and Ganning blocked the south bank of the Qinhuai River.

After Sun Quan learned that the enemy had arrived at the Qinhuai River, he was shocked and hurriedly convened the ministers in the mansion of Marquis Wu of Jianye.

In the mansion of Marquis Wu, Zhang Zhao, Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong, Kan Ze, Sun Shao, Yan Xuan, Lu Xun, Shi Yi, Lu Ji and other more than ten Sun Quan ministers sat among them.

The candles in the hall were shining, and because the lighting was not very good, everyone's faces were intertwined with light and dark, showing everyone's complex and sad thoughts.

"Cao Pi mistook me!"

Sun Quan patted the table, he was already extremely sad and angry, and there was a painful expression on his face.

This battle was originally intended to use Dongwu as a defense to drag the main force of Liu Bei's group, but at this time, the Cao Wei group attacked, and the two sides attacked to repel the incoming enemy.

As a result, he didn't expect Cao Chun to be defeated at Dongxingdi, and even he himself was beheaded by Zhao Yun, and then the so-called main force of Cao's army was even more unknown.

The letter sent to Zhang Liao in Hefei was also like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no reply.

Now the fool knows that he was tricked by Cao Pi.

Although he didn't know what Cao Pi was thinking, Sun Quan understood that the current situation had reached a critical moment.

Zhang Zhao frowned bitterly and said: "Wu Hou, the Western Army is approaching, and the soldiers don't raise their blades, what will they do." ”

Sun Quan propped his forehead, only felt anxious, and patted angrily: "There are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses alone, and they must not sit and die in poverty." ”

"Does Wu Hou want to defend Jianye?"

Lu Xun asked.

"So what?"

Sun Quan laughed miserably: "Jianye has a thick wall in the city, and it can be resisted." How can the rest of the city be defended? Could it be that he wants to flee north to Wei? ”

Lu Xun shook his head and said: "It is the high walls of Jianye City that are difficult to resist. Wu Hou thought about it, the Jianye city wall was more than enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops, if there were only more than 10,000 soldiers to go immediately, what would happen? ”

"Forehead ....."

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Zhao said in a deep voice: "Leaking enemies on all sides. ”

"Not bad."

Lu Xun nodded: "Back then, the Red Eyebrow Army attacked Chang'an, and the first emperor Liu Xuan was forced to flee alone because of the large Chang'an City and the small number of soldiers. The Kwantung coalition army attacked Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo also avoided Chang'an because of the large city of Luoyang. The city is large, and it also needs corresponding troops to defend it, and if there are few soldiers, it is not as good as a small city. ”

This is the disadvantage of the high walls of the city.

Why is it that when many countries in history perished, once the enemy hit the capital, the monarch often chose to surrender, and there were few recalcitrant resistance.

It is because the national capital is too big, and when it is about to perish, the troops that can defend itself are very small, and the morale of the soldiers in the city is also very low, so it is better to simply surrender and change the situation.

For example, in the Han Dynasty, Chang'an, the western capital, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, were both metropolises with a height of five or six zhang and an area of tens or nearly 100 square kilometers. There are also Chengdu in the Three Kingdoms Shu Han and Jianye in Eastern Wu, which are also very tall cities, with more than 10,000 people and horses, and they can't defend at all.

Therefore, in history, Liu Xuan, Dong Zhuo, Liu Chan, and Sun Hao were not willing to defend in big cities like Luoyang, Chang'an, and Chengdu Jianye.

The same is true of the current situation.

It has been ten years since Sun Quan moved the Jiangdong administrative office from Jingkou to Jianye.

As the seat of Jiangdong Governance, Jianye's newly repaired city wall is very tall enough to accommodate more than 50,000 people to defend it.

But now there are only more than 10,000 demoralized soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, after going to the city wall, not to mention the morale problem, just talk about the huge city wall, leaking on all sides, a soldier has to defend against eight enemies who are besieging the city, even if the doppelganger technique can conjure two more soldiers out, it is also exhausted, and it is impossible to defend at all.

Therefore, Jianye is already a dilemma.

Sun Quan said mournfully: "Could it be that loneliness has reached the point of exhaustion? Cao Pi saw that he was dead and couldn't save him, Liu Bei pressed forward step by step, and the three generations of Jiangdong's foundation were ruined. ”

Zhuge Jin said softly: "Marquis Wu...... If you don't ...... Return to ......"

"Wu Hou."

Lu Xun knew what Zhuge Jin wanted to say.

But he also knew that Sun Quan would not agree easily, and if Zhuge Jin said it, maybe Sun Quan would be angry and kill him, so he immediately interrupted.

Sun Quan really glanced at Zhuge Jin with gloomy eyes, and then said to Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, what do you have to say?" ”

Lu Xun said: "The only way now is to make dangerous moves." ”

"You say."

Sun Quan stared at him with a dead gaze.

Lu Xun said: "If we choose to defend the city now, there are two problems that need to be solved. First, there are few soldiers in the city, and it is difficult to cover everything. Second, the morale of the army is low, and the fear of soldiers has no fighting spirit. ”

"Hmm."

Sun Quan nodded.

He is not a fool, so he naturally knows that Lu Xun is right.

Lu Xun continued: "If we want to solve these two problems at once, it is still too difficult for us, so we must take it step by step, we must first boost morale, and then find a way to raise troops and horses to resist Liu Bei's army." ”

Sun Quan hurriedly asked, "Then how can we boost morale?" ”

"The low morale is due to the defeat in the Battle of Jingzhou and the Battle of Mixukou, which made the soldiers feel that Jiangdong must not be able to hold it, and they don't want to die in vain, so they must have a victory to tell them that there is still hope to speak of."

Lu Xun said in a deep voice: "There is a dangerous and dangerous way now, and that is to go out of the city for a decisive battle. ”

"Going out of the city for a decisive battle?"

Everyone's eyes widened.

Zhang Zhao even said: "Bo Yan, are you hysterical? Now that the enemy has a large number of soldiers and horses, wouldn't it be a dead end to go out of the city for a decisive battle? ”

Even Sun Quan couldn't think about it anymore, but looked at Lu Xun with angry eyes.

He felt that Lu Xun was forcing him to his death.

However, Lu Xun shook his head and said: "No, this is a way to put death and live later, only in this way can Wu Hou have a glimmer of life." ”

Hearing this, Sun Quan couldn't help but almost sneered and said, "Then please explain the reason in detail." ”

Lu Xun said: "Originally, if Guan Yu fought steadily, it would be almost impossible for us to win. But he had to take over the army first, and then sent Gan Ning to lead the water army to blockade Longzangpu, and the front army arrived before the main force in the rear arrived, which was not a good thing. ”

"What's the explanation?"

Sun Quan asked.

Lu Xun said: "Do you remember that when Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, he first sent Yan Liang to attack Baima for the front army, but the result was that Cao Cao blocked the attack and lost Yan Liang and tens of thousands of troops, which caused the morale of the Yuan army to fall and the morale of the Cao army to rise, which is the reason. ”

"You mean that we should attack Ganning, and if we can defeat Ganning, we can boost morale, and then retreat to defend?"

Zhang Zhao also came back to his senses.

Lu Xun nodded and said: "Exactly, and after defeating Gan Ning, Guan Yu will not dare to act rashly, and he will definitely attack Jianye when he is well prepared." At this time, Wu Hou could immediately recruit soldiers from the counties and send troops and horses to defend, so that Jiangdong still had the possibility of survival. ”

Go out of the city for a decisive battle, and break its front army first?

Everyone pondered.

Even Sun Quan gradually calmed down and began to consider whether this proposal was correct.

Because they found that Lu Xun seemed to have some truth in what he said.

When the army is defeated, the most important thing is to win a battle and boost morale in order to be able to make a difference.

During the battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu did not rely on meteorites, but first told the Green Forest Army that their main force had taken Wancheng, and the army was about to gallop north to aid Kunyang, so that the soldiers could cheer up.

At that time, Wancheng had indeed been broken, but the main force of the Green Forest Army was still resting, and the news had not reached Kunyang, so Liu Xiu was completely lying about the military situation and forcibly boosting morale.

However, this method will work in the short term, and if the long-term reinforcements do not arrive for a long time, it will inevitably cause a big drop in morale.

So there has to be a big win.

Liu Xiu personally led more than 1,000 cavalry to fight with thousands of people sent by Wang Yi, and personally killed dozens of enemies, winning the first battle, which greatly boosted morale.

After that, he took 3,000 people and fought with more than 10,000 horses led by Wang Yi himself, killed Wang Xun, and broke Wang Mang's army.

The same goes for Cao Cao.

On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang as the vanguard to take the white horse.

Cao Cao personally led the troops to the north, blocked Yan Liang on the white horse, Guan Yu rushed into the enemy formation in the army, one person, one horse and one sword, under the protection of countless soldiers, the enemy general Yan Liang was killed, took the head and returned, and won the first victory.

After that, he retreated to Guandu and confronted Yuan Shao. He led 5,000 cavalry to attack Wuchao, burned Yuan Shao's grain and grass, and finally defeated Yuan Shao and annexed the entire north.

So what Lu Xun said was right, if you want to win, you must first boost morale.

What could be a morale boost like a victory?

Most importantly.

Guan Yu seemed to have made a big deal and sent the vanguard Gan Ning to lead only 10,000 people to block the Qinhuai River.

However, Sun Quan still had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and there were some ships that had not participated in the battle, so he actually showed a certain advantage over Gan Ning in terms of troops.

Therefore, if it is to block Gan Ning, it does not seem impossible.

Thinking of this, everyone also felt that what Lu Xun said seemed to be very reasonable, so they suggested one after another.

"Wu Hou, Bo Yan is right, if you want to keep Jianye, you must boost your morale, and only by defeating Gan Ning can your morale be boosted."

"Yes, it just so happens that Gan Ning is only 10,000 people, he will definitely not expect us to dare to go out of the city to fight, if we sneak attack at night, we will be able to defeat him, and the morale will be high."

"Yes, Marquis Wu, this is indeed a way to put oneself to death and live later. "The Art of War" has a cloud: the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory. We are waiting for a new defeat, and we need the courage to fight. ”

The crowd admonished.

Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, according to what Boyan said, in this battle, I will worship Boyan as the governor, and the soldiers and horses of Jiangdong will be handed over to you, and you will lead all the soldiers and horses out of the city at that time, and fight to the death with Gan Ning!" ”

Lu Xun arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Xun, you will live up to Wu Hou's trust!" ”