After Sun Quan attacked Huang Zu and lost the general Ling Cao, he retreated to clean up the territory, pacified the bandits, and often thought about revenge.

Suddenly, I heard that Liu Cong rose to Jingzhou, received Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to defeat Cao Ren, and recovered the entire territory of Nanyang.

Cao Cao also sent an envoy to Jianye, accused Sun Quan of resisting the order, and ordered him to immediately send troops to Jiangxia in response to the heavens.

At this time, Zhou Yu was training in Chaisang, and Sun Quan discussed countermeasures with Lu Su and Zhang Zhao.

Sun Quan said: "If you help Cao, Liu Biao's father and son will die quickly, and Jingzhou will be obtained by Cao Cao, and Jiangdong will be endangered; If you don't help Cao, but your father's revenge has to be avenged, what is the best plan for the two? ”

Lu Su said: "Jingzhou and Jiangdong are dependent on each other, and I have heard that Cao Cao built a Xuanwu Pond to train the water army, and there must be a southern expedition, and Jingzhou will be lost, and Jiangdong will be attacked." Liu Qi resisted Cao, like a sandpiper and a clam fighting, it is better to wait and see what happens, and wait for the opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

Zhang Zhao sneered: "Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to sit in the north, how many millions under his command?" Liu Qi's kid doesn't know the height of the sky, and if he moves the tiger's might, he will inevitably incur the disaster of death. The lord never sent his son into the court last time, Cao Cao held a grudge, if he disobeyed the order again and handed over the Cao family, he sent troops on this ground, who could stop him? Sending troops at this time can not only take revenge, but also form a good relationship with the Cao family, why not? ”

Lu Su said: "I foolishly think that Liu Qi has suddenly risen and collected Nanyang in half a month, and there will be something to be done, so it is better to stand still and watch its movements." If Liu Qiguo can resist Cao, he should focus on the overall situation, take revenge, and conspire with the Central Plains. ”

Zhang Zhao has always been dissatisfied with Lu Su's youth and carelessness, and said: "Most of the capital supervises the army Chaisang, and knows all the changes in Jingzhou, why not order it to make independent decisions, if you can send troops, from Chaisang to Xiakou, morning and evening, you will be Huangzu!" ”

"Zhang Gong is reasonable!" Sun Quan had a hard time making a choice, so he had to throw the problem to Zhou Yu.

Zhang Zhao was complacent, Zhou Yu had always advocated conquest and disagreed with him, but this time in order to marry Cao Cao, he had to let Zhou Yu get his heart.

The envoy went to Chaisang to give an order, and Lu Meng was overjoyed and said: "Gan Ning has been transferred to Nanyang, and the rest of the generals are not afraid. ”

Zhou Yu stood at the mouth of the river with his hands in his hands, looked at the north and was silent, and said slowly after a while: "The time has not come!" ”

Lu Meng was puzzled: "Now Jingzhou is fully mobilizing troops to resist Cao, the territory is empty, and Jiangxia can drum to the west, according to Chu Pass to occupy the Yangtze River, what is the doubt?" ”

Zhou Yu said angrily: "Liu Qi soared into the sky, Guan Zhang used his life, and Xu Shu and Wolong helped, the battle of Nanyang is unpredictable!" ”

Lu Meng laughed and said: "Liu Qi's sick man, he has been bullied by the Cai family for many years, and he got lucky, but it was short-lived, Jingzhou will be obtained by the Cao family sooner or later, why not plan it early?" ”

While they were deliberating, they reported that Xiahoudun's 100,000-strong army was defeated in Bowang, and the whole army was annihilated and fled back to Xuchang.

Lu Meng was shocked: "How can Liu Qi be able to defeat Cao Jun again?" ”

"Liu Qi? Golden scales/Is it a thing in the pool......"

Zhou Yu let out a long sigh, a ray of light in the depths of his eyes disappeared, and ordered Lu Meng and others to continue training and strictly control the water villages everywhere.

When he turned back to Chaisang and came to the back hall, he smelled a strong aroma of wine, and said helplessly: "Shiyuan is drunk again!" ”

A person in the wing room laughed and said: "The lord of Jingzhou has appeared, my relatives and friends have been preserved, and there are successors to the Han family. ”

Zhou Yu came to the door, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, a wry smile appeared on his handsome face, and he sighed: "I heard that Wolong and Phoenix Chicks are equally famous, Phoenix Chicks are wandering, Wolong is a village husband, and the people of Jingzhou are all vulgar like this?" ”

A person in the room leaned on the desk, drinking with his chest bare, with a short appearance, eight-character eyebrows, triangular eyes, two whiskers, and a strange smile at the corner of his mouth.

Pang Tong traveled to Jiangdong years ago, and Jiangdong Lu Ji, Gu Shao and other friends, when returning to pass by Chaisang, was retained by Zhou Yu, although not a military counselor, but knew everything about Jingzhou.

"Hahaha!" Pang Tong laughed and said: "Wolong Tianzong is a genius, his elegance is not inferior to the governor, even if it is piano skills, it is also surpassed!" ”

"Oh?" Zhou Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he walked over and sat opposite, "Kong Ming's talent, how is it better than Mr.?" ”

"Ten times as much as me!"

Zhou Yu was taken aback, saw Pang Tong's indifferent expression, and asked: "Today, Cao Cao gathered 500,000 troops to take revenge, and wanted to swallow Nanyang to take Jingzhou, Liu Qi's troops were less than 100,000, what does Mr. think will win or lose?" ”

Pang Tong took a sip of wine and asked rhetorically: "Yuan Cao Guandu clashed, what does the governor think will win or lose?" ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Yuan Shao is arrogant and arrogant, he can't use people, Cao Cao is a traitor in the world, how can he talk about the same day?" ”

Pang Tong tugged at his beard and said lightly: "The governor is familiar with reading military books, don't you hear that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated?" ”

Zhou Yu sat there and pondered for a long time, knowing that Pang Tong was asleep and the snoring sounded, so he was alarmed and got up and returned to the lobby.

Immediately wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to Jianye to report to Sun Quan, the navy had not yet been trained, the boats were not prepared, and the troops could not be dispatched.

After he finished arranging everything, he came back to ask Pang Tong about Wolong, but he saw that the room was empty, and there was a war note on the table, which read: The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!

Zhou Yu was stunned when he saw it, and scolded angrily: "Feng Chick, Feng Chick, you are really a disciple of the drill camp!" Knowing that Jingzhou was going to be in chaos, he fled to Jiangdong, and now he saw Liu Qi get up and drift away, and he needed to return my wine ten times a day. ”

In Jianye City, Sun Quan read the letter, stroked his beard and laughed: "If the hero really sees the same!" ”

immediately ordered someone to invite Lu Su to come, handed him the letter, and said with a smile: "What Gongjin said really coincides with Zijing." ”

Sun Quan's happiness lies in the fact that his inner thoughts are consistent with Zhou Yu and Lu Su, which makes him more confident.

This is like a student who has just entered the school and finds that his problem-solving ideas are the same as those of the teacher, and his heart can be imagined.

"This is also the wisdom of the lord!" Lu Su praised Sun Quan first, and then looked down at the letter.

After reading it, he said: "The Central Plains is a land in the sea, both of which are the way for the Han Dynasty to start a business, and the lord wants to become a hegemon. ”

"Although Gong Jin is belligerent, he also knows the overall situation!" Sun Quan smiled proudly: "Cao Cao was angry and raised his army, and as much as he raised the army to open Nanyang, the two armies were already like fire and water. Cao Cao laughed at Liu Qi as a dog dolphin, just to be my Jiangdong guard dog, its two tigers competed, and I took the opportunity to settle Huainan. ”

Lu Su nodded and said: "Now that the two armies are annexed to each other, if Liu Qi wins, Cao's army will be greatly injured, and Cao Cao can be punished together to settle Huainan and enter the Central Plains; If Cao Cao wins, he can take advantage of the situation to divide the land of Jingzhou, divide the river and rule, Xitu Bashu, and the king can succeed! ”

Sun Quan stroked his beard and laughed: "Since ancient times, guarding the river must guard the Huai, if you get the land of Huainan, with the Jianghuai as the boundary, enter the Central Plains, retreat to defend the Jiangdong, you can calmly deal with Cao thief!" ”

At the moment, the two discussed, and Sun Quan sent someone to reply to Cao Cao, deducing that there were rampant sects and thieves in Jiangdong, and the naval army had not yet succeeded, so it was not enough to send troops, so it was allowed to postpone the date for a while.

He also strictly ordered all localities to stay still, but secretly according to Zhou Yu's plan, they mobilized troops in Niuzhu and Misu, and waited for the opportunity to move when the battle of Nanyang was decided.