At the time of the fierce battle in the middle, Cao Cao and Liu Qi were trying their best to win over Sun Yu, the Taishou of Lujiang, and the gains and losses of Lujiang were the key to affecting the battle of Huainan.

Sun Yu's surrender to Cao can open up the Yuzhang contact, and the Wei army can enter Peng Lize from the Lujiang River, unite with Sun Fu and Sun Yu, and form an encirclement of Huainan.

If Liu Qi wins the Lujiang River, Sun Fu will be isolated and helpless, and the defeat is imminent, not only to relieve the worries, but also to take Pengcheng directly from the stone pavilion of the Lujiang River, so that the Wei army will suffer from the enemy.

The envoys of the two sides exchanged many times, Cao Cao promised Sun Yu to assassinate the history of Yangzhou, and the marquis paid homage to the general, Liu Qi sent Sun's children to persuade him, and Xiaozhi was moved by emotion and reason, but he failed to persuade Sun Yu.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed, Yuzhang's emergency letter was delivered like snowflakes, and Peng Cai, a thief from the Poyang Lake Sect, was banned and exterminated, and Nanchang was in an emergency, but Cao Cao was out of reach.

On this day, he was discussing with Sima Yi about taking the Lujiang River, and suddenly Cao Chun walked forward quickly with a happy face, and said: "Congratulations to the prime minister, take the opportunity of Hefei!" ”

Cao Cao was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Cao Chun said: "Sure enough, as the prime minister expected, Liu Qi couldn't convince the public when he arrived in Shouchun, and he disagreed with the veterans Huang Gai and Han Dang, so he went to Huainan to dispatch the navy in a fit of anger. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and when things were as he expected, he became suspicious in his heart, stroked his beard and muttered for a moment, and looked at Sima Yi: "Zhongda, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Sima Yi replied: "When Liu Qi first arrived in Hefei, he incited the people in the name of revenge and recruited more than 10,000 soldiers. ”

Cao Chun said dissatisfied: "I saw it with my own eyes in Shouchun's fine work, Huang Gai left in court, Liu Qi took the case and left, Jiangdong is already a general, can this be fake?" ”

Cao Cao sneered: "Liu Qi is cunning and resourceful, and what he sees may not be true. ”

Cao Chun said hurriedly: "The prime minister expected that the generals of Jiangdong would be stubborn and would not accept Liu Qi, but now that this is the case, why do you doubt yourself?" ”

Cao Cao snorted slightly: "If it's just Huang Gai and others who are disobedient on the spot, it is reasonable, this is a martial arts act." But Liu Qi is very good at forbearance, and he is the most inspiring person, so he will not run away angrily, but will stay to persuade the generals, which will inevitably add to the snake. ”

Cao Chun asked: "Now that Liu Qi has left Shouchun, there is no one in Jiangdong to preside over the overall situation, why don't the prime minister take the opportunity to send troops?" ”

Cao Cao sighed: "I wanted to take advantage of the discord and wait for the opportunity to take Hefei, but now that Liu Qi has left Shouchun, Huang Gai and others will work together to defend the city." I expected that Liu Qi must see me go to Pengcheng in person, and there was no chance to take advantage of it, so he wanted to borrow the power of the Jiangdong Navy to capture Pi from Surabaya and take Xuzhou in a roundabout way. ”

Sima Yi nodded and said: "What the prime minister said is very true, although Liu Qi is in charge of Jiangdong, but after all, he is a foreigner, and he should bear the burden of humiliation." In my humble opinion, this son went to Huainan, which may be related to Zhou Yu's southward movement. ”

"Hmm-" Cao Cao's eyes flickered, and he was secretly shocked by Sima Yi's keenness, and stroked his beard and laughed: "Liu Qi's little insect carving skills, can An hide it from me?" ”

Sima Yi admonished: "Zhou Yu has no intention of surrendering, the southward movement is unknown, the prime minister must be on guard, if he really colludes with Liu Qi secretly, once the two meet, Zhou Yu will command the water army, and it will be a trouble for his henchmen." ”

Cao Cao's expression did not move, and he smiled lightly: "Don't worry, Zhongda, I have already arranged this matter, and when Sun Yu has news, it will not be too late to take Shouchun." Wen Lie has trained into a 100,000 naval army in Huainan, I want to see if the golden scales to Xuyi can win against my Cao family's thousands of miles. ”

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Surabaya flows into Huaishui from Xiapi, the confluence of the two rivers, there are many lakes, the waterway is vertical and horizontal, Fuling Lake connects both sides of the Huai River, Suiling in the north, Xuyi in the south.

After Jiangdong attacked Guangling, the navy entered Huai from Hangou and occupied Huaishui, and the Wei army had to build a water village in Suiling to choke the mouth of Surabaya and contain the Jiangdong navy.

Jiangdong Water Village is built in Xuyi, here is the important place of Huainan, in the past, the Warring States fought for power, the princes would be in this place, and it was the capital of Chu State, it can be seen that the terrain is critical.

The land of Huaisi is flooded frequently, Fuling Lake is also expanding, the previous many lakes are gradually connected, the water area is three or four hundred miles, and the former capital of Chu has already sunk to the bottom of the lake.

Liu Qi wanted to go back to the old city to remember the ancients, and by the way, he used a poem to boost morale, but he fell silent when he looked at the vast lake and clusters of reeds.

At this time, although the waters of Fuling Lake are not as good as the later Hongze Lake, the magnificence is not as good as Dongting, and the vastness is not as good as Taihu Lake, but it has been quite large-scale and can be used for boats and boats.

Outside Xuyi Water Village, large and small ships shuttle back and forth, from the inlet to Shouchun, hundreds of miles along the coast, there are sentinel boats coming and going, the small boats of the two armies fight no less than hundreds of times, each has casualties.

The warmth in the village was warm, and there were bursts of laughter, and I saw that the Jiangdong generals were surrounding Liu Qi, their eyes were shining, and some people even accidentally drooled.

The smell of fragrance at the gate of the village, the generals of the navy were all shocked, the dignified nobles, the generals, the Marquis of Xiangyang, would personally cook and do the things of these women.

Since Liu Qi arrived in Xuyi, he neither discussed the military with Zhou Tai and others, nor inspected the water village, but caught crabs all over the camp like he had seen a treasure, declaring that he wanted to make a delicious meal.

The generals all laughed, could it be that the people of Jingzhou had never eaten fish, but they caught this hard-shelled and clumsy thing, how could this thing be eaten?

Liu Qi ordered someone to tie up the crab and put it in the cage drawer, and half an hour later, everyone was shocked when they smelled a burst of fragrance.

Before it came out of the cage, Zhou Tai couldn't help but exclaim: "I didn't expect this crab to be steamed with such a delicacy. ”

Jiang Qin couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "I have heard the general's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." ”

Ma Zhong swallowed his saliva and wondered: "This thing is fragrant, but it is covered in a hard shell, how to use it?" ”

Liu Qi untied the cage drawer, looked at the eight neat big red crabs, sighed with emotion, took out one and said with a smile: "Today I will be the first person to eat crabs." ”

I still remember that the Xuyi crab in later generations is also very famous, the price is affordable, the meat is tender, and he never forgot it after eating it once.

This revisit, although the terrain is very different, but the crabs crawling all over the ground are exactly the same, you can see them everywhere on the shore and boat, and no one dares to eat them, which is simply a violent thing.

Seeing Liu Qi peel off the shell of the crab and reveal the crab roe inside, everyone pouted with disgust, and when Liu Qi picked a piece and fed it to his mouth, he had an expression like eating.

"It's delicious, the original ecology is different!" Liu Qi nodded again and again, praising endlessly.

"This ...... Is it delicious? Seeing Liu Qi continue to peel the shell and eat with relish, Zhou Tai finally couldn't help but sit opposite and was eager to try.

Liu Qi pointed to the cage drawer, waved his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. ”

The generals of Jiangdong glanced at each other, and finally couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance, and each took one and learned to peel it off, and suddenly felt the fragrance in his nose.

Zhou Tai only took a small bite, and suddenly the scars on his face seemed to have a smile, and he exclaimed: "It's really delicious, if there is another pot of wine, it is better than a living immortal." ”

Liu Qi laughed and said, "Come on, go to Du Kang!" ”