Zhou Yu strengthened his strength by fighting thieves to quell the rebellion, and Sun Quan had already known through Lu Meng and Sun Yu.

The pain in Sun Quan's heart can only be swallowed by himself, and his initial fear and unhappiness have transformed into a threat to the government.

Who can accept that military power is not controlled by the Lord? Once the general has a bad heart, he can change the day.

Although Chai Sang had the eyeliner of Lu Meng, Sun Yu, and the attendants bought by Zhou Shan, he could only know Zhou Yu's movements in time, but there was no way to reduce his military power, and he had to watch Zhou Yu sit big.

The only check and balance for Zhou Yu was the supply of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Chaisang.

Sun Quan deliberately took advantage of the contradictions between local scholars and Zhang Zhao, Sun Shao, Qin Song and others, and adopted a policy of austerity on Chaisang's grain and grass, and from time to time he had to withhold and delay for a period of time, so that Chaisang's supplies had always been in a state of scarcity.

As long as the food and grass on the front line are not sufficient, the sudden military action of the other side can be limited, and Zhou Yu can also be prevented from suddenly rebelling against himself.

Sun Quan has been hiding behind Zhang Zhao and others, acting as innocent as a political novice, but Zhou Yu has not been able to find out, so he can only save his grievances on Zhang Zhao and local officials.

Zhou Yu made up his mind to fight hemp and protect Ertun, and the most important thing was that there was a lot of grain in Liangtun, but the consumption of the war and the large number of prisoners led to the fact that the grain and grass obtained by the thieves had just leveled.

In June of the ninth year of Jian'an, a rare rainstorm hit Jingzhou, and the water level of all major rivers rose.

Jiangxia County is located in the easternmost part of Jingzhou, and it is also the starting point of the N-shaped bend of the Yangtze River.

In summer, the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River already have a huge flow, coupled with the temporary torrential rain in Jingzhou, many places in the county have been flooded and waterlogged, many city houses have collapsed, city walls have collapsed, and the loss of the county seat Shaxian is particularly obvious.

The city wall that was damaged by Jiangdong soldiers and horses last year, because Liu Biao did not give money and food support, Huang Zu could only do as much as he could, and he was sloppy when repairing the city wall, and as a result, the heavy rain gave him a due lesson.

The city of Shaxian, which was 'cared for' by the rain, was even more dilapidated than it was after the war last year.

Zhou Yu was overjoyed to get the news, he had been training and surrendering troops in Chaisang for nearly 100 days, and he had long wanted to try somewhere, and Jiangxia was undoubtedly the best battlefield.

As the so-called soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, but the grain and grass of Chaisang could only support about three days, and the grain ships of Wu County were like hanging their lives, hanging Zhou Yu's 40,000 troops.

The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, last year was calculated by Huang Zu, the people of Nanchang were taken captive, and the piles and piles are still in front of you.

Zhou Yu also indirectly caused Xu Kun to die in the sea because of 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', and he always had the idea of revenge in his heart, so he hurried back to Wu to ask for food.

If his subordinates didn't want to come to the soldiers' rations, Zhou Yu went to ask for it in person this time, and brought an elite companion from the army.

No matter whether Zhang Zhao, Sun Shao or the Jiangdong Shi clan obstructed, Zhou Yu had the idea of offending people and wanted to get food, he thought that if he succeeded in defeating Jiangxia, the contradictions at this time could be resolved.

After all, the resources of a county are innumerable, and they are by no means comparable to the food of a war.

Last time Zhou Yu led his troops back to King Wu Qin, this time Zhou Yu led his troops back to Wu to ask for food, and those who didn't know thought he was going to rebel, at least that's what Sun Quan thought at the time.

At that time, the garrison of Wu County was only 3,000, which could not stop the elite of Zhou Yu's army at all, and Zhu Huan had gathered the troops assembled in the past year, and was sent by Sun Quan to Huiji to help He Qi quell the rebellion.

Sun Quan is young but suspicious, and he is always worried that the general will hold him hostage.

A few years ago, Zhou Yu led his troops into Wu's strength, and his brother Sun Wei raised troops to rebel against him, these things have been deeply engraved in Sun Quan's mind and cannot be erased throughout his life.

When Zhou Yu left his troops outside the city and only brought a team of guards into the city, Sun Quan's hanging heart finally became more steady.

Sun Quan then led his ministers out of the palace, which surprised the governor of Dadu who came from afar, but after he entered the palace, he still went straight to the point, saying that Jingzhou had just suffered a major flood, and the situation in Jiangxia was particularly serious, and it was a good time to send troops to take revenge.

Sun Quan did not hesitate after hearing this, and lightly twisted his purple beard in agreement: "I am full of confidence in the majority of the governors, and now even the heavens are helping Jiangdong, how can I disagree?" The Metropolitan Governor is in charge of Jiangdong soldiers, horses, and ships, and you can send someone to inform you of this matter, so why do you go back to Wu in person? ”

Zhou Yu clasped his fists and said: "The last general returned to Wu to ask for food, the military rations of Chaisang have been tight for half a year, and the soldiers are hungry and can't win the battle, and I hope that the lord will allocate enough grain and grass, so that the last general can completely defeat Huang Zu and seize Jiangxia, and avenge the old general (Sun Jian), Guangdehou (Xu Kun) and Ling Xiaowei (Ling Cao) and others." ”

"Chaisang's lack of food and grass?"

Sun Quan pretended not to know, and immediately turned around and asked Zhang Zhao: "Zhang Gong is in charge of Jiangdong's internal affairs, why has he never heard you mention this matter?" ”

Zhang Zhao smiled awkwardly after hearing this, and he stroked his mottled beard for a while.

You deliberately borrowed the mouths of Zhuge Jin, Bu Qi and others to let me deliberately control the grain and grass of the garrisons in various places, how can you not know such obvious intentions?

Now you're pretending to be confused?

After all, Zhang Zhao is old and has deep experience, and when he saw that Sun Quan deliberately pushed him to deal with it, he was very knowledgeable on the spot and did not debunk it, and cooperated to help explain: "The lord has all kinds of opportunities, and the old minister can't bear to see it, and he usually only picks up important reports." ”

Sun Quanxin said good guy, sure enough, the old Jianghu knew my intentions, and then pretended to be surprised and asked: "Zhang Gong also commanded the army to fight, he should know that the lack of food and grass will lead to mutiny, and now the soldiers of the Metropolitan Governor are hungry, so don't tell me about such a big thing?" ”

Zhang Zhao stared at Zhou Yu and asked seriously: "Dadu Dudu, are you really hungry?" It shouldn't be, Wu County has a grain ship to go to Chaisan every few days. ”

Zhou Yu frowned and said: "It's not hungry, but the military rations in the rear are intermittent, and they can only be guaranteed for a few days at a time, so there is no way to start a foreign war. ”

Zhang Zhao had a bitter face, and said with a beard: "The metropolitan governor must be considerate of the rear, this year all parts of the rebellion are being quelled, the harvest of each county is also uneven, the tax in the special war area is almost none, the grain in the treasury has long been stretched, and all places need to allocate military rations, I will not lack the metropolitan governor who is lacking, but I can only ensure that the Chaisang soldiers are not frozen, if you want to ensure sufficient food at one time, then the other soldiers will starve, and the officials will also be affected."

"I've heard about those difficulties, but now that the time is rare, can't I borrow some from the rich?" Zhou Yu's questioning voice was obviously heavier.

Zhang Zhaozhi shook his head: "Since General Bo Fu raised his army, Jiangdong has not been calm for a year, almost most of the time there have been wars, rich families have donated and borrowed, if you find rich people to borrow grain on a large scale, I am afraid it will cause turmoil"

Zhou Yu frowned and looked at Zhang Zhao, and then set his eyes on Sun Quan.

"Is there really no way?"

"Me"

Zhang Zhao's words were still in his throat, and Sun Quan took over the words, only to see him say seriously: "Zhang Gong, the opportunity to expand the territory is rare, try to make up for the metropolitan governor, move the food for other garrisons, and everyone will also cut down on food and clothing for a period of time, and from today onwards, half of the expenses of our government will be reduced, and half a month's food will be guaranteed for the metropolitan governor first." ”

"Then the old minister's mansion is also."

Zhang Zhao was also about to make a statement, when a shrill voice suddenly came from the hall.

"Half a month is not enough."

Zhou Yu left five sonorous words, making the entire hall suddenly quiet as night.

(End of chapter)