With Sun Yi's righteous support, the food crisis in Liyang was temporarily lifted, and this beautiful talk gradually spread.

During this time, because of Zhou Yu, public opinion in Wu County was burning like a fire.

It wasn't until the news of Sun Yi's food donation appeared that the public opinion of Zhou Yu's poisoning was diluted, but Sun Yi became a new topic of conversation.

Many people praised him for having the style of being a brother and a father, and he spoke very highly.

Zhou Shan escorted Zhou Yu's body back to Wu, and Zhou's wife, Bao, listened to the advice of the clansmen and invited her to conduct an autopsy before the burial to verify that Zhou Yu had indeed died of poisoning.

And Huang Zu, the murderer designated by Sun Quan, was really questioned that he had no chance to be poisoned.

For a time, public opinion in Wu County was out of control, and there were heated discussions in the military camps and streets and alleys, and there were all kinds of strange speculations.

Seeing this, Zhou Shan followed Sun Quan's plan and deliberately led the murderers to Cao Cao, Long Xiang, Sun Ben and the assassins of Sun Ce.

Among these suspects, except for Sun Ben, who is his own person, the rest are either Jiangdong's opponents or Jiangdong's enemies, but Zhou Yu's last meal before his death was in Nanchang, and Sun Ben became the person with the most chance to be poisoned.

In addition, Sun Ben and Cao Cao are sons and daughters, and his younger brother Sun Fu was placed under house arrest for secretly conforming to Cao Cao, and he also has great motives for committing crimes.

When all the evidence pointed to Sun Ben, none of the Sun clan members in Wu County stood up to speak for him, which greatly reduced the prestige of this Sun family patriarch.

Zhou's wife Bao also locked the enemy on Sun Ben, but only Sun Quan could solve this matter, she visited Sun Quan's wife Xu every day during the period when Sun Quan did not return from the west, and often showed her grievances with tears in front of people, just like Xu's performance during the time when she lost her father.

Sun Quan knew the cause of Zhou Yu's death better than anyone else, and he deliberately led the contradiction to Sun Ben, and he did not intend to judge his brother.

Without actual evidence, Sun Quan can't move Sun Ben, but through this incident, Sun Ben's political feathers can be polluted, so that he can no longer serve as the head of the Sun family.

After Sun Quan achieved his goal, he put all the blame on Huo Chun and let the loyal servants who threw himself into the river bear everything.

Zhou Shan waited in Wu County for a while, and when he saw that the public opinion of the poisoning incident was replaced by Sun Yi, he followed the grain ship to the front line to resume his life.

Sun Quan has great ambitions for this expedition to the west, and Zhou Shan still wants to keep up and get some military merits, after all, he can only be trusted to do dirty work for the lord, and if he wants to be rich, he has to go to the battlefield.

In late October, Zhou Shan was on his way to Jiangxia, and the Jiangdong Army finally captured Shaxian after 100 days.

Sun Quan was ashamed this time and fought a beautiful battle of annihilation, not only eliminating the Jiangxia defenders, but even the main general Huang Zu was also killed.

The new governor of the capital, Lu Meng, also won prestige in this battle, in addition to Huang Zu was killed by him first, during which he also stabbed several partial generals.

Sun Quan killed Huang Zu to occupy Shaxian, and several counties in the south of Jiangxia were surrendered, but there was no sign of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses, and Sun Quan also had to rest for a few days according to Zhou Yu's plan to continue to march westward into Jiangling, and then encroach on the four counties of Wuling, Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang.

In this battle of Jiangxia, the attacker's strength was several times that of the defender, and it fought for 100 days when the city defense was damaged.

Sun Quan understood that this was not all his credit, without Sun Ce and his several attacks and weakening, Huang Zu would not have lost his life so quickly.

It is rare to encounter Jingzhou being ravaged by floods, Sun Quan does not plan to withdraw his troops so quickly, and the prestige he has lost on Cao Cao is ready to be picked up in Jingzhou.

There were Jiangdong warships blocking the Yangtze River, Huang Zu could not get any external rescue, and the supplies in the city finally became less and less.

After Sun Quan broke the city, he thought about making up for it, but as a result, Huang Zu not only left him with many empty official warehouses, but also left 20,000 hungry people.

In this way, Sun Quan not only had to use his own food to hold a celebration feast, but also needed to feed the captives evenly.

These people were originally from Jingzhou, and after Sun Ce first broke through Shaxian, they swept to Yuzhang, and were robbed back by Huang Zu in Nanchang.

In the face of these 'capricious' people, Sun Quan fell into a dilemma for a while.

Sun Quan had the idea of annexing Jingzhou, so he had no intention of withdrawing from the occupied Jiangxia, and these people became the people of Jiangdong, but the consumption of 20,000 mouths was huge, and they were allowed to eat the military rations transported from afar, and the high cost made Zhang Zhao feel painful.

The Jiangdong army still has to march west, and the 20,000 people can neither let it run away, nor can they be sent back to Jiangdong itself as slaves.

Staying in Jiangxia was the easiest, but these captives were left with only one mouth.

Thinking of Tuwan County that day, Sun Quan also had the idea of killing in a pit, and finally decided to stay for a while and hang their lives with gruel, which is a big deal to suffer more for the people in the rear.

During the rest of the Jiangdong army in Jiangxia, Zhou Shan arrived with the grain ship to return to Sun Quan.

Zhou Shan's public opinion guidance made Sun Quan quite satisfied.

When Sun Quan was in a good mood, he immediately rewarded Zhou Shan with a sweet date and asked him to stay in Jiangling.

Seeing Zhou Shanxi's smile, Sun Quan suddenly remembered the 20,000 captives, and was worried that there would be a problem with the grain and grass dispatch in the rear, so he frowned and asked: "In order to ensure that the grain and grass in the western expedition are sufficient, I have cut a lot of local supply expenditures, and it is estimated that this situation will continue for a long time, I don't know if Changxu (Sun Shao) and Yuan Si (Gu Yong) can handle it?" Do the counties below complain about the grain? ”

"Hmm"

Zhou Shan pinched his chin and thought about it, and replied: "It may be that Zhou Yu's matter is too big, but the last general didn't hear any complaints, and all counties and counties also took turns to supply food according to the allocation. By the way, a few days ago, the Liyang garrison sent people to Danyang to ask Sun Taishou for help due to lack of supplies, and Wanling then transported a lot of grain across the river, so the lord didn't have to worry at all, they would find their own way if they were in trouble. ”

After hearing this, Sun Quan looked at Zhou Shan with a serious face, and said in his heart, Are you as stupid as Huo Chun?

Tai Shici didn't look for me when he was in difficulty, but went to Sun Yi to ask for food, don't you know who is the lord of Jiangdong?

In addition, how much grain is stored in Danyang? You can easily help Liyang.

Did Tai Shici send people to ask for food, or did Sun Yi deliberately win over the generals?

You and my brother sympathized with each other in Shenting Ridge, and now you and your third brother appreciate each other?

Sun Quan is suspicious by nature, and he likes to think about things when he encounters them, especially with a sensitive identity like Sun Yi, he can't help but think cranky.

"My lord, if there is nothing else, the last general will go first."

Zhou Shan was about to resign, but Sun Quan suddenly raised his hand to interrupt, and said solemnly: "Jiangling City is stronger than Shaxian, and it may not be able to be taken in a short time, it is useless to stay on the front line in the early stage of the war, you still go back to the rear to help me, and it is urgent to come back at the end of the year." ”

"Huh? Oh, I listen to my lord."

Zhou Shan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and quickly understood Sun Quan's good intentions.

Sun Quan raised two fingers and said: "There are two things to do when I go back this time, one is to take Huang Zu's head and go to pay tribute to my father, Gong Jin, Ling Xiaowei and others, this matter can be handed over to Sun Changxu or Zhuge Ziyu to do; Second, I want you to go to Danyang secretly to investigate the relationship between Taishi Ziyi and Shubi (Sun Yi), if Danyang has surplus grain to support the Liyang garrison, it means that Danyang's task of handing over military rations is not heavy, and perhaps it should be adjusted again. ”

"Yui." Zhou Shan hugged his fists and responded.

(End of chapter)