The big ship went west.

The conversation between Guan Yu and Zhang Zhao continued.

"It's strange to say, I was driven away by General Guan, but because of fate, I was able to be on the same ship with General Guan, and the world is really impermanent."

Guan Yu was also embarrassed, he didn't want to respond to Zhang Zhao, in fact, he and Zhang Zhao were two people from completely different worlds, and there were not many topics to talk about.

However, because he knew the purpose of Zhang Zhao's trip to Jiangling this time, Guan Yu was also curious, "Zhang Changshi, you Dongwu want to negotiate peace with Jingzhou, Guan Mou will not agree, but do you think my son will agree?" ”

This...

A sensitive question appeared in the ears of Zhang Zhao and Zhang Cheng, and the two looked at each other.

In the end, Zhang Zhao was still a little hesitant, he first shook his head, but nodded as if he had thought of something, and then said, "I don't know, but your son often does things unexpectedly... When General Guan was on the Eastern Expedition in the past, how could he have thought... Will you be transferred back to Gangneung by your son one day? ”

Belch...

Zhang Zhao's words were a little heart-wrenching.

Guan Yu subconsciously swallowed his saliva, feeling a little pain in his heart, not only his heart, but also... Liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys... All the internal organs hurt a little.

To be precise, it's not the pain, it's the colic...

Zhang Zhao's voice continued, as if he was very happy to pour salt on Guan Yu's wound, "Besides, if your son insists on attacking Jiangdong, then why replace General Xiaguan?" During this period of time, General Guan also discovered that the defenders of Lujiang City were not mediocre, and the hearts of my Dongwu soldiers to defend the land were beyond imagination... Coupled with my father-in-law's drastic reforms, at this time of crisis... Up and down, such a Lujiang City... IMHO, it's not so easy to break! ”

Rarely, Zhang Zhao was stiff.

On the other hand, Guan Yu still didn't speak, but his heart was turbulent, and he was thinking about something.

Why did Yunqi use the flying ball several times when attacking Fancheng.

can attack this Lujiang, but...

Although Yunqi is also prepared to have the help of Lu Gong and Double Hook Car, why did he not mention the tactics of using flying balls and purgatory fire in the face of such a strong Lujiang City?

This? And why?

Guan Yu couldn't help but reverie... Together with what Zhang Zhao mentioned, Lujiang is indeed a fortified city.

Time...

Guan Yu couldn't help muttering in his heart, could it be that Yunqi's original plan didn't plan to conquer Jiangdong in one go?

Or Yunqi is also as kind-hearted as a big brother, because Lujiang City not only has soldiers, but also people... He didn't want to see the lives of this Lujiang City ruined...

Is that so?

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From autumn to winter, the weather gradually cooled, the leaves turned from green to yellow, the flowers withered from blooming, and the howling wind became more and more desolate.

For Sun Shangxiang, who left his hometown and walked back and forth for many years in this absurd situation, the autumn breeze in Gangneung City did not have half a fruitful taste, but it would cause people to feel sad.

It's rare that she finally survived the confinement and waterboarding...

also survived the long months of the days when no one spoke to her.

Ever since she was waterboarded, the sound of water droplets has always echoed in her ears, and this light voice seems to be extremely heavy in her heart... Heavier than a thousand pounds.

This voice made this bow-waisted Ji and sword fairy of Eastern Wu panic all day long.

Finally, she saw the light of day again, and when she was led out of the place where she was confined, when the sun shone through the clouds on her face, she had a feeling of being out of the world, and she cherished it... This fresh air.

It was at this time that she saw her niece who had come out of the forbidden zone with her, the Great Tiger Sun Luban!

And... came to pick them both up, the little tiger Sun Luyu.

- "Are they imprisoned here, too?"

With a question in his heart, Sun Shangxiang pursed his lips, and then boarded the carriage with trepidation.

Not much...

The roar of the big tiger Sun Luban came from the carriage, "Little sister? Are you stupid? Do you want us to surrender to Guan Lin, and help him seek Jiangdong? Are you out of the blue? Or did he pour you some kind of ecstasy soup..."

As expected...

When Sun Luyu proposed the purpose of her coming, proposed that they surrender to Guan Lin together, and even help him attack Jiangdong and help him in the fall of Eastern Wu.

Sun Luban is undoubtedly the most indignant one...

Sun Luyu seemed to have anticipated his sister's temper a long time ago, and directly retorted: "Sister... Open your eyes and take a look, since the first hit of the Cloud Banner Gongzi, for more than a year, Eastern Wu and Cao Wei have had the upper hand in the battle against Jingzhou? There will be fewer and fewer fights, and the city will be more and more outnumbered, is it... It must be the fall of Eastern Wu, after the death of the Sun family, are you satisfied, sister? ”

Speaking of this, Sun Luyu paused for a moment, and then bit his lip heavily: "Face and life, if I can only choose one, then I would rather choose for the whole clan, to choose to let more people live... All strife will end here, okay... Jiangdong has been peaceful for so many years, don't let it fall into misery again, okay? ”

The words are sincere, and the words are conclusive-

These words are not because Sun Luyu deliberately got close to him and stood on his side because he had a skin-to-skin relationship with Guan Lin...

But looking at everything that has happened here in the past year or so, Sun Luyu has to admit a fact.

Everyone wants to turn the tables against the wind, but in the end... It's often the deeper and deeper!

Such a story... Sun Luyu has heard too much since he was a child.

She likes to live and work in peace and contentment, and she likes to be happy and healthy, but the situation has drawn her into this storm, and she can only do her best to make the disaster of this storm a little less.

It's just that Sun Luban has heard her words..."Crazy... You are the body handed over to that Guan Lin, even the heart... It's all on Guan Lin, you... You really got the ecstasy soup from him! ”

"Sister..."

This time, without waiting for Sun Luyu to open his mouth, Sun Luban had already turned his gaze to Sun Shangxiang's side, "Aunt... Look at Xiaohu and listen to what she is saying? What she said... Isn't it that the relatives are painful and the enemies are happy? ”

(Ps's previous aunt's title was wrong, and it has been corrected since then!) ）”

"Aunt..."Sun Luyu also looked at Sun Shangxiang longingly.

She knew that in order to convince her sister, it was not enough for him alone, she had to get Sun Shangxiang's support...

But aunt, will she support her?

On the other hand, Sun Shangxiang at this moment, she showed a completely different calm from the past, she seemed to have changed as a person, or... Confinement, waterboarding, loneliness... These terrible things can completely change a person in a short period of time.

"Big Tiger, Little Tiger... Listen to me..."

Sun Shangxiang's voice came out, with some emotion, "Xiaohu Fangcai's words are not good, but what he said... Undoubtedly right, about Lin in... No one in Koto can defeat him..."

When mentioned here... Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but recall the days of seclusion, every time a general in Eastern Wu died, betrayed, every battle was lost, how many people died...

Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong, Zhu Zhi, Ding Feng, these names fell on the battlefield one by one, and more names from Eastern Wu have now become generals in Jingzhou, which is too ironic.

Even, when Sun Shangxiang heard that Zhu Ran, who was her childhood sweetheart, had died in a pool of blood, she felt that the last hope in her heart, the last light, was all extinguished.

The most terrifying thing is that she didn't even because of Zhu Ran's death... And he has a little hatred for Guan Lin.

She seemed to be convinced, scared, compromised, and gave up...

Such emotions have long spread in my heart...

Even if Guan Lin has never tortured her, even if she has only symbolically felt a waterboarding, but this is enough, a few months of loneliness... It is even more traumatic than the "boiling eagle".

Shengsheng smoothed out Sun Shangxiang's "bowed waist" temperament.

With this in mind...

A few tears welled up in Sun Shangxiang's eyes, and she opened her mouth sadly, "Big Tiger... Your sister is right, we have to open our eyes and see how many people are left with your father? Look at Soochow today? What else can you rely on, and on whom can you rely on it? ”

"After all... Eventually... That Guan Lin proved that your father's method is not better than that of the eldest brother, balancing the big clan and the meritorious old ministers, and using compromise and killing to cover the bullying and darkness under the prosperity of Eastern Wu, this... Your dad was wrong, wrong from the beginning..."

Oh, yes... Sun Quan's political tactics are at best checks and balances, but at worst, they are compromises.

Compromise can cover up all problems for a while, but it doesn't mean that there are no problems.

In the process of Sun Quan and Guan Lin's game, it was precisely Guan Lin who always grasped the weakness and continued to attack according to the position of the weakness.

Sun Shangxiang has seen it through...

It was precisely because she saw through it that she could realize that no matter how many chances Dongwu was given again, as long as this weakness existed, they would never be Guan Lin's opponent.

"Aunt..."Sun Luban looked at Sun Shangxiang puzzled, she had a feeling of confusion.

- "How... How can the most fierce aunt also... Also..."

"Big Tiger..."Sun Shangxiang's voice came out again, "You haven't experienced what waterboarding is, have you?" When that drop of water falls on your forehead, you can't see anything, and the sense of horror in the sky will make you lose everything... You haven't experienced that in the past, heroes surrounded you and taught you arching horses, but now... But one by one they are far away from you..."

"The trouble-relieving camp is gone, Brother Yifeng is gone, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin... These virtuous civil servants and military generals are gone, Zhou Gongjin, Tai Shici, Huang Gai... They're all gone! Is today's Jiangdong still the Jiangdong of Chibi? Hehe... They all say that Guan Lin is a rebel, but it seems to me that if you are his opponent, then he must be the devil... I'm sure I'll be able to plunge you into an abyss from which you won't recover—"

"Xiaohu is right... Face and life choose one of the two, and life is more... More importantly! ”

This...

Undoubtedly, Sun Shangxiang's words made Sun Luban silent and stunned.

She raised her eyes blankly, looking at this strange and familiar aunt, looking at this familiar and strange sister, as if for a while, she suddenly felt that everything had changed.

There was even a moment...

She also has a kind of brainwashed sense of astonishment, she will feel... That Guan Lin is invincible!

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"My lord, here..."

Jianye City, Lü Meng led Sun Quan to a dilapidated village connected to the outskirts of the city in the west city... The group followed.

West Side... This is not a place where dignitaries and dignitaries live in Jianye City.

One by one, the tiger riders looked nervous, in the eyes of these tiger riders, how could this newly built Jianye City have such a dirty and obsolete place, they could only follow Sun Quan inch by inch.

In the future, there were still many civil and military officials of Soochow... The group arrived at this village back and forth, Sun Quan looked around with his hands behind his back and his turquoise eyes, as if he felt that everything here was curious.

Obviously, the environment here is not good, perhaps because the latrine has been left unattended all year round, and you can smell a strange smell from afar.

The roads here are also not paved with stone slabs, and black muddy water is everywhere.

And the so-called dwellings, in fact, are also very ordinary, are made of soil tamped mud houses, only the doors and windows use some wooden boards, but this wooden board is mostly willow, not rare, not strong... It can be said that this place is very poor in terms of environment, taste, culture, and scenery... It's extremely bad.

Sun Quan's eyes looked at Lu Meng: "Is this the veteran's house?" ”

"Yes—" followed Lu Meng's voice.

Sun Quan looked at the thatch covering the roof, then groaned for a moment and walked inside.

Inside... As always, as expected, it is still unsightly.

"Who's coming?"

Inside, someone seemed to hear the movement, and an old woman called out.

This old woman has an old wife in her forties who is still in the army on the battlefield of Lujiang, and this old woman has five sons, who also followed their father to the battlefield.

Can... Even if it is such a family, their home can be described by the words "four walls".

When the old woman came out with an apron curiously, she was stunned when she saw so many people...

The local village leader hurriedly introduced: "This is our lord General Wu Housun..."

Yes...

The old woman paused, as if to surprise her with this identity, and wiped her gray hand on her body in a daze.

Only then did she come back to her senses, and knelt down with a "snap", she fell to the ground tremblingly, choked up, and said: "Meet Wu Hou, meet Wu Hou..."

This kneeling made Sun Quan's heart melt.

He looked at this scene dumbfounded, it seemed that the four walls of this house, the kneeling of this old woman, made him a little unbelievable.

- "Is this the situation of six people in the family joining the army?"

But why did he kneel alone? Is she thanking Lonely?'

Sun Quan helped the old woman up, "No need to be polite, your family of six joined the army and served for Dongwu, you should be thanking you alone..."

"No..."The old woman said tremblingly, "Wu Hou, I and the old man originally lived in Huiji, where natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the trouble of Shanyue for many years, if it wasn't for Wu Hou to exterminate Shanyue and set up the Tuntian system, I and the old man would have died in Huiji a long time ago, where are there still six babies, where can they still join the army... Our family doesn't know how many times we will be killed by Yamagoe... It was Wu Hou who gave us his life..."

Although the old woman's tone was weak and there were tears, every word and sentence was extremely clear, "Now, when Dongwu is in danger of integrity, how can these men in my family stay out of the matter? They took the initiative to go to Lujiang... The old man said... At this time, how can they not go to defend the country and protect their families? This life was originally given by Wu Hou, and it should have been returned to Wu Hou..."

As she spoke, the old woman was about to kneel again...

This...

In the dark room, under the faint lamp, Sun Quan's face actually looked a little red, he was used to accepting gifts from others, but at this moment... This old woman's kneeling made him feel a pain that was heavier than a thousand pounds, and he couldn't bear it!

Looking closely at this four-walled home, there is almost no superfluous household belongings...

Such a loyal family, still living such a miserable life, Sun Quan seems to realize...

What is it that he has neglected all these years?

——The people are suffering, and the people are suffering...

He revitalized Jiangdong, checked and balanced various factions, and made contributions to the development of ...

I thought that he was good enough to make a good life for the people here.

But who would have thought that they just survived.

The money and land that should have belonged to them... I don't know in which big clan it was wantonly squandered.

For a moment, Sun Quan would have such a feeling, what has he done all these years?

The first time she saw Sun Quan, the old woman's words opened, as if she was gushing, "Wu Hou, our people are grateful to you... Not only our family, but many of us have been troubled by Shanyue, all because Wu Hou vigorously conquered and rescued us from the clutches of the devil, so that we could move to a new home... We thank you... Wu Hou, don't worry, my old man said that as long as you insist on resisting, they... They will swear allegiance to the death... Even if you are desperately trying to... On that battlefield. ”

Sun Quan was still silent, panicked...

This is... Why are they grateful?

Is that why they are desperately allegiant?

Sun Quan suddenly felt that the "gratitude" in the old woman's mouth was extremely ironic to him.

At this moment, he finally realized that Lu Meng had reminded him that in this Eastern Wu... It is not the big clan that he can rely on, but the people at the bottom who he can really rely on.

The big clan will never be fed!

But these people, as long as they give them a bite to eat, as long as they give them a piece of life, they can repay you with their lives.

Thinking of this, Sun Quanren couldn't help but cover his chest, and there was a faint pain in his heart.

- "Wrong!"

- "Wrong, Lone did it all wrong!"

Even if he thought so in his heart, Sun Quan tried not to show this faint pain.

He smiled and said to the old woman: "Grandma, now that we have a new decree in Dongwu, there are people in the family who are in charge of the army, and those who are fighting on the front line... All the money, food, cloth, and silk will be rewarded... Come on, bring this from Grandma..."

This is the purpose of Sun Quan's here.

He was originally putting on a show, and he wanted to take advantage of this behavior to make the soldiers of Lujiang fight to the death...

But I never thought about it, but because of this old woman's grief...

never thought that even if he didn't do this, the soldiers of Lujiang would still fight to the death!

It's not their bravery...

It's that they come out of suffering, and even if they hold on to a small hope, they will chase... Don't give up!

At this time, a large box of money, grain, cloth and silk was brought in, because now Dongwu's pension for military families is given by heaven, and because there are too many people in the old woman's family...

Therefore she was rewarded with a large chest full of them.

The money was exchanged for food rations, enough for him to cover three months...

But when the old woman saw the box, she shirked it again and again, "I can't help it, I can't help it... If there is no Wu Hou, we still don't know what the situation is, if there is no Wu Hou's brother to rule this Jiangdong, how can we be so peaceful? We have received great favors... No, I can't take these anymore..."

Sun Quan's eyes were completely red... He was already a little nervous.

He inherited this inheritance through the struggle of his father and brother, and how did he receive any reproach when he was a child? Compared to his father and brother, he almost grew up out of a honey pot...

He once thought that as long as he checked and balanced the clan and the civil and military, and checked and balanced the forces of all parties, he would be able to sit firmly in Jiangdong...

But now, he realized once again, what... It is the cornerstone of Koto!

It's the people, it's the people, it's the people's popularity, it's the hearts of the people!

"Take... Take it..."

Sun Quan finally patted the old woman's hand, and at this time, there were more and more people outside the door, and Sun Quan also shouted at them, "All of them, all of them... In everything, there are soldiers in the family... Both..."

Lu Meng echoed Sun Quan and shouted: "You all send your letters to the front line of Lujiang, so that the soldiers know... Let's Wu Hou think about them! Our soldiers of Soochow... Not in vain! ”

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Gangneung City because of the old and new cities, because of the water villa, but also because of the construction of large-scale workshops... It has become more and more of a metropolis.

There is an endless stream of businessmen coming and going...

Of course, in the past, the livelihood in the East Market was still ready, there were slave sellers, rare gadgets, artists from Tianzhu, and even rare dromedary camels...

These prosperous scenes, which used to only appear in the metropolis of Luoyang City, have now all appeared in Jiangling City one by one.

When Zhang Zhao's father and son and Guan Yu and his entourage arrived at Jiangling City... They parted ways.

Guan Yu went directly to the official office, as if he couldn't wait to meet his fourth son, Guan Lin.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Cheng need to wait for Guan Lin's summons...

I had nothing to do, so I wandered around this Gangneung City.

They were wandering aimlessly, but suddenly stopped in front of a tea stall.

Because... What is being discussed here is the war between Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

"Did you hear that? That Lujiang City is impregnable, and our General Guan has been unable to attack it repeatedly, and the battle has been stranded all of a sudden..."

"I heard that the generals in Lujiang City are He Qi and Jiang Qin, but I never thought about it... Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Ding Feng, and Ma Zhong are not opponents, but this young He Qi and Jiang Qin have fought against the Great Liang..."

"Who's to say it isn't? I thought Soochow was stealing chickens and rice... This time, General Guan led the Guan family army to go and broke through Jianye City in one go... Who would have thought that in the end it would end up in a stalemate, you say... This Dongwu is relieved if it is not even..."

Speaking of which... Zhang Zhao and Zhang Cheng were in a good mood when they heard it.

It seems that they all see the hope of the success of the peace talks and the signing of the armistice agreement...

But at this moment, a voice came out.

"What do you think? Does Lujiang City still need to be attacked? You don't know yet, General Guan has withdrawn from Lujiang City... As for the reason, it was Sun Quan who quietly sent two daughters to marry our fourth son, and he also had a letter of submission... Haha, the entire Jiangdong is going to surrender, and this Lujiang City is still guarding a hammer! ”

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