After Zhuge Jin and his three generals explained the strategic policy of the next stage, the rest of the period in late June, the Han army in the direction of Yuzhang and Danyang entered a relatively stable stage of digesting the results.

After all, after a big battle, Liu Xunqiao lost more than half of it, and the Han army also had a lot of casualties, at least one or two thousand people.

The number of those killed in battle and those who were seriously wounded and incurable added up to six or seven hundred, and thousands of people were slightly wounded.

The dead need to be compensated, the wounded need to be remediated, the prisoners need to be reformed, the troops need to be rectified and screened, and the ships captured on the battlefield have to be pulled back for repair.

Every job can be busy for at least ten days and half a month.

However, although Zhuge Jin did not make any new moves, a series of chain reactions occurred on Yuan Shu's territory on the opposite side.

First of all, Liu Xun and Qiao Rui didn't recognize the situation instantly with this defeat, they didn't have the IQ and consciousness yet.

Therefore, after the fiasco of the decisive battle, they only gave up the idea of "launching a decisive battle again", but did not give up the idea of "still trying to control the Yangtze River and control the river".

They are still thinking about problems with the old thinking, thinking that "as long as I admit it and stop going to trouble the Zhuge family, it should be fine."

Although I can't defeat you in a big war, the navigation safety of the river sections around Wankou and Misukou should still be guarded and maintained by our Lujiang army, right?

According to the law of the imperial court, just rely on the bows and crossbows and arrows equipped with your walkers, I'm afraid they won't be enough to chase the results, right? Moreover, I see that you have been lazy and violated the rules of all your actions during the berth scheduling and berthing the grain ships at the civil berths by the river in advance......"

Lu Su was not ambiguous, and pointed to the outside of the courtyard casually: "In this case, although Gongjin spends the grain in the east, he will leave the west to feed my people." ”

"Then I won't go around in circles, Zijing, you have helped me with money many times, and I should also show you a clear path today, not to say that it is to repay the favor, at least take what you need.

"Qiao Gong, you don't want those suspicious points to be noticed, right?"

Zhou Yu smiled, noncommittal. If he wanted to perform, he would have already done it, Yuan Shu, a person who values the family, will not be reused for the children of the grandfather and father who have been born as captains in two generations?

The Yangtze River is no longer a place where they can sail freely, and they only deserve to open in the small ditches of Wanshui, Weixushui, Weishui, and Chaohu.

Qiao Rui waved his hand again and again, signaling not to be quiet: "What do you know! You are not allowed to eavesdrop behind the screen when you meet guests in the future! ”

Cooking refers to a person who has no virtue himself, but who is righteous and squanders money and fulfills other moral gentlemen.

Lu Su was broken by Zhou Yu, but he no longer concealed it, and he recognized it generously: "Between Huaisi, unfortunately there is a Yuan Highway, which does not govern the people's livelihood, and fishes with all its might, and it is not as good as a year." The fields are sold out, there is no concern, leave some floating wealth in hand, and good birds choose trees to perch.

The Han Dynasty Haoqiang was generally very possessive of the land, once a person began to sell the land continuously, it was like the later generations gradually sold out the houses in Beijing and Shanghai, and the discerning people could see that this was a plan to emigrate.

Decades ago, during the period of the party, the world's popular products commented on celebrities and engaged in the "Yuedan Review", and at that time, the world's celebrities were evaluated as "three gentlemen, eight jun, eight gu, eight and, eight kitchens......

Zhou Yu: "It's not about the nearest enemy, I have made an agreement with Nalu Shaojun for three chapters, and asked him to go to Wuhu and Niuzhu to find Danyang Sun Bofu." Qiao Gong, Ling and Bo Fu also have an old one, and Bo Fu is also His Majesty's old department, go to him to escape the war, it's not a fugitive, right? ”

Gan Ning intercepted and killed, and even became arrogant, made a big red Shu brocade spread out into a banner, and wrote on it eight big black characters of "Yuan Jun dares to enter the Yangtze River to die", and hung it on the top of the mast very coquettishly.

Zhou Yu got the release talisman, and then he gave up his hand and left in a daze.

Zhou Yu saw that Qiao Rui was still afraid of wolves and tigers, and he couldn't help but feel slightly angry in his heart, he felt that his current plan could not be blindly weak and ask for help, so he changed his tone:

The fiasco of Suxukou a few days ago made Lujiang County feel bad, and the pressure was transmitted to Juchao first.

Tai Shici also intercepted and killed two groups of small-scale Qiaorui fleets that dared to sail into the Yangtze River from the wet water.

He first explained how hard he worked to do the errand, how difficult it was, and how generous he relied on the righteous man Lu Su, and carefully explained the reasons before and after.

"The army has been defeated by more than half of the men and horses, and you still have to raise food, could it be that you put on a strong attack posture to show Yuan Shu?"

But I got a few thousand stone grains from my brother today, so I put up with this for the time being, and I went to the business first, so I would naturally find an opportunity to tell Qiao Gongfen, so that he would turn a blind eye when the time came. At that time, the only person to worry about was Liu Xun's patrol army.

However, Zhou Yu didn't come here to praise Lu Su, so after complimenting, he immediately changed his words: "Brother Zijing, since you are so generous, you don't think about governing the industry in Lujiang, and you are a foolish brother, I'm afraid you won't be satisfied with staying here for a long time." ”

It's only been a month since he became the emperor, and he was pressed to the ground like this and rubbed, can he have a future?

He didn't want to help Yuan Shu clean up the mess, and he didn't work hard recently.

Then immediately asked someone to take pen and ink and a big seal, and handled it for Zhou Yu in person.

After all, Zhou Yu is a big family, his ancestors and fathers have been captains, and they can be regarded as "two generations and three dukes", and his uncle also served as a Danyang Taishou, and the whole family has hundreds of tribes in Lujiang, more than 1,000 private soldiers, and countless family members.

Then he patrolled at the mouth of the river every day, so that the people along the river on the north bank could see it, which greatly damaged the morale of Yuan's army, and completely became a turtle with a shrunken head.

"Rejoice! I like to talk to smart people," Zhou Yu cheered for Lu Su's open-mindedness,

It was precisely because of these concerns that Zhou Yu never dared to rashly disobey Yuan Shu before Sun Ce and Yuan Shu officially turned their faces, lest he mistake Sun Ce's major event and become the fuse between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce.

The two sat down in the main hall, Qiao Rui instructed the maid to give Zhou Yu green onions, ginger and pepper tea soup to moisten his throat, Zhou Yu took two sips, and began to talk about business.

The loss of five patrol teams, 10 ships, 30 or 40 boats, and more than 1,700 sailors finally made Liu Xun and Qiao Rui completely sober up and realize that the times have changed.

Then Zhou Yu changed his words and went straight to the point: "Qiao Gong is reasonable, I don't hide some words, presumably Qiao Gong can also understand, let people donate thousands of stones of food in a hurry, if you say that there is nothing you want, it is impossible."

In fact, Zhou Yu has cast Sun Ce twice in history, the first time occurred more than two years ago, when Sun Ce crossed the river to attack Niuzhu, and then broke Danyang County. That time, Zhou Yu was "Sun Ce's colleague and Yuan Shu's subordinate", and he went to help with official business.

Zhou Yu was young and vigorous, and he did things simply, as soon as he thought of this, he immediately asked people to prepare horses and go straight to a manor in the east of the city.

For this kind of anachronistic idea, Zhuge Jin needs Gan Ning and Tai Shici to use the method of daily patrols to remind the enemy: Times have changed, and after the decisive battle that day, the strength of the water forces on both sides has been completely reversed, and no matter how restless, there is only a dead end.

Zhou Yu hurriedly reconsidered the plan, reorganized the wording, and pushed the boat down the river: "Zijing is really a generous and righteous man, if it was thirty years earlier, he would not be among the eight chefs." ”

Therefore, in history, Sun Quan would die so many times in Hefei in order to go north. (Jianghuai also has a connecting waterway on the eastern route, which is the Hangou Canal in Guangling County)

Qiao Rui finally had to give up completely, and sat back on the couch in a dejected manner, saying that this was for the Lusu clan and issued a talisman from the mouth of the river.

"Why don't I find a little person who has no official body, will not attract attention if he runs away, and will not cause Yuan Shu to be angry, and cross the river first to find out Bo Fu's heart?"

And as long as you are willing to go to Danyang, but with my friendship with Brother Bo Fu, I will bring a handwritten letter from you, and it can be reused immediately, I don't know what Brother Zijing wants? ”

Zhou Yu pointed out the mistakes of Qiao Rui's previous defeats and the doubts about the results, and then tried to see the dagger:

Fortunately, Zhou Yu's brain is still good, and after thinking about it, he finally came up with a plan:

It was Qiao Rui's unexpected expedited urging that triggered some butterfly effects, causing Zhou Yu to be unable to hold back in advance.

"Why does Gong Jin have time to come to the Humble House today."

If you really want to be more serious, Qiao Gong, I also know a little about water warfare, half a month ago, when the village was robbed, your army pursued it for half the night, claiming to have killed and injured three or five thousand enemy troops. But according to my later observation of the wreckage of the water village, at that time, your big boat was blocked in the wet water, unable to go out of the river to pursue.

"Half a month ago, the batch of military rations in Susukou was robbed by Gan Ning, and we have to deal with the aftermath for him? Refinancing? Obviously, he has paid in full and fished with all his might, where can he get food! ”

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Ignorant farmers and fishermen may not care about these things. However, the well-informed children of the scholar family, people of insight, have begun to worry about the future of Yuan Shu's forces.

A tall, slightly chubby, long-haired young man of twenty-five years old soon flashed out of the inner room, surnamed Lu Mingsu Zijing, and personally stepped forward to greet him:

In fact, I don't want to live under Yuan Shu for a long time, and I want to cross the river to join my brother Sun Bofu. How could Naiboo Fu have always been Yuan Shu's subordinates, and I was afraid that his relationship with Yuan Shu would be ruined, and he would cause military disasters for him, so I didn't dare to move lightly. I want to wait for him to officially break with Yuan Shu, and then I will try to escape.

That's right, this person is Zhou Yu.

"Zijing! Zi Jing can be in? Yu has something important to do, so he came to visit. ”

Qiao Rui listened and admired at the same time.

After hearing this, Lu Su no longer had any doubts, and said that he was ready to let the clansmen clean up, and the houses that had not been taken off at the end, as well as the last dozen hectares of fields, would also be taken off as soon as possible.

They immediately held Qiao Rui, who looked aggrieved, and said angrily: "Father! Where did that person come from just now, looking at his appearance, he was not bad, but he didn't expect his character to be so vicious that he threatened his father. ”

Zhou Yu left Qiaofu and got the talisman, so he rushed back to Juchao County non-stop, and teleported the talisman to Lujiazhuang as soon as possible, and handed it over to Lu Su in person.

Therefore, I also need someone to go to Danyang County to find out the news for me, once I know that Bo Fu has the intention of breaking with Yuan Shu, even if it has not yet been revealed, the prophet will be with me, so that I will be prepared, so as not to be caught off guard - Brother Zijing has no official status, and crossing the river will not attract suspicion and attention, so he is the best candidate.

Zhou Yu was worried about Qiaorui's dispatch in his heart, and Ying Shuyan couldn't help but say: "Hey, this is not forced by Qiaogong's dispatch to find ways to raise food everywhere...... Even the rations of our headquarters were requisitioned from above, forcing us to raise our own military rations. ”

It's just that Zhou Yu is low-key and clumsy, and he doesn't want to give Yuan Shu his life.

He also knew that with the defeat in Chungu County, the losses of the navy army were too heavy, and it was no longer possible to cover the army to launch a new offensive.

At this moment, another official letter from Qiao Rui in front of him made Zhou Yu frown, only to feel that this errand could no longer be done.

He hesitated for a few seconds and asked rhetorically: "Although I have no official status, after all, there are nearly a thousand family members, slaves, and guards in the clan. To cross the river from Juchao, it is necessary to take the waterway along the water and exit the mouth of the water. With such a big movement, the guards are willing to let me go? ”

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In Lu Su's view, going south to Zhuge Xuan, or to the southeast to Sun Ce, or to the east to Liu Bei, can be considered, and the temperament of these people needs to be slowly observed.

Zhou Yu's proposal was very sudden, although Lu Su had already intended to go, but after all, he was still waiting and watching, and he didn't think about where to go.

Qiao Rui was taken aback: "Cross the river to join the enemy?!" ”

"Gong Qiao hasn't seen Lu Shaojun, can't he still believe me? I knew him well and volunteered to vouch for him. Besides, people have donated thousands of stone military rations, this is not too much to ask, right?

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When it was over, Lu Su also added, saying that after his clan slaves finished transporting the grain, if they couldn't take it, it would also belong to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was also embarrassed to take advantage of Lu Su again, and only said that he would be discounted into horseshoe gold at that time, so that he could carry it lightly all the way.

Half an hour later, at the gate of a newly cleaned manor in the east of Juchao City, Zhou Yu turned over and dismounted in a dashing manner, and did not let anyone pass it on, so he rushed directly into the door.

Gongjin doesn't need to compliment me, I just think that in such troubled times, it is more useful to make friends than to hoard goods. If I leave the foundation, I have no connections, and if I have money, I will be calculated. ”

In fact, Shouchun, Hefei, Juchao, and Weixukou, any of these four nodes are stuck by the enemy, which is enough to cut off this Jianghuai waterway.

The current county magistrate of Juchao is a twenty-three-year-old young man. The face is like a crown of jade, the sword eyebrows are in the sideburns, the posture is handsome, and the demeanor is dignified, and it is still above Zhuge Jin, second only to his brother A Liang.

Qiao Rui heard that the new round of food raising orders issued by the day before yesterday was actually done by Zhou Yu so quickly, and he also attached great importance to it, and hurriedly met Zhou Yu in his main hall-

If the army is not enough, you can catch strong men, but if there are not enough warships, it is not enough, and you can't change it in a short time. It's like encountering a math problem that you can't solve, even if you are extremely angry, you still can't solve it.

Zhou Yu was stunned, he originally just said casually, first find an excuse, and then get down to business. Lu Su was too cheerful, and even agreed to the excuse he mentioned, which made it difficult for him to expand for a while.

Zhou Yu thought for a while: "Although I am not completely sure, but today's son respects you for your advice, I have seven or eight points of certainty - Duke Qiao ordered me to raise an additional batch of military rations, which is not within my responsibility, if I fight, I can still fight a lawsuit with him."

After getting Lusu, Zhou Yu went south from Juchao County early the next morning, went straight to Misu, and went to the general's mansion in Qiaorui to ask for a meeting.

The bad news of the defeat and the arrogance of the Han army and the navy spread in the land of Lujiang in just a few days.

Lu Su has been able to have money, food, and help others all these years, all by constantly selling the fields in the village, and it is because he has realized all the family property that he can barely support.

Zhou Yu was so depressed that he wanted to abandon the official and go directly to Sun Ce across the river. But I was afraid that I would go in a hurry, so the old parts could not be slowly resettled and transferred together.

The Huai River forks out from Shouchun, flows south into Shaobi (que bei), and then flows into Nanqi Water through Hefei into Chaohu Lake, then flows out of Chaohu Lake from Juchao County to inject wet water, and finally flows into the Yangtze River at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The second vote in history for Sun Ce was supposed to take place in the spring of next year, but it obviously hasn't happened yet.

Lu Su casually gave away thousands of stones of grain with a finger of his hand, and he was so generous that he couldn't be regarded as a "kitchen".

The Huainan region occupied by Yuan Shu has an important waterway connecting the Yangtze River and the Huai River. The mouth of the Huai River at the north end is the Shouchun where Yuan Shu built the capital today.

Whoever gets the food needed for the mouth of the Susu, but who collects it from the rear, must pass through here at the last stop.

If he didn't want to give up these things, before he defected to Sun Ce, he had to properly make a point and ask for directions.

Of course, Qiao Rui was very familiar with Sun Ce, and when he heard this, he said: "If you can guarantee that you are going to vote for Sun Ce, then that's fine." I'm afraid that this Lu Su may not have such a strong loyalty and can be unswerving. This goes to Wuhu to sail more than 100 miles, and needs to pass through Chungu County, which is guarded by the traitor Zhuge Jin, what if he wants to save trouble and directly votes for Zhuge ? ”

However, I heard that Yuzhang Ganning has been rampant in the Yangtze River recently, and Liu Xun's army should not dare to wander around, as long as it goes out of the mouth of the water, it should be safe. Gan Ning doesn't seem to intercept the civilian boats, it should be that the Zhuge family is happy to see the people of Huainan fleeing south to Yuzhang and deliberately connived. ”

Juchao County is the later Chaohu City, located at the mouth of the Chaohu Lake flowing into the water.

What this Lu Shaojun wanted was nothing more than that if he stayed in Lujiang, most of the property would be taken away by others, and he wanted to settle in a peaceful place, so he would give away the grain. I received the gift of others, and since I was loyal to others, I asked Qiao Gong to issue some talismans to pass through the mouth of the water at that time, and let him cross the river. ”

The guard at the door also recognized him, and when he saw that it was the county order, he didn't stop him, but just trotted directly to help guide the way.

In fact, Qiao Rui didn't expect to do it, he just wanted to make a show and appear to be very diligent.

Rashly agreeing to Zhou Yu's words is equivalent to dying to the goal, so you have to be cautious.

After cleaning up in the past few days, Lu Su also realized everything that could be realized, and everything that could not be realized was also sent to Zhou Yu with a piece of paper, and then rolled up the fine soft and moistened it directly.

After Zhou Yu left, behind the screen in the main hall of the bridge family, two little girls who were about fourteen or fifteen years old turned around, their hands were like soft wattles, their skin was like clotted fat, their collars were like grubs, their teeth were like rhinoceros, their heads and eyebrows, and they looked forward to Shenfei.

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Qiao Rui, who had always been afraid of responsibility and mud, had her pupils tremble, and suddenly turned her head to stare at Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, do you still know about water warfare?" If you knew this, you should have asked Your Majesty to promote you and help me fight. ”

June 24, Lujiang County, Juchao County.

However, there is no way to do this kind of thing, because the construction period of the navy is much longer than that of the army.

After Sun Ce conquered Danyang County, both of them were still nominally Yuan Shu's subordinates, so Yuan Shu transferred Zhou Yu back, and Zhou Yu couldn't resist, so he could only obey his orders.

Within ten days, Gan Ning blocked the mouth of Anhui and intercepted three batches of small-scale Liu Xun's fleet that dared to sail into the Yangtze River from Anhui.

After all, some of these operations are really insulting, and the spread and topic are very high.