In Jingkou, Sun Quan sat on the couch, and in front of him knelt a young man in his early fifteens, his expression was panicked and uneasy, and he was asking Sun Quan for punishment, this person was Ling Tong, the son of the late thief captain Ling Cao.

Ling Tong knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Failing to live up to the expectations of the king, he slashed the overseer Chen Qin with a knife, causing him to die. Although Matun is broken today, because there is no one to supervise the army, sit back and watch Zhao Yun capture Peng Ze. The great crime of the real unity, please punish the king. ”

When Sun Quan welcomed the army and retreated, when Ma and Baoertun rebelled, he led his troops and horses to break through Baotun. Chen Qin was left as the overseer, and Ling Tong, Zhang Yi and others were the subordinates to cooperate to break the Matun thieves. Chen Qin was good at drinking, relying on official heights, bullying everyone at the wine table, Ling Tong was dissatisfied with his arrogance, and confronted him face to face.

Chen Qin was furious and insulted Ling Tong and Ling Cao, and Ling Tong burst into tears. After the banquet dispersed, Chen Qin insulted Ling Tong again. Ling Tong got angry and slashed Chen Qin with a knife. A few days later, Chen Qin died of serious injuries.

Although Chen Qin died, everyone still attacked Matun in accordance with Sun Quan's edict. Ling Tong risked arrows and stones, and broke the Matun thief.

However, things in the world are always so ingenious, when Ling Tong was about to return to the army to ask Sun Quan for his guilt, the Jingzhou army used Huo Jun's blitzkrieg method to break through the counties, among which their neighboring Zhao Yun captured Peng Zecheng.

The generals met to discuss matters, and everyone wanted to take advantage of Zhao Yun's unstable foothold and lead troops to attack soon after he captured Pengze County. However, their overseer Chen Qin died, and without the presence of the overseer, and without Sun Quan's edict, it was a capital crime to easily mobilize troops and horses.

Everyone prepared to rest on the spot, sent letters to Sun Quan, and waited for his edict. However, Ling Tong and a few generals believed that the generals were outside, and the king's orders were not subject to them. If he defeats Zhao Yun and recaptures Peng Ze City today, he will probably not be surprised.

Everyone disagreed, and Ling Tong and a few generals entangled their troops and horses to attack Pengze City. However, Zhao Yun had already taken precautions, and ambushed Ling Tong on the main road, ambushing Ling Tong, and defeating the enemy. Fortunately, Zhao Yun had few soldiers, and Ling Tong was able to lead his troops to kill.

After getting the news that Liu Bei and Liu Qi had entered the Kou, they moved from Wu County to Jingkou, gathered soldiers and horses scattered all over the country, and prepared to raise troops to attack. In this case, the defeated Ling Tong went to Jingkou to plead guilt with Sun Quan.

Sun Quan looked at Ling Tong who was kneeling on the ground, thought of Liu Bei who had entered the Kou, and Wu Jing, who had died of illness, and spat out helplessly.

This situation gave him a headache, and it was really a blessing and a disaster. Liu Bei and Liu Qi entered Kou Yuzhang, if Wu Jing was still there, and the Danyang soldiers and horses attacked Liu Bei to the west, the war would be much easier. Even if Wu Jing died of illness, he would stay in Danyang to attack the 6,000 soldiers and horses of Matun and exert pressure to the west, so that the counties around Poyang Lake would not be taken away.

As a result, Wu Jing died of illness, and it was difficult to mobilize Danyang soldiers and horses. The soldiers who stayed behind to attack Matun did not dare to move their troops because of the death of the overseer Chen Qin, but the brave Ling Tong was ambushed and defeated.

After grinding for a while, Sun Quan adjusted his state, stayed to help Ling Tong, and sighed and said: "Chen Qin drank and misbehaved before the war, and he made wild remarks at the banquet, insulting his generals, and should be punished according to military discipline." Gongji was humiliated and killed by his father, although it was a violation of military discipline, but the capture of Matun was already atonement. ”

"As for Jingzhou's entry into Kou Yuzhang, it is not a public achievement. And the public performance faithfully repays me, leads the crowd to attack it, and unfortunately ambushes, how can this be said to be guilty? ”

After speaking, Sun Quan took off his robe, draped it on Ling Tong, who was thinly dressed, and said comfortingly: "The official performance is quite hard, let's retire and rest for the time being." When the soldiers are dispatched, the public achievements will break the enemy for our vanguard. ”

Ling Tong shed tears and said: "If you receive the great favor of the king, you can only repay it with death." ”

Sun Quan stroked Ling Tong's back and comforted him.

It is impossible for Sun Quan not to be angry at what Ling Tong has done, but Chen Qin is dead, and Zhao Yun's occupation of Peng Zhe has become an established fact. It is not necessary to blame Ling Tong and punish him in this way, after all, Ling Tong does have the heart to make up for his mistakes.

Now that he has succeeded to the throne not long ago, Ling Tong is a brave general who is a young person, if he is not favored and accepted as a confidant, it will be a pity. Today, he is a confidant, and Ling Tong will repay him with life and death.

After Ling Tong retreated, Sun Quan sat back on the couch and asked, "Is there a military report from Yuzhang today?" ”

Zhang Hong flipped through the documents on the case and said: "The military report of Yuzhang has not arrived, but Cheng Gong has sent a letter, saying that he has pacified the Le'an thieves, and now he can lead the people to the west to recover Poyang, Yuhan and other counties. Han Gong has also pacified the thieves of Taimo, and he can send troops to the west. ”

"Where's Gong Jin?"

"Gong Jin is still gathering all the troops and horses in Wu County, and preparing military grain and grass with Zhang Gong."

When Sun Quan received the news that the Jingzhou soldiers had entered the army, he asked Zhou Yu to gather all the troops and horses in Wu County to prepare the grain and grass for the army. He immediately moved from Wu County to Jingkou, and summoned Huang Gai, the chief of Chungu, Zhou Tai, the chief of Wuhu, and Jiang Qin, the chief of Liyang, and other generals, with a combined army of about 5,000 people, plus more than 5,000 people who besieged Matun, totaling more than 10,000 people.

Now he is waiting for Zhou Yu's troops and horses to come at Jingkou, waiting to see the battle situation of Yuzhang, and has no intention of marching for the time being.

After discussing the military for a long time, the scout carrying the order flag held a simple paperwork, hurriedly entered the courtroom, and shouted: "Your Majesty, Yuzhang emergency war report!" ”

Zhang Hong took Yuzhang's urgent paperwork, carefully checked the mud seal on the lower knotted rope, and then tore open the mud seal, spread out the bamboo slip and read it.

At first glance, Zhang Hong raised his head suddenly, and said in shock: "Lord, according to Yuzhang's report, Captain Taishi was defeated and died, and Liu Bei and Liu Qi have taken control of the northern counties of Yuzhang. ”

Sun Quan got up from the couch and said in a lost voice: "What about Sun Yuzhang? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hong hesitated a little and said: "Sun Yuzhang and Captain Tai Shi Ci joined forces, and Liu Bei was afraid of collusion between Captain Tai Shi and Liu Bei, so he retreated and left Captain Tai Shi Ci alone. Captain Taishi couldn't get away, and he was defeated in a battle with the Jingzhou army, and the soldiers were defeated and died, and Ziheng led thousands of troops to surrender to Liu Bei. ”

"Sun Yuzhang withdraws his troops?"

Sun Quan smiled angrily, he was also convinced, this group of relatives dropped the chain at a critical juncture, and it was not as reliable as an outsider like Tai Shici.

His eldest brother put Tai Shici in the north of Yuzhang, but he was actually peeking at the four counties of Jingnan. If it weren't for the assassination of his eldest brother, to be honest, he would have intervened in the rebellion of Changsha and sought to capture Jingzhou, and Tai Shici should have been the vanguard general.

After he ascended to the throne, he continued to let Tai Shici serve as the captain of Jianchang, in order to prevent an attack on Jingzhou, especially Huang Zu, who was guarding Jiangxia. After all, it only takes two days to reach Chaisang, and it can be reached in one day by boat. It's just that I didn't expect Jingzhou's soldiers and horses to march like the wind, tear through the defense line of Yuzhang, block Tai Shici, and capture Chaisang.

However, this is not terrible, after all, there is also the brave and good fighting Tai Shici on the Yuzhang front, and his own veteran Sun Ben, the two of them have a combined army of more than 20,000 people, which is more than enough to block the Jingzhou army. When he led the army along the river and inserted himself behind the Jingzhou army, he would be defeated.

But Sun Quan never thought that Sun Ben, the general of the battlefield, would leave Tai Shi Ci and run away, leaving Tai Shi Ci to fight alone. Sun Ben behaved like this, wouldn't he put Sun on the fire to roast.

Sun Quan paced in the court, calmed down, and asked, "Ziyi was defeated and died, and his wife who stayed in Wu County should be honored and raised." In the name of Lone, the eastern part of the court is the son of the righteous court, and the table is named the Pavilion Marquis. ”

"No!"

After a pause, Sun Quan stopped and asked, "Eastern, how to treat Sun Yuzhang and Sun Luling brothers today?" ”

Zhang Hong stroked his beard and said: "Lord, Tai Shi Ci was defeated and died, and Yuzhang only relied on his two brothers in the war. If you write a book to belittle, I am afraid that it will hurt the hearts of the two. Now it is better to write a letter to Sun Yuzhang, with good words to appease, and ordered that in addition to the captain of Jianchang, his six counties will be under the jurisdiction of Yuzhang County, in order to collect Sun Yuzhang's heart. ”

Sun Quan waved his sleeves helplessly and said, "I have to do this now, and there is no other way." ”

Sun Quan thought of the battle ahead and said: "The battle in Yuzhang is critical today, and Gong Jin is still gathering soldiers in Wu County. Lone Dang led the generals to the west and broke through Peng Ze. With Cheng Gong and Han Pingping, he set up the places west of Peng Lize and attacked the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou. What does the East think? ”

Zhang Hong pondered for a while and said: "Liu Bei Xiaoxiong, the second general, besieged Ziyi, and caused his army to be defeated and killed. Now Yuzhang's situation is urgent, if he does not send troops to save him, I am afraid that Sun Yuzhang and Sun Luling brothers are not his opponents. ”

After a pause, Zhang Hong said: "The lord will supervise the generals to attack Pengze, and send Cheng Gong and Han Gong to attack Poyang for the partial army. When Gongjin supervises the troops, he can break the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou. ”

"Good!"

Sun Quan was also unambiguous, and said in a deep voice: "Order all battalions, with Zhou Tai as the vanguard, to attack Peng Ze." ”

"No!"