Chapter 235: A Visitor from Jiangdong (Three Watches)
On the second day after Lu Su, the commander of the Jiangdong Army, arrived in Jiangxia, he heard the news of the assassination of the eldest prince Liu Qi. { Sui } { Dream } щww{suimеng][lā} He originally came to hang Liu Biao's funeral, but in fact, the mourning is fake, and spying on the military situation is true.
But this time, it really became Liu Qi's funeral.
He was almost helped into the mourning hall because of seasickness.
Lu Su is a native of Jiangdong, but I don't know why, every time I take a boat, I get seasick and vomit. This time I came to Jiangxia from Chaisang, but I encountered the wind and waves on the Yangtze River again, and I was even more dizzy.
It was already much better, but as soon as he heard the news of Liu Qi's death, he began to faint again, very dizzy, very dizzy. Because if Liu Qi died, it meant that Jingzhou would completely lose resistance, and Cao Cao's capture of Jingzhou was almost a foregone conclusion!
Presumably, this was also the intention of the Assassins.
If this is the case, then the land of Jiangdong and Dongwu will not be able to be saved. As early as when Cao Cao raised troops to the south, a group of people persuaded Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, and said, "Let's surrender." The reason is: his father Sun Jian used to be a vassal of Yuan Shu, and there was nothing wrong with it, did he really want to fight with Cao Cao? This idea is too bold!
Lu Su was reluctant to surrender. Although he is long and thin, he was praised by Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu, as "the backbone of Jiangdong"!
The reason why Lu Su is reluctant to surrender to Cao is very simple, if he does not surrender, he can still do a great career. If it falls, they will all be killed. Cao Cao famously said, "How can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch?"
Jiangdong's children are talented, why can't they compete for the world?
At the same time, Lu Su also knew very well in his heart that with Jiangdong's current strength, wanting to fight Cao Cao's army was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg and dying for life! Therefore, he urgently needed foreign aid.
This time, he overrode public opinion and came to Jiangxia by boat, just to unite Liu Qi and fight against Cao Cao together. Liu Qi is here, and the generals of Jingzhou are here. In the nine counties of Jingxiang, there are always Liu Biao's dead soldiers! Now that there is no Liu Qi, there will be no Jingzhou.
The literati in the troubled times have ideals and always think a lot.
Lu Su cried a handful of snot and tears in front of Liu Qi's coffin, that was really sad, how could Jiangdong not be sad when it was over? Everyone was quite moved: Looking at this middle-aged man with a goatee, who was a lot older than Liu Qi, at this time it was like crying for his own father!
Everyone said in unison: "What a loyal elder!"
Only Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing, shaking his feather fan. At that time, the weather was already cold, and he couldn't help but shiver while fanning.
After Lu Su finished crying, Zhuge Liang said: "Brother Lu, please take a step to speak." Lu Su was still sad, but he still followed Zhuge Liang to the study.
Zhuge Liang said: "Brother Lu, what you are crying today is for Jiangdong's insecurity?"
Lu Su was stunned and said: "Jiangdong General Sun is in six counties, and there is the Yangtze River moat, what does Jiangdong not protect?"
"Zijing, don't hide it from me. You're crossing the river this time, are you here to spy on the military?"
Lu Su said: "In addition to mourning, it does have the intention of spying on Cao Jun's military situation. ”
"Now that the eldest prince has died, you are worried that Jingzhou will fall into the hands of Cao Cao, and the fox will die and the rabbit will be sad, so you will cry for Jiangdong. "Zhuge Liang is simple and straightforward. He has always believed that talking to smart people doesn't need to be detouring.
Lu Su sighed and said: "Where is Mr. Kong Ming's 'Wolong', he is clearly a fox!"
"Each other, each other. Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Although Mr. Zijing knows one thing, he doesn't know the other." Now our lord's surname is Duan Dahu, and he was previously the leader of the two million Yellow Turban Army, and he was also Cao Cao's sworn brother. The three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang, as well as Zhao Yun and other 10,000 enemies are under his command, although the eldest prince Liu Qi is dead, but there is still General Duan, I don't know what Zijing is worried about?"
Lu Su asked in surprise: "Could it be that Duan Dahu who fought against Lu Bu and pacified the Xiongnu and Xianbei?"
"Exactly. Zhuge Liang analyzed, "Now I have received a report that Liu Cong of Jingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao and was killed by Yu Ban." And Liu Qi has not taken care of political affairs for a long time, and he actually does not have much prestige in the army. At this time, General Dahu's reputation spread far and wide in the sea, and he was assisted by Liu Bei, a relative of the Han family of Liu Biao's clan, and when Liu Biao was alive, he also tasted the intention of ceding Jingzhou to Duan and Liu. Although Liu Qi was lost, the righteous warriors of Jingzhou were not led by General Duan, and it can be said that they lost a horse and gained a tiger, so why should they be sad?"
Lu Su groaned, "But where is General Duan now?"
Zhuge Liang looked into the distance and said, "Brother Zijing, please ask Jiangxia to wait for three days with peace of mind, and after three days, the situation in Jingzhou will naturally be clear." ”
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Nagasaka slope.
Duan Dahu immediately broke out of the encirclement, broke away from the iron bucket array ridden by the tiger and leopard, and was full of blood. In her arms, Zhao Yun was seriously injured and was unconscious, but there was a baby's cry in her arms at this time. It turned out that Zhao Yun took off the heart guard of his armor, put the baby in it, and wrapped it in a strip of cloth, and never cried, and Duan Dahu didn't take care of it.
At this time, I thought that I had been in Zhao Yun's arms for a long time, and I was hungry in my stomach, and I cried loudly again.
Duan Dahu was happy and then worried, happy that the child had suffered such hardships since birth, and was fortunate not to die;
At this time, the white horse was also tired, Duan Dahu had to walk slowly, just down a hillside, but two military horses crashed out of the slope, which were the two brothers Zhong Jin and Zhong Shen, Xiahoudun's generals.
The two brothers, one with a big axe and the other with a halberd, looked very ugly, like two door gods, and shouted: "The thief is gone!"
Duan Dahu didn't answer, and when he raised the big knife, he slashed and slashed, and in less than three rounds, he slashed Zhong Jin under the horse. Zhong Shen saw that this thief was really brave, and he was about to flee after beating the horse, Duan Dahu thought to himself that the tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and if he didn't give you a little bit of power this time, he really thought that I, Duan Dahu, was a sick cat.
Fighting hard to catch up with the horse, a knife slashed off half of Zhong Shen's helmet and half of his head, and his brains were scattered all over the ground. When Cao Bing saw that Duan Dahu was so ferocious, he also shouted and left, and immediately ran away and went to report to Cao Cao.
Duan Dahu beat the horse and left, and Cao Cao led the tiger and leopard to ride and kill. Walking and walking, when I arrived at the Changban Bridge, I saw a person hiding behind a tree and looking, it was Zhang Fei.
Duan Dahu was sleepy at this time, and shouted: "Third brother, don't hide, come and help me!"
Zhang Fei sneered: "I don't have good eyes, I didn't see that it was you." Only then did he call the soldiers to lead the horses, carry the people, and greet Duan Dahu and Zhao Yun across the bridge. Zhang Fei hugged Liu Bei's child by himself, and smiled happily: "Look, this child is really like my ......"...
Suddenly, he kicked out, but it was Duan Dahu, who was already out of breath at this time, but he was still angry and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about killing pigs! This kid belongs to Brother Liu, where does he look like you?!"