Chapter 115 Zhuge Kongming looked around in confusion and panic!

Chapter 115: Zhuge Kongming looked around in confusion and panic!

"Come on!"

"Don't look around!"

"Move forward!"

In Xiakou City,

A large number of soldiers defending the city who had surrendered their weapons were separated and guarded by Jiangdong soldiers holding spears and halberds. They squatted on the ground dejectedly.

After all, there are more than 10,000 people.
Even if they surrendered their weapons, if they still gathered together, something bad might happen.

At the foot of the city wall, the generals and lieutenants guarding the city were being held in solitary confinement by a large number of Xiling soldiers. At this moment, they were complaining:

"We have made contributions by surrendering, why are you treating us like this?"

"We are the generals of this city. Even if Jiangdong captures Xiakou, we are still needed to defend the city. How can you be so rude to us?"

"It's really strange. Since we surrendered, none of the Fourteen Generals of Jiangdong has come to see us."

"Alas, now I am the fish on the chopping board..."

The surrendered generals of Xiakou felt depressed, helpless and extremely strange.

It stands to reason,

After they surrendered, the Jiangdong generals should have appeased these officers, but now the Jiangdong Fourteen Generals had no intention of even coming to see them, let alone appease them.

What exactly do these Jiangdong generals want to do?
It wouldn't be the case that they would really kill the prisoners, right?

When the surrendering officers were feeling uneasy,

suddenly,

A large flag was raised on the city wall, with a huge "Liu" written on it.

The Jiangdong Army raised a flag with the word "Liu" in Xiakou City?
All of a sudden.

Everyone was stunned...

"Why is it the word [Liu]?"

"Liu? Shouldn't it be the [Sun] flag or the [Wu] flag?"

"I've never heard of any general named Liu in Jiangdong nowadays?"

"Among the fourteen flags under the city last night, we did not see any flag with the word Liu on it..."

Looking at the "Liu" flag fluttering in the wind, the general defending the city of Xiakou and a group of captains all looked bewildered.

Tap tap tap~
At this moment, the sound of dense footsteps reached the ears of the generals defending the city.

They subconsciously turned their heads to look.
Surrounded by Jiangdong generals,
A beautiful woman supported a young man and slowly walked towards the general guarding the city.

The surrendered general from Xiakou was stunned. Could this young man be the main commander in the siege last night?
Which general from Jiangdong is this? Why is he so young?
The Xiling soldiers who were guarding them saw that these surrendered generals were still in a daze and immediately shouted: "This is my lord, why don't you come forward and greet him!"

Lord?

All the surrendered generals were surprised. Those who attacked the city last night were all generals from Jiangdong. Where did this lord come from?
It can't be that the Marquis of Wu came in person, right?
Although the many surrendered generals in Xiakou were full of doubts,

But they still stepped forward respectfully to greet him: "Commanders of the defeated army greet the general."

The leading Xiakou garrison commander even plucked up the courage to ask, "May I ask, General, which general from Jiangdong is this?"

"I am not a general from Jiangdong..." Liu Wu, who was supported by Sun Shangxiang, said calmly, "I am Liu Wu and Liu Zilie from Xiling. This time, we are joining forces with the Jiangdong army to capture Xiakou."

In an instant,

The scene was silent.

Liu Wu?

The Liu Wu who killed the eldest son Liu Qi! !

The faces of all the surrendered generals froze in an instant.

No wonder,
A big flag of "Liu" was actually raised on the top of the city.

The one who attacked the city last night turned out to be the culprit who killed Liu Qi's eldest son.

I thought of the kindness and righteousness that Master Liu Qi had shown to his soldiers in the past, and of the tragic death of Master Liu Qi who was poisoned by Liu Wu in the end.

anger,

The hearts of these surrendered generals were instantly ignited!
"It's you! It's actually you!" The general defending the city gnashed his teeth and said, "If I had known that it was you, Liu Wu, who attacked the city last night, we would rather die than surrender!"

The captains following behind him were already shouting and cursing:

"Liu Wu! Kill us immediately if you have the guts!"

"If the old master Liu Jingsheng had not taken you and Liu Xuande in, you and your son would have been killed by Cao Cao. Now you have murdered Master Qi and cut off the old master's bloodline. Is this how you and your son repay the old master?"

"This Xiakou City was actually taken by your enemy. How hateful! How hateful!"

"I only regret that we didn't know it was you who was attacking the city last night. Otherwise, we would rather burn the city to death than let Xiakou City fall into the hands of your enemy!"

"I regret it! I regret that I was so afraid of death last night that I let Xiakou City fall into your hands!"

Upon learning that the one who captured Xiakou City was Liu Wu, who had killed Liu Qi, the captains who had instigated the garrison to surrender last night were now furious and filled with deep remorse.

They were all veterans of the army during the reign of Liu Biao. When Liu Qi was stationed in Jiangxia, he treated them quite well and won the hearts of the soldiers defending the city.

Now seeing that Xiakou City was actually taken by the "culprit" who killed Liu Qi, all the surrendered generals were furious. If they had not been blocked by the sharp spears and blades all around, they would have rushed forward to fight Liu Wu to the death.

"Zi Lie, I'm afraid you can't use all these surrendered soldiers in the city..." Zhou Yu, who was following behind Liu Wu, shook his head and said, "Just kill them all."

According to the previous plan between Jiangdong's commander and Liu Wu,
Even if these ten thousand people cannot be used by himself, it would be good to recruit them as auxiliary soldiers and laborers.

But looking at the scene before me,
Even the generals and captains who surrendered voluntarily hated Liu Wu so much after learning his identity. I'm afraid the ordinary soldiers hated Liu Wu even more.

In this case, even if these defenders are forcibly incorporated, as long as they seize the opportunity, they will inevitably turn against us at the most critical moment. Who would dare to use them?
"It doesn't matter." Liu Wu looked at everything in front of him calmly. This scene did not exceed his expectations: "After all, it would be a waste to kill 10,000 people."

"I would like to exchange these 10,000 surrendered soldiers for 10,000 Shanyue soldiers from Jiangdong. What do you think, Grand Commander?"

Ten thousand surrendered soldiers for ten thousand Shanyue?
A gleam flashed across Zhou Yu's eyes.

The Shanyue were barbaric and rude. Even if Jiangdong captured them, they often caused trouble and were difficult to discipline. Moreover, these Shanyue people were not good at farming or working, which gave Jiangdong a lot of headaches.

If they could be exchanged for Xiakou prisoners of war who knew how to farm, understand warfare, and were relatively easy to control, it would naturally be a good deal.

"It's easy!" Zhou Gongjin agreed immediately. "There are still many Shanyue in the hands of several major families in Jiangdong. More than ten of us will work for you to squeeze out 10,000 Shanyue from those families. I think it won't be a big problem."

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Gongjin." Liu Wu said no more and turned to leave with the support of Sun Shangxiang.

Liu Wu looked to the west, where the police were...

The matter of the Jiangxia prisoners of war was just a small matter.

To deal with Zhuge Liang in Gong'an City,

This is Liu Wu’s top priority at the moment!
……

Xiakou City,
In the central army tent, Liu Wu and the generals of Jiangdong gathered together.

Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, Taishi Ci and other fourteen generals of Jiangdong were all in high spirits.

No one thought,
The seemingly difficult-to-attack city of Xiakou was conquered in one battle after Liu Wu's planning!

Xiakou has already fallen.

The four counties of southern Jing are already in sight.

Thinking of this, the generals in the tent couldn't help but feel dazed.

In their impression, the four counties in southern Jing are far more powerful than Liu Zilie.

Even with the help of 10,000 soldiers from Jiangdong, if Liu Zilie wanted to take over the four counties in southern Jing, even if everything went smoothly along the way, it would take at least a month to see whether he would win or not.

But now, not long after leaving Jiangdong, they have already captured Xiakou and are heading straight to the four counties in southern Jing.

Next, once all the four counties in southern Jing are taken, Liu Zilie will deliver Hefei as promised. It seems that this war will soon be over...

The Jiangdong generals were in a state of confusion, but they never dreamed that Liu Wu had already secretly ordered Lu Xun and Gan Ning to send 5,000 troops into Dongting Lake, go down the Xiangjiang River, and directly capture the four counties of southern Jing!
At this moment, in the center of the tent,
Liu Wu stepped on the huge map of the nine counties of Jingxiang. "Now that Xiakou has been taken, the four counties of southern Jing are not far away. But if we want to capture the four counties of southern Jing safely, we still have a most important enemy in front of us..."

Another big enemy?
The commander in the tent was surprised.
Only Zhou Gongjin's eyes flashed: "Zi Lie means..."

Saying,

Zhou Yu looked towards a certain place on the map.
At this moment, Liu Wu slowly stepped on the place and said, "Gongan, Zhuge Liang is gathering troops in Gongan right now!"

"According to the scouts, Zhuge Liang has gathered 20,000 Jingzhou naval forces and 30,000 infantrymen, a total of 50,000 land and sea troops, and has deployed them outside Gong'an City..."

An army of 50,000 on land and sea!

Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and other veteran generals frowned and looked towards the Gong'an City on the map that was under Liu Wu's feet.

Gong'an City is located at the northernmost end of Wuling County, one of the four counties in southern Jing. If the coalition forces of Jiangdong and Xiling want to move south, they must first take Wuling to cut off Liu Bei's retreat route to the south, and then go down along the Xiangjiang River and conquer the remaining three counties. Only then can they complete their mission.

Now, the 50,000 troops Zhuge Liang gathered outside the city of Gong'an were the biggest obstacle for them to capture the four counties of southern Jing.

Can the current joint forces of Jiangdong and Liu Wu withstand Zhuge Liang’s 50,000 troops?
What's more, that was Zhuge Liang...

When Liu Xuande invited Zhuge Liang to come out of seclusion, Liu Bei already had few generals and few soldiers. But even so, Zhuge Liang's two fires at Bowangpo and Xinye City burned Cao's army to ashes.

then,

During the Battle of Red Cliff,
Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from a straw boat!

Build an altar and borrow the wind!

He also took advantage of Jiangdong's pursuit of Cao Cao to plan for Liu Xuande to seize the four counties of southern Jing in one fell swoop!
If there is no such person,

Jiangdong may not be able to firmly resist Cao.
Liu Xuande might not be able to establish such a foundation in Jingnan.
Zhuge Liang's wisdom is unmatched. Even now, when people in Jiangdong think of him, they can't help but feel a lingering fear...

Now he has an army of 50,000 at his command. It would be difficult for the coalition forces to defeat him.

For a time,

The hearts of all the generals grew heavy. The excitement they had just felt in the sight of Jingnan had unknowingly dissipated a lot at this moment.

Seeing the low morale of the troops in the camp, the veteran general Huang Gai immediately spoke in a deep voice: "This time, I sent out 10,000 soldiers from Jiangdong. When we passed Xiling, Zilie led 15,000 soldiers out of Xiling City..."

"I also heard from Zilie before that Jiangling still has General Wei Wenchang's army of 10,000."

"So, a total of 35,000 troops, facing Zhuge Liang's 50,000 troops, we have just taken Xiakou, the morale of the army is high, and our army still has a good chance of winning the battle of Gong'an."

Although the 15,000 troops in Xiling were not elite, they had been trained by Zhao Yun for several months and could be used as they pleased.

Among the 10,000 men Wei Yan had in Jiangling, there were 5,000 new recruits, who also had some combat effectiveness.

Those five thousand veteran soldiers were elite troops who had experienced great battles!
Add to that the 10,000 elite troops from Jiangdong, and it would be a stretch to have these 35,000 people against Zhuge Liang's 50,000 troops...

But Liu Wu never thought that he could defeat Zhuge Liang by relying solely on these 35,000 people.

"As the Art of War says, attacking a city is inferior to attacking the heart..." Liu Wu returned to the main seat and sat down slowly: "Zhuge Liang is very wise, and he has powerful troops. Fighting him head-on and confronting him in a battle array is not a good strategy."

Huang Gai was surprised: "Is Zilie planning another night attack?"

Liu Wu shook his head: "The night attack strategy is fine for attacking Xiakou, but how can we hide it from Zhuge Liang? I have already made arrangements in Jiangling City opposite Gong'an, and I think it may be effective."

Liu Zilie made arrangements in Jiangling City?
The generals were all surprised and stunned.

Liu Wu did not explain, but his bright eyes became deeper...

No matter how wise and resourceful Zhuge Liang was, he was just a military strategist. His strengths must have been giving advice and planning strategies.

If he were really allowed to take charge of the situation alone, I'm afraid he would have to look ahead and behind and be full of worries.

Just as Liu Wu said just now, to deal with such smart people, "attacking the city is inferior to attacking the heart"!
Liu Wu closed his eyes slightly, sat with his back straight behind his desk...

Whether he could defeat Mr. Wolong depended on how far his teacher Fengchu could implement his previous plan.

this day,
After taking Xiakou, Liu Wu's army did not even have time to rest and recuperate before setting out again in full force!

Follow the river to Gong'an!!
……

In Gong'an City, the county magistrate's residence.

"We have sent several spies to the other side of the river, but there is no news from the lord."

"We have sent people to search the area dozens of miles around Jiangling, but we have not found any trace of the lord!"

"A hundred miles north of Jiangling, we found the main camp of Cao's army, which had at least 30,000 soldiers. Apart from that, we have not found the whereabouts of the emperor's uncle."

"Since Chen Dao and his five thousand elite soldiers crossed the river, they have not sent any news back. Now, the whereabouts of Chen Dao and his five thousand elite soldiers have not been found."

"There is no news about General Mi Fang, General Guan, General Zhang, and others..."

In the county magistrate's hall, groups of scouts came and went, and came and went.

Zhuge Kongming paced back and forth, his brows furrowed more and more...

I have already sent out several groups of scouts and spies to the other side, but the traces of the lord seem to have suddenly disappeared on both sides of the river...

There is no trace of it at all.

Even Chen Dao's five thousand elite troops seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

He did find out the location of Cao Cao's camp and the strength of his soldiers, but this was of no help other than making Kong Ming more worried.

Now the whereabouts of the lord and his generals are unknown, Cao Cao's army has reached the other side, and Jiangdong is eyeing Jingnan covetously...

But now, this huge burden is placed on me alone...

"Military Advisor! Military Advisor!!"

Suddenly, a soldier rushed into the hall with a panicked look on his face: "A spy reported that the eldest son Liu Wu has joined forces with Jiangdong and sent a large army to the south..."

"Now, now Xiakou has been breached, and the land and sea forces are heading towards Gong'an!"

Liu Wu joins forces with Jiangdong!

The summer gate has been broken!!
boom! ~
These two pieces of news were like two thunders that struck Zhuge Liang's heart.

Zhuge Wolong was so shocked that he felt dizzy.
He asked hurriedly: "Xiakou still has 10,000 defenders, how come it was defeated?"

"Young Master, how can you join forces with Jiangdong?"

The soldier who reported the news said: "The eldest son attacked Xiakou at night and ordered the main generals of Jiangdong to raise their own battle flags. The defenders of Xiakou thought that Jiangdong was attacking in full force, and the army's morale was low... The defenders surrendered, and Xiakou was captured overnight!"

"According to the spies, the eldest son took the Jiangdong fleet to Xiakou this time. The boats were full of Jiangdong soldiers, and Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others accompanied the eldest son..."

Kong Ming could no longer hear what the soldier said next.

Zhuge Liang's face turned pale.
He looked up.
Slowly closed my eyes...

Xiakou is adjacent to the four counties of southern Jing and is the most important barrier for the four counties of southern Jing. Now that Xiakou has been lost, the coalition forces can only move south along the Xiangjiang River to capture the four counties of southern Jing!

That feeling of powerlessness surged into his heart again.

The thing that I tried every means to prevent finally happened.

Zhuge Kongming had anticipated this day.
Liu Wu finally took action against his lord.

Jiangdong,

And there is Jiangdong!

Kong Ming was in a trance...

He couldn't figure out why Jiangdong would side with Liu Wu?!
Before this, he had accompanied his master across the river and revealed Liu Wu's identity in front of Sun Quan. Sun Quan had even agreed to renew the previous agreement with his master and join forces to suppress Liu Wu...

I have clearly already forced Liu Wu into a desperate situation, cutting off the possibility of him joining forces with Jiangdong...

What method did Liu Wu use to make Jiangdong stand with him again without hesitation and join forces to deal with their lord?

Even Jiangdong's generals like Zhou Yu and Huang Gai were willing to lend them to Liu Wu... Has the Marquis of Wu completely given up and stood with Liu Wu?
Does the Duke of Wu really feel confident about forming an alliance with Liu Wu?

Countless questions lingered in Zhuge Liang's mind...

call! ~
The cold wind is as sharp as a knife.

Zhuge Liang looked up outside the palace.
He left the county magistrate's residence silently.
Towards the city wall,

Step by step he climbed to the top of the city wall.

Wow~
The river waves were mighty, and the sound of waves hitting the river bank could be heard from afar.

Zhuge Kongming stood on the top of the city wall, facing the river. The Gong'an City on the opposite side of the river was shrouded in thick river fog, making it difficult for him to see clearly.

He turned his head and looked around, gazing at the world.

As far as the eye can see, the sky and the earth are vast, and Kong Ming can't see clearly what's far away.

Just as he could not see clearly Liu Wu who had kneeled in front of his thatched cottage for three days and three nights, Kong Ming still could not see clearly what Liu Wu had arranged in Jingxiang.

He still remembers,

When he was in Longzhong, he proposed the strategy of dividing the world into three parts to Emperor Liu. Emperor Liu was overjoyed and said frankly that this "Longzhong Strategy" was like a cloud clearing away and the sun opening up for him!

But today,
Zhuge Kongming and Liu Wu were playing chess on the chessboard of the nine counties of Jingxiang, but he felt that the chessboard was full of fog set by Liu Wu. He could not see what the eldest son was up to...

Jiang Dong was caught off guard and stood together with the eldest son.

Xiakou was broken overnight.

Zhao Zilong was trapped.

Mi Fang didn't come back.

Guan Yu did not come back.
Zhang Yide didn't come back.

The lord is missing, and even Chen Dao, who he sent to Jiangbei, has no news...

The leaders of the entire Public Security City were almost wiped out in a short period of time! !
call! ~
The river wind blowing to Gong'an City is getting stronger and stronger.

Zhuge Liang tightly grasped the feather fan in his hand and whispered to himself: "My lord..."

"My lord, my lord, where are you?"

"Liang, I am really terrified..."

(End of this chapter)