Chapter 123 The rats of Jiangdong stab Liu Wu in the back!
Chapter 123: The rats of Jiangdong stab Liu Wu in the back!
"My Lord, I beg you to open the gates of Gong'an City!"

"Welcome the eldest son into the city!"

"Appoint the eldest son as the crown prince!" Under the city of Gong'an, more than a dozen surrendered generals who came with Sun Qian shouted loudly in unison.

that voice,
The news spread throughout the city of Gong'an.

On the top of the city wall, Zhuge Liang, Mi Zhu and others stared blankly at Sun Qian and others below the city, totally unaware of what Sun Qian was trying to do by leading this group of people to the city of Gong'an.

The joy on Liu Bei's face had long since vanished. He looked at Sun Qian with a pale face and said, "Gongyou, what is your purpose in coming here?"

Sun Qian held his head high: "We are here to advise the Lord!"

"The eldest son is the lord's bloodline, and he will inherit the lord's cause sooner or later. Sun Qian and others join the eldest son's army, which is nothing more than serving him in advance..."

Every word and every sentence of Sun Qian.

They were like a copper hammer, hitting Liu Bei's temple hard.

"Gongyou!" Liu Xuande suppressed his anger and interrupted Sun Qian: "I have already appointed Adou as the crown prince. Everyone in Gong'an City knows this. In the future, only Adou can inherit my foundation. How can you say that you are working for that little beast Liu Wu?!"

Sun Qian: "This is exactly what we want to advise our lord. Adou is an ignorant young boy. How can he shoulder the lord's great cause in troubled times? We ask our lord to accept our advice, open the gates of Gong'an, and welcome the eldest son into the city!"

Open the Gong'an city gate and welcome that little beast into the city?

This is the advice from his senior officials? !

Is this an admonition?

This is clearly an attempt to persuade you to surrender!!

Creak! ~
Under the big sleeves,

Liu Xuande's hands creaked as he clenched them. He could no longer endure it: "Sun Gongyou!"

"You betrayed your master first, but I wanted to take you under my wing again because of our past friendship!"

"How could you have thought that not only would you not remember my kindness to you in the past, but you would even act as that little beast's lackey to persuade me to surrender! How shameless you are!"

Sun Qian was not afraid at all: "We are the ministers under the command of the lord. How can we remain indifferent when we see the lord doing such a foolish thing?"

"If there is a righteous man in the family, the family will never fail!"

"As long as a country has loyal ministers, it will not perish!"

Sun Gongyou acted as a lobbyist for that little beast, yet he still dared to call himself a loyal minister? !
This is clearly a humiliation to Liu Xuande! !

in an instant,
Liu Xuande was so furious that he felt dizzy and stumbled, almost falling to the ground.

"My lord!" Zhuge Liang and Mi Zhu hurriedly supported him.

"Asshole! Asshole!" Liu Xuande pointed at Sun Qian below the city with trembling hands: "Shoot! Shoot!"

hum! ~
Suddenly, a rain of arrows fell from the top of the city wall, and then fell towards the city below...

Under the city,

The surrendered generals hurriedly pulled Sun Qian back, "Mr. Gongyou, retreat quickly!"

Sun Qian was carried away, but he still looked back: "As long as the lord does not welcome the eldest son into the city, I will come to the city to persuade him..."

……

In the residence of the Public Security County Magistrate,
"Hateful! Hateful!" In the hall, Uncle Liu was still furious.

Whenever Liu Xuande thought of the scene just now under the city, he felt as if his chest was filled with a sigh of relief: "I treated Sun Gongyou so well. How could he, how could he humiliate me like this?"

Zhuge Liang: "My Lord, the matter of Sun Gongyou is still a small matter. The situation in southern Jing is now a big problem!"

The situation in Jingnan...

These four words instantly dissipated Liu Xuande's anger.

Although he was in high spirits when he entered the city, his high spirits faded away and the worries about the reality before him made him uneasy again. After all, Liu Wu was very powerful at the moment.

If it came to a head-on confrontation between Liu Huangshu and Liu Wu, he would really be too nervous.

Zhuge Liang frowned and said, "In order to prevent the eldest son from going south, I have already gathered all the troops from the four counties in southern Jing to Gong'an..."

"Right now, the four counties in southern Jing are already empty."

"I'm afraid that the eldest master has already sent his generals and troops to the four counties in southern Jing..."

"I'm afraid that Gong'an City today is already an isolated and dead city."

Liu Wu spent so much effort to lure away Uncle Liu.

What for?
Isn’t the purpose to make the people in the four counties of southern Jing panic?

Isn't the purpose for him to gather the army in Jingnan and confront him with the Public Security Bureau?
Now that his intention had been achieved, there was no way he would just sit there and watch the four counties become empty without taking any action.

As Zhuge Liang's voice faded, the blood color on Liu Xuande's face disappeared in an instant!

Has that rebellious son already taken action against the four counties of southern Jing?

How long can Gong'an City, which has lost the four counties of southern Jing, hold out?

"Military Advisor!" Liu Xuande said with difficulty: "Now that things have come to this, what should we do?"

Zhuge Liang: "Drag!"

"The only solution now is to delay until the situation changes..."

"Cao Cao has tens of thousands of troops stationed in Jiangbei, how can he remain indifferent to Jiangling and Xiling?"

"And how can Sun Quan of Jiangdong really help the eldest master in a peaceful and responsible manner?"

"No." Liu Bei suddenly shook his head: "Cao Mengde and I are old enemies. He has hated me for a long time. I'm afraid he would rather give up Jingzhou than see me captured by that rebellious son."

In this world, only enemies know each other best.

As much as Liu Bei hated Cao Cao, Cao Cao hated Liu Bei.

Liu Huangshu believed that if he and Cao Mengde were in different places, he would kill Cao Mengde no matter how much it cost!
Zhuge Liang: "Even if Cao Cao can hold back, how can Jiangdong hold back from attacking the eldest son?"

Liu Bei looked puzzled: "What Jiangdong wants is Hefei. That rebellious son promised Hefei to Jiangdong, what else is there for Jiangdong to be dissatisfied with?"

The quiet sunlight shone into the hall and in front of Zhuge Liang.

His eyes were as deep as a pool: "Jiangdong will definitely stab the eldest master in the back!"

Liu Bei was stunned: "Why is the military advisor so sure?"

"Sun Zhongmou of Jiangdong is a guardian dog..." Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and said, "This man is good at defending the status quo but not at taking the initiative. However, he has great ambitions, so he can only be cautious and wait for an opportunity to stab me in the back."

"Sun Quan wants Hefei, but doesn't he want Jingzhou?!"

……

……

"Sir, we are back."

Sun Qian and more than ten other generals rode back to the camp.

Hula la, a group of people arrived at Liu Wu's central army tent, bang! bang! ~
They knelt on one knee, and with dozens of clanging sounds, they led by Sun Qian confessed their guilt to Liu Wu: "We are incompetent and failed to persuade Uncle Liu to protect the prince!"

"We are incompetent and have failed to convince Uncle Liu to protect the young master!!"

They still called Liu Wu "Prince".

But Liu Bei is no longer called Lord, but Uncle Liu...

The meaning of this subtle change is very intriguing.

It was obvious that they had become much more estranged from Liu Bei, but they were too embarrassed to directly respect Liu Wu as their lord. After all, Liu Bei had already returned to the city, and it was really a loss of face.

They called Liu Wu "Prince" and respected Liu Bei as "Uncle Liu", which actually made their position clear in a tactful way.

They did not betray Liu Bei.
They just sided with Liu Wu in Liu Bei's group and wanted to help and protect the eldest prince in his bid for the throne!
In other words, it is nothing more than an internal contradiction.

"You don't have to do this." With the help of Sun Shangxiang, Liu Wu stood up from his seat and slowly helped Sun Qian up. "You are all loyal and good people. You are willing to go to Gong'an to speak up for Zilie. Zilie is already terrified."

"You can't force it. Don't risk going to the city again. In the future, when you conquer the world and expand your business, you will still need your help."

"Mr. Sun Qian, and all the generals, please go back to the camp and rest first."

"Teacher, please send them off for me..."

Feng Chu immediately stood up and escorted Sun Qian and others out of the tent.

The people were walking in the military camp.
"We would also like to thank Mr. Fengchu for his guidance."

A group of generals bowed to Pang Tong, the Phoenix, in thanks.

At this point, they have realized that the decision they made was absolutely correct.

Pang Tong has helped them clear themselves of the suspicion of betraying their master and joining the enemy.

Liu Wu, a young, unexpected, wise and brave man, seems to be stronger than Liu Xuande, who is over 50 years old and may not be able to climb onto a horse in a few years.

Sun Qian and his friends seem to have a bright future.

Before leaving, Pang Tong suddenly said, "Everyone, Zilie just advised you not to take risks under the city again. It is right for Zilie to comfort you, but if you really want to support Zilie, you must not really listen to what Zilie said."

As soon as this word comes out,
Everyone in the field was very confused.

Only a gleam of light flashed across Sun Qian's eyes, as if he realized something.

"Thank you Mr. Fengchu for your advice!" Sun Qian bowed to Pang Tong again and left with a group of generals.

Naturally, the generals had no idea what it meant.

"Master Sun Qian, what kind of riddle are you playing with Mr. Feng Chu?"

"Yeah, what does that mean?"

"We have already sided with the Master. If the Master doesn't allow us to go, can we still go against His wishes?"

"What the young master said is what he wanted to say. What we want to do is what we want to do!" Sun Qian really had nothing to say to this bunch of rough guys, but he had to explain it to them right away.

"Now the young master is besieging the city, and Uncle Liu is defending it."

"Between father and son, do not lightly resort to violence."

"Whether it sounds better to kill the father or the son, neither is better!"

"Who can tell clearly what happened before, but once... no matter who wins, they will lose face in front of the world!"

"The current plan is to attack the heart!"

"From now on, we will wear heavy armor and shout on the top of the city every day to persuade you to surrender! In order to shake the morale of the soldiers in the city..."

At this point in the call, more than a dozen veterans suddenly realized!
……

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"If nothing unexpected happens, the four counties of Jingnan should be easily conquered..."

As soon as he sent Sun Qian and the others away, Pang Tong returned to the central army tent and continued to plan for his good apprentice: "Jiangxia has been captured by us. Once the four counties in southern Jing are taken, Liu Xuande will have no way out."

"He only has less than 20,000 soldiers in the city, and he is isolated and helpless. Gong'an is already a dead city."

"I have just informed Sun Qian and the others. Sun Qian knows what to do..."

"If the current situation continues, within a month, there will be several disturbances in Gong'an City, and it will eventually fall without a fight!"

Liu Wu's eyes swept across the map, and his attention was not limited to the city of Gong'an.

More than a hundred miles away from Jiangling City in the north of the Yangtze River is Cao’s main camp.

All the elite troops of Cao's army in Xiangfan came out, totaling 30,000.

On the river, 10,000 Jiangdong navy soldiers were parked on the shore...

When noticing the 10,000 Jiangdong navy on the riverside, Liu Wu subconsciously glanced at Jianye City in the distance.

"Teacher, although the situation is good now, it is also the most dangerous time."

Liu Wu expressed his concerns: "After a month of siege, there is no problem with food and grass, but I am afraid that something might happen if we delay..."

How could Pang Tong not understand Liu Wu's meaning? He was worried that if Gong'an surrounded the city, Cao Cao and Sun Quan would have other ideas.

Pang Tong frowned and took a sip of wine: "We must be on guard against Jiangdong."

In fact, the defense against Jiangdong has always been there. So far, the 10,000 Jiangdong navy have been allowed to support on the river and have never been allowed to go ashore.

Liu Wu had already made up his mind to guard Jiangdong in this way: "I can do this."

Pang Tong: "Okay! I'll go over to Cao Mengde's place."

Liu Wu stood up and said, "Teacher, Cao Cao is really angry with you, why don't you let Wen Chang go to Jiangbei?"

Pang Tong put the wine gourd on his waist, he was determined to leave: "Zi Lie, don't worry about your teacher. Although Cao Mengde is treacherous, he is a rare person who knows about affairs."

"Everyone knows that I, Pang Shiyuan, am your teacher. Cao Mengde will not become your enemy just because of past grudges."

After saying this, Pang Tong turned and left.

Liu Wu sighed slightly: "Thank you for your hard work, teacher." Then he said: "Someone come!"

Immediately, a personal guard came to the tent and said, "Here!"

Liu Wu's eyes turned cold: "Go and ask Jiangdong Grand Commander Zhou Gongjin, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhou Tai... and the other fourteen people to come ashore tomorrow..."

"Just say that the situation in the four counties of Jingnan has been resolved, and that the Jiangdong navy has made great contributions. I will invite them to a banquet and drink."

"promise!!"

……

……

The next day,

noon.

The sun is at its zenith,

Jiangdong Grand Commander Zhou Gongjin and his 14-man entourage went ashore to change horses, raising a cloud of dust as they headed towards the central army camp.

He dismounted only outside the central army tent.

When the fourteen people entered the tent, they saw a table already set out with wine, meat, delicacies, and plenty of drinks.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Liu Wu walked out and sat down.

Zhou Yu and others were not shy and sat down everywhere.

"Let's toast to the Governor of Jingzhou!" Veteran General Han Dang took the lead, and everyone in Jiangdong toasted Liu Wu who was sitting on the main seat.

Now the times have changed, and as long as Liu Wu can take over Gong'an, he will become a truly powerful warlord in the world.

In addition, Liu Wu is brave and good at fighting, and is eager to make progress. Once he completes the integration of the four counties in southern Jing, plus the thirty-six counties in northern Jiangbei, his strength will reach the same level as Liu Jingsheng, who single-handedly took over nine counties.

This had to be taken seriously by Zhou Yu and others!
"A toast to all the generals. You have made great contributions to Liu Wu's success today." Liu Wu also returned the toast with a glass.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Zhou Gongjin stood up and walked to Liu Wu in two or three steps: "After Gong'an City is captured, I hope the governor of Jingzhou can cede Hefei as promised."

"I will send troops from Jiangdong and take the four counties of Jingzhou as my dowry."

"The betrothal gift from Hefei City must also be delivered as promised..."

Zhou Gongjin began.

How he dealt with Liu Bei in the past is how he deals with Liu Wu now.

no way,
Jingzhou, Jiangdong is jealous...

Liu Wu said calmly: "Gongjin is drunk."

Zhou Yu shook his head: "How can I be drunk after only drinking two or three glasses of wine?"

"That's just looking for trouble." Liu Wu's eyes began to turn cold.

He stretched out his hand to grab Zhou Yu. This Zhou Yu really deserved a beating. He was obviously the weakest to be beaten, yet he refused to change despite being beaten again and again.

Before, we were away in Jiangdong and couldn't be ruthless, otherwise Liu Wu would not be able to leave Jiangdong.

But now, it is Liu Wu and Liu Zilie's home court...

At this moment, the veteran general Huang Gai suddenly stood up and said, "Is the governor of Jingzhou going to be violent again?!"

It was Huang Gai's shout that suddenly woke Zhou Yu up. In an instant, the shadow that he had once been dominated by Liu Wu came back to his mind. He was startled and retreated in a hurry.

Liu Wu slowly stood up and said, "Gongjin, you are being rude."

The cold words swept the entire tent with a chill: "Besides, Lord Wu was also rude."

The people in the field were puzzled, and Zhou Yu asked, "What does Jingzhou Mu mean?"

Liu Wu said indifferently: "Today, we intercepted a letter from Jianye. It was a personal letter from Wu Hou to Zhou Gongjin, the Grand Commander of Jiangdong."

"The letter said that if Liu and his son hold out for Gong'an, the Grand Commander can do as he sees fit."

"If we can seize the four counties in southern Jing during the chaos, even if it means trying to fish in troubled waters, we can do it."

The words fell,

There was an uproar in the field.

"Slander!" Zhou Yu was furious: "I have never received this letter!"

Liu Wu: "I intercepted the letter, so the Grand Commander certainly won't receive it..."

Zhou Yu: "Please ask the governor of Jingzhou to bring out the letter. We will know if it is written by the Marquis of Wu himself."

Liu Wu: "I don't know whether this letter is true or not. It will damage the morale of the coalition forces. I have burned it."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Jiangdong generals in the field were stunned!

You said you intercepted the letter.

I asked you to take it out, but you said it was burnt.

Zhou Tai was furious: "Liu Wu!!"

Liu Wu looked indifferent, not affected at all: "Yes..."

“I would rather believe that something exists than something that doesn’t exist.”

"Let me ask you, if this letter is true..."

"Liu Zilie, that's enough!" Huang Gai's chest was burning with anger: "That letter is fake! You made it up, do you think you can convict us without any evidence?!"

Liu Wu raised his eyes to look at Huang Gai: "Now, I say that the letter is real."

"I said,"

"it is true……"

"General Huang, did you hear clearly?"

Huang Gai was confused.

He is a veteran who has fought hundreds of battles. He is old and has experienced countless bloody battles, but he has never seen such an arrogant person!

Next, Liu Wu said word by word: "To protect our Sun-Liu alliance."

"Nothing will happen."

"The fourteen of you are now confined to this place..."

In order to maintain the alliance between Liu Wu and Jiangdong, we have no choice but to imprison all of you Jiangdong generals.

no way,
It’s all for the Sun-Liu alliance.

Jiang Qin was closest to the door and subconsciously wanted to run out, but as soon as he exerted force, he felt his heels go weak. He shouted angrily: "Liu Wu put drugs in the wine!"

As soon as this word comes out,
The fourteen people from Jiangdong were horrified.

But Liu Wu walked across the table step by step. When he passed by Jiang Qin, his voice fell lightly: "I don't need to use medicine to deal with you."

"Jiang Gongyi, if you can't drink, don't drink..."

"Everyone!"

"Try to be honest."

"We are all old friends. If you guys cause trouble, I have no choice but to do it myself."

Liu Wu left...

The people in the field realized that they couldn't leave...

Only then did they realize that from the moment Liu Wu took his first step and said these few words until he walked out of the tent, none of them dared to move a single step or even breathe.

"Poof!~"

Ding Feng suddenly collapsed. He lay on the table and gasped for breath.

It turned out that he didn't dare to breathe during this period of time.

……

……

Jiangbei, Cao’s army camp.

Gulp! ~
Gulp! ~
In the central army tent,
Cao Cao looked at the ugly man in front of him who was holding a tea bowl and drinking continuously, his face gloomy.

Before the Battle of Red Cliff,
I treated him with courtesy, but he used a chain to block the way for my 800,000-strong army!
If Liu Zilie and I had not teamed up to deal with Liu Da'er, I would never let him leave Cao's camp alive...

"Huh..." Pang Tong, who was thirsty, drank several bowls of herbal tea and let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

He wiped his mouth.
Then he saluted slowly to the prime minister in front of him: "Pang Tong, I pay my respects to Prime Minister Cao."

Looking at Pang Tong who was bowing but not kneeling, Prime Minister Cao suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and said, "Mr. Fengchu, why did Liu Zilie send you here?"

Feng Chu bowed and said: "Prime Minister Cao, my master's army is now besieging Gong'an City, but Gong'an City is difficult to take for the time being. It is estimated that it will take about a month to take it."

"So my master sent me to see the Prime Minister and asked him to station troops in Jiangbei for another month to support our army."

Take over Gong'an City in just one month?

And let us keep the troops there for another month?
Do I have to pay for one month's military rations?
Prime Minister Cao couldn't hold it in any longer: "About a month?"

"How can it take a month to capture a mere public security city?"

"Do you know how much military rations my army of tens of thousands of people consumes in a month?!"

"Will your master give me food and fodder?"

Pang Tong was helpless: "My lord, I don't want to waste so much time, but the people in Gong'an City are united and it is very difficult to attack!"

"Even so, my master asked Jiangdong to borrow 10,000 soldiers and horses, and gave Hefei away..."

Hefei?

Prime Minister Cao was startled: "What Hefei? Who did your master send Hefei to?"

Pang Tong: "Jiangdong, they insist on it."

Liu Wu gave Hefei to Jiangdong! !

When did this happen?
How could you not know it at all?
If Jiangdong takes Hefei, then the Central Plains...

Cao Mengde couldn't believe his ears. He looked straight at Pang Tong and asked, "What do you want?"

Pang Tong: "It has to be Hefei."

Prime Minister Cao was a little out of control: "If they want it, just give it to them!!"

Mr. Fengchu looked helpless: "But Jiangdong has sent troops, and they have made great efforts."

Jiangdong sent out troops...

Cao Cao looked murderous: "What are the conditions for sending troops to Jiangdong?"

Pang Tong: "My master married the Princess of Jiangdong. The Marquis of Wu asked my master for Hefei as a betrothal gift. He insisted on Hefei..."

Cao Cao: "Did you give it?"

Pang Tong spread his hands and said, "Jiangdong insists."

Cao Mengde's old face was red with anger.

boom! ~
He slammed the table and said, "He insisted on it, and you gave it to him?! He sent troops, and you gave it to him?!"

"I have sent tens of thousands of troops to Liu Zilie, why don't you give me Hefei?!"

Cao Mengde became angrier as he spoke: "That night when Liu Zilie captured me... and invited me to Xiling City, I had an appointment with him!"

"I went to Hefei with him, and he helped me to block Sun Quan from Jiangdong!"

"But what about now? Do you really want to break the agreement? Isn't Liu Zilie afraid that my army will turn around and seize his more than 30 counties?!"

"I gave him those thirty-odd counties, so I can take them back naturally!"

Facing the threat from Cao Cao.

Mr. Fengchu wiped the spit that splashed on his face, still with a helpless look on his face: "We don't want to give up Hefei, but those Jiangdong rats are too annoying. They have been pestering us for a long time..."

Listening to Pang Tong's endless chatter about how difficult it was for Liu Zilie to deal with Jiangdong, he just didn't give a direct answer as to whether the city of Hefei was ceded to Jiangdong.

Prime Minister Cao was so angry that veins popped out of his forehead: "And then? I ask you, what then!!!"

"I know they insist on it, but did you give it to them?!"

　I really updated a lot today, nearly 17,000 words, I’m so exhausted.

　　
　
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