Chapter 137: The vicious daughter-in-law Sun Shangxiang wanted to harm her father-in-law Liu Bei, and even Sun Quan couldn’t stand it!

Chapter 137: The vicious daughter-in-law Sun Shangxiang wanted to harm her father-in-law Liu Bei, and even Sun Quan couldn’t stand it!

In the lobby,
Liu Wu has left.

The newly tidy table was filled with meat, fruits and vegetables.

Sun Zhongmou, who was starving, was devouring the delicious food on the table.

He didn't care about the heat and tore off a piece of steaming mutton and stuffed it into his mouth. He ate in a rude manner. Where was the demeanor of the Lord of the Southeast?
Sun Shangxiang was helpless: "Second brother, please go slower..."

Sun Quan did not even raise his head. He ate without restraint and spoke incoherently, "These days, I have only eaten wheat cakes and water every day to survive. I haven't eaten like this for many days."

Thinking about his experiences in the past few days, Sun Zhongmou was filled with bitterness...

On the way he was escorted to Gong'an, the eight hundred cavalrymen were so busy getting on with their journey that they had no time to prepare any fine food for him.
On the way, Sun Quan asked Liu Bei for help again. The escorting cavalrymen were worried that Sun Quan would take the opportunity to escape, so they deliberately reduced the food they gave Sun Quan, just enough to keep him from starving to death but without the strength to escape.

Even though this cavalry later changed its route and sent Sun Quan into Xiling City, the amount of food this Jiangdong Marquis of Wu consumed every day still kept him in a half-dead state.

Now that Liu Wu had lifted the restrictions on Sun Quan in Xiling City, he could finally have a full meal.

"Burp..." After filling his stomach by about 50%, Sun Quan finally started to ask about the business: "What is the current situation in Jingnan?"

The situation in Jingnan!
This is the thing he wants to figure out most urgently right now. Changes in Jingnan are related to the changes in the situation on both sides of the river.

The most important thing is that Sun Quan really wants to know whether Zhou Yu and his men have taken action against Jingnan and what the current situation of the public security is.

That day in the carriage,

He saw with his own eyes Liu Bei sailing down the river...

Liu Huangshu did not defend Gong'an City, but appeared in the fleet on the river. I could even faintly hear him shouting something to join me...

Recalling that scene, Sun Quan already had some vague guesses in his mind, but he still held on to the last glimmer of fantasy: what if?
What if the soldiers and civilians in Gong'an City are still holding on?

As long as Gong'an is not lost, and as long as the civil and military officials in southern Jing still have the intention to resist Liu Wu, the situation in Jingxiang will still change!

"That day, Zi Lie never got off the boat after returning from Jiangdong. He led his troops directly to attack Xiakou and took it overnight..." Sun Shangxiang did not hide it from Sun Quan. Now that the situation in southern Jing was settled, everyone in Jingxiang knew about it.

Only my second brother has been imprisoned for many days and knows nothing.

Sun Shangxiang's voice continued: "Zi Lie and the Jiangdong coalition army went straight to Gong'an. Zhuge Liang gathered four counties in southern Jing, 20,000 naval forces, and 30,000 infantry to confront Zi Lie..."

"Sun Qian, a senior official under Liu Bei, led 20,000 Jingzhou naval forces and 5,000 soldiers to surrender to Zilie..."

"The army has besieged Gong'an for nearly a month. The city is in turmoil and the people are in panic. For some reason, Zilie has imprisoned General Gongjin and the generals of Jiangdong..."

"A few days ago, Liu Xuande fought a decisive battle with Zilie and was defeated! At the critical moment of his life and death, Zhou Yu and the generals of Jiangdong broke into the siege and rescued him, and he fled to Jiangdong..."

"At present, the four counties of Jingnan have all been taken by Zilie, and the civil and military officials in Gong'an City have also surrendered to Zilie. The situation in Jingnan is set!"

All four counties were taken by Liu Zilie!
Public security officials surrendered to Liu Zilie!

The situation in Jingnan is determined!

Sun Shangxiang's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Sun Quan's heart.

Liu Wu won in the end...

Liu Bei was defeated in the end...

In addition to Jiangling which is already in the hands of Liu Wu, he has almost controlled the entire Jingzhou in a practical sense. Taking into account the land north of the Yangtze River, Liu Zilie spans both sides of the river, and his momentum of rising to the sky is already there!

He imprisoned Gongjin and others, probably because they intercepted the letters he sent to them.

I saw Liu Xuande sailing down the river, and I guess Zhou Yu and other generals were also on that fleet at that time. They were going to escort Liu Bei to Jiangdong.

Countless thoughts were swirling in Sun Quan's mind...

What about taking Hefei and Jingzhou...

What is it like to accomplish something that my father and brother could not even imagine...

All his previous plans eventually came to nothing and went to waste!
Liu Xuande was defeated by Liu Zilie, and so wasn't Sun Zhongmou also defeated by Liu Wu?

Gulp! ~
Sun Quan picked up the cup filled with honey water, raised his head suddenly, and drank it all in one gulp.

Even though Sun Zhongmou was grieving in his heart, he remained calm and ate. As for the fact that he secretly asked Zhou Yu and others to lead the troops to assassinate Liu Wu, he did not even mention a word.

Sun Shangxiang filled her brother's cup with honey water and said, "Liu Xuande is Zilie's mortal enemy. Now he has fled to Jiangdong. Second brother, why don't you show your support? Zilie is your brother-in-law!"

Everyone knows that Emperor Liu can run.

Sun Shangxiang knew very well that Liu Wu and Liu Xuande had long been sworn enemies.

If he didn't take this opportunity to strike back at the fallen dog, if Uncle Liu recovered, he would certainly pose a threat to Liu Wu's cause again. Without the help of his second brother, the Marquis of Wu, Liu Bei's going to Jiangdong would be like a bird walking into a trap, seeking his own death!
Sun Quan picked up the silk and wiped his mouth: "Liu Zilie is my brother-in-law?"

"Liu Xuande is still his biological father, but where is your father-in-law? How can you, as a daughter-in-law, be so cruel? Is there any daughter-in-law in the world who treats her father-in-law like this?"

Help Liu Zilie deal with Liu Bei?

Now Jiangdong helps Liu Zilie deal with Liu Bei. Who will help Jiangdong deal with Liu Zilie in the future?
Liu Zilie, who has become a powerful figure in Jingxiang, poses a greater threat to Jiangdong than Liu Xuande did back then.

As the ruler of Jiangdong, Sun Quan, for the sake of Jiangdong's interests, was too busy supporting Liu Xuande and Liu Wu to continue their fight, so how could he possibly help Liu Wu deal with Liu Bei?
Sun Quan stretched out his hand and was about to eat the meat in front of him...

Wow! ~
The lacquer tray on which the food was placed was suddenly pulled away from the table by Sun Shangxiang.

"You..." Looking at the empty table in front of him, Sun Quan's face turned cold: "Why? Second brother won't help Liu Zilie deal with Liu Xuande, so you won't even let him have a meal?"

Sun Shangxiang's beautiful eyes widened: "Second brother, why don't you understand the situation? Now I am at the mercy of you, brother..."

The sister is the knife and the brother is the fish?

The Lord of Jiangdong was stunned, looking at the little sister in front of him in a daze.

When I was in Jiangdong in the past, disciplining her was as natural as drinking water and eating.

But now in Xiling City, the life and death of himself, the lord of Jiangdong, is in the hands of others, and even his daily diet is controlled by this naughty girl.

As the saying goes, "sister is the butcher and brother is the meat", it is really true...

"I advise my second brother to be more sensible about the current situation!" Looking at her second brother who always taught her a lesson in the past and now suffered a setback in front of her, Sun Shangxiang was very proud: "Hurry up and have someone drive Liu Xuande out of Jiangdong, otherwise..."

"Just continue to eat your wheat cakes and drink your water!"

……

……

call! ~
wow~
The river wind howled and the waves surged.

Jianye Pier,

All I saw were sails like clouds and boats as numerous as hemp.

The mighty Jiangdong warships sailed along the river with full sails and finally returned to Jianye in a very short time.

"The Grand Admiral and the generals are back!"

Amid the surprised cheers of the soldiers on the shore, fourteen figures in helmets and armor got off the warship and strode forward.

The leader was handsome and heroic, wearing a white robe and white armor. He was none other than the commander-in-chief of Jiangdong’s naval and land forces, Zhou Yu!

Tap tap tap! ~
Zhou Yu and his generals walked as fast as the wind and had faces as gloomy as water.

Their minds are now filled with Lu Zijing's letter...

Something happened to Jianye!

One hundred thousand hot!
What exactly happened to Jianye?

Lu Zijing didn't even dare to mention it in the letter!

"Get on the horse! Go to Wuhou Mansion immediately!"

Xilulu! ~
Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong generals mounted their horses and galloped towards the Wu Marquis's mansion.

The soldiers on the shore were all surprised:

"What happened to the Grand Commander and the others? Why are they leaving in such a hurry?"

"This time, the Grand Commander and the generals of Jiangdong assisted Liu Zilie in conquering the four counties of southern Jing. They will surely return with a great victory and attract the Marquis of Wu."

"Wait! Isn't that Liu Xuande? This time I am fighting him in Jiangdong. Why is he here too?"

"Could it be that he was captured alive?"

"No, there are soldiers behind him..."

Amid the stunned looks of the soldiers on the shore, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang once again set foot on the shore of Jianye.

Liu Xuande's eyes were full of complexities: "In just over a month, the situation has changed so dramatically."

He still remembered that more than a month ago, he and Zhuge Liang also came to Jiangdong. At that time, the Marquis of Wu personally welcomed them. In the end, he and the Marquis of Wu made a plan to renew the previous agreement and jointly attack Liu Zilie.

Now I come to Jiangdong again...

The four counties in southern Jing under his command had all been taken by Liu Wu.

Even his own Public Security City was not saved.

The elders who were his key figures were deserted by their friends and relatives!

"My lord, don't delay." Zhuge Liang interrupted Liu Bei's thoughts: "It is important to go and see the Marquis of Wu as soon as possible." "My lord, I am afraid you will suffer a lot when you meet the Marquis of Wu this time. I am afraid that the difficulty of forming an alliance with Jiangdong is far greater than the alliance between Sun and Liu during the Battle of Red Cliff..."

Before the Battle of Chibi, although Liu Xuande suffered a crushing defeat, his trusted veterans were still there.

Liu Qi still had 10,000 troops in Jiangxia to provide support.

At that time, in Sun Quan's eyes, Liu Xuande was still worth forming an alliance with.

But what do I have now?
There were only three thousand remaining soldiers, and most of their trusted associates had betrayed them, leaving them with no place to stand.

Whether Jiangdong will form an alliance with him...is still unclear.

"No problem!" Liu Bei said in a low voice with a firm look in his eyes: "It's just that Sun Zhongmou is asking for too much. As long as Jiangdong can help me take back Jingnan, I will agree to whatever Sun Quan wants!"

"No matter what, even at all costs, I must ask Marquis Wu to help us this time!"

……

Wu Hou Mansion, the meeting hall.

In the palace,

Only a few people including Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and Zhuge Jin gathered together, but everyone looked frightened and worried.

wow~
The sound of armor leaves colliding came from outside the hall.

"Zi Jing! What happened in Jianye?" Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong generals and strode into the hall, followed closely by Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei.

Gongjin is back?!

Hearing this familiar voice, everyone in the hall seemed to have found their backbone, and all of them showed surprise:
"Gongjin! You are finally back."

"It's good to have the Grand Admiral and the veterans back!"

"Now that the Grand Commander is back, the people of Jiangdong are at peace!"

Amidst the discussions, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, who were following the crowd, stayed where they were.

They stared blankly at the couch on the steps of the hall...

It's empty there!
The position that should have belonged to Sun Quan, Marquis of Wu, is empty!
"Zijing!" Zhou Yu looked at the empty main seat and suddenly had a bad feeling: "Where is the Marquis of Wu?"

Where is the Lord of Wu?!
With just four words, the entire hall fell silent in an instant.

Lu Su sighed: "Some time ago, the Marquis of Wu took advantage of the confrontation between Liu Zilie and Liu Bei and led tens of thousands of Jiangdong navy to attack Hefei. Unexpectedly..."

"Unexpectedly, he was captured by Gao Shun's troops!"

"Marquis Wu's whereabouts are still unknown!"

Wu Hou was captured alive by Gao Shun? His whereabouts unknown? ! !

boom! ~
In a moment,

The people who had just entered the hall felt as if a thunderclap had exploded in their heads and stood there in a daze.

No wonder Lu Zijing said that the matter of Jianye was extremely urgent!
No wonder Lu Zijing did not dare to state this clearly in the letter. If this matter leaked out and was known by foreign enemies, Jiangdong would be leaderless and would be in imminent danger.

wow~
The generals of Jiangdong turned their heads almost at the same time and looked at Liu Xuande behind them.

Doesn't this mean that what Liu Huangshu saw that day when Marquis Wu was held hostage was not an illusion at all, but was all real? !
Zhou Yu's face turned pale, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. "Impossible! How is this possible? Liu Zilie attacked the four counties in southern Jing, and all his troops were mobilized."

"Hefei only has a few thousand people defending the city. The Marquis of Wu brought tens of thousands of elite naval forces. Even if he fails to capture Hefei, he will not be captured alive by Gao Shun!"

Zhou Yu's words immediately attracted the approval of the other generals:
"What the Grand Commander said is very true. Are the tens of thousands of elite navy soldiers in Jiangdong all wooden? Are they just going to watch Marquis Wu being captured?!"

"That's right! Even though Gao Shun is a famous general, I don't believe he can capture the commander alive in the midst of thousands of troops like Liu Zilie did!"

"Even if tens of thousands of soldiers stretched out their heads to let Gao Shun chop them down, it would take days and nights. How could they be defeated like this?!"

"So many Jiangdong naval forces can't protect Wu Hou alone? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers can't even protect the Marquis of Wu. How incompetent are they?
Lu Su laughed bitterly and said, "According to General Zhu Huan who came back, the Wu army encountered setbacks when they landed, and Gao Shun, the garrison commander of Hefei, led 800 cavalrymen to defeat them and drove them down to Chaohu Lake."

"Zhu Huan had persuaded the Marquis of Wu to return to Jiangdong the next day, but the Marquis of Wu was unwilling to return without success, so he deployed more than 10,000 soldiers the next day to block the gate of Hefei, preventing any soldier of the Hefei garrison from leaving the city. He also personally led 2,000 soldiers ashore to show off his military power..."

"Who would have thought that Gao Shun had already laid an ambush on the shore overnight and suddenly attacked!"

"The main force of the army on the ship was unable to rescue in time, and could only watch as Gao Shun captured the Marquis of Wu alive and fled..."

Lu Su's voice echoed in the empty hall.

Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others were all stunned.

They could never have imagined that Marquis Wu would actually sacrifice himself just for the sake of his own face?

absurd!

It's ridiculous!
Liu Xuande at the back was shaking and seemed to be unstable.

"My lord!" Zhuge Liang quickly supported Liu Bei.

Liu Xuande's eyes were filled with despair, and he murmured to himself: "It is God's will, it is not God's will to destroy Liu Bei..."

He hoped to get help from the Marquis of Wu and recapture Jingnan.

But now,
Marquis Wu is really gone, and so is my last hope!
Who can help me regain the four counties of southern Jing?
It turns out that the scene I saw on the boat was not an illusion.

The Duke of Wu was really being held hostage!

If I had insisted on stopping the ship in Jiangdong at that time, perhaps I could have really brought the Marquis of Wu back.

It’s too late. It’s too late to say anything now.

"Generals, sir..."

A lieutenant entered the hall cautiously, holding a bamboo slip in his hand. "A soldier from Xiling crossed the river with a letter, saying it was from the Marquis of Wu himself."

A handwritten letter from the Marquis of Wu?

There is news from Lord Wu!

As the captain finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the hall turned around suddenly and cast lightning-like glances at him.

Being stared at by so many important figures, the captain instinctively shuddered.

Zhou Yu hurried forward and snatched the bamboo slips: "Did that soldier really come from Xiling?"

The captain nodded hurriedly: "Indeed, he came from Xiling."

That’s right!
Gao Shun was originally a subordinate of Liu Zilie, so after he captured the Marquis of Wu, he naturally handed the matter over to Liu Zilie for the decision.

Zhou Yu immediately unfolded the bamboo slips and began to read them, but the more he read, the more shocked he became.

Everyone couldn't help but speak:
"Gongjin, is this really the letter written by the Marquis of Wu?"

"What does the letter say?"

"What else can I say? Liu Zilie captured Cao Cao last time and forced him to cede more than 30 counties. I'm afraid this letter is also a letter from Liu Zilie forcing the Marquis of Wu to cede land."

Zhou Yu shook his head and handed the bamboo slips to everyone to read: "It is indeed the handwriting of the Marquis of Wu, but the letter does not mention any cession of territory..."

"The letter from the Marquis of Wu said that Liu Zilie wanted to exchange 10,000 captives from Xiakou for 10,000 Shanyue from Jiangdong."

"Once the exchange of prisoners is completed, the Marquis of Wu will be able to return to Jiangdong at any time."

Exchange prisoners?

Did Liu Zilie capture the Marquis of Wu just to exchange for these ten thousand prisoners?
It's a scam!

There must be something fishy going on here!
But where is this fraud...

The civil and military officials in the hall were all bewildered.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a while. He was able to defeat Cao Mengde's army of 800,000, but at this moment he really couldn't see through Liu Wu's thoughts.

"Mr. Zibu..." Zhou Yu looked at Zhang Zhao: "Now that things have come to this, what do you think we should do?"

This matter concerns the life and death of the Marquis of Wu, and it is not something he can decide alone. He must discuss it with the head of the Jiangdong civil officials. Moreover, at present, the only people in Jiangdong who can gather 10,000 Shanyue in one go are these Jiangdong aristocratic families.

Zhang Zhao stroked his white beard and said, "The Marquis of Wu is now in Liu Zilie's hands. Even if there is no rude request to cede land in this letter, we cannot refuse it outright for the sake of the Marquis of Wu's safety."

"Since Liu Zilie wants the prisoner, then exchange him!"

"Anyway, 10,000 Shanyue barbarians were exchanged for 10,000 Xiakou captives. In the end, Jiangdong still made the profit..."

"Whatever tricks Liu Zilie has up his sleeve, that's all for the future. It's nothing more than fighting back when the enemy comes and covering up when the water comes."

Zhang Zhao said a lot, but his meaning was only one: for the safety of Marquis Wu, Jiangdong had little choice. Since the other party's demands were not excessive at the moment, he would just agree to them first.

Zhou Yu nodded silently. What Zhang Zhao said was similar to what he thought. He was about to speak: "In that case, then..."

At this moment,

Suddenly someone stepped out from the crowd and said, "Grand Commander, you must not do this!"

Zhu Wenwu was stunned, and looked in the direction of the voice. It was Zhuge Kongming...

(End of this chapter)