Chapter 177 King of Chu! Liu Bei is coming to attack!!
Chapter 177: King of Chu! Liu Bei is coming to attack!!
"Why did my uncle ask for my orphan's help?"

Liu Wu's words echoed in Sun Quan's ears...

That rat Liu Xuande joined forces with the officials of Jiangdong, seized his family's foundation, and established that beast Sun Shao as the puppet Marquis of Wu.

Now that he has no soldiers or generals around him, if Liu Zilie can really help him regain the Sun family's foundation, it would naturally be a great favor.

In addition, Liu Zilie also made a lot of efforts to be named King of Wu. This brother-in-law has done him a great favor. If Sun Zhongmou does not repay him, won't he be laughed at by the world?
But what can I give Liu Zilie now?
Liu Zilie has already occupied Jingzhou, and with Wei Yan as his general, he is confronting Cao Cao in Jiangbei. He is ambitious! The only things he cares about right now are land and population.

But Jiangdong's own population still needs to be supplemented by the Shanyue. As for the land... he can't cede the six counties of Jiangdong to him, otherwise his already dwindling reputation will be completely lost.

Looking at Liu Wu's bright eyes, Sun Quan could only laugh dryly: "Haha, if my brother-in-law can help me take back Jiangdong, I will definitely repay him! Then I will personally bring Liu Xuande to see my brother-in-law!"

Since he could not give land or people, the only "thank you gift" that Sun Quan could offer was his uncle Liu Bei.

Liu Wu did not comment, but talked about another matter: "A few days ago, the spies in Xiling thoroughly investigated the ins and outs of Liu Bei's launching of the [Jianye Rebellion]..."

Liu Wu had already figured out what was going on in Jiangdong, but it was only at this moment that he decided to tell Sun Quan the truth.

The ins and outs of the Jianye changes!
Sun Quan was shocked. How could Liu Bei, a stray dog, support Sun Shao to ascend the throne under the noses of Zhou Yu and Lu Su? This was the thing he couldn't understand the most, and it was also the thing he wanted to understand the most.

Liu Wu's voice continued: "After the two letters from the King of Wu were sent back to Jiangdong that day, the civil and military officials of Jiangdong had already begun to prepare to mobilize the Shanyue and expel Liu Bei..."

Sun Quan still remembered the contents of the two letters. He made it very clear in the letters that as long as Jiangdong and Jiangling completed the exchange of prisoners, he could leave Jiangdong at any time.

Liu Zilie neither asked for Jiangdong to cede land nor asked for Jiangdong's money and land. He just wanted to exchange a group of Shanyue people. There was no reason for the Jiangdong officials to establish a new master!

Liu Wu: "Unexpectedly, Liu Xuande and Zhuge Kongming, in order to borrow Jiangdong's power to recapture Jingnan, actually used eloquent words to say that I am exchanging prisoners today just to test Jiangdong. If they agree, they will cede Jiangdong's land tomorrow!"

"These two masters and ministers then encouraged the civil and military officials of Jiangdong to establish a new master. The civil officials of Jiangdong's aristocratic families wanted to control the six counties and eighty-one states, so they joined forces with Liu Bei and Kong Ming to demand that Sun Shao be appointed as the master of Jiangdong."

"Lu Su, Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci and others did not agree. Zhou Yu wanted to lead troops to suppress the Jiangdong noble families, but there were also noble family generals in the army, and the Jiangdong soldiers could not be mobilized. The two sides were deadlocked. They did not expect Liu Xuande to bring 3,000 public security soldiers with him when he crossed the river..."

"Liu Xuande took the opportunity to lead 3,000 soldiers to welcome Sun Shao, broke into the council hall, and forced Sun Shao to be the new ruler of Jiangdong..."

How could Sun Shao ascend to the throne of the Lord of Jiangdong?

The civil officials of Jiangdong aristocratic families actually joined forces with Liu Xuande? !

Sun Quan gnashed his teeth, raging: "The Jiangdong family should be killed! Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang should be killed!!"

Liu Wu's expression remained unchanged: "Although Sun Shao has been enthroned, Zhou Yu and others still do not recognize Sun Shao as the Lord of Jiangdong."

"Zhou Gongjin was stripped of his military power, Lu Su retired directly because he did not want to get involved in Jiangdong's political affairs, Taishi Ci was imprisoned because he did not obey Sun Shao, and Huang Gai, Han Dang and other veteran generals pretended to be submissive."

"The sons of noble families have flocked into the army and taken control of the Jiangdong navy..."

No wonder!
No wonder Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others allowed Sun Shao to become the lord of Jiangdong so smoothly.

No wonder I haven’t heard from Zhou Yu since I learned about the Jianye Incident.

No wonder no one from Jiangdong came to Xiling to take me back.

Sun Quan's mind was buzzing. This Jiangdong was no longer the Sun family's Jiangdong, but the Jiangdong family and Liu Xuande's Jiangdong!
The Han king Wu looked dazed.

Liu Wu changed the subject and said, "There is one more thing I need to tell King Wu. Some time ago, my old general Huang Zhong sent troops to Yuzhang County in Jiangdong and captured almost 70% of the counties in Yuzhang."

"Although this was done by one of my generals, it was not my original intention. I should explain this to Marquis Wu to avoid misunderstanding."

"There is also Taishi Ci, who has now raised the banner of rebellion in Yuzhang under the pretext of expelling Huang Zhong, claiming that he will wait for his uncle to return in Yuzhang and take over Jiangdong again..."

Liu Wu's voice reached Sun Quan's ears clearly.

But Sun Quan didn't listen to what Liu Wu said at all.

His mind was filled with news of Zhou Gongjin being stripped of his military power, Lu Su retiring, and Jiangdong's loyal men being expelled from the army...

His heart is bleeding!

These are the pillars of Jiangdong, the backbone of Jiangdong, but now they are being suppressed by the Jiangdong family and Liu Xuande. This is digging up the roots of the three generations of Sun family's foundation! !
Creak~
Sun Zhongmou's fists creaked and his face turned pale. "Liu Da'er has harmed the loyal people of Jiangdong. I will tear him into pieces!"

Da da da! ~
At this moment, Sun Shangxiang quietly walked to Liu Wu's side. Sun Quan was still immersed in his anger and did not notice the appearance of his sister at all.

Liu Wu turned his gaze to Sun Shangxiang: "Are you feeling better now?" These days, Sun Shangxiang often retched and had poor appetite. Liu Wu even stopped the boat halfway and invited a famous doctor to accompany him.

Sun Shangxiang's face was flushed, and she lowered her head shyly: "What's wrong with me? The doctor just took my pulse and said..."

"Yes, I am pregnant."

The word "pregnant" was described by Sun Shangxiang in a very subtle way.

Liu Wu, who was usually calm, stood there in a daze.

pregnant?

Sun Shangxiang is pregnant, she has a child? !

Liu Wu stared at Sun Shangxiang's flat belly in a daze, his heart in turmoil.

Sun Shangxiang: "Husband, I..."

Liu Wu raised his hand to signal and interrupted her: "Don't make this matter public for now, even your second brother should keep it secret for now!"

……

Hulala! ~
The wind on the river was howling, and the huge fleet, with its sails filled, was sailing on the river day and night for several days.

On this day, we finally saw the city that stood across the river from Gong'an City.

Jiangling, we are finally in Jiangling." Liu Wu felt relieved as he looked at Jiangling City after a long absence. Jiangling and Xiling were the core areas of his power, and he felt much more at ease there than in Xuchang.

Sun Quan on the side also breathed a sigh of relief. Once they arrived in Jiangling, they were getting closer and closer to Jiangdong. The next step was to put the matter of finding someone to help him fight back to Jiangdong on the agenda.

Damn that big-eared thief, that little beast Sun Shao, I must settle the score with them this time!

Soldiers on the shore had already seen the large banner with the word "Liu" on it:

"The lord's flagship? This is the lord's flagship!"

"The lord is back!"

"Hurry, hurry, inform all the generals to welcome the lord."

Boom! ~
The huge fleet slowly approached the shore, and Liu Wu, Sun Quan and others slowly got off the ship.

As far as the eye can see, there is a lot of noise on the shore.

Densely packed Cao's soldiers were registering and reorganizing.

These were the captives and surrendered soldiers captured when we fought in Xiangfan and took over the three counties in northern Jing. All of them were transported to southern Jing, but there were too many of them.

Even though Liu Wu had returned from Xuchang, all the captives had not yet been transported.

Liu Wu actually hoped that these captives would never be transported away, because these were all veteran soldiers trained with great effort by the King of Wei of the Han Dynasty, and they would be of great use in Liu Wu's future development.

Xilulu! ~
"Drive! Drive!"

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Several lieutenant generals led more than a hundred cavalrymen and rode through the layers of Cao's surrendered soldiers. They dismounted in front of Liu Wu and said, "We are late in welcoming you, lord. Please forgive us, lord."

The news that Liu Wu would arrive in Jiangling had already been reported back long ago, but no one expected that Liu Wu's fleet would return so quickly.

Liu Wu waved his hand: "It's okay... Have there been any movements on both sides of the river these days?"

The leading lieutenant was startled and immediately replied: "My lord, not long ago, Sun Shao appointed Lu Meng as the Grand Commander, joined forces with Liu Bei, led the Jiangdong navy to attack Xiakou, and forced Xiling..."

"Right now, Mr. Lu Boyan is personally leading his troops to fight against them!"

Liu Wu chuckled and looked at Sun Quan who was standing aside with a gloomy face: "King Wu, before I could send you back to Jiangdong, Jiangdong came to attack us first."

　No more today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)