Chapter 19 Jiangdong was controlled by Liu Wu!

Chapter 019: Jiangdong was controlled by Liu Wu!

"presumptuous!"

"Arrogant!!"

"Let Marquis Wu go to see him? Is he worthy?!"

"My Lord! Xiling is the vital gateway to Jiangdong. The enemy only has 2,000 soldiers. Why don't you attack them?"

"Now that we know the whereabouts of the princess, we must quickly cross the river to rescue her and General Gan!"

"I am willing to be the vanguard and attack Xiling. I will bring the head of that thief to my lord!"

In the hall, all the civil and military officials were furious, and all kinds of scolding were heard.

Sun Quan, who was sitting on the main seat, already had a gloomy expression on his face.

Kidnap the Princess of Jiangdong and hold the general of Dongwu hostage!
Now he even wants me, the Lord of Jiangdong, to meet him in person. This man doesn't take Jiangdong or himself seriously at all. He really deserves to be killed!

But Sun Quan was not too angry at all. At present, he had not figured out the origins of this group of bandits, and it was definitely not a good choice to send troops rashly at this time.

"My lord! You must not get angry and raise an army at this time!" The speaker was Lu Ji, an important official under Sun Quan, the head of the Jiangdong Lu family, and Lu Xun's uncle.

Lu Ji bowed to Sun Quan and said, "Although Xiling City is not a big city, it has high walls and is well defended. The defender is Wen Pin, a general under Cao Cao. There are still 5,000 soldiers in the city... Even an army of 10,000 may not be able to capture Xiling."

"But they only have 2,000 men, and they can go straight down to Xiling. The leader can even break through the city on his own!"

"Such a strong army and such a powerful general are definitely not ordinary people! Jiangdong must not rashly mobilize the army."

Lu Ji's words just hit the nail on the head about what Sun Quan was most worried about at the moment, and also calmed down many generals who were clamoring to send troops.

The words that Gan Ning's personal guards had just reported resurfaced in their minds...

Breaking the city alone? !
They really couldn't imagine such a scene.

Even someone as brave as Lu Bu in the past probably wouldn't dare to attack the city alone.

And there was Gan Ning, who was the most trusted general among the Jiangdong generals. But how could such a fierce general not be able to withstand three moves at the hands of the opponent?
Who is that thief general? !
Sun Quan looked at Lu Ji's figure in the hall, and suddenly seemed to think of something. He quickly looked at Gan Ning's personal guard again and asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of Lu Xun and Lu Boyan, the escort officers?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ji's body couldn't stop shaking.

Lu Xun was his nephew and the successor of the Lu family whom he had high hopes for.

After Sun Shangxiang's wedding procession was robbed, Lu Xun also disappeared with Sun Shangxiang, which was like a bolt from the blue for Lu Ji.

Now that the princess' whereabouts have finally been found, I think Lu Xun's whereabouts have also been found.

The personal soldier said, "My lord, General Gan and his men only found the princess's trace, but did not find any trace of Lu Langguan. I think..."

"I think he has died in the chaos of the war, under the sword."

In the chaos of war, he died under the sword!
Lu Ji's face turned pale, and he was staggering, almost unable to stand. The Jiangdong Lu family had no successor...

On the master's couch, Sun Quan sighed: "God is jealous of talents, pity Bo Yan!"

Although Lu Xun was young, his knowledge and ability were even better than many veteran officials in Jiangdong. Sun Quan only waited for Lu Xun to have a few more years before entrusting him with important tasks.

Unexpectedly, Lu Boyan died young.

Jiangdong has lost another great talent!

"Lord!"

While Sun Quan was still feeling sad, a soldier rushed up to the hall and said, "General Gongjin is back!"

Zhou Yu is back?
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, then his face showed surprise. The current matter required the decision of this great commander-in-chief!
Without waiting for Sun Quan to speak,
A figure in white robe and white armor, with a heroic demeanor, walked into the hall with pride!
Come,
It was the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong navy and army!
Veteran of the two dynasties of Eastern Wu!
The Battle of Red Cliffs burned Cao Cao's 800,000 troops, the commander of the Sun-Liu coalition army! Zhou Yu, the Duke of Zhou! !
Wow! ~
Instantly, all the civil and military officials in the hall saluted this Jiangdong hero: "Greetings, Grand Commander!"

"Gentlemen, be polite!"

Zhou Yu returned the greetings to the civil and military officials of Jiangdong, and then bowed to Sun Quan: "Zhou Yu, I pay my respects to you, my lord!"

Sun Quan was delighted: "How come Gongjin is back?"

Zhou Yu: "I heard that the princess was kidnapped and the alliance between Sun and Liu was unstable, so I hurried back to Jianye! May I ask, lord, where is the princess now?"

It was Zhou Yu's plan to let Sun Shangxiang marry Liu Bei. He wanted to use the beauty trap to lure Liu Bei across Jiangdong and imprison him, and then exchange Liu Bei for the four counties of Jingnan.

Unexpectedly, this plan was seen through by Liu Wu, who forced Jiangdong to send Sun Shangxiang to Jiangdong. In desperation, Zhou Yu could only settle for the second best and hope to use this marriage to consolidate the Sun-Liu alliance.

As a result, not long ago, Zhou Yu, who was still training troops in Chaisang, suddenly received news that Sun Shangxiang had been kidnapped?

Seeing that the Sun-Liu alliance was about to shake, Zhou Yu could no longer bear it and rushed back to Jianye overnight.

Sun Quan sighed: "Gongjin came at the right time! Jiangdong is worried about this matter now. Some time ago, my younger sister crossed the river to marry Liu Xuande, but unexpectedly..."

In just a few words, Sun Quan explained the whole story: "Now that thief has not only captured Xiling City, but also refused to release my sister, and even detained Xingba!"

"What can I do?"

Kidnap the Princess of Jiangdong!
Break the city alone!

Two thousand to take Xiling!
Even Gan Xingba couldn't last more than three moves against this guy!

When did such a powerful general appear in this world? !

Zhou Yu was surprised, but smiled faintly: "In the Battle of Red Cliff, our Jiangdong defeated Cao Cao, and the 800,000 northern troops were wiped out in one day!"

"The prestige of Jiangdong has already frightened the remnants of Cao's bandits who are still in Jiangbei. They are like frightened birds!"

"The enemy army took advantage of the heavy fog before daybreak to reach Jiangbei. The Cao army defending Xiling must have thought that we were from Jiangdong and were attacking the city. Their morale was weakened for a while, and the enemy army's surprise attack caught them off guard. It is not impossible that Xiling City could not be defended."

Zhou Yu spoke eloquently and analyzed the reasons why Xiling changed hands.

He is also a veteran in the army, and he knows the situation in Xiling City very well. Wen Pin led 5,000 soldiers to defend Xiling, but 2,000 people can capture Xiling City by force?

Zhou Gongjin didn't believe it.

The only plausible explanation is that the defenders of Xiling were frightened by the Battle of Chibi and mistakenly thought that it was the Eastern Wu army that came to attack the city. As a result, they lost their composure and allowed the bandit army to take advantage!
Sun Quan listened to Zhou Yu's opinion and his eyes lit up: "Yes, Gongjin's words make sense."

"However, it is quite extraordinary that the enemy general was able to break into the city gate on horseback..." Zhou Yu's expression became serious when he mentioned the enemy's general who broke into the city alone.

He bowed to Sun Quan again and said, "My Lord, I am willing to cross the river in person to meet the thief who occupies Xiling!"

"I want to see who dares to be so rampant in Jiangdong!!"

……

Xiling, on the city wall.

Liu Wu stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the vast river view ahead.

"Although you have occupied Xiling now, your troops are still too weak to defend this place..." Lu Xun stood beside Liu Wu with a solemn look: "If you want to defend Xiling, the first thing you have to do is to expand your army!"

Liu Wu did not comment, as if testing Lu Xun: "Xiling has a small population, how can we expand the army?"

Lu Xun: "Although Xiling has a small population, Jiangdong is not short of population."

"Last time, the lord asked Jiangdong for 200,000 people, and the Marquis of Wu naturally would not agree. But if we ask the Marquis of Wu for some captives who can serve as soldiers, I think the Marquis of Wu will definitely consider it. After all..."

"Gan Ning, the most powerful general in Jiangdong, is still in the hands of the lord! Using some captives to exchange for Gan Xingba, this deal is not a loss for the Marquis of Wu."

Liu Wu frowned slightly: "Prisoners? Cao's soldiers captured in the Battle of Red Cliff?"

"What good can those people do?" Lu Xun shook his head without hesitation. "If the Cao army prisoners were in Jiangdong, they might be more obedient. But if they were in Jiangbei, they would definitely flee north regardless of everything. What's the use of them?"

"The captives I am talking about are Shanyue."

"The Shanyue are the natives of Jiangdong's mountains. They are extremely fierce. They plunder and cause trouble to Jiangdong because there is not enough food in the mountains. If you can get thousands of Shanyue natives to train an army, the lord's army will surely be greatly boosted..."

Lu Xun pulled out a bamboo slip from his sleeves and said, "In recent years, the major families in Jiangdong have sent troops everywhere to encircle and suppress the Shanyue people, and captured many prisoners. Last night, I recorded the number of prisoners captured by the major families in Jiangdong on the slip..."

"Then, my lord, you can use this to ask the Marquis of Wu for the Shanyue captives!"

At this point, Lu Xun's voice became excited: "The land of Xiling is the barrier of the gateway to Jiangdong!"

"Now that the lord has obtained the Princess of Jiangdong and Gan Xingba, Lu Xun will definitely ask the Marquis of Wu to do his best to transport food and soldiers to the lord! Let the lord establish a foundation on both sides of the river as soon as possible!"

Lu Xun kept offering suggestions and advice to Liu Wu. Ever since Gan Ning said that he came here only for the princess and not for anything else, Lu Xun had been holding back his energy and doing his best to plan and advise Liu Wu.

He wanted to use his actions to tell Jiangdong that abandoning him, Lu Xun, would be the thing Jiangdong would regret the most!
(End of this chapter)