Chapter 20 Lord, who are you? !
Chapter 020: Lord, who are you? !
Xiling City, inside the military tent.

On the couch, Gan Ning struggled to open his eyes. His face was pale and his eyes were confused.

What's wrong with you?
Yes, I came to Xiling to ask for the princess!

Pictures flashed through Gan Ning's mind...

He asked for the princess, but the other party asked for an exorbitant amount and the negotiation failed.

Then the two sides set three restrictions.

The final scene...

boom! ~
The halberd soared into the sky, and the sound of the dragon breaking through the air once again resounded in Gan Ning's mind!

“Huff!~”

Gan Ning leaned against the bed, gasping for breath, with beads of cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

Lost!

I lost!

That guy made three consecutive moves to let me take the initiative, but I couldn't even withstand one move from him.

For the last move, he even paid the price of being seriously injured for half a month, using his best skill! As a result, under his halberd, he had no power to fight back, not even to defend himself.

The leader of the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong, the Jinfan thief who roamed across Bashu and Jingzhou, I'm afraid they are nothing but ridiculous children in the eyes of the other side!

Thinking of this, Gan Ning felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

This time when I crossed the river, not only did I fail to bring the princess back, I even got myself into trouble. I really don’t know how I will face Marquis Wu in the future...

The more Gan Ning thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He couldn't help but struggle to get up and walk out of the tent.

The eyes of several soldiers outside the tent fell on Gan Ning.

Gan Ning had an indifferent expression and walked slowly forward. The soldiers did not stop him but just followed him.

They had received military orders long ago, and people in the tent were not allowed to move around, as long as the soldiers on duty accompanied them.

Gan Ning was walking in front, followed closely by several soldiers. Before they knew it, they had left the city and were almost reaching the river.

suddenly,

Two figures in front came into Gan Ning's sight.

One of them was the young general who had beaten him so hard that day, and the other was...

"The princess!"

Gan Ning's eyes suddenly widened.

Looking at the princess he had been searching for for a long time, Gan Ning stepped forward excitedly.

But the princess' voice from the front made Gan Ning stand there in a daze...

"You, are you married?"

Sun Shangxiang's face turned red with shame, but she still mustered up her courage, gritted her teeth and looked straight at the tall figure beside her.

In the past few days, she had imagined more than once in her mind, and even in her dreams, the scene of Liu Wu raising his chin and charging into the city on horseback in golden armor.

The trace of Liu Wu in her heart became heavier and heavier...

Today, she finally mustered up all her courage and asked this question in front of Liu Wu.

Wow! ~
The river tide is surging and the waves are crashing against the shore.

Liu Wu looked at the river view in front of him and said calmly, "No."

No!

He is not married yet!
Sun Shangxiang's heart began to beat wildly, and her voice, as thin as a thread, trembled faintly: "Then, then are you willing to be... Jiangdong's son-in-law?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Sun Shangxiang felt like she was going crazy. How could such words be said by a girl? !
Wow! ~
The waves on the river bank became bigger and the wind became stronger.

Liu Wu slowly turned around, his bright eyes meeting Sun Shangxiang's burning gaze: "Okay."

He, he agreed?!
He really agreed!

Before Sun Shangxiang could be happy, Liu Wu's next words froze her: "But I want you to take the six counties of Jiangdong as your dowry."

Jiangdong six counties and eighty-one states!
That was the foundation established by three generations of the Sun family who sacrificed their lives, shed their blood, and worked hard.

He...this guy, is he having a seizure?

Sun Shangxiang was so ashamed that she became angry: "The foundation of Jiangdong was established by my father and brothers for three generations!"

"How can I give it to you as my dowry? How dare you tease me?!"

Liu Wu ignored the angry Sun Shangxiang and turned around to walk into the city: "Lu Xun! Let's discuss matters in the tent!"

Lu Xun appeared out of nowhere and trotted after him, but Liu Wu's steps were too fast for Lu Xun to catch up with him. "My lord, slow down, wait for Lu Xun!"

From a distance, it looks like a pony following its owner, which is very funny.

Gan Ning, who was not far away, stared at everything in front of him with his eyes wide open...

Just now, the princess actually offered to marry this evil general? !
This thief general actually asked for the six counties of Jiangdong as a dowry? !

And the one just now should be Lu family's talented general, Lu Xun Lu Boyan, not only is he alive, he even called this thief general his lord? ! !
In an instant, Gan Ning felt that his brain was confused by Liu Wu's halberd attack that day.

He subconsciously wanted to catch up and figure out what happened. Suddenly, several soldiers stretched out their spears to block him: "General Gan, please go back."

……

……

Xiling City.

In front of the central army tent,
Liu Wu stopped and looked at Lu Xun behind him: “Go in.”

Lu Xun was stunned. He looked at the central military tent in front of him and felt a little dazed for a moment.

Allowing him to come into the tent to discuss matters showed that Liu Wu had accepted him, recognized his status as a counselor, and gave him a certain degree of trust...

In other words, as long as he stepped into this military tent, it would mean that he would officially separate from Jiangdong.

He, Lu Xun, and the Lu family, will soon return to their respective masters.

The man in front of him has the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix. He will surely soar into the sky one day. Lu Xun believes in his own judgment.

What he wants is not the protection of his family but a step-by-step climb to the top.

He wanted to support the wise ruler like Xiao He and Zhang Liang, pacify the world, and thus be famous through the ages.

No matter how bad it is, we can't lose to our current rival, right?

After taking a deep breath, Lu Xun’s belief became even stronger!

Taking a step forward and entering the military tent, Lu Xun turned sideways and lifted the curtain: "My lord, please."

Liu Wu smiled indifferently, then stepped into the tent!

Lu Xun followed closely behind...

There were already two people in the tent.

Wei Yan!

Gao Shun!

Now Liu Wu's own small group has begun to take shape, with military generals including Gao Shun and Wei Yan, and civil officials including Lu Xun who is still in the probation period.

Although there were few people, only Liu Wu knew their importance.

There is no need to say much about Wei Yan. In the history of the Three Kingdoms, he stood out after Zhao Yun and was the backbone of Shu Han.

Gao Shun died too early in the original history, otherwise his achievements would definitely far exceed Zhang Liao's.

As for Lu Xun, not to mention the Battle of Yiling, for which he is most well-known, the fact that he led the military and political affairs of Eastern Wu for more than 20 years is already remarkable. Sun Quan even compared him with Yi Yin of the Shang Dynasty and Jiang Shang of the Zhou Dynasty.

Gao Shun looked a little strange when he saw Lu Xun following behind Liu Wu.

Wei Yan even asked, "Isn't this the boy I captured, Langguan?"

"Why did you bring him here, sir?"

"There is no strategist in the army, so let's give it a try for now." Liu Wu said, and sat down in the upper seat.

Lu Xun had a smile on his face. He bowed to Wei Yan and Gao Shun, then sat down next to Liu Wu.

Seeing this, the two of them didn't say much.

"We have now occupied Xiling City, and the six surrounding counties have already surrendered. Although the territory is small, it is still a foothold."

Liu Wu continued: "But the current military strength is not enough to deal with the next crisis."

Wei Yan had two thousand elite soldiers under his command.

Gao Shun's eight hundred vanguard troops were the most powerful soldiers of the time!
Recently, another thousand people were selected from the prisoners.

But the total number of troops is less than 4,000...

In troubled times, it is difficult to gain a foothold without thirty to fifty thousand elite troops, not to mention that Liu Wu is now in the gap between the three forces of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

"These troops are far from enough to protect ourselves." Liu Wu said, looking up at Lu Xun beside him: "But Jiangdong should send us 5,000 Shanyue in the near future..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wei Yan and Gao Shun immediately understood.

No wonder this kid was brought into the big tent by the lord for a meeting, it turns out he sold out Jiangdong!

These five thousand Shanyue soldiers were the original shares that Lu Xun gave to himself...

"Do you know why we want to take Xiling City?"

Liu Wu stretched out his hand and pointed at the map.

No one responded.

Wei Yan and Gao Shun couldn't figure out why Xiling was taken, but they believed in Liu Wu's judgment.

There was something strange in Lu Xun's eyes, but he had never noticed it before!
"We took Xiling, drove Wen Pin away, and seized Cao Cao's territory, but we never raised a flag. Liu Bei would definitely guess it was Jiangdong, and Jiangdong would also guess it was Liu Bei. Sun and Liu would restrain each other, and neither of them would act rashly."

Liu Wu's voice was calm, but it had already stirred up huge waves in the hearts of the people present: "Cao Cao must have thought that the Sun-Liu coalition, Xiling is very important, Cao Cao wants to take it back."

"But if Cao Cao wants to go south, he will be constrained by the Sun-Liu alliance, which leaves a lot of room for mediation..."

Liu Wu is trying to pull chestnuts from the fire!
He was never prepared to join any side!
Lu Xun could no longer sit still. He didn't understand why Liu Wu did this?
How dare Liu Wu do this? ! !

Sun, Liu and Cao are the three most powerful forces in the world today!
Lu Xun slowly stood up, bowed, and asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time: "My lord, who are you?"

(End of this chapter)