Chapter 24: Liu Wu, you and I are destined to be together! (3 words)

Chapter 024: Liu Wu, you and Jiangdong are destined to be together!

Xiling City, inside a military tent.

Lu Su looked at the weak Gan Ning in front of him with disbelief on his face: "Xingba, why is it like this?!"

Gan Ning is now recognized as the most powerful general in Jiangdong.

Huang Zu was captured alive in Jiangxia, and Cao Cao was hunted down in Wulin!

During the Battle of Red Cliffs, a hundred cavalrymen raided Cao Cao’s camp at night, so frightened Cao Cao that he could not sleep all night. How magnificent!
Why is it that right now...

This evil general is so brave, can Gan Xingba not even take three of his moves?

Gan Ning gave a bitter laugh: "My skills are inferior to others. I am sorry to make a fool of myself, Zi Jing."

Lu Su was shocked and couldn't help asking, "Does Xingba know the origin of this person?"

After Lu Su entered Xiling, the first thing he did was not to visit the enemy's main general but to meet Gan Ning first, in order to find out the other party's background first, so that at least he would not be completely unprepared in the subsequent negotiations.

Unexpectedly, Gan Ning just shook his head and said: "This man's troops have no flags, and I don't know where he came from. I only know that he is very brave."

"I saw it with my own eyes. This man took advantage of the fog to lead his soldiers across the river on rafts! He was able to defeat a thousand men with one horse and break through the city on his own. With only two thousand soldiers, he took down Xiling. He is truly a top-notch general in the world."

One horse is worth a thousand, and he can break the city alone!

Lu Su's hand, which was twirling his beard, suddenly stopped.

The civil and military officials of Jiangdong had also heard this from Gan Ning's personal guards before, but many people, including Lu Su, thought it was somewhat exaggerated.

But at this moment, it was Gan Ning himself who said this.

This most powerful general in Jiangdong has never submitted to anyone. Now that he can actually say such words, I'm afraid that the bravery of the villain general has exceeded everyone's expectations.

Gan Ning hesitated for a moment and then talked about another matter: "Besides, there is another strange thing."

Lu Su: "Strange? What's strange?"

"Ning saw Lu Boyan in Xiling City, and even addressed the thief as "Lord"!"

Lu Xun is still alive, and even calls that evil general "Lord"?
How can this be? !
Lu Su was stunned. Lu Xun was the direct descendant of the Jiangdong Lu family. This villain had kidnapped the princess and was already a mortal enemy of Jiangdong. How could Lu Xun recognize him as his master?

Besides, what kind of person is Lu Xun?
Jiangdong called him "Lu's Thousand-Mile Horse". Although he was young, he was a man of both literary and military skills, a natural talent, and was very arrogant. How could he submit to being under the command of a rebel general?
Lu Zijing was still in a daze, and Gan Ning hadn't finished speaking yet: "Not only that, the princess has been very close to that thief these days. Let's see what the princess says and does..."

"The princess seems to be planning to abandon Uncle Liu and...take that thief as her husband."

As Gan Ning finished speaking, Lu Su's face was already filled with surprise.

Lu Xun recognized the thief general as his master, and the princess wanted to recruit the thief general as her son-in-law? !

……

Outside the military tent, soldiers were coming and going continuously.

A figure slowly walked out of Gan Ning's military tent. It was Lu Su.

His expression was changing constantly, and everything Gan Ning had just said kept echoing in his mind...

Lu Xun seemed to have become the strategist of the villain general, and the princess also had an interest in the villain general. Unknowingly, this person had already had a close connection with Jiangdong.

The relationship between Xiling City and Jiangdong is at least friends rather than enemies.

In this way...

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Lu Su's mind. He remembered that before he set out to cross the river, Jiangdong had already received news that Cao Cao had sent an army of 80,000 to march south again.

Cao Cao, Xiling, Jiangdong...

Lu Su's eyes became brighter and brighter, and a vague outline of a plan took shape in his mind.

Countless thoughts arose and disappeared in his mind, and his feet moved forward unconsciously, and before he knew it, he had walked outside a large tent.

"Mr. Zijing!"

Suddenly, a voice interrupted Lu Su's thoughts.

A captain stood in front of him and said, "My general has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come in."

General?

Lu Su looked at the big tent in front of him. Could it be that the bandit general wanted to see him?
He said nothing, but strode towards the big tent and opened the curtain.

Inside the tent, a general was sitting behind the main desk. Lu Su thought that the other party was the current commander of Xiling.

He was about to bow, but was interrupted by the other party: "Mr. Zijing, I am here on the orders of my lord to discuss the matter of the princess and General Gan with you. Please don't go through with these empty formalities."

The person in the tent was Wei Yan.

Isn't the person in front of me the thief general?
Lu Su was slightly startled: "May I ask where is your army's commander?" Wei Yan grinned: "My master has long said that if you want to see him, you must come in person from Wu! But now it is Mr. Zijing who has come. My master is not in a position to meet him, so he sent me to talk to Mr. Zijing."

The thief general is indeed rampant!

He wanted the Marquis of Wu to meet him. Did he really think he was a local lord?!
A trace of gloom flashed across Lu Su's eyes, and he stopped being polite: "Su was ordered by the Marquis of Wu to come and ask for my princess and General Gan."

"The princess is the princess of Jiangdong, and General Gan is the general of Jiangdong. Your army detained the two without reason, which is really arrogant and rude."

Wei Yan, who was standing opposite him, flashed a trace of disdain at the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Zijing is wrong. The princess was captured by us on the battlefield, and Gan Ning was defeated by our lord. They are both captives. How can they be detained?"

Lu Su had a blank expression on his face: "Then according to your opinion, what should we do?"

Wei Yan: "Simple, the rules on the battlefield are that prisoners must be redeemed with money and goods."

"Redeem it?" Lu Su shook his head. "I just heard General Gan mention the price you and your men are asking for. Your appetite is too big. The Marquis of Wu will not agree to it, and Jiangdong will not agree to it either."

One hundred thousand shi of grain and fodder, ten thousand pieces of armor, two hundred warships, and a population of two hundred thousand!

After hearing the price Gan Ning quoted for the ransom, Lu Su was speechless. Did he really treat Jiangdong as pigs and sheep to be slaughtered?

"Mr. Zijing, you misunderstood. This is the price for redeeming the princess." Wei Yan took a sip of the honey water on the table and said, "If Jiangdong wants to redeem General Gan, it only needs 5,000 Shanyue."

Xiling City is about to cross the mountain...

Lu Su seemed to understand something suddenly. In an instant, the vague plan in his mind was instantly complete!
He nodded without hesitation: "Okay, five thousand Shanyue is nothing, Su can accept it on behalf of the Marquis of Wu."

Did he agree?

Wei Yan was stunned. He had already prepared to bargain with the other party, but he did not expect Lu Su to agree so readily, which caught Wei Yan off guard for a moment.

Lu Su did not want to delay any longer: "Since the two families have no objections, when can you release General Gan Ning?"

Wei Yan: "Once the five thousand Shanyue arrive, Xiling will release Gan Ning."

"In that case, Lu Su will take his leave."

In a few words, everything was settled. Lu Su stood up and left the tent, leaving Wei Yan sitting in his seat with a look of shock on his face.

The negotiations with Lu Su were so smooth that Wei Yan even felt it was a little unreal.

His mission today was to cut a piece of meat from Jiang Dong, but cutting this piece of meat was too easy.

Wei Yan's eyes were filled with suspicion: "Could it be that Jiangdong has prepared some other tricks?"

wow~
The curtain of the military tent was suddenly opened, and Lu Su stepped forward quickly and said to the followers who came to meet him: "This matter is over, let's go back to Jiangdong!"

Are you going back now?
Xilulu~
While his followers were still in shock, Lu Su had already mounted his horse and rode towards the outside of Xiling City.

Da da da! ~
Outside the city, there were the sounds of horse hooves and yellow smoke. The Jiangdong delegation came and went in a hurry.

Lu Su reined in his horse, looked back at the Xiling city gate, and a smile of wisdom flashed across his lips.

An attendant asked carefully, "Mr. Zijing, what about the princess and General Gan?"

"It's okay!" Lu Su's smile widened: "As long as Xiling City is still there, the two of them will be safe."

Cao's army will march south again, and it must be for Xiling City.

Xiling City is the gateway to Jiangdong. If it cannot fall into the hands of Jiangdong, it can never be controlled by Cao Cao!
The commander of Xiling captured the princess and Gan Xingba, but neither killed them nor offered them to Cao Cao. The implication of this is already quite profound. Now the princess is entangled with this man, and Lu Xun even regards him as his leader.

With these two people as the bond, the relationship between the Xiling commander and Jiangdong has become subtle.

In other words, the current situation was most likely caused deliberately by the thief.

He asked Gan Ning's personal soldiers to take a message to Jiangdong, asking the Marquis of Wu to come and see him in person. The meaning was very straightforward, and it was clear that he wanted to negotiate with Jiangdong.

Looking at the mottled and simple ancient characters "Xiling" on the city gate, Lu Su said to himself: "After seizing the city from Cao, do you want to take advantage of the power of Jiangdong..."

He wants to take advantage of Jiangdong's power, and Jiangdong can naturally take advantage of his power!

Cao Cao once again conquered both sides of the Yangtze River, aiming his sword at Sun and Liu.

If there was a knife at this time, blocking Jiangdong from fighting Cao Cao, and Jiangdong only had to pay the price of 5,000 Shanyue to make this knife sharper, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing? !
If Xiling loses this battle, the Sun-Liu alliance can simply wait until both sides are defeated before leaving. In this way, not only will Cao Cao be defeated, but Xiling City will also fall into the hands of Jiangdong.

If Xiling wins, Jiangdong can also take advantage of the situation to win over the commander of Xiling, and at the same time, use Sun Shangxiang, Lu Xun and others to continuously take the opportunity to place Jiangdong's own people in Xiling City.

If this continues for a long time, Jiangdong will be able to directly control the important area of ​​Xiling without losing a single soldier!
That thief general fought to the death with Cao, but it was just to serve the interests of Jiangdong!

At that time, not to mention that Sun Shangxiang and Lu Xun did not return to Jiangdong, even if Gan Ning did not return to Jiangdong, Jiangdong would still make a lot of money from this business.

Thinking of this, Lu Su said slowly: "This Xiling thief general is destined to be with me. He will be my Jiangdong sooner or later."

Is the thief general destined to be with Soochow?
The attendant beside him was stunned: "Mr. Zijing, where did you get this from?"

Lu Su just smiled lightly: "That thief wants the Marquis of Wu to come and see him. I'm afraid... he will have to cross the river to see the Marquis of Wu sooner or later!!"

(End of this chapter)