Chapter 72: Liu Bei and Sun Quan were so angry! They were played around by Liu Wu!

Chapter 072: Liu Bei and Sun Quan were so angry! They were played around by Liu Wu!

"Liu Xuande, do you still remember me, Wei Wenchang?!"

Wei Yan's voice,
Echoing in the strong wind!

Echoing inside and outside the city of Jiangling!
There was silence outside the city.

Except for Zhuge Liang, everyone stared in amazement at the general holding a big sword on the city wall. He was nine feet tall, with a face as red as a date and eyes as bright as stars...

Yes, it was that guy Wei Yan!
But, wasn’t it Cao Mengde who occupied Jiangling City?

How did Wei Yan end up standing on the city wall with this general?

Could it be that this guy surrendered to Cao Cao? !
Liu Bei stared at his old friend on the city wall in amazement, his mind already in a mess.

On top of the city,
Wei Yan looked down at Liu Xuande's incredulous expression and felt extremely pleased in his heart.

Liu Dal'er, ah Liu Dal'er, there were times when you suffered defeat at the hands of Wei Yan!
Uncle Liu, who was standing under the city, finally reacted. He felt as if he had been slapped hard in the face when he thought that the one who had seized his Jiangling City was actually the general under his command whom he had once despised and suspected the most.

For a moment, Liu Bei's face turned redder than Guan Yu's: "Wei Yan! You are a traitorous traitor who betrays your master!"

"How dare you seize my Jiangling!"

"Your Jiangling? Hahaha..." Wei Yan, who was standing on the top of Jiangling City, did not tolerate Liu Bei at all: "Jiangling is the Jiangling of the Han Dynasty, what does it have to do with you?"

"Even if we don't talk about Jiangling of the Han Dynasty, it is still Cao Mengde's Jiangling. What does it have to do with you?"

Wei Yan will never forget that day...

That day,

He held Han Xuan's head in one hand and the seal of the Changsha prefect in the other, strode into Liu Bei's central military tent, knelt on the ground respectfully, and presented the two things to Liu Bei.

He fully expected to be treated with courtesy by this great uncle of the Han emperor.

He knelt on the ground for a long time.

My heart is chilled as I kneel down!
What he finally received was a cold reply: "A traitor is not a good minister!"

Zhuge Liang gave an order and called on the soldiers to rush forward and pin him to the ground.

Wei Yan was very angry. He didn't understand: "Why?"

Zhuge Liang simply said: "I see that Wei Yan has a rebellious bone in his head. He will definitely rebel in the future! We must kill him first to cut off the root of evil!"

This is what Zhuge Liang said, but he, Wei Wenchang, is not stupid. This is just Zhuge Kongming conveying Liu Xuande's will. This uncle Liu looks down on him!

Even if he accepted the head of Han Xuan that he offered,
Even if he accepted the Changsha County that he offered,

He still looked down on himself and even suggested that Zhuge Liang insult him by being treacherous!

Even when he thinks about it now, the scenes of the past are still like a bright red iron, branded in Wei Yan's heart.

Especially Liu Bei's words just now, "a traitorous thief with a traitorous mind", completely ignited the anger that Wei Yan had suppressed for a long time: "How dare you talk to me about the word 'betrayal'?"

"In the beginning, you surrendered to Cao Cao, surrendered to Yuan Shao, surrendered to Liu Biao! In the end, which one of you didn't repay kindness with enmity? Jingzhou Liu Biao regarded you as his brother and took you in in Xinye, but you wanted to seize his Jingzhou. Even the eldest son Liu Qi died inexplicably..."

"When it comes to betraying your master, you, Liu Xuande, are the best among them!"

Wei Yan mocked Liu Bei from the city wall, and Liu Bei was so angry that he trembled all over: "You, you..."

He wanted to refute, he wanted to explain, but Wei Yan didn't give him the chance: "In order to avoid being hunted down by Cao Mengde's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, you took the people across the river and wanted to take refuge in Xiangyang..."

"Cai Mao and Liu Cong refused to let you into the city. Who opened the city gate for you despite the huge consequences? It was me, Wei Wenchang!"

"That day! In Xiangyang! I nearly got beheaded by Wen Pin's troops for opening the city gate for you!"

"I was exiled to Changsha because of you. Later, you took over the four counties in southern Jing, but Changsha County could not be taken. Who killed Han Xuan and offered Changsha County to you? It was me, Wei Wenchang!"

"You said I betrayed my master, but why didn't you mention that I betrayed my master because of you, a big-eared thief!" Wei Yan became more and more excited as he spoke. For a moment, his eyes were bloodshot and he gritted his teeth.

"Without me, how could you have taken Changsha? How could you have taken all four counties in southern Jing so smoothly?!"

"But how did you treat me?"

"You took the county I offered you, but put the stigma of betraying my master on my head! You even insulted me and said I would rebel in the future!"

"You even hinted to your generals to exclude me and suppress me in the army, without any consideration for my kindness in opening the city of Xiangyang and offering the prefecture of Changsha!"

"Big-eared thief, big-eared thief! You are truly the world's number one villain, the number one hypocrite! The most shameless!"

call! ~
The howling wind carried the voice of Wei Yan cursing Liu Bei throughout Jiangling City.

Wei Yan cursed heartily and felt refreshed.

He finally cursed out all the grievances and injustices he had suffered at the hands of Liu Bei in front of everyone, even in front of Liu Bei.

He finally vented all the anger in his heart. It was so satisfying, so satisfying!

Below the city wall, Liu Bei's mind was already buzzing...

This traitor, how dare he?
How dare he insult me ​​like this? ! !
Zhang Fei, who was standing by, had already cursed back: "You traitor, get down! I want to see who is better with your tongue or my spear!"

Old Huang Zhong, who was standing at the back, could only sigh helplessly. Although Wei Yan was scolding his own lord, it was Wei Yan who saved his life when Han Xuan wanted to kill him. He owed him a life-saving favor, so he really couldn't join Zhang Fei in scolding him.

Guan Yu, who was standing beside Liu Bei, had the Qinglong sword in his hand humming softly, and his phoenix eyes flashed with cold light: "Brother, let's attack the city!"

Liu Bei was so angry that his blood rushed back and his scalp went numb. When he heard Guan Yu's voice, he almost gave the order without hesitation: "Attack the city, attack..."

"slow!"

A feather fan pressed down Liu Bei's arm. It was Zhuge Liang who had remained silent all this time.

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Kongming with red eyes: "Wei Wenchang insulted me so much, sir, are you trying to stop me?"

"My lord, please look back..." Zhuge Liang's expression remained unchanged and he waved his feather fan backwards.

Liu Bei turned his head and saw his own soldiers who were exhausted. Their faces were yellow and their clothes were half-dressed. They...

Will there be any good results if we attack the city with such exhausted soldiers?
The cruel reality finally brought Liu Bei back to his senses.

Zhuge Liang's voice was as gentle as water: "If we had entered the city before Wei Yan, we wouldn't have to be afraid of him, but now he has the advantage of the city and is in a high position..."

"My lord, you want to attack the city with such exhausted soldiers behind you. I'm afraid this is exactly what Wei Wenchang wants!"

Not long ago, Cao's army attacked Jiangling. Even with the advantage of catapults, the bodies of Cao's dead and wounded soldiers finally filled the area outside Jiangling city.

Now he has nothing but these remaining tired soldiers. If he wants to attack the city, it would be like he thinks the casualties among his soldiers are not enough!

Creak! ~
Liu Bei's knuckles were crackling as he looked up at Wei Yan on the city wall, wishing he could sleep on his skin and eat his flesh!
But here’s the reality…

After a long while, Liu Bei sighed: "Sir, I regret not listening to Mr. Kong Ming's advice!"

Liu Bei regretted it.
He really regretted it.

If I had listened to the advice in Zhuge Liang's letter and defended Jiangling City to the death, how could the situation today have occurred?
Gangneung,

Jiangling!
I crossed Jing and Yi and headed north to the key points in the Central Plains!

Divide the world into three parts and restore the Han Dynasty!

It actually fell into the hands of Wei Wenchang? It actually fell into the hands of this surrendered warrior whom he once looked down upon the most...

Why did God tease me, Liu Bei, like this...

Liu Huangshu's heart was bleeding, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw! Return to Gong'an!"

Zhuge Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that his lord would get carried away and attack the city without thinking about anything else. Now, at least his lord was not blinded by anger.

Zhuge Liang raised his head, glanced at the big banner with the word "Liu" on the top of the city wall, and then looked at the complacent Wei Yan.

He recalled the figure riding a horse with a halberd in hand in the snow that night, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "My lord, my lord, I can't see through you after all..."

Liu Bei strode towards the boat on the shore. After taking a few steps, he turned around abruptly and looked back at Jiangling City. He whispered to himself: "Jiangling, Bei! I will be back!!"

……

……

Chaohu Lake subsidence and Chiwu incident,
The four counties are flooded and the disaster continues to this day.

A few days ago, the east wind blew over the sandbanks.
The road is over and the traveler is forced to linger.

According to legend, Chaohu Lake was originally a city called Chaozhou. Due to continuous droughts, the White Dragon of the East China Sea transformed into a human form to help people bring rain, but this violated the laws of heaven and was punished, causing Chaozhou City to fall and become a lake.

It’s almost dusk…

The surface of Chaohu Lake will no longer have the scene of bright waves, golden sun floating on the waves, and flocks of water birds.

This was because a huge navy turned into Chaohu Lake from the Yangtze River via the Yuxi River. The large ships, huge oars, and flags covered the sky, stretching across dozens of miles, seemed to fill up the entire Chaohu Lake.

In the center of the tower ship array, the large banner of the Marquis of Wu was swaying slightly high in the sky.

Ta-da! Ta-da! ~
Footsteps sounded, and Sun Zhongmou walked out of the cabin and stood on the deck. The evening breeze blew his cloak. He stretched out his hand and pointed forward: "Is this Hefei?"

The city on the lakeshore is within reach.

Even the posture of the soldiers defending the city was within Sun Zhongmou's sight, and it all seemed to be within reach.

"Yes, sir, this is Hefei City." said Cheng Pu beside him.

"Hmph..." Sun Quan smiled, he was very confident: "I see that the city of Hefei is not strong, and the soldiers are not elite. My fleet can directly sail to the city. Can't it be conquered in a snap?"

at last!

He came, he arrived, he saw!

Sun Zhongmou came to the place destined for him, stepped on the Chaohu Lake water of his destiny, and saw the dream city of Hefei that was destined for him...

Many years later, when facing the hopelessness of the Northern Expedition and having no choice but to hide in an iron cage and shoot tigers, Emperor Sun Zhongmou of Wu would think of the afternoon when the twelve generals followed him in the first Northern Expedition and he first saw the city of Hefei.

"My lord, Hefei is an important town."

"Once we capture Hefei, we can go north along the Fei River and enter the Huai River to attack the Central Plains. I don't believe Cao Mengde is not aware of this, so please don't take it lightly, my lord."

"You must know that a lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit!"

The one who came out to advise was Huang Gai, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Chibi. Although he was old, he still agreed to follow Sun Quan to attack Hefei this time.

"I already know what the old general is thinking." Sun Quan stroked his newly grown purple beard, his green eyes glowing blue. "I am not good at military strategy, so I have to rely on the strength of you generals to capture Hefei."

"Generals, how many days do you think it will take to capture Hefei?"

Huang Gai and Cheng Pu looked at each other. Just as they were about to speak, Sun Quan reached out and held Huang Gai's arm. "Old General, it's getting dark today. If you can take the city before dark, I can drink with you in Hefei tonight."

After saying this, Huang Gai was stunned.

Cheng Pu almost laughed out loud...

Sun Quan was a qualified lord and was willing to listen to advice. However, unlike his father and brothers who were involved in military campaigns, he did not have a deep understanding of military tactics and had some unconventional ideas.

Huang Gai: "My lord, if there are no heavy troops guarding Hefei, we can launch an attack at night and naturally take it in one fell swoop. However, Hefei is an important city after all..."

Cheng Pu: "It is better to proceed steadily. My lord, please call all the generals to discuss matters first. Now that the army has arrived at the gates of Hefei, there is no need to rush."

After the two old generals said this, the blue light in Sun Quan's blue eyes was not as bright, and he was a little disappointed.

However, he was still an amateur in leading troops in battle, so he had to listen to the advice of these old generals. Sun Zhongmou said, "Okay, I will call them over right away."

however,
Before Sun Quan finished speaking,

He saw a small boat passing quickly through the fleet of tower ships, heading straight towards where his central army's flag was!

"Report!!"

"Emergency news from Xiling!!"

Sun Quan turned around abruptly, thinking, "Gongjin must have accomplished something in Xiling!!"

Liu Zilie captured Cao Cao alive, Xiling City was still holding out, and Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci led tens of thousands of Jiangdong navy to wait in ambush nearby. This was a sure-win situation no matter how you looked at it.

and also!

There are also people from Jiangdong such as Sun Shangxiang and Lu Xun in Xiling City.

Not to mention Gan Ning, the insider...

Maybe Gan Ning has already opened Xiling City and let Gongjin in. If Cao Cao is alive, he will definitely fall into the hands of Jiangdong. If he is dead, his body will also fall into the hands of Jiangdong!

"Taishi Ci is brave and good at fighting. Now I believe he has led my Jiangdong men to kill Cao's army and make the blood flow like a river..." Sun Quan thought so in his heart and took the bamboo slips handed over by the messenger.

The two veteran generals Cheng Pu and Huang Gai on the deck were also extremely excited!
If Zhou Yu's side goes smoothly, Jiangdong's great cause can be accomplished, Xiling will fall into the hands of Jiangdong, and the old friend from Shentingling will probably have no choice but to return to Jiangdong.

open,

Flatten the bamboo slips!

Sun Zhongmou couldn't wait to see it. Jiangdong's great cause would be accomplished! Sun Zhongmou was extremely excited. Now that the Central Plains was in sight and the diligent Cao was about to arrive, his own achievements would far surpass those of his father and brother, and he, Sun Quan, would also be able to compete with them!
Sun Zhongmou is definitely not just a person who guards the land!!

Sun Quan's blue eyes glowed even brighter under the reflection of the golden sunset...

however,
As soon as he saw it, the blue light in his blue eyes dimmed. After he finished reading it thoroughly, Sun Quan's eyes were extremely dim and completely listless.

His fists began to clench.
Snapped! ~
The bamboo slips were thrown hard onto the deck.
"This old friend of yours has really exceeded my expectations..." Sun Zhongmou almost gritted his teeth and spoke these words word by word.

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai hurried to pick up the bamboo slips.

As soon as they read it, they were shocked!

The old friend from Shentingling actually let Cao Cao go!
Zhou Yu and his men were cornered by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and couldn't even get to the shore! !
I haven’t even touched the surface of Xiling City, let alone Xiangfan…

After a long time,

Huang Gai said, "My Lord, I will return to Jiangdong."

Sun Zhongmou turned around suddenly, whoosh!
He yanked off his cape, his purple beard trembling in the evening breeze: "What is the old general talking about?!"

Huang Gai: "We can no longer attack Hefei now."

Sun Zhongmou: "It is so close, within easy reach, how can we not strike it?"

Huang Gai: "My lord, you should have seen that Gongjin clearly stated in the letter that Cao Cao has returned."

Cheng Pu stepped forward and added: "Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops. If we attack Hefei now, it will be fine if we fail to capture it. But if we do, we in Jiangdong will have to face Cao Mengde's troops from eight states alone..."

The setting sun is getting weaker and weaker,

The dusk grows darker,

It's getting dark.
Sun Zhongmou was stunned for a long time before he slowly turned his head. His pair of green eyes glowed blue in the dark night. He gritted his teeth and said, "Hefei, I will come back eventually!!!"

(End of this chapter)