Chapter 32: Flaws

Sun Shangxiang was thrown into a few different offenses by Cao Chong's clean moves, and Cao Chong was so frightened that he was a little cheap. The sword in his hand didn't even touch Cao Chong's clothes, and he was stunned. When Li Wei's one move, she didn't feel that her level was so bad. She always thought that Sun Pin underestimated the enemy and was just a disaster. Now, she was a boy like Cao Chong who looked one or two years younger than her and threw her off a few offenses with empty hands. Only then did she realize that her martial arts were really not very good. In the past, she used to fight Kuaiji invincible hands.

Especially when she saw Cao Chong lifting her long sword and dancing with her sword flower, she immediately knew that she was no match for Cao Chong at all. With the cheers of the onlookers, she stood up, took the hilt of the sword handed over by Cao Chong, and turned around and walked into the prisoner camp automatically. The two hundred female guards were also stunned. Seeing that Sun Shangxiang was leading the way, they followed into the prisoner camp dejectedly, and sat there with their heads silence, as if they were not defeated, but bullied. The pitiful look of pear blossoms and rain made the soldiers responsible for guarding feel a little unbearable. They walked lighter and spoke more kindly, far less rudely than Guan Yu's surrendered soldiers.

After Cao Chong had been to the Three Kingdoms for so long, he finally had the opportunity to show off his desire for brothers and feet on the fully developed beauty. He had a suitable opponent on such an occasion, fully demonstrating his hard work over the past year, and finally became half a martial arts master. His pleasure in his heart could not be suppressed. He laughed dryly several times before pressing back the comfort in his heart and said to Deng Zhan: "The master is back just right, and there is something to discuss with you."

In a few days, the news that Sun Shangxiang was robbed from Guan Yu's nose reached Liu Bei and Sun Quan's ears. Liu Bei was furious. His old face was really uneasy and immediately sent Zhang Fei as the prefect of Wuling. Zhao Yun was the prefect of Guiyang and Mi Fang was the prefect of Lingling. He took his people to Shaxian and asked Guan Yu to return to Changsha to serve as the prefect. Zhuge Liang left to assist him and Jiangdong to join the alliance again and prepare to attack Jiangxia. In order to show his sincerity, although he did not see Sun Shangxiang, he still went to Jingkou to meet Sun Quan despite the dissuasion of Zhuge Liang and others. Sun Quan rushed from Kuaiji to Jingkou to receive Liu Bei, then rectified his troops, forced Zang Ba's Qingxu Shuijun back, and all the troops rushed to Chaisang.

Liu Bei and Sun Quan were very polite when they met in Jingkou. They praised each other, saying that the other party made a lot of efforts in the war last year, and they both put the recent unhappiness behind their minds. Sun Quan said that since Liu Bei had already obtained the four counties of Jiangxia and Jiangnan, I will give him a report. You should be the governor of Jingzhou. Of course, Liu Bei had to repay his kindness. Sun Quan was the governor of Xuzhou and the general of cycling and cavalry. Anyway, the so-called counterpart is just a meaning. If the emperor gave it out, it doesn’t matter whether the emperor agreed or not. These two people, one is the governor of Jingzhou and the other is the governor of Xuzhou, and the general of cycling and cavalrying, and then they began to seal their subordinates, and they might not necessarily make a fortune. The short-selling officials would still rise.

After Sun Quan arrived in Chaisang, he ordered General Lu Fan, who was stationed in Chaisang, to march westward immediately, cooperated with He Qi, who had been staying in Xunyang for nearly a month, to attack E County. At the same time, Lu Su sent an order to Jiangling City, ordering Zhou Yu to transfer 10,000 troops to the Han River along the river, blocked the navy stationed in Hanyang, and cooperated with Liu Bei's troops in Shaxian to attack Xiling. Then he detoured to Anlu and cut off Cao Chong's retreat and reinforcements.

Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su who came to pass the order and smiled bitterly, pulled Lu Su into the big tent and sat down. Then he asked with a calm face: "Zi Jing, why did things turn out to be like this? Didn't you say you wanted to take Jiangling first? Why did you turn out to take Jiangxia first? How could I march into Anlu without any help from Jiangling City? Wasn't that under the attack of Cao Chong and Man Chong?"

Lu Su had no choice. He also felt that Sun Quan's decision to gather a large army to seize Jiangxia seemed to be safe, but it was a bit unworthy of the gains. Liu Bei arranged all the generals under his command in the four counties of Jiangnan, and only he and Zhuge Liang were in Jiangxia. Obviously, he wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. The situation was not good, so he watched from the side on the pretext of not being strong. When the situation was beneficial, he would take a bite when you were in a tense fight and take back Jiangxia. You should know that Jiangxia was originally under his name. If this was the case, Jiangdong would be the same as working for Liu Bei.

But he had no choice. He proposed the opinion that he had joined forces with Liu Bei. Although he knew that Liu Bei was unreliable, the current situation could only make mistakes and drive Cao Chong back to Xiangyang first. Anyway, even if Liu Bei had Jiangxia, his strength would not be as strong as Jiangdong. At that time, under the attack of Nanjun and Lujiang, he would not have a good life.

"The lord sent Jiang Qin as the prefect of Lujiang and guarded He Qi's Xindu County. He clearly wanted He Qi to do his best, otherwise..." Lu Su signaled for a moment, and Zhou Yu understood in his heart, of course there was no need to say anything more. Lu Su continued: "This time Zhang Changshi (Zhang Hong) advised his lord not to send troops. The lord hesitated for a long time, but still did not agree. Just for the sake of quietness in his ears, he asked him to go back to Guangling to pick up his family and wait for him to leave before sending troops. The generals under his command mobilized a lot, of course, to take all Jiangxia. Gongjin, you are too careless, how can you let the lord cooperate with you to take Jiangling?"

Zhou Yu smiled silently, his face full of bitterness. He already knew the rumors in Kuaiji recently. He knew that Sun Quan had spent so long, so much energy, and mobilized so many troops. Naturally, it was impossible to start from the overall situation and be a side army for him to attract Cao Chong's attention. He originally wanted to use a large army to press the border and force Liu Bei to be a side army for himself and take the Nanjun first, but Sun Quan played such a move to seize the main, diverted the main battlefield, and turned himself into a side army, while Liu Bei could watch the show easily.

But Sun Shangxiang was still robbed, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan wanted to take Jiang Xia so much that no one could refute it.

Zhou Yu sighed: "Zijing, does your wish still have a chance to come true?"

Lu Su was stunned for a moment, laughed silently, shook his hand and didn't want to say anything else. After he was transferred back to Chaisang from Huarong Road, Sun Quan gave him a huge face, took the generals out to greet him, personally helped Lu Su off the horse, and then asked, "I'm doing this enough to give you face." Lu Su was in a good mood at that time, and he said he couldn't joke enough. When the lord took over the world and became the emperor, he then used the soft wheel of the car to pick me up. At that time, I was more face-saving. This sentence hit Sun Quan's thoughts and laughed loudly. Today, Zhou Yu was talking about this. To be honest, Lu Su felt that Sun Quan was a little different from before, and his heart was even more ruthless, but at the same time he was more impetuous. Not as cunning as when he first met him, everything in the world was hidden in his heart.

"The rumors end with wise men, but how many wise men can there be in the world?" Zhou Yu laughed helplessly, and then went to the zither table and reached out to brush the strings. Lu Su lowered his head and listened for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Gongjin, I know you feel wronged, but at this time, it's better to be careful. Although this plan is not as good as yours, it's safe. The lord is old and needs to establish his prestige. You can give in. Anyway, the result is not too much difference when you hit Jiangling first and then Jiangling. Just be careful." He paused and said, "Yu Zhongxiang said a few unpleasant words in Danyang, and the lord found out. I heard that he will be recalled soon."

Zhou Yu's eyebrows jumped, his face changed, and he returned to calm again, as if he hadn't heard it. The sound of the piano suddenly changed, sonorous and powerful, like an iron cavalry rushing. The golden drums sing, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Lu Su nodded repeatedly and sighed lightly after hearing this. Unexpectedly, the sound of the piano changed again, deep and slow, lazy and powerless, just like a beauty sleeping in spring. She was at first without any spirit. The passion in front became a dream of spring.

"He forgot the last words of the general who was seeking rebellion (Sun Ce)." Zhou Yu reached out and held the strings of the piano and sighed. He stood up and went into the inner tent with his own body. Lu Su sat in shock for a moment, and had to get up and leave. He originally wanted to tell Zhou Yu that Lu Yi had found out that there were strangers in the Zhou family recently, and Sun Quan had sent someone to secretly monitor Zhou Yu, asking Zhou Yu to be careful of his words and deeds and not leave anyone with an opportunity to take advantage of it. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu was so disappointed that he could not say anything more.

The next day, Zhou Yu calmly arranged the division of the army according to Sun Quan's order. He asked Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zhou Tai and others to leave Jiangling with 10,000 people, and went down the river to Hanyang. He himself refused Lu Su's advice, stayed at Jiangling City, and continued to confront Cao Ren, and even arrogantly moved his troops forward, reaching the range of the crossbow guarding the city under Jiangling City, and at the same time set the camp bigger, as if it was not transferring 10,000 people away, but adding 10,000 people. Cao Ren in the city did not understand his situation for a while, and he suffered his losses not long ago, so he dared not take the fight easily. With the solid walls of Jiangling City, he defended carefully. At the same time, he quickly sent a letter to Man Chong in Dangyang and Cao Chong in Xiling City, so that they could pay close attention to the movements of the Jiangdong Army.

After receiving Cao Ren's letter, Cao Chong immediately analyzed Zhou Yu's tricks of using virtual as real, but he also needed Cao Ren to be more cautious now, so that he would not impulse to leave the city to fight when he saw that Zhou Yu had fewer troops. Therefore, he did not immediately notify Cao Ren of the matter that Zhou Yu had 10,000 people to Hanyang, but only informed Dangyang's mangle and asked him to be careful.

When Zhou Yu arrived at Dangyang with 10,000 troops, He Qi's eight thousand elite soldiers also stood up from Xunyang, took down Xiazhi and Qichun counties, followed the Sun Quan army with Lu Fan as the vanguard, quickly approached E County, and easily retrieved E County and Zhuo County from Wenpin. Soon, Sun Quan led the navy into Zhanggong Lake. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang led three thousand people to march from Shaxian and force them to Xiling.

Xiling City was suddenly surrounded by nearly 40,000 troops.

Cao Chong picked up some of the people with family members in Xiangyang and Nanyang from Guanyu's land and organized them into the scout team. He gave land according to the treatment of the regular army in Jingzhou, and then sent them to find out the news. They were all from Jingzhou and were very familiar with the terrain here. They were originally tempted by Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness. Now they were brainwashed by the people sent by Cao Chong. In addition, Guan Yu and Huo Jun treated them unrighteously under Xiling City. They quickly recognized that they were from Jingzhou and were from Jingzhou under the court. They were full of energy and became scouts, running around Xiling City, and summarizing the news from all directions to Zhang Song.

Zhang Song fully demonstrated his nature of fighting in the darkness, sorted out a large amount of news clearly and handed it to Cao Chong in time. At the same time, he also directed a fifth column of more than a dozen people, wandering like a ghost in the rear of Sun Quan, especially Kuaiji, constantly spreading true and false news, which made Lu Yi completely busy.

"Yongnian, you must pay attention to rest and don't be exhausted." Cao Chong pushed a cup of ginseng tea in front of Zhang Song, and said, looking at his two eyes that were still full of rabbit eyes.

"Young master, it's okay, I can hold on. I'll be excited when I have something to do." Zhang Song smiled happily, took the tea and took a sip, looked at Sun Shangxiang, who was watching them coldly, and was doing odd jobs, and said, "Ms. Sun really became a maid?"

"Hmph, my Sun family... women say numbers." Sun Shangxiang snorted, stared at Cao Chong fiercely, turned his head and walked away. Cao Chong looked at her mature back and smiled bitterly: "She doesn't want to be a maid, she wants to steal the master and defeat me again. Every morning when I practice martial arts, her eyes seemed to be hanging on me, more lovers than lovers, but she was a little bit murderous."

Zhang Song stopped his smile: "Although the young master is generous, just in the war, he is still careful. This woman is not a sister of the Mi family, she has a fierce aura in her bones. No one in the Sun family is easy to deal with. Don't be fooled again. This woman..."

Cao Chong knew what he wanted to say, and smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't be fooled so easily. The more beautiful a woman is, the less I can't believe it. I understand this principle. But the Mi sisters are still on the way. When they arrive, I will send her to Xiangyang to accompany Mrs. Da Qiao."

Zhang Song nodded without saying much. He took another sip of tea and took out the information he had just sorted out from his arms. Just as he was about to explain, he suddenly felt a chill behind his back. When he turned around, Sun Shangxiang was staring at him tightly. When he saw him, he cursed with a bad voice: "Don't worry, I want to kill him, and I will kill him openly. I will not use those deceitful means. My Sun family is not as shameless as you said. Next time, let me hear you talk nonsense. Be careful that I will assassinate you, a slut."

"Stop, get out!" Before Zhang Song could speak, Cao Chong suddenly became furious. He stood up with a loud voice, pointed at Sun Shangxiang and shouted: "Come on, lock her up, and you will not be allowed to give her food for one day."

Sun Shangxiang was suddenly frightened by the angry Cao Chong. He didn't react in a short time. Cao Chong knew that she was giving in to the point of learning, but he never said to her, or even showed her face. Sometimes he even joked with her, and was very tolerant of her being angry because Sun Quan had never sent someone to ask her. In addition to having to return to the prisoner camp at night and not being able to access relevant information, he was always polite to her. Unexpectedly, today he scolded her and hungry for her for a day. This made her a little unable to turn around. After thinking for a long time, she remembered that she was a prisoner now. She couldn't help but burst into anger, smashing the ground in her hand to the ground, turning around and leaving, tears of grievance in her eyes couldn't help but she couldn't help but shed tears of grievance.

"It's okay if you scold the young master, you just can't scold Mr. Zhang." The tiger soldier who escorted him said in a low voice with some difficulty.

"Why?" Sun Shangxiang asked in confusion, with tears on his face. The tiger soldier felt even more reluctant to see that Cao Chong had gone to find a place for Zhang Song when he was in Wulin Camp. After hearing this, Sun Shangxiang felt that it was a bit inappropriate to scold Zhang Song, but he had already scolded him and was embarrassed to take it back. He had to sit angrily in the confinement room of Cao Chong punishing his subordinates and sulked. The tiger soldier shook his head and took the door away gently. Miss Sun didn't know what medicine she had taken. In just a few days, the female general who had just arrived was no longer angry. Was he beaten by the young master and beaten all his arrogance?

"Young master, don't be angry, I'm used to it." Zhang Song was still furious when he saw Cao Chong, and hurriedly advised.

"No, you are used to it, I am not used to it." Cao Chong sat down angrily, looked through a few pages of information, and called Pang Tong who had just walked in to sit down. Only then did he calm down, handed the information he had seen to Pang Tong and said, "Shi Yuan, the army of several routes is getting closer and closer, you can see which route we will fight first."

Pang Tong did not respond immediately, but looked at the information carefully, asked Zhang Song a few more questions, and thought for a while before saying, "General, why did He Gongmiao leave the Sun Quan brigade and move to Guishan Peak in the northeast of our army?"

Cao Chong didn't raise his head, and looked at the information in his hand and said, "What else can it mean? It's just that I want to cut off my retreat, or hit me an ambush when I abandoned the city. However, Guishan Peak is a bit far from Xiling. If he wants to hit me, he is afraid that his legs are not long enough and may not be able to escape me."

Zhang Song said, "Young Master, I don't think it's possible that Guishan Peak is nearly a hundred miles away from Xiling. When he got the news of our retreat, he followed up. He had no time to intercept us. Moreover, Guishan Peak is the western first road of Bachi Valley connecting Lujiang and Jiangxia. From Guishan Peak to Bachi Valley, you can reach Danyang County for two days."

Cao Chong was still a little puzzled. When he was fighting in Jiangxia, how could he think about withdrawing troops back to Danyang County every day? Pang Tong met. He put down the information in his hand and explained: "Last year, He Gongmiao was ordered to attack Danyang's territory, Yi County and She County, Wuqi, Ye Township, Dongyang and Fengpu, and surrendered first. He submitted a letter to Ye Township as Shixin County. Later, he conquered She and Yi, and divided She into Xinding, Liyang and Xiuyang counties. Added She, Yi, and a total of six counties, with the Xindu County, He Gongmiao as the prefect. He was appointed as the general and founded the prefect in Shixin..."

As Pang Tongdi explained, he gradually understood that He Qidi had no intention of fighting Jiangxia at all. Jiangxia had nothing to do with him. However, this Xindu County was actually his territory, and the taxes were all his, which was equivalent to his private little kingdom. Last year, Sun Quan wanted to attack Hefei. He and Jiang Qin were transferred to Lujiang to be stationed, just to be a reserve team. He was quite willing. Now Sun Quan transferred him to attack Jiangxia, but he made him the pioneer. He arranged a lot of people near his Xindu County, which inevitably made him a little suspicious. In addition, Jiang Qin, who was originally the deputy general, took over the prefect of Lujiang, and is now stationed in Lujiang County, which really made him feel a little relieved. You must know that Jiang Qin is Sun Quan's confidant.

"The people under Sun Quan are so good?" Cao Chong was stunned. He would cut a piece of it for the general to capture a place. It would be too generous.

"Yes, so the generals of Jiangdong are very enthusiastic about conquering Shanyue, because once they win, the strong will replenish their troops and the weak will serve the people. Half of the benefits will fall into the hands of these generals. The territory is bigger and there are more soldiers in their hands, and there are many benefits. Naturally, everyone is enthusiastic, especially those big families who are originally Jiangdong, who are even more enthusiastic about this, so they are willing to support the Sun family. Zhou Yu and other people in Jianghuai have no such benefits. They are more enthusiastic about the northern expedition. First, most of their hometowns are in the Jianghuai area, and second, they also hope to make achievements and share the same fate with the Jiangdong tribe."

"Hahaha..." Cao Chong shook his head and smiled. He was silent for a moment: "Aren't Sun Quan afraid that he would lose his final position in the end? These big clans have a strong foundation and are not comparable to the Sun family. Once the territory is divided, how could those people listen to his orders? Could it be that they would be the co-lord of the world?"

Pang Tong smiled: "The general said, this place is indeed a chronic poison. However, according to the current situation, Sun Quan could only do this. Otherwise, those big clans could turn their backs on the scene now. He knew it was poisonous, but he had to swallow it, hoping to eliminate the dangers of these big clans quietly. The prestige he was eager to make contributions and build was also for this reason. Otherwise, he would not have sent his sister-in-law and brother as hostages, nor would he give his sister to Liu Bei. If he did not have outstanding martial arts, how could he suppress those big clans and make those big clans bow down and surrender."

Cao Chong thought about it carefully and found that this is true. The people who could be mobilized by Sun Quan are basically those who are not Jiangdong. Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and other important officials are not from Jiangdong. The Lu Xun, who was later famous in the world, has not appeared in his eyes yet. He thought he had not taken power yet, or the power was very small, not worth mentioning. Only then did he understand why Liu Ba said that even if the war was won, it would take a long time to pacify the world. It turned out that it was not only limited by the terrain of Jiangdong, but also those deep-rooted and lush tribes.

"That Shi Yuan thought he would fight this He Gong Miao team first?" Cao Chong had an idea in his heart, but those were things that happened in the future. The most urgent thing now is how to deal with the 40,000 troops that were soon surrounded by Xiling City.

"We should not only fight He Gongmiao, but also make He Gongmiao feel that he is fighting alone, and Sun Quan is killing people with a knife." Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled slightly. In an instant, Cao Chong felt that this simplicity-looking guy was smiling particularly sinister.

"What's the trick of Shi Yuan?" Cao Chong smiled faintly, looking at Pang Tong and Zhang Song who were smirking softly. Seeing that they looked like that, they seemed to have not taken the 40,000 troops that were about to be surrounded. They couldn't help but feel relieved and had full confidence in winning this battle.

"First of all, of course, Yongnian will spread some real and fake news, which will make both sides feel suspicious, just like the news spread in Kuaiji. Whether it is useful or not, it will be considered as the goal if it is achieved." Pang Tong put away his smile, dragged across the map and pointed at it and said, "He Gongmiao has been through the battlefield for a long time and is cautious in fighting, so it is not easy to be fooled. He has another 8,000 troops in his hand, occupying favorable terrain, and does not have enough troops and appropriate time. It is not easy to beat him. General, please see, General Henghai Zhu Wen, General Zhu Wen.

Bo (Zhu Ling) has entered the territory of Jiangxia. The vanguard General Li Wenda has crossed Jigong Mountain 150 miles. If we send fast horses to inform him now, he can turn to the mountain and detour into Yetuo Ridge on the right side of Heqi to ambush. Zhu Wenbo divided 1,000 troops to disguise himself as 6,000 troops to advance to Xiling City. From here, the general led Huang Hansheng's Iron Armor Army, Xu Yi's Jingshan Army, Wei Yan's surrendered soldiers, Liu Pan's army and Wenpin's army, a total of 15,000 troops. If He Gongmiao is surrounded here, he will definitely be able to kill most of his troops and cut off Sun Quan's arm first."
Chapter completed!