Chapter 15 Zhou Yu

Half an hour later, Gan Ning's ship arrived at the dock. It was indeed a golden sail, shining brightly in the noon sunlight, which was very beautiful. Gan Ning's big horse sword in a brocade robe sat on his boat, and did not get off the boat immediately, but arranged his subordinates to guard in an orderly manner. It was not until he surrounded the dock that he slowly came down from the boat with a few guards wearing Jinfu, and bowed to Liu Bei and his party who had been standing on the shore for a long time and said with a smile: "It's a pity that General Zuo is waiting for you. However, as the governor's vanguard, Ning is responsible for his duties, so please forgive him."

Liu Bei was depressed, but could only greet him with a smile. Now he was under the short eaves and had to bow his head. His military strength was not as strong as others, and he had to rely on the other party, so he had to do so. He looked at the brocade robe on Gan Ning's body, then at the brocade playboy on the body of the guard behind him, and sighed in his heart that this brocade thief was indeed well-deserved.

"It's okay, I don't know where the governor is?" Liu Bei said with a smile.

"The two governors will arrive soon." Gan Ning said a little coldly, and then took the people back to his boat. Zhao Yun behind Liu Bei was so angry that he saw him being so rude. But Mi Fang glared at him and was about to scold him. Mi Zhu, who was beside him, grabbed him and shook his head at him. He stomped his feet hatred, looked at Liu Bei with a smile, sighed secretly, shook Mi Zhu's hand, and turned around and left.

Jian Yong looked at Mi Fang who was stroking away, then looked at Mi Zhu who looked down and silent. He turned around and looked at Liu Bei who was smiling but laughing bitterly. He smiled at Sun Qian beside him and said, "Kongyou, why did this Gan Xingba join the army for so many years? This bandit's aura remains unchanged. No wonder even a rough man like Huang Zu can't tolerate him."

Sun Qian looked at him knowingly: "This is the so-called nature that is difficult to change. How can this thief get rid of the banditry so easily? Xianhe doesn't have to worry about such people, he is just a man."

"That's right." Jian Yong secretly saw that Liu Bei's face was relaxed a little, and said with a smile that pretended to be unknown.

Liu Bei felt a little better when he heard what Jian Yong and Sun Qian said behind him, but he felt a little moved. He started from Zhongping and had been in a military service for half his life. He didn't expect that he would be looked down upon by a thief from a water thief today. It was really a sigh. I don't know if he could win this time. Jiangdong only brought 30,000 people to defeat Cao Cao, who was a 200,000 army? If he was defeated, where else could he go? Will he really go to Wu Ju who was in Cangwu?

Half an hour later, Zhou Yu's navy arrived at Fankou, but he did not get off the boat, but just parked the boat in the river, and then sent an order to Gan Ning to ask Liu Bei to get on the boat to see him. Gan Ning sent a small boat to pick up Liu Bei and Zhao Yun and several others, crossed the defense circle he had set up, and arrived at the river.

Before Liu Bei could finish Zhou Yu's boat, he saw two people standing up on the boat surrounded by stars like stars. Cheng Pu was seven feet and five inches tall, about the same as Liu Bei himself. However, compared with Liu Bei, who had a dark, thin and slightly aging face, Cheng Pu's round face looked very good, wearing a big red cloak, and the croaker on his head reflected a few points of sunshine. He was full of energy under the sunlight behind him.

Zhou Yu next to him is even more charming. Zhou Yu is eight feet tall, similar to Zhao Yun. Unlike Zhao Yun's thick and restrained spirit, Zhou Yu's face is as jade, long eyebrows and short beards, which are extremely refreshing and more elegant. His helmet is held in the hands of a strong guard behind him. There is only a ribbon on his hair bun, a long ribbon hanging on his shoulders, a snow-white cloak, and two lifelike blue birds embroidered on his shoulders. The embroidery is exquisite and exquisite.

This was probably embroidered by his wife Xiao Qiao. Zhou Lang from Jiangdong was indeed a jade man and was well-known. Liu Bei sighed in his heart, thinking of his equally skillful Lady Mi who died in Changban and could not even find her body, so he couldn't help but feel sad.

"The governor is indeed very elegant." As soon as Liu Bei got on the boat, he raised his hands, filled with smiles on his face, and walked quickly towards Zhou Yu. When Lu Su, who was standing by the boat, saw him, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold Liu Bei's hand, and did not lead him to Zhou Yu, but brought him to Cheng Pu, whose face changed slightly: "General Zuo, Su is here to introduce you. This is my right governor Cheng Gong, who is named Pu, and Cheng Gong is from Youbeiping."

Liu Bei felt very ashamed. In his letter, Zhuge Liang specifically mentioned that Sun Quan regarded Cheng Pu as the right governor, and was still above Zhou Yu. He was attracted by Zhou Yu's style for a while and actually forgot about this matter. He quickly smiled and said, "I'm lucky to meet, and Bei is from Zhuo County. Speaking of which, he is half a fellow villager with Cheng Gongshang. He has long heard of his reputation. He meets him today. Cheng Gong really has the style of an elder."

Cheng Pu felt a little unhappy when he saw Liu Bei getting on the boat. He saw that Liu Bei was very polite and mentioned his friendship with his fellow countrymen again. The unhappiness in his heart turned into clouds and smiled back and said, "General Zuo is so polite. We are all from Youzhou, and we are not half of our fellow countrymen, but we are clearly fellow countrymen. Come on, Pu introduces the Left General, Zhou Gongjin, the left governor, Jiangdong Zhou Lang, and although Pu is the right governor, he is just a little older. If you really want to fight, you have to rely on the governor Zhou."

Zhou Yu smiled and bowed his hand to return the gift: "General Left should not listen to Cheng Gong's humility. Cheng Gong is highly respected. He followed the defeated barbarians (Sun Jian) ​​to fight against rebellion (Sun Ce) for many years and has outstanding military achievements. He should take Cheng Gong as the main force. Yu assisted from the side to defeat Cao's thieves with General Left."

When Liu Bei heard this, he laughed, but he sighed in his heart. He heard from Zhuge Liang's letter that Sun Quan used Cheng Pu as the right governor to restrain Zhou Yu with Cheng Pu's qualifications and prestige to prevent Zhou Yu from becoming the only one. It is also funny that Sun Ce died of illness in the fifth year of Jian'an. If it were not for Zhou Yu's strong support, he would be afraid that Sun Quan would not be able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong at all. It has been eight years since Sun Quan could not rest assured. On the surface, he respected extremely well, but in fact he spared no effort to promote a group of talents such as Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, and Lu Xun. Their intentions were obvious. In the past, he just thought that Sun Quan was too petty. Today, when he saw Zhou Yu's beauty, he had to think that if he was in Sun Quan's position, he would be afraid that he would have to be three points.

While making a frost, Liu Bei looked at the generals behind Zhou Yu, then at the warships standing in the surrounding rivers and the soldiers standing upright on the warships, and praised them: "It turns out that they are the elites in Jiangdong, but there are a little fewer. If there are tens of thousands, how can Cao thieves behave?"

Zhou Yu smiled faintly: "Thirty thousand soldiers are enough, the left general Guanyu and others defeated it."

Liu Bei smiled and said, "The governor is more heroic than others, but the difference in the military power is too great, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win."

Zhou Yu just smiled and did not answer him. He thought for a while and said, "General Zuo, General Zuo, I heard that both the troops of Cao thieves had set off. Our former army, Huang Gongfu, came to report the day before yesterday. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's navy were about to arrive at Lukou. The military situation was urgent. Yu would not stay anymore and rushed to Lukou immediately. General Zuo was here for a while. My lord arrived soon. As for the Xiangyang navy, I hope General Zuo would pay attention to it."

Liu Bei nodded: "Don't worry, the governor, Yun Chang's 10,000 naval troops are on high alert, so the governor will not have any worries." He thought for a while and said: "I have some small things, I want to ask Zijing to cross the boat and ask the governor to do it for convenience."

Zhou Yu shook his hand and said, "Zi Jing, as the captain of the Pan Army, has been selfless since the day he was appointed. If General Zuo has something to do, don't look for opportunities. Zhuge Kongming has come with my lord, and he will arrive in just two or three days. General Zuo will know at that time."

Liu Bei hit a soft nail, feeling unhappy, and could not have an attack, so he had to return in a bad mood. Zhou Yu and others set off for a long time, and watched the fleet of Jiangdong disappear from their sight. Liu Bei was frowning, and his eyes were even more worried. He stood for a while, turned around and said to Mi Zhu and others: "Zhou Gongjin's dragon and phoenix posture is just too different in strength. I am afraid that the defeat of Cao Buyi will be the one who wants to do it for his own tricks. We will be ordered by Yun Chang and Yide to be the one who will defeat Cao Ke together, but it is not allowed to be ordered by him."

Mi Zhu was stunned and immediately responded.

"Gongyou, hurry up and go to Cangwu." Liu Bei suddenly stood firm and turned his head to stare at Sun Gan and said.

"No!" Sun Gan bowed and said that.

Zhou Yu left Fankou and sat back in the cabin and pondered. Lu Su walked in from outside. Seeing Zhou Yu frowned slightly, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Gongjin, why bother?" Zhou Yu looked up when he heard the sound, saw that it was Lu Su, and smiled and waved, "Zijing, is there anything wrong with him?"

"Huang Gongfu from the front line sent people to talk to him about his contact with Zhang Yun's forward soon, and ask the governor to speed up and catch up. He cannot lose this first formation and damage the spirit of the soldiers." Lu Su said, handing a bamboo slip to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu took a look and put it aside gently: "There should be no problem in calculating the time. But can Cao's army be discovered by Jiangbei land? Wulinjin is the throat of Huarong, Wulin and Bailuo Mountain. It is very unfavorable for our army to occupy this place by Cao's army."

"There has not been found yet." Lu Su said strangely: "According to the previous Japanese newspaper, the troops of the Cao army's vanguard Xu Huang's troops should have arrived. Why hasn't they seen it yet? Xu Huang is good at using troops and can't play any tricks, right?"

"It's hard to say, maybe it's hiding somewhere waiting for us, maybe..." Zhou Yu suddenly laughed softly: "Maybe he's lost."

"Lost?" Lu Su hesitated: "It shouldn't be true. They have locals as guides."

"I'm just talking. Can't I put my hope on it?" Zhou Yu stopped smiling and turned to the guard beside him and said, "Transfer the order, advance at full speed, be sure to occupy Lukou in front of Cao's army, and attack Zhang Yun first and defeat the spirit of Cao's thief."

The personal guard responded and turned around and went out to pass the order. Zhou Yu turned around and looked at Lu Su without saying anything for a long time. Lu Su was confused by him. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him. Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Yu said, "Zijing, Liu Bei, I'm afraid it's not very credible. You must be careful and don't let them take advantage of the loopholes."

Lu Su shook his head slightly and said, "Gongjin, the enemy is in front of you, so you should not think like this. Liu Bei has been in Jingzhou for a long time and has a good reputation. Many people abandon their official positions and follow him. It is the help of my Jiangdong fight against Cao."

"I can pay attention to this." Zhou Yu raised his hand to stop Lu Su's words: "I will not deal with them immediately, but I want to remind you that Liu Bei is cunning and changeable, and it is difficult to raise him again and again. You can use it, but you can't make him do it. Instead, it will cause the disaster to me in Jiangdong. Don't let Jiangdong become the second Xuzhou or Jingzhou."
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