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Outside Jiangling City, more than 10,000 Jiangling soldiers put down their weapons, took off their armor, and stood in line in a row in a commoner. Everyone was dejected and anxiously waiting for the official inclusion of Cao's army...

Behind them were teams of tiger and leopard cavalry guarding the surrendered soldiers with murderous intent. In front of the team, Pang Ji and Wang Jie had been waiting for a long time with dozens of generals.

Opposite the surrendered soldiers, the hundred thousand Cao troops had been arranged into several huge square formations, with flags waving, covering the sky and overwhelming. When thousands of cavalry surrounded Cao Cao and appeared in front of the team, the hundred thousand Cao troops shouted like thunder, "Prime Minister Thousand Years of the Years" sounded like a mountain collapse and cracking, resounding throughout the earth.

Cao Cao was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, and was extremely conspicuous in the team. He waved his hand slightly, and the team suddenly became silent. Pang Ji and Wang Jie walked forward with dozens of generals and knelt in front of Cao Cao, "Don't let Pang Ji, the leader of the Nanjun, Wang Jie, joining the army, pays homage to the Prime Minister."

Cao Cao turned over and dismounted, and helped the two of them up with a smile. "The two envoys are devoted to the court and share the worries and problems for the court. They are worthy of being the strong ministers. The two envoys will not let me down, and I will never let them down."

Pang Ji and Wang Jie gave a deep gift, "Thank you for your kindness"

Cao Cao smiled at dozens of generals and said, "All the generals are the mainstay of my Han Dynasty. I don't want to be loyal to the traitors. I will report to you tomorrow and give you the title."

The generals were overjoyed and said, "I wish to serve the Prime Minister."

Seeing that they understood people, Cao Cao couldn't help but smile and his eyes fell on a woman behind them. To be precise, it was a baby held in the woman's hand. The baby was only half a year old, and it was Liu Bei's son Liu Chan.

Pang Ji understood what Cao Cao meant, so he hurriedly stepped forward and took the cradle from the woman and handed it to Cao Cao. "It's this kid," he whispered.

Seeing that Liu Chan was fat and cute, he was sleeping soundly, Cao Cao couldn't help but smile proudly and said, "Your father has let me down, don't hesitate."

The woman was Liu Chan's wet nurse. She suddenly stepped forward and knelt down and begged, "My master only has this bloodline, begging the Prime Minister to spare his life."

Cao Cao handed Liu Chan to her and said with a smile: "My father and I are brothers, and the emperor's uncle is my son. How could I harm him? I will support him in the future."

The wet nurse hugged Liu Chan tightly in her arms and kowtowed repeatedly to thank her for her kindness, "Thank you Prime Minister's great kindness"

Cao Cao asked again: "Where are the two wives of the emperor?"

Pang Ji hurriedly said: "Everyone is in the city, everyone is safe and sound."

Cao Cao nodded and ordered his left and right, "Can they send their mother to Yedu and support him with the salary of the emperor. Those who dare to come to harass him will be executed immediately."

Although Liu Bei's wife and children were captured, his subordinates, such as Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and others, had already crossed the river. This was a pity. Cao Cao immediately ordered a large army to enter the city, and a hundred thousand troops lined up toward Jiangling City.

But what Cao Cao was most concerned about was the warships. He did not enter the city, but came directly to the dock, and there were countless warships anchored on the river. Xiahou Yuan reported to Cao Cao: "You have reported to the Prime Minister, and there are more than a thousand warships, including more than seven warships of more than a thousand stone."

Cheng Yu next to him smiled and said, "It rained heavily for several days in a row, making the warship unable to cross south. This is God's will, and God wants the Prime Minister to succeed."

"It's God's will."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and sighed: "It has not rained heavily in Nanjun for several years, but it happened when our army went south. This is God's arrangement."

He asked Xiahou Yuan again, "How is the boatman and the navy?"

"The soldiers surrendered in Jiangling were all naval troops, and there were more than 5,000 boatmen, and they were not enough to control the ship."

Cao Cao immediately turned around and said to Cao Hong: "Send people to collect boatmen everywhere. All ages and young people must get on the boat. Be sure to collect ten thousand boatmen within ten days."

"Abide by the orders of humble duties" Cao Hong hurried away.

At this time, Cao Cao stared at the other side and asked Xiahou Yuan again: What is the situation on the other side?"

"Report to the Prime Minister, the troops on the other side have all their surnames retreated from Wuling County in a panic, but more than two warships cannot be taken away, and they are all captured by our army." After a stop, Xiahou Yuan asked for instructions again: "But they brought the old and weak, and the withdrawal speed is slow. Should they be humble and lead the cavalry to chase after him?"

Cao Cao shook his head, "Liu Bei is no longer a concern. Liu Jing is the key to our success or failure. We ordered the soldiers to rest for ten days and will take the ship to the expedition in ten days."

"Prime Minister, I have an idea." Cheng Yu said carefully.

"What's the idea"

"Weichen thinks it is better to train troops in Jiangling for two months. The river surface here is wide and it is very suitable for training troops. It is not too late to let the soldiers adapt to the Yangtze River water before expeditioning eastward. Moreover, we know that Jiangling has very little grain reserves, so we also need to transport grain from Fancheng."

After all, Cheng Yu had been guarding Fancheng Town for more than half a year and knew the southern water war better than Cao Cao. He took a boat from Jiangling to Jiangxia. Not to mention the water war, the soldiers would not even be able to bear the long-distance boat ride.

More importantly, Liu Bei had transported most of the grain stored in Jiangling, and the current grain storage could not support the consumption of the 100,000 army. Cao Cao obviously did not expect this.

After all, Cao Cao had been fighting for many years. Although Cheng Yu spoke implicitly, he still realized immediately. His eagerness almost ruined the big thing. He nodded immediately, "If Zhongde hadn't reminded me, I would have made a wrong decision. I would train in Jiangling for two months according to your suggestion."

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In Qichun County, Sun Quan's fleet had arrived in Tian, ​​but Sun Quan never mentioned the transfer of the army to Zhukou, nor did he mention the transfer of Cheng Pu away. Except for agreeing to reach a tincture oil trade with Jingzhou, the deployment of the remaining army had almost no changes, and an uneasy atmosphere enveloped the Jiangdong Army.

At night, Lu Su took several followers out of the county town and ran towards the dock where the warships were docked. He gradually approached the dock and was immediately discovered by the patrol soldiers. They raised their crossbows and pointed at the riders who were running. Some soldiers shouted loudly: "Stop, otherwise you will shoot an arrow."

The knight stopped the horse, and in the dark Lu Su responded: "It's me, Deputy Governor Lu."

It turned out to be his own people. The soldiers put away the military crossbow and a garrison commander stepped forward to salute, "I don't know if it was Deputy Governor Lu who came, and I offended the humble position."

Lu Su nodded, "This is your duty, so don't blame yourself."

"Thank you, Deputy Governor Lu, for saying goodbye to me"

After leaving the patrol, Lu Su quickly came to the riverside. There were a row of small boats moored here. He happened to see a child picking up water in the river. Lu Su asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Kong Ming here?"

As soon as the words were finished, a tall man came out of the boat and bowed and smiled: "I just got a pot of good wine today. Did you smell it when I toast?"

This person is Zhuge Liang. The reason why he came to see Sun Quan was because many officials and military generals in Jiangling were unwilling to participate in the fight against Cao, including Liu Bei. He also had the idea of ​​reaping profits.

But Zhuge Liang knew very well that if they did not participate in this coalition anti-Cao, then they would have no say in the distribution of interests after the war.

So he strongly advocated participating in the alliance, and persuaded Liu Bei to come to see Sun Quan and discuss the specific details of Liu Bei's army's participation in the fight against Cao.

Zhuge Liang invited Lu Su into the cabin. The cabin was not big and could not stand up straight, but it was clean, with soft and bright lights, and there were dozens of bamboo slips in the corner.

The two sat opposite the table. The little boy brought a pot of wine and two wine cups, served two plates of side dishes, poured a glass of wine for them. Lu Su asked with concern: "Is Kong Ming still worried about Jiangling?"

At this time, Zhuge Liang had already known what happened in Jiangling, which made him feel sad. He didn't want to see anyone for two days, except for personal friends.

Lu Su is one of his friends. When he was 20 years old, he came to Jiangdong to travel and met Lu Su, Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong heroes.

Zhuge Liang sighed, "This matter is Liu Jing's first release, Cao Cao's layout is behind, Pang Ji and others betray him. Unfortunately, I am not in Jiangling, otherwise how could Cao Cao's plan succeed?"

"However, although Jiangling lost, the emperor's uncle and the main general are there, and he has saved some of his strength, which is a blessing in disgrace."

Zhuge Liang drank the wine in the glass and shook his head and said, "We won't talk about this anymore, it will only cause trouble. Tell me about your affairs. Why did you suddenly become quiet these days? The atmosphere is a bit weird."

"I came to you for this."

Lu Su lowered his voice and said, "Cao Cao secretly sent an envoy to send a letter to Wu Hou. I only learned about the content of this letter today."

"What is the letter?" Zhuge Liang also asked curiously.

"In the letter, Cao Cao promised not to attack Jiangdong within five years, and he also appointed Wu Hou as Duke of Wu, on the condition that Jiangdong withdraws troops back to Dongwu."

This surprised Zhuge Liang. The reason why Jiangdong fought against Cao was because he was worried that his lips would lose their teeth and teeth would be cold. Once Cao's army captured Jingzhou, it would go down the river and attack Jiangdong. Now Cao Cao promised not to attack Jiangdong within five years. This would be the result of the firewood from the cauldron, so that Jiangdong would not be attacked. In this way, would Jiangdong still be willing to fight against Cao?

"Does Zhang Zhao know about this?"

"He should know the message, but he must not know the content of the letter, otherwise this group of officials would have made trouble long ago..."

Speaking of this, Lu Su suddenly remembered Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, "Only I know the content of this letter now. Wu Hou asked me to discuss this matter with me."

"What's the state of Wu Hou?"

"Mr. Wu is undecided, I can see that Mr. Wu is a little shaken."

Lu Su's eyes showed a look of worry. Now Wu Hou was a little shaken. If Zhang Zhao led the officials to collectively oppose it, the tenth anti-Cao alliance would collapse. With Jiangxia alone, how can we resist the attack of Cao Cao's 100,000 troops in the attack.

What made Lu Su even more worried was that once Cao's army annexed Jingzhou, the strength of the navy would inevitably increase greatly. At that time, Cao's army attacked Jiangdong from both the east and the north, and Jiangdong would be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Lu Su said anxiously and angrily: "How could Wu Hou be so short-sighted, Cao Cao promised to slow down the attack on Nian? He obviously wanted to use this year to pacify Zhang Lu, Ma Teng and Liu Zhang. Without allies, he would turn around and attack Jiangdong."

"Have you told Wu Hou this?"

"I told him, but he didn't respond." Lu Su sighed long.

At this time, Zhuge Liang sneered coldly, "Mr. Wu is probably considering that while Cao Cao attacked Ma Teng or Zhang Lu, he would in turn annex Jingzhou. His long-cherished wish that he had not fulfilled in Liu Jing would be fulfilled by Cao Cao."

Lu Su's face changed drastically. Wu Hou meant that, but he didn't tell Zhuge Liang, but was explained by his words.

Zhuge Liang observed his expression and looked at Lu Su's expression. When he saw Lu Su's face change drastically, he knew that he had guessed the truth. Sun Quan really had this idea.
Chapter completed!