Chapter 205 Chips Exhausted

Sun Quan's sentence "good treatment" actually implies that he does not intend to conflict with Cao Wei in Jingzhou during this delicate period.

Seeing this, Lu Su couldn't help but frown slightly. Judging from Sun Quan's treatment of Cao Ren, he had vaguely felt that Sun Quan came with great determination this time. It seemed to be extremely difficult to change Sun Quan's mind about Liu Feng's martial arts.

Cao Ren was sent away. Sun Quan closed the wooden box on the case, looked up at Chen Zhen, and said coldly, "It's rare that my brother-in-law was so thoughtful that he gave me two big surprises. It seems that I have to thank him for what he did."

This sentence is obviously ironic.

Chen Zhen smiled and waved his hand and said, "Wu Hou and my general are both family members. There is no need to say thank you. However, my General Liu really wants to ask Wu Hou for help with a small matter.

"This is a strange thing. My brother-in-law killed Guan Yu, captured Cao Ren, and shocked China. He is so capable that I, as a big uncle, just don't ask him for help. How can he beg me in turn?"

Sun Quan's irony became more and more intense, and in his blue eyes, the resentment burst out.

Chen Zhen could only pretend that he didn't know and sighed, "Wu Hou is really flattered. No matter how capable General Liu is, he can only be the western barrier of Wu Hou. It's just that now my general has captured Cao Ren and angered Cao Yan. At present, Cao Yan's army of more than 100,000 yuan has arrived in Xinye. There is a great tendency to raise troops to the south and swallow Jingzhou. I'm afraid that only when the Marquis Wu takes action can Cao thieves know the difficulties and retreat.

"If Cao Shen wants to fight, he will also fight Xiangyang. I can't help. Why don't you do this? You can go back and tell my brother-in-law that he can do his best to the northern soldiers of Jingzhou and go north to Xiangyang to fight against Cao's thieves. In the south county, I will send troops to be his solid backing."

Sun Quan began to play scoundrels, which clearly meant to tease Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen suddenly felt embarrassed and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

At this time, Lv Meng said again, "My Wu Hou actually wants to help General Liu, but our army has just fought with Cao thieves in Huainan. The soldiers are tired and unable to fight again. General Liu shocked Huaxia, and his morale was high. If the whole army went north, he would be able to repel Cao's thief. On the front line of Jiangling, although our army is tired, if it is only responsible for the defense, it is still not a problem. General Liu can rest assured.

He, the two ministers, sang the double reed and only made Chen Zhen's three-inch mouth speechless.

When Sun Quan saw that Chen Zhen was silent, his face deliberately gloomed and said unhappily, "You just said that Sun Liu is his own family. Since he is his own family, what else does my brother-in-law have to worry about? Is he afraid that I will take the opportunity to swallow his territory?"

Fools all know that Sun Quan came to Jingzhou, but on this stage, Chen Zhen can't take it seriously.

At that moment, Chen Zhen calmed down and quickly regained his mind. He pretended to be panicked and said, "Wuhou misunderstood. How can my general not believe Wuhou? It's just that my general also knows that Jiangdong's soldiers are tired of fighting for a long time, and how dare they work hard again. General Liu meant that Wu Hou could lead the army to the east in the banner of soldiers entering Hefei. At that time, Cao was afraid of fighting on the two fronts, so he naturally retreated without fighting. Isn't it the best way to retreat from a strong enemy without any effort?

This is Pang Tong's strategy for Sun Quan. In theory, this is also the best strategy to force Cao to retreat.

However, the wish is beautiful, but it may not be what it wants.

Sun Quan listened and brushed his purple beard. He thought about it seriously for a long time. He nodded slightly and said, "I will consider General Liu's suggestion, but now when my army is fighting, it is when I am tired. Even if I want to return to Hefei, I need time to rest. Go back and tell your General Liu and let him wait patiently.

Sun Quan did not refuse, but did not agree on the spot, but gave an itchy answer: wait patiently.

etc? When to wait? How can we afford to wait for such a situation?

Sun Quan obviously meant to deliberately delay and be careless, but now, Chen Zhen also knows that it is useless to say more, so he has to force a smile, thank you for a while, and then said that he would return to Jiangling to return his life.

After sending Chen Zhen away, Sun Quan's anger seemed to have been reduced a little, but this should not change his determination to seize Jingzhou.

In view of Lu Su's opposition, Sun Quan ordered Lu Su to lead his army in Xiakou and pretended to attack Xiangyang in the north. He led his army to Bachu, with Lv Meng as the forerunner, and ordered Gan Ning to lead 10,000 troops from Xiangshui to the south to seize the four southern counties.

Jiangling side.

After Chen Zhen returned, he did not bring back good news. Judging from the attitude of Sun Quan he described, Liu Feng could only think that Pang Tong's plan failed.

Under this, Liu Feng quickly reassigned the troops.

If Sun Quan attacks Jingzhou, Jiangling will be the core goal of his attack. All defense systems must also be carried out around the defense of Jiangling. If the Wu people want to enter Jiangling, the public security city from the south bank to the east is the first obstacle.

The public security city had 5,000 troops, and Liu Feng had 5,000 soldiers. Together with Huang Zhong, he guarded the public security with 10,000 soldiers and more than 400 warships. On the side of Changsha, Chen led an elite army of 3,000, went south quickly, and assisted Liu Bi to guard Linxiang. In terms of Jiangling City, Pang Tong and Liu Ba led 3,000 troops to guard.

These soldiers and horses, together with the troops of 5,000 people and more than 20,000 troops of Xiangyang Wei Yan, are already all the direct line of the Changsha Army that Liu Feng can use.

As for the surrender of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, the three cities of Jiangling, Xiangyang, Public Security, and Ma Yu, who attacked Yidu in the west, some were mobilated in each place. Although these people were large, they did not dare to play an important role in such a critical moment.

The reason why Sun Quan dared to use Lv Meng's plan to seize Jingzhou by force was that Lv Meng believed that Liu Feng would definitely take Cao Jian as the main target of prevention, and most of his elite Changsha army should be deployed on the front line of Xiangyang.

However, to Sun Quan's surprise, Liu Feng only deployed 5,000 people in Xiangyang, facing Cao's army of more than 100,000 yuan in Xinye with Wei Yanyi. The rest of the soldiers and horses were all deployed in the area of Jiangling Public Security, pretending to be ready to fight with themselves.

Liu Fengyu's attitude immediately changed Sun Quan's tough attitude. He was not afraid of Liu Feng, but that after he fought with Liu Feng's main force, even if he finally won and won Jiangling, his strength would be greatly damaged at that time, and how to deal with Cao Jian, who was waiting for work in the north.

In this case, Sun Quan ordered a temporary suspension of the march, and the army was stationed in Bachu, not attacking Jiangling for the time being. As for Gan Ning, who entered Xiangshui in the south, it was also just a parade in Xiangshui, and did not enter the actual attack on Changsha County.

Sun Quan's troops did not move, which made Liu Feng see the hope of reconciliation. So, with the approval of Pang Tong, he sent Chen Zhen to Bachu again to follow Liu Bei's example, saying that he was only a temporary loan to Jingzhou. Once he attacked Shuzhong to the west, he would return Jingzhou to Sun Quan.

Legally speaking, the Jingzhou borrowed by Liu Bei is just a place in the south county, but now, Liu Feng regards the whole Jingzhou as borrowed from Sun Quan, which is undoubtedly a huge concession.

Although Sun Quan is very clear that Liu Feng's current promise is only a last resort under the predicament. As for whether he can fulfill the promise in the future, it is still unknown, Sun Quan can't help but be moved again when he thinks that he can get the whole Jingzhou without blood.

Liu Feng is playing tricks, and Cao Jian is not idle. Chen Zhen had just left Bachu, and the messengers of the court arrived.

The envoy of the imperial court brought the imperial edict of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He appointed Sun Quan as the herdsman of Jingzhou and the general of Cheqi, and ordered him to lead the army to attack Liu Feng, and then lead the army to attack Bashu and destroy Liu Bei and Liu Zhang. After the event, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty appointed him as the Duke of Wu and allowed him to draw the river and rule.

Everyone knows that the imperial edict of the Han Emperor is the meaning of Cao Jian. In order to show his sincerity, Cao Jian, in order to let Sun Quan rest assured to attack Liu Feng, Cao Jian also took the initiative to withdraw the army from Xinye to the north to Nanyang to show that he came to the south this time, just to revenge on Liu Feng, and there was no intention to take the opportunity to go south.

Jingzhou Mu, Cheqi General, and the future Duke of Wu, these three titles are really mouth-watering for Sun Quan. Although these titles are all empty, although Sun Quan knows that this is Cao Qian's plan to alienate, the three titles granted by the court will be of great help to improve his appeal. Sun Quan can also see it.

Sun Quan just hesitated, because of this imperial edict, he soon became resolute. After weighing it, he immediately gave an order, ordering him to transfer another 10,000 soldiers and horses from Lu Su on the side of Xiakou to reinforce Bachu, and increase the garrison of Bachu's garrison to 50,000, as to prepare for the west.

Cao's army retreated to Nanyang. Although the pressure on Xiangyang was relieved, when Liu Feng received the news of the increase of troops in Eastern Wu from Baqiu, his mood became heavier and heavier.

To some extent, Liu Feng is actually more afraid of Sun Quan. The reason is very simple that Liu Feng does not have a strong navy.

Previously, Liu Feng was in Changsha. Although there was a Xiangshui in front of the door, it was not as vast as the Yangtze River, and it was impossible to establish a water army that could always be used. Later, they attacked the South County. Although they collected all the four or five hundred warships left by Guan Yu, the water army is not enough to have ships and soldiers. The most important thing is that the soldiers must go through long-term water warfare training.

If Sun Quan really led the water army to kill him, Liu Feng naturally did not dare to fight with him on the water. All he could do was to burn the warship and defend the city to wait for the change.

In the face of such a dilemma, even Pang Tong, who has always been resourceful, can't come up with a perfect solution at this time.

Just when Liu Feng had a headache, his wife Sun Shangxiang rushed to the public security from Jiangling City.

I thought that Sun Shangxiang just missed her husband and wanted to come to the police to take care of him, but as soon as the couple met, Sun Shangxiang's first words surprised Liu Feng.

"Husband, up to now, why don't you let me go to Bachu and beg my second brother to withdraw from the army."

(to be continued)