Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 163 Huang Zhong: What a coincidence

Two or three days later, Zhou Yu's fleet reached the waters of Jingling County along the Han River.

Jingling County is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County. There is a waterway in the east of Jingling that connects with the Han River. It runs from east to west and goes directly to Jiangling.

Yangshui is a channel dug manually, mainly to connect Xiangyang and Jiangling, so that ships can communicate through this waterway, without having to transfer from Xiakou to the Yangtze River, which can save thousands of miles of water.

At this time, early spring and February belonged to the season of dry water, and Yangshui was not yet passable for large ships, nor could Zhou Yu's battleships enter.

Zhou Yu entrusted the battleship to Lu Meng to command, while he and Lu Su boarded the boat.

"Governor, this is us." Lu Su had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Ziming, you will drive the battleship back to Xinye to meet Chenggong, and Zijing and I will go to capture Jiangling." Zhou Yu said calmly.

"Seize Jiangling? Aren't we allied with Liu Xuande?" Lu Meng was taken aback.

Zhou Yu snorted coldly: "At the time of the Red Cliff War, our Jiangdong contributed the most but benefited the least. After Liu Qi died, the lord and Liu Bei agreed to share equally, but Liu Bei took it by trick. I want to take back the agreed Jiangling for the lord."

Lu Meng swallowed his saliva: "Guan Yunchang is still in Xinye"

"It's best for Cao Cao to block him in Xinye. We take Jiangling and then go to Jiangxia, so that the entire Yangtze River waterway can be controlled by us." Zhou Yu analyzed.

"If we fail to take Jiangling and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei return to the army, wouldn't Jiangdong be in danger?" Lu Meng was still worried.

"It depends on Ziming. The Jingzhou navy only has small boats, and I leave you with these two fighting ships. One is to meet Cheng Gong and the others, and the other is to delay Guan Yu as much as possible. As for Zhang Fei on land, there is nothing to fear. When he returned from Xiangyang, Jiangling had already fallen into my hands." Zhou Yu had a plan in mind.

"Wei." Lu Meng's blood was surging when he heard that.

It is almost the highest honor for all generals to open up the territory and fight on the battlefield. Lu Meng feels that he is lucky to be able to participate in it.

Lu Meng led two battleships to go north, while Zhou Yu and the remaining warships went west to Yangshui.

Zhou Yu could not help showing a happy smile, thinking that he would soon be able to rely on tactics to conquer the city, but Lu Su, who had facilitated the alliance between Sun and Liu, was not happy.

Destroying the Sun Liu alliance and fighting against Cao Cao alone may not be possible in the current Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu is now the governor of Jiangdong. Although he is very reluctant to have this happen, Lu Su can only accept his fate.

When approaching Jiangling, Zhou Yu said to Lu Su: "Jiangling City is also an important town in Jingzhou, and its strength is not weaker than that of Xiangyang. At that time, we have to ask Zijing to earn Liu Bei. As long as this person is captured, Jingzhou can be controlled."

"Governor, can someone else go?" Lu Su said in his heart that he couldn't keep cheating on me alone.

"Ai Zijing is honest and honest, only you can win the trust of Liu Xuande... ah." Zhou Yu suddenly covered his right chest while speaking.

Zhou Yu's face was pale and grim. At this moment, the position where his hand was covering was the position where the arrow was shot in Xiangyang.

During the fierce siege of Xiangyang, Zhou Yu personally went to the city to command in order to boost morale, but was injured by the arrows of the defenders.

Lu Su hurriedly supported him: "Governor, several months have passed, and your arrow wound has not healed yet?"

"Occasionally. Occasionally, it still hurts. It looks like it will be with me for a long time." Injury is a common thing, and Zhou Yu didn't take it too seriously before.

Lu Su nodded and said, "I heard that Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Nanyang, is in Jiangling. I'll bring him here and let the governor take a good look at it."

"Okay." Zhou Yu nodded and stopped talking.

Zhou Yu landed beside the East Chi Lake in Jiangling, and then brought [-] troops to Jiangling City.

At this time, Jiangling gave people a feeling of silence. The brigade stopped a few hundred meters to the east of the city, and Lu Su came to the city alone and called for the door.

"Who are you?" the city guard shouted from the tower.

Lu Su clasped his fists in salute, "I am Lu Su from Jiangdong, and I came here specially to meet Mr. Liu Shijun. Please pass it on."

"Wait a moment." Shoucheng said and turned to leave.

After waiting for a stick of incense, a silver-haired veteran walked up to the top of the city. Lu Su recognized this person as Pian General Huang Zhong, the hero who helped Liu Qi take down Jiangling.

"Mr. Zijing? Why are you here?" Huang Zhong asked with a frown.

"General Huang, the governor is going to take Yizhou, and he passed by here to ask for an interview. I don't know where Liu Shijun is?" Lu Su asked.

Huang Zhong stroked his white beard: "The lord is not in Jiangling at this time, the governor must go to Yizhou on his own, and I will report to the lord when the time comes."

"Where did Mr. Liu go?" Lu Su thought to himself, it's too unfortunate, now that Cao Cao's army is overwhelming, why are you still running around?
"My lord went to Lingling for something, and I don't know when to return." Huang Zhong waved his hand.

Lu Su was speechless for a moment. It would be meaningless to say more without the Lord, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Seeing that Lu Su did not call to open the door, Zhou Yu urged his horse to follow and asked, "Zijing, what's the matter?"

"Liu Shijun went to Lingling, what should we do? Attack?" Lu Su asked in a low voice.

Seeing the extraordinary bearing of the silver-haired veteran on the top of the wall, Zhou Yu asked, "Who is this guard?"

"Huang Zhong, Huang Hansheng." Lu Su introduced.

"The one who helped Liu Qi seize Jiangling?" Zhou Yu was very surprised.

If it was an unknown person, he could try a strong attack, but Huang Zhong was obviously difficult to deal with. Zhou Yu hesitated for a while, and then took two steps forward.

"Next Zhou Yu, I've heard about General Huang's name for a long time." Zhou Yu bowed his hands.

"I've seen the governor." Huang Zhong also clasped his fists in return.

"Yu wanted to take Xichuan and passed by here. I wanted to meet Liu Shijun, but it was so unfortunate. The athletes behind me are exhausted. Can you go to the city to rest for the night? I will leave early tomorrow morning," Zhou Yu continued.

Huang Zhong shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, Commander-in-Chief, I heard that Cao Cao went south to Jingzhou, and Jiangling City has ordered a curfew for precautionary measures. It is not suitable for soldiers and horses from Jiangdong to enter the city."

"General Huang, is Nanyang Zhang Zhongjing in the city?" Lu Su asked again.

"It's really a coincidence that Mr. Zhongjing also went south with the lord. If Zijing has an emergency, he can go to Lingling for help." Huang Zhong continued to shake his head.

Lu Su and Zhou Yu sat on the wax for a moment, no matter how clever the counterfeit strategy was, but the other party had nothing to do if they didn't accept the trick at all. Lu Su even wanted to sneak into the city to find out the truth, but he didn't expect that this road was also blocked up.

"Did Mrs. Sun also go to Lingling?" Zhou Yu asked suddenly.

"Mrs. Sun is here, what's the matter with the governor?" Huang Zhong asked back.

Zhou Yu said with a leisurely smile, "My lord has something to bring to Mrs. Sun, and I would like to ask General Huang to let Lu Zijing come to the city for the convenience of me."

"That's no problem." Huang Zhong nodded in agreement.

"After Zijing entered the city, he used Ms. Sun's mouth to find out the reality of Jiangling. If it doesn't work, we will attack by force." Zhou Yuxu ordered.

"I can save it."

Lu Su's words fell silent, and the city gate was opened a little. He immediately nodded to Zhou Yu, and then rode his horse into the city.Originally thought that Jiangling City was empty, but when he walked into the city, he was instantly dumbfounded, the soldiers patrolling the city were very dense.

"Mr. Zijing, I will lead you to Mrs. Sun's other courtyard." Just as Lu Su was in a trance, a general came to salute with his fists clasped.

Seeing his extraordinary appearance, Lu Su asked curiously, "This is the first time I see a general, and I haven't asked for advice yet."

"Don't dare to do it, I'm Wei Yan."

(End of this chapter)