Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 196: The Battle of Guanzhong, Sun Quan Plays Both Sides

Whether a general is capable or not can be revealed on the battlefield.

At the moment, Xing Daorong, Wu Yi and Meng Da led a group of troops to attack the enemy camp, and the gap between them was obvious.

Not only were the troops of Wu Yi and Meng Da held back by Yu Jin, they also seemed to be out of strength and were gradually being defeated.

On the other side, Xing Daorong was like a ferocious tiger, biting the enemy formation.

It was like a sharp blade piercing into the heart of Cao's army, heading straight towards Cao Cao's main camp.

Liu Bei felt uncomfortable watching this!
If everyone was as capable as Xing Daorong, what threat would Cao Cao pose?
Liu Bei felt uncomfortable watching this, and Cao Cao felt even more uncomfortable watching this!

"This Xing Daorong is so powerful!"

"They were able to defeat the troops led by Wen Ze!"

"If this person is not removed, he will become a great threat to our Wei Dynasty in the future!"

Thinking secretly in his mind, Cao Cao immediately fixed his eyes on Xing Daorong.

By the way, Liu Bei's other two armies actually had little combat effectiveness and had even been suppressed. If Xing Daorong had not been so good at fighting, the Shu army would have retreated long ago after this charge.

It seems so
Cao Cao suddenly had an idea and gave the order: "Let Xing Daorong in, and tell Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and Le Jin to come close to me. When Xing Daorong comes to kill us, kill him on the spot!"

Cao Cao's strategy is similar to the one Xing Daorong used when he fought to the death in Luo County.

But at that time he was facing generals from Yizhou, but this time it was Xu Chu and others. If Xing Daorong was really surrounded, no one would be able to save him!

Xing Daorong naturally didn't know that Cao Cao had already started to plot against him. To be honest, the charge in the battle array in the era of cold weapons was so exciting that it made people's blood boil.

At this moment, he was only focused on charging forward and didn't even pay attention to the progress of Wu Yi and Meng Da beside him.

This resulted in him killing too early, which was a little disconnected.

Once Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry encircles the enemy, big problems are likely to arise.

Fortunately, Liu Bei was in charge of the rear army and saw everything clearly. As soon as he saw that Xing Daorong might be in danger, he immediately sounded the call to action.

Xing Daorong heard the sound of the horn. Although he didn't know what was going on, he knew that Liu Bei would definitely not withdraw his troops rashly.

Without further ado, he led his troops to withdraw.

Even though he could see Cao Cao's main camp as far as he could see, Xing Daorong didn't hesitate at all and just left!

Cao Cao didn't expect that Xing Daorong would come and go like the wind, and even though he saw such a great achievement right in front of him, he just left.

There was no time to close the "pocket", so Xing Daorong rushed out again.

Now, from the perspective of others, Xing Daorong came and went like the wind.

It seems like they can charge when they want and retreat when they want, and no one can stop them at all.

Although Liu Bei retreated westward, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry did not dare to pursue him. In this encounter, the two sides were fighting desperately, but it was fake, and they were testing each other to see what the other's strength was.

As a result, this pair discovered each other and it was really difficult to fight.

In this battle in Guanzhong, anyone could win or lose!

However, during the Battle of Guanzhong, when Cao Cao and Liu Bei both showed off their strengths to each other and prepared for the decisive battle, the area of ​​Jiangdong became a leisurely and peaceful place.

But this leisurely and peaceful state is only on the surface. Secretly, Sun Quan has been feeling tremendous pressure recently.

To talk about what happened, we have to start from when Zhou Tai successfully left Jiangdong.

After Zhou Tai left, Sun Quan could easily accuse Zhou Tai of treason, but he soon discovered that before Zhou Tai left, his family had already left Jiangdong.

Obviously, if there was no one behind him to support him, it would be impossible to secretly send his family away. Sun Quan knew that there was something fishy going on, so he naturally had to investigate!

However, there were fewer and fewer people that Sun Quan could trust in Jiangdong at the moment, so he handed the matter over to Sun Yu, the second son of Sun Jian's younger brother Sun Jing and Sun Quan's own cousin.

Originally, Sun Quan thought that this matter was not difficult and he could find out the truth with just a little investigation. However, he soon found that he had thought it was too simple. In other words, the situation in Jiangdong was more complicated than he had imagined.

According to what his cousin had reported, this matter might be related to a theatre troupe. Although the troupe came from Jingzhou, how they got to Zhou Tai's mansion was a key point that he couldn't figure out!

This made Sun Quan suddenly furious.

He slammed the table in anger and said, "It's just a matter of a troupe of actors. What's the big deal?"

Sun Yu saw that Sun Quan was furious, but his expression did not change. He just said calmly: "It's not about a troupe, but how did the troupe get to Zhou Tai's house? Those who know about this don't speak, and those who speak don't know. I'm afraid there is something fishy."

Strange!

Of course Sun Quan knew something was wrong!

But where did this strange thing come from? Isn’t that exactly where we need to investigate!

He immediately said coldly: "Who knows but won't tell me? Do you want me to ask in person?"

Sun Quan thought that if he went to talk to him personally, he would definitely scare the man, but Sun Yu just shook his head calmly and said, "I'm afraid it won't work unless we go directly to Lu's mansion to arrest him."

Lu Mansion?

Which Lu Mansion?

Upon hearing this surname, Sun Quan lost his temper and his tone became much gentler.

After all, there is a man named "Lu" who is one of his left and right generals, so he can't be too angry.

Fortunately, Sun Yu's next words made Sun Quan feel relieved, and he heard him say: "It's Lu Ji's house."

"What a Lu Ji! It turned out that he was the one who secretly took the person out!" When Sun Quan heard that it was not Lu Xun, he became a little tougher and said in a colder tone than before: "What a Lu Ji! I will go to his mansion to see what he is up to!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Yu bowed and advised: "Lord Wu, the situation in Jiangdong is urgent now. If you want to cut off these undercurrents, you must use ruthless force."

"Right now, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are fighting fiercely in Guanzhong, and this is the time for us to quell the civil unrest."

"You can first ask an envoy to go to Guanzhong and petition Liu Bei and Cao Cao separately, saying that they can be defeated to calm their minds."

"This way, we can handle internal affairs with peace of mind!"

"Lu Ji's mansion is not the mansion of one person, but the mansion of one family. What we want now is not to destroy the Lu family."

"I just want to use thunderous tactics to make the Jiangdong family have no second thoughts."

Sun Yu was a true die-hard supporter of Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was very receptive to his words.

At that moment, he finally suppressed all his anger and let out a long breath, saying: "How could I not know about this matter? But alas! If it weren't for the adverse situation in the external war, how could it be like this inside?"

"If the two families of Cao and Liu fight to the death, and one family becomes the most powerful, how can the people of Jiangdong be reassured?"

"If it is as Zhong Yi said, it will be difficult for the two families to get along well."

Sun Yu said: "It is just a temporary measure. We should calm down our inner thoughts first before we can face the outside world. When we see which of the two families, Liu and Cao, can collapse first, we can then raise an army to attack them."

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan followed his advice and sent Zhuge Jin and Lu Fan to Liu Bei and Cao Cao's camps respectively.

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