Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 387 Sun Quan's Final Struggle

It can be said that Xing Daorong was definitely right when he asked Zhuge Liang, but now that Liu Bei's territory has expanded, it would take a month for the letters to go back and forth. If there really is a change, it would definitely be too late.

However, Xing Daorong was not panicked. As long as he made good defenses and had Lu Xun's navy around, there would be no major problems overall.

However, he had finally resisted the urge to cause trouble, but unexpectedly, trouble came to him even though he didn't want to cause trouble.

On this day, Lu Xun came to report that a navy appeared at the mouth of the river, flying the flag of the Jingzhou navy. When they approached the ferry, they turned back and left, and no one knew what was going on.

Now that Liu Bei has taken over Jiangdong, his naval force is much stronger than Cao's.

At present, the navy is divided into two parts. One is the newly surrendered Jiangdong navy, which is basically under the jurisdiction of Xing Daorong.

Second, the original Jingzhou navy is still under the control of Guan Yu.

It’s just that these two naval forces are like two military regions and have never had any connection with each other.

It was obviously not normal for him to come here suddenly without any notice.

Xing Daorong was surprised and asked Lu Xun, "How do you know it's the navy from Jingzhou?"

Lu Xun replied: "We attacked the Guan family flag, and now we know..."

Seeing that Xing Daorong seemed to know nothing about this matter, Lu Xun made a guess: "But you know that Cao Pi's troops are near Hefei, and you are afraid that Cao Pi will launch a surprise attack, so you come to support him?"

Xing Daorong thought to himself that even if he really wanted to come to support, he should at least let us know.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I will send someone to Jingzhou to verify it first. Boyan, you also send someone to ask. If it is really the Jingzhou navy, then we don't need to worry about them."

After receiving the order, Lu Xun left in a hurry.

...

Xing Daorong felt that there was definitely something wrong with this group of people. He was afraid that if a flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, it would be a bad situation if their own people fought against each other.

Unexpectedly, when the envoy who went to Jingzhou came back to report, the unexpected situation really happened.

The messenger said, "General Guan said that Cao Pi's army is heading to Hefei, so Jingzhou doesn't need to worry. So we should send a part of the navy to be led by Guan Ping to set up camp here."

"But the matter has not been reported to us yet, so we went there first..."

Xing Daorong couldn't help but complain in his heart when he heard this.

When did Guan Yu become so "magnanimous" in doing things? According to his usual style of doing things, he always has to greet people first.

However, since he had obtained accurate information, Xing Daorong didn't care anymore and just let Lu Xun contact the navy.

Everything has been arranged properly, and now there are reinforcements. If Cao Pi really launches a surprise attack, he will be killed.

at the moment…

Just focus on the war in Hefei.

...

When Xing Daorong was staring at Hefei, Sun Quan and Cao Zhi in Hefei were naturally very nervous.

In the prefectural residence in Hefei, Sun Quan and Cao Zhi sat opposite each other, but neither of them looked very good.

Sun Quan felt a little regretful.

When Lu Fan first proposed to form an alliance with Cao Zhi, he wanted to take advantage of Cao Cao's life and rely on Cao Zhi to secretly accumulate strength.

Unexpectedly!

Cao Cao was so useless. He died as soon as he was told. His death was very quick.

Naturally, everyone was greatly affected by Cao Cao's death, but the one who was most affected was definitely Cao Zhi!

Cao Pi inherited the throne, and Cao Zhi was the first to bear the brunt!
As a result, Cao Zhi became a burden.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in Sun Quan regretting it, and he can only discuss how to deal with the enemy.

fortunately…

Cao Pi appointed Cao Zhen as the commander-in-chief, which gave Hefei, which was originally in a dead end, a glimmer of hope.

...

"Cao Zhen is my father's adopted son. Although my father likes his bravery, he has no military achievements. He just has a good relationship with my brother."

"I think many generals in the army are dissatisfied. The Marquis of Wu can use this as a trick."

Listening to Cao Zhi's simple words, Sun Quan cursed in his heart. "If it's so simple, why worry about it!"

"If I hadn't accepted you, how could I be in such a critical situation?"

It’s just the path I chose, so there’s no point in complaining.

Sun Quan was resentful in his heart, but he could only say, "This... is an opportunity."

"If there is disunity within Cao's army, we will surely win."

"It's just that... we are foreign enemies. If we go, they will become more united. We want to divide their forces and cause chaos among them."

"Brother Zijian, it would be better for you to contact the Cao family for help on this matter."

After Sun Quan said this, Cao Zhi felt a little embarrassed.

Now that Zheng Hun has cut ties with me, where can I find any accomplices from within?

However, when he wanted to refuse, he saw Sun Quan's staring eyes.

Cao Zhi was shocked and secretly cursed Sun Quan as a good-for-nothing.

That look was full of threats.

Cao Zhi had no doubt that if necessary, Sun Quan would definitely sacrifice himself to save his own life.

It is possible that when Cao Zhen's army surrounded Hefei, Sun Quan would simply take his own head.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhi retracted his refusal and said with some embarrassment: "If you want to use a strategy of sowing discord, you should know which generals Cao Zhen brought here this time."

Cao Zhi's words were meant to delay the situation, but unexpectedly Sun Quan nodded in agreement after hearing them.

But he said: "Let's test it for a while first to see what Cao Zhen is capable of..."

After hearing this, Cao Zhi had no excuse and could only nod in agreement.

...

But Sun Quan said he was testing the enemy, but he knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to defeat Cao's army just by defending the city and clearing the countryside.

Besides, there were only so many talented people around Sun Quan. The troops deployed east and west, plus the troops gathered along the way by Xu Sheng, totaled only about seven or eight thousand people.

With such a small number of people... what are we trying to do...

The last time, it was basically a failure. There was no attempt at all.

He Qi and Xu Sheng immediately led 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Cao's camp.

At this time, there were only two thousand people left in Hefei. If Xing Daorong had the news, he could easily capture Hefei.

Unfortunately, this opportunity was fleeting, and Xing Daorong did not expect that Sun Quan was so bold.

Although He Qi and Xu Sheng were loyal to Sun Quan, their abilities were limited.

We definitely cannot win by fighting, so we can only collect as much intelligence as possible.

He Qi and Xu Sheng did a pretty good job. Although they didn't gain any advantage, they finally got to know the generals that Cao Zhen brought with him this time.

Zhang He, Xu Huang and Yu Jin...

Both of them are generals of other surnames.

As mentioned before, Liu Bei relied on his brothers to get to where he is today, Sun Quan relied on his aristocratic family to get to where he is today, and Cao Cao relied on his clan to get to where he is today.

This time it turned out to be good...

The Cao family, the Xiahou family...I didn’t bring any of them.

After hearing the report of He Qi and Xu Sheng's "defeat", Sun Quan finally felt certain.

Cao Pi wanted to exclude other members of the clan and win military merit for Cao Zhen.

otherwise…

There should be one Cao Ren, Cao Hong or something like that.

Sun Quan knew without thinking that none of the Cao family’s relatives showed up because Cao Pi wanted to establish his authority!

In this way, after many twists and turns, the matter came back to Cao Zhi.

(End of this chapter)