Three Kingdoms: Jiangdong is no longer a rat

Chapter 53 Zhou Yu
In addition to having its own combat methods adapted to Wu, this cavalry unit is also well-equipped.

Most cavalrymen were equipped with iron armor. Their main weapons included spears, halberds, bows and crossbows, and they also had swords, but they were relatively less used.

The war horses they rode were also of relatively high quality. Each one cost over 300,000 coins, exceeding the average price of 200,000 coins for war horses in Jiangdong. The horses were usually fed abundant fodder, sometimes with grain added.

In addition, the treatment of cavalrymen is much better than that of infantrymen, and they can receive more military rations and rewards.

All these things have cost the Yan family a lot of money, and the expenses are still ongoing.

If this cavalry unit only had 500 people, the Yan family really would not be able to bear it.

Although this cavalry still has some flaws, it is more than enough to deal with the Qian Tong army that has lost the protection of the city.

If the defenders of Qian Gonglei had prepared earlier and made targeted arrangements, they might have been able to put up some resistance. But now, having been suddenly ambushed and having lost their geographical advantage, what they have to consider is not how to fight back, but how to escape.

These troubling questions did not cause any trouble to Zhou Yu at the time, because when Yan Yi's troops attacked the city, Qian Tong's brother-in-law and Changshui Captain Zhou Yu was lying on a soft couch, sleeping soundly with his two concubines in his arms.

Zhou Yu is the younger brother of Qian Tong's beloved wife, Qian. He is handsome and has a dignified appearance. He is not only gentle to others and generous, but also has learned some classics and is good at archery. In Yuncheng, he can be regarded as a man of both civil and military talents.

In addition to the relationship with the Qian family and Qian Tong's appreciation of him, Zhou Yu was promoted very quickly. In just two years, he became a powerful figure in Qian Tong's army.

But Zhou Yu had a fatal weakness, which was his extreme lust. To what extent was he lustful? In one sentence, I dared not do what I gave birth to, I could not bear what I gave birth to, and I could do anything else.

In other words, apart from his mother and daughter, there is no other woman that Zhou Yu dares not touch.

Many wives and daughters of generals in Qian Tong's army had ambiguous relationships with Zhou Yu. Even Qian Tong's favorite concubine was touched by Zhou Yu, but Qian Tong didn't know about it.

It was precisely because of his love for women that Zhou Yu gradually developed rifts with some generals. Although these people could not do anything to him, they were outnumbered, so Qian Tong had to step forward to appease them and warn Zhou Yu.

After the incident became a big deal, the generals of Yuncheng were wary of Zhou Yu like they were thieves. Zhou Yu himself found it boring and felt that Qian Tong was too restrictive, so he found an opportunity and volunteered to Qian Tong to lead his troops to garrison at Qiangonglei.

On the day Zhou Yu left Yuncheng, many generals in the city breathed a sigh of relief.

When this fellow arrived at Qian Gonglei, he felt like a fish in water and a bird returning to the forest. He was happy every day with women and indulged in the land of tenderness. However, he was very bored with Qian Gonglei's military affairs and mostly handed them over to his subordinates.

It can be said that the lax military discipline and lack of defense at Qian Gonglei were directly related to Zhou Yu.

When the news of the enemy attacking the city came, Zhou Yu, who had always been proud, was skeptical. He flirted with the two concubines who were also awakened, and then got up and dressed.

It was not until the cavalry entered the city and the news of the unrest in the city had spread to the vicinity of Zhou Yu's residence that he changed his expression. With the help of two personal guards, he hurriedly put on his armor and came to the meeting hall.

By this time, the sky was already turning pale, and there was chaos in the meeting hall. Of the five military commanders in the city, only two had arrived. The other two had gathered some troops and rushed to the south gate. The whereabouts of the fifth person were unknown.

Zhou Yu remained relatively calm. Despite his lust and arrogance, he possessed considerable skill. While ordering his troops to gather, he summoned several defeated soldiers and personally questioned them about the enemy's situation. A fledging soldier, dressed in clean armor, timidly replied, "The entire southern city is teeming with enemy forces. I'm afraid there are no fewer than three thousand of them."

Zhou Yu pondered and asked, "Where were you at that time?"

The defeated soldier was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "I was heading to the south city to provide support."

Zhou Yu glanced at his clean armor, his eyes growing colder. He then turned to look at a defeated soldier whose armor was covered in blood and dirt. "Tell me, what was the enemy's situation like? Where were you at the time?"

The fleeing soldier seemed to have been frightened out of his wits. He looked a little dazed, his eyes filled with fear. It was not until a military commander standing beside him shouted that he trembled and said, "The enemy army had about a thousand people. I was defending the city at the time."

Zhou Yu asked the two men some more details. The first defeated soldier was evasive in his words, but the second defeated soldier spoke in great detail, even describing clearly when the enemy army appeared, how they attacked and broke the city.

Zhou Yu immediately understood what was going on and shouted angrily, "Yan Yi, you bastard! You have only a thousand men, yet you dare to attack my city? This is too much. I will tear you into pieces!"

A year ago, he asked Wucheng Zhao for a beautiful girl he liked. Zhao had already agreed, but for some unknown reason she suddenly changed her mind and gave her to Yan Yi.

This incident made Zhou Yu feel deeply humiliated and jealous. In addition, he always had a high opinion of himself and thought that Yan Yi was inferior to him in every way, but his status was higher than his, which made him even more resentful.

Yan Yi led his troops to attack tonight, and all the new and old grudges came to my mind at once.

Zhou Yuqiang suppressed his anger and called a chief clerk and a military officer, ordering them, "You two must rush to Yuncheng immediately and report to the commander-in-chief on what happened tonight!"

The chief clerk hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously, "General, should we ask the commander-in-chief to send troops to rescue us?"

When Zhou Yu heard this, her face turned red as if she had been severely whipped. She was silent for a moment, and finally nodded helplessly.

The chief secretary and the military commander respectfully accepted the order and hurried out of the house.

"Yan Yi, I will make you pay double for the humiliation you suffered today!" Zhou Yu cursed fiercely in his heart and asked in frustration, "Have you gathered your troops?"

The sound was sharp and could be heard outside the house.

A military officer hurried into the room and said, "General, the city is in chaos. We have only gathered 700 men so far."

Zhou Yu looked hesitant. A military commander beside him, Qian Rui, said urgently, "General, the situation is urgent. We should rush to the South Gate and recapture the city gate. Sima Zhou and Sima Li have already led hundreds of soldiers to the South Gate. With these seven hundred men, we are no less powerful than the enemy and can fight. Yan Yi is just a boy, and most of his troops are new soldiers. This was just a surprise attack. What is there to be afraid of? If you can drive him away, then drive him away. If you can't, just hold him back until the commander-in-chief's reinforcements arrive, and then capture him together. Such a great achievement will more than make up for the loss of the gate tonight."

Zhou Yu nodded, no longer hesitating. He glanced sinisterly at the cleanly armored defeated soldier and said in a deep voice, "Take this man with you and follow me!"

(End of this chapter)