The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 248
"Thank you, General Li, for your attention. I, Lu Xun, are willing to follow General Li to Xiapi." Lu Xun knelt down and cupped his fists.

"Hahahaha, Bo Yan, get up, sell your property immediately and pack up your belongings, I will give you 20 days to complete it?" Li Yuan helped Lu Xun up.

"No problem!" Lu Xun assured, and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Li Yuan stayed at Lu's house, and he asked Xu Zhu to send people to Jianye to inform Gan Ning, and they returned to Lujiang after a month, and asked Gan Ning to go back first, and then went to Jianye to pick them up.

Lu Xun quickly sold off the property of the Lu family. There are four major noble families in Jiangdong, namely the Lu family, the Gu family, the Zhu family and the Zhang family. They are all good things, and no one is willing to buy them. Lu Xun's efficiency is very high, and he quickly sold the property, but this matter caught Zhou Yu's attention.

After some investigation, Zhou Yu found out that it was Li Yuan who asked Lu Xun to sell his property and move the entire Lu family to Xiapi. He immediately informed Sun Ce of this.

"Brother Bofu, the Lu family has sold their property and wants to move the whole family to Xiapi." Zhou Yu felt that this matter was not as simple as imagined, and Li Yuan must have some intentions.

"The Lu family is going to Xiapi?" Sun Ce asked suspiciously, "Why did the Lu family move the whole family to Xiapi?"

"It was Li Yuan who asked Lu Xun to do this. I don't know what conspiracy Li Yuan has."

"General Li should not have any conspiracy. Now that our two armies are joining forces, he can't conspire at this time. Gong Jin, you should worry too much." Sun Ce trusted Li Yuan very much, and he didn't believe that Li Yuan would have any conspiracy.

"Brother Bofu, you must be cautious. Li Yuan has always been scheming. I have to be on guard. Why don't I ask Lu Xun tomorrow." Zhou Yu suggested.

"No need, the Lu family, the four major gentry families in Jiangdong, is the most dissatisfied with me. Even if we ask him, he won't tell the truth. Besides, these gentry families suppress our army everywhere, and it's not bad to let him leave." The influence of the local gentry in Jiangdong is so great that even he has to please these people, otherwise he will not be able to gain a foothold.

"Brother Bofu, is it because of that incident that the Lu family is dissatisfied with us?" Zhou Yu recalled the past.

Sun Ce nodded, "That's right, it should be because of that incident. I once helped Yuan Shu attack Lujiang, and after capturing Lujiang indirectly caused Lu Kang, who was guarding Jiujiang, to die of illness. Since then, the Lu family has never treated me well."

"Oh, I knew I wouldn't have helped Yuan Shu back then, because it's really not worth offending the Lu family." Zhou Yu felt a little regretful.

"It doesn't matter, the Lu family can go if they want to. Staying here is against me. They can't take away their property in Wu County, so let them go." Sun Ce decided to let the Lu family leave.

Although Zhou Yu also thinks so, but he always feels that something is wrong, but he just can't think of it. No matter how smart he is, he can't think that what Li Yuan values ​​is Lu Xun's talent. Although Lu Xun will be famous all over the world in the future, he is only a teenager It's just a young man, no one except Li Yuan can see Lu Xun's potential.

20 days later, Lu Xun sold all the family property and dismissed his subordinates. He took his family and Li Yuan to Jianye, and returned to Lujiang under the escort of Gan Ning.After returning to Lujiang, Li Yuan and his party rode fast horses to Xiapi without taking a rest. It took more than ten days to finally arrive at Xiapi.

Li Yuan immediately asked Mi Zhu to help arrange Lu Xun's residence. The Mi family had a lot of properties in Xiapi, so they immediately found a good house for the Lu family, and Lu Xun was very grateful.

"General Li, the prosperity of Xiapi is indeed far better than that of Wujun." Lu Xun was stunned by the bustling scene around Xiapi. The streets are extremely wide and clean, the houses on both sides are tall and beautiful, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road. extraordinary.

"Bo Yan, get used to the life in Xiapi first. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask Zizhong or me. I will arrange things for you in Lumen Academy in a while. Not only you, but also your children can go. Study at Lumen Academy." Li Yuan knew that Lu Xun was not used to it when he first came to Xiapi, and it would take a while to get used to it.

"Yes, General Li." Lu Xun said gratefully.

"I still have things to do, so I won't accompany you." After Li Yuan and Lu Xun said goodbye, they went to the Governor's Mansion to summon the generals.

Although Lu Xun is talented, he is still too young. There is no harm in letting him study with Sima Hui at Lumen Academy. It will take a few years for Lu Xun to become a real talent.

An hour later, all the generals gathered at the Governor's Mansion, and Li Yuan told everyone that he had gone to Wu Jun to discuss with Sun Ce, "Everyone, I have already agreed with Sun Ce to send troops. , we must do our best to capture one of the cities in the shortest possible time, and then advance to Xiangyang, so that soldiers and horses from all over Jingzhou will come to rescue, and create opportunities for Sun Ce to attack Jingnan."

In fact, Li Yuan had already discussed this strategy with Xi Zhicai, Chen Gong and Jia Xu, and now he just informed the other generals about it.

"Although this will lose a lot of soldiers and horses, it is indeed conducive to defeating Liu Biao." Zhao Yun quickly thought of the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy.

"Zhicai, how many troops can our army use now?" Li Yuan asked.

"My lord, Yuzhou and Jingzhou have a total of more than 12 soldiers. In addition to the remaining soldiers defending the city, there are a total of 500 soldiers and horses that can be used to attack Jingzhou this time." Xi Zhicai's statistics are very carefulness.

"Can the Ministry of Secrets find out how many troops there are in Jingzhou?"

"According to years of investigation by the Ministry of Secrets, Jingzhou's military strength is close to 15, and there may be more. Xiangyang alone has 5000 troops. Liu Biao is still guarding Xinye and Jiangxia with heavy troops. It seems that he intends to guard against our army. It is estimated that The strength of troops in Jingbei is already close to 10, and in Jingnan it is estimated that there are only about 5."

Xi Zhicai is in charge of the Ministry of Secrets. Over the past few years, he has been sending out spies from the Ministry of Secrets to inquire about Jingzhou's intelligence. It is said that knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle. Li Yuan has always been very cautious in doing things, and he has already started preparations a few years ago.

"What? Liu Biao has so many troops?!" Li Yuan was also taken aback. He didn't expect that he could only squeeze out 12 people by gathering the strength of the two states. Liu Biao has 15 troops in Jingzhou, which is far beyond his imagination. .

Not only Li Yuan, but also the generals were amazed. Fortunately, they have already discussed with Sun Ce to join forces. Otherwise, Li Yuan may not be able to take Jingzhou with an army of [-]. Even if he can take it, it will take several years. After all, defending the city is always better than attacking The city is simple, and once the troops come up to defend, it will become easier. As long as there are no major mistakes, it is generally difficult to break the city.

"You don't need to be surprised. Liu Biao has run Jingzhou for decades, and he hasn't experienced any wars or disasters. It's normal to have so many troops." Xi Zhicai didn't think it was surprising, "Besides, there are many counties in Jingzhou and the population is sufficient. Among the thirteen states in the world, only Jingzhou can support so many soldiers."

(End of this chapter)