The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 360 Release Zhou Yu
"My lord, my subordinate is incapable of being captured by the enemy, so please punish me." Zhou Cang and Guan Hai knelt down and said immediately after returning to Li Yuan.

"It doesn't matter, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, what crime are you waiting for, get up." Li Yuan helped Zhou Cang and Guan Hai up, without blaming them.

"But we lost Langya, and we also involved thousands of soldiers..." Guan Hai told about Zhou Yu's surprise attack on Langya.

"Zhou Yu is so vicious that he burned thousands of soldiers in Langya to death?" Li Yuan was a little surprised, because in his impression Zhou Yu was not a vicious person, why would he be so cruel to burn soldiers to death now.

"That's right, this man has a good appearance, but his heart is extremely vicious." Guan Hai gritted his teeth and said, if Zhou Yu stood in front of him, he would wish to chop him in half.

"Forget it, these things are in the past, and it won't help to pursue the matter. I won't punish you. Now Shuzhi is still in Zhou Yu's hands. I have to let him go before he will let Shuzhi come back." Zhou Yu entered Xuzhou, causing him to lose a lot of soldiers and horses, but in the end he had to let Zhou Yu go back personally. Although he was very unwilling, he had to do so.

"My lord, it's not good to just let Zhou Yu go like this. Letting him go back is like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. Zhou Yu's threat level is no lower than Sun Ce. If Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are killed here, there will be no chance of recovery." Pang Tong persuaded.

"That won't work. Uncle Zhi has been with me for a long time. He has been following me since I raised troops in Runan. How can I let him die in front of my eyes? Although it is a pity to let Zhou Yu go, but Shuzhi has only one life, let him go now Zhou Yu still has a chance to capture him back in the future, so I don't have to wait too much, in my opinion, the lives of my generals are worth more than Zhou Yu's." Li Yuan rejected Pang Tong's suggestion without hesitation.

The generals around him were very moved when they heard that Li Yuan valued the lives of his subordinates so much, which proved that they did not follow the wrong person.

"Zhou Yu, I will arrange warships for your army and let you return to Moling. When did you release Shuzhi?" Li Yuan shouted to Zhou Yu.

"General Li has prepared ships for us at the port, but he can't send pursuers to follow, and then prepare food and grass for our army for a few days. After all our soldiers are on board, I will let them go back, but you want You mean what you say, absolutely not to send pursuers, and not to attack Moling within ten days, can you agree?" Zhou Yu stated his conditions.

"Zhou Yu, don't push yourself too hard. My lord only promised to let you go back. He never said to prepare food and grass for you, let alone not to attack Moling. How could you just add conditions." Guan Hai immediately jumped out to object.

"Guan Hai, it's not your turn to make the decision, just shut up." Chen Wu disliked Guan Hai the most, and immediately retorted.

"Guan Hai, go back, I will decide this matter." Li Yuan pulled Guan Hai back.

"Zi Lie, don't talk nonsense with Guan Hai, anyway, Li Yuan is the one who makes the decision, not him." Zhou Yu asked Chen Wu not to speak.

"Zhou Yu, I agree to your condition, but I put the ugly words first. If you dare to hurt uncle by a hair, I will kill you even if you chase him to the ends of the earth." Li Yuan agreed to Zhou Yu's condition.

"General Li, you can rest assured that I, Zhou Yu, am by no means a person who does not believe what he says." Zhou Yu smiled slightly, not taking Li Yuan's threats seriously.

"Zhicai, help me make arrangements to prepare food, grass and ships for Zhou Yu's army. Don't send people to follow them, and ask Zhongye not to attack Moling for the time being." Li Yuan asked Xi Zhicai to go down to make arrangements.

Two hours later, Li Yuan had prepared everything for Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu led the army onto the warship, left Chen Dao on the shore, and then drove the warship back to Moling. Zhou Yu's invasion of Xuzhou came to an end.

Li Yuan led the crowd back to Lujiang. In the meeting hall, Chen Dao knelt down and pleaded guilty to Li Yuan.

"Master, in the end, Guangling was lost due to carelessness, thousands of soldiers in Guangling were buried in Zhou Yu's hands, and Zhou Yu was allowed to invade the hinterland of Xuzhou. He really deserves death, and please punish him!" Chen Dao knelt down.

Li Yuan was a little ashamed. People in this era really like to apologize. He personally went down and helped Chen Dao up and said, "This battle is not your fault, but Zhou Yu's cunning. I don't blame you, nor will I Guan Hai and Zhou Cang, because not only you, I also did not expect Zhou Yu to attack Xuzhou, so it was unexpected for Guangling and Langya to be attacked by Zhou Yu, no wonder you."

"But my lord, there is one thing I don't understand. Zhou Yu's biggest goal after he invaded Xuzhou should be Xiapi. He attacked Guangling first, and then attacked Langya. The next step should be to Xiapi, but we have not heard from Xiapi. The news proves that Zhou Yu did not attack Xiapi but returned directly to Moling, could it be that he hastened back to Moling because he had received the news that Sun Ce’s attack on Lujiang had failed?” Huang Zhong couldn’t understand Zhou Yu’s actions.

"Bo Yan, what do you mean?" Li Yuan didn't ask anyone else, but Lu Xun, who had the lowest qualifications.Everyone looked at Lu Xun at the same time. All of them were important officials or generals around Li Yuan. Li Yuan asked Lu Xun to speak at this time because he wanted Lu Xun to perform.

Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, he never expected that Li Yuan would ask him, but he was right, he came out and clasped his fists and said, "My lord, from what I see, General Huang is only half right."

"What's the other half?" Huang Zhong looked at Lu Xun curiously. He didn't have much contact with Lu Xun. He only knew that Lu Xun was the head of the Lu family and had studied at Lumen Academy.

"I don't know if General Huang remembers that my lord once sent General Zhao to lead a flying cavalry army to pursue Zhou Yu. Just now I saw that the morale of Zhou Yu's army was a little weak, and the soldiers were not well-organized. The number was about 5000, so it should be defeated. They are currently in Xuzhou. The only one who can defeat him is General Zhao's Flying Cavalry Army. I think Zhou Yu went to Xiapi after attacking Langya, and the Flying Cavalry Army just arrived when he was about to attack Xiapi. Zhou Yu is not an opponent of the Flying Cavalry Army, so he will Run away in a hurry." He continued to speak out what was on his mind, without being stage frightened at all in front of the officials.

"So that's the case, thank you Boyan for your enlightenment." Huang Zhong finally figured it out.

"General Huang, you're being polite." Lu Xun quickly cupped his fists, still very humble, without any embarrassment.Xi Zhicai showed admiration in his eyes, and was very satisfied with Lu Xun's performance, thinking that Li Yuan really had a discerning eye, and he was right.

At this time, a soldier came in and said that Jia Xu had an urgent report from Xiapi.Li Yuan hurriedly let the soldiers in, and the soldiers handed Jia Xu's letter to Li Yuan. Li Yuan opened it and read it, and then said: "Everything is as Bo Yan said, Zhou Yu was indeed defeated by Flying Cavalry in Xiapi army, so they escaped in a hurry.”

"Zhou Yu is not easy. He was able to retreat without losing many soldiers and horses in a fight with the Flying Cavalry Army. He really has some skills." Huang Zhong knew very well how powerful the Flying Cavalry Army was.

(End of this chapter)