Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 162
Luling and Xindu fell, and the brothers Sun Kuang and Sun Yi died in battle.When these two news came back to Wu County, Sun Quan was stunned.

I thought that the two brothers held heavy troops, and if they stood firm, they would be able to hold on for a while, and then they would send troops to raid the rear, and they would be able to cooperate inside and outside to win.I didn't want Sun Kuang and Sun Yi to lose so quickly, so powerless.Before I could react, the two teams had already been completely defeated.

"Uncle Bi, Ji Zuo!" Sun Quan murmured the names of his two younger brothers. He staggered and walked a few steps. Suddenly, a mouthful of blood spewed out. Pan Zhang and others were shocked, and hurried forward to support Sun Quan. Then order the doctors to come to diagnose quickly.After some diagnosis and treatment, Sun Quan finally woke up leisurely.Looking at the concerned people in front of him, Sun Quan sighed and said shyly, "Everyone, is there a good strategy for the current situation?"

Everyone turned their heads to look at me, and I looked at you. In the end, Lu Meng summoned up his courage and said, "My lord, I can only take one step at a time. If it's really not possible, let's go to Yizhou across the ocean, and do that foreigner." the people!" The crowd fell silent after hearing this.

Lu Meng can be said to be the most radical main combat faction under Sun Quan's command. Now even he thinks it's best to make plans early and prepare to run away, so the rest of the people can't say anything.Sun Quan nodded, and when he was about to speak again, he heard a report from the old lady's servant girl, saying that the old lady was so sad that she had passed out when she learned that her second son had died.Worried about his mother's health, Sun Quan hastily suspended the discussion and went to visit his mother.

"Mother!" When Sun Quan arrived, Wu Guotai had just woken up, but she was still unable to move, and could only lie on the bed to recuperate, with several female family members taking care of her.Seeing Sun Quan approaching, Wu Guotai burst into tears like broken beads, grabbed Sun Quan's hand and cried, "Zhongmou, Shu Bi and Ji Zuo have already left, I only have a son like you!"

"I know, mother!" Sun Quan broke down in tears when he heard this.I have five brothers, three of whom have died, and one half brother, Sun Lang.Wu Guotai first lost her husband and then lost her son. Over the past ten years, relatives have passed away one after another, and now she is really heartbroken.

Although Sun Quan was sad, he still cheered up and comforted his mother. He didn't leave the room until his mother drank the medicine and fell asleep. "Second brother, is it true that we have no way to defeat Liu Bei?" As soon as he went out, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl asked Sun Quan's sleeve.This pair of teary-eyed appearance coupled with her pretty appearance is also very pitiful.

"Don't worry, Xiang'er, the second brother still has a solution." Sun Quan forced a smile, and wiped away the tears on his younger sister's face.Looking up at Da Qiao who was approaching, Sun Quan sighed and said, "Mother is not in good health, sister-in-law should take care of her on weekdays, and there is little sister." Sun Quan patted his sister on the head as he spoke.Rao is a hero of his generation, even the loss of his second younger brother can't be slowed down in an instant.

"Uncle, don't worry, I will take care of the family affairs." Da Qiao nodded her head in no time.Suddenly Da Qiao seemed to think of something, and quickly asked: "There is one thing I have always wanted to ask my uncle. Now that my uncle is against Liu Bei, and my sister is in Chaisang, will she be implicated?"

"Liu Xuande has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous. Besides, Lingmei is the widow of Gongjin. Liu Bei treats the people of Gongjin's clan with courtesy, and he will not make it difficult for her anyway." Hearing her mention of Xiao Qiao, Sun Quan's eyes flickered inexplicably. look, but still try to answer.After a pause, even he himself didn't know what his motivation was, Sun Quan said again: "Furthermore, Lingmei has a close relationship with Liu Bei's general Zhao Feng, with his protection, she should be safe."

"Then I'm relieved." Da Qiao nodded and said, and then came back to his senses, and asked Sun Quan in disbelief: "Uncle, you mean that Zhao Feng who killed Bo Fu and separated Gong Jin? "

"Exactly!" Seeing Da Qiao's frantic expression, Sun Quan also had a special feeling in his heart.

"How could Ying'er have friendship with this kind of person!" Da Qiao said angrily, Sun Quan persuaded a few words half-truthfully, and then left to go about his own affairs, leaving behind Da Qiao and Nian who were full of doubts and annoyance. The young Sun Shangxiang did not mention it.

Not to mention that Sun Quan's heart is burning now, at this time in Shixin County, Gao Lan and Huang Zhong successively reported that all the counties under the Xindu County had been recovered, and they were waiting to send their troops to Poyang.

"Shiyuan, Zilong, what do you think we should do next?" Zhao Feng spread the map on the table and called everyone to come and watch.Pang Tong looked at the map and pondered for a long time before saying: "Right now we have two options, one is to join General Ji Ling's troops and go south to Kuaiji to deal with Lu Fan there; the other is to go west to Poyang and deal with Sun Jiao there. According to reports, Lu Fan of Kuaiji has [-] defenders, and Sun Jiao of Poyang has only [-] infantry guarding the city, but there are still [-] sailors stationed in Poyang Lake. When our army is attacking the city, he may make a surprise attack at any time In the rear of our army, Poyang has more troops. According to the general opinion, we should attack Poyang first. The mountain city of Kuaiji is steep, and it will not be easy to take it if you want to attack by force. Although there are many defenders in Poyang, the city is small, and our army attacked the city. The instrument is sharp, or it can be thrown down in one fell swoop."

"That's great!" Zhao Feng also felt that it would be safer to fight Poyang first, as he had a relatively easy fight last time.Immediately ordered someone to notify Ji Ling of Luling, and asked him to make a gesture of going east to Kuaiji.In addition, Yin Li led an army of [-] to garrison Xindu to prevent Sun Quan from attacking from the back of Wujun, and Zhao Feng himself led the army to attack Poyang first.

"Poyang is where Poyang Academy is located. I don't know what happened to the students there. Will Sun Jiao make things difficult for them?" During the march, Zhao Feng suddenly thought of a question.Pang Tong was silent for a while when he heard the words, and finally said with some uncertainty: "Poyang Academy was founded by Sun Ce after all, and Sun Jiao would not embarrass the students there." His tone was not very sure.

"By the way, Shi Yuan, it was Sun Jiao who kidnapped Mr. Zibu in Wu Jun, and then tricked him into opening the city gate?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered another key question, and asked Pang Tong quickly.

"Exactly, why, did the general think of anything?" Pang Tong asked in surprise.

"Before sending troops, I always wondered why Sun Quan would return to Jiangdong so smoothly. Although the lack of military strength was a little slack at the time, and there were internal traitors at work, it is really unusual for Sun Quan to be able to occupy the four counties so quickly. It seems that he planned It's been a long time, just waiting nearby. When the reinforcements of General Ji Ling and Guoyi left Jiangdong, he immediately led the army to come." Zhao Feng said leisurely.

"It seems so, but this is too unbelievable. You must know that Sun Quan is not a prophet. How could he know that General Ji Ling and General Guoyi were going to help Jingnan and Shangyong, and how could he transfer troops from Jiaozhou so quickly? Going back to Jiangdong by sea? If he hides his troops on the side, but Jiangdong is adjacent to the coast, how can he hide his troops on the vast sea? Perhaps, this is just a coincidence." Even Pang Tong is resourceful and imaginative, and he clearly feels Zhao Feng The inference is a bit alarmist.

"It's hard to make a conclusion at the moment. It's best to capture Sun Jiao alive after Poyang is captured, so we can find out what's true." Zhao Feng sighed.In the previous battle of Xindu, although thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers were captured, after interrogation, they all said that they came here from Gaoliang through the South China Sea after Sun Quan occupied Jiangdong.The Jiaozhou army that actually attacked Wujun and Kuaiji that day are all staying behind in these two places.However, Sun Jiao originally launched the trouble in Wu County, and only went to Poyang afterwards, Zhao Feng guessed that he should know the reason for this.

Not to mention Zhao Feng and Pang Tong's deduction all the way forward, at this time in Wuling County, the Jingxiang Navy of Ganning, under the guidance of the local Wuxi barbarian aborigines, after months of searching, finally found a river that can go south to Yulin The hinterland, thus avoiding the terrible miasma of the land.Later, Gan Ning found out that this river channel was an artificial canal dug by Qin Shihuang during his southern tour.It's just that the emperors have little interest in going south after him, and this river has not been used much, so it has been forgotten until now, so that it is almost a bit deserted.

It was late November at this time, and Gan Ning reckoned that the miasma had almost dissipated. Together with Zhang Nan and Feng Xi, they led an army of [-] sailors to the south of Jiaozhou, preparing to take a drastic drudgery.Before leaving, Shi Guangyuan came up with a plan, Gan Ning and the others thought it was very good, and acted according to the plan.

When Sun Quan left Jiaozhou and returned to Jiangdong that day, Jiaozhou also left some troops stationed there, and his uncle Sun Jing and Sun Jing's eldest son Sun Yu took care of everything.Right now, there are more than [-] people stationed in the four counties of Yulin, Guanzhu, Gaoliang, and Jiaozhi in Jiaozhou. Even Zhuya County, which is isolated overseas, has [-] defenders.Their task is very simple, that is to ensure the stability of the rear and keep in touch with Ling Tong who is stationed in the South China Sea.In case something goes wrong in Jiangdong in the future, Sun Quan can also return here.

"Father, Huo Jun of Cangwu is stuck here. It's really worrying. Let the boy lead the army to wipe out this guy, so as to connect the road with the South China Sea!" Sun Yu suggested to his father.

"No need, although Cangwu is still in the hands of Huo Zhongmiao, we can still connect to the South China Sea through Gaoliang, so there is no need to waste a lot of trouble." Sun Jing clearly rejected his son's proposal.

"However, it's a long way to go to the South China Sea via Gaoliang and then to Jiangdong. Cangwu and Huo Jun's garrison is only a few thousand people, and the boy will lead [-] strong men to go there, and he can take it in an instant." Sun Yu obviously did not give up his idea. , Continue to remonstrate.

"What my son said is not bad, but right now there are only tens of thousands of people in Jiaozhou. If we divide our forces again, what if the Jingzhou army comes from Jingnan?" Sun Jing frowned.Sun Yu sneered at his father's worries, and replied with a smile: "If the people of Jingnan want to go south, they will only take those few mountain roads, which are all places where one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot leave. I We only need to send more than a thousand people to guard the main road, and Jiaozhou will be safe."

"Having said that, we still need to be careful. It is the best policy for me to stick to the city and leave a piece of foundation for the Sun family." Sun Jing has always been more stable.As a bystander, he experienced Sun Jian's death in Jingzhou 13 years ago, and Sun Ce's death in Shouchun five years ago. These bloody lessons told Sun Jing that if he was too aggressive, the end would definitely not be good.Sun Jing asked herself that her martial arts were not as good as her brother and nephew, so she should pay more attention to restraint.

"My lord, Chief Ruan sent someone to deliver a letter." At this moment, a sentry hurried over and handed Sun Jing a letter.After Sun Jing took it, he opened it and looked at it. He was always calm, but after reading it, his expression was quite surprised.

(End of this chapter)