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Yes, Lu Congtian already regarded Jiangdong as a bunch of rats.

It's important to know that at this time, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were still in an alliance.

Sun Quan's surrender to Cao Cao was even portrayed as a delaying tactic, a feigned surrender.

As a result, Guan Yu lowered his guard and transferred his rear troops to Nanyang to fight against Cao Ren and Yu Jin's tens of thousands of troops.

What is the purpose?

This is to help our allies and relieve their pressure!

This is entirely based on trust in our allies!

but

What did Sun Quan do?

While Guan Yu was off guard, they launched an attack on Nanyang to relieve the pressure on Jiangdong.

They traveled day and night, speeding up the river, to attack Jingzhou and betray their allies!

Backstabbing is one thing, but after all, there have been backstabbings before the Xiang River was demarcated.

As a result, dressed in white, disguised as a merchant, he recruited people to row and launched a surprise attack across the river.

This completely destroyed the trust that warlords maintained in caravans even when they were at war.

Lu Congtian could imagine that in all future battles, even if it was a genuine white-clad merchant caravan, they would be slaughtered.

There was nothing more to it than the suspicion that the caravan was made up of soldiers in disguise; that suspicion was enough.

Several days later

Lu Meng's military flags were already displayed outside Jiangling City.

Mi Fang held the letter in her hand, sweat beading on her forehead.

He turned and went back to the pavilion on the city wall.

"Fu Shiren has surrendered," Mi Fang told Lu Congtian, the only person she trusted.

"What are your plans, Prefect? ​​I will certainly follow you."

Lu Congtian replied calmly.

Mi Fang handed the letter to Lu Congtian to read.

The letter, written by Fu Shiren, explained the dire consequences, stating that their previous mistake in procuring supplies was unforgivable, and that with the loss of Gong'an and the impending fall of Jiangling, the city was doomed. He concluded that whether they failed in their duties or lost the city, they would all face death. He suggested that surrendering now would offer them a chance to survive in Jiangdong.

"Congtian, go and prepare the cattle and wine. Afterwards, I will ensure your safety."

"promise."

Lu Congtian learned of Mi Fang's choice.

I also know that today is the opportune time that our ancestors spoke of.

However, Lu Congtian did not take action immediately.

Instead, they prepared the surrender items that Mi Fang needed.

On the wall, watching Mi Fang lead cattle and wine out of the city, he knelt down, raised the governor's seal, and welcomed Lü Meng, sincerely surrendering.

Before long, Lü Meng, under the protection of his personal guards, arrived at the city of Jiangling.

Mi Fang bowed her head and lifted it up, saying, "Welcome, Governor!"

With a smile on his face, Lü Meng turned around to speak to Yu Fan, who was accompanying him, when his sword sheath 'inadvertently' knocked off Mi Fang's helmet.

Mi Fang, with her hair disheveled and a fawning smile on her face, maintained the posture of holding up the seal.

Lu Meng, looking every bit the victor, burst into laughter at Mi Fang's embarrassed state.

"I urge the Commander to enter the city quickly to guard against the ambush and hidden attacks by the Buxia troops."

Yu Fan cupped his hands in a gesture of respect and offered a reminder.

Even if the commander surrenders, it doesn't guarantee that all his subordinates will genuinely surrender.

Lü Meng nodded and, without leaving the protection of his personal guards, went to receive the seal of the Prefect of Nan Commandery.

Just in time!

The sound of arrows whistling through the air arose.

Lu Meng's personal guards were prepared and kept their shields raised.

However, the arrow was not aimed at Lü Meng, but at Mi Fang, who was kneeling on the ground and could not get up.

"withdraw!"

A flurry of figures surged atop the wall as they quickly retreated.

Yu Fan immediately ordered his soldiers to give chase, but Lü Meng stopped him, saying, "Quickly save Mi Fang."

"But the Commander..."

Yu Fan already believed there was no need to try to save him, because most of an arrow had penetrated into the back of Mi Fang's head.

"How can we allow them to die after they have surrendered?"

Yu Fan couldn't understand why Lü Meng was delaying like this, as if he was deliberately giving the archers time to leave.

Yu Fan's intuition was correct.

Lü Meng was giving Lu Congtian time to retreat.

Mi Fang received the letter, so how could Lu Congtian not receive it?

It was Lü Meng who wrote a letter to Lu Congtian, saying that if Mi Fang did not surrender, then Lu Congtian should kill him and then open the gates to welcome Sun's army.

If Mi Fang were to surrender, Lu Congtian would need to shoot Mi Fang in public to gain Zhuge Liang's trust, and then they could retreat into Xiangfan.

Why did Lü Meng make this arrangement?

Lu Meng knew that Lu Congtian was a spy in Jiangdong.

Of course, we hope that this hidden stake can play its maximum role.

In other words, regardless of whether Mi Fang surrenders or not, he is destined to die today.

If Mi Fang refuses to surrender, then exchanging a spy for Jiangling is a fair deal.

If Mi Fang surrenders, then this hidden agent still has a chance to cooperate in attacking Xiangfan, which is a huge win!

Therefore, in order to maximize the benefits he could gain from Lu Congtian, Lü Meng cooperated with Lu Congtian in staging a play.

When Lü Meng leads his warships to attack Xiangfan, Lu Congtian will be able to coordinate with Lü Meng from within and without, thus breaking through the easily defensible and difficult-to-attack Xiangfan in one fell swoop.

且

Judging from Lu Congtian's decisive killing of Mi Fang, Lü Meng had completely trusted Lu Congtian.

After glancing again at the gushing blood from the corpse, Lü Meng smiled contemptuously.

"Even if Zhuge Liang is incredibly wise, and Guan Yu is incredibly brave, how could they have predicted this move of mine?!"

This tactic includes, but is not limited to, crossing the river in disguise, cleverly using hidden agents, and sowing discord among Renfang...

Several days later

As Lü Meng had predicted, Lu Congtian regained Zhuge Liang's trust after shooting and killing the traitorous general Mi Fang, and was assigned to garrison Fancheng.

Guan Yu's army was caught in a stalemate with Cao Ren and Yu Jin's forces, unable to retreat or make any progress in the short term.

If they retreat, then Cao Cao's army and Sun Quan's army can attack Xiangfan from both sides.

Even if they could hold their ground by taking advantage of the terrain, it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

Therefore, at this time, Xiangfan was almost completely isolated and helpless.

Guan Yu at the front line received news from Lü Meng, who was disguised and had crossed the river in disguise, that he had seized Jiangling.

Guan Yu was furious and cursed the Jiangdong rats.

This whole charade has truly shown the depths of Jiangdong's depravity.

This not only completely broke the alliance agreement, but also put Guan Yu's troops in a deadly situation.

Zhuge Liang also did not expect that Jiangdong would be so shameless.

Not only did they launch a war without declaring war and secretly betray their allies, but they also treated their own contributions as worthless and trampled into the mud.

To cross the river in white robes, breaking with convention, is truly shameless!

Now that the facade has been completely torn off, talking about benevolence and morality is pointless and will only lead to disaster!

Zhuge Liang secretly met with Lu Congtian.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang had lost his usual confident demeanor and instead appeared more solemn.

The crisis facing Jingzhou at this time was immense; a slight misstep could result in the loss of half of its territory.

"Congtian, I've wronged you all these years." Zhuge Liang held Lu Congtian's hand tightly.

Lu Congtian wanted to bow, but Zhuge Liang stopped him.

"Sir, you flatter me. This is what I should do."

"I still vividly remember the days when you and Congshan studied together in Longzhong. It's been sixteen years since our first meeting."

Lu Congtian was moved.

Sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye, and he has gone from a kid who could only survive by lying to a leader with some power.

Although everything was instructed by our ancestors, it was even more so by the earnest teachings of Zhuge Liang.

"gentlemen……"

"Don't call me 'sir' anymore. Now I want to hear you call me 'mentor'."

"Sir" is a respectful term, while "mentor" indicates that Zhuge Liang acknowledged Lu Congtian as his teacher and disciple.