"What does the military advisor mean by this?"
Ma Chao said with some confusion,
"So what if they have already fled to Wuling County? In a few days, we will be able to attack Wuling County. By then, where can the big-eared thieves escape?"
"General Meng Qi misunderstood. I'm afraid Uncle Liu Huang did not go to Wuling County, but went west."
Pang Tong explained with a wry smile.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Seeing their confused expressions, Pang Tong patiently explained to them.
Liu Bei's army was mainly infantry, with only a small number of horses.
No matter how fast they were, they could not be faster than Cao Jun's cavalry who were in charge of the pursuit.
In addition, Wei Yan and Wen Chou found no trace of the army's march along the way.
From this point of view, Liu Beijun has only two possibilities.
Either go west and go up the Yangtze River to Yizhou.
Or take a boat across the Yangtze River eastward and arrive directly at Jiangxia County.
The possibility of the latter is extremely small. After all, Cao's army attacked very quickly and Cheng Pu, who stayed behind in Jiangxia County, could not react in time.
Even if he reacts in time, he doesn't have that many warships in his hands!
After ruling out all the possibilities, there was only one last possibility left. Liu Bei used his suspicions and pretended to go south to Wuling, but in fact he was going west to Yizhou!
After figuring it out, Pang Tong couldn't help but sigh a little depressedly, he was tricked by Kong Ming again!
Early the next morning, Pang Tong sent spies to search westward.
Sure enough, Cao Jun discovered traces of the army's march, which also confirmed Pang Tong's conjecture.
After confirming that Liu Bei had entered Sichuan from the west, Pang Tong no longer hesitated and commanded the army to move south quickly.
Without Liu Bei's obstruction, Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang and other counties were unable to resist.
Wherever Cao's army went, local officials turned around one after another.
In just half a month, the four counties in Jingnan returned to Cao Wei's control again!
…
Outside Jianye City, above the Yangtze River.
"Mr. Zijing, when you go today, you must have a good talk with Yang Ling!"
Sun Quan said to Lu Su with a gloomy expression.
All in all, they had besieged Yang Ling and his party on the Yangtze River for several days, but they had not made any progress.
Sun Quan was concerned about the safety of Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang and did not dare to attack by force.
Yangling, on the other hand, was not in a hurry to break out of the encirclement, and lay leisurely across the river, asking Sun Quan and others for food and grass from time to time.
"Subordinates should take orders on their own!"
Lu Su bowed solemnly.
He got up and left the cabin, boarded a small boat on the side, and headed towards the Cao Jun fleet on the opposite side.
After a routine inspection, it was confirmed that Lu Su's ship only had food and grass in it, and Zhang Liao gave the order to pass.
After a lot of trouble, Lu Su finally met Yang Ling.
"Meet the General!"
"Mr. Zijing is here."
Yang Ling smiled and said hello,
"I wonder if sir, you have brought enough things as I asked?"
"This is the list. Please take a look at it, General."
Lu Su said and handed over a coupon.
After Yang Ling took the folder, he flipped through it casually and frowned.
"Mr. Zijing, didn't I tell you that I want to eat fish? Why wasn't it brought to me?"
"The Jiangxia fish that the general wants to eat is far away in Jiangxia County. Time is tight and there is no time to send people to catch it."
Lu Su quickly explained,
"But we have prepared other fish in addition, please don't mind, General."
"Of course I mind! Jiangxia fish (Wuchang fish) is delicious, how can it be matched by other fish?"
Yang Ling said unhappily.
After hearing his words, Lu Su couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.
This Yang Ling demands delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, and threatens Mrs. Wu's life at every turn. He is really difficult to serve!
"General, please calm down, we will order people to prepare now."
"That's pretty much it."
Yang Ling nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing that his attitude improved, Lu Su hesitated for a moment and said cautiously,
"The general has been staying in Jianye for several days. I wonder when he plans to return to Xudu?"
"What? Marquis Wu doesn't welcome me as a guest?"
Yang Ling raised his eyebrows and glanced at him.
"The general has misunderstood. How could Marquis Wu not welcome the general?"
Lu Su forced a smile on his face and explained,
"It's just that Mrs. Wu has been a guest on the general's ship for several days, and Marquis Wu misses his mother a little."
"As long as the general is willing to let Mrs. Wu leave, you can stay for as many days as you want."
Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
"Mr. Zijing, do you think I'm a fool?"
"If I let Mrs. Wu go, I'm afraid that Marquis Wu will immediately send his troops to attack me!"
The smile on Lu Su's face suddenly froze.
Why are you so insufferable?
Just when he was secretly scolding Yang Ling, Yang Ling chuckled and said,
"But it's not impossible to want Mrs. Wu to leave."
"As long as Marquis Wu can meet a few of my requirements, I will release Madam Wu immediately!"
Hearing this, Lu Su was immediately overjoyed, nodded quickly and said,
"Don't mention a few requests, even if it's a hundred, we will agree!"
"Really? Then I have to think about a hundred requests."
Yang Ling touched his chin, pretending to be deep in thought.
Lu Su's face turned green instantly!
How come this Yang Ling can't even hear the polite words? !
Fortunately, when Yang Ling saw that Lu Su looked wrong, he laughed and said,
"It's a joke with Mr. Zijing, why does Mr. Zijing take it seriously?"
"...The general is really humorous."
Lu Su wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"The first request is that Marquis Wu must let us leave safely. When we return to Chaohu, I will definitely send Mrs. Wu back safely."
"no problem!"
This request was unexpected by Lu Su, and he readily agreed.
"The second request is that you need to return all the officers and soldiers of Cao's army who were previously captured by you."
Lu Su thought for a while, nodded and said,
"That's easy to say. But not all prisoners are in our hands."
Previously, Sima Yi was defeated and trapped in Jiangxia. He escaped, but a large number of Cao's soldiers were stranded. In desperation, they had to surrender to the coalition forces.
These Cao Jun soldiers were very powerful, so they were divided between Sun Quan and Liu Bei.
Yang Ling didn't mind very much and nodded.
"I wonder if the General has any other requests?"
"Of course, I will only send Mrs. Wu back, and I will keep the others."
"this……"
Lu Su looked embarrassed.
"If you can't be the master, go back and report to Sun Quan."
Yang Ling smiled.
Lu Su hesitated for a moment and negotiated the price with Yang Ling, but seeing Yang Ling's firm attitude, he finally had no choice but to sigh helplessly.
"Then I'll go back and discuss it with Marquis Wu."
"Mr. Zijing, please do as you please."
After Lu Su left, Gan Ning laughed strangely and said,
"General, you are too cruel. You snatched away all Sun Quan's wives, concubines, and sister-in-law at once!"
"Children only do multiple-choice questions, I want them all!"
Yang Ling smiled proudly.
