Invite the two people into the tent, seat them separately as the guests of honor, and serve wine and a banquet.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was chatting happily. Zhang Xiu, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce all felt as if they had met each other late. The three of them were all in their twenties, so they didn’t need to think too much about what they said, but they just let it go. No awkward feeling.
Sun Ce was humorous and liked to joke; Zhou Yu was elegant and elegant, and he also said a few witticisms, which added a lot of fun; Zhang Xiu was blessed with poems and jokes from later generations, and was more humorous and elegant than them. While making Sun Ce and Zhou Yu their confidants, they also admired Zhang Xiu's erudition and talent.
The three of them drank heartily, and they were surprised to find that Zhang Xiu had an amazing capacity for drinking. He drank heavily and was bold and forthright. Sun Ce cheered with praise: "Brother Boyuan is such a good drinker!"
The three of them agreed that they would only make friends and talk tonight, regardless of the general trend of the world. Without the yin and yang conspiracy, the three of them drank and had fun extremely happily. They drank until late at night, the food was all gone, the cups and plates were in a mess, and their pillows were scattered in the tent. They didn't know how white the east was.
The next day, the three of them sobered up and smiled at each other.
The servants brought toiletries, and the three of them shared a guan. They were as close as old friends.
After breakfast, we raised the tent to discuss matters.
Zhang Xiu takes the seat in the middle, with Sun Ce as the first hand on the left, Zhou Yu as the second hand on the left, Wenpin as the first hand on the right, Deng Zhi as the third hand, Wei Yan as the fourth hand, and Gan Ning as the fifth hand as the right hand.
After sitting down, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other and remained silent.
They all know that Zhang Xiu's army is currently short of food, and the purpose of this promotion is naturally to capture Lujiang City to solve his urgent plan. When they came yesterday, they guessed that the purpose of Zhang Xiu's banquet was to allied forces attack Lujiang.
They have already thought of the conditions: first, they will only send troops for a feint attack, not a main attack; second, after capturing Lujiang City, except for food and grass, everything else will belong to them.
Wen Pin sits upright, looking at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose. The food and grass in the army was only enough for the original army, plus Zhang Xiu's 8,000 troops from Shouchun, it was not enough. It seems that Zhang Xiu was planning to join forces with Sun Ce and others to capture Lujiang City to obtain food and grass.
He has already thought of a countermeasure. Liu Biao's Jingzhou is still some distance away from the Lujiang River. It cannot be defended if it is defeated. It will definitely be captured by the Sun family on the opposite side. If so, if he joins forces, he can only make a feint attack and will never be the main siege force. Let Sun Ce and Zhang Xiu join forces to attack. city.
After sitting down, Zhang Xiu glanced at everyone who was working, and summed up the achievements of the conquest of Yuan Shu in a calm voice: "Gentlemen, in this attack on the city, we worked together to defeat Yuan Shu, making Yuan Shu run away with his head in his arms. It is true of my majesty as a great man. Such a great contribution is made." , you all have a share..."
Sun Ce was stunned. He thought Zhang Xiu was talking about capturing Lujiang City again. Looking back at the banquet last night, it seems that there was no promise to join forces with Zhang Xiu to attack Lujiang City. He turned around and looked at Zhou Yu. He also looked confused at Zhou Yu.
So Sun Ce immediately corrected him: "Xuanhou's statement is wrong. We have not made any effort to attack the city, how can we get the credit?"
Zhang Xiu waved his hand and said magnanimously: "Since we fought with the coalition forces, we all deserve credit. How can we say that we don't have any? Brother Bo Fu, please don't refuse. Bo Fu and Zhong Ye are also the main force in this siege."
When Wenpin heard this, he even pulled him in, and immediately said: "Xuan Hou is joking. How beneficial will this attack be to Jingzhou's army? How can it be used as the main force? Brother Bofu has taken the city and plundered the land, so the main force should be Bo Fu." Fu takes the lead."
Sun Ce was naturally unwilling and thought: "We are not the ones who are short of food and grass, so why should we be the main force?" He immediately retorted: "Zhongye is making this fallacy. It is not our army that is short of food and grass, so how can we be the main force?"
Zhang Xiu watched Wenpin and Sun Ce arguing in confusion.
Wei Yan, Gan Ning, and Deng Zhi below also looked confused, watching the two of them bickering.
Wenpin replied coldly: "To capture Lujiang, do you want the city? Even if you want the city, if you don't attack the city with the main force, do you want to wait for free?"
Zhou Yu glanced at Zhang Xiu without leaving any trace, and said with a confident smile: "If Wenpin doesn't want it, we can't force it. Our army is not in need of food and grass. I heard that Xuanhou sent troops at the request of Ambassador Liu, and we have all the food and grass." The envoy has provided supplies. Now that Xuanhou has not returned from the expedition, will we be cut off from food and grass? Don't damage the envoy's reputation."
"You..." Wen Pin looked at each other angrily. Sun Ce sneered fearlessly.
"Hahaha!" After hearing about Lujiang City, Zhang Xiu finally understood what they were fighting about and burst into laughter.
Wenpin and Sun Ce were fighting in anger when they suddenly heard Zhang Xiu laughing and looked at Zhang Xiu in surprise.
Zhou Yu frowned and focused his eyes on Zhang Xiu's face: "Why is Xuanhou laughing?"
Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Zhong Ye and Bo Fu are fighting for Lujiang City, but when did I say that I would capture Lujiang City? You have misunderstood me."
The three of them opened their mouths in surprise.
Sun Ce's eyes widened in shock and he stuttered: "Didn't Xuanhou just... just say that he wanted to join forces... to attack Lujiang City?"
Zhang Xiu clapped his hands and laughed: "The city I am talking about is Shouchun City, how can it be Lujiang City? Lujiang City occupies more than hundreds of miles of Nanyang, so what is the use of it?"
Zhou Yu asked in surprise: "If Xuanhou doesn't take Lujiang River, will there be enough food and grass for the army to join Nanyang?"
Zhang Xiu didn't answer his words, keeping this mysterious smile on his face.
Seeing the mysterious smile on Zhang Xiu's face, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu immediately looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Xiu's gourd. The south is Yuan Shu's territory. Yuan Shu has ordered all states and counties not to produce grain. Where can Zhang Xiu produce grain?
Wenpin's doubts were no less than those of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.
Gan Ning, Wei Yan and Deng Zhi also didn't know where Zhang Xiu's food and grass came from. Ever since Zhang Xiu entered Lujiang County, Deng Zhi had been thinking about the problem of food and grass. At first, he planned to buy food, but they didn't get much money from the expedition. , a drop in the bucket.
His idea was similar to that of Wenpin and others, which was to capture Lujiang City to obtain food and grass, but he did not misunderstand Zhang Xiu's meaning. At this time, the problem was solved, but Zhang Xiu showed a confident and mysterious smile, which made him a little suspicious.
Gan Ning and Wei Yan also looked at Zhang Xiu's mysterious smile, waiting for the next step.
Zhang Xiu said confidently: "I have no intention of taking Lujiang River, but I am still very interested in the food and grass in the city."
Zhou Yu said jokingly: "Is Ji Lingke of Lujiang City related to Xuanhou? How can he obediently send the grain and grass in the city to Xuanhou?"
Zhang Xiu stared at Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, do you dare to bet with me?"
"How to bet?"
"What if I ride down to Lujiang City alone without spending a single soldier, and Gong Jin acts as a matchmaker to marry Bo Fu's sister Shang Xiang to me?"
"This..." Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce.
Sun Ce's thoughts flashed through his mind and he nodded.
At the meeting last night, he learned that Zhang Xiu was a man of great talent and ambition, and would definitely become a prince in the future, so it would be a good idea to marry his sister Sun Ren to him.
Seeing Sun Ce nod, Zhou Yu thought for a while, knowing that Ji Ling was a loyal man and would not surrender easily. Zhang Xiu, a non-southerner, had no foundation here, and the possibility of arranging an internal response in the city was almost zero, so he said, "Okay, if you declare Marquis What should I do if I can’t get to the city?”
Zhang Xiu smiled confidently: "If I return in embarrassment, I will use all my army to attack Lujiang City and deliver it to Brother Bofu."
"Okay!" Zhou Yu and Sun Ce agreed in unison.
