Chapter 572: A series of feints
It is said that late at night in Lujiang City, the messenger raising pigeons in Jiangxia finally spread the news of the destruction of Hefei to Lujiang.
Zhou Yu was both happy and surprised in his heart. What he was happy about was that Zhao Zilong had succeeded in one battle, and Jiangdong Army was finally expected to defeat Cao Army. What was surprising was that Zhao Zilong had been attacking for hundreds of miles without rest, and the Qinglong Army was super powerful.
Zhou Gongjin personally came to see Zhuge Liang and Lu Su, who were coming for the city of Hefei. Hefei City is the home base of the Jiangdong Army and the gateway between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. If it is handed over to the Qinglong Army, it can be said that the door will be opened wide. And the Qinglong Army also spilled a lot of blood in their blitzkrieg at Hefei, so how could they be willing to give it up to others? Yu Liang and Yu Liang inevitably had a heated exchange of words, and their talk was about to collapse.
Seeing Zhuge Liang preparing to leave, Lu Su knew that if the Sun Long alliance collapsed, only Cao Cao would benefit. He opened his mouth and said: "Gong Jinxiu wants to sound threatening. Even if he takes our heads tonight, he will never compromise. If there is no news from the two of us tomorrow, I am afraid that Zilong will immediately return Hefei to Xu." Huang, let Cao Jun open up the food road."
Zhou Yu was shocked. If he killed Zhuge Liang and Lu Su and couldn't block the news, I'm afraid what Lu Su said was definitely not impossible. Then he sat back on the chair with a wry smile and said, "Zijing, why did you say that! Based on the relationship between the two of us, I would never want to kill you under any circumstances!"
Zhuge Liang thought to himself that what you meant was that Zijing didn’t need to be killed, but could I kill him? He laughed and said: "The blood of the Qinglong Army will not be shed in vain. If Gong Jin wants my head, my lord will want your entire Jiangdong."
Seeing Zhuge Liang shaking his head and waving his feather fan, Zhou Yu felt disgusted in his heart, but he knew that Zhuge Liang was definitely not joking. His tone finally softened and said: "After Cao Jun retreats, of course I, Jiangdong, will consider thanking the Qinglong Army for their help, but it will never be Hefei!"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing, just looked at Zhou Yu while waving his feather fan. Zhou Yu instantly understood that it was this medicine that Zhuge Liang was selling in his gourd. Zhou Yu felt that he had fallen into a trap, and finally said helplessly: "Queyue City naturally belongs to the Qinglong Army. My lord agrees with this."
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but laughed and said: "Gong Jin is really pretending to be confused. Queyue City is still in Huang Zu's hands, and his son Huang She has surrendered to the Qinglong Army. Queyue City never belonged to Jiangdong! The Qinglong Army took it Que Yuecheng, do you need your lord's consent? Gongjin, you can bully Zijing, an honest man, but you can't bully me. Zijing, pack your bags and return to Jiangxia quickly, the Sun Long Alliance will break up immediately."
Zhou Yu quickly stood up, grabbed Lu Su, and his voice almost changed his tone when he spoke: "If you have something to say! Why don't you put forward conditions first! How can you return to my Hefei city?"
Zhuge Liang didn't look anxious at all and said with a smile: "Gong Jin, how long are you going to pretend to be stupid? I heard that Cao Cao went to Jiangnan this time. He took Hefei first, Jiangxia second, Lujiang third, Jiankang fourth, and Jiankang fifth. Take two Qiao. Among these five things, can my lord not get any of them? If your lord is reluctant to part with the territory, then the Qinglong Army will suffer some losses, so it’s okay to take two Qiao and go back. There are so many beauties around my lord... ..."
Seeing that Zhou Yu's face had turned the color of pig's liver, Lu Su quickly grabbed Zhuge Liang's sleeve and said, "Kong Ming, please don't talk nonsense! Do you know that Jiangdong Erqiao has been adopted as his wife by General Bo Fu and Governor Gong Jin!"
Kong Ming hurriedly pretended to be shocked and said: "Captain Zhou! I said something wrong. Your Excellency does not care about the faults of small people. Those who don't know are not to blame! But this Cao Cao likes women the most..."
Zhou Gongjin finally couldn't bear it anymore and slammed the table and shouted: "Cao Cao, you old thief! I am incompatible with you! If the Qinglong Army helps the Jiangdong Army to win together, we will fight together on Mount Tai in the future and separate his Yanzhou and Qingzhou!"
Zhuge Liang waved his fist and said hello, and Zhou Yu finally said seriously: "Does Kong Ming want the whole of Jiangxia? I really can't make the decision on this, but I am willing to convince my lord. I'll say goodbye today, and I'll invite you two tomorrow. Sir, go to Beicheng to observe the enemy's situation."
Tomorrow morning is the day scheduled to attack, so Zhuge Liang and Lu Su will naturally go to the tower to take a look. In fact, before dawn, many small groups of Zhou Yu's troops had dispersed. These small groups were armed with bows and arrows, but the arrowheads were removed and a lot of silk was tied on the arrows. There were only eight characters written on the silk: "The city of Hefei is in ruins, and the food and grass are in danger!"
The most important task of Xu Huang and Xu Gongming's rear army was to pick up grain and grass vehicles and assign them to the camps of the Fifth Route Army. There was no arrival of food and grass that night, and there was still no horse team or ox cart until early in the morning, which was in sharp contrast to the usual bustle of carriages and horses. The attentive Xu Huang had already discovered this problem when he was patrolling the camp. If the food truck did not arrive today, the 220,000 Cao troops would not be able to use the food for more than one day on average.
Xu Huang was a cautious person and managed the army neatly. After surrendering to Cao Cao, he was praised by Cao Cao as having "Zhou Yafu's style". Xu Huang was well aware of the importance of food and grass, so he immediately sent out scouting horses to return to Fei to gather information.
At this time, a battle report came from the front of Cao's army. The north and west gates of Lujiang were opened wide, and several groups of cavalry came out and were already engaged with Cao Ren's troops and Le Jin's troops.
The battle report shows that the Jiangdong cavalry was not willing to fight. Although they launched dozens of strong attacks, they were all on the run. Cao Ren and Cao Hong were forced to put out fires and run around, but they couldn't find the enemy generals. They were just angry. Yelling.
However, many of the arrows fired by Jiangdong Army had no arrow tips. When some careful soldiers opened the silk on the arrows to look at them, they were really shocked and immediately presented them to Cao Hong and Cao Ren for inspection. After seeing the eight big characters on the silk, Cao Hong was unconvinced, but Cao Ren believed that the enemy just wanted to disturb the morale of the army.
Cao Ren saw that the enemy troops were feigning attacks one after another, so he simply ignored them and immediately beat the war drums and began to attack Lujiang City wildly. On Lujiang City, there were rolling logs and rocks, and arrows were like rain. The defenders were united in their will and the city was impregnable. Cao Jun failed to charge forward several times, and the food route was cut off, and rumors that Hefei's city was destroyed had quietly spread.
Le Jin faced the same situation outside the West City. The Jiangdong Army cavalry attacked boldly, and the leading young general was strong, but he fought a battle with Le Jin.
Ling Tong pretended to be defeated and ran away, while Le Jin pursued him. Suddenly Ling Tong turned around and fired an arrow, which hit Le Jin's helmet and bounced into the sky. For some reason, Le Jin caught the bow and arrow and saw that there was no arrow tip at the front. When he hurriedly opened the cloth and looked at it, he was also shocked. He hurriedly withdrew his troops back to the camp and ordered Tan Ma to find Xu Huang to find out.
When Xu Huang listened to Bi Tanma's account of the battle ahead, his heart beat loudly. The messenger soldier presented another piece of cloth. Xu Huang felt flustered as he looked at the eight characters. He shouted and asked: "Has any of the Tanma who went to Hefei City come back?"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
