Chapter 517 Jiangdong Talent
It is said that Cao's troops conquered Hefei, five armies marched to Lujiang, and Sun Ce personally crossed the river to deploy a defensive battle. Zhou Gongjin also rushed from Chaisang to Lujiang, and for the first time proposed Sun Long's alliance to form an alliance against Cao Cao.
As soon as this plan came out, Sun Ce was furious and drew his sword to kill Zhou Yu. Fortunately, Sun Quan was by his side and urged: "Brother, please calm down. Although what Gong Jin said brought shame to the Sun family, although the hatred between the father and the country is great, it is even greater than the hatred between the country and the country. Cao Meng is also a traitor to the Han Dynasty. He is cunning and suspicious by nature, and he does things selfishly." , and there is a massacre of the city, and it must not be treated lightly. Now Cao Mengde has led the victorious soldiers all the way south, and the edge of the soldiers is as sharp as the tip of a spear. He aims to fully seize Jiangdong, and take half of the world with the Qinglong Army. Who will fight for it? He is the overlord. Now Cao Mengde's troops are several times stronger in Jiangdong. Yuan Shu hates his brother for being separated from him and will never send troops to aid Jiangdong. And the Shanyue tribe is ready to make a move behind the scenes. In the past few days, there are rumors that they will attack Kuaiji City. My brother Suye is worried. , without foreign aid, the people of the six counties east of the Yangtze River may become the unjust ghosts under the iron heel of Cao Jun!"
Sun Ce loved the people like his own son. When he heard Sun Quan talk about the people in Jiangdong, he couldn't help but feel empowered by the snow. His anger dissipated without a trace, and he sat down and began to ponder. The surrender faction in the Jiangdong court also talked about saving the people of Jiangdong from misery, but the taste seemed different from what Sun Quan said. Sun Quan took charge of the battle, which was very different from the capitulationists who believed that resistance would lead to defeat. The Jiangdong Army can defeat the Cao thieves, but it needs foreign aid like the Qinglong Army.
Sun Ce felt bitter in his heart and dropped his sword with a clang. He grabbed Zhou Yu's sleeves and sat side by side with Zhou Yu on the steps of the hall. He put his arms around his shoulders and sighed: "Zhong Mou, I order you to have full authority to deal with the Sun Long Alliance." It’s something that happened. The arrow that Mr. Huang Zhong shot his father will be kept in his mourning hall for you to take."
Since then, war clouds have gathered around Lujiang. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu deployed a comprehensive defense and had to postpone their planned wedding to Er Qiao. Sun Quan personally went to Jiangxia to greet Zhuge Liang and Lu Su. The warship entered the temporary military port of Lujiang River. The three of them rode in a carriage and entered the only unobstructed south gate of Lujiang River.
Zhuge Liang changed into a light gray Confucian uniform today, with a crown and a broad belt, large flowing sleeves, and a gently waving goose feather fan, which made him look like a fairy. Sun Quan sent someone to inform them in advance, and Sun Ce ordered the two Qinglong envoys to be brought to the meeting hall to meet. Zhuge Liang followed Sun Quan calmly, and saw sergeants standing upright on both sides of the road, with spears in their hands pointing toward the sun, showing their military majesty. When he went up to the door of the main hall, he saw at a glance that there were clouds of crowns, armor, and battle robes, and there were all the heroes from Jiangdong gathered together.
The civil servants on the right are all wearing green robes and ribbons, with tall crowns, and the generals on the left are wearing white battle robes and thin silver armor. Seeing Sun Quan, everyone bowed slightly and saluted, but their eyes glanced at the middle-aged Confucian scholar and handsome young man behind Sun Quan. Sun Quan bowed towards the end of the hall and saluted: "Brother, my brother Sun Quan is fortunate to have lived up to his command."
In the darkness at the end of the hall, several torches were dimly lit. The firelight was everywhere, illuminating a handsome young man sitting upright at the top of the steps. The young man has a face like a crown jade, sword-shaped eyebrows flying at an angle, a nose like a hanging gallbladder, and a heroic appearance. He is dressed in the official uniform of an orthodox Marquis, with sword sleeves slightly exposed and a purple ribbon hanging around his waist. He is exactly what the Marquis of Wu looks like. The young man was silent and his face was as frosty. His eyes were fixed on Lu Su and Zhuge Liang, as if he wanted to drive them away with his eyes.
Sun Quan bowed again and was about to speak when a general who was at the top of the general class suddenly walked out and came to Lu Su and Zhuge Liang. When Lu Su and Zhuge Liang looked up, they saw that the person was eight feet long, walking like a jade tree in the wind. They looked closely at the handsome eyes and eyebrows, white face without beard, red lips and white teeth, handsome appearance, looking at him felt like a spring breeze. Sun Quan turned slightly and said, "Captain Gongjin, let me introduce you."
"This person's ancestral home is from Dongcheng County, Yangzhou. He was originally Lu Zijing, a talented man from Jiangdong, known as 'Dongcheng Deng Yu'." Zhou Yu laughed and said, "Zijing is famous, I have known him for a long time! What's going on today? Happy to meet you again? Congratulations to Zijing for returning to his hometown."
The so-called Deng Yu, whose courtesy name was Zhonghua, was a native of Nanyang. He was a famous military strategist in the early Eastern Han Dynasty and ranked first among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai. Liu Xiu patrolled Hebei, and Deng Yu went to follow him, proposing to "recruit heroes, please the people, establish the cause of the great ancestor, and save the lives of all people." During his lifetime, Deng Yu assisted Liu Xiu in establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty, "establishing Hebei and restoring Guanzhong", and made outstanding contributions. After Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, he granted Deng Yu the title of Grand Situ and Marquis of Fou. Later, he was granted the title of Marquis of Gaomi and became the Grand Tutor. He died in the first year of Yongping (AD 58) and was given the posthumous title of Marquis Yuan.
Sun Quan raised his hand and solemnly introduced Zhuge Liang: "This is Zhuge Liang, the new chief military officer of the Qinglong Army, named Kongming and Wolong."
Zhou Gongjin looked over with a pair of handsome eyes and a smile. He couldn't help but be slightly startled. He saw that Zhuge Liang was tall, almost as tall as himself. Under his black hair, he had a pair of clean eyebrows, especially his pair of fire-like eyes. , seems to be able to see through everything; and he is dressed in an immortal style, which is really unforgettable at first sight.
Before this, Zhou Gongjin had never heard of Zhuge Liang's name. As for why Chen Long chose this stupid young man as his military advisor, Zhou Yu was also confused. From the appearance alone, this Zhuge Kongming seems not bad, and he and Sun Ce are both handsome men among men.
Zhou Yu was observing Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang was also observing Zhou Yu. The two looked at each other, and both saw the fearless quality in the other's eyes and their appreciation for the other's appearance. Although the gaze is invisible, it sparks sparks as if it has substance. Zhou Yu finally showed a smile on his lips and said: "I didn't expect that Kong Ming is so young. Are you younger than Zhongmou? He is in a high position at such a young age. It seems that the Lord of Qinglong values Kong Ming very much." Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing, but bowed slightly politely. , the feather fan swayed slightly, and his eyes seemed to go beyond Zhou Yu, penetrate the darkness in the hall, and shoot directly at Sun Ce who was sitting high at the end of the hall.
Zhou Yu frowned slightly and was ignored by the young Zhuge Liang. The feeling seemed very irritating. Where did Kong Ming get his confidence?
Lu Su seemed to have noticed the kinship between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. He cupped his hands towards Sun Ce at the end of the hall and said, "Qinglong special envoys Lu Su and Zhuge Liang have met the Lord of Jiangdong." Sun Bofu seemed not to have heard, and remained silent. Silent. A veteran next to him suddenly spoke in the train: "Zijing, how many troops have come from your Qinglong Army? Who is the general?"
Lu Su glanced at the veteran general who spoke and smiled: "If I am not mistaken, this general is Cheng Pu and Cheng Demou. General Demou, I have 20,000 soldiers, navy, and horsemen of the Qinglong Army, plus Jiangxia Huang Zhong, Xi Zhi We have only 50,000 people under our command, a total of 70,000, and they can be called upon at any time. However, the premise is that we must capture Huang Zu first so that we can send troops from Queyue City. General Zhongmou has already promised to Kong Ming's military advisor on this point."
Next to Cheng Pu was Han Dang. Hearing Lu Su's words, he snorted and said: "Zijing's words are taken for granted. Cao Cao has more than 200,000 Qingzhou soldiers, plus at least 100,000 soldiers from Xuzhou. He is now hoarding Being near Hefei City, what does it have to do with Huang Zu of Queyue City? In my opinion, if you are sincere, you can directly bring 70,000 soldiers to the Lujiang River to fight against Cao's thieves."
Lu Su laughed and said: "Haha, you are Han Dang Han Yigong of Lingzhi County in western Liaoning, right? They say that you are brave enough to win the three armies, but you are indeed brave and foolhardy." Han Dang's expression changed, but he didn't want to get angry, so he had to keep silent. Word. At this time, one member of the civil servant team could not hold back his anger and asked in a deep voice: "Zi Jingxiu wants to be alarmist. Since we are here to form an alliance, let's talk about something practical. The threat of Cao Jun is right in front of us. If the Qinglong Army is not sincere, we should do it as soon as possible." Go back to Jingzhou, don’t miss the people of Jiangdong!”
As soon as this statement came out, there was a lot of discussion among the civil and military officials on the left and right. It seemed that the nervous pressure from Cao Jun's attacks in recent days had completely stretched the nerves of these people. War or peace, resistance or surrender, the civil servants and generals surrounding Sun Ce were still divided into two distinct factions.
Lu Zijing glanced at the civil servant who was speaking and saw that he had a gray beard and a lonely look on his face. He simply ignored him and went directly to bow to Sun Ce and said loudly: "Wu Hou, are these your talents from Jiangdong? The military officers are reckless and short-sighted, and the civil servants are short-sighted, and they want to trap the Sun family in Jiangdong into eternal disaster? Today, when our Qinglong Army comes, why are we talking about war and peace? I advise Bo Fu to send these useless civil servants back to Jianye as soon as possible!"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
