Among the three battlefields, Cao's army was victorious in the Chibi battlefield, the Xiakou battlefield was bloodless, and the Hefei battlefield was littered with corpses.
On the south bank of the Yangtze River, there was another unit that was not informed and did not know the results of the battles in Xiakou and Hefei. It was Lu Meng who was leading the wounded soldiers from Jiangdong eastward along the river embankment.
He had already seen the situation of the breach on the north bank, and also knew that Zhou Yu did not even tell him because he was afraid that someone in the army would leak the secret.
In those days, the flying thieves took heads at night, and Zhou Yu's soldiers were traveling in danger, so everything had to be kept secret.
Later, when Lu Meng understood Zhou Yu's plan, he was so excited that he trembled with excitement. He felt that his proposal to disguise himself as a businessman and sneak attack Cao Jun's grain road was just a nonsense.
Huang Gai was lying on the single shelf, frowning the whole time.
"Ziming, do we win or lose?"
Huang Gai asked.
Lu Meng was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "I thought our army was defeated, but I didn't expect that the governor still had a plan, and someone from the rebel army also took action. This battle should be regarded as a tragic victory for the traitor army. But our army also successfully defeated the traitor army." The army is blocked in the north of the Yangtze River, the food route is cut off, and we cannot advance even an inch. The purpose of sending troops has been achieved. However, the outcome of the battlefield in Hefei has not yet been decided, so we still need to wait and see."
Huang Gai nodded. This battle was full of twists and turns. Losing Jingzhou was equivalent to Cao Jun smashing a nail on the Yangtze River. But as long as Hefei was captured, they also smashed a nail on the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. With mutual restraint, the situation would not be too bad. .
Regarding the outcome of this battle, every famous general has his own speculation, but they have different positions, different visions, and different appetites. Looking at this issue, there are different explanations.
Just as he was talking, Lu Meng suddenly stopped.
Huang Gai didn't hear his voice and reluctantly raised his head, only to see Sanqi standing in front of them.
The cavalryman on the left still has blood on his armor. He is Gan Ning and Gan Xingba.
The one in the middle, wearing a brown scholar's robe, is Lu Su and Lu Zijing.
The one on the right is wearing a man's plain clothes and has his face covered, but it can be seen that he is a woman.
"Zijing!"
Lu Meng was overjoyed and went up to welcome him.
After the war began, Lu Su had been coordinating the Sun-Liu alliance in Xiakou. Now that Liu Bei has fled south and the Jiangdong barrier has been lost, his efforts have come to nothing.
Lu Su looked disloyal, smiled stiffly, and exchanged a few words. Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Gan Ning fought on three battlefields respectively and told each other about their respective experiences.
Lu Su and Gan Ning stayed behind after Liu Bei crossed south. Although they did not enter because they saw Zhou Yu passing through Xiakou, they knew that Jiangdong was defeated, but they did not know some details.
Lu Meng talked about the war, and when Zhou Yu asked Da Qiao to lead him, Lu Su frowned and said, "Gong Jin, he is born to be a master on the battlefield, but he never considers things outside the field. Whenever he has an idea... ...Hey, why is it so..."
Although he didn't say it clearly, Lu Meng knew that what he was saying was that Zhou Yu should not let Da Qiao do such a thing, which aroused the lord's suspicion. Zhou Yu was the person he admired most in his life, but he did not pay attention to managing the relationship with his lord. This made him jealous. He also felt powerless.
On the other hand, Gan Ning had already heard about Cao Wu from Mi Fang. After telling Lu Meng, Lu Meng realized that he had underestimated General Beifu by not believing Mi Fang before.
The three of them had a discussion and felt deeply about each other.
Lu Su sighed and said: "So, I, Jiangdong, actually lost to Cao Wuren of Beifu? Alas..."
The word "Hey" made the three of them fall silent. Even Gan Ning, who had come so quickly to be so heroic, sighed after seeing Lu Meng's remnants of soldiers.
The woman next to him had been listening quietly. When she heard the word "Cao Wu", her body swayed a few times, her eyes were bright, but she did not interrupt.
Lu Meng didn't pay attention at first, but then he took a closer look and said in shock: "But Mrs. Zhou?"
Lu Su slapped his forehead and quickly introduced: "She is Gong Jin's wife."
Only then did Lu Meng confirm that it was Xiao Qiao in front of him.
After Xiao Qiao became inseparable from Cao, he was protected by Xia Houyuan and practiced medicine with Hua Tuo. Later, Pang Tong sent Chen Lai to arrest him. Fleeed back to Xiakou.
When Liu Bei's army went south, the people found out the news. Xia Houyuan learned about the floods in the north and the great victory of Cao's army. He led people to find the main force of Cao's army and had already joined forces with the main force of Cao's army in Xiakou.
After Lu Su and Gan Ning left Liu Bei's army, they happened to stay in a village and met Xiao Qiao. They went out together and met Lu Meng and Huang Gai.
As for Hua Tuo, because he did not want to see the princes, he went to travel around the world again.
When their names were called, Xiao Qiao, Lu Meng, and Huang Gai nodded slightly, biting their lips and said, "Ziming, eldest sister..."
Lu Meng was silent. Da Qiao was still on the flagship when he fell into the water, but the situation of the battle was unclear after that.
Xiao Qiao's eyes were red. He wanted to delve deeper, but was afraid of getting a bad answer, so he hesitated for a moment.
Lu Meng frowned when he thought that his friend Lu Xun was also alive and dead.
Lu Su is the best at mediating the relationship between people. Seeing the atmosphere like this, he changed the subject and said, "Ziming is going to Chaisang. When we meet General Boyang, there is still something to do."
"What's up?"
Lu Su pointed to the Yangtze River and said: "We need to send cavalry to patrol the south bank day and night. We must not let Cao's army dig the river embankment on the south bank!"
Lu Meng and Huang Gai were horrified, and then they thought that if the enemy deliberately retaliated and dug up the south bank, Nanchang would be very dangerous.
Lu Meng broke into a cold sweat, knowing that if Lu Su hadn't reminded him, people in Jiangdong might have forgotten about this matter, and the enemy would most likely use it to counterattack.
Fortunately, Lu Su considered things that he had never thought of and found and filled in the gaps for Jiang Dong.
For Lu Su, who was not well-known and rarely went to the battlefield in person, his respect was far lower than that of Zhou Yu, who was in charge of the central army.
In the past, he only thought that Lu Su was a kind-hearted elder, but now he admired him and realized that among all the civil and military ministers in Jiangdong, only Lu Su was the most thoughtful.
"Fortunately, if the enemy wants to dig out the Yangtze River, it will be easy to be discovered if there are too many people, but it will not be effective if there are too few. But there is no need to worry too much. Moreover, Chai Sang is backed by Lushan Mountain and the terrain is high, so it should be fine."
Lu Su comforted the two of them. When talking about Lushan, he inexplicably remembered Cao Wu's poem and couldn't help but sigh again.
In the fifth year of Jian'an, the Marquis of Wucheng and the general Sun Ce were accidentally assassinated. Sun Quan, who was only 18 years old, suddenly ascended to a high position, and various places were ready to take action, with hidden disobedience.
All the generals were rude, but only Zhou Yu treated Sun Quan with the courtesy of a lord. As an example, Zhang Zhao, the chief historian, summoned all the counties to "support the power on his own, mount the horse, and march out with the troops." Da Qiao contacted the noble families and calmed the hearts of the Jiangdong generals. Be attached.
Lu Zijing, a descendant of the Linhuai wealthy family, defected to Sun Quan under such precarious circumstances.
What Sun Quan urgently needed most was his own direct lineage. The twenty-eight-year-old Lu Su met his lord who knew him well. The two talked all night long. Lu Su was tipsy, pointing out the world, and became lofty and ambitious on the couch.
"The tripod is set in the east of the Yangtze River to observe the provocations of the world", "Advancing against Liu Biao and reaching the Yangtze River", "Building the title of emperor to control the world".
After embarking on the strategy, Jiangdong took this as a national policy.
Now eight years have passed, Jingzhou belongs to Cao Cao, and the unification of Jing and Yang has become a dream, and it is even more impossible to reach the Yangtze River.
In the setting sun, Huang Gai and Gan Ning were still talking about the bravery in the army, but Lu Su stood there blankly and was no longer involved in the discussion.
He silently chewed on the poem "I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, I just live in this mountain", and after a long while he sighed: "Because I am in the game, I can't break the game. This Cao Wu, does it count as now?"
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Of course, Cao Wu didn't think so far. He copied the poem, but he simply asked Ada to write it down when he encountered Sun Quan fighting tigers in Mount Lu.
At this moment, he was riding a horse and strolling through Xiakou City.
Behind the little red horse, a rope was dragged tightly, and a young scholar was tied to the other end.
The scholar tied his hands to the north. The flood in Xiakou City had receded a little, but it was still up to his knees. The scholar staggered in the water, his face was gloomy, and he looked at Cao Wu on the horse with gloomy eyes.
Cao Wu and Zhao Yan walked side by side. At first, Zhao Yan kept looking back. Later, he realized that Cao Wu ignored the book and pretended not to care.
Zhao Yan said: "Over the past few days, the embankment breach has been slowly blocked, and the flood has gradually reduced. Coupled with the timely rescue by the army, many people in Jiangxia should be able to survive. But things after the disaster are really difficult to deal with."
In the original history, Cao Wei also had Jingzhou officials, but they only supervised one or two counties. Compared with Zhao Yan, the real governor of Jingzhou, his power was far inferior.
But correspondingly, the greater the power, the greater the loopholes. Zhao Yan needs to clean up the mess after the war, and there are many problems that need to be solved.
Unfortunately, he was still young. Although he was born in Yingchuan and his family was from a wealthy family, he was not from a super family like the Xun family, Chen family, or Zhong family. He had no money, no food, and no one under his command. He could be called a three-nothing governor.
The appointment document from the imperial court had not yet come out, and he had already foreseen the difficulties ahead, so he could only go to Cao Wu, who had recommended him first, to discuss it.
"Tell me something."
Cao Wu said casually, thinking about something on his mind.
Zhao Yan knew that Cao Wu was going to rest in a tent outside the city. He had already prepared to treat Cao Wu as his lord. He didn't care about Cao Wu's undisciplined attitude at all. He took advantage of the time to leave the city and said quickly: "Firstly, the people of Jiangxia have lost their fertile land and their families." They may be connected in series after the disaster. Secondly, the food roads will be flooded and it will be difficult to supply food and grass."
After speaking, he waited for Cao Wu to give him a solution.
Cao Wudao: "It is not difficult to destroy the grain road. The rear areas such as Xiangyang and Jiangling are still there. When the army goes north, the remaining warships can be used to transport grain to make up for the lack of land transportation. You can also continue to drive back and forth by boat. Training the navy’s abilities.”
Zhao Yan nodded. He could think of this section, but he still had doubts. He raised his hands and made a bow: "Soldiers and ships should not be difficult, but the food needs to be coordinated by the prime minister."
He was talking about the prime minister, but he was like a mirror in his heart. It was too easy for him, the governor, to come. There were countless people in the capital who coveted him, and there would be no shortage of people who would stumble. It was really difficult to get money and food.
This requires Cao Wu to speak kindly. He has seen the importance of Cao Wu in Cao Cao's heart, and expects Cao Wu to help him. When he becomes the governor of Jingzhou, he will reciprocate and help Cao Wu seize power.
Cao Wu shook his head and said, "No need to go to such trouble. Boran, have you ever heard of work-for-relief?"
“Credit for work?”
Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know what it meant.
Following the two men, the scholar, who was being dragged forward by the little red horse, pricked up his ears.
