Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

All the generals requested to fight, but Sun Quan did not express his opinion. Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and understood the meaning.

He was not panicked, but waited quietly. Liu Yu's letter had already been widely circulated in Wu County. How could Zhang Zhao not know about it?

If his prediction was correct, he was currently summoning civil officials to discuss the matter.

Things happened just as Zhou Yu had expected. During this interval, a servant came to report that Zhang Zhao and others came to ask for a meeting.

Sun Quan thought he had come at the right time, but his face remained calm. He just said lightly, "Please come in."

After Zhang Zhao came in, Sun Quan told him about the generals' request for battle.

Sun Quan thought Zhang Zhao would raise objections, but he bowed and said, "Since all the generals are willing to fight to the death for Jiangdong, even though we are just Confucian scholars, we also know what is right, and we are also willing to fight to the death for Jiangdong!"

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, a group of civil officials behind him expressed their opinions.

"I am willing to fight to the death for Jiangdong!"

"I am willing to fight to the death for Jiangdong!"

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Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Sun Quan felt very proud. He drew the long sword from his waist and cut off the corner of the table with one stroke.

"Since this is the case, I have made up my mind to fight to the death with Uncle Liu! Anyone who dares to talk about welcoming Uncle Liu will be punished like me!"

After everyone left, Sun Quan left Zhou Yu alone.

The two set up a banquet in the back hall. After they drank a few glasses of wine, Sun Quan smiled and said, "Zi Bu's change of stance must be due to Gongjin."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "It was indeed me who persuaded Zibu, but I dare not take credit for it. The reason why it was so smooth was because he cared about the lord."

Sun Quan said with a smile: "Everyone says that Uncle Liu is very wise. In my opinion, Gongjin's wisdom is not inferior to Uncle Liu. With just a few words, he was able to unite the people of Jiangdong. This kind of wisdom is difficult for even Uncle Liu to achieve.

I understand what Zibu is thinking. It's not easy to change his mind. I'm curious, what did Gongjin say to him that could make him change his mind so quickly? "

"Although I talked to him a lot, only one sentence really worked."

Sun Quan listened quietly, waiting for what was to come.

Zhou Yu said slowly, "We can all surrender to Emperor Liu, but my lord cannot. After we surrender to Emperor Liu, he will return us to our fellow villagers and give us a good reputation. We will still be able to ride on a calf cart, follow the officials, make friends with scholars, and have a high position, so we will not lose our prefectures. But if my lord surrenders to Emperor Liu, how will he arrange for us?"

After I said this, Zi Bu instantly understood the meaning. He said slowly, "We only care about our families and the elderly, but put the lord's affairs behind our minds. This is not what a minister should do!"

Sun Quan was deeply moved. He slowly raised his glass and toasted Zhou Yu with a glass of wine. He said with emotion: "God has given me Gongjin, so why should I worry about not accomplishing my great cause?"

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, and Sun Quan asked, "There is constant civil unrest in Jiangdong now, and soldiers are needed everywhere. I have carefully calculated that the maximum number of troops that can be mobilized now is 60,000, which is a bit different from the hundreds of thousands of troops of Emperor Liu. But Gongjin, don't worry, you take these people to meet the enemy, and if you can't win, I will bring my personal guards to support you."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Although Yuan Shao is dead, Jizhou has not been pacified yet. It is impossible for Emperor Liu to spare so many people in such a short period of time. According to my estimation, the maximum number of troops he can mobilize this time is 100,000.

By this calculation, the difference in our military strength is not that big. Liu Huangshu has violated a major military taboo by sending his troops on a long expedition. It won't take long before we can capture him!"

Sun Quan showed a delighted look on his face. He ordered his men to take out the tiger talisman for mobilizing troops and put it in Zhou Yu's hand. He said, "Gongjin is very wise and will surely defeat the enemy with a small force. Gongjin, please accept the tiger talisman. The safety of Jiangdong and me is in your hands."

Zhou Yu took the tiger talisman with both hands and bowed down.

"My lord, rest assured, I will not fail in my mission."

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Liu Yu, who stationed his troops in Jiujiang, did not wait for the news of Sun Quan's surrender, but instead received the news that Zhou Yu had sent troops.

Liu Yu did not hesitate at all, but let Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun lead the soldiers to attack Lujiang from three sides.

The battle of Lujiang went smoothly. The defenders were defeated one after another without any corresponding resistance. After only one month, the army captured Shu County.

Faced with the successive victories, the soldiers were jubilant and believed that Jiangdong was simply vulnerable. If the situation continued to develop in this way, they would be able to completely occupy Jiangdong in two months at most.

After receiving the news of Guan Yu's victory, Liu Yu's face did not show much joy. He smelled a hint of danger from Jiangdong's unusual behavior.

This was different from the Jiangdong in his mind, or more accurately, different from the Zhou Yu he knew.

Zhou Yu was a man of both civil and military talents. He could command the army on horseback and govern the people on foot. In that era, he was a top-notch figure in both fields. With such a person leading the Jiangdong army, how could it be defeated in one battle?

Guo Jia looked at the sand table and said, "Zhou Yu deliberately gave up Lujiang. His soldiers were defeated one after another in order to lead the army to Shu County. He knew that his soldiers were not as strong as ours, so he wanted to use the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to stop us."

Liu Yu pondered for a moment and expressed his agreement.

"Generals are good at using geography to defeat the enemy. Zhou Yu is a famous general of the time. He used the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to resist us. This was within our expectations, but his easy abandonment of Lujiang was beyond our expectations. Wenhe, what do you think about this?"

Jia Xu sat aside, saying nothing until Liu Yu asked him. He then slowly said, "I just looked carefully at the route of Jiangdong's defeat. It is obvious that they all retreated to Shu County in the end. This means that Shu County was deliberately left to us by Zhou Yu. He must have left a killer move in Shu County!"

Liu Yu's spirit suddenly tensed up.

"Fire attack? Flood?"

Jia Xu said: "Shu County is crisscrossed with rivers, so a fire attack would not do much harm. He might even try to flood it."

"Flooding Shucheng? Send someone to inform Yunchang immediately and ask him to lead his troops to withdraw from Shu County."

Guo Jia said: "If Zhou Yu really uses this plan now, it will be too late to send people there. Yun Chang and his men are famous generals of the time. Even if they are flooded, they will not be completely defeated. We can march quickly to meet them."

Hefei is less than a hundred miles away from Shu County, but even for the most elite cavalry, it would take a day to run from Hefei to Shucheng.

What Guo Jia said was right. During this period of time, if Zhou Yu wanted to use troops, Guan Yu and others would definitely be defeated.

Liu Yu asked Xu Chu to lead 3,000 cavalry to support the attack, while he himself led the infantry to advance towards Shu County.