Chapter 919: Leaving a Hand Liu Yu Puzzled
After Lu Su and Xu Shu learned that their opponent just now was Liu Yu, they immediately had no intention of staying, and ordered the soldiers to paddle away quickly. It's a pity that these soldiers were frightened for a while just now, and now they have to try their best to escape, which is really miserable.
Xu Shu's mood was even worse, he had been calculating for so long, and he was easily seen through by Liu Yu, which was a big blow to a wise man. So Xu Shu's face looks very bad now.
Lu Su saw that Xu Shu's face was not good, and he thought that Xu Shu was worried that if he couldn't get 100,000 sticks, he would be embarrassed by Sun Ce, so he said: "Yuan Zhi, you don't have to worry, this time it was Liu Yu who took action personally, and no one in the world can confront Liu Yu head-on to ensure that it can be foolproof." If the lord has any reproach, he will definitely say a few good words for Yuan Zhi. ”
Xu Shu smiled, Lu Su misunderstood him, but he was able to show this heart to prove that Lu Su was a friend, and Xu Shu did not make a mistake.
"Thank you Zijing, but I'm afraid that these 100,000 arrows can still be taken out below." Xu Shu said.
Lu Su looked at Xu Shu in surprise, could it be that this guy has another hand?
"Zijing, let the soldiers work hard, let's go to the public security now, my lord should have 100,000 arrows ready. It just so happens that I can go back tomorrow to give an account to General Sun. Xu Shu said calmly.
How could Xu Shu not prepare another preparation, as early as when Sun Ce wanted to prepare 100,000 arrows by himself, Xu Shu spread the news to Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to start preparing 100,000 arrows. Originally, Xu Shu thought that his strategy could be successful, and asked Liu Bei to prepare first, just to prevent it. Even if Liu Bei prepared 100,000 arrows, in the end, Xu Shu's strategy succeeded, and there was not much harm. Aren't these 100,000 arrows ready for your own use?
Obviously, it was right to keep a hand before, so that Xu Shu would not lose face on Sun Ce's side. Some people will ask, it's just a shame, isn't it good to keep these 100,000 arrows for your own use?
First of all, although these 100,000 arrows may seem like a lot, they are not very important. Things like feather arrows are consumables, and if you can't use them up, you have to find a special place to store them, and Liu Bei's needs here are not so much. More importantly, Xu Shu represents Liu Bei, Xu Shu loses face, which means that Liu Bei loses face, so even if he succeeds in defeating Liu Yu in the future, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to have the right to speak in the follow-up meritorious rewards.
In short, whether in ancient times, modern times and in the future, any distribution of interests is based on strength, and the weak can only do their own things well, in order to get what they deserve. This is the sorrow of the weak, and it is also the reality of the struggle for hegemony in troubled times.
Lu Su already knew the ins and outs of the matter in his heart, and now he felt sincere admiration for Xu Shu's mind, and said: "I have to say, Yuan Zhi, you are really powerful." I guess even the lord doesn't know how you got in touch with Uncle Liu. ”
"Hehe, General Sun just focused on Zaixia's body, and didn't notice that Zaixia just wrote a letter to my lord openly." Xu Shu said.
Lu Su nodded slightly, some things are clearly there, but often many people will ignore them.
Xu Shu and Lu Su's boats began to head towards Gong'an Harbor. Xu Shu and Lu Su were chatting and laughing on the boat, and the defeat just now seemed to have dissipated, and it did not affect the mood of the two of them. The paddling soldier kept complaining in his heart: Two adults, are you really doing this well? Sitting there giggling, we hard-working people are constantly working hard.
Obviously, Xu Shu and Lu Su will not help the soldiers, the soldiers can only work hard, who calls them inferior?
The thick fog on the Yangtze River slowly dissipated, and Dian Wei had already captured the twenty ships brought by Lu Su and Xu Shu. Fifteen ships to be exact, five of which were burned by some ruthless Jiangdong soldiers.
Dian Wei tied up all the Jiangdong soldiers who surrendered, killed all those who did not surrender and threw them into the Yangtze River to feed the fish. Treating the enemy, Dian Wei has never been soft.
After everything was done, Dian Wei returned to the water village in Wulin Harbor with the fleet and all the prisoners.
Liu Yu saw all the situation in his eyes and was very satisfied with the speed of Dian Wei's movements.
Of course, after Dian Wei returned to Shuizhai, Chen Gong and the others finally saw the specific appearance of the Jiangdong Water Army. The fifteen ships were all filled with feathered arrows on one side, and because there were too many feathered arrows, the ships were tilted as if they were going to sink at any moment.
"What are the people over there doing? Such a situation is simply scratching your head. Chen Gong and the others were constantly thinking about each other's intentions in their hearts.
At this time, Dian Wei came to Liu Yu with the captives and said, "Back to Your Majesty, I have already captured all the monkeys in Jiangdong, except for those who resisted, the rest are here." ”
"Well done!" Liu Yu was very satisfied, and then he looked at the Jiangdong soldiers captured by Dian Wei, as if he wanted to see if there were some big fish.
But it's a pity that Liu Yu didn't find some high-level people who looked like high-level people at all, as if they were all soldiers.
"All here? Did some escape? Liu Yu asked.
Dian Wei was a little embarrassed, it was true that he was run away by the enemy, and he also said honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, it is true that some of them ran away first when I attacked them, but there were not many of them. ”
"Hey, these big fish have all run away first, these are the existence of small shrimp." Liu Yu secretly screamed a pity.
Dian Wei lowered his head and didn't dare to reply, this time he didn't seem to be satisfied with Liu Yu.
Liu Yu smiled and said, "It's okay, just run away." Just catch them next time. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Dian Wei said gratefully.
Pang Tong came to Liu Yu's side and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, the ministers can't see what is going on here, and please ask Your Majesty to solve your doubts." ”
Chen Gong and the others also came to Liu Yu's side to ask for advice, and so far they don't know what is going on.
"No hurry!" Liu Yu waved his hand, then came to the captives in front of him, and said softly, "You can tell me, who took the lead this time?" ”
The captives were all stunned by Liu Yu, and in front of them was actually Emperor Shenwu, who made his lord and Jiangdong soldiers extremely distressed. None of them heard Liu Yu's question, and they were all in a state of complete confusion.
Dian Wei was not satisfied, and shouted: "Your Majesty asked you something!" All of them are dumb. Do you want to die? ”
The captives reacted immediately, the one in front of them was the biggest of all the people present, and he could take their lives at any time, and when they thought that they were here to sneak attack, I was afraid that this little life would be lost. Not to mention Dian Wei's expression of wanting to eat them, no matter how he looks at his life, there is no guarantee.
The captives were so frightened by Dian Wei that they didn't dare to speak one by one.
Liu Yu said softly: "Evil comes, you go to the side first." ”
Dian Wei obediently stood aside and said nothing, with a loyal and honest face, as if it was not him who was intimidating the captive just now.
Liu Yu's tone became softer and said, "Don't worry, you are all my people, and I won't do anything to you." If you want to go home, I can let you go. But first you have to answer the question I just asked. ”
The captives are surprised, Emperor Shenwu can let them go home? I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing. But I was going to die, but now I can live, who doesn't want to live well.
A captive who looked like a low-level military general said, "If you go back to Your Majesty, we are all here on the orders of Xu Junshi and Lord Lu. ”
This prisoner made such a decision because the other soldiers wanted to say it, and I am afraid that no one would be convinced, and his identity was okay, and if he said it, someone should believe it. After all, they were all following his subordinates, and he didn't want to give up the chance to let the big guy go back alive.
"Master Xu, Master Lu? Is it Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi, Lu Su, and Lu Zijing. Liu Yu continued to ask.
"Exactly!" Liu Yu received an affirmative reply.
Liu Yu nodded, he finally figured out who came to use the grass boat to borrow arrows, it turned out to be Xu Shu.
"Well, I am very satisfied with your answer. If you want to go home, go back. Come on, untie them. Liu Yu ordered.
The soldiers of Liu's army rushed up, took out their swords and untied all the captives in Jiangdong.
As soon as the restraints on their bodies were loosened, the captives were relieved, and then they found that the soldiers of Liu Jun had made way for them. The captives hesitated for a moment, not knowing who had taken the first step, and then all the captives ran forward. When they left, they were worried about whether Liu Jun would make a move, but when they left the water village, Liu Jun didn't have any intention of catching up. The captives finally understood that Emperor Shenwu was talking and that he was indeed giving them a chance to go home. The captives eventually returned to their own troops, and there was no way they could not do so, because their families would probably go hungry without the army. Jiangdong is not as good as the Central Plains, these captives are all domestic slaves or relatives of some families, and they cannot surrender to Liu Jun at all. This is also why Liu Yu let them go instead of surrendering. It's just that these captives put Emperor Shenwu's benevolence in their hearts, and after they returned, they continued to selflessly promote Liu Yu in the Jiangdong Army.
Liu Yu knew that Xu Shu used a straw boat to borrow arrows, and understood that although he had changed most of history, there would still be some events that were the same as history. Without Zhuge Liang, others will also think of using this trick. Just like what Taizu said in later generations, there is no Jiang bald head, and there are thousands of Jiang bald heads.
Chen Gong and the others saw the smile on Liu Yu's face, so they asked, "Your Majesty, this ......?"
Liu Yu knew that it was time to explain it to his advisers, so he said: "Actually, this is a plan used by Xu Shu to borrow arrows from a grass boat. ”
Chen Gong and the others were shocked: "Straw boat borrowing arrows? ”
"That's right. Xu Shu predicted in advance that there would be a thick fog over the Yangtze River tonight, and our army would definitely not see the reality of the enemy army and would not dare to attack. Then they made a great commotion, raising torches, so that our army thought that they were going to attack on a large scale, and our army could only attack the enemy with bows and arrows when they could not see the reality clearly. In this way, these ships will be filled with our feathered arrows. You see, one side of these tilted ships is full of our feathered arrows. Liu Yu explained.
Chen Gong and the others kept nodding, as Liu Yu said, these boats were covered with straw men on both sides, weren't they grass boats.
Liu Yu pretended to be forced and said: "I noticed the abnormality at the beginning, but I remained silent, making Xu Shu think that we were in a plan, so I kept shooting with a bow and arrow first, and paused for a while. Xu Shu must think that we are tempting, and we will inevitably increase our momentum. Sure enough, I was right, and the shouts and drums in the thick fog became even stronger. And if it really attacked, I'm afraid it would have been killed a long time ago. So I concluded that the other party wanted to play tricks on me. So I arranged for the evil to come and prepare the navy. Because if it is really as I think, then Xu Shu's ship will inevitably turn around the other side after it is all filled with feather arrows on one side. In order not to be discovered by us, they will extinguish the torches. And after Xu Shu extinguished the torch, I knew that my estimation in my heart was right. Dian Wei suddenly killed, Xu Shu's ships had lost their center of gravity and could not escape quickly, Xu Shu and Lu Su could only abandon these ships and run away first. ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Chen Gong and the others were impressed, they who claimed to be wise strategists did not expect this, but their Majesty could know it, it was too clever.
Liu Yu was secretly refreshed, he was lucky to know. The strategy of borrowing arrows from the grass boat is almost interlocking, and few people can see it. As soon as he saw the strategist with so much higher intelligence than himself looking at him with admiration, Liu Yu didn't mention how happy he was.
Dian Wei muttered, "But why did Your Majesty let those captives go?" What a great force to work with. ”
Liu Yu sneered, patted Dian Wei's shoulder, and said, "Evil, you can't do this." Acting like a human trafficker. I'm going to have a huge effect on letting them go! ”
"Huge effect? What's that? Dian Wei was relatively simple-minded and didn't understand the meaning of Liu Yu's words.
"Haha, guess for yourself!" Liu Yu smiled and left the water village.
Chen Gong, Pang Tong and the others all knew Liu Yu's intentions in doing this, and sighed: "Your Majesty is really clever." ”
Dian Wei was even more confused, and he looked at Pang Tong.
Pang Tong knew that Dian Wei was a rough man, so he simply explained to him: "Evil, Your Majesty let go of these captives for the sake of more captives. ”
"I don't understand." Dian Wei shook his head firmly.
Chen Gong and the others couldn't explain much to Dian Wei, so they could only smile and go back to rest, they were tired after a busy night.
Only Dian Wei was left distressed in the water village.