Chapter 8 Arrow on the String 17th March Down, Yangzhou Lujiang County, Anhui City. The melodious sound of the piano comes from a quiet courtyard, which is beautiful and moving.

Lu Su dismounted from a distance and walked slowly to the door. The guards standing at the door hurriedly bowed and saluted. Lu Su put his index finger to his mouth and motioned for them not to speak.

A few people stood in front of the door, continuing to listen to the light and melodious music. Zhou Lang was a young man, not only married a good wife with both talent and appearance, but also was worshiped by the court as the general of Jianwei, which can be described as a double happiness.

Lu Su was immersed in the sound of the piano and sighed secretly. At the beginning of the year, Zhou Yu married the youngest granddaughter of the former Taiwei Qiao Xuan, and got her long-cherished wish fulfilled.

This family affair was set by Zhou Yu's father, Zhou Yi, a few years ago. The Zhou family is a great family in Yangzhou, and the bridge family who avoided chaos in Yangzhou Wancheng is also a high gate, which is considered a good match.

Originally, Zhou Yi took a fancy to Qiao Yu's eldest daughter, but in the year when Yuan Shu attacked Lujiang County, Sun Ce visited Qiao Yu with Yuan Shu, and happened to see the bridge, and he was shocked for a while.

Of course, Sun Ce's mind couldn't hide from Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu proposed to Qiao Yu the next day. Qiao Yu is unwilling, the Sun family and the Qiao family are not in the right household, Sun Ce himself has neither a prominent reputation nor a superb talent, but he is just a martial artist, what qualifications do he have to marry the Qiao family?

Qiao Yu didn't agree, and Yuan Shu didn't leave. The Qiao family and the Yuan family are world friends, and when Taiwei Qiao Xuan passed away, the family had no money for the funeral, but it was Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui and a group of old friends who paid to help.

But friendship is friendship, this matter is related to the reputation of the bridge family and the happiness of the children, and Qiao Yu will not agree no matter what.

Yuan Shu saw that his coercion and temptation were useless, and he became angry. If you don't agree, I'll snatch them away today.

The powerful ghost Yuan Changshui in the road, Qiao Yu has been taught, this person is a scoundrel and can't be provoked.

Qiao Yu was forced to say that the bridge had been promised to the Zhou family. Yuan Shu said, don't you have two daughters, you marry Daqiao to the Sun family, and Xiaoqiao to the Zhou family, isn't it the best of both worlds.

Qiao Yu was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, how could there be such a nonsense thing in the world? But Yuan Shu had a knife in his hand, and he said what it was, and Qiao Yu didn't dare not agree.

So this family business was decided. The Zhou family dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. However, Daqiao was married to the Sun family, and with the relationship between the two families, the Zhou family had no choice but to laugh it off.

In this way, two years ago, when Sun Ce had just gained a foothold in Jiangdong, Yuan Shu urged Sun Ce to marry Daqiao into the family.

At the beginning of this year, Zhou Yu married Xiaoqiao. As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, and this is true. On the occasion of Zhou Yu's newlywed Yan'er, the imperial court came to the decree to reward the Jiangdong soldiers for their crusade against rebellion, and to worship Sun Ce as the general of the capture and Zhou Yu as the general of Jianwei.

This reward made Zhou Yu uneasy. Cao Cao is too cunning, the order to reward is fake, and the split Jiangdong is true.

The general and the Zhonglang general are both officials with a rank of 2,000 stones, although there is a gap in rank, they can both command the army, and the holy decree does not stipulate that Zhou Yu is controlled by Sun Ce.

To put it bluntly, if Zhou Yu wants to fight with Sun Ce in Jiangdong, now is the time. At this time, Zhou Yu didn't want Jiangdong to split.

He hurriedly wrote to Sun Ce and sent Lu Su to Moling in person to explain. The sound of the piano gradually stopped, and Zhou Yu's laughter came out of the door,

"Today's stroking the qin, the sound of the piano is joyful, could it be that there is a guest?" Lu Su smiled slightly, pushed the door in,

"The princess is in high spirits." When Zhou Yu saw Lu Su, he hurriedly pushed the piano and got up, and strode up to meet him.

"Zijing, you came back so soon? What did Brother Bo Fu say? Lu Su did not answer Zhou Yu.

After a few words of greeting, he asked unhurriedly,

"I remember that two years ago, when Sun Ce and you led the army to defeat Liu Xuan, the armies of Zhenrong, Xue Li, Xu Gong and others, and occupied Wu County, he immediately sent you to garrison Danyang, and did not let you continue to lead the army to attack Huiji County with him, why?" Zhou Yu's face changed slightly, and his smile gradually dissipated.

"Is it because of your Zhou Gongjin's intelligence and achievements, and because of the illustrious reputation of your Yangzhou Zhou family, that Sun Ce feels threatened?" Zhou Yu looked up at the gray sky outside the window, and his heart was gloomy.

At that time, Sun Ce's most powerful adviser, Sun Jian's old subordinate Gongsun said that he died in the battle of crossing the river, and Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong had just defected to Sun Ce and were not reused and trusted by Sun Ce. Sun Ce relied on your strategy to win consecutive battles. Although your outstanding talent helped Sun Ce gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong, it also made Sun Ce feel threatened, so after Sun Ce took Wu County, he immediately drove you to Danyang. After that, Sun Ce fought, several times unfavorably, a small Huiji County, he actually fought for nearly a year, this kind of person ......" Lu Su raised his eyes to look at Zhou Yu, and sighed softly,

"Gongjin, with your family background and talents, why do you want to follow him? With this kind of person, can you display your talents? Can you achieve your ambitions? Can you do great things? Zhou Yu's expression was very complicated.

He slowly walked over to the table and sat down, silent.

"This time to evacuate Jiujiang County, Sun Ce withdrew to Jiangdong with 20,000 troops, and took all the sailors and warships, all the looted property, and you? Except for our original 3,000 men and horses, plus the 3,000 captives we surrendered in the attack on Shouchun, there was nothing, not even enough food and grass, but he left you alone in Lujiang County to fight against Yuan Shu's army. ”

"On the surface, it seems that Sun Ce trusts you and hands over a Lujiang County to you, but if you think about it carefully, this is actually a plan to kill people with a knife."

"If Yuan Shu wants to fight Jiangdong, he must first take Lujiang County, so as not to suffer the enemy on his back. We only have 6,000 men and horses, and 3,000 are prisoners, so we can't defeat Yuan Shu. You will either be defeated and die, or you will lose Lujiang County and return to Jiangdong to confess your guilt. Of course, Sun Ce would not kill you because of this incident, but with your fault, Sun Ce could completely leave you idle and throw you aside. Sun Ce's sinister intentions, can't you see it? Zhou Yu shook his hand at Lu Su and motioned for him not to speak.

Lu Su snorted coldly and continued: "How Yuan Shu treated Sun Ce, everyone in Yangzhou knows it, but how did Sun Ce repay him? Do you think that with a few words from the two of us, you can say anti-Sun Ce? The reason why Sun Ce wants to invite you to Jiangdong is precisely to use you, with the help of the reputation of your Yangzhou Zhou family, to barely find some face for his shameless act of betraying the art of mourning. For him, you are indeed his brother, but you are also a tool he uses, and when you have no use value for him, your fate can be imagined. Thinking about Yuan Shu's miserable situation today, you know how ruthless Sun Ce's heart is. Zhou Yu's face turned angry, and his handsome face twitched violently a few times.

"What did Brother Bo Fu say to you?"

"Sun Ce wants you to attack Jiujiang County with him." Lu Su took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms and handed it to Zhou Yu,

"He said that this is the decree of the Son of Heaven, and that you must obey his command."

"Attack Jiujiang County? Why? Zhou Yu asked in surprise,

"At this time, if you go to fight Yuan Shu who is angry, isn't it looking for death?" Lu Su smiled bitterly, with a look of mockery and disdain,

"Yuan Shu is Yuan Shu, he dares to do what others dare not do. He re-established the imperial system in Shouchun, and heard that the new emperor was the grandfather of today's son, Chen Wang Liu Chong. Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, and then smashed the bamboo slip in his hand to the ground.

"Is the emperor child's play? Yuan Highway is too much. ”

"Isn't Sun Ce too much?" Lu Su sneered,

"Yuan Shu re-established the imperial system, Cao Cao and Liu Bei naturally wanted to beat him. At this time, he actually threatened you in the name of the Divine Decree of the Son of Heaven and asked you to fight Yuan Shu, and his intentions are unknown. If you die, who else has the strength to compete with him for Jiangdong? ”

"Do I have the strength?" Zhou Yu said angrily,

"Zijing, I believe Brother Bo Fu, don't be suspicious."

"Of course you have the strength." Lu Su glared at Zhou Yu,

"Now you have occupied Lujiang County. As long as you conquer Yuzhang County again, you can get tens of thousands of troops from Liu Xuan and Di Rong, nearly 1,000 warships, and control about 700 miles of the Yangtze River from Wuhu to Chaisang. With your strength, can't you compete with Sun Ce and compete with him for Jiangdong? Zhou Yujian frowned slightly, and asked urgently: "Yuzhang County has news?" ”

"This is the main reason why Sun Ce is eager to trick you into attacking Yuan Shu." Lu Su took out another letter from his arms,

"This is a message from a friend of mine from Yuzhang County. Di Rong was defeated by Liu Xian and was fleeing to the southern county of Yuzhang County, and Peng Ze was now an empty city. Zhou Yu snatched the letter from Lu Su's hand and took a closer look, the expression on his face became extremely grim.

"Tai Shici is still in the Lingyang area?"

"Yes, Tai Shici's army is still in Danyang, and with him in the east of Yuzhang County to help us block Sun Ce, we can easily defeat Liu Xuan and Hua Xin and take the entire territory of Yuzhang." Lu Su looked at Zhou Yu and asked word by word, "Is Sun Ce really your brother?" ”

"But Sun Ce is now the assassin of Yangzhou, and the counties of Yangzhou are under his command."

"According to what you say, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei should be Cao Cao's subordinates." Lu Su stroked his beard and smiled,

"In today's world, if you want to survive, you need strength, and if you don't have strength, you have to die." Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and smashed his fist on the desk,

"I immediately crossed the river and killed Peng Ze." Lu Su waved his hand excitedly,

"Okay, I'll help you defend Lujiang County."

"How many people do you want?"

"Yuan Shu is too busy to take care of himself, how can he have the energy to take care of Lujiang?" Lu Su stretched out a hand,

"Five hundred is enough." In April, Chang'an, the camp of the Western Xinjiang Army. Pound strode into the tent. Ma Chao was disheveled and sat on the ground like a madman.

Long iron chains bound Ma Chao's hands and feet, making it difficult for him to move. Seeing Pound, Ma Chao's eyes shot a hot gaze,

"Huge man, come and save me......" Pang De looked at Ma Chao's embarrassed appearance, his heart was sour, and he didn't speak for a long time.

A few days ago, Ma Chao led the army to leave the barracks to attack Du Ling without authorization, although he was killed happily for a while, but he was arrested by Han Sui after he came back.

Ma Chao's army was also disarmed and trapped in the camp. Ma Chao suddenly realized something, and a desperate look appeared on his face,

"Are you leaving?" Pound nodded and sat down beside Ma Chao, wanting to say something, but couldn't speak.

Before leaving, he deliberately begged Han Sui to let Ma Chao go. Han Di agreed, but he asked Pang De to take Ma Chao away.

Otherwise, he would have imprisoned Ma Chao until the army defeated Yuan Shao.

"Why are you leaving? Is it because my father had a bloody battle with Li Hong in Western Xinjiang? Is it because my father once attacked the Northern Frontier Army in Guanzhong? Is it because my father went to attack Jizhou? Isn't it ......" Ma Chao widened his blood-red eyes and roared,

"You tell me, why are you leaving? Mr. didn't fight Chang'an to avenge my father, he fought for Guanzhong. If you leave, he may kill me, or he may give me to Yuan Shao. ”

"Meng Qi, calm down." Pound shook his head and whispered. Ma Chao has been blinded by hatred, his reason has been burned by anger, and it is useless to say anything at this time.

"I beg you, please save me......" Ma Chao wanted to kneel, but his legs were tied and he fell to the ground weakly,

"Huge man, you save me, save me, I want revenge, I want revenge......" Pound saw Ma Chao curled up on the ground, painful and miserable.

His eyes couldn't help but be hot, and tears almost rolled out. Pound helped Ma Chao up and made him sit on the ground,

"Would you like to go with me to the North?"

"I'm not going, I'm not going, I'm not going anywhere......" Ma hissed,

"I want to stay in Chang'an, I want revenge......"

"Yuqi, how can you take revenge like this?" Pound said helplessly,

"Revenge requires strength and timing, if you take revenge like this, what revenge can you take except to die?"

"Strength? Strength? "Ma Chao is like a scarred wolf, constantly wailing and screaming,

"Strength, I want strength."

"Meng Qi, come with me." Pound put his arms around his shoulders hard,

"When you arrive in Northern Xinjiang, you will have strength and opportunities, otherwise, you will not be able to avenge this blood feud in your life."

"No, I'm not going, I'm not going......" Ma Chao shook his head again and again,

"Huge man, I beg you, go and beg Mr. for me, I listen to him, I listen to him for everything, I won't do anything with him, I won't do it again." Pang De left, he sent Ma Chao to his military camp, and then left Chang'an with the army.

When he looked back at the Western Xinjiang Army camp with the banner unfurled, a wave of fear suddenly passed through his heart, can Mr. take Guanzhong as he wishes?

In Chang'an City, Guanzhong Xingyuan. Yuan Shao put down the scroll in his hand and looked down at the map on the desk.

The letter from the frustrated secretary detailed that Yuan Shu forcibly re-established the emperor and unified the emperor despite dissuasion. Yuan Shu's purpose was very simple, he swore to drag Yuan Shao together to fight Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

In fact, in the current situation, even if Yuan Shu did not establish an imperial unity, Cao Cao and Liu Bei would have to fight Yuan Shu.

One of them wants to seize the two counties of Jiangbei in Yangzhou, and the other wants to take back their own Xiapi County, and it is impossible not to fight this battle.

Originally, this was the best opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and take the opportunity to take the Central Plains, but because the battle situation in Guanzhong was tense and Hanoi was in a hurry to start a war, Cao Cao and Liu Bei had nothing to fear, but Luoyang was helpless.

Hebei will pay attention to the Guanzhong battlefield this year, and will also go to Liaodong to quell the rebellion and stabilize northern Xinjiang, so it is unlikely that the northern Xinjiang army will launch an offensive in Hanoi again.

Fu Zhu suggested postponing the war in Hanoi and requisitioning part of the army in Hanoi to the south to join up with the remaining part of the Yuzhou army, so that Cao Cao and Liu Bei could threaten the Central Plains when they fought fiercely with Yuan Shu in the Huaishui area, and then wait for an opportunity to take the Central Plains.

In order to achieve this goal, the Guanzhong battlefield must decide the winner as soon as possible and drive Han Sui out of Guanzhong. Luoyang did not have the strength to fight in two battlefields at the same time.

"Decide the winner early?" Yuan Shao smiled bitterly and shook his head,

"Tell me, what method will you use to force Han Sui to fight us in a decisive battle?" Xu You, Tian Feng, Feng Ji, Xin Ping and other subordinates looked at each other speechlessly.

In order to force Han Sui to fight a decisive battle, all the methods were exhausted, but Han Sui insisted on the two cities of Feng and Ho, and should never fight.

"Suspend the fighting in Hanoi, and the Northern Xinjiang Army in Hedong will not attack Kansai, so that we can ensure that the grain route is unimpeded." Yuan Shao said,

"However, the stalemate in the war is very bad for us. In my opinion, are we considering withdrawing from Chang'an and luring Han Sui to the area of Baling and Xinfeng to be annihilated? Tian Feng strongly opposed, the Western Xinjiang Army has many iron cavalry, once the army retreats, the iron cavalry takes the opportunity to pursue, and the army may be defeated.

"It's still a divisive strategy, Han Sui has patience, and we have it too. Whoever can endure until the end without making a mistake wins. Tian Feng said,

"Recently, we have sent people to see Han Sui every once in a while, and every time we carry heavy gifts. Han Sui was really scared, and those who came did not refuse, and they would accept the courtesy. If this continues, Ma Chao and some generals in Western Xinjiang will definitely have a grudge against Han Sui, and something will happen sooner or later. ”

"How is the matter of bribing the generals of Western Xinjiang?" Yuan Shao asked.

"A lot of people took our gifts." Tian Feng said with a smile,

Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, and Li Kan, the leaders of Western Xinjiang, saw that Qian was open-minded, and their hearts were full of joy. I heard that Liang Xing said to the gift-giver that it is rare to see beautiful women in Western Xinjiang, which means ......"

"Then send them to them, and send a few to Han Sui." Yuan Shao waved his hand indifferently.

"In my opinion, Hebei may not want to see Han Sui occupy Guanzhong." Xu You said,

"I heard Pound is gone."

"Reliable information?" Yuan Shao asked in surprise.

"Reliable, it was revealed by a subordinate beside Han Sui. The people of Western Xinjiang are too poor, as long as they spend money, they can buy any news. Xu You smiled disdainfully,

"For Hebei, it is better for Han Sui to have limited strength, so that Hebei can control Han Sui, and if he has nothing to do, he can be instigated to send troops to threaten Guanzhong. It worked well for us. But once Han Sui won Guanzhong, things would be different. Han Sui has the strength to join forces with us to fight against Hebei. Hedong was in danger, and Hebei was immediately in trouble. ”

"If Han Sui was willing to negotiate peace with us, wouldn't it be good?" Yuan Shao sighed,

"Western Xinjiang is the gateway to Guanzhong, and we need Han Sui to sit in Western Xinjiang. Wasn't the reason why Fufeng County was given to Ma Teng in the first place was to let Han Sui stay in Western Xinjiang? ”

"We're still organically meeting and meeting." Tian Feng said calmly,

"If Han Sui loses with us, Guanzhong may be handed over to Hebei, and the western Xinjiang will not be guaranteed, so we don't want to lose our husband or Han Sui. This battle is more about patience. ”

"I believe that Ma Chao, who has lost his mind, will eventually break out one day." Jump to