Chapter 976: The Coalition Collapses

However, after Sun Quan learned the news that Zhou Yu was captured by an arrow, he was a little uneasy in his heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although Sun Quan believed that Zhou Yu was loyal to the Sun family, he did not dare to guarantee that Zhou Yu would simply break the jar and break it, directly announce the matter to the world, and then surrender to Chen Xu.

After all, the strategy formulated by Sun Quan at that time was to use his hidden henchmen on the battlefield to directly kill Zhou Yu.

I never thought that Zhou Yu's vigilance was too strong, and although he was shot in the shoulder, he still didn't have to worry about his life after all.

"Chen Wenzhao sent a messenger to meet the lord."

At this moment, Zhou Tai walked into the camp tent and whispered to Sun Quan.

It can be seen that Zhou Tai, the Jiangdong Tiger General, has also been somewhat reduced now, and Zhou Tai has been very self-blaming during this time.

Zhou Tai felt that if he hadn't brought a letter to Zhou Yu, things wouldn't have turned out like this, and Zhou Yu, the pillar of Eastern Wu, would not have turned against Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was depressed in his heart, and after hearing Zhou Tai's words, he immediately frowned, and asked, "Chen Wenzhao sent a messenger over at this time, what happened?" ”

Zhou Tai shook his head and said, "The last general doesn't know. ”

Sun Quan walked back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and finally said, "Bring the messenger in Guanzhong." ”

It didn't take long for a Guanzhong messenger to walk in, take out a letter from his bosom, and hand it to Sun Quan.

"My lord asked me to give this letter to King Wu, and I look forward to King Wu's reply."

Although Sun Quan was a little hesitant in his heart, he finally took the letter, and after reading the contents, Sun Quan's heart that had been hanging was put down.

After walking back and forth in the house a few times, Sun Quan suddenly said: "I have agreed to all the conditions proposed by King Qin, but my nephew must stay in Jiangdong. ”

"I only hope that King Qin will keep his promise."

The messenger left with Sun Quan's reply, and Zhou Tai did not ask what was inside the letter.

He looked at Sun Quan's slightly tired appearance, and slowly withdrew from the camp.

After seeing Zhou Tai leave, Sun Quan took out the letter, watched the contents several times, and then burned it.

This letter was written by Chen Xu to Sun Quan in the name of the King of Qin, informing Sun Quan that Zhou Yu had surrendered to Guanzhong.

As long as Sun Quan was willing to send Zhou Yu's family and Sun Shao to Chang'an, Chen Xu could assure Sun Quan that he would never announce Sun Ce's death to the public.

Sun Ce's death has always been Sun Quan's greatest worry, when he sent people to poison Sun Ce, in fact, he was acting in secret, and Chen Xu didn't know at all.

It's just that Chen Xu sent people to investigate again and again, and only then did he learn the news by chance, and there were many details in Guanzhong who died for this.

Since this incident was leaked, Sun Quan has actually been uneasy in his heart, for fear that one day the matter will be revealed.

But today, Chen Xu and Zhou Yu assured Sun Quan that as long as Zhou Yu's family was returned, this matter would not be announced to the public.

Sun Quan naturally didn't believe Chen Xu's assurance, so he deliberately detained Sun Shao, but secretly threatened Zhou Yu: "If you don't want Sun Shao to die, just rot this matter in your stomach." ”

Of course, with such a relationship with Sun Shao, Sun Quan did not dare to harm Sun Shao's life.

Today's Sun Shao is an important person who maintains the verbal agreement between the two parties, once Sun Shao dies unexpectedly, it is difficult to guarantee that Zhou Yu will not go crazy and give up everything.

In Chang'an City, after Zhou Yu got Sun Quan's reply, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Is Sun Quan really so cautious and suspicious, and wants to hold Ashao as a hostage in Jiangdong?"

In the letter to Sun Quan, although it was also mentioned that Sun Shao would be sent to Chang'an, even Zhou Yu himself did not have much hope for this.

It's not just a matter of hostages, it's that Sun Quan has no reason to do it at all.

After all, sending Zhou Yu's family to Chang'an, as long as Sun Quan can manipulate public opinion, he can also gain a reputation for benevolence and righteousness.

However, if Sun Quan really sent Sun Shao to Guanzhong, not to mention that Sun Quan would lose his hostages, what would the people of the world think of Sun Quan?

I'm afraid that at that time, Sun Ce's old department, which was originally recruited by Zhou Yu, would see that it was greasy.

Chen Xu said with a smile: "Gongjin, but please rest assured, as long as we keep this secret, Ashao will not have to worry about his life." ”

"From now on, Gong Jin will serve well in Guanzhong."

Looking at the warm smile on Chen Xu's face, Zhou Yu immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you for your attention, Yu should repay him with death!" ”

Chen Xu hurriedly helped Zhou Yu up, stroked his back and said: "I don't want Gong Jin to repay him with death, I just hope that Gong Jin can assist Ah Zheng after I am a hundred years old." ”

In today's Guanzhong, the older generation of generals and strategists are older, and although the younger generation is slowly growing up, there are not too many main strategists other than Sima Yi who can be reused.

And for Sima Yi, Chen Xu is still a little jealous in his heart, and he needs to find someone to restrain him.

Although Zhou Yu is in his early forties, he is still much younger than Chen Xu and others, as long as there are no accidents, he can live for at least ten years.

With Zhou Yu's loyalty and ability, he will definitely be able to assist Chen Zheng to achieve a career in the future.

Chen Xu, as Chen Zheng's father, single-handedly laid the foundation of Guanzhong Nuoda, and at this time, he planned for the future of Guanzhong, which can definitely be regarded as well-intentioned.

Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "The Lord is in the prime of life, why did he say such a depressing word? ”

Chen Xu smiled and shook his head, no longer continuing the topic, but asked, "What does Gong Jin think about the current battle situation?" ”

Zhou Yu immediately replied proudly: "If the lord can trust me Zhou Yu, please let General Gan go to Yizhou with me, so that the lord can conquer the land of Jingzhou." ”

Chen Xu and Zhou Yu glanced at each other, and then laughed, everything was silent.

There are now more than 100,000 troops in Yizhou, but after Huang Zhong led his troops back to Jingzhou, he cooperated with Xu Shu and relied on the strength of Jingzhou's naval army, which was able to block Chen Zheng's attack.

In fact, with Yizhou's current strength, it is not difficult to attack Jingzhou.

It's just that Yizhou lacks naval generals like Zhou Yu and Gan Ning, and with Chen Zheng, Xu Huang and others alone, it is not enough to be able to take Jingzhou.

If Zhou Yu and Gan Ning arrived in Yizhou and led the Yizhou army to attack Jingzhou, they would not be able to defeat Xu Shu.

In the camp tent of Eastern Wu, since Zhou Yu was captured by the Guanzhong army, Tai Shici began to become depressed.

Although Tai Shici rejected Zhou Yu's rebellion at the beginning, the seeds of suspicion about Sun Quan were gradually buried in his heart.

Tai Shi Ci is a loyal and righteous person, Sun Ce is even more kind to him, if he gets the exact news, Sun Ce was really killed by Sun Quan, Tai Shi Ci may not be able to accept this fact.

During this time, Tai Shi Ci was also sending people to secretly investigate the truth, but no matter how Tai Shi Ci visited, he couldn't find any clues.

But now, Tai Shici suddenly got the news that Sun Quan was going to send Zhou Yu's family to Chang'an.

Although Sun Quan said righteously and awe-inspiringly, claiming that Zhou Yu was captured and unwilling to surrender, Chen Xu cherished Zhou Yu's talent and couldn't bear to kill him.

Zhou Yu was placed under house arrest by Chen Xu, and Sun Quan thanked Zhou Yu for his loyalty to the Sun family, and sent Zhou Yu's family to Chang'an for the reunion of Zhou Yu's family.

This kind of reason is awe-inspiring, but it can only deceive those ordinary soldiers and get their praise, and the rest of the people who are a little sensible will not believe this kind of statement.

And Tai Shici is one of them.

Sun Quan's abnormal behavior had to make Tai Shici suspicious, and Tai Shici believed in Zhou Yu's loyalty and believed in Zhou Yu's wisdom, and would never fall for such a simple counter-plot.

Then there is only one truth left, that is, there is really something wrong with Sun Ce's death.

On this day, Tai Shici was very rare to drink in the barracks, and he was very drunk.

Sun Ce has the grace of knowing Tai Shi Ci, and the two are even more happy with each other; After Sun Quan became the lord of Jiangdong, he also attached great importance to Tai Shici, a general.

It can be said that both of them have great kindness to Tai Shi Ci, and it is impossible for Tai Shi Ci to rebel against Sun Quan in order to avenge Sun Ce.

It's just that Sun Quan's viciousness still makes Tai Shici feel a little chilled.

"Where do I go from here?"

Tai Shi Ci was drunk, and he fell asleep directly on the ground, and disappeared the next day, but his general's seal was hung in the camp tent.

Tai Shi Ci left quietly, without leaving a word, and without making excuses for himself.

After Sun Quan learned the news that Tai Shici hung up his seal and left, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he almost fainted to the ground.

"I never thought that even Ziyi would abandon me."

At this moment, Sun Quan was really panicked, since he inherited the foundation of Eastern Wu, he has been constantly winning people's hearts, and he has also added to Sun Ce's old department.

Sun Quan originally thought that with his own dedication and personality charm, even if Sun Ce's death was exposed, he would be able to get the followers of the generals.

I never thought that Zhou Yu intended to rebel, and then Tai Shici left without saying a word.

The two of them are both literary and martial, and they are the real pillars of Eastern Wu, but because of a person who has been dead for many years, they turned their backs on Sun Quan.

This made Sun Quan feel a deep sense of frustration while panicking.

Sun Quan lay on the bed and secretly sighed in his heart: "Brother, I'm really not as good as you." ”

Tai Shici's departure caused an uproar in the Dongwu military camp, and those former subordinates of Sun Ce were co-opted by Zhou Yu, and at first they also thought that this matter was Chen Xu's counter-plan.

It's just that Zhou Yu and Tai Shici's actions, as well as Sun Quan's abnormal behavior, made some generals of Eastern Wu suspicious.

Although they did not leave like Tai Shici, they also had thousands of doubts in their hearts, and in the process of fighting with the Guanzhong army, they had no fighting spirit at all.

Although the Soochow army was numerous, it had become completely warlike, and although the coalition forces had a slight upper hand, they had already declined on the battlefield.

In Cao's military camp, Cao Cao and Guo Jia were relatively speechless, and they didn't expect that things would evolve like this.

Of course, it cannot be said that the two are not thoughtful, which is also a hidden danger caused by intelligence asymmetry.

Although the two knew that Zhou Yu and Sun Quan were centrifuged, and Sun Quan wanted to get rid of Zhou Yu, they didn't know why they were like this.

Therefore, Guo Jia didn't know that Soochow had reached the point where it was shaky and could collapse at any time.

Cao Cao's face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Although there are many soldiers in Eastern Wu, they have no intention of fighting, this defeat is decided, and it will be difficult to return to the sky!" ”

In the camp of the commander of the coalition army, Zhuge Liang's eyes were a little dull.

This campaign against Chen Xu was huge, and at the beginning, the coalition army was also like a bamboo, attacking the city and defeating the Guanzhong army one after another.

However, when the Guanzhong army began to counterattack, Zhuge Liang realized that this alliance was really fragile.

His fists were clenched tightly, even though the weather was slowly becoming warmer now, Zhuge Liang's heart was becoming cold.

"Knock knock!"

At this moment, the passionate war drums sounded, and Chen Xu once again led the Guanzhong army out of the city to call for battle.

Time passed slowly, and the battle situation under Chang'an City became more and more favorable to the Guanzhong army, and Sun Quan wanted to withdraw his troops several times, but was retained by Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

It's just that the soldiers of Eastern Wu are not very useful on the frontal battlefield at all.

During this time, although the coalition forces did not really begin to rout, the balance of victory had slowly moved closer to the Guanzhong army.

At this time, the news of Zhou Yu's surrender to Chen Xu was still concealed, and although Sun Quan knew about it, he did not inform everyone about it.

After a day of fighting between the two armies, Sun Quan dragged his tired body back to the camp, but Lu Xun walked in with a worried face.

"My lord, it is impossible for the coalition forces to take Chang'an now, and now the soldiers have no desire to fight, so let's lead the troops back to Jiangdong."

Sun Quan also wanted to retreat, but he felt unwilling.

At this moment, Zhou Tai rushed in in a panic and said, "Lord, Zhou Yu surrendered to the King of Qin, led Gan Ning to quietly arrive in Yizhou, broke the Jingzhou naval army, and killed Huang Zhong, the general of Jingzhou. ”

"Xu Shu's troops were defeated and retreated to Xiangyang, and hundreds of thousands of Yizhou troops surrounded Xiangyang."

"What?"

When Sun Quan and Lu Xun heard the news, they spoke out almost at the same time, with a look of surprise on their faces.

"Lord, lord, Youzhou emergency."

Before Sun Quan could recover from the shock, Zhu Huan broke in from the outside and said, "Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Deng Ai, Wang Yan and Yuan Tan fought, and the Yuan army was broken in Zhuo County, and Yuan Tan retreated to Jizhou. ”

"The state army could not attack the city, Zhang Liao turned to attack the rest of the counties in Youzhou, and the officials of the eastern counties and counties in Youzhou surrendered, and all the Youzhou belonged to Chen Wenzhao."

Sun Quan was paralyzed and sat on the ground, his face becoming extremely pale.

"The general trend is gone, the general trend is gone."

Lu Xun took a deep breath and hurriedly said: "If these two battle reports are spread all over the barracks, the coalition soldiers will definitely collapse in an instant. ”

"If the lord wants to preserve the strength of Eastern Wu, please lead the troops to retreat overnight."

"In this way, with the natural danger of the Yangtze River and the world-beating Dongwu naval army, even if Chen Wenzhao wins Jingzhou, the lord will not be able to compete with him."

Sun Quan also knew that the general trend was gone, and Wu Jun was not in a good condition now.

After hearing Lu Xun's words, Sun Quan was like a drowning man grasping the last life-saving straw, and hurriedly nodded yes, but he didn't know that Zhuge Liang actually pulled out the village overnight.

It's just that Lu Xun smiled bitterly in his heart.

Zhou Yu surrendered to Chen Xu, and with Gan Ning to cooperate in the battle, it would take five years at most to train a powerful naval army.

At that time, what will be the fate of Soochow?