Can I get to the other side?

"Crossing the Yangtze River in white clothes..."

Sun Quan chewed on these four words repeatedly, his eyes flickering, and he was a little hesitant.

As Zhou Yu said, the impact of such behavior is extremely bad, and he will inevitably be cursed; but as long as two thousand elites cross the Yangtze River and seize the ferry, the natural barrier of the Yangtze River will no longer stop him.

He can take the two hinterlands of Kuaiji County and Wu County directly!

Even if it is impossible to take back Jiangdong from Cao Cao for a while, at least there is no need to face the threat from Zhang Liao.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan cast his eyes on Lu Meng and asked: "Ziming, how sure are you?"

"Ninety percent, I am ninety percent sure!"

Lü Meng was refreshed when he heard this, and said without hesitation: Cao's army is currently evacuating the people on a large scale, and two thousand elites are mixed in, and they will definitely not be able to detect it. "

"It will be easy to seize the ferry at that time!"

Sun Quan nodded and said: "Okay! Then this matter will be left to you. You can choose the elites of each army, and just tell me what you need. "

"I only have one goal, that is to seize the ferry!"

He didn't care about morality or immorality. If he didn't find a way to cross the Yangtze River and return to Jiangdong, he would really be slowly exhausted to death.

"Lord..."

Hearing that Sun Quan decided to adopt Lu Meng's strategy, Zhou Yu felt very anxious and wanted to continue to persuade him.

But at this time, Lu Su grabbed his arm and shook his head slowly at him, his eyes full of helplessness.

Sun Quan had made up his mind, and persuasion was useless.

On the contrary, it would bring trouble to himself.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su were friends for many years, and the two of them had a rapport. He naturally understood what Lu Su meant, but he still firmly chose to stand up the next moment.

"This plan is not appropriate, I hope the lord will think twice!"

Lu Su sighed slightly.

Sure enough, after Zhou Yu said this, Sun Quan's face suddenly turned cold, and he said coldly: "This plan is not appropriate, then what plan is appropriate? "

"When I asked you for advice, you couldn't come up with a suitable plan. When there was a feasible plan, you discouraged me. Are you so unwilling to see me defeat Cao Cao and take back Jiangdong? ! "

The last sentence was a heart-piercing remark.

Although Sun Quan was dissatisfied with Zhou Yu before and suspected that he had some secret connection with Cao Cao, he only kept it in his heart and did not speak it out.

So all the generals were shocked after hearing it.

Because the previous sentence was almost like pointing at Zhou Yu's nose and scolding him for harboring evil intentions, which was a heavy remark.

Zhou Yu was shocked and his face was full of disbelief.

Because he never expected Sun Quan to look at him like this!

Looking at Sun Quan in front of him with a cold and hard face, Zhou Yu felt very strange. Compared with the respectful look when he asked him to help stabilize the situation, he was completely different.

So he closed his mouth and remained silent.

And Sun Quan also realized at this time that he had said a little too much, but the words had been spoken and could not be changed, so he could only retract his gaze and change the subject.

"Go down and prepare for this matter quickly, don't delay!"

"Return to Xia Pi tomorrow! "

Danyang County cannot be conquered, and it is useless to continue staying here. It is better to go back and prepare for the white-clothed crossing of the river.

The generals clasped their fists and accepted the order.

But at this time, Sun He hurried into the tent and reported to Sun Quan: "My lord, the emperor's envoy came to convey the order and is now outside the camp!"

"What?"

Sun Quan and everyone in the tent were all shocked.

Han Dang said in surprise: "Why would the emperor send an envoy? Are you sure it's not a fake?"

Now they are enemies with the court!

What is the emperor sending an envoy to do at this time?

Sun He said: "The other party is carrying a staff, and he is indeed the emperor's envoy. I have checked it. "

It is easy to tell whether it is a fake or not. People can be fake, but the staff cannot be faked. Only the real envoys of the emperor can hold this thing, and no one dares to overstep the boundaries.

Even if Sun Quan is now against the court, he is also in the name of clearing the court of officials.

Nominally, he dares not do anything beyond the rules.

"Bring the person here. "

Sun Quan said after thinking for a moment.

Sun He turned and left the tent.

Soon after, everyone heard footsteps coming from outside the tent, so they all stood up straight and squinted at the entrance of the tent.

A scholar with a good appearance and bearing walked into the tent with a gorgeous golden staff, and two eunuchs followed behind him.

One of them was holding a brocade box in his hand.

And this person was Cui Lin!

As he walked into the tent, the eyes of the generals in the tent turned to him, and each of them had a rather unfriendly look, with a sense of scrutiny or sizing.

Many generals in the tent were all fierce generals who had fought out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Any one of them was fierce and aggressive, and the momentum was self-evident.

But Cui Lin simply ignored the eyes of everyone, strode into the tent with his head held high, and walked directly to Sun Quan who was in the main seat.

"Stop! "

Zhou Tai snorted coldly, and stepped forward with Xu Sheng to block Cui Lin, not allowing him to get close to Sun Quan.

"How dare you!"

Being blocked by the two, Cui Lin's face suddenly turned cold, staring at the two and said sternly: "I am the emperor's envoy, and I have come here to convey the imperial edict. Who do you think you are? How dare you stop me?"

"Get out of my way!"

Faced with the arrogant Cui Lin, Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng were furious and were about to draw their swords, but Sun Quan stopped them.

"All retreat!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng had no choice but to glare at Cui Lin hatefully and retreated unwillingly.

Cui Lin snorted coldly, strode to Sun Quan, took out the imperial edict from the brocade box held by the eunuch behind him, and said expressionlessly: "Blue-eyed thief, the imperial edict is in front of you, why don't you kneel to greet it?"

This sentence directly angered all the generals.

Even Sun Quan's face turned black instantly. Calling him the blue-eyed thief in front of him was simply not giving him any face!

Seeing Sun Quan sitting there without any reaction, Cui Lin's expression became more and more unhappy, and he said unhappily: "A traitor is a traitor, he doesn't know the slightest etiquette!"

"Forget it, the imperial edict has been delivered, and my mission is also completed."

After saying that, he placed the imperial edict on the table in front of Sun Quan, looked around at the people around him who were glaring at him, then snorted coldly, turned around and strode away.

Looking at Cui Lin's departing back, Sun Quan's murderous intent rose and fell in his eyes, but was eventually suppressed by him.

Killing angels without permission is an extremely serious crime.

He was in the name of attacking Lu Bu, and the envoy in front of him came on behalf of the emperor, and he could not move.

Under the cannibalistic gazes of many generals, Cui Lin walked out of the tent smoothly, but at the moment he stepped out of the tent, he could not help but sigh in his heart.

"It's still not arrogant enough. I should have thrown the imperial edict directly on the face of the blue-eyed thief and slapped him by the way."

"Alas, I don't know when I can be killed and my name will be recorded in history..."

Cui Lin shook his head, regretting that his behavior just now was not fierce enough.

In the tent.

Sun Quan looked at the imperial edict on the table, hesitated for a while, and then unfolded it to read, but soon he could not keep calm, and a sincere shock appeared on his face.

"My lord, what is written in the imperial edict?"

Cheng Pu asked when he saw this.

Sun Quan placed the imperial edict on the table and said slowly: "The emperor has issued an order, saying that as long as I am willing to surrender and cooperate with the court to destroy Cao Cao, all my sins will be pardoned."

Hearing the content of the imperial edict, Cheng Pu immediately snorted: "What a Lu Bu, he dared to coerce the emperor to issue such an order to induce us to surrender!"

The emperor was held hostage by Lu Bu, so the imperial edict sent by the emperor was naturally a fake one by Lu Bu.

Not only Cheng Pu, but all the generals present thought so.

Only Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Lu Su knew that this imperial edict was the emperor's intention, and it was the emperor who was trying to surrender them!

If it was before, Lu Su would choose to persuade Sun Quan to agree, but now he was watching from the sidelines, just observing Sun Quan's reaction.

Agree or refuse?

Sun Quan was also hesitant at this time. Although it was a good thing to be pardoned by the emperor, and there was an extra way out of thin air, the key was whether the emperor would really pardon their Sun family?

Secretly hiding the imperial seal, raising an army to rebel, and fighting against the court.

These are all things his Sun family has done.

Looking at the seal of the imperial seal stamped on the imperial edict, Sun Quan's eyes flashed with a trace of deep fear.

"I think... I can agree to it."

After a long time, Sun Quan slowly spoke and made a decision that shocked everyone.

A trace of surprise flashed in Lu Su's eyes.

Han Dang was immediately anxious when he heard this, and stepped forward and said: "My lord, this is obviously Lu Bu's trick! He hopes that we and Cao thieves will kill each other and let us be the vanguard!"

"Once you agree to surrender, he will definitely make us attack Cao thieves with all our strength and try to consume our strength!"

If they agree to surrender, the court will ask them to attack Cao Cao at all costs. Will they listen or not?

Zhang Liao wants to take over their army. Will they give it or not?

If they give it, they will be fish meat at the mercy of others; if they don't give it, what is the point of agreeing to surrender?

"General Han, don't be anxious."

Sun Quan comforted Han Dang, and then explained to everyone: "Of course, it is impossible to surrender, but it is okay to pretend to surrender."

"If you agree to surrender on the surface, you don't have to worry about Zhang Liao's threat for the time being, and you can eliminate your worries and attack Cao Cao and retake Jiangdong with all your strength."

He has agreed to surrender, and Zhang Liao can't attack him again.

Without the clamp and threat from Zhang Liao, he can let go of his hands and feet to deal with Cao Cao. When he retakes Jiangdong, won't he have the final say on whether to surrender or not?

"Stupid."

After listening to Sun Quan's words, the little expectation that Lu Su had finally raised in his heart suddenly dissipated completely, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

The retreat was presented in front of him, but Sun Quan actually wanted to pretend to surrender. It was a waste of such a good opportunity.

It was really short-sighted.

However, after Sun Quan's idea was expressed, it won the unanimous approval of Cheng Pu and other generals, who agreed to Sun Quan's decision and settled the matter.

Everyone dispersed, and Lu Su and Zhou Yu left the tent together.

Zhou Yu's face was full of loneliness. It was obvious that Sun Quan's words had a great impact on him, and he still hadn't recovered.

Lu Su saw his state and couldn't help but sigh: "You are sincere and loyal, but Sun Zhongmou is so suspicious of you, which shows that he is not a wise leader."

"Gongjin, listen to my advice, let's go."

Sun Quan not only dismissed Zhou Yu from the position of Grand Commander, but also said such words in public. To be honest, he was a little bit upset.

With Zhou Yu's talent, where would he not be treated as a distinguished guest?

Why should he stay here to be excluded and suspected?

Zhou Yu didn't want to talk about this matter, skipped this topic, and asked: "Zijing, do you think the emperor really intends to surrender, or is he pretending?"

"What's the point of whether it's true or false?"

Lu Su said calmly, glancing at the general tent not far away, "Whether the emperor really surrenders or not, it doesn't matter to him."

"Crossing the river in white clothes... Haha, even if he defeats Cao Cao and retakes Jiangdong by such despicable means, can he compete with the court with just Jiangdong?"

"The emperor doesn't care whether he surrenders or not. The result that the emperor wants to see is that he and Cao Cao fight each other and consume their strength."

"In any case, the court will benefit in the end."

Lu Su felt that the emperor's order was quite wise. He took the initiative to relieve Sun Quan's worries and let him fight Cao Cao boldly.

As for the final result, whether both sides were injured or one side won, there was no loss for the court, and it would be much easier to deal with.

"Alas."

Zhou Yu sighed, the building was about to collapse, but he could only watch Sun Quan step by step towards the end, but he was powerless.

What can I do.

...

Xuzhou, Tan County

Sun Quan's reply was delivered soon. Zhang Liao was not happy to learn that the other party was willing to surrender.

"It's a pity that the military merit is gone."

Zhang Liao threw the reply in his hand on the table.

His expression was quite depressed.

It was a good thing to eliminate a big enemy without bloodshed, but he hoped to defeat Sun Quan head-on and win this military merit.

However, it was the emperor's order to recruit Sun Quan, and it was indeed a good thing from a strategic level, so he was reluctant and useless.

Putting these thoughts aside, Zhang Liao called Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, and Qu Yi, and told them:

"General Huang Lao, General Qu, you two lead the troops and follow me to stop Cao Cao from migrating the people to Jiangdong."

"Zi Yi, you stay in Xuzhou to guard and keep an eye on Sun Quan."

The emperor had ordered that if Sun Quan was willing to surrender, he would stop attacking him and instead stop Cao Cao from migrating the people.

However, out of caution, Zhang Liao decided to let Taishi Ci take part of the troops to guard Xuzhou to prevent Sun Quan from going back on his word and suddenly attacking.

"I will obey your order!"

Taishi Ci and the other two clasped their fists.

Zhang Liao then asked Qu Yi: "General Qu, can you find out where Cao Cao has relocated the people?"

Qu Yi replied: "Reporting to the general, a large number of people have been relocated from Yuzhou to Yangzhou by Cao Cao and are stranded in the Huainan County area."

"Among them, the most people are stranded near Hefei."

Zhang Liao nodded, stood up and said: "Pass on my military order, gather 10,000 troops and go to Huainan County!"

...

Relocating the people is not an easy task.

Even though Cao Cao had been doing this secretly before the war, it was difficult to relocate the people in the two states.

Most of the people were just driven to Yangzhou by him. It was not until he led his troops across the river and settled in Jiangdong that he began to relocate the people to Jiangdong in batches.

Fortunately, with the help of the major families in Jiangdong, the current progress is not bad. About 30% of the people have been relocated, and the relocation will be completed in more than a month.

Lujiang County, Tongling Ferry.

On the vast river, hundreds of ships travel back and forth between the two sides of the Yangtze River, all of which are large ships capable of carrying more than a thousand people.

On the shore, Cao's soldiers are driving the people to board the ship.

Some of the people are leading cows, some are pulling horses, or carrying various other things - and this is the biggest reason for the slow migration.

Migrating the people is not just about taking people away. The people have to take their livestock, food, etc. with them. After all, these are their belongings and lifeblood, and they can't leave them behind.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop, stop!"

A Cao soldier stopped a man.

The man had a dark face and looked honest. When he was stopped by Cao's soldiers, he immediately showed panic and said fearfully: "Soldier, what's wrong?"

"You ask me what's wrong?"

The Cao's soldier glared and pointed at the oxcart behind him: "Livestock can get on the boat, but oxcarts can't!"

"And why are you pulling so many things on the cart? Aren't you afraid that the planks will collapse and fall into the water when you cross the plank bridge later!"

"Quick, quick, unload the things for me!"

The man planned to pull an oxcart onto the boat. The key point was that the oxcart was pulling a lot of goods, and boarding the boat required crossing the plank bridge, which could easily collapse the plank bridge.

The man was anxious when he heard this, and begged: "Sir, these are the goods I bought by selling all my belongings. If I unload them, I will not be able to survive!"

"Sir, please be kind and let me get on board!"

The Cao army soldier said impatiently: "It is not allowed. If you want to take the goods on board, go to the cargo ship. Only people and livestock are allowed on board here!"

"Go, go, go away, don't hinder others from boarding the ship!"

As he spoke, he pushed the man aside and let the people in line behind him get on board.

A strange color flashed in the man's eyes, and he cast his eyes on the cargo ship not far away. Without saying much, he slowly walked over with the ox cart.

The cargo ship was large, had a deep draft, and the plank bridge was very solid. This time, the man was not stopped and boarded the ship smoothly.

He was not even questioned.

On the shore, many civilians and merchants who were also pulling ox carts or horse carts lined up in front of the cargo ship after seeing this scene and boarded the ship one after another.

On the deck.

After the man who boarded the ship first put the ox cart in place, he came to the stern to get some fresh air, and came to a merchant dressed as a merchant, and whispered.

"General, the first batch of people have all boarded the ship."

Hearing what the man said, the merchant narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Be sure to be cautious on the ship and be careful not to reveal your identity."

"And those weapons and armor hidden in the cargo must not be seen by anyone, otherwise we will be dead!"

"Gather at the designated location after crossing the Yangtze River!"

The man nodded respectfully, then turned and left, leaving only the merchant to continue to get some fresh air on the deck.

The big ship slowly left the shore and headed towards the other side.