Farmer of Shu Han

In fact, Sun Deng died earlier than Zhuge Jin.

However, in order not to affect the morale of the troops on the front line, and also to avoid chaos, Sun Deng gave special orders before he died:

Before His Majesty's will is sent back, he must keep the news of his death a secret, that is, the legendary secrecy.

Rao Sun Quan had seen strong winds and waves, but when he suddenly received the news of Sun Deng's death, he was still overwhelmed by the shock, and even a sense of fear rose from the bottom of his heart, and his hands and feet were cold.

the reason is simple.

Now not only the vast majority of Wu's troops are on the north bank of the river, but even he, the emperor of Wu, is like this.

The sudden death of the prince Sun Deng, who was originally guarding the rear, made the entire rear truly empty.

If someone is plotting against Jianye at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan immediately stopped his tears - this is not a sad moment!

"Come on!"

"His Majesty?"

"Immediately send an order, the whole army retreats!"

"Here!"

"Also, take my warrant, go to Jingzhou, let the general..."

When Sun Quan said this, he suddenly paused again, his face a little cloudy and uncertain.

In the end, he looked at the prince's legacy that he had been holding in his hand and was reluctant to put it down, and finally he slowed down:

"Let someone take my warrant and ask the general if he wants to retreat."

"Here."

After arranging everything, Sun Quan seemed to have been drained of energy from his whole body, and his body suddenly hunched down.

Sun Quan, who had officially entered the year of Ershun, finally really looked like an ordinary old man at this time.

When attacking Hefei ahead, Wang Ling attacked Liang Dao with fine cavalry, trying to cut off the army's retreat.

In an emergency, clan relative Sun Shao took the initiative to stay behind, although he blocked the thieves, but when he retreated out of the camp, he was still entangled by the fine cavalry of Wei Jun.

Sun Shao had few soldiers and infantry, so his formation was almost overwhelmed.

Sun Shao was forced to lead his personal guards into battle, so he managed to stabilize his position, but in the chaos, he was stabbed by a cavalry halberd of the Wei army and injured.

After returning to the ship, although he tried his best to treat him, he lost blood and died.

Sun Shao's death dealt a certain blow to the morale of the army.

Therefore, after Sun Quan learned that Quan Cong had withdrawn from Shouchun and that Zhuge Ke could not take Lu'an in a short period of time, he urgently summoned the two of them to Chaohu.

Unexpectedly, just after stabilizing the morale of the army, Sun Quan got the news that Sun Deng was seriously ill and died.

The heavy blow of losing two relatives in succession made him unable to hold on anymore.

Sun Quan sat down tremblingly, leaning on the table, and spread out the posthumous note written by Sun Deng again:

"... Lu Xun was loyal and diligent, he was born and worried about the country, and he was in the public office, so he has the character of a bandit..."

He originally wanted to order Lu Xun in the west to retreat immediately, but he changed his mind at the last moment, precisely because of this sentence in Sun Deng's posthumous memorial.

At this time, Sun Quan still had a glimmer of hope for Lu Xun.

I only hope that he can really be "loyal and diligent at the time" as the prince said, and conquer Xiangyang to relieve his worries.

It can also be said that Sun Quan is still not reconciled at this time.

This time, the soldiers of the whole country went north, and so many people died. If they did not return without success, it would take many years for Wu to recover.

Thinking of future internal and external troubles, when Sun Quan retreated urgently and returned to Jianye to take charge of the overall situation, he could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and let Lu Xun, who was far away in Jingzhou, act according to the situation.

After all, although the east did not capture Shouchun, it still deterred the thieves.

If Lu Xun can really cooperate to capture Xiangyang in the west, this time, at least, he has achieved his goal.

Sun Quan's idea was very good, who would have expected that he had just arrived at Ruxukou, Jingzhou, and sent another urgent message:

General Zhuge Jin died of illness in the army!

Sun Quan, who was standing on the boat, heard the news and shook his body, his eyes suddenly went dark.

He didn't care about maintaining the emperor's demeanor in front of the soldiers, so he collapsed on the board of the ship and cried out in mourning:

"Heaven will kill me, Great Wuhu!"

Zhuge Ke, who was following him, also burst into tears when he learned that his lord had died of illness:

"A grown-up is seriously ill, but a child can't serve him, it's really unfilial..."

For a time, all the lieutenant officers and soldiers of the Wu army were panicked, and the army had no fighting spirit.

Quan Cong, who temporarily took over Sun Quan's military leadership, had no choice but to lead the army away from Chaohu by boat and head towards Jianye.

With Sun Quan's return to Jianye, the news of Prince Sun Deng's death finally began to spread.

And at this time, Lu Xun, who had been in hiding since Wu sent troops, finally appeared in the army led by Bu Zhi.

"The top general?"

Lu Xun's sudden appearance made Bu Zhi a little surprised:

"Why are you here? Your Majesty..."

Lu Xun raised an arm, signaling Bu Zhi not to continue:

"Let's talk inside."

Take the lead at the moment and head towards the handsome tent.

Seeing Lu Xun's appearance, Bu Zhi frowned slightly, and followed him.

When the two came to the tent, Lu Xun turned around, faced the Bu stallion who was following him, and asked solemnly:

"General Bu, a few days ago I only asked you to retreat to Bian County (that is, the border of Wei, Wu and Jingzhou) to stand by. Why did you retreat directly to Dangyang?"

In name, Lu Xun has the right to lead everything to the west of Zhangyu.

But in fact, in order to ensure the stability of power in Jingzhou and prevent Lu Xun from dominating power, Sun Quan took great pains in personnel arrangements.

He gave in and led an army alone, stationed in Xiling (that is, Yichang City, not far from Yiling), guarding against Ji Han and Wei Guo at the same time, and directly obeying his orders, not subject to Lu Xun's restraint.

This arrangement is because Lu Xun is a representative of the Jiangdong clan, while Bu Zhi is from the Huaisi Group.

In the early years of Ji Han, the foreign veterans, Jingzhou faction, Dongzhou faction and Shudi faction who entered Shu earlier, all fought openly and covertly for the benefit of their own factions, fighting for the right to speak.

Even now, in the face of the gradual rise of the Yongliang aristocratic family, the newly recruited Kanto family does not hesitate to put down their arrogance in order to seek a place in Jihan.

In the state of Wu, the Jiangdong native group and the Huaisi southward group are the two most important political and military forces in the Sun Wu regime.

Naturally, it is impossible for these two major forces to be selfless, let go of their prejudices and selfishness, and work together to build a better Wu.

In order to avoid discord between Lu Xun and Bu Zhi, Sun Quan placed the generous Zhuge Jin in Jingzhou.

Zhuge Jin made friends with Lu Xun, and at the same time made friends with Bu Zhi in his early years, traveling around Wuzhong.

It can be said that over the years, it is precisely because Zhuge Jin has coordinated between Lu Xun and Bu Zhi that the two have been able to live in peace.

Now that Zhuge Jin died of illness suddenly, Lu Xun inevitably spoke in a bad tone when the military situation was urgent and Bu Zhi refused to obey his military orders.

Although Bu Zhi's official position is not as good as Lu Xun's, his qualifications are much older than Lu Xun's, so it is naturally impossible to show weakness at this time:

"Major General, it's not because I don't want to obey the orders of the General, but because His Majesty hastily sent someone to send news about the death of the crown prince."

Bu Zhi stared closely at Lu Xun, "Your Majesty's letter to me said that the rear of the Wu Kingdom is empty, so he has led the troops back to Jianye, just in case."

"Now that the general (i.e. Zhuge Jin) has passed away suddenly, Jingzhou is also in turmoil. I did this just in case."

Lu Xun didn't listen to Bu Zhi's explanation, but asked:

"Has Your Majesty ever ordered the general to retreat?"

Bu Zhi remained silent.

Naturally, Sun Quan didn't make an explicit concession to Bu Zhi to withdraw his troops, but after following Sun Quan for so many years, how could Bu Zhi not know His Majesty's concerns?

"Since His Majesty did not allow the general to retreat, the general will still obey me."

Lu Xun's tone became severe:

"I can tell the general that nothing happens in Jingzhou! Now I want the general to follow the original plan and return to the north immediately."

Bu Zhi continued to remain silent.

Seeing this, Lu Xun took a deep breath and said in a slow tone:

"Infantry General, this time the soldiers of Great Wu went northward, and the cost is incalculable, and a lot of supplies were borrowed from Han."

"If you return without success, the Great Wu will be no different from returning in a big defeat. At least for a few years, you will be unable to use your sword again."

"Now that the power of the Han Dynasty is growing, and the Wei thieves are dividing their capitals, the strong will become stronger and the weak will become weaker. It is not yet known how long the three kingdoms will continue to stand together."

"According to the current situation in the world, it is best to unite Wei and fight against Han, and let Han and Wei thieves fight to the death; the next step is to unite Han to destroy Wei, and try our best to swallow Wei's land and strengthen our great Wu."

"But Yong'an is the only place where Great Wu and Han are in common. Its terrain is so dangerous that it is difficult for an army of millions to attack against the current."

"Besides, the Wei thieves can't protect themselves now. If Great Wu and the Han Kingdom turn against each other, Great Wu will lose a lot of aid, and it will be difficult to make up for it from the Wei thieves."

"So now we can only choose the next one, and continue to unite Han and destroy Wei." Lu Xun said so much in one breath, and then he took a breath, "Xiangyang is the barrier of Jingzhou."

"After Wei was destroyed, Great Wu faced Han. If there was no Xiangyang, Jingzhou would not be able to defend. This is a battle of national destiny!"

Having said this, Lu Xun has already confessed his heart.

Bu Zhi finally stopped being silent:

"I know what the great general said, and since that's the case, then I will follow what the great general said and continue to return to the north."

Lu Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed deeply to Bu Zhi:

"If Xiangyang can really be captured this time, the general will be the first one!"

Bu Zhi didn't dare to accept Lu Xun's salute, he turned sideways to avoid it, and returned the same salute:

"The stallion is only for the country, not for merit."

"Then will work together with the infantry general to take Xiangyang together!"

With Bu Zhi's cooperation, Lu Xun didn't stay for a while, and immediately rushed to Jingcheng to the east of Dangyang.

Fifty thousand troops had been secretly assembled there, which was the limit of troops that Lu Xun could call at present.

Guan Qiujian's guess was not wrong, he really didn't try his best to attack the Wu army in the middle of the battle.

But what he guessed wrong was that it wasn't that Wu Jun didn't want to try his best, but that Zhuge Jin didn't have enough troops at that time.

Because some of Jingzhou's elite soldiers did not go to the camp at all.

At the same time, Lu Xun also mobilized all the troops in Yuzhang, Wuchang and other places, and only then did he gather the 50,000 troops.

Jingcheng is on the edge of the Han River. At this time, the Han River is densely covered with Wu's warships.

Thanks to Ji Han's great pressure, Wei Jun has not been to the south to harass for a long time.

In addition, Zhuge Jin led the army to attack Weizhong, and Feng Yong led the army to appear at Caoqiao Pass, which made Wei Jun Wushou send scouts to go south to investigate here.

So Guanqiu Jian didn't know that there was such a large army that was spying on Xiangyang all the time.

Upon learning of Lu Xun's return, Zhu Ran, Sun Lun and other generals who led the army came to see him immediately:

"General, you are finally back!"

Lu Xun stood behind Shuai's case with a solemn expression:

"Pass my order, the whole army will set out immediately to attack Xiangyang!"

When Zhu Ran and others heard the words, they immediately responded excitedly and loudly: "Here!"

Soon, whether it was a water village or a dry village, the sound of war drums and horns sounded.

Wu Jun, who was secretly assembled in Jingmen, was like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, and finally showed its fangs at this moment.

May is the season when the southwest wind blows, and there are occasional southeast winds.

But whether it is a southeast wind or a southwest wind, it can just borrow wind power.

The warships of the Wu army on the river, with the building boat as the node, issued orders continuously, began to raise their sails, and rushed towards Xiangyang in the north.

When Wei Jun in the north learned that Zhuge Jin had died of illness, and saw Wu Jun retreating, he thought that the crisis was over.

But he didn't expect that Bu Zhi led the army and returned.

Wei Jun was almost caught off guard, if not for the Jingqi as scouts, he might have been successfully attacked by Bu Zhi.

The defender of Xiangyang was about to send reinforcements immediately after learning of the deceit of the Wu thief. Unexpectedly, some personal guards rushed in:

"General, it's not good! Wu Kou, there are a lot of Wu Kou..."

"I know Wu Kou, isn't it just that Wu Kou went and came back, and wanted to sneak attack in the middle? There's nothing to be nervous about..."

"No, no!" The guard was so anxious that he couldn't complete his sentence, pointing his fingers tremblingly outside, "It's in the water, in the water, Wu Kou came from the water!"

"Water surface? What water surface..." Before he finished speaking, the guard's face suddenly changed, and he hurried forward, holding the guard's collar to drink the gap, "Wu Kou came from Hanshui?"

"Yes, it is!"

The guard threw down his personal guards, walked in two steps at the same time, and finally trotted all the way, rushed to the top of the city, and looked towards the river.

Sure enough, on the east side of the river, the overwhelming warships seemed to be clogging the water, densely packed, like a plague of locusts crossing the border, and they were heading towards Xiangyang.

The guard's legs went limp and he almost couldn't stand still.

He leaned on the female wall, his face was pale, and he murmured:

"Thieves, this is to follow Guan Yu's trick, separate Fan Xiang!"

Left and right were equally panicked: "General, what should we do?"

"What are you panicking about! Xiangyang is a strong city. In the past, when Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan and China was shaken, he still couldn't break through the city. How can Wu Kou, who is mere mere enemy, be as brave as Guan Yu?"

The General of Xiangyang is an old man in the army. He also experienced the Battle of Xiangfan back then, and he only climbed up after accumulating military merits.

"Pass my military order, pull up the suspension bridge over the moat, and close the city gates!"

"Also, before the thieves cut off the water, immediately send someone to the north bank to pass on the military information!"

Xiangyang is bordered by the Han River in the north, and dangerous mountains in the south, and it is also a strong city. No matter whether the thieves come from the south or the north, there is danger to rely on.

And Fancheng on the north bank echoes each other, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Although the general of Xiangyang was overwhelmed by the prosperity of Wu Jun's warships, he finally did not forget his responsibility and began to make arrangements.