Liu Mang's punching made the envoy from Xudu suffer enough.
"My lord, don't fight, don't fight!" Xu Shu hurried forward to stop Liu Mang.
"Neixiang, fight, it doesn't matter, this guy Cao Cao is not a good bird, and this messenger is nothing! How can we in Yangzhou be afraid of him!" Guan Hai next to him was about to stop Xu Shu. The enemy who sent troops to Yuzhou has not yet retaliated.
"No, no!" Xu Shu didn't intend to stop him, but if the fight continues like this, this so-called angel will really go to heaven, so Xu Shu has no choice but to step forward and stop Liu Mang.
"Huh, huh!" Liu Mang finally let go of his hand, the so-called angel on the ground has already breathed in less and exhaled more.
"You, you, you!" The so-called angel looked at Liu Mang with snot and blood all over his face.
"What? Still want to be beaten?" Liu Mang continued, the angel trembled in fright, and finally closed his eyes and passed out.
"En?" Liu Mang frowned, he was also afraid that he would kill someone, he killed Xu Du's envoy, although Liu Mang said he was not afraid of Cao Cao, but if he didn't give Cao Cao face, he might start a war.
Fortunately, Zhou Cang on the side took a look and replied that he was still angry, so Liu Mang wiped his hands casually.
"Okay! Now you can tell me what news this Cao Cao sent me." Liu Mang said with a smile to the deputy envoy next to him. In the eyes of the deputy envoy, this smile was no less than a devil's smile.
The trembling sub-envoy who followed picked up the bright red thin cloth from the ground. It is the virtue of fire that makes the big man prosperous, so it is not the so-called yellow robe or the golden imperial edict but a bright red imperial edict.
"Bong, according to the heaven. The emperor of the Han Dynasty issued an imperial edict. I, the king of Shu in the Han Dynasty, Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang, Kuang, helped the society to revive the Han Dynasty..." The deputy envoy finally finished reciting the imperial decree trembling.
"Promoted?" Liu Mang listened to the words in the edict. His original Zhendong General is gone, he has become a Hussar General, and even the cheap father-in-law who brought him has also changed, from a mere Yangzhou Mu to the current Fuguo General.
These two official positions are above the second rank, and above that is the general among the three princes who is in charge of the world's army.
"When did this Cao Cao become so good?" Liu Wei was a little confused, looking at the envoy who was lying on the ground below, Liu Wei was a little embarrassed, he came to announce your promotion. But he was beaten so badly by Liu Wei that he almost couldn't take care of himself. Liu Mang shouldn't have done it due to emotion and reason. When Liu Mang was about to go forward to make a false show of affection, Xu Shu over there had a gloomy face.
"Come here, send the two envoys and this big Han general down to rest." Xu Shuyuezu shouted to his guards on his behalf.
Soon a few personal guards outside the hall came forward, carried the angel on the ground away, and the deputy envoy over there was completely running away, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment.
"What happened to Yuan Zhi?" Liu Mang also noticed the gloomy look on Xu Shu's face.
I saw Xu Shu gritted his teeth, and spit out a few words from his mouth, "It's easy to calculate, it's easy to calculate, it's up and down in the dark. Go to my righteousness in Yangzhou, and the safety of Jingchu."
"Yuanzhi. What do you mean? This Cao Cao sent this order of promotion and title. Does he want to reconcile with me in Yangzhou?" Liu Mang asked Xu Shu beside him. For Liu Mang, the so-called righteousness is not as real as strength, so he doesn't know much about such verbal things.
"My lord, this Cao Cao not only has no intention of reconciling with me in Yangzhou, what's more, he wants to get a foot in the place where my army enters Jingchu," Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang.
"My lord, my lord's original Zhendong general, although his official position is not high, but he is a rare general with real power. He can manage the generation of Jingchu and Shuchuan, so when my army conquers Jingchu, it can occupy the righteousness. Even Liu Biao can be counted. Zuo is the lord's subordinate, but this time the hussar general is different, he Cao Cao wants to treat you as a champion, lord!"
The most outstanding person in the official position of General Hussars is the champion of the Han Dynasty, that is, Huo Qubing under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This person helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty break the Xiongnu.
The official position of Hussar General was shot down by him. If Huo Qubing gains military exploits again, then he will be unsealed, or he will continue to be promoted to General, which will give him more authority. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han wanted to give Huo Qubing another official position. And you have to take down Huo Qubing's military power, but Huo Qubing has done so many things for you Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, you can't just take Huo Qubing directly, then who in the world will dare to work for you in the future? There are remnants, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought of an official position, that is, the current Hussar General.
This hussar general sounds majestic. There is a hussar in front of the general. It seems to be bigger than the general. It was true during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. According to his official position, he was higher than Sangong, but this hussar There is a very tricky thing about the general, that is, the hussar general does not control the military power. You say he is a civilian, he has the title of general, you say he is a military officer, he does not command the army, the management is to accompany the emperor Left and right, in other words, a chief imperial guard.
So the hussar general Cao Cao gave Liu Mang was a joke.
"What about this Fuguo General?" Liu Mang frowned and asked Xu Shu.
"Hmph! If this Fuguo general is Cao Cao's subordinate, then it is indeed very good, at least he can be the deputy commander in Cao's army, but this is for Wen Hou. Do you think Wen Hou will work under Cao Cao's command! And Without the official position of Yangzhou Mu, then your conquest of Jiangdong will be of no righteousness, my lord!" Xu Shu said.
Liu Mang no longer has the official position of Zhendong General, so he has no righteousness to conquer Liu Biao Jingzhou, because he is not under your control. Lu Bu has changed from Yangzhou Mu to Fuguo General. Similarly, Yangzhou now has lost the right to attack Jiangdong. Dayi, in the final analysis, most of the wealthy places in Jiangdong are within the boundaries of Yangzhou, and the rest are close to Jiaozhou, which is basically a barren land.
This is really a good idea for Cao Cao. As soon as the imperial decree came, he immediately lost the righteousness of Yangzhou to crusade against the enemy.
"Interviewer. I'm so hungry after the interrogation!" Just as Xu Shu was explaining the meaning of the imperial decree to Liu Mang. Over there, one of Xu Shu's subordinates walked in. He said respectfully to Xu Shu.
"This is a confession!" Xu Shu's subordinate taught Xu Shu a bloody letter.
Xu Shu glanced at the past, and the more he looked at this, the more he frowned, and at the end the annoyance on his face was beyond words, "Guo Fengxiao, the ghost, really deserves his reputation."
"My lord, this is the confession of the deputy envoy." Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.
"Deputy envoy?" Liu Mang also took it and looked at it. Sure enough, this is the confession of the deputy envoy who sent the letter for Cao Cao, which contains the person's name, place of origin, and what position he holds in the Cao army. He came here to talk about what to do, and what Cao Cao ordered. Liu Mang could only lament that Xu Shu's speed was so fast. Naturally, this confession was not made by the deputy envoy on his own initiative, but must have been prepared by Xu Shu.
In fact, most of the credit for the extortion of the confession is due to him, Liu Mang. If it weren't for him, the envoy was so beaten that he almost vomited blood, and he passed out, his face and body were stained red with blood. How could the deputy envoy cooperate so much? For the sake of his own life, Xu Shu's people would say whatever they asked.
"Let Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Sun Ce of Jiangdong practice their hands?" Liu Mang was surprised, because it was written on the confession that Liu Mang's official position as General Zhendong was given to Liu Biao by Cao Cao. Although Yangzhou Mu is not Sun Ce, Jiangdong has the official position of General Zhengdong.
Logically speaking. This General Zhengdong is under the command of General Zhendong. Cao Cao gave Jiangdong this official position. He is the deputy general of General Zhendong. Cao Cao gave this official position because he wanted to form an alliance between the two!
"Will Sun Ce agree to this Jiangdong!" Liu Wei didn't understand, Sun Ce and Liu Biao were deadly enemies, and Cao Cao wanted to make these two reconcile by virtue of his official position? Form an offensive and defensive alliance
Although it is said that there are no permanent enemies among the princes, only permanent interests, this Sun Ce is a different person. He has the inheritance of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and he is very upright, and Liu Biao has a murderous relationship with Sun Ce. father's revenge.
Sun Ce can surrender to anyone, but he will not surrender to Liu Biao. The hatred of killing his father is irreconcilable.
"If Sun Ce disagrees, he won't send his second brother to Xudu to congratulate Cao Cao's wife!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang from the side. Xu Shu didn't know much about Sun Ce, because Xu Shu had always dealt with him. It is Yangzhou's affairs, and the enemy is also Liu Bei and others in Yuzhou. Sun Ce will naturally have Chen Gong and others from Lujiang to deal with it, so if you ask Chen Gong to talk about it, he will naturally have the same idea as Liu Mang, that is, it is impossible for Sun Ce to fight with Liu Wei. Liu Biao practiced.
"His second brother?" Liu Wei suddenly called a person, "Is it Sun Quan?"
"Yes! Cao Cao's deputy envoy said that Sun Quan, the second son of Jiangdong, sent a congratulatory gift to their Lady Bian." Xu Shu said to Liu Mang, how could it be possible without Sun Ce's permission.
"No!" Liu Mang shook his head. Something is wrong here, Jiangdong Sun Quan? If Sun Ce wants to show his friendship with Cao Cao, he can just send an envoy directly, why should he borrow his brother's hand
"My lord, it's not too late, we should send troops to Jiangdong immediately!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang, it doesn't matter if Cao Cao gives Liu Biao the general of Zhendong, because Yangzhou is not like attacking Jingzhou now, but it can't be the case for Jiangdong .
There are more soldiers in Jiangdong, and more wealth in Jingzhou. If the two are combined, then the fun will be great. So now the envoy has not come to Jiangdong to announce his will, and he will directly send troops to take Jiangdong. At that time, let's see who this Liu Biao is allied with .
"It's still not right!" Liu Wei was still shaking his head, "Yuan Zhi wait a minute!"
"My lord, I can't wait any longer. Kong Ming managed to send Jiangdong's main naval force into the Yangtze River. If we wait any longer, Jiangdong will be in trouble!" Xu Shu persuaded. Because Jiangdong is too poor, even if it is defeated, there will be no oil and water. Another point is that Lu Xun and Zhuge Liang are using troops against Jiangling, and they must first take down Jiangling, a rich place, with all their strength.
Jiang Dong is just dying. If he wants to recruit troops, you must have money. In these years, Jiang Dong has won the battle against Jingzhou, but he has lost more than he has won against soldiers in Yangzhou. Basically, he cannot make ends meet. .
That's why Jiangdong was put down on the issue of conscription as the capital city, but once Jingzhou and Jiangdong were united. Then this is not easy to handle. With Jingzhou's money. It is impossible to expand Jiangdong's army by 100,000, but it is still feasible to add another 70,000 to 80,000.
You must know that Jiangdong's people are tough, and places like Danyang Jiaozhou are places where elite soldiers are produced. Once Jiangdong has a chance, then this will be another war of attrition.
Liu Mang was also hesitating, whether to send troops to attack Jiangdong, or not to go, the current Jiangdong is completely useless to Liu Mang. It's a pity to eat it tasteless and throw it away. Attacking Jiangdong not only has no money to enter, but may also cost money. In order to attack Jiangdong, the shipbuilding plan with Yangzhou may have to be stranded. Liu Wei didn't want to use troops against Jiangdong because Liu Wei wanted to force Jiangdong to surrender.
Jiangdong is now in trouble. Liu Biao in Jingzhou has enough money, so he can eat and drink well even if he loses the battle, but Jiangdong Sun Ce is different. Money comes to war. Just like the Japanese pirates of later generations, if you don't use war to support war. Otherwise, once defeated, the vitality will be greatly injured, and there is no need for Liu Mang to send troops. The gang of Jiangdong gentry and common people can push Sun Ce down. These days, Yangzhou's business is developing again. Some of the armor that has been handed down is consuming Jiangdong's money, and Jiangdong's money is constantly pouring towards Yangzhou. Jiangdong can be said to be exhausted. If you push him too hard, he may really come to a betta to die. Liu Mang doesn't want his elite troops to be thrown on top of Jiangdong.
"Zhou Cang!" Liu Wei suddenly said to Zhou Cang next to him, "Go, call Lu Shangshu for me!"
"Called Zijing?" Xu Shu was a little confused about what Liu Mang was going to do.
"Yes!" Zhou Cang left immediately, and soon Lu Su was summoned.
"Lu Su pays homage to the lord." Lu Su was very strange, it was already late, and Lu Su was about to wash up and go to bed, but Zhou Cang called him into the hall.
"Zijing, how do you know Sun Quan?" Liu Mang asked straight to the point when he saw the succession.
"Second, Second Young Master?" Lu Su was taken aback. He didn't understand why he was called late at night to ask about Sun Quan. Subconsciously, Lu Su called Sun Quan by Jiangdong's name.
"My lord, I am now a minister of Yangzhou and under my lord's command, I will definitely not miss my old lord!" Lu Su cupped his fists at Liu Mang and said that he thought Liu Mang suspected that he had something to do with Jiangdong.
"My lord and minister are incompetent, so please remove my lord from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials." Lu Su's eyes were a little dim. Didn't he want to show his talent on the stage of this troubled world? But being called by Liu Mang in the middle of the night, it should be the lord who doubted himself.
"Get rid of your official secretary?" Liu Mang shook his head with a wry smile, "Zijing, Zijing, what are you talking about. If this official department leaves you, Lu Su and Lu Zijing, where can I find such a competent person?" Come on, the talented and upright Shangshu."
"The lord invited the minister to come so late?" Lu Su looked at Liu Mang suspiciously.
It was only then that Liu Mang knew that Lu Su had misunderstood. Lu Su was a surrender, and what the surrender feared most was the lord's suspicion. Naturally, what Liu Mang said made Lu Su disheartened. If Liu Mang asked It was Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong, Lu Su would not have such a reaction, but Liu Mang asked Lu Su's old master, it was hard not to make Lu Su think too much.
"I just want to ask you how much you know about this Sun Quan! The second son of Jiangdong!" Liu Mang said to Lu Su.
"Don't worry, Zijing, my lord has always employed people without doubting others." Xu Shu, who was beside him, also said to Lu Su with the same smile.
"Know yourself and know your enemy." Lu Su used these four words to describe his understanding of Sun Quan. If you want to say who in this world is most familiar with Sun Quan, besides Sun Quan himself is Lu Su, and even Lu Su knows him better than Sun Quan, because Lu Su is a bystander, and Lu Su and Sun Quan have known each other for a long time. Sun Quan has Tao Tao's revenge, and Lu Su also has a heart of following the dragon, so the two hit it off.
What Sun Quan did in Jiangdong Kuaiji made Lu Su nod his head straight, because Sun Quan has the aura of a generation of heroes in all aspects. He can make friends with noble families, he can coordinate the local area, and he is very familiar with military law and strategy. handsome man.
But what Lu Su never expected was that Sun Quan lost his mind time and time again because of the outstanding brother above him. This is what Sun Quan lacked the most. He couldn't see his brother doing it for himself What he did, what he saw was his brother standing in front of him, and his brother's brilliance covered him.
In the battle of Linhuai, Lu Su had the possibility to win. Even without Lu Su's help, he could draw with Zhang Liao. But at least he stood firm in Jiangbei. However, Sun Quan was too eager for quick success. He forced the generals Lu Meng and Ling Cao away for the military power. In order to get rid of his elder brother and stand on his own, he really wanted to use a battle to prove himself. In the end, he refused to listen to Lu Su's persuasion and was defeated by Zhang Liao. He seized the opportunity and was wiped out on the north bank of the Yangtze River. In the end, he was trapped and arrested.
Why did Lu Su turn against Jiangdong and seek refuge in Yangzhou? Most of the reasons are due to his Sun Quan. In order to survive for himself, Sun Quan didn't care about Lu Su and Lu Zijing who shared weal and woe with him and only thought of himself, which made Lu Su disheartened.
"Does this Sun Quan have great ambitions?" Liu Mang looked at Lu Su with twinkling eyes and asked.
"Second son!" Lu Su didn't want to say, what does it mean to have great ambitions? Sun Quan is just a courtier in Jiangdong. The master of Jiangdong is Sun Ce and his elder brother. Unless his elder brother is dead, even if he has great ambitions, Sun Quan is doomed to achieve nothing. , but seeing Liu Mang looking straight at him, he could only nod his head, "Yes!"
"You know, Zijing! The little overlord of Jiangdong. Marquis Wu and Sun Ce actually sent a letter to Cao Cao, pleading with Cao Cao. Ask Cao Cao to help him let him form an alliance with Jingzhou, and worship Liu Biao as the leader to resist our Yangzhou army!" Liu Mang Said to Lu Su.
"Impossible!" Lu Su vetoed it without even thinking about it. "My lord, where did you get the news? This Jiangdong Sun Ce will definitely not form an alliance with Jiangdong." Would Lu Su know about Sun Ce's violent temper? According to Sun Ce's temper, if he didn't kill Liu Biao, he would have been right, and he begged Cao Cao? Also formed an alliance with Jingzhou? Also worship Liu Biao as the leader
To put it bluntly, if Sun Ce was defeated, he would simply surrender to Yangzhou. He also has the opportunity to take revenge, but if you worship Liu Biao as the lord, and Yangzhou will not be destroyed in a day, your Sun Ce will be a courtier under the name of Liu Biao, and Liu Biao is him. Sun Ce killed his father and enemy, how do you tell Sun Ce to face his parents in the future. Isn't it the fetters of two words that have supported Sun Ce to build such a big foundation for so many years.
With the fetters of relatives, longing for his father, and wanting to avenge his father, that's why Sun Ce has the current achievement. You let Sun Ce put down his hatred and practice with his enemy? is it possible.
Sun Ce has always been a very face-saving person. At that time, there was a hermit named Gao Dai in Jiangdong. At this time, a villain appeared out of nowhere, and this villain went to Sun Ce and said, "Gao Dai is very arrogant. He thinks you are a martial artist, general, and not a man of culture. He has no knowledge, so he doesn't bother to talk to you." What academic issues are being discussed, you see, when you ask him when he comes, he will definitely say he doesn't know. Then this guy ran to Gao Dai again and said: You have to pay attention, Sun Ce is a person who wants to save face. He hates people overwhelming him when discussing issues with him. He speaks better than him, so when you see him, you just say no. Know. That's bad enough, after Sun Ce invited Gao Dai here to discuss academic issues, Gao Dai said he didn't know, and asked again, but he didn't know, and asked another question, I don't know, Sun Ce was furious, you really look down on me , Disdain to discuss issues with me, shut up! This is a big deal, almost all those cultural people, those celebrities, and those scholar-bureaucrats came out to intercede. Sun Ce went upstairs and looked down. The alley was filled with darkness, and it was all people, Sun Ce. Thinking, there are so many "fans" of Gao Dai, it's okay, kill him, kill Gao Dai, for his face, kill someone who shouldn't be killed.
Now this Liu Biao is his father-killer and enemy. This Cao Cao and Sun Ce laughed at him, asking Sun Ce to send someone to Cao Cao to beg for mercy and survive, and let himself worship under Liu Biao, the father-killer and enemy. Woolen cloth!
"If it weren't for this little overlord of Jiangdong, then who would be able to order Sun Quan, the second son of Jiangdong, to go to Xudu to celebrate the birthday of Cao Cao's wife Bian?" Liu Mang looked at Lu Su with a smile.
"Naturally, naturally, yes..." Lu Su was about to answer subconsciously, but he still closed his mouth. He didn't know what he thought of, and couldn't help but smiled wryly, "My lord, you don't want to test Lu Su."
"This is naturally his Sun Quan, the second son of Sun Quan himself." Liu Mang helped Lu Su answer this question, Sun Quan is the second son of Jiangdong, except for Sun Ce who can command Sun Quan, Sun Quan is the only one.
But this time Jiangdong Sun Ce did not let Sun Quan send someone to give Cao Cao a congratulatory gift, so this problem came up, this behavior was done by Sun Quan privately. What exactly does Sun Quan want to do? In addition, Sun Quan has great ambitions. This is even more suspicious.
"Could it be!" Lu Su's eyes widened, "Second Young Master. Second Young Master, you really want to get there!"
"Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, I should have thought of it long ago, I should have thought of it long ago!" Liu Mang muttered to himself.
"My lord, why do you know that this Jiangdong Sun Quan sent an envoy behind his elder brother's back?" Xu Shu asked Liu Mang beside him.
"Hehe, it's not that I'm so good at predicting things, but our military adviser under Cao Sikong told me!" Liu Mang said to Xu Shu.
"The great military adviser under Cao Cao?" Xu Shu was taken aback, "Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao?" Xu Shu was even more confused, this Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao. He wanted to kill Liu Mang, so how could he tell Liu Mang about it
"That's because Mr. Guo Fengxiao of our Guo family once commented on Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong." Liu Mang said to Xu Shu, and Xu Shu and Lu Su beside him were listening attentively. Crowds are no different from walking alone in the Central Plains. If an assassin rises and falls, he will be the enemy of one person. From my point of view, he will die at the hands of everyone."
Hearing these words, Xu Shu and Lu Su's eyes widened, "Assassinate Sun Ce?" Xu Shu and Lu Su looked at each other, they were surprised, this Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao are worthy of ghosts.
Because Guo Jia has already seen Sun Ce through, and this person has seen things that ordinary people can't see. Even if ordinary people know that Sun Ce is proud and confident, they would never think of sending an assassin to kill him. Because Sun Ce's martial power is very strong, he was a martial artist at the beginning, and now he has reached the peak of refining gods.
So most people would give up the idea of assassinating Sun Ce, but they forgot one thing, that is, those who are good swimmers drown, and those who are poor in martial arts and those who are not skilled in martial arts are mostly accompanied by guards when they go out. People with high martial arts and self-confidence will not care.
"Congratulations, my lord, Jiang Dong has already entered the hands of my lord!" Lu Su shook his head and congratulated Liu Mang.
"Zijing, aren't you happy?"
"Happy, but not happy!" Lu Su shook his head, saying he was happy, because if Jiangdong surrendered to Yangzhou, he would be able to return to the Lu family, and he was unhappy because it involved Lu Su Best friends, in all fairness, if they didn't have this right, if it wasn't for this troubled times, I am afraid that Lu Su and Sun Quan would be like the ancient Boya Juexuan.
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Among Jiangdong Jianye, the former capital of Jiangdong, the former economic and political center of Jiangdong, in the past it was full of people coming and going, but now the entire Jiangdong is depressed, and the streets are full of people. There are fewer people coming and going, and more people have a kind of blindness and bewilderment on their faces.
There was also a piece of white cloth crying in Jianye. In the final analysis, Jiangdong lost, above the Yangtze River, and lost in the field that Jiangdong's army was best at. The 70,000 troops were all sent to the bottom of the Yangtze River to feed bastards.
These 70,000 healthy people represent 70,000 families. Among them, some families lost their husbands, some lost their sons, and some lost their brothers and fathers. War is so cruel, so cruel that people can't stop.
"My lord, don't drink!" On the mansion of Marquis Wu in Jianye, a young man was holding a bottle of wine and pouring it down his stomach. The big bottle of wine suddenly reached the bottom of the pool. Another young man on the side is dissuading.
"Lu Meng. Get out of the way and don't stop me from drinking!" The young man drinking is Wuhou Sun Ce, the master of Jiangdong, and his general Lu Meng is next to him. Lu Meng's army is all old and weak Even if they are disabled, even if they are strong, they will completely lose their courage under the fire above the Yangtze River. The ones in the Changjiang River are all corpses, and there are also roasted ones. The smell of barbecue even wafted to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. What's the point of these soldiers bringing them with them? So Lu Meng simply let them take over the city wall, and Lu Meng was there In Wu Hou's mansion, he was determined to serve as a personal guard for Sun Ce.
He had thought that Sun Ce would be able to cheer up and prepare for war again, but he did not expect that the lord Wu Hou was drinking heavily every day.
"My lord, I can't drink any more!" Lu Meng said to Marquis Wu and Sun Ce with a wry smile, the wine jars over there were almost piled up into a mountain. If you drink it again, what kind of words will this become: "Master, the army is waiting for you, waiting for you to re-select troops and horses, and re-arrange the army to prepare for war!"
"Army? Where did you come from? I still have 20,000 soldiers in Jiangdong?" Sun Ce drank his drink again and said sarcastically. When Jiangdong was at its most powerful, there were 90,000 elite troops, and the miscellaneous army was even more Countless, but now, in the whole of Jiangdong, it is a luxury to have 20,000 soldiers and horses. Sun Quan lost 20,000 troops, Jiang Qin lost 30,000 troops, and Sun Ce lost 100,000 troops when he attacked Wancheng.
"My lord, we don't have soldiers and horses, we can recruit them!" Lu Meng tried to persuade Sun Ce.
"Recruitment, hehe, what do you use to recruit? Take your life to recruit?" Sun Ce smiled wryly. To recruit soldiers and horses, you have to have money, and you have to have food and grass to recruit soldiers and horses. , Most of the money and food were lost in Jiujiang, and now Jiujiang is in the hands of Yangzhou. Now Sun Ce can't even afford the burial expenses of those soldiers who died in battle, so he still recruits soldiers
"We can raise funds with those gentry!" Lu Meng continued to advise Sun Ce.
"Hehe, them?" Sun Ce sneered, "Give up your heart, these gentry wish for my death, so that they can find a master again." The Jiangdong gentry didn't want to fight anymore, they were already poor, Originally, I thought it was to carve up Yangzhou, but who knew it would be like this, the gentry didn't want to be buried with Sun Ce, so it was impossible to raise money to give.
"My lord, I can't drink anymore!" Lu Meng didn't know how to comfort Sun Ce, so he could only stop Sun Ce from drinking. As he said that, he was going to grab Sun Ce's wine bottle.
"How dare you, Lu Meng!" Sun Ce's eyes widened. "I'll tell you, Lu Meng, if you don't let me drink, you'll get out!"
"Me?" Lu Meng was very angry in his heart, but he was unwilling to abandon his master. He, Lu Meng, was raised by Sun Ce from a humble beginning, so Lu Meng was grateful to Sun Ce.
"Lv Meng, let him drink!" Just when Lu Meng was in trouble, a cold voice rang out.
Lu Meng's face brightened, because he knew who the owner of this cold voice was,
"Huh?" Sun Ce frowned.
"Great governor!" Lu Meng clasped his fists and shouted at the visitor. "Hurry up and persuade the lord!"
The person who came was Jiangdong’s No. 2 person, Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin. Zhou Yu was supposed to go to Qiao’s house to get married at this time. He and Qiao Gong were as close as possible, even the dowry was given, but who is in the mood to go now? When it comes to getting married, the entire Jianye city is filled with white cloth, mourning and joy. He originally thought that Zhou Yu would make Sun Ce stop drinking, but he didn't expect that Zhou Yu would just sit on the ground, regardless of whether it was dirty or not. He picked up the wine jar on the side and opened the bottle directly, filling most of the bottle in one go.
"Good wine!" Zhou Yu shouted, wiping his mouth after drinking in one gulp.
"It's so refreshing!" Sun Ce thought that Zhou Yu would stop him from drinking, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu to sit down too. This is the rhythm of getting drunk with him.
"Come, come, Lu Meng, sit down too! Let's have a drink together" Zhou Yu called to Lu Meng beside him. Lu Meng gritted his teeth and sat down.
"Come and have a drink together, today we won't go home without getting drunk!"
"That's right, how can a man not drink. Today we will see the Lord off!" Zhou Yu suddenly said to Sun Ce and Lu Meng.
"See you off?" Lu Meng was stunned for a moment, and even Sun Ce over there stopped his glass.
"That's right, see off the Lord. From now on, there will be no overlord in Jiangdong, and there will be no Sun Ce in Jiangdong from now on. From then on, you and my monarchs will go our separate ways. From now on, we will say goodbye to our friendship!" The more Zhou Yu said, Sun Ce's face became more gloomy, and finally Sun Ce The wine glass was put down.
"Come on! Drink!"
"Dang!" The wine bottle fell to the ground and spilled a pile of wine. (to be continued..)
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