Since Zhou Yu accepted Kuai Yue's false surrender, Fu Xun felt that there was no need for him to stay any longer, so he said goodbye to Zhou Yu and returned to the city. But Zhou Yu had no choice but to host a banquet for him, so Fu Xun had to stay in the Jiangdong military camp and have a meal.
During the banquet, the guests and hosts were having a good time. While Zhou Yu was persuading him to drink, he also asked some indirect questions about the details of the surrender, looking suspicious. Although Fu Xun drank a lot of wine, his mind was finally clear and his answers were flawless. Zhou Yu also acted as if he was gradually dispelling his doubts. The banquet lasted for about an hour. In order to prevent himself from talking too much, Fu Xun insisted on leaving on the grounds that he was too drunk and was afraid that he would lose his manners if he continued to drink. Zhou Yu could not force him to stay, so he resigned. Ning sent Fu Xun out of the stronghold.
After Gan Ning sent Fu Xun off and returned to the central military tent, he saw Zhou Yu humming a minor tune and oiling the strings of the piano, with a leisurely and lazy attitude. The previously broken strings had been spliced. Zhou Yu applied fine oil on his fingers and carefully rubbed them back and forth along the strings one by one, so that the oil could slowly penetrate. Hearing the sound of Gan Ning coming in, Zhou Yu did not raise his head and just asked, "Are you sent away?"
"Send away." Gan Ning was silent for a moment, then said: "Grand Governor, do you really believe that Kuai Yue will surrender?"
Zhou Yu put the piano on his knees, picked up the book on the table and wiped the grease from his hands, then rolled it into a ball and threw it aside, laughing: "It's okay to deceive children with this kind of thing, but you want to deceive me." , it¡¯s a bit whimsical.¡±
"Grand Governor, then you still promise to go and accept the surrender tomorrow" Gan Ning became anxious.
"Xingba, what's the point of worrying about this?" Zhou Yu picked the strings, "Let's listen to the sound of the piano first. After it's been oiled, it's much smoother than before."
"Grand Governor, this is not the time for us to play the piano and have fun." Gan Ning became even more anxious, "Kuai Yue will definitely take action when he presents the city tomorrow. You have to think of a way."
"No rush, no rush." ??Zhou Yu laughed, "Xiangyang is already in my pocket, it's within easy reach. It took such a long time to settle such a big thing, how can I not play a song to relax my mind?" After that, Zhou Yu no longer paid attention to Gan Ning, whose face was full of anxiety. He picked up the strings with his fingertips, and the clear and crisp sound of the feathers slowly spread through the tent, swirling and floating towards the city of Xiangyang.
At noon on the second day, the sun hung overhead like a sharp sword. Kuai Yue and the main officials in Xiangyang City knelt outside the city gate, waiting for Zhou Yu's arrival. He lowered his head and looked at his shadow on the ground, feeling that the surroundings were extremely quiet.
The place of surrender was arranged at the main gate of Xiangyang City, which was also the place where more than 10,000 Xiangyang descendants died. The corpses in front of the city gate have long been cleaned up, but the blood stains remaining on the ground are difficult to remove. When he thought of killing so many soldiers, Kuai Yue always felt that it was difficult to calm down. He couldn't help but frown slightly and asked Fu Xun who was kneeling behind him: "My lord, are you all ready?"
"Prefect Kuai, please don't worry." Fu Xun stepped forward and whispered in Kuai Yue's ear, "I made the arrangements last night. Everyone is a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles. I guarantee that everything will be perfect."
"Yes." Kuai Yue felt relieved a little and continued: "When Zhou Yu enters the city, immediately close the city gate. No matter how many people he brings, I will chop them all into pieces!"
"Yes!" Fu Xun responded in a low voice.
Before the two of them finished speaking, they heard the sound of heavy iron hoofbeats coming from not far away. Kuai Yue raised his head and looked around, only to see Zhou Yu wearing a white cloak, accompanied by about a hundred Jiangdong sergeants also wearing big cloaks, riding their horses slowly. The soldiers following Zhou Yu's horse were holding high the red tiger flag. , dazzling in the midday sun.
Kuai Yue snorted heavily and said angrily: "Zhou Yu, this kid, makes himself so coquettish every time that he turns into a ball of meat paste, but I want to see how he can be coquettish again. "
Fu Xun whispered: "Don't be angry, Governor. They are all about to die. Why bother with him? I think the number of soldiers behind him is only a hundred or so. He just came to accept surrender in such a careless manner. He is not asking for death." Road?"
Zhou Yu reined in his horse not far away. He jumped off the horse and walked quickly towards Kuai Yue. The sergeants behind him also followed closely. Zhou Yu helped Kuai Yue up from the ground and said with a smile: "Prefect Kuai, you and I will serve our lord together from now on. How can you degrade yourself and bow to me? How can I bear this? How can I bear this?" Get up?"
"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Kuai Yue shook his head with a smile and said: "I have repeatedly offended the Governor's power. Today, I am forgiven by the Governor and allow me to surrender. How can I not do this? "
"Prefect Kuai is so polite!" Zhou Yu laughed loudly. While laughing, he grabbed Kuai Yue's forearm and said, "Come on, Prefect Kuai comes with me."Enter the city! "After that, he dragged Kuai Yue and walked towards the city.
Zhou Yu may not know what is at the city gate, but Kuai Yue is very clear. Everyone ambushing there is a master who is desperate for his life. He is so close to Zhou Yu, and ambush is everywhere, and it is difficult to protect himself from the disaster. Whether Zhou Yu can turn into meat sauce is second to none. He must not turn into meat sauce. Thinking of this, Kuai Yue was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and said repeatedly: "Captain, don't, don't, don't. This is unreasonable"
"Is it unreasonable?" Zhou Yu asked calmly, and then suddenly burst into a shocking roar: "Xingba, Ziyi, why don't you take action!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yu grabbed Kuai Yue's collar and held him in front of him. Zhou Yu grabbed his throat with his left arm, pulled out the Governor's sword hanging by his side with his right hand, and then placed the long sword on Kuai Yue's neck. Kuai Yue still wanted to struggle, but found that he could not move at all. Even a Confucian general like Zhou Yu had the strength of a tiger.
On the other side, Gan Ning firmly planted the flag in his hand on the ground, pulled out the iron-spine sword from his waist, roared, and rushed towards the city gate with dozens of soldiers. Taishi Ci turned out from behind the flag coldly and tore off the cloak he was wearing. He was holding a heavy iron bow in his hand and the quiver on his back was filled with iron feather arrows.
Jiangdong soldiers suddenly attacked. The Xiangyang soldiers who were ambushing beside the city gate were stunned for a moment, and then jumped out together, rushing towards Jiangdong soldiers like a tide. Gan Ning, with less than a hundred warriors around him, acted like a violent countercurrent in the roaring tide, advancing instead of retreating, fighting a bloody path, and rushed straight to the gate of Xiangyang City. Keep the city gate firmly in your hands. Taishi Ci, who was standing under the banner, led dozens of archers to shoot arrows non-stop, and the long arrows roared and covered the ambush battle formation in Xiangyang. Taishi Ci opened his bow very fast, and in an instant the quiver on his back was empty. He smiled coldly, took out a special sharpened arrow from his side, opened his bow and shot into the air.
The sharp whistle flew into the sky, followed by violent vibrations on the ground. Amid the smoke and dust, Jiangdong's army, which had been hidden for a long time, rushed towards Xiangyang City. The rolling iron current would instantly resist the enemy. The Xiangyang garrison was drowned. Amidst the howling of ghosts and wolves, corpses were scattered in the city gate cave, piled up like a hill. The Xiangyang city gate could no longer be closed.
Zhou Yu held Kuai Yue hostage and watched all this quietly. He leaned close to Kuai Yue's ear and sighed lowly: "Prefect Kuai, do you see clearly? This is truly unreasonable."