Facing the slightly cool breeze in the morning, Zhou Yu sat quietly on his horse, Jiangdong's red tiger flag waving above his head, like the waves of the sea.
The sound of horse hoofbeats came from behind, and several horses crowded around Zhou Yu. The accompanying Jiangdong soldiers escorted dozens of Jingzhou prisoners and knelt in front of Zhou Yu's horse. Cheng Pu slightly took a step forward with his horse and said: "The Governor is planning a rebellion. The leaders are all here, it¡¯s up to the Governor to decide how to deal with it.¡±
"These few are considered to be the pillars of Xiangyang City, but they don't have any love for the people. If you had waited for the rebellion to succeed last night, I don't know how many people in Xiangyang City would have died!" Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and looked up. Sky, "How can I keep your lives at this time?"
"Take them down and kill them all!" Zhou Yu waved his hand fiercely.
The soldiers dragged down these generals such as Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Chen Wang and others who joined the army. Gan Ning looked at the people leaving, pondered for a while, then bowed his hands to Zhou Yu and said, "Grand Governor, I have something that I don't understand. Please give me some advice."
Zhou Yu smiled faintly: "Xing Ba, do you want to ask me why these people were prepared early, but they failed in the end?"
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"There are more than 20,000 prisoners in Xiangyang City. With our strength of less than 10,000 sergeants, once an accident occurs, we cannot control it at all. Fortunately, there are very few formal establishments among the more than 20,000 people, and most of them are Kuai Yue No words can calm the fear in the hearts of the temporarily recruited men who are going into battle for the first time, and what I do is to infinitely amplify these fears." Zhou Yu sighed lowly, "Last night, I ordered people to deliberately miss the third watch and start the fifth watch in advance. This little trick of time has disrupted their previous deployment, and the main leaders of this rebellion have been divided into different groups. In the small village, there is no way to exchange news with each other, and even I may not be able to succeed."
Gan Ning took a deep breath and exclaimed: "The Governor's uncanny calculations are really unpredictable!"
"Ghosts and gods are unpredictable? Isn't that a goblin?" Zhou Yu smiled, and when the generals heard this, they all laughed together.
Amid the laughter, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked Tai Shi Ci: "Ziyi, have you prepared all the things I asked you to prepare?"
"It has been placed at the north gate and is ready to be placed." Taishi Ci bowed on his horse and said.
Zhou Yu nodded: "Generals, come with me out of the city." As he spoke, he took out a piece of white cloth from his arms, wrapped it around his left arm, and ordered Tai Shici to distribute the pieces of white cloth to the generals.
"Leave the city? What are you doing out of the city?" Cheng Pu took the white cloth and asked in confusion.
"There are still more than ten thousand heroic spirits of Xiangyang soldiers outside the city gate. If we don't pay homage to them, not only will the people's hearts be unable to return, but I will also find it difficult to feel at ease." Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, "And Xiangyang City is also the place where the old master died. Woolen cloth."
On July 24th of the first year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, and all his generals paid filial piety and went out to the north gate of Xiangyang in person to pay homage to the souls of the Jingzhou soldiers who had died in the battle. The people of Xiangyang all burst into tears of gratitude and sincerely admired him.
At this time, the city of Jiangling was also deserted. When news of the fall of Xiangyang came, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, who was already seriously ill, was shocked and sad after hearing it, and returned to the west that night. After such a long wait, Liu Qi finally got his wish and took the position of governor of Jingzhou, but his face that should have been happy was now frighteningly haggard.
Jiangling City, Jingzhou Governor¡¯s Office.
"Everyone must be aware of the reason for calling everyone here today." Liu Qi said a little tiredly, "Zhou Yu led his army to attack Xiangyang seven days ago and captured and killed the prefect Kuai Yue. Now he is eyeing Jiangling, and he will probably continue to move south in the near future. , go straight to Jiangling."
The officials in the hall looked at each other and remained silent.
"Wang Wei, you are a veteran of two dynasties. You once accompanied my father to fight against Sun Jian in Xiangyang City. In your opinion, how is the Jiangdong Army at this time compared to that of the past?" Liu Qi looked at Wang Wei and asked Wenpin, Huang Zhong and others to surrender to Sun Ce. After that, Wang Wei seemed to be a representative figure among Jingzhou military generals.
"I'm sorry to say it bluntly, but it's even worse!" Wang Wei's answer was very simple, but everyone present took a breath after hearing it.
At this time, there were very few military generals who could be named in the Jiangling court, and the only ones left were some literati who could only talk. Wang Can came out and said: "My lord, given the great power of the Jingzhou army at that time, it was just a fluke that Sun Jian was shot and killed, and the Jiangdong army was forced to retreat. At present, our army has been defeated repeatedly, and even the city of Xiangyang has been lost. If at this moment, If we fight with the Jiangdong Army again, I'm afraid In short, in my opinion, it is better to send envoys to negotiate peace with Sun Ce, and at most carve out a few more states and counties for him."
"Zhongxuan's words are not true.By the way, the old master is the governor of Jingzhou who was personally appointed by the emperor. It is only natural that the master should inherit his father's legacy. Sun Ce attacked Jingzhou without authorization, which was a great disrespect to the royal family. I also asked the Lord to personally report to your Majesty to issue an edict to punish Sun Ce! "
Don¡¯t drive Liu Xian out of the way.
"That's good, cede the land? List it?"
Wang Wei laughed coldly, "Who do you think Sun Ce is? How many people can the emperor's will control now? My lord, if I say something unpleasant, neither the ceding of land nor the emperor can stop Sun Ce's progress, because What he really wants is the entire Jingzhou and the heads of the lord and the old lord!"
Liu Qi's face turned pale, and Wang Wei took a step closer, and continued: "My lord, Zhou Yu has just broken through Xiangyang, and people's hearts are undecided. I don't dare to go south for the time being. Now that the Five Tigers of Jingnan are confronting Sun Ce on the front line of Changsha, I'm afraid they are still It is difficult to resist the Jiangdong Army, so I ask my lord to send my troops to support. Otherwise, once Changsha is defeated, Lingling Wuling will be lost, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu will form a siege to Jiangling"
"Wang Wei, could you predict Zhou Yu's behavior? Even if Zhou Yu has no intention of attacking Jiangling, why do you dare to say that you can defeat Sun Ce in Changsha?" Wang Can mocked in a strange way, "Don't forget that you At your age, you are already fifty years old!"
Wang Wei was furious, grabbed the hard bow hanging on the wall of the hall, broke three of them in a row, and said sternly: "Wang Zhongxuan, do you think I am never old?"
"What's the use of breaking a bow? Will Sun Ce and Zhou Yu be scared off just because you break a few bows?" Wang Can looked disdainful, bowed to Liu Qi and said: "My lord, it's better to listen to my words and send Let the envoys go and seek peace. Peace means hope, but war means death!"
"Well, then listen to Zhongxuan's blunt words and send people to ask for peace from Sun Ce. Except for Jiangling, take whatever you ask for." Liu Qi said weakly.
"My lord, think twice!" Wang Wei fell to his knees, kowtowed and bleeding.
Wang Can proudly glanced at Wang Wei who was kneeling on the ground, bowed to Liu Qi again, and said loudly: "My lord is wise!"
All the ministers in the hall suddenly woke up and echoed in unison: "My lord is wise!"