Chapter 326 Lu Kang’s wavering
“If I were here alone, Zhou Gongjin might take a chance.
But if Xuande Gong is also here, Zhou Gongjin and he They won't take this risk."
"Unless they are really determined to go to war with us, they will just pretend they didn't see me and Mr. Xuande this time."
Chen Xi told the current situation of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu who were beautiful on the surface but full of obstacles inside.
The trajectory of Sun Ce in this life is different from that of Sun Ce in another parallel time and space.
Compared to Sun Ce in parallel time and space, Sun Ce in this life had no other bases except Jiangxia County and half of Nan County before taking over Shouchun.
And there is a big gap between the direct troops controlled by Sun Ce in this life and Sun Ce in another time and space.
The 60,000 troops that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce brought out to attack Jiangdong were already all the troops they had on hand except the Jiangxia navy.
Moreover, most of the backbone of the 60,000-strong army are basically elite veterans selected by Zhou Yu from the Yuzhou Army.
Under such circumstances, how could the aristocratic families under Yuan Shu's rule surrender to Sun Ce's rule?
The civil servants and generals under Yuan Shu would obey Yuan Shu's orders and follow Sun Ce's command. Although these people's abilities are somewhat lacking, they are loyal to Yuan Shu.
Even if he is dissatisfied with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, he is still willing to obey Sun Ce's command under Yuan Shu's order.
But the sons of the aristocratic families under Yuan Shu are different. If it is Yuan Shu's order, they are willing to obey it, but Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are different.
In the eyes of these high-ranking aristocratic families, Sun Ce is just a lucky boy. Even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are also sons of aristocratic families.
If you want to make families like them surrender, unless you, Sun Boxu and Zhou Gongjin, can show enough strength to convince them, that is, a strong enough army.
"Then why does Zhou Gongjin mobilize the Jiangxia navy to confront us at this time?" Fazheng asked with some confusion.
Now Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are in need of merit and fame. If they lose this time, wouldn't it have a great impact on their control of Shouchun?
"It is probably Zhou Gongjin who discovered something unusual about the Qingzhou fleet." Chen Xi said casually. After all, Gan Ning led the Qingzhou fleet on the Yangtze River more than once or twice. With Zhou Yu's sharp eyesight, he would always find something. something.
“You mean Zhou Gongjin wants to test our navy?” Fazheng said with a frown. He also didn’t expect Zhou Yu to discover the difference between the Qingzhou fleet and the ordinary Han navy just through naked eyes. The difference.
"Who knows, maybe they are still trying to compete for the rights to the Yangtze River Dialogue." Chen Xi thought casually.
In the end, Fazheng and Gan Ning compromised and agreed to let Liu Bei and Chen Xi stay on the ship and face the Jiangxia navy led by Zhou Yu with them.
After all, if these two people really want to stay on the ship, can Gan Ning and Fazheng stop them?
One is their lord, and the other is the boss of Liu Bei's civil service system, who is also responsible for the army's logistics supply. How can they stop him?
Under Fazheng's suggestion, Gan Ning decided to pull anchor and set sail on the night when the Jiangxia navy met Zhou Yu, and first sent the Lu family's demolition transport fleet out of Chaohu.
The Lu family shipyard is closely related to whether the future warships of their Qingzhou fleet can take the next step forward.
"Report, my lord, the Qingzhou fleet anchored in Chao Lake has begun to pull anchor and set sail." A messenger rushed into the reception banquet prepared by Sun Ce for Jiang Qin and other Jiangxia navy generals.
Suddenly, the originally lively reception banquet became quiet. All the generals and commanders under Sun Ce looked at Sun Ce, including Zhou Yu.
It’s just that Sun Ce insisted on making a difference with the crowd. He turned to look at Zhou Yu directly, just in time to meet Zhou Yu’s gaze.
"Gong Jin, let's analyze what's going on." Sun Ce said what he wanted to say before Zhou Yu opened his mouth, otherwise he might not have the chance to say it later.
After all, Zhou Yu has always wanted Sun Ce to use his brain recently. He only talks about half of many things, leaving Sun Ce to guess the rest.
However, Sun Ce knows how powerful his brain is. He can directly get answers to some things by relying on his intuition, but some things are counter-intuitive to him and cannot be calculated according to common sense.
Just like what is happening now, can you say that the Jiangxia navy scared away the Jiangzhou fleet?
No one with normal thinking ability would come to such a conclusion.
What's more, the person commanding the Qingzhou fleet is Gan Ning, a recognized admiral. How could it be possible to escape without a fight? Unless it's a false defeat.
"The Qingzhou fleet should have pulled anchor at this time to send the Lu family's fleet out of Chaohu." Zhou Yu said calmly, as if he had expected it.
Everyone looked at Zhou Yu with a calm face, and couldn't help but admire in their hearts, he is indeed Zhou Yu, showing his confident indifference at all times.
Sun Ce was even more proud, wishing to announce to the world that this person in front of him is my sworn brother Zhou Yu, known as "Mei Zhoulang" Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.
But what did they hear just now? Zhou Yu said that the Qingzhou fleet pulled anchor and set sail not because he was afraid of the strength of the Jiangxia navy, but because he was escorting the Lu family fleet out of Chaohu?
Everyone remembers, isn’t the Jiangdong Lu family the main reason why Sun Ce sent troops to Lujiang?
Jiang Qin came out and said: "My lord, I, Jiang Qin, ask for a battle on behalf of the Qingzhou fleet to capture the remnants of the Lu family for my lord, so as to relieve my lord's resentment!" What Jiang Qin said was so sincere.
"My lord, I would like to ask for a fight and bring victory to my lord!" Cheng Pu Lingcao, Zhou Tai and others also went out to ask for a fight from Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was feeling a little numb. Why did the reception banquet suddenly turn into a battle banquet? He didn't seem to say he wanted to start a war now, right?
Sun Ce couldn't help but look at Zhou Yu, who had a calm expression just now, and saw that Zhou Yu was also among the people who were saluting and asking for a fight...
After discovering that Zhou Yu was also among the people asking for a fight, Sun Ce felt that he Even more confused.
Didn't he remember that Zhou Yu just said that it was not appropriate to go into battle at this time? Why did even Zhou Yu suddenly become the main combatant?
"Gong Jin, what's going on with you?" In desperation, Sun Ce could only send a message to Zhou Yu to ask what was going on. Not to mention, the secret sound transmission technique passed down from Fenggao is very useful.
"My lord, Zhou Yu invites you to fight." Zhou Yu did not answer Sun Ce's question in the sound transmission channel, but said it directly.
Sun Ce’s mouth moved. After his mind was in confusion, he couldn’t figure out what Zhou Yu was doing.
Sun Ce was silent, and the ministers below were also silent, waiting for Sun Ce's order. Whether they fight now, postpone the fight, or simply stop fighting, they are all willing to obey Sun Ce's orders.
"Ahem, Gong Jin, the rest of the war will be directed by you, the governor." Sun Ce played a trick and pushed the matter to Zhou Yu. After all, he really didn't know what to do next. There are two big fish on the Qingzhou fleet, Liu Bei and Chen Xi, who are visiting privately incognito. Unfortunately, they cannot move, otherwise they will be pulled into the water.
However, if Sun Ce told his generals about this, these generals would definitely rush forward and try to kill Liu Bei and Chen Xi.
Sun Ce was very happy that his generals could do this for his lord.
But Liu Bei and Chen Xi have at least three warriors with inner Qi leaving the body hidden around them. Even if he and Zhou Tai join forces, they can't stop the three warriors with inner Qi leaving the body.
With these generals, who at best are only capable of practicing Qi, they can't even defeat the personal guards of Liu Bei and Chen Xi.
The combined strength of the Jiangxia navy and Zhou Yu's command can be said to be the number one navy of the Han Dynasty.
But the Qingzhou fleet, blessed by various secret techniques mastered by Gan Ning, will not be much worse.
At least Zhou Yu cannot keep all the warships of the Qingzhou Fleet, and the Jiangxia Navy may be severely damaged by the desperate counterattack of the Qingzhou Fleet.
If they don’t try their best, the Jiangxia navy might be beaten up by the Qingzhou fleet.
The reason why it is said that they will be beaten by Fatty, rather than by Jiangxia Navy and Qingzhou Fleet, is just because Zhou Yu is in charge.
Sun Ce knew that with his single-core brain, there was no way to master this speed, so he could only leave it to Zhou Yu to solve.
“No.” Faced with Sun Ce’s cunning behavior, Zhou Yu had no reaction, because he had known it would be like this, so he calmly accepted the task handed over by Sun Ce.
"Gong Yi, go prepare your troops now and wait for my orders. But you still have to rest when it's time to rest. Don't let the soldiers' lack of rest drag down the overall progress of the navy." Zhou Yu directly gave orders to Jiang Qin.
"Promise!" Jiang Qin agreed excitedly. This was a battle to win the title of the Han Dynasty's No. 1 navy. It meant that geniuses like Zhou Yu would not be too excited.
"General Cheng, please organize our infantry and allow them to board ships and fight when necessary." Zhou Yu turned to Cheng Pu and said.
“No.” Cheng Pu was not as excited as Jiang Qin, but accepted Zhou Yu’s order calmly.
Cheng Pu knew that there was a high probability that they would not be able to fight the Qingzhou Fleet tonight, because the sailing speed of the Jiangxia Navy could not keep up with the sailing speed of the Qingzhou Fleet. If you can't even catch up, why should you give it a hammer?
[Well, according to what Gong Jin said before and after, tonight is to let the soldiers under his command have a good rest to prepare for tomorrow's battle. 】
Cheng Pu looked at Jiang Qin and other navy generals who were extremely excited. He was wondering whether he should remind them.
"Okay, let's go back and prepare. Later, my lord and I will also go to each camp to inspect.
Remember, let the soldiers have a good rest, otherwise if something goes wrong at the beginning of the battle, I will take You are asking!" Zhou Yu still looked calm and indifferent, but the pressure on General Sun Wu was not small.
“Promise.” A group of Sun Wu generals quickly said yes. In such a major military matter, they did not dare to delay the matter.
After the generals went back, Sun Ce gave Zhou Yu a thumbs up and said, "Gong Jin, it's you who really deserves it. If I were to tell them, I don't know what to say to them. "
"Bo Fu, you just don't want to do it, it's not that you can't do it." Zhou Yu shook his head and did not accept Sun Ce's compliment.
"If I could really do it, I would have spoken on my own a long time ago. Why would I need you, Gongjin?" Sun Ce curled his lips. Does he still know who he is?
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes, didn't he know what Sun Ce was like? It was all just because he was by his side.
"That guy Zhou Gongjin really hasn't caught up with him yet?" Fazheng said with some surprise.
When he decided to send the Lu family fleet out of Chaohu first, he made several plans for this purpose, but it turned out that his efforts were in vain.
"Zhou Gongjin is not a fool. Of course he knows what his current main goal is." Chen Xi rolled his eyes.
At that time, he told Fazheng that there was no need to make a plan, but Fazheng just didn't listen. Now it's over, so all the effort was in vain.
"Tch, having a plan is better than having no plan at all, and isn't that what you are best at?" Fazheng looked sideways at Chen Xi, who had made many more plans than he had.
Chen Xi's mouth moved. He was indeed very skilled at making plans, and he was much better than Fazheng in this regard.
Because his plan will always become one of the contents of another plan. Before Chen Xi announced it, no one could realize that it could actually supplement another project that was basically unrelated.
"Okay, Mr. Lu, get ready. It's time for your fleet to enter the Yangtze River." Chen Xi turned to Lu Kang on the deck and shouted.
"Marquis Chen, Fa Xiangguo, do you really want to have this fight with Zhou Gongjin here?" Lu Kang asked Chen Xi and Fazheng seriously.
Chen Xi and Fazheng looked at each other, and then Fazheng asked Lu Kang: "I wonder if my father-in-law has any advice for the two of us?"
Fazheng did not seem to answer Lu Kang's question. , but in fact the answer is already obvious.
Lu Kang was silent for a while and then said: "I don't take advice seriously, I just want you to be careful about Zhou Gongjin, he is a top wise man who is not weaker than you."
Lu Kang has nothing It's easy to say, the two people in front of them are the top wise men in the world, how could they not see how powerful Zhou Yu is.
Seeing the light emanating from these two young people in front of him, Lu Kang secretly sighed, it would be great if his Lu family could have such an outstanding young man.
[If it were Boyan...] Lu Kang thought of the conditions that Chen Xi promised to their Lu family.
Although when they received Chen Xi's letter, they all regarded it as Chen Xi's casual remarks. After all, a person with an awakened spiritual talent can even compete with a young genius like Fazheng. Who can guarantee that this person is not the ravings of a beauty in the mirror.
However, after seeing Chen Xi and Fazheng in person, my originally determined heart began to waver.
Do people like Chen Xi really play tricks on little people like them?
In particular, it would be really cool to have Lu Xun become the top wise man in the world like Fazheng.
(End of this chapter)