Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 393 New 3 Kingdoms 33

The good news is that the coalition forces defeated Cao Cao's attack; the bad news is that Cao Cao's strength is still there.

"My lord, there are two things that are of primary importance at the moment. One is the details of Cao's defeat at the Battle of Chibi, and the other is whether Sun Ce in Jiangdong has died of illness."

Stop wasting time and get down to business.

"What, that kid Sun Ce is dead? Who told you that?" Zhang Fei always fails to grasp the point.

"Gongyou." Liu Bei looked at Sun Qian.

"My lord." Sun Qian stepped forward and responded.

"You must immediately arrange for someone to find out the strength of Cao's army and report to me and the military advisor." Liu Bei assigned this task to him.

"Yes." Sun Qian said and turned to leave the hall.

"Xianhe." Liu Bei called out Jian Yong again.

"My lord." Jian Yong hurried out.

"You go to Jiangdong and find out if Sun Ce is still alive. Sun Ce has been ill for a long time and has been letting Sun Quan handle things. The civil and military officials in Jiangdong may have some ideas, so you should try to find out." Liu Bei thought for a while before speaking.

"As you wish." Jian Yong bowed and left the hall. +

"Mr. Zhu, where did you hear about Sun Ce kicking his legs?" Zhang Fei asked Zhuge Liang while knocking on the table after seeing the man leave.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu had no intention of correcting Zhang Fei's rude behavior. Instead, they looked at Zhuge Liang with curiosity.

"My lord, when I was leaving the Jiangdong navy camp, I was chased by Zhou Yu's soldiers. I was rescued by a knight on the way. He told Ding Feng and Xu Sheng who were chasing me that Sun Ce was dead and Sun Quan was in power. He had been dissatisfied with Zhou Yu for a long time and planned to find an opportunity to settle accounts in order to consolidate power." Zhuge Liang felt that there was nothing that could not be said about this matter.

"Military Advisor, does this knight who saved you have any origins?" Liu Bei felt that this man must have some reputation.

"He never introduced himself. This man has extremely high martial arts skills. He can fight a hundred people alone and remain unscathed. Even if the Overlord is reincarnated as Lu Bu and resurrected, he probably can't be compared to him." Zhuge Liang shook his head regretfully.

"If there is such a person, why don't you bring him to Xiakou to serve my elder brother? Did you hide him and make him your personal guard?" Zhang Fei asked, slapping the table.

"The three generals have different ambitions. He doesn't think highly of me, and he is not willing to serve any of the princes."

Zhuge Liang was a little embarrassed. It's not that he didn't try to recruit him, but the other party just didn't think highly of him at all.

"Hmph, he is so ungrateful. What does he want to do if he doesn't assist my brother? When I, Old Zhang, see him, I will poke a thousand holes in him!" Zhang Fei slammed the table again and cursed.

"Military advisor, second and third brothers, the current war is over. But during this period of time, we must prepare for war and not let our guard down."

Liu Bei didn't want to waste too much time on this issue. The most important thing now was to find a way to conquer the territory.

Not only Liu Bei was in the meeting, Cao Cao was also in the meeting. After counting, half of the 200,000 naval forces were wiped out, and only 200,000 infantry were left out of the 300,000. All the food, fodder, warships and baggage were gone. Fortunately, the Cai family and a bunch of vassal families were close, so Cao Cao ordered them to be punished and all the food, fodder and money confiscated were used to replenish the army.

This was not a big deal for Cao Cao. The most terrible thing was that Guo Jia died of overwork due to the high-intensity march during the retreat from Xiangyang. Cao Cao hugged him and cried for most of the day.

Although the reason why people love life is those bad habits that are criticized, Guo Jia's level of self-destruction is beyond the reach of even gods. Yu Xian has done his best to be able to live until now.

If Guo Jia's death was a big blow to Cao Cao, the situation in Jiangdong could be said to be completely turned upside down.

Zhou Yu was arrested by Zhang Zhao at a military meeting after the war on the grounds of poor performance in the battle.

Zhou Yu, who had been greeted by Xiao Qiao, Ding Feng and Xu Sheng in advance, was very calm during the whole arrest process, but he was very disdainful of Lu Su who succeeded him as governor.

Man proposes, God disposes. Zhou Yu did not think that he was letting Cao's army down by leading his troops to fight like this. It was just an excuse for Sun Quan to forcibly cling to him.

Before the news of Sun Ce's death was made public, Sun Quan couldn't wait to take action against him. It was obviously premeditated. Lu Su had already betrayed Sun Ce and joined him.

Sure enough, the team escorting Zhou Yu stopped halfway, and Zhang Zhao ordered Zhou Yu to be released from the prison car and his handcuffs and shackles were removed.

"Everyone says that Zhou Gongjin is extremely smart. Have you come this far?"

Looking at the decadent Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao felt extremely happy.

In the past, Sun Ce, with the help of Zhou Yu, conquered all the six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong like a fierce dragon crossing the river. Liu Yao committed suicide and Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou. After that, he launched a heavy attack on the Jiangdong families. The famous families either surrendered to Sun Ce or were exterminated or moved their families to Xuzhou for refuge.

The person Sun Ce relied on to do all this was Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu was also the important executor.

Now that Sun Ce was dead and Zhou Yu was feared by Sun Quan, it was a good time to avenge the Jiangdong nobles. Moreover, when ordering the arrest of Zhou Yu, Sun Quan repeatedly stressed that Zhou Yu must be sent to Chaisang safely.

They are all local tyrants who have been around for many years. If they don’t understand this subtext, they have lived in vain.

"What's the point of counting or not counting?" Zhou Yu stared at the wine jug in front of him in a daze.

"Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, I don't understand why you can still remain so calm after all this time." Zhang Zhao was greatly disappointed with Zhou Yu's performance.

"There is no impenetrable wall in this world. I have known your plan clearly from the very beginning. It is impossible to say that there will be no disturbance at all." Zhou Yu sat down cross-legged and stretched his wrists.

"My lord said that if you end your life on your own, your family will be safe and sound."

Zhang Zhao also sat opposite him in a proper manner, picked up the wine jug and filled the glass.

"Then, what is my crime?" Zhou Yu asked, picking up the wine glass.

"There is no crime. They only said that you committed suicide out of guilt after the defeat at the Battle of Red Cliff."

Zhang Zhao spoke calmly but his face was ferocious, and he wished he could pour the glass of wine into Zhou Yu himself.

"Man proposes, God disposes. My lord, don't you know this?" Zhou Yu didn't know what Sun Quan was upset about.

"You should know that in order to borrow troops from Yuan Shu, Sun Bofu gave his lord Gong to Yuan Shu as a hostage. After Yuan Shu's failed attempt to become emperor, he escaped death and returned to Jiangdong, but Sun Bofu held on to power tightly in his hands and was unwilling to share even a single bit with his lord." Zhang Zhao stroked his goatee and shook his head as he said this.

"Bofu was seriously injured in the stabbing, but he is still hanging on. He is holding on to resentment." Zhou Yu said with a smile.

"Yes, you are Bofu's elder and have often disagreed with him. Your prestige in the army is higher than his and second only to Bofu. The defeat in the Battle of Chibi is just the right opportunity to weaken your prestige in the army." Zhang Zhao nodded in agreement.

"I, Zhou Yu, have no regrets in my heart. I just feel guilty towards Huang Gongfu." Zhou Yu sighed deeply.

When Zhang Zhao wanted to say something to attack Zhou Yu, he heard a strange voice from the side.

"Actually, you don't have to feel guilty towards Huang Gai. After all, I was the one who killed him."

"who!"

Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu stood up at once and looked at the young man who suddenly appeared. The soldiers escorting Zhou Yu also surrounded him, raising their weapons and ready to attack at any time.

"I defeated all 200 people from Ding Feng and Xu Sheng. Don't waste your energy on these few dozen people."

Yu Xian ignored these murderous soldiers, came to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, sat cross-legged, picked up the wine jug and drank it all.

There are still people seeking death like this. Zhang Zhao and his trusted aides who knew the situation relaxed and waited for the poison to take effect, but they waited for almost an incense stick and still nothing happened.

"Do you know what people in later generations said about Jiangdong?" Yu Xian felt that he needed to break this awkward situation.