Jagged Huaxiong

After a while, a scribe came to Liu Yao, cupped his hands and said, "I have seen Liu Yangzhou."

Liu Yao knowingly asked, "Who are you?"

"Runan Yuan Gonglu, Yan Xiang."

"Oh?"

Liu Yao sneered and said, "Shouldn't he be under the command of General Hua Xiong? Why, he, Yuan Gonglu, still thinks he is a single family?"

Ignoring Liu Yao's taunting Yan Xiang, he said directly, "Duke Zhengli, let's avoid the drama of talking and talking. I came here today with only one purpose, which is to help Duke Zhengli take back Jianye."

Liu Yao sneered: "Is he, Yuan Gonglu, so kind?"

Yan Xiang smiled: "Of course not, this help is conditional."

"tell me the story."

"My lord wants to give Luling to the public in exchange."

Liu Yao thought for a moment, the six counties in Jiangdong, only Danyang, Wu County, and Kuaiji were really in his hands, and now that Danyang was occupied by Sun Ce, he only had two counties left in his hands.

That Luling was still under Liu Yao's rule in name, but Wu Hao, the prefect of Luling, had long ignored Liu Yao's orders, acting completely independent.

And most importantly, the conditions proposed by Yan Xiang are much looser than those proposed by the envoy who talked with Liu Yao before.

Liu Yao's heart was completely shaken, but he still said calmly: "In a county, Yuan Gonglu's appetite is too big."

"So, does Liu Yangzhou disagree?"

Liu Yao was stunned for a moment, he never thought that Yan Xiang would say such a thing, could it be that Yan Xiang turned around and left as soon as he expressed his disapproval?

For a while, Yan Xiang's unreasonable way of playing cards made Liu Yao a little elusive, but seeing Liu Yao's hesitation, a sneer appeared on the corner of Yan Xiang's mouth inadvertently.

"Since Liu Yangzhou disagrees, then I'll go back and report to Yuan Gong." Yan Xiang turned around and was about to leave after speaking.

"Okay, okay, I agree, Luling will belong to you from now on!"

Yan Xiang turned around satisfied, and began to discuss the details with Yuan Shu.

A few days later, on Jianye City

At this time, Sun Ce's injuries have basically recovered. When he learned that Zhou Yu withdrew from Chaisang and abandoned Liu Bei while he was recuperating, he once wanted to argue with Zhou Yu, but when Zhou Yu smiled and said to him: "Bofu, for a Liu Bei, who no longer knows how to live or die, don't let us have any further quarrels."

Since then, Sun Ce has never mentioned Liu Bei to Zhou Yu again, and the facts show that Zhou Yu's decision seems to be correct in terms of results.

On this day, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu patrolled the city together.

Sun Ce looked at the clouds in the sky and said, "The six counties and 81 prefectures in the east of the Yangtze River, so many people have gathered right now, what a meeting."

Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce with his hands behind his back, and agreed: "Yes, there are six or seven forces in the open and in the dark. It would be great if we could come earlier."

While saying this, the two walked forward until they reached the city gate, and suddenly found many people gathered under the city gate, and one of them was lying in a pool of blood. Sun Ce frowned and asked:

"What happened?"

Zhou Yu waved his hands behind him, and immediately two accompanying soldiers went over to investigate. After a while, the two soldiers came back and cupped their hands to Sun Ce and said:

"General Qi, someone died inside the gate tower."

Sun Ce asked, "Who? How did he die?"

"It is said that the deceased was a Shanyue native. As for how he died, I don't know very well. According to the guards guarding the city, the man entered the city from outside the city, and when he arrived at the gate, he suddenly fell down foaming at the mouth."

"Poisoned?"

"Shanyue people?"

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu spoke at the same time, but their focus was completely different. Sun Ce glanced at Zhou Yu and asked, "Gong Jin, what's wrong?"

Zhou Yu's eyes became solemn: "If you are from Shanyue, then this matter is not simple, it is very likely..."

Zhou Yu didn't continue speaking halfway, but Sun Ce had already understood, and he said something pointed: "It seems that there are really undercurrents..."

For several days after that, Shanyue people died strangely every day in or near Jianye City. Zhou Yu ordered a strict investigation, but no matter what, the perpetrators could not be caught. Until one day, the youngest son of a Shanyue tribe king was hacked The man in clothes was wiped on the neck in front of Sun Ce's mansion.

Sun Ce personally carried the Overlord Spear and chased the man in black for more than ten miles. The last shot stabbed the man's ankle before capturing him. However, before Sun Ce could ask questions, the man bit the poison hidden between his teeth The bag killed itself.

From then on, Sun Ce understood that the seriousness of this matter was probably beyond his imagination.

At the same time, there was another news during this period that Liu Biao's general Huang Zhong set off from Changsha County and captured the entire Luling County in one go, but Liu Yao did not respond to this.

Two days later, a group of hundreds of Shanyue people were about to enter the city, but they were stopped by the guards guarding the city. With one sound, he led the crowd to leave.

This matter was told to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, bang——

Sun Ce thumped the table in front of him violently, and cursed: "This villain hiding in the dark is so hateful!"

Zhou Yu said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that tomorrow, there will be an army from Shanyue coming down to the city."

Before Zhou Yu finished speaking, a scout suddenly ran in: "Report! General Qi, the sentry came to report that Yuan Shu of Chaisang is marching in the direction of Danyang, and the army has passed Pengze."

"Report!"

Before the last scout finished speaking, the next one came: "General Qi, the navy sent a message, saying that Yuan Shu's navy was going down the river, and the navy asked if they needed to intercept!"

Zhou Yu didn't speak, he closed his eyes, and said silently: "Bo Fu, if the guess is correct, it won't be long before the Jingzhou army in Luling and Liu Yao in Wujun will also make moves, plus the Shanyue people, Surrounded by five roads..."

Sun Ce got up, and slowly touched the Overlord Spear on the weapon rack. After a long time, he said in a low voice, "Then come on, the Five Route Army will hunt in Jiangdong, let's see, who will win?!"

Chapter 433

The surging water of the Yangtze River is vast and misty.

Xu Sheng and Ding Feng stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the ships coming from upstream in the distance. They frowned tightly. The navy had been moored five miles upstream for half a day, and there was no movement.

Just from the layout of the warships in the navy, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng could tell that there were experts among the opponents.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a small boat rowed towards the direction of the speed, and the soldiers on the boat said to Xu Sheng across the boat:

"General Qi, the lord has an order, the navy will fully shrink its defenses! Archers and crossbowmen go ashore and make another dispatch!"

Xu Sheng and Dingfeng looked at each other, and immediately ordered: "The whole army obeys the order!"

"Shrink defense!"

"All archers and crossbowmen disembark and go ashore!"