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Chapter 12

The last solution during the ban!

On June 14, 19th year of Jian'an, the sky was gray from the morning. Although the scorching sun was not seen, there was a strange sultry heat hidden in the air. In the city of Chaisang, the mood of the people was as gloomy as the sky, and the clouds of war lingered indestructible influence everyone. Wujun rebelled! Liu Biao from Jingzhou actually dispatched a "300,000" army to attack Jiangdong! Can the new generation of Jiangdong lords - the young Sun Quan, be as brave and good at fighting as Nai's father and brother? Can he defend the inside and outside? Can he guard Jiangdong?

No one can answer these questions! All the people in the city can do is pray! Pray that the war will not burn to Chaisang, otherwise it will inevitably lead to devastation and displaced!

In the Chaisang County Magistrate's Mansion, there were officials of all sizes from time to time, and the atmosphere in the mansion seemed quite depressing. In the conference hall, Sun Quan was discussing the increasingly critical war with Zhang Zhao, Sun Jing, Sun Yi, Lu Su and other generals who were left behind Chaisang and officials.

"Zijing, where did the two armies of Liu Biao's old thief enter?" Sun Quan concealed the worries in his heart and asked calmly.

"Report to the lord! Among the two enemy troops, the Kuai Yue army on Jingnan Road's attack speed was slightly faster. According to the newly received battle reports, the Kuai Yue army succeeded in attacking Tongcheng yesterday. Tongcheng garrison Song Qian was seriously injured by a veteran general of the Jingzhou army. At present, the remnants have retreated to Chongyang. Governor Cheng (Cheng Pu) has ordered Han Dang and the two generals Chen Wu to go to Chongyang to assist in the defense!" Lu Su's eyes were bright, his eyes were filled with great determination, and he said calmly.

"I hope Han Yigong can stop the Liu Biao army in Jingnan for a while! Zijing, is there any new situation in Jiangxia?" Zhang Zhao gently stroked his chin and said with a little concern.

"The Jiangxia side is not at the moment! On the water, Jiang Qin's naval army fought with the Huangzu water army in Jingzhou yesterday and won a small victory. A total of two enemy combat ships were sunk and captured, seven of Mengchong, and our army lost four Mengchong. On the land, Cheng personally led the army to block Cai Mao's army in the Huangshi area, and the two armies were basically in a stalemate. However..." Lu Su hesitated for a moment and continued: "The Jingzhou army's strength is twice that of our army. If it continues to be consumed, I'm afraid that Cheng may not be able to last for a long time!"

"Yeah~~!" Sun Quan nodded, sighed quietly, and then asked again: "Is there any news coming from Gong Jin?"

"You have not received a letter from the Lord Zhou! However, the Lord Zhou has already informed the lord that the reason is that this time is the speed of attack on Wu County, and it is necessary to catch the rebels off guard. Only in this way can the rebellion be quelled in the shortest time. Therefore, the Lord Zhou may not have time to send someone to repay him. Please be considerate!"

After hearing Lu Su's explanation, Sun Yi looked unhappy and said coldly: "At this moment, it is clear that the old thief Liu Biao is threatening even more. He, a great governor, did not resist the foreign thieves, but wanted to fight against those unworthy traitors. He really couldn't tell the difference! If Sheng Xian's group of traitors, if my second brother gave me 5,000 troops, I could also capture and kill them in one fell swoop!"

"Lord, Wujun and Kuaiji are fertile and have abundant resources. If they are occupied by rebels, a little time will lead to minor illnesses. Moreover, these two counties are in the hinterland of our army, and their strategic location is extremely important. If they cannot suppress the rebellion in a short period of time, it will inevitably cause panic among the people of the other four counties. If there are any ulterior motives who follow Sheng Xian to plan to rebel, they will inevitably shake the lord's foundation. Therefore, it is better to quell the rebellion than to slow down! Only after pacifying Wujun as quickly as possible, appease Kuaiji, and stabilize the rear foundation, can our army fully fight against Liu Biao's army. Zhou Governor personally attacks Wujun for this reason!" Lu Su knew very well that after the previous rumor storm, Sun Quan had a little grudge against Zhou Yu. If he could not explain it clearly, it would only deepen his suspicion.

"Lord, Duke Zhou is the first to pacify Wu County, and Zhao also agrees with it. The so-called internal uneasiness is not enough to resist the enemy's humiliation." Zhang Zhao nodded and said in a solemn voice.

"Well~ I understand this truth too!" Sun Quan pondered for a moment, nodded slightly and said, "But now the Jingzhou army is coming in full force. If Gong Jin cannot suppress the rebellion in time and return to the veteran general Cheng to help him, I am worried..."

"Lord, don't worry. Sheng Xian, a Qingliu scholar, did not have military strategy, and had no ability to command the army. Moreover, his sudden rebellion, the people's hearts were not convinced, and the morale of the army was even more difficult to settle. With Su's opinion, if the Zhou governor rushed to Wu County this time, there will be a good news in these few days!" Lu Su comforted Sun Quan with a harmonious voice.

"Yeah! Whether the crisis in Jiangdong can be resolved now depends on Gong Jin. I just hope he can return from Wu County as soon as possible!" Sun Quan seemed to be a little relieved and said in a calm voice.

"But, lord... Compared to Liu Biao and Sheng Xian, Su was actually more worried about Liu Bei in Shouchun!"

"Zijing believes that Liu Bei will take this opportunity to attack me?" Sun Quan frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.

"Yes! Liu Bei had a secretly ill-treasonable attitude towards Jiangdong. This time our army encountered an unprecedented crisis. With Liu Bei's heroic posture, he would not miss such an opportunity!" A complex light flashed in Lu Su's eyes, "Maybe at this time... Lujiang has been attacked by Liu Bei's army! The troops in Lujiang are limited, and there are no reinforcements to support the lord. If General Boyang (Sun Ben, cousin of Sun Quan) and General Junli (Zhu Zhi, whose courtesy name is Junli) can defend the city to the death, or can ensure that Lujiang is not hindered. But they are afraid that they will be lured out of the city by Liu Bei's army to fight. If so, Lujiang will be in danger!"

"General Boyang is young and energetic. If he is inspired by Liu Bei's army, he will indeed be able to go out of the city to fight. I can only hope that Zhu Junli can remind him well." Zhang Zhao said with a worried look on his face.

"Mr. Zhang, Zijing! Why don't you send someone to Lujiang urgently and order Boyang not to leave the city to fight? Do you think this is good?" Sun Quan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"That's the only way! Lord, this matter needs to be done quickly, and it's too late!" Zhang Zhao nodded and said.

"Okay! Zijing, please send someone to Lujiang from the waterway..."

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Lujiang City, City Guardian

"What? Another large area of ​​rice fields was robbed by Liu Bei's army?" The Jiangdong Army general, Lujiang Prefect Sun Ben, looked ashen and shouted angrily.

Over the past three or four days, Sun Ben's heart was really infuriated. Seeing that the rice was ripe, Sun Ben had already planned to harvest this batch of new grain, except for the part he kept, and then transported the remaining grain to Jiangdong for military use at a rapid speed. However, he never thought that before the ripe grain was about to be harvested, the "shameless" Liu Bei's army actually started to take action first - using the night as a cover to steal rice. After several days, thousands of acres of grain fields were harvested. What's even more hateful is that these "bold" Liu Bei's army did not pull out a day, and would be dispatched every night, and the rice fields were stolen every time. Last night, it had "stole" Wuwei County, less than 40 miles from Lujiang City. Following this momentum, at most three or five days, the new grains in the entire Lujiang area will be stolen and "no field left"!

"It's so hateful... so hateful! The shameless big-eared thief actually used such despicable means! Damn, I can't spare you, Liu Bei!" Sun Ben roared in anger, "Come here! Move my army and horses. Tonight I will lead the army to personally and swear to capture these 'rice-stealing rats'!"

"General Boyang, don't act rashly!" Zhu Zhi, the commander of the Confucian school, hurriedly stopped him.

"Yeah~? Why is this?" Sun Ben raised his eyebrows and replied in a muffled voice. Although Sun Ben's military position was far higher than Zhu Zhi and he was the prefect of Lujiang, he did not dare to act too reckless when facing Zhu Zhi. It was just because Zhu Zhi was a three-generation old minister in the Jiangdong army. He had made great contributions when he followed Sun Jian in his early years. Moreover, he was calm and cautious in his behavior and good in character, so he had a high prestige in Jiangdong. Sun Ben himself was even seen by Zhu Zhi, and to some extent, he was like his son and nephew.

"Boyang! Lujiang City guards the gateway of Jiangbei, which is to resist the frontier of Liu Bei's army in Shouchun, and there must be no mistakes! At this moment, there is Sheng Xian rebellion in Jiangdong and Liu Biao's offensive outside. It is a critical moment of life and death, and there is no longer any turmoil. Now that we do not know that the Liu Bei's army has a large number of troops and its actual intentions, we should only guard the city carefully and not leave lightly. The army horses in the city are originally limited, and if we break the part, the city will inevitably be difficult to protect!" Zhu Zhiyu advised earnestly.

"Well... even though that's the case, but... will we let these rats from Liu Bei's army continue to snatch our food? You know, there is not much food and grass in the city. If we lose this batch of new grain, we will be able to drink the northwest wind in a short while!" Although Sun Ben also knew that Zhu Zhi's words were reasonable, he was really unwilling to accept it.

"..." Zhu Zhi thought for a while and came up with a solution, "It's better to do this - since Liu Bei's army is dispatched at night, we can organize the people and some soldiers to use the daytime to collect new grain and quickly transport it into the city before dark. In this way, at least part of the grain can be saved."

"...this is the only way..." Sun Ben thought about it, but could not find a better solution, so he had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, I'll arrange to grab new grain..."

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On the north bank of the Yangtze River, a light boat with the Jiangdong Navy Battle Flag was heading eastward. In addition to a few soldiers carrying the boat, there was another messenger who went to Lujiang to send a message on the order of Sun Quan. Soon, the boat had already reached the place where the Yangtze River and the Zongyang River, which directly connects to Lujiang.

In the depths of the dense reed marsh on the riverside, there are several fast boats hidden. Above one of the fast boats, the young Jinfan camp leader Ding Feng was lying in the cabin, looking up at the clear sky, with a very comfortable expression.

"Gu~gu~gu~gu~gu~gu~" Suddenly, a squeal of water birds came over.

"Head, there is movement!" A soldier from Jinfan on the fast boat carefully identified the cry of the "water bird", and hurriedly said to Ding Feng: "The brothers who were surveillance in the water ahead have returned. A light boat from the Jiangdong Navy is coming here and is about to enter Zongyang River. Eight out of ten are going to Lujiang! Head, are we going to do it?"

Ding Feng's eyes flashed with a flash of light, and he stood up with a "sudden" sound, and his face showed an excited look. The lazy and comfortable feeling just now disappeared.

"Damn it! I've been waiting for almost two days, and finally there's a 'buy'! Start!"

Just as the Jiangdong Army's light boat first turned into the Zongyang River, several fast boats with no banners suddenly flashed out from the reed marsh behind it, and came close to it with great speed.

"Who?" When the Jiangdong soldiers who were driving the boat discovered the few fast boats behind which seemed to be "malice", the distance between the two sides was less than five meters.

"It's your grandfather!" Ding Feng stood at the bow of the boat and cursed with a smile. Then, Ding Feng quickly took out a strong bow, rolled the long arrow, and exerted a slight force, and the bow turned into a full moon.

"Bang!" The eagle-ling arrow shot out in response to the sound.

"Bang!" The long arrow was deeply nailed to the mast of the light boat ahead. As the sail rope broke, the sails were blown down onto the river in the wind.

The Jiangdong Army's light boat, which had lost its sails, immediately dropped its speed. Soon, it was chased by Ding Feng less than two meters away.

Ding Feng quickly threw away his strong bow, took out the short handle of the Park Knife from his waist and held it in his mouth. His powerful legs exerted force and jumped straight towards the light boat in front. Several Jiangdong soldiers who were slightly stunned because the sails were shot down, had not yet recovered from their senses, but they had already seen Ding Feng landing heavily on the boat of his and others as if they were descending from the sky.

"Hehehe... surrender, live; fight stubbornly, die! Choose yourself!" Ding Feng's face with a disdainful smile, stretched out his right hand to take off the Park Knife from his mouth, hanged behind him, and said coldly.

"Kill!" The three Jiangdong soldiers on the ship could not bear the contempt of Ding Feng, a young man in his teenager, and they all waved their swords to attack him.

"Hmph! I don't know how to live or die!" Ding Feng snorted coldly, and he rushed forward, Park Dao slashed down with the whistling sword wind.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" Three short swords flew into the sky one after another without any distinction.

"Puff!" The neck of a Jiangdong soldier who was ahead was cut off by the sharp sword wind, and blood splattered into the river. Ding Feng was not kind at all, and the knife in his hand was inserted into the chest of another Jiangdong soldier. Then he slowly pulled out the blade and stared at the last enemy soldier coldly. He was shocked by Ding Feng's thundering methods. The Jiangdong soldier was staring at Ding Feng like a ghost, and he couldn't help but retreat. Finally, after a scream, he jumped into the river.

"Hehe!" A sarcastic smile appeared on Ding Feng's face, and he made a gesture behind him without looking back.

"Pu!" "Puu!" "Puuuu!" After receiving the order from Ding Feng, the three Jinfan soldiers quickly jumped into the river.

"You guys, give this to the boss intact (Ding Feng's nickname to Gan Ning)! Take this kid over too!" Ding Feng found the silk book written by Sun Quan to Sun Ben from the messenger who was like a sieve. After a few glances, he threw it to a Jinfan soldier on a fast boat.

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As dusk approached, Sun Ben's loud shout came from the Lujiang City guard's mansion again.

"What??? The grain was stolen by Liu Bei's army!!!"

"Well! A batch of new grain has just been harvested and was about to be transported back to the city, Liu Bei's army suddenly appeared, robbed and killed our soldiers, dispersed the people, and snatched all the food and grass!" Zhu Zhi said with a gloomy face.

"Damn, damn... damn! Liu Beijun killed by the thief, I must kill all of you!" Sun Ben rushed to Niu Dou, his eyes were slightly red, and he kept cursing. "How many grain thieves have been killed these days?"

"According to the rewards of several soldiers who fled back, there were about two thousand people!"

"Damn it, even two thousand people dare to commit crimes under my nose!" Sun Ben cursed with gritted teeth, and then a thought flashed through his mind.

"Come here, mobilize three thousand troops and horses, and follow me out of the city to chase these thieves and kill talents!"

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Chapter completed!
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