Without Sun Quan's permission, He Qishi did not dare to withdraw from Kuaiji without authorization. He could only wait for the reply from the envoy sent to Chaisang, while entangling with Wei Yan's army.

Although he was in adversity, He Qi still had a little hope. He Qi believed that although the enemy had the advantage in military strength, he lived in Kuaiji for the rest of the world but had the advantage of geographical advantages and human factors.

As long as the strategy is used properly, it may still be possible to defeat the enemy and then restore the battle situation in Kuaiji. In this way, you can not only explain Sun Quan, but also save your relatives and family.

After making up his mind, He Qi sent a detailed inquiries while trying his best to raise food and grass from nearby for military use. At the same time, He Qi also sent people to contact the major clans of Kuaiji, intending to seek help.

He Qi's plan was very outstanding, but unfortunately, his opponent was not an ordinary person... In a few days, rumors about the fall of the county seat and Lu Dai's capture were spread through some unknown means, and it was widely known to the soldiers in the army.

This news immediately caused a huge uproar in the army, and the morale of the army was in chaos.

It was raining all night! More than 4,000 soldiers of the Heqi army were hit, and nearly 1,500 were private soldiers seconded from several major clans in Kuaiji City, but these clans all turned against each other.

In order to show his loyalty to Liu Bei, several major clans contacted the private soldiers of He Qi's army through their unique ways and methods, and asked him and others to find an opportunity to escape.

Although He Qi noticed this matter and took decisive measures to suppress the rebellion with both soft and hard work, it also caused nearly a thousand casualties and escapes. After this incident, the morale of the soldiers in the army became even lower.

Then, He Qi was hit hard again: in Kuaiji County, there were few clans who were willing to provide help to He Qi. If you were more polite, you would refuse; if you were not polite, you even tied He Qi's envoy to Kuaiji City.

The situation in Kuaiji has obviously tilted to Liu Bei's side, and the prefect of Wujun Quan Fan has passed the "all" clans. He promised to all major clans that once each clan surrenders to Liu Huangshu, not only will the interests of his clans not be damaged, but he will also be treated well by Liu Huangshu.

After weighing the gains and losses, the major clans naturally chose to turn against each other wisely.

At this point, He Qi realized that there must be a genius in his opponent who "are good at planning and strategizing thousands of miles away". Before the real battle began, he was about to decide the outcome. First, he divided and disintegrated his military strength.

Then cut off your support. If this continues, the remaining troops will collapse within a few days.

In desperation, He Qi had to give up his previous plan and ordered his soldiers to step up the search for food and grass from nearby counties and prepare to retreat westward.

However, the raising of food and grass has not been completed, and another shocking news came - Liu Bei's army Liao Hua's army, under the guidance of its guide, attacked Xin'an County and cut off the road to retreat to He Qi in the west.

At this time, Wei Yan's troops were divided into two groups and attacked in a form of clamping force. He Qi knew that the current situation in the army was impossible to fight against the superior enemy, so he could only lead his army to retreat to Songyang County. While Wei Yan was stepping forward and chasing him closely.

The Shanyue Army also attacked from the south.

He Qi tried his best to lead his army to escape, but after hiding from the east and Tibet for several days, he was still surrounded by more than 20,000 troops from Wei Yan and Shanyue coalition forces in Baima Mountain, Taimo County.

Subsequently, the coalition forces besieged nearly ten times the strength of the troops for two days, but they were all blocked by He Qi.

At this time, Lu Xun offered Wei Yan the plan to "Four-sided Wu Song" - ordering the soldiers of Wu and Kuaiji counties to sing folk songs around the foot of the mountain, and then quickly took He Qi and others' families from Kuaiji City to the foot of Baima Mountain, and persuaded the soldiers in He Qi's army to surrender.

(Note: Wujun, central and northern Kuaiji, were originally from the Wu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, with basically the same customs and folk songs, and here they are collectively called "Wu Ge")

Lu Xun's "Four-sided Wu Ge" plan was very effective, completely disintegrating the morale of He Qi's army. At the end, the soldiers under his command actually knelt down together and begged He Qi to surrender.

The disheartened He Qi sighed to the sky and sent someone down the mountain to ask for a descending place.

After He Qi's remnants surrendered, there was no more resistance in Kuaiji County. After Wei Yan surrendered the remaining counties with extraordinary ease, he immediately sent a quick horse to Danyang to report the victory.

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After reading Wei Yan's detailed battle report, I was very satisfied with the results of the Kuaiji strategy. Not only did I achieve the expected purpose of capturing Kuaiji, but the military consumption was also kept to a minimum. At the same time, it also effectively won over the major clans in the county.

This laid a good foundation for our army to stabilize Kuaiji in the future.

Wei Yan, Liao Hua, Quan Cong and others did not disappoint my expectations at all. Lu Xun's performance was extremely eye-catching. In the entire Kuaiji strategy, Lu Xun provided great help to Wei Yan in terms of intelligence, strategy and tactics.

The great contribution is not inferior to Wei Yan. Wei Yan also highly praised Lu Xun in the letter.

After the Battle of Fuchun's rebellion, the Battle of Guards, and the Battle of Kuaiji Strategy, Lu Xundi's extraordinary talent for military use was undoubtedly revealed. After a little training, it was just around the corner to become a general who guarded one side.

I immediately ordered a fast horse to cross the river and sent the news of the Ji victory back to Shouchun, and I made contributions to Wei Yan, Liao Hua, Lu Xun, Quan Cong and others. At the same time, I also asked my elder brother to arrange the new prefect of Kuaiji.

Another important thing is the resettlement of Shanyue in Kuaiji: According to the previous agreement, after our army fulfilled its obligation to send troops to Kuaiji to expel the Sun regime, the Shanyue tribe must also fulfill their obligations—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The Shanyue Clan Chief Mao Association has told Wei Yan that he and his tribe members will definitely keep their promises.

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While waiting for my elder brother to reply, I also discussed with Pang Tong, Jian Yong and others how to use this victory as an opportunity to dismantle Sun Quan from the inside.

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Zhoumufu

There was an uproar in the conference hall, and many civil and military people were discussing. The topic of the discussion was the shocking news from Liu Bei's envoy before - Liu Bei's brother, General Liu Bei's general, and Zhang Fei, the prefect of Danyang, attacked Sun Quan again in Danyang.

Sun Quanshui and his army were almost destroyed, and even the governor Cheng Pu died on the spot.

The ministers of Jingzhou, even the governor of the state Liu Biao, were shocked by the news. The Jingzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army were old enemies, and the confrontation between them was intermittent and lasted for several years. But it was a pity.

The Jingzhou army almost never had the upper hand, and the 150,000 army ended not long ago, so the ministers in Jingzhou knew better than anyone else about the Jiangdong army.

But the Jiangdong Army suffered heavy blows in Liu Bei's army in three places... Cai Mao even suspected that the war report from Liu Bei was false.

But Kuai Liang pointed out that Liu Bei and Jingzhou were ally rather than subordinates, so there was no need to falsely spread good news. Moreover, whether the Jiangdong Army was defeated was only needed to send a detailed inquiries and confirmation.

Liu Biao also believed that Liu Bei would not deceive himself with this. Then, what we need to consider next is Liu Bei's intention to convey good news.

Kuai Yue believed that Liu Bei's intention to do this was very obvious———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Kuai Liang agreed with his brother's analysis and believed that if the Jiangdong Army's war damage was indeed as Liu Bei said in the war report, then Liu Biao should have "taken his life to take advantage of his illness."

He sent troops to Jiangdong again, and took advantage of the opportunity when Sun Quan had no time to restore his military strength to seize the counties of Yuzhang and Luling in one fell swoop, and completely resolved his grudges with the Sun family.

After the detailed analysis of the Kuai brothers, Liu Biao and the other civil and military officials in Jingzhou also understood. It was the best time to attack Jiangdong again. Cai Mao changed his previous attitude and took the initiative to ask Liu Biao to lead his army to the expedition.

After careful consideration, Liu Biao decided to rectify the military and horses and prepare money, grain and supplies. On the other hand, he sent additional details to confirm the damage to the Jiangdong army and the local war.

At the same time, envoys were sent to Shouchun and Danyang to invite help from Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to support the Jingzhou army in the future to attack Sun Quan.

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After the discussion was completed, Kuai Liang did not leave directly, and had a separate and secret talk with Liu Biao. Kuai Liang told Liu Biao that in the current situation, as long as Liu Bei supports it, it is not impossible to pacify Sun Quan in one fell swoop.

But the Sun family has been in Jiangdong for a long time. The so-called centipede insect will die without being stiff. It must not be taken lightly because of its weak position. Kuai Liang believes that the candidates for the head coach who decide to go to Jiangdong must be cautious, otherwise it may be a bad thing.

Although Kuai Liang did not make it clear, Liu Biao also knew that he was opposed to Cai Mao as the commander of the conquest of Jiangdong. Last year, the Jingzhou army was defeated by Zhou Yu. The big reason was that Cai Mao made a mistake in decision-making and command.

There is already a lesson in the past. After pondering for a while, Liu Biao expressed that he would consider Kuai Liang's opinions.

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When Kuai Liang returned to his mansion, Kuai Yue had been waiting in the living room for a while.

"Brother. What's the secret talk with Lord Zhou Mu?" Seeing Kuai Liang return, Kuai Yue stood up and greeted him anxiously.

"..." Kuai Liang shook his head helplessly and said, "Although Lord Zhou Mu said he would consider it carefully, I think he still seems to be interested in sending Cai Mao to the expedition... Alas, Cai Mao is a relative of the state of Lord Zhou Mu after all, so I can't advise him too much!"

"If Cai Mao still leads the army, I don't know if it will make a big joke again. At that time, it will only make my Jingzhou soldiers suffer..." Kuai Yue sighed angrily, "If I could have a good general like Zhang Fei in Jingzhou, what's the point of Jiangdong?"

"Oh..." Kuai Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Actually, I, Jingzhou, are not without good generals. Huang Hansheng and Wen Zhongye are all well-offed by famous generals.

It’s a pity that all the important matters in the army were controlled by Cai Mao and Huang Zu’s disciples. Even if it was Wei, Huo (Wei Qing, Huo Qubing) would be hard to stand out..."

After pondering for a moment, Kuai Yue suggested to Kuai Liang: "...In my opinion, it is better for my brother to ask the Lord Mu of the State, so my brother will lead the army to the expedition!"

"... Let's talk about it then!" Kuai Liang thought for a while and said helplessly.

"Liu Bei is so lucky that he is a good brother of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, even Kong Ming, Shi Yuan and Yuan Zhi, the three most outstanding disciples under the De Gong, were all involved in him..." Kuai Yue sighed sadly.

"Alien degree, you are a little despised by Liu Bei!" Kuai Liang shook his head and said, "Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao many times, and was extremely embarrassed. He was able to build his current foundation, which shows his extraordinary ability.

He can get Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, such an enemy of thousands of people, to die, and to get all the heroes of Kong Ming and other young men to work together, which depends not only on the word luck. When I went to Shouchun before, I appreciated the demeanor of this Uncle Liu, and I can be called a hero in the world!"

Kuai Yue nodded slightly...

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On March 15, Ganning led the Jinfan Navy to Hukou. Hukou was only dozens of miles away from Chaisang. The Jinfan Navy's move immediately caused frightening in the city of Chaisang.

The remaining troops of the Jiangdong Navy were no longer able to confront Gan Ning head-on. Although the acting commander Ling Cao was extremely reluctant, he was still helpless and could only retreat for the time being.

But beyond the expectations of Sun Quan's monarch and ministers, Gan Ning did not make any further moves, but just sent a light boat to Chaisang.

Chaisang, Chain Hall

After the envoy of Jinfan Camp left temporarily, Sun Quan and his ministers in the hall were thinking silently, and they did not say anything for a while.

"How do you guys view this matter?" Sun Quan frowned and asked his subordinates in a deep voice.

Just now, the envoy of Jinfan Camp sent a surprising news to Sun Quan--Zhang Fei expressed that he was willing to return the bodies of Jiangdong generals and other Jiangdong generals who were killed, and there were no additional requirements!

"Dejing, Ziyi and others died loyally for the lord Jiye, and should be good at regulating the affairs behind him. Now that Zhang Fei is willing to return the body, I think the lord doesn't need to hesitate, and accept it immediately!" Huang Gai, a veteran who had returned from Poyang, advised in a deep voice.

In the past few days, Huang Gai's mood has been quite depressed, and his people have grown aged a lot. His originally gray and white hair is now almost completely white.

The old brothers of that time died one after another. First Han Dang, now Cheng Pu, and now only Huang Gai was left under Sun Jian's "four heroes".

"Brother, what General Huang said is very much! If you don't take the bodies of the Chengshen, you will definitely disappoint the soldiers in the army!" Sun Yi said. In the more than half a year of defeat in Lujiang, Sun Yi has become completely different from the past and has become much more calm.

The other civil and military officials also spoke out and agreed with Huang Gai's proposal. Only Lu Su, Kan Ze and others showed worries on their faces, but under such circumstances, it was not convenient to raise objections.

Seeing that the general situation was like this, Sun Quan ordered someone to summon the envoy of Jinfan Camp to see him again, expressing his gratitude to General Zhang for his kindness and righteous actions, and asked him to return the body of the fallen general as soon as possible so that he could be buried in the soil.

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After the discussion was dispersed, Lu Su left the county magistrate's mansion with a serious expression. He was about to take a car and left, but was suddenly stopped by Zhang Zhao and invited into Zhang Zhao's carriage.

"Zijing, today I look at you, and I seem to have some objections to Zhang Fei's return to Cheng De's plan to plot their bodies..." Zhang Zhao stared at Lu Su and asked in a deep voice.

"...Huh!" Lu Su sighed and nodded, "Mr. Zhang also saw it. Zhang Fei's move contained a huge mystery, but it was unpredictable..."

"Please also say in detail..."

"If the defeat of the general Cheng army and Jiang Lang's navy is known to the people of the gentry in the commander, the foundation of the lord will be shaken. It is precisely because of this that Su advised the lord to block this news.

"Lu Su sighed, "But after Zhang Fei returned the body of Duke Cheng, the news may no longer be blocked. If Su expected it, Zhang Fei would make a big fuss. He would not let the whole city go storm without any trouble..."

"..." Zhang Zhao nodded helplessly and said, "Zi Jing said so much. Is there a solution to this matter?"
Chapter completed!