Chapter 168: Finally Got Jiangling (5)
The reason why Chen Jiaoqi believed in Zhou Yu's death was mainly because the poison arrows left by Cao Cao were very particular, and they were applied with the poison left by Guo Jia.
This poison is very toxic. When Xu Gong's disciple asked Sun Ce for revenge, the poison applied to the weapon was the poison provided by Guo Jia.
These poisons were obtained by Guo Jia during his study trip, because the amount of this poison is not too much. Guo Jia has never used it again after using it that time.
After Guo Jia's death, his subordinates presented the poison to Cao Cao.
Although the use of poison in ancient times has a long history, the method is relatively simple. Most poisons are effective after taking oral and can only be used for murder and suicide.
Poisons that can be used for poisonous arrows are very rare. The so-called "throat seal when you see blood" is just a legend.
Originally, snake venom may have such an effect, but let alone the difficulty in collecting snake venom. Even if it is collected, it will soon fail at room temperature.
The poison left by Guo Jia naturally did not have the effect of "sealing the throat when you see blood", but the poisoned person could not escape death.
When Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's disciple, he was poisoned and summoned many famous doctors to treat him in Jiangdong, but in the end he was unable to save Sun Ce's life.
The power of this poison can be imagined. Therefore, it is reasonable that Zhou Yu died of a life-threatening death after being poisoned by the arrow!
Cao Ren discussed with the generals about arranging the camp robbery in Ming Ye. Chen Jiao had completed the task of shooting Zhou Yu, but he still had the task of handing over Jiangling to Liu Bei, so Chen Jiao didn't want to wait any longer.
He quietly returned to his residence and sent his confidants to the Zhuge Liang army station not far away, notifying him that the fourth update of the morning night would lead the army to take over Jiangling City, and then he could return to Xuchang.
Chen Jiao acted like this and was far-sighted!
Cao Ren went to Jiangdong Military Camp to rob the camp tomorrow night. If he wins and returns to the city, he will take out Cao Cao's secret letter. Cao Ren will naturally abandon the city and leave according to Cao Cao's instructions, and Zhuge Liang can successfully accept Jiangling City.
If Cao Ren failed to rob the camp, Zhou Yu used the method of cheating death to lure Cao Ren into the trap, and naturally he wanted to make contributions in one battle, and he would definitely not give Cao Ren the chance to return to Jiangling City! Therefore, he asked Zhuge Liang to occupy the city in advance.
Zhou Yu attacked Jiangling for several months, but Cao Cao asked Chen Jiao to present Jiangling City to Liu Bei, and he was also using tricks to destroy the relationship between Sun and Liu.
The next morning, Cheng Pu saw that Cao Ren did not come to the camp last night, so he asked Zhou Yu for advice. After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yu said to Cheng Pu:
"Cao Ren is a steady person. It seems that he still has doubts about whether I die. You should pull out the camp now and retreat ten miles and set up the camp again. Seeing that our army retreated, Cao Ren has no doubts. He will come to rob the camp tonight. If he doesn't come, then we will really retreat to Jiangdong and let Liu Bei and Cao Ren fight each other, and we are making profits from it!"
When Cao Ren was overwhelmed by the Jiangdong Army, he was overjoyed and thought that Zhou Yu had really died of poison, and he had no doubts in his heart.
At night, Cao Ren asked the soldiers to have a full meal and then stood by,
At the beginning of the update, Cao Ren then ordered Niu Jin to be the vanguard and served as the central army, Cao Hong and Cao Chun as the descendants of He, leaving only Chen Jiao to lead some soldiers to defend the city, and the rest of the troops were all raised.
After the army quietly left the city at the beginning, Cao Ren led a large army to surrender to Zhou Yu's village.
Cao Ren came to Zhou Yu's village gate and saw no one, but he saw that he was just a flag gun. He knew he had fallen into a trap and hurriedly retreated.
The sound of cannons was heard all at once. Han Dang and Jiang Qin came to kill him in the east, Zhou Tai and Pan Zhang came to kill him in the west, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng came to kill him in the south, Chen Wu and Lu Meng came to kill him in the north.
Cao's army was defeated and ran away, and the three armies were all dispersed, and the head and tail could not be taken care of each other.
Cao Ren led hundreds of cavalry to break through the siege. When he met Cao Hong, he joined forces and then gathered the defeated remaining troops along the way and ran around Jiangling.
The Jiangdong Army followed and chased after the fifth round, not far from Jiangling City. With a drum sound, Ling Tong led another army to block the way and intercepted it for a while.
Cao Ren led his army to assault and ran away, and met Gan Ning and killed him for a while. Cao Ren looked back and saw less than 3,000 troops left.
Such a small number of troops could no longer stop the Jiangdong army from breaking the city. Cao Ren did not dare to return to Jiangling, and went straight to the main road north and headed towards Xiangyang.
Cheng Pu led the Jiangdong army to chase after him. Seeing that Cao Ren had gone far, he then stopped his army and headed for Jiangling City.
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu stopped the army and went straight to Jiangling City. They saw flags on the city, and a white robe on the enemy's building saluted Zhou Yu from afar and shouted loudly:
"The governor is guilty of a minor crime! Seeing that the governor is seriously injured, the Jiangdong army has retreated. I have taken Jiangling City under the order of the military advisor. I am Zhao Zilong, Changshan!"
Zhou Yu fought hard for several months, and was injured and used a trick to kill him to defeat Cao Ren's army and horses. Jiangling City was already in his hands. Who knew that Zhuge Liang intercepted Hu in the middle of the journey? Zhou Yu was furious and ordered his troops to attack the city.
Arrows shot down from the city, and there were countless soldiers on the top of the city. Zhou Yu had no choice but to go back to discuss for the time being.
When Zhou Yu saw Zhuge Liang taking Jiangling City, he was afraid that Zhuge Liang would not let go of the surrounding counties and towns, so he rushed to Gan Ning to lead thousands of troops and horses to Yiling, and then ordered Ling Tong to lead thousands of troops and horses to take the Xiangyang Road and set up a camp at the pass to prevent Cao Ren from sending troops from Xiangyang to counterattack.
Only then did Zhou Yu arrange troops to station in various counties and passes in Jiangling County, so that the Jiangling that Liu Bei got was an isolated city.
Because before attacking Jiangling County, all the counties and towns on the periphery were cleaned up by Zhou Yu, but because of his limited troops, he did not garrison, but only stationed hundreds of troops in the county towns and passes on the border of Xiangyang as a warning.
Zhou Yu was arranging his troops and horses, and suddenly he came to report:
"Zhuge Liang captured Jiangling, and did not stop. He led his own army to recover the surrounding counties. Even Yiling had sent Fu Tong to garrison hundreds of troops."
When Zhou Yu heard the news, he knew that he had been plotted by Zhuge Liang. He couldn't help but get angry, and the golden sore burst into pieces. He screamed and fainted on the ground.
When Zhou Yu saw Kong Ming attacking Jiangling, he heard that he had recovered the county and town, how could he not be angry? The injury caused the arrow poison. After a while, Fang Su, Cheng Pu and the generals repeatedly persuaded him.
Zhou Yu said with hatred: "If you don't kill the village man in Zhuge, how can you relieve my resentment! Cheng Demou can help me attack Jiangling City and will definitely take back Jiangdong Wu."
Cheng Puzhen didn't know how to answer, and the soldiers guarding the camp came to report, and Lu Su arrived.
Originally, Lu Su had been following Zhou Yu to fight, but after he began to clean up the periphery of Jiangling, Zhou Yu also thought Lu Su was too long-winded, so he asked Lu Su to go to Hefei in person to seek Sun Quan's return to military affairs, but was kept by Sun Quan.
Zhou Yu said to Lu Su: "Zi Jing is here just right. I want to raise an army to fight with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to fight against each other and capture Jiangling City again. Zi Jing can help me!"
When Lu Su heard this, he was shocked! He quickly spoke:
"The governor is not allowed. Now our army is fighting with Cao Cao, and there is no success or failure. The lord is attacking Hefei for a long time. If Sun Liu allies annex each other, they still hope that Cao's troops will take advantage of the situation. The situation is in danger! Moreover, Liu Xuande once had a close relationship with Cao Cao. I thought he deliberately asked Guan Yu to let Cao Cao go on Huarong Road, leaving a way out for himself. If it is urgent, he would like to think that Cao Cao would offer the city and attack Jiangdong together. What if he did?"
Zhou Yu said with his teeth: "We use strategies to damage our troops and spend money and food. Isn't it hateful for him to go to the ready-made Jiangling City!"
Lu Su remained silent, and Zhou Yu asked, "Why didn't Zijing answer?"
Lu Su sighed and said to Zhou Yu:
"Gongjin still remembers the agreement between you and Liu Bei at Jiangyoukou? Rong met Liu Bei in person and asked him about it. If it doesn't make sense, it's not too late for the governor to take any more weapons."
Cheng Pu and the generals agreed, "Zi Jing's words are very good."
Chapter completed!