Everyone has calculations in their mind, and Zhou Tai is the same.

For Zhou Tai himself, he has no family background and no reputation to support him. All he has is a knife in his hand and a life in his body.

Zhou Tai is from Jiujiang. Although he and Zhou Yu only differ by one character, and their hometown also differs by one character, it is just this one character difference that makes Zhou Tai and Zhou Yu almost completely different.

According to Sun Quan's order, after arriving in Jiangdong, although Zhou Tai was not a smart person, he also found that something seemed wrong in Jiangdong. Everyone seemed to be a little distracted from the serious business at hand, and was always whispering.

Before Sun Quan went on the expedition, Jiangdong had already reached an agreement. There should be no problems with money, food, soldiers, etc. At that time, it was like saying that "even if you lose your own family, you can't lose the lord's army and food." But wait

When Zhou Taizhen came back for another round of transfers, this or that problem arose.

"General Zhou is truly a hero! Every time there is a war, he will be in danger! Now he is marching straight into the desperate situation. He is truly a hero in the world!"

Is this a good thing to say?

Zhou Tai always felt a little weird after hearing this.

"General Zhou, please relax! There will be no problem with the military rations! Someone will send someone to deliver it soon! General Zhou, please be patient..."

"Since my lord has needs, I should naturally do my best. General Zhou will stay here for a while while I go and make preparations..."

There seemed to be no problem, but after Zhou Tai thought there was no problem, he waited for two days, but it turned out that he still hadn't waited until the time for the soldiers and supplies. When he went to look for people, he couldn't find those enthusiastic guys who kept saying that there was no problem.

Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong. Everyone seems to know this, but in fact these Jiangdong nobles have no respect for Sun Zhongmou. On the surface, they seem to respect him, but in fact, behind the scenes, they keep yelling at each other.

, The reason why Sun Quan promised to provide food to the soldiers before was because Sun Quan also promised to give them some profits and rewards, but now there is no feedback, and he has to tighten his belt again. Who is willing?

Zhou Tai was extremely anxious.

Sun Quan is in Jiangxia and sent Zhou Tai to Jiangdong. He is not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers and rest, but to lead his troops north to stab Cao Cao in the back. It is not clear whether the situation in Jiangxia will change in the past few days.

But there is no progress here, how can Zhou Tai sit still?

Before Zhou Tai, he was just a white man. He was promoted to the army by Sun Quan, and gave him trust and handed over important responsibilities. But now...

What should he do, which is the most correct response?

How to do how to do?!

In fact, the current Sun Quan regime is in an extremely subtle state. Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, as well as the four major Jiangdong noble families, are all aware of this subtle state, and they are also hesitant.

The foundation of the Sun family naturally started with Sun Jian's generation. The Sun family was originally from Jiangdong, but its early supporters, such as Zhou Yu in Lujiang, Lu Su in Linhuai, Zhang Zhao in Xuzhou, etc., were not from Jiangdong, that is,

It is said that when Sun Jian, the moving general, returned to his hometown to develop his power after wandering around outside, all he brought with him were some outsiders.

Foreigners occupy high-ranking positions in the local workplace, foreigners hold military and political power, and foreigners say the same thing. Under such circumstances, how could the Jiangdong nobles accept Sun Jian's reinvention?

Therefore, local people such as Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang were naturally at odds with the Huaisi forces under Sun Jian, and this contradiction broke out after Sun Ce came to power.

There are many reasons for the outbreak, but there are three important ones.

One is that although the Sun family is considered to be from Jiangdong, it is not a wealthy family. Sun Jian's father is actually a melon farmer, who is always talking about melon skin and melon skin. Sun Jian can be regarded as somewhat handsome, but he has been away from home for more than ten years.

Second, after Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce's process of inheriting the Sun family was not in line with the ethical standards of the gentry. You must know that Yuan Shu is the sweetheart daddy of many people. Although Sun Ce was not born with a sword scabbard, he once bowed down to Yuan Shu's toughness.

He knelt down and licked the money bag. After licking it, he turned away and refused to recognize anyone else. He even added insult to injury to some extent...

The Jiangdong nobles naturally admired this kind of character and looked down upon him in their hearts.

In the third aspect, when faced with such a situation, Sun Ce's response method was very simple, which was in line with the psychology of some people in later generations who just wanted to be happy, "kill".

"Suppress Wu Hui and kill its heroes."

"Wander thousands of miles to the south of the Yangtze River, kill the famous tyrants, and dominate the neighboring countries."

"Ce Xin merged with Jiangdong, and all those who were killed were heroes and capable of killing people."

Even in the early days of taking over, Sun Quan also killed Sheng Xian, the governor of Wu Commandery. Of course, on the surface, Sun Quan said that Sheng Xian, the governor of Wu Commandery, had second thoughts and searched out some soldiers and armors. But in fact, everyone knew that

The prefect Sheng Xian just said some things about Sun Quan and Da Qiao...

Although Sun Quan also tried his best to make some amends, such as visiting Gu Yong's mother in person, but now that the crack has occurred, even if he used 520 glue to glue it, the crack still exists.

The personal guards of Gu Yong and Zhu Heng were standing together, talking wordlessly, as if they were their masters. The Gu family and the Zhu family were very familiar with each other, so the same was true for the guards.

Human feelings are naturally created by walking. If the distance is too far, even if there are still some thoughts, as time and space increase, no matter how strong they are, they will fade away.

Gu Yong was sitting with a slightly strange expression on his face. He seemed to be mixed with many things, but also seemed to have nothing at all.

Zhu Heng asked in a low voice: "That guy wants money and food again. I'm afraid he thinks that we are all slaves, and we can do whatever we want..."

Gu Yong looked into the distance and said: "Now that we are greedy for merit and have only one soldier from Zhou Youping, how can we convince the crowd with such a decisive decision? I heard that the Zhou governor fought bloody battles at the foot of Jiangxia City, but... he could not stand it and refused to help...

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Zhu Heng said: "Brother Gu's intention..."

"This week is not that week..." Gu Yong said, "If he were the governor, he would still be..."

Zhu Heng nodded, and then said after a while: "However, if you insist on not giving it...I'm afraid there is something wrong..."

Gu Yong waved his hand and said: "In three days, Zhou Youping will definitely not be able to sit still and will come to the door. Then he will be asked to help himself... It's just pitiful... ugh..."

Zhu Heng said: "If that guy can move across the Yangtze River and win a decisive victory over Yanyu, what's the problem if he loses his entire family to support it? But now he is too obsessed with it, and he is unwilling to employ people or share the profits. How can he win the hearts of the people?"

Gu Yong was silent.

After a while, Gu Yong suddenly said: "If the three armies are disadvantageous, help Jiangbei urgently!"

Zhu Heng was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's natural."

……┐(?～?)┌……

Dusk, twilight is dim.

Although the rain stopped for two or three days, the roads are still muddy and difficult to navigate, especially in the Hefei area.

Strictly speaking, this place is not called "Hefei" now. It should be "Feidong" and "Feixi", with Xiaoyaojin in between. And a new advance base built by Cao Cao is called "Xincheng", so for convenience

, let’s just call it Hefei.

Cao Cao can be regarded as the northern army, and Sun Quan is naturally the Jiangnan army. For Cao Cao, of course it can be seen that Sun Quan's strongest point is the water army, which means that as long as there are waterways, Sun Quan can exert twelve

To transport soldiers and deploy grain and grass, water transportation is definitely much more convenient than land transportation, so the control and suppression of waterways is Cao Cao's strategy for Sun Quan.

Here in Hefei, Cao Cao's suppression of the Jiangdong waterway is like a nail driven into the belly of the Yangtze River.

Xiaoyaojin is the tip of this nail.

A team of transporters, covered in mud and even their vehicles were stained with mud, slowly approached the checkpoint of Xiaoyaojin. The Cao soldiers guarding the checkpoint put down the late breasts they had only eaten for two or three bites.

Cursing, he stood up and looked at the slowly approaching motorcade with some displeasure...

Because according to custom, after dusk, the checkpoint will be closed, and no one is allowed to enter or exit, except for baggage.

Therefore, the soldiers of Cao's army in these levels felt a little unhappy as if they were about to get off work and received an overtime notice from their boss.

Zhou Tai was sitting in the first car, looking at Cao Jun's checkpoint getting closer and closer, his heart could not help but jump "dong dong" wildly.

Xiaoyaojin is close to Chaohu Lake and connected to the Yangtze River, so Zhou Tai detoured from the river and landed in a remote place. He dressed up as Cao Jun's baggage and tried to sneak through.

The checkpoint is getting closer.

Looking at Xiaoyaojin not far away, Zhou Tai took a deep breath. He didn't expect it to be so smooth. If he could rush in and set fire inside, even if he couldn't defeat Cao Cao immediately, he could still make him fall.

Being at a disadvantage, the lord will surely be able to win on the frontal battlefield!

"Stop whoever is coming!" Cao Cao's sergeant shouted loudly, and then led four or five soldiers to meet him.

Zhou Tai also quickly gestured to the back, and then jumped down. He smiled and said hello from afar, "It's difficult to travel on the road. I was delayed for a while and caused trouble to all brothers..."

The military commander of Cao Jun looked at Zhou Tai coldly and frowned slightly, "Who are you? Where is your commander?"

Zhou Tai's heart skipped a beat, but the smile on his face became even brighter, and his pace quickened a little, "Our village chief accidentally got crushed by the wheel of the car and hit his leg. It's very inconvenient to move.

In the car..."

The sergeant of Cao Jun waved his hand and said: "Call him over! Come with the writings!"

"No... brothers have been gone all day. Look at this muddy water, why don't you let us go over and have a rest first..." Zhou Tai said nonchalantly while trying to get closer.

"How outrageous!!" Cao Cao's face turned cold, "Retreat immediately! Call your garrison commander!"

Zhou Tan put his hand behind his back and held it on the handle of the knife. He just pretended not to understand and pressed forward step by step, "Ah? What did you say? Chief, didn't the chief hurt his leg..."

"Stop!" Cao Cao suddenly shouted loudly, "Where are you from? Why don't you have a Jizhou accent?"

"You don't care where I'm from!" Seeing that the distance was almost there, Zhou Tai didn't bother to say anything anymore, so he directly yelled, "Do it! Kill them!"

Zhou Tai swung his sword and slashed. Cao Jun's sergeant exclaimed for a while and quickly blocked with his sword, but the block missed him. Zhou Tai flinched past him and slashed him in the waist and abdomen. He was immediately slashed to the ground.

Several Wu soldiers following Zhou Tai also rushed forward and cut down these Cao soldiers.

Standing in the checkpoint, Sergeant Cao's soldiers saw the sudden change and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. It wasn't until they saw Zhou Tai cutting off the head of Sergeant Cao's army and blood splattered that they suddenly reacted and howled out.

: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Zhou Tai roared angrily and threw the head in his hand towards Cao Jun's checkpoint: "Kill! Those who resist will die!"

The Wu soldiers brought by Zhou Tai drew their weapons from the baggage carts, howled and began to rush towards the Xiaoyaojin checkpoint.

Cao Jun in Xiaoyaojin was alerted by the warning sound, and then remembered the noisy voice, and instinctively began to fight back. Long arrows were shot out from the opposite side of the checkpoint. However, due to the hasty shooting, most of them were not accurate and fell scattered.

bridge deck, or shot directly into the water.
To be continued...