The autumn wind is bleak.

The sun shone down, and the Cao Jun camp outside Jiangxia City was quiet, as if no one was there.

The breath of approaching winter also blew into Jingzhou Jiangdong, and the coldness invaded the skin slightly, stirring up fine pimples.

Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu, looking at Zhou Yu who was as calm as water, looking at that beautiful face, but his heart became more and more lustful... uh, anger rose.

"Zhou Gongjin! What do you think?!"

"Lord," Zhou Yu said with cupped hands, "The art of war is as it is, don't hide it when you return to the army, and don't chase after the poor enemy."

"Ah haha, what if someone insists on pursuing me?"

"Those who pursue you will be defeated."

Sun Quan couldn't help but trembled and became cold, "Cao's thief has fallen into a certain trick, cutting off the food route, the army's morale is in chaos, and they retreat in a hurry. If we let it go easily, when will we get such a good opportunity?! Let's wait until Cao's thief stabilizes the army's morale."

...someone...you..."

Sun Quan was indeed in a hurry, and even spoke awkwardly.

Zhou Yu still had a calm demeanor, glanced at Sun Quan, and said: "Last night's beacon fire sent a message. Although there must be something unexpected, it may not be as the lord thinks. The thief Cao is treacherous. He has set up many beacons along the river, so how could he not be prepared for the surprise attack of the lord's navy?"

?I’m afraid Cao’s thieves are defeated this time because they want to trap the lord.”

Sun Quan was furious, "How did you know that the traitor Cao Cao was defeated by fraud?"

Zhou Yu sighed slightly. My lord, you didn't listen to what I just said, or do you just don't want to listen? "The thief Cao set up a beacon secretly, obviously he was well prepared..."

"No..." Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "This is different from Gong Jin's expectation. It was the thief Cao who set up a beacon, so he was careless!"

"The thief Cao has always been cunning and cunning, how can he be negligent?"

"Even if it is dense, there is still some sparseness!"

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan.

Sun Quan glared at Zhou Yu.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird. The surrounding soldiers and guards were silent, trying to reduce the projected area of ​​their bodies as much as possible to prevent being affected by the invisible and colorless flames of war. They were like children who saw adults quarreling in an ordinary family.

You feel.

I think.

Fire and water have always been incompatible.

Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and said: "In this case, if the lord insists on pursuing the pursuit, I will let someone do it for me..."

"No!" Sun Quan blurted out subconsciously, then took a breath and softened his tone, "I have no other intention, but the arrangement has been made. It is inappropriate to suddenly change it..."

Zhou Yu's expression remained unchanged, he raised his hands and said: "I obey my lord's order. I will go and check the ordnance first..."

Sun Quan took a breath, nodded and said: "Good!"

Zhou Yu silently walked down the city wall, then turned around the corridor, and met Lu Su head-on. "Zijing..."

"Gong Jin..." Lu Su cupped his hands and said, "Gong Jin, don't blame Yu..."

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"Gong Jin..." Lu Su took a few steps forward, followed Zhou Yu, and then said in a low voice, "Since Gong Jin knows that the master does not accept advice, why bother to do this and only make him unhappy?"

Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at the sky, "I can only do my best..."

Lu Su also followed Zhou Yu's point of view and looked up at the sky. He felt that Zhou Yu's words seemed to be responding to him, but also seemed to be addressed to someone.

It's fun to slap the leader in the face in public, but after you feel good, you must be handed the little shoe. Zhou Yu is not a stupid person, so he can naturally understand Sun Quan's thoughts, but understanding does not mean that he agrees, not to mention that this time Zhou Yu originally

My opinion is to take it while it's good. Even if it leaves some aftertaste and is taken away by the opponent a few times, as long as you still generally have the upper hand, it's not a bad idea.

However, Sun Quan felt that the piece of land he had not agreed to obtain was invaded by Cao Cao. How could he bear this? Naturally, he wanted to twist Cao Cao's chess pieces on the spot, cut off all the tentacles extended by Cao Cao and swallow them.

Got this bad breath.

"The guards...are all arranged?" Zhou Yu asked.

Lu Su nodded.

Zhou Yu sighed slightly. "That's it. Send someone to inform Governor Cheng to prepare to withdraw the troops..."

Lu Su hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to wait..."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "No. If we wait for the dust to settle, I'm afraid we won't be able to retreat."

"Well..." Lu Su sighed and said, "Only."

Zhou Yu clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the sky.

The autumn wind blew Zhou Yu's hair at the temples, as if it was comforting him or telling him something.

……(=`ェ′=)……

On September 11, Sun Quan sent Zhou Tai to lead the Dongwu navy, but the surprise attack on Xiaoyaojin failed. The beacon fire spread to the vicinity of Jiangxia overnight.

On September 12, at noon, Sun Quan sent Jiang Qin and Chen Wu to attack Cao Cao's camp in Jiangxia, and they were defeated. Cao's army was defeated and retreated. Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Quan, but Sun Quan was determined to pursue Cao Cao.

On September 13th, Sun Quan ordered his troops to personally suppress the central army, split up the army, and pursued Cao's army along the way, intending to regain the entire Jiangxia territory and eradicate Xiaoyaojin.

On September 15th, when Jiang Qin pursued him to Niutoushan, he was ambushed by Cao's army. Chen Wu came to his aid, but was ambushed by Cao Ren and trapped in the mountain. Sun Quan came to the rescue again, but was also flanked by Cao Chun's cavalry. The three of them could not advance or retreat at night.

At that moment, Fang broke out under the guard Sa Sheng.

On September 16th, Cao Cao led his troops to cover up the massacre, intending to encircle and annihilate Sun Quan and others.

On September 17, Zhou Yu gave way to Sun Quan, but surrounded Cao Ren, the forward of Cao's army. After a fierce battle, Cao Ren was wounded and left. Cao Cao was shocked, suspecting that it was Zhou Yu's plan to lure troops against China, so he hurriedly closed his line and stopped pursuing.

From September 18th to 20th, Cao Cao and Sun Quan's troops began to disengage and retreated.

On September 21st, Xia Houyuan led his troops to Jiangling. The Wu soldiers under Jiangling City had already retreated, so no gains were made.

Around September 30th, Sun Quan took away Jiangxia's gold, silver and other valuables and returned to Jiangdong, while Cao Cao plundered the remaining population of Jiangxia and moved them to Hefei. At this point, Jiangxia County was completely uninhabited, and corpses were piled in the fields...

...The previous paragraph is not watery...

Although winter is approaching, the temperature at noon is not very cold yet, and the dead people rot quickly, attracting many scavenging animals.

It is very interesting that there seems to be some audiences for stinky tofu, stinky mandarin fish, and even some foods of later generations, such as soybean juice, natto, durian, herring, etc., and many people think that they are special.

The smell is actually fragrant, but almost no one likes or accepts the smell of human corpses.

Corpse odor is like a naturally sticky gas. Once it is contaminated, even if you clean it repeatedly, it is difficult to remove the disgusting odor.

And what stinks even more than the rotting corpses are the refugees.

In Jiangxia, the entire county was ruined.

Originally, this month was supposed to be when the harvest was finished, and each household might have more or less, but they still got some rations, and the family could finally eat some decent meals, but now...

Cao's army couldn't wait long and could not gather the population, so they set fire to the village and left.

The people who hid in the mountains and swamps saw the soldiers retreat and came out again, only to see that their houses and villages had all turned into ashes...

what to do?

Just run away.

Just hide.

What else could the unarmed people do in the face of vicious soldiers?

In the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, they have been taught to be "filial", "respect the emperor", and "observe the rules". They are not allowed to do this or that. They all listened and did it. Honestly

If you actually cultivate the land, you should pay taxes according to your duties, but why?

Why?

Those officials who usually collect tax money, taxes, and accounts, stretched out their hands to collect the house tax when they were just putting up the beams of the house. When they caught a net of fish, they stared to collect the fish tax, even if it was

When they pick up some dry wood in the mountains, they also have to pay the tax on the harvest. They have to collect money and taxes when they eat a mouthful of food and drink a mouthful of water...

But when they were suffering, their houses were burned, and their food was robbed, when they needed some support and some comfort, none of these officials could see them...

Why?

No one will give them answers.

So these people could only whimper, like a lame dog, twisting and turning every step of the way, mixing their confused, sad, and frightened expressions with the cries of children, as well as hunger and hunger.

Tired, all mixed together, leaving their former hometown, their stable home.

They walked into the wilderness, walked through swamps, climbed over bald mountains, and passed through barren fields.

They are just ants, eating grass, tree bark, and soil. When they can't bear it any longer, they eat themselves.

It was walking like a zombie, and then there was a commotion in front of it, as if bait was dropped in the fish pond, and it suddenly started churning.

The government sent people to give porridge at the front.

Not the court, but the local government.

People rushed over to get the gruel that was probably just better than plain water.

The porridge had just been boiled and was very hot, but everyone was frightened by hunger. Those who received the porridge hurriedly sipped and drank, their eyes bulging but they still stared at the porridge shed, staring at the big mouthfuls in the porridge shed.
To be continued...