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Sun Quan personally served as the main general, Lu Meng was the deputy general, leading 40,000 Jiangdong Army and five warships rushed to the west to aid Cao's army.

Although the Jiangdong Army had a great momentum, it seemed to be just a storm and thunder, without actual actions. Logically, they should have regained Wuhu first and formed a confrontation with the Han army. However, Sun Quan was not in a hurry to attack the Han army, but instead stationed in Liyang and waited for the opportunity.

After Sun Quan received information, after occupying Ruxukou, the Han army did not go north in large numbers, but instead stationed heavy troops and warships at Ruxukou. It seemed that they were confronting Cao's army, but Sun Quan knew in his heart that Liu Jing was defending himself.

In this way, the Jiangdong Army would not advance westward easily. Sun Quan hoped that the Han army would fight with the Cao army first, so that he would have the chance to gain the greatest benefit. However, the Cao army was not in a hurry to start a war with the Han army. It seemed that they were waiting for the Han army to fight with the Jiangdong army first, so that they could get the greatest benefit.

This is a delicate angular balance, but on Sun Quan's side, there is still some worries.

Sun Quan just got the news that Lu Xun used a trick to kill the He brothers and led the Thousand Han troops to seize Kuaiji County. Although Sun Quan did not know that Lu Xun had marched into Wu County, the loss of Kuaiji County still shocked Sun Quan.

Danyang, Wujun, and Kuaiji are the core counties in Jiangdong. He may not care about the gains and losses of the other counties, but this county is only related to his rule in Jiangdong. No matter which one he loses, he cannot bear it.

Although the He brothers occupied Kuaiji, they still recognized that Sun Quan was the lord of Jiangdong, and it was completely different for the Han army to occupy Kuaiji. Sun Quan was anxious and refused to go west again, and stopped in Liyang to wait for news about Wujun. If something happened to Wujun again, he would not care about the battle in Hefei.

In the cabin, Sun Quan was walking back and forth with his hands behind his hands, looking very anxious. Sima Buzhi, marched on the side, advised: "After all, the Han army has only a thousand troops. Even if all the Kuaiji army surrenders, they will take at least a few months to integrate, not so quickly. Moreover, there is a veteran Huang Gai in Wu County to guard it. Bei Zhi believes that nothing will happen, and Wu Hou does not have to be so anxious."

Sun Quan sighed and said, "If only Han generals like Lou are in Kuaiji County, I wouldn't worry. But Lu Xun is in Kuaiji County, and Sun Shao also served as the guard of Kuaiji. This will easily gain the support of Kuaiji army. I also know that Lu Xun's ability does not take a few months, at most ten days and half a month, and he can complete the rectification of the Ji army. As for Wu County, it makes me even more worried."

Bu Zhi also knew why Sun Quan was worried about Wujun. Because Lu Xun led the troops and under the banner of Sun Shao, not to mention that the great Wujun family would support Lu Xun, more importantly, the people of Wujun recognized Sun Shao. With the support of the aristocratic family and public opinion, it is indeed worrying whether Huang Gai could defend Wujun.

Bu Zhi wanted to comfort Sun Quan again, but the truth was already in front of them, and no matter how much comfort was, it would be useless. He could only find a way to solve the current crisis. After a moment of silence, Bu Zhi asked again: "How is Wu Hou ready to deal with the crisis in Kuaiji or Wujun?"

Sun Quan said: "I have ordered Xu Sheng to lead 5,000 troops to Wujun to support him, so that the Wujun army can reach 15,000 troops, but Jianye's troops are insufficient, so I want to withdraw another 10,000 troops to defend Jianye. Anyway, I promised that Cao Cao would send 10,000 troops and transfer 10,000 troops, and I would still have 10,000 troops, which is not considered a violation of the promise."

"But if there were only ten thousand troops, I'm afraid that the Han army would be insufficient."

Sun Quan sighed, "There is nothing I can do. After all, I have to protect Jiangdong first. If Wujun is lost, I may have to withdraw from the Hefei war. I hope Cao Cao can understand my difficulties."

Bu Zhi could only smile bitterly, Cao Cao only cared about his own interests, how could he understand the difficulties of Jiangdong?

If the Jiangdong Army participates in the war, then the Sun Cao coalition will have a six-point chance of victory, both offensive and defensive. However, once Jiangdong withdraws its troops and fights with the Han army alone. Without naval forces, the Cao army will only have a defensive momentum, and the victory will be reduced to 40%. The Han army will have a six-point advantage. This is a fact that everyone understands. How could Cao Cao not move to the Nujiang East Army?

At this moment, a guard rushed outside the cabin and reported: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, a fleet of Cao's army arrived, and asked for another ship to send 10,000 barrels of turmeric oil."

Sun Quan was immediately surprised and nervous. The surprise was that Cao Cao did not break the promise, and the turbid oil he was looking forward to finally arrived, while the anxiety was that Cao Cao had fulfilled his promise and he also wanted to fulfill his promise to attack Wuhu.

Sun Quan was in a complicated mood and had to say to Bu Zhi: "Let's go and have a look at the turmeric oil first."

At this time, a fleet of irrigation oil was parked in Caohenoi, Liyang County. Caohe and Lishui figured it out and finally poured into the Yangtze River. The fleet of this cargo ship was naturally the strategy offered by Gan Ning. The thousand Cao soldiers who were guarding the fleet were all dressed by Qiao of the Han army, and the surname was Wen. Of course, General Wen was also dressed by Han generals. As long as they did not jump out and shout, I would not notice such details.

Sun Quan brought Bu Zhi, Lu Meng and others to the fleet. Thousands of Jiangdong troops were transporting irrigated oil to the shore, and ten thousand barrels of irrigated oil were piled up like a hill.

At this time, Ya raised Wen Yan forward and bowed, took out Cao Cao's handwritten letter and presented it to Sun Quan, "This is the handwritten letter from Duke Wei to Duke Wu, please check it out."

Sun Quan took the letter and read it. It was indeed Cao Cao's handwriting. It was written very clearly. According to the agreement reached between the two parties, 10,000 barrels of turmeric oil will be delivered first, and 100,000 grain will be delivered in batches. I hope the Jiangdong army will keep its promise and station troops in Wuhu as soon as possible.

Sun Quan sighed again in his heart. Cao Cao was not vague at all and clearly asked him to send troops to Wuhu. What should I do?

He asked the young general Wen Yan again: "Is this going well? Have you ever encountered a Han army patrol ship?"

Wen Yan bowed and said respectfully: "The Han army mainly inspected the area around Nanchao Lake, and we entered Baixiashui from Beichao Lake. They didn't know that the river channel had been widened, but we had to rush back as soon as possible. Next, we will transport grain from Liyang."

Sun Quan nodded and turned around and asked Cangcao to join the army, Han Jin, "Han joins the army, there is a problem with the turmeric oil."

"Report to your Highness, I have tested it. It is the refined turmeric oil, the quantity is 10,000 barrels, which is completely correct."

Sun Quan immediately sat down and picked up his pen and wrote a reply letter to Cao Cao, and handed it to Wen Yan, "General Wen can pass this letter to Duke Wei."

Wen Yan received the letter and said, "In addition, Duke Wei has another verbal message to me to tell the Marquis of Wu."

"Please say General Wen"

"Duke Wei said that the Han army might go from Chaisang to Xindu County, so please don't be careless."

Sun Quan was shocked. Cao Cao would never say this for no reason. He said this, there must be evidence. Did the Han army add troops to Xindu County again?

"What else does Wei Gong have to say?"

"No more, that's all. If the Marquis of Wu has nothing to do, I will say goodbye first"

Wen Yan bowed to Sun Quan, turned around and boarded the cargo ship. Soon, the cargo ship turned around and slowly drove towards the northward Lishui.

Sun Quan was in a state of confusion and pondered for a long time, and said to Lu Meng: "I will lead 10,000 troops back to Jianye. The Liyang naval army will be temporarily handed over to Governor Lu to command the army. The army will be stationed in Liyang. Without my order, we will not march towards Wuhu."

"Abide by the orders of low duties"

Lu Meng hesitated for a moment and suggested: "Although we cannot march towards Wuhu on a large scale, we can also harass the Han army on a small scale, intercept the Han army's supplies, etc., so we can also give Cao Cao an explanation."

Sun Quan nodded, "Yes, you can discuss the specific plan with Bu Sima."

Sun Quan turned around and pointed to the mountainous turbulent barrels on the shore and said, "These tens of barrels of turbulent oil will be transported to Wujun immediately and handed over to General Huang to deal with the Han army. He will set off immediately."

The first batch of 10,000 barrels of turmeric oil provided by Cao Cao was carried with the army, and Jianye had no inventory. Sun Quan was really worried about the safety of Wujun, so he immediately decided to send the second batch of 10,000 barrels of turmeric oil to Wujun.

At this time, even if the army does not withdraw from Jianye, Sun Quan must rush back

Lu Xun led 7,000 troops to occupy Qiantang County without bloodshed. He then occupied Fuchun County and Yuhang County, and obtained nearly 50,000 stones of official grain from this wealthy county as his military grain.

But Lu Xun was not in a hurry to go north. On the one hand, although Lou led the fleet to travel to Songjiang, he needed time, but on the other hand, he received news from Zhang Ning, Xindu County that about 5,000 Han troops had entered Xindu County and were rushing towards Shixin County.

Lu Xun immediately realized that this was a support army sent by the King of Han, and was preparing to surround Wujun from the side. The arrival of the five thousand Han troops greatly increased Lu Xun's confidence. In this way, he would have to invest in the battlefield of Wujun to reach 15,000 people, which would be on par with the Jiangdong Army of Wujun. It depends on who has better strategy and better performance in the battle, and who can achieve the final victory.

But Lu Xun's methods were not limited to military affairs. Just five days after he occupied Qiantang County, one of Lu Xun's confidant sneaked into Wu County in confusion and found the Lu family.

Although the Lu family has been recognized as having connections with the Han army, Sun Quan did not liquidate the Lu family after recapturing Wujun. The reason is very simple. Sun Quan's support rate in Wujun is not high.

The Lu family is the first family in Wu County, and has a close relationship with Gu and Zhang families. The families are inseparable and prosperous, and the other lose. Once the Lu family is liquidated, it will inevitably cause turmoil in Wu County, which makes Sun Quan dare not easily attack the Lu family.

However, Sun Quan could not swallow this. Although he did not attack the Lu family, he still asked Huang Gai to send people to closely monitor the Lu family's every move and prevented the Lu family from causing trouble again.

Huang Gai couldn't send people to surround the Lu Mansion, but he deployed two monitors in front of the Lu Mansion's door to see who came to visit the Lu Mansion, or who Lu Jun went to visit again.

This is just a low-level surveillance. Sun Quan hated the Lu family deeply, but Huang Gai may not be able to offend the Lu, Gu, and Zhang family. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to do things in Wujun. You should know that there are more than 10,000 tenant farmers alone. If tens of thousands of tenant farmers make trouble together, it will be difficult to calm down. Huang Gai knows this very well, so he just deals with Sun Quan on the surface, symbolically surveillance of the Lu family, and dare not oppress the Lu family too much.

At night, it started to rain in Wu County, and several people who were monitoring the Lu family gathered together to drink and chat. At this time, a man in black quickly approached outside the east courtyard of the Lu Mansion and looked around on both sides of the courtyard wall for a while. There was no side door in this area, so naturally no one was watching.
Chapter completed!