Sun Quan stood on the rocks by the clear stream with his hands behind his back, watching the clear stream water gurgling, and the goddess washing her feet, her eyes were changing.

The goddess carried the hem of her clothes, revealing her beautiful feet like jade, patting the stream with a relaxed expression, like a carefree mountain ghost, and then she might ride on a red leopard or a small cart and float into the mountain without knowing where to go.

Sun Quan envied her very much.

The only ones in the world that are more enviable than emperors are gods.

Otherwise, I would just listen to my mother's words and go back to Changsha to be a rich and idle person.

The thought flashed, and Sun Quan couldn't help but smiled bitterly. He didn't know what his mother had heard of and why she had such thoughts, but he felt that this was a humiliation.

Yu Sheng faced his father's ancestral hall, regretting that he did not inherit his military power? He even thought that he could not live long.

"Goddess." Sun Quan hesitated for a long time and pretended to speak casually.

The goddess said "um" and turned her head to look at Sun Quan, smiling but not smiling, and not angry but not angry. She had a hot and beautiful figure, but her expression on her face was as pure as water. Sun Quan's heart was waving. She subconsciously looked around. Seeing that the guards were all dozens of steps away, she walked to the goddess and leaned against her and sat down.

"Last time... I failed to seize the opportunity to attack. I still feel a little regretful when I think about it."

"Oh." The goddess withdrew her gaze, supported her hands on the stone, shrugged her shoulders, and looked at the green mountains in the distance.

"That... can you sacrifice to the Fire God again?"

The goddess didn't speak, and Sun Quan couldn't help but wait patiently, and his eyes slid down the goddess' slender neck. With the breath, the chest under the goddess's Suya rose and fell, and appeared faintly. Sun Quan was a little dry. If it weren't for the urgent situation in front of him, he needed the goddess to help him think of a way and ask the gods for blessing, and now he wanted to hug the goddess in his arms.

"Goddess Peak."

"What?" Sun Quan didn't understand for a moment.

"Last time you didn't act according to the oracle, and missed the opportunity, the God of Fire was angry. If you still want to get the God of Fire, you can only ask the Goddess for help, and you have to go in person."

Sun Quan reacted, looked up at the Goddess Peak, frowned, and didn't say anything for a long time.

The Goddess Peak is located in Jiangbei, and it is still dozens of miles away from the camp. It is not safe if there are fewer people, and it is impossible to hide people's ears. The last time I sacrifice to the Fire God could be to stabilize the morale of the army and boost the morale of the surrendered soldiers. After so long, the surrendered soldiers have already felt a sense of identity and the morale of the army is very stable. There is no need to use the power of the gods to go to the Goddess Peak to sacrifice with great fanfare, which is probably to confirm his reputation for asking gods and asking ghosts.

If the emperor asked, how should he answer?

The goddess turned her head to look at Sun Quan, with a glimmer of confusion in her eyes. Sun Quan turned her head guiltily, hugged her knees with both hands, and pondered.

The goddess suddenly stood up, stood barefoot on the big rock, opened her voice and sang. Her voice was very nice, but Sun Quan couldn't understand a word about what she was singing.

The goddess danced gracefully on the stone. Sun Quan's eyes were flowing with her. He was just watching it in a daze, but he saw Wu Fen walking along the path in the distance, walking in a hurry, and his originally pretty good mood suddenly became stagnant.

He knew that there must be an urgent news, otherwise Wu Fen would not disturb him at this time.

Sun Quan stood up, jumped up, went ashore, brushed his clothes, and adjusted his emotions. Wu Fen walked up to him and handed over a military newspaper. Sun Quan took it and glanced at it. Seeing that it was not the imperial edict, he felt relieved.

“Where did it come from?”

"The Left Prophet sent someone to him."

"Left Protector?" Sun Quan was shocked. How could Sun Shangxiang suddenly write to him? This is a rare thing. He quickly took the documents apart and stood by the stream to read.

Sun Shangxiang’s letters were not long and there were not many things. There were two main things:

First, she informed her offensive progress. She had led her troops into Hanzhong, and the main force surrounded Nanzheng. She was sweeping the peripheral counties in the faction. The progress was smooth and the siege of Nanzheng would soon be formed.

First, use troops in joint use. Cao Ang defended Langzhong with his purpose to defend Sun Shangxiang from the direction of Hanzhong. The northern slope of Daba Mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is quite difficult to force the attack. Sun Shangxiang hopes to act in concert with Sun Quan, sending people to assist Sun Quan first, defeat Cao Cao, and then attack Cao Ang.

If Sun Quan agrees, she will transfer Hanzhong Governor Xu Shu to lead his troops to reinforce Sun Quan. Xu Shu participated in the battle to plunder Hanzhong, conquered several cities in a row, and opened up the passage between Nanzheng and Xicheng. Judging from the process of this battle, Xu Shu was quite wise and could be used as a big deal.

After reading Sun Shangxiang's letter, Sun Quan felt very uncomfortable. Although Sun Shangxiang's letter was written very tactfully, he still heard what Sun Shangxiang meant. Sun Shangxiang believed that he could not defeat Cao Cao with his own strength alone and was willing to help him with his strength. Huang Zhong, who was attacking Cao Ang, was near Dangqu, and he might launch a fierce attack on Dangqu at any time, and then complete the attack on Langzhong to save face.

It was unreasonable that Sun Shangxiang suspected him. He was in Wu County for several months, and except for that unsatisfactory water battle, there was no truly threatening attack.

But can I blame this? Including Lou Gui's men, I have less than 10,000 people, and they are paired up by the county and state soldiers. As for Sun Shangxiang, she has 20,000 people, all of them are elite. In addition to other generals, the total strength is more than 50,000. It is precisely because of such sufficient troops that she can be so generous that she can transfer Xu Shu to reinforce him at any time.

Xu Shu was the governor of Hanzhong, with few thousand men and nearly ten thousand men under his command, at least as good as Lou Gui. In terms of military achievements, I am afraid that he is still above Lou Gui.

This is my little sister who pitys me. Sun Quan sighed secretly, handed the official document to Wu Fen, and signaled Wu Fen to take a look.

After Wu Fen finished reading it, a hint of joy flashed between his eyebrows, but he wanted to speak but stopped. He looked at Sun Quan's eyes and then said stutteringly: "I have heard of this Xu Shu. It is said that Your Majesty attached great importance to him back then and ordered him to assist Qiao Gong in guarding Wu Pass, which would be of great benefit to the Battle of Nanyang."

Sun Quan said nothing. Wu Fen's reaction was as expected. Not only Wu Fen, I'm afraid that others would not object if they knew the news, even if they were not enthusiastic, they would at least not object. He did not express his opinion, and looked back at the goddess who was still singing and dancing on his own, and quickly walked towards the camp.

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Liao Li put the document gently on the table. "What does the king want?"

"I was about to ask Gong Yuan for advice."

Liao Li thought for a while and suddenly laughed. "The left lord is far away in Hanzhong, and he can think about the king and sending people to reinforce him. The right lord is in Nanzhong, and he should also send people to reinforce him. I just don't know who it will be. He is always stronger than Lou Gui."

Sun Quan's face became even more ugly and he didn't say a word.

The emperor's brother Sun Ce has arrived in Zigui. Whether he comes in person or sends generals to reinforce, it shows that he does not have heavy responsibilities. If he cannot prove his ability, no matter how many reinforcements come, it will be meaningless. Those people will not obey him or even listen to his accusations.

Just like Lou Gui.

Lou Gui came to reinforcements and had tasks to assist him, but he had Liao Li around him. He didn't have much time to listen to Lou Gui's suggestions. Lou Gui was also very conscious and never took the initiative to make suggestions. Of course, he also kept a certain distance from him, and was not even together in the camp.

Lou Gui is in the north of the Yangtze River, across Wuxi, opposite Wu County.

Xu Shu is here, probably the same is true. At that time, he will respond with Lou Gui and it will be even more difficult for him to accuse him.

Wu County must be conquered before new news arrives.

After discussing with Liao Li, Sun Quan decided to accept the advice of the goddess, go to the Goddess Peak to worship the God of Fire and the Goddess Yao Ji, and ask for blessings.

There are two ways to get from Nanlingtan to Shennv Peak, one is to take a boat and walk down the river and go down to the bottom of Shennv Peak. However, Shennv Peak stands on the river and stands a thousand feet on the wall, and cannot climb directly, so you have to take a land route in the end.

There are two land routes: before the plank road is demolished by Cao Cao, you can walk along the river plank road. After the plank road is demolished, you must first go up along Wuxi, travel east from the front of the Xiyao Palace, and go up from the north slope of Shennv Peak.

The twelve peaks of Wushan are arranged on both sides of the Yangtze River, with six peaks from north to south. Shennv Peak is the fourth peak from the west. Sun Quan had to approach the 100-mile mountain road and passed at least four peaks in turn to reach the destination Shennv Peak. In order to transport the materials used for sacrifices, it is inevitable to overcome all obstacles.

After several days of hard work, Sun Quan finally stood on the Goddess Peak.

Looking at the cliffs that were almost straight up and down, and looking at the river rolling eastward not far away, Sun Quan felt a lot of emotion.

After the sacrifice, the goddess received an oracle again.

The oracle was very vague and only said that the opportunity was in the northwest. The goddess couldn't explain clearly what it specifically refers to.

Sun Quan and Liao Li and Wu Fen discussed for a long time, and invited Shen Mi and Lou Fa to discuss together. Lou Fa accidentally mentioned one thing: Could it be that the Shu army had the baggage transported?

As soon as this statement came out, everyone woke up as if they were in a dream. They all felt that Lou Fa was right and that this was the most likely.

Wu County was besieged for half a year, and most of the outside of the city was controlled by the Wu army. After the autumn harvest, many people handed over the rent to the Wu army camp. While reducing the transportation of Wu's supplies, the Shu army soldiers in Wu County could not get enough supplies and could only rely on Yu Fu's reinforcements.

Yu Fu went to Wu County to walk on the water normally and went down the water, which was very convenient. However, in the last battle, Li Yi and others lost most of the warships, and the waterway fell under the control of the Wu army. If the Shu army transported grain from the waterway, it would be equivalent to giving it to the Wu army.

If you can't walk on the water road, there is only a mountain road left. Go east from Baidi City, go up to Dongyan Creek, and then climb over Yangtai Mountain to enter the upper reaches of Wuxi. Walk along Wuxi for more than twenty miles south, and you can reach the north of Wuxian Town.

Of course, this road is not as convenient as the Yangtze River waterway, but it is accessible. Since Lou Gui is stationed on the east bank of Wuxi, there will be no fewer teams of Shu army escorting food and grass. In other words, if the ambush is successful, the number of beheadings will be considerable. In addition, the food and grass obtained from the robbery will be quite attractive.

There is only one question left: When will the Shu army deliver food?

There will not be many times for this scale of money and grain transmission, but it may be this time in a few months. If you miss this time, you may not be able to get it next time.

Sun Quan was anxious and immediately sent someone to contact Lou Gui. Lou Gui's camp was in Jiangbei, and he was more familiar with the situation between Wu County and Yu Fu.

The next morning, Sun Quan received a reply from Lou Gui. He had just received a message from the scout that a few days ago, a batch of money and grain from Jiangzhou was being transported to Wu County. According to the itinerary, he should be able to arrive in Wu County in the past two days. He was about to send someone to ask Sun Quan for instructions to see if he wanted to send troops to ambush, so he received Sun Quan's order. It was a coincidence.

Sun Quan was overjoyed and immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters and arrange an ambush.

In order to ensure the successful ambush, he personally rushed to Lou Gui's camp and negotiated with Lou Gui.

Lou Gui grandly received Sun Quan and went to the dock to greet him in person.

Seeing Lou Gui standing respectfully on the dock, Sun Quan felt relieved. He had also been to Lou Gui's camp before, but Lou Gui just greeted him at the gate of the camp and had never been to the dock.

After getting off the boat, he made a few remarks with Lou Gui. Sun Quan, accompanied by Lou Gui, came all the way to the Central Army.

As soon as he sat down, Lou Gui took out the map and spread it in front of Sun Quan. Sun Quan glanced at it and couldn't help but frowned slightly. The Shu army route marked on the map did not coincide with what he mentioned in the report, and it could even be said to be two paths at all.

"Zi Bo, this is..." Sun Quan tried to calm down, pointed to the picture, and asked lightly.

Lou Gui smiled slightly. "King, military affairs should be secret, if not secret, it will be a failure."

Sun Quan smiled, but his expression was a little angry. "Is Zi Bo worried that there would be a Shu army alone to do it?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Lou Gui's eyes. He pondered for a moment and bowed, "Master King, Shu Gui is unscrupulous. The two armies are fighting, surrendering and making detailed works are common. Although they do not doubt people and don't use them, they must be prepared. Shen Mi, Lou Fa and others have surrendered easily, and after so long, they have not heard of Cao Cao's handling of their family. It is hard to say whether there is any connection here. As for others, it is not surprising that there are a few detailed works arranged by Fa Zheng in it. Thinking about the fact that in Nanyang, during the Fa Zheng's movement, Nanyang slipped away under Xin Georgia's eyelids, which Xin Georgia said in person."

Sun Quan was unhappy, but there was no reason to refute. It was not Lou Gui who suspected Shen Mi, Lou Fa and others in the army, but he himself was a little wary of Shen Mi and Lou Fa. However, the point of Lou Gui's words was not Shen Mi and Lou Fa, but the goddess and the witches around him.

He knew very well that there were many discussions and even some criticisms in the army about him leaving the goddess by his side.

"Zi Bo, tell me about your plan."

"Here." Lou Gui spread the map and pointed to the already marked route. "From the fish back to Wu County, it was originally the most convenient way to go to Wuxi. However, after our army entered Wuxi, the Shu army walked from Wuxi, which was like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. Therefore, they chose another road and crossed Niumaling, west of Wuxian. This road has no waterway to use, which is even more difficult, but it also avoided our army's interception."

While explaining, Lou Gui pointed on the map. After hearing this, Sun Quan suddenly realized in his heart and secretly praised Lou Gui for his carefulness. He did not stick to the existing roads, but instead focused more on those inconspicuous roads. If it weren't for this, he would never have discovered that the Shu army would go to Niumaling. Under normal circumstances, it would not be a way to go to the army.

"But this also has advantages. Our army can take them off guard by surprise. But the food is afraid that it will not be too late to transport it back, so it can only be burned on the spot. Otherwise, once the defenders in the city receive the news and cut off our army's retreat, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Chapter completed!