Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi County.

Liu Ba said to Shixie: "At this time, Li Qi was in a stalemate with Sun Quan in Yuzhang County; Liu Bei was in Chichun and Zhou Yu were also indistinguishable from him. The lord could ask his son Shihui to lead a large army to Nanhai County at this time to shock Sun Quan and gain profit from it."

Shi Xie said: "I don't know how the battle situation between Li Zhenghong and Liu Xuande is now. If they win, it will be useless if our army goes. Instead, it will be suspected of stealing the fruits of victory for friendly troops. If they lose, not only will they not be able to help them, but will drag our army into the quagmire of war. I think it's better not to go."

Liu Ba said: "My lord is such a bad word! If the Li and Liu coalition forces are defeated, we will remain silent to prevent Sun Quan from conquering Jiaozhou when the morale is strong; if the Li and Liu coalition forces win, they will not be able to swallow the entire Jiangdong even if they are anxious. At this time, it is our turn to take advantage of the situation to capture Luling and Jian'an counties."

Shi Xie said: "Zichu strictly prevented Sun Quan from attacking Jiaozhou by taking advantage of the victory, and his remarks were quite consistent with my wishes."

As a result, the southernmost forces were finally involved in the disputes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

At this time, Sun Quan seemed to have figured it out: Li Qi did not retreat at all, but lies in ambush outside the suburbs of Yuzhou City, watching Sun Quan's army leave the city with his own eyes, and then wait for an opportunity to sneak attack the Yuzhang County City.

If you guessed correctly, Li Qi should have taken advantage of the moonless night to sneak into the shade forest in the northwest of Yuzhang County.

But after all, there were 20,000 troops, and they were quietly moved and changed positions without being discovered by the provocate. It can be seen that their military discipline and individual soldiers are very powerful.

However, Sun Quan still can't figure out one problem:

Although Sun Quan took away most of the troops - he personally led 20,000, Ling Cao, Ling Tong and his son 20,000, Ding Feng and Dong Xi 20,000, and 5,000 vanguard Sun Fu, totaling 65,000. However, he still left more than 15,000 city guards for Yuzhang County.

On the other hand, Gan Ning took away 10,000 people on Li Qi's side, which was verified by Xinfan County Magistrate. In other words, Li Qi only has about 20,000 people.

With a force of 15,000 troops, the Jiangdong soldiers could not defend against Li Qi's siege with the strong city defense of Yuzhang County?

This is so unreasonable.

No matter how powerful the Yizhou soldiers are, you have to keep them in one or two months, right?

Is this Sun Ben a bargain?

At the same time, Li Qi had already stood on the city tower of Yuzhang County, and the flag waving with the fierce west wind had become the "Li".

In front of him, there were bound together with the prefect of Yuzhang Sun Ben and the old minister of Jiangdong III, Cheng Pu, and the Bu Zhi who was unable to go to the expedition with the army.

Cheng Pu scolded Li Qi: "Thief, use all your tricks and have the ability to start a battle."

It turned out that Li Qi was not attacking the city, but was playing tricks.

He found a pair of father-son soldiers among the Jiangdong soldiers he had captured before, so he asked his father to pretend to be Sun Fu's soldiers to ask Sun Ben for help, saying that Sun Fu's vanguard had been caught in Li Qi's ambush in front and could not break through the siege, so he looked at Sun Ben to rescue him.

Sun Ben was not without suspicion, so he asked the veteran: "Didn't the Marquis of Wu have a large army behind?"

The veteran said according to Li Qi's instructions: "After General Sun led out the enemy's ambush, Wu Hou originally wanted to save him. Unfortunately, General Sun took the initiative to ask the palace rear, and said that Li Qi's army was not far ahead, hoping that Wu Hou would not miss this opportunity."

That said, it is quite in line with Sun Fu's personality.

After all, he was the younger brother who had grown up by soaking his shit and urinating, so the demon Sun Ben helped his brother lead the army out of the city to rescue him.

The next thing was a trick. Sun Ben's reinforcements opened the city gate, and about half of the soldiers left the city, they were attacked by Li Qi from the two wings.

It is too late to close the city gate at this time, let alone Sun Ben is still outside the city. Who dares to close the city gate without authorization?

That's why Cheng Pu scolded Li Qi, saying that he only knows how to play tricks and is a villain.

Li Qi felt that he was very wronged. He found out the war letters he had sent to Sun Quan a few days ago from the county government and said to Cheng Pu: "Who said I dare not set up a battle with you and others? There is evidence here. It is obvious that Wu Hou didn't have the courage."

Cheng Pu was speechlessly clogged.

After a while, Cheng Pu shouted again: "If you want to kill and cut, you will be punished."

To be honest, Li Qi really didn't think about killing Cheng Pu and Sun Ben.

Cheng Pu was a veteran of the three dynasties in Jiangdong. He was of great reputation among the soldiers of Jiangdong, no less than Zhou Yu.

If killed, it will only arouse more fierce resistance from the heroes in Jiangdong, and will be more unfavorable to win over the hearts of the people in Jiangdong.

On the other hand, Jiangdong has a vast territory and cannot be abandoned overnight.

Li Qi's original strategic goal was just to hit Sun Quan, and he did not dare to lengthen the front line and penetrate deep into the hinterland of Jiangdong for the time being.

There are two reasons: one is that the army is alone and it is not conducive to oneself; the other is that when Cao Cao really went south for a long time, there was no room for maneuver.

So Li Qi kept Cheng Pu and Sun Ben and wanted to see what Sun Quan thought.

At the same time, Li Qi also asked the follow-up doctor to heal Cheng Pu's injuries.

Cheng Pu "snatched" a moment and said he would not take the medicine given to him, but when he heard that the other party was following Zhang Zhongjing, Cheng Pu still "submitted".

What I think is that when I am cured my injury, I will fight you to the death.

Now for Sun Quan, Gan Ning in the west, Shamoke was stationed in Ai County, and Li Qi was stationed in the east to defend Yuzhang County. Ma Chao led his army to capture Haihun in the north of Yuzhang County, cutting off Sun Quan's way back.

I originally wanted to make dumplings for Li Qi, but I became dumplings myself.

This made a group of old officials in the Jiangdong Base Camp very anxious. As the backbone of Jiangdong, someone has made dumplings now. Who can’t be in a hurry?

Wu Guo was too anxious, she treated Sun Quan as her own son.

Wu Guotai said to Zhang Zhao: "When Bo Fu left, he once said that he would ask Zhang Zhao if he was not determined by internal affairs and Zhou Yu if he was not determined by external affairs. Today, Zhou Lang attacked Liu Bei in Lichun, but Zibu could discuss major events. I wonder what Zibu had? "

Zhang Zhao stammered and said, "Zhao is also discussing with the public."

Wu Guotai said angrily: "I hope you will come up with your ideas earlier."

Sun Quan led 100,000 troops to Yuzhang County, and Zhou Lang led another army to deal with Liu Bei outside, and Jiangdong had basically been hollowed out.

If all the troops of the six counties are gathered together, it will take too long, and it will not be possible to turn other places into empty cities without troops, right? You must know that Cao's army Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian are still staring at this piece of fat.

Therefore, the only thing that is now is to seek peace.

But summing requires conditions.

Who dares to do anything randomly if the head of the family doesn’t say anything?

At the critical moment, Lu Su stood up.

Lu Su said: "When Li Qi was in Jiangling, I visited him twice. This time I also asked me to talk to Li Qi."

Zhang Zhao asked: "What do Zijing plan to talk about?"

Lu Su said: "I will first express my attitude towards seeking peace, and see what Li Qi has. Then Su will meet with Wu Hou in Xinfan and then make a decision."

Zhang Zhao and others had to sigh and nod.
Chapter completed!