Liu Mang's punches made the envoy from Xu Du suffer a lot.
"Milord, don't hit him. Don't hit him!" Xu Shu quickly stepped forward to stop Liu Mang.
"Internal Minister, hit him. It doesn't matter. This Cao Cao is not a good person. This envoy is also not a good person! How can our Yangzhou be afraid of Xu Du? "Guan Hai wanted to stop Xu Shu. The enmity of Xu Du attacking Yu Province had not been avenged yet.
"No, no!" Xu Shu had no intention of stopping Liu Mang. However, if the fight continued, this so-called Angel would really die. Therefore, Xu Shu had no choice but to stop Liu Mang.
"Hu, hu!" Liu Mang finally loosened his grip. The so-called angel on the ground was already gasping for air.
"You, you, you!" The so-called Angel looked at Liu Mang with a face full of snot and blood.
"What? You still want to be hit? " Liu Mang continued to speak. The Angel was so scared that he trembled. In the end, he simply closed his eyes and fainted.
"En?" Liu Mang frowned. He was also afraid that he would kill the envoy of Xu Du. Although Liu Mang was not afraid of Cao Cao, if he did not give Cao Cao face, he might start a war.
Fortunately, Liu Mang took a look and replied that he was still alive. Only then did Liu Mang casually wipe his hands.
"Alright! Now, you can tell me what message this Cao Cao sent me. " Liu Mang said to the deputy envoy with a smile. In the eyes of the deputy envoy, this smile was no less than the smile of a devil.
Trembling, the deputy emissary picked up the red silk from the ground. The Great Han Dynasty flourished in the virtue of fire, so it was not the so-called yellow robe, nor was it the golden imperial edict, but a bright red imperial edict.
"By, by the will of the Heavens, the Emperor of Han decrees that the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang, Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang, shall uphold the State and revive the Han dynasty …" The deputy envoy finally finished reciting the imperial edict while trembling.
"Promoted?" Liu Mang listened to the words in the imperial edict. He was no longer the General of the East. He was now the General of Agile Cavalry. Even his father-in-law had changed. He had changed from a mere Yangzhou Shepherd to the current Assistant General of the Country.
These two official positions were both second rank and above. Above them would be the Great General, one of the Three Dukes, who was in charge of all the armies under the heavens.
"When did this Cao Cao become so good?" Liu Mang was a bit puzzled. He looked at the messenger who was lying on the ground. Liu Mang was a bit embarrassed. The messenger came to announce Liu Mang's promotion but was beaten up by Liu Mang to the point of being unable to take care of himself. No matter what, Liu Mang should not have done that. When Liu Mang was about to go up and pretend to be grateful, Xu Shu's face became gloomy.
"Men, send the two envoys and the Great Han General away to rest." Xu Shu overstepped his authority and shouted to his personal guards.
Soon, the guards outside the hall came forward and carried the envoy away. The deputy envoy was running away. He did not dare to stay a moment longer.
"Yuanzhi, what's wrong?" Liu Mang also noticed Xu Shu's gloomy expression.
Xu Shu clenched his teeth and spat out a few words. "Good plan, good plan, a promotion in public but a demotion in private. Go to Yangzhou for the sake of Jingchu's safety. "
"Yuanzhi, what is the meaning of this? This Cao Cao sent a decree of promotion. Does he want to reconcile with Yangzhou? " Liu Mang asked Xu Shu. For Liu Mang, the so-called righteousness was not as important as strength. Therefore, he did not understand these words.
"Milord, this Cao Cao not only does not have the slightest intention of reconciling with Yangzhou, but he also wants to interfere with our army's entry into Jingchu." Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang.
"Milord, Milord's original position was the East Suppressing General. Although his position was not high, he was one of the few generals with real power. He could manage Jingchu and Shu Chuan. Therefore, when our army went to Jingchu, we could use the righteousness. Even that Liu Biao could be considered Milord's subordinate. However, this General of Light Cavalry is different. Cao Cao wants to make Milord the Champion Marquis!"
The most outstanding person in the General of Light Cavalry position was Great Han's Champion Marquis, Huo Qubing. He had helped Great Han defeat the Xiongnu and had become the Grand Marshal at such a young age. He had unlimited power.
The position of General of Agile Cavalry was given to Huo Qubing by him. If Huo Qubing continued to gain merit, he would not be able to be given any more titles. He could only continue to be promoted to Great General, which would give him more power. As such, Hanwu Emperor wanted to give Huo Qubing an official position and take over his military power. However, Huo Qubing had done so much for Hanwu Emperor, so he could not just take him down. If that happened, who would dare to work for him in the future? At this time, even though the Xiongnu forces had been destroyed, there were still remnants. As such, Hanwu Emperor wanted to give Huo Qubing an official position, which was General of Agile Cavalry.
This General of Light Cavalry sounded very impressive. Adding a rider in front of a General would make it seem even bigger than a General. This was indeed the case during Great Han Wu's time. In terms of rank, it was even higher than the Three Dukes. However, this General of Light Cavalry had a very bad point. This General of Light Cavalry did not have any military power. You could say that he had a civil position, but he had the title of General. You could say that he had a military position, but he did not have any military power. In other words, he was just an Imperial Bodyguard.
Therefore, the General of Light Cavalry that Cao Cao gave to Liu Mang was a complete joke.
"Then what about this General of Light Cavalry?" Liu Mang frowned and asked Xu Shu.
"Hmph! If this General of Light Cavalry was Cao Cao's subordinate, then it would be very good. At the very least, he could be the deputy commander of Cao Cao. However, this position was given to Wen Hou. Do you think Wen Hou would work under Cao Cao? Without the position of Yangzhou's Patriarch, there would be no reason for Milord to attack Jiangdong! "Xu Shu said.
Liu Mang did not have the position of General of Light Cavalry, so there was no reason for him to attack Liu Biao's Jingzhou. This was because Liu Biao was not under his control. Lü Bu had become the General of Light Cavalry. At the same time, Yangzhou had also lost the reason to attack Jiangdong. After all, most of the rich places in Jiangdong were in Yangzhou's territory. The other places that were close to Jiaozhou were basically barren lands.
Cao Cao's idea was really good. When the Imperial Decree came, it immediately made Yangzhou's crusade against the enemy disappear.
"Internal Minister, I'm hungry from the interrogation!" When Xu Shu was explaining the meaning of the Imperial Decree to Liu Mang, one of Xu Shu's subordinates came in and respectfully said to Xu Shu.
"This is the confession!" Xu Shu's subordinate handed over a blood-stained letter to Xu Shu.
Xu Shu quickly read through the letter. The more he read, the more he frowned. In the end, his face was overflowing with anger. "Genius Guo Fengxiao, he really deserves his reputation."
"Milord, this is the confession of the deputy envoy." Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.
"Deputy envoy?" Liu Mang also took the letter and looked at it. Sure enough, this was the confession of the deputy envoy who delivered the letter to Cao Cao. The person's name and place of origin, his position in the Cao Jun, the reason for his visit, and Cao Cao's orders were all written in the letter. Liu Mang could only sigh at Xu Shu's speed. This confession was naturally not given by the deputy envoy. It must have been prepared by Xu Shu.
Actually, most of the credit for this extortion was given to Liu Mang. If he did not beat the envoy until he vomited blood and fainted, with his face and body dyed red with blood, how could the deputy envoy be so cooperative? For the sake of his own life, he would naturally answer whatever Xu Shu's people asked.
"Let Jingzhou's Liu Biao and Jiangdong's Sun Ce practice?" Liu Mang was surprised. This was because the confession stated that Liu Mang's position as the Eastern General was given to Liu Biao by Cao Cao. Although the Yangzhou Shepherd was not Sun Ce, Jiangdong had a position as the Eastern General.
According to reason, the Eastern General was a subordinate of the Eastern General. Cao Cao gave this position to Jiangdong because he wanted to form an alliance with Cao Cao.
"Will Jiangdong's Sun Ce agree to this?" Liu Mang did not understand. Sun Ce and Liu Biao were sworn enemies. Cao Cao wanted to use his position to make them reconcile? Forming an alliance?
Although there were no eternal enemies between vassals, only eternal benefits, Sun Ce was different. He inherited the inheritance of Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu. He was a very upright person. Moreover, Liu Biao and Sun Ce had a blood feud.
Sun Ce can subdue anyone but Liu Biao. The hatred of killing his father is absolutely irreconcilable.
"If Sun Ce does not agree, he will not send his second brother to Xudu to congratulate Cao Cao's wife!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang. Xu Shu did not know much about Sun Ce. This was because Xu Shu had always dealt with Yangzhou's affairs. His enemies were Liu Bei and the others from Yuzhou. Naturally, Chen Gong and the others from Lujiang would deal with Sun Ce. So, if you asked Chen Gong, he would naturally have the same idea as Liu Mang. That was, it was impossible for Sun Ce to practice with Liu Biao.
"His second brother?" Liu Mang suddenly thought of a person. "Is it Sun Quan?"
"Yes! Cao Cao's deputy envoy said that Jiangdong's second son, Sun Quan, had sent a congratulatory gift to Lady Bian. "Xu Shu said to Liu Mang. If it was not for Sun Ce's permission, how could it be possible?
"No!" Liu Mang shook his head. There was something wrong here. Sun Quan from Jiangdong? If Sun Ce wanted to show goodwill to Cao Cao, he could have just sent an envoy. Why would he use his brother's hand?
"My lord, this matter should not be delayed. We should immediately send troops to Jiangdong!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang. It did not matter if Cao Cao gave Liu Biao the position of Eastern General because Yangzhou did not want to attack Jingzhou. But it was different for Jiangdong.
Jiangdong had a lot of soldiers and Jingzhou had a lot of wealth. If the two were combined, then it would be a big problem. So now, the envoy had not yet arrived at Jiangdong to announce the decree. They would immediately send troops to capture Jiangdong. At that time, they would see who Liu Biao would ally with.
"This is still not right!" Liu Mang was still shaking his head. "Yuanzhi, wait a moment!"
"My lord, we cannot wait any longer. It was not easy for Kongming to send the main force of Jiangdong's navy to Changjiang. If we wait any longer, Jiangdong will be in trouble!" Xu Shu advised bitterly. In the past, they did not deal with Jiangdong first because Jiangdong was too poor. Even if they captured it, there would be no profit. Another reason was that Lu Xun and Zhuge Liang were sending troops to Jiangling. They wanted to capture Jiangling first.
Jiangdong was just struggling at death's door. If they wanted to recruit soldiers, they would need money. In the past few years, Jiangdong had won in the battlefield against Jingzhou. They had lost more than they won against Yangzhou. Basically, they could not make ends meet.
Therefore, the problem of recruiting soldiers was put aside for Jiangdong. But once Jingzhou and Jiangdong joined forces, then it would be difficult to deal with. With Jingzhou's wealth, Jiangdong's army would not be able to expand by 100,000. But it would be possible to expand by 70,000 to 80,000.
One must know that Jiangdong's people were valiant. Danyang and Jiaozhou were places that produced elite soldiers. Once Jiangdong had the opportunity, then it would be a war of attrition.
Liu Mang was also hesitating. In the end, should he send troops to attack Jiangdong or not? The current Jiangdong was of little value to Liu Mang. It was a pity to throw it away. Attacking Jiangdong would not only bring in no money, but he might also lose money. In order to attack Jiangdong, the shipbuilding project in Yangzhou would be delayed. Liu Mang did not want to send troops to Jiangdong because Liu Mang wanted to force Jiangdong to surrender.
Jiangdong was now in a predicament. Liu Biao of Jingzhou had enough money so he was able to eat and drink to his heart's content. However, Sun Ce of Jiangdong was different. He raised his belt and suppressed his stomach. He used the money he earned from eating to fight. He was just like the Japanese pirates of the future. If he did not use war to support war, then once he was defeated, his vitality would be greatly damaged. Liu Mang did not even need to send troops as Jiangdong's nobles and common people would be able to push Sun Ce off the throne. These days, Yangzhou's business was developing again. Cement and some armor were also spreading out. These were all consuming Jiangdong's money. Jiangdong's money was flowing into Yangzhou. It could be said that Jiangdong's luck was running out. If you forced him too much, he might really fight to the death. Liu Mang did not want to lose his elite troops in Jiangdong.
"Zhou Cang!" Liu Mang suddenly said to Zhou Cang. "Go and call Minister Lu!"
"Call Zi Jing?" Xu Shu was a little puzzled. What did Liu Mang want?
"Yes!" Zhou Cang immediately left. Soon, Lu Su was called in.
"Lu Su greets Milord." Lu Su found it very strange. It was already late. He was about to wash up and go to bed when Zhou Cang called him into the hall.
"Zi Jing, what do you know about Sun Quan?" Liu Mang saw Lu Su and immediately asked.
"Second … Second Young Master?" Lu Su was stunned. He did not understand why he was called in the middle of the night to ask about Sun Quan. Lu Su subconsciously called Sun Quan by his title in Jiangdong.
"Milord. This subject is now a subject of Yangzhou. As Milord's subordinate, I will not miss my former master!" Lu Su cupped his fist and said to Liu Mang. He thought that Liu Mang suspected that he was related to Jiangdong.
"Milord, I am incompetent. Please remove me from the position of Minister of Personnel." Lu Su's eyes were a little gloomy. Did he not want to display his talent in this chaotic world? However, he was called in by Liu Mang in the middle of the night. That meant that Liu Mang was suspicious of him.
"Remove you from the position of Minister of Personnel?" Liu Mang shook his head with a bitter smile. "Zi Jing, Zi Jing, what nonsense are you talking about? If this Ministry of Personnel leaves you, Lu Su, Lu Zijing, where am I going to find such a talented and upright minister? "
"Milord, why did you call me in the middle of the night?" Lu Su looked at Liu Mang doubtfully.
Liu Mang knew that Lu Su had misunderstood. Lu Su was a surrendered minister. A surrendered minister was most afraid of being suspected by his lord. Liu Mang's words naturally made Lu Su disheartened. If Liu Mang asked about the Lord of Jiangdong, Sun Ce, Lu Su would not have such a reaction. However, Liu Mang asked about his former master. It was hard for Lu Su not to think about it.
"I just want to ask you about Sun Quan! How much do you know about Jiangdong's second son? "Liu Mang asked Lu Su.
"Don't worry, Zijing. My Lord has never doubted the people he uses." Xu Shu smiled and said to Lu Su.
"Know yourself and know your enemy." Lu Su used these words to describe his understanding of Sun Quan. Other than Sun Quan himself, Lu Su knew him better than Sun Quan. Lu Su knew him better than Sun Quan because Lu Su was a bystander. Lu Su and Sun Quan had known each other for a long time. Back then, they hit it off at first sight. Sun Quan wanted to take revenge, and Lu Su wanted to follow him. That was why they hit it off so well.
Sun Quan's actions in Jiangdong made Lu Su nod in approval. This was because Sun Quan had the aura of a mighty lord in all aspects. He was able to make friends with the nobles, he was able to organize the region, and he even had a good understanding of military strategy. He was truly a handsome man.
However, what Lu Su did not expect was that Sun Quan would lose his mind time and time again because of his outstanding older brother. Magnanimity was what Sun Quan lacked the most. He could not see what his older brother had done for him and the Sun family. What he saw was his older brother standing in front of him, blocking him with his older brother's brilliance.
In the battle of Linhuai, Lu Su originally had a chance to win. Even if he did not do well, he could have tied with Zhang Liao. At least, he would have gained a foothold in Jiangbei. However, Sun Quan was too eager for quick success. For the sake of military power, he forced Lu Meng and Ling Cao to leave. In order to get rid of his brother, he wanted to use a battle to prove himself. In the end, he did not listen to Lu Su's advice and was eliminated by Zhang Liao at the north bank of the Yangtze River. In the end, he was caught.
The reason why Lu Su rebelled against Jiangdong and joined Yangzhou was mostly because of Sun Quan. In order to survive, Sun Quan did not care about Lu Su, who had gone through thick and thin with him. Lu Zijing only thought of himself, which made Lu Su disheartened.
"Does Sun Quan have great ambitions?" Liu Mang looked at Lu Su and asked.
"Second Young Master!" Lu Su did not want to say anything. Sun Quan was only a subject in Jiangdong. The master of Jiangdong was Sun Ce, who was his brother. Unless his brother died, even if Sun Quan had great ambitions, he was destined to achieve nothing. However, when he saw Liu Mang looking straight at him, he could only nod and say, "Yes!"
"Zijing, did you know? Jiangdong's Little Conqueror, Sun Ce actually sent a letter to Cao Cao. He begged for mercy from Cao Cao. He wanted Cao Cao to help him. He wanted him to form an alliance with Jingzhou and worship Liu Biao as the leader of the alliance to resist Yangzhou's army! "Liu Mang said to Lu Su.
"Impossible!" Lu Su rejected without thinking. "Milord, where did you get this information? Jiangdong's Sun Ce will definitely not form an alliance with Jiangdong." How could Lu Su not know about Sun Ce's bad temper? According to Sun Ce's temper, not killing Liu Biao was already not wrong. Begging Cao Cao? Forming an alliance with Jingzhou? Worshipping Liu Biao as the leader of the alliance?
To put it bluntly, if Sun Ce was defeated, he would just surrender to Yangzhou. He would also have the opportunity to take revenge. However, if he worshipped Liu Biao as the leader of the alliance, as long as Yangzhou was not destroyed, Sun Ce would be a subject under Liu Biao. Sun Ce's father was killed by Liu Biao. Sun Ce would not be able to face his parents in the future. For so many years, what supported Sun Ce to build such a large foundation was the word 'fetters'.
He had the fetters of his family and his longing for his father. He wanted to avenge his father. That was why Sun Ce was able to achieve so much. You want Sun Ce to put down his hatred and fight with his enemy? Is this possible?
Sun Ce had always been a person who cared about his face. At that time, there was a hermit in Jiangdong called Gao Dai. This person was a person full of wisdom and knowledge. Sun Ce wanted to discuss Zuo Zhuan with him, so he invited him. At this time, a villain appeared out of nowhere. This villain went to Sun Ce and said, "Gao Dai is a very arrogant person. He thinks that you are a martial artist and not a cultured person. He disdains to discuss academic issues with you. You see, after he came, he will definitely say that he does not know anything." Then this guy went to Gao Dai and said, "You have to be careful. Sun Ce is a person who cares about his face. He hates it when people talk to him. When you see him, you have to say that you do not know anything." After Sun Ce invited Gao Dai to discuss academic issues, Gao Dai said that he did not know. When he asked again, he said that he did not know. When he asked again, he said that he did not know. When he asked again, he said that he did not know. When he asked again, he said that he did not know anything. Sun Ce was furious. You really look down on me and disdain to discuss academic issues with me. When he was locked up, almost all the cultured people, celebrities, and scholars came out to plead for mercy. Sun Ce went upstairs and looked down. The alley was filled with people. Sun Ce thought, "This Gao Dai has so many" fans ". How can I kill him? Just kill Gao Dai. For his face, he killed someone who should not be killed."
Now, Liu Biao was his father's murderer. Sun Ce had laughed at Cao Cao and asked Sun Ce to send people to Cao Cao to beg for mercy. Now, he was under the command of Liu Biao, the murderer of his father. This made Sun Ce lose face.
"If it is not Jiangdong's Little Conqueror, then who can order Jiangdong's Second Young Master Sun Quan to go to Xu Du to celebrate Cao Cao's Lady Bian's birthday?" Liu Mang looked at Lu Su with a smile.
"Of course, of course, it is …" Lu Su subconsciously wanted to answer, but he closed his mouth. He did not know what to think and could not help but smile bitterly. "Milord, you do not need to test Lu Su."
"This is naturally Sun Quan's Second Young Master." Liu Mang helped Lu Su answer this question. Sun Quan was Jiangdong's Second Young Master. Other than Sun Ce, Sun Quan was the only one who could order Sun Quan around.
But this time, Sun Ce did not let Sun Quan send people to Cao Cao. This was Sun Quan's private action. What did Sun Quan want to do? Moreover, Sun Quan had great ambitions. This made Lu Su even more suspicious.
"Could it be!" Lu Su's eyes widened. "Second Young Master, Second Young Master, you really want to go to that step?"
"Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, I should have thought of it. I should have thought of it!" Liu Mang muttered.
"Milord, how did you know that Sun Quan sent a messenger behind his brother's back?" Xu Shu asked Liu Mang who was beside him.
"Haha, it's not that I have great foresight. It was Cao Sikong's Great Military Advisor who told me!" Liu Mang said to Xu Shu.
"Cao Cao's Great Military Advisor?" Xu Shu was stunned. "Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao?" Xu Shu was even more confused. This Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, even wanted to kill Liu Mang. Why would he tell Liu Mang about this?
"That's because our Guo Family's Mr. Guo Fengxiao once said this about Jiangdong's Little Conqueror, Sun Ce." Liu Mang said to Xu Shu. Xu Shu and Lu Su listened attentively. "The plan is light and unprepared. Although there are millions of people, it is tantamount to traveling alone in the Central Plains. If an assassin hides, he can kill one person. In my opinion, he will die in the hands of an ordinary person. "
Hearing this, Xu Shu and Lu Su's eyes widened. "Assassinate Sun Ce?" Xu Shu and Lu Su looked at each other. They were surprised. This Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, was indeed a genius.
This was because Guo Jia had seen through Sun Ce. Moreover, he saw things that ordinary people could not see. Even if ordinary people knew that Sun Ce was arrogant and confident, they would never think of sending an assassin to assassinate him. This was because Sun Ce's martial arts were very strong. He was a refined god warrior and now he had reached the peak of the refined god realm.
That's why most people dispelled the idea of assassinating Sun Ce. However, they forgot one thing. That is, those who are good at swimming will always drown. Those who are poor in martial arts and don't know martial arts will mostly bring along bodyguards. Only those who are strong in martial arts and are confident in themselves will not care.
"Congratulations Milord. Jiangdong is now in your hands!" Lu Su shook his head and cupped his fist to congratulate Liu Mang.
"Zijing, are you not happy?!"
"Happy, but also not happy!" Lu Su shook his head. He was happy because if Jiangdong surrendered to Yangzhou, then he could return to the Lu family. He was not happy because it involved his best friend. In all fairness, if he did not have this right, if it were not for the chaos of the world, he and Sun Quan would be like Ya Juexuan.
…
Jiangdong's Jianye was once the capital of Jiangdong. This was once the economic and political center of Jiangdong. In the past, it was bustling with people. But now, the entire Jiangdong was in a state of depression. There were very few people coming and going on the streets. Most people's faces were filled with a kind of blindness and blankness.
Cries could be heard in Jianye. All of this boiled down to the fact that Jiangdong had lost. Jiangdong's army had lost on the Yangtze River. 70,000 soldiers were sent to the bottom of the Yangtze River to feed the turtles.
These 70,000 able-bodied men represented 70,000 families. Among them, some had lost their husbands, some had lost their sons, some had lost their brothers, and some had lost their fathers. War was just so cruel, so cruel that it made people stop in their tracks.
"Milord, don't drink anymore!" In the manor of Marquis Wu in Jianye, a young man was currently holding a bottle of wine and pouring it into his stomach. The large bottle of wine could be seen in an instant. Another young man was trying to dissuade him.
"Lu Meng. Get out of my way. Don't block me from drinking! " The young man who was drinking was the Lord of Jiangdong, Sun Ce. Beside him was his general Lu Meng. Lu Meng's troops were old, weak, sick, and disabled. Even if they were strong, they had lost their courage after the fire on the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River was filled with corpses and roasted meat. The smell of roasted meat drifted to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. What was the point of bringing these soldiers along? Therefore, Lu Meng simply let them take over the city walls. Lu Meng then became Sun Ce's personal guard in the Marquis Wu Mansion.
He thought that Sun Ce would be able to pull himself together and reorganize the troops to prepare for war. He did not expect that Sun Ce would be drinking every day.
"Milord, you can't drink anymore!" Lu Meng said to Sun Ce with a wry smile. The wine jars were piled up like a mountain. "Milord, the army is waiting for you. They are waiting for you to reorganize the troops and reorganize the troops to prepare for war!"
"The army? Where did the army come from? Do I still have 20,000 soldiers in Jiangdong? " Sun Ce drank another mouthful of wine and could not help but ridicule Lu Meng. When Jiangdong was at its peak, it had 90,000 elite troops and countless miscellaneous troops. But now, it was already a luxury to have 20,000 troops. 20,000 troops were lost by Sun Quan, 30,000 troops were lost by Jiang Qin, 100,000 troops were lost by Sun Ce, and this time it was even worse, Sun Ce lost all of his capital.
"Milord, we don't have any troops, but we can recruit!" Lu Meng tried to persuade Sun Ce.
"Recruit? Haha, how can we recruit? Use our lives to recruit? " Sun Ce smiled bitterly. Recruiting soldiers and horses required money and provisions. Jiangdong's treasury was already filled with rats. Most of the money and provisions were wasted in Jiujiang. Now, Jiujiang was in the hands of Yangzhou. Sun Ce could not even afford to pay the pensions and burial fees for his soldiers who died in battle. How could he recruit soldiers and horses?
"We can raise money from the nobles!" Lu Meng continued to advise Sun Ce.
"Haha, them?" Sun Ce sneered, "Just give up. These nobles are looking forward to my death, so that they can find a new master." Jiangdong's nobles did not want to fight anymore. They were already poor. Originally, they wanted to divide Yangzhou. Who knew that the war would end up like this. The nobles did not want to be buried with Sun Ce. So, it was impossible for them to raise money.
"Milord, you can't drink anymore!" Lu Meng did not know how to comfort Sun Ce. He could only stop Sun Ce from drinking. Lu Meng tried to grab Sun Ce's bottle.
"Lu Meng, you dare!" Sun Ce glared at Lu Meng. "I'm telling you, Lu Meng, if you don't let me drink, you can get lost!"
"Me?" Lu Meng was angry, but he did not want to abandon his master. Lu Meng was raised by Sun Ce, so Lu Meng was grateful to Sun Ce.
"Lu Meng, let him drink!" Just when Lu Meng was in a dilemma, a cold voice sounded.
Lu Meng's face was happy because he knew who the owner of the cold voice was.
"Huh?" Sun Ce frowned.
"Governor!" Lu Meng cupped his fists and shouted. "Hurry up and persuade the lord!"
The person who came was Jiangdong's second in command, Zhou Yu Gong Jin. Zhou Yu was supposed to go to the Qiao family to get married at this time. He had made an agreement with Qiao Gong and even gave the betrothal gifts. However, who would be in the mood to get married now? The entire Jianye City was filled with white cloth and sad music. He thought that with Zhou Yu's arrival, Sun Ce would stop drinking. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu sat on the ground and did not care whether it was dirty or not. He directly sat down, picked up the wine jar beside him, opened the bottle, and drank half the bottle.
"Good wine!" Zhou Yu shouted after drinking and wiped his mouth.
"That's refreshing!" Sun Ce thought that Zhou Yu would stop him from drinking, but he did not expect Zhou Yu to sit down and get drunk with him.
"Come, Lu Meng, sit down too! Let's drink together! "Zhou Yu shouted at Lu Meng beside him. Lu Meng gritted his teeth and sat down.
"Come, let's drink together. Today, we will not go home until we are drunk!"
"That's right. How can a man not drink? Today, we will send Milord off! "Zhou Yu suddenly said to Sun Ce and Lu Meng.
"See him off?" Lu Meng froze for a moment. Even Sun Ce also stopped drinking.
"That's right. Send off Milord. From now on, Jiangdong has no Ba Wang. From now on, Jiangdong has no Sun Ce. From now on, you and I will go our separate ways. From now on, our friendship is over! "The more Zhou Yu spoke, the more gloomy Sun Ce's face became. In the end, Sun Ce put down his wine glass.
"Come! Drink! "
"Dang!" The wine bottle fell to the ground, spilling a pile of wine.
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