Yuzhang, Pengze.
Cheng Pu and Huang Gai had already arrived with 20,000 troops and had successfully joined forces with Zhou Yu.
"We're done for! It was over! I'm afraid we're going to fail this time!"
Cai Mao said as he looked outside the city.
Previously, Zhou Yu was stuck on the Yangtze River. Although they couldn't leave, they could still go to Poyang Lake to fish and eat.
Now, there were 20,000 infantry outside the city, and they could not even get out of the city gate.
"How much provisions do we have left?"
The vice commander asked anxiously.
"Around ten days."
Ancestor Huang said in a deep voice.
"Now we can only rely on Your Highness 'side to make a breakthrough. Sun Ce doesn't have many soldiers, he has already invested 45,000 soldiers here.”
The vice commander analyzed the situation and calmed the two of them.
"We can only do this now. If things don't get better in seven days, we'll have to break out of the encirclement.”
Although they had agreed to send troops to Yuzhang, they could not even protect themselves now. It was impossible for the people of Jingzhou to disregard their lives for Yuan Yao.
"Of course. When the time comes, I will personally act as the vanguard for the two generals!”
The vice commander was also quite good at talking. Moreover, the three of them could be considered to have gone through thick and thin together. Over the past few days, they had also formed a friendship.
Outside the city.
"Gongjin."
"General Cheng, General Huang."
Zhou Yu and the other two greeted each other.
The positions of these three people weren't ranked high or low, especially Cheng Pu.
Zhou Yu had never been the Commander-in-Chief of River East. He was only the Left Commander-in-Chief, in charge of the navy of River East.
On the other hand, Cheng Pu was the Right Commander-in-Chief, in charge of the army in Jiangdong. This was also Sun Quan's way of balancing out the factions.
"Now that the enemy has been surrounded by us in Pengcheng, should we attack the city?”
Cheng Pu asked.
"Duke Cheng is too polite. The enemy's military strength is no less than ours, and they have the advantage of a city. If we attack forcefully, we will suffer too great a loss.
Before this, the other party had already begun to catch fish and prawns as military rations. The other party had no source of rations, so we just had to surround them and not attack.”
Zhou Yu told him his thoughts.
Cheng Pu and Huang Gai nodded and didn't object. No general liked to attack.
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Zhou Sheng family, innocent people were killed, abandoned people displaced, buried in the forest, to say this can be sad.
This was part of Chen Lin's letter to the General of Wu. It was about the families of Wu County being massacred by Sun Ce.
"Brother Xiaozhang, His Highness has already conquered Pill Sun County, and 50,000 troops are attacking Wu County. This is the best time for you to take revenge.”
Yan Xiang was sitting opposite a grey-haired man. This man was Sheng, the only survivor of the Sheng family, Sheng Xian, who was once the prefect of Wu County.
"Hehe, you guys are just trying to use me.”
Sheng Xian said in a low voice. His entire family had been killed by Sun Ce, and his heart was now dead.
"It doesn't matter if you use it or borrow it, your entire family will be killed by Sun Ce. Now that the opportunity is right in front of you, it's all up to you to grasp it.”
Yan Xiang didn't try to persuade Sheng Xian, and he didn't need to. Sheng Xian would definitely agree to the death of his family.
"Yuan Shu isn't much stronger than Sun Ce.”
Sheng Xian still had some misgivings.
"Hehe, so what? Let's not talk about the matter of becoming an emperor for the time being. My master is also the descendant of a famous family. He has four generations and three dukes.
In the future, when His Majesty enters River East, he will definitely not be like Sun Ce and engage in massacres!
If Brother Xiaozhang made a great contribution, His Majesty and His Highness would definitely help the Sheng family recover!”
Sheng Xian was obviously excited.
The ultimate wish of all aristocratic families was for the family to be prosperous and have an endless legacy.
He was the only one left in the Sheng family, and his enemy Sun Ce would never allow him to restore the family. That would be like raising a tiger to bring disaster upon himself.
Without external help, the Sheng family would disappear from the world after Sheng Xian's death.
Now that Yan Xiang, or rather, Yuan Shu and his son, had extended a helping hand and were willing to help him, Sheng Xian could not resist this temptation.
"I know about this, but I can't make the decision alone. We'll meet here in three days, and I'll definitely give the messenger an answer.”
After Sheng Xian finished speaking, he stood up and left. However, his footsteps were very firm, and his entire person was rejuvenated.
Three days later.
Yan Xiang came again according to the agreement. This time, many people came.
"Brother Xiaozhang, who are these people?"
Yan Xiang looked at the people in front of him and asked.
"This is a disciple of the Zhou family, and this is the Gao family."
Sheng Xian introduced them to Yan Xiang one by one. They were all descendants of aristocratic families that Sun Ce had slaughtered.
"Have you been in contact all this time?"
Yan Xiang asked sharply.
"That's right. If we didn't unite, how could we have survived until today?”
Sheng Xian admitted without hiding anything.
"Good, good, good. When can you start?”
Yan Xiang asked happily.
"Three days later! Our men are scattered all over the place. Otherwise, Sun Ce would still kill us. Three days ago, we sent out the news. We expect that we will be able to gather in three days.”
Sheng Xian had already made up his mind the first time he met Yan Xiang.
"Good! I'll report to His Highness at Danyang and cooperate with you!”
Yan Xiang couldn't wait to tell Yuan Yao this good news.
After the two sides parted ways, Yan Xiang once again sneaked back to Pill Sun County from Wu County. The journey only took half a day.
Wuhu, the main hall of the county government.
"Your Highness, I did not fail you. The aristocratic families of Wu County have already agreed to cooperate with us to attack Wu County.”
Yan Xiangjiang told Yuan Yao everything about Wu County.
"Are you saying that the remnants of the aristocratic families have joined forces?”
Yuan Yao suddenly asked.
"That's right. Those families that were massacred by Sun Ce have always been in contact with each other, and many families that were rumored to have been destroyed are still alive.”
After Yuan Yao heard Yan Xiang's reply, he started to sink into deep thought.
"Send the news to Zhou Yu."
Yuzhang had already sent back news that the commander was Zhou Yu.
" What?!"
Yan Xiang thought he had heard wrongly.
"You didn't hear wrongly. Tell Zhou Yu about the rebellion of the aristocratic families in Wu County.”
Yuan Yao repeated.
"Your Highness, why? The aristocratic families of Wu County were in chaos, and Sun Ce only had 20,000 soldiers in Wu County. With internal and external difficulties, it shouldn't be a problem for General Ji Ling to take down Wu County.
If we tell Zhou Yu about this, we won't be able to take down Wu County once he returns.”
Yan Xiang said a lot of remonstrance in one breath.
"Yan Gong, you have put the cart before the horse. What is the purpose of our attack on Wu County?”
Yuan Yao asked.
"This lowly subject is dull, please enlighten me, Your Highness.”
Yan Xiang was completely confused now.
"This time, we have two strategic goals. The first is to take down Pill Sun County, which has been completed.
The second was to help Jing State take down Yuzhang, then join hands with Jing State to fight against Sun Ce and gain a firm foothold in River East!”
"Wu County has never been our goal. So what if we can take it down? If they couldn't defend, they would only waste their troops!
As long as Zhou Yu withdraws from Yuzhang, the Jing State Army will be able to smoothly move into Yuzhang. Danyang and Yuzhang are connected, and all our strategic goals will be achieved!”
"Don't be blinded by the benefits in front of you!”
"I understand, but those…"
"What does their life and death have to do with us? They were the ones who did not plan well and leaked the news!”
Yan Xiang had yet to finish speaking when he was directly interrupted by Yuan Yao.
"Send the news to Zhou Yu immediately! You may leave!"
Yuan Yao knew that Yan Xiang still couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't be bothered to explain it to Yan Xiang.
What he said to Yan Xiang before was all superficial reasons. Yuan Yao had deeper considerations, but he could not say it out loud.
Yuan Yao wanted to borrow Sun Ce's hands to massacre and weaken the Jiangdong family's strength!
What Yuan Yao wanted was a clean Wu County, not a Wu County controlled by aristocratic families.
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