Chapter 372: Open Secret

In celebrating the victory, Jiangling City fully demonstrated its financial resources.

There was an endless stream of merchants working for the army. Although they did not know the whole story of the war, the merchants knew that it was because of the hard work of these athletes that they did not have to fall into the hands of Jiangdong and be driven by the powerful families of the surname.

For this reason, Shamoko went out of his way to ask for Jiang Wan's warrant, and transferred a boat to Lexiang to pick up all the wounded soldiers in the battalion.

On the boat back to Lexiang, Shamoko looked at the silly Zhang Yi and was a little curious for a moment:

"Brother Boqi, is that General Zilong really brave?"

Hearing Shamoke's question, Zhang Ni, who was just idle on the boat, recounted the military deeds of General Zhao that he knew.

He had met Zhao Yun from a distance when he was a county meritorious officer. At that time, he admired Zhao Yun in his heart, but he never expected that one day he would become a general with him, so he was extremely pleasantly surprised.

The wounded soldiers from Lexiang entered Jiangling like mud cows entering the sea without causing any waves, but Han Dang's old subordinates subconsciously kept a subtle distance from the Jiangdong soldiers under Jiangling City.

This move made both parties somewhat comfortable.

Jiang Wan noticed this and specially summoned Shamoko to inquire. After knowing the whole story, he thought deeply and unconsciously made some modifications to the next plan to transform Jiangdong Jiangzu.

That night Liu Zhang was so drunk in the house that he snored loudly.

Zhuge Guoer did not suffer much impact that night. Instead, he and his mother reviewed the herbal data recorded in the glass greenhouse during this period.

However, between comparisons, the mother and daughter also chatted from time to time.

"Mother, has the thief been broken?"

"Um."

"Then when can we return to the police station?"

"Maybe I won't come back."

"Ah?" Zhuge Guo's face was filled with the word disappointment.

Huang Yueying smiled, knowing that Jiangling City was still a bit depressing for her daughter. Today's rare relaxation also made Huang Yueying want to tease her daughter:

"Isn't Jiangling good?"

"Okay, just..."

Under the candlelight, Zhuge Guo's dark eyes were full of seriousness:

"It's just that dad left the police station. I want to wait for him at the police station."

Huang Yueying's heart quickly softened.

He picked up his daughter and rubbed her head regardless of her protests:

"Dad is too busy, we'd better go find him."

"If you don't go back to the police, we'll go to Chang'an after a while."

So Zhuge Qiao, who was two rooms away, also heard his sister's cheers.

After listening and smiling unconsciously, Zhuge Qiao turned his attention back to the crossbow model in front of him.

This was made by my mother's own hands, and it also came with a simple diagram, requiring me to be able to disassemble and reassemble it alone without making any mistakes.

He could understand his mother's feelings of not wanting him to risk his life and charge into battle.

He did not resist this silent care.

The processed heads were put into boxes, and Zhao Yun's lieutenant Zhang Yi led a group of elite cavalry back north overnight to win the victory for General Guan and Military Advisor Xu.

As for Zhao Yun, he led Zhang Yi Samoko to march into Jiangxia the next day.

Before Zhao Yun came, he did not expect that the battle would go so smoothly, so Xu Shu did not explain the situation in words.

But Jiang Wan can also judge the situation. He made up his mind almost as soon as he saw Lu Meng's head: Jiang Xia must take it!

This place controls the Jinkou where the Han River enters the Yangtze River. It covers Jingzhou on the left and looks eastward on the right. It is the gateway for Jingzhou to move eastward. If you get it, you can cover Jingzhou behind and look eastward on the river.

Jiang Wan made a request, and Zhao Yun readily agreed.

Jiangxia was already in chaos, and Dong Xi stood at the gate, worried.

He missed a step in a rash attack, but Hanshou gladly picked up the missing pieces on the battlefield.

The northern aid to Jiangling was not successful, and the people retreated to Jiangxia with little words.

This war was not going well for Dong Xi, but at this moment, he still felt a sense of luck.

Thinking about it, if Lu Meng stayed in the army, he would also be affected if Lu Meng died. At that time, Lu Meng thought that he was an eyesore without his troops, so he left him in Jiangxia in the name of taking care of the baggage.

In the end, he just barely escaped, but now looking at the menacing enemy army, Dong Xi was even more confused.

You said that I am a defeated general, and now I am standing on the cusp of Jiangdong's efforts to turn the tide?

At this moment, Dong Xi felt a little regretful. It would not be a bad thing if he stayed in the army and was captured by Liu Bei's men...

But this kind of thought is just a thought. As long as he feels the sight like a ray of light behind his back, the thing will secretly complain in his heart.

Although this general has a reputation for being heroic, he mostly dominates with cavalry. Now that he has suffered a setback, how good would it be to just go back north? Why do you still need to help him defend the city?

So although he stood at the forefront, Dong Xi began to wander around.

The results of the battle at Jiangling City were conveyed to Jiangxia, and then Jiangxia's messenger also set off in a small boat and galloped down the river.

Then when he passed Ruxukou, he was directly captured by Gan Gui with his men and his boat.

The sealed letter was torn open by Gan Gui roughly. After reading the battle report at a glance, Gan Gui laughed loudly:

"Okay! How brave Governor Jiang is!"

"This letter should be sent to Marquis Sun to announce the good news!"

The courier, who thought he was in imminent disaster, was released with a confused look on his face. Amid the roar of laughter on the ship, the courier continued to go down the river as if he had been amnesty.

Gan Gui looked happy at the bow:

"Such information is related to the survival of Jiangdong. How can it be kept secret by Marquis Sun?"

"Send men to spread the word along the river to help Marquis Sun!"

The ensuing journey was smooth. The messenger encountered warships flying the flags of Gu, Zhu, Zhang and others on the river one after another. He was stopped and questioned without exception.

When the messenger arrived at Jianye, the secret letter in his hand became dirty and messy, but the Jianye city gate, which was even more dilapidated, made the messenger open his mouth in surprise.

But fortunately, he still remembered his original duties, and the secret letter was also delivered to Sun Quan.

The stains on the letter made Sun Quan frown, and the content in it made Sun Quan almost dizzy.

"How dare the thief leak this secret? Kill him!"

Lu Yi watched the messenger being dragged out with a wail, bent down to pick up the letter on the ground, and the content caught his eyes and made him lean back.

All this was also seen by Sun Quan, who smiled bitterly and said:

"What do you think, Bo Yan?"

Jianye was successfully defended under Lu Yi's suggestion to abandon the outer city and defend the inner city.

After all, the navy came from afar only relying on the strength of the ship. If they retreated to the inner city and dragged it into a street fight, Gan Gui and others would have no advantage at all.

Manpower was also withdrawn to repel the Shanyue, but reports said that the salt fields had been plundered and the Shanyue were also building a city.

What made Sun Quan want to curse was that Gan Gui, seeing that he could not take Jianye, completely exposed his nature as a pirate, and drove his boat along the river to plunder, and specifically targeted the manors of big families.

For a while, Jiangdong had a good taste of the style of the Jinfan thieves.

Now that Jianye had endured humiliation and the Lu Meng troops that they had hoped for had failed to achieve success, Sun Quan was so upset that he could not help but ask Lu Yi what to do.

The son of the Lu family looked at Sun Quan steadily, and finally sighed:

"Either negotiate peace, or ask for help."

"Sun Hou should have made a decision long ago."

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