In the room, Sun Quan had a dark face and listened to Lu Su's report. He slapped the table with a angrily voice: "It's so damning!"

Sun Quan walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. He could not believe that Liu Jing would put forward such harsh conditions to make his young son hostage, compensate for one million stones of food, and not own more than five hundred stone warships, and open up trade in an all-round way. This would simply destroy Jiangdong.

"I won't accept anything!" Sun Quan said gritting his teeth.

Lu Su sighed. He felt that Wu Hou had lost his composure and had lost his calmness. This was not the demeanor of a king of a country. He whispered: "Wu Hou was so angry that he might have hit Liu Jing's plan."

Sun Quan was stunned. Lu Su's words were poured on his head like a basin of cold water. He slowly walked to the window with his hands behind his back and forced himself to calm down. After a long time, he slowly said: "Zijing thinks I can accept such conditions?"

"Of course it's not acceptable!"

Lu Su said without hesitation: "I made a statement on the spot that Wu Hou could not accept such conditions, but"

Lu Su hesitated and said, "Today, Jia Xu proposed these conditions to me, and it was not said by Liu Jing. So I thought that this was not the real condition and I could bargain."

Sun Quan shook his head and sighed, "How can we bargain at such a high price? 800,000 shi or 600,000 shi, destroying 2,000 shi, returning 1,000 shi, and sending my son to the place, or asking my brother to go, we can't afford it, Zijing, do you understand? Liu Jing has no sincerity to negotiate at all!"

Speaking of this, he turned around and said to the guard at the door: "Go and invite Governor Zhou!"

‘Governor Zhou?’ Lu Su was stunned for a moment.

Sun Quan smiled faintly, "Gongjin has come back. I will revoke the position of Governor Cheng Pu and reappoint Gongjin as the Governor. I believe he will not disappoint me."

Lu Su was a little disappointed. It should be said that Wu Hou did not have the sincerity to negotiate, but just asked himself to test it. When he encountered setbacks, he refused to continue the talk. Liu Jing and Wu Hou were both testing it and refused to give in. It seemed that he was going to fight to the death.

In fact, Lu Su did not understand Sun Quan's heart. Sun Quan was very conflicted, with war and harmony each accounting for 50%. On the one hand, he was far from the end of his life. He still had 60,000 elite navy troops and Chaisang City to rely on. He believed that he still had a chance to win.

On the other hand, Cheng Pu's entire army was extinguished and he felt tremendous pressure. He was afraid that the navy would also be extinguished, so he wanted to get out of the trap at the lowest cost.

But Liu Jing saw through his scheming and blocked his attempt to get out of trouble at the smallest price with sky-high conditions, forcing Sun Quan to have to fight.

At this time, Zhou Yu walked into the study. Zhou Yu had just rushed back. His army was still halfway back. He received a message from Xu Sheng. Of course, he knew that the situation was serious. The main force of Jiangxia went south and naturally their turmeric oil could not be transported out.

Xiazhi City without tinder oil is no longer important, so Zhou Yu gave up seizing Xiazhi City and rushed back to Chaisang. He stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "See Wu Hou!"

"Sit down first!"

Sun Quan still did not look back, but said lightly: "Zijing, tell Gongjin about his situation when he saw the other party!"

Lu Su told Zhou Yu in detail about his visit to Jiangxia Army for peace talks. Zhou Yu also felt a little angry, "Wu Hou, Liu Jing has no sincerity at all, so there is no need to talk about it."

Sun Quan nodded, "Zi Jing goes down to rest first! Everyone else goes down."

Lu Su stood up and took a break, and several guards also retreated, and only Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were left in the room. Sun Quan turned around and stared at Zhou Yu, "I want to know what chance we have to win, tell me the truth."

Zhou Yu pondered for a long time and said, "Frankly speaking, we only have a three-point chance to win. This is not because General Cheng lost in Lujiang, but because our strength is not enough."

Sun Quan sat down and asked, "Where do you think we are inferior to Jiang Xiajun in which aspect, tincture oil?"

Zhou Yu smiled and explained: "Nutilus is only one aspect. Now we also have tinu oil. Although the amount is small, it can play a role after all. The key is the timing. This Western Expedition happened to be after the Jiangxia army defeated Cao's army. It was full of morale and local warfare, and had the psychological advantage of sharing the same hatred for the enemy. We traveled thousands of miles across the West Expedition and soldiers left the country expedition. This is an unfavorable factor in itself, one grows and the other disappears, so we only have a 30% chance of victory."

"Only 30%?" Sun Quan sighed softly, his expression a little disappointed.

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said, "If the Marquis of Wu just wanted to withdraw his troops, perhaps Weichen would have an adventurous plan."

Sun Quan was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Please tell me Gongjin!"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "We can use the strategy of escape from the shell, retreat openly and secretly, and use water wars to attract Liu Jing, but we actually withdraw troops from land, so that we can save the main force and withdraw back to Jiangdong at the lowest cost."

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, "Gongjin means we give up the warships? But there are nearly 70% of our warships in Jiangdong here. If they are thrown away, we will not be able to overturn within at least three to five years. What is the difference between this and Liu Jing's request to us to give up the warships of more than 500 stones?"

Zhou Yu nodded, "No loss, no gain. Not only warships, but at least ten thousand troops must be given up to ensure the safe retreat of the main force,"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu stopped. He found that Wu Hou was a little absent-minded and seemed to be thinking about something. He waited for Wu Hou to think patiently.

Sun Quan was shocked and hurriedly said, "I'm listening, Gongjin, please continue."

Zhou Yu then continued: "And he must evacuate tonight and send military ships to attack Jiangxia's water camp at night. At the same time, the main army evacuated eastward and marched for three consecutive days before he could get rid of the pursuit of Jiangxia's army."

"Why are you going to evacuate tonight?" Sun Quan asked in confusion.

"It's very simple, because Wu Hou had sent Zijing to talk to Liu Jing, which exposed the lord's intention to make it weak. How could Liu Jing not prevent us from evacuating by land? So time is very tight and we must evacuate tonight."

Sun Quan couldn't speak for a long time, and he lowered his head and said, "Let me think about it for a while before thinking about it."

Zhou Yu sat outside alone and drank tea silently. He knew Wu Hou very well. The hesitation shown by Wu Hou made Zhou Yu understand that Wu Hou would not adopt his plan. Wu Hou did not want to pay too much money and gave up all warships and ten thousand troops. Wu Hou refused to accept it.

More importantly, Wu Hou was still holding a glimmer of luck at this time, and at least had three points of hope to defeat Jiangxia's army, which left Zhou Yu speechless.

At this time, the door opened, Sun Quan came out of the inner room, walked slowly to Zhou Yu and asked, "Gongjin just said, if the two armies fight to the decisive battle, we have at least 30% chance of victory, what can we do to increase it to 50%?"

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment and said: "If soldiers who are encouraging the morale of the army and pay attention to their performance in the future, they may have a chance of victory of 40% to 50%, but I really can't guarantee it."

Sun Quan showed a smile on his face, but he smiled reluctantly. The smile just flashed, and his expression became solemn. He clenched his fists tightly, as if he had made up a great determination, "I decided to fight Jiang Xia first tomorrow!"

The next morning, the eight thousand troops stood neatly under the city, with bright armor and high morale. A 100-meter-high wooden platform had been built in front of the city gate. Sun Quan was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, holding an ancient ingot knife in his hand, and his eyes were sharply staring at the soldiers.

Behind him, Zhou Yu and Huang Gai stood on both sides respectively. Zhou Yu had no expression on his face and did not say a word, while Huang Gai was a little excited. He held a spear in his hand, was wearing an iron helmet and armor, majestic.

At this time, Sun Quan raised the ancient ingot knife high and shouted sternly: "This is the ancient ingot knife of Wucheng Hou, the Jiangdong Army's army-controlling sword. Under this knife, he has never been defeated. Today, this knife will protect you from going to war, promote the power of our Jiangdong Army, and defeat the Jingzhou Army!"

Eight thousand soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "Defeat the Jingzhou Army!"

The shouts resounded throughout the sky, and Sun Quan turned around and looked at Huang Gai, "General Huang obeyed the order!"

Huang Gai strode out, knelt down on one knee and said, "I will be here!"

Sun Quan took the tiger talisman and the golden arrow and handed it to Huang Gai, "I will leave this battle to you, don't let me down."

"The humble position will never disappoint the Marquis of Wu!"

Sun Quan nodded and shouted loudly to the eight thousand soldiers: "Kill one enemy, reward five taels of gold and ten acres of fertile land, kill or capture the enemy's chief general alive, reward a thousand taels of gold. Men, fight to the death!"

The Jiangdong Army suddenly became very morale and murderous. Sun Quan drew his sword and pointed at the water camp, "Go to fight!"

The eight thousand Jiangdong troops, led by Huang Gai, lined up to the water camp. They boarded a hundred thousand stone warships. At this time, the sound of horns sounded on the top of the city, and the sound of horns resounded throughout the city. The warships slowly sailed out of the water camp and headed towards the river.

At the same time, the Jiangxia Navy scout had already discovered the situation on the river and drove the fast ship back to the Jiangxia Navy camp...

After negotiations with Lu Su, Liu Jing learned that the Jiangdong Army had the intention of retreating. He mobilized troops overnight to intercept the Jiangdong Army by land to retreat eastward.

After receiving the report, Liu Jing and dozens of soldiers rushed to the big ship and looked across the Yangtze River from afar. The river surface of Chaisang was very wide, more than ten miles away. Everyone had already seen small black dots on the river surface, about a hundred warships, and they were all Thousand Stone warships.

Without waiting for Liu Jing to speak, Gan Ning stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to lead the army to fight and give the Jiangdong Army a headache."

Liu Jing nodded in praise, Gan Ning must be the battle. He said to Shen Mi and Lou Fa, "General Shen and General Lou can be the left and right deputy generals. I will give you 10,000 naval troops and hundreds of warships. I will attack the Jiangdong Army with great pain!"

"Abide by the order!" The two of them left quickly.

At this time, Jia Xu next to him laughed in a low voice: "I think it's better to lose."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Although it can confuse Sun Quan, it will also affect morale. I will still take every step to defeat him completely."

Jia Xu nodded and smiled, "It's okay to win by using the clarity, but I still like to do some tricks."

Speaking of this, Jia Xu whispered a few words to Liu Jing. Liu Jing understood and smiled and said, "Yes, just follow the teacher's plan."

At this time, the sound of horns in the Jiangxia army's water camp also sounded, and the sound of horns echoed on the river surface. Huge warships broke through the waves and drove out of the water camp, and rushed towards the river surface. Gan Ning stood on the main ship of 3,000 stones, staring at the river surface with sharp eyes.

He knew very well that as long as the Jiangdong Army was defeated in this battle, they would be the lord of the water in the south. Seeing that the fleet had already begun on the water, Gan Ning shouted loudly: "Beat the drums and set the formation!"
Chapter completed!