Two or three days later, Zhou Yu's fleet reached the waters of Jingling County along the Han River.

Jingling County is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County. There is a waterway in the east of Jingling that connects with the Han River. It runs east-west and leads directly to Jiangling, named Yangshui.

Yangshui is a man-made channel, mainly connecting Xiangyang and Jiangling. It allows ships to communicate through this waterway without having to divert from Xiakou to the Yangtze River, which can save thousands of miles of water distance.

At this time, it was early spring and February, which was the dry season. Large ships could not pass through Yangshui River, and Zhou Yu's battleships could not enter.

Zhou Yu handed over the battleship to Lu Meng's command, and he and Lu Su boarded the stern.

"Grand Governor, what are we doing..." Lu Su had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Ziming, you take the battleship back to Xinye to meet Duke Cheng, while Zijing and I go to capture Jiangling." Zhou Yu said calmly.

"Seize Jiangling? Aren't we in alliance with Liu Xuande?" Lu Meng was shocked.

Zhou Yu snorted coldly: "In the original battle of Chibi, we Jiangdong contributed the most but benefited the least. After Liu Qi's death, my lord and Liu Bei agreed to share it equally, but Liu Bei used a trick to take it away. I want to get back the Jiangling that was agreed in advance for my lord."

Lu Meng swallowed his saliva: "Guan Yunchang is still in Xinye..."

"It would be best for Cao Cao to block him in Xinye. We take Jiangling and then take Jiangxia. In this way, the entire Yangtze River waterway can be controlled by us." Zhou Yu analyzed.

"If we fail to capture Jiangling and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei return, won't Jiangdong be in danger?" Lu Meng was still worried.

"It depends on Ziming. The Jingzhou navy only has small boats. The two battleships left to you are, firstly, to meet Cheng Gong and the others, and secondly, to delay Guan Yu as much as possible. As for Zhang Fei on land, there is nothing to fear.

When he returned from Xiangyang, Jiangling had already fallen into my hands." Zhou Yu was confident.

"Wei." Lu Meng's blood boiled with passion.

Expanding territory for the Lord and fighting on the battlefield are almost the highest honors of all generals. Lu Meng felt that he was lucky to be able to participate in it.

Lu Meng led two warships to the north, while Zhou Yu and the remaining warships entered Yangshui westward.

Thinking that he would soon be able to conquer the city and land with his strategy, Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile with joy, but Lu Su, who had promoted the alliance between Sun and Liu, was not happy.

Destroying the alliance between Sun and Liu and fighting against Cao Cao alone may not be possible with the current situation in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu is now the Grand Governor of Jiangdong. Although he is very unwilling for this to happen, Lu Su can only accept his fate.

When they were approaching Jiangling, Zhou Yu said to Lu Su: "Jiangling City is also an important town in Jingzhou, and its strength is not weaker than Xiangyang. When the time comes, we will have to ask Zijing to earn Liu Bei out. As long as we capture this man, we can control Jingzhou."

"Grand Governor, can someone else go there?" Lu Su said to his heart that he couldn't always trick me.

"Hey... Zijing is honest and loyal. Only you can win Liu Xuande's trust... Ah..." Zhou Yu suddenly covered the right side of his chest when he spoke.

Zhou Yu's face was pale and his expression was ferocious. The position where he was covering his hand at this moment was the position where the arrow was shot in Xiangyang.

During the intense siege of Xiangyang, Zhou Yu personally went to the city to take command in order to boost morale, but was injured by a stray arrow from the defenders.

Lu Su quickly supported him: "Grand Governor, several months have passed and your arrow wound has not healed yet?"

"Occasionally... it still hurts occasionally. It looks like it will stay with me for a long time..." Injuries are common, and Zhou Yu didn't take them too seriously before.

Lu Su nodded and said, "I heard that Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor from Nanyang, is in Jiangling. When the time comes, I will find him and give him a good look at him."

"Okay..." Zhou Yu nodded and stopped talking.

Zhou Yu landed beside Chihu Lake in the east of Jiangling, and then led five thousand soldiers and horses to Jiangling City.

At this time, Jiangling gave people a feeling of silence. The brigade stopped a few hundred meters east of the city, and Lu Su rode alone to the bottom of the city to call the door.

"Who are you?" the city guard shouted from the tower.

Lu Su clasped his fists and saluted, "I am Lu Su from Jiangdong. I have come specially to see Mr. Liu. Please convey my message."

"Wait a moment." Shou Cheng said and turned to leave.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, a silver-haired veteran walked up to the top of the city. Lu Su recognized this man as the partial general Huang Zhong, who had helped Liu Qi capture Jiangling.

"Mr. Zijing? Why are you here?" Huang Zhong asked with a frown.

"General Huang, the governor is on his way to capture Yizhou. He passed by here and came here to see him. I wonder where Mr. Liu is?" Lu Su asked.

Huang Zhong stroked his white beard: "My lord is not in Jiangling at the moment. The governor has to go to Yizhou himself. I will report to my lord then."

"Where did Liu Shijun go?" Lu Su thought. What a coincidence. Now that Cao Cao's army is approaching, why are they still running around?

"My lord has gone to Lingling for business and I don't know when he will return." Huang Zhong waved his hand and said.

Lu Su was speechless. No matter how much he said, it would be meaningless. He didn't know what to do.

Zhou Yu saw from behind that Lu Su didn't call for the door, so he urged his horse to follow him and asked, "Zijing, what's going on?"

"Liu Shijun went to Lingling, what should we do? Attack by force?" Lu Su asked in a low voice.

Seeing the extraordinary bearing of the silver-haired veteran at the top of the city, Zhou Yu asked, "Who is this guard?"

"Huang Zhong, Huang Hansheng..." Lu Su introduced.

"The person who helped Liu Qi seize Jiangling?" Zhou Yu was very surprised.

If it was an unknown person, he could try to attack by force, but Huang Zhong was obviously difficult to deal with. Zhou Yu hesitated for a while, and then took two steps forward.

"In Zhou Yu, I have heard the name of General Huang for a long time..." Zhou Yu bowed his hands and saluted.

"I've met the Governor." Huang Zhong returned the greeting with clasped fists.

"Yu wanted to take Xichuan and passed by here. I wanted to meet Liu Shijun, but it was such a coincidence that the athletes behind me were tired from riding and riding. Can they go to the city to rest for a night? I will leave early tomorrow morning..." Zhou Yu continued.

Huang Zhong shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry, Governor. I heard that Cao Cao went south to Jingzhou. Jiangling City has ordered a curfew as a precaution. Jiangdong soldiers and horses are not allowed to enter the city..."

"General Huang, is Zhang Zhongjing in Nanyang in the city?" Lu Su asked again.

"It's really unlucky that Mr. Zhongjing also went south with my lord. If Zijing has an emergency, he can go to Lingling for help..." Huang Zhong continued to shake his head.

Lu Su and Zhou Yu were on the verge of death. No matter how clever the plan was to defeat Guo, it would be impossible if the other party did not accept the move. Lu Su even wanted to sneak into the city to find out the truth, but he did not expect that this road was blocked.

Already.

"Did Mrs. Sun also go to Lingling?" Zhou Yu suddenly asked.

"Mrs. Sun is here, what's the matter with the Governor?" Huang Zhong asked back.

Zhou Yu smiled leisurely and said: "My lord has something to say to Mrs. Sun, and I would like to ask Old General Huang to make it convenient for him to let Lu Zijing enter the city."

"That's no problem." Huang Zhong nodded in agreement.

"After Zijing enters the city, use Miss Sun's mouth to find out the true and false situation of Jiangling. If it doesn't work, we will attack by force." Zhou Yuxu ordered with eyes.

"I can spare it."

Before Lu Su finished his words, the city gate had opened a small crack. He immediately nodded to Zhou Yu and then rode into the city. He originally thought that Jiangling City was empty, but when he walked into the city, he was dumbfounded. The soldiers patrolling the city were very dense.

"Mr. Zijing, I will take you to Mrs. Sun's courtyard." Just as Lu Su was lost in thought, a military general came up and saluted with clasped fists.

Lu Su saw his extraordinary appearance, with a face as heavy as a jujube and a long beard hanging down his chest, so he asked curiously: "This is the first time I have seen a general, and I haven't asked for advice..."
Chapter completed!