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Zhuge Liang was not upset and still smiled and said, "Of course I won't kill you, but our Jiaozhou temple is small and cannot tolerate you, the great god. I will send you to Jingzhou. I believe His Highness the King of Han will be very interested in you."

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and ordered Lu Xun to take him down. At this time, Guan Yu frowned slightly and said, "The military advisor really plans to hand over Lu Xun to Liu Jing."

Zhuge Liang nodded, "Lu Xun is Sun Ce's son-in-law, an important figure in the Jiangdong military, and has a bit of in-laws with Liu Jing. His dismissal must have happened within Jiangdong. If I was not wrong, the internal strife within Jiangdong was also related to Liu Jing. He has been plotting against Jiangdong for many years, including using our power to attack Jiangdong this time. In fact, it is Liu Jing's plan. This is Liu Jing's chess game, and we cannot participate."

Zhuge Liang knew very well that they and the Jiangdong Army were just chess on Liu Jing's chessboard, and Liu Jing was the chess player. He would never tolerate the Jiaozhou Army becoming chess players. Zhuge Liang knew this with his own knowledge.

Guan Yu understood the military advisor's meaning and couldn't help but sigh. Their strength was very different from that of the Han country. When would they catch up with the Han army? At this time, Zhang Fei said excitedly: "Since there was an internal conflict between the monarch and minister of the Jiangdong army, can we take this opportunity to defeat the enemy?"

Zhuge Liang smiled, "This is the big thing we should pay attention to. Now is indeed a good opportunity. How should we seize this opportunity? I have an idea. Two generals will take a look at it."

He walked a few steps behind his hands and said, "If I were not wrong, the Jiangdong Army would definitely evacuate before dawn. Although they were secretly sleeping and compared me, I think the best time was to launch an attack when they were about to evacuate, because at this time, they could escape and no longer have the intention to fight. We can defeat the enemy with the lowest price."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other and said in unison: "Please give orders from the military advisor."

At the fifth hour, it was not dawn, but the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army had already stood up one after another, began to pack up their luggage, and preparing to withdraw their troops. The camp was busy, and changing commanders at the last stage was always a taboo in the army. The Battle of Changping in the Warring States Period was because the king of Zhao State was defeated by Qin State's counter-espionage plan and replaced the veteran Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, which eventually led to Changping's defeat.

This time, the same was true. Sun Quan was defeated by Liu Jing's counter-espionage plan, changed the commander at the last minute, and imprisoned Lu Xun. The land hit the morale of the Jiangdong army. The soldiers of Jiangdong were affected by the dismissal of the head coach Lu Xun, and their morale was generally sluggish. The army was tired of war, so they just wanted to set off home as soon as possible and did not want to continue fighting.

This war-weariness spread from top to bottom to every corner of the military camp. Various rumors spread in the army, but the most convincing rumor was that Lu Xun was dismissed from office after supporting the general Sun Shao, the defeated general. Wujun had already established himself and supported Sun Shao as the main force, Kuaiji also stood up and supported Sun Ben as the main force. A Wu master appeared in Jiangdong. I don’t know who spread these news, but since yesterday afternoon, it has spread throughout the military camp, causing panic among the military.

Zhou Tai led the Yu people to inspect the military camp. He was under great pressure. He knew that the morale of the army was unstable and could not continue to wait. He had to withdraw his troops immediately. The reason why Zhou Tai chose to withdraw his troops at the fifth hour was because this was the deepest time of sleep and the best time to withdraw. They had to evacuate Xinwu County before the Jiaozhou army could react.

Seeing that the military camp was in chaos, Zhou Tai couldn't help but frown and ordered: "Order to speed up the camp and set off in half an hour."

At this moment, a strange noise came from outside the South Military Camp in the distance, and then a riot broke out. I heard someone shouting. Zhou Tai said angrily: "What happened? It's so noisy."

After a moment, a soldier stumbled and shouted, "The enemy has appeared outside the South Military Camp and is attacking the camp."

"Ah" Zhou Tai was shocked. Before he could react, the Western Army camp fired and shouted to kill the sky. At this time, the enemy had already entered the camp. Zhou Tai was so shocked that his scalp exploded. This was the enemy's stealing camp, but it was just the moment when they were least prepared.

Zhou Tai was anxious and turned around and ran towards the central army's tent, shouting: "The army gathers together to resist the enemy."

At this time, there was already a chaotic group in the Jiangdong military camp. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu each led 6,000 troops to enter the Jiangdong military camp from the south and west. They came very suddenly. When the post was discovered, they had already killed the camp, catching the Jiangdong army off guard.

Ten thousand Jiaozhou troops rushed left and right in the camp and ignited fire everywhere. The Jiangdong camp was in chaos. The soldiers were unwilling to resist and ran eastward. The morale of the Jiangdong army was already very depressed, and the sudden stealing camp made them even more frightened. In just a moment, the morale of the Jiangdong army finally collapsed. The soldiers began to flee on a large scale, scrambling to each other, and cried and shouted.

Guan Yu raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouted loudly: "Kill me."

The soldiers of Jiaozhou Army swept towards the retreating Jiangdong Army like a storm. The soldiers of Jiangdong were unable to escape and knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy.

In the autumn of the 19th year of Jian'an, the moral crisis caused by the Jiangdong Army's change of commanders at the last minute eventually led to the defeat of the Jiangdong Army and was stolen by the Jiaozhou Army. More than 40,000 soldiers collapsed on the whole. The Jiaozhou Army chased and killed 5,000 enemies and captured more than 20,000 people. In the end, only more than 15,000 people fled back to Nanchang County.

The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xinwu County completely changed the structure of Yuzhang County, and the Jiangdong Army changed from military initiative to passive

At the wharf of Nanchang County, Zhang Zhao quickly walked on Sun Quan's 5,000 stone boat. His steps were not easy, but instead seemed a little heavy. No wonder Zhang Zhao also received news of the defeat of Xinwu County. It is said that it was related to the replacement of Lu Xun, which made Zhang Zhao sigh secretly.

He also knew why Sun Quan wanted to replace Lu Xun, which was related to the changes in Jiangdong's political situation. He did not understand why the Lu family supported Sun Shao at this critical moment. This was obviously putting Lu Xun on the fire. After thinking about it, there was only one conclusion, that is, the situation in Jiangdong was much more serious than they thought.

Zhang Zhao was also worried about the split in Jiangdong. After all, he also participated in the process of establishing the Jiangdong regime and had deep feelings for Jiangdong. If Jiangdong was split, he would not be able to accept it.

Zhang Zhao quickly stepped up and came to the second floor of the cabin. This was the area where Sun Quan handled official duties. He happened to meet the congressman Zhang Wen, who was also an important figure in the Wu Yue faction and had a marriage with the Gu family and the Lu family. He was also the master of Sun Quan Changsun Deng. This time he went on the battle as an aide.

Although Zhang Zhao's northern faction and Wu Yue faction were usually fierce in their struggles and they just greeted him casually when they met, but this time, the defeat of Xinwu County, Jiangdong faced humiliation from foreign enemies, and there was no such gap between the two factions as usual.

Zhang Zhao stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "How is Wu Hou now?"

Zhang Wen hurriedly bowed and said, "Fortunately, it's relatively calm and his mood is not fluctuating much."

Zhang Zhao suddenly felt relieved, but then he thought that Sun Quan had more defeats than wins. He probably became stronger and would not be knocked down easily.

He smiled and bowed his hand and bowed his hand, then quickly walked towards Sun Quan's cabin. When he walked to the door of the cabin, the guard immediately reported: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, Military Commander Zhang is here."

"Please come in" Sun Quan's tone was quite calm, which made Zhang Zhao feel relieved.

He walked into the cabin and saw Sun Quan standing in front of the Jiangdong sand table with his hands, staring at the sand table without saying a word. This made Zhang Zhao realize immediately that Sun Quan was probably not concerned about the victory or defeat of the battle, but the situation in Jiangdong. He hurried forward to salute, "I am looking for the Marquis of Wu."

Sun Quan glanced back at him and said lightly: "The military advisor knows the defeat in Xinwu County."

When Zhang Zhao heard Sun Quan's words in an understatement, he was slightly stunned. No matter how calm he was, he would not care so much. Wu Hou was thinking about what he was thinking about and quickly replied: "I know."

"What do the military advisor think about this defeat?"

"Please forgive me for saying that this defeat was mainly because of our hasty advancement, and we were not prepared to deal with the Jiaozhou army with unpreparedness. Moreover, our morale was sluggish and our morale was poor. It was not surprising that the defeat was defeated."

Although Zhang Zhao knew that the root of the defeat was Sun Quan's interference and suspicion, he could not say this. After all, Sun Quan was the monarch and had to leave him a name. He could only wait until later to persuade him slowly. Therefore, Zhang Zhao finally avoided the key issues and only talked about some of the unfavorable factors that were floating on the surface.

Sun Quan nodded and smiled bitterly: "Although we were defeated twice, the losses were not very serious. I just obtained the information from Chaisang. The more than 10,000 people captured in Yu County last time were taken to Chaisang by the Han army. It is estimated that Zhuge Liang would also hand over the captured soldiers this time to Liu Jing. After all, we have an alliance with Liu Jing. No matter how intrigue, the surface harmony still needs to be needed. I believe that Liu Jing will release these prisoners of war back to Jiangdong, saying that he would win people's hearts or pretend to be favors to us, at least more than 10,000 prisoners of war can return to his hometown. In general, I actually lost less than 20,000 people this time in the Western Expedition."

Only then did Zhang Zhao realize why Sun Quan was not hit. It turned out that he was relying on Liu Jing. This was not the idea that a monarch should have.

At this time, Sun Quan said again: "Frankly speaking, this defeat was indeed due to the sluggish morale and the lack of morale in the army, but the root cause of the sluggish morale is still the problem within Jiangdong. I heard that the day before the withdrawal of troops, rumors in the military camp were rumored that Jiangdong had split and a Wu master appeared. Someone was deliberately spreading rumors. Who did it? Does Bu want it?"

Zhang Zhao shook his head, "I can't imagine it."

"You really didn't expect that because something strange happened before. Lu Ming, an important figure of the Lu family, came to Lu Xun and rushed to Xinwu County. I sent someone to chase him, but I didn't catch up. Then Lu Xun disappeared mysteriously again, and all of my guards disappeared. Of course, they might be captured, but I always feel that his disappearance is related to Lu Ming, and the rumors in the army are also related to this Lu Ming."

Sun Quan's guess was not wrong. The rumors in the army were indeed related to Lu Ming, but his starting point was wrong. He never expected that this so-called Lu Ming was not the real Lu Ming, but a disguiser from Chaisang. Only when Sun Quan returned to Jiangdong would he realize that he was hit by a counter-espionage plan.

"What should we do now? Does Wu Hou still want to fight?" Zhang Zhao asked for a moment of silence.

Sun Quan sighed, "Although I am unwilling to give up, the morale of the army is no longer in fighting spirit. I can only rush back to Jiangdong to deal with internal troubles first. Internal troubles are unstable. Why do I resist foreign aggression? I have ordered Lu Meng to give up Jingnan and immediately return to Pengze by boat. We also want to withdraw our troops to Pengze immediately. As for Yuzhang and Poyang counties, I have to let go for a while, and after dealing with internal troubles, I will send troops to seize them back."
Chapter completed!