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In order to avoid risks, the head of the family Lu Jun also separated the family in two places, one was the Lu Manor in Wu County and the other was the Lu family's Lake Manor. Currently, there are not many people living in the Lu Mansion, only some older Lu clans.

Lu Jun was already asleep, but was woken up by the butler. Lu Xun actually sent his confidant to find him. Lu Jun quickly put on his clothes and hurried to the inner hall with the butler.

The man in black who was sitting in the inner hall climbing over the wall into the mansion was resting and having tea. At this time, footsteps came from the yard. When the man in black saw Lu Jun coming in, he quickly stood up and saluted, "Associate the head of the family."

He took out Lu Xun's letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Jun. The man in black was a former personal soldier named Zhang Qing. Lu Jun had also seen him and knew that he was Lu Xun's confidant. Lu Jun took the letter and nodded, "Sit down first."

Lu Jun sat down and opened the letter and read it. Lu Xun said that he had taken down Kuaiji County and had 10,000 troops in his hand, and was preparing to attack Wu County in large numbers, hoping that the family could help him.

After reading the letter, Lu Jun asked Zhang Qing without saying a word, "Does Mr. Xun have any other words?"

"Governor Lu said that the Lu family only needs to do their best and do not take risks. Finally, they can contact Gu and Zhang families to participate together."

"I see"

Lu Jun immediately ordered the housekeeper to take Zhang Qing down to rest. He pondered for a moment and ordered the maid to say, "Go and find the master."

After a moment, Lu Ming rushed over. He was also the chief manager of the Lu family. He was very smart and capable. "If you have anything to do, just give me instructions."

"Sit down first"

Lu Ming sat down, and then Lu Jun handed him Lu Xun's letter, "You see this first."

After reading the letter, Lu Ming was shocked and happy and said, "It turns out that the rumors are true. Lang Zhen occupied Kuaiji."

Lu Jun also knew these rumors, but what he was concerned about now was how to help Lu Xun. Of course, he knew Lu Xun's purpose and seized Kuaiji and Wujun. This was a fire that lit up the backyard of Jiangdong and had a crucial impact on the Hefei Battle.

Even just seizing Kuaiji has little impact on Sun Quan. After all, Kuaiji County has always been in the hands of the He brothers, but once Wu County is lost, it will be a fatal blow to Sun Quan. Lu Jun knows the importance of helping Lu Xun, which is related to the future of the Lu family for at least one year.

"I want to contact the Gu family and Zhang family. The family will help Lang together, but I am not easy to come forward. I will leave this matter to you. Try to do it as secretly as possible."

Lu Ming quickly stood up and said, "Please don't worry, brother, I'm going to go to the manor tomorrow morning, and when I come back, I will take a detour to the Gu family."

Two days later, a saying began to spread in Wu County that with Lu Xun's support, Sun Shao rose again and not only took over Kuaiji County, but the next step was to recover Wu County. Kuaiji County had been exempted from taxes last year. Any young and strong man who went to surrender to Sun Shao would receive a hectare of land and annual tax exemption.

Although anyone with a little wise knows that Sun Shao cannot be exempted from taxes, otherwise what the army would eat, most people are simple-minded and they all believe that Sun Cezhi will not speak falsely. This statement becomes more and more popular and soon spread in Wu County and even the entire Wu County, which has attracted a tide of escape from young and strong men in Wu County.

In just one day, thousands of men in Wu County escaped from the city and rushed to Kuaiji County. Tens of thousands of men in Wu County were tempted by the value of profit and rushed to Kuaiji County.

Huang Gai didn't care about these rumors at first. When he realized the problem was serious and ordered the city gate to be closed, more than half of the young and strong men in the county had fled, but Huang Gai was unable to stop the escape outside the county town, and even became more and more intense. In just ten days, more than 10,000 people fled to Kuaiji.

Huang Gai was also very alert. This was a typical chaos before attacking. The purpose was to destroy stability and disrupt the morale of the army. It is impossible to say that this was a very clever move. Many of Huang Gai's soldiers were locals. They were Sun Yu's surrendered soldiers. Once Wujun was unstable, the morale of the soldiers would be shaken, which had a great impact on the fierce battle between the two armies.

At this time, Lu Xun had ordered the captain Zhao Zhong to lead thousands of troops north to attack Wucheng County. Once Wucheng County is lost, the Han army can directly enter the lake, which is a great threat to Wu County. The Jiangdong Army also knew this and deployed a thousand troops in Wucheng County, but one thousand troops obviously did not play a role.

Huang Gai stood at the top of the city and looked at the direction of Wucheng County. He had received news from scouts that a vanguard of Han army of thousands of people had captured Wucheng County. Wucheng defenders surrendered without fighting. The Han army began to use civilian ships to transport food, grass and supplies to Wucheng County, preparing to turn Wucheng County into a logistics location for the Han army.

Huang Gai was in a very complicated mood at this time. He originally planned not to rush to send troops because he knew Lu Xun's strategy very well and captured Wujun as soon as possible, forcing the Jiangdong army to give up the battle in Hefei. This should be Liu Jing's intention.

Then there are two ways to defeat the Han army's strategy. One is to defeat the Han army. Huang Gai was not sure about this method. Another way is to drag it. As long as he can drag it for one to two months and until the end of the Hefei war, the main force of the Jiangdong Army can be transferred to attack Kuaiji.

Strictly defending Wuxian without fighting is the best delay tactic, and it is also the tactic that Huang Gai decided to adopt. However, Lu Xun provoked the chaos in Wuxian, causing the people's hearts to be unstable, which will eventually affect the morale of the army.

But more importantly, Wucheng County was lost, and the Han army turned Wucheng County into a logistics base. Once the Han army's plan succeeded, a large number of Han army warships could sail from Wuhu into the lake, and the Han army could also go around Wuxian and directly attack the empty Piling County. This made Huang Gai a little unable to sit still. In any case, he wanted to retake Wucheng County.

When Huang Gai was thinking, Deputy General Jiang Qin quickly stepped forward and said, "Old General, a fleet came from Xushui, and Wu Hou brought us ten thousand barrels of turmeric oil."

This news immediately made Huang Gai happy. With ten thousand barrels of turmeric oil, he would have the confidence to win this war. Huang Gai was so excited that he couldn't help but pat his forehead. Wu Hou sent 10,000 barrels of turmeric oil at this critical moment, which was simply giving the victory to himself.

"Where is the fleet now?" Huang Gai asked anxiously.

"I have arrived at the Xicheng, please ask the general whether to enter the city directly."

"Of course"

Huang Gai immediately ran to the west city quickly and said loudly to Jiang Qin: "Strengthen your defense, no one is allowed to get close to the fleet, and no fire is allowed."

Huang Gai was cautious. He knew that so much tincture was concentrated together and he would never see any sparks. He knew that once the tincture was accidentally ignited, the 10,000 barrels of tincture might not be saved.

The fleet of five-stone cargo ships slowly sailed into Xicheng. This was the Jiangdong Army who went from Jianye to Qinshui, then entered Lishui from a small river, and arrived in Wuxian through Hu and Xushui. The ten thousand barrels of turmeric oil were the military aid Cao Cao gave to Jiangdong in accordance with the agreement between the two sides.

However, this batch of tincture oil had passed the hands of the Han army, and neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan knew about it. Of course, the cargo ship did not return in the end. Cao Cao would have guessed that it was captured by the Han army, but Cao Cao could not have imagined that this batch of tincture oil had already been in Sun Quan's hands.

At this time, Jiang Qin said to Huang Gai: "Since we have tincture oil, we can use it to defeat Lu Xun's arrogance and increase the morale of our army. He is willing to lead a fleet south to burn the Han army's transport fleet and regain Wucheng County."

Huang Gai nodded, "I will give you five thousand troops, ships, and five thousand barrels of turmeric oil. You can advance along the lake and water and land, and be sure to retake Wucheng County for me."

Wucheng County is today's Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is located on the south bank of the lake. The Wucheng River runs through the entire territory and is an important entrance to the lake from the south. Huang Gai also knows the importance of Wucheng County, so one thousand soldiers were stationed in Wucheng County, but one thousand troops could not stop the attack of the Han army. When the Han army arrived in large numbers, the main general offered the city to surrender.

The loss of Wucheng County means that the gate of Nanhu is opened. Once the Han army warships enter the lake from the Yangtze River, Wucheng County will become the logistics important place for the Han army in Wujun, and can directly kill to Piling County. It is no longer important whether to seize Wuxian.

It is also true that Huang Gai had to regain Wucheng County. Two days later, two Jiangdong Army cargo ships were loaded with 5,000 barrels of turbulent oil and siege ladders, and entered the Wucheng River mouth from the lake. The five thousand troops also rushed to the river mouth under the leadership of General Jiang Qin and joined the fleet.

It was still more than ten miles from Wucheng River mouth to the county town. It was noon. The soldiers in Jiangdong were busy burying pots and making rice, while Jiang Qin was sitting next to a big rock, thinking about a plan to attack the city.

Not far away, several military marquis quickly walked to Jiang Qin and bowed and said, "Report to General, there seems to be something wrong with the turmeric oil."

Jiang Qin was stunned, "What's the problem?"

"Because it just rained and the firewood was relatively humid, some brothers used tinder oil to ignite and cook, but it was found that the tinder oil did not ignite. Not only did it, but many people did not ignite it."

Jiang Qin was stunned. How could he quickly walk towards a stone stove? A large group of soldiers surrounded him. Seeing the lord coming, everyone dodged away.

There was a pottery basin in front of the stone stove, filled with clear tincture oil. Jiang Qin took a torch and reached towards the pottery basin. According to his experience, the tincture oil should have been burned, but there was no movement at all.

Jiang Qin was shocked and suspicious. He picked up the pottery basin and walked towards a fire. With a loud bang, he poured the turbulent oil from the pottery basin on the fire, and the fire was extinguished.

Jiang Qin was completely stunned. This was not tincture oil. He turned around and immediately ordered: "Go and open another bucket of tincture oil."

Soon, a soldier shouted, "General, the oil barrel is water, not tincture oil."

"Open all" Jiang Qin suddenly became anxious. Will Wu Hou deceive them?

The soldiers rushed onto the ship and pried open the oil barrel with their knives, but the result was that everyone was stunned. Most of the turbid oil they had with great hope was water, but there was a layer of tung oil floating on the surface.

Everyone looked at each other, what was going on? Wu Hou actually deceived them.

At this moment, a patrolman rode a horse and shouted, "General, there is an enemy situation."

Jiang Qin was shocked, and he didn't have the tinea oil, so he ordered urgently: "Line immediately and prepare for battle."

Thousands of Jiangdong soldiers stood up one after another. They didn't care about cooking, picked up their weapons and started to line up. At this time, Jiang Qin had already seen a black army appearing in the distance, with at least nearly 10,000 people. This made Jiang Qin take a breath. Their information was wrong. The Han army in Wucheng County was not the vanguard to head north, but the main force of the Han army arrived.

Jiang Qin was both angry and anxious. He originally planned to rely on tinea oil to win the battle, but unexpectedly, the tinea oil given to them by Wu Hou was all fake, which made the Jiangdong Army lose its most important weapon. What made him even more anxious was that the information was wrong, not the vanguard of the Thousand Han Army, but the main force of the Han Army.
Chapter completed!