In November 207 AD, the news that Cao Cao had completely pacified Youzhou and stabilized the north reached Jiangdong, and Wu County was in turmoil. Sun Quan was deeply anxious about this. He believed that Cao Cao would never be satisfied with the status quo after he stabilized the north, so it was a matter of time before he went south.

There are two analyses on Cao Cao's route to the south in the discussion between Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao:

One is to extend Xuzhou to Danyang and Lujiang; the other is to advance south from Yuzhou to Nanyang.

There is no dispute that the latter was something Sun Quan was happy to see, because it meant that Cao Cao's attack was directed by Liu Biao, who was guarding Jingzhou, and would not go to war with him directly.

However, Sun Quan also had great concerns: even if Cao Cao did not regard himself as the first target of attacking south, once Liu Biao failed, Cao Cao would occupy the entire Jingzhou and strategically surround the Jiangdong land he controlled, which he would have a three-sided siege. In this way, Sun Quan would face an extremely unfavorable situation.

At this time, Bu Zhi, who was standing aside, stood up and said to Sun Quan:

"Lord, I heard that Gongjin recently obtained a genius in the world, known as "Feng Chu"."

Sun Quan had long heard of the reputation of Pang Degong's son Pang Tong. He was an unknown person. At first, his reputation was far less prominent than that of his brother Pang Shanmin. However, when he went to Yingchuan to study, he met Sima Hui, the "water mirror" who was highly praised by Sima Yi after a conversation. Later, he served as a strategist under Huang Zu and set up an ambush that made Zhou Yu, a general who had been through many battles, fall into the trap and pays the heavy price of Ling Cao's death. Since then, the reputation of "Feng Chu" has spread wildly and caused a great sensation in Jingxiang and Eastern Wu.

"Oh?" Sun Quan, who was thirsty, was very interested in Pang Tong:

"I really didn't expect Gongjin to win over such talents, and I, Dongwu, will be worry-free."

Almost at the same time, Zhou Yu also intended to recommend Pang Tong to Sun Quan, but was opposed by Pang Tong himself. He said to Zhou Yu:

"The reason I came to General is that Huang Zu is a general but has little strategy. The general is both wise and brave. He is the one who deserves to entrust his ambitions. As for the noble Lord Wu Hou, I am not interested in serving him, so I'd better stop this matter."

However, although Pang Tong refused to meet Sun Quan, he also expected the reason why Sun Quan looked for him, so before Zhou Yu was ordered to go to Wujun to discuss with Sun Quan, he clarified Sun Quan's purpose:

"This time the general goes, the Marquis of Wu will definitely ask about the matter of Cao's army going south. At that time, the general will tell Wu that Cao's army going south will definitely be led by Jingzhou. Wu should take this opportunity to seize Jiangxia, so that Huang Zu can avenge his father and put his hand into Jingzhou. However, this depends on whether Wu Hou has the ambition to compete with Cao Cao."

Pang Tong's words were undoubtedly a bold provocation of political courage to Sun Quan, and from another perspective it was also a test.

Zhou Yu was naturally aware of Pang Tong's intentions. He admired Pang Tong's strategic vision very much, and believed that if this person stayed in Jiangdong and served the Sun family, he would definitely become a major helper for Sun Quan in the future.

Before he went on a trip, he mentioned Pang Tong's remarks to Lu Meng, but he didn't expect that Lu Meng would say in surprise after hearing this:

"This is actually the same as what Bo Yan said..."

When Zhou Yu heard Lu Xun's name, he couldn't help but feel very familiar. He asked Lu Meng:

"But the Lu Xun, Lu Boyan, who was highly recommended by Mrs. Bu in front of the lord?"

Lu Meng nodded: "I have recommended him to you before. Now, the Marquis of Wu has appointed him as the commander of Haichang's military field as the county magistrate."

At this time, Lu Meng mentioned Lu Xun's incident again in front of Zhou Yu, just to attract Zhou Yu's attention to him. Lu Meng, who had been in close contact with Lu Xun for a long time, knew that his ability was an indispensable key figure in the future of Eastern Wu's journey to the world.

After hearing this, Zhou Yu suddenly realized: "I remember it. Zijing had told me before that after he went to various counties to inspect, he mentioned the actions of the Haichang County Magistrate to me, and said that his outstanding ability is not something in the pool and is deeply loved by the people."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu hurriedly asked Lu Meng: "Since Lu Xun has such a talent, I must report to the Marquis of Wu to ask him to use it."

Although Lu Meng's original intention had been achieved, he knew that Lu Xun was exiled from Sun Quan's shogunate to Haichang as the post of county magistrate because of the past between him and Mrs. Bu that Sun Quan could not ignore.

Mrs. Bu’s original name is Bu Lianshi. She looks very beautiful and gorgeous. She followed her mother to Lujiang County since she was young. At that time, the prefect of Lujiang was Lu Xun’s grandfather Lu Kang. The two met since childhood and were childhood sweethearts.

In 194 AD, Sun Ce was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Lujiang. Lu Kang defended the city for two years under the advice of the young Lu Xun. Sun Ce had no choice but to clear the world, but the city was broken because of the cut off food and grass. Lu Kang became sick and the city was broken due to illness and overwork, and finally died of regret. Fortunately, Sun Ce did not harm Lu Kang's descendants under the advice of Zhou Yu of Lu Meng. Seeing Lu Xun who was thirteen years old, his eyes were so sharp, but instead asked him to take over Lu Kang to lead the entire Lu family.

Lu Xun, who was obedient to Sun Ce, secretly gave birth to the seeds of hatred in his heart. He became no longer as cheerful and lively as before. As a weak scholar, he became hot on the outside and cold on the inside, and his scheming became deeper and deeper.

Lu Xun's attitude towards Bu Lianshi, who was close to her usual close relationships, also changed greatly. In 199 AD, he left Bu Lianshi and followed Lu Meng's army to Xuzhou. Later, Bu Lianshi traveled across mountains and rivers to search, but was eventually treated coldly by Lu Xun. As a result, Sun Quan, who was defeated by Chen Deng, was caught by Sun Quan. From then on, Sun Quan kept Bu Lianshi by his side.

At that time, Lu Xun was determined to kill Sun Ce to take revenge, so he did not care about Bu Lingshi.

It was not until he and the man in the hat joined forces and used the death of Ji and Xu Gong to develop a precise plan that caused Sun Ce to be assassinated that he remembered the Bu Lianshi whom he had always ignored.

But it was too late, and Bu Lianshi agreed to Sun Quan's proposal after a long wait and loss.

When Lu Xun learned about this from Lu Meng's story, as a clerk of Western Cao, he tried every effort to take Bu Lianshi away, but was rejected by Bu Lianshi. She cried and said to Lu Xun:

"Boyan, it's too late..."

Lu Xun firmly believed that he was not wrong, but Master Bu Lian did not understand him:

"What's wrong with avenging my grandfather! I don't hesitate to make a deal with the devil in order to achieve this goal. Now I have to take revenge, why don't you leave with me?"

In the end, Bu Jie broke free from Lu Xun's hand:

"Let go...you and I should do this..."

After marrying Sun Quan, Bu Lianshi completely ended her relationship with Lu Xun. Because she was pure and generous by nature, she had no jealousy towards Sun Quan's other wives, and was deeply favored by Sun Quan.

The unique insights that she had developed because of her previous relationship with Lu Xun also aroused Sun Quan's praise. So far, Sun Quan would tell her when he was staying at Bu Lingshi's place whenever there was a major event.

Considering that Lu Xun's talent could not be abandoned, Mrs. Bu recommended him to Sun Quan repeatedly. At first, Sun Quan did not think too much and recruited Lu Xun to his shogunate as a counselor. However, over time, Sun Quan also heard the past of Lu Xun and Bu Lianshi. On the premise of believing Bu Lianshi's character, Sun Quan dominated Lu Xun to Haichang County as the county magistrate and military field commander.

Although Lu Xun was still strategic and wise at this time, he had long lost his previous ambitions. Therefore, although his job was done impeccable, he repeatedly rejected the suggestion that Lu Meng recommended him to Zhou Yu.

Lu Meng told Zhou Yu about Lu Xun and Bu Lianshi. After hearing this, Zhou Yu felt that it seemed that it was not the time to bring this matter to Sun Quan at this time, so he temporarily put the matter on hold.

However, it does not mean that he has forgotten Lu Xun. At this time, Shanyue rebelled in Jiangdong, especially Pan Lin in Kuaiji, who was even more arrogant. Sun Quan sent troops several times to encircle and suppress them, but they ended in failure. Zhou Yu started Lu Xun's brain in this regard.

After arriving in Wujun, Zhou Yu made an accurate analysis of Sun Quan's doubts about Cao Cao's going south. At the same time, he also reported the suggestion that Huang Zu and his general Gan Ning could make a fuss to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan highly praised this, but Zhou Yu said modestly:

"This is not my Zhou Gongjin's idea, but Pang Tong's judgment."

At the same time, Zhou Yu also explained the reason why Pang Tong refused to come to see Sun Quan based on the fact that Pang Tong was unwell and could not stay away from him.

Sun Quan, who temporarily eliminated the worries of Cao Cao going south, also remembered Pan Lin, who was in chaos in Kuaiji. Zhou Yu cleverly said to Sun Quan: "You can just leave this kind of small matter to the last general. I can mobilize reliable generals to suppress the rebellion, and I will definitely succeed within one month."

"Oh?" Sun Quan became interested in Zhou Yu's words: "I don't know who the general is referring to by Brother Zhong?"

Zhou Yu kept Sun Quan in this regard, and he replied with a smile:

"The lord doesn't need to ask, you will know naturally when he presents Pan Lin's head."

Sun Quan, who had always trusted Zhou Yu very much, never asked about Zhou Yu's military affairs. He understood it and gave up.

After obtaining Sun Quan's tacit approval, Zhou Yu used his power to command the army and issued an order directly to Lu Xun, allowing him to eliminate the Shanyue rebels entrenched around Kuaiji within one month, but did not assign him any troops.

Everyone muttered in their hearts after learning about the order given by Zhou Yu:

Previously, the Shanyue Army in Kuaiji, Wujun and Danyang used favorable terrain to fight against the encirclement and suppression army sent by Sun Quan, and Lu Xun was just a scholar, and there were almost no soldiers in his hands. How could he eliminate the thieves in a county?

However, Pang Tong found it very interesting after hearing this. He knew how unique Zhou Yu's vision was and how big a test this matter was for Lu Xun, so he adopted a calm and observant attitude.

After receiving the order issued by Zhou Yu himself, Lu Xun took corresponding countermeasures despite his unwillingness:

First, he locked himself in the room within three days after receiving the order, and no one saw him, and devoted himself to studying the maps of Wujun, Kuaiji and Danyang. Afterwards, he issued a way to investigate households and rectify and inspire the people, recruited hundreds of strong men in the county, and the rest actively implemented military farming to maintain food and grass and livelihood. In the third step, Lu Xun began to attack the weakest salt officials in Shanyue, and obtained more than 100 Shanyue soldiers, and found out where Pan Lin's nest was located from them.

At this time, Lu Xun had only more than 500 men, and Pan Lintun gathered in Yuyao's old nest to station two thousand troops. Lu Xun had no advantage in terms of force, but Lu Xun boldly proposed the idea of ​​crossing the sea to fight.

While creating public opinion near Yuyao, he claimed that he would fight Yongxing first and then defeat Shanyin, and finally started a decisive battle with Pan Lin in Yuyao. He successfully attracted Pan Lin's attention to the land.

After seizing the salt officer, Lu Xun chose when the maritime marching route was taken, and also determined the landing point.

In order to avoid causing Pan Lin's suspicion and expose his plan, Lu Xun disguised himself as an ordinary businessman and wanted to collect ships to transport goods. After obtaining dozens of large and small ships, he personally led the fleet to head towards Yuyao on a dark moonlit night.

Because Pan Lin was deceived by Lu Xun's plan, he deployed all his main forces in the Shanyin area for deep defense, which gave Lu Xun great strong conditions, making the originally extremely difficult battle across the sea a stroke turned into a stroke of genius.

With almost no obstacle, more than 500 people led by Lu Xun landed at the ferry in a dignified manner and attacked Yuyao City with the speed of lightning. Considering that it would put huge pressure on Pan Lin, Lu Xun actually divided the only 500 people in his hand into two groups to attack the East Gate and the North Gate, forming the illusion of heavy troops siege the city.

Originally, this kind of trick was easily seen after a long time, but Pan Lin did not expect Lu Xun to do such a move. In a frightened manner, he chose to give up Yuyao City in a hurry and fled westward. Therefore, Lu Xun seized Yuyao City without any effort.

But this was not the whole plan of Lu Xun. The next moment he seized Yuyao, he hurriedly sent Shanyuexizuo Pegasus, who had been surrendered by him, to Shanyin, and informed the guard there that Lu Xun was fleeing west after failing to attack Yuyao City. Pan Lin ordered them to intercept them there and cooperate with him inside and outside to completely eliminate Lu Xun's men.

This strategy is extremely brilliant. Shortly after the Shanyin guard received the false general order conveyed by Lu Xun, Pan Lin led his men to flee to the city of Shanyin and shouted to the city tower: "I am Pan Lin! Open the city gate quickly!"

Because the sky was dark, it was impossible to see Pan Lin's appearance clearly, and the generals in Shanyin did not believe that Lu Xun, who had only a hundred people, would defeat Pan Lin, who had a thousand people, so they believed Lu Xun's lies and rushed his army out of the city to attack Pan Lin.

Just at this moment, the five hundred men led by Lu Xun also hit Pan Lin's back. Pan Lin was blocked by his own people in a daze, and they also became the subordinates of Lu Xun's command. Soon Pan Lin was killed by Zhu Ran, a subordinate of Lu Xun's subordinate.

It was too late when the Shanyin guards discovered it. The leaderless people gave up their resistance. Soon Lu Xun not only pacified all the Shanyue army in Kuaiji, but also exceeded the task assigned by Zhou Yu:

All Shanyue troops in Danyang, Wujun and Kuaiji surrendered to Sun Quan, and at this point the Shanyue troubles were completely pacified.
Chapter completed!