Soochow.

Wuchang.

Go to the entrance of the General's Mansion. Normally no one dares to ride a horse here.

Even if the prince Sun Deng, who was staying in Wuchang, passed by the gate of the general's mansion, he would have to dismount.

After Sun Quan became emperor, he moved the capital to Wuchang, leaving Prince Sun Deng and other clan princes to stay in Wuchang.

At the same time, Lu Xun was recruited from Nanjun to Wuchang to manage palace affairs and entrusted the prince to him.

Therefore, from the prince up to the prince's family members, Lu Xun has the power to supervise everyone.

But today, someone broke this rule.

A fast horse rushed to the door of the General's Mansion. Before the horse could stop, the knight had already dismounted: "Urgent report!"

The guards guarding the door of the General's Mansion had long seen the flag of command carried by the knight, and quickly stepped forward to support the knight, while someone else took over the horse.

When Lu Xun heard that there was an emergency, he quickly came to the vestibule.

"Come up, General, there is an urgent report from Jiangling!"

Even though it was not yet a hot summer day, Qi Chuan was still sweating profusely and loudly reported to Lu Xun.

Lu Xun took the urgent message from Qi Chuan, checked the sealing mud, and found nothing unusual, so he had Qi Chuan help him down to rest.

He opened the mud seal, took out the silk cloth inside, and after scanning it hastily, his face suddenly changed, and then he showed a look that was indeed the case.

After he sat down, he read it again carefully from beginning to end. Finally, he pondered for a while, and the look on his face actually became a little gloomy.

Suddenly, Lu Xun shouted loudly:

"Someone is coming!"

"Come on, General, what are your orders?"

"Immediately send someone to the palace, saying that I have something urgent and want to meet the prince."

"promise."

After giving the instructions, Lu Xun immediately asked someone to prepare a car and hurried to the palace.

When he arrived at the entrance of the palace, Prince Sun Deng had already been waiting at the entrance of the palace in person.

"I have met His Highness."

"If you don't deserve such great courtesy from a general, please ask me from the general."

Sun Deng quickly returned the courtesy, led Lu Xun to the East Palace, invited Lu Xun to sit down, and then asked:

"The general said he has something urgent to see me for? But he doesn't know what it is?"

"Your Highness, please take a look."

Lu Xun handed over the urgent message from Jiangling.

Sun Deng took it over and looked at it with some doubts, with a happy face on his face:

"This time Cao Cao's thief invaded the Han Dynasty and was defeated miserably. It's really great. It seems that God is going to destroy the thief!"

Lu Xun's face twitched.

...The prince of our great Wu Kingdom is truly a benevolent king!

"This...this...this Feng Yong is actually so amazing?"

After seeing clearly that Feng Yong defeated Cao Zhen's 100,000 troops with 20,000 men, Sun Deng's expression finally changed.

Although Feng Yong's reputation is not small, Cao Zhen is the number one in Cao's bandit army!

What's more, Feng Yong's retreat was cut off, and Cao Zhen waited for work and occupied the favorable location in advance.

"Is this battle comparable to the Battle of Chibi?"

Sun Deng was so shocked that he blurted out.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Sun Deng knew that he had made a mistake and subconsciously glanced at the palace attendants waiting on his left and right.

All the people in the palace lowered their eyes and looked very respectful, as if they didn't hear anything.

But Sun Deng knew that what he just said would be delivered to His Majesty's desk within a few days.

Sun Deng secretly regretted: It would have been better to get rid of these people first on the grounds of military matters.

Lu Xun didn't think so much, he just shook his head and said:

"How can the battle of Xiaoguan be compared with the battle against Cao Cao when His Majesty personally led the army in Chibi? Who is Cao Cao? Who is Cao Zhen?"

Sun Deng quickly said: "That's right, that's right, I made a mistake!"

"But it is much more dangerous than the Yiling battle. Feng Yong is a person who should not be underestimated."

Lu Xun didn't care about his own face and generously believed that the battle of Yiling was not as good as the battle of Xiaoguan.

"When I was in Jiangling, I paid a lot of attention to this person. When I heard that this person was in Zhuge Liang's campaign in Nanzhong, I had many suggestions."

"According to Zhang Huishu, this man offered Quyu plows, eight oxen plows and other things to increase the food harvest of Shu, control the Yue people and make the Yi people subdue."

"During the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang fought against the famous Wei general Zhang He again at Jieting, and now he defeated Cao Zhen at Xiaoguan."

"In fact, he is a man who is good at herdsmen and military affairs, and is good at both civil and military affairs."

Hearing that his superior general spoke so highly of Feng Yong, Sun Deng looked a little unnatural on his face.

No one else, because as soon as Sun Deng heard the name Feng Yong, he would immediately think of the tiger girl of the Guan family who wanted to marry him but couldn't.

The daughter of the Guan family would rather marry Feng Yong than herself. Doesn't that mean that in her eyes, she is inferior to Feng Yong?

It was precisely because of this lingering thought that when he heard the envoys from Shu praising Feng Yong last time, Sun Deng recommended Zhuge Ke, a guest in the East Palace, to Sun Quan afterwards.

In fact, I have a mentality in my heart:

If Zhuge Ke can really make a contribution, it will be enough to prove that Feng Yong is just a person who can only be compared with his guests, and is not qualified to compare with himself.

However, Your Majesty initially asked Zhuge Ke to take charge of the food supply in the army. Later, the Prime Minister of Shu heard this and wrote a letter to persuade Your Majesty, and Your Majesty then asked Zhuge Ke to lead the army.

It can be said that the weight of his words as a prince is not even as great as that of the Prime Minister of Shu.

However, it was precisely because of this that Zhuge Ke had the opportunity to speak up and argue that he could lead his troops and settle in Shanyue in Danyang Mountain.

He also promised His Majesty that in three years, at least 40,000 soldiers could be recruited.

It is not that the imperial court has never conquered Danyang Mountain in the past, but the terrain of Danyang is dangerous and adjacent to the four counties of Wu County, Kuaiji, Xindu and Poyang. It travels thousands of miles and has thousands of valleys.

Moreover, copper and iron are produced in the mountains, and the people of the country forge their own armor and soldiers. Their customs are fond of martial arts, and they are noble in strength.

The imperial court repeatedly sent troops to search for its caves. When the people in the mountains and rivers fought, swarms arrived, and birds fled when they were defeated. The imperial court often returned without success.

Zhuge Ke promised that it would be decided in three years, but all the ministers in the court thought that they were just young and ignorant and did not know the importance of the matter. They were afraid that it would waste the people and money again, so the matter was never decided.

At this time, Sun Deng was stimulated by the news that Feng Yong had defeated Cao Zhen, and his thoughts were suddenly disturbed.

Originally, he was thinking that if Zhuge Ke could pacify Shanyue and solve the long-standing headache of the court, he would also be able to recruit 40,000 Shanyue soldiers.

That would be enough to compare with Feng Yongnan's conquest of Pingnanzhong.

At the same time, Zhuge Ke also accumulated merits, and he could participate as soon as there was a war in the north.

With Zhuge Ke's talents, he will definitely be able to achieve military exploits again. If the Shu envoy dares to praise Feng Yong in the Wu Kingdom again, Zhuge Ke will be able to do it.

Zhuge Ke was originally a guest of the prince, and at the same time he was personally recommended by the prince. As the prince, he would be able to overpower Feng Yong.

Unexpectedly, the Shanyue incident has not yet been concluded, and Feng Yong has become a famous general in the world.

As soon as he thought about this, Sun Deng suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart: The tiger girl of the Guan family, really has a unique vision?

Naturally, Lu Xun didn't know that Sun Deng was sitting there, thinking about so many things in the short time he was talking?

At this time, he was actually a little worried:

"Your Highness, when Zhuge Liang entered Hanzhong, I expected that he would attack Wei. I once told your Majesty that the Shu Kingdom is weak and its people are tired. If we entangle with Wei thieves in Yongliang, we will definitely be unable to decide for a long time."

"At that time, it will only further weaken the power of Shu, and the Shu people will have to seek further help from Wu."

At this point, Lu Xun sighed, "I just didn't expect that Zhuge Liang was so good at governing Shu and Feng Yong was brave and good at fighting that he actually led him to attack Longyou."

After Zhang Wen returned to Wu from an envoy to Shu, he once spoke highly of the beauty of Shu's government. His Majesty was displeased when he heard this and dismissed him on the pretext of the scandal.

Now that I think about it, Zhang Wen's words are indeed true.

Otherwise, how could the Shu State be able to recover in just a few years, and even become more powerful than before, and capture Longyou from the Wei people.

I heard that in the Battle of Longyou, Feng Yong first led the army to attack Longguan, and then returned to the army to fight at the street guarding pavilion, where he made his first contribution. He was said to be brave and good at fighting, so he must be good.

"I believe that after Zhuge Liang, Feng Yong will become a pillar of Shu. He is about the same age as Your Highness. I am afraid that I will rarely have to deal with this person in the future. Your Highness should pay more attention to this person."

When Sun Deng heard this, he quickly responded:

"To be honest, General, I have actually been paying attention to this person for a long time! This person is only two years older than me, but he has achieved such achievements, which is really eye-catching."

"I think Jiangdong is a place where talented people are born. Is it possible that no one can compare with my achievements? Therefore, I recommended Zhuge Yuanxun to Your Majesty before, just to see if I can pick out someone with outstanding talents, so as to avoid that.

The people of Shu overwhelm our country of Wu."
To be continued...