The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

The people who understand you best are never your enemies, not your family.

The rulers and ministers of Eastern Wu had coveted Jingzhou for many years, and they gathered together every day to study how to deal with the rulers and ministers of Ji Han. Over the years, they had thoroughly studied the character and abilities of the Ji Han group.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Zhao knew Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and others better than he knew himself.

In his view, Guan Yu and his subordinates Wang Fu and Zhao Lei were simply not capable of gathering bandits to launch a surprise attack on Jianye. Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, had the foresight, but he was cautious and would not do something so risky.

Looking at the entire Shu Han, only those two madmen, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, could come up with such a brilliant plan and put it into action. But Pang Tong is dead, and Fa Zheng is far away in Chengdu, and I heard he is about to die of illness. It is impossible for him to come and give Guan Yu advice.

Who could it be? Could it be that Guan Yu has recently recruited some extraordinary talent?

Impossible. With so many years of war and chaos, if someone truly possessed such abilities, the feudal lords would have already discovered them. How could they possibly have kept them hidden until now?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao suddenly realized something and stared at Guan Xing, asking, "Young General, you returned to Chengdu to report the good news to the King of Hanzhong when the Battle of Xiangfan was in full swing. You should have met Fa Zheng, right? Was the idea of ​​launching a surprise attack on Jianye his idea?"

Guan Xing: "Uh..."

Your imagination is truly amazing! How could you connect these things?

He did see Fazheng in Chengdu. At that time, Fazheng was already bedridden and his symptoms resembled coronary heart disease in later generations. Even experts in later generations couldn't cure this disease, so what could he do but pretend he didn't see him?

However, Zhang Zhao suspected that Fa Zheng's strategy was indeed too far-fetched. At that time, Guan Yu's flooding of the seven armies was awe-inspiring, and Fa Zheng could not have imagined that Guan Yu would be defeated so quickly.

After all, Fazheng is a human being, not a god.

Guan Xinglan didn't bother to argue, and shook his head with a smile: "General Zhang, you should ask my father about this directly. He is waiting for you at the Wu Marquis's residence. Please come in."

Zhang Zhao sighed, straightened his clothes, and followed Guan Xing to Sun Quan's residence.

He didn't explain anything to his family, not because he didn't have time, but because it was unnecessary. Guan Yu was a strict commander and it was impossible for him to harass his family and innocent civilians.

This is the reputation of Lord Guan.

At the same time, Guan Yu led his troops to Sun Quan's residence. Upon arrival, he immediately shouted, "Xu Zui, go to the east gate; Lei Chuan, go to the south gate; Luo Shen, go to the west gate. Once you arrive, do not attack, just block the gates to prevent people from entering or leaving. The rest of you, follow me to attack the north gate."

Currently, most of the guards of the Sun family have gone to Jiangling with Sun Quan, and the defenses of the Sun family have dropped to their lowest point in history. Facing a fierce general like Guan Yu, the outcome of the battle is naturally not in doubt.

In just a quarter of an hour, Guan Yu broke through the north gate and rushed into the mansion. After quickly occupying the front yard, he stopped and called over an old woman, saying, "Have the ladies and gentlemen all gather in the main hall. Don't force me to rush into the back yard. Go now."

The backyard was full of women, including his sister-in-law; it was really inappropriate for a grown man like him to barge in.

Soon, the women of the Sun family and Sun Quan's children were herded to the front hall, a large group of dozens of people. Guan Yu only recognized his sister-in-law, Sun Shangxiang. He walked up to her, bowed, and said, "Yun Chang greets sister-in-law. How have you been lately?"

The sudden attack on Jianye by Guan Yu was so unexpected that no prior warning had been given, leaving Sun Shangxiang still in a daze. Upon hearing this, she instinctively returned the greeting, saying, "Second Uncle, how could you suddenly appear in Jianye? Is it because of my brother..."

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "Lord Wu is still in Jiangling. Don't worry, he's fine. Now that things have come to this, please comfort your family and don't do anything that might cause misunderstandings."

"By the way, from now on, the two young masters Denglu will follow me. With me taking care of them, you can rest assured, sister-in-law."

Sun Quan's two sons, Deng and Lu, are Sun Quan's eldest and second sons, respectively. Sun Quan currently only has these two sons. As for the other sons, such as Sun He, Sun Ba, and Sun Liang, they have not yet been born.

Guan Yu took Sun Quan's only two sons away. What was he planning to do?

Sun Shangxiang, being a fiery woman, naturally couldn't stand by and watch her two nephews be taken away as hostages by Guan Yu. Upon hearing this, she immediately spread her arms and stood in front of Sun Deng and Sun Lü, shouting, "No way! Unless I die, you can forget about taking them away!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu's lips curled into a cold smile. He still harbored resentment over Sun Shangxiang taking Liu Shan away back then, so naturally he couldn't indulge her at this time. He reached out and grabbed Sun Shangxiang's shoulder, moving her aside like a chick, and ordered, "Zhou Cang."

Zhou Cang quickly stepped forward and forcibly carried away ten-year-old Sun Deng and six-year-old Sun Lü, one in each arm, no matter how much they struggled.

Having secured the hostage, Guan Yu didn't waste any more words and turned to leave. With no men left in the Sun family, the remaining group of women couldn't cause any trouble.

Sun Shangxiang was powerless to stop it. She collapsed to the ground, pointed at Guan Yu's back, and cursed, "Guan Yunchang, you bastard, you just wait!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu quickened his pace again, leading the child through the front yard. Before they could even leave, Wang Fu rushed in, excitedly bowing and saying, "General, the grain depots have all been captured. The grain in the granaries is piled up like mountains, enough for the entire city's population to use for two years. There are also plenty of weapons and armor, enough to arm an army of thirty to fifty thousand without any problem."

Among the six counties of Jiangdong, Wu County was the most prominent. It was a famous land of fish and rice, with grain production far exceeding that of other places.

Jianye was also the capital of Jiangdong, so it's not surprising that Sun Quan stored a lot of grain and weapons there.

As for the food and supplies for the Wu army at the front, there are other counties and Jingzhou to take care of, so there is no need to touch Jianye's grain reserves.

It should be noted that Guan Yu also stored a lot of grain in Jiangling, which has now all benefited the Blue-Eyed Bandits.

Guan Yu slapped his thigh excitedly and laughed, "Great! With this grain, we can expand our army, defend Jianye City, and even take over the whole of Jiangdong."

"Don't just stand around, go to Lü Meng's residence immediately and bring all of Lü's family members to the Sun residence. Clear out the Lü residence for me to use as a temporary headquarters."

After acquiring Jianye, they will definitely need to set up offices, and offices naturally require office space. They can't expect everyone to work on the street, can they?

The ideal office location would certainly be Sun Quan's Wu Hou Mansion, but Sun Quan was, after all, the ruler of Jiangdong and Liu Bei's brother-in-law, so it was clearly inappropriate to kick out the Sun family members.

Who should we kick out?

Guan Yu immediately thought of that unlucky fellow Lü Meng. He had no relation to Lü Meng, and that damned Lü Meng had actually crossed the river in white and ambushed him from behind. At a time like this, if he didn't deal with Lü Meng, who would he deal with?

“Look…” Wang Fu turned around, waved his hand, and shouted loudly, “Come with me.”

Guan Yu followed closely behind and left the mansion. Before he could decide where to go, he saw Guan Xing bringing Zhang Zhao over.

Seeing Zhang Zhao shivering in the wind wearing only a thin garment, Guan Yu couldn't help but laugh and say, "Brother Zibu, it's been many years since we last met. How have you been?"

Looking at the two young masters being held under Zhou Cang's arm, Zhang Zhao's heart sank completely. He sighed helplessly, "The Wei army launched a fierce attack, the Wu army launched a surprise attack, and the Han army betrayed them. Under the triple attack, you were still able to turn the tide. General Guan's military strategy is divine. I admire you. But I want to know, who came up with the idea of ​​launching a surprise attack on Jianye?"

This question has become an obsession for him; he is unwilling to give up until he finds out the truth.

Upon hearing this, Guan Xing, standing behind Zhang Zhao, proudly raised his head towards Guan Yu, repeatedly gesturing with his eyes, "Praise me, praise me..."

Guan Yu, however, disliked his bad habit and scolded him, "What are you still standing there for? Go and invite the other important officials over."

"Oh, oh..." Guan Xing turned and left, leading his troops to attack the residences of other important officials.

After Guan Yu left, he straightened his back, stroked his long beard that reached his waist, and said with a smile, "To be honest, Mr. Zibu, after leaving Maicheng, I originally planned to rush to Linju to return to Shu. It was my son Anguo who stopped me in time and let me launch a surprise attack on Jianye to exchange houses with the Wu Lord. That's how we brothers were able to reunite."

Zhang Zhao: “…”