Chapter 219: Use the beacon tower to place an eye! Want to force Da Qiao to quell the rumors? Xiao Fang: Guan Yu has to take action!
Be it Lu Bu or Chen Gong, everyone's surprised eyes fell on Lu Meng.

Even Chen Gong was troubled by this matter, so how dare such an unknown person beside Sun Quan claim that he has a solution?

"Who are you?"

Lu Bu spoke in a cold tone, making no effort to hide his contempt for Lu Meng.

Sun Quan hurriedly bowed and said with a smile:
"Father, his surname is Lu, his given name is Meng, and his courtesy name is Ziming. He is a trusted military commander of my child."

Lu Meng?

Lu Bu rolled his eyes and searched his memory for a long time, but he couldn't think of such a person in Jiangdong.

Looking back at Chen Gong, Chen Gong also shook his head slightly, obviously knowing nothing about this Lu Meng.

"How dare you, a nobody, say such outrageous things and claim that you could detect the big-eared thief's sneak attack on Lu'an in advance?"

Lu Bu's face turned stern, and his words showed his dissatisfaction.

Sun Quan's palms were sweaty and he glanced secretly at Lu Meng.

Lu Meng was calm and said loudly:
"If Liu Bei divided his troops to attack Lu'an, his army would have to go west through Jinling and then north through Wankou."

"So our first priority is to send spies throughout Jiangdong and even Nanjing to closely monitor the movements of every enemy army and every enemy general."

"After the enemy enters Wankou, they will surely move north along the Bishui River and attack our Lu'an City directly."

"General Zhongmou can mobilize thousands of civilians to set up beacon towers every ten miles on both sides of the Bi River south of Lu'an, with more than ten soldiers stationed in each tower, and continue to build up to a hundred miles away."

"The beacon towers are high up and located on both sides of the Bishui River. They can clearly monitor the situation downstream of the Bishui River. Once a large number of enemy troops are found heading north, the beacon towers will be lit immediately."

"Then in less than half an hour, our Lu'an City will be alerted. General Zhongmou can quickly close the city gates and send light cavalry to Chengde City to ask for help from Marquis Wen."

"This way, Marquis Wen will have enough time to send elite troops to reinforce Lu'an and other places."

"When the enemy troops approach the city, our reinforcements will have already arrived and are ready to fight. The enemy will have no choice but to retreat without a fight."

Lu Meng gestured and explained on the map, calmly presenting his strategy.

At first, Lu Bu didn't even look at Lu Meng. He sipped warm wine with a nonchalant look.

But as he listened, he couldn't help but turn his head to stare at the map, put down the wine glass in his hand, and his squinted eyes gradually widened.

Chen Gong, who was standing aside, gradually relaxed his frown, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Marquis Wen, General Zhongmou, this is my solution."

"Whether this plan is feasible or not, please let Lord Wen decide."

Lu Meng bowed to Lu Bu and looked at him confidently and calmly.

"Gongtai, what do you think?"

Lu Bu asked Chen Gong, his eyes filled with uncontrollable surprise.

Chen Gong stroked his thin beard, a look of admiration appeared on his face, and he nodded in praise:

"This beacon tower strategy can indeed easily prevent Liu Bei from attacking Lu'an without any effort."

"To be able to come up with such a brilliant idea, Lord Wen, this Lu Ziming's plan is really extraordinary."

Since Chen Gong praised it so highly, this plan must be foolproof.

"Snapped!"

Lu Bu slapped the table and laughed:

"Zhongmou, ah Zhongmou, I didn't expect that you have such a powerful person under your command. This is really a big surprise for your father!"

"Okay, okay, let's follow Lu... Lu Ming's plan. Return to Lu'an as soon as possible and build a beacon tower immediately!"

Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief, his face full of surprise. It was obvious that he had not expected that Lu Meng could come up with such a method.

So he put on a smile and hurriedly bowed and said:
"Don't worry, father. I will repair the beacon tower within seven days. If Liu Bei really attacks Lu'an, I will make sure that his evil plan will be exposed!"

The father and son immediately decided on the beacon tower strategy.

Lu Bu painted a long pie in the sky for Sun Quan before sending him away.

Sun Quan then reluctantly bid farewell to Lu Bu.

In order to show his importance to Sun Quan, Lu Bu personally escorted Sun Quan to the gate of the mansion and watched him get on the carriage.

"Marquis Wen, please forgive me for speaking frankly."

"This Sun Zhongmou is young but extremely cunning. He was once the ruler of Jiangdong. How could he be willing to be inferior to others?"

"According to Gong Zhi, he came to seek refuge with Marquis Wen because he was desperate and wanted to borrow the power of Marquis Wen to retake Jiangdong and become the ruler of the region again."

"Besides, he actually has a man of extraordinary strategy like Lu Meng by his side. If we allow him to recruit his old subordinates, he may become too powerful in the future, which may be a hidden danger."

Chen Gong lowered his voice and reminded him earnestly.

However, Lu Bu smiled coldly, with a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth.

"Gongtai, do you really think that I am as stupid as Yuan Shu, not knowing what evil thoughts Sun Quan is hiding and not knowing how to be on guard against him?"

"If I had not been on guard against him, why would I have arranged for Song Xian to go to Lu'an to 'assist' him in defending the city?"

Lu Bu glanced at Chen Gong with a meaningful look in his eyes.

Chen Gong suddenly remembered this, the worry in his eyes disappeared, and he smiled:

"It turns out that Marquis Wen has a clear mind and knew that Sun Quan had evil intentions. He arranged for Song Xian to go to Lu'an just to monitor Sun Quan."

"Gong is relieved that Marquis Wen has such foresight."

Lu Bu looked at Sun Quan's carriage going away, and a hint of coldness flashed across his conceited sneer.

"I adopted this blue-eyed boy as my adopted son, just to use his Sun family name to recruit his old members to help me resist the big-eared thief."

"When we defeat the big-eared thief in the future, and I cross the river to the south to take over Jiangdong, that will be the day I will kill him and send him off!"

The murderous intent emanating from Lu Bu made Chen Gong shudder.

In the carriage a dozen steps away.

Sun Quan was patting Lü Meng on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Ziming, you really made me proud today. Once you repair this beacon tower, I can rest assured that I won't have to worry about the big-eared thieves attacking Lu'an."

A hint of pride flashed across Lu Meng's face, and he sneered:

"Once we build this beacon tower, the big-eared thieves might retreat because of the difficulty, and give up the plan to attack Lu'an, and instead focus on attacking Chengde."

"With Lu Bu's strength, it won't be a problem for him to hold on to Chengde and hold out against Liu Bei." "My lord, you'd better take advantage of the confrontation between the two of them to recruit as many old subordinates as possible and accumulate strength for the future!"

Sun Quan agreed with this and immediately instructed Lu Meng to personally oversee the construction of the beacon tower.

As they were talking, the carriage jolted violently.

Sun Quan's unhealed wound was affected, and he couldn't help but frown slightly and grit his teeth in pain.

The pain suddenly reminded him.

So he lifted the curtain of the carriage and called Zhou Tai, who was escorting him, to come closer.

"Youping, I asked you to find out about Mr. Qiao's eldest daughter. How have you been doing?"

Sun Quan asked in a low voice.

"Reporting to the Lord, Tai only heard that Mr. Qiao's eldest daughter is now living in seclusion in Shouchun City with her mother Zhao."

"As for where the specific residence is, I have not yet found out."

Sun Quan frowned slightly and said:
"Leave a team of capable men in Shouchun to find Zhao and Da Qiao as soon as possible and send them to Lu'an to see me."

Zhou Tai hurriedly accepted the order, but said at a loss:

"My Lord, excuse me for asking, why are you looking for this daughter of the Qiao family?"

Sun Quan coughed dryly and said calmly:
"Of course I will marry her and put an end to those rumors out there!"

When these words were spoken, Zhou Tai and Lu Meng were both surprised.

The wound from that arrow caused him to lose the ability to continue his bloodline. What’s the point of you getting married?

Zhou Tai was confused.

After Lu Meng rolled his eyes, he suddenly realized and understood Sun Quan's intention.

Although the two of them tried their best to conceal the news of Sun Quan's disability, the truth eventually leaked out.

There was a "rumor" in Lu'an City that their General Sun was shot and turned into a "eunuch" when he fled in Haiyan. The soldiers discussed it privately, and the generals were secretly worried that it would inevitably shake the morale of the army.

Sun Quan married at this time in order to take practical action to dispel the rumors and prove that he was intact.

"I understand your intention, but I heard that this eldest daughter of Lord Qiao was the one General Bofu wanted to marry. Why did you want to..."

Lu Meng realized he had said something wrong halfway through his question and quickly swallowed it back.

Sun Quan did not explain, but just ordered Zhou Tai to do as ordered.

Zhou Tai didn't dare to ask any more questions and had to obey the order.

The carriage continued to bump along, and Sun Quan had to grit his teeth and endure the pain in silence, but a hint of hatred flashed quietly in his eyes.

"Brother, if it weren't for your stubbornness, Jiangdong would never have been lost, and I wouldn't have been harmed by the big-eared thief and left with a mutilated body."

"You owe me this, so I will marry the woman you want to marry, as your compensation to me..."

Sun Quan's thoughts turned over and a look of revenge flashed across his eyes.

...

Jinling City, Left General’s Mansion.

Liu Bei, Xiao Fang, Pang Tong and others were sitting around a map, discussing the details of taking over Huainan.

"My lord, the Huainan spies have delivered the latest intelligence!"

Chen Dao hurried in, holding a silk book in his hand.

"There's no outsider here, just go and read it."

Liu Bei raised his hand without taking his eyes off the map.

"The spies reported that Sun Quan had recently forcibly conscripted civilians and set up beacon towers every ten miles along the banks of the Bishui River south of Lu'an. I wonder what he is up to!"

Beacon tower!
Hearing these three words, Xiao Fang's eyes moved and he instantly thought of something.

"Beacon Tower?"

"For no reason, Sun Quan suddenly built so many beacon towers. What is his purpose?"

Old Liu, however, looked confused and looked at the counselors.

Lu Xun and Lu Su looked at each other with equally confused eyes, and for a moment they were unable to figure out the mystery.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong suddenly realized.

"My lord, Sun Quan built this beacon tower to prevent our army from making a feint to the east and attacking his city of Lu'an along the Bishui River!"

Pang Tong said in one sentence, pointing at the map:
"If our army attacks Lu'an, it must go north from Wankou and march north along the Bishui River."

"Sun Quan has set up beacon towers along the banks of the Bishui River. Once he finds our army, he can light the beacon fire. In less than half an hour, Lu'an City will be alerted."

"In this way, he can close the city gates in time and wait for the enemy to come to the city, and ask for help from Lu Bu in Chengde. Lu Bu will have enough time to send reinforcements to Lu'an to strengthen the defense!"

Pang Tong pointed out Sun Quan's motives and frowned:
"Sun Quan was able to come up with such a method to prevent our army from attacking Lu'an by surprise. It seems that he must have some wise men under his command!"

Liu Bei suddenly realized and understood Sun Quan's intention of building this beacon tower.

"The one who proposed this plan to Sun Quan must be Lu Meng!"

Liu Bei spoke with a firm tone, stroking his thin beard:
"I have to say, this beacon tower strategy is indeed a stroke of genius."

"If you can't destroy this beacon tower, Shi Yuan, your surprise attack on Lu'an will probably fail."

A shadow covered Liu Bei's face, and he looked at Pang Tong, wanting to see if he had any solution.

Pang Tong frowned, thinking silently, but for a moment he could not come up with any good plan.

Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others also racked their brains but could not come up with a solution in a short period of time.

"This beacon tower strategy is indeed a brilliant move, but it is not difficult to crack it."

A disapproving voice broke the silence.

Everyone's surprised eyes were focused on Xiao Fang.

Liu Bei was greatly encouraged and asked hurriedly, "Military Advisor, what good strategy do you have to destroy this beacon tower?"

Xiao Fang waved his feather fan lightly, and smiled meaningfully:

"My lord, I'm afraid we'll have to trouble General Yunchang to come and defeat Lü Meng's beacon tower plan."

(End of this chapter)