dognovel Chapter 516 Ignites Conflict in Jiangdong: Guo Tu is the True God of War!
Chapter 516 Ignites Conflict in Jiangdong: Guo Tu is the True God of War!
"Governor, Mr. Guo is requesting an audience outside the tent, and he has brought special products from Wu County."
Inside Zhou Yu's main tent, his personal guards reported to him.
Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow slightly:
"Didn't I ask Ziming to entertain him for me?"
However, Zhou Yu still suffered from the lack of refinement.
Guo Tu used the pretext of visiting him, and he felt awkward turning him away.
If this were one of Cao Cao's four scourges, they would have already thrown him out!
Seeing that Zhou Yu was seriously injured, Guo Tu said in a choked voice:
"Commander, why are you doing this?"
"Listen to Ziming, you were the one who took the lead and was hit by Cao Ren's arrow!"
"You must take good care of your injuries; Jiangdong cannot do without you!"
After saying that, Guo Tu silently handed over the local specialties he had brought from Wu County.
Zhou Yu ordered his personal guards to take it, his gaze lingering on the box containing the local specialties for 0.25 seconds.
Then, with a smile, he said to Guo Tu:
"Mr. Guo, rest assured, even if I am wounded, the soldiers in the army are still brave and skilled in battle."
"Besides that, I already have a way to defeat Cao Ren and Huang Zu!"
Upon hearing this, a barely perceptible hint of wariness flashed in Guo Tu's eyes.
Having been an undercover agent in Jiangdong for so long, Guo Tu knew that Zhou Yu was not the kind of person who would boast.
Zhou Yu's confident demeanor proves that he has indeed devised some highly successful strategies to defeat the enemy.
He was an ultimate undercover agent, so it was fine that he didn't come to the front lines to fight.
Now that I've personally participated in this matter, wouldn't it be a dereliction of duty for me to just stand by and watch Zhou Yu successfully defeat Cao Ren and Huang Zu?
We absolutely must find out Zhou Yu's plan!
But Guo Tu also knew that haste makes waste.
Especially when dealing with an opponent like Zhou Yu, one needs to remain calm.
So he chatted with Zhou Yu about the Wu Commandery for a while, then turned and took his leave, going to the tent arranged by Lü Meng to rest.
After Guo Tu left, the guard asked Zhou Yu:
"Commander, this box...?"
Zhou Yu's gaze gradually deepened, and he raised his hand, saying:
"Throw it away."
"I dare not eat anything that Guo Yu sent me."
The guards immediately followed Zhou Yu's orders and disposed of the box of local specialties.
Yes, Zhou Yu had been secretly investigating Guo Tu's identity all along.
Although it has not been confirmed whether Guo Tu is an undercover agent, some clues have been discovered so far.
He had just pretended to have a plan to defeat the enemy, which was also a test of Guo Tu.
However, Guo Tu's acting skills were already superb, and Zhou Yu did not notice anything amiss for a while.
……
After returning to the camp
Guo Tu gradually calmed down.
People all grow, especially experienced players like Guo Tu.
Having served under several lords including Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, and Cao Cao, and having acquired a unique "old sixth brother" aura under the influence of the "Four Evils of Cao's Camp," Guo Tu is no longer the Guo Tu he once was!
Now, he not only retains his original "seductive" characteristics, but his intelligence and strategic skills have also improved significantly.
Although he was eager to know what Zhou Yu's strategy for defeating the enemy was.
However, if Zhou Yu were to use this to test him, and eventually catch him red-handed, even if he were to try to deny it, Sun Quan would not protect him.
There's a lot to learn about the art of undercover work.
Guo Tu pondered deeply, a slight smile playing on his lips, as he devised a countermeasure against Zhou Yu!
It's laughable that you, Zhou Gongjin, were a master at both commanding troops and devising strategies.
But you don't know what the real "Infernal Affairs" is!
Internal strife, a fight with me, Guo Tu? It's not that I look down on you, but you're truly no match for me!
……
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Yu's arrow wound is still very serious, and he needs to continue to recuperate.
In the past few days, Guo Tu has been swaggering around, exchanging pleasantries with the three old men, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang.
Guo Tu and the three old men were not originally acquainted, but they had a common enemy: Zhou Yu.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Guo Tu quickly put his arm around the three old men and they started complaining about Zhou Yu's hypocrisy and meanness!
Of course, Zhou Yu was not as bad as they made him out to be.
Guo Tu, the villain who smeared Zhou Yu, knew better than anyone just how outstanding Zhou Yu was.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang wouldn't care what kind of person Zhou Yu really was.
Regardless of whether Zhou Yu was good or bad to others, he was bad to the three of them.
On the contrary, Guo Yu (Guo Tu) is very much to their liking!
Furthermore, since Guo Yu is a trusted confidant sent by the lord, he is even more one of our own!
Seeing that he had gained enough goodwill, Guo Tu said to the three old men at the opportune moment:
“Generals, before I came to Jiangdong, I had heard of your bravery and skill in battle under the old lord and the former lord.”
"General Cheng's wisdom and courage, General Han's horsemanship and archery skills, and General Huang's double whip skills are all renowned to me!"
Upon hearing Guo Tu's praise, the three of them said in unison:
"It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."
"Guo Yu, you're pretty good too!"
"If it weren't for your help by the lord's side, who knows how many despicable villains would have tried to deceive him!"
As they spoke, the three old men gritted their teeth.
It's unclear whether the despicable person they're referring to is Zhou Yu, Zhang Hong, or one of the four great families of Jiangdong.
Guo Tu suppressed a laugh and sighed:
"It's not that Guo doesn't understand military affairs, but that Guo has always felt that Governor Zhou is a person worthy of trust."
"Now that Governor Zhou is wounded, our army's remaining food supplies are also running low."
"Governor Zhou neither ordered a retreat nor ordered a continued attack. What exactly is his intention?"
"Are we just going to leave the army here all day and let everyone just sit around and eat our savings away?"
Guo Tu's words resonated deeply with the three old men.
The three old men had been unhappy with Zhou Yu's inaction for a long time.
However, the military power held by the three of them was insufficient to support a large-scale offensive.
Zhou Yu's men all listened to him.
For the time being, we can only remain in this stalemate.
At this moment, Guo Tu was like a domino that had broken the balance, making it impossible for the three old men to remain calm.
Han Dang, who had the most volatile temper, slammed his fist on the table in anger and shouted:
"This Zhou Gongjin is truly outrageous!"
"It would be fine under normal circumstances, but now that Cao Cao's power is growing, the development of Jiangdong has reached a bottleneck."
"If we can't take Jiangxia, then we should retreat. It won't be shameful to attack again next time."
"But he's the opposite; he just wants to do nothing and waste time here!"
Huang Gai also said:
Huang originally thought that Zhou Gongjin was a man who understood the bigger picture.
"Now it seems he was just a selfish and despicable person!"
Cheng Pu was not as vehemently verbal as the other two, but his conflict with Zhou Yu was the deepest among the three.
As mentioned earlier, during Sun Jian's reign, Cheng Pu always served as the commander of a detachment.
This is analogous to the relationship between Cao Cao and Cao Ren.
However, during Sun Ce's time, Zhou Yu firmly controlled the position of commander of the detachment.
Cheng Pu was demoted from "commander-in-chief" to military officer.
Even so, they still had to compete with a group of young military officers for battle merits and opportunities to fight.
If Zhou Yu had done a good job, this conflict could have been barely suppressed.
But now, with Zhou Yu wounded, the war making no progress, Guo Tu provoking them from the sidelines, and the lord Sun Quan and Zhou Yu also having their own conflicts.
Cheng Pu was like a beast that had been suppressed for a long time, about to erupt!
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PS: Historically, the conflict between Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu was similar, essentially Zhou Yu was a parachuted leader who took Cheng Pu's original position.
Even during the Battle of Red Cliffs, the two men argued over the issue of military power between the left and right commanders, to the point that Sun Quan almost wanted to personally go to the front lines to mediate. Although Sun Quan didn't go himself, he did send Zhuge Jin and others to mediate repeatedly.
Several years after the Battle of Red Cliffs, the two men died one after the other, never having the chance to completely resolve their conflict.