"Absurd! It's really ridiculous! Jiang Wei is just too bullying. Are all the people in Wu dead and let him do such a tyrannical act?" Zhu Qiao and Jiang Wei had a disagreement and left, and returned to the prefect's mansion in a frightened manner. Before he could sit down, he complained to Bu Ji, who was following him.

Zhu Qiao was the prefect of Nanjun, and defending the territory and fighting the enemy was his duty. What's more, when Shi Ji left Jiangling and went to Wuchang, he repeatedly reminded him to strengthen his vigilance and never let Jiangling make any mistakes. He must ensure that the city is there, and the city is dead.

Although Lu Kang had never made a similar statement that he would let Zhu Qiao and Jiangling City live and die, when Lu Kang evacuated Wuchang, his destination was Jiangling. This was very clear. After all, Lu Kang sent someone to send letters to Zhu Qiao, asking him to prepare to welcome the arrival of the main force of the Wu army.

Although Lu Kang's army was blocked by the Wei army in Baqiu and was temporarily unable to reach Jiangling, it is not ruled out that Lu Kang would find a way to cross the river again in the future. If Lu Kang arrived in Jiangling and found that Jiangling had already been in the air, what should he think?

According to the documents provided by Bu Ji, Lu Kang did have the intention to hand over military command to Jiang Wei, but Lu Kang did not clearly propose to let Zhu Qiao abandon Jiangling, so Jiang Wei's order must not be accepted for Zhu Qiao. Unless Lu Kang or Shi Ji had clear instructions, Zhu Qiao would implement it. Just Jiang Wei's order, Zhu Qiao would never respond to his order.

Bu Ji smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Premier Zhu, General Lu has given me some instructions and let us all obey General Jiang. If Zhu really has different ideas, why not talk about General Jiang well? Why do you have to be so irresistible?"

Zhu Qiao said coldly: "What's there to talk about? Retreat Jiangling. Jiang Wei has ulterior motives. He just covets Jiangling's soldiers, horses, money and food, so he took the initiative to flee before the Wei people came to attack. Now Jiangling cannot defend, so he retreated to Xiling. When the Wei people attacked Xiling, he would say that Xiling cannot defend, so he could take it for granted to withdraw his soldiers, horses, money and food to Shu Kingdom. When we arrived at Shu Kingdom, we would rely on others and rely on others to breathe. I'm afraid that life would be worse than death. So I would rather die in Jiangling than take a step back!"

Seeing Zhu Qiao's decisive attitude, Bu Ji knew that it would be useless to persuade him no matter what. He could only surrender and go back to see Jiang Wei.

However, Bu Ji did not dare to say that Zhu Qiao was determined, but said that Zhu Qiao was ordered to guard Jiangling. He could not evacuate Jiangling before he received the military order from Lu Kang. Therefore, if he wanted to withdraw his troops, he had to find a way to contact Lu Kang. Only when Lu Kang issued a formal military order could he persuade Zhu Qiao.

When Jiang Wei heard this, he couldn't help but frown. He really didn't expect that Zhu Qiao, the prefect of Nanjun, was such a person who couldn't get into the air, but Jiang Wei had no choice but to do anything to him. He was really helpless.

Jiang Wei was in Shu Kingdom with a high position and a heavyweight, and had great prestige. If anyone of his subordinates dared to disobey the orders so openly, he would have been dragged out of the gate and beheaded.

But now it is in Wu State. Although Jiang Wei and Lu Kang have reached an agreement, Lu Kang has led all the Wu army in Jingzhou to surrender to Shu State, and all his troops under him also obey Jiang Wei's dispatch, it is difficult to implement it.

Jiang Wei has seen the terrain of Jiangling, with three plains facing water. If the Wu army had the advantage of the navy in the past, Jiangling City could be described as solid. Even if it could not be defended, at least there would be this retreat on the water.

But now the Wu army's naval army was defeated and the entire army was destroyed. The Yangtze River waterway has become the world of the Wei army's naval army. The Jiangling defenders' retreat will be gone. If the Wei army once besieged the city, there will be no danger outside Jiangling City. How can we stop the Wei army from relying solely on the city defense of Jiangling City?

Because of the magical weapons such as catapults, the Wei army was often invincible when siegeing the city, and had no power to stop them.

Most of the cities of Wu were relatively simple. Even cities like Jiangling were built with rammed earth, which looked quite majestic, but Jiang Wei knew that in front of the Wei army's stone casting car, these city walls were almost vulnerable. If they defended Jiangling City to the death, the ending would probably be quite tragic.

Jiang Wei had fought with the Wei army twice in the Guanlong area and knew the Wei army's siege. Therefore, after inspecting the situation of Jiangling City, Jiang Wei decisively ordered the evacuation of Jiangling and the troops, horses, money and grains of Jiangling to Xiling. The terrain on Xiling is relatively complex. By using the dangerous mountains around Xiling to establish a long encirclement, you can deal with the Wei army.

Jiang Wei did not have any personal prejudice in this regard, and it was entirely based on strategic considerations. Jiang Wei had experienced countless battles in his half life, so he was almost unattainable in combat experience. His strategic arrangements were indeed difficult for the generals of the Wu army to understand.

As the prefect of Nanjun, Zhu Qiao naturally has a lot of feelings for Jiangling City and does not want to give up easily. Jiang Wei can understand this, but after Jiang Wei had already had Chen Qing's interests, Zhu Qiao still did not let go, which made Jiang Wei feel helpless.

To be honest, if Zhu Qiao really disobeys the order, Jiang Wei really has no way to deal with him. Although Jiang Wei nominally obtained the command of the Wushu Alliance, in fact, the generals of the Wu army were not so convinced, especially Zhu Qiao, the prefect of Nanjun, who openly disobeys the order and does not take Jiang Wei's authority seriously at all.

In fact, Zhu Qiao relied on the 20,000 defenders under his command. Jiang Wei only brought 20,000 troops to Jiang Ling this time. In terms of the number of people, Jiang Wei's troops and Zhu Qiao's troops are actually not much different. Even if there is a conflict between the two sides, Zhu Qiao may not be at a disadvantage.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Qiao has the confidence to challenge Jiang Wei. Zhu Qiao has no good feelings for the people of Shu Kingdom, and believes that their visit to Jingzhou this time was just a way to take advantage of the situation. If he wanted to take advantage of the situation, it would be impossible for him to fight to restore the Wu Kingdom.

As soon as Jiang Wei came to Jiangling, he had not seen the attacking Wei army, and was not sure whether Jiangling could defend it. He ordered all the defenders to retreat and give up Jiangling. This obviously verified Zhu Qiao's idea from one side. The Shu army was not here to help them at all, but to win the benefits of Qiufeng.

Since this is the case, Zhu Qiao doesn't need to be polite to them. Zhu Qiao won't leave Jiangling City even if he is beaten to death. Unless Lu Kang's order is given, he will not succeed in Jiang Wei's conspiracy.
Chapter completed!