Han Xiang

Chapter 472
Sun Quan took a closer look at Cheng Pu, a veteran general. He, Huang Gai and others were the pillars of the army left over from the great waves of Sun Jian's era.

Cheng Pu has seen big winds and waves, and his prestige and experience are his right to speak.

If Sun Quan does not handle it well, it is like stealing a chicken, and there is a risk that stealing the chicken will not result in a loss of rice.

Cheng Pu's face-to-face questioning was not to dismantle Sun Quan, nor was he disloyal or disrespectful to Sun Quan, but only considered the issue from the perspective of a soldier.

If, as Sun Quan said, Huang Zu's secret work really poisoned Zhou Yu's side, how many guards' heads would have to be removed, and all the heads would be killed to make atonement.

Although those guards belonged to Zhou Yu's trilogy, they were also Jiangdong's military power in the final analysis. Cheng Pu did not want Jiangdong's soldiers to be implicated to death innocently.

Sun Quan didn't think so deeply, he just remembered that when he succeeded to the throne, many old ministries didn't take him seriously, and he lost a lot of prestige in Huainan, so it's not surprising that he is questioned now.

Sun Quan urgently needed a big victory to change his image, but he made a temporary decision to use Zhou Yu's death as an excuse. He didn't think of any perfect reason in a hurry, so he frowned and asked:

"How do I know how to get in? This is the intelligence from Jingzhou's secret work. It needs to be verified whether it is true or not, but Huang Zuben and I have a vendetta against killing my father, and now the governor is suffering from it. How can everyone not take revenge? "

Hearing that Sun Quan's tone was wrong, Cheng Pu hurriedly clasped his fists and explained: "Please forgive me, my lord. The final general is not questioning. As you said just now, it is reasonable and reasonable to take revenge on Jiang Xia. It is not too late to catch the prisoners and retry them. It's just that Gong Jinying was young. After death, who will lead the three armies to fight?"

Sun Quan knew that Cheng Pu didn't trust him, so he looked at Zhang Zhao beside him, then pointed to Sun Yu and said, "Before the governor died, he left a last letter to Zhong Yi, in which he recommended a new governor for you. After discussing with the officials, I found it appropriate, Zhong Yi, you should read it in front of all the generals."

"only"

Sun Yu took out the letter and read it in public. The generals standing in the mourning hall all looked surprised and astonished when they heard that Lv Meng was recommended.

Lu Meng?How long has he been in the army?What did the governor look for in him?

Although the generals were dissatisfied, with Zhou Yu's "handwritten" letter as evidence and Sun Quan's final word, the matter was settled like this.

Sun Quan untied his sword in front of all the generals, and Lu Meng officially took over as the governor of Jiangdong. He immediately swore a solemn oath in front of Zhou Yuling, and also made a speech to the generals, and issued the first military order after taking office, that is, to send troops to Jingzhou in three days revenge.

After disbanding the tents, Sun Quan returned to his residence to rest. The hero Zhou Shan waited for Zhang Zhao and others to leave, so he secretly went to the door.

Seeing this, Sun Quan quickly dismissed the attendants and called Zhou Shan to the inner room to talk.

"You did a good job on this matter. When I return from the Western Expedition, I will reward you according to your merits. But just now, many people questioned whether you left any other clues in the process?"

"Don't worry, my lord, the last generals are all alone, and they never do things through the hands of others, it's just..."

"But what? Make it clear."

At this time when all the dust had settled, Sun Quan was just asking casually, but Zhou Shan's three words "just" were so loud that Sun Quan couldn't help but ignore it.

Zhou Shan looked around, clasped his fists and said in a low voice: "Only Huo Chun is in charge of this matter. The general was going to find a chance to silence him, but this fellow suddenly disappeared. Some people said that he threw himself into the river to die for the Lord. The general did not dare to see the corpse." Confirmed, but I checked for several days and couldn’t find it.”

Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's what happened? Then there's no need to investigate. Lu Ziming saw it with his own eyes. This guy has indeed thrown himself into the river. Is there any tail? I need to be safe."

"The rest?" Zhou Shan pondered for a while, then murmured, "Does the doctor who dispenses the medicine count?"

"Of course."

Seeing Sun Quan nodding solemnly, Zhou Shan clasped his fists and said to him: "The last general will save it. After the westward expedition with the Lord is over, I will go back to Wu and settle the matter."

"Don't go to the Western Expedition." Sun Quan waved his hand to deny Zhou Shan, and said solemnly: "I will find a way to give you a chance to get military merit in the future, and you have other important things."

"Please instruct my lord."

"The army will be dispatched soon. Zhou Yu's body cannot be kept in Chaisang for a long time. When we send troops to Jingzhou, you will bring a team of soldiers to escort the coffin back to Wu for burial."

"The end will be ordered."

Zhou Shan clasped his fists and was about to leave when Sun Quan suddenly remembered Cheng Pu's questioning just now, so he stopped and said, "Zhou Yu's remains appear to be poisoned. The ancestors, but it obviously cannot withstand careful scrutiny, especially those civil servants in the court are all shrewd, you stay behind and help me keep an eye on them, and if you find any unfavorable remarks, you will find someone to spread rumors to confuse them."

"What rumor?" Zhou Shan looked at Sun Quan expectantly.

Sun Quan smiled mysteriously: "Where did the governor go before his death? Whose banquet did he go to?"

"The lord is saying." Zhou Shan swallowed his saliva and stopped talking.

"The group of guys in the back are all human beings. It's too deliberate to point directly at that person. Maybe they will guess that I did it." Sun Quan frowned and added: "Cao Cao, Chen Deng, and Long Xiang can all be added. The muddier the better."

"The end will be saved." Zhou Shan nodded straight.

After Sun Quan explained everything, he focused his energy on the western expedition. He visited Lvmeng camp several times a few days before the expedition. It seemed that he was emboldening the new governor, but in fact he planned to intervene more in military affairs and reverse his position in the army. An image with low presence.

Three days later, thousands of warships were like moving islands, slowly heading towards the boundary of Jingzhou.

The Cheng Pu Legion stationed at Haihun, in addition to deploying a small number of guards in Jianchang, Ai County and other places, thousands of troops also accompanied Sun Quan and Lu Meng.

According to Lv Meng's analysis before the war, Yuzhang had already been battered and battered. At this time, Liu Pan and Huang Zu were not afraid of sneak attacks from land. The more they transferred the defenders to attack, the weaker Jingzhou's defense force would be. The frontal battlefield is easier.

Sun Quan and Lu Meng led the main forces from Jiangdong to the west, while Zhou Shan escorted Zhou Yu's body back to Wu for burial.

As the coffin was transported to Wu County, the sadness rose again, and the news of Zhou Yu's sudden death spread quickly before the burial.

Because of the existence of Yaoji Trading Company, Long Xiang got the news shortly after sending a letter to Lu Meng.

Due to Liu Bei's summons requesting Huainan to stop temporarily, this year Longxiang has been immersing himself in development and accumulating food, grass and military supplies in preparation for the future break with Jiangdong.

When Long Xiang found Lu Su with the news, the other party was secretly training soldiers in the new city of Hefei. Chen Lan's more than [-] troops were all refugees and bandits, and they didn't have much combat effectiveness without proper training.

Long Xiang's usual attitude was not to support idlers, even Yuan Shu's orphan, so he couldn't let Chen Lan's people waste food, so he asked the other party to take turns to Hefei for secret training.

"Yunqi? It's such a hot day, why are you running to the training ground?"

"The latest news came from Yao Xuan just now. Zhou Gongjin died suddenly during the march more than ten days ago."

"Sudden death? Impossible? Is what you said true about Gongjin's talent?"

(End of this chapter)