Han Xiang

Chapter 544: Uninvited surrender

The more than twenty scouts selected by Zhu Zhi were not embarrassed after being captured by Long Xiang. In the end, they only took off their shirts and were returned to the city.

The silent response is both humiliating and shows confidence.

Just like a cat deliberately playing with the prey under its paws before preying on a mouse.

Zhu Zhi was so angry that he couldn't eat, so he went out to inspect the four gates of Wuxian County.

Climbing to the city to wait and see, I saw Hefei soldiers outside the city braving the cold wind and training in formation around the camp.

Long Xiang didn't get angry and mobilize his troops to attack the city, nor did he let the soldiers stay in tents to keep out the cold. He didn't even cut down wood to build siege equipment.

Zhu Zhi paced back and forth, angry and anxious.

Are you sure you can win?
Zhu Zhi believed that Long Xiang was deliberately putting pressure on the defenders in the city by letting him train, but he didn't know that this was Long Xiang's tradition of training troops.

Previously, under Yuan Shu, Long Xiang had his soldiers train in winter.

Moving every day not only keeps you warm, but also keeps your body moving in and out smoothly, so you can go into battle at any time.

Zhu Zhi left the tower after a half-day inspection and returned to his residence with a heavy heart, only to find that many officials had come uninvited.

Longxiang surrounded but did not attack, and the officials in the city gathered together again.

Seeing Zhu Zhi's return, everyone stood up and saluted.

Zhang Zhao took the initiative to greet him and asked, "Jun Li, I heard that Long Xiang sent back some scouts. I wonder how many scouts you sent out of the city? Did you miss any of the ones who came back?"

"Twenty-four people went out and 24 came back."

Zhu Zhi shook his head and said calmly, then pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the main seat.

"This"

The ministers had a glimmer of hope, but they didn't expect that Long Xiang wouldn't give them a chance at all.

After a while, Zhu Zhi sat down on the table and greeted: "Everyone, please sit down first. Long Xiang is too experienced in using troops and has to find other ways to break the situation. Let's talk about it."

Everyone was having a heated discussion before Zhu Zhi came, and when they were asked to speak, no one answered.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao stood up bravely, raised his hands and said, "This time the scouts came out from the southwest gate. Do you want to try the other two directions?"

Zhu Zhi asked: "Two gates in the northeast? What's the point of even being able to break through? Long Xiang's ability to quickly capture those scouts shows that his cavalry reconnaissance range is very wide. What route does Zibu think he should take to get to Wucheng to move reinforcements? ?”

Zhang Zhao shook his head slightly and said: "With Long Xiang's shrewdness, he will definitely guard against the Wucheng garrison. Besides, he has Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan) as a hostage, so the garrison may not be able to work."

"Zibu means" Zhu Zhi had a vague thought of something.

Zhang Zhao added: "Right now, we can't rely on reinforcements from the surrounding areas, so we can only go a little further. There are about [-] troops stationed in Guangling. If we can send people to find Lu Ziheng for help, the crisis in Wu County can be solved."

"Guangling is more than a little far away, and Wuxi should have been captured by Long Xiang. It will be equally difficult to break through to the north."

Zhu Zhi's face was full of hesitation, and the meeting hall fell silent again.

At this moment, Han Zong, who was sitting last, suddenly stood up.

Han Zong was not qualified to be in the same palace as an important minister, but because there was a shortage of generals in the city, Zhu Zhi left him in the prefect's mansion.

"Prefect, did you send less people before? You might as well send more troops out of the city at once. If dozens don't work, just hundreds or even thousands. It's freezing outside the city at this time. I don't think Long Xiang can cope with it. Anyway, Some of them can stand out.”

"If you're interested, you can go to the city to see it when you have time. Sit down."

Zhu Zhi said something incomprehensible, then shook his head and sighed: "There are only more than 24 defenders in Wu County, and the total number of horses is less than a hundred. What's the use of having more people to break through? Those [-] people on horseback were captured, let alone Said two legs can escape from death."

Han Zong's hot face was pressed against his cold buttocks, so he had to lower his head and sit down with a blushing face. He felt extremely humiliated.

However, Zhang Zhao caught the key point in Zhu Zhi's words and quickly asked out of curiosity: "Jun Li just went to patrol the city. Could it be that Long Xiang has any new moves?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhi replied: "There is a heated military training outside the city. It can be seen that these Hefei people are high in fighting spirit. Long Xiang is a man who knows soldiers." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's faces fell and they all murmured. Whisper.

Some speculated when Longxiang would attack the city, some worried about the lack of food in the city, and some analyzed how to successfully break through. In short, there were people talking about everything.

Han Zong, who was sitting at the bottom, couldn't say anything, but he heard the words "rebellious words" in the discussion.

'Instead of being trapped in the city by Long Xiang, it's better to surrender directly, even if it's temporary.'

Han Zong looked for the voice but couldn't find the speaker.

But he was inspired by this 'complaint'.

Han Zong lamented that Long Xiang had not attacked the city, otherwise he would have become a repeater. If Wuxian really fell in the future, he would still have a chance to surrender.

When the sky darkened, everyone dispersed unhappy.

Zhang Zhao has been under great pressure these days. As Sun Ce's lone and most important minister, everyone feels that he should solve the problem by himself. However, he is just an ordinary person.

Although he tried his best to give advice and suggestions, he couldn't hurt Long Xiang at all.

Dragging his exhausted body back home, Zhang Zhao felt a sense of loneliness and powerlessness.

Zhang Cheng saw that his father's expression was wrong, so he dismissed his servants and brought the food himself, and whispered: "Father has been working hard all day, let's eat something while it's hot."

"Take it away, father has no appetite today."

Zhang Zhao only looked up and then refused with a sad look on his sleeves.

"Eh"

Zhang Cheng was about to get the tray when Zhang Zhao suddenly stopped him:
"It's just dark at this time, so Ziyu and Mancai must be awake. Go and invite them to your home quickly. Say that you're your father and treat them to drinks. In addition, tell the kitchen to prepare some snacks to go with the wine."

"Okay, okay, let's go, kid."

Seeing Zhang Zhao cheering up, Zhang Cheng left with his food in hand with excitement on his face.

Facing the siege of Longxiang, Zhang Hong and Qin Song, who were both the masterminds, had no good strategy, so Zhang Zhao thought of Zhuge Jin and Yan Zhen.

These two men are knowledgeable and loyal. In recent years, they have been appreciated by Sun Quan and work in the shogunate. Although they are not as powerful as their good friend Bu Zhi, it is only a matter of time before they are reused.

Zhang Zhao originally wanted to see Zhuge Jin and Yan Zhen, but Zhang Cheng returned shortly after leaving and brought back Gu Yong and Yu Fan.

"Mr. Zhang, I came uninvited. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"Yuantan, Zhongxiang?"

Zhang Zhao stood up in surprise and looked at Zhang Cheng curiously.

Zhang Cheng cupped his hands and explained: "The child just left the house and saw the two of you coming to visit, so he brought him in."

Gu Yong and Yu Fan came to visit for the first time. Zhang Zhao could not turn them away, so he asked Zhang Cheng to arrange food and drinks.

The three of them had just sat down when Zhang Zhao asked curiously:

"Yuan Tan and Zhong Xiang came together. Is there something important?"

Under the signal from Gu Yong's eyes, Yu Fan raised his hands and said to Zhang Zhao: "I remember that General Bo Fu once said to my husband before his death, 'If Zhongmou doesn't do anything, you will take it for yourself. If you can't defeat victory with righteousness, move slowly. I have nothing to worry about when I return to the west. 'Today Jiangdong is in crisis, why don't you, sir, step in to turn the tide?"

"What Zhongxiang means."

Zhang Zhao twitched his beard and stared at Yu Fan, vaguely guessing what he meant.

Yu Fan pointed at Gu Yong and said sternly: "Everyone originally had high hopes for Wu Hou, but what has he done in the past few years since he took the throne? The sneak attack on Shouchun, the westward expedition to Jiangxia, and the attack on Hefei were all just militancy;
To say victory is self-evident, but he lost more than he won and wasted money and people. Take the last expedition to Hefei as an example. Mr. also allocated a lot of money and food, but what happened in the end?Now that Long Xiang is trapped in the city, I think it is better to surrender him. "

　Let’s talk about the update situation. After the summer vacation, there should have been three updates, but it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After two updates for a long time, I found that the code is slow, and the author is adjusting his mentality; What’s even more fatal is that the National Day is about to start again When it comes, you have to save the manuscript in advance, so for the time being, there are only two updates. There is also a special reason. The pace of this book may be too slow in the early stage, resulting in poor data. After two months of summer vacation, I found a strange situation, that is, the income is almost the same between two updates a day and three updates a day, which is a bit embarrassing.
　　PS: When the author is lazy, he is actually reading, supplementing information, and accumulating materials to prepare for writing a new book in the future. Please forgive me.

　　
　
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