Han Xiang

Chapter 549 General Polu sacrifices to Zhou Lang

In addition to Zhu Huan who was under house arrest, Zhang Zhao selected more than a hundred people according to their official positions and introduced them to Long Xiang in the palace.

Long Xiang did not sit aloof, but walked up to everyone and greeted them one by one. He behaved humbly and amiably. This move alone made him stand out from Sun Quan.

Perhaps because Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan had never walked into a crowd like this. There were hundreds of followers when he went out hunting.

Once when he went out hunting for fun, Sun Quan was almost injured by a tiger approaching, so he asked the craftsmen to make a tiger shooting cart. He loved to enjoy but was extremely insecure.

Long Xiang is an expert and bold man. At this time, there are only Zhao Fan and two Tiger Guards around him. Once someone in the crowd has evil intentions, although the assassination may not be successful, there is still a lot of risk.

The bravery and courage of ordinary people are often judged by the results.

Long Xiang saluted face to face with the officials, and finally returned to his original position and sat down intact.

Under the gaze of Zhang Zhao and others, Long Xiang's courage was affirmed.

After gaining impression points through taking risks, Long Xiang scanned the palace for a week and said sonorously: "Ordinarily, everyone is so happy today that we should have a banquet to get to know each other better, but Sun Quan has not returned from leading his troops. Before we decide the outcome with him, I'm afraid. It’s hard to convince all the gentlemen, so I’ll put this banquet on hold for the time being, and wait until we win to have a celebratory drink with everyone.”

His tone was firm and his words were as strong as iron.

Everyone sighed secretly, saying that Long Xiang was indeed pragmatic.

If it were someone else who captured the enemy's place of governance, how many days would he have to celebrate first?

Since the officials in the palace have surrendered, even if Sun Quan can regain the city in the future, they will not be reused unless they are liquidated, so they all hope that Long Xiang can win.

It is better to be humiliated once now than to be humiliated many times in the future.

After listening to Long Xiang’s impassioned speech, Zhang Zhao, as the ‘big brother’, stood up first and said with his hands raised:

"General Long, although Wu Hou was defeated in Hefei before, the main army in Jiangdong is still there. Excluding Zhu Xiumu's [-] troops, Lu Fan in Guangling has [-] troops, and the troops brought by Chai Sang and Lu Meng together should also exceed Thirty thousand, which is considered to be thousands of Danyang Handang’s troops, which means the total force is close to [-], so how do you plan to win the war?"

"As the saying goes, it's not about the number of soldiers but the skills. I'm confident that I can win. Zibu and the princes don't have to worry. I won't lead the battlefield to Wu County. Lu Zijing will be guarding Liyang at this time, and the decisive battlefield will be in Danyang. within the territory.”

Long Xiang sat calmly, looking confident.

Zhang Zhao swallowed his saliva and reminded him again:

"General, Liyang may be able to block the troops on the western front, but if the Guangling garrison knows the news and comes to help, they will go directly south to land on Dantu, and then follow Qu'a, Piling, and Wuxi directly to Wu County."

"Hahaha, Zibu, don't panic."

Long Xiang replied with a smile: "Since I dare to go deep into Wu territory, I have naturally made complete preparations. If Chen Yuanlong raises troops to invade, will Lu Ziheng dare to abandon Guangling?"

"Chen Yuanlong? Can General Long command this person?"

Zhang Zhao had a look of disbelief on his face. He turned to look at the surprised expressions of everyone and thought to himself that he seemed to have heard correctly.

Long Xiang shook his head and replied: "Yuanlong and I are both ministers of the Han Dynasty, and my wife's brother Qiao Jianguo is Yuanlong's son-in-law. Is there anything strange about asking him to send troops to help contain it?"

"I see."

Zhang Zhao suddenly realized that he was from Xuzhou himself and was very familiar with the famous scholar Chen Deng. He thought that Long Xiang was really awesome. He secretly joined forces with Chen Deng. No wonder he could nail Huainan like a nail.

Sun Zhongmou, you did not lose unjustly.

Zhang Hong, Qin Song and others beside him were all very intelligent. When they heard that Long Xiang had neutralized Guangling's reinforcements, they knew by counting on their fingers that Sun Quan was in big trouble.

Long Xiang himself had [-] troops entering Wu, and including Wucheng and Zhu Huan's more than [-] troops, they were not far behind Sun Quan's western front troops.

In the past, we were able to win in Hefei with a huge disparity in military strength. Now that we are evenly matched, isn't it like beating our son?It's really appropriate that the imperial court gave Po Lu the title of general.

With such a simple explanation, all the officials in the palace were relieved.Seeing that the tense scene had eased, Long Xiang spoke to Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Gu Yong, Yu Fan and others one by one, asking them to use their prestige and influence to temporarily appease the counties around Wu County and maintain order in the county. Influence.

Long Xiang does not demand that the people return home, but he does not want to fight on the front line and cause frequent troubles in the rear.

As we all know, the Jiangdong gentry are difficult to deal with.

Although the Sun family has only occupied Jiangdong for five or six years, Wu County is Sun Quan's core base camp. The Sun family's minions are spread across every county. Unless Sun Quan's main force is completely defeated, Long Xiang will not be able to completely control Wu.

Since Long Xiang made the request, Zhang Zhao and others expressed their willingness to cooperate.

Just before the end of the court meeting, Long Xiang suddenly proposed to pay homage to Zhou Yu, which surprised everyone in the palace.

When Zhou Yu was still alive, he once regarded Long Xiang as a powerful enemy and proposed to split the second bridge with Sun Ce. Now that Second Bridge was married to Long Xiang, everyone mistakenly thought that Long Xiang was going to be humiliated in front of his grave, but they could not find a suitable reason to stop it.

But Long Xiang made a request and everyone had to comply.

Zhang Zhao had no choice but to invite more than a dozen people to go with him, saying that Long Xiang was not an unreasonable person, and if he acted excessively, he could still advise him.

It was already evening when we entered the city yesterday. Long Xiang wanted to see the scenery of Wuxian County along the way, so he walked there with Zhang Zhao and others.

Zhou Yu was buried on the bank of Zhenze in the west of the city. It took more than an hour to walk one way, but fortunately the warm sun was shining on the earth that day, so he didn't feel cold when walking on the street.

It was almost noon after leaving Wuhou Mansion, and everyone was surprised to find that there were many people walking around on the street. Although it was not as lively as when Long Xiang didn't come, it was incredible to think that they could regain their vitality in such a short time.

All this is the result of the Hefei soldiers. They knocked on doors door-to-door to propagandize and appease the people and publicize the current life of the people in Hefei.

The people in the city gradually turned from panic to longing. They longed that under Long Xiang's rule, they could have enough food and clothing, and even buy affordable underwear to continue the family line.

Most ordinary people live in poverty, but now there is hope through comparison.

They had no idea who would rule, but they had strong expectations for a better life, so they recognized Long Xiang in a very short time.

In the afternoon, a group of people arrived outside the city.

There are two thatched huts next to Zhou Yu's grave, where Zhou's wife married and kept her mourning.

The crowd marched to the tomb in great numbers, alarming Mrs. Bao who was resting in the hut. She was welcomed out by a servant.

Long Xiang saw that Bao was dressed in plain clothes and had an ordinary appearance that was far different from Erqiao. He thought to himself that it was no wonder Zhou Lang wanted to take a concubine.

After Zhang Zhao introduced them, both parties saluted each other.

Long Xiang paid homage respectfully, which was somewhat beyond Zhang Zhao's expectation. He secretly thought that he had underestimated Long Xiang's ambition.

Since it has nothing to do with him, Long Xiang doesn't have to imitate Zhuge Liang in crying like in movies and TV shows.

After the short memorial ceremony was over, Long Xiang walked up to Bao and said comfortingly:

"It's a pity that Gong Jin passed away so young. I have always admired Gong Jin's talents. I don't want to see him forever. Does Madam have any difficulties in life? Long Xiang will try his best to satisfy her."

"Thank you, General, for your kindness. Marquis Wu has provided me with sufficient compensation. My family has no worries about food and clothing. The general can come to pay homage to my late husband. He will be happy in heaven. Although my late husband is a rival with the general, he admires the general's talents very much. "

After saying this, Mrs. Bao nodded and bowed slightly.

"It's a pity that Zhou Lang is so young."

Long Xiang sighed softly and suddenly thought of something, so he turned around and asked Zhang Zhao: "Mr. Zibu, I heard that Gong Jin was poisoned. I wonder if the murderer has been found?"

(End of this chapter)